User talk:Miniapolis/Archives/2014/March
SPI closureI see that at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/089baby you sated that the sockpuppet account had been blocked, but you didn't mark the account as closed. I have no idea whether you know full well how to do that, and just made a slip, or whether you have little or no experience of closing SPIs, and don't know how to do it, but just in case you don't know, I thought I would drop you a note. The thing to do is to change the {{SPI case status}} tag on the page to say {{SPI case status|close}}. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:07, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Editor review#RfC: Should we mark WP:ER as historical?
I think you are right about that Henry Tresham picture of Elizabeth Barton...and so I have acted accordingly. Details at Talk:Henry Tresham. Thanks for noticing. Rupert Clayton (talk) 03:34, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
GOCE notification weirdnessI've noticed a weird behavior in the March GOCE copyedit drive notification sent out on February 21, 2014. I would have notified you earlier, but I was away for a couple of weeks and didn't see it until a day or two ago. The problem is that subsequent sections on the Talk page blend into the GOCE copyedit drive notification section. By comparing this notification with earlier GOCE notifications, I discovered that the following snippet of code near the bottom got moved: [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 14:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
In the "good" GOCE notifications, the code is within the final right double braces. In the recent "bad" GOCE notification the code is outside the final right double braces, just prior to a vertical bar and single right brace. By moving the code snippet up to the place where it appeared in the December GOCE notification, the blue background ends at the end of the section and the next new section doesn't blend into the turquoise box. I'll leave my Talk page alone for the moment so you can see what's going on. It may not be anything that you did in sending the message, but rather someone tinkering with the mass-mailing 'bot code. If you didn't do anything different from previous notifications, we'll need to notify the Wiki developer(s) to look at their code. — QuicksilverT @ 14:50, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
(test) The Signpost: 05 March 2014
There's nothing like a good old bit of Cold War nostalgia, combined with a suitably scary international incident, to focus our attention on the real world. That said, nothing could stem our outpouring of affection for the beloved comedian Harold Ramis, whose death managed to top the week in the face of those international concerns.
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
This week, the Signpost caught up with the Wikipedia Library (TWL), which aims to connect reference resources with Wikipedia editors who can use them to improve articles. Funded through the Wikimedia Foundation's Individual Engagement Grants program, TWL has a new "visiting scholars" initiative and a microgrants program in the works.
The WikiCup competition is ongoing, while six articles, three lists, and ten pictures were promoted to "featured" status of the English Wikipedia this week.
This week, the Signpost delved into the English Wikipedia's Article Rescue Squadron.
A barnstar for you!
Continued disruptive editing by DJSkippyBDJSkippyB (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who you last blocked a week for disruptive editing while failing to discuss talk page concerns and marking edits as minor, is continuing the same behavior. I notified the user of the latest blatant instance. Hoping you could save me describing the details at WP:ANI and look into this. Thanks in advance.—Bagumba (talk) 01:43, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
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FYIRecreated Ergot of rye as a plausible redirect to Claviceps purpurea, per this discussion. Given that this title was used for an AfC, having a redirect in place avoids this article being accidentially created as a duplicate of an existing article. Hope you can see clear to avoid deleting it again. Or, if there is some good reason to, please do discuss. Thanks. Montanabw(talk) 18:08, 14 March 2014 (UTC) The Signpost: 12 March 2014Wikimedians around the world gathered to celebrate Women's History Month and the associated International Women's Day by holding editathons. If you lived in the United Kingdom, you had the opportunity to attend Wikimedia UK's event at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, part of University College London and host to one of the largest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese artifacts in the world.
An intensely busy week, as a confluence of celebratory, curious and urgent topics pushed typical residents like Facebook and Deaths in 2014 out of the top ten entirely.
Five articles, two lists, and 52 pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
This week, we interviewed Anaxibia from the Russian-language Entomology WikiProject.
Massive revert at Sakis Rouvas, one of the articles you edited by requestThere has been what appears to be a complete revert of your copy edits at Sakis Rouvas. You and BabbaQ and TeamGale may want to visit the article's Talk page. Also paging GreekStar12, as a courtesy. I hope that you all can assume good faith and work it out. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:06, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Thank youI'd like you to know that largely through your efforts, I've published my draft of Briarcliff Manor. Thank you again for your hard work. --ɱ (talk) 02:43, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 19 March 2014Non-US editors and chapters have taken issue with a multitude of image deletions done on the Wikimedia Commons to comply with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, a US law that brought the country into compliance with the Berne Convention.
This week, we visited WikiProject History, an ancient project with roots dating back to 2001. The project is home to 196 pieces of Featured material and 483 Good and A-class articles independent of the vast accomplishments of its various child projects. WikiProject History maintains a lengthy list of tasks, oversees the history portal, and continues to build Wikipedia's outline of history.
In a record-breaker, the English Wikipedia has a new largest good topic: the 71-article Light cruisers of Germany, which concerns the light cruisers used by Germany during the 20th century.
Twelve articles, fourteen lists, and six pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.
One of the first university Wikipedian in residence positions, hosted at Harvard University in 2012, has jumped back into the spotlight amid questions about its ethical integrity.
The utterly mystifying events surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which has not fallen from the sky so much as vanished from it entirely, has left an information-starved public scrambling for precedents, some logical, some... not.
The Wikimedia engineering report for February 2014 has been published. A summarized version is also available. Major news include
Looking for a mentorI got your name from the Guild of Copyeditor's, would you be willing to mentor me? Let me know what you need to know from me. I would very much appreciate it, as although I have edited other forms of media this would be new to me. Many thanks Amanda138a (talk) 03:57, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I'm disabled with a chronic pain condition and can no longer work which is a little hard on my brain, daytime TV is mind destroying so I'm looking forward to being able to use my little grey cells for something other than Judge Judy! If I'm stuck I'll give you a shout. Thanks again. Amanda138a (talk) 11:35, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 26 March 2014
April Fools' Day is rapidly approaching. Every year, members of the community pull pranks and make (or attempt to make) humorous edits to pages across the project. Every year, the community follows April Fools' Day with a contentious debate about whether or not it is necessary to impose limits on April Fools' Day jokes for future years. It is a polarizing issue.
Topics like the 2014 Crimea crisis or the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 eased down the list, making way for such traditional topics as St Patrick's Day, Reddit threads and even Google Doodles, which have reappeared after a long absence.
Have you wondered about differences in the articles on Crimea in the Russian, Ukrainian, and English versions of Wikipedia? A newly published article entitled "Lost in Translation: Contexts, Computing, Disputing on Wikipedia" doesn't address Crimea, but nonetheless offers insight into the editing of contentious articles in multiple language editions through a heavy qualitative examination of Wikipedia articles about the Kosovo in the Serbian, Croatian, and English editions.
Results for the two-stage 2013 Commons Picture of the Year have been announced. This year's winning photograph (above) shows a lightbulb that has been cracked, allowing inert gas to escape—and oxygen to enter, so that the tungsten filament burns. From the flames rise elegant curls of blue smoke.
Four articles, two lists, and twelve pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
On 3 April, we will roll out some changes to the typography of Wikipedia's default Vector skin, to increase readability for users on all devices and platforms. After five months of testing, four major iterations, and through close collaboration with the global Wikimedia community, who provided more than 100 threads of feedback, we’ve arrived at a solution which improves the primary reading and editing experience for all users.
As you have probably read on this weeks op-ed, or via various other channels of announcement, 3 April will see the introduction of the Typography refresh (or update) for the Vector skin on all Wikipedias. Other projects like Commons will have this update rolled out a few days prior.
This week, the Signpost interviewed the English Wikipedia's Mountains WikiProject.
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Thank you for your RfA supportHi there, a bit of a form letter from me, Cyphoidbomb, but I wanted to drop you a line and thank you for your support at my recent RfA. Although I was not successful, I certainly learned quite a bit both about the RfA process and about how the community views my contributions. It was an eye-opener, to say the least. And yes, had I been confirmed, I would have gone SUPER-easy on the deletions until I knew what I was doing. Thank you! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:48, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
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