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Saturday: NYC Art And Feminism Wikipedia Editathon
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There are times when this job is hard. As an analogy, imagine navigating in fog at night, except you don't know where you are, you don't know where you want to go, and your flashlight keeps dying on you.
Contests have existed almost as long as the English Wikipedia. Contestants have expanded hundreds of articles and made tens of thousands of edits. Although it may seem as though there aren't any negatives to contests, they have occasionally become a divisive topic on the English Wikipedia.
Wiki-PR, a public relations agency, whose employees used a sophisticated array of concealed user accounts to create, edit, and maintain several thousand Wikipedia articles for paying clients, has told Business Insider that it was demonized by the online encyclopedia. Jordan French, Wiki-PR's CEO, said he believes the Wikimedia Foundation "painted" his company to look like an "evil entity" that is "scrubbing truths from Wikipedia".
The Kafziel case has been closed, with Kafziel losing his administrator status as a result.
An author experimented with "a promising type of assignment in formal translator training which involves translating and publishing Wikipedia articles", in three courses with students at the University of Warsaw.
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HopewellThanks, one month schoolblock for the IP. Dougweller (talk) 16:45, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 12 February 2014As reported in various media outlets this week, including The Next Web and The Daily Dot, this past week, Wikimedia Commons and various language Wikipedias are working together to encourage subjects of Wikipedia articles to record a 10-second clip of their voice to be appended to their Wikipedia article.
Software evolution does not always mean that features are being added. It also means that old fat is being trimmed. It is no different for MediaWiki.
In a bold move, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees has announced a major change in policy concerning affiliated groups in the worldwide movement, and FDC funding levels to eligible chapters and thematic organizations over the next two years. Both decisions were published last Tuesday after considerable post-meeting consultation with the FDC and the Affiliations Committee (AffCom). The core of the first decision is
Thirteen articles, three lists, and twenty-five images were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia from 19 January to 1 February.
Two great sporting events, the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics, collide in one week, transforming the top ten into a festival of flying feet, a carnival of colliding caraniums and a bacchanal of bouncing balls, combined to influence Wikipedia's most popular articles last week.
In celebration of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, we revisited the team at WikiProject Russia to learn how the project has changed since our first interview in 2011.
The Signpost: 19 February 2014
The Wikimedia Foundation has proposed to modify the Wikimedia projects' Terms of use to specifically ban undisclosed paid editing. ... Dimitris Liourdis, a lawyer in training who moonlights as an administrator on the Greek Wikipedia, is embroiled in a legal dispute with a Greek politician over alleged edits made to his Wikipedia article.
Runa Bhattacharjee has notified the community that the Foundation is ready to turn the Universal Language Selector back on.
WikiProject Countering System Bias aims to combat imbalanced coverage while encouraging neglected cultural perspectives and points of view, both in articles and in the larger Wikipedia community. As you'll see from the varied experiences and motivations of our nine respondents, the biases that the folks at WP CSB tackle run the full gamut of human characteristics and dispositions. The interview that follows unveils many of Wikipedia's greatest shortcomings.
Five articles, seven lists, forty-three pictures, and two portals were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia in the last two weeks.
Valentines Day got a somewhat muted reception this week, overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi and the death of Shirley Temple.
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Hi MusikAnimal, I was surprised that the article on Professor Govinda K.C. (which was created two days ago) has been blanked. Previously, it had been deleted and moved to Govinda K.C. without redirect. Because this is a common name in Nepal, I tried a redirect from the professor page to the link. Now, I cannot even find the original file. Could you please help me with this? Thanks Rabindahal (talk) 18:12, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Andy Davis FootballA mistake wasn't made- I would like that page taken down 24.246.125.157 (talk) 19:41, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Don't really care how it's considered- i didn't make the page and it's about me with people vandalizing it daily- thanks
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The Signpost: 26 February 2014About a week ago, the Wikimedia Foundation proposed to modify the Wikimedia projects' terms of use to specifically ban paid editing, by adding a new clause titled "Paid contributions without disclosure". We have asked two users, one in favor of the measure (Smallbones) and one opposed (Pete Forsyth), to contribute their opinions on the matter.
Eight articles, three lists, and nine pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.
This week, we found three Ph.D.s willing to give us a crash course on WikiProject Neuroscience.
Ukraine has been gripped by widespread protests over the past three months. Due to a decision by former president Viktor Yanukovych—at Russia's urging—to abandon integration with the European Union, the country was (and in many ways still is) split between the Europe-favoring Ukrainian-speaking western half and the Russian-speaking east and south. Hundreds have died during the unrest, leaving thousands of family members and friends to bury their loved ones. This week our Wikimedian colleagues in Ukraine are facing that challenge after the death of one of their own.
Following a trend started by Wikimedia Israel, Wikimedia Argentina has published an open letter challenging the recent deletion of hundreds of images from the Commons under its policy on URAA-restored copyrights, relating to the United States' 1994 Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
The 2014 Winter Olympics had more of an impact on the Top 25 than the Top 10, which had to shoulder old stalwarts like the death list, Reddit threads, TV shows and the eternal presence of Facebook; still, with four slots, it's the most searched topic on the list.
The monthly roundup of recent academic research about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, edited jointly with the Wikimedia Research Committee.
Regarding the Michael Rowe entry you reviewed. Is there any particular area you believe to be contentious or negative that needs citations? I see a few areas where some more citations could be utilized, and I'll get those notated. Thank you. J. Rowe Mprowe9169 (talk) 20:53, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
I'm wondering if I was too hard on the author of this apparently-autobiographical submission. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 04:44, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
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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.
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204.69.76.0In this case, a block was warranted even without the warning because it was blocked for 72 hours on March 6 and vandalized again. Enigmamsg 16:43, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
YTV articleYTV is family oriented. 89.240.85.223 (talk) 20:30, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
Alleged copyright infringement (article on Adam Holmes)In response to your message notifying me that my submitted article on Adam Holmes has breached copyright, please see below a copy of the "talk" article I have sent to R Haworth (the editor who deleted the article) on subject of the alleged copyright infringement, which I dispute - REF 22:29, 9 March 2014 RHaworth (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Adam Holmes (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.hebceltfest.com/festival/artists/adam_holmes.php) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Adam_Holmes Whatever www.hebceltfest.com claim about copyright they clearly do not own the copyright to the Adam Holmes content. Perhaps the copyright sign on their page refers to their own name and logo, it's not clear. Copy which bears a remarkable similarity to the hebcelt text can be found at the following sites, dating back to 2013, and including Adam Holmes' own website (to which it is almost identical), suggesting strongly that the phrasing came from there originally, and has been widely circulated for use by press, venues etc. Artist's own website - http://www.adamholmesandtheembers.com Folk Roots (2013) http://www.folkrootslist.co.uk/2013/11/countdown-begins-for-celtic-connections-2014/#.Ux5LjPl_uSo Angus Ahead http://www.angusahead.com/events/event/174/the_adam_holmes_trio Folk Radio UK, http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2014/01/debut-album-from-adam-holmes-and-the-embers/ Amazing Tunes http://amazingtunes.com/u/adamholmesandtheembers/biography Shetland Festival https://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com/adam-holmes-and-the-embers My article summarised the information already freely available online, but remained factual, without resorting to the "marketing speak". While I appreciate the efforts of the Wikipedia editors, and I am aware of the huge backlog there has been recently, I would suggest that on this occasion the deleting of the article was an error. I would therefore be extremely appreciative if it could be un-deleted. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have further questions Morag Neil (talk) 01:29, 11 March 2014 (UTC) Hello MusikAnimal, I did the change for the page User:ReemMak on purpose for someone to notice it. I believe this page is nonesense and should be deleted, for Wikipedia is to share knowledge and not to create our own personal page, especially if we are not a celebrity like in the case of User:ReemMak. Thanks, J — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.234.251.140 (talk) 16:40, 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.
Re: Fleur MellorHi, Could you please amend Fleur Mellor's birthday to the 13th July TimGrigg (talk) 15:38, 19 March 2014 (UTC) Tim Grigg 19/03/2014 TimGrigg (talk) 15:38, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
Bank RollOn Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bank Roll (movie), you stated that it has no reliable sources. To be honest, the editor of the page is the director, screen player and the scriptwriter. Yes, he is Doug Maguire, who have his own Wikipedia account. If this is the case, then, he basically do not need to put sources at all as it is his movie. It's his, and you're trying to say not reliable sources? See the page history if you don't believe me. It's full of User:Dougmaguire edits except for the one you made. Thanks. (I know this is a rare case in Wikipedia, but... I also do not know what should we do about it.) --Nahnah4 Any thoughts? Pen 'em down here! 09:16, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
VisualEditor newsletter—March 2014Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has mostly worked on changes to the template and image dialogs. The biggest change in the last few weeks was the redesign of the template dialog. The template dialog now opens in a simplified mode that lists parameters and their descriptions. (The complex multi-item transclusion mode can be reached by clicking on "Show options" from inside the simplified template dialog.) Template parameters now have a bigger, auto-sizing input box for easier editing. With today's update, searching for template parameters will become case-insensitive, and required template parameters will display an asterisk (*) next to their edit boxes. In addition to making it quicker and easier to see everything when you edit typical templates, this work was necessary to prepare for the forthcoming simplified citation dialog. The main priority in the coming weeks is building this new citation dialog, with the ultimate goal of providing autofill features for ISBNs, URLs, DOIs and other quick-fills. This will add a new button on the toolbar, with the citation templates available picked by each wiki's community. Concept drawings can be seen at mw:VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog. Please share your ideas about making referencing quick and easy with the designers.
The developers apologize for a regression bug with the deployment on 6 March 2014, which caused the incorrect removal of Looking ahead: Several template dialogs will become more compact. Looking further out, the developers are also working on support for viewing and editing hidden HTML comments. You will be able to see the Table of Contents change live as you edit the page, rather than it being hidden. In-line language setting ( If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback or by joining the office hours on 19 April 2014 at 2000 UTC. Thank you! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:44, 20 March 2014 (UTC) Hi MusikAnimal, I'm reviewing your comments for the new page that I'm creating on American Standards; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FoundationAgency/American_Standards This is my first article so I'm wondering if I may have sited the sources incorrectly. I was originally instructed by Aggie80 on his talk page that I had proved the subjects notability through their releases with Victory Records, fan following of 90,000+ on their social networks and multiple third party independent press coverings both online and in print. He had told me that the citations were in the wrong area however and once moved should be okay. I'm noticing that although I moved them, only certain ones appear to have fed into the citations at the bottom. This is likely a coding mistake on my end. So I'm wondering if; 1. if you may be able to help instruct me how to correct the citations and 2. should I remove all citations to references such as reverbnation? I initially added these more as fact based support for band members and changes as well as reverbnation charting the band as the #2 chart listed punk band in AZ and #27th nationally. Thank you in advance! 70.176.34.245 (talk) 01:40, 19 March 2014 (UTC)FoundationAgency
FoundationAgency (talk) 15:47, 22 March 2014 (UTC)FoundationAgency Article for Submission: D. Keith FuronThank you for your notes on the article that I submitted earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cherylisadesigner/sandbox I wanted to ask about the references used in the article. The books used as reference on the artist were not written by him, but by the publisher. The first two books listed are books about this artist alone, and the other two books feature his work with write ups about him. These four books were not written by the subject of the article. Also other references to the artist's work listed were art galleries where his work has been exhibited…third parties that are independent. The only direct references are the artist's websites. It seems like a;; my references are reliable secondary sources. Am I missing something? Cherylisadesigner (talk) 20:53, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
ThanksHi ! Thanks for the update on My Father and the Man in Black Greatpumkin (talk) 21:30, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
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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
Historic Hotels of AmericaHi MusikAnimal, I'm working to create a page on Historic Hotels of America. I saw that you commented that the page already exists, but I don't see any mention of Historic Hotels of America on wikipedia except on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's page, where there is one external link to Historic Hotels of America. Please advise how I can fix this. I am new on wikipedia and would appreciate your help. Thank you! Harmslamm (talk) 14:52, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi MusikAnimalIs there a place I can go to complain about the conduct of an editor? Like someone to chat with? Thank you. --Susan Macafee (talk) 21:37, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
American StandardsHi MusikAnimal, I wanted to follow up on the following wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FoundationAgency/American_Standards It was previously submitted under FoundationAgency and reviewed by you. I was asked to change my user name however and am now registered as DeafeningSound. I've made the requested changes to the references and also included a couple more. Please let me know if this will suffice or if anything else is needed to improve the content. Thank you! FoundationAgency (talk) 01:16, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
Mommy's BlissYou accepted this article at AFC. I'm not seeing sufficient notability for an article about this company. I've tagged it for "notability." Is there any reason I should not start the deletion process? davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:39, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi MusikAnimalThank you so much for the impute on the talk page. I was extremely upset today to find out that NeilIN did not even wait a day, before he took the text off the logo. I do not like to work with people that use Wikipedia to bolster their ego. I had left a message that I was waiting for an email. You probably saw what I had written that I had the approval and permission of the Executive Director to use the logo and the permission was sent to Wikipedia, and I was waiting for an email from the Executive Director. As I told you before I had created the logo, and it was a new version, which was in the process of being replaced on the web site and the blog. Since I had the logo I placed it on the Wiki page. The web site is taken care of by volunteers at Princeton Univ. I was waiting for the email from the Executive Director to inform me of the status changes with the logo. NeilIN could not even wait a day to receive this information before he deleted the text. The Executive Director is in NY and I sent the message on Pacific time at 10:21, she would not have seen the message until today, when she got home from work. By the time I received her email this afternoon, NeilIN had already deleted the text. I am volunteering to work on the Wiki page since I am computer savvy and have done other Wiki pages, and Princeton charges "The Ribbon" for work on the web site. About the logo size, I posted on "The Ribbon" talk page what I had copied from the Wiki page concerning graphics. It said usually the size is 300px, but there are occasions for a larger size. I wanted to have the text in the logo readable, and it only takes up 1/3 of the page. I had a break in the text, which was not cramped and it looked very nice. I have more text to add to the page, including pictures and editing to do. People around the country are having to dig in boxes for all the info and pictures from 35 years ago. I have been able to get the documentary posted on You Tube this last week. Thank you again for all the information and links and for your help. --Susan Macafee (talk) 06:31, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
Dear MusikAnimal, I just resubmitted my article for Monica Toft that you reviewed a couple of days ago. I changed the wording of the section that was problematic and added a new reference to her official CV (which lists all the awards and scholarships mentioned in the Wikipedia page). I am not sure if you will be the one reviewing the piece again but, in any event, thank you for your feedback. I hope the changes are sufficient. I will now get to work on something new. Best wishes Manuelmuniz75 (talk) 07:41, 18 March 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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Hello from sb236Hi, I'm disappointed, to say the least, by the way you deleted my logo without even asking me. It happens to be that I as the media director of Kohelet Policy Forum have the rights to the logo. I would like you to undelete it as soon as possible and to clear my name from the accusation of violating copyrights. Thank you,Sb236 (talk) 13:05, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I Uploaded the logo from the original PDF I have (I just minimized it). However, I'll appreciate your help in re-adding it. Sb236 (talk) 14:52, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
OK. Suppose I upload a different photo which isn't a logo, just a picture from a recent convention we held, would it be OK? what is holding the article from being published? If it's just the logo - I'll remove it. Sb236 (talk) 07:39, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
sir,im from the badaga community and i find the photo used in the wikipedia page to depict badagas as racial.it was taken some 90 years back and is completely irrelevant now as it has the tendancy to hurt the feelings of the vibrant and proud badaga community of the nilgiris.The badagas are one of the most educated communities of india with a literacy level higher than the national average.It is a humble request from myself and my badaga brothers and sisters to please remove it. Abhisheknavy (talk) 17:02, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
you may not have any personal problems with it but it is racial and can give a mixed opinion of our community to the outsiders.so i request you to remove it.and the reason i tried to remove the other contents are because of the inaccurate representation of facts regarding badaga history and the claim to a ST status which a vast majority of our community are opposed to.Though the presence of the latter is not a problem,the photo should be removed citing one group's interest,please look into it.for more accurate and productive information about the badagas please refer to http://badaga-origin.blogspot.in/ and http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Badagas.html. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhisheknavy (talk • contribs) 17:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC) please refer to the following links before editing anything,atleast have the courtesy to give the right information. http://badaga.wordpress.com/ http://badaga.in/ baduga.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhisheknavy (talk • contribs) 18:08, 31 March 2014 (UTC) Please comment on Talk:Water fluoridation controversyGreetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the request for comment on Talk:Water fluoridation controversy. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see suggestions for responding. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from Wikipedia:Feedback request service. — Legobot (talk) 00:01, 1 April 2014 (UTC) 4400i was trying to undo 2 edits by that user and add Recurring guest stars back in the article+ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:7:1940:4B:8C8F:992B:1142:283C (talk) 19:46, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
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