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Help re "citation"

Thanks for your advice a couple of days ago....Eagleash (talk) 02:08, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're always welcome :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 05:45, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

John Sewell (footballer)

Hi again, Thanks for your help. I knew it was going to be something really simple which I had failed to spot!! I pored over it for ages too!! I am able to claim that the areas causing the problem were not ones I'd actually done myself. :) Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 05:43, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Eagleash: It's ok. As one of my colleagues @lvwiki said: "Nobody has born as Wikipedian" :) And here you can't screw up something. And I was glad to help --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 08:51, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Džonatans Hills

Hello Edgars - would the following text (about Lord Hill nominated as Britain's next EU Commissioner) be a welcome addition to Latvian Wiki? M

Renaming

Regarding meta:Steward requests/Username changes, I confirm I wish to be renamed to Edgars. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 21:32, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for the talk archiving information. Pcproblemdoctor (talk) 08:46, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 10:50, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rūdolfs Jurciņš 1934

Hello!

Why You deleted drawing "Rūdolfs Jurciņš 1934.jpg"? This was nothing to do with any offence or insulting memmories about him or Latvians as a nation. Rūdolfs Jurciņš was a European Celebrity and any addings (even such as friendly carricature from Lithuanian magazine) about him would show how well known and popular he was and would increase his popularity now. The more pics about him - the better.

Merry Christmas!

Svetys — Preceding unsigned comment added by Svetys (talk • contribs) 10:02, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

That little "Ajax preview" that shows my sources before updating is truly a time saver. I cannot thank you enough. My frustration level has decreased about 5 levels. :) Did I say thank you? SusunW (talk) 04:28, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You're always welcome. Was glad to help. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:13, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

United Synagogues

Dear Edgars, please escalate the protected page status of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:United_Synagogue that you have been recently involved in. there is a block in place, for no reason, other than one user does not like having FULLY sourced and referenced material added to the page in question.

This is not, patently, in the spirit of Wikipedia and as such should be removed.

Kind regards

I.W — Preceding unsigned comment added by Internetwikier (talk • contribs) 15:38, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

IIHF world championships

Do you mean that because the chances of two teams from Group A being relegated are so slim that it dosen't bear mentioning so the note is not necessary there?18abruce (talk) 09:16, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@18abruce: I think I don't understand something. So, if Russia is 8th in Group B, then which 7th team is relegated? Group A or B? I think it's logical that relegated are 7th team from Group B, because Group A doesn't have anything to do with that. Am I right? --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 09:25, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

wrong, thats the whole point, the rules state that it is two lowest ranked teams so as the note says it would then be the lowest ranked 7th place team. It remains incredibly unlikely, but possible.18abruce (talk) 09:33, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Then I'm really sorry. Thought, that the system is as it always has been, so didn't read the note carefully :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 09:39, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, someone pointed it out to me a couple of years ago when I was trying to evaluate who was still able to be relegated, or I would never have noticed or thought of it. It is possible that the wording has never changed since they did the four groups of four format.18abruce (talk) 13:48, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Every day that you spent in Wikipedia you learn something new :) Thanks. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 15:14, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

First you show any reliable resources saying its Adam's Bridge.

First you show any reliable resources saying its Adam's Bridge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.101.16.4 (talk) 14:10, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian International School of Hong Kong

Hi Edgars2007,

thank you for your comments on my suggested edits. I have now (hopefully) outlined the changes in the format you requested, however, I am unsure if I have submitted those so that you can see my response, hence my message here to you now.

Regards, Dhambly — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhambly (talk • contribs) 09:07, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

#15

Okafor can't wear #15 for the Sixers. The number was worn by Hal Grier and has been retired for years. Irish brotha (talk) 01:11, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 01:14, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Protecting 2015 NBA Draft article

I just requested semi-protection for this article. Don't think it'll work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rube Dali (talk • contribs) 01:48, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of templates

You tagged my talk page today and said: Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Add some links etc.
Go ahead and delete or what-ever you plan to do to that template, me making that was a unintentional mishap.
M1grand (talk) 20:31, 18 August 2015 (UTC)M1grand[reply]

SP edit request

Thanks for your help with this. Unfortunately, the period at the end of the paragraph has accidentally been deleted - please could you reinstate? Thanks again... 119.76.65.14 (talk) 23:41, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops :) Thanks, fixed. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 06:19, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect. Thank you. 119.76.65.14 (talk) 09:14, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Error-checking help

Thanks, but I don't understand how a template would help here. I've finished the project (all articles now have their maps, unless I've made mistakes), so the error-checking is all that remains. Nyttend (talk) 23:33, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Interwiki to templates in Arabic Wikipedia

Hi, thank you for reply. Yes, I'm still interrested in doing that job. Can you run your bot for that mission ? If you need a bot flag in Arabic Wikipedia just ask here [1]. --Helmoony (talk) 17:50, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Helmoony: no, I wont need bot status. For such tasks this is all what needed. But I would do that probably after some days. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:57, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

After I connect those, which have the same name, I can give you other templates. Actually, I think you'll (that is, Arabic Wikipedia) have problems with other namespaces, at least my Wikipedia (Latvian Wikipedia) had :D --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:58, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'm gonna wait. -Helmoony (talk) 18:00, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Helmoony: I did some connection job. I think I connected somewhere 2000 items. I am counting only those templates, which are basepage, I'm not counting subpages. As I found out, there was quite little number of templates, that do contain only English name, the most of them are at least partially in Arabic. I will work on those templates, which have been moved at enwiki, but you can take a look at those in Arabic. So here are the lists:

Templates, that don't have iw and Wikidata item (currently: 12 338)
Templates, that don't have iw, but have Wikidata item (maybe they should be merged; currently: 10 278)

If you're interested, can go trough those templates, which are subpages, just say, under what name is documentation subpages. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 19:45, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like I put them in talk page space. You can freely move them to right namespace :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 19:53, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Thank you for your job. At least 2000 were connected to wikidata. That's a good job. Do you have a link by the way ? I'm working on the rest by mearging, deleting or simply adding an interwiki. Now you are a reviewer in Arabic Wikipedia so you can make some changes without waiting for reviews. I may need an update of the lists next months. Thank you. --Helmoony (talk) 21:55, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Red Link Recovery / Latvian language question

Howdy. I see that the suggestion set targeting longer popular red links didn't work out well, largely due to the tools poor understanding of country names and nominatives in Latvian. To help me tune the tool to improve future runs, is Maldivijas considered an acceptable (if lazy) variation of Maldīvijas, or should the tool always prefer variants with macrons ? Cheers - TB (talk) 16:03, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Topbanana: Yes, Latvian language isn't very nice in this case :) No, Maldivijas isn't good form. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 16:53, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merger discussion for Amy Swensen

An article that you have been involved in editing—Amy Swensen —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Red Fiona (talk) 23:48, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Missing interwikis

Hi Edgars! I noticed your page User:Edgars2007/Women from German linked into some athletes that I'm working on. How did you get the data for these missing articles and the number of articles in other languages? I ask because I've been recently thinking about how to get similar results for articles on athletics. Thanks, SFB 22:51, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I have some few secret methods of creating such lists, that I would like to keep in secret. But I can surely provide you with such lists. Here are some missing athletes articles from frwiki. Number of iws are number in table +1 (frwiki). Included those articles, which have infobox. Choosed frwiki, because I noticed in last few years (yes, athletics is in my zone of interest), that usually there is article. If you need some other such lists (based on category(-ies), templates, wikiproject banners in other Wikipedias), fell free to ask. If you need updating that list also - don't hesitate to ask. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:21, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, one more note - in list there are included only those articles, which are in frwiki and some other Wikipedia. If you and other Athletics Wikiproject members will create all those articles, which will take some time :), then I probably could provide those articles, which are only at frwiki. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:39, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging you just in case you missed my answer. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:35, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is great stuff! Exactly what I was looking for. Would you also be able to produce similar athlete lists for German and Polish Wikipedias? Those are the other languages where athletics is well represented. Foreign language coverage is often a very good indicator of what we are missing. I do find your secret methods quite intriguing! Thanks, SFB 22:35, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sillyfolkboy: included de and plwiki. Later will think about removing dublicates, I think, more than 50% are dublicates. Those lists are useful in one more way - some 10 articles we're not connected to other Wikipedias, so before writing new article, make sure, maybe it already exists at enwiki :) You could organize some red-link removal drive at Athletics Wikiproject, there would be work for everyone :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:40, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sillyfolkboy: the lists are updated, dewiki list may be incomplete, there were some problems. These should be better than previous ones, because I and other guys have done some clean-up at Wikidata by merging duplicates. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:30, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cool - thanks for letting me know! I've done quite a bit of clean up and done some of the more popular links but looks like there are still plenty to go. SFB 22:21, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Sillyfolkboy: yeah, no matter how much hands (users) you have, there will be endlessly much work left :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:32, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

re: auto-populate categories through Wikidata/other wiki comparison

Thanks for the ping. What I am looking for is something that would be easy to use and replicable. How would we about doing it for the Category:Cichociemni? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:43, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WPCleaner on Latvian wiki

Thanks for the configuration. Done ! --NicoV ^{(Talk on frwiki)} 18:04, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Transclusion counting

WRT the Village Pump discussion, here's the kind of thing I'm thinking about: any upmerged stubs with over 60 transclusions are eligible for being given their own category, and we have a huge backlog of overly large stub cats. Take Category:Kansas geography stubs for instance -- any of those which file into this directory (except {{Kansas-geo-stub}}, which is the intended stub tag for that category) with 60+ could be spun out, cutting the cat size down quickly. But checking which are eligible takes a while, because in many cases there are like 70 of them. (As it happens I've checked all these ones manually, but it took a while and was pretty tedious...!) As to how often it would need to be done... hard to say. Many don't have upmerged templates as yet, so it wouldn't be useful there, and you'd only need to check once a year at most I expect, but there are a whole bunch of oversized ones, many of which do have upmerged tags filing into them already. But if it's not gonna be often enough, or requires too much server strain, then don't sweat it. Would be nice to cut out 10 minutes worth of manually checking, but it's hardly essential :) Cheers! Buttons to Push Buttons (talk | contribs) 15:07, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look here. Is that what you wanted? Look just at the results at the second part of page. Don't worry about formatting - that can be changed. I just took those stub templates at Kansas geography stubs (except {{Kansas-geo-stub}}). If the results are OK, then my answer is yes - I can help you. You can come here anytime, probably better with multiple requests and maybe give me some page at WP:Stub sorting, where I can place the results in wiki-friendly format. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 15:58, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging you just in case you missed my answer. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:45, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I did, so thanks for the ping :) yes, that's exactly the sort of thing I'm after, thanks very much! Will keep this in mind. The best place to store the results, though... Dunno there. The usual procedure just says to link to the results, so linking to whatever URL the tool generates would be perfectly acceptable. Alternatively, appending the results to the bottom of Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/To do under "Upmerged stubs eligible for speedy creation" or similar would be fine. Buttons to Push Buttons (talk | contribs) 18:01, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK then. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 18:36, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Diwali

Could you respond to the original request, please? (124.180.197.248 (talk) 10:40, 25 November 2015 (UTC))[reply]

Question about Your Persondata Requests page?

Hi User:Edgars2007! I started the Abderrahmane Benkhalfa page, and I'm interested to know what it means to have it listed on your Requests/Persondata page.

Thanks in advance! RubyALG (talk) 14:44, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RubyALG! As the article was created after June 1, 2015, it doesn't have to include {{PERSONDATA}}, which is deprecated. See also Tracking category for new Persondata. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 15:18, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Just wanted to say I appreciate all the behind the scenes work you have been doing on my files. Since I don't speak most of the languages that I translate or create articles for, nor do I understand any of the technical aspects of WP, I really do appreciate your help. It has not gone unnoticed. SusunW (talk) 22:21, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SusunW: you're welcome :) Anyway, I have checked only 3 of your articles, which were about Latvian people. Those articles contained some really interesting facts, especially Lidija Liepiņa. As I don't actually write content of enwiki, I like to help with technical stuff, if I can. I try to be useful here :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 08:53, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Can you help with this? --Obsuser (talk) 20:09, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm not a Lua programmer :) Wait for some while, Trappist the monk will most probably help you there. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 20:19, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Adela of Pfalzel

I've had a go at this lady from your User:Edgars2007/Women_in_religion list: a bit messy as she already had half an article at Adela and Irmina, shared with her sister - who had a separate article at Irmina of Oeren, not linked from the one about the pair! I ended up MOVEing the dual article to Adela of Pfalzel, editing it to remove stuff about Irmina (which was already in her article), and creating a little navigational page (which someone is going to want to delete as it's not a proper dab page) at the joint title. The Wikidata is a mess because there's a "two-person" record, but I've left a message on a Wikidata project talk page asking for someone to please try and fix it. I wonder whether the next on the list is a similar case? I might dare to have a look at her. PamD 22:21, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, although Irene von Thessaloniki († 304) is a red link, we have Irene of Thessalonica redirecting to Agape, Chionia, and Irene. I leave it to you to decide what to do about her. PamD 22:24, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And I've also created a minimal stub for Catherine of Palma, with lots of incoming redirects which include Catalina Thomás. PamD 23:30, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@PamD: thanks for the comments. Yes, there are some bad things about automatically generated lists - they may contain errors. I added a note about Irene of Thessalonica and a general note to double-check :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:59, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	For your amazing success in expanding lists of new articles for WikiProject Women in Red. --Ipigott (talk) 08:30, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Ipigott: thank you! I appreciate it :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 09:51, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

File:Xmas Ornament.jpg

To You and Yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 10:44, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Bzuk: Thank you! The same to you! --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 13:09, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Files for Upload request

There is a request at Wikipedia:Files_for_upload/December_2015#Logo of Latvia-based airline Alpha Express Airlines concerning an article on the Latvian language Wikipedia. I don't know Latvian, so I can't check what their non-free content policy is, or fill the non-free use rationale. Finnusertop (talk | guestbook | contribs) 13:29, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Finnusertop: OK, will handle that. Have two questions - how he get there (at Latvian Wikipedia I don't remember putting link to WP:FFU) :D and how did you choose to get in touch with me (it's ok - I really don't mind). Thanks. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 13:47, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As for how they got here, I have no idea. As for why you: Wikipedia:Local Embassy#latviešu (lv). Thanks and happy holidays! Finnusertop (talk | guestbook | contribs) 13:52, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, now understood. Thanks and the same to you! --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 13:54, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editing links.

Hi, I looked at the link you suggested but as usual I didn't see any edit link. what can be the problem? I'm using "Safari" on "IOS." earlier on I used to see the links but they stopped appearing sometime early December. Dilone61 (talk) 01:24, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dilone61, I would suggest post to WP:VPT, describing the problem. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 10:39, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I visited WP:VPT but I couldn't post as the link to add discussions does not appear on my browser. Now what's next? Thanks. Dilone61 (talk) 04:07, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dilone61, as you may notice, I posted your problem. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 09:22, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AWB on Ubuntu

A discussion is going on at Wikimedia mailing list on using AWB on Ubunutu. Please check the discussion and update documentations. If needed, please send me an email, so that I can forward conversations till now. Please add a {{YGM}} on my talk if you mail me. --Tito Dutta (talk) 12:46, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Titodutta: I'm just a little bit curious, why I get notified? Thanks, of course, but I even don't have rights to use AWB here at enwiki. Magioladitis should get notified (if he isn't), not me :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 13:44, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

By the way I am not on Wikimedia mailing list :) -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:32, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hm right, I saw your name in WT:AWB, sorry, Magioladitis, the discussion is on using AWB on Ubuntu. --Tito Dutta (talk) 20:38, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wishing you all the best . . .

Edgars, may you continue to make Wikipedia a better place in the New Year. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:08, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Dirtlawyer1: thank you! Wish you the same, lets make Wikipedia better :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:38, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template iw link help

Hi ! Here you had told me that you can do iw link of some English named Templates for sa.wikipedia with Bot. Please guide me to do that or Please do as per your time. Thank you. NehalDaveND (talk) 12:19, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@NehalDaveND: Hi! Whoops... I forgot to say, that I already done that. I think, I connected some 2000 or 200 templates. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 15:27, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Edgars2007: here can you put new list, which don't have iw links ? NehalDaveND (talk) 03:13, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@NehalDaveND: I haven't forgot about you. Give me some one day. Currently, I have many other things to do. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 11:29, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@NehalDaveND: I updated sa:सदस्यः:Edgars2007/Connect/Other/Without doc. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 11:24, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Help?

Hi! I was doing a bit of searching for someone active that could speak Latvian. I posted at the Latvia WP, but I'm not sure if it would be seen given that the talk page seemed to be fairly inactive.

In any case, here's the situation. I recently restored a userspace draft, which I moved to Draft:Mazsalacas Secondary School. The article has some issues with tone and grammar, giving off the strong impression that the editor speaks English as a second language. They have a fairly good grasp, but there are very likely going to be policies and other things that could maybe pose an issue, if the language barrier is too large. The user in question is Nona118 and while there's nothing to guarantee that they're a native Latvian speaker, I think that it's likely given that they're writing about a Latvian secondary school and if this is the case, I think that it's also likely that they're affiliated with the school. Explaining policies about promotional content and COI tend to be one of the most difficult things to explain when/if there's a language barrier, hence why I'm here.

Can you help out any? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 09:33, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Tokyogirl79: hi! OK, I will try to fix some language, so it is more English not Latvian and it can later be improved by native English speaker, and I will remove all that unencyclopedic stuff. But I don't know is the school itself notable enough. OK, it's located at historic manor (not unique, but also not very usual place for a school in Latvia), but there are definetily more important schools at Latvia. Writing to user, trying to explain COI and other stuff - don't know is it needed. That most probably is one-time user, and judging by the time, ~~article~~draft was created, it was a school project to write an article about it in English and Latvian. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 10:01, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

They'd recently asked for it to be restored at WP:REFUND, which is what brought it to my attention for the most part. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:10, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- @Tokyogirl79: Oh, then most probably I should watchlist the page and make changes when the user has finished. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 11:25, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Scrape Wikipedia page revision history

Hi Edgars2007, this is in relation to a request for help I made at the Village_pump which has since been archived. I'm not familiar with the SQL and I would be happy to get some direction. Thank you.—M@sssly ^✉ 15:24, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Masssly: yes, sure. Just tell me, what page and what revision dates you want to get. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 15:28, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I need entire revision history for John Kufuor, Aliu Mahama, John Dramani Mahama, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Mahamudu Bawumia, John Atta Mills and Nana Akufo-Addo. Maybe if you teach me how to run one of them I should be able to handle the rest. Thanks —M@sssly^✉ 15:38, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Masssly: OK, so... Here is all revisions of John Kufuor page. I assume you have some technical knowledge, so you most probably understand, what is what in example. Just remember to change all spaces to underscores in page titles and search for precise page titles (no redirects) - in this task. Press login and follow other steps later; then press "New Query" and have some fun :) These tables most probably will also help. If you need addition help, don't hesitate to ask. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:02, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wow you've really made my day :) Thanks so much for your help. —M@sssly^✉ 17:22, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2022 Summer Youth Olympics listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 2022 Summer Youth Olympics. Since you had some involvement with the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix ^(talk) 17:19, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Delete page

Thanks a lot for the new template! Per your suggestion, I'm taking it to TFM to get input on merging it with TFD. Being bold would be reckless here, at least on my part, because I don't have a clue how this type of template works. Nyttend (talk) 14:26, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback message from Tito Dutta

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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your tireless contribution you get a barnstar. Tito Dutta (talk) 21:40, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 22:19, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merchandise Giveaway Nomination Notification

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Center tags

Last database check gave almost 6,000 pages with unclosed center tags. In most cases the center tag is not needed at all. The list can be found at User:Magioladitis/Sandbox. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:19, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Magioladitis I was speaking about Wikipedia in general :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:31, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I know. I just wanted you to face to reality :D -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:36, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Long pages

Hi, could I trouble you to update this list again. please? I put bot-archive templates on most of them, so I need to see if any haven't worked, and what the next batch are. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:45, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Pigsonthewing:

Done. List. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 21:09, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:55, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And again, please. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:44, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Pigsonthewing: Done. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:11, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Again, please. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:07, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Pigsonthewing: Sorry for the delay. Done. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:12, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

WP Women

Please provide me the updated list here. Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 13:01, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Magioladitis: see this post. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 13:18, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Women list

Hi. I started getting ready to run a trial on the new list you gave me, but there are some results that clearly aren't correct on that list. For instance, when I downloaded the wikitext version, 1978 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom was present. Could you detail how you generated this list and how to reduce such errors? I'm guessing the direction we should move in is someone from the WikiProject manually checking sections of the list and letting me know when a section is ready for tagging. ~ Rob^Talk 22:10, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@BU Rob13: Hi! Well, for this particular article the problem was, that at dewiki (and all other wikis) it is about the person. Actually, from Wikidata PoV these articles shouldn't get connected, because they are describing two different things. I think the list is good enough to tag articles. If you spot some errors, then you remove them, if you don't spot an error - well, tagging using enwiki categories also wouldn't be error-free. How I get the list you're asking? Simply going to dewiki's category "Frau" (Women) and converting links to enwiki links (via SQL, of course). You could also upload the list of potential tagging articles here, so that we don't work with 40 000 articles. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 05:53, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I guess the problem is potential blow-back for errors. I'm going to upload the full list (in parts, because it's too large to just throw on one page) into my userspace tomorrow and I'll link that to you. If you could post it at WP Women and give people a chance to object in general or to pour over the lists if they care to, that's probably the best way to ensure no-one feels wronged by the few errors that are committed. ~ Rob^Talk 05:57, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Could you give me some details on how you've generated the list you gave me here? i.e. Exactly what tool you used to do so. I'm trying to figure out how the Ace Ventura one wound up there. I'm wondering whether it showed up due to a redirect. If that's the case, I'm not going to be able to weed them out, because the list I received would have changed redirects to their target. ~ Rob^Talk 19:13, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@BU Rob13: S*, really, how did Ace got there... Serously, I thought, that tagging articles, based on dewiki category would be the most easy thing :D Yes, probably it could be caused by resolving redirects... OK, give me some time, I will try to generate normal list (sorry for giving such bad list). But the articles themselves I got with this query:

select lde.ll_title
from dewiki_p.langlinks lde
#join dewiki_p.page pde on pde.page_id=lde.ll_from
where lde.ll_from in (select plade.page_id
                from dewiki_p.categorylinks clade
                join dewiki_p.page plade on clade.cl_from=plade.page_id
                where plade.page_namespace=0 and clade.cl_type="page" and
                                              clade.cl_to="Frau")
and lde.ll_from in (select mde.ll_from from dewiki_p.langlinks mde where mde.ll_lang="en")
and lde.ll_lang="en"
group by lde.ll_from

--Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 19:31, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. In an ideal world, I'd just have a list of all pages that Category:Frau was placed on (like list the redirects themselves, not the target article, if only the redirect is in the category). If you want, you can save that in a text file and email it to me so we don't have to use that wmflabs thing. I'm not a huge fan of that list. It makes for more work when I need to place the list onto the wiki. ~ Rob^Talk 19:41, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@BU Rob13: OK, now I think, I have a pretty good list. Those are dewiki Frau category articles, which don't have any of these banners: WikiProject Women, WikiProject Women artists, WikiProject Women's Health, WikiProject Women's History, WikiProject Women scientists, WikiProject Women's sport, WikiProject Women writers. I see there some redirects, section links, redlinks - all those should be skipped. Only 3tk items, but don't worry - you'll have many more articles to tag - one of next phases will be Women by nationality :) And there are so many projects to tag :D --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 20:10, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by section links? ~ Rob^Talk 20:21, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@BU Rob13: "Page#Section". --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 20:22, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata lists form Women in Red

Hi Edgars! You did such a great job on Women photographers, I was wondering if you could help us out with Women entertainers in connection with our June editathon. It looks to me as if we should be covering actresses, comedians, dancers, filmmakers, models, radio and TV people and possibly the stage. The list on photographers has been a great help. I have frequently drawn on it myself and you will see it now contains a fair number of blue links.--Ipigott (talk) 11:39, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Ipigott! Hmm, this will be a little bit trickier than with photographers (which was simple, because I had to include simply photographers). So I should include

all kind of actresses (I assume, except pornographic ones, right?)
comedians
dancers
models
directors
screenwriters
producers
television presenters
radio hosts

Currently I'm thinking about splitting lists, because there is time-limit for generating lists. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 11:55, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think you'll need to proceed more or less along these lines as we have no general category "entertainer". If you are going to split things up, I think the most useful list to create first would be actresses (and I don't see any real need for exclusions) as they probably also cover radio, TV and the stage. You may be able to cover directors, screenwriters and producers together too. In my opinion the dancers are less important as they have to some extent been covered by our work on music and ballet. Don't make things too difficult for yourself!--Ipigott (talk) 12:13, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ipigott: actresses done. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:40, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Looks great. I've already linked it to the editathon page.--Ipigott (talk) 06:41, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ipigott: Had some free time. Created User:Edgars2007/Entertainers (everything except actresses, models, producers) and User:Edgars2007/Models. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:41, 31 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a million. It arrived just in time for our June editathon. We now have really good lists of redlinks for those interested in participating.--Ipigott (talk) 06:40, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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@Ipigott: Thank you! But I wanted to note, that I'm not the author of that tool ;) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 13:14, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That hardly matters. You were the one who brought it to our attention and told us how to use it. It looks as if it came from the Russians. In any case, you've really been helping us along with the technical stuff and have generally tried to make life easier for us on Women in Red. We might finally be able to ensure that all those women biographies are at least shown as "female" in Wikidata. Well done once again!--Ipigott (talk) 13:23, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your help requested again

Hi there. Further to Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 144#Comments subpages, would you mind running one final query to find these pages?

Specifically, could you list all subpages of the form /Comments in the article talk namespace which are not blank and are not redirects. (There should not be many left now.)

Could you separately list any which are blank?

Many thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:47, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@MSGJ: List. Currently, there are some problems with redirects at database. In this list I do see many redirects, but at database they are not marked as such. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 05:58, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:10, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Women philosophers

Hi Edgars! Sorry to have to bother you are but I have been trying to set up a list of Wikidata red links for women philosophers based on the work you did for photographers, etc. You can see what I have done here. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Could you check through it any see what is wrong. If you can explain my mistakes, I should be able to create lists myself in future.--Ipigott (talk) 09:19, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Ipigott! Fixed. This is the version, that has to be saved. And did you press that "Manually update list" link? If not, then you have to press it. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 09:29, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a million. Works fine now.--Ipigott (talk) 09:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikidata list of women anarchists

Sorry to bother you again but I seem to be having trouble with this one. I've recently added a number of female anarchists to Wikidata from the FR and ES wikis but they are not showing up on the list. Can you help?--Ipigott (talk) 07:37, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - that's a bit better.--Ipigott (talk) 12:15, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Edgars2007; I trust all is well with you. I would be grateful if you could explain to me how EdgarBot undertakes the addition of links from Wikidata to a Wikipedia article for Women in Red. I'm interested in a high-level algorithm. I ask out of interest, mainly, and because I know that counting new women articles is non-trivial given shortcomings in categoristion & talk-page tagging. Of course, please explain only if you have the time and are willing; I don't want to cause you great effort; you're probably busy.

I understand that you're polling category:Women by occupation. And doing what? Spotting new additions? How many levels of category do you look at? And then I guess, you're asking wikidata whether it has links for any of the articles you found. And if wikidata has no link, then you're doing what? Checking to see if there is an appropriate wikidata item against which to add a link? And is there is not, creating a new human/female item against which you post the link. Finally, how does the addition of new categories into the category:Women by occupation tree affect the bot: does it poll the new category in its entirety? Finally, how often does the EdgarBot WiR task run?

thanks --Tagishsimon (talk) 16:16, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Tagishsimon. Currently the short answer. This whole "Edgars2007 has written a script to mark enwiki articles as women at Wikidata" is a little bit too overestimated or what the proper word for that is in English. I don't have a script that I run frequently - this is one of many tasks, that I do at Wikidata when I remember. Yes, I look at new Women by occupation category tree. For enwiki articles, that don't have Wikidata items, I create them and mark them as persons and women. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 16:33, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I greatly appreciate what you do; I've flicked through your bot's wikidata contributions list and have an idea of some of the other things that occupy you time. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk) 16:40, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Request a query

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Request a query

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@KoshVorlon: believe me, I am aware :) But for this particular problem Quarry didn't seam to be the right area. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 21:10, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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OK, thanks for letting me know. Will be more careful in future. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 05:44, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Edgars. Since you introduced me to the WE-Framework gadget over a year ago, I have made wide use of it, particularly in connection with biographies. Unfortunately, I see that alterations have been made to the gadget in the past day or two with the result that it no longer displays fields which are empty. This means that the only way of updating Wikidata entries is to go to Wikidata itself which many of us find too difficult or too time-consuming. Is there anything you can do to have the old version restored?--Ipigott (talk) 10:04, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ipigott. It looks more like an error, not an intentional thing. I have contacted probable cause of the problem. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 09:48, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for getting back to me on this. I hope they can sort it out soon. We have, for example, a long list of Wikidata biographies on women where the profession is missing. I also try to add missing Wikidata info on many of the new articles I review. Please let me know if you receive any responses on this.--Ipigott (talk) 09:55, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Ipigott: should be fixed. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 13:30, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it seems fine again now. Thanks for your help.--Ipigott (talk) 12:05, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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@Xenophon Philosopher: The diagram is currently used directly inside the article; I'll move it to Template:Leamside line RDT. Jc86035 (talk) 05:36, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. Most historically interesting lines do have their own Template RFT which can be accessed easily.

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Hi Edgars2007, you helped me with a query for gl.wiki a few months ago, and I wanted to know if you could help me with another one O:).

I need a query that returns the list of articles in gl.wiki that contain a certain text string. It's to make lists of articles with spelling errors and use them with the AWB. Can you tell me how I would have to do that query? For example, if I want to get a list of all the articles that have the word "extender", what would it be like? Bye, --Elisardojm (talk) 10:05, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Xmas

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello Edgars2007, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019.
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Also I have some tech requests. Will email you :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:34, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, James! Wish the same to you :) Answer: User:Edgars2007/WPMED. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 14:28, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wondering if we can adjust this list to just those items were a specific "ref name=X" is used in both the infobox and the lead? Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:47, 8 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Doc James: I assume this is not needed anymore because of this, right? --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:15, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes thanks User:Edgars2007. I have found someone who can take care of it with a bot rather than me doing it manually. Apologies should have posted here sooner. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:04, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wondering if you can calculate

This for 2018 like you did for 2017?

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Stats/Top_medical_editors_2017_(all)

Many thanks :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 13:33, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And an updated version of

Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Stats/Number of articles by language 2018
And total references [2] would also be great

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:04, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Doc James: sorry for late reply. Real life and million things onwiki. Here is top medical editors 2018 --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 15:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful. Thanks you :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:52, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wondering if we can also get an update of this Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Stats/Number_of_articles_by_language_2018? Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:02, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Doc James: WPMED articles by languages are here. Ref stats are here. Don't know which you're interested in, so including all info (with basic search expression - of course I was searching more complex variants). --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:13, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent data. Is the number of articles for Feb 2019? And what date is the references from? Can we also add the number of refs with an "ISBN"? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:24, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Doc James: number of articles - yes, basically February (maybe it was something like January 30th, so pretty close). References - something like February 5th. ISBN - can we do this next year ;) The data crawl took approx 2 days. Don't want to put the stress on servers again. OK, it wasn't sooo much, but anyway. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 16:13, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect thanks! Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:08, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

By the way wondering if you can add / link the code you use to generate these numbers in our github repository [3] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:01, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Edgars, I'd like to ask about the method to create such lists: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost. Thank you--Mustafa (talk) 17:01, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mustafa. Did you post the correct link? :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:08, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Edgars2007, Sorry, I meant Wikipedia:Articles in many other languages but not on English Wikipedia/Update--Mustafa (talk) 17:10, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mustafa: oh, that one. For that specific list I just run a database query for German Wikipedia (because... it is other large WP) and took those articles that doesn't have corresponding article in enwp. Now for such lists I use Wikidata (for example lvwiki). --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 17:20, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikimedia or Wikipedia?

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Op-Ed: What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator

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Wheel war on Tatar Wikipedia.

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Money, money, money.

Humour: A little verse

Two poems of Wikipedia.

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The Signpost: 29 August 2021

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Wikimedians of the year: Seven Wikimedians of the year

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News from Wiki Education: Changing the face of Wikipedia

Moving forward.

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WikiProject report: WikiProject Days of the Year Interview

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Traffic report: Olympics, movies, and Afghanistan

Winners and losers.

Community view: Making Olympic history on Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 26 September 2021

News and notes: New CEO, new board members, China bans

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In the media: The future of Wikipedia

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Opinion: Wikimedians of Mainland China were warned

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Op-Ed: I've been desysopped

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Disinformation report: Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages

Did German Wikipedia love parliaments a little too much? Plus fake-bacon and a ponzi scheme.

Discussion report: Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators

Emotional injury and rising standards against a backdrop of a dwindling sysop cadre: the 2021 Requests for adminship review grapples with tough issues.

Recent research: Wikipedia images for machine learning; Experiment justifies Wikipedia's high search rankings

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Community view: Is writing Wikipedia like making a quilt?

Help us piece together WikiProject Craft!

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News from Diff: Welcome to the first grantees of the Knowledge Equity Fund

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WikiProject report: The Random and the Beautiful

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The Signpost: 31 October 2021

From the editor: Different stories, same place

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News and notes: The sockpuppet who ran for adminship and almost succeeded

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In the media: China bans, and is there intelligent life on this planet?

Beam me up, Scotty – Matt Amodio for sure, and maybe just a few VIPs, billionaires, and Tucker Carlson.

Opinion: A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life

Section 230 in practice – this Black life should matter to us.

Discussion report: Editors brainstorm and propose changes to the Requests for adminship process

Proposals to solve eight core problems – what many describe as a broken process – identified in the 2021 RfA review.

Recent research: Welcome messages fail to improve newbie retention

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Community view: Reflections on the Chinese Wikipedia

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Traffic report: James Bond and the Giant Squid Game

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Technology report: Wikimedia Toolhub, winners of the Coolest Tool Award, and more

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Serendipity: How Wikipedia helped create a Serbian stamp

Details can make all the difference!

Book review: Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality

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WikiProject report: Redirection

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The Signpost: 29 November 2021

In the media: Denial: climate change, mass killings and pornography

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WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2021

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Deletion report: What we lost, what we gained

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Wikipedia democratizes knowledge, but is it in Jeopardy?

Arbitration report: ArbCom in 2021

We should have at least one of these every year!

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Editors propose modifications to Wikipedia's admin-making process.

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How MediaWiki works with media files.

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From the silver screen to your computer screen

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The Signpost: 28 December 2021

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News and notes: Jimbo's NFT, new arbs, fixing RfA, and financial statements

Wrapping up 2021 with a pair of auctions, activity surrounding administrators, and an audit.

Serendipity: Born three months before her brother?

Wikipedia and the Oxford Dictionary of Music have different opinions.

In the media: The past is not even past

Even for Wikipedia critics in nappies!

Recent research: STEM articles judged unsuitable for undergraduates below the first paragraph

And other new research results.

Arbitration report: A new crew for '22

Elections certified, bans unlifted, mailing lists restricted, but no new cases.

By the numbers: Four billion words and a few numbers

Commemorating a milestone: word count comparisons with other Wikipedias.

Deletion report: We laughed, we cried, we closed as "no consensus"

More hats than a rodeo: the best, worst, and gnarliest AfDs of 2021.

Gallery: Wikicommons presents: 2021

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Crossword: Another Wiki crossword for one and all

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The Signpost: 30 January 2022

Special report: WikiEd course leads to Twitter harassment

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Interview: CEO Maryana Iskander "four weeks in"

"Impossible ideas can be created, not just imagined."

Black History Month: What are you doing for Black History Month?

Over 1,700 U.S. congressmen owned slaves. You can help document this.

Deletion report: Ringing in the new year: Subject notability guideline under discussion

More than you wanted to know about the massive NSPORTS RfC.

WikiProject report: The Forgotten Featured

Interview with volunteers at the Unreviewed featured articles 2020 working group.

Arbitration report: New arbitrators look at new case and antediluvian sanctions

The spirit of 2006 is going strong.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2021

Royals, Freddy and movies.

Gallery: No Spanish municipality without a photograph

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Obituary: Twofingered Typist

Rest in peace.

Op-Ed: Identifying and rooting out climate change denial

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Essay: The prime directive

Just imagine!

Opinion: Should the Wikimedia Foundation continue to accept cryptocurrency donations?

One editor doesn't think so.

In the media: Fuzzy-headed government editing

Get down and party! But no COI editing!

Recent research: Articles with higher quality ratings have fewer "knowledge gaps"

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Serendipity: Pooh entered the Public Domain – but Tigger has to wait two more years

Copyright is almost always complicated, but we break it down for you.

Crossword: Cross swords with a crossword

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The Signpost: 27 February 2022

From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief

Bye-bye 'bones!

News and notes: Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Plus, the Steward Elections, Leadership Development Task Force and a contest.

Opinion: Why student editors are good for Wikipedia

Who are the students and how do we assure quality?

Special report: A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia

Vive l'encyclopédie libre!

In the media: Wiki-drama in the UK House of Commons

Plus, Wiki Unseen, the "Sports Wars", and much more.

Serendipity: War photographers: from Crimea (1850s) to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)

"The first casualty when war comes is truth".

Technology report: Community Wishlist Survey results

Plus, DiscussionTools and dark mode.

WikiProject report: 10 years of tea

Coffee in Teahouse and other secrets revealed in this interview with volunteers.

Featured content: Featured Content returns

A fantastic diverse mix of a record-breaking amount of content.

Deletion report: The 10 most SHOCKING deletion discussions of February

You WON'T believe #8!

Recent research: How editors and readers may be emotionally affected by disasters and terrorist attacks

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Arbitration report: Parties remonstrate, arbs contemplate, skeptics coordinate

The report on lengthy litigation.

By the numbers: Does birthplace affect the frequency of Wikipedia biography articles?

Some evidence from people born in France.

Gallery: The vintage exhibit

Some good-ol' posters, restored to its former glory.

Traffic report: Euphoria, Pamela Anderson, lies and Netflix

Plus quarterbacks, half-timers, Olympians, and Hulu!

News from Diff: The Wikimania 2022 Core Organizing Team

Meet the folks in charge!

Crossword: A Crossword, featuring Featured Articles

Can you fill in the boxes with Wikipedia's best content?

Humour: Notability of mailboxes

Does yours pass?

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The Signpost: 27 March 2022

From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

We stand in solidarity with free knowledge.

News and notes: Of safety and anonymity

The diff that resulted in arrest and jail time in Belarus.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera

A Ukrainian Wikipedian volunteers to document the war.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary

Reporting from on the ground in Ukraine.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps

Holding up the elephants!

Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks

For whom do the Bells toil?

In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff

Lenin did not say "Wow, check out those yachts"!

Recent research: Top scholarly citers, lack of open access references, predicting editor departures

And other research publications.

Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond

The thought of cities being destroyed is unbearable.

Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now

The Discussion Report returns with a diverse mix of community proposals.

Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon

Plus, Desktop Improvements and a new uploading tool for Commons.

Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors

Unclear whether storm will make landfall.

Traffic report: War, what is it good for?

Ukraine, Russia and Anna Sorokin.

Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine

Things that go "boom" in the night.

Gallery: "All we are saying is, give peace a chance..."

The once-seen beauty of Ukraine, in high quality.

From the archives: Burn, baby burn

A look at when early backups of Wikipedia were recovered.

Essay: Yes, the sky is blue

There is such thing as over-citing.

Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja

And other useful Tips of the Day.

On the bright side: The bright side of news

Happy-er current events.

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The Signpost: 24 April 2022

News and notes: Double trouble

The second case of Wikipedian persecution.

In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia

What's hot in the media this month.

Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war

Writing Wikipedia, joining the armed forces, and volunteering.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)

"Our proud Sparta bleeds too."

Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer

Plus, a new status page and Desktop Improvements.

Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March

We showcase the best content that Wikipedians offered this past month.

In focus: Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia

A multi-national encyclopedia tries to move forward.

Gallery: A voyage around the world with WLM winners

Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 winners announced.

Interview: On a war and a map

How a war map predated Wikimedia's map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers

Why not just link to an article to attribute famous photographers?

Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion

Plus deaths, films, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Recent research: Student edits as "civic engagement"; how Wikipedia readers interact with images

And other new research findings

News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?

The deceptively simple Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022.

Essay: The problem with elegant variation

An elegant Wikipedia essay.

Humour: Really huge message boxes

A serious statement of Wikipedia policy.

From the archives: Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization

A look at when the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was reorganized.

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The Signpost: 29 May 2022

From the team: A changing of the guard

Your two new Signpost Editors in Chief.

News and notes: 2022 Wikimedia Board elections

Plus, Form 990, fundraising, RfA and UCoC.

Community view: Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections

Community shortlisting in an affiliate-based process, and a poll for you to speak your mind.

Opinion: The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency

A little more information, please.

In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more

A varied collection of "special operations", and interviews.

Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war

Tales of hope, perseverance and even a little humor.

In focus: Measuring gender diversity in Wikipedia articles

A new approach at the article level.

Discussion report: Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more

We summarize the drama for you.

WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited

March 2020 WikiProject report interviewees return discussing project's evolution and future.

Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis

Plus, Growth Features configuration, the Hackathon, and more.

Featured content: Featured content of April

Showcasing the very best articles, pictures, videos, and other contributions from Wikipedians last month.

Interview: Wikipedia's pride

An interview with queer Wikimedians.

Serendipity: Those thieving image farms

Stopping them from taking your photos from Commons.

Recent research: 35 million Twitter links analysed

And other recent research findings.

Tips and tricks: The reference desks of Wikipedia

Helpful advice from Tips of the Day.

Traffic report: Strange highs and strange lows

Were Johnny and Amber exchanging blows?

News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced

Photos raise awareness for nature protection and human impact on nature.

News from the WMF: The EU Digital Services Act: What’s the Deal with the Deal?

New regulations governing online censorship.

Video: How the entire country of Qatar was blocked from editing

A lighthearted video recalling the 2006 incident.

Gallery: Diving under the sea for World Oceans Day

Exploring Featured Pictures of the world's oceans.

From the archives: The Onion and Wikipedia

A look at when The Onion published an humorous article regarding Wikipedia.

Essay: How not to write a Wikipedia article

On creative works.

Humour: A new crossword

Test your word-puzzle skills!

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks

Office actions to secretly delete stuff when told to? Well, at least not if they're Putin's.

In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down

Belarusian Mark Bernstein to serve 36 months of "home chemistry" for unapproved posting, Slate covers historically large adminship bid, UBI economist with goofy infobox caption thinks it's funny.

Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?

A review of Wikipedia's fundraising messages and financial status.

Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled

Just three for the history books this month (or not).

Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it

Famed FP ace steps up to run main page outfit. Millions tremble in fear, or something.

Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose

And who can forget the black-breasted buttonquail.

Essay: RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy?

Don't be dumb, says math whiz: avoid the gambler's fallacy. Illustrated for your pleasure.

Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed

Tables "like to socialize" and "share genes": ooh la la!

Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?

What's the deal with Anita Forrer, redlinked woman of mystery who saved Schwarzenbach archives?

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals

Google and Internet Archive sold on new product, more customers hoped to follow.

Traffic report: Top view counts for shows, movies, and celeb lawsuit that keeps on giving

Plus editing stampedes for cheery subjects: shootings, deaths, and virus.

Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter

Lest Southern Hemisphere be forgotten.

Humour: Shortcuts, screwballers, Simon & Garfunkel

Can we offer you a nice crossword in this trying time?

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The Signpost: 1 August 2022

From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something

The future of stuff? Who knows, but two articles were written by a computer this month.

News and notes: Information considered harmful

Wikipedia and human rights, publishers and the Internet Archive, Russia and Wikipedia.

In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap

Real news or silly season?

Op-Ed: The "recession" affair

IGNORANCE IS NOT STRENGTH.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)

"This year's victory was sad and dull."

Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

Candidate op-eds, open question spaces, and more.

Community view: Youth culture and notability

Was Minecraft YouTuber a GNG pass in life, or only in death?

Opinion: Criminals among us

Mass murderers, sex criminals, Ponzi schemers, insider traders, and business people.

Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement

The last three months of arbitration through the eyes of a GPT-3

Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country

GPT-3 whips it out.

Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us

And when is 'today'?

Traffic report: US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July

The world shows its messy complexity.

Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists

More lists expected next month.

Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot

It doesn't have to be a pain in the butt!

In focus: Wikidata insights from a handy little tool

PAC2 explains the item documentation template.

On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories

Education, climate change, and journalism.

Essay: How to research an image

Zoom and enhance.

Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed

And other new research findings.

Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia

But Commons is a treasure trove.

Gallery: A backstage pass

All the things about theatre that the general public misses out on.

From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened

Ten years ago, Russian Wikipedia went dark in protest of new Russian laws. Today...

Humour: Why did the chicken cross the road?

Strange mysteries of our animal world.

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The Signpost: 31 August 2022

News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere

jimmy@wikipedia.org donate@wikimedia.org (not a typo?) wants a moment of your time.

Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?

Why the 'Festival Edition' was less than perfect, and what we can do better.

In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth

But Annie Rauwerda is the real thing!

Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees

2022 elections, new page patrol, Fox News, Vector 2022, Royal Central and external links

News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me

Change and stability.

In focus: Thinking inside the box

All there is to know about userboxen.

Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...

Sometimes Citation bot is not enough.

Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now

Plus, the Private Incident Reporting System, and new bots & user scripts!

Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth

One exterior, one interior.

Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.

Also includes a campaign to "Suck for Luck".

Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links

And other new research

Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come

Because there really is no real theme this month you can grab onto to give a catchy title.

Essay: Delete the junk!

Some articles aren't worth saving

Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)

Edinburgh in August.

Humour: CommonsComix No. 1

Because the Signpost needs a cartoon.

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago

The Signpost looks back on The Signpost: New reports, conceived in a spirit of collaboration, and dedicated to the proposition of information and, uh, more information for all.

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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"

Candidates sign off and peel out – Sigalov is on and Peel is in.

In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers

Just what is NPP? Why does it need the WMF? Why does it need YOU?

In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements

Was Katherine Maher a former encyclopedia salesperson?

Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution

The latest from the Wikimedia Deutschland Movement Strategy & Global Relations Team.

Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News

Source reliability, NPP, and appearance discussions.

Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship

Find out firsthand what our newest admin, ScottishFinnishRadish, does with a chainsaw.

Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?

Some Articles for Deletion just drag on.

Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos

Suggestion: promote removal of visible copyright signs of images under a CC-BY license.

Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future

And other research news.

Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs

Repeat after me: I solemnly swear not to put "oh my!" in a headline.

Featured content: Farm-fresh content

This month: A FACBot upgrade, a completed list of lists.

Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2

Lo!

CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse

When Commons gives you a blank space...

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022

Yes, again.

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The Signpost: 31 October 2022

From the team: A new goose on the roost

Or maybe the spit -- only time will tell.

News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet

News from Twitter, Commons and the WMF C-Suite.

News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment

501(c)(3) application approved, Amazon donates another million.

In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias

Wading into several controversies.

Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove

I can has Kremlin sockfarms?

Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors?

And other new research publications.

Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship

The newest sysop speaks on the process that got them there.

Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com

The Signpost: 28 November 2022

News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"

Joe Roe's close sows dough woes, manifestos... vetoes? overthrows?

In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet"

Ineffective altruism, return of the toaster, Jess Wade keeps wading through it, Russia censors searches, schools embrace Wikipedia.

Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC

An interview with Wikimedia's Chief Advancement Officer.

Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future

Oh, just one more thing... AI couldn't help but notice you use that punctuation a little bit more than most people...

Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed

Are government goons prowling our fair encyclopedia?

Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality

Have we gotten past the point where better articles makes us a better encyclopedia? And what comes next?

Book review: Writing the Revolution

Heather Ford's new volume on Wikipedia, knowledge and power in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality

Facebook's Galactica demo provides a case study in large language models for text generation at scale: this one was silly, but we cannot ignore them forever.

Essay: The Six Million FP Man

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Tips and tricks: (Wiki)break stuff

Productively doing nothing

Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"

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Featured content: A great month for featured articles

Do consider joining FPC, though: we need you.

Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia

A lost article from our deep annals

Traffic report: Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports

The weeks and weeks, as reviewed by Wikipedia's readers.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

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CommonsComix: Joker's trick

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News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins

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In the media: Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more

Sometimes you need to read more than just the headlines!

Interview: ComplexRational's RfA debrief

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Technology report: Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"

Wikifunctions might drag it down.

Essay: Mobile editing

Frustrations and successes.

Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee Election 2022

Congratulations.

Recent research: Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes

And other new research findings.

Serendipity: Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical

How Iranian press agencies help Wikipedia to reflect football in a better way.

Featured content: Would you like to swing on a star?

You head into the featured content report. Amongst the features you see astronauts, both Gilbert and Sullivan, Ursula K. Le Guin's incredibly talented mother, and Billboard charts. It is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Traffic report: Football, football, football! Wikipedia Football Club!

It is mostly about football!

CommonsComix: #4: The Course of WikiEmpire

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From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

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The Signpost: 16 January 2023

From the team: We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again

It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.

Special report: Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020

Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".

News and notes: Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion

UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.

In the media: Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again

Wikipedia's birthday, a cute dog, and nipplefruit.

Technology report: View it! A new tool for image discovery

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In focus: Busting into Grand Central

Debunking widely-told myths about New York's grandest and centralest railway station.

Serendipity: How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100

The economics of Wikipedia.

Gallery: What is our responsibility when it comes to images?

When notability conflicts with what it might be used for.

Humour: New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced

7,000,000-year Landmasses for Subduction discussions considered "too long".

Opinion: Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany

Allow us to bring you back, back, back, to days of Wikifun rampant.

Featured content: Flip your lid

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Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2022

War, sports, and all types of chaos.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

The editor with five million edits, the death of Aaron Swartz, and rollback.

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The Signpost: 4 February 2023

From the editor: New for the Signpost: Author pages, tag pages, and a decent article search function

Last issue's vow for "something to show for these efforts" revisited.

News and notes: Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan

As well as the continued rise of the machines, and Amanda Keton's WMF departure.

Section 230: Twenty-six words that created the internet, and the future of an encyclopedia

Section 230 before the Supreme Court in two cases, with broad implications for the web.

Disinformation report: Wikipedia on Santos

Or Santos on Wikipedia?

Special report: Legal status of Wikimedia projects "unclear" under potential European legislation

WMF issues salvo in latest battles of the Posting Wars

In the media: Furor over new Wikipedia skin, followup on Saudi bans, and legislative debate

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Op-Ed: Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter

Isamaa party sponsor Parvel Pruunsild files claim in Tartu County Court against WMEE head Ivo Kruusamägi and Reform Party politicians.

Opinion: Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage

English Wikipedia among most "global" and Thai Wikipedia's among most "Western", but non-Western works neglected overall.

Recent research: Wikipedia's "moderate yet systematic" liberal citation bias

And other new research publications.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Organized Labour

An interview with those who pitch in together

Tips and tricks: XTools: Data analytics for your list of created articles

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Featured content: 20,000 Featureds under the Sea

An exceptionally good period for featured articles.

Traffic report: Films, deaths and ChatGPT

Can we have a chat?

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The Signpost: 20 February 2023

News and notes: Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan

UCoC Enforcement Guidelines pass, Wikimedia Enterprise financials, GPTs gone wild, and a speedy deletion criterion removed.

In the media: Arbitrators open case after article alleges Wikipedia "intentionally distorts" Holocaust coverage

Also: Russ Baker's BLP, the digital commons, the NSA, and more on Pakistan.

Disinformation report: The "largest con in corporate history"?

Gautam Adani and his companies possibly behind scheme featuring scores of socks, infiltration of articles for creation process.

Essay: Machine-written articles: a new challenge for Wikipedia

GPT: friend or foe?

Tips and tricks: All about writing at DYK

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Featured content: Eden, lost.

But much else to be found.

Gallery: Love is in the air

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Traffic report: Superbowl? Pfft. Give me some Bollywood! Yours sincerely, the world

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From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago: Let's (not) delete the Main Page!

Also: let's delete images of Muhammed! Let's delete portals!

Cobwebs: Editorial: The loss of the moral high ground

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The Signpost: 9 March 2023

News and notes: What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?

A lack of transparency.

Technology report: Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy

Using failed AI Galactica's worst mistakes to test a new AI.

In the media: What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?

Probable answers: No, no, maybe?

Featured content: In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter

Seriously, even the chef has a major military history connection.

Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events

And other new research publications.

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

Wikizine, Wikipedia Zero, Single User Login, and Wales allegedly editing his girlfriend's article.

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The Signpost: 20 March 2023

News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate

Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program!

Eyewitness: Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians

One year in: volunteering, science, art, and candlelight.

In the media: Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences

Everything is broken, again.

Featured content: Way too many featured articles

Seriously, it's only a fortnight's worth!

Interview: 228/2/1: the inside scoop on Aoidh's RfA

An interview with Wikipedia's newest admin.

Traffic report: Who died? Who won? Who lost?

All the pop culture that's fit to print, with a sprinkling of cocaine (bear).

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The Signpost: 03 April 2023

From the editor: Some long-overdue retractions

Errata regretted.

News and notes: Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI

Skynet believed to be in violation of the new Universal Code of Conduct.

In the media: Twiddling Wikipedia during an online contest, and other news

Taking the phrase "gaming the system" to the next level.

Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" case is ongoing

Desysop case request still in accept/decline phase.

Featured content: Hail, poetry! Thou heav'n-born maid

Thou gildest e'en the Signpost's trade.

Recent research: Language bias: Wikipedia captures at least the "silhouette of the elephant", unlike ChatGPT

And a dataset of article revisions to provide a corpus for promotional content.

From the archives: April Fools' through the ages

A retrospective of the best and worst pranks.

Disinformation report: Sus socks support suits, seems systemic

Do important banks sock? Maybe – but don't grab your money and run just yet!

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The Signpost: 26 April 2023

News and notes: Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns

Plus: Wikipedians get own Mastodon account, and Wikiprojects move to uniform quality assessment.

In the media: Contested truth claims in Wikipedia

Covering Russia, Poland, the Vatican, the U.S., and the "perilously thin" boundary between real life and Wikipedia.

Obituary: Remembering David "DGG" Goodman

The prolific editor, former Arbitration Committee member and co-founder of Wikimedia New York City died in April.

Arbitration report: Holocaust in Poland, Jimbo in the hot seat, and a desysopping

No news is good news, and this isn't no news.

Opinion: What Jimbo's question revealed about scamming

The problem we haven't solved.

Op-Ed: Wikipedia as an anchor of truth

Can Wikipedia help keep AI agents honest?

Special report: Signpost statistics between years 2005 and 2022

In this article, we will look at The Signpost statistics. More precisely: Signpost article statistics by year, TOP 20 titles of Signpost articles, TOP 20 article authors, and the home wikis of article authors.

News from the WMF: Collective planning with the Wikimedia Foundation

First of a two part series summarising the priorities for the Wikimedia Foundation's next fiscal year (July 2022–June 2023) including staffing, budget and other changes, and how to provide your feedback.

Featured content: In which we described the featured articles in rhyme again

And somehow made it more readable than when it's not rhyming.

From the archives: April Fools' through the ages, part two

2011 and on.

Humour: The law of hats

The Selfish Hatnote, the Disambiguation Singularity, and other information-theoretic conundra of encyclopedic note.

Traffic report: Long live machine, the future supreme

Wrestling bumps world-changing technology from the #1 spot, imagine that.

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The Signpost: 8 May 2023

News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU

... and at WP:Mastodon.

In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics

Fake fines, false alarms and faux headlines!

Recent research: Gender, race and notability in deletion discussions

And other new research publications.

Featured content: I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists!

...Layout lovers will hate this featured content's title.

Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion

There will likely be more to say next issue.

News from the WMF: Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation

The second article in a series describing the priorities and work of the Wikimedia Foundation. The article invites Wikimedians to collaborate with the Foundation.

Special report: There Shall Be Seasons Refreshing – Stories from WikiConference India 2023

First national-level conference in the Indian subcontinent in seven years.

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The Signpost: 22 May 2023

News and notes: Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation

... and a referendum on Jimmy Wales' traditional role as a final court of appeal in arbitration policy.

In the media: History, propaganda and censorship

Opposing scholars on ArbCom case.

Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"

Includes stronger sourcing restriction, and a nod to the UCoC.

Recent research: Create or curate, cooperate or compete? Game theory for Wikipedia editors

And other new research results.

Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles

Bird is the word for featured pictures.

Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs

Celebs and Bollywood film dominated reader interest, as usual, but with a new persistent presence on the lists of a certain AI.

WikiProject report: Wikipedians Convene for Queering Wikipedia 2023: The First International LGBT+ Wikipedia Conference

An online conference with 12 distributed trans-local in-person meetup "Nodes" on 5 continents.

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The Signpost: 5 June 2023

News and notes: WMRU director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea

Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Building Committee Commences Command By Convening.

In the media: Section 230 stands tall, WP vs. UK bill, Miss Information dissed again

Also: Goog gets delist ask for en-wp yt-dl ar-ticle, wacky football fails.

Featured content: Poetry under pressure

Now is not this ridiculous, and is not this preposterous? A thorough-paced absurdity - explain it if you can.

Traffic report: Celebs, controversies and a chatbot in the public eye

Plus mortalities, and movies about mermaids.

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The Signpost: 19 June 2023

News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing

Problems with emergency emails sent to WMF.

In the media: English WP editor glocked after BLP row on Italian 'pedia

... and an AI writer explains why he just bought a paper encyc.

Featured content: Content, featured

Poetry still present.

Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics

And other new research findings.

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The Signpost: 3 July 2023

News and notes: Online Safety Bill: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK launch open letter

... and a new Elections Committee.

Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia

A few editors who fought many times to keep advertisements out.

In the media: Journo proposes mass Wiki dox, sponsored articles on Fandom, Section 230 discussed

Are you now, or have you ever been, a Wikipedia editor?

Featured content: Incensed

In which featured pictures have a pleasing orange/blue colour scheme for some reason.

Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT?

Don't worry, they are mostly harmless.

Humour: United Nations dispatches peacekeeping force to Wikipedia policy discussions

Mission to ensure stability in conflict-ridden area.

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The Signpost: 17 July 2023

News and notes: Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out?

Gitz666 unglocked, Wikimania scholarships given and a new admin anointed.

In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia

Ruwiki on the Ruinternet, Rauwerda on TEDx, and Jimbo on Fridman.

Obituary: David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) and Ingo Koll (Kipala)

Philadelphians and Tanzanians say goodbye.

News from the WMF: ABC for Fundraising: Advancing Banner Collaboration for fundraising campaigns

The collaboration process for the 2023 English fundraising campaign is kicking off now, right from the start of the fiscal year.

In focus: Are the children of celebrities over-represented in French cinema?

Wikidata queries investigate nepo babies.

Tips and tricks: What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)

A summary of various tools designed over the years.

Recent research: Wikipedia-grounded chatbot "outperforms all baselines" on factual accuracy

And various other research on large language models and Wikipedia.

Humour: New fringe theories to be introduced

Bold move intended to "get some variety" into Wikipedia arguments.

Cobwebs: If you're reading this, you're probably on a desktop

The annual report that tries to understand the Signpost through data, written in 2020, which never saw the light of day until now.

Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!

In which choices have been made™.

Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master

Sex, drugs and violence, English, math and science.

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The Signpost: 1 August 2023

News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server

And French gov't proposes legislation to slam Wikipedia, others.

In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change

Or just another brouhaha?

Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!

Hot damn, it's damned hot!

Obituary: Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash

Three editors have departed.

Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!

You don't really want to do this stuff by yourself, do you?

Humour: Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?

A serious visual investigation.

In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia

A compilation of over 3M citations.

Opinion: Are global bans the last step?

Possible solutions after being re-harassed.

Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July

Due to unfortunate events, this issue is published as is, in its unfinished state.

Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party

Oppenheimer, Barbie, and a couple other scandals.

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Nomination of Stephanie Seich for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephanie Seich until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

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The Signpost: 15 August 2023

News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects

Jimbo promises more transparency, Wikimania in Singapore, move away from Tides still planned, and Wikifunctions rolls out.

In the media: An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida

Harsh words from problematic fave Glenn Greenwald.

In focus: 2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here!

Rigorous Review of Content for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Wikipedia.

Special report: Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005?

Damn kids need to get off our lawn and onto RfA.

Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them

Because one gets some secondary skills when one has 645 featured pictures.

Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing

The innards of the Signpost received a major overhaul in March/April 2019. Here's how we reduced behind-the-scenes busywork and improved writers resources.

Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?

For whom does the Creative Commons enforcement clause toll?

Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether

An announcement of 335,000 new images on Wikimedia Commons.

Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed

Some improvement on last week.

Humour: Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire

Case request cited misuse of tools by administrator who last used tools in 1661.

Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion

Barbenheimer, Pee-Wee Herman and the Women's World Cup.

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The Signpost: 31 August 2023

From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online

News for the editoriat. Stuff that matters.

News and notes: You like RecentChanges?

Wikipedia really comes into its own, editorially and artistically.

In the media: Taking it sleazy

"Poli", which means "many", and "tics", which means "under-the-table Wikipedia article whitewashing campaigns".

Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia

And other recent research publications.

Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties

The good, the bad, and the nonsense.

Humour: The Dehumourification Plan

A message from the Counter-Fun Unit.

Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday

I just poured HOT GRITS down my pants ohh yeah

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The Signpost: 16 September 2023

News and notes: Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community?

Plus: Africa news, funding report, U4C draft, roads fork and another ChatGPT block.

In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?

Plus a new judge, an "unimportant" record, and staying in the swim!

Obituary: Nosebagbear

A Wikipedian and a friend.

Serendipity: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for thou, Wikipedia Library, art with me

Non-flammable, BPA-free, and really whips the llama's ass.

Featured content: Catching up

Covering all of August. Pretty much.

Concept: Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds"

The Signpost brings you the latest from the source.

Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic

Sports, film and singers. We've got it all!

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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Qwerfjkl talk 09:34, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 3 October 2023

News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published

Finances during Tides Foundation management of the endowment are shown for the first time.

In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the most editors

Plus Harvard, Yale, Lords and Commons, partners and trolls!

Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"

And other new research publications

Featured content: By your logic,

The first issue to feature two poetry article

Concept: Wikipedia policies from other worlds: WP:NOANTLERS

Material must be written with the greatest care and attention; the level of detail and commentary regarding the antlers of living persons is to be kept to a minimum.

Poetry: "The Sight"

Tamzin reflects on the hunt.

Traffic report: There shall be no slaves in the land of lands, it's a Bollywood jam

Taylor Swift with an NFL tight end and Lauren Boebert with a Democrat?

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The Signpost: 23 October 2023

News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?

Long time passing

In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing

Also: High fives, Wikipedia as a guide for counterfeiters and crossword makers, and Iskander at the UN.

Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements

The benefits of research.

Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down!

These titles never make much sense even at the best of times, so why not be random?

Traffic report: The calm and the storm

They are still fighting.

News from Diff: Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes

Sounds good!

Humour: New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it

"Cite altered state" to join the distinguished ranks of CS1 templates

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The Signpost: 6 November 2023

Arbitration report: Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015

"Is this an ArbCom case request or an M. Night Shyamalan movie?"

In the media: UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man

Plus Gaza bias, Speaker Johnson, Maher, the music of websites, and antisemitism.

News and notes: Board candidacy process posted, editors protest WMF privacy measure, sweet meetups

And three new admins!

Opinion: An open letter to Elon Musk

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WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2023

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User:Edgars2007/tag.js

Hi there! I'm working to resolve all the issues in Category:Pages using WikiProject Mathematics with unknown parameters, and User:Edgars2007/tag.js is in this category. I believe the issue is that the |field= parameter is no longer supported by the template. Could you please tweak your script to remove it from the category? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 20:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Edgars2007 hey, not sure if you saw this, can you take a look at this? Gonnym (talk) 20:14, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonnym and GoingBatty: ah, sorry. yes, probably went unnoticed the original reminder. i don't have any idea why i created that script - probably some copypaste to do some testing or stuff. now the maintanence category is clean. Edgars2007 (talk) 06:31, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Featured content: We didn't start the wiki

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Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna

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Advocacy organizations, a journalist, mycophobes, conservatives, leftists, photographers, and a disinformation task force imagine themselves in Wikipedia.

Sister projects: On editing Wikisource

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Opinion: Etika: a Pop Culture Champion

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Gallery: Spokane Willy's photos

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Op-Ed: Why you should not vote in the 2024 WMF BoT elections

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How well do you know the main page (no peeking)?

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...!

Cobwebs: Counting to a billion — manuscripts don't burn

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Recent research: Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps

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News and notes: Wikimedia community votes to ratify Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation opposes ratification

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News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation Board resolution and vote on the proposed Movement Charter

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In the media: What's on Putin's fork, the court's docket, and in Harrison's book?

Failing forks, smart and well-researched stories, LGBT rights, and oral sex!

Obituary: JamesR

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Crossword: Vaguely bird-shaped crossword

Do you know these Wikipedia quotes?

Humour: Joe Biden withdraws RfA, Donald Trump selects co-nom

Dems in disarray, GOP in chaos — analysts say news expected, but few can predict how race will shape up from here.

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WP:SPORTCRIT

Are you familiar with WP:SPORTCRIT? Specifically the last point of this guideline; "Sports biographies must include at least one reference to a source providing significant coverage of the subject, excluding database sources" ? Geschichte (talk) 21:27, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse

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Recent research: STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems

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In focus: Twitter marks the spot

Musk's Twitter acquisition and rebranding have caused long debates on Wikipedia.

News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded.

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Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear?

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Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing

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Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird

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Humour: I'm proud to be a template

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In the media: AI is not playing games anymore. Is Wikipedia ready?

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Recent research: Simulated Wikipedia seen as less credible than ChatGPT and Alexa in experiment

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News from the WMF: Meet the 12 candidates running in the WMF Board of Trustees election

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Wikimania: A month after Wikimania 2024

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Serendipity: What it's like to be Wikimedian of the Year

Hannah Clover shares her fondest memories of her first Wikimania.

Traffic report: After the gold rush

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Humour: Local man halfway through rude reply no longer able to recall why he hates other editor

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ANI (but probably not the one you're thinking of), bias and bans, crisis and Clover, Engelhorn's euros, and will the zoomers inherit the project?

Community view: Indian courts order Wikipedia to take down name of crime victim, editors strive towards consensus

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Serendipity: A Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics

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Gallery: Are Luddaites defending the English Wikipedia?

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Recent research: Article-writing AI is less "prone to reasoning errors (or hallucinations)" than human Wikipedia editors

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Recent research: "As many as 5%" of new English Wikipedia articles "contain significant AI-generated content", says paper

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In the media: Off to the races! Wikipedia wins!

Perplexing persistence, pay to play, potential president's possible plagiarism, crossword crossover to culture, and a wish come true!

Contest: A WikiCup for the Global South

Can it be fun to address systemic bias? Eighty participants say yes, it can!

Traffic report: A scream breaks the still of the night

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Book review: The Editors

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Humour: The Newspaper Editors

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Crossword: Spilled Coffee Mug

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From the editors: Editing Wikipedia should not be a crime

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News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation shares ANI lawsuit updates; first admin elections appoint eleven sysops; first admin recalls opened; temporary accounts coming soon?

Defamation, privacy, censorship, and elections.

In the media: An old scrimmage, politics and purported libel

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Special report: Wikipedia editors face litigation, censorship

Asian News International, the Delhi High Court, and the encyclopedia.

Gallery: Why you should take more photos and upload them

Your photos are more valuable than you may realize.

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What is going on?

Traffic report: Twisted tricks or tempting treats?

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Latvian Freedom Monument related Deletion Request question.

I see you are listed at the WP:Local Embassy page and I have a Latvian Freedom Monument related Deletion Request question.

Freedom Monument A quote from the article states, "After minor corrections made by the author and supervising architect Ernests Štālbergs, construction began on 18 November 1931." This monument's creator is Kārlis Zāle: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2451446. The architect Štālbergs made only "minor corrections." Do Latvians consider Štālbergs as having copyright to this monument? There is a Deletion request based on Štālbergs death in 1958 that assumes that he owns the copyright and also Kārlis Zāle. Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) 20:14, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Module:Country alias

Hello! Can you open the country alias module on the latvian page for editing. Because that the module on the site hasn't been changed for a long time. Both the flag names and country names need changing. See what you can do about that 80.212.169.202 (talk) 09:33, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Unicar Cesena for deletion

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Rest in peace.

Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 2)

The technology behind it, and the other stuff.

Comix: Collection

Gadzooks!

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Comix: Divorce

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Opinion: Women are somewhat under-represented on the English-language Wikipedia, and other observations from analysis

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Obituary: Pvmoutside, Atomicjohn, Rdmoore6, Jaknouse, Morven, Martin of Sheffield, MarnetteD, Herewhy, BabelStone

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Humour: New forum created for people who don't care about Wikipedia

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Disinformation report: The article in the most languages

Who is this guy?

Community view: News from the Villages Pump

Threads since June.

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Crossword: Accidental typography

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Comix: best-laid schemes o' wikis an' men

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Nomination of Laura Sallés for deletion

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