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The Signpost: 05 June 2013

From the editor: Signpost developments

I am excited to announce that a Portuguese-language journal, Correio da Wikipédia has been launched by Vitorvicentevalente. It has just published its third edition, and I encourage readers who speak the language to read and contribute to its already-expansive coverage of the Portuguese Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.

Featured content: A week of portraits

Five articles, four lists, and thirteen images were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

Discussion report: Return of the Discussion report

This is mostly a list of requests for comment believed to be active on 4 June 2013 linked from subpages of Wikipedia:RfC or watchlist notices.

News and notes: "Cease and desist", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; Could WikiLang be the next WMF project?

On 31 May, the Wikimedia Foundation's Legal and Community Advocacy team announced that the Wikivoyage logo would have to be replaced, because it has become the subject of a cease-and-desist letter from the World Trade Organization (WTO).

In the media: China blocks secure version of Wikipedia

An article on TheNextWeb.com says that the Chinese Government has effectively blocked Wikipedia by cutting off access to the HTTP Secure (https) "workaround", almost completely cutting off access to those in China.

WikiProject report: Operation Normandy

This week, we reflect on the anniversary of D-Day by storming the shores of Operation Normandy, a special initiative of WikiProject Military History.

Technology report: Developers accused of making Toolserver fight 'pointless'

Last week, the Signpost reported on a feeling at the Amsterdam hackathon that Toolserver developers were coming round to the idea of migrating to Wikimedia Labs.

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43	Egyptian General Intelligence Service (talk)	Add sources
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129	Lion Capital of Asoka (talk)	Cleanup
19,930	PlayStation 4 (talk)	Expand
21	NRI Academy of Medical Sciences (talk)	Expand
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22	Sri Siddhartha Medical College (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
418	Anti-ship missile (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
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409	A. K. Antony (talk)	Merge
32	MAA-1 Piranha (talk)	Merge
15	Co-operative Medical College, Kochi (talk)	Wikify
1,574	Sino-Indian War (talk)	Wikify
20	Underwriting profit (talk)	Wikify
45	Outline of wind energy (talk)	Orphan
15	Iron Fist Exercise (talk)	Orphan
4	Raja Indainda (talk)	Orphan
8	Chandi, Bihar (talk)	Stub
61	Weapon systems of the Indian Navy (talk)	Stub
25	Cartosat-2B (talk)	Stub
17	Griffin LGB (talk)	Stub
80	Satellite Launch Vehicle (talk)	Stub
5	NAL Slybird (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 12 June 2013

News and notes: How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal

Late last year, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) awarded $8.4 million in donors' money to 11 Wikimedia entities, including the Wikimedia Foundation and 10 nationally defined chapters. Under this arrangement, these organisations are required to issue quarterly reports on how far they have progressed towards their declared programmatic and financial goals. The FDC has now announced that all 11 completed and submitted their reports by the 1 April deadline, and have responded to each.

Featured content: Mixing Bowl Interchange

Seven articles, two lists, five pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

In the media: VisualEditor will "change world history"

In an article published by the Huffington Post's United Kingdom edition, writer Thomas Church asserts that the new VisualEditor will change history, literally. It says that Wikipedia's mark-up language has been to its advantage, as most people didn't bother trying to learn it

Op-ed: The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons

I've long thought that we should get rid of the Wikimedia Commons as we know it. Commons has evolved into a project with interests that compete with the needs of the primary users of Commons and the reason it was created. It's also understaffed, which results in poor curation, large administrative backlogs, and poor policy development.

Discussion report: VisualEditor, elections, bots, and more

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia.

Traffic report: Who holds the throne?

Last week's most popular article list on the English Wikipedia was dominated by the massively popular TV series Game of Thrones, which claimed six slots in the top 25, including the top three. Its popularity was likely stoked by the most recent episode, The Rains of Castamere. Bollywood continued to increase its share of views as well, aided by the tragic suicide of star Nafisa Khan.

Arbitration report: Two cases suspended; proposed decision posted in Argentine History

Two cases, Race and politics and Tea Party movement have been suspended. Argentine History remains open, and a proposed decision was posted on 12 June.

WikiProject report: Processing WikiProject Computing

This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Computing. Started in October 2003, the project has grown to include 17 featured articles, 11 featured lists, 3 pieces of featured media, and 80 good articles.

From Nileshukey

Hi, I edited IIT Roorkee history section cause if you see the information I deleted, is the history of each of the departments, not the history of the institute itself. If you see the other IIT colleges IITB , IITD, IITK, etc the history section is the history of the institute, no the history of the individual departments, the history of the departments should go under specific departments in separate headers as IITD has. Under separate headers other informations about the departments can also come... I am planing to add the history info of individual departments as separate headers. Dont you think its a structured and organized way to layout information?? Any ways I am new to wiki community so please guide me. Thanks

Nileshukey (talk) 12:31, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for replying to my message on your talk page. Of course you can be bold and make the desired changes. But do leave an edit summary, and leave a note on the article's talk page, as you have done here. (for eg. at here, by creating a new section and describing the changes you have made.) Large scale removal of info without any accompanying edit summary and a reason on the article's talk page can be easily mis-judged by others as vandalism. Feel free to post here for any more help/clarification :) Anir1uph | talk | contrib 17:05, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for USHUS (sonar)

On 17 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article USHUS (sonar), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the team developing the USHUS sonar was awarded the Agni Award for self-reliance by the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in May 2007? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/USHUS (sonar). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for INS Chennai

On 19 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article INS Chennai, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Indian Navy's Chennai is a Kolkata class destroyer being built in Mumbai? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/INS Chennai. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 08:02, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Discussion at SWAT

There is a discussion on the SWAT talk page regarding an issue you commented on before. [1] Niteshift36 (talk) 12:22, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Done. Anir1uph | talk | contrib 14:36, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 June 2013

Op-ed: Two responses to the 'Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons'

Following last week's op-ed by Gigs ("The Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons"), the Signpost is carrying two contrary opinions from MichaelMaggs, a bureaucrat on Wikimedia Commons, and Mattbuck, a British Commons administrator.

Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week

The season finale of Game of Thrones ensured that the epic high fantasy series would dominate the top 10 again last week; however, it was joined by Maurice Sendak and Man of Steel.

In the media: South African learners want Wikipedia; Editing of Israel topics

Memeburn.com published an article on the yearning of students in South Africa for free knowledge through Wikipedia Zero.

WikiProject report: The Volunteer State: WikiProject Tennessee

This week, we visited WikiProject Tennessee, a project dedicate to the state at the geographic and cultural crossroads of the United States.

News and notes: Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters?

With erysichton elaborata, the Swedish Wikipedia passed the one million article Rubicon this week. While this is a mostly symbolic achievement, serving as a convenient benchmark with which to gain publicity and attention in an increasingly statistical world, the particular method by which the Swedish site has passed the mark has garnered significant attention—and controversy.

Featured content: Cheaper by the dozen

Eleven articles, twelve lists, and eleven pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.

Discussion report: Citations, non-free content, and a MediaWiki meeting

A list of current discussions on the English Wikipedia.

Technology report: May engineering report published

The WMF's engineering report for May was published recently on the Wikimedia blog and on the MediaWiki wiki ("friendly" summary version), giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month.

Arbitration report: The Farmbrough amendment request—automation and arbitration enforcement

Richard Farmbrough was set to have his day in court, but as events transpired, this was not to be so. On 25 March 2013, an accusation was made against Farmbrough at Arbitration Enforcement (AE), claiming that he violated the terms of an automated edit restriction. Within hours, Farmbrough had filed his own request with the arbitration committee, citing the newly filed AE request and claiming that the motion was being used "in an absurd way" in the filing of enforcement requests: "I have not made any edits that a sane person would consider automation."

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103	Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (talk)	Add sources
145	Paveway (talk)	Add sources
897	Cruise missile (talk)	Add sources
28	DRDO light tank (talk)	Add sources
84	Raja Ramanna (talk)	Add sources
111	Laser-guided bomb (talk)	Cleanup
840	Kashmir conflict (talk)	Cleanup
15	Religion in Berlin (talk)	Cleanup
921	History of Pakistan (talk)	Expand
51	Advanced Medium STOL Transport (talk)	Expand
538	Harpoon (missile) (talk)	Expand
189	Hari Singh (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
369	Anti-ship missile (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
50	Egyptian General Intelligence Service (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
4,307	Computer programming (talk)	Merge
87	Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War (talk)	Merge
143	Indian Peace Keeping Force (talk)	Merge
1,182	Sino-Indian War (talk)	Wikify
40	USS Virginia (CGN-38) (talk)	Wikify
316	OTO Melara 76 mm (talk)	Wikify
15	Iron Fist Exercise (talk)	Orphan
45	Shoma Chaudhury (talk)	Orphan
7	Surendra Singh Panwar (talk)	Orphan
14	Griffin LGB (talk)	Stub
61	Weapon systems of the Indian Navy (talk)	Stub
39	INS Ranvijay (D55) (talk)	Stub
20	Underwriting profit (talk)	Stub
1	INS Shardul (2004) (talk)	Stub
96	Satellite Launch Vehicle (talk)	Stub

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IIT

Hi Anir1uph, I am extremely sorry that I didn't mention that why I removed IIT Palakkad at edit summary. in future I will do the same. I removed it because every now and then one or the other politician claims that he will get an IIT in his constituency. I think we should not post such things at the main page as in no way they are going to be IIT. I have a same example where a MP from Jamshedpur gave statement for an upcoming IIT at East -Singhbhum Jharkhand. Regarding ISM Dhanbad,I have posted the details just because any one who will browses this page will come to know the status of ISM Dhanbad to IIT. As the result of JEE_Advanced exam is going to be out in one day, many students will want to know about the current status of ISM Dhanbad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smishr (talk • contribs) 09:47, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXVII, June 2013

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book reviews: Works on the RNZAF, World War I in the Baltic, and British battleship construction
Op-ed: Anchors Aweigh for the Majestic Titans

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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:45, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Can you retrieve the latitude longitudes

I need the lat long of three areas:

Nadimarg in Pulwama District for 2003 Nadimarg Massacre
Sangrampora village of Budgam district for 1997 Sangrampora massacre
Wandhama in Jammu and Kashmir for 1998 Wandhama massacre

Can you make out the maps. Thanks in advance. The Legend of Zorro 22:52, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

You can see the code at here. You can either use the same India map, or use the map of J&K from File:India Jammu and Kashmir location map.svg.

Nadimarg - could not locate - its a village! But the general coordinates and location map of Pulwama district is at its page. Same for Budgam district. Wandhama's location can be found here. (This is the cited ref at 1998 Wandhama massacre). Instead of the location map, you can directly use the images at the district pages for the first two articles. I hope i could be helpful. Anir1uph | talk | contrib 23:23, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Hmm already User:Darkness Shines has posted two maps on my talk page here. Since the places are too near is there any way to avoid confusion among the places other than extending column length. The Legend of Zorro 23:29, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

I thought you were going to use them in separate articles? Darkness Shines (talk) 23:32, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Primarily thought to use here. But you are right separate article makes more sense. The Legend of Zorro 23:33, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

If you want them in the same map, then use the coordinates with the image at File:India Jammu and Kashmir location map.svg. I guess, for the map to be correct, we would need more accurate coordinates. But still, it would work fine with these coordinates too. Anir1uph | talk | contrib 23:39, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

I would call that article Ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits, and start sourcing from SATP. Darkness Shines (talk) 23:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 June 2013

Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week

With most TV shows on hiatus for the summer, attention has turned to movies, celebrity and sports. The dramatic events at the 2013 Confederations Cup drew massive attention, as did summer blockbusters like Man of Steel and World War Z. But the most searched event of the week was the tragic and unexpected death of popular actor James Gandolfini on June 19.

In the media: Daily Dot on Commons and porn; Jimmy Wales accused of breaking Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden

The Daily Dot has examined the perennial controversy over explicit or pornographic media on Commons. This latest salvo was touched off when Russavia uploaded a portrait of Jimmy Wales made by the artist Pricasso, who paints with his genitalia.

Recent research: Most controversial Wikipedia topics, automatic detection of sockpuppets

A comparative work by T. Yasseri., A. Spoerri, M. Graham and J. Kertész looks at the 100 most controversial topics in 10 language versions of Wikipedia, and tries to make sense of the similarities and differences in these lists.

News and notes: Election results released

Less than three days after the close of voting, the volunteer election committee posted the results on Meta. The worldwide Wikimedia movement has elected three WMF trustees for two-year terms on the 10-seat Board: Samuel Klein (supported by 43.5% of voters), Phoebe Ayers (38.3%), and María Sefidari (35.6%). The new trustees will take their seats at a critical time for the movement: one of the first tasks in their terms will be to help the Board to find and approve the new executive director to take up the top job when Sue Gardner departs.

Discussion report: Privacy policy, X!'s edit counter, old rangeblocks, and the Article Incubator

A list of current discussions on the English Wikipedia.

Featured content: Wikipedia in black + Adam Cuerden

This week, the Signpost interviews Adam Cuerden, a Wikimedian who has been for years gathering featured pictures, and who constantly participates in what could be his favourite part of the project. Cuerden dedicates most of his time to scanning and restoring old, valuable illustrative works. He explains to us how the featured process works, its relation with other parts of the encyclopedia, and how pictures evolve before reaching featured status.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Fashion

This week, we walked the runway with WikiProject Fashion. Started in March 2007, the project is home to 4 Featured Articles and 41 Good Articles. The project has a lengthy list of how you can help and a list of Article Alerts.

Arbitration report: Argentine History closed; two cases remain suspended

Argentine History was closed. Two cases, Race and politics and Tea Party movement, remain suspended until July.

17a frigate construction

The construction is supposed to start 2013 not 2011 the article mentions keel laying ceremony. Adaptor40 (talk) 22:38, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me! I have made the correction :) Anir1uph | talk | contrib 22:42, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	For the map, I figured out how to get it to work and it is now in the article, top idea. Darkness Shines (talk) 00:04, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Aaah! Thanks mate! I saw what you did here. nice :) Anir1uph | talk | contrib 00:21, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Image

File:Viraat and Vikramaditya patrolling the seas.png

INS Viraat(left) and Vikramaditya(right) patrol the high seas...

What do you think of this? Cheers, ƬheStrike Σagle ^sorties 12:51, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

They are nice! But shouldn't the ships be at the center of the image? and why do the ships have flat bottoms? Aren't their hulls V/U shaped? :P Anir1uph | talk | contrib 16:40, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

It's a prototype new edition...:D I just cant make the V shaped hull in the software..I could design subs and aircraft but not this!

CHeers, ƬheStrike Σagle ^sorties 14:56, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

When I get my main PC back I will knock up a good image of both for you. Darkness Shines (talk) 14:58, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

hehe..both of us share the same interests: Military and International Relations...we hold an unofficial PhD in the two topics.....

..and we are the defenders of the respective pages too......Anir is more of a regular defender while I'm occasional... :) Cheers, ƬheStrike Σagle ^sorties 15:02, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks DS! SE: in some years, i will have an actual PhD in Physics too :D Anir1uph | talk | contrib 00:45, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 July 2013

In the media: Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing

Amy Chozick's profile of Jimmy Wales in the New York Times sparked significant controversy in international news outlets this week. Chozick's profile covered Wales's personal life, including his 12-year-old daughter, ex-wife, and current wife Kate Garvey, describing Wales himself as "a well-groomed version of a person who has been slumped over a computer drinking Yoo-hoo for hours." Chozick described his current role in Wikipedia as "Benevolent Dictator for Life", a statement which garnered conflict from all corners of the web, including from Wales, who responded to the piece as a whole with a lengthy talk page statement.

Featured content: Queen of France

Four articles, four lists, and fifteen pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.

WikiProject report: Puppies!

This week, the Signpost went to the kennel and interviewed WikiProject Dogs. The project has several featured and good articles, along with a large number of "Did you know" entries. We asked three project members about the challenges of creating, curating, and maintaining canine content in an increasingly dog-obsessed world.

News and notes: Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace

The key annual event in the Wikimedia calendar, Wikimania 2013, will be held in Hong Kong in just five weeks' time. Among the events will be a presentation by two people who are working to promote the development of medical content on Wikimedia projects. One is James Heilman of Wiki Project Med, a non-profit dedicated to making "clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people in the language of their choice". The other is Lori Thicke, president of Translators Without Borders (TWB), the Connecticut-based organisation set up in 2010 to provide pro-bono translation services for humanitarian non-profits

Discussion report: Snuggle, mainpage link to Wikinews, 3RR, and more

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...

Technology report: VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series

The VisualEditor extension has gone live by default to registered users on the English Wikipedia, marking a huge milestone in a project that has taken the best part of a decade to reach fruition. The extension was previously described as "the biggest and most important change to our user experience we’ve ever undertaken" by the WMF team behind it.

Traffic report: Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views

The real world made a strong showing in the top 10 last week, as news stories such as Yahoo!'s purchase of Tumblr, the murder of Odin Lloyd, the continuing drama over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the ill-health of Nelson Mandela crowded out the usual roster of TV shows, movies, websites and video games. Not that they were entirely excluded, of course.

Arbitration report: Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments

Following a one-month period of moderated discussion, Tea Party movement has been reopened by the Committee. The proposed decisions are currently being voted upon. Race and politics remains suspended pending the return of User:Apostle12.