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ARCHIVE PAGE 80: August 2014

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Hello. And how are things? :)

I saw this template and figured you would know if it should be used or not for gastropods. Is this the new, better way to handle changing taxonomy?

My very best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi Anna! Thanks for asking. I am OK except I have a pretty bad ankle sprain (and a small knee sprain and low back sprain) which are all slowly healing. Automatic taxobox are absolutely a good idea in the long run because they save a lot of work when you have taxon articles in the many thousands like we do. I believe JoJan has been using an automatic taxobox system like that a fair bit for a year or so; I am not certain it is the same one though, you should ask him. He knows quite a lot about it including the pros and cons. All I can say is that the most obvious disadvantage of automation is that with the old hand-done taxobox, a relative beginner on Wikipedia who is creating a new article on a taxon can easily just hand-copy an old-fashioned pre-existing taxobox and adjust it to work for another species or genus or family etc. In contrast the automatic taxobox is not intuitive. It is very opaque and hard to learn to use. I have not looked recently and no doubt the documentation has improved a lot since I looked at it a couple years ago, but back then the documentation was pretty impenetrably worded. I am packing for a trip that starts on Monday so I will be around a bit less for two or three weeks. Hugs to you, Invertzoo (talk) 13:06, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
I'm sorry about your injuries. Get well soon. :)
I'll watch JoJan's contribs to see how he's doing things, and further investigate this type of infobox.
I was looking at this again --- so great! Also, I looked the pic of you with the big shell. You look like the coolest person ever. :)
Enjoy your trip. Be safe. Hugs. :) :) :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:57, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
No, you are the coolest person ever Anna; just look at your user page!!! I am in awe of you! Seriously! Invertzoo (talk) 00:11, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 July 2014

In Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia, Dariusz Jemielniak discusses Wikipedia from the standpoint of an experienced editor and administrator who is also a university professor specializing in management and organizations. In Virtual Reality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True?, Charles Seife presents a more broadly themed work reminding us to question the reliability of information found throughout the Internet.
Kim Osman has performed a fascinating study on the three 2013 failed proposals to ban paid advocacy editing in the English language Wikipedia. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach, Osman analyzed 573 posts from the three main votes on paid editing conducted in the community in November 2013.
Another hoax on the English Wikipedia was uncovered this week—not by any thorough investigation, but through the self-disclosure of an anonymous change made when the editors were in their sophomore year of college. The deliberate misinformation had been in the article for over five years with plenty of individuals noticing, but not one suspected its authenticity. This leads to one obvious question: how many more are there?
A "program of heroes" is leading the charge in Egypt.
We indeed moved far away from football this week, and further into much more serious issues of war and death. The Israel-Palestinian conflict continues to dominate the news, and the top 10, with Gaza Strip, Israel, and Hamas. The top 25 also includes Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Death also lies behind the popularity of James Garner, the American actor who died on July 19th, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and deaths in 2014.
Two articles, four lists, and seven pictures attained featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.

Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

You are invited to join the the Wikimedia NYC community for our upcoming wiki-salon and knowledge-sharing workshop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

2pm–5pm at Yeoryia Studios at Epic Security Building, 2067 Broadway (5th floor).

Afterwards at 5pm, we'll walk to a social wiki-dinner together at a neighborhood restaurant (to be decided).

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It sounds great, and I would love to come along, but I am thousands of miles away. Invertzoo (talk) 14:25, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 06 August 2014

As the start of Wikimania proper on 8 August approaches, the Signpost looks ahead to what its dozens of presentations might offer the technologically-inclined, whether attending in person or taking advantage of what promises to be a strong digital offering.
Serious news continues to dominate the most popular articles chart on Wikipedia this week, with the Ebola virus disease far and away in the top spot. In the top 25, we see the related articles Ebola virus, which talks about biological aspects, at #18 and 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak at #19.
Eight articles, fifteen pictures, and two topics were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.
"Major growth" expected in Mexican university after a Wikipedia program is formally accepted by the school's administration.
The Wikimedia Foundation has published its first transparency report, covering from July 2012 to June 2014. The move comes on the same day the organization announced that Google, in order to comply with a recent court order upholding the "right to be forgotten", has removed a number of Wikipedia articles from their European search results.

Menopause

Hi I have not been into my account in quite sometime. Seems the last thing I did was leave a note about the redundant info on the Menopause page and you invited me to try and make some constructive improvements to it. Thank You, I will at some point go take a look at it again. Enjoy your vacation. Selene Scott (talk) 07:33, 11 August 2014 (UTC)Selene ScottSelene Scott (talk) 07:33, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

@Selene Scott: every constructive contrubutions with reliable sources are welcome. Cheers Wikicology (talk) 07:52, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi Selene. I did go through the Menopause article quite carefully as as result of your first note. I tried to weed out all the duplicated info, however, feel free to examine the article and see what you think now. Welcome back. Invertzoo (talk) 14:54, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 August 2014

Slate reports that Tom Scott, co-creator of the emoji social network Emojli, created a Twitter bot called Parliament WikiEdits to automatically tweet a link to any Wikipedia edits made from an IP address belonging to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Scott's bot initially did not tweet any links to edits made from Parliament and, according to Scott, an "insider" reports that their IP addresses changed. Despite this, Scott's Twitter bot has inspired similar creations in numerous other countries.
It's been a grim few weeks. It says something that formerly arresting crises like the war in Ukraine, Boko Haram and the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, despite still being ongoing, have fallen out of the top 10 to make way for the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak and the equally if not more intense conflict against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
"Education is at the core of the Wikimedia Foundation’s mission."
Wikimania 2014 was held last week in the Barbican Centre in London. Below, the Signpost's former "Technology report" writer Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250) shares his thoughts on a bustling conference.
Wikimedia Foundation staff members have now been granted superpowers that would allow them to override community consensus. The new protection level came as a response to attempts of German Wikipedia administrators to implement a community consensus on the new Media Viewer. "Superprotect" is a level above full protection, and prevents edits by administrators.
Erythrophobia is the fear of, or sensitivity to, the colour red. Recently, I have seen more and more erythrophobic Wikipedians; specifically, Wikipedians who are scared of red links. In Wikipedia's early days, red links were encouraged and well-loved, and when I started editing in 2006, this was still mostly the case. Jump forward to 2014, and many editors now have an aversion to red links.
The Observer reported (August 2) that Google would "restrict search terms to a link to a Wikipedia article, in the first request under Europe's controversial new 'right to be forgotten' legislation to affect the 110m-page encyclopaedia."
Eight article, six lists, and two topics were promoted to featured status last week.

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The Signpost: 20 August 2014

Dorothy Howard interviews Michael Szajewski, archivist for digital development and university records at Ball State University.
Comedian Robin Williams' untimely death takes the top spot.
At the plate with WikiProject Baseball!
Denny Vrandečić argues that "We should focus on measuring how much knowledge we allow every human to share in, instead of number of articles or active editors."
Ten articles and three pictures were promoted to featured status last week.

The Signpost: 27 August 2014

Journalistic integrity, Congressional edits, and other news.
More discussions about Media Viewer, Superprotect, and software development
"This was a week when an actual virus, Ebola, competed for attention with several viral social phenomena; most notably the Ice Bucket Challenge..."
Sixteen articles, five lists, five pictures, and one topic were promoted.
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