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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2015

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The Signpost: 01 July 2015

This week The Center for Internet and Society published a promotional blog post highlighting the heritage of the center's creation of the Train the Trainer program.
A week now remains until the vote, expected on 9 July, when the European Parliament will express either its approval, disapproval, or lack of opinion on the question of freedom of panorama in the European Union.
Here to share their wisdom are Dodger67, Penny Richards, LilyKitty, and Mirokado of WikiProject Disability
Four featured list and twelve featured pictures were promoted this week.
For the week of June 21 to 27, 2015, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.
Like many editors of the world's largest encyclopedia, Karanacs was browsing the site's articles and found that they were of relatively poor quality—and that the traditional narrative she'd learned was not necessarily accurate.

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Please comment on Talk:Same-sex marriage in the Pitcairn Islands

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The Signpost: 08 July 2015

It seems like a good time to discuss the various communications channels available to community members.
Lila Tretikov this week posted an email to the wikimedia-l mailing list announcing the final publication of the Wikimedia Foundation's 2015 annual plan.
The mayor of Esino Lario warns that Wikimedia 2016 is "at risk of disappearing".
It's July 4 weekend and on this list that means only one thing: Wimbledon. Sure, the American Independence Day gets noticed too, but it can't hold a candle to that staggeringly British sporting event.
12 featured articles, 2 featured lists, and 15 featured pictures were promoted this week.
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My RfA

Pavlov's RfA reward

Thank for !voting at my recent RfA. You voted Oppose so you get only one cookie, but a nice one. (Better luck next time.)
All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:02, 16 July 2015 (UTC).

Thank you. Calidum T|C 03:13, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 July 2015

"How long will this take?" This is one of the first questions new clients ask. They come to us because the Wikipedia entry about the company at which they work is wrong, incomplete, or even just outdated. The answer varies ...
However coy they may be about it in public, Americans love to win. And when they do, they make no secret of it.
We return this week with an interview with a historical project that's still fairly active, WikiProject Former countries.
In The Register, Andrew Orlowski reports that three weeks ago, Grant Shapps filed a request with Wikimedia UK (WMUK) under the Data Protection Act 1998 "for all data relating to him".
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce the release of our latest transparency report.
Wikimania 2015 is underway in Mexico City, and one of its sessions—a scheduled follow-up to the annual Wikimedia Conference that was held in Berlin in May—is good reason to provide a retrospective of that Conference.
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The Bugle: Issue CXII, July 2015

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Wikimania features remarks from some leading players from the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the free knowledge movement.
WMF's Executive Director, Lila Tretikov, gave the opening plenary address.
Three novelists "have found a way to control the Wikipedia narrative" by using the annotation website Genius to annotate their own Wikipedia articles.
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WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom
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46 years ago this week, humanity set foot on the Moon.
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Community desysoping RfC

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies

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Hillary Clinton

Unless you have a valid reason for disobeying Lead Citation policy please revert your vandalous removal of a "citation needed" tag on Hillary Clinton. To quote the guidline you are in direct violation of: 

"The verifiability policy advises that material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, and direct quotations, should be supported by an inline citation. Any statements about living persons that are challenged or likely to be challenged must have an inline citation every time they are mentioned, including within the lead."

@MastCell:, a Wikipedia admin, has been pinged in order to encourage you to follow protocol, if you do not he will act on your vandalism as he sees fit. Chrononem ☎ 20:02, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Jumping in here, hope you don't mind, Calidum. Chrononem, this is decidedly not vandalism. In the lead section of articles, citations are often omitted. You may disagree with the removal of the tag, but calling it vandalism is going way too far. Omnedon (talk) 20:06, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
I don't mind at all. :I undid your edit per WP:LEADCITE, which states " The necessity for citations in a lead should be determined on a case-by-case basis by editorial consensus." There is a clear consensus we don't need to cite that statement in the lead because it's cited elsewhere. Calidum T|C 20:10, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
The vandalism occured when Calidum saw that the item was beeing challenged as needing a citation, went to a page in the MOS stating that a challenged citation in the lead of a BLP article needs to have an inline citation included, and then removed the "citation needed" tag, using it to support the tag's removal. It indicates wanton disregard for policy Chrononem ☎ 20:12, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 29 July 2015

An RFC proposes to create a "Bureaucrats' Admin Review Committee" (BARC) composed of bureaucrats empowered to remove adminship rights.
Two years ago, I discovered that I was on the autism spectrum.
An article argues that Wikipedia displays some key characteristics of a collective intelligence process.
"Editors representing rival political tribes [are] frequently attempting to impose their respective narratives as the official version of one or another cultural controversy."
Five featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.
For the first time since this list began, India-related topics have claimed both the top two slots.

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Talk:Massachusetts Turnpike#Proposed merge with History of the Massachusetts Turnpike

Can you take another look? I don't see how you got "no consensus" from that. There was only one person to oppose the proposal compared to two support !votes, the proposer and a commenter whose comments are generally in favor of the merger. Also, the lone opposer's main reason was to allow time to finish writing an article he hasn't edited since January 24, 2015. While I understand that there's no deadlines around here, if finishing the article were so important as to prevent a potential merger, some more activity should have taken place in the last 6 months, even just a "I'm still working on it" type of message. Imzadi 1979 → 06:15, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, but consensus isn't about counting votes and I didn't find the comments in support of the move to be particularly strong. The nomination, for example, was really a case of WP:OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST. Calidum T|C 06:29, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 05 August 2015

That particular artists would be omitted through oversight or happenstance is reasonable, but that one of the world's leading publishers of art books is completely unaware of their major omissions is startling.
The public interest in remembering the facts about trials and convictions is, in my view, at least as strong as any "right to be forgotten."
VisualEditor is now on slow roll-out on the English Wikipedia.
The Report checks in with WikiProject Templates.
The Indian government has launched an investigation into the source of Wikipedia edits regarding Jawaharlal Nehru that caused outrage in that country.
Death is no stranger to this list, but it has never cast such a pall as this week, when for the first time half the slots in the top 10 were devoted to it, including the top 3.
Three featured articles, seven featured lists, and twenty-two featured pictures were promoted this week.
What if there was a gathering place on Wikipedia for newer editors to find a mentor?

Greyshirt

Just to let you know: During July you commented at a move request, now at Talk:Greyshirt (comics). The discussion was closed as "move". However, one of the discussants has reopened the discussion. Your original comment will still be taken into account and there is no need for you add anything further, but I am notifying all previous discussants as a courtesy. MelanieN (talk) 13:06, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I appreciate the notification. Calidum T|C 21:50, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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Chloe Bennet

lol what is wrong with my edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.164.191.53 (talk) 05:47, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

You changed her name in the edit I reverted. Calidum T|C 05:50, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Hathaway

My input on the Anne Hathaway page was information I had received from store owners in the bullring and as I did state it was a rumour! Johnmuir1832 (talk) 06:06, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

I suggest you read WP:V (among other pages) or you'll be blocked soon. Calidum T|C 13:24, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #170

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    • Arbitrary access is rolling out to a large number of wikis over the next two weeks.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/HarveyCarter/Archive#30_July_2015 I think you have not seen my new comments because of the archiving? Jomlini (talk) 14:12, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

I got the same message, and I have responded at Jomlini's talk page. Scolaire (talk) 14:55, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Cuban Thaw

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Wikimedia Highlights from July 2015

Here are the highlights from the Wikimedia blog in July 2015.
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The Signpost: 12 August 2015

Superprotect was a novel page protection level implemented on August 10 last year, without warning.
The Atlantic discusses "The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia—for Pay".
The community speaks out on paid editing.
Our ongoing Wikimanía coverage.
The charts are led this week by UFC women's champion Ronda Rousey, who won her last match at UFC 190 (#9) in 34 seconds.
Watch out for icebergs.
Wikimedia technical news.
During World War II, the German battleship Tirpitz was a major threat to Allied convoys travelling across the North Atlantic and Arctic Sea.

GOCE August 2015 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors August 2015 Newsletter

July drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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Thanks

Thank you. I appreciate the kind words. I will try and ignore him, though I admit it's hard to do so when he makes such baseless accusations against me. With regards, --Tenebrae (talk) 21:56, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

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sorry

sorry for the alabama bacon thing. --86.152.141.18 (talk) 04:56, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

we should hang out some time. --86.152.141.18 (talk) 08:38, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

RBIs

Here is the explanation for why more than one RBI is "RBIs". – Muboshgu (talk) 03:27, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't agree with it, but I will abide by it. Calidum 03:30, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
I didn't initially agree with it either, but I was pointed to it once, and have come to agree with it more or less. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:33, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 August 2015

Nothing makes Wikipedians more angry than a discussion of gender and feminism on Wikipedia.
A new article in PLOS ONE about Wikipedia's science coverage has attracted media attention.
This week's featured content.
Tony the Tiger tours New York City.
It's a long way from the leafy bowers of Greenwich, Connecticut to the concrete barrens of Compton, California.
Community technical news.
Wikipedia is capable of covering news like any news agency.

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The Bugle: Issue CXIII, August 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2015)

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Historic house

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situation averted

I was unblocked sometime around 2 am EDT. I do greatly appreciate your coming to bat for me. JackTheVicar (talk) 12:26, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Calidum 20:12, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation

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New England Patriots strategy

Hey; I made the original edit removing the attribution of the Patriots' no-huddle to Chip Kelly. I also undid that change stating that I would apply a new edit citing a better source. I thought I had submitted another edit with a different citation (not certain; my newborn was crying and I got distracted). Regardless, I saw you undid my undo and wanted to run this by you to make sure this would be okay.

The new citation would be "Patriots streamline play calling, speed up offense". from profootballtalk. I also intended to update the text to suggest that there was maybe some kind of influence Kelly possibly had on the Patriots' increased usage of the no-huddle offense (because even this new citation is not very explicit in stating that Chip Kelly had *any* influence; there's only mention of some "tips"). Notably, some of the claims of the original text are debunked by this new citation (specifically that "O'Brien introduced Belichick to Kelly in 2011"; Kelly knew Belichick from his days at UNH from 1999-2006). --Fauxsoup (talk) 20:05, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 August 2015

Does the data mean good news for the encyclopedia?
The Russian Wikipedia is blocked, more blocks may be on the on the horizon.
Should paid event staff supplement the work of volunteers?
The Wikimedia Foundation's grant structure.
This week's featured content.
The recently closed Arbitration Enforcement case.
A look at the research presented at the OpenSym 2015 conference.

A brownie for you!

Appreciate your work Calidum! TheGarvitGupta (talk) 11:54, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

British Empire

I don't see any redundancy with the phrase. I've reverted the edit because it was fine as it was before. Germany and the US eroded some of Britain's economic lead at the time but not fully eroded, so the part you deleted actually gives a better idea to what actually happened and saves the sentence from being too general instead of specific. Since Britain was still an economic leader at the time, it gives the sentence an incorrect meaning. And don't get me wrong if you are one of those staunchly patriots (whose edit was patriotic-oriented) but the truth was that Britain was still one of the big economic big-ones at the time and the sentence without the "some of" gives a deformed idea the sentence itself tries to imply. (N0n3up (talk) 03:09, 29 August 2015 (UTC))

I opened a discussion in the talk page of the article. (N0n3up (talk) 03:29, 29 August 2015 (UTC))
I didn't mean to vex you to the point that you had to take it to the notice board. But if you reffered to my actions and my summoning of other users.. I summoned Sitush and Twobells since Sitush was familiar with me in a previous discussion in the same article and Twobells just happened to be the last person to edit the talk page to get an outside opinion, not to "canvass" or use backup to my advantage as you accused of doing. And saying: And don't get me wrong if you are one of those staunchly patriots whose edit was patriotic-oriented is not a personal attack whatsoever, I was trying to give a figurative concept of someone who edits out of patriotic purpose and there is nothing of a personal attack in that, and notice the And don't get me wrong part which would make your claim of a personal attack more invalid than it already is. And also, I'm not denying that America was catching up to Britain economically, I simply stated that removing the some of part of the sentence would be too general, that's all. And to think it would all be a short talk. (N0n3up (talk) 05:39, 29 August 2015 (UTC))

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2015)

A Old Colony Mennonite family observing the practice of plain dress
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This Month in Education: August 2015

Updates, reports, news, and stories about how Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects are used in education around the world.

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Closure of forensic dentistry move

Hey Calidum, I was just wondering why you closed the discussion instead of just relisting it? I understand that there was no consensus but other RMs have been relisted more than once. It is not exactly a popular subject so it is understandable that it won't get much discussion. --Stabila711 (talk) 02:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

I considered it and would have relisted if there had been more participation on both sides. But I chose to close it because I concurred with the oppose comment that the nomination itself didn't contain enough information to gauge that the current title is not the primary topic. I opted to close it as "no consensus" as opposed to "not moved" because it would allow for a new, more detailed nomination in a shorter time frame. Calidum 03:00, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 02 September 2015

Nearly 400 accounts blocked in largest paid-editing bust ever.
The WMF collaboration team announced this week that Flow will no longer be under active development.
A conflict regarding fundraising banners on the Italian Wikipedia is resolved.
This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 16 August to 24 August.
Also vital statistics regarding Ja Rule.
The late-summer smash success of Straight Outta Compton remains the chief talking point of the English-speaking world, interrupted only by the welcome return of a Google Doodle.
Community technical news.

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2015)

Two high divers in mid-air
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High diving

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Please comment on Talk:Rachel Berry (Miss Oregon)

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Wikimedia Highlights from August 2015

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The Signpost: 09 September 2015

The National Library is now releasing some of the nation's most treasured collections to Wikimedia Commons for everyone to use and enjoy.
Tony1 interviews a prolific featured content participant, Ian Rose.
Fram tells us why DYK is a problem.
First bot-created article generated from Wikidata; the Orange Bar of Doom has finally met its doom; active editor numbers still on the rise; arbitrator to resign; ne templates added in wake of Orangemoody case
This week's theme in popular articles revolved entirely around mass media productions.
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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2015)

Transection of a human head
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Head

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Wikimedia Highlights from August 2015

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The Signpost: 16 September 2015

On Wikipedia's commitment to open access and its obligations to readers and editors.
WMF CFO to depart, notifications come and go, and questions about the possible editing by a recently arrested terrorism suspect.
Probably not. Also, Whitehall still editing Wikipedia.
This week's featured content.
No particular trends to spot in this week's top article traffic.
Community technical news.

The Bugle: Issue CXIV, September 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2015)

"Boy on white horse" by Theodor Kittelsen
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Scottish mythology

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Tom Brady

He's a three time Super Bowl MVP. Wikipedia has him listed as winning it only twice. I can't edit The Brady page so I was wondering if you could. It came up as you being the only one that can fix it. MLark84 (talk) 16:45, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Well that was fast it's updated now Thanks. MLark84 (talk) 16:47, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

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Jimmy Fallon

You reverted a change to Jimmy Fallon and cited "Relevance? and the DM is not a reliable source for BLPs".

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The Daily Mail is a tabloid and not a news organization; it cannot be used to support contentious claims in a WP:BLP. Second, Fallon is not a politician or involved in politics, so it really doesn't matter what party he identified with. Calidum 02:57, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

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Interesting Tidbit : BrE and AmE treat bands differently

BrE treats a singular band as plural. AmE treats a singular band as singular. so Coldplay are and the Smashing Pumpkins is. Oddly enough in sports its the reverse. BrE treats a singular sports team as singular and AmE treats a singular sports team as Plural. Bryce Carmony (talk) 06:26, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

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Ronald Reagan

Hello,

You recently rolled back my edit clarifying the effect of Ronald Reagan's economic policies on inflation. This was misguided. Anyone with an introductory understanding of economics will agree that fiscal policy has a limited effect, if any, on inflation. Inflation is a monetary phenomenon. Accordingly, it makes no sense to say Ronald Reagan's policies lead to a decrease in inflation, which is the error I was correcting. To quote Milton Friedman "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon."

The finance and economics blog I cited, Calculated Risk, is well-known in economics/finance world. Please see the linked Wikipedia page below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculated_Risk

I would appreciate your understanding, and your allowing of my correction to stand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waltersjoe86 (talk • contribs) 22:55, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

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???

You reverted yourself, but I'd appreciate an explanation for this. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 03:31, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry. CheckingFax is on my watchlist (I don't remember why) and I was checking the diff to see what the warning was for when I clicked the twinkle rollback by accident. Calidum 03:39, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for answering the question I was about to ask too. Cheers! Checkingfax (talk) 03:46, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

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New York Mets

Just so you know, "Banner 17 LLC" by no means is a proper comparison, was that supposed to be a joke? Just the name alone tells you that it wasn't the name started at the time of formation. Furthermore, the name in no way reflects the actual team name put on the floor; the "Boston Celtics." Highlighted in the reference for the Mets mentions, "May 8, 1961 - New York's National League club announces that the team nickname will be "Mets," a natural shortening of the corporate name ("New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.")." [3] [4] [5] [6] Savvyjack23 (talk) 07:37, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

It's not a joke. The team is literally owned by Banner 17 LLC [7]. A better example may be the NFL. Should we call the New York NFC team the "New York Football Giants," the Denver club "PBD Sports," or the defending NFC champs "Football Northwest," because those are the teams' legal names? [8] Calidum 14:21, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Drake

Please leave What A Time To Be Alive as a collaboratory MIXTAPE seeing as this is what it is. It was not released as an album and both artists have confirmed this. It would be greatly appreciated if you leave it as a mixtape, instead on constantly changing it. Thanks brother! Peace out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayceon123 (talk • contribs) 15:04, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

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Newsletter • October 2015

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We did it!

In July, we launched five pilot WikiProjects: WikiProjects Cannabis, Evolutionary Biology, Ghana, Hampshire, and Women's Health. We also use the new design, named "WPX UI," on WikiProject Women in Technology, Women in Red, WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health. We are currently looking for projects for the next round of testing. If you are interested, please sign up on the Pilots page.

Shortly after our launch we presented at Wikimania 2015. Our slides are on Wikimedia Commons.

Then after all that work, we went through the process of figuring out whether we accomplished our goal. We reached out to participants on the redesigned WikiProjects, and we asked them to complete a survey. (If you filled out your survey—thank you!) While there are still some issues with the WikiProject tools and the new design, there appears to be general satisfaction (at least among those who responded). The results of the survey and more are documented in our grant report filed with the Wikimedia Foundation.

The work continues!

There is more work that needs to be done, so we have applied for a renewal of our grant. Comments on the proposal are welcome. We would like to improve what we have already started on the English Wikipedia and to also expand to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Why those? Because they are multilingual projects and because there needs to be better coordination across Wikimedia projects. More details are available in the renewal proposal.

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Charles "Buddy" Rogers

While I know consensus can change, don't you think it is worth getting the input of the people who initially !voted to change the article away from the name before closing? While I agree in closing a relisting when there appears to be consensus, I would disagree in the case that a rational reason was provided for the relist. I believe it is unwise to move a page back to a name that it was moved from under consensus without further input. True it was 2 years ago, and consensus can change. I do know that George Ho was the proposer in both cases, which carries weight but so do the others that previously voted. There is no harm in getting input from them as well... Tiggerjay (talk) 00:46, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

You answered your own question: consenus can change. It had been open 10 days and users who commented on the previous request had ample time to comment if they wished to do so. Calidum T|C 01:03, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

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G5

Sorry, I declined two out of three redirects you nominated for deletion (Indonesian Revolutionary War and Cuban Revolutionary War) since I think they serve a purpose (suggested by a search through Google Books). Sphilbrick, this is a matter we touched upon the other day and I thought it would be fair to ping you. Best, Drmies (talk) 19:21, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

No worries. Calidum T|C 19:29, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
@Drmies:

Thanks for pinging me.

Here's my thinking:

In the case of a decent article, four options occur to me:

  1. Delete the article
  2. Delete the article, but then restore it under the name of a different editor
  3. Delete the article, then rewrite from scratch
  4. Let it go

None of these options are ideal. The first deprives readers of a decent article — the better the article, the worse the loss.

The second is technically easy, deprives the banned editor of credit (which is the goal) but is a violation of copyright. I've included it mainly for completeness as I would never ever advocate doing this (but read on).

The third achieves the goal of keeping the content for our readers while depriving the editor of the recognition, but it's a very "expensive" option in terms of time. In some ways it is the ideal option but given that I'm not volunteering to do the rewrite I can't in good faith encourage it

The last option is the easiest, and one supported by many editors, with more support the better the article, but it doesn't help us with DENY.

However, when it comes to categories or redirects, the analysis may be different. The exact same four options are available, however, option two is no longer a copyright issue. "Indonesian Revolutionary War" Is too short to copyright. I'm sure we don't have a legal problem if we some other editor (presumably the one who does the deletion) simply re-create it, but we might debate whether we have an ethical problem. It would be rude if we did this to an established (and unbanned) editor, but I don't think the same applies to a banned editor. I don't see it as conceptually different than someone writing into Wikipedia and suggesting a useful redirect for category. While it is not all that common for someone to write in with a proposed redirect, people do write in with proposed edits; we enact them, and the credit goes to the person making the edit.

I also don't want to belabor this too much. I can't quite get into the head of someone who gets themselves banned and then tries to continue as an editor. What is their goal? It seems conceivable to me they'd like to be able to talk to outsiders and point to something in Wikipedia and demonstrate that they created it. I see this is plausible for articles but frankly, if someone did that with a redirect or category I'd urge them to get a life. That's another argument for adopting option 4.

I'm going on at length just in case you or Calidum think that option 2 is worth considering in this specific instance--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:13, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

  • Hmm, that's certainly an interesting thought. Tell you what, go for it, in this case--as a matter of fact, these two may not even point at the best target; they both point at a section and might as well point at the main page. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 03:25, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

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2015 New England Patriots season

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Interview Request

Hello Calidum,

My name is Brad and I'm a writer. I'm currently working on a feature about Wikipedia contributors, and I'm particularly interested in your work stemming vandalism on the site. Would it be possible for us to shoot a few emails back and forth to discuss?

Cheers, Brad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradleythomasjones (talk • contribs)

You're certainly welcome to email me if you'd like. Calidum T|C 02:31, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

I've sent you an email via the address listed on this page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradleythomasjones (talk • contribs)

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The Signpost: 02 December 2015

Issues of quality and verifiability threaten the project.
How the community can have its say on two important matters.
Concerns about Wikidata and WMF fundraising.
The new Netflix series heads the list.
Newly promoted featured content.
Community technical news.

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2015)

Princess Leia with characteristic hairstyle cosplayed.
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The Signpost: 09 December 2015

The three scrutineers announced the results, a little more than three days after the close of voting.
A response from Wikidata.
Another election, another series of edit wars.
The top 25 images.
Another death tops the report this week.
This week's featured content.
Community technical news.

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The word scandal is used a few times in several bibles like Douay–Rheims Bible.
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The Signpost: 16 December 2015

Creating content in the sky.
Jimmy Wales finds his words edited on the Internet.
Keeping up with the committee.
Featured content
Tackling content gaps through collaboration.
More data, more problems.
A look back at October.

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Hors d'oeuvre, also known as an appetizer or starter, is a food item served before the main courses of a meal.
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The Bugle: Issue CXVII, December 2015

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Person of the Year

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The Signpost: 30 December 2015

In a monumental move, the Board ousted one of its own
The latest news from ArbCom
A report covering material promoted from 13 to 26 December
In a development that should surprise no one, Star Wars takes the first place prize
We review the top ten stories that defined the Wikimedia movement in 2015
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