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Million Award

		The Million Award
		For your contributions to bring YouTube (estimated annual readership: 21,229,000; Wikipedia's 30th most popular article) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:26, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

The Million Award is a new initiative to recognize the editors of Wikipedia's most-read content; you can read more about the award and its possible tiers (Quarter Million Award, Half Million Award, and Million Award) at Wikipedia:Million Award. You're also welcome to display this userbox:

This editor won the Million Award for bringing [[ ]] to Featured Article status.

If I've made any error in this listing, please don't hesitate to correct it; if for any reason you don't feel you deserve it, please don't hesitate to remove it; if you know of any other editor who merits one of these awards, please don't hesitate to give it; if you yourself deserve another award from any of the three tiers, please don't hesitate to take it! Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:26, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 August 2013

In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'

Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks

Traffic report: Reddit creep

Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland

News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments

Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia

A pie for you!

Go on have it! Enough of your GA work! =) Ankit Maity ^Talk _Contribs 12:35, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 September 2013

In the media: Manning "put back in the closet"; State involvement in Azerbaijani Wikipedia

News and notes: Privacy policy debate gears up

Traffic report: No accounting for the wisdom of crowds

Discussion report: Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more

Featured content: Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt

WikiProject report: Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia

Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes ; Infoboxes nears completion

Technology report: Making Wikipedia more accessible

The Signpost: 11 September 2013

In the media: Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a "right to reply" box?

WikiProject report: WikiProject Indonesia

Featured content: Tintin goes featured

News and notes: As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas

Traffic report: Syria, celebrities, and association football: oh my!

Arbitration report: Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute ; Infoboxes case closes

The Signpost: 18 September 2013

News and notes: Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests

WikiProject report: 18,464 Good Articles on the wall

Featured content: Hurricane Diane and Van Gogh

Technology report: What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?

Traffic report: Twerking, tragedy and TV

The Signpost: 25 September 2013

Op-ed: Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia

Traffic report: Look on Walter's works

In the media: Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia

News and notes: Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor

WikiProject report: Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!

Featured content: Wikipedia takes the stage

Recent research: Automatic detection of "infiltrating" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?

The Signpost: 02 October 2013

Op-ed: Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership

Discussion report: References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more

News and notes: WMF signals new grantmaking priorities

Featured content: Bobby, Ben, Roger and a fantasia

Arbitration report: Infoboxes: After the war

WikiProject report: U2 Too

The Signpost: 09 October 2013

Traffic report: Shutdown shenanigans

WikiProject report: Australian Roads

Featured content: Under the sea

News and notes: Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed

In the media: College credit for editing Wikipedia

Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute and Ebionites 3 cases continue; third arbitrator resigns

The Signpost: 16 October 2013

News and notes: Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin

Traffic report: Peaceful potpourri

WikiProject report: Heraldry and Vexillology

Featured content: That's a lot of pictures

Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case closes

Discussion report: Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more

The Signpost: 23 October 2013

News and notes: Grantmaking season—rumblings in the German-language community

Traffic report: Your average week ... and a fish

Featured content: Your worst nightmare as a child is now featured on Wikipedia

Discussion report: More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more

In the media: The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia

WikiProject report: Elements of the world

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

Read the full newsletter

Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 20:40, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 October 2013

Traffic report: 200 miles in 200 years

In the media: Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia?

News and notes: Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?

Featured content: Wrestling with featured content

Recent research: User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube

WikiProject report: Special: Lessons from the dead and dying

Nomination for merging of Template:Online source

Template:Online source has been nominated for merging with Template:Press. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Steel1943 (talk) 22:19, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 November 2013

News and notes: Alleged "outing" of editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban

Traffic report: Danse Macabre

Featured content: Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic

WikiProject report: WikiProject Accessibility

Arbitration report: Ebionites 3 case closed

Discussion report: Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more

The Signpost: 13 November 2013

Traffic report: Google Doodlebugs bust the block

Featured content: 1244 Chinese handscroll leads nine-strong picture contingent

Special report: FDC staff raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance

News and notes: Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it

WikiProject report: The world of soap operas

Discussion report: Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more

T: template redirects

Hi, you participated in Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 October 20#T:ITNBOX and other Template redirects, some of which I have relisted at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 November_18#T:WPTECH. Please come along and share your thoughts .. ;-) John Vandenberg ^(chat) 15:32, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 November 2013

From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

Book review: Peter Burke's Social History of Knowledge—ambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive

Featured content: Rockin' the featured pictures

WikiProject report: Score! American football on Wikipedia

News and notes: Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting

Traffic report: Ill Winds

Arbitration report: WMF opens the door for non-admin arbitrators

WikiProject GT

D - do you think it would be beneficial to add a section on the WikiProject GT page for "Did you know?" articles related to Georgia Tech similar to this page? Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks - Mistercontributer (talk) 04:06, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I didn't think we had that many DYKs? I suppose it wouldn't take too long to hunt down the ones we do have, there aren't that many articles in the project. Disavian (talk) 08:54, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

I am not sure how many we have. I will create a list of DYK articles in my sandbox to help determine the number. I was thinking if we had a section to track DYK articles we could use that section to encourage others to create GT related articles and submit for DYK. - Mistercontributer (talk) 03:02, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

D - so far I have identified 34 GT related articles which have been referenced in a DYK. These articles are currently listed in my sandbox. The DYK references are linked within the

symbols. There are probably more GT related DYK articles out there which can be added to this list. Please let me know if you may create another section on the WikiProject GT page to list these GT related DYK articles? - Mistercontributer (talk) 04:08, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

D - do you plan on adding a section to WikiProject GT page for DYK articles related to Georgia Tech? If so, I will keep the list in my sandbox until you have time to add. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks - Mistercontributer (talk) 03:27, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

I can do that. I've been caught up in moving / starting a new job / making a new social network lately, so Wikipedia has taken a backseat to real-life responsibilities, thus only really looking at recent changes. Disavian (talk) 15:29, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

No rush - just whenever you have time. Thanks - Mistercontributer (talk) 02:09, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

I put it under "assessment" - how does that look? Disavian (talk) 05:45, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Looks great! Thanks for your help - Mistercontributer (talk) 23:14, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 December 2013

Traffic report: Kennedy shot Who

Recent research: Reciprocity and reputation motivate contributions to Wikipedia; indigenous knowledge and "cultural imperialism"; how PR people see Wikipedia

Discussion report: Musical scores, diversity conference, Module:Convert, and more

News and notes: One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions

WikiProject report: Electronic Apple Pie

Featured content: F*&!

Arbitration report: Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute case opens; New discretionary sanctions draft proposal available for review

The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi^{t | c} 15:12, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 December 2013

Traffic report: Deaths of Mandela, Walker top the list

In the media: Edward Snowden a "hero"; German Wikipedia court ruling

News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced

WikiProject report: WikiProject Wine

Interview: Wikipedia's first Featured Article centurion

Featured content: Viewer discretion advised

Technology report: MediaWiki 1.22 released

T:WPTECH listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect T:WPTECH. Since you had some involvement with the T:WPTECH redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). WOSlinker (talk) 11:20, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 December 2013

WikiProject report: Babel Series: Tunisia on the French Wikipedia

Traffic report: Hopper to the top

Discussion report: Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more

News and notes: Nine new arbitrators announced

Featured content: Triangulum, the most boring constellation in the universe

Technology report: Introducing the GLAMWikiToolset

Updated Template:Histmerge

You are the first person besides me that I've noticed using the new parameters. It's nice to see I didn't make the change just for myself. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 05:06, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

History merges can be a little complex at times, so I appreciated the ability to add a bit more detail via the template. I like the change. :) Then again I'm a bit of a template addict, so there's that. Disavian (talk) 19:41, 26 December 2013 (UTC)