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May-be you have an idea..

Have you got any idea when rename requests can again be proceeded as usual?The phabricator project, after the 2nd delay, now displays no definite end date.Aru@baska❯❯❯ Vanguard 15:58, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@ARUNEEK: Unfortunately I don't have any ideas as to when global renames will become available again. I can tell you that global renamers are about as anxious as you are, since we have mountains of requests that need to be processed. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:27, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2016)

Three Martinis
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Three-martini lunch

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18:07, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Because you asked so nicely. Gestrid (talk) 17:32, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Gestrid: k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:33, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

You also deserve a cup of coffee to power through your day!!! -- Dane talk 18:03, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I guess they're getting two cups of coffee. Gestrid (talk) 18:12, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful!

Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating!

September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words).

October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page.

Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your Watchlist.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk.

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Precious

fighting vandalism with music

Thank you for fighting vandalism, with constructive messages about unconstructive editing, for renaming users, for encouraging thoughts, - proud user from Toronto listening to music while fighting vandalism, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2016)

The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; the bearded figure on the far left is in fact the writer Virginia Woolf.
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Hoax

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19:29, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017

On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

  • First place – $200
  • Second & Third place – $50 each
  • Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email).

Signups are open now and will remain open until 5 February 2017. You can sign up here.

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Merry Christmas!

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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2016)

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Helena Bergström

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10:09, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Editing Anna Camner page

Hello k6ka! I am trying to save the changes I made to the Anna Camner wiki page. I have added several reliable sources as links to Swedish publications that have reviewed the artist's work, and a link to a private art foundation which has given the artist an award, widely reviewed in Swedish media. I received a comment on my edits from someone here on Wiki, who deleted my changes, saying that my resources are not reliable. What more reliable sources than established Swedish paper and digital publications can I have? Thank you so much in advance for your kind help, Natalia Goldin Lundh Stocksund (talk) 17:05, 19 December 2016 (UTC)stocksund[reply]

Hi Stocksund. I haven't taken a look at the sources you have provided in question just yet, but if it helps, the guideline page on how to identify reliable sources can be found here. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:12, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

20:33, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for reverting all that vandalism on my talk page. —MRD2014 (talkcontribs) 20:21, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 December 2016

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas K6ka/Archives/2016!!
Hi K6ka/Archives/2016, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,

Thanks for all your help on the 'pedia!

   –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 22:19, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays

The 12 Days of Wikipedia
On the 12th day of Christmas Jimbo sent to me
12 BLPs
11 RFAs
10 New Users
9 Barn Stars
8 Admins Blocking
7 Socks Socking
6 Clerks Clerking
5. Check Users Checking
4 Over Sighters Hiding
3 GAs
2. Did You Knows
and an ARB in a pear tree.

-May your holiday season be filled with joy, laughter and good health. --Cameron11598 —Preceding undated comment added 00:50, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings!

Ho Ho Ho!

You've been visited by the Christmas Trout.

Don't panic! Someone is just wishing you a happy holiday season and a wonderful New Year!

AlexEng(TALK) 05:11, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons Greetings!

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Merry Christmas

Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 10:29, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merry, merry!

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:35, 25 December 2016 (UTC) [reply]

Merry Christmas!

16:34, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2016)

World plate tectonics (click on map for more details)
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Tectonics

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31.92.98.247

It's pretty clear he's just taking the piss, might want to hit him with a two or three. Assuming good faith is all well and good, but I'm pretty sure he's just playgrounding. HalfShadow 21:15, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A recent that edit you have made.

Hello, you have recently corrected the change that i have made about 'Tyias Browning', the information that i have entered was strictly truth, i am made aware of this truth as i am a close friend of the subject and witnessed the grasps of religion hold him for some time now, i would ask that you reverse the changes you have made as many fans of football that are also christian may see the story of this man and his struggle and take inspiration. Yours Truly, TySuperfanTySuperFan (talk) 21:51, 31 December 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Hi TySuperFan. While you may be a close friend of the subject and may know them personally, on Wikipedia there is no way to properly verify this, as it is fairly easy to simply create an account and pretend to be someone (Much like Facebook and Twitter). Because it is easy for someone to do this, we require that all information added to our articles be properly sourced with a citation; claiming to be someone with credentials or claiming to know a subject personally isn't accepted as a source. This is especially important on articles about people who are alive; policy requires that everything added to such articles needs to be cited with a reliable source, and that any additions without a source can be removed right away. Unlike what many people think, Wikipedia isn't at the forefront of information and it only reports on information that has already been published elsewhere. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 21:59, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]