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Mangalsutra (TV series)

Hello, I noticed that you deleted Mangalsutra (TV series) page. Somebody inserted the PROD tag in the article without informing me on my talk page. The series was initially titled as Mangalsutra (TV series) and I was the first to create the article. The show was then renamed as Kavach...Kaali Shaktiyon Se. You should had moved Mangalsutra (TV series) page history to Kavach...Kaali Shaktiyon Se. So I'm kindly requesting you to restore Mangalsutra (TV series) page and to be redirected to Kavach...Kaali Shaktiyon Se. Let the article be redirected to Kavach...Kaali Shaktiyon Se. Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 13:21, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done Liz Read! Talk! 13:34, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello!

You have been kind and honest! MassiveLizard (talk) 20:08, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, I try to be fair and give people the benefit of the doubt. Assume good faith is the phrase of the day. Liz Read! Talk! 20:23, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Night of the Father

Hello, I saw a red link. I then saw that you deleted Night of the Father in February 2016. I would like to see this to evaluate the article because I also read mention of it in a tourist brochure about Munich. Therefore, it may be rubbish but may be more than meets the eye. If I see the deleted article, it may help. Did you document your deletion and keep a copy somewhere? Could you email or fax it to me? Thank you. User: Askaquestion Askaquestion (talk) 21:39, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, Askaquestion, there wasn't much content at all on the deleted page. But I have moved it into your Sandbox if you'd like to take a look at it. You can find it at User talk:Askaquestion/Sandbox. I'll check back in a week and if you aren't working on turning the material into a decent article, I'll delete the page. Liz Read! Talk! 21:45, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

hello

hi! FYI, you just restored a raft of copyvio on Nora Maccoby. See [1] for comparison. I had removed the copyvio, per policy, and once that was removed the rest of the text was unsupported by refs. I believe also that there is a WP:COI issue. HappyValleyEditor (talk) 20:32, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Also, just to explain why the page was gutted: I was looking at it in terms of COI when I notice that the bio sounded fishy. I searched a phrase and found that much of the article matched [2]. That material had to be removed per policy. Once that was done, I removed any unreferenced material. Given the bio reproduction from the above link, the similarity of the creator username to the article subject and the peacock language, I think it's likely to assume some COI. As to gutting it down to only referenced material, this is usually my position as I believe it is better to have only verified material on wiki, per WP:V, rahter than leave masses of unverified informaton in the hopes that one day it will be verified. I realize the arguments go both ways, btu that's the way I see it. I hope that explains my revert of your edit. HappyValleyEditor (talk) 20:43, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
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I don't know how you can be sure User:Altenergy has a COI (they haven't edited Michael Maccoby, for instance) but I didn't intend to reinstate any content borrowed from the subject's website. Thank you for removing that, twice, HappyValleyEditor. I was just surprised to see so much content removed from a biography including most of the citations that it contained. Original material that is adequately sourced shouldn't be removed. Liz Read! Talk! 20:47, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
My attitude is that unsourced material can exist unless it is challenged so we clearly come from different points of view. I greatly appreciate your thoughtful explanation. Liz Read! Talk! 20:48, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
I agree about removing good material! To my knowledge I did not remove any properly sourced material, unless the phrase that was being sourced came from from the copyvio. I also agree with tending to leave unsourced material that is non-controversial, unless it occurs in a what might be an autobiography or clear self-promotion. The problem with leaving unsourced material is that it sometimes gets left for years! In any case, thanks for your understanding. Happy editing! HappyValleyEditor (talk) 20:54, 1 May 2016 (UTC)


supposed "hoax"

I am the one in the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Astimulation/sandbox

It’s not a “hoax” as you strangely assume of a page with so much linked content, including three books. I would much appreciate it if you could restore it. In the case that you refuse, can you please send me a copy of the content, or show me how to access it. As I don’t have it. --Astimulation — Preceding unsigned comment added by Astimulation (talk • contribs) 01:44, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

FYI: WP:REFUND#Astimulation/sandbox. JohnCD (talk) 09:57, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know, JohnCD...I don't know how I missed seeing this message. Liz Read! Talk! 11:04, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Please remove

Hi, Liz. Please remove your comments about me from Winkelvi's talk page. It has nothing to do with the discussion. That discussion is not about me. Winkelvi is not my friend. With that being said, a one month block under the conditions I have highlighted is unacceptable for me to endorse. If you have anything to say about me, please put it on my talk page. As it stands, your comments directed at me do not advance the discussion. I will not reply there, as I see it as a distraction. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 22:05, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't agree with you but I'll oblige and honor your request. Liz Read! Talk! 22:22, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
Evidently from your comments you have not been on the receiving end of that editor's attacks yet. I bet many of his targets think a month block is about 10 years short what is needed. Admins don't need your endorsement. Legacypac (talk) 00:41, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Legacypac, I think, but I'm not sure, that you are telling me that you don't approve of me removing my comments. I'm really trying to stay 10 feet away from this mess which is a swirling vortex, engulfing more editors, day by day. I see future blocks being given out and I was just trying to give a head's up. Liz Read! Talk! 00:50, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
By the way, I have more than my share of editors who insult me so I don't think I'm deficient in the editor attack area. We just have different people who despise us. Liz Read! Talk! 00:51, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
No my poorly worded comment was directed at Checkingfax. I want to stay far away from that mess too - even though I was named on that page recently :( Nothing good can come from it. 01:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
I wish you luck, Legacypac. From what I've seen on Wikipedia, one of the hardest things for editors to do is to ignore those they have been feuding with. Some have succeeded but it takes a lot of willpower to get to a state where you just don't care what they do and say! The alternative is a block so I think it is worth the effort. Liz Read! Talk! 01:09, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Amen to that. I'm thinking of just ignoring the trolls and such regardless of what they say. Hard when they drag you to ANi though. Legacypac (talk) 23:07, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)

I was looking for a discussion which took place in 2015, I believe there was a debate as to whether or not to named the accused and his POV, if I recalled Guy closed it in favor of including the accused per NPOV, but he hasn't been activate for sometime. Valoem talk contrib 20:58, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, Valoem, there are 9 pages of archives at Talk:Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) you could go through. Then there were discussions on ANI 1, 2 BLP 3, 4. 5, 6 and RSN 7. There might have been more discussions but those are the ones I found. The article was also the subject of some complaints at 3RR but those discussions were about reverts, not the content. Liz Read! Talk! 21:23, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
I think this article violates NPOV, from my understanding initial response was positive however after evidence was released by the accused the response has been overwhelmingly negative. I don't feel this has been reflected in the article. Valoem talk contrib 21:54, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Well, I suggest you start a discussion on this argument on the article talk page or at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard where you can state your case. Liz Read! Talk! 22:05, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

G13 notice

Sorry about that. It's an automatic thing. Apparently you submitted it on behalf of another editor back in October. On the reviewer's tools, it doesn't give you a preview of who will be notified. My apologies for the template posting. Onel5969 TT me 13:10, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

It's no problem, onel5969. I really should have just deleted the message rather than undoing it. Thanks for handling these G13s. Liz Read! Talk! 13:12, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

OTRS help

Hi Liz. I received a message on OTRS this afternoon which dealt with the edit history of the page Eric Leva. The correspondence purported to be from Leva, but that's beside the point. If you look at the edit history, someone made a change, and then self reverted. However, in the edit summary it says, "I'm his bf...he was born in MA :)" . The correspondent was upset that that comment could still be seen. Anyway we can get that comment removed? I can't, not being an admin, but I think there's a way you can do it. Thanks. Onel5969 TT me 20:55, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, onel5969. I've rev-deleted the edit summary for that edit. Is that sufficient?
My only question is what on earth is a "Visual Social Media Consultant"? It sounds like a made-up job title. Liz Read! Talk! 21:41, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Yes, that's what I was looking for... couldn't think of the term, revdel. And lol... didn't even notice the job title. Looking at the article, I'm tagging it for notability, really weak references. When I can research more, might even AfD it. Onel5969 TT me 22:31, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Yeah, AfD'd it. Nothing out there on this person. Onel5969 TT me 22:39, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
onel5969, I've always wondered, what is the work like with OTRS? I'm guessing you deal with a lot of people who are upset or angry. I'm sure it is a challenge to translate Wikipedia policies into language that makes sense to people who don't work on the project. Liz Read! Talk! 22:42, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
I'll have to get back to you on that. I'm just starting to help out there. Was looking for ways to help out more, and they were looking for volunteers. I began helping out a few months ago on ACC, so this seemed a natural progression. But I've looked at some responses, and yes, sometimes people get a little hot under the collar. But I don't think it's going to be that much of a challenge, just have to remember what venue I'm discussing Wikipedia in. When I talk about what I do on Wikipedia to colleagues in the real world, that's given me a lot of practice. After a month or so I may change my tune, but I'll circle back and let you know. . Onel5969 TT me 22:53, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
That sounds like a plan. Thanks for sharing your experience. Liz Read! Talk! 23:00, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

User:JaberEl-Hour

Greetings! I see you undid a blanking of User:JaberEl-Hour. Could you explain why you felt the content (particularly the comments addressed toward the West) should be restored to a user page of a blocked editor? —C.Fred (talk) 22:44, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

I just felt like the blanking was unnecessary. The editor who blanked the user page is a very new, very young editor who had confronted JaberEl-Hour on his talk page and I just thought the blanking was probably an emotional reaction to that conflict. If you feel differently, you can revert my edit.
In general though, I don't like blanking user pages or talk pages, even for blocked editors. I often have to go into the page edit history to see the nature of the block and who this editor was because all information has been wiped from the page. It's simpler if the pages are left as they were at the time of the block, even if it is indefinite. The only exceptions I see are when the editor is a sockpuppet and it is helpful to identify and connect the account with the master account.
But this was an editorial decision, not an admin decision and I can understand that others might have a different opinion than my own. Liz Read! Talk! 22:58, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Good point. I had overlooked the relative youth of the other account. And if the user page had been that extreme, the blocking admin probably would've blanked it while she was at it. And it does provide an easier-to-access lens into the positions of the user. I see your point, and my first reaction was to blank the page, I see where there's more value than harm in leaving it in place. Thank you for the explanation! —C.Fred (talk) 23:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

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New section on BAPS article

Hello User:Liz,

You had recently commented on my talk page and clearly explained that my post on ANI was too long and needed to be summarized. I really appreciated the kind tone you used and I am really trying to do the right thing here but I am so frustrated and feel like my back is against the wall and then I get really defensive. I wanted to know if my next edit is appropriate and if you can assist me in making sure that it is okay. I will post my edit here if you have time to look at it.

Thank you Swamiblue (talk) 06:06, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Given the length of your talk page comments, please do not post any remarks here. I appreciate you keeping this comment short and to the point and messages like this one are welcome. Liz Read! Talk! 19:22, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) @Swamiblue: if you’d like a review of your report before ‘going live’, I suggest you write it up in a sandbox or other user sub-page, to which you can link discreetly instead of copying it all. Once you’ve posted a finished version at ANI (or if you decide not to proceed) you can request that the page be deleted.—Odysseus1479 20:17, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
Yes, what @Odysseus1479: said. That's a good idea. Liz Read! Talk! 20:21, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Ἀνάλυσις

Ἀνάλυσις should be restored. First of all, your speedy deletion rationale is absolutely incorrect as WP:A3 doesn't apply to redirects (the A prefix stands for articles and redirects aren't articles.) Secondly, several people have opined at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 May 5#Ἀνάλυσις that the redirect should be kept, so at the very least, let the discussion run its course. Please be more careful in the future. -- Tavix (talk) 18:01, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

First, I didn't tag Ἀνάλυσις, Newrunner769 did, so we both made a mistake here. I also didn't notice that the page was part of a deletion discussion. I have restored it pending the results of the RFD discussion. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Liz Read! Talk! 19:21, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Request for comment

Request for comment Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:No religion here thanks :) Olowe2011 Talk 23:19, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Enforcement on ARBN

You said, If editors have issues with MarkBernstein's posts, can you move them to his talk page or to the AE board? But isn't enforcement on arb pages generally reserved to the committee (and perhaps clerks)? It's a bit worrying to see clear-cut, textbook tban violations stream past on Wikipedia_Talk:ARBN with no-one taking the slightest notice. GoldenRing (talk) 07:28, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

GoldenRing, I meant editors moving the discussion to a complaint involving MarkBernstein filed at AE. Lord knows it's been done a lot of times including one time right now, a complaint that you've participated in. Liz Read! Talk! 20:44, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Edit requrest

First of all thank you for your protection to the article Mayor of London.

Can I please request a fairly urgent edit, that is the Sadiq Khan be removed from the list of London mayors. This is pre-emptive information. Many thanks for all of your help. Sport and politics (talk) 20:36, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

It looks like Ymblanter has already taken care of this edit request. Liz Read! Talk! 20:46, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

He should have played football, how sad is that?

Hi Liz. (cc: @Jimbo Wales:@MichaelQSchmidt:) Nice to meet you, and thank you for your comments (on @Doug Weller: talk page) regarding the Gary Cziko article. I've added many notes in the AfD regarding this articles subject and would appreciate someone/anyone (you?) listing it where others more experienced can join in too. Like you, I fail to see the WP logic behind making it so hard to make/create/save articles about academic researchers and authors, after all, (and as I believe you know) there is ALWAYS going to be more reliable third party independent sources for sports people than even the most accomplished professor will ever have, for example: Ezekiel Elliott is a 20-year-old American football player whose WP article contains 20 reliable third party references, and who as a rookie has yet to have any consequence in his profession sport. Yet, and sadly, this accomplished scientists article is in danger of being deleted, despite his decades of research, his two critically acclaimed books, his pioneering work in the field of PCT, and I could go on, and on. It's just sad. Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 19:16, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

I'll see how I can help. Luckily, it is only the second day into the AfD and it is far from a snow close. Liz Read! Talk! 19:22, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Ping

I pinged you here, but perhaps the ping did not work.Anythingyouwant (talk) 19:52, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, first, I've been off-line. Second, you need a space between {{Ping|Liz}} and ~~~~. Third, I haven't been involved at Donald Trump, I just wanted to link your deletion of content at Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016 to the discussion at Talk:Donald Trump. Truthfully, I don't know which article should contain this content, I just think it is very interesting, it reveals relevant details about the person and his campaign, it also impacts how he runs his campaign along with the media's reaction to him. Liz Read! Talk! 20:31, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
Okay, but I still think it's strange that I would need consensus to shorten the huge bloated section on alleged mob ties, but someone can come along and entirely remove the section on fringe theories without any consensus at all. Anyway, take care. Cheers.Anythingyouwant (talk) 22:36, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

RfD Hestia

Welcome to RfD! Because of the navigational nature of redirects, the rules for keeping or deleting them are a bit counter-intuitive. Going through the few points that you made:

  • "Lengthy search phrase" and "paucity of page views" - These only matter if the redirect title itself is of dubious accuracy. If a redirect title is correct and unambiguous, there's generally an overwhelming consensus to keep even if the title.
  • Searching: Actually I agree with you that titles that don't show up in the search bar are practically useless. The technical detail is that, when multiple redirects lead to the same destination, only one of them will show in the autocomplete. However, the protracted discussion Talk:Plowback retained earnings shows that RfD and DRV are divided on the issue, and this is for a redirect title that is incorrect.
  • Page move: We generally try to keep {{R from move}}s unless the old title was a mistake or the author didn't want to leave a redirect behind but wasn't an admin. Both cases would fall under WP:G7. Redirects left behind from page moves are explicitly excluded from WP:R3. (One rainbow trout for you.)

I hope this is useful background info, and thanks for engaging in the discussion! Deryck C. 22:10, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, thank you for the unusually lengthy explanation, Der. I disagree with the closure, as I nominated this inept phrase as a redirect but the decision wasn't up to me. I will nominate it again in the future as I don't think "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?" is a likely or appropriate search phrase. Liz Read! Talk! 22:40, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Nima Mirzazad

Hi Liz,

I had written an article named Nima Mirzazad(a footballer) and you deleted it because he had not played in a fully pro league.I think the problem is solved as he just played in Iran's pro league.There are sourses to prove it but they are in persian.An Iranian user can read them if you want to.So do I have to write the whole thing again or you can help me have the last one? Yasamin77 (talk) 06:33, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Yasamin77, I've restored the article at Draft:Nima Mirzazad. As long as it is a draft and you are working on it, it is safe from deletion as long as you abide by Wikipedia guidelines about copyright and BLP. When you believe it is ready, you can either submit it to Article for Creation or move it yourself into main space. If you are unsure whether it is ready, you ask for help at the WikiProject Football talk page. Liz Read! Talk! 12:12, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
Liz, Thanks for your help. I created it again and of course updated it. Thanks again.Yasamin77 (talk) 06:12, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

To thank you for your help. Yasamin77 (talk) 06:13, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

System glitch

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T135203

Hi, Liz. Nice catch. I did not delete anybody's comments. I only touched the top portion to add the |listas= now that the article is a BLP again, to demote it to class=Start because it has been trimmed by 80%, etc.

All my edits were done in the header portion.

It would be very difficult for me to accidentally delete those blocks of text as they are not contiguous, nor did I have a reason to.

OK, asked, and answered. I will make a Village Pump report and if that does not resolve it, I will take it to Phabricator.

Why are you watching my edits AGF! Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 00:54, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Checkingfax,
I assumed it was an accident as it looked like you were just trying to edit the archiving information. I'm not sure how the comments were included in the deletion. Liz Read! Talk! 11:48, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Liz. It was not an accident. I did not make the edit. It is a system glitch. Your edit summary asked why I was deleting other editors comments, so I replied to that. Maybe next time, if you think it is a mistake, note that. Somebody is going to pull this Diff out as evidence of me nuking other editors comments. LOL. The funny part is I nuked my own too, if it was my edit, which it was not. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 18:25, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail!

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I've replied to you. Thanks for letting me know. Liz Read! Talk! 11:49, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Andreas Lubitz

Can you unprotect this page I am going to split it. Valoem talk contrib 22:38, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Since there was a decision last year to merge this article with Germanwings Flight 9525 (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andreas Lubitz (3rd nomination)), I'd like to see a talk page discussion where there was a consensus for this split before I unprotect this page. Another admin might feel differently but before undoing the results of an AfD closure, I'd like to know there is support for this move. Liz Read! Talk! 23:52, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
I was hoping to do a bold split and then start discussion, I've generally found better success with this method. Given the unique nature of the crime plus additional sources such as this and this giving his life extensive coverage, I was hoping you could defer judgment to me. Valoem talk contrib 00:07, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
I'd feel more comfortable removing the protection if you'd at least mention your intentions at Talk:Germanwings Flight 9525 and hear what people think. It clearly was a contentious issue as it went through 3 AfD discussions over a short period of time. Liz Read! Talk! 00:11, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Okay, I started a discussion also just to note the first two AfDs were closed as keep and the third AfD was not given the allotted time as I stated before I've found greater success if the article is already split during discussion. People have a tendency to maintain status quo. Valoem talk contrib 00:29, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Can you please unprotect it now, I do not see any reason for a full protection especially since there was no disruptive editing. It is difficult to expand an article when it is locked. Also Spartaz has retired. Valoem talk contrib 01:03, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
You just started the talk page discussion! Liz Read! Talk! 01:23, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
How am I going to work on it if it is fully protected? Do you find full protection reasonable? The best opinion would be to restore this version right here and then nominate it as a procedural 4th AfD. I tend to not like to work on something until I know it will stay. Valoem talk contrib 01:31, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Meh, I am going to use DRV actually, probably best method. Valoem talk contrib 02:12, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

NAC Closure on AfD

Hello! I saw your comment on another editor's talk page. I'm writing about this deletion discussion which was (in my opinion) prematurely closed by the user in question. In my opinion, there was no consensus on the deletion and I thought I'd come to you and ask if it's worth re-opening the discussion: there was only one real constructive comment on the discussion and I still don't believe that the article is notable for Wikipedia, considering it was written the day before the album's release. st170etalk 00:45, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, it was opened on April 28 and closed on May 6, it was placed on several deletion lists, I don't think it was closed prematurely. I saw two Keep votes, and only your opposition so I probably would have closed it as No consensus. If you feel strongly that the closure was improper, I'd post your complaint at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Liz Read! Talk! 00:55, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

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Eek

Maybe this[3] came across the wrong way based on your comment? Thank you for changing it -- obviously it can be read more than one way and I didn't want to offend anyone. I meant it as a minor aside regarding wikipedia's male comic book readership and what articles tend to rise in the rankings when such movies come out.--Milowent • hasspoken 12:15, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

It just sounded like the only reason that this character would be popular was because she was a woman. It might be because her character is interesting or she has amazing skills. But mainly, I've never seen a male character's popularity attributed to the fact that they were male, as if the reason he is popular is simply because he is a man. Usually a character's popularity is attributed to aspects of their personality, physicality, intelligence, talent or skills. Liz Read! Talk! 12:40, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
I am much more pessimistic about those of my gender, sadly. But I see how my comment could be seen as reinforcing a bad stereotype, so I thank you again for your insight.--Milowent • hasspoken 16:33, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Surreal Barnstar
The Surreal Barnstar is awarded to any user who adds "special flavor" to the community by acting as a sort of wildcard. Yes, you do had special flavor to the community. Thank you very much for dealing with a sunburn user like myself ;) Cheers! CookieMonster755 📞 ✉ ✓ 00:20, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, CookieMonster755. That's a unique barnstar I haven't seen before. It's been a while since I received one, thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 22:22, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

How come why not

How come why not (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Has been indeffed for vandalism. I find many of Hcwn's edits questionable. Especially the moving of categories. I noticed you db-catempty Category:Columbiformes stubs which Hcwn moved to Category:Pigeon stubs. The pigeon article is Columbiformes and I feel that it should be Columbiformes stubs and not Pigeon stubs. So, I did a db-moved request. It seems that many of Ncwn's moves are similarly questionable. Should all of them be unmoved? Thanks Jim1138 (talk) 22:06, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Jim1138, you've been here over 7 years and have over 150,000 edits...you don't need my okay to put categories back to where they belong! I'm short on time right now so I can't scrutinize their edit history but please make any corrections you think are necessary.
As for me tagging a category, I regularly tag empty categories that appear on a database list. Often in the four days that they sit in a holding category before being deleted, pages/articles are assigned to a category and they are no longer empty so the tag is removed. It's the only speedy deletion that is delayed and isn't speedy at all (and for good reason!). Liz Read! Talk! 22:27, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

VoiceBox Technologies Page Deleted

Hi Liz - I represent VoiceBox Technologies and we are curious as to why our Wikipedia page has been deleted (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=VoiceBox_Technologies). The page contained correct information about the company and was maintained by an internal company source.

We look forward to hearing back. Thank you.

AgonzalezWE (talk) 22:55, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

I have responded to you on your talk page. Liz Read! Talk! 23:16, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Not all of us have jobs

You were correctly pointing out on The Teahouse that we all have lives outside Wikipedia. Not all of us have jobs, though. If I did, I doubt I'd have the time to contribute. This may be true for a lot of people. It amazes me that so many people who contribute do have jobs.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:30, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Good point, Vchimpanzee. I wasn't trying to describe all editors, just indicating that most people have busy lives outside of Wikipedia. But you make a valid statement. Liz Read! Talk! 22:25, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
By the way, I don't have a family either. I'd like to see my relatives more, but they get busy. I spend more time with Wikipedia than I do with them.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:55, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Regards, and request

I have held you, always in highest regard, before and since your elevation to Admin, including, though we are on different sides of the issue, the ongoing matter of what constitutes tagging practice in accord with policy and guidelines, versus not. But I have to ask, next time you take the initiative to offer invites to an ANI on this issue (or, I guess, in general), ping the party in focus—in this case me—when you are doing the invites. One note left at a Talk page was noteworthy in its not doing so, and had I received notice via a ping, I could have called attention to two Talk sections appearing at that page that had been given no response (sections entitled "Thank you" and "You misunderstand"). (I'm not mentioning or pinging that editor here, because this request is not in any way about about them; it is about what I perceive to be respectful consideration in an ANI type setting, where I have to admit, I have often wondered how people converge.)

Had I received a ping, I both would have been aware of the ANI earlier—as I discovered, the notice that the initially aggrieved party placed at my Talk page was vague (you might be interested), not clear that the ANI was directed at me, and of the briefest sort, and it was not given a Section of its own, but tucked into another Talk section—and I might have been able to re-address the already addressed fellow editor, calling attention to the earlier unanswered Talk content. Whether that would ave changed things, I cannot say. But it would certainly left me feeling as if the Ownership-cum-Incivility-cum-Tagbombing discussion was actually one being conducted fully respectfully, and by the guidelines. Again, regards, and simply ping me when I am the subject of a conversation, please. Otherwise, hope all is well, and that if you wish, you engage the continuing tag-focused discussion at my Talk. (When we are both not working!). Cheers. Le Prof 50.129.227.141 (talk) 03:40, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

May 25: WikiWednesday Salon NYC / Enterprise MediaWiki Conference

Wednesday May 25, 6pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC / Enterprise MediaWiki Conference

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon.

This month's WikiWednesday Salon, we'll meet and share with the MediaWiki software development community, through a community learning night at NYU on May 25.

6:00 pm: Introduction, pizza
7:00 pm: MediaWiki tutorial, community involvement and extension ideas, novel uses of wiki technology
8:00 pm: State of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia / Wikimedia community
9:00 pm: Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco video-link, casual bicoastal chat

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Could you look in on

…my edits at Conditioner (farming). Another editor who stalks me followed me to that edit, even after it had been checked by Ninja and was found to be OK (see the ANI discussion at User:Leprof_7272 talk page). The issue is an Expert tag, which this editor does not like in general. I have modified the Expert tag content twice, to make clear that the Expert is called for because of inexpert material in the article (it is unsourced, but all culled from sales literature on this farm implement). He continues to revert me, claiming the tags are redundant, and that he has the right to revert me, without creating a consensus on this edit (because of the recently finished ANI). If this editor has his way, he will always follow me and war, knowing that he is willing to be persistent in reversions, and that others are generally unwilling to enter the fray.

Again, the issue is, two tags placed, both relevant, tag content and extensive Talk written to make clear the tags are distinct and relevant, and an editor reverting despite a second editor saying "all OK". As well, as I have stated at this editor's Talk page, he is not an expert at agriculture. My interests and reasons for editing are stated at the article and his Talk. Please pass by this article? Le Prof 50.129.227.141 (talk) 19:20, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

There was widespread complaints (see discussion) concerning user:Leprof 7272 over use of attention banners that very nearly resulted in a block. Now Leprof 7272 is resuming adding redundant attention banners to articles. I suggested an alternative option here which was simply deleted without discussion. Boghog (talk) 19:37, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
As has been clearly stated—at the article Talk page, in my edit summaries, and at Boghog's Talk page—first, the issue is in fact whether the two tags are redundant (he says yes, but I say, with repeatedly submissive clarifications, no). And second, he was told at his Talk page, that his "deleted" suggestion to post at Wikiproject Agriculture was in fact a suggestion taken. His postings to my Talk page are summarily deleted because he is a stalker that has been told that he is not welcome to post there. Issues need to appear, first, in the edit summaries and article Talk pages (which, this editor acts as if generally too busy to substantially populate). After that, if there is a need, I will go to his Talk page. But he is simply not welcome at mine, ever, for his disingenuous attempts to impose his will at articles of mutual interest, and to otherwise stalk and disrupt my editing, even when others find it useful. Le Prof 50.129.227.141 (talk) 20:11, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
Liz, I trust you to look in on the article and draw your own conclusions. As I said, this editor is not an expert at Ag, though I have nevertheless submitted twice to him, to alter the content of the tag to make clear the issue is not just sourcing (and so the tags are not redundant), has failed to reply at article Talk, failed to reply in substance in edit summaries, etc. You know about the ANI discussion over my tagging. This matter is one of this editor's stalking, who has never edited this article (nor has he any interest or expertise in the subject). I spent an hour editing, adding two potential sources (via Further reading and external links), read those sources, and stated I believe (as a trained academic) that the article needs an expert at Ag to decide what its future content should say. NinjaRobot read the edit, and said fine (see my Talk page). This warring editor persists, in wanting his way, in ignoring the seeming obvious distinction, that sourcing what is already there, versus deciding what needs to be deleted or added are two separate issues. I will not fight it more here Liz. Please do as you see fit. But the broader issue is this following (stalking) editor's obfuscation, and trying to game the system through selective reporting of information regarding conflicts. This is a unique, new editing situation. I am yielding significantly to feedback. This editor needs to examine himself and his motives, for following me about. Le Prof 50.129.227.141 (talk) 20:07, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
Well, Le Prof, you should not count on me for the next two weeks. I'm in the process of moving cross-country and won't be on Wikipedia much at all until mid-June. I suggest you contact another administrator if this situation can't be resolved. Sorry I can't help you at the moment. Liz Read! Talk! 22:21, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

While to you it may seem that you're an authority on Greek ,I should know better because I am actually greek. If you can't read greek and know nothing about names please refrain from ' editing ' anything just because it doesn't fit into your world view. Now whatever that may be it's of no consequence to me because I bear the name you so politely edited. My name is Νικόλαος with the tone on the o. If you don't know what it's for I suggest you make some greek friends. It is read nik-O-laos...When the O is emphasized it means something totally different from when it isn't. Two different meanings. In Greek there is no such name as Nikolaos without emphasizing the O . It's always spelled with the emphasized O. So to cut a short story long..you can not call an individual a people. YOU MAKE NO SENSE. You say you want proofs nikolaos..try that one. Oh and by the way your name is rooted in Elizabeth which means your word is your oath. So to end off Niko - I conquer Laos- nation or people. Just like your name can't mean our word is our oath. This would mean you're schizophrenic , so can I not be a people. I am not victorious people , person maybe but not people. Am I making any sense ? Leondari — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leondari (talk • contribs) 22:06, 24 May 2016 (UTC)


Dear Liz. I noticed that there was a lot of new text on Repton School's pages which was very negative, defamatory, personal to some members of staff and not written neutrally. Looking at the history it has all been added by one user, Optimus Ma, who hasn't edited any other pages. This appears to be an attack against the school and not written independently. Wateringcan5 (talk) 15:38, 25 May 2016 (UTC)wateringcan5Wateringcan5 (talk) 15:38, 25 May 2016 (UTC) Liz

Copyright infringement

I cocked up. I meant to take it as G6 under the WP:G6 Neelix concession. I must have missed. Thanks for pointing it out. Total cock up on my part. Si Trew (talk) 20:12, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

No problem, Si Trew. I regularly find the wrong CSD tag applied to pages. Some times, I just put the right one on but I've been trying to stay away from these redirects. Thanks for not taking my revert personally. Liz Read! Talk! 20:36, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
Well we collaborate to make the encylopaedia better. Nope, I cocked up, you pointed it out, I fixed it. No problem. I am going through these redirects on the infamous User:Anomie/Neelix list (in fact I seem to be the only editor diligently trogging through them, and I get about three or four whacks a day for people thinking I have something personal against Neelix when I would happily shake his hand but the WP:G6 concession says we should mark deletions as "Neelix") and after a while your eyes glaze over and I missed, sorry about that. I do believe genuinely Neelix was in good faith with creating them and have said so in many places, but some are just not helpful now the search engine has got a bit better. Si Trew (talk) 20:39, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Undeletion

Hi you restore Rush (video gamer) as an article please. There are sources for the articles here If not can you restore it to draftspace. Thanks.--Prisencolin (talk) 23:08, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Prisencolin, I can't restore it as an article because a biography of a living person (see Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people) requires at least one reference to the person in an independent, reliable source...that means books, newspapers, magazines, news services and not social media or blogs.
You also need to make some claim of significance...why is this person important? Why should Wikipedia include an article about them? You don't need to convince me, you need to include the claim, backed up by sources, in the article itself. You can find it at Draft:Rush (video gamer). Good luck. Liz Read! Talk! 13:11, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
Alright that fair enough, thanks.--Prisencolin (talk) 18:29, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Account deleted

Hi, why having deleted my account? Have you the right to do it?

Can't I have my own explanation/(contribution try) like User:DVdm and lot of others?

21:00, 30 April 2016 Liz (talk | contribs) deleted page User:N738139 (U5: Blatant misuse of Wikipedia as a web host)

--N738139 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:24, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

N738139, your account has not been deleted or you could not have posted this message. It was your user page that was deleted under CSD U5 (see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#U5) which disallows "Pages in userspace consisting of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals".
If you look at WP:USERPAGE, you'll find that "User pages are mainly for interpersonal discussion, notices, testing and drafts (see: Sandboxes), and, if desired, limited autobiographical and personal content." Please look at WP:UP for more information and guidelines on what is considered appropriate content for editors' user pages. Liz Read! Talk! 13:21, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Dear Liz, Let me give you an advice for the future: DO NOT ERASE WHAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. There was more interesting sentences (was it necessary to delete it?) on my little wiki page than on your whole talk page. Sincerely.

--N738139 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:03, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

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CSD for Category:Unreferenced Green Bay Packers articles

Hi @Liz! I wanted to bring to your attention your tagging of Category:Unreferenced Green Bay Packers articles as CSD (Diff). I removed your tag as it does not meet the CSD guidelines (specifically that is a project category that by its nature becomes empty on occasion). This category is populated by tagging the Wikipedia:WikiProject Green Bay Packers banner ({{WikiProject Green Bay Packers}} with |unref=yes. Incidentally, I just updated the Project's Banner allowing these tags to be added, which forced me to create this category. Ideally, this category should be empty and will only be used to categorize pages that need references. I have added {{Empty category}} to the category page to clarify this farther. In the future, if you can contact the relevant WikiProject to ensure the category is not being used before tagging CSD, it would be appreciated. Happy editing! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:52, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the information. Liz Read! Talk! 16:35, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Sunday June 5: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon

Sunday June 5, 12-5pm: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon

Join us for a full Sunday of social Wikipedia editing at the Center for Jewish History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to Women in Jewish History.

All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.

Expanding coverage of Jewish women on Wikipedia makes these women and their creations discoverable, addresses the gender bias on Wikipedia in a positive way, and works to correct imbalances archival collecting practice and institutional projects that have historically silenced women's narratives.

A training session on editing Wikipedia will be held at 12:30 pm. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Make edits! Ask questions! Be bold!

Time: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), New York City, New York 10011

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gamaliel and others closed

An arbitration case regarding Gamaliel and others has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

  1. Gamaliel is admonished for multiple breaches of Wikipedia policies and guidelines including for disrupting Wikipedia to make a point, removing a speedy deletion notice from a page he created, casting aspersions, and perpetuating what other editors believed to be a BLP violation.
  2. DHeyward and Gamaliel are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with or discussing each other anywhere on Wikipedia, subject to the usual exemptions.
  3. DHeyward (talk · contribs) is admonished for engaging in incivility and personal attacks on other editors. He is reminded that all editors are expected to engage respectfully and civilly with each other and to avoid making personal attacks.
  4. For conduct which was below the standard expected of an administrator — namely making an incivil and inflammatory close summary on ANI, in which he perpetuated the perceived BLP violation and failed to adequately summarise the discussion — JzG is admonished.
  5. Arkon is reminded that edit warring, even if exempt, is rarely an alternative to discussing the dispute with involved editors, as suggested at WP:CLOSECHALLENGE.
  6. The community is encouraged to hold an RfC to supplement the existing WP:BLPTALK policy by developing further guidance on managing disputes about material involving living persons when that material appears outside of article space and is not directly related to article-content decisions.

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2016 News

Hello everyone, welcome to the June 2016 GOCE newsletter. It's been a few months since we sent one out; we hope y'all haven't forgotten about the Guild! Your coordinators have been busy behind the scenes as usual, though real life has a habit of reducing our personal wiki-time. The May backlog reduction drive, the usual coordinating tasks and preparations for the June election are keeping us on our toes!

May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz will occur from 12 June through 18 June; the themes will be video games and Asian geography.

Coordinator elections: It's election time again; how quickly they seem to roll around! Nominations for the next tranche of Guild coordinators, who will serve a six-month term that begins at 00:01 UTC on 1 July and ends at 23:59 UTC on 31 December, opens at 00:01 UTC on 1 June and closes at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. Voting takes place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. If you'd like to assist behind the scenes, please consider stepping forward; self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; remember it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself!

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June 15: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday June 15, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

Featuring special guest presentations on Wikipedia Asian Month and Wikipedia Club at Ohio State University.

We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.

We will also follow up on plans for recent (Art+Feminism! AfroCrowd!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.

We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.

After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 137 West 14th Street

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NPP / AfC

Hi. Just a reminder that in just over a week at Wikimania there's going to be a cross-Wiki discussion about the systems of control of new pages. This is a round-table rather than a presentation or a lecture. On the agenda are reforms to the new article reviewing systems and ways to help new users better understand our content policies. If you are going to Italy and would like to take part, please check out the conference schedule, and I look forward to seeing you there. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:54, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

PROD

Hey Liz, again someone managed to get something I wrote deleted via a PROD without notification. We should really enforce what the policy says, "The article's creator or other significant contributors should ideally be left a message at their talk page(s) informing them of the proposed article deletion, except for cases where contributors are no longer regarded as active editors on Wikipedia." "Ideally" is nice, but doesn't mitigate "should". I was not notified and could not object; as you know, objecting to a PROD is easy. (Who this IP was is anyone's guess; I've dealt with a number of trolls from the subcontinent.) Besides, I need to quibble with your deletion rationale-- "sourced content(first one) is taken from an unpublished article which the source itself cites", yeah, but by virtue of being cited in an eminently notable book by an eminently notable historian, the information should be deemed reliable enough--that's the essence of secondary sourcing. I'll bring this back to mainspace at some point, but I'm irritated that it's so easy for trolls to get rid of something without community discussion and notification. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 20:43, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

@Drmies: You’re irritated? Good! — There are many others who are also irritated for the same good reason: Pages are deleted every day by wiki-admins as result of wp:XfDs (not only wp:PRODs) without the knowledge of the page creator. And guess what? — Editors without Admin-powers cannot view what it was that was deleted, and unless they possess vivid memories, may not remember exactly what they used as references. Ottawahitech (talk) 21:13, 16 June 2016 (UTC)please ping me
You can use my irritation to vilify admins, but I don't think Tax Connections compares very well to this example. Drmies (talk) 21:42, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
It's foolish to quote policy to a fellow administrator and arbitrator but:
  • "An editor who believes a page obviously and uncontroversially doesn't belong in an encyclopedia can propose its deletion. Such a page can be deleted by any administrator if, after seven days, no one objects to the proposed deletion." (Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Proposed deletion) and
  • "A nominated article is marked for at least seven days; if nobody objects, it is considered by an uninvolved admin, who reviews the article and may delete it or may remove the PROD tag.....[BUT] Even after it has been deleted, a PRODed article can be restored by anybody through an automated request for undeletion." (Wikipedia:Proposed deletion)
Additionally, in Category:Expired proposed deletions, it states, "Articles in this category are eligible for deletion without further notice by an administrator."
I have removed PROD tags in the past but I don't regularly check to see if the article creator has been notified. Maybe I should. As "The article's creator or other significant contributors should ideally be left a message at their talk page(s) informing them of the proposed article deletion" seems to be the guideline, it was unfortunate that you were not informed, Drmies. On the other hand, I have restored 187 pages, most upon request by an editor. I would have been happy to restore this article for you or any editor upon request. In cases like this one, when the article has only been a sentence or two, I have copied the content to an editor's sandbox. Liz Read! Talk! 04:07, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Sorry, user:Drmies, I don't remember much about Tax Connections, but I have just had 2016 Ottawa sinkhole nominated for wp:AfD but have not received an alert on my talkpage from the nominator. As I said before, not reciving notification is a common occurance. Ottawahitech (talk) 14:40, 19 June 2016 (UTC){small|please ping me}}

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Issue 17, April-May 2016
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Wikidata weekly summary #214

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Wednesday June 29: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Wednesday June 29, 6-8:30pm: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art Library's second annual Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon, during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to LGBT art, culture and history.

All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.

Also featuring a lightning talk by CUNY students at the La Guardia and Wagner Archives on a project to document local 1980s HIV/AIDS activism on Wikipedia.

Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at MoMA, 4 West 54 Street - between 5th/6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Please note that this entrance is one block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue.

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Newsletter • May / June 2016

Check out this month's issue of the WikiProject X newsletter, featuring the first screenshot of our new CollaborationKit software!

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Jon O'Bir page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_O%27Bir Your reasons for removal (retired, lack of notability) are debatable. He was a notable dj. Please put the page back up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.177.39.113 (talk) 13:36, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter.

June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC).

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 Tdlsk.

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Sunday July 10: WikNYC Picnic @ Central Park

Sunday July 10, 3-8pm: WikNYC Picnic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Manhattan's Central Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.

3–8pm - come by any time! The picnicking area is the southwest section of the Great Lawn, north of the Delacorte Theater, just inside the park at Central Park West between 81st & 82nd. Enter the park at West 81st St.
Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner!
Subway: 81st Street – Museum of Natural History, C Line

We hope to see you there! --Pharos (talk) 14:54, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #217

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Category:Singing competition television shows has been nominated for discussion

Category:Singing competition television shows, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. PanchoS (talk) 20:43, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Arrow (season 1)

A tag has been placed on Draft:Arrow (season 1) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from the article namespace to a different namespace except the Category, Template, Wikipedia, Help, or Portal namespaces.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Kailash29792 (talk) 15:02, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #218

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Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Supreme Genghis Khan has been nominated for discussion

Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Supreme Genghis Khan, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Blake Gripling (talk) 09:51, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 July 2016

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Wikidata weekly summary #219

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Wikidata weekly summary #220

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The Signpost: 04 August 2016

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Wikidata weekly summary #221

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Wikidata weekly summary #222

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August 17: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday Auugust 17, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

Featuring special guest presentations on WikiVerse and Bringing Wikipedia to the Last Mile.

We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.

We will also follow up on plans for recent (UN Women!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.

We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.

After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 137 West 14th Street

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 23:20, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

P.S. Prep for our chapter elections next month in September (and add your candidacy!): Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Elections

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Wikidata weekly summary #223

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Restored a bunch of prods

Hey, just wanted to give you a heads up as I restored a number of prods you deleted. Full story at WP:AN#Deceitful PRODs, but in short the restorations were based on the inappropriate actions of the nominator, and there was nothing wrong on your end. Monty845 03:07, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Proposal: New Page Reviewer user right

A discussion is taking place to request that New Page Patrollers be suitably experienced for patrolling new pages. Your comments at New pages patrol/RfC for patroller right are welcome. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:11, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Backlog

The NPP backlog now stands at 13,158 total unreviewed pages.

Just to recap:

  • 13 July 2016: 7,000
  • 1 August 2016: 9,000
  • 7 August 2016: 10,472
  • 16 August 2016: 11,500
  • 28 August 2016: 13,158

You naturally don't have to feel obliged, but if there's anything you can do it would be most appreciated. I've spent 40 hours on it this week but it's only a drop in the ocean.--Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:11, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #224

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  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • Planet to Earth: this tool uses data from Wikidata to visualise the links between places on an astronomical body named after a place on planet Earth.
    • WikiDataScape is a Cytoscape app for interactive browsing of Wikidata.
    • The property "KML file" was created last week (see list below) and has already a full list of values, sample LUA module and property documentation page available (Property talk:P3096)
    • enabling data access in user language will be deployed on Wikidata on August 29
  • Development
    • Fixed a but where the text field doesn't always load when trying to add a statement (phabricator:T115267)
    • We're now also creating mediainfo entities when a statement is added to a non-existent media info entity (phabricator:T140760)
    • Fixed a but where the suggester would show information twice (phabricator:T143645)
    • The ArticlePlaceholder now also shows the links to other projects in the In Other Projects sidebar (phabricator:T141771)
    • Worked more in figuring out how to show usage tracking data (phabricator:T103091)
    • Made progress on Citoid support for Wikidata to make it easier to add useful and complete references (phabricator:T141856)
    • Worked on restore "purge without confirm" user right (phabricator:T143435)


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Books & Bytes - Issue 18

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 18, June–July 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi, Samwalton9, UY Scuti, and Sadads

  • New donations - Edinburgh University Press, American Psychological Association, Nomos (a German-language database), and more!
  • Spotlight: GLAM and Wikidata
  • TWL attends and presents at International Federation of Library Associations conference, meets with Association of Research Libraries
  • OCLC wins grant to train librarians on Wikimedia contribution

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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:25, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Biography feedback requested

Your input is requested about an RFC regarding Donald Trump. Here is a link directly to that RFC. The lead of that biography currently says, "Many of his statements in interviews, on Twitter, and at campaign rallies have been controversial." The RFC proposes to insert the words "or false" at the end of that sentence. Thank you in advance for participating. If you have the time, there is a second RFC at that talk page which proposes to instead add the words "or hyperbolic".Anythingyouwant (talk) 00:40, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #225

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  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • The events page is now up to date. You want to join or organise a meetup with other Wikidata editors? Keep an eye on this page!
    • 30K entries from Kindred Britain added in Mix’n’Match
    • Welsh Wikipedia includes Wikidata-based article placeholders, like this one
    • Wiki Loves Monuments started! You can help by improving the items about heritage buildings or use Wikishootme to find unpictured monuments
    • English Wikipedia now has a WikiProject Wikidata to coordinate integration with Wikidata. Why not start one for your local Wikipedia? Add it to Q20855878 if you do.
  • Development
    • RDF exports now contain page properties, this allows to query by number of statements or sitelinks (T129046)
    • Working on unit conversion for RDF exports (T117031)
    • Enabling Wikidata data access in user language deployed (T122670)
    • Information about usage of entities in other projects will be visible and reusable (T103091)
    • Pasting full entity URLs into suggesters will be possible (T117763)
    • Added meta descriptions to allow for better snippets in external search engines (T88475)
    • We replaced the old parser limit report (an HTML comment) with the new format (T143423)
    • Ongoing refactoring of the frontend JavaScript, this may break user scripts accessing private properties (T142694)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


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The Signpost: 06 September 2016

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2016 GOCE newsletter.

>>> Sign up for the September Drive, already in progress! <<<

July Drive: The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove April, May, and June 2015 from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added July 2015 (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever.

August Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was sports-related articles in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

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 Tdlsk.

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September 14: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

Wednesday September 14, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

This month will also feature on our agenda, upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections.

We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.

We will also follow up on plans for recent (UN Women and CFR!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.

We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.

Along with the main meeting, hummus and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street

Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:06, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

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Category:Buildings and structures in Kumasi

I was about to make a series of edits which included creating a category 'Buildings and structures in Kumasi', but when I started the creation process, I was told that you had deleted this category on 5 March 2016. So I stopped editing to find out why this category should not be created. Kumasi is "among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana", and I would have thought that such a category would be useful. Coyets (talk) 21:21, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #227

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  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
Quality process on Wikidata

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Extended confirmed protection

Hello, Liz. This message is intended to notify administrators of important changes to the protection policy.

Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:

  • Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort.
  • A bot will post a notification at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard of each use. MusikBot currently does this by updating a report, which is transcluded onto the noticeboard.

Please review the protection policy carefully before using this new level of protection on pages. Thank you.
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FYI

Somebody re-opened an old discussion in which you took part, and you are therefore cordially invited to partake in the discussion at Category_talk:People_of_Jewish_descent#Middle_East_category_Rfc. Debresser (talk) 13:25, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #228

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The Signpost: 29 September 2016

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Your draft article, User:Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai/Sandbox

Hello, Liz. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Sandbox".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Formal mediation has been requested

The Mediation Committee has received a request for formal mediation of the dispute relating to "Withdraw RFC as poorly worded". As an editor concerned in this dispute, you are invited to participate in the mediation. Mediation is a voluntary process which resolves a dispute over article content by facilitation, consensus-building, and compromise among the involved editors. After reviewing the request page, the formal mediation policy, and the guide to formal mediation, please indicate in the "party agreement" section whether you agree to participate. Because requests must be responded to by the Mediation Committee within seven days, please respond to the request by 9 October 2016.

Discussion relating to the mediation request is welcome at the case talk page. Thank you.
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Request for mediation rejected

The request for formal mediation concerning Withdraw RFC as poorly worded, to which you were listed as a party, has been declined. To read an explanation by the Mediation Committee for the rejection of this request, see the mediation request page, which will be deleted by an administrator after a reasonable time. Please direct questions relating to this request to the Chairman of the Committee, or to the mailing list. For more information on forms of dispute resolution, other than formal mediation, that are available, see Wikipedia:Dispute resolution.

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Wikidata weekly summary #229

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  • Development
    • Worked more on making it possible to use Wikidata items and properties to make statements about multimedia files on Commons in the future
    • Adding a list of items used in an article to the edit page on Wikipedia and co (phabricator:T144921)
    • More work on automated language links for Wiktionary (phabricator:T145412)
    • Improve the way to count and display the number of items on the main page (phabricator:T144687)
    • Solved a bug on the gadget DuplicateReferences (phabricator:T146318)
    • Clicking on the desired property while adding a new Statement didn't focus the value input. That has been fixed (phabricator:T144037).
    • Made it possible to use the bzr and cvs protocols in URL data types (phabricator:T146692)

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Long-term abuse

Hi there. This edit on Wikipedia:Long-term abuse had the effect of obliterating the link to the archive page. That's a pretty major page. Surely you didn't just hit "save" and then move on? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 17:07, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Ashley Pomeroy, you're aware that you're asking someone who hasn't edited for three months about an edit she made three years ago? ‑ Iridescent 17:25, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#In ictu oculi

I see you were involved in a November 2015 ANI case. I invite you to the case request. --George Ho (talk) 17:59, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #230

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  • Development
    • The property talk namespace now has subpages enabled (phabricator:T146271)
    • More work on automated sitelinks for Wiktionary (phabricator:T987)
    • More work on federation for Commons in order to be able to use Wikidata's items and properties there (phabricator:T76007)
    • Adding entity usage information in action=edit on Wikipedia and co (phabricator:T144921)
    • Working on making it possible to get formatted values back on the client. With this we will for example link the value to a Wikipedia article where possible. (phabricator:T142940)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

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Sun October 16: CommonsLab / Open House NY Photo Contest + Hackathon

Sunday October 16, 2pm: CommonsLab / Open House NY Photo Contest + Hackathon

On Sunday, October 16, Wikimedia NYC will host a multimedia tutorial, workshop, and hackathon focused on Wikimedia Commons and the work processes for cultural multimedia wiki-projects.

The CommonsLab is the concluding "upload party" to the Wikipedia @ Open House New York Weekend photo scavenger hunt, and an accompanying Wikimedia Commons multimedia hackathon.

The event will take the form of a modified unconference, with sessions for photographers/creatives, editors/writers and hackers/software folks!

2:00pm - 8:00 pm at NYU ITP, Tisch School of Arts, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 13:35, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

And RSVP now for our next event after this, focusing on Latin American art and artists:

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Wikidata weekly summary #231

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Saturday October 22: WikiArte Latin American Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Saturday October 22, 10am: WikiArte Latin American Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Join us for a full Saturday of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Latin American artists.

The WikiArte (Wiki Arte y Cultura Latinoamerica) edit-a-thon is a global campaign to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Latin American arts and culture and to counter geocultural systemic bias on Wikipedia.

Featuring an opening Artists' Panel at 10am, with Sol Aramendi, Sharon Lee De La Cruz, and Marisa Morán Jahn, to be moderated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, curator at El Museo del Barrio.

The Museum of Modern Art and Fundacion Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros are uniting with international allies to focus on the lives and works of Latin American artists, architects and designers. With keystone events scheduled for October 22 in New York City and other cities throughout the month (Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Caracas, & others), the campaign aims to further similar goals to Art+Feminism.

All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Introductory training on the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given throughout the edit-a-thon. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.

10:00am - 6:00pm at The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at MoMA, 4 West 54th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenue)
Please note that this entrance is one block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 23:28, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #232

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Wikidata celebrates its 4th anniversary on October 29th. Around this date, a lot of events will happen online and offline.

Birthday events

Editors all around the world organize meetups to celebrate the birthday. You can join one of them or create an event in your own town!

Online

A lot of surprises, stories and presents will be shared between October 29th and November 4th. Check the project chat or the mailing-list every day to see what happens!

You can also participate by posting a story (more info here), a tweet with #WikidataBirthday, let a message or a present on the birthday page.

If you're participating to Wikidata's birthday, you can add this template to your user page.



  • Development
    • Fixed a rounding error in the geo coordinate formatter (see GitHub). Thanks, 0x686578!
    • Improvements to technical error messages, e.g. "illegal value" when editing a Commons media statement (phabricator:T141880).
    • Continued working on a new parser function to get rich, formatted statements.
    • Continued working on making entity usage information visible to users.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


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Precious anniversary

Three years ago ...
inquiring mind
... you were recipient
no. 650 of Precious,
a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:29, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Four years now, and we miss you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:54, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 19

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 19, September–October 2016
by Nikkimaria, Sadads and UY Scuti

  • New and expanded donations - Foreign Affairs, Open Edition, and many more
  • New Library Card Platform and Conference news
  • Spotlight: Fixing one million broken links

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19:07, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

  • Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
  • Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
  • Featured List – England Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
  • Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
  • Featured Portal – Yakutsk SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
  • Featured Topic – Connecticut Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
  • Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
  • Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
  • In The News – India Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and New York City Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
  • Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

Greetings, all!

We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time.

The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring.

Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges.

Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out.

To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016

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Wikidata weekly summary #234

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Map of the birthday parties

Thanks to everyone who celebrated the birthday by organizing or attending to an event, letting a message on Wikidata or on the social networks, writing a story or creating a present!

Here's the list of the birthday presents from the community and development team:

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

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Saturday November 12: Women in Science Edit-a-thon @ NY Academy of Sciences (plus Sunday Indigenous People's Justice event)

Saturday November 12, 12-4pm: Women in Science Edit-a-thon @ NY Academy of Sciences

Join us for a full Saturday of social Wikipedia editing at NY Academy of Sciences (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles covering Women in science for their second annual edit-a-thon!.

This event also coincides with the year-long celebration of the Academy's 200th Anniversary and a Women in Red online campaign.

Beginning and experienced Wikipedia writers are both welcome, and there will be helpers on hand to assist those new to editing the encyclopedia.

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 19:26, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

And RSVP now for our other event this Sunday in Brooklyn, focusing on Indigenous communities and social justice:

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #235

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2016-11-12.

  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • A new Wikidata PageRank dataset has been published. The dataset was computed in August 2016 and provides PageRank scores for 10,364,840 Wikidata entities.
    • Due to a possible hack, please consider resetting your passwords.
  • Development
    • More work on federation (phabricator:T76007)
    • Worked on first basic version of Lexeme entity type for Wiktionary support (phabricator:T148139)
    • Test system for automated language links for Wiktionary (phabricator:T987)
    • Analysed feedback prototype for editing on Wikipedia in order to refine it
    • Worked on mapping Commons workflows and needs
    • Analysed queries used with Listeria
    • More work on making ArticlePlaceholder pages indexeable by search engines (phabricator:T117693)
    • More work on enabling translations from existing articles in other languages on ArticlePlaceholder pages (phabricator:T124036)
    • Link to local articles in ArticlePlaceholders (phabricator:T113955)
    • Fix for bug that prevented editing (phabricator:T150401)
    • Experimented with improvements for property suggestions (phabricator:T132839)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 17:20, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Liz.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)


Wikidata weekly summary #236

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Unit conversion has been rolled out for the first dimension for a short while now.
    • Undo diffs now utilize language fallbacks for property and item labels (gerrit:315291). Thanks to Matěj Suchánek!
    • Reworked database schema for Cognate (the extension that will do automatic interwiki links for Wiktionary). It is still waiting for security review before it can be deployed.
    • Worked more on basic version of Lexeme entity type
    • Fixed a bug where the links on action=info where wrong (phabricator:T149598)
    • Getting close to finishing the groundwork for Federation so that in the future you'll be able to use Wikidata's items and properties to describe files on Commons.
    • Added Innu-aimun as a language for monolingual text values (phabricator:T151129)
    • Worked on linking to Wikipedia articles in the statements on an ArticlePlaceholder (phabricator:T113955)
    • ArticlePlaceholder got a button to translate articles via the ContentTranslation extension (phabricator:T124036)
    • Prepared a bot to fix quantity values after the recent changes to precisions (phabricator:T142087)
    • Did user interviews for use cases and workflows on Commons
    • Analyzed more Listeria queries in order to figure out steps forward for easier query writing

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:07, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Liz. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Saturday December 3: Contemporary Chinese Art Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim

Saturday December 3: Contemporary Chinese Art Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim

On Saturday December 3, 2016, in conjunction with a global campaign, the Guggenheim will host its fifth Wikipedia edit-a-thon—or, #guggathon—to enhance Wikipedia's coverage of modern and contemporary artists from Greater China. The event will cap off Wikipedia Asian Month, an online campaign dedicated to augmenting Asian content on Wikipedia throughout November.

New and experienced editors are welcome. The event will include a training session for participants who are new to Wikipedia, and Wikipedia specialists will be on hand to provide basic instruction and editing support. Editors are invited to view the exhibition Tales of Our Time following the event.

The Guggenheim aims to raise awareness of the artists featured in the Tales of Our Time exhibition supported by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative, and build on the model of campaigns like the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Women in Architecture, Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa, and Art+Feminism.

  • Enter at the 88th Street entrance via the ramp at 88th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 09:46, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016

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Wikidata weekly summary #237

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Adding new wikis to interwiki sort order and move sort orders to WMF config. phab:T111023

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 14:54, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Confused on a page trying to find

Hi Liz, hope your house move is going okay. I was looking for the page of an author called Chris Barez-Brown and couldn't find it just a deleted page. I asked Wiki and they said there were two pages and the most recent one had been deleted instantly and this is the feedback they gave below. Anyway, I wondered if you would be able to take a look and let me know. I saw him speak at TEdx and he was really inspiring. No worries either way. Thanks for your time Ceri

Firstly write to the deleting admin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Liz) and ask to review - CSD G4 says "is substantially identical to the deleted version" - I can see both versions, and I would not say they are the same, if she doesn't agree then you can proceed with the Deletion_review. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ceri16 (talk • contribs) 21:03, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #238

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Special:EntityUsage and Special:PagesWithBadges now are using OOjs UI (phab:T152046)
    • RFC discussion on ways to allow visitors to choose a language without logging in (phab:T149419 and phab:T114662)
    • Investigating performance issues with change dispatching (phab:T151681)
    • Continued work on Lexeme prototype (phab:T146662), refining the Lexeme data model (phab:T151582)
    • Continued work on federation basics (phab:T149580)
    • Some discussion on tracking usage of statements or statement groups on clients (phab:T151717, see mailing list)
    • Investigating support for Linked Data Fragments (phab:T136358)
    • We're participating in this year's Google Code-In with a couple of Wikidata related tasks
    • Research for Wikidata for Commons and Wiktionary continues
    • Added olo (Livvinkarjala), mai and tcy to interwiki sorting order. (phab:T151449)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 14:58, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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!

>>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<<

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.

>>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<<

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Wikidata weekly summary #239

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of User:Coyau. He was a very active editor on Wikidata and the other Wikimedia projects. He will be deeply missed by his friends and family but his great work on open culture will stay. Feel free to browse and share his work. Thanks Guillaume for this message.


  • Events/Press/Blogs
    • Past: Open Gov Partnership conference in Paris, where Ash_Crow and other editors presented Wikidata
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • Development
    • Continued work on Lexeme prototype (phab:T146662), we're discussing some details in the data model (phab:T152019)
    • Continued work on federation basics (phab:T149580)
    • Rework translation/article creation UI (phab:T151858)
    • Creating OOUI mockups as preparation for the dev summit
    • Finishing touches on the extension for automatic generation of inter-wiktionary links (preparatory work for lexicographic data in Wikidata)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 14:47, 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.

If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:02, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

December 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (plus Wikipedia Day on Jan 15!)

Wednesday December 21, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

This will be the holiday party! Celebrate a December holiday with us, or in wiki-fashion, edit the calendar itself and join us to celebrate any holiday of your choice regardless of when it usually happens.

Featuring special guest presentations on structure data, university library meetups, metrics and reporting, and other topics.

We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.

We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.

After the main meeting, savory and sweet pies and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 137 West 14th Street

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:43, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #240

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:19, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


The Signpost: 22 December 2016

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Yo Ho Ho

Doug Weller talk is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec16a}} to your friends' talk pages.

Wikidata weekly summary #241

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 13:30, 26 December 2016 (UTC)


Editor of the Week seeking nominations (and a new facilitator)

The Editor of the Week initiative has been recognizing editors since 2013 for their hard work and dedication. Editing Wikipedia can be disheartening and tedious at times; the weekly Editor of the Week award lets its recipients know that their positive behaviour and collaborative spirit is appreciated. The response from the honorees has been enthusiastic and thankful.

The list of nominees is running short, and so new nominations are needed for consideration. Have you come across someone in your editing circle who deserves a pat on the back for improving article prose regularly, making it easier to understand? Or perhaps someone has stepped in to mediate a contentious dispute, and did an excellent job. Do you know someone who hasn't received many accolades and is deserving of greater renown? Is there an editor who does lots of little tasks well, such as cleaning up citations?

Please help us thank editors who display sustained patterns of excellence, working tirelessly in the background out of the spotlight, by submitting your nomination for Editor of the Week today!

In addition, the WikiProject is seeking a new facilitator/coordinator to handle the logistics of the award. Please contact L235 if you are interested in helping with the logistics of running the award in any capacity. Remove your name from here to unsubscribe from further EotW-related messages. Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:19, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

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