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WikiCup 2016 May newsletter
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Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.
Round 2 saw three FAs (two by 
Cas Liber (submissions) and one by 
Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by 
Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by 
Worm That Turned (submissions) and five each by 
Hurricanehink (submissions), 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), and 
MPJ-DK (submissions)). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by 
Adam Cuerden (submissions) and five by 
Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) scored 265 base points, while 
The C of E (submissions) and MPJ-DK (submissions) each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with MPJ-DK (submissions) completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Cas Liber (submissions), broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.
If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 2. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) -- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:59, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 May 2016
[edit]- Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil
- In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post
- Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one
- Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs
- Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"
- Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2!
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles
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The Signpost: 28 May 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting
- Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director
- Featured content: Eight articles, three lists and five pictures
- Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian
- Arbitration report: Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee
- Recent research: English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies
- Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride
This Month in Education: [June 2016]
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- Argentina: A New Online Course in a New Virtual Campus
- Czech Republic: How to survive the Big Bang in your education program
- Estonia: An online elective course on Wikipedia for high school pupils in Estonia
- Greece: Argostoli Evening School students and a Wikitherapy participant turn Wiktionary project into Android app
- Israel: New training materials in Arabic by WMIL
- Mexico: Luz María Silva's students and their adventure editing Spanish Wikipedia
- Mexico: Spring semester wiki activities end at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City
- Netherlands: Maastricht University 40 years
- Sweden: Students in Sweden edit Somali Wikipedia
- Taiwan: Visualizations of relationships among knowledge? Try WikiSeeker!
- Wikimania 2016: Education at Wikimania
- Wikimedia Foundation: Education Program surveys are here!
- Wikimedia Foundation: Vahid Masrour joins the education team at the Wikimedia Foundation
- Global: Programs and Events Dashboard Update
- Global: Articles of interest in other publications
We hope you enjoy the newest issue of the Education Newsletter.--Sailesh Patnaik (Distribution leader) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:53, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 June 2016
[edit]- News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens
- Featured content: Overwhelmed ... by pictures
- Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.
- Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games
The Signpost: 15 June 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov
- Special report: Wikiversity Journal—A new user group
- Featured content: From the crème de la crème
- In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing
- Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle
Invitation from WAM 2016
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Hi WAM organizers!
Hope you receive your postcard successfully! Now it's a great time to sign up at the 2016 WAM, which will still take place in November. Here are some updates and improvements we will make for upcoming WAM. If you have any suggestions or thoughts, feel free to discuss on the meta talk page.
- We will launch a pre-event, which is new-user exclusive training event, that will help new users get involved in the Wikipedia community and contribute more in the Asian Month.
- We want to host many onsite Edit-a-thons all over the world this year. If you would like to host one in your city, please take a look and sign up at this page.
- We will largely improve the tool, that participants can directly report their contribution on the tool, and will be easier for judges to use.
- We will try to send Ambassador certificate physically this year, as well as awarding second and third participants with a WAM button.
- We will pre-made all postcards and souvenirs, so we can send them all immediately after the event.
If you no longer want to receive the WAM organizer message, you can remove your username at this page.
As always, reach me at meta talk page if you have any questions.
Best Wishes,
Addis Wang
12:54, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style
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You're invited! Great Buckeye Wiknic 2016
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Hello there! You are invited to attend the Great Buckeye Wiknic in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, July 10th from 1:00 to 5:00 PM! Join us for a day in the park for food and socializing with others from the Wikimedia movement. We'll be meeting up at Fred Beekman Park, a park on Ohio State University's campus.
If you're interested, please take a look at our events page for more information, including parking info, food options, and available activities. If you plan on attending, please add your name to the attendees list. We look forward to seeing you!
If you have any questions, feel free to leave one on my talk page. Thanks! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 05:39, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
(Note: If you would like to stop receiving notifications regarding Wikimedia events around Ohio, you may remove your username from this list.)
Since there's nowhere on the meetup page to say this — I won't be able to attend, as attendance at the event would prevent me from being at church. Please keep me updated on future meetups, though. Nyttend (talk) 12:32, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
- Trust me... a chance to visit hollowed ground (OSU) would be a great opportunity. Unfortunately, this little thing called real life prevents me from making the trek to C-Bus on that date (pesky responsibilities and what not). But I do appreciate the invite. Vjmlhds (talk) 14:59, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Nyttend: @Vjmlhds: Sorry you two can't make it! If it makes a difference, you can drop in / leave at any time. Due to seemingly popular demand, I've added a regrets section. Hope to see you at future events! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 15:05, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 04 July 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany
- Op-ed: Two policies in conflict?
- In the media: Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source
- Featured content: Triple fun of featured content
- Traffic report: Goalposts; Oy vexit
- Blog: Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year
Inkscape feature table
[edit]Recently a user deleted a feature list from Inkscape, citing WP:CHANGELOG. I improved the format, restricting the content to notable features, and re-added it into the article. The editor insists on deleting it. However the exact kind of table is present in Illustrator, a very similar software. What should be done? Can you add your opinion to the talk page? -- Wonderfl (reply)
- Hey @Wonderfl: Nice to hear from you! And I'm glad to see your continuing work on software articles. Let me think on this; WP:CHANGELOG is a valid concern, but limited change logs can still be valuable depending on the case.
- On another note, as a tip: pointing to another article and stating bias against something can start fires. It all comes down to discussing the content :) ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:26, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Invitation to participate in Wikipedia mini summer program
[edit]Greetings SuperHamster:
It appears you have participated in an editathon in the past. We are doing a mini research study involving past editathon participants to transform and improve Wikipedia.
If this sounds like something quick you would want to do this summer, please sign up to our mini summer research program.
You can read more about our project here.
Together we can revolutionize Wikipedia!
Thanks & Cheers
Wiki crowdresearch (talk) 15:49, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 July 2016
[edit]- Discussion report: Busy month for discussions
- Featured content: A wide variety from the best
- Traffic report: Sports and esports
- Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks
- Recent research: Using deep learning to predict article quality
Please comment on Talk:Bombardier Movia & CNR Changchun C951
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The Signpost: 04 August 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open
- Obituary: Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24
- Traffic report: Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary
- Featured content: Women and Hawaii
- Recent research: Easier navigation via better wikilinks
- Technology report: User script report (January to July 2016, part 1)
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The Signpost: 18 August 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
- Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica
- In the media: The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising
- Featured content: Simply the best ... from the last two weeks
- Traffic report: Olympic views
- Technology report: User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)
- Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style
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Someone pointed me to the project you're working on. Good idea! But seeing that I've personally photographed 95% of Ohio's National Register sites, including most of the ones with on-wiki pictures uploaded by other people, I guess I should apologize for leaving less stuff for the WLM group to do :-) More seriously, would you consider trying to point the project toward illustrating individual municipalities and townships? See User:Nyttend/Ohio, where I'm tracking municipalities and townships that don't have any representative pictures; more than 90% of townships and municipalities statewide have photos, but nearly 200 locations in 29 counties have no photos yet, and any assistance would be quite helpful. Nyttend (talk) 02:27, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
- @Nyttend: Glad you caught wind of it! I've seen the awesome work you've done photographing historic sites across Ohio (which is also one of my personal inspirations for going along with the project), and I hope you can join us in September! I'm planning to send out a mass-invite to Ohio-area Wikimedians soon.
- I did notice our great coverage of our NRHP sites (thanks to you and others!). Nonetheless, I've compiled a list of all the NRHP sites that we're still missing here. If you have any insights as to why some may not have photos beyond no one getting around to them (e.g. demolishing, restricted, etc.), feel free to add notes.
- I love the idea of illustrating individual municipalities/townships. That's an awesome list you've generated. Alongside creating articles, I think tackling that list can be one of the "side goals" of WLM in Ohio. I'll see how to best fit it into the event page over the next couple days.
- As you may have seen, I'm also trying to push our WLM scope to include historic sites that are documented by state and local groups (assuming this is all right with WLM's organizers). This not only gets around the issue of our federal NRHP sites being well-covered, but it also encourages exploring and documenting important historical sites that have been identified on the local level. This includes our Remarkable Ohio sites, as well as sites designated by local historical societies. See this list for some specific examples.
- All of this is a first to me, so if you have any ideas or suggestions with your knowledge of Ohio and its history, feel free to provide them and make changes to the event page yourself :) Any additional lists of local historical sites are very welcome. Likewise, depending on how involved you wish to be on the organizing-side of things, absolutely feel free to add yourself to the list of organizers. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 07:16, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
- I'm on the road today, heading to West Virginia and beyond [see how early in the morning the timestamp is], so I'm hoping to get a few images out of Meigs County at some point in the morning. The southeast and the northeast are by far the biggest areas of need, as far as the municipalities/townships are concerned; if anyone in your group is from those regions (even metro Cleveland has lots of unillustrated places!), it would be quite helpful. Yes, I saw how you're interested in state/local landmarks; that's an interesting idea. I did my grad work at IU Bloomington, so I did a good deal of work on Indiana historic sites (I photographed every National Register site in the state, except for six on a military reservation), including creating list of Indiana state historical markers and a subpage for each of the 89 counties with at least one marker; it was patterned after a similar setup in Pennsylvania. I initially considered doing such a thing for Ohio, but with far more markers than Indiana, it was more than I had time to do, but it sounds like a good group project. Just one note: pre-1978 historical markers are virtually always {{PD-US-no notice}} (I've never seen a marker with a copyright notice), but anything later is still under copyright, so it's virtually always better to get images of the subject being commemorated (if the marker's commemorating something nearby), or a distant shot of the marker with its main inscription not legible, instead of getting a closeup of the marker itself; see what I did with the "Rhodes Family Incident" marker at List of Indiana state historical markers in Hamilton County. Copyright to marker texts has been an issue for at least one list of historical markers: see Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 May 17 and the history of List of New York State Historic Markers in Cortland County, New York. Nyttend (talk) 09:25, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
- @Nyttend: Great note regarding copyright, I'll add it to the event page. And thanks for expanding on the list of missing NRHP sites. Safe travels! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 12:49, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, and Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/PAHMC is also relevant. And you're quite welcome! There may be a few unillustrated sites not on the list; I took this from my directory, and I know there have been a few new listings (two or three in Dayton, among others) that I've not yet put into my directory. Nyttend (talk) 13:33, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
- @Nyttend: Fascinating stuff - always interested in learning about new interesting copyright cases :) And thanks for your directory, too - a "side goal" of ours will also be to create and expand articles related to historical monuments, and your list of missing articles is
. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 18:03, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
- You're welcome! You'll note that sites are separated between "in the book" and "not in the book", with the "in" places having numbers; those refer to places that appear in [1], and the numbers are the pages on which the sites appear. By the way, if you point people to my directory, please ask them not to modify it; I'd rather decide for myself whether an article's long enough to be removed from the "short stubs" sections :-) Nyttend (talk) 23:24, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
- @Nyttend: Fascinating stuff - always interested in learning about new interesting copyright cases :) And thanks for your directory, too - a "side goal" of ours will also be to create and expand articles related to historical monuments, and your list of missing articles is
- Thanks, and Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/PAHMC is also relevant. And you're quite welcome! There may be a few unillustrated sites not on the list; I took this from my directory, and I know there have been a few new listings (two or three in Dayton, among others) that I've not yet put into my directory. Nyttend (talk) 13:33, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
- @Nyttend: Great note regarding copyright, I'll add it to the event page. And thanks for expanding on the list of missing NRHP sites. Safe travels! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 12:49, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
- I'm on the road today, heading to West Virginia and beyond [see how early in the morning the timestamp is], so I'm hoping to get a few images out of Meigs County at some point in the morning. The southeast and the northeast are by far the biggest areas of need, as far as the municipalities/townships are concerned; if anyone in your group is from those regions (even metro Cleveland has lots of unillustrated places!), it would be quite helpful. Yes, I saw how you're interested in state/local landmarks; that's an interesting idea. I did my grad work at IU Bloomington, so I did a good deal of work on Indiana historic sites (I photographed every National Register site in the state, except for six on a military reservation), including creating list of Indiana state historical markers and a subpage for each of the 89 counties with at least one marker; it was patterned after a similar setup in Pennsylvania. I initially considered doing such a thing for Ohio, but with far more markers than Indiana, it was more than I had time to do, but it sounds like a good group project. Just one note: pre-1978 historical markers are virtually always {{PD-US-no notice}} (I've never seen a marker with a copyright notice), but anything later is still under copyright, so it's virtually always better to get images of the subject being commemorated (if the marker's commemorating something nearby), or a distant shot of the marker with its main inscription not legible, instead of getting a closeup of the marker itself; see what I did with the "Rhodes Family Incident" marker at List of Indiana state historical markers in Hamilton County. Copyright to marker texts has been an issue for at least one list of historical markers: see Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 May 17 and the history of List of New York State Historic Markers in Cortland County, New York. Nyttend (talk) 09:25, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
This Month in Education: [September 2016]
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- Armenia: Armenian students inspire their parents to join Wikipedia
- Brazil: Brazilian Wikimedians interview editor of academic journal Wiki Studies
- Egypt: Cairo University students wrap up their eighth term and start their ninth term on WEP
- Egypt: Egyptian Wikimedians celebrate eighth WEP conference
- Greece: Online wiki training for educators in Greece
- Israel: Outcomes report on a Wikipedia Course “Skills for Producing and Consuming Knowledge”, Tel Aviv University
- Israel: Wikipedia as a Teaching and Learning Tool in Medical Education at IAMSE Medical Education Conference
- Israel: "Writing a new article is a special experience that feels new every time"
- Mexico: Video projects redefine student Wiki work and student community service
- Russia: Wiki Workshop at Saint Petersburg Internet Conference 2016 in Russia
- Sweden: Swedish National Agency of Education endorses Wikipedia Education Program
- Turkey: Psychology students of Uludag University are very proud of contributing Turkish Wikipedia
- West Africa: West African schools will test Kiwix, the offline Wikipedia reader
- Global: Programs and Events Dashboard Update
- Global: Articles of interest in other publications
We hope you enjoy the newest issue of the Education Newsletter.-- Sailesh Patnaik using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:00, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 06 September 2016
[edit]- Special report: Olympics readership depended on language
- WikiProject report: Watching Wikipedia
- Featured content: Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between
- Traffic report: From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit
- Technology report: Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them
- Recent research: Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism
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The Signpost: 29 September 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Wikipedia Education Program case study published; and a longtime Wikimedian has made his final edit
- In the media: Wikipedia in the news
- Featured content: Three weeks in the land of featured content
- Arbitration report: Arbcom looking for new checkusers and oversight appointees while another case opens
- Traffic report: From Gene Wilder to JonBenét
- Technology report: Category sorting and template parameters
Nice picture
[edit]at Pioneer Woman. Are you aware that the USA does not have freedom of panorama? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 18:42, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
- Hi @Carptrash: Not my picture actually, someone else uploaded it for Wiki Loves Monuments :) I'm aware - do you have and knowledge of whether or not the sculpture was published with a visible copyright registration? I (perhaps wrongly) assumed not. Probably should err on the side of caution until it can be verified. Thanks, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 19:19, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
- The issue that I have run into is not about the photographer but the sculptor. All sculpture in the USA created after 1923 is potentially copyrighted. Now there are loop holes, something as old as this, though created after 1923 needs to have been renewed. Checking for renewals is a messy job that I rarely do any more - choosing mostly to not post sculpture pictures anymore. I assumed (and we all know what a black hole that can be) that is was your picture and I thought I'd just mention the no freedom-of-panorama thing just so that you were aware. So much for the "Land of the Free." Anyway I'd just leave it alone but there is a chance that looking at the history of that article you might find that I had a very similar picture removed, either by someone else or by me as a precautionary measure. It appears to me that "wiki Loves Monuments" might turn out to be a copyright nightmare, but that's someone else's tar baby, unless you think it sounds like a good time, in which case, go for it. Carptrash (talk) 19:42, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 October 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Fundraising, flora and fauna
- Discussion report: Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input
- Technology report: Upcoming tech projects for 2017
- Featured content: Variety is the spice of life
- Traffic report: Debates and escapes
- Recent research: A 2011 study resurfaces in a media report
One Week Notice[edit | edit source]
[edit]Hi WAM organizers!
Thanks again for organizing Wikipedia Asian Month. There are only 7 days before it starts. Here are some notices and guidelines for organizing.
Page Set up
[edit]- Our Sample page with the new logo is ready to be translated. There are only a few adjust if you had this page for 2015 already.
- Article Requirement is 4
- Article criteria is 3k bytes and 300 words. NO 2k bytes for smaller Wikipedia.
- According to the tool's limit, IP users can not participate. Please encourage them register an account.
Localization
[edit]- Please localize this template and used on sign up page. I will update the template once the tool is ready to be used.
- You can also localize this template and use as an invitation letter. en:Template:WAM Welcome
- You may localize this Q&A page, but you can also just put a link towards the meta page. m:Wikipedia Asian Month/QA
Stragety
[edit]- You may want to invite some of your Wikipedia friends or active Wikipedians from your home WIKI to help you organize.
- You may want to send some invitation to last year participants, active Wikipedians, and Wikipedians who has a special interest.
- Central Notice will be used but the effect could be limited due to the active Wikimedia Fundraising Campaign. You may use the Site Notice if you don't see the CN is deployed.
Reward
[edit]- We will keep sending postcards (new design) this year, and as an organizer you will receive an additional postcard as well.
- We will send the Ambassador a regular paper copy of the certificate through the basic mail.
Question
[edit]Please feel free to contact me on my meta talk page, send me an email by Email this User or chat with me on facebook.
Best Wishes,
Addis Wang
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:12, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
Central Notice of Wikipedia Asian Month
[edit]Only four days left before we enter November, the Wikipedia Asian Month!
We are going to set up the Central Notice, which will help you achieve more sucess in upcoming WAM event and attract more people join your home Wikipedia.
- Step 1, make sure your event page is fully set up and translated. Link to the Sample page (You need to localize This template)
- Step 2, translate the banner at here, make sure tranlsate the link to the event page of your home wiki.
- Step 3, when you finish the two steps, update this page. When both "Main Page" and "CN"(tranlsation) marked as done, I will enbale the CN in your language all the way to the end of November.
- You can find me on facebook by searching Addis Wang, and feel free to add me as well as chat with me for any question. Feel free to contact me with other language, I will try to understand it by google translate.
Best Wishes,
Addis Wang
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:32, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Klaatu
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WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results
[edit]The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:
- First Place -
Cas Liber (submissions) - Second Place -
MPJ-DK (submissions) - Third Place -
Adam Cuerden (submissions)
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 –
Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2 - Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
- Featured Portal –
SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2. - Featured Topic –
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 –
Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and 
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
[edit] 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
[edit]- In the media: Washington Post continues in-depth Wikipedia coverage
- Wikicup: WikiCup winners
- Discussion report: What's on your tech wishlist for the coming year?
- Technology report: New guideline for technical collaboration; citation templates now flag open access content
- Featured content: Cream of the crop
- Traffic report: Un-presidential politics
- Arbitration report: Recapping October's activities
- Recent research: Why women edit less, and where they are overrepresented; article importance and quality; predicting elections from Wikipedia
WAM Organizers Update (Nov.5)
[edit]Hi WAM Organizer! Hopefully everything works just fine so far! Need Help Button, post in any language is fine
- Here are some recent updates for you, and as always, let me know if you have any idea, thought or question.
- IMPORTANT: Asian Language Wikipedia will exclude the language speaking country from the Asian Month so we can encourage editors write something about other part of Asia. E.g., Chinese Wikipedia will exclude Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Indian language Wikipedia will exclude India. If you have problems with that, please let me know.
- I've posted the tool instruction and newest postcard rules on each Wiki' event page. Make sure you translate it. In short: 4 articles get one card, 15 get another one (Special one), and the Ambassador gets another one.
- We will still allow two Ambassadors if top and second contributors have more than 30 accepted articles, just like last year. Please send this information to high-quantity participant to encourage them.
- Please create this talk page template and linked in Wikidata. Judging tool will add this template to submitted articles automatically.
- The judging tool should work fine. If not, talk to me.
- You may put this template on your user page if you like it. en:Template:User WAM organizer
- Optional: Judging Tool Interface may not available in your language. If you feel needed, you can translate the interface at here.
- Invite some active contributors from your wiki to participate. And please encourage editors who can speak more than one language participate to other WAM edition.
- Indic Community: CIS-A2K will provide fund if you would like to organize an offline event of Wikipedia Asian Month. Apply at here.
Best Wishes,
Addis Wang
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:55, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
Joining WAM
[edit]Greetings of the day
I had a few queries regarding WAM. I enrolled to Wikipedia editing for first time, when I saw the WAM November notice on the Wiki Pages. I intend being a participant in the WAM. Please guide me with the necessary registrations and sign-ups. Thank you.
Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randomlyexisting (talk • contribs) 04:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
- Hi @Randomlyexisting: Thanks for your question, and welcome to Wikipedia! I have left you a welcome message on your talk page that links to some basics of Wikipedia editing. You can sign up for Wikipedia Asian Month by heading to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Asian Month and clicking the blue "Sign up now" button. Here, you can edit the section your name belongs to and place
#{{WAM user 2016|Randomlyexisting}}there to sign up. After that, you should read the rules of the event, and submit any articles you create to this tool. If you have any questions along the way, feel free to ask. Since you are just joining Wikipedia, I recommend giving the Wikipedia Adventure a runthrough to learn some of the basics of editing. Cheers! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:53, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
WAM Organizers Update (Nov.12)
[edit]Hi WAM Organizer! Hopefully everything works just fine so far! Need Help Button, post in any language is fine
- Here are some recent updates for you, and as always, let me know if you have any idea, thought or question.
- Additional souvenirs (e.g. Stickers, bookmarks) will sent to Ambassadors and active organizers.
- I'm doing some basic statistics at Result page every week, in case you are interested.
- I've already sent noticfication to global top 20 users that WMF will give global top 3 contributors a free Wikimedia T-shirt. Here are the rules:
- A participant's article count is combined on all language Wikipedias they have contributed to
- Only Wikipedia Asian Month on Wikipedia projects will count (no WikiQuote, etc.)
- The global top 3 article count will only be eligible on Wikipedias where the WAM article requirement is at least 3,000 Bytes and 300 words.
- Please make sure enforce the rules, such as proper references, notability, and length.
- International organizers will double check the top 3 users' accepted articles, so if your articles are not fulfilling the rules, you might be disqualified. We don't want it happened so please don't let us make such a decision.
- Rest of Global top 10 users will also get some WAM souvenirs.
Best Wishes,
Addis Wang
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
WAM Tool Update
[edit]Hi WAM organizers, due to unexpected maintenance on wmfLabs, which host our judging tool, the tool is currently down and can not be used in around next 48 hours or less. Please inform local participants for such problem, and tell them they can submit their contribution after the maintenance. I will send another update when the tool comes back. If you have further questions regarding the tool, please feel free to reach me or the tool developer Le Loi. Best, Addis Wang/ sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:07, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
New Page Review needs your help
[edit]Hi SuperHamster/Archive,
As an AfC reviewer you're probably aware that a new user right has been created for patrolling new pages (you might even have been granted the right already, and admins have it automatically).
Since July there has been a very serious backlog at Special:NewPagesFeed of over 14,000 pages, by far the worst since 2011, and we need an all out drive to get this back down to just a few hundred that can be easily maintained in the future. Unlike AfC, these pages are already in mainspace, and the thought of what might be there is quite scary. There are also many good faith article creators who need a simple, gentle push to the Tea House or their pages converted to Draft rather than being deleted.
Although New Page Reviewing can occasionally be somewhat more challenging than AfC, the criteria for obtaining the right are roughly the same. The Page Curation tool is even easier to use than the Helper Script, so it's likely that most AfC reviewers already have more than enough knowledge for the task of New Page Review.
It is hoped that AfC reviewers will apply for this right at WP:PERM and lend a hand. You'll need to have read the page at WP:NPR and the new tutorial.
(Sent to all active AfC reviewers) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:33, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
Update (Nov. 16)
[edit]Hi WAM organizers! It's now half way! Good job! Here are some updates:
- As many of you may notice, that the judging tool has came back to normal.
- I've set up a result page with some numbers in it. It may not accurate, just as a reference at this time.
- WAM should get more media coverage. If you can help (either locally or internationally), please let me know!
- Please considering start judging articles if you have not yet. it's really important to give feedbacks to participants so they can improve articles or get motivated.
- With your help, I may start the first round of address collection before WAM ends for who already have four accepted articles and organizers, as I promised to improve the postcard sending process this year.
- Feel free to reach out to me for any question! At my meta talk page.
Best Wishes,
Adds Wang
sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:31, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
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Hello, SuperHamster. 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)
The Signpost: 4 November 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Arbitration Committee elections commence
- Featured content: Featured mix
- Special report: Taking stock of the Good Article backlog
- Traffic report: President-elect Trump
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biographies
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A barnstar for you!
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What's Next (WAM)
[edit]Congratulations! The Wikipedia Asian Month is almost ending and you've done amazing work of organizing. What we've got and what's next?
- Here are some number I would like to share with you (by UTC Nov. 30 2am)
- Total submitted: 7289; 669 unique users
- Tool problem
- If you can not submit articles via judging tool, use this meta page to do so. Please spread this message with local participants.
- Here are what will come after the end of WAM
- Make sure you judge all articles before December 5th, and participants who can improve their contribution (not submit) before December 10th.
- Participates still can submit their contribution in November before December 2nd at this page. Please let your local wiki participates know. Once you finish the judging, please update this page after December 5th
- There will be three round of address collection scheduled: December 2nd, December 7th, and December 20th.
- Please report the local Wikipedia Asian Ambassador (who has most accepted articles) on this page, if the 2nd participants has more than 30 accepted articles, you will have two ambassadors.
- I will announce the name of Wikipedians who will able to pick a Wikimedia T-shirt from Wikimedia Store for free after I re-check their contributions.
- There will be a progress page for the postcards.
- Some Questions
- It could be a case that local organizer does not agree on an article if shall accept it or not. In this situation, the judging tool will highlight the conflict articles in the "article's list". Please review other's opinion, and resolve the conflict by changing your decision or discuss with other judges.
- In case you wondering how can you use the WAM tool (Fountain) in your own contest, contact the developer Le Loi for more information.
Best Wishes,
Addis Wang; Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:19, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
Address Collection
[edit]We are starting collecting address! Please fill this form to receive an additional postcard as being a WAM organizer. You may receive this message because you on the receipt list. You don't have to fill the form if you are not organizing this year. This form is only accessed by me and your username will not distribute to the local community to send postcards. All personal data will be destroyed immediately after postcards and other souvenirs are sent. Please help your local participants in case they have any problem understanding the survey. If you have any question, feel free contact me on my meta talk page. You can remove yourself from the list at this page.
- Some deadline:
- Dec. 5th: Finish Judging
- Dec.10th: Last day to improve the content and change the judge
Best, Addis Wang; Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:04, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello, thanks for the invitation (6 months ago), and thanks for the photos I used!
[edit]I just created the article for the church I spent until about age 11 going to, St. John's Episcopal Church (Worthington, Ohio). In perusing the Wikimedia Commons for photos (c:St. John's Episcopal Church (Worthington, Ohio)), I noticed that several of them had your name (well, your Wikimedia Commons and real name, that is) attached to them, so was going to say "nice work/photos." But when I went to that user page and saw "SuperHamster" I started racking my brain to remember where I had seen it before. It's because I liked your signature (~SuperHamster) from when you invited me in June or July to the Wiknic (that I almost went to because I work on west campus anyway, but was busy that day :-( ), so I copied it and put it on my Sandbox for future reference/customization learning.
Well anyway, having just put all the pieces together of who you are and such, I just wanted to say nice photos (even though I went with Nyttend's photo for the main image), and that, now that I realize where I recognize the name ~SuperHamster from, just a simple "thank you" for any and all of your contributions so far! PolymathGirl (talk) 06:46, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
- @Bush6984: Hey there! Sorry for the late reply, and thank you for the kind words! :) Great job with the article. I actually snapped a couple pics of it, alongside several other sites, while exploring the Columbus area for Wiki Loves Monuments - unfortunately the lighting wasn't the best when I visited the church. Nyttend has done a fantastic job of photographing historic sites all around Ohio and beyond over the years.
- On another note, I noticed you joined the course page for Wikipedia Connection - if you're interested, you are welcome to attend any of our weekly workshops or edit-a-thons throughout the semester! In particular, next semester we will be hosting an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon on March 1. If you'd like to be kept up to date on our events and happenings, you're welcome to join our mailing list here. Cheers, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 02:50, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected
[edit]AfC Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017
[edit]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) 20:03, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 December 2016
[edit]- Year in review: Looking back on 2016
- News and notes: Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results
- Special report: German ArbCom implodes
- Featured content: The Christmas edition
- Technology report: Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results
- Traffic report: Post-election traffic blues
- Recent research: One study and several abstracts
This Month in Education: December 2016
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- Greece: Greek schools collaborate to write on local history
- Israel: It’s a win win project: An interview with Sivan Lerer, a teacher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Germany: Open Science Fellows Program launched in Germany
- Basque Country: Students go wikipedian in the Basque Country
- Norway: Third term of Wikipedia editing at the University of Oslo
- Macedonia: First Wiki Club in Macedonia
- Global: Articles of interest in other publications
To get involved with the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. To browse past issues, please visit the archives.
Home • Subscribe • Archives • Newsroom - The newsletter team 18:51, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
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Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
--Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 18:50, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
- @Rubbish computer: Thank you very much! I hope you had a very merry Christmas and a happy new year :) ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 05:04, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, and the same to you. Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 10:16, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
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- @Davey2010: Thank you very much! I hope you had a great Christmas and a happy new year :) ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 05:05, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
Holiday card
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| "Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end And sickness nor sorrow don't find you." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926. Montanabw(talk) 23 December 2016 (UTC) |
- @Montanabw: Thank you very much - merry Christmas to you as well! Cheers, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 05:06, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Template talk:Infobox officeholder
[edit]The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Template talk:Infobox officeholder. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer granted
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Hello SuperHamster. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk.
- URGENT: Please consider helping get the huge backlog (around 13,500 pages) down to a manageable number of pages as soon as possible.
- Be nice to new users - they are often not aware of doing anything wrong.
- You will frequently be asked by users to explain why their page is being deleted - be formal and polite in your approach to them too, even if they are not.
- Don't review a page if you are not sure what to do. Just leave it for another reviewer.
- Remember that quality is quintessential to good patrolling. Take your time to patrol each article, there is no rush. Use the message feature and offer basic advice.
The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In case of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, the right can be revoked at any time by an administrator. — xaosflux Talk 23:07, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
Happy New Year, SuperHamster!
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SuperHamster,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
–Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 13:49, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
- @Davey2010: Thank you once again! A great 2016 to you, too. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:21, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year, SuperHamster! |
| Thanks for the greeting, and I hope your holiday season was good too. All the best for 2017, Miniapolis 15:35, 2 January 2017 (UTC) |
Please join in
[edit]Hey there. I'm having some issues with senior editor User:Iryna_Harpy on the article Andre Vltchek. Specifically, this user has been reverting my edits for no reason since Oct 2016. She has been adding false "issue" tags to the article and when I remove it my edits are reverted. I then started improving the article by adding citations, removing uncited statements, and so on, but she reverted 12 of my edits in one go. Can you please add your voice to Talk:Andre Vltchek#Suspicious edits on this article? Thank you. Wonderfl (reply) 07:20, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
- @Wonderfl: You do understand that this is WP:Votestacking, don't you... --Iryna Harpy (talk) 20:35, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 January 2017
[edit]- From the editor: Next steps for the Signpost
- News and notes: Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?
- In the media: Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more
- Featured content: One year ends, and another begins
- Arbitration report: Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases
- Traffic report: Out with the old, in with the new
- Technology report: Tech present, past, and future
- Recent research: Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies; Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia
Please comment on Template talk:Infobox country at games
[edit]The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Template talk:Infobox country at games. Legobot (talk) 04:34, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Editor of the Week
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| Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your dedicated on-wiki and off-wiki efforts. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project) |
User:Mz7 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:
- I nominate SuperHamster to be Editor of the Week. SuperHamster is the founder and current president of Wikipedia Connection, a student organization at The Ohio State University. In this role, he has coordinated off-wiki events that have benefited the Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedia community. These include "wiknics", workshops, edit-a-thons (about topics like art and feminism and women and computing), photography competitions. Beyond his outreach work, SuperHamster has written one good article, has had two DYK credits, and is a member of the OTRS team. He was also one of the organizers of last November's Wikipedia Asian Month. I feel that the kind of work that SuperHamster dedicates so much time and passion towards is occasionally overlooked by the community, especially since it is off-wiki, and for this reason, I recommend him without reservation to be the next Editor of the Week. Mz7 (talk) 21:57, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:
{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Recipient user box}}
Thanks again for your efforts! Lepricavark (talk) 02:51, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
- Congratulations, SuperHamster!
Thank you for everything that you do for the Wikimedia projects, and I wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors. Mz7 (talk) 02:55, 4 February 2017 (UTC) - Well done. Thanks for your efforts. Buster Seven Talk 08:51, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
@Lepricavark, Mz7, and Buster7: Thank you all very much for the pleasant surprise, and a special thanks to Mz7 for the nomination + write-up! This made my day - it's always great to receive recognition, and I appreciate all the work you all do with Editor of the Week. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 08:44, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
New Page Review - newsletter No.2
[edit]- A HUGE backlog
We now have 839 New Page Reviewers!
Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October.
The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to 70,000.
- Second set of eyes
Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten.
- Abuse
This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody, and
- this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting in a community ban.
- this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in a community ban.
- This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.
Coordinator election
[edit]Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later.
Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:11, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
The Signpost: 6 February 2017
[edit]- Arbitration report: WMF Legal and ArbCom weigh in on tension between disclosure requirements and user privacy
- WikiProject report: For the birds!
- Technology report: Better PDFs, backup plans, and birthday wishes
- Traffic report: Cool It Now
- Featured content: Three weeks dominated by articles
WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.1
[edit]Newsletter Nr 1 for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)
 Participation: This is the very first newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Genealogy, to everyone who voted a support for establishing a potential Wikimedia genealogy project on meta, and anyone who during the years showed an interest in genealogy on talk pages and likewise. (To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, see below) Progress report: Since the Projects very first edit 9 december 2002 by User:Dan Koehl, which eventually became the WikiProject Genealogy, different templates were developed, and the portal Portal:Genealogy was founded by User:Michael A. White in 2008. Over the years a number of articles has been written, with more or less association to genealogy. And, very exciting, there is a proposal made on Meta by User:Another Believer to found a new Wikimedia Genealogy Project, read more at Meta; Wikimedia genealogy project where you also can support the creation with your vote, in case you havnt done so already. Future: The future of the Genealogy project on the English Wikipedia, and a potential creation of a new Wikimedia Genealogy Project, is something where you can make a an input. You can
Cheers from your WikiProject Genealogy founder and coordinator Dan Koehl To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery Dan Koehl (talk) 22:28, 6 February 2017 (UTC) |
New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections
[edit]Your last chance to nominate yourself or any New Page Reviewer, See Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Coordination. Elections begin Monday 20 February 23:59 UTC. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
New Page Review - newsletter No.3
[edit]Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed.
- Still a MASSIVE backlog
We now have 839 New Page Reviewers but despite numerous appeals for help, the backlog has NOT been significantly reduced.
If you asked for the New Page Reviewer right, please consider investing a bit of time - every little helps preventing spam and trash entering the mainspace and Google when the 'NO_INDEX' tags expire.
Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:35, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 February 2017
[edit]- From the editors: Results from our poll on subscription and delivery, and a new RSS feed
- Recent research: Special issue: Wikipedia in education
- Technology report: Responsive content on desktop; Offline content in Android app
- In the media: The Daily Mail does not run Wikipedia
- Gallery: A Met montage
- Special report: Peer review – a history and call for reviewers
- Op-ed: Wikipedia has cancer
- Featured content: The dominance of articles continues
- Traffic report: Love, football, and politics
Please comment on Talk:Opinion polling for the German federal election, 2017
[edit]The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Opinion polling for the German federal election, 2017. Legobot (talk) 04:33, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
This Month in Education: [February 2017]
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Volume 6 | Issue 1 | February 2017
This monthly newsletter showcases the Wikipedia Education Program. It focuses on sharing: your ideas, stories, success and challenges. Be sure to check out the full version, and past editions. You can also volunteer to help publish the newsletter. Join the team!
In This Issue
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We hope you enjoy this issue of the Education Newsletter.-- Sailesh Patnaik using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:54, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
March 2017 WikiCup newsletter
[edit]And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:
Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.
The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.
So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.
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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.2
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Participation: This is the second newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Genealogy, to everyone who voted a support for establishing a potential Wikimedia genealogy project on meta, and anyone who during the years showed an interest in genealogy on talk pages and likewise. (To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please see below) Progress report: In order to improve communication between genealogy interested wikipedians, as well talking in chat mode about the potential new wiki, a new irc channel has been setup, and you are welcome to visit and try it out at: #wikimedia-genealogy connect (In case you are not familiar with IRC, or would prefer some info and intro, please see Wikipedias IRC tutorial) At m:Talk:Wikimedia_genealogy_project#Wikimedia_user_group is discussed the possibility of creating a genealogy-related Wikimedia user group: please submit comments and suggestions, and whether you would like to be a member in such a group. Prime goal for the group is the creation of a new, free, genealogy wiki, but there is also a discussion weather we should propose a new project or support the adoption of an existing project? Read more at Meta; Wikimedia genealogy project where you also can support the creation with your vote, in case you haven't done so already. Future: The future of the Genealogy project, and creation of a new Wikimedia Genealogy Project, is something where you can make a an input. You can
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This Month in Education: [March 2017]
[edit]Volume 6 | Issue 2 |March 2017
This monthly newsletter showcases the Wikipedia Education Program. It focuses on sharing: your ideas, stories, success and challenges. Be sure to check out the full version, and past editions. You can also volunteer to help publish the newsletter. Join the team!
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May 2017 WikiCup newsletter
[edit]The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:
- Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
- 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
- Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
- Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.
Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.
So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
This Month in Education: [April 2017]
[edit]Volume 6 | Issue 3 | April 2017
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New Page Review - Newsletter No.4
[edit]Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have 839 reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just 55 reviews, the 22,000 backlog would be gone, in a flash, schwoop, just like that!
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[edit]- From the editors: Signpost status: On reserve power, help wanted!
- News and notes: Global Elections
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- Featured content: Three months in the land of the featured
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The Signpost: 23 June 2017
[edit]- News and notes: Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)
- In the media: Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill
- Op-ed: Facto Post: a fresh take
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WikiCup 2017 July newsletter
[edit]The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
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[edit]no idea how that happened = please apply trout, nuke or wooden implement depending on your disposition in life - I do not think I can explain that at all, my apology !!! JarrahTree 02:02, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
- @JarrahTree: aha, no problem - just wanted to make sure. Cheers, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:50, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
[edit]Backlog update:
- The new page backlog is currently at 18,511 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.
- Some editors are committing to work specifically on patrolling new pages on 15 July. If you have not reviewed new pages in a while, this might be a good time to be involved. Please remember that quality of patrolling is more important than quantity, that the speedy deletion criteria should be followed strictly, and that ovetagging for minor issues should be avoided.
Technology update:
- Several requests have been put into Phabractor to increase usability of the New Pages Feed and the Page Curation toolbar. For more details or to suggest improvements go to Wikipedia:Page Curation/Suggested improvements
- The tutorial has been updated to include links to the following useful userscripts. If you were not aware of them, they could be useful in your efforts reviewing new pages:
- User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js adds a link to the new pages feed and page curation toolbar to your top toolbar on Wikipedia
- User:The Earwig/copyvios.js adds a link in your side toolbox that will run the current page through
General project update:
- Following discussion at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers, Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Noticeboard has been marked as historical. Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers is currently the most active central discussion forum for the New Page Patrol project. To keep up to date on the most recent discussions you can add it to your watchlist or visit it periodically.
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The Signpost: 15 July 2017
[edit]- News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes
- Featured content: Spectacular animals, Pine Trees screens, and more
- In the media: Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce
- Recent research: The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers
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The Signpost: 5 August 2017
[edit]- Recent research: Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality
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Proposal for a Category:Wikipedia stub templates by topic
[edit]Hi SuperHamster. I have just proposed a new category for organizing stub templates, what do you say? Regards, --Fadesga (talk) 13:15, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
WLM NYC template
[edit]Hey I'm at Wikimania today and tomorrow, if you want to meet and talk! ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 19:39, 12 August 2017 (UTC) ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 19:39, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
- @Ɱ: Great! Maybe we can meet during lunch? Shoot me an e-mail at kevinpayravi
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
[edit]Backlog update:
- The new page backlog is currently at 16,991 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.
Technology update:
- Rentier has created a NPP browser in WMF Labs that allows you to search new unreviewed pages using keywords and categories.
General project update:
- The Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech team is working with the community to implement the autoconfirmed article creation trial. The trial is currently set to start on 7 September 2017, pending final approval of the technical features.
- Please remember to focus on the quality of review: correct tagging of articles and not tagbombing are important. Searching for potential copyright violations is also important, and it can be aided by Earwig's Copyvio Detector, which can be added to your toolbar for ease of use with this user script.
- To keep up with the latest conversation on New Pages Patrol or to ask questions, you can go to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers and add it to your watchlist.
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WikiCup 2017 September newsletter
[edit]Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
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[edit]Yes, both pics are from our camera.68.202.42.34 (talk) 14:07, 4 September 2017 (UTC) Joan C.