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Wikidata weekly summary #233

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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19:08, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 November 2016

Wikidata weekly summary #234

Invitation to Training Modules design conversation

Hello! We are leaving you this message because you have previously indicated that you interested in helping the Wikimedia Foundation Support & Safety team in developing our training modules this year.

We appreciate all the help and thoughts users like you have offered thus far. We would like to encourage you, if you are interested, to participate in the next step of our development: a community consultation about the design and structure of the modules. Note that we're not yet getting feedback on the content of the modules - a separate consultation about that will be starting soon.

In this "design" consultation, we're looking for advice on things like the best place to host these modules, the accessibility of content, and other potential design decisions. Please feel free to leave any thoughts you have about these things on the talk page. Thanks! (PS: I'm sending this to your volunteer account, but please let me know if it would be better sent to your staff one!) Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 18:12, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

The Mysterious 5th Section of the Voyager Golden Record

I realize it has been 4 years, but if you are still wondering what happened to the UN delegates' messages this article might help satisfy your curiosity. I was seeking an explanation of the same question when I stumbled across your comment on this talk page. Cheers! -- LWG talk 22:21, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

@LWG: Wonderful! I've thought about it many times since then, and was hoping the accurate information would come to light during the anniversary. Thank you so much for the note here! I'll reply further at the article talkpage. Quiddity (talk) 19:26, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Outreachwiki case study

Template:Outreachwiki case study has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. — billinghurst sDrewth 10:13, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #235

Please comment on Talk:California

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:California. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #236

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Quiddity. 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

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Wikidata weekly summary #238

Djvu files

I found a message by you into Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120784. How could I contribute? I'm getting deep as I can into djvu files structure but I feel myself far from the goal. --Alex_brollo Talk|Contrib 09:16, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Replied on phabricator. :) Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 18:54, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Just discovering who you are within this community, after seeing your name so many times, and seeing it again on the WikiCuteness project! We are working with BlueRasberry on volunteer recruitment strategies and would love to connect with you to include your perspectives! Ping me for more info and some Q&A?

DrMel (talk) 20:20, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi @DrMel:. Sure, post more details here, or link me to where I can find out more, or send me an email ("email this user" link in the sidebar). I don't have much free time these days, but I can possibly link you to interesting/existing locations, or help fill out questionnaires and similar. (Sidenote: I checked a few links on your userpage, and you might be interested in the essay WP:AUTIST, regarding some of your other work.) Quiddity (talk) 20:04, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

light bulb listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Light bulb. Since you had some involvement with the light bulb redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Thryduulf (talk) 19:49, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

ThoughtAudio Review Request & Wikiquote Watchlist articles

I am seeking independent and neutral viewpoints on the article ThoughtAudio, which is being considered for deletion. If you have a few minutes to review it, I would appreciate your opinion on the decision to retain and improve, or to delete it. I fear that ThoughtAudio may have been targeted by the same editor that made a failed attempt to delete the wikiquote article Michael Scott Gallegos on the grounds "Not sufficiently notable." The majority of my work has been as the wikiquote editor, ELApro. I also have a question on why two of the Wikquote articles that I created (Ernest Flagg‎ and Nicomachus‎) are listed under Feb 5, 2017 on your Quote "Watchlist" page. I have been a long time editor for Wikipedia, but have not created many articles here. I would much appreciate your advice and/or contributions with regard to this decision. ELApro (talk) 16:32, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

@ELApro: Hi. Re: ThoughtAudio, I'm afraid that from a glance at the existing references, I would conclude that there isn't substantial focused coverage of the site - it is merely mentioned a few times in lists of related websites, or very briefly described. Wikipedia has quite strict Notability guidelines, otherwise it would quickly become chaos, and too much for the limited number of volunteers to maintain. Hence only entities which pass the various Notability criteria are encouraged. For this article, I would suggest that you make a copy of the wikitext, and keep it on your own computer, so that you can periodically check in the future whether more detailed reliable sources have been written about the site. If 2 reliable sources write extensively about the site, it could become 'notable' according to Wikipedia's criteria.
Re: those 2 Wikiquote pages, nobody can see the contents of anyone else's watchlist - I assume you clicked on the links on my userpage, which would have taken you to your own watchlist! :) It's one of various links that will have a different target depending on who clicks it, such as Special:MyTalk.
Sidenote: I like the classic-style portal page you have at your personal website. I used to maintain an elaborate bookmark collection similar to that, but all the deadlinks, and the labyrinthine directory structure, means it too has fallen into neglect. C'est la vie!
Best wishes, Quiddity (talk) 04:44, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

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edited RfC

Thanks for pointing out my error. I've edited the RfC. Sorry for the confusion. DarjeelingTea (talk) 01:18, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Appalachian English

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Appalachian English. Legobot (talk) 04:25, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections

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)

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hi

[1]thank you for trying--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 22:02, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.3

Hello Quiddity,

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 810 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)

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The Signpost: 27 February 2017

Administrators' newsletter – March 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Wikipedia have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
  • Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
  • A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.