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Scottish National War Memorial

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Persistent editing by nominally banned user continues: I have requested semi-protection for the page, anything else I should consider or raise elsewhere? Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 11:14, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

I hope so too. Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 13:02, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Minnesota geonotice

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Can you add a geonotice for the Minnesota meetup? It's soon, August 3. See WP:Geonotice#Minnesota Meetup. Thanks, —innotata 04:44, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Conway Hall Geonotice

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Typo "editathon at at Conway Hall". Cheers, Johnbod (talk) 15:55, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Fixed. Andrew Gray (talk) 18
59, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 July 2013

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Please comment on Talk:Port Imperial Street Circuit

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Alkan fragment from British Library

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Hi, I noticed your comment in a Wikipedia Talk archive about some manuscripts from the British Library, and that someone was looking for the Alkan fragment. I recently wrote a piece based on the very same Alkan fragment (opening from string quartet, British Library shelfmark: Hirsch IV.1455, f. 10v) and I was hoping to share the typeset of the manuscript with anybody interested :) (a friend who works in the BL typeset it from the original, and I copied it from him). I'm just not sure - I only have the first six measures. Is that the whole fragment? Or is that the beginning of the fragment? I'll also let user Smerus know, as he was the one interested in the fragment. Thanks a lot in advance! ¬ laonikoss (talk) 16:12, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #68

 
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Tech News: 2013-31

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes; not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 25. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on July 29, and on all Wikipedias on August 1. [1]
  • Wikivoyage was offline for around 40 minutes on July 24. [2]
  • Pywikipediabot moved their code from SVN to git; bot owners need to update their tools. [3]
  • The Notifications and Thanks extensions were added to Meta-Wiki on July 26; other wikis will get them soon. [4]
  • It is now possible to add edit summaries on Wikidata using the API; the feature will be added to user interface soon. [5]
  • The software that resizes large PNG images on all wikis was changed on July 25. Resizing of PNG files bigger than 35 megapixels should be faster and more reliable now. [6]
  • Three new webfonts (Gentium, Old Persian and Shapour) will be added to Universal Language Selector. [7], [8], [9]
  • Special:MIMESearch, which gives a list of files by type, will be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis with MediaWiki version 1.22/wmf12 (bug #13438). [10]
  • A mailing list to discuss multimedia features was started; users are encouraged to sign up.
  • VisualEditor news:
    • On July 24, VisualEditor was added for logged-in users on the German (de), Spanish (es), French (fr), Hebrew (he), Italian (it), Polish (pl), Russian (ru) and Swedish (sv) Wikipedias; it will be added for all users on those wikis on July 29. [11]
    • A preference to completely disable VisualEditor while it is in beta phase was added on July 24. [12]
    • Many bugs were fixed in right-to-left languages. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
    • It is possible again to scroll down in the template editing window (bug #51739).
    • VisualEditor now works with the FlaggedRevisions extension. (bug #49699)
    • If the user opens VisualEditor using a section edit link, the title of the section is added to the edit summary (bug #50872).
    • Invisible templates now can't be deleted by accident or on purpose (bug #51322).

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Please comment on Talk:Rahul Gandhi

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WikiCup 2013 July newsletter

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We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's   Sasata (submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's   Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today,   Miyagawa (submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and   Cwmhiraeth (submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by   Ealdgyth (submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by   Piotrus (submissions),   Hawkeye7 (submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, 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 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! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:12, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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File:Survival-redundancy.png listed for deletion

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Please comment on Talk:Nicki Minaj discography

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For helpful comments here. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:07, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikimania

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It was fun to finally meet you at Wikimania, if only for a short time! Best of luck with WP:AHRC. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 11:17, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

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