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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Vital articles/Expanded
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The Signpost: 25 March 2013
- News and notes: Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews
- Featured content: One and a half soursops
- WikiProject report: The 'Burgh: WikiProject Pittsburgh
- Arbitration report: Two open cases
- Technology report: The Visual Editor: Where are we now, and where are we headed?
- Recent research: "Ignore all rules" in deletions; anonymity and groupthink; how readers react when shown talk pages
Wikidata weekly summary #51
- Development
- The first 11 Wikipedias can now include data from Wikidata in their articles (If you want to see it in action see the infobox at it:Torino)
- Worked on automatic summaries for statements
- Worked on making properties accessible from the client using their label so you can use {{#property:executive director}} instead of {{#property:p169}} for example
- Made qualifiers ready for the next deployment (Please test. See details further down.)
- Selenium tests for qualifiers
- Fixed some issues related to QUnit testing
- Worked on improved handling and code design of multiple snak lists in the UI (qualifiers, references)
- Discussions/Press
- Denny wrote down how we’re planning to support queries on Wikidata. Feedback welcome.
- Proposal for a vandalism policy
- Now that improvements for references have been deployed here’s a discussion on the best way to use them. (You can see an example of how it could be used in the source for “CAS registry number” on d:Q153)
- Should Wikidata have featured items?
- RFC about restricting the ability to create properties to some users
- Heise.de reporting about deployment of phase 2 on the first 11 Wikipedias
- Report about a collaboration event between Wikipedians and archeologists
- Events
- Newline 2013
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We’re currently carefully monitoring performance after the deployment of phase 2 on the first 11 Wikipedias. There seem to be a few small issues. As soon as they are resolved we'll deploy on English Wikipedia. All other Wikipedias are planned to follow very soon after that.
- Bye and a big thank you to Anja, Silke, Jens and John who are leaving the development team at the end of the month and will work on other cool things. You’ll be missed!
- Ever had any doubt about the possibilities of Wikidata? Talk to Wiri!
- We worked on reducing the time it takes for Wikidata edits to show up in the Wikipedias and made some progress. Daniel posted an analysis
- We started running a script on the database in order to make search on Wikidata case-insensitive. This should be finished in a few days and then search should be more useful.
- In addition to the above we have rolled out a new search box that suggests items. This should also make finding things on Wikidata a lot easier for you.
- We’re making some progress with Internet Explorer 8 support but there are a lot of issues with it (some outside our control). It’s unclear at the moment how much we can improve it still without spending an unjustified amount of time on it. You can follow the progress at bugzilla:44228
- Edits are now auto-confirmed for users with more than 50 edits and account age 4 days: bugzilla:46461
- Do you need old-style interwiki links for a sister project for example? This is for you
- The Wikimedia Foundation applied as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code again. We have proposed some Wikidata projects for students to take up if the Foundation is accepted again. At least 2 other organisations that applied also propose Wikidata ideas. More details on that once we know which organisations are accepted.
- Denny hacked together a tree of life based on data from Wikidata
- Wikidata was added to wikipulse
- A template to retrieve data from Wikidata if no local value is set
- Did you know?
- If you need to merge two items d:Help:Merge explains how
- Open Tasks for You
- See note at the end of this weekly summary
- Help test qualifiers (m:Wikidata/Notes/Data model primer#Qualifiers - see also example statements there) on the test wiki so we can roll it out with the next release
- Did you file a bug report for Wikidata or did someone else do it for you? Please take a minute to check if it is still valid. (Thanks for filing it btw!)
- Add some missing descriptions to those items with the same label?
- Hack on one of these
Could I have 2 mins of your time? As I’ll be working on some other projects for Wikimedia Germany as well from now on the time I can spend on Wikidata will be reduced. This means I’ll have to figure out what is useful to spend time on. If you’re reading this could you let me know for example on this discussion page? Also if you have ideas how to improve the weekly summaries please post them. --Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) (talk)
Please comment on Talk:TLC (group)
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The Signpost: 01 April 2013
- Special report: Who reads which Wikipedia? The WMF's surprising stats
- News and notes: Funding for the Wikipedia Library and six other projects; April Fool's Day ructions
- Featured content: What the ?
- WikiProject report: Special: FAQs
- Arbitration report: Three open cases
- Technology report: Wikidata phase 2 deployment timetable in doubt
The Signpost: 08 April 2013
- Wikizine: Introducing Wikizine: WMF scales back feature after outcry
- News and notes: French intelligence agents threaten Wikimedia volunteer
- Featured content: Wikipedia loves poetry
- WikiProject report: Earthshattering WikiProject Earthquakes
- Arbitration report: Subject experts needed for Argentine History
- Technology report: Testing week for developers and their deployments
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Wikimedia Highlights from March 2013
- Wikimedia Foundation highlights
- Lua speeds up pages and empowers Wikimedia's technical contributors
- Mobile uploads launch for apps and the mobile web
- First Individual Engagement Grants awarded to innovative community projects
- Wikipedia Zero wins award, reaches new users
- Ombudsmen meet, might expand mandate
- Data and Trends
- Financials
- Other movement highlights
The Signpost: 15 April 2013
- Op-ed: How do we fix RfA inactivity?
- News and notes: Another admin reform attempt flops
- Featured content: The featured process swings into high gear
- WikiProject report: Unity in Diversity: WikiProject South Africa
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (comics)
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Some stroopwafels for you!
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I'm close to 1500 edits! Though you're probably at 10x that amount by now, haha. Quick question though: how do you upload a revision of an image? Helicopter Llama 20:52, 23 April 2013 (UTC) |
- Thanks! You have to enter this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Manchester_United_FC_crest.svg&wpForReUpload=1, replacing ''Manchester_United_FC_crest.svg'' with the entire name of the file you want to overwrite. Or you can go to the File history section of a file and click the Upload a new version option. Regards, --LlamaAl (talk) 03:45, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 April 2013
- News and notes: Milan conference a mixed bag
- In the media: Wikipedia inaccurate, says Florence; New Wikipedia app for breaking news
- Featured content: Batfish in the Red Sea
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Editor Retention
- Arbitration report: Sexology case nears closure after stalling over topic ban
- Technology report: A flurry of deployments
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The Signpost: 29 April 2013
- News and notes: Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp
- In the media: Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax
- Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week
- Featured content: Wiki loves video games
- WikiProject report: Japanese WikiProject Baseball
- Arbitration report: Sexology closed; two open cases
- Recent research: Sentiment monitoring, Wikipedians and academics favor the same papers, UNESCO and systemic bias, How ideas flow on Wikiversity
Notifications box replacement prototypes released
Hey LlamaAl; Kaldari has finished scripting a set of potential replacements available to test and give feedback on. Please go to this thread for more detail on how to enable them. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:56, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 06 May 2013
- News and notes: Candidates nominating for Foundation elections; Looking ahead to Wikimania 2014
- In the media: New Wikipedia for Schools edition; Anders Behring Breivik's Wikipedia contributions
- Featured content: WikiCup update: full speed ahead!
- WikiProject report: Earn $100 in cash... and a button!
- Technology report: Foundation successful in bid for larger Google subsidy
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Complaint about e-mails
Hello LlamaAl, for your information, somebody on my talkpage claimed you had been sending them "harassing and insulting emails". Could you please comment on what's up with that? Thanks, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:20, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 13 May 2013
- News and notes: WMF–community ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list
- In the media: PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients; can Wikipedia predict the stock market?
- Featured content: A mushroom, a motorway, a Munich gallery, and a map
- WikiProject report: Knock Out: WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts
- Arbitration report: Race and politics opened; three open cases
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The Signpost: 20 May 2013
- Foundation elections: Trustee candidates speak about Board structure, China, gender, global south, endowment
- News and notes: Spanish Wikipedia leaps past one million articles
- In the media: Qworty incident continues
- WikiProject report: Classical Greece and Rome
- Featured content: Up in the air
Wikimedia Highlights from April 2013
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The Signpost: 27 May 2013
- Foundation elections: Candidates talk about the Meta problem, the nation-based chapter model, world languages, and value for money
- News and notes: First-ever community election for FDC positions
- In the media: Pagans complain about Qworty's anti-Pagan editing
- Featured content: Life of 2π
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Geographical Coordinates
- Technology report: Amsterdam hackathon: continuity, change, and stroopwafels
- Recent research: Motivations on the Persian Wikipedia; is science eight times more popular on the Spanish Wikipedia than the English Wikipedia?
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The Signpost: 05 June 2013
- From the editor: Signpost developments
- News and notes: "Cease and desist", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; Could WikiLang be the next WMF project?
- In the media: China blocks Wikipedia
- Discussion report: Return of the Discussion report
- Featured content: A week of portraits
- WikiProject report: Operation Normandy
- Technology report: Developers accused of making Toolserver fight 'pointless'
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The Signpost: 12 June 2013
- Op-ed: The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons
- News and notes: How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal
- Traffic report: Who holds the throne?
- In the media: VisualEditor will "change world history"
- Discussion report: VisualEditor, elections, bots, and more
- Featured content: Mixing Bowl Interchange
- Arbitration report: Two cases suspended; proposed decision posted in Argentine History
- WikiProject report: Processing WikiProject Computing
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The Signpost: 19 June 2013
- Op-ed: Two responses to the 'Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons'
- News and notes: Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters?
- In the media: South African learners want Wikipedia
- Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week
- Discussion report: Citations, non-free content, and a MediaWiki meeting
- Featured content: Cheaper by the dozen
- WikiProject report: The Volunteer State: WikiProject Tennessee
- Arbitration report: The Farmbrough amendment request—automation and arbitration enforcement
- Technology report: VisualEditor set for early July rollout
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The Signpost: 26 June 2013
- News and notes: Election results released
- In the media: Daily Dot on Commons and porn; Jimmy Wales accused of breaking Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden
- Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week
- Discussion report: Privacy policy, X!'s edit counter, old rangeblocks, and the Article Incubator
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Fashion
- Featured content: Wikipedia in black + Adam Cuerden
- Arbitration report: Argentine History closed; two cases remain suspended
- Recent research: Controversial Wikipedia topics
WikiCup 2013 June newsletter
We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.
Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note. 
Figureskatingfan (submissions) claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition: 
Ealdgyth (submissions) was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted 
Hawkeye7 (submissions) 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to 
Piotrus (submissions) for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example, 
Casliber (submissions) and 
Sasata (submissions) being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus.
A rules reminder: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on the 29/30 June, which may be claimed in this round. 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. We are currently seeing concern about the amount of time people have to wait for reviews, especially at GAC- 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) 10:03, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 03 July 2013
- News and notes: Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace
- In the media: Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing
- Traffic report: Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views
- Discussion report: Snuggle, mainpage link to Wikinews, 3RR, and more
- WikiProject report: Puppies!
- Featured content: Queen of France
- Arbitration report: Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments
- Technology report: VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series
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The Signpost: 10 July 2013
- News and notes: Wikimedia Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south
- Op-ed: It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
- Dispatches: Infoboxes: time for a fresh look?
- Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week
- Discussion report: Featured article process governance, signature templates, and more
- WikiProject report: Not Jimbo: WikiProject Wales
- Featured content: The week of the birds
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The Signpost: 17 July 2013
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Square Enix
- Featured content: Documents and sports
- Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case opens; July 22 deadline for checkuser and oversight applications
- Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week
The Signpost: 24 July 2013
- News and notes: Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India
- In the media: Wikipedia flamewars
- Discussion report: Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Religion
- Featured content: Engineering and the arts
- Arbitration report: Infoboxes case opens
- Traffic report: Gleeless
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