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RfC about adding a "de facto" section to the official list of banned users at WP:BANNED Proposal to standardize the use of {{reflist}} and deprecate <references />. RFC on new watchlist feature Straw poll on which awards, if any, should be excluded when assessing the notability of pornographic actors. RFC on amending notability guidelines for Mixed Martial Arts events. Proposal to change guideline on how big a Talk page should be before archiving. Proposal to establish a closure review on move requests. Proposal to enable Reference Tooltips by default Note: inactive discussions, closed or not, should be archived.
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Checking who Patrolled a page?

Is there a way to determine the identity of the user who marked a page as patrolled?JoelWhy (talk) 14:13, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes, go to Special:Log/patrol and enter the page name as the "Target". -- John of Reading (talk) 16:09, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Ahh, thanks!JoelWhy (talk) 16:16, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

You can also go to the page history -> view logs -> show patrol logs. It doesn't make sense that the marking as patrolled is hidden by default in the all public logs page, but it is. Monty ₈₄₅ 16:17, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Perfect, thanks, that's much more convenient. (I agree that it shouldn't be hidden, especially since an experienced may be prone to use sock puppets to mark pages as patrolled to reduce the risk of pages being closely inspected.)JoelWhy (talk) 16:50, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Watch

Where can i find a list the most visited articles for the month April 2012? Pass a Method talk 21:02, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Well, there's WP:Most viewed pages, but it's out of date. Then there's Wikipedia article traffic statistics last updated Dec 2010. There's page views for this month at Most visited on English Wikipedia this month. There's the raw compressed data at Pagecount files for 2012-04, but that'd be difficult to sort through. Maybe somebody knows of something else. 64.40.57.98 (talk) 08:38, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Error

Just noticed some sort of error in the Underwater hockey article, can't bring up the page, but can't get into to it fix whatever is happening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.129.35.214 (talk) 10:30, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

don't worry - already fixed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.129.35.214 (talk) 10:31, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Lost essay

What happened to the essay about the "Megalomaniac Point Of View"? I thought WP:MPOV used to link to it through a disamb. page, but now I can't find it at all. If it was deleted, could you direct me to the discussion? Thanks, Postpostmod (talk) 12:55, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

This essay? --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:10, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, isn't that a cognitive bias rather than megalomania? Amusing image though. Regards, RJH (talk) 01:06, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Terminal Event Management Policy

This is a thought experiment.

I saw this page recently. The page was originally written as a 2009 April fools, but I thought what if the case described does happen, for example like 2038 problem, or the breakdown of society? What should we do to preserve the knowledge of humans in case the whole internet network is no more? Perhaps preserving a dump in a vault like Crypt of Civilization along with the necessary equipment to retrieve it?

This is a serious discussion. Perhaps we should remove the fun template on that page.SYSS Mouse (talk) 17:47, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation endorsing Access2Research

Hey all

The Wikimedia Foundation has decided to endorse Access2Research and its petition to make research funded by the US government publicly accessible. This will be done by way of a blog post on Friday morning PST; as noted, we are not trying to speak on behalf of the community, but just the Foundation itself. You can read more in the FAQ, and leave any comments or questions you might have on its talkpage.

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 19:21, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Something weird about this image of depleted uranium hexafluoride cylinders...

Not sure where to bring this up; please advise if this should be asked elsewhere, or just move this question it and tell me where it went.

There is something strange going on with [ File:Corroded DUF6 cylinder.jpg ].[1]

It is used at Depleted uranium with the caption "DUF6 cylinders: painted (left) and corroded (right)"

I noticed that the file did not match the description (no painted left and corroded right) and does not match the links that show it to be sourced from a government site. So where did the image of the "skirted ends of depleted uranium hexafluoride cylinders after being painted to arrest corrosion" image come from and how do I confirm that we have permission to use it?

To try to fix this, I tried clicking the revert button next to to the 19:13, 19 January 2006 image shown in the history. No luck. The revert left me with the same image. I then reverted my revert, and suddenly I have the correct image! One revert does nothing, two reverts make a change instead of canceling?

In the end, the Depleted uranium article ended up with the correct image -- an image that I can confirm that we have permission for -- but still, that was strange. Could someone who knows the image system well please check [ File:Corroded DUF6 cylinder.jpg ] and see if there is something wonky about it? Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 21:41, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

The logs for the image show only one action rather than two, so I'm guessing it was a caching issue with the server or something like that. Also, it's possible to link images by putting a colon in front of file like this [[:File:Corroded DUF6 cylinder.jpg]] which looks like this File:Corroded DUF6 cylinder.jpg. Cheers. 64.40.54.216 (talk) 08:44, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I was starting to think that maybe I should wait to smoke crack until after I finish editing Wikipedia... (smile) We can mark this one as being resolved. --Guy Macon (talk) 08:55, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Certainly you should. I'd loved to be of some help for selecting the better circumstancial joke unfortunately; and I'm too absorbed watching those images from the ISS. --Askedonty (talk) 09:18, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Google's Transparency Report on Wikipedia

Editors might find it interesting to look at http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/domains/wikipedia.org/ , which lists copy-holder requests to remove wikipedia pages from the Google Search index. WP is rarely a target; here's a BBC article about Google's new Transparency Report. 67.101.7.3 (talk) 17:43, 26 May 2012 (UTC)