Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-08-20/News and notes

Featured Article process

I'm concerned that "two roughly defined factions within the featured article process" is going to give people the idea that this dispute has spilled over into FAC, and concerned that this might keep people away from FAC. I personally haven't seen evidence of this conflict at FAC since March, and several at the Arbcom case are saying the same thing ... if we're wrong, someone let us know, please. - Dank (push to talk) 19:51, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Agreed, the Arbcom case request was sparked by scheduling dispute at WP:TFAR. I agree that FAC has been a pretty nice place lately. In fact, I feel that it's one of the nicest places on the project at times, mostly because of the great people that contribute there. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:40, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

100,000 articles on the 10th birthday of Estonian Wikipedia

I just want to share my joy about Estonian Wikipedia reaching the milestone of 100 000 articles today, almost exactly an hour ago. And that's not all: it's also our 10th birthday! In an hour and a half, we're going to open an exhibition of WLM pictures from Estonia and Russia on that case in an old railway station in Tartu that is a cultural monument by itself. If anyone happens to be nearby, please feel free to pay us a visit, the exhibition will be open until the end of September. --Oop (talk) 10:37, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

...and picture (Wiki Inhabits Monuments): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eesti_viki_sada_tuhat.jpg --Oop (talk) 14:55, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

OpenGlobe closing

This one completely broadsided me; I got about halfway through before I realized why the name TechEssentials sounded so familiar. An employee emailed me in June for an unrelated matter, and in the course of the discussion, he brought up OpenGlobe and asked for advice on how it could be rescued; I was able to give some broad pointers but nothing specific. I guess my advice didn't help any. =( 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 07:01, 29 August 2012 (UTC)