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About the Boeing 737 MAX

You might want to read WP:NCAIRCRAFT. As the aircraft is certified with the name 737 MAX by the FAA and by almost every other major aviation agency, the all-caps MAX is not just marketing. - ZLEA T\C 22:51, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

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RM locations

I'd note that I don't think I've seen any comments about locations of RMs involving DABs before. FYI you might also want to have a look at Talk:Isle of Lewis#Requested move 18 July 2018 which you raised at MR in 2012. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:07, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

I remember someone else might've raised the same concern I did a couple years ago, but it might have been in an individual discussion and not at WT:RM. I didn't mean to single you out, but those were the most recent examples I could find. Calidum 13:01, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

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Close notes

There are many faulty assumptions repeated in the move discussions. I took the time to write a note to each argument that I debate. See the "information Note:" lines at User:Aron_Manning/737_Max_RM. —Aron M🍂 (🛄📤)   05:38, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll give it a look over. Hopefully this MR gets closed correctly and we'll never revisit this issue again. Calidum 05:49, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2019 Newsletter

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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 14

Newsletter • June 2019

Updates: I've been focusing largely on the development side of things, so we are a lot closer now to being ready to actually start discussing deploying it and testing it out here.

There's just a few things left that need to be resolved:

  • A bunch of language support issues in particular, plus some other release blockers, such as the fact that currently there's no good way to find any hubs people do create.
  • We also probably need some proper documentation and examples up to even reference if we want a meaningful discussion. We have the extension documentation and some test projects, but we probably need a bit more. Also I need to be able to even find the test projects! How can I possibly write reports about this stuff if I can't find any of it?!

Some other stuff that's happened in the meantime:

  • Midpoint report is out for this round of the project, if you want to read in too much detail about all the problems I've been running into.
  • WikiProject Molecular Biology have successfully set up using the old module system that CollaborationKit is intended to replace (eventually), and it even seems to work, so go them. Based on the issues they ran into, it looks like the members signup thing on that system has some of the same problems as we've been unable to resolve in CK, though, which is... interesting. (Need to change the content model to the right thing for the formwizard config to take. Ugh, content models.)

Until next time,

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Carter "assassination attempt"

One could argue that there was no assassination attempt, since the guy was not even charged with a crime (certainly that's a first). But I won't argue that, I don't think it's a problem for that category to be placed there in light of this event. However, I do think it's bogus to place this in the categories when it isn't even mentioned in the article. I mean, I did a thorough search of the article, and seeing nothing about an attempt, I deleted the category. So I would gently request that if you really think this is important (I don't), then why don't you find someplace to mention this in the article? Unschool 05:24, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

That's fair I suppose. I was just pointing your attention to it. Calidum 05:28, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

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Legal status of cannabis possession for non-medical use (2018)

  Legal
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Page move discussion at Talk:Stabbing as a terrorist tactic

Not quite sure why you closed this as NC when there was only 1 vote? NC is typically if there are differing opinions on either side where it's clear a relist isn't likely to reach consensus. You should not have closed this with just a single vote. I think you maybe should consider your action and relist? Bungle (talkcontribs) 22:22, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

I considered your comment an oppose, because it raised a valid opposition to the move that the nominator did not address. As for relisting, it had already been open for two weeks when I closed. If someone wants to try a new request, they can. Calidum

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The Bugle: Issue CLXI, September 2019

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark

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Animation illustrating the discovery history of satellite galaxies of the Milky Way over the last 100 years. The classical satellite galaxies are in blue (labeled with their names), SDSS-discoveries are in red, and more recent discoveries (mostly with DES) are in green.
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September 2019 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2019.

June election: Reidgreg was chosen as lead coordinator, and is being assisted by Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk, and first-time coordinator Twofingered Typist. Jonesey95 took a respite after serving for six years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

June Blitz: From 16 to 22 June, we copy edited articles on the themes of nature and the environment along with requests. 12 participating editors completed 35 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: The year's fourth backlog-elimination drive was a great success, clearing all articles tagged in January and February, and bringing the copy-editing backlog to a low of five months and a record low of 585 articles while also completing 48 requests. Of the 30 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, a participation level last matched in May 2015. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 18 to 24 August, we copy edited articles tagged in March 2019 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: As of 03:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 413 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stood at 599 articles, close to our record month-end low of 585.

Requests page: We are experimenting with automated archiving of copy edit requests; a discussion on REQ Talk (permalinked) initiated by Bobbychan193 has resulted in Zhuyifei1999 writing a bot script for the Guild. Testing is now underway and is expected to be completed by 3 October; for this reason, no manual archiving of requests should be done until the testing period is over. We will then assess the bot's performance and discuss whether to make this arrangement permanent.

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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 15

Newsletter • September 2019

A final update, for now:


The third grant-funded round of WikiProject X has been completed. Unfortunately, while this round has not resulted in a deployed product, I am not planning to resume working on the project for the foreseeable future. Please see the final report for more information.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

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  • As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

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  • The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.

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The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019

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The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) maneuvers around an island as it passes through the Strait of Magellan en route to Punte Arenas, Chile, on 1 July 1990, during exercise "Unitas XXXI", a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations.
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2019 US Banknote Contest

US Banknote Contest
November-December 2019

There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons.

In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate.


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A vignette thought to represent Medjed, Greenfield papyrus, British Museum
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Revisit move request of Louisville International Airport

You closed this due to lack of consensus. This move was probably requested a bit too soon before the new name had really rolled out. Since then the official web page reflects the new name, the airport has hung new signs, and the new name is used widely by media and flight tracking websites. Do I need to start a move review? [1] [2] [3] Lngarrett1020 (talk) 04:01, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Seeing how the move request in question is from June, your best bet is to simply start a new request. Calidum 04:34, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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The Coleco Gemini video game console, a console clone of the Atari 2600 produced by Coleco in 1983
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The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019

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The National Museum is a Czech museum institution intended to systematically establish, prepare, and publicly exhibit natural scientific and historical collections. It was founded in 1818 and is located in Prague.
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The steam hammer is a type of hammer
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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.

Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself!

September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles.

October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests.

November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog.

Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now!

Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles.

Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates.

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A ballet leap performed with modern, non-classical form in a contemporary ballet
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The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019

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When cooking with alcohol to prepare a flambé, alcohol is ignited
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List of pasta

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