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Wikidata weekly summary #69

This Month in GLAM: July 2013

 




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23   WLEX-TV (talk)       Add sources
718   Milwaukee Brewers (talk)   Add sources
61   WTXF-TV (talk)   Add sources
99   KGO-TV (talk)     Add sources
373   Private placement (talk)       Add sources
264   KTVU (talk)     Add sources
17   KWTX-TV (talk)       Cleanup
10   Nordvest (talk)           Cleanup
14   WLWK-FM (talk)       Cleanup
5   Wood (magazine) (talk)       Expand
18   KXLY-TV (talk)   Expand
25   KTHV (talk)     Expand
17   WSAV-TV (talk)     Unencyclopaedic
21   KVAL-TV (talk)     Unencyclopaedic
13   WXSP-CD (talk)       Unencyclopaedic
443   MCI Inc. (talk)     Merge
102   Internet in the United Kingdom (talk)     Merge
2,145   Crowdfunding (talk) Merge
13   WABG-TV (talk)       Wikify
168   Julia Margaret Cameron (talk)       Wikify
16   Telecomsoft (talk)     Wikify
1   2013 Ogden Outlaws season (talk)       Orphan
1   ACSF3 (talk)           Orphan
1   A Yiddish World Remembered (talk)           Orphan
22   Matthew Rees (talk)         Stub
1   Richard Mustoe (talk)           Stub
15   Jonathan Thomas (talk)         Stub
4   Matthew Jones (rugby player) (talk)           Stub
2   KDYS-LD (talk)         Stub
8   KSVI (talk)       Stub

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Wikidata weekly summary #70

The Signpost: 07 August 2013

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Views/Day Quality Title Content Headings Images Links Sources Tagged with…
2   Hareskovbanen (talk)           Add sources
7   Telefónica Slovakia (talk)           Add sources
4   Ringbanen (talk)           Add sources
4   Nordbanen (talk)           Add sources
14   WMSN-TV (talk)       Add sources
3   Ballerup station (talk)         Add sources
26   Louisiana Lottery (modern) (talk)       Cleanup
23   Snom (talk)           Cleanup
77   Mount Royal University (talk)     Cleanup
32   WXMI (talk)     Expand
9   Fantasy auto racing (talk)         Expand
34   KCRG-TV (talk)     Expand
60   Action News (talk)     Unencyclopaedic
41   WPTZ (talk)     Unencyclopaedic
53   WGAL (talk)     Unencyclopaedic
39   Lory (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) (talk)       Merge
13   The Sheep (talk)       Merge
455   Banking in the United States (talk)   Merge
231   Sinclair Broadcast Group (talk) Wikify
103   Lionel Trilling (talk)       Wikify
710   Evolved HSPA (talk)     Wikify
0   Andrei Taranenko (talk)           Orphan
3   Antoine Thiout (talk)           Orphan
1   (283333) 1998 QW29 (talk)           Orphan
238   Caffè breve (talk)       Stub
6   Samson Lee (talk)           Stub
8   Josh Turnbull (talk)           Stub
10   Sonny Parker (rugby union) (talk)         Stub
2   KHBA-LD (talk)           Stub
8   Graeme Morrison (talk)         Stub

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Quality
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The method we use to predict article quality also allows us to assess whether an article might need specific types of work in order to improve its quality. The work needed might not correspond to cleanup tags added to the article, since our method is not based on those. We have added five columns reflecting this work assessment, where a red X indicates improvement is needed. Placing your cursor over an X should give you a pop-up with a short description of the work needed. The five columns seek to answer the following five questions:

Content
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Images
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Links
Does this article link to enough other Wikipedia articles?
Sources
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The Signpost: 14 August 2013

Wikidata weekly summary #71

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2   KPMT-LP (talk)           Add sources
416   Hinny (talk)       Add sources
16   KRXI-TV (talk)       Add sources
12   KLEW-TV (talk)     Add sources
41   Anti-frogman techniques (talk)   Add sources
313   Glossary of American football (talk)   Add sources
20   Peasants' War in Upper Austria (talk)         Cleanup
14   Richard Marsland (talk)         Cleanup
30   Newport Television (talk)         Cleanup
10   WDKY-TV (talk)       Expand
25   KREM (TV) (talk)       Expand
20   KETK-TV (talk)     Expand
45   WRGT-TV (talk)       Unencyclopaedic
103   What the Tortoise Said to Achilles (talk)           Unencyclopaedic
19   WOTV (talk)     Unencyclopaedic
12   Dodgson condensation (talk)         Merge
27   KSTU (talk)     Merge
7   Lewis Carroll identity (talk)           Merge
50   Thunderbolt siren (talk)       Wikify
29   WWMT (talk)       Wikify
36   KSBW (talk)   Wikify
5   Sentry siren (talk)           Orphan
1   Lyndon Bateman (talk)           Orphan
1   Bryn Griffiths (talk)           Orphan
4   Michael Bowden (Australian rules footballer) (talk)           Stub
6   MoarVM (talk)           Stub
7   Mark Taylor (rugby player) (talk)         Stub
5   David Bishop (rugby player born 1983) (talk)           Stub
79   Faggot (unit) (talk)           Stub
34   KVUE (talk)     Stub

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Views/Day
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Quality
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The method we use to predict article quality also allows us to assess whether an article might need specific types of work in order to improve its quality. The work needed might not correspond to cleanup tags added to the article, since our method is not based on those. We have added five columns reflecting this work assessment, where a red X indicates improvement is needed. Placing your cursor over an X should give you a pop-up with a short description of the work needed. The five columns seek to answer the following five questions:

Content
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Wikidata weekly summary #72

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The Signpost: 21 August 2013

Interview request: Your interactions with new editors

I'm contacting you about a study that I'm running with TheOriginalSoni exploring newcomer mentorship activities in Wikipedia. I'd like to ask you a few questions about your interactions with newcomers and to explore how a tool like WP:Snuggle might make your work easier. The interview and demo session will take 30 minutes to an hour depending on how much time we spend discussing things. If you're interested, let me know. If not, disregard this message and I won't bother you again.

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Views/Day Quality Title Content Headings Images Links Sources Tagged with…
6   WGGB-DT2 (talk)         Add sources
11   Salvage logging (talk)       Add sources
30   WCTV (talk)         Add sources
44   WTNH (talk)       Add sources
36   Beta movement (talk)           Add sources
3   Vestbanen (S-tog) (talk)           Add sources
16   WLYH-TV (talk)       Cleanup
179   Bandersnatch (talk)       Cleanup
27   KSEE (talk)       Cleanup
21   KGUN-TV (talk)       Expand
15   WVAH-TV (talk)     Expand
301   Mersenne twister (talk)         Expand
11   Fantasy cricket (talk)           Unencyclopaedic
24   Hawaii News Now (talk)       Unencyclopaedic
49   Morgan Shepherd (talk)     Unencyclopaedic
2   Kentucky Newsmakers (talk)           Merge
42   BT Openzone (talk)         Merge
35   Eaglet (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) (talk)       Merge
7   KISA-LD (talk)         Wikify
133   Nate Ravitz (talk)         Wikify
471   The Arsenio Hall Show (talk)       Wikify
1   Paul Young (rugby player) (talk)           Orphan
2   2013 MZ5 (talk)           Orphan
2   Aurélien Scholl (talk)         Orphan
4   WBII-CD (talk)         Stub
10   John Barclay (rugby union) (talk)         Stub
171   Zomby (talk)           Stub
15   Darnley (talk)       Stub
4   Gareth John Williams (talk)           Stub
3   Rhys Jones (rugby player) (talk)           Stub

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Views/Day
Daily average number of views an article's had over the past 14 days.
Quality
Predicted article quality on a 1- to 3-star scale. Placing your cursor over the stars should give you a pop-up describing the article's quality (Low/Medium/High), current assessment class, and predicted assessment class.

The method we use to predict article quality also allows us to assess whether an article might need specific types of work in order to improve its quality. The work needed might not correspond to cleanup tags added to the article, since our method is not based on those. We have added five columns reflecting this work assessment, where a red X indicates improvement is needed. Placing your cursor over an X should give you a pop-up with a short description of the work needed. The five columns seek to answer the following five questions:

Content
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Is the number of illustrative images about right?
Links
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Sources
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Wikidata weekly summary #73

The Signpost: 28 August 2013

Wikimedia Highlights from July 2013

Highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation Report and the Wikimedia engineering report for July 2013, with a selection of other important events from the Wikimedia movement
 
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