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Valentine Greets!!!

Valentine Greets!!!

Hello Rcsprinter123, love is the language of hearts and is the feeling that joins two souls and brings two hearts together in a bond. Taking love to the level of Wikipedia, spread the WikiLove by wishing each other Happy Valentine's Day, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm love on the eve, Happy editing, --L235 (talk) As a courtesy, please ping me when replying. 01:04, 14 February 2015 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Valentine Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2015)

A Sicilian ice cream parlour Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ice cream parlour Previous selections: Stadium • Food science Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:27, 16 February 2015 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-08

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
• On Wednesday your Meta user page will be shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. [1] [2] [3]
• You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [4]
• In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [5]
• The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first.​ [6]

Meetings

• The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [7]
• You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [8]
• You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [9]

Future changes

• You can comment on a proposal about abandoned Labs tools.

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17:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2015)

Trailer Trash is a US derogatory term for poor people living in trailers or caravans. It appears that these trailer trash happen to live on a trailer park. Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Trailer Trash Previous selections: Ice cream parlour • Stadium Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:55, 23 February 2015 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-09

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• All new accounts are now global. [10]
• Your Meta user page is now shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can report problems if you see any. You can ask a bot to delete your old user pages. [11] [12] [13]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 25. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 26 (calendar).
• It is now easier to see template fields in VisualEditor. The fields are bigger. [14]
• It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [15]
• Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [16]
• Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [17]

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.
• Images in the interface will soon work better in Opera 12. [18]

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16:29, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
• AHeneen (submissions) worked-up the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article, also to Good Article status;
• Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
• And last but not least, Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2015)

There are many backup dancers accompanying the dances of the main dancer. Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Backup dancer Previous selections: Trailer Trash • Ice cream parlour Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:58, 2 March 2015 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-10

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• A Lua function to use Wikidata has changed. You need to update the pages that use it. [19]
• You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Uzbek and Minangkabau. You need to enable it in your Beta options.
• You can now hide banners if you don't have an account. [20] [21]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).
• You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.
• Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [22] [23] [24] [25]
• The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [26]
• The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [27]

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [28]

Future changes

• You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [29]

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16:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Some falafel for you!

You've done some great work recently with the WikiProject report. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:07, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Ed. I don't have much time to do it, but if you think the output is good, then that's great. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (relate) @ 20:23, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

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Disambig prize notifications

Since you are already awarding barnstars to the winners of the monthly disambiguation contest, would you like to take up the notification to the top three performers that they have also won a free t-shirt from the Wikimedia foundation? bd2412 T 03:31, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Sure; I'll start from 1 April. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (drawl) @ 17:33, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Great, thanks! bd2412 T 22:22, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

WP Report

Hey Rcsprinter [is that ok shorthand ... sorry for using Rc earlier] ... so I posted a note at WT:X regarding the interview I set up for the Christianity WikiProject. What other outreach mechanisms have you used? No one has responded yet ... thanks. Go Phightins! 05:22, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Go Phightins!: I go through a complicated process of selecting all of the project's listed participants who are active within the last two months and make contributions in the project's specific topic, then adding a message to their talkpage inviting them to the interview. I would be happy to continue doing this part if you want to do the interview and report; it's the easier bit. And yes, "Rcsprinter" is fine. Rcsprinter¹²³ (natter) @ 13:31, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

OK, would you be willing to do that for the Christianity project so I can see how that works, and we can go from there? Thanks! Go Phightins! 15:24, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm doing it now, but really I would be happy to do it for every project you do. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (comms) @ 20:05, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

That would be great. Thanks. Go Phightins! 20:10, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

OTRS Requests

DRV is the wrong venue. It doesn't need a discussion and unless the participant has OTRS access they are locked out of meaningful contribution anyway. As an admin I would refuse to undelete an image without being able to see the ticket personally and I suspect that I am not the only one. Unless you can find an admin willing to take your word may i suggest that you do not handle OTRS tickets that require use of permissions you do not hold. Its just making extra work for everyone else. Thanks. Spartaz ^Humbug! 11:28, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

I was thinking that an admin with OTRS access would handle it, not just any admin. Usually, the files have not been deleted anyway, so I do not need to be an admin. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (witter) @ 11:44, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

And now I see WP:REFUND. I would have gone there if I'd known about/thought of it. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (vent) @ 11:46, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2015)

Turkish cuisine Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Cuisine Previous selections: Backup dancer • Trailer Trash Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:26, 9 March 2015 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-11

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• You can now create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [30] [31]
• VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [32] [33] [34]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).
• In VisualEditor the "Edit ^beta" button is now called "Edit" on the English Wikipedia. [35] [36]
• The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [37] [38]
• You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [39] [40]
• You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools. [41] [42]
• If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [43]

Future changes

• You can get help to become a developer. You can learn more on the Google Summer of Code and Outreachy pages. [44]
• You will soon be able to read technical reports in Phabricator. [45]

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15:19, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2015)

An Afghan dinner Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Dinner Previous selections: Cuisine • Backup dancer Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 03:26, 16 March 2015 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-12

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• The servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [46]
• You can now see lists of bugs about Commons, Wikisource and Wiktionary. [47]
• It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [48] [49]

Problems

• Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
• A puzzle piece icon () now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [50] [51]
• You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [52] [53]

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [54] [55]
• You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [56]
• The final steps of single user login (SUL) will happen in April. You can see the rules to rename accounts. [57]

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15:15, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 18 March 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2015)

A antagonist is a character, group of characters, institution, or concept that stands in, or represents, opposition against which the protagonist(s) must contend. Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Antagonist Previous selections: Dinner • Cuisine Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:06, 23 March 2015 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-13

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
• The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [58]
• VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [59] [60] [61]
• When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [62]

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [63]

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15:10, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Archiving at WP:AFCRD

Hi. Is the rule we don't archive items less than a day old? -- LukeSurl 16:03, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes. That is stated on the page header. Also, it's easier if only one person archives to avoid overlap. Rcsprinter¹²³ (soliloquise) @ 16:06, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Ah, indeed so. My apologies. If you're happy to manage all the archiving for that page I'm happy to leave that job to you. Cheers --LukeSurl ^{t c} 16:10, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

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A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	Thanks for committing to creating great vector graphics for Wikipedia. You've been a great help for me so far, and I know you will be going forward! Buffaboy (talk) 05:10, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! This was kind of you. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (confabulate) @ 11:35, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2015)

A man garbage picking through a skip (dumpster) Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Garbage picking Previous selections: Antagonist • Dinner Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:08, 30 March 2015 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-14

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• You can now hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [64]
• You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [65] [66] [67]
• All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [68]
• You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [69]
• VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [70]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
• VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [71]
• You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [72]
• You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [73]
• You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [74]
• VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [75] [76] [77] [78]

Meetings

• You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on IRC on March 31 at 16:00 (UTC). [79]
• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:18, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Today's articles for improvement

• Hello Rcsprinter123:

Please consider participating in this week's vote for TAFI's upcoming Week 17 collaboration. Last week's voting did not receive many participants. Thanks for your consideration. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:42, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost, 1 April 2015

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for your ongoing work in relisting AfD discussions, an oft-unnoticed contribution area that helps to keep things running smoothly. North America1000 14:46, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

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Not accepting Calice redirect

Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects. Hello, I didn't understand why you said what you did. An older version of Shakespeare, which I linked, has the following lines: "And then behold the wretched Prince of Wales,/Hoop'd with a band of iron round about./After which sight to Calice spur amain,/And say, the prince was smother'd and not slain:" The author of this edition says that Calice is a variant of Calais. The other thing I linked says "the State of England lay now most afflicated, imbroiled...the Treasure exhausted; Calice and the Country of Oye, with great Provision for the Wars, lost, to the great Dishonour of the English Nation", and the author of this edition puts [Calais] after Calice. Also, the editor of the Works of John Knox has an index entry for "Calice, (Calais)". I don't understand why these links aren't enough to make the redirect. 2601:7:8480:E1D:2C0A:91CF:4D7D:9F69 (talk) 14:17, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

2601:7:8480:E1D:2C0A:91CF:4D7D:9F69: I don't believe that any reader would search for "Calice" if they wanted to find the article for "Calais", even though it may be true that your sources mention it as an alternate name for the town. Rcsprinter¹²³ (message) @ 17:01, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

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Pavilion, New York

Hi, sorry way too quick there! I was just going though Category:Articles with missing files catching up issues (vandalism, typos, correcting in names, etc ) - but missed the edit time on your edit, didn't mean to hit an edit that new. So sorry about that. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 11:54, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

KylieTastic: No, it's fine. We all make mistakes! Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (pronounce) @ 11:56, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2015)

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• You can join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs. [80]
• You can read the last monthly report. In the future you can read team reports every three months. You can see current work on the roadmap. [81] [82]
• The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month. [83]
• You can use a new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends. [84]

Problems

• The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary. [85]
• Labs was broken several times this week. [86] [87] [88] [89]

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Language redirections

Hi! How come you're not accepting redirects in other languages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pickuptha'Musket (talk • contribs) 21:26, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Pickuptha'Musket: I didn't decline it. I simply prefer to leave to others the requests that sometimes can become contentious. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (jive) @ 22:17, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

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Maps

Thanks for all the Cape maps you have been adding. Is there a reason that Barnstable is shaded grey in all of them, even maps showing villages in Dennis or Chatham, for example? --BrianCUA (talk) 15:48, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Briancua: Barnstable is the only incorporated place in the county, and incorporated places are usually shaded grey and CDPs white in this map standard; see for example this map. Rcsprinter¹²³ (lecture) @ 16:03, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

I don't think that's the case. The villages of West Dennis or Dennis Port may not be incorporated, but the Town of Dennis is. --BrianCUA (talk) 16:35, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

For the purposes of these maps, Minor Civil Divisions are treated as unincorporated so as to to make the map too dark. I didn't invent the system. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (chinwag) @ 17:14, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Minor Civil Division? Dennis or Yarmouth is no less of a town than is Barnstable. Can you explain the difference to me? Thanks. --BrianCUA (talk) 18:40, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

New England towns are a type of minor civil division, that is, below county level, but not an actual town or city or village. MCDs are in white on these maps. Barnstable is a city, which is definitely incorporated, so it is grey. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (reason) @ 19:34, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Briancua: The section at New England town#Towns explains it quite well:

"Unlike municipalities in most other states, the United States Census Bureau does not classify New England towns as "incorporated places". They are instead classified as "minor civil divisions" (MCDs), the same category into which civil townships fall. The Census Bureau classifies New England towns in this manner because they are conceptually similar to civil townships from a geographic standpoint, typically exhibiting like population-distribution patterns. Like civil townships, but unlike most incorporated municipalities in other states, New England towns do not usually represent a single compact populated place.

That New England towns serve, in essence, the same function as incorporated places in other states, but are not treated as incorporated places by the Census Bureau, can be a source of confusion. The Census classifications should not be understood to imply that New England towns are not incorporated, or necessarily serve a similar purpose to MCDs in other states in terms of governmental function or civic-identity importance. New England towns are classified as MCDs not because they are not "incorporated" but because, in Census terms, they are not "places"."

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Thank you for adding the map of O'Hara Township. When I visited http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/?p=default&b=base1&x=-8893566.632940842&y=4939807.880087165&l=13&v=Boundaries%3A4%3B14 I saw that O'Hara Township has 5 distinct pieces (including the island). It would be great if there were a zoomed-in map that showed these 5 parts, shaded to show the detail, so that the separation was clear. I would then add it also to the List of enclaves and exclaves. Do you think this is something you'd like to do? Jeff in CA (talk) 10:59, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Jeff in CA: No, I don't think it is. I have limited time over the next two months and in any case, can't work out five distinct parts to the township. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (notify) @ 19:30, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects

What on earth? [95] MadGuy7023 (talk) 19:07, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Looks like you self reverted :) MadGuy7023 (talk) 19:08, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

MadGuy7023: I was trying to revert the removal and you got in the way. Rcsprinter¹²³ (discourse) @ 19:09, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

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Peer review of Utica, NY

Hey Rcsprinter,

I've been taking a break from map making for awhile and have attempted to bring Utica, New York back to life. Its talk page was a WP:FORUM for quite some time and the article, talk page and even related articles have gone through (and still are) WP:PC and WP:S-P. If you take a look at the revision from exactly a month ago and today's, you wouldn't believe how far it's come, both by content, sourcing and visuals.

Looking at it now and realizing I've actually lost sleeping time working on the article I think it has a lot of potential, especially when comparing it to older revisions. Would you be willing to help peer review the article? Buffaboy ^talk 03:24, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Buffaboy: I agree that the article has been greatly improved and is a credit to you as an editor. I can see that you are working constantly to improve it, although of course there's still a way to go yet. I would love to assist in a peer review of the article, however, I do not have the time to contribute a full review at the present. I'm simply too busy to get to it, but if you're still wanting one by mid-June, when my workload decreases, I would be happy to do it then. Sorry for the disappointing message, but that's how life is.

PS, no need to ping me on my own talkpage (and you need to use the full username anyway). Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (yak) @ 15:47, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, I think that if the article manages to get to GA you can vouch for it, haha... Buffaboy ^talk 18:38, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Sisu KB-124

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 20:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Rcsprinter. Thank you for nominating the Sisu KB-124 article onto the DYK section. Nalle-Sisu will have more worldwide visibility than it ever had during its production era. Cheers, Gwafton (talk) 21:36, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

It's just chance that I came across it when I did; looks like its nomination was a decision taken for the better. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (spiel) @ 21:39, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

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• Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [113]

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Support request with team editing experiment project

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

Georeferencing

Hi! You were kind enough to help with an article on the map-tagging project for the Signpost last year. In the end the project succeeded beyond anyone's wildest expectations, with in all 50,000 maps and plans found in the million illustrations in the British Library Flickr account (if one includes 20,000 found by one non-Wikimedian with their own pattern-recognition support software).

The second phase of the project has now begun, to geo-locate ("georeference") the maps onto maps of the modern world, which in turn lets the two be readily compared, and (with a bit more work) should finally allow the images' ready upload to Wikimedia Commons with reasonably accurate automatic categorisation. (More at project description page, up-to-date current status page, and current completed page -- see also the section on targeted searches of completed images here).

The project as a whole (tagging+georeferencing phases) was just named as Silver award-winner [118] in the Open category (ie for projects advancing openness) at the MUSE Awards at the American Museums Association annual convention in Georgia.

The georeferencing is really quite satisfying when you get into it (as well as opening the door to the discovery, categorisation and reuse of all this material), but 50,000 images is a big undertaking that so far the community is almost completely unaware of. Do you think it would be possible to put together a follow-up piece for the Signpost? I'd offer text, but I'm not really sure how I'd make it different from what I've just put together for the project description page.

Thanks for any help you could give me with this. Jheald (talk) 00:07, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

@Jheald: I certainly would like to put a piece in the Signpost, although it will have to wait until after June 12. Remind me again around that time, and I'll look into it. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (interact) @ 15:02, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

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City of westminster logo.svg

I saw that you have added File:City of westminster logo.svg to Westminster City Council with this edit. That image, however, does not have the sepapate, specific non-free use rationale (nfur) required by WP:NFCC#10c for use in the article. Assuming that all of the other WP:NFCCP are satisfied, I believe that all that needs to be done is to add the appropriate nfur to File:City of westminster logo.svg#Summary. This can be done in two ways: (1) Added a completely nfur or (2) edit the existing nfur for City of Westminster (i.e., change the "Article" entry to "Westminster City Council"). Doing the latter, however, means that the image will no longer have a nfur for "City of Westminster", which may create other problems. Anyway, since you added the image to the WCC article, I figured you'd like to add the appropriate nfur for the image's use in the article. If not or if you're not sure how, then I can. Thanks in advance. - Marchjuly (talk) 20:31, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Marchjuly: Is this edit - [119] - alright?

Can it be put back on the article now? Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (jive) @ 21:29, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

The rationale seems fine to me. The only thing I tweaked was removing the repetitive "official page" link since it is the same as the source link. I only think you need both when the source link is a sub-page of the official page. Please be advised when I say the nfur is OK that it is just my opinion. It seems to satisfy all of the "NFCCP", but WP:NFCC#8 can be tricky since it's a little subjective depending upon the editor. Still, I think it should be fine and can be readded to the article. Just leave an edit sum saying you "added the separate, specific non-free rationale for use in this article required by [[WP:NFCC#10c]]" or something similar so that others understand the image is OK. - Marchjuly (talk) 21:47, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2015 May newsletter

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy; and is one of several Featured Pictures worked up by The Herald (submissions) during the second round.

The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.

Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.

• Coemgenus (submissions) was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Dragonfly to Good Article for a 3x bonus - and if that wasn't enough, they also took Damselfly there as well for a 2x bonus.
• LeftAire (submissions) worked up Alexander Hamilton to Good Article for the maximum bonus. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States and is a level 4 vital article.

The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) 16:41, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

AfD closure confusion

Hi. I'm a bit confused about this edit, because the AfD seems to be been closed as a delete, but not until after your edit. Any idea what happened there? It's being discussed on the RS noticeboard. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:36, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) - Cordless Larry Rcsprinter closed it as no-consensus and I disagreed so reverted and a few days later it was subsequently deleted... –Davey2010^Talk 15:14, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Davey2010. Not sure why I didn't spot that as it was the very next edit. Sorry for hassling you both. Cordless Larry (talk) 16:23, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

No worries :), And I apologize Rcsprinter for shortening your name - Just remembered you don't like it so will try not doing that infuture (I do it with everyone it's just a bad habit ), Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:47, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for George Neel, Jr.

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DYK nomination of Château du duc d'Épernon

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WikiProject Report

If you are willing to send out the notifications to WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology to answer interview questions here: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Molecular_and_Cellular_Biology, I would appreciate it. Thanks. Go Phightins! 01:02, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Yes, will do. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (gab) @ 08:52, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Go Phightins!: I've invited as many as I can, but loads of members of that project haven't edited for years. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (natter) @ 20:07, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Biology is obviously an academic discipline Without biology, we would not exist. Biology is an essential prerequisite to humanity. I would suggest that you may want to reword this. At the same time, I really do appreciate the work you are doing to promote various Wikipedia projects. Cheers. Boghog (talk) 21:21, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Boghog: I suggest that you talk to Go Phightins about that issue, as he is running the report for the moment and hasn't much experience. I was just giving out the invitations. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (converse) @ 22:15, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

@Boghog: I tweaked the question per the edit summary here. Thanks. Go Phightins! 01:34, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2015)

The food industry is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that supply much of the food and food energy consumed by the world population. Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Food industry Previous selections: Home appliance • Hydropower Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:10, 11 May 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Tech News: 2015-20

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Recent changes

• You can now make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [126] [127] [128]
• You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [129]
• The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes. [130] [131]

Problems

• There was a problem that caused slow editing. [132]
• Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [133]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
• You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon. [134] [135]
• You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [136]
• When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [137]
• When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [138]

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2015)

Left: Czech bramboráček, a bread made of potato dough, being deep fried. Right: The Royal Navy Trafalgar class attack submarine HMS Tireless (S88) sits on the surface of the North Pole, the northern polar ice cap on Earth Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections: Deep frying Polar ice cap Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement/2015/21/3 Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement/2015/21/4 Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement/2015/21/5 Previous selections: Food industry • Home appliance • Hydropower Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 01:35, 18 May 2015 (UTC) •

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Today's articles for improvement

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Orientate

In British English, 'orientate' is a perfectly acceptable word – not sure why you're removing it from Wikipedia. Cheers, Bretonbanquet (talk) 17:28, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Bretonbanquet:

• Most of the articles I changed were not using British English
• Please provide to me a reliable source to prove that "orientate" is acceptable. I believe it to be a backward derivative of "orientation", and that the correct verb is always "orient". Rcsprinter¹²³ (commune) @ 18:14, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

It is a backward derivative (as you put it) of 'orientation', but it's old (1840s), common (in the UK) and an accepted variant. Personally I think 'orient' just sounds American, unless we're talking about the football club or a Chinese restaurant. [139], [140], [141], [142], [143], [144] etc. 'Orientate' should not be used in American English articles, and quite a few of your edits have established that. Australia / NZ / Canada – I'm not sure. But, per WP:ENGVAR, 'orientate' is fine in British English articles. Bretonbanquet (talk) 18:29, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-21

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Recent changes

• You can watch a video about the new graph tool.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
• References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [145]
• You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [146]
• The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [147]
• You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [148] [149]
• UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file. [150]
• A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [151]

Meetings

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• You can join a technical meeting in France this week.

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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2015)

Chocolate most commonly comes in dark (bottom), milk (middle), and white (top) varieties Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections: Types of chocolate Car wash Visual editor Greater Antilles Food photography Previous selections: Deep frying • Food industry • Home appliance Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:49, 25 May 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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Tech News: 2015-22

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Problems

• VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [152]
• Some Labs tools had issues last week. [153] [154]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).

Meetings

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Future changes

• You can add your ideas of new tools to help active users like you. [155]

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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2015)

The term Buggy is generally used to refer to any lightweight automobile with off road capabilities and sparse bodywork. Hello, Rcsprinter123. The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections: Buggy (automobile) Pepperoni Australian Aboriginal sacred sites Paparazzi Atmosphere Previous selections: Types of chocolate • Deep frying • Food industry Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 1 June 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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Tech News: 2015-23

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Problems

• Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [156]
• Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [157]
• Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [158] [159]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
• You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [160]

Meetings

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Please comment on Talk:Ayurveda

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City Maps

Hi again. Who is keeping track of which incorporated communities have maps uploaded to Wikipedia? Have maps been uploaded "one entire county" at a time, or various random cities in states that don't have all maps? Obviously it would be nice to see all of them uploaded, but the next step down would be a desire to see all the "county seat" maps uploaded, especially in Oklahoma. If you get a wild hair, maybe upload cities in the counties that border Kansas. If you have time great, if not, then no big deal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Oklahoma • Sbmeirow • Talk • 11:40, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Sbmeirow: I do them one whole county at a time, but only when I get time to do one; each county takes over an hour to prepare. I will do lots over the summer, though, and I can do Kansas-bordering counties if you like. I am keeping track of all the counties that have or have not been done; if you email me I can send you the data. Rcsprinter¹²³ (negotiate) @ 11:56, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

It would be cool if you dump them to one of your new user subpages. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 12:35, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Dump what exactly? Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (inform) @ 14:16, 7 June 2015 (UTC)