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Tech News: 2017-40
23:25, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: September 2017
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Tech News: 2017-41
14:21, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
Invitation to discuss the soon to built, Interaction Timeline
Hi Checkusers and Checkuser clerks,
The Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input about building the Interaction Timeline feature.
We’re inviting you to join the discussion because you use similar tools such as the Editor Interaction Analyser and User compare report during sockpuppet investigations.
You can leave comments on the on wiki discussion page or send an email to the Anti-Harassment Tools team.
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Question on SPI
Courcelles, policy question please. What is policy on supplying in evidence against a sock a comparison between a suspected sock and an account with same name as en.wp sockmaster account on another non-wikimedia blog, e.g. ethnicelebs.com ? I haven't seen it done, but in the current Academicoffee71 sock there is a clear evidence off wikipedia. I'm guessing it's something that Checkusers might do privately but not something done by other users in case presentation on the SPI. Can you either confirm this or point me at the relevant guideline please? Many thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:47, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
- SOrry, I was away. But, yes, off-wiki evidence needs to be supplied privately to a checkuser, to the functionaries list, or to arbcom, not posted on-wiki. Courcelles (talk) 20:28, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Sunday October 15: Wikipedia @ Open House New York / Weekend Photo Competition
Sunday October 15: Wikipedia @ Open House New York / Weekend Photo Competition | |
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![]() ![]() This event is the concluding "upload party" to the Wikipedia @ Open House New York Weekend photo scavenger hunt, and an accompanying Wikimedia Commons tutorial and multimedia hackathon, Learn how to work with your photos to illustrate New York City articles! Note that this is part of the larger Open House New York Weekend activities on Saturday and Sunday, when sites normally closed to the public are open for public visits and photography. If you can, bring your camera/photos to the event, and a laptop if you'd like to engage in adding photos to articles. But this is not necessary. For photos from last year's event, see the OHNY campaign 2016 on Wikimedia Commons.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:32, 11 October 2017 (UTC) |
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October 18: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
Wednesday October 18, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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![]() ![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 13:21, 12 October 2017 (UTC) |
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Tech News: 2017-42
15:31, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #282
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Volleyball players layout
Hello, recently we have started a discussion in the [Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Volleyball WikiProject Volleyball talk] about how should a volleyball player article look like. Can you please give us some pieces of advice, we might be doing some mistakes without even notice them. Thanks in advance. --Osplace 02:50, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
Books and Bytes - Issue 24
Books & Bytes
Issue 24, August-September 2017
- User Group update
- Global branches update
- Star Coordinator Award - last quarter's star coordinator: User:Csisc
- Wikimania Birds of a Feather session roundup
- Spotlight: Wiki Loves Archives
- Bytes in brief
Arabic, Kiswahili and Yoruba versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
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The Signpost: 23 October 2017
- News and notes: Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!
- Featured content: Don, Marcel, Emily, Jessica and other notables
- Humour: Guys named Ralph
- In the media: Facebook and poetry
- Special report: Working with GLAMs in the UK
- Traffic report: Death, disaster, and entertainment
Tech News: 2017-43
18:18, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2017-44
00:20, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon (Nov 19) and global online Wikipedia Asian Art Month (Nov 1-30)
Sunday November 19, 10:30 am - 4:00pm: Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon | |
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![]() The Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ The Met will be the Metropolitan Museum of Art's second edit-a-thon, hosted on Sunday November 19, 2017 in the Bonnie Sacerdote Classroom, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education (81st Street entrance) at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City. Following the first Met edit-a-thon in May 2017, the museum is excited to work with Wikipedia Asian Month for the potential to seed new articles about Asian artworks, artwork types, and art traditions, from any part of Asia. These can be illustrated with thousands of its recently-released images of public domain artworks available for Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons from the museum’s collection spanning 5,000 years of art. The event is an opportunity for Wikimedia communities to engage The Met's diverse Asian collections onsite and remotely.
Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. Light snacks, drinks and cake will be provided. We also welcome remote participation for the global online Wikipedia Asian Art Month, running November 1-30. Thanks, and hope to see you at the museum, and/or as part of the online Wikipedia Asian Month contest!--Pharos (talk) 16:36, 1 November 2017 (UTC) |
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WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results
The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
- First Place -
Adityavagarwal (submissions)
- Second Place -
Vanamonde (submissions)
- Third Place -
Cas Liber (submissions)
In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
- Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
- Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
- Featured List –
Bloom6132 (submissions) and
1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
- Featured Pictures –
SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
- Featured Topic –
MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
- Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
- Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
- In The News –
MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
- Good Article Review –
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.
Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.
Regarding the prize vouchers - @Adityavagarwal, Vanamonde93, Casliber, Bloom6132, 1989, and SounderBruce: please send Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.
We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2017-45
18:44, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: October 2017
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Tech News: 2017-46
19:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
November 15: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC @ NYU ITP
Wednesday November 15, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC @ NYU ITP | |
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![]() ![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at NYU ITP Tisch School of the Arts (4th floor) at 721 Broadway in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) ~~~~~ P.S. You are also invited to Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday November 19! |
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WikiCup 2018
So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Tech News: 2017-47
19:19, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #287
Wikidata weekly summary #287 Global message delivery/Targets/Wikidata
The Signpost: 24 November 2017
- News and notes: Cons, cons, cons
- Arbitration report: Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely
- Technology report: Searching and surveying
- Interview: A featured article centurion
- WikiProject report: Recommendations for WikiProjects
- In the media: Open knowledge platform as a media institution
- Traffic report: Strange and inappropriate
- Featured content: We will remember them
- Recent research: Who wrote this? New dataset on the provenance of Wikipedia text
Wikidata weekly summary #288
Tech News: 2017-48
20:30, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
Question
Are these conditions from two years ago still in force? Darkness Shines (talk) 11:00, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Looks like they are, per your block on 14 September 2017, under the clause that they last for 12 months from your most recent block, and that you were blocked for the entirety of 2016. As I read it, you need to be unblocked for 12 continuous months before those sanctions expire. (Though the current Arbcom could change them immediately, all I can do anymore is try and interpret them.) Courcelles (talk) 21:10, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks, i was hoping to appeal my tban, this appears to be an issue. Darkness Shines (talk) 21:13, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Kinaxis Article
I'd like to create an article about the company Kinaxis, which you have blocked indefinitely in 2011 (see here, my (very early) draft here). I have done a bit of work now, and will a lot more before publishing. I'm reluctant to work on it at all without some assurance that it can be created, or at least considered for creation.
In terms of notability, a lot has happened since 2011. Kinaxis has become a public company, and has joined the S&P/TSX Composite Index (the vast majority of the members of which have articles, especially the non-energy firms). There have been references to it in the Ottawa Citizen and the Globe and Mail.
I have no connection to the company (other than living in Ottawa) or the previous article-writer. Mparrault (talk) 19:02, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Please finish your draft and I'll unprotect the article. Being part of the S&P index is enough of a change of circumstances we'd need another AFD if anyone wanted to delete a new article. Courcelles (talk) 21:14, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Okay, I think the article is ready now, although it is by no means perfect. Mparrault (talk) 20:43, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
- Unprotected, you can move it when ready. Courcelles (talk) 04:42, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
- Okay, I think the article is ready now, although it is by no means perfect. Mparrault (talk) 20:43, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
ArbCom 2017 election voter message
Hello, Courcelles. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #289
Tech News: 2017-49
17:51, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: November 2017
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Tech News: 2017-50
17:58, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
December 13: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
Wednesday December 13, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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![]() ![]() You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:42, 11 December 2017 (UTC) P.S. You are also invited to AfroCROWD Street Culture Wikipedia Edit-a-thon and Year End Celebration on Saturday December 16! |
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Books and Bytes - Issue 25
Books & Bytes
Issue 25, October – November 2017
- OAWiki & #1Lib1Ref
- User Group update
- Global branches update
- Spotlight: Research libraries and Wikimedia
- Bytes in brief
Arabic, Korean and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:57, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
The Signpost: 18 December 2017
- Special report: Women in Red World Contest wrap-up
- Featured content: Featured content to finish 2017
- In the media: Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more
- Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors
- Gallery: Wiki loving
- Recent research: French medical articles have "high rate of veracity"
- Technology report: Your wish lists and more Wikimedia tech
- Traffic report: Notable heroes and bad guys
Tech News: 2017-51
15:27, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
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Happy Holidays
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Happy Holidays |
From Stave one of Dickens A Christmas Carol
So you see even Charles was looking for a reliable source :-) Thank you for your contributions to the 'pedia. ~ MarnetteD|Talk 00:37, 24 December 2017 (UTC) |
Seasons' Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 03:11, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
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Sunday January 14: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference
Sunday January 14: Wikipedia Day NYC 2018 | |
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![]() ![]() You are invited to join us at Ace Hotel for Wikipedia Day NYC 2018, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of the project's global 16th birthday festivities. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with keynotes, plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions. And there will be cake. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:41, 27 December 2017 (UTC) |
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Hello, Courcelles.
I recently sent you an invitation to join NPP, but you also might be the right candidate for another related project, AfC, which is also extremely backlogged. |
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Tech News: 2018-02
16:19, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
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This Month in GLAM: December 2017
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