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WikiCup 2014 April newsletter

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's United States ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Rhodesia Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Washington, D.C. Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Canada Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Minas Gerais Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Nepal Czar (submissions) and Indiana Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2014)

Filming of a travel documentary
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Travel documentary

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COI Help

Hi Another Believer. I have a PR background and routinely create GA company articles for clients following COI best practices. On articles where I have a COI, WP:COI currently requires me to find a disinterested editor willing to review my work and merge suggested draft content into article-space. I saw that you were also creating GA articles and therefore presumably are familiar with our norms for company pages and I was wondering if you would be willing to help out from time-to-time on articles where I have disclosed a COI. For example, there are still some errors on a BLP page on Bev Perdue that I have pointed out here using Request Edit. I do not have a financial connection here, but do have a potential COI, so I am using Request Edit on the Talk page to ask a disinterested editor to fix the errors, in order to avoid even the remote appearance of manipulation, etc.. CorporateM (Talk) 17:07, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

  • @CorporateM: Thanks for writing and for thinking of me. Apologies, but I do not have time to review content contributed by other users, at least not right now. I enjoy conducting research, creating content, and supporting in-person and outreach collaborations. These keep me busy enough! --Another Believer (Talk) 17:40, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Check over my new entry?

Hi! I just finished the entry I started at the Portland feminist artists edit-a-thon you organized. I think my entry is a little rough, so I'm wondering if you can check it over and use your skills to make it more in line with Wikipedia's quality entries. It's the entry for artist Cristy Road. THANK YOU! Sarahmirk (talk) 04:54, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

  • @Sarahmirk: Great job on the article, truly! I moved the page so that "Road" is capitalized, added a couple additional categories, included a bar at the bottom with relevant portals, and made her name in the lead bold (per house manual of style). All minor edits, really. I also added the article to a few related WikiProjects (see its talk page). I hope this helps! Thanks again for coming to the edit-a-thon. I do hope to see you at another one soon, and of course, feel fee to contact me anytime! --Another Believer (Talk) 14:40, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 May 2014

LGBT in Houston

Thanks for letting me know! I'll think about what possible new articles can be written WhisperToMe (talk) 22:54, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

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Resolved
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Hopetoun Falls in Beech Forest, a forest in Australia
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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2014)

The Battle of Varoux, part of the French Revolutionary Wars
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Re: WikiWednesday

Actually, I'll be driving in. Hope to find parking somewhere nearby... -- llywrch (talk) 16:31, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Sounds great! Shouldn't be too much of a hassle. --Another Believer (Talk) 16:40, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for hosting our first-in-a-long-time WikiWednesday meet-up, Jason! Looking forward to our next one. - davydog (talk · contribs), 02:18, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

LGBTQ Wiki

Hi Another Believer - I'd love to be involved in the LGBT project - how might you suggest me starting? Thanks! Srdemuro (talk) 01:37, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for leaving the message on my talk page. How do I go about helping out or creating a list of articles that need editing? Zappyzac (talk) 02:52, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Mary's Club

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Mary's Club you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seattle -- Seattle (talk) 22:41, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. Please know that I will be attending WikiConference USA soon, which may be a bit distracting, but I will try to address all of your concerns ASAP! --Another Believer (Talk) 22:43, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mary's Club

The article Mary's Club you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mary's Club for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seattle -- Seattle (talk) 23:21, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Survey for editors who mentor newcomer

Dear Wikipedia Ambassador,

I am seeking input on your experience as a mentor to new Wikipedians. This survey is designed to provide insight for the development of a new mentorship support tool on Wikipedia. If you have a moment, please take this survey, it should not take more than 10 minutes of your time to complete.

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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2014)

Roger Ebert, well known for his contributions to film criticism.
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DYK for Mary's Club

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June photo challenge

Hi AB. I have drafted the two new June photo challenges, including the Wiki Loves Pride 2014 one, in my Commons sandbox. Could you please take a quick look at the Wiki Loves Pride 2014 one to make sure I am on the right track. It will only go live on Sunday. HelenOnline 18:00, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Responded at the appropriate venue. Another Believer (Talk) 04:09, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

‎Art+Feminism panel

Hi Another Believer. We are planning on having a lightning talk section on our Art+Feminism panel tmrw (10:30AM) and wanted to re-state our invitation to you to talk for a few minutes (<5) about what happened at PDX, and what your takeaways were from the experience. Please confirm! (You can can also write us via email: artandfeminismwiki@gmail.com or our other emails. --Theredproject (talk) 19:08, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Responded at the appropriate venue. Another Believer (Talk) 04:10, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

WikiMetrics

Here is my case study if you feel like seeing it! [1] -- SarahStierch (talk) 21:19, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

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Campaign pages

Hi! Thought I would share something in the works related to your IdeaLab idea and lightening talk today. Steven Walling and product are currently working on something for campaigns that is similar to the education extension, but a Campaigns Extension for any events. This extension is being designed to allow direct generation of cohort in Wikimetrics as well and likely would be ideal coordination point. JAnstee (WMF) (talk) 17:36, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for sharing! --Another Believer (Talk) 17:53, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2014)

The Amazon Basin, pictured in yellow, holds the largest rainforest in the world.
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Bubble tea

Hey Jason, I'm not much of a WikiLove person but wanted to show my appreciation for your unmatched resilience these last couple days at WikiConference USA. You do great work for this project that I think is oftentimes underappreciated. Looking forward to working with you on making the Pacific Northwest user group a roaring success. See you around Portland, man. Blurpeace 04:46, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
Thank you so much. I am so pleased by how productive this weekend was and I appreciate your support and assistance. --Another Believer (Talk) 11:57, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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Perth and Melbourne

Hello. Thank you for your message. In Perth, Western Australia, there isn't much in terms of gay life as far as I can tell. There is only one bar, but it can't be that old. There is however a magazine, OutInPerth, which should have its own page here, in a similar manner to the stub I created for Out & About Newspaper when I was living in Nashville, Tennessee a few years ago. I'm sure there must be a lot of buried/hidden gay history, but I'm not sure how to find it. I am also moving to Melbourne next week and there should be more there. Zigzig20s (talk) 11:11, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

  • @Zigzig20s: Thanks for letting me know! I realize there may not be too many "notable" (by Wikipedia standards) local LGBT sites, but you could always edit articles like "LGBT rights in Australia", film, LGBT people, popular culture, etc. Really, whatever interests you! :) Good luck with your move to Melbourne--I've heard great things about the city! --Another Believer (Talk) 16:45, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Honestly I think Perth is behind the times when it comes to gay rights. It's still socially acceptable to be openly homophobic among young adults, and I was talking to a politician at Parliament House a few weeks ago who talked about the high suicide rate among young people, but did not mention gay bullying at all. The main gay bar, The Court, looks very generic (though quite big), but it was built in the 19th century and was used by labour unions apparently, so it could do with a page. The magazine too, if I manage to find out when it was started. Again there must be a lot of hidden gay history, but I don't see it. Part of the problem is that the mining industry is very homophobic, partly because those multinational corporations do businesses in homophobic countries in Africa, etc. I am gay, and am partly moving because I need a better private life! I do hope in time we are able to unearth more gay history in Western Australia and we are able to fundraise for gay memorials, etc., but that will take a while. Btw I used to edit LGBT articles a lot maybe five years ago, then I more or less stopped. Great to see you are active on that front! Zigzig20s (talk) 23:44, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
Also, there may be enough openly gay wikipedians in Melbourne to do an edit-a-thon. Zigzig20s (talk) 23:50, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
I would consider drafting a short article for The Court, if you think it meets notability criteria. Perhaps the magazine, too? Any articles you think should be included may be added here: Wikipedia:WLP2014#Suggested_topics. Listing them might inspire someone else to start the articles, if you do not have time at the moment. Thanks for editing LGBT-related articles, historically. I hope you have time to make a few contributions this month as part of Wiki Loves Pride. :) --Another Believer (Talk) 01:17, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
Zigzig: Replied at your wall. But in short, I think your characterisation of Perth above is unfair, and I think had you interfaced with the local (and very active) Wikipedian community during your stay in Perth, you'd have got a much wider window into the Perth community (especially outside the western suburbs which is regarded by most Perth people as elitist). Orderinchaos 02:05, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Potential issuse

Hi - you have spammed projects with your material in country projects where the death penalty exists for the project your are promoting. Wikipedia is not bound by censorship, ok - but to spam middle eastern country projects suggests either a naivete or a serious lack of understanding the issue of the seriousness of promoting what is in effect an offence that is resolved by death. Please consider that leaving your message at Islamic middle eastern projects is in extraordinary bad taste.

Read and look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory - and check where you have left your message. Many would consider such an action more seriously than I could possibly express here. satusuro 03:03, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Read the map. It is up to you - I wouldnt post in countries that have the death penalty. However as so many on wikipedia seem to do please ignore my concern if you wish to. In less egalitarian online locations I suspect your postings would have been removed. It goes back to you - making a judgement as to the status of various practices around the globe, and where acknowledging it might endanger life. satusuro 04:27, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

I disagree. I think Another Believer is doing a great job. Gays should NOT have to censor themselves because the Third World is behind the times. Zigzig20s (talk) 04:31, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your kind words, ZZ. --Another Believer (Talk) 14:44, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2014)

File:Elmo-cockpit xltn.jpg
The Tickle Me Elmo toy was based on the Sesame Street character Elmo
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Wiki Loves Pride

You are invited! Wiki Loves Pride

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride, a global campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia during the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. The project is being spearheaded by two organizers with roots in the Pacific Northwest. Meetups are being organized in some cities, or you can participate remotely. Wikimedia Commons will also be hosting an LGBT-related photo challenge.

In Portland, there are two ways to contribute. One is a photography campaign called "Pride PDX", for pictures related to LGBT culture and history. The Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, June 21 from noon–4pm at Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 236 at Portland State University. Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and cords.

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Ein Keks für dich!

Congratz on the article review!! Hedwig in Washington (TALK) 05:58, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Thank you! --Another Believer (Talk) 14:43, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2014



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  • Netherlands report: Libraries; Wikidata & DBpedia; Wikipedians in Residence; Open Culture Data
  • Norway report: 2 x GLAM edit-a-thons
  • Sweden report: Award, competitions and Coat of Arms
  • UK report: No trouble at t'mill; Assisting Metropolitan Police with image licensing enquiries; Wikimania is coming
  • USA report: New Edit-a-thons; GLAM at Wikiconference USA; Activities in New York City
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I appreciate it

Thanks for your "thanks" on my edit to White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. :-) Daniellagreen (talk) 00:22, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Teamwork Barnstar
Thanks for working so hard on Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2014/Results. After so long bouncing around ideas, it is great to see this come together. Fæ (talk) 05:00, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, Fae! This campaign has been a great learning opportunity for me. --Another Believer (Talk) 05:14, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 June 2014

Re: Re: Eric Rosswood

Oh, no worries. I was just confused. If it looked good, though, that's what I'm aiming for. :) I really do like that Wiki is a collaborative process and that we all get to help each other out to expand the best knowledge base around. In 2 weeks, I'll have been on here a year! Time flies.

The edit-a-thon sounds fun! I really need to make it to some of those, but unfortunately on the 21st I have a wedding to go to. I will come to the next one that I am able to, because that would be an interesting and productive event.

Keep up the good work! :) --Kbabej (talk) 23:55, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, K! Congrats on your almost one year! :) Glad you are making such great contributions here. --Another Believer (Talk) 02:47, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2014)

The old buildings of the National Library of China house historical and ancient books, documents and manuscripts
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Warren Cup

I know you must be really busy right now, but if you know of someone who might have a bit of experience in GA and an interest in LGBT subjects, maybe you could suggest the GAR to them? It would be great to polish this off during June and mark this as an achievement for WLP. --Fæ (talk) 23:07, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

@Fæ: I don't have someone particular in mind, but I did post a note for someone who might be interested in art or LGBT studies. --Another Believer (Talk) 23:52, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Re: Beyonce tracks

Amazing. It is definitely easier to start from that version. Hey, I totally forgot about the soundtrack for The Great Gatsby. And it's a pity because we could have collaborated on its nomination as a GA. My love is love (talk) 22:15, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

  • @My love is love: Glad to hear! There might be a couple other former versions of articles to start with. You might check these redirects before starting anything from scratch. The article will live at these links regardless. Regarding The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, I started the article, and it is likely close to being GA-ready, but I did not take the initiative to go to GAN since I did not expand the article myself (rarely do I nominate articles I did not expand, since I am less familiar with the content). I would love to see the article with Good status, though! --Another Believer (Talk) 22:21, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
Great. Thank you for letting me know about the scratches. My love is love (talk) 22:26, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
@My love is love: Actually, now that I look at the list, I think each of those were moved to pages that do not include "Knowles", but regardless, they will lead the way in their page history. Looking forward to reading your work this summer! --Another Believer (Talk) 22:31, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

The Scarecrow Award

Shouldn't it be in main article? 213.152.6.214 (talk) 09:25, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Appreciated! 213.152.6.214 (talk) 07:53, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
A couple of other wins but not worth adding I reckon! 213.152.6.214 (talk) 09:36, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Just checking

Hi AB, just checking this edit of mine is in order. HelenOnline 14:40, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

@HelenOnline: I made a slight correction. Thanks for adding! --Another Believer (Talk) 14:46, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

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Coord missing

Just as a minor thing in reference to your recent work on statues in NYC, there's a separate category for {{Coords missing|New York City}}, plain {{Coords missing|New York}} is intended for upstate... Le Deluge (talk) 19:39, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

This wiki-kitten is here to say thanks for helping with my photos at Wikipedia_talk:Wiki_Loves_Pride_2014#Commons_photo_challenge_June_2014. Cheers!

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:43, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! --Another Believer (Talk) 14:52, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2014)

Anubis, the jackal headed god of ancient Egypt
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A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
I award you this rainbow-colored barnstar for your work finding so many awesome photos as part of Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2014. Cheers, and keep up the good work! TLSuda (talk) 22:35, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
Thank you so much! --Another Believer (Talk) 22:36, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

GU Energy Labs

I have written 20 GAs and have just crammed another half-dozen into the queue for review, but have never reviewed one. As a small to mid-sized company page, your GAN looked ideal for me to get my feet wet with my first GA review.

However, I noticed that you have a conflict of interest and have not specified what it is. I don't have an interest in knowing, except to see if your COI is such that you may be uncomfortable with my reviewing it, even though I contribute heavily in helping companies create GA articles about themselves.

In other words, I didn't know if your COI was along the lines of "my friend works there", in which case it shouldn't be a problem for me to review, or more along the lines of "GU Energy Labs paid me to write their article" in which case maybe I should leave it alone. CorporateM (Talk) 23:05, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Responded at the appropriate venue. Another Believer (Talk) 00:25, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you! Looking forward. --Another Believer (Talk) 15:24, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

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After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

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I hope my intervention on The Sound of Music Live! issue did not upset you. I just felt the soundtrack made the page way too long and hard to navigate especially with two Critical reception sections. If I have I am sorry for it and I hope that you will forgive me, if it has not well that is awesome. Again I do hope you are not upset. Bumblebee9999 (talk) 21:34, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

@Bumblebee9999: Quite the opposite! I was glad to see the creation of a separate article for the soundtrack. :) --Another Believer (Talk) 21:37, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
@Another Believer: Good! I am glad! :) I hope you will edit it and help expand it, I feel it needs more reviews but I am having problems finding any so if you have any please add them. (Actually it needs more but I am not sure what.) :) Bumblebee9999 (talk) 21:40, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

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Hey! I'n noticing that your signature is using the obsolete <font> tag and I'm wondering if you might like to update your signature to code that isn't stuck in the 1990's. If you are intersted, I suggest replacing: 

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with: 

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which will result in a 157 character long signature with an appearance of: --Another Believer (Talk)
compared to your existing 147 character long signature of: --Another Believer (Talk)
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No problem! Will do so now. Thanks for the suggestion. --Another Believer (Talk) 21:48, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

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I've done as you've asked, but reverted your post on ANI to avoid drawing further attention to the disclosure. I recommend you contact WP:OVERSIGHT if you want it removed entirely. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:09, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

@Crisco 1492: Thank you. ----Another Believer (Talk) 01:11, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

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This Month in GLAM: June 2014



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  • Belgium report: Bouchout Declaration on Open Access to Biodiversity data; Virtual collaboration in the government
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  • Mexico report: Edit-a-thon of Museo Soumaya; simulthaneous edit-a-thon in Argentina, Mexico and Spain about Spanish Exile; new cultural partner of Wikimedia México
  • Netherlands report: Music edit-a-thon; Library workshops; Videos, maps and Japanese art donations; Wiki Loves Earth
  • Sweden report: Wiki Loves Monuments is being prepared for Sweden
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  • USA report: A GLAM Day Out! in Philadelphia; Local History at the Local Library
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Children's Development of Social Competence Across Family Types

Hello! A couple of months ago on English Wikisource you asked about content for Wiki Loves Pride... I guess it's past now but maybe for next year, there's the above scientific paper. It's the meta-study from 2006 that the Canadian Harper government tried to bury when the scientists concluded that the children of same-sex couples are actually slightly more likely to be well-adjusted socially on average than children of hetero couples. --▸∮truthious ᛔandersnatch◂ 05:52, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

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Draft:Milwaukie Pastry Kitchen

Would you be willing to review Draft:Milwaukie Pastry Kitchen, which has been on the AfC review list since July 1? I think as a relative newbie I'm not supposed to move it, having submitted it to the AfC process, but I think any other editor in good standing qualifies.--Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 04:32, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for your work on this article! ----Another Believer (Talk) 15:22, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Nice work folks. As an admin, I think I'm qualified to say this looks like a fine topic for an article. Valfontis (talk) 18:12, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Many thanks! I noticed a red-link for the Portland Observer--will try to research it over the next month or so. BTW, The Skanner just published an article on Milwaukie Pastry Kitchen, here: Local Business Owners Honored by Oregon Historical Society, so I now the revising continues! (I like recursive processes!) Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 18:31, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

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45th Pacific Islands Forum

I just got a notification that you reviewed 45th Pacific Islands Forum. What does that mean, and where can I see the results of the review (if there even is such a thing)? Or does that just mean you read through it? Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 19:25, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

  • @Bzweebl: Actually, I barely read the article, but I just removed the article from the unpatrolled list. Considering the article appears on the Main Page right now, I think it is safe to assume the article is legit. :) ----Another Believer (Talk) 19:32, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

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Lucky the Dinosaur at Walt Disney World was the first animatronic creation to walk on land
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Commonscat in Portland

I noticed from my watchlist that you're adding links to commons categories to sites on the NRHP in Portland. First off, your contributions are welcomed and are a big improvement to the respective lists. Second, you may be interested in a process that will largely automate what you're doing. I haven't checked your contributions on Commons, but if you are creating/finding categories for these sites and then adding them individually to the lists, you may want to check out this user script, which will allow you to add the links to the list all at once. If you tag each category on Commons with commons:Template:NRHP (and the NRIS refnum of the relevant site) and wait to add the links here, then install this script in your javascript when you've tagged all the categories, you can click the generated button at the top of the list and add all the tagged categories at once. Feel free to continue doing what you're doing, but if making so many edits and going back and forth is becoming a pain, the script might alleviate some of it. If you decide to use it and have any questions, let me know! Just trying to help!--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 13:58, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

@Dudemanfellabra: I was doing this work manually, and individually, but I will look into the script. Thanks! ----Another Believer (Talk) 14:00, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikiwomen's walk

Hello - are you at Wikimania? You might like to know that there's a walk around feminist London on Monday afternoon: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London-statue-walk All are welcome. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 20:35, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! I would love to participate, but I will be en route to the US. ----Another Believer (Talk) 21:12, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
Oh well.....Carbon Caryatid (talk) 21:34, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

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Sheridan Le Fanu was one of the leading ghost story writers of the nineteenth century
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Another Edit-a-Thon?

Hi friend — I want to help organize another edit-a-thon during the week of September 8th. Would you be up for coming and walking people through how to make usernames and get started editing? I don't feel like I know enough yet to actually teach people how to get started and how to write entries correctly. I'm thinking it could be at the IPRC or Ford Food and Drink and would be four hours long or so. This week is good because it coincides with the XOXO tech festival and a lot of tech-minded people will be in town, so maybe some other Wiki folks could come. Sarahmirk (talk) 05:07, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Responded at the appropriate venue. Another Believer (Talk) 14:45, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Commons-inline

Another Believer, can you cite guidance for your edit, please.[2] My reading of WP:EL is that my edit was compliant, to wit, "Some templates exist for linking to Wikimedia Foundation projects such as Wikimedia Commons. {{Commons}} is an example of a graphical template that is commonly used to link to Wikimedia Commons. All such templates have inline versions (e.g., {{Commons-inline}}), or you may choose to link to them exactly like you would link to any other website. See Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects#When_to_link for further information." Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 05:00, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

GA review request

Hi AB, hope all is well with you. Thanks for your nice note about the promotion of Sesame Street international co-productions to FA. I have such a soft spot for that article, so much so that it has inspired me to improve as many articles about individual co-productions as is possible. My most recent is Plaza Sesamo, the Mexican version, which is currently up at GAN. Would you mind reviewing it for me? I'd really appreciate it. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:43, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

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Hi. I reverted your edits to Squaw Island and Sucker Brook, in which you alphabetized the categories, per WP:CATDEF: "The order in which categories are placed on a page is not governed by any single rule (for example, it does not need to be alphabetical, although partially alphabetical ordering can sometimes be helpful). Normally the most essential, significant categories appear first." Daniel Case (talk) 05:19, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Announcing: NRHP Fall Photo Contest!

The WP:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest will kick off at midnight eastern time on Monday September 1! This is an opportunity for all folks with a camera (or a sketchpad and scanner, doncha know) and an interest in the National Register of Historic Places to just have some low-key fun and maybe get some barnstars. Come submit some photos or pose a challenge to your fellow editors. And maybe, just maybe, along the line we'll improve the encyclopedia... (Note that while this contest is intentionally concurrent with Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 and the Wikipedia Summer of Monuments, there ain't gonna be no cash prizes or press releases here. But compete in 'em all if you like - we won't be jealous.) — Ipoellet (talk) 22:53, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
  2. Scotland Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
  3. Nepal Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
  4. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
  5. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
  6. Florida 12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
  7. Colorado Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
  8. Canada Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Herm Matty.007 (submissions), Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions), United States WikiRedactor (submissions), Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), Greece Yellow Evan (submissions), Portugal Prism (submissions) and Bartošovice v Orlických horách Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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