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This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2018)

Strawberry liqueur at a restaurant in Greece
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Liqueur

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The Signpost: 31 July 2018

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A tag has been placed on Draft:List of honors received by Fred Rogers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://juvcat.txwes.edu/vufind3/Author/Home?author=Rogers, Fred. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Natureium (talk) 15:02, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

ITM/Quicksilver

You might want to mention the license or copyright status of the summaries found at https://quicksilver.primer.ai/ in case Signpost readers want to start new articles with them. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:43, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello, your DYK nomination has been stuck for a while now due to concerns over the hook topic. Please respond as soon as possible to the message left on the nomination page. Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:17, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2018)

A selection of MDMA pills, which are sometimes used as a club drug.
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The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018

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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2018)

Anna Anka is a Swedish-American model, actress and author.
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Anna Anka

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The Signpost

'In the media'. With Bri and me having very little time for the newsroom this month, columnists and content submitters may well have to consider cleaning up and formatting thier article drafts for publication themselves. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:44, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

'Featured content'. With Bri and me having very little time for the newsroom this month, columnists and content submitters may well have to consider cleaning up and formatting thier article drafts for publication themselves. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:47, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2018)

Guacamole is an avocado-based dip, spread, or salad first developed by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico.
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New Albion

Hello there Eddie891. In this past March you were kind enough to help with the peer review for the New Albion article. I think this Wikipedia:Peer review/New Albion/archive1 will take you to that peer review. You had a lot of comments about the citations. I changed a bunch of them and would like to know what you think about them. And if you would not mind taking a look at the article in general, that would be really great.

I would also like to know your opinion about the last section about localized legacy. I've worked on it and am wondering if it is best being cut out of the article. The information seems mostly trivial (well maybe the first protestant service in North America isn't, but I don't know where that would fit with the article. Keeping this section also seems to be a way for individual people and groups to bring attention to themselves without really trying to improve the article. I am really trying to get this to be a featured article and appreciate your help.Pcvjamaica (talk) 16:33, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

16:46, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Facto Post – Issue 15 – 21 August 2018

Facto Post – Issue 15 – 21 August 2018

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Neglected diseases
Anti-parasitic drugs being distributed in Côte d'Ivoire
What's a Neglected Disease?, ScienceSource video

To grasp the nettle, there are rare diseases, there are tropical diseases and then there are "neglected diseases". Evidently a rare enough disease is likely to be neglected, but neglected disease these days means a disease not rare, but tropical, and most often infectious or parasitic. Rare diseases as a group are dominated, in contrast, by genetic diseases.

A major aspect of neglect is found in tracking drug discovery. Orphan drugs are those developed to treat rare diseases (rare enough not to have market-driven research), but there is some overlap in practice with the WHO's neglected diseases, where snakebite, a "neglected public health issue", is on the list.

From an encyclopedic point of view, lack of research also may mean lack of high-quality references: the core medical literature differs from primary research, since it operates by aggregating trials. This bibliographic deficit clearly hinders Wikipedia's mission. The ScienceSource project is currently addressing this issue, on Wikidata. Its Wikidata focus list at WD:SSFL is trying to ensure that neglect does not turn into bias in its selection of science papers.

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DYK for Evelyn Wang

On 23 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Evelyn Wang, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a solar-powered device for extracting water from the air, co-designed by Evelyn Wang, has been compared to the moisture vaporators in Star Wars? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Evelyn Wang. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Evelyn Wang), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

De Vigne categorization

Here, you changed the tag to {{given name|type=both}}. I admit I am now confused about the right tags for name lists, but I don't see that "both" is correct in this case. It seems that {{given name|type=surname}} works, although undocumented. Or am I still confused? David Brooks (talk) 08:42, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

  • DavidBrooks: Yeah, sorry 'bout that. I can't profess to have any idea about what is right, but from what has been said, it seems that the page (as it lists a glacier) needs {{Disambiguation|surname}}. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Eddie891 Talk Work 11:30, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost

Three days left for deadline on 'In the media' Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:37, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2018)

"The noblest motive is the public good." Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Public good

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Quicksilver AI

Hi Eddie, I'm preparing Signpost for publication. Could you consider adding a bit about the license terms of Quicksilver for inclusion in the main In the media story for issue 9? I found this: "Copyright law applies to the text of these sentences which may limit its use.". ☆ Bri (talk) 18:27, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

The copy deadline approaches in a few hours. Your column 'In the media' requires significant completion and/or CE. The rest of the editorial team may not have time to do this for you. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:41, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

New Albion

Hi Eddie891. Thanks so much for the help you gave on the New Albion article. I looked at your suggestions on the request page New Albion at least I think and hope this will get you there. I wrote answers/responses to each one. Probably will be a few days before I start work on the article again--need a break. For a little while at least. Thanks again.Pcvjamaica (talk) 21:50, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 August 2018

Thanks

For all you do in helping to create the Signpost. I don't take you for granted. Best Regards, Barbara   21:30, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 12

Newsletter • August 2018

This month: WikiProject X: The resumption

Work has resumed on WikiProject X and CollaborationKit, backed by a successfully funded Project Grant. For more information on the current status and planned work, please see this month's issue of the newsletter!

-— Isarra 22:24, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

GA list error

Thanks for fixing the GA list in latest Signpost. The inclusion of Mario Kart 7 was based on this. I wonder what's wrong with the bot? Clearly it isn't a GA. ☆ Bri (talk) 23:21, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Please upload free images to Wikimedia Commons

Thank you for uploading free images/media to Wikipedia! As you may know, there is another Wikimedia Foundation project called Wikimedia Commons, a central media repository for all free media. In the future, please upload media there instead (see m:Help:Unified login). That way, all of the other language Wikipedias can use them too, as well as our many sister projects. This will also allow our visitors to search for, view and use our media in one central location. If you wish to move previous uploads to Commons, see Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons (you may view your previous uploads). Please note that non-free content, such as images claimed as fair use, cannot be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. Help us spread the word about Commons by informing other users, and please continue uploading! --Animalparty! (talk) 05:49, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on File:Dollar a year men in 1922.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused duplicate or lower-quality copy of another file on Wikipedia having the same file format, and all inward links have been updated.

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2018)

Jahangir (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627) was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death in 1627. Pictured is a 17th century painting of Jahangir hunting with a falcon.
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Jahangir

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DYK review for United States Lake Survey

Eddie, I have completed a review for Template:Did you know nominations/United States Lake Survey. I noted a couple concerns there when you have time to respond. Cheers. Flibirigit (talk) 14:15, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Flibirigit. I have responded on the page. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:34, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

16:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Inspector General of the United States Army 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 Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 22:41, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

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Anomalocaris (talk) 00:41, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Felix Agnus

On 6 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Felix Agnus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that as a volunteer infantryman in the American Civil War, Felix Agnus saved the life of Captain Judson Kilpatrick? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Felix Agnus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Felix Agnus), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

The article Inspector General of the United States Army you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Inspector General of the United States Army for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 14:41, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2018)

The People's Republic of Angola covers the period of Angolan history as a self-declared socialist state established in 1975 to the time it was dismantled in 1992.
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2018)

Musicians at a pub session, an event that involves playing music and/or singing in the relaxed social setting of a local pub, in which the music-making is intermingled with the consumption of ale, stout, and beer and conversation.
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Pub session

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Re: Signpost report

I definitely would - thank you for asking!

What troubles me right now is not only that it needs to be significantly shorter, obviously, but it needs to have a different angle, i.e. to perhaps read less like an indictment, while still preserving factual information. I'd really appreciate some advice here: what sort of approach would you go for? GregorB (talk) 19:39, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

GregorB: you could just tone it down a slight bit, and we would publish it as an op-ed, which would be explicitly an opinion piece. As far as length goes, Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives has quite the listing of op-eds if you peruse. Here's a recent op-ed for length (though you could go a bit longer) If you need more direct advice, reply here or on Bri's page. Eddie891 Talk Work 20:21, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. I appreciate both your advice and the opportunity to write for the Signpost about the topic I find important. As for the approach, I'll try to emulate Seymour Hersh (half-kidding here). GregorB (talk) 07:16, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

21:58, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018

Hello Eddie891, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.

Project news
As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.
Other
Moving to Draft and Page Mover
  • Some unsuitable new articles can be best reviewed by moving them to the draft space, but reviewers need to do this carefully and sparingly. It is most useful for topics that look like they might have promise, but where the article as written would be unlikely to survive AfD. If the article can be easily fixed, or if the only issue is a lack of sourcing that is easily accessible, tagging or adding sources yourself is preferable. If sources do not appear to be available and the topic does not appear to be notable, tagging for deletion is preferable (PROD/AfD/CSD as appropriate). See additional guidance at WP:DRAFTIFY.
  • If the user moves the draft back to mainspace, or recreates it in mainspace, please do not re-draftify the article (although swapping it to maintain the page history may be advisable in the case of copy-paste moves). AfC is optional except for editors with a clear conflict of interest.
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Articles for Creation Reviewing

Hello, Eddie891.
AfC submissions
Random submission
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Purge to update

I've seen you editing recently and you seem like an experienced Wikipedia editor.
Would you please consider applying to become an Articles for Creation reviewer? Articles for Creation reviewers help new users learn the ropes of creating their first articles, and identify whether topics are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Reviewing drafts doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia inclusion policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. After requesting to be added to the project, note that reviewing is not mandatory, and can be done at your convenience. You can read the reviewing instructions before making your decision. Thanks. SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 19:10, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Peer review newsletter #1

Introduction

Hello to all! I do not intend to write a regular peer review newsletter but there does occasionally come a time when those interested in contributing to peer review should be contacted, and now is one. I've mailed this out to everyone on the peer review volunteers list, and some editors that have contributed to past discussions. Apologies if I've left you off or contacted you and you didn't want it. Next time there is a newsletter / mass message it will be opt in (here), I'll talk about this below - but first:

  • THANK YOU! I want to thank you for your contributions and for volunteering on the list to help out at peer review. Thank you!
  • Peer review is useful! It's good to have an active peer review process. This is often the way that we help new or developing editors understand our ways, and improve the quality of their editing - so it fills an important and necessary gap between the teahouse (kindly introduction to our Wikiways) and GA and FA reviews (specific standards uphelp according to a set of quality criteria). And we should try and improve this process where possible (automate, simplify) so it can be used and maintained easily.

Updates

It can get quite lonely tinkering with peer review...
With a bit of effort we can renovate the place to look like this!

Update #1: the peer review volunteers list is changing

The list is here in case you've forgotten: WP:PRV. Kadane has kindly offered to create a bot that will ping editors on the volunteers list with unanswered reviews in their chosen subject areas every so often. You can choose the time interval by changing the "contact" parameter. Options are "never", "monthly", "quarterly", "halfyearly", and "annually". For example:

  • {{PRV|JohnSmith|History of engineering|contact=monthly}} - if placed in the "History" section, JohnSmith will receive an automatic update every month about unanswered peer reviews relating to history.
  • {{PRV|JaneSmith|Mesopotamian geography, Norwegian fjords|contact=annually}} - if placed in the "Geography" section, JaneSmith will receive an automatic update every yearly about unanswered peer reviews in the geography area.

We can at this stage only use the broad peer review section titles to guide what reviews you'd like, but that's better than nothing! You can also set an interest in multiple separate subject areas that will be updated at different times.

Update #2: a (lean) WikiProject Peer review

I don't think we need a WikiProject with a giant bureaucracy nor all sorts of whiz-bang features. However over the last few years I've found there are times when it would have been useful to have a list of editors that would like to contribute to discussions about the peer review process (e.g. instructions, layout, automation, simplification etc.). Also, it can get kind of lonely on the talk page as I am (correct me if I'm wrong) the only regular contributor, with most editors moving on after 6 - 12 months.

So, I've decided to create "WikiProject Peer review". If you'd like to contribute to the WikiProject, or make yourself available for future newsletters or contact, please add yourself to the list of members.

Update #3: advertising

We plan to do some advertising of peer review, to let editors know about it and how to volunteer to help, at a couple of different venues (Signpost, Village pump, Teahouse etc.) - but have been waiting until we get this bot + WikiProject set up so we have a way to help interested editors make more enduring contributions. So consider yourself forewarned!

And... that's it!

I wish you all well on your Wikivoyages, Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for History of the Office of The Inspector General of the United States Army

On 24 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article History of the Office of The Inspector General of the United States Army, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Quasi-War, the Inspector General of the United States Army, Alexander Hamilton, acted as the de facto head of the United States Army? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, History of the Office of The Inspector General of the United States Army), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2018)

Hello, Eddie891.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

St. Louis cuisine

Please be bold and help to improve this article!


Previous selections: Pub session • People's Republic of Angola


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15:23, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Have your say!

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

October 2018 at Women in Red

Please join us... We have four new topics for Women in Red's worldwide online editathons in October!



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