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Facto Post – Issue 16 – 30 September 2018

Facto Post – Issue 16 – 30 September 2018

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The science publishing landscape

In an ideal world ... no, bear with your editor for just a minute ... there would be a format for scientific publishing online that was as much a standard as SI units are for the content. Likewise cataloguing publications would not be onerous, because part of the process would be to generate uniform metadata. Without claiming it could be the mythical free lunch, it might be reasonably be argued that sandwiches can be packaged much alike and have barcodes, whatever the fillings.

The best on offer, to stretch the metaphor, is the meal kit option, in the form of XML. Where scientific papers are delivered as XML downloads, you get all the ingredients ready to cook. But have to prepare the actual meal of slow food yourself. See Scholarly HTML for a recent pass at heading off XML with HTML, in other words in the native language of the Web.

The argument from real life is a traditional mixture of frictional forces, vested interests, and the classic irony of the principle of unripe time. On the other hand, discoverability actually diminishes with the prolific progress of science publishing. No, it really doesn't scale. Wikimedia as movement can do something in such cases. We know from open access, we grok the Web, we have our own horse in the HTML race, we have Wikidata and WikiJournal, and we have the chops to act.

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2018)

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History of American football positions

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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

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July to September 2018 Milhist article reviewing

Military history reviewers' award
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiStripe for reviewing a total of two Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period July to September 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:09, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

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DYK for United States Lake Survey

On 5 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article United States Lake Survey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during World War II, the United States Lake Survey published 370 tons of maps including 8,109 different charts and maps, distributing over 9 million items to the armed forces? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/United States Lake Survey. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, United States Lake Survey), 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) 00:02, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2018)

An herb garden. Herbs are plants with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, in medicine, or as fragrances.
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Herb

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Get ready for November with Women in Red!

Three new topics for WiR's online editathons in November, two of them supporting other initiatives



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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2018)

Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola.
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Cocktail

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History
Article Date Added
Alodia (Peer Review) 2018-10-15
Crusades (Peer Review) 2018-10-05
Malaspina family (Peer Review) 2018-10-01
Irakli Tsereteli (Peer Review) 2018-09-16
Battle of Stockton (Peer Review) 2018-09-13
Joseph "Diamond Jo" Reynolds (Peer Review) 2018-09-07
Bratislava Working Group (Peer Review) 2018-08-31
William Pūnohu White (Peer Review) 2018-08-18
Ira T. Wyche (Peer Review) 2018-08-12
Francisco Cano (Peer Review) 2018-08-01
Anti-Russian sentiment (Peer Review) 2018-07-27
Montana-class battleship (Peer Review) 2018-07-20
History of Catalonia (Peer Review) 2018-07-12
Louis Agassiz (Peer Review) 2018-07-03
WAVES (Peer Review) 2018-05-27
New Albion (Peer Review) 2018-03-07

You can see a list of all categories at WP:PRWAITING. We hope to see you soon Wikipedia:Peer Review. Happy Reviewing! KadaneBot (talk) 03:38, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of James Duncan Graham

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Your GA nomination of James Duncan Graham

The article James Duncan Graham you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:James Duncan Graham for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 06:41, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

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

Backlog

As of 21 October 2018, there are 3650 unreviewed articles and the backlog now stretches back 51 days.

Community Wishlist Proposal
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  • There are now tools being tested to automatically detect copyright violations in the feed. This detector may not be accurate all the time, though, so it shouldn't be relied on 100% and will only start working on new revisions to pages, not older pages in the backlog.
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Your GA nomination of James Duncan Graham

The article James Duncan Graham you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:James Duncan Graham 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 Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 00:02, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2018)

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Latin music (genre)

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2018)

A view of the Gulf of Alaska from space. Notice the swirling sediment in the waters.
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Gulf of Alaska

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Facto Post – Issue 17 – 29 October 2018

Facto Post – Issue 17 – 29 October 2018

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Wikidata imaged

Around 2.7 million Wikidata items have an illustrative image. These files, you might say, are Wikimedia's stock images, and if the number is large, it is still only 5% or so of items that have one. All such images are taken from Wikimedia Commons, which has 50 million media files. One key issue is how to expand the stock.

Indeed, there is a tool. WD-FIST exploits the fact that each Wikipedia is differently illustrated, mostly with images from Commons but also with fair use images. An item that has sitelinks but no illustrative image can be tested to see if the linked wikis have a suitable one. This works well for a volunteer who wants to add images at a reasonable scale, and a small amount of SPARQL knowledge goes a long way in producing checklists.

Gran Teatro, Cáceres, Spain, at night

It should be noted, though, that there are currently 53 Wikidata properties that link to Commons, of which P18 for the basic image is just one. WD-FIST prompts the user to add signatures, plaques, pictures of graves and so on. There are a couple of hundred monograms, mostly of historical figures, and this query allows you to view all of them. commons:Category:Monograms and its subcategories provide rich scope for adding more.

And so it is generally. The list of properties linking to Commons does contain a few that concern video and audio files, and rather more for maps. But it contains gems such as P3451 for "nighttime view". Over 1000 of those on Wikidata, but as for so much else, there could be yet more.

Go on. Today is Wikidata's birthday. An illustrative image is always an acceptable gift, so why not add one? You can follow these easy steps: (i) log in at https://tools.wmflabs.org/widar/, (ii) paste the Petscan ID 6263583 into https://tools.wmflabs.org/fist/wdfist/ and click run, and (iii) just add cake.

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Signature change

I have changed the appearance of my signature. Barbara 10:48, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Victoria Viera

Hello Eddie891. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Victoria Viera, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: makes a lot of claims of significance, take it to WP:AFD instead. Thank you. SoWhy 08:09, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award

The Red Maple Leaf Award
This maple leaf is awarded to Eddie891 for writing the biography Jane Wisdom during the second year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 22:51, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2018)

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Civics

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DYK for First World War glass-rubber exchange

On 11 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article First World War glass-rubber exchange, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the First World War, the British Ministry of Munitions proposed trading rubber for German binoculars? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/First World War glass-rubber exchange. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, First World War glass-rubber exchange), 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) 00:02, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

I saw your wonderful work on the FDR article and I was wondering if you would review the Elton John art when I nominate it for GA.MagicatthemovieS (talk) 03:58, 11 November 2018 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2018)

Distribution map of modern man (Horniman Museum)
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Mongoloid

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The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018

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NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello Eddie891,

Community Wishlist Survey – NPP needs you – Vote NOW
  • Community Wishlist Voting takes place 16 to 30 November for the Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements, and other software requests. The NPP community is hoping for a good turnout in support of the requests to Santa for the tools we need. This is very important as we have been asking the Foundation for these upgrades for 4 years.
If this proposal does not make it into the top ten, it is likely that the tools will be given no support at all for the foreseeable future. So please put in a vote today.
We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.
With all 650 reviewers voting for these urgently needed improvements, our requests would be unlikely to fail. See also The Signpost Special report: 'NPP: This could be heaven or this could be hell for new users – and for the reviewers', and if you are not sure what the wish list is all about, take a sneak peek at an article in this month's upcoming issue of The Signpost which unfortunately due to staff holidays and an impending US holiday will probably not be published until after voting has closed.

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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2018)

The Equator on the world map of the Earth
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Equator

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23:28, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for James Arnot Hamilton

On 20 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Arnot Hamilton, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sir James Hamilton was largely responsible for the design of the Concorde's distinctive wings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Arnot Hamilton. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, James Arnot Hamilton), 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.

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2018)

Siri is a virtual assistant part of Apple Inc.'s iOS, watchOS, macOS, HomePod, and tvOS operating systems.
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Siri

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December 2018 at Women in Red

The WiR December editathons provide something for everyone.



New: Photography Laureates Countries beginning with 'I'

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A tag has been placed on Timber king requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G6 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an orphaned disambiguation page which either

  • disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic); or
  • disambiguates no (zero) extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time. Please see the disambiguation page guidelines for more information.

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. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 10:34, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Facto Post – Issue 18 – 30 November 2018

Facto Post – Issue 18 – 30 November 2018

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WikiCite issue

GLAM ♥ data — what is a gallery, library, archive or museum without a catalogue? It follows that Wikidata must love librarians. Bibliography supports students and researchers in any topic, but open and machine-readable bibliographic data even more so, outside the silo. Cue the WikiCite initiative, which was meeting in conference this week, in the Bay Area of California.

Wikidata training for librarians at WikiCite 2018

In fact there is a broad scope: "Open Knowledge Maps via SPARQL" and the "Sum of All Welsh Literature", identification of research outputs, Library.Link Network and Bibframe 2.0, OSCAR and LUCINDA (who they?), OCLC and Scholia, all these co-exist on the agenda. Certainly more library science is coming Wikidata's way. That poses the question about the other direction: is more Wikimedia technology advancing on libraries? Good point.

Wikimedians generally are not aware of the tech background that can be assumed, unless they are close to current training for librarians. A baseline definition is useful here: "bash, git and OpenRefine". Compare and contrast with pywikibot, GitHub and mix'n'match. Translation: scripting for automation, version control, data set matching and wrangling in the large, are on the agenda also for contemporary library work. Certainly there is some possible common ground here. Time to understand rather more about the motivations that operate in the library sector.

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"Google Maps is not a reliable source"

Your edit is puzzling. I am not citing GMaps as a source, but I am saying, that the territory is, according to some maps, disputed. Do ou have any more reliable source at hand? Please provide the link. Best, Saippuakauppias 00:09, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 December 2018

Military history WikiProject World War I Op-Ed Series

The Teamwork Barnstar
In recognition of the role you played in cleaning up my God-awful spelling and grammar in the World War I Op-Ed series published by the Military history WikiProject's newsletter The Bugle over the last four years, I hereby present you with this teamwork barnstar. It is thanks to so many different editors like you who took the time to copyedit the nearly four year long series that it ended up being as successful as it was, and I am grateful for your help since spelling and grammar are not my strongest suites. Yours sincerely, TomStar81 (Talk) 14:33, 2 December 2018 (UTC)