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Julie Dowling
[edit]Hello, I think the new Julie Dowling disambiguation page you made is probably fair enough, but would I be stepping on any toes if I created a quick stub article to fill out the red link, or would you mind doing that? I don't know anything about art, obviously, but This ref seems like a good start. Having a disambiguation page with only one blu link is not a good look. Graham87 02:16, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
- @Graham87: go for I ran out of time last night at sons wedding today wont get to it until tonight Gnangarra 03:04, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017
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Notice of noticeboard discussion
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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. MPS1992 (talk) 21:56, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
- Windschuttle's work "Fabrication of Aboriginal History" has been rigorously rebuffed and resoundingly discredited since it was published. The article is subject a lot of subtle IP vandalism and racial abuse, it has been on pending changes for a long time, this is nothing new. There is no abuse of rollback, there is no conspiracy, I made one revert of an unverifiable edit apparently sourced to a controversial yet discredited source about living people add to that two other cherry picked reverts from the last 6 months of some 20 odd IP edits many of which have also been reverted, voila we have practical demonstration of Fake news in the making Gnangarra 00:00, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Global Collaboration team, about Notifications, Structured discussions, Edit Review Improvements and Content translation. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
- The Global collaboration report for October is now available.
- All wikis now have the Filters for edit review as the default system on Recent Changes page.
Edit Review Improvements [More information • Help pages]
Most recent changes
Filters for Watchlists are still on Beta. Please try them and give feedback before we release it for all users!- Shortcuts to filter Namespaces and Tags are now more visible. [1]
- Discovery of the search bar has been improved. [2]
- If the Recent Changes page or the Watchlist fails to load or is time-outed, a message is now displayed. [3][4]
- The bookmark icon for creating a "Saved filter" is now grayed when it is not possible to save. Before it was not visible. Bookmarking is unavailable when, for example, the current filter set is already saved. [5]
Future changes
- Live updates on Recent changes will be moved out of beta and into the standard feature set by the end of the year. [6]
- Extension:Translate filters for RecentChanges are going to be integrated to the new filters. [7]
- Automatic edit summaries will be filtered as tags. [8]
Content translation [More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
- List items (suggested items and in-progress/published translations) layout restyled to prevent overflows on small screen sizes.
- Search results for new translation dialog are now embedded, instead of being displayed in floating menu. Search results remain displayed when tabbed out and can be closed using ESC key.
- Missing pages are no longer shown when there is no match for search query. Message informing that there are no results is displayed instead.
- Embedded search results enabled to provide users with more translation opportunities. Articles user recently edited (in currently selected source language wiki) are surfaced when there is no input in search bar, with additional info if article is missing in user's currently selected target language.
- Long suggestion descriptions are limited to three lines, and the rest is truncated, which is indicated by ellipsis.
- Chart data representing user translation statistics in now showing all the months since user's first published translation. Months that went without translation are now displayed in chart as well.
- A loading indicator is shown while suggestions are loading.
- Button to discard dialog is now shown through the whole process of selecting article to translate.
Notifications [More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
- Edit-user-talk notifications are now expandable. [9]
Structured Discussions [More information • Help pages]
Future changes
- Some work is ongoing to store Structured Discussions contents from HTML to wikitext. That change will allow some specific templates and magic words to work properly on Structured Discussions. [10]
- Some tests are conducted in order to prepare the rewriting of Structured Discussions' interface. That rewriting will have no visible impact on users but it will ease future changes.
Other projects
- Compact Language Links has been deployed on German Wikipedia. [11]
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11 years of adminship, today.
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ArbCom 2017 election voter message
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Hello, Gnangarra. 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.
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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)
2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
[edit]As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:36, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
JWB
[edit]See WP:JWB - Evad37 [talk] 02:58, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017
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Latest news from the Wikimedia Global Collaboration team, about Notifications, Structured discussions, Edit Review Improvements and Content translation. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
Edit Review Improvements [More information • Help pages]
The filters are now deployed as a default feature on all wikis on RecentChanges and RecentChangesLinked pages.- The filters are still available as a Beta feature on all wikis on Watchlists. Please try them!
- LiveUpdates have been deployed as a default feature for all wikis.
- On wikis using Extension:Translate, translated messages can now be filtered. System messages can be filtered as well, on all wikis. [12]
- "View new changes since $1" link is now more prominent, to invite users to use that native feature to update the list of results. [13]
- Pagination and time period selectors are now combined and located on the right on left-to-right wikis. [14]
- When a user wanted to click outside of the filter menu to close it, it was possible to click on "revert" link by accident. It is not possible anymore. [15]
- It is now possible to filter the following events using the Tags menu: Making a page a redirect, Changing redirect target, Changing an existing redirect into a non-redirect, Blanking of the page, Removing more than 90% of a page content, Rolling back an edit. [16]
- Some design improvements have been done to Related Changes page to integrate the new filters. [17]
- "Save current filter settings" menu and legend overlapped the results. This is now fixed. [18]
- Some small design improvements have been done. [19]
Content translation [More information • Help pages]
- Now Content Translation prevents source and target language to be set to same language. [20]
- The dialog for selecting article to translate is standardized. It introduces a new component that is used for the selected page on both the "New translation" dialog and the "Suggested pages" list. [21]
- More space is given to the language filter, to increase responsiveness and show more language names without truncation. [22]
- While searching for a new page to translate, duplicates are not shown anymore for user search input. [23]
- Various PHP warnings and JavaScript errors have been fixed. [24][25]
Structured discussions [More information • Help pages]
- It is now possible to use Special:Nuke on hidden Structured discussion topics. [26]
- The Reply button is not active anymore until something is typed. [27]
Miscellaneous
- For wikis that use ORES, preferences for ORES have been rationalized in Special:Preferences, on Recent Changes tab and Watchlist tab. [28]
- ORES will be deployed on Simple English Wikipedia. That wiki will be able to use the Prediction filters. [29]
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14:31, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
User group for Military Historians
[edit]Greetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Five years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018
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Latest news from the Wikimedia Global Collaboration team, about Notifications, Structured discussions, Edit Review Improvements and Content translation. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
- The Global Collaboration report for December is now available (in English).
- Filters are better integrated on Related Changes (see below).
- Structured discussions now use the 2017 wikitext editor (see below).
Edit Review Improvements [More information • Help pages]
Bug fixes
- When searching, a click on a filter capsule moved the list of filters. [30]
- On Related Changes page, the page name entry box didn't show the entirety of long page names. [31]
- Transcludeing Special:RelatedChanges on a page added unexpected parameters to the URL. [32]
- Filter menu was opening upwards. [33]
- ORES preferences on Recent Changes and Watchlist preferences pages have been rationalized. [34]
- Users are now prevented from clicking on a link when they click outside of the dropdown menu to close it. [35]
Work in progress
- Filters on Related Changes page are better integrated and get new features, for instance: [36]
- The standard auto-completion mechanism is available when you search for a page to look at.
- It is more clear if you are looking to pages linked from the target page or to the target page.
- You no longer need to click the "Show" button; the page updates automatically when a page is positively identified via autocompletion.
Content translation [More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
- Further enhancement are made for list (Suggestions/In-progress/Published) items on mobile screens. Long titles no longer overflow or overlap with other interface elements. [37]
- Various changes to the "New translation" dialog and the selected page for translation have been made: [38]
- Longer titles of selected pages are displayed in smaller. Some space has been added around to increase readability.
- Language codes are not truncated by ellipsis anymore. Only full, autonym language names are subject to truncation.
- Minimal screen sizes and selected suggestion dialog have been revisited. They are more consistent in responding to screen size changes.
- Discard button is no longer shown on small screen sizes.
- Language filters no longer render wrong or non-existent language codes. [39]
- The "New translation" dialog now shows a loading indicator and doesn't display an error when you change the source language after an unsuccessful research. [40]
Structured discussions [More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
- Structured discussions now uses the 2017 wikitext editor instead of its old custom one. This works with your preference for wikitext or visual editor. [41][42]
The documentation has been updated and needs translations updates.
- Prométhée, from French Wikipedia, has created some gadgets to customise Structured discussions interface.
- The documentation is ready to be translated.
Future changes
- Structured discussions does not always follow wiki's configurations concerning talk pages indexation. This will be fixed. [43]
- Hidden topics will not be indexed by search engines anymore. [44]
Notifications [More information • Help pages]
Bug fixes
- User rights change notifications were displaying a broken link. This is now fixed. [45]
- "Mark as read" buttons had a bad appearance for users who don't have JavaScript activated. [46]
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The Bugle: Issue CXLII, February 2018
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Nomination of BrowseAloud for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article BrowseAloud is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BrowseAloud (3rd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. KTC (talk) 15:11, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Latest news from the Wikimedia Global Collaboration team, about Map improvements 2018, Notifications, Structured discussions and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
- Collaboration and Language are now going their way separately. Updates about Content Translation are not included in this newsletter anymore. Please refer to the Language report.
- Collaboration has a new project: Map improvements 2018.
- The team’s engagement with maps is based on 2017 Community Wishlist proposal Kartographer Improvements, though the work won’t be restricted to items named there.
- The project is currently in its very early research and planning stages.
- It has a limited term that’s scheduled to conclude at the end of June 2018.
Edit Review Improvements [More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
- es.wikipedia, es.wikibooks, sv.wikipedia, and simple.wikipedia get ORES predictions on Recent Changes (and on Watchlist through "⧼eri-rcfilters-beta-label⧽" Beta feature). [47][48][49][50]
Problems
- The explanation of the abbreviations on the recent changes page could overlap with the list of changes. This has been fixed. [51][52]
- On Related changes it was not possible to use Saved filters for several articles. It has been fixed. [53]
- Transclude special:relatedchanges on a subpage removed #contentSub. This is now fixed. [54]
Notifications [More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
- The wording when you send a thanks message has changed. Instead of
YesorNoit saysThankandCancel. It is also now easier to understand that all thanks are public. [55] - A notification is now sent to account owner on multiple unsuccessful login attempts. [56]
Problems
- Between week 7 and 20 February, when you thanked someone for an edit, the thank went to the latest unthanked edit to that page. It didn't matter which edit you tried to give thanks for. This has been fixed. [57]
- Long page titles on Special:Notifications were not truncated. This is now fixed. [58]
Structured discussions [More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
- You can now press CTRL + ENTER to post a new message. [59]
- It wasn't possible to create a description of a Structured discussions board. This has been fixed. [60]
Problems
- On wikis using the Beta feature, it is not possible to enable or disable Structured discussion from the Beta page. However, admins can create and move the pages.
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018
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Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Map improvements 2018, Notifications, Structured discussions and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.
What's new?
The Collaboration team has announced the start of a new project: In-Context Help and Onboarding. The idea is to improve retention of new wiki editors by giving them short tutorials and other training experiences related to, and triggered by, their current activities on the wikis (that’s the “in context” part). The project follows from the conclusions of the New Editor Experiences research. The work is in its very early stages, but we’d like to hear from people with ideas on the subject—particularly if you have experience supporting or training new contributors.
Map improvements 2018 [More information]
- Maps using Maplink and Mapframe functions now include an extra zoom level (level 19). This is part of the Kartographer Improvements, the number one request of the 2017 Community Wishlist survey. [61]
Edit Review Improvements [More information • Help pages]
- Number of edit to show in recent changes information text was incorrect in Special:Preferences. It has been rephrased. [62]
Notifications [More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
- You can notify users in edit summaries. They will get a ping just as if they had been mentioned on a wiki page. That new feature has been documented. [63]
- Preferences panel on Special:Notifications was overlapping other elements. This has been fixed. [64]
Future changes
- An important work is under progress to allow thanks of log entry. This is done by the Community Tech team. [65]
Structured discussions [More information • Help pages]
Recent changes
- Structured Discussions extension has been uninstalled from wikis not using it. However, it is still possible for a community to request a trial of Structured discussions. [66]
Problems
- It was not possible to opt-in and opt-out Structured discussions on wikis using it as a Beta feature. It is now fixed. [67]
Future changes
- The visual editor and 2017 wikitext editor interface is going to change for consistency. The toolbar, dialogs and menus will appear slightly bigger; some icons will look different. Content or functionality will not change. That change will apply to Structured Discussions as well. [68]
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April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive
[edit]G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:
- tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
- adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
- updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
- creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.
The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.
The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.
For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXLIIV, April 2018
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIV, May 2018
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Jigal - mother-in-law
[edit]Hi @Gnangarra: someone suggested you might be able to help. The article Cochlospermum fraseri talks about the mother-in-law tree. I am trying to pin down the language/languages/language-group in which jigal is mother-in-law, Clearly some mob from the Kimberley. But how wide is the usage and is there documentation?? Cheers, and thanks, MargaretRDonald (talk) 18:41, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
- @MargaretRDonald: the mother in law tree is Lysiphyllum cunninghamii the Goolarabooloo and Djibarr Djibarr people which are both part of the language group Nyulnyulan languages are from the broome area, Western Kimberley where it appears to be in use. I'd start with contacting the Language/Indigenous centres in Broome as the most likely origin maybe Kununurra to see if its used further east, you may also find it spelt djigal or tjigal in language lists. Gnangarra 00:34, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the correction of my carelessness. And more importantly, thanks for the help. I did try some aboriginal websites, but the ones I managed to find were so under-resourced that there were no contact details... MargaretRDonald (talk) 02:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
- My email to yawuru@yawuru.org.au
Dear someone at the aboriginal language centre,
I have been editing the wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysiphyllum_cunninghamii which is locally (how local?) called the jigal or mother-in-law tree. I was hoping you might point me to some written resource (either on the web or as a published paper document) which indicates which language groups use this word for mother-in-law, and if there are other aboriginal names for the tree (documented somewhere) I would be most grateful for the information.
(If you check out the article you'll see what level of information is necessary....)
MargaretRDonald (talk) 02:23, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks
[edit]I was slowly moving towards that conclusion myself. You're dead right. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 03:21, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXLVI, June 2018
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Vandal
[edit]Hey there – thanks for your help so far. That's likely the same sockpuppet that's been harassing me for a while. Are you able to move my user/talk pages back properly and delete the redirects, or was that just a temporary move? My username doesn't have a space in it – thanks. 4TheWynne(talk)(contribs) 12:45, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
- oops my bad will fix Gnangarra 12:57, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
something must be happening
[edit]you just edited JarrahTree 13:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
- yep its all I can do online, nothing else works here Gnangarra 13:09, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2018
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2018).
Administrator changes
Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor
Gogo Dodo
Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
- A request for comment closed with a consensus that the {{promising draft}} template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.
Technical news
- Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Wikipedia. For more information, please review the FAQ.
- Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Wikipedia. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon (
) in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates. - IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
Miscellaneous
- Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
Aussieflagfan's latest gambit
[edit]Our flag enthusiast friend has opened a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Talk:Flag of_Australia#Australian_flag_at_war, with you and me named as the other users involved. He did't tell me about it. I just saw it by chance. I'm guessing he hasn't told you either, so I'm doing that now. HiLo48 (talk) 05:10, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
- thank for the heads up. Gnangarra 05:45, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXLVII, July 2018
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very late notice
[edit]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Perth/50 - apologies for late notice - hope you are able to make it!! JarrahTree 04:30, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
Allegations of Islamic apartheid listed at Redirects for discussion
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Allegations of Islamic apartheid. Since you had some involvement with the Allegations of Islamic apartheid redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 04:40, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
Have you ever taken any photos of these critters? WP is lacking....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:31, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
- no, but I'll go looking for them Gnangarra 00:45, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
- cool! good luck! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:20, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
@Casliber: caught these today but with the wrong lens, pair of these there so will go back hopefully they hang around. Gnangarra 12:27, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- great! Is that a nesting hollow I wonder?? Cas Liber (talk · contribs)
- definite pair of birds, not sure didnt think to look for another angle to check. Gnangarra 12:59, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2018
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
- Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.
Technical news
- The WMF Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input on the second set of wireframes for the Special:Block redesign that will introduce partial blocks. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files.
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[edit]Really bold edit but I do think that's the best option. --AussieLegend (✉) 14:35, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
- Yeah it had been made such a mess that was the only real option, few more to be looked at else where but those ripples will take some time, Gnangarra 23:26, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018
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Growth team updates #1
[edit]Welcome to the first newsletter for the new Growth team!
The Growth Team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects. We will be starting with Wikipedias, but we hope these changes will benefit every community.
8 ideas we consider: tell us what you think about them!
We are considering new features to build, that could retain new editors in mid-size Wikipedias. We will be testing new ideas in Czech and Korean Wikipedias, and then we'll talk to more communities (yours!) about adopting the ideas that work well.
We have posted the 8 ideas we are considering. We would really appreciate your thoughts and the thoughts from your community. Please share the ideas, and tell us what do you and your community think of those ideas before September 9.
Share your experiences with newcomers
We want to hear about what is working and what is not working for new contributors in your wiki. We also want to hear any reactions, questions, or opinions on our work. Please post on the team’s talk page, in any language!
Learn more about us
You can visit our team page to find out why our team was formed and how we are thinking about new editors, and our project page for detailed updates on the first project we'll work on.
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
[edit]Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2018
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018).
Administrator changes
- None
- Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz
Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam
Interface administrator changes
- Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux
Guideline and policy news
- Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.
Technical news
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
- Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says
Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example isarticle_textwhich is nowpage_title. - Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is
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Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.
The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
[edit]G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
[edit]G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.
Have your say!
[edit]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)
Growth team updates #2
[edit]Welcome to the second newsletter for the new Growth team!
The Growth Team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects.
Our plan for the next quarter is ready
After consulting with many communities on the best ways to increase retention, we will focus during the next 3 months on these projects:
- Understanding first day: to see what new editors do right after creating their accounts. We will be careful with user privacy, and we hope to share initial results in December.
- Personalized first day: this idea will also help us learn a lot about new editors by adding some optional questions to the new editor’s registration process. We hope to share initial results in December.
- Focus on help desk: we plan to invite or redirect people to the local help desks where they can ask questions to help them make their first edits. We hope to have an initial experiment running in December.
You can read about the details of this plan on our team page.
How did we get to this plan?
We have set up our plan based on the 8 ideas we were considering. You can read about our analysis in our team updates, and detailed discussion on each idea.
We are looking for volunteers
Do you want to participate to our experiments? We are looking for new communities to work with us (especially a new mid-size wiki), and people to become ambassadors to help us to communicate with the different communities. Discover how you can involve yourself or your community.
Learn more about us
You can visit our team page to find out why our team was formed and how we are thinking about new editors, and our project page for detailed updates on the projects we'll work on.
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[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018).
Administrator changes
- Justlettersandnumbers • L235
- Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter
Interface administrator changes
- Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333
Oversight changes
- Guerillero • NativeForeigner • Snowolf • Xeno
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, the process for appointing interface administrators has been established. Currently only existing admins can request these rights, while a new RfC has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
- There is an open request for comment on Meta regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.
Technical news
- Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
- The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
- Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
- The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
- Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
- Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.
The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment determined that non-administrators will not be able to request interface admin access.
- A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the Mediation Committee should be closed and marked as historical.
- A village pump discussion has been ongoing about whether the proposed deletion policy (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
- A request for comment is in progress to determine whether pending changes protection should be applied automatically to today's featured article (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.
Technical news
- Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
- A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
- The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.
Arbitration
- Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
- The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-en
wikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.
Growth team updates #3
[edit]Welcome to the third newsletter for the new Growth team!
The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects.
Two Growth team projects to be deployed in next two weeks
We will be deploying the "Understanding first day" and "Personalized first day" projects on Czech and Korean Wikipedias in the coming weeks. See the new project pages below for full details on the projects, and our project updates page for their progress.
- Understanding first day: learn about the actions new editors take right after creating their accounts. We will be careful with user privacy, and we hope to share initial results in December.
- Personalized first day: learn about new editors' objectives by adding some optional questions to the new editor’s registration process, and personalizing their onboarding. We hope to share initial results in December.
Third Growth team project begins
- Focus on help desk: direct newcomers to the local help desks where they can ask questions to help them make their first edits. We hope to have an initial experiment running in December.
Best practices for helping newcomers
We are going to direct newcomers to help desks. But what's the best way to reply to a newcomer there? We have gathered some best practices for successful interactions, based on community experiences and some external documentation. The page has also been reviewed by some experienced community members who suggested some changes. That page is now open for translations. Comments and suggestions are still welcome!
We are still looking for volunteers
Do you want to participate to our experiments? We are looking for new communities to work with us (especially a new mid-size wiki), and people to become ambassadors to help us to communicate with the different communities. Discover how you can involve yourself or your community.
Also, please share this update with your community and interested people!
Learn more about us
You can visit our team page to find out why our team was formed and how we are thinking about new editors, and our project page for detailed updates on the projects we'll work on.
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The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018
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Rosella, western, moyadong, picture, you, have? Need not be great, a discarded shot would do, Jarrah Tree dobbed you in. How are you? cygnis insignis 17:28, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
ArbCom 2018 election voter message
[edit]Hello, Gnangarra. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
[edit]Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – December 2018
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).
Administrator changes
- Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz
- Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
- A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
- A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
- A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.
Technical news
- Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
- To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
- Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.
Arbitration
- Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.
Miscellaneous
- In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
- Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.
Obituaries
- Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.
Growth team updates #4
[edit]Welcome to the fourth newsletter for the new Growth team!
The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects.
We need your feedback!
We have two requests for community members:
- Now that data is coming in for the welcome survey, we are planning how to use that data to personalize the newcomer's first day. See our current thoughts here, and join the conversation here.
- Try out the help panel's interactive prototype, and read about how we're planning to roll it out, and post any thoughts or reactions here.
Two Growth team projects have been deployed (detailed updates here)
- Personalized first day (welcome survey) was deployed on November 20 on both Czech and Korean Wikipedias.
- The survey is now being shown to half of new users (A/B test). Responses are being recorded in the database. We'll report on initial results during December.
- We are planning to test a second version of the survey, called "Variation C", which we think will maximize the number of users who complete the survey and stay on the wiki.
- The original objective of this project was to give newcomers the materials they need to achieve their goals, and so now we are currently planning how we will use the information collected in the welcome survey to personalize the newcomer's experience. We hope community members will read our current thinking and join the conversation here. Some of the plans we are considering include:
- Making it easy for newcomers to see editing activity around the topic areas in which they indicated that they're interested.
- Connecting interested newcomers to experienced editors.
- Surfacing the help content most relevant to the reason for which the newcomers created their accounts.
- Understanding first day (EditorJourney) was deployed on November 15 on both Czech and Korean Wikipedias. It has been done after a longer security review and final testing than expected. Data is now being recorded for all new users on those wikis, and we've been auditing the data and preparing to make initial reports during December. Stay tuned for the next newsletter!
Help panel is under construction
- Focus on help desk (help panel) is planned to be deployed during the week of January 7 on both Czech and Korean Wikipedias.
- This interactive prototype is the best way to see the design and wording in the feature.
- We ran live user tests on the prototype, with results posted here.
- In addition to giving the ability to ask a question, the help panel will also contain a set of links to existing help content. Our ambassadors on Czech and Korean Wikipedias are determining the right initial set of most helpful links in this task.
- We encourage community members to try out the prototype and read about the rules for who will get the feature, and add any thoughts to this discussion.
We are still looking for volunteers
Do you want to participate to our experiments? We are looking for new communities to work with us (especially a new mid-size wiki), and people to become ambassadors to help us to communicate with the different communities. Discover how you can involve yourself or your community.
Also, please share this update with your community and interested people!
Learn more about us
You can visit our team page to find out why our team was formed and how we are thinking about new editors, and our project updates page for detailed updates on the projects we work on.
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The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018
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Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
[edit]Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:17, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
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[edit]it looks like you havent edited since 2007 :)
have a glorious new year and a spendifulous christmas (my watch page has had these weird and wornderful greetings, so... just had to) JarrahTree 15:14, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
"Maybe I spent the last 10 tens years focused on WMAU and teaching others to contribute, maybe it was that I'm starting a new language Wiki, and then again maybe I just chose to drop belowe the horixon. Archive will happen when the time is right. Gnangarra 15:29, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
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your review of Draft:Celalettin-Field Quantum Observation Tunnel
[edit]You did not formally reject this submitted draft. It appears that you intended to do so, but you left a comment without actually declining the draft. Meters (talk) 05:28, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
- What do you consider a reliable source Gnangarra - because I'd consider a peer reviewed journal article pretty freaking reliable — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polar115 (talk • contribs) 02:27, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Polar115: Noting your response The subject is not written independent of the author as it was discovered by the author, [69] the subject is clearly a case of WP:Too soon. By that I mean that the subject should be verifiable by Independent Secondary sources where Celalettin isnt the author. I'll also refer you to en.Wikipedia's policy on Conflict of Interest as it appears you are a student with a connection to Celalettin, based on discussions between you and @AngusWOOF:. As you will note that I didnt formally reject the draft a second time and left just a comment because it is possible that you may have access to an independent source not written by Celalettin covering the discovery. Gnangarra 08:52, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
@Gnangarra I do not know the student, nor have I ever met the student. I am only a senior employee of the same university of which he has now left and completed. In physics, it may be 20 years before this is re-studied however it is not required as it withstood the gauntlet of peer review, and for a new phenomena in this day and age that is near impossible. This did and was published. Considering that clearly the phenomenon is only used for military purposes, I think it is near impossible that there will be another reference in an unclassified journal. In my opinion, quantum mechanics students need to be aware of the phenomenon so as to progress the understanding of the Copenhagen interpretation which this clearly defies. Considering it is a published document, I think it would be unethical to reject the article based of these trivial issues you have raised considering the significance of it. There is no conflict of interest as I have not even met the student - I joined the university as he left, and as I teach quantum mechanics, it is important to give credit to the author of a phenomena that we teach about. It is not too soon, as the phenomenon has been agreed to exist under peer review - there is no further action required in terms of whether or not it exists - even the equation is provided. Your comments were all taken on board and the article was changed based on all of them which sculpted the article to what it is now. To reject it is unethical in my opinion.Polar115 (talk) 09:21, 28 December 2018 (UTC)Polar115 (talk) 09:51, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
In fact Gnangarra because the draft was changed to meet every one of your requirements, you yourself should be gentleman enough to publish it considering your changes have all be incorporatedPolar115 (talk) 09:25, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Polar115: the issue of sourcing hasn't been addressed, if as you say you are a fellow professor at the same university teaching about the subject then you will have third party materials that reference the work. The issue is being WP:Too soon its topic that according to the sources has been published only 14 days ago. It needs just one Independent third party source not written by Celalettin to reference the work. An ARC report, or University press release, even a bio blurb from where Celalettin works now that supports the statement It was developed by Australian quantum physicist candidate Metin Celalettin.[1] is all it needs. I've scoured the Victoria University web site which is where this source[70] says he works, I cant find the person mentioned nor can I find and media releases about the work, nor even an publications on the VU list of publications. I've done what I can to get it over the line its a small but important step to reaching the requirements of Notability. Gnangarra 10:11, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
Is this what you are looking for @gnangarra? Gnangarra It is notable work, but because it have past both university peer review AND journal peer review it is notable if a student get naming rights to a new equation. As a physicist I can assure you it's as notable as the photoelectric effect and I will be amazed if he's not awarded once it's correctly entered into encyclopaedias and given the coverage it deservesPolar115 (talk) 10:33, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
https://invizigroup.com/celalettin-tunnel Polar115 (talk) 10:34, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
And for your information, the student was asked not to be put on the university's page as at the time he worked for a national security agencyPolar115 (talk) 10:36, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
- then because of the security issues thats unfortunate as we cant & wont be able verify the information via an independent source which under Wikipedia policy is a requirement for every subject to be considered notable. Gnangarra 11:46, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
- Strongly suggest a very careful and considered read of
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics) as to why the biography put up does not meet even square one
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability as to why the notion of notability on wikipedia is not what the editor wants
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Notability
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Drop_the_stick_and_back_slowly_away_from_the_horse_carcass
I strongly suggest that for starters... JarrahTree 12:51, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
But Gnangarra @gnangarra it is not the student that is the issue, it is the physical phenonema which is a. verifiable, and b. published. Why do you keep referring back to the student. Plus on his website he discussed his creation of the tunnel. If I removed reference to the student being the developer at this point would that make a different, even though his name is on the documents.
Don't you think these are such trivial issues for something that is so "notable" it is on par with the photoelectric effect. I sam flabbergasted that approving this is even an issue. It even mentions his co-author as Dr Horace King who is on the Victoria University website, proving that he was a student there... so what is the real problem, as this is a phenomena that is going to be awarded some day
Jarrahtree I have already read about notability - this is not a biography. It is an aticle that references a quantum mechanical phenomenaPolar115 (talk) 07:45, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
The other thing is we need a description and an explanation for what Celalettin has found. Without naming the phenomenon like he has,it will have less exposure when it is one of the most significant findings in quantum observation we have so far. I could as Horace to have him create the Quantum Observation page if he wishes to
And Jarahtree I just looked up Kim Kardashian's page and her show the kardashians - talk to me more about notability???
- Notability is a non-negotiable requirement of Wikipedia the information you have provided fails to meet our criteria, even though it has passed scientific peer review its dissemination hasnt yet been sufficient to meet our requirements. You personally have indicated that its unlike to do so in the short term because of its use and restrictions placed on it for security reasons. As for the K's notability can be established easily because of notoriety, gossip, and prodigious commentary, all of that doesnt happen with most new scientific discoveries. Gnangarra 08:15, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
It's publicly published - no restrictions placed on it at all which makes me think you haven't even looked, I said Celalettin didn't want his face on the uni website. It is the equivalent of the photoelectric effect on steel to a gas so it is a huge discovery, and this is so huge that hi firm is getting government tenders where he openly (not classified) discusses the tunnel as his tool. The gossip around the university RE this tunnel has been profound. I have removed him being referred to as a physicist, however can put him up on the university website, however this site was to be a surprise for him
Also, notability is relative. Notable to who? Kim Kardashian... then no. Notable to the science community?? Yes. I had a conversation with the dean of physics for the University of Buffalo U.S about the Celalettin-Tunnel yesterday and she'd heard of it - Liesl Folks.
It's a relative term that makes no sense. This is a real phenomena where Celalettin was given naming rights to the equation that was peer reviewed, and looking up Horace King confirms he was a physics student at Victotis University. Lets just publish it??? It will link in to so many other phenomena - I'll work on it myself.
- as is the case with any scientific discovery thats peer reviewed, Wikipedia needs to be able to independently confirm its information, I dont doubt what you are saying, if I cant sufficiently prove it to others then it cant be written about yet. Gnangarra 08:44, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
That is a shame. Because if you were a scientist you'd know that what you've just suggested has already occurred. And I think this is a big problem with Wikipedia. Scientific articles' merit are judged by non-scientists, else you'd know that 3 professors around the globe had to agree to its existence prior to publishing it
Your reversal over at Batavia (ship)
[edit]Hey, I was about to make a fool of myself, intending to revert your reversal over at Batavia (ship). Already feeling quite smug while looking up a source to back me up with regard to grammar, I discovered "Indigenous" is, in fact, often capitalized. So thanks I guess, haha. I notice your swift reversal-reversal probably had something to do with the editor in question's apparent inclination towards dubious and racially motived edits. The thing is, I wouldn't've assumed that, and I just as easily would've reverted you. The last thing I'd want to do is to tell you how to go about editing Wikipedia, but perhaps in cases like these it's best to leave a short edit summary? Though I barely feel justified saying this as I forgo on plenty of edit summaries myself, to be honest with you. Anyways, take care! Jay D. Easy (talk) 23:11, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
- sorry I did initially but swapped to using the Undo function as there were a lot of them to fix. I guess there are a lot more out there to be addressed, working with Indigenous contributors is one area I've spent a lot of time that which seam so insignificant are actually driving people away. Gnangarra 06:32, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
- I'm slowly combing through John Rae (explorer), trying to polish it, and had my first opportunity to capitalize the word there. So yeah, I'll keep an eye out. Take care! Jay D. Easy (talk) 21:45, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Jay D. Easy: awesome I'll have read, thinking about what you said I have started an essay User:Gnangarra/sandbox/Indigenous Australian description terminology to help editors understand how we have multiple options and when terms that are better avoid should still be used. Gnangarra 06:35, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- I'm slowly combing through John Rae (explorer), trying to polish it, and had my first opportunity to capitalize the word there. So yeah, I'll keep an eye out. Take care! Jay D. Easy (talk) 21:45, 30 December 2018 (UTC)