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Sunday June 5: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon
[edit]| Sunday June 5, 12-5pm: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon | |
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  Join us for a full Sunday of social Wikipedia editing at the Center for Jewish History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to Women in Jewish History. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Expanding coverage of Jewish women on Wikipedia makes these women and their creations discoverable, addresses the gender bias on Wikipedia in a positive way, and works to correct imbalances archival collecting practice and institutional projects that have historically silenced women's narratives. A training session on editing Wikipedia will be held at 12:30 pm. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand. Light refreshments will be provided. Make edits! Ask questions! Be bold!
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:02, 1 June 2016 (UTC) P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our June 15 WikiWednesday and other upcoming events. | |
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Hi there. Would you be able to unprotect Banter? It's currently editable only by sysops and although there have probably been good reasons for that when you protected it back in 2006, I'm not sure I see why it should continue to be kept like that now. Thanks! Uanfala (talk) 15:23, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) @Uanfala: 'Banter' is currently redirected to 'Conversation'. Why would you want to edit Banter? The redirect makes sense imho. Lectonar (talk) 15:31, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Lectonar: Why would anyone want to edit wikipedia? The fact that something is good enough doesn't mean editors should be kept off it. As far as I know we don't event do that to FAs on controversial topics. My request isn't about the specific minor edit I was planning to make, but about the necessity (or lack of such) of the protection level at this point. Thanks! Uanfala (talk) 15:40, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- I've reduced the protection to semi. If you think it still needs full protection, you are welcome to revert me. Regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:31, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah, makes sense. I protected it as it was the standard way to WP:SALT pages back then; create-protection didn't exist. It must have been turned into a redirect without having unprotected the page. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:30, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
- Oh, thanks! I'm wondering if it won't be a good idea if indefinite protections wee automatically removed after a long enough period, say 10 years. Uanfala (talk) 21:36, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah, makes sense. I protected it as it was the standard way to WP:SALT pages back then; create-protection didn't exist. It must have been turned into a redirect without having unprotected the page. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:30, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 June 2016
[edit]- News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens
- Featured content: Overwhelmed ... by pictures
- Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.
- Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games
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Recent changes
Changes this week
- The history page can tell you if a page on your watchlist was updated since you last visited it. This now works the same way in Vector as in other skins. The change broke local designs on some wikis. This will be fixed this week. [3]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 June. It will be on all wikis from 9 June (calendar).
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20:51, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
June 15: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
[edit]| Wednesday June 15, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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  You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Featuring special guest presentations on Wikipedia Asian Month and Wikipedia Club at Ohio State University. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent (Art+Feminism! AfroCrowd!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 01:38, 12 June 2016 (UTC) P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our AfroCrowd June calendar, June 29 Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA, and July 15 Wiknic @ Central Park, among other upcoming events. | |
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Wikimedia wikis now use AuthManager. If you have new problems related to logging in or being logged in, report them. [4]
- Visiting Special:Notifications doesn't automatically mark notifications as read anymore. You can go between read, unread or all notifications on Special:Notifications. Notifications on Special:Notifications are grouped by day. You can mark every daily group as read individually. Notifications are displayed by groups of 50 on Special:Notifications and you can find former notifications by using navigation arrows. [5][6][7][8]
Changes this week
- You can filter user contributions to hide minor edits. [9]
- It will be easier to edit galleries with the visual editor. [10]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar).
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18:41, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 June 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov
- Special report: Wikiversity Journal—A new user group
- Featured content: From the crème de la crème
- In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing
- Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle
Thanks
[edit]So, I was very offended and angry for a long long time because you had an article about my band deleted. I have since gotten over it and understand wiki's rules, and guidelines. Because of what happened, it is now my goal to have as many articles deleted as physically possible on this website and I thank you for that. It is a passion of mine to have articles erased, removed, and taken off, so no space is wasted. The deletion log and policies are a second bible to me, I have read them over and over and over. I absolutely love having them removed it is a passion of mine, so I thank you fore igniting that. Here's to getting all the imbeciles who have insignificant garbage off of wiki for good, one page at a time #TeamDeletionLog — Preceding unsigned comment added by Makk3232 (talk • contribs) 23:10, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Notifications were not always marked as read when you followed a link from an email notification. This will now happen. [11]
Changes this week
- The list of other languages an article is available in will be shorter on small Wikipedias and non-Wikipedia projects. This is to make it easier to find the most relevant languages for each user. You will still be able to see the other languages. [12][13]
- Alerts (the red badge) will not be automatically marked as read when you open the Notifications popup. [14]
- When you get several thanks you can see them as one notification. This is instead of one notification for each thanks. [15]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is develop Markdown support strategy for MediaWiki. The meeting will be on 22 June at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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19:14, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Wednesday June 29: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
[edit]| Wednesday June 29, 6-8:30pm: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA | |
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 Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art Library's second annual Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon, during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to LGBT art, culture and history. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Also featuring a lightning talk by CUNY students at the La Guardia and Wagner Archives on a project to document local 1980s HIV/AIDS activism on Wikipedia. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:03, 20 June 2016 (UTC) P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our Sunday July 10 Wiknic in Central Park and other upcoming events. | |
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[edit]Dear King: I recently noticed that you deleted a page called Lost and Found (the band). I'm not sure I understand this since nothing on the page is inaccurate. The band was around for 29 years, released 18 CDs, won a Grand Prize in the John Lennon international Songwriting contest twice, played thousands of concerts, visiting hundreds of cities around the world. I need some help understanding how the existence of this page was even on your radar and bothered you enough to invest the time and energy to delete it. I guess what I mean is, what was it about the page that did not meet your standards and how can the authors of the page get around the gate you keep? Segdirb25 (talk) 15:56, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
requesting for un-deletion of Kenneth Uwadi
[edit]I am requesting for un-deletion of Kenneth Uwadi. It was deleted in 2011 for lack of verifiable sources. The article can be modified with verifiable sources chiomaamadi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chiomaamadi (talk • contribs) 09:49, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
- Could you please list them below? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:00, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The ORES service has now moved to a new location. This should make it easier to use ORES. The ORES review service is now available as a beta feature on Wikidata and Persian Wikipedia. ORES is an artificial intelligence system for Wikimedia wikis to help editors. [16]
- The order of wikis in collapsed cross-wiki notifications was different than when the list was expanded. This is now fixed. [17]
- A new category for tracking pages with math errors was added: Category:Pages with math errors. [18]
Problems
- The Wikimedia Etherpad crashed on June 23. Some edits done that day have been lost. They can be found at etherpad-restore.wikimedia.org for another few days. [19][20]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 June. It will be on all wikis from 30 June (calendar).
- The way to mark notifications as read or unread will be changed to be more clear. [21]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 28 June at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Collaboration team at the Wikimedia Foundation will look at developing better tools for edit review. This is because research suggests we scare away newcomers who want to help. [22]
- An e-mail from the Editing Department explains the technical work that is planned and being researched for the future. Items include better wikitext and visual editing, prompts for edits, language improvements, annotations, and meta-data separation. [23]
- The sorting of Notifications into the two fly-out menus is going to change on July 5 to 7. Bundled notifications should be easier to explore and mark as read individually. [24][25][26]
- From 29 June git.wikimedia.org (running Gitblit) will redirect all requests to Phabricator. The vast majority of requests should be correctly redirected. [27]
- Catalan and Polish Wikipedias will have Wikidata descriptions added to articles in the mobile view by default. This is currently a beta option for the mobile versions. This might come to other wikis later. [28]
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15:42, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
RE: Inquiry of permission of re-using a figure in our book
[edit]Dear Donaldytong,
This is Dr. Jia He of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I'm writing this letter to you for inquiring the permission of reusing one of your photos as Figure 1.1(a) of our forthcoming book. The figure is about Burj Khalifa, and the link to this figure is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burj_Khalifa.jpg
If you don't mind, could you please show me your permission via a confirmative email. The source of this figure will be properly cited. My email address is hj19830507@126.com
The detais of our book are 'You-Lin Xu and Jia He. (2016). Smart Civil Structures. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.'
Please allow me to reuse the aforementioned figure. Thanks very much for your kind help and support. Look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.132.127.192 (talk) 16:16, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
- You will need to contact Donaldytong for that, I did not take the photo. But in general, you do not need to ask permission to reuse images on Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons as long as they have been released under a free license. This particular one is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which means that you can use it as long as you credit the author and agree to distribute any modified versions of it under the same license if you choose to create any. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:52, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
FfD tool
[edit]Is there a more current tool for closing FfD besides yours (User:King of Hearts/closeffd.js)? And if not, any chance you would be willing to update it? As far as I can tell, it doesn't work anymore and it could be really useful czar 06:04, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
- Not that I know of, unfortunately. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:27, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Inquiry of permission
[edit]Dear King of Heart,
This is Dr. Jia He. Thanks so much for your kind responses and comments. There is another figure for your permission of reuse. The figure is about Abraj Al Bait Towers, and the link is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraj-al-Bait-Towers.JPG
As I can found in that website (see the term of "File History"), you're listed in that form. Could I use that figure in our book as well?
Thanks so much for your kind help and strong support.
Best wishes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.132.127.192 (talk) 07:33, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
- You must be looking at the "File history" section at the bottom. That indicates who uploaded the file, but not necessarily who created it. If you look at the "Summary" section, it indicates that King Eliot is the author of the file. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:29, 29 June 2016 (UTC)