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January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects
The January 2012 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
--Kumi-Taskbot (talk) 19:35, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
re: your message
Hi Mikhailov, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page :) Marek.69 talk 15:06, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Mikhailov, I appreciate that you too are very busy off-Wikipedia at the moment, but if you do have some time you are invited to participate here :) Marek.69 talk 15:11, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
A request for comments has been opened on administrator User:Fæ. You are being notified due to your prior participation in ANI, RfA, or RfC discussions regarding this user. Thank you, MadmanBot (talk) 19:59, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 January 2012
- News and notes: Update on Global Development, Wikipedia Day NYC is a success, JFK audio on Commons
- In the news: Zambian wiki-assassins, Foundation über alles, editor engagement and the innovation plateau
- Recent research: Language analyses examine power structure and political slant; Wikipedia compared to commercial databases
- WikiProject report: Digging Up WikiProject Palaeontology
- Featured content: Featured content soaring this week
- Arbitration report: Five open cases, voting on proposed decisions in two cases
- Technology report: Why "Lua" is on everybody's lips, and when to expect MediaWiki 1.19
The Signpost: 06 February 2012
- News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors
- In the news: Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned
- Discussion report: Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts
- WikiProject report: The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones
- Featured content: Talking architechture with MrPanyGoff
- Arbitration report: Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure
- Technology report: October's coding challenge: results now in; progress on 1.19 steady; and why for a while interwiki links were no more
The Signpost: 13 February 2012
- Discussion report: Administrators, vanishing, and ponies
- Special report: Fundraising proposals spark a furore among the chapters
- News and notes: Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department
- In the news: Scholars and spindoctors contend with the emergent wikiorder
- In focus: Skirmishes in the 'great sectarian war of the Internet'
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Stub Sorting
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Betacommand 3 closed, proposed decision in Civility enforcement, AUSC candidates announced
- Technology report: January sees prototype new geodata API; but February looks to be a testing time for top developers
The Signpost: 20 February 2012
- Special report: The plight of the new page patrollers
- News and notes: Fundraiser row continues, new director of engineering
- Discussion report: Discussion on copyrighted files from non-US relation states
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Poland
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Civility enforcement closed, proposed decision in TimidGuy, two cases remain open
- Technology report: Major strands of development cycle coalesce as 1.19 is deployed to first wikis
World Factoring Yearbook
I'm leaving this message as you're listed as a current participant of WikiProject Business. I was informed yesterday that the current World Factoring Yearbook (circa £150) is now free for download as an ebook. It's a matter of filling out this form. I'm not sure if you'll find this useful as a reliable source, but I thought I should let you know that it's freely available online. I apologise in advance if this doesn't interest you! All the best, The Cavalry (Message me) 15:00, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 February 2012
- News and notes: Finance meeting fallout, Gardner recommendations forthcoming
- Recent research: Gender gap and conflict aversion; collaboration on breaking news; effects of leadership on participation; legacy of Public Policy Initiative
- Discussion report: Focus on admin conduct and editor retention
- WikiProject report: Just don't call it "sci-fi": WikiProject Science Fiction
- Featured content: By plane, by ship, and by stagecoach: Featured content goes trekking this week
- Arbitration report: Final decision in TimidGuy ban appeal, one case remains open
- Technology report: 1.19 deployment stress, Meta debates whether to enforce SUL
Your welcome
Poeticbent talk 22:20, 4 March 2012 (UTC) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
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The Signpost: 05 March 2012
- News and notes: Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history
- In the news: Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing
- Discussion report: COI and NOTCENSORED: policies under discussion
- WikiProject report: We don't bite: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
- Featured content: Best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open
- Technology report: With the 1.19 deployment now (mostly) complete, developers consider possible "mini" deployment later in the month
WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest
Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.
As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.
If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from Part One of the Assessment Guide. Part Two of the Guide will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.
You can sign up on the Tag & Assess page. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.
ssriram_mt (talk) & AshLin (talk) (Drive coordinators)
Delivered per request on Wikipedia:Bot requests. 01:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 01:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 12 March 2012
- Interview: Liaising with the Education Program
- Women and Wikipedia: Women's history, what we're missing, and why it matters
- Arbitration analysis: A look at new arbitrators
- News and notes: Sue Gardner tackles the funds, and the terms of use update nears implementation
- In the news: Britannica runs out of print as Jimmy Wales anointed UK transparency tsar
- Discussion report: Nothing changes as long discussions continue
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Women's History
- Featured content: Extinct humans, birds, and Birdman
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision in 'Article titles', only one open case
- Education report: Diverse approaches to Wikipedia in Education
- Technology report: Git learning curve steep but not insurmountable, plus a diff style we can all agree on?
The Signpost: 19 March 2012
- News and notes: Chapters Council proposals take form as research applications invited for Wikipedia Academy and HighBeam accounts
- Discussion report: Article Rescue Squadron in need of rescue yet again
- WikiProject report: Lessons from another Wikipedia: Czech WikiProject Protected Areas
- Featured content: Featured content on the upswing!
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence 'review' opened, Article titles at voting
- Technology report: Bugmeister to leave at end of May, but developers keen to "chart" a path ahead
The Signpost: 26 March 2012
- News and notes: Controversial content saga continues, while the Foundation tries to engage editors with merchandising and restructuring
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Rock Music
- Featured content: Malfunctioning sharks, toothcombs and a famous mother: featured content for the week
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review at evidence, article titles closed
- Recent research: Predicting admin elections; studying flagged revision debates; classifying editor interactions; and collecting the Wikipedia literature
- Education report: Universities unite for GLAM; and High Schools get their due.
- Technology report: A busy week: Git switchover, mobile site upgraded, and still time for three security releases
The Signpost: 02 April 2012
- Interview: An introduction to movement roles
- Arbitration analysis: Case review: TimidGuy ban appeal
- News and notes: Berlin reforms to movement structures, Wikidata launches with fanfare, and Wikipedia's day of mischief
- WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Signpost
- Featured content: Snakes, misnamed chapels, and emptiness: featured content this week
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review in third week, one open case
- Technology report: Somewhere amongst the endless discussions about Gerrit lie details of hackathons, performance blips explained and more
The Signpost: 09 April 2012
- Wikidata: The next big thing? An interview with Wikidata
- Interview: Funds, fiduciaries, and the Foundation: the complex dynamics of scaling
- News and notes: Projects launched in Brazil and the Middle East as advisors sought for funds committee
- WikiProject report: The Land of Steady Habits: WikiProject Connecticut
- Featured content: Assassination, genocide, internment, murder, and crucification: the bloodiest of the week
- Arbitration report: Arbitration evidence-limit motions, two open cases
- Technology report: Next Wikimedia deployment already in the pipeline and details of recent performance improvements
The Signpost: 16 April 2012
- Arbitration analysis: Inside the Arbitration Committee Mailing List
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Facilitator: Silver seren
- News and notes: French language outreach, WikiTravel debate, and HighBeam reloaded
- Discussion report: The future of pending changes
- WikiProject report: The Butterflies and Moths of WikiProject Lepidoptera
- Featured content: A few good sports: association football, rugby league, and the Olympics vie for medals
- Arbitration report: Evidence submissions begin in Rich Farmbrough case, proposed decision in R&I Review
- Technology report: MediaWiki 1.20wmf01 hits first WMF wiki, understanding 20% time, and why this report cannot yet be a draft
The Signpost: 23 April 2012
- Investigative report: Spin doctors spin Jimmy's "bright line"
- News and notes: Help-space revamp, WikiTravel RfC, and Justin Knapp scores a million edits
- WikiProject report: Skeptics and Believers: WikiProject The X-Files
- Featured content: A mirror (or seventeen) on this week's featured content
- Arbitration report: Evidence submissions ends in Rich Farmbrough case, vote on proposed decision in R&I Review
- Technology report: Wikimedia Labs: soon to be at the cutting edge of MediaWiki development?
The Signpost: 30 April 2012
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Consultant: Pete Forsyth
- News and notes: Showdown as featured article writer openly solicits commercial opportunities
- Recent research: Barnstars work; Wiktionary assessed; cleanup tags counted; finding expert admins; discussion peaks; Wikipedia citations in academic publications; and more
- Discussion report: 'ReferenceTooltips' by default
- WikiProject report: The Cartographers of WikiProject Maps
- Featured content: Featured content spreads its wings
- Arbitration report: R&I Review remains in voting, two open cases
- Technology report: What Git means for end users, design controversies and pertinent poll results
The Signpost: 07 May 2012
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Communicator: Phil Gomes
- News and notes: Hong Kong to host Wikimania 2013
- In the news: What does Wikipedia call an expert; and untruths in biographies ... again.
- WikiProject report: Say What?: WikiProject Languages
- Featured content: This week at featured content: How much wood would a Wood Duck chuck if a Wood Duck could chuck wood?
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision in Rich Farmbrough, two open cases
- Technology report: Search gets faster, GSoC gets more detail and 1.20wmf2 gets deployed
The Signpost: 14 May 2012
- Special report: Wikimedia and the "seismic shift" towards open-access research publication
- News and notes: Finance debate drags on as editor survey finds Wikipedia too bureaucratic
- WikiProject report: Welcome to Wikipedia with a cup of tea and all your questions answered - at the Teahouse
- Featured content: Featured content is red hot this week
- Arbitration report: R&I Review closed, Rich Farmbrough near closure
- Technology report: Cross-wiki watchlist controversy; and is "go file a bug" really a useful response?
The Signpost: 21 May 2012
- From the editor: New editor-in-chief
- News and notes: Two new Wikimedia fellows to boost strategies for tackling major issues
- WikiProject report: Trouble in a Galaxy Far, Far Away....
- Featured content: Lemurbaby moves it with Madagascar: Featured content for the week
- Arbitration report: No open arbitration cases pending
- Technology report: On the indestructibility of Wikimedia content
The Signpost: 28 May 2012
- News and notes: Wikimedia endorses open-access petition to the White House; pending changes RfC ends
- Recent research: Supporting interlanguage collaboration; detecting reverts; Wikipedia's discourse, semantic and leadership networks, and Google's Knowledge Graph
- WikiProject report: Experts and enthusiasts at WikiProject Geology
- Featured content: Featured content cuts the cheese
- Arbitration report: Fæ and GoodDay requests for arbitration, changes to evidence word limits
- Technology report: Developer divide wrangles; plus Wikimedia Zero, MediaWiki 1.20wmf4, and IPv6
R&N Userbox
Hello, Mikhailov Kusserow! You can add the new userbox for the Royalty & Nobility taskforce, {{User WikiProject Royalty and Nobility}}, to your userpage! - Presidentman talk · contribs Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 11:53, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 04 June 2012
- Special report: WikiWomenCamp: From women, for women
- News and notes: Editors want most funding for technical areas, while widespread ignorance of WMF board elections and chapters persists; voting still live on Commons best picture
- Discussion report: Watching Wikipedia change
- WikiProject report: Views of WikiProject Visual Arts
- Featured content: On the lochs
- Arbitration report: Two motions for procedural reform, three requests for arbitration, Rich Farmbrough risks block and ban
- Technology report: Report from the Berlin Hackathon
The Signpost: 11 June 2012
- Special report: Springer's misappropriation of Wikimedia content "the tip of the iceberg"
- News and notes: Foundation finance reformers wrestle with CoI
- WikiProject report: Counter-Vandalism Unit
- Featured content: The cake is a pi
- Arbitration report: Procedural reform enacted, Rich Farmbrough blocked, three requests for arbitration
- Technology report: To support or not to support? IPv6, and how best to serve non-Wikimedia wikis
The Signpost: 18 June 2012
- Investigative report: Is the Requests for adminship process 'broken'?
- News and notes: Ground shifts while chapters dither over new Association
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: The Punks of Wikipedia
- Featured content: Taken with a pinch of "salt"
- Arbitration report: Three requests for arbitration, GoodDay case closed
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 25 June 2012
- Op-ed: A call for editorial input in developing new Creative Commons licensing
- News and notes: "Mystical" Picture of the Year; run-up to Wikimania DC; RfA reform 2012
- In the news: Wales enters extradition battle; Wikipedia's political bias
- Recent research: Edit war patterns, deleters vs. the 1%, never used cleanup tags, authorship inequality, higher quality from central users, and mapping the wikimediasphere
- WikiProject report: Summer Sports Series: WikiProject Athletics
- Featured content: A good week for the Williams
- Arbitration report: Three requests for arbitration
- Technology report: Second Visual Editor prototype launches
The Signpost: 02 July 2012
- Analysis: Uncovering scientific plagiarism
- Op-ed: Representing knowledge – metadata, data and linked data
- News and notes: RfC on joining lobby group; JSTOR accounts for Wikipedians and the article feedback tool
- In the news: Public relations on Wikipedia: friend or foe?
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: Burning rubber with WikiProject Motorsport
- Featured content: Heads up
- Arbitration report: Three open cases
- Technology report: Initialisms abound: QA and HTML5
The Signpost: 09 July 2012
- Special report: Reforming the education programs: lessons from Cairo
- News and notes: Russian Wikipedia protest blackout; E3 team and new tools; Wikitravel proposal bogged down
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Football
- Featured content: Keeps on chuggin'
- Arbitration report: Three cases, Carnildo desysopped
- Technology report: Optimism over LastModified and MoodBar, but change in clock time causes downtime
The Signpost: 16 July 2012
- Special report: Chapters Association mired in controversy over new chair
- Wikimania: Young chapter shows experience beyond its years
- News and notes: WMF enacts reforms at Wikimania; main page redesign; 4 millionth article milestone
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: French WikiProject Cycling
- Featured content: Takes flight
- Arbitration report: Fæ faces site-ban, proposed decisions posted
- Technology report: Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June
The Signpost: 16 July 2012
- Special report: Chapters Association mired in controversy over new chair
- Wikimania: Young chapter shows experience beyond its years
- News and notes: WMF enacts reforms at Wikimania; main page redesign; 4 millionth article milestone
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: French WikiProject Cycling
- Featured content: Takes flight
- Arbitration report: Fæ faces site-ban, proposed decisions posted
- Technology report: Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June
The Signpost: 23 July 2012
- From the editor: Signpost developments
- Op-ed: The future of PR on Wikipedia
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia pay? The skeptic: Orange Mike
- News and notes: Chapter head speaks about the aftermath of Russian Wikipedia shutdown
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Olympics
- Featured content: When is an island not an island?
- Arbitration report: Fæ and Michaeldsuarez banned; Kwamikagami desysopped; Falun Gong closes with mandated external reviews and topic bans
- Technology report: Translating SVGs and making history bugs history
The Signpost: 30 July 2012
- News and notes: Wikimedians and London 2012; WMF budget – staffing, engineering, editor retention effort, and the global South
- Recent research: Conflict dynamics, collaboration and emotions; digitization vs. copyright; WikiProject field notes; quality of medical articles; role of readers; best wiki paper award
- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Horse Racing
- Featured content: One of a kind
- Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases
- Technology report: Talking performance with CT Woo and Green Semantic MediaWiki with Nischay Nahata
The Signpost: 06 August 2012
- Op-ed: The Athena Project: being bold
- News and notes: FDC portal launched
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Martial Arts
- Featured content: Casliber's words take root
- Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases
- Technology report: Wikidata nears first deployment but wikis go down in fibre cut calamity
The Signpost: 13 August 2012
- Op-ed: Small Wikipedias' burden
- News and notes: Bangla-language survey suggests the challenges for small Wikipedias
- Discussion report: Image placeholders, machine translations, Mediation Committee, de-adminship
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Dispute Resolution
- Featured content: On the road again
- Arbitration report: Youreallycan request for arbitration
- Technology report: "Phabricating" a serious alternative to Gerrit
The Signpost: 20 August 2012
- Op-ed: Wikimedians are rightfully wary
- News and notes: Core content competition in full swing; Wikinews fork taken offline
- In the news: American judges on citing Wikipedia
- WikiProject report: Land of Calm and Contrast: WikiProject Korea
- Featured content: Enough for a week – but I'm damned if I see how the helican.
- Technology report: Lua onto test2wiki and news of a convention-al extension
The Signpost: 27 August 2012
- News and notes: Tough journey for new travel guide
- Recent research: New influence graph visualizations; NPOV and history; 'low-hanging fruit'
- Discussion report: Sidebar and main page alterations; Recent Deaths; Education Program extension
- WikiProject report: From sonic screwdrivers to jelly babies: WikiProject Doctor Who
- Featured content: Wikipedia rivals The New Yorker: Mark Arsten
- Technology report: Just how bad is the code review backlog?
The Signpost: 03 September 2012
- Op-ed: Dispute resolution – where we're at, what we're doing well, and what needs fixing
- News and notes: World's largest photo competition kicks off; WMF legal fees proposal
- Featured content: Wikipedia's Seven Days of Terror
- Technology report: Time for a MediaWiki Foundation?
The Signpost: 10 September 2012
- From the editor: Signpost adapts as news consumption changes
- Special report: Two Wikipedians set to face jury trial
- Op-ed: Fixing Wikipedia's help pages one key to editor retention
- News and notes: Researchers find that Simple English Wikipedia has "lost its focus"
- In the media: Author criticizes Wikipedia article; Wales attacks UK government proposal
- Discussion report: Closing Wikiquette; Image Filter; Education Program and Momento extensions
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Fungi
- Featured content: Not a "Gangsta's Paradise", but still rappin'
- Technology report: Mmmm, milkshake...
The Signpost: 17 September 2012
- From the editor: Signpost expands to Facebook
- News and notes: Tens of thousands of monuments loved; members of new funding body announced
- WikiProject report: Action! — The Indian Cinema Task Force
- Featured content: Go into the light
- Technology report: Future-proofing: HTML5 and IPv6