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Tech News: 2017-27

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

  • There was a problem with maps on Wikimedia wikis that used <mapframe> when you clicked on the link to another map service. Open Street Map or Google Maps are examples of other map services. If you had marked a place on the map the marker would not be in the same place on the other map service. It was in the middle of the map. This has now been fixed. [1]

Changes this week

  • Very old and inactive unpublished translations in the Content Translation database will be removed. This is because of technical maintenance. If you have not worked on a translation after 1 January 2016 you will lose it after 6 July. If you want to keep the unfinished translation you need to open it before 6 July with the Content Translation tool. You can continue working on it later. Translations that were started or have been worked on after 1 January 2016 will not be affected.
  • There is no new Mediawiki version this week.
  • EventStreams is a new way to show activity on Wikimedia wikis. It works with the recent changes feed. It will do more things later. It will replace RCStream. Tools that use RCStream should move to EventStreams before 7 July. Tech News wrote about this in the 2017/07 issue. [2]

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15:31, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2017)

Ultraviolet photography is one of the many visual technologies. This image of the rings of Saturn is an example of the application of ultraviolet photography in astronomy.
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The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Visual technology

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Deadpan • Alice Bah Kuhnke

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DYK for Turkey ham

On 22 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Turkey ham, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1980, the American Meat Institute tried to ban turkey ham products from being labeled as such? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Turkey ham. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Turkey ham), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

IronGargoyle (talk) 01:55, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Stew peas

On 23 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stew peas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that stew peas with rice was declared to be "the best dish made in Jamaica" by The Gleaner in 1992? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stew peas. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Stew peas), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

IronGargoyle (talk) 01:43, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Beer can chicken

On 25 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beer can chicken, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that proponents of beer can chicken (pictured) claim that the grilling method enhances the chicken's texture and flavor, while others are skeptical of its efficacy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beer can chicken. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Beer can chicken), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

IronGargoyle (talk) 00:11, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Sopa de fideo

On 29 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sopa de fideo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that sopa de fideo, a soup in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine, may have originated in Spain? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sopa de fideo. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sopa de fideo), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

IronGargoyle (talk) 00:02, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Women Wage Peace

Hello! Your submission of Women Wage Peace at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 15:06, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2017)

Chickens at a market in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
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Chicken as food

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

added Happyme22 • Dragons flight
removed Zad68

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Miscellaneous

  • A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
  • A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
  • Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.
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Tech News: 2017-28

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

  • There are sometimes links to pages about the same thing on other Wikimedia projects. A Wikipedia article about Berlin can link to the Wikivoyage guide or Wiktionary entry about Berlin. You can now see when that page has a badge. A badge could be the star that shows that an article is a featured article. [3]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 July. It will be on all wikis from 13 July (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 11 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Mobile users will be able to edit Wikipedia without JavaScript. This will make it possible to edit the wikis from older mobile phones. This will probably happen on 18 July for most wikis. [4]
  • We will not use Tidy on Wikimedia wikis in the future. It will be replaced by June 2018. It could be earlier. Editors will need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors.

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15:07, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of PDQ (restaurant)

The article PDQ (restaurant) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

essentially advertising

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. DGG ( talk ) 04:34, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Upslope Brewing Company for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Upslope Brewing Company 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/Upslope Brewing Company 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. DGG ( talk ) 04:35, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of PizzaRev for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article PizzaRev 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/PizzaRev 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. DGG ( talk ) 04:41, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of PDQ (restaurant) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article PDQ (restaurant) 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/PDQ (restaurant) 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. DGG ( talk ) 04:43, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-29

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 Labs" is now called "Cloud VPS". "Wikimedia Tool Labs" is now called "Wikimedia Toolforge". This is to help clarify the purpose of these services. [5]

Problems

  • On some pages, the Table of Contents is not being shown. It will normally appear if you edit the page again. Investigation is currently ongoing. [6]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 July. It will be on all wikis from 20 July (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 18 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is: Migrate to HTML5 section ids. [7] The meeting will be on 19 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Page Previews, currently a Beta Feature, will be enabled for logged-out users for all remaining Wikipedias (with the exception of English and German) the week of 24 July. An A/B test will be run on English Wikipedia to collect data before approaching the community for further discussion. [8]

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22:59, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 July 2017

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Cheese and crackers

Is there a reason that you changed the lead and moved the old lead to the overview section? I thought the old lead was quite good. ‡ Єl Cid, Єl Caɱ̩peador ᐁT₳LKᐃ 15:02, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

  • @El cid, el campeador: Yes, because it's the standard style. Per WP:LEAD, "the lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important contents" and "The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic. It should identify the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points..." North America1000 21:55, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Need help

Prem Khan (Actor) please move to Prem Khan 

Monuwara (talk) 05:14, 18 July 2017 (UTC)


DYK for Chaudfroid sauce

On 7 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chaudfroid sauce, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that chaudfroid sauce can be prepared using a reduction of boiled meat carcasses and other ingredients? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chaudfroid sauce. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Chaudfroid sauce), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

IronGargoyle (talk) 00:03, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Farmdrop for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Farmdrop 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/Farmdrop 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. Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 22:29, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Egyptian Steel for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Egyptian Steel 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/Egyptian Steel 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. Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 18:26, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

STALEDRAFT

WP:STALEDRAFT criteria #2 and #6 instruct to seek deletion only if the userspace draft would be problematic even if blanked. Can you revise your MfD nominations to address why each of those miscellany cannot merely be blanked? VQuakr (talk) 19:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

  • When looking at the drafts, it is rather self-explanatory why they are problematic, as in that they are virtually certain to never have a place in main namespace as an actual article, or used as content elsewhere. North America1000 13:14, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Turn of Fortune

Moved to Talk:Turn of Fortune
  • N.b. 82.132.236.180 and 82.132.214.110: I feel that this is best discussed on the article talk page, so I moved the discussion that was here to there. Perhaps others may chime in there as well. North America1000 04:55, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2017)

The room of the editor-in-chief for the Seattle Daily Times in 1900
Hello, Northamerica1000.

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

Editor-in-chief

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Chicken as food • Visual technology

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Displaying the EotW infobox

As you can see at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention the current "eddybox " is shown for the current recipient of the Award. The same should be true at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week. But that is not the case. Could you check and see what the hang-up is? Thanks for what you're doing to improve WER. ―Buster7 ☎ 15:48, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Also, I've been reviewing the archives and I occasionally run across nice things you say about me, which I very much appreciate. Let me return the good wishes! ―Buster7 ☎ 23:58, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
  • Hello Buster7 Upon a brief inspection, I've narrowed it down to this so far:
  • On the project's main page, the eddybox is a part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/header page, which is transcluded onto the main page. On this header page, {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Hall of Fame/2017-07-16}} is listed at the bottom, which produces the box at the right via transclusion with the present award recipient.
Extended content
A Guide for how to edit
Robert McClenon
 
Editor of the Week
for the week beginning July 16, 2017
Editor since 2005 with 50,000+ edits and a previous EotW two years ago. Helpfulness at the Dispute Resolution page, the Help Desk, the Teahouse and elsewhere.
Recognized for
being polite and patient
Submit a nomination
Extended content
UndercoverClassicist
 
Editor of the Week
for the week beginning November 3, 2024
Writes top-flight articles on Ancient Greek archaeology and its archaeologists. Thorough and helpful contributions to other editors' FAC pages resulting in much improved articles. A gracious manner and understanding of collaboration who can write FAs with clarity and elegance. The future of Wikipedia is in safe hands.
Recognized for
Featured Article Candidacy assistance
Submit a nomination
  • When going to edit the Editor of the Week page, the following is present at bottom:
    --></noinclude>{{<includeonly>safesubst:</includeonly>Wikipedia:WikiProject_Editor_Retention/Editor_of_the_Week/Hall_of_Fame/2017-07-09}}<noinclude>
  • It appears that the date on the Editor of the Week page is not being updated as appears to be occurring on the Header page, hence the older award recipient being listed. So, this needs to somehow be standardized to list the most current recipient on both pages. It's unclear to me how the dates are being updated; upon reviewing various page Revision histories, it does not appear to be done manually every week.
– North America1000 02:09, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Primefac recently made some changes at the EotW Hall of Fame that made the creation and implementation of the eddyboxes/banners much more simplified. Along with that, the Accepted Nomination page now has a new and improved way for me to rapidly create an eddybox/banner at EotW/Hall of Fame/2017-07-16. Next week it will be

I think This diff should fix the problem. I will include these changes in the future manual updates that will happen each Sunday after the Award is dispersed. ―Buster7 ☎ 06:59, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Buster7: Sure, that fixes it. I didn't fix it earlier because I wanted to find out whether the dates are automatically or manually updated. North America1000 07:02, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Comment on Ramon Sean Rivas

Hi Northamerica1000, thanks a lot for your contribution on the article! NaturalSelection (talk) 17:00, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant to send this to another user. Thanks for your constructive advice though. NaturalSelection (talk) 20:11, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Cheese spread

On 14 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cheese spread, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that pimento cheese (example pictured) is a type of cheese spread that has been referred to as "pâté of the south" and "Carolina caviar"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cheese spread. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Cheese spread), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:03, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Using COI tag

Hi. I think I need a bit of a refresher on using the COI tag on an article as I did on Making Tax Digital when I accepted it through AfC. A google search showed that the creator of the article has a connection with the company. I tagged their user talk page accordingly: User_talk:Tomsmccallum1. Is the COI tag not appropriate in a case like that and what should I be writing on the article talk page? I am mindful of not 'outing' the person by providing too much extra info. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 18:00, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

  • Hello Curb Safe Charmer: Well, the easiest way to go about it is to follow the guidelines at Template:COI, specifically the When to use section there. If you feel that the article is biased per a conflict of interest, then place the template and explain your rationale on the talk page (note that on the template page, it states, "...if you place this tag, you should promptly start a discussion on the article's talk page to explain what is non-neutral about the article"). Of note is that on the COI page, it also states, "Like the other {{POV}} tags, this tag is not meant to be a badge of shame or to "warn the reader" about the identities of the editors." Per this, if you choose to add the template, you should definitely keep this in mind. North America1000 19:23, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
  • Also, there's the {{Connected contributor}} template that can be used atop article talk pages. North America1000 19:36, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
  • Also of importance is that it states on the COI template page, "Be careful not to violate the policy against WP:OUTING users who have not publicly self-disclosed their identities on the English Wikipedia." North America1000 19:38, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Katemeshi

On 15 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Katemeshi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that katemeshi was a common peasant food in Japan during the Meiji and Taishō periods? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Katemeshi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Katemeshi), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

SoWhy 12:03, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-30

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

  • CSS in templates will be stored in a separate page in the future. This will make it easier to make templates look good on mobile devices. This now works on mediawiki.org and Wikitech. It will come to more wikis later. [9][10][11]
  • .mw-ui-constructive modifier class is deprecated and has been removed. [12]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 July. It will be on all wikis from 27 July (calendar).
  • It will be possible to restrict who can send you notifications on a wiki. This new feature will accessible in your preferences, in the Notifications tab, on Wednesday, July 26. Please see the documentation. [13]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 25 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join the Wikimedia Foundation July 2017 Metrics & Activities Meeting. The meeting is about how Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement are perceived and understood by the world. The meeting will be on 27 July at 19:00 (UTC). See the agenda and how to join.

Future changes

  • New Filters for Edit Review, at the moment available as a Beta feature, will be released by default for the Recent Changes in September.

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15:58, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Huli-huli chicken

Hello Northamerica1000, I've just made a much more complete article on huli-huli chicken in my user space. Right here is a diff of the current article, and right here is the page I've made. Since I saw that you've made many edits in the revision history of huli-huli chicken (albeit in 2013), and created many other pages, I'd appreciate your feedback on what I've made, any edits before I paste it to the mainspace, and other considerations on my process. I know that I still need to look up some page numbers I didn't write down, and I'd like more images. Thank you! --Hameltion (speak, spoken) 03:38, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 00:20, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA Cullen328

As one can see from my !vote there, I did not argue on replying or not, but commented especially to a specific wording ("take care"), easily interpretable as a caveat. In spite of opposing to all the PC-derived crap of urbanity, civility, safety of spaces, ... I still try to adhere to a higher level of sensitivity, more fully de rigeur, than what I perceived from the verbiage of an admin to be. Of course, I never intended to be kidding. Purgy (talk) 10:48, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

  • It comes across that you read way too far into the two words "take care", and in an entirely negative manner, for whatever reasons. "Take care" is typically used in the context of extending good intentions, rather than bad ones. No offense, but I'd prefer not to to discuss this further; I'm working on improving some articles and other matters right now. North America1000 11:34, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2017)

Illustration of Dijkstra's algorithm search, a search algorithm for finding path from a start node (lower left, red) to a goal node (upper right, green) in a robot motion planning problem.
Hello, Northamerica1000.

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

Search algorithm

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Editor-in-chief • Chicken as food

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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Donut Star Award

The Donut Star Award. The torus shape of a donut is not a five-sided or six-sided star, but a star of infinite points. This award is given for innumerable efforts over an extended period to achieve great things.
Thanks for all you do to improve the Food Templates!! Funandtrvl (talk) 17:52, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Please review

...this. I don't want to be contentious. Also, I would like any advice that you feel I need to have. The Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 23:20, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
@Barbara (WVS): I also don't think the term "non-medical" is needed on the template at all. It comes across as a solution for a problem that does not exist. Wording of the template should not reflect whether or not an article is medicine-related, imo. That said, if WP:MEDICINE folks don't want the template on medicine-related article talk pages, then fine, don't use it. North America1000 16:26, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
I am a WP:Medicine and continually reverted. Like I said, I don't want to be contentious. Other projects also 'claim' articles and talk pages that belong to project Medicine. Do I need to get consensus from each and every project on which the search template appears? I'll redo the template for the editor who changed it so that the 'new template' for project med is more to their preference. Thanks very much for you opinion on this. Best Regards
Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 17:49, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
@Barbara (WVS): I've never had an issue with a consensus being needed to place the Friendly search suggestions template before on any articles. I don't see a need to start asking every project about it; rather, it could be considered on a case-by-case basis per each article, if the matter comes up. Regarding medicine-related articles, if others don't want it on medicine-related articles, perhaps simply refrain from adding it to said talk pages. Aah, the WP:MEDRS thing just keeps going on and on. North America1000 17:59, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
I redid the template for proj med. We can all have what we need/want. Here is the revision for proj med:

{{Friendly search suggestions for med talk pages}}

If I propose ideas/changes, consensus is not what happens. Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 18:08, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

@Barbara (WVS): Hopefully that will work out. I added a link to the new template at Template:Friendly search suggestions (diff) and vice-versa (link). North America1000 19:08, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so very much. I don't think you realize how glad I have you as my (template) mentor.
The Highest Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 19:44, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Further Products for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Further Products 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/Further Products 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. DGG ( talk ) 09:15, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Teddy's Bigger Burgers for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Teddy's Bigger Burgers 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/Teddy's Bigger Burgers 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.

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DYK for Women Wage Peace

IronGargoyle (talk) 12:02, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

G13 Eligibility Notice

The following pages will become eligible for CSD:G13 shortly.

Thanks, HasteurBot (talk) 03:02, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

G13 Eligibility Notice

The following pages will become eligible for CSD:G13 shortly.

Thanks, HasteurBot (talk) 03:00, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Hero Certified Burgers for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hero Certified Burgers (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. Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 18:41, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Coffee vending machine

On 28 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Coffee vending machine, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that early coffee vending machines used instant coffee powder mixed with hot water, while some modern machines fresh-grind the coffee and dispense various espresso drinks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Coffee vending machine. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Coffee vending machine), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

IronGargoyle (talk) 00:03, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Congrats to the stats! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:41, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
@Gerda Arendt: I missed your comment somehow. Thanks, 6,074 page views in one day is not too shabby. North America1000 00:17, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Huli-huli DYK!

The Helping Hand Barnstar
Hey there! Thanks so much for helping me with the huli-huli chicken article. I really appreciate it. I just wanted to let you know that I nominated it for a DYK, and it passed. It's currently on the main page (to be archived here. Hameltion (talk, contribs) 00:04, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Barnstar

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For Pizza in China, from which I learned a few things, the sort of article I would have been proud to have created myself, especially after two trips to China. — Daniel Case (talk) 17:25, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
You're welcome. It's the sort of East-meets-West thing that falls into the same niche as Great Leap Brewing (Beijing's first craft brewery, run by a US expat and his Chinese wife), which I made a point of visiting so I could take the pictures and write about it. Daniel Case (talk) 18:05, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Pizza in China

On 29 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pizza in China, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the increased prominence of pizza in China had the secondary effect of introducing Chinese consumers to cheese as a culinary ingredient? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pizza in China. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pizza in China), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex ShihTalk 00:04, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Barnstar

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Your work on Pizza in China shows Wikipedia at its best: an encyclopedia article on a topic that would have been missed in traditional competitors, but which affects the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Fantastic work! Matt's talk 11:44, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
this WikiAward was given to Northamerica1000 by Matt's talk on 11:44, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
  • @M.R.Forrester: Thanks very much. I didn't know a great deal about the topic prior to creating the article, and it's a pleasure how Wikipedia can improve one's own knowledge as well as the knowledge of others in the process of publishing articles. Glad you enjoyed the article. North America1000 13:28, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Kaletez

Hi. You're my go-to editor when it comes to food and drink. Whenever I'm doing NPP, if there is an article which might be deleted due to lack of citations, etc., I attempt to find sources to shore it up. However, on this article, I can't find a single thing. Thoughts? Onel5969 TT me 17:18, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, NA... yes, seems to be a variant for the same term. Onel5969 TT me 18:59, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
Okay. Onel5969 TT me 17:33, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2017)

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948. Pictured is an image denoting global participation in the Genocide Convention in 2008.
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frightmare Halloween Festival

You left a note about a list of holidays up for deletion. It's a red link. Can you correct it?  — Myk Streja (who,me?) 02:54, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

  • Hi Myk Streja: I put that red link there as a suggestion for perhaps a new deletion sorting page to be created. I have done this before (place a red link), which resulted in another user creating a delsort page, but I don't remember which one. I would rather leave it to another user to create the page, which would further demonstrate an interest in one existing, in addition to your message here. North America1000 23:27, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of User talk:Northamerica1000/Contributions

What? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:22, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

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