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The article Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peaceray -- Peaceray (talk) 08:02, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in Education: October 2014

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Updates, reports, news, and stories about how Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects are used in education around the world.

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This Month in Education: November 2014

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Updates, reports, news, and stories about how Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects are used in education around the world.

WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

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Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

  • We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
  • In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
  • The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GOCE coordinator elections

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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

Candidate nominations for Guild coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015, are currently underway. The nomination period will close at 23:59 on December 15 (UTC), after which voting will commence until 23:59 on December 31, 2014. Self-nominations are welcomed. Please consider getting involved; it's your Guild and it won't coordinate itself, so if you'd like to help coordinate Guild activities we'd love to hear from you.

Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis.
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This Month in GLAM: November 2014

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Headlines
  • Australia and New Zealand report: ALIA partnership goes countrywide
  • Belgium report: Workshops for collection holders across Europe; Founding event of Wikimedia Belgium; Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg; Plantin-Moretus Museum; Edit-a-thon at faculty library in Ghent University; Image donation UGentMemorie; Upcoming activities
  • France report: Wiki Loves Monuments; mass upload; Musée de Bretagne
  • Germany report: Facts, fun and free content
  • Ireland report: Ada Lovelace day in Dublin
  • Italy report: National Library Conference; Wiki Loves Monuments; Archaeological Open Data; BEIC
  • Netherlands report: Video challenge; Wikidata workshop and hackathon; Wikipedia courses in libraries; WWII editathon
  • Norway report: Edit-a-thon far north at the Museum of Nordland (Nordlandsmuseet)
  • Spain report: Picasso, first Galipedia edit-a-thon, course in Biblioteca Reina Sofía and free portraits
  • South Africa report: Wiki Loves GLAMs, Cape Town
  • Sweden report: Use, reuse and contributions back and forth
  • UK report: Medals, maps and multilingual marvels
  • Special story: ORCID identifiers
  • Open Access report: Open proposal: Wikidata for Research; Open Access signalling
  • Tool testing report: Tools for references, images, video, file usage; Popular Pages
  • Calendar: December's GLAM events
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December 2014 GOCE newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2014 Newsletter

Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the {{copy edit}} backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone!

Blitz: The December Blitz will run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related to Religion, in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. Sign up here!

Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties here. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself!

Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis.

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New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (December 2014)

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The TWL OWL says sign up today :)

The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for, free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for:

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Seasonal Greets!

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015 !!!

Hello Pine, May you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New year 2015.
Happy editing,
The Herald : here I am

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Thank you The Herald! --Pine 19:58, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Psssst...

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You posted to Milowent's user page instead of his talk. --Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 20:29, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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GOCE holiday 2014 newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors Late December 2014 Newsletter

Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the December Blitz. Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

January drive: The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up here!

Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself!

Happy holidays from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis.

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On February 3rd, I'm scheduled to give a talk for Edinburgh's History in the Pub group on "Illustrating History: Working with historic media on Wikipedia". It's a fairly small venue, so I don't want to advertise too heavily, but is there anything I could do to make this useful to the Signpost, etc, e.g. arrange for recording? Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's ok. There isn't a need to do captioning before we publish, but it would be nice to have. --Pine 22:11, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, we haven't published the issue for the 31st yet? Adam Cuerden (talk) 09:57, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Adam Cuerden: I thought Ed was going to do it this week but since he hasn't yet, I've just done it. --Pine 22:11, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Signpost and the Wikicup

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Does the Signpost intend to cover the Wikicup this year? Because I'm afraid I feel so strongly that that has become a symbol of divisiveness (see Wikipedia_talk:WikiCup#A_big_no-consensus_middle_finger_to_featured_picture_contributors) - that I feel uncomfortable having content even in the same issue that covers that thing now. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:12, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Featured content report isn't required to cover the WikiCup, although I think it would be good to include the summaries from the judges. However, if we can't do that in a way that provides balanced coverage of significant issues and controversies, we may skip covering it or we may need to find an uninvolved person to write summaries. --Pine 22:13, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter

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Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.

Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs)
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GOCE 2014 report

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Guild of Copy Editors 2014 Annual Report

Our 2014 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
  • Review the election results;
  • Membership news;
  • Changes around the Guild's pages;
  • Plans for 2015.
– Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978.
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This Month in Education: December 2014

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Books and Bytes - Issue 9

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The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 9, November-December 2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

  • New donations, including real-paper-and-everything books, e-books, science journal databases, and more
  • New TWL coordinators, conference news, a new open-access journal database, summary of library-related WMF grants, and more
  • Spotlight: "Global Impact: The Wikipedia Library and Persian Wikipedia" - a Persian Wikipedia editor talks about their experiences with database access in Iran, writing on the Persian project and the JSTOR partnership

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pst. Hafspajen (talk) 20:20, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Hafspajen: how are you? --Pine 20:59, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I am fine, thank you. Will you co-nominate 16 van Gogh paintings with us? Hafspajen (talk) 21:05, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Hafspajen: Unfortunately I am too busy to look through 16 images right now, but thank you for asking! --Pine 21:21, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I did that already. You just have to say yes. Hafspajen (talk) 21:24, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If I'm going to co-nominate something, I need to look through it first, and unfortunately that isn't going to happen today. I might look at the nomination after someone posts it, though. --Pine 21:29, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox photo discussion

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Hi again. Happy New Year. Can you offer your opinion on which photo is better for the Infobox here? If you're not able to participate, just disregard this message; you don't have to message me. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 01:18, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Nightscream, there appears to be a consensus developing for a crop of A, but the current nominated crop does not have consensus. When you think there is consensus please ping me again and I'll consider closing the discussion. --Pine 03:02, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Can you look over the discussion and see if there is a consensus that qualifies it for closure? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 18:36, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Nightscream: done. --Pine 21:35, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: December 2014

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Mail call

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YGM re The Signpost. Go Phightins! 23:04, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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18:13, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Almeida Júnior - Saudade (Longing) - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 03:13, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Did you just publish the SP?

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Not happy that a whole page of suggestions for the anniversary article sent earlier today went down the sink. Tony (talk) 10:18, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Tony1: I wasn't aware you had sent suggestions, but I believe that Gamaliel has been working on the anniversary report for awhile. Did you email the suggestions to someone? --Pine 10:22, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. This is the second time publication has occurred unilaterally without warning, cutting off important contributions. Tony (talk) 10:24, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Tony1: Gamaliel, Phightins, Ed and I have been discussing this issue by email for a few days. Who did you email? --Pine 10:25, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Gamaliel and Ed. I'm going to voice my disapproval on the talkpage of that article. Tony (talk) 10:32, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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2014 Year In Review Awards

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The WikiProject Barnstar
For your outstanding contributions for Featured Pictures in 2014 you are hereby award this WikiProject Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history Wikiproject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 08:45, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in Education: [January 2015]

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WP:PERM Request

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After reviewing your request for the account creator right, I have enabled the flag on your account. Keep in mind these things:

  • The account creator right removes the limit on the maximum number of new accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period.
  • The account creator right is not a status symbol. If it remains unused, it is likely to be removed. Abuse of the account creator right will result in its removal by an administrator.

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February 2015 GOCE newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors February 2015 Newsletter

Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 38 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We were able to remove August 2013 from the general copyediting backlog and November 2014 from the request-page backlog. Many thanks, everyone!

Blitz: The February Blitz will run from February 15–21 and again focuses on the requests page. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one request article. Sign up here!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88.

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This Month in GLAM: January 2015

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WM blog

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Pine, you might or might not wish to put the link to the WM Blog on the SP page for the questionnaire. I've inserted it in the talkpage. Tony (talk) 11:14, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Valentine Greets!!!

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Valentine Greets!!!

Hello Pine, love is the language of hearts and is the feeling that joins two souls and brings two hearts together in a bond. Taking love to the level of Wikipedia, spread the WikiLove by wishing each other Happy Valentine's Day, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person.
Sending you a heartfelt and warm love on the eve,
Happy editing,
 - T H (here I am) 12:10, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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GOCE March newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2015 Newsletter

Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 21 people who signed up, eight copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: The blitz removed 16 articles from the requests list, and we're almost done with December 2014. Many thanks, everyone!

Drive: The month-long March drive begins in about a week. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88.

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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

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One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Australia Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email)

Thanks for your assistance! Miyagawa (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiCup.

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Books and Bytes - Issue 10

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The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 10, January-February 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - ProjectMUSE, Dynamed, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and Women Writers Online
  • New TWL coordinator, conference news, and a new guide and template for archivists
  • TWL moves into the new Community Engagement department at the WMF, quarterly review

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This Month in GLAM: February 2015

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