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The Signpost: 3 January 2011
- 2010 in review: Review of the year
- In the news: Fundraising success media coverage; brief news
- WikiProject report: Where are they now? Redux
- Features and admins: Featured sound choice of the year
- Arbitration report: Motion proposed in W/B – Judea and Samaria case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 10 January 2011
- News and notes: Anniversary preparations, new Community fellow, brief news
- In the news: Anniversary coverage begins; Wikipedia as new layer of information authority; inclusionist project
- WikiProject report: Her Majesty's Waterways
- Features and admins: Featured topic of the year
- Arbitration report: World War II case comes to a close; ban appeal, motions, and more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
bot help request
hi reedy boy, i was hoping you could help me by adding {{Rodent}} to a list of pages i've compiled over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rodents/Scope list. additionally, if you could overwrite any instances of {{Mammal}}/{{WikiProject Mammals}} i'd appreciate it, ;et me know if you need anything! --ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 16:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
bot help request
hi reedy boy, i was hoping you could help me by adding {{Rodent}} to a list of pages i've compiled over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rodents/Scope list. additionally, if you could overwrite any instances of {{Mammal}}/{{WikiProject Mammals}} i'd appreciate it, ;et me know if you need anything! --ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 16:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 January 2011
- WikiProject report: Talking wicket with WikiProject Cricket
- Features and admins: First featured picture from the legally disputed NPG images; two Chicago icons
- Arbitration report: New case: Shakespeare authorship question; lack of recent input in Longevity case
- Technology report: January Engineering Update; Dutch Hack-a-ton; brief news
Typoscan
Hi, since you're the lead developer of that project, I've got to ask: what happened to Wikipedia:WikiProject TypoScan? Why are there no articles in the database anymore? —bender235 (talk) 15:17, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
- Lack of time to run the updates. It requires quite a lot of time (processing time, at least) Reedy (talk) 19:34, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
- Hm, okay. So is this project essentially dead, or will there be an update at some point in near future? —bender235 (talk) 00:59, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 January 2011
- News and notes: Wikimedia fellow working on cultural collaborations; video animation about Wikipedia; brief news
- WikiProject report: Life Inside the Beltway
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: 23 editors submit evidence in 'Shakespeare' case, Longevity case awaits proposed decision, and more
- Technology report: File licensing metadata; Multimedia Usability project; brief news
SVN Update for AWB
Would it be possible to get an SVN update for AWB please. Theres a few new edits I would like to take advantage of. Thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 14:26, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
- Not at the moment. I can't upload to the toolserver atm - https://jira.toolserver.org/browse/TS-918 Reedy (talk) 15:18, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
- Oh ok bummer. Thanks for the reply letting us know though. --Kumioko (talk) 11:56, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- LOL. I tried yesterday to send you an email but gmail won't let me send executables. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:01, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- Oh thanks. Darn gmail. --Kumioko (talk) 14:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- Bug resolved. Reedy uploaded. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:18, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
- Awesome thank you. --Kumioko (talk) 01:09, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
- Bug resolved. Reedy uploaded. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:18, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
- Oh thanks. Darn gmail. --Kumioko (talk) 14:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 January 2011
- The Science Hall of Fame: Building a pantheon of scientists from Wikipedia and Google Books
- WikiProject report: WikiWarriors
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Evidence in Shakespeare case moves to a close; Longevity case awaits proposed decision; AUSC RfC
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 7 February 2011
- News and notes: New General Counsel hired; reuse of Google Art Project debated; GLAM newsletter started; news in brief
- WikiProject report: Stargazing aboard WikiProject Spaceflight
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Open cases: Shakespeare authorship – Longevity; Motions on Date delinking, Eastern European mailing list
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 14 February 2011
- News and notes: Foundation report; gender statistics; DMCA takedowns; brief news
- In the news: Wikipedia wrongly blamed for Super Bowl gaffe; "digital natives" naive about Wikipedia; brief news
- WikiProject report: Articles for Creation
- Features and admins: RFAs and active admins—concerns expressed over the continuing drought
- Arbitration report: Proposed decisions in Shakespeare and Longevity; two new cases; motions passed, and more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
EduGeek
Can you review my page?
Littlemisswhite (talk) 17:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
EduGeek
Hi, I'm John Smiths friend who's trying to get the EduGeek wiki article up. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Littlemisswhite/EduGeek.net)
I'm going to add some references to TES article where the site has been mentioned. Will that help at all?
Caroline — Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlemisswhite (talk • contribs) 23:30, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 February 2011
- News and notes: Gender gap and sexual images; India consultant; brief news
- In the news: Egyptian revolution and Wikimania 2008; Jimmy Wales' move to the UK, Africa and systemic bias; brief news
- WikiProject report: More than numbers: WikiProject Mathematics
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Longevity and Shakespeare cases close; what do these decisions tell us?
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Context menu in plugin++
Broken. We can toss all the parameters or probably the whole thing. Your call. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:12, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 February 2011
- News and notes: Newbies vs. patrollers; Indian statistics; brief news
- Arbitration statistics: Arbitration Committee hearing fewer cases; longer decision times
- WikiProject report: In Tune with WikiProject Classical Music
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC applications open; interim desysopping; two pending cases
- Technology report: HTML5 adopted but soon reverted; brief news
The Signpost: 7 March 2011
- News and notes: Foundation looking for "storyteller" and research fellows; new GLAM newsletter; brief news
- Deletion controversy: Deletion of article about website angers gaming community
- WikiProject report: Talking with WikiProject Feminism
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case opened after interim desysop last week; three pending cases
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 14 March 2011
- News and notes: Foundation reports editor trends, technology plans and communication changes; brief news
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case on AE sanction handling; AUSC candidates; proposed decision in Kehrli 2 and Monty Hall problem
- Technology report: Left-aligned edit links and bugfixes abound; brief news
The Signpost: 21 March 2011
- WikiProject report: Medicpedia — WikiProject Medicine
- Features and admins: Best of the week
- Arbitration report: One closed case, one suspended case, and two other cases
- Technology report: What is: localisation?; the proposed "personal image filter" explained; and more in brief
The Signpost: 28 March 2011
- News and notes: Berlin conference highlights relation between chapters and Foundation; annual report; brief news
- In the news: Sue Gardner interviewed; Imperial College student society launched; Indian languages; brief news
- WikiProject report: Linking with WikiProject Wikify
- Features and admins: Featured list milestone
- Arbitration report: New case opens; Monty Hall problem case closes – what does the decision tell us?
The Signpost: 4 April 2011
- News and notes: 1 April activities; RIAA takedown notice; brief news
- Editor retention: Fighting the decline by restricting article creation?
- WikiProject report: Out of this world — WikiProject Solar System
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC appointments, new case, proposed decision for Coanda case, and motion regarding CU/OS
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 11 April 2011
- Recent research: Research literature surveys; drug reliability; editor roles; BLPs; Muhammad debate analyzed
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Two cases closed – what does the Coanda decision tell us?
- Technology report: The Toolserver explained; brief news
The Signpost: 18 April 2011
- News and notes: Commons milestone; newbie contributions assessed; German community to decide on €200,000 budget; brief news
- In the news: Wikipedia accurate on US politics, plagiarized in court, and compared to Glass Bead Game; brief news
- WikiProject report: An audience with the WikiProject Council
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Case comes to a close after 3 weeks - what does the decision tell us?
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 25 April 2011
- News and notes: Survey of French Wikipedians; first Wikipedian-in-Residence at Smithsonian; brief news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Somerset
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Request to amend prior case; further voting in AEsh case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 2 May 2011
- News and notes: Picture of the Year voting begins; Internet culture covered in Sweden and consulted in Russia; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Physics of a WikiProject: WikiProject Physics
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Two new cases open – including Tree shaping case
- Technology report: Call for RTL developers, varied sign-up pages and news in brief
The Signpost: 9 May 2011
- In the news: Billionaire trying to sue Wikipedians; "Critical Point of View" book published; World Bank contest; brief news
- WikiProject report: Game Night at WikiProject Board and Table Games
- Features and admins: Featured articles bounce back
- Arbitration report: AEsh case comes to a close - what does the decision tell us?
The Signpost: 16 May 2011
- WikiProject report: Back to Life: Reviving WikiProjects
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Motions - hyphens and dashes dispute
- Technology report: Berlin Hackathon; April Engineering Report; brief news
A comment about AWB users
I left a note on the AWB talk page about possibly removing users from the AWB access list after being blocked (I mean longterm not short periods) and long periods of inactivity (like a year or more). Magio suggested I ask you about it. My reasons are in the comment I left. Thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 15:26, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Image class
I.e. Add a box in the generic template: Image class. If unchecked then image namespace gives class=N/A as before. If checked then class is "Image". -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:37, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 23 May 2011
- News and notes: GLAM workshop; legal policies; brief news
- In the news: Death of the expert?; superinjunctions saga continues; World Heritage status petitioned and debated; brief news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Formula One
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Injunction – preliminary protection levels for BLP articles when removing PC
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
SVN 7731 vs. 7728
I downloaded SVN 7731 from http://toolserver.org/~awb/snapshots/, but then when I ran the updater, it replaced itself with SVN 7728. Should I be going forward or backward? Also, 7728 does not put its version number in the AWB edit summary, as AWB (7780) used to do. Chris the speller yack 14:20, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
- If you manually update using SVN snapshots, there should be no need to run the updater. If it's built as a debug build (which all SVN snapshots should be), it will put the SVN revision number onto the edit summary. The packager grabs the files based on whether a SVN snapshot or a release was requested to be gathered. 7728 is a RELEASE, hence, doesn't do it. 7780 I'm guessing is a typo. But whatever. Unless you manually go back, you should only be going forward. Though, going back from a SVN snapshot to a release would be a reason to go back. I've uploaded a 7734 snapshot now. Reedy (talk) 14:38, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks, that helps somewhat. Yes, 7780 was a typo. It might be good to change the WP:AWB page to mention that bleeding-edge users should refrain from running the updater and just look at the snapshot page regularly. Now I'm going forward to 7734. Cheers! Chris the speller yack 15:04, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 May 2011
- News and notes: ArbCom referendum goes live; US National Archives residency; financial planning; brief news
- In the news: Collaboration with academia; world heritage; xkcd; eG8 summit; ISP subpoena; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Royal Railway
- Featured content: Whipping fantasies, American–British naval rivalry, and a medieval mix of purity and eroticism
- Arbitration report: Update – injunction from last week has expired
- Technology report: Wikimedia down for an hour; What is: Wikipedia Offline?
when...
...do you reckon bugzilla:27078#c1 will take effect? (thanks for that, by the way) –xenotalk 14:45, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
- It should've been done as of me setting it. It's there in the InitialiseSettings.php
'wgCheckUserForceSummary' => array(
'default' => false,
'enwiki' => true,
),
- If it's not, there's presumably some other bug at fault... Reedy (talk) 22:34, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll ask Amalthea to look into it. –xenotalk 13:34, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
- Looks like it should work, but it doesn't. Reedy is in a much better position to figure out why though. :) Amalthea 15:40, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
- Reopened bugzilla:18613 to get more eyes on it. Thanks, –xenotalk 15:44, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
- Looks like it should work, but it doesn't. Reedy is in a much better position to figure out why though. :) Amalthea 15:40, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll ask Amalthea to look into it. –xenotalk 13:34, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 6 June 2011
- Board elections: Time to vote
- News and notes: Board resolution on controversial content; WMF Summer of Research; indigenous workshop; brief news
- Recent research: Various metrics of quality and trust; leadership; nerd stereotypes
- WikiProject report: Make your own book with Wikiproject Wikipedia-Books
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Two cases pending resolution; temporary desysop; dashes/hyphens update
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 13 June 2011
- News and notes: Wikipedians 90% male and largely altruist; 800 public policy students add 8.8 million bytes; brief news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Aircraft
- Featured content: Featured lists hit the main page
- Arbitration report: More workshop proposals in Tree shaping case; further votes in PD of other case
- Technology report: 1.18 extension bundling; mobile testers needed; brief news
York meetup
Hi Reedy. Just to let you know there is a Wikimedia meetup being planned in York for Tuesday. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:56, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
fyi, slight issue there. thanks! –xenotalk 12:30, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 20 June 2011
- News and notes: WMF Board election results; Indian campus ambassadors gear up; Wikimedia UK plans; Malayalam Wikisource CD; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Elemental WikiProject
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: One case comes to a close; initiator of a new case blocked as sockpuppet
The Signpost: 27 June 2011
- WikiProject report: The Continuous Convention: WikiProject Comics
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision for Tree shaping case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 4 July 2011
- News and notes: Picture of the Year 2010; data challenge; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Star-Spangled WikiProject
- Featured content: Two newly promoted portals
- Arbitration report: Arb resigns while mailing list leaks continue; Motion re: admin
Back
At ya | |
:P --slakr\ talk / 20:03, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
The Signpost: 11 July 2011
- From the editor: Stepping down
- Higher education summit: Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit recap
- In the news: Britannica and Wikipedia compared; Putin award criticized; possible journalistic sockpuppeting
- WikiProject report: Listening to WikiProject Albums
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Tree shaping case comes to a close
- Technology report: WMF works on its release strategy; secure server problems
The Signpost: 18 July 2011
- In the news: Fine art; surreptitious sanitation; the politics of kyriarchic marginalization; brief news
- WikiProject report: Earn $$$ free pharm4cy WORK FROM HOME replica watches ViAgRa!!!
- Featured content: Historic last launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour; Teddy Roosevelt's threat to behead official; 18th-century London sex manual
- Arbitration report: Motion passed to amend 2008 case: topic ban and reminder
- Technology report: Code Review backlog almost zero; What is: Subversion?; brief news
Hello! A few days ago you closed a request for creating an alias in ukwiki. Please note that when performing the upgrade a probable mistake occured, which I described on bugzilla. I don't want to bother you once again, but at the same time I can be sure that my remark there will be processed soon, therefore decided to remind you of it personally. Since the remaining adjustment is extremely minor, nothing will happen if it's dealt with out of turn. Thanks ahead. --Microcell (talk) 20:50, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 July 2011
- Wikimedian in Residence interview: Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science: an interview with Daniel Mietchen
- Recent research: Talk page interactions; Wikipedia at the Open Knowledge Conference; Summer of Research
- WikiProject report: Musing with WikiProject Philosophy
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case opened; hyphens and dashes update; motion
- Technology report: Protocol-relative URLs; GSoC updates; bad news for SMW fans; brief news
The Signpost: 01 August 2011
- In the news: Consensus of Wikipedia authors questioned about Shakespeare authorship; 10 biggest edit wars on Wikipedia; brief news
- Research interview: The Huggle Experiment: interview with the research team
- WikiProject report: Little Project, Big Heart — WikiProject Croatia
- Featured content: Featured pictures is back in town
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision submitted for one case
- Technology report: Developers descend on Haifa; wikitech-l discussions; brief news
A kitten for you!
Some WikiLove b/c you helped out with the Image thumbnail problem with your multicast fix.
MarkAHershberger (talk) 15:26, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 08 August 2011
- News and notes: Wikimania a success; board letter controversial; and evidence showing bitten newbies don't stay
- In the news: Israeli news focuses on Wikimania; worldwide coverage of contributor decline and gender gap; brief news
- WikiProject report: Shooting the breeze with WikiProject Firearms
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Manipulation of BLPs case opened; one case comes to a close
- Technology report: Wikimania technology roundup; brief news
The Signpost: 15 August 2011
- Women and Wikipedia: New Research, WikiChix
- WikiProject report: The Oregonians
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion case opened, two more still in progress
- Technology report: Forks, upload slowness and mobile redirection
Can you protect Muammar Gaddafi also?
Can you protect the Muammar Gaddafi article also? Thanks -- Avanu (talk) 23:57, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 August 2011
- News and notes: Girl Geeks edit while they dine, candidates needed for forthcoming steward elections, image referendum opens
- WikiProject report: Images in Motion – WikiProject Animation
- Featured content: JJ Harrison on avian photography
- Arbitration report: After eleven moves, name for islands now under arbitration
- Technology report: Engineering report, sprint, and more testers needed
The Signpost: 29 August 2011
- News and notes: Abuse filter on all Wikimedia sites; Foundation's report for July; editor survey results
- Recent research: Article promotion by collaboration; deleted revisions; Wikipedia's use of open access; readers unimpressed by FAs; swine flu anxiety
- Opinion essay: How an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Tennis
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Four existing cases
- Technology report: The bugosphere, new mobile site and MediaWiki 1.18 close in on deployment
The Signpost: 05 September 2011
- News and notes: 24,000 votes later and community position on image filter still unclear; first index of editor satisfaction appears positive
- WikiProject report: Riding with WikiProject London Transport
- Sister projects: Wiki Loves Monuments 2011
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Opinion essay: The copyright crisis, and why we should care
- Arbitration report: BLP case closed; Cirt-Jayen466 nearly there; AUSC reshuffle
The Signpost: 12 September 2011
- News and notes: Foundation reports on research, Kenya trip, Mumbai Wikiconference; Canada, Hungary and Estonia; English Wikinews forked
- WikiProject report: Politics in the Pacific: WikiProject Australian Politics
- Featured content: Wikipedians explain two new featured pictures
- Arbitration report: Ohconfucius sanctions removed, Cirt desysopped 6:5 and a call for CU/OS applications
- Technology report: What is: agile development? and new mobile site goes live
- Opinion essay: The Walrus and the Carpenter
Any idea how to reload the articles? TypoScan returns nothing with makelist. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 14:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
- All the initial list have been dealt with. It requires new a database dump downloading and processing... Reedy (talk) 17:18, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 19 September 2011
- From the editor: Changes to The Signpost
- News and notes: Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised
- Sister projects: On the Wikinews fork
- WikiProject report: Back to school
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: ArbCom narrowly rejects application to open new case
- Technology report: MediaWiki 1.18 deployment begins, the alleged "injustice" of WMF engineering policy, and Wikimedians warned of imminent fix to magic word
- Popular pages: Article stats for the English Wikipedia in the last year
The Signpost: 26 September 2011
- Recent research: Top female Wikipedians, reverted newbies, link spam, social influence on admin votes, Wikipedians' weekends, WikiSym previews
- News and notes: WMF strikes down enwiki consensus, academic journal partnerships, and eyebrows raised over minors editing porn-related content
- In the news: Sockpuppeting journalist recants, search dominance threatened, new novels replete with Wikipedia references
- WikiProject report: A project in overdrive: WikiProject Automobiles
- Featured content: The best of the week
Request for AWB SVN snapshot
Hi Reedy - I see that AWB is up to SVN 7850, but the most recent published snapshot is 7794. Any plans to release a new snapshot soon? I'm looking forward to some of the bug fixes and the redirect template parameters functionality. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:37, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
- Done. Reedy (talk) 19:46, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks - can't wait to use it! GoingBatty (talk) 01:55, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 3 October 2011
- News and notes: Italian Wikipedia shuts down over new privacy law; Wikimedia Sverige produce short Wikipedia films, Sue Gardner calls for empathy
- In the news: QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts fungi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts
- WikiProject report: Kia ora WikiProject New Zealand
- Featured content: Reviewers praise new featured topic: National treasures of Japan
- Arbitration report: Last call for comments on CheckUser and Oversight teams
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 10 October 2011
- Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians
- News and notes: Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised
- In the news: Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia's doctor-evangelist
- WikiProject report: The World's Oldest People
- Featured content: The weird and the disgusting
The Signpost: 17 October 2011
- News and notes: Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized
- In the news: Why Wikipedia survives while others haven't; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out
- WikiProject report: History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP
- Featured content: Brazil's boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to a new featured topic
The Signpost: 24 October 2011
- From the editors: A call for contributors
- Opinion essay: There is a deadline
- Interview: Contracting for the Foundation
- WikiProject report: Great WikiProject Logos
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case
- Technology report: WMF launches coding challenge, WMDE starts hiring for major new project
The Signpost: 31 October 2011
- Opinion essay: The monster under the rug
- Recent research: WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified
- News and notes: German Wikipedia continues image filter protest
- Discussion report: Proposal to return this section from hiatus is successful
- WikiProject report: 'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion case stalls, request for clarification on Δ, discretionary sanctions streamlined
- Technology report: Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked
The Signpost: 7 November2011
- Special report: A post-mortem on the Indian Education Program pilot
- Discussion report: Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC
- WikiProject report: Booting up with WikiProject Computer Science
- Featured content: Slow week for Featured content
- Arbitration report: Δ saga returns to arbitration, while the Abortion case stalls for another week
The Signpost: 14 November 2011
- News and notes: ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released
- WikiProject report: Having a Conference with WikiProject India
- Arbitration report: Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding
The Signpost: 21 November 2011
- Discussion report: Much ado about censorship
- WikiProject report: Working on a term paper with WikiProject Academic Journals
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: End in sight for Abortion case, nominations in 2011 elections
- Technology report: Mumbai and Brighton hacked; horizontal lists have got class
The Signpost: 28 November 2011
- News and notes: Arb's resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar
- In the news: The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars
- Recent research: Quantifying quality collaboration patterns, systemic bias, POV pushing, the impact of news events, and editors' reputation
- WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Bugle
- Featured content: The best of the week
The Signpost: 05 December 2011
- News and notes: Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins
- In the news: A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge
- Discussion report: Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship
- WikiProject report: This article is about WikiProject Disambiguation. For other uses...
- Featured content: This week's Signpost is for the birds!
The Signpost: 12 December 2011
- Opinion essay: Wikipedia in Academe – and vice versa
- News and notes: Research project banner ads run afoul of community
- In the news: Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed
- WikiProject report: Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia
- Featured content: Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and Entombment
AFT 5
Is the bot tagging the dab pages for AFT5 on purpose, or is this something that's been overlooked? I reverted one, but then noticed that the AFT5 cat contains a number of dab pages already, so I thought I'd ask. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 14, 2011; 15:54 (UTC)
- Crap. Reedy (talk) 15:59, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Cheers for the ping. I've rolled back the 7 with "(disambiguation)" in the title as the obvious ones, and removed the similar ones from my TODO list. Doing the non obvious ones now is a bit of an issue. As per the usual with enwiki, doing any more that include one of 5 million templates isn't gonna work very well...Reedy (talk) 16:07, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Glad to be of service :) There are still a few dabs remaining that do not have "disambiguation" in the title, however. If you install this script, all of the disambig pages in that cat will be highlighted yellow, which will make cleanup easier. Or, if you don't want to install it, I can go through the cat later this week and take the dabs out.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 14, 2011; 16:54 (UTC)
- I'll try and get round to cleaning it up. Just won't bother doing it till I've finished or maybe I should. Circa 10k pages to go... Reedy (talk) 16:55, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- OK, no problem. Just holler if I can help!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 14, 2011; 17:32 (UTC)
- Don't know why I didn't do this earlier.. I just added existence of "{{disamb" in the page text as a reason to skip. Won't give any false skips (and even if it did, it's not a big deal), but will stop at least some of the disambiguation pages being tagged wrongly! Reedy (talk) 01:48, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
- 234 disambiguation pages removed in a run just now. That should probably have cleaned up most of those issues. Reedy (talk) 15:17, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
- I'll try and get round to cleaning it up. Just won't bother doing it till I've finished or maybe I should. Circa 10k pages to go... Reedy (talk) 16:55, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- I noticed four dab pages that are on my watchlist had been tagged for this today as well. I'll roll them back for you. Mlaffs (talk) 18:40, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. Nicely this is minimal damage and easily restored Reedy (talk) 18:57, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Glad to be of service :) There are still a few dabs remaining that do not have "disambiguation" in the title, however. If you install this script, all of the disambig pages in that cat will be highlighted yellow, which will make cleanup easier. Or, if you don't want to install it, I can go through the cat later this week and take the dabs out.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 14, 2011; 16:54 (UTC)
- Cheers for the ping. I've rolled back the 7 with "(disambiguation)" in the title as the obvious ones, and removed the similar ones from my TODO list. Doing the non obvious ones now is a bit of an issue. As per the usual with enwiki, doing any more that include one of 5 million templates isn't gonna work very well...Reedy (talk) 16:07, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hi - please ensure you don't move the stub tag from the foot of the page, such as this edit. Thanks. Lugnuts (talk) 19:36, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Please see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Reedy_Bot. Thanks. Lugnuts (talk) 19:47, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- I've stopped the bot due to the improper stub tag moving. I noticed it appears to only be moving the stub tags when there's a {{DEFAULTSORT}} tag on the page though, perhaps that might help with fixing it? - The Bushranger One ping only 20:40, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
What's your bot doing?
Hey - I'm just curious what's the point of e.g. this edit? what's the point of Category:Article Feedback 5? --Tachfin (talk) 06:31, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
- It's a category to define which pages will get the newer version of the Article Feedback tool, see Wikipedia:Article Feedback Tool/Version 5 Reedy (talk) 12:29, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
- Okay thanks for the reply --Tachfin (talk) 12:39, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Québecair
The article about Québecair, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec is in the list of Cities Served. I think that it was more the isolated village of St-Augustin, on the Basse-Côte-Nord, Québec that was served. There is an airport there. A lot of small villages as Natashquan, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Baie-Johan-Beetz, etc. where also served as correctly listed.
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a suburb of Québec which is well served by Jean-Lesage International Airport. The Lac St-Augustin Water Airport, in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, is only a general aviation airport for small planes that land on water.PierrotDeLaSalle (talk) 21:12, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
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AWB SVN Update
Greetings Reedy, I was just wondering if you could do an SVN update for AWB when you get the chance. There have been quite a few changes in the last couple months. Thanks and Happy Holidays. --Kumioko (talk) 18:33, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- Done! Reedy (talk) 20:33, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
- Great thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 00:11, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
API and Unicode combining accents
Reedy, I had to do AWB rev 7881 as it seems the API doesn't like 'COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT' (U+0301) in page text, gives 'badmd5sum' exception on save. Have you got any info on how the API deals (or not) with these Unicode characters? Ta Rjwilmsi 10:27, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
- Any ideas how to replicate? I just removed it from the blacklist (ie reverted your rev 7881 locally), and was able to get it to let me save ́... Reedy (talk) 16:01, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- You could save Valeriy Khmelko with the Unicodify edit applied? Rjwilmsi 20:34, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
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