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Wikidata weekly summary #194

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

FemtoBot

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Hi,

I know you are again permitted to run bots (with limitations), so no complaint about that. It looks though as if the current setup for Femtobot doesn't produce the wanted result, if I see it correctly. Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Femto Bot 7 is about UK places needing pictures, but taking at random 6 pages from the list you produced gives five with images (2LO, Jubilee Walkway, Holborn, Blackfriars Rotunda and Surrey Institution) and only one without an image (Lyon's Inn, which was demolished in 1863). The remainder of the list seems to have a similar rate of articles with images already, and also contains things like Asant\u00e9 Academy of Chinese Medicine or Bromley & Sheppard\u2019s Colleges which is probably an accent gone wrong, or Luxury real estate which isn't really a place in England, and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics and so on. As it stands, it doesn't look to be a very useful list yet. Fram (talk) 18:50, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See User:Femto Bot#7. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:52, 1 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks, hadn't checked there. Fram (talk) 18:59, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for supporting my RfA

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Hawkeye7 RfA Appreciation award
Thank you for participating in and supporting my RfA. It was very much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:39, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Minor planet redirects

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Hi. I posted a question/suggestion at Category talk:Minor planet redirects#How important is this category?. Since the cat doesn't appear to fall under the jurisdiction of WP:Astronomy (its parent is Category:Main namespace redirects), and you're its creator, I thought I'd let you know. If that talk page isn't the appropriate venue for discussion, please let me know where and I'll gladly move it. Thanks.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  17:32, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How does relisting work in an article for deletion debate?

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Hi Rich, an article I was editing listed for deletion Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Electrical_Impedance_Tomography_Reconstruction_Software. It was 'relisted' to gain more of a consensus. Does that give it another 7 days before the debate is closed? Thanks Billlion (talk) 10:12, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Loosely speaking, yes. AfDs can be closed at any time given consensus, but the standard is seven days - really I don't like "relisting" because "lack of consensus to delete" has traditionally been interpreted as "keep". All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:48, 3 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks Rich, and for your contribution to the debate. Billlion (talk) 16:54, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Million Man Barnstar

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The Special Barnstar
You edit a lot and not in a spammy bot-like way either but like a regular kilo-amount man. Mr. Magoo and McBarker (talk) 13:25, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks! All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 13:29, 3 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
I take my barnstar back, I just noticed you had ran a bot in the past. --Mr. Magoo and McBarker (talk) 13:32, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Bots are people too! All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 13:43, 3 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
The Half Barnstar
The barnstar for still being a good editor regardless of not having a million edits by human means. Mr. Magoo and McBarker (talk) 13:44, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:18, 7 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Template help needed

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Hi Rich.

I am active on another wiki, and there is template there that doesn't behave like I would want it to. I copied it onto User:Debresser/Testcases, and called it on User:Debresser/Sandbox.

Is there an easy way to make unused fields disappear? For example, if there is no page number available, I wouldn't need that field to be rendered at all. Please note that a relatively easy solutions is needed, because many templates from Wikipedia are not available on that wiki. Debresser (talk) 21:24, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Example implemented. You only need {{!}}. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:45, 7 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
I though of something like that , but didn't believe it would work. Thanks a lot.
You may have noticed the category it adds, using SUBPAGE. It works on Wikipedia, as you can see at Category:X4, but on that wiki, the same code doesn't work. Do you have an explanation? I though perhaps they haven't enabled subpages on all namespaces. Could that be it? Debresser (talk) 12:41, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Presumably the sort order doesn't work. And I think you have the correct reason, for example if you preview M/F with the code for SUBPAGENAME it display "M/F" not "F". All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:15, 7 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks. Debresser (talk) 08:20, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #195

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Towards a New Wikimania results

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Last December, I invited you to share your views on the value of Wikimedia conferences and the planning process of Wikimania. We have completed analysis of these results and have prepared this report summarizing your feedback and important changes for Wikimania starting in 2018 as an experiment. Feedback and comments are welcome at the discussion page. Thank you so much for your participation. I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, 22:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 03 February 2016

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February events and meetups in DC

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Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:

We hope to see you at one—or all—of these events!

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at info@wikimediadc.org!

Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:41, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Metrics

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Thank you! --Rosiestep (talk) 14:04, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rich, Can you help me with Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Metrics? I think I've doubled up a lot of names for January and February. Can you sort them out and remove the duplicates? Thank you. --Rosiestep (talk) 07:07, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Done All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:28, 12 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Template:WikiProjectBanner Shell listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:WikiProjectBanner Shell. Since you had some involvement with the Template:WikiProjectBanner Shell redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:13, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Multiple issues/message

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Template:Multiple issues/message has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 18:43, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 February 2016

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Lang

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I'd encourage you to keep sandboxing your changes to {{Lang}} and keep it in synch with any updates to that template. We'll need the functionality you built eventually even if there's one stonewaller for now. The upcoming User:SMcCandlish/WikiProject English Language will have a use for them. PS: Please feel free to sign on as a participant at the draft project. I'd like to arrive at WP:WikiProject Council/Proposals already with the needed number of participants for passage to be ensured. (It seems like a no-brainer, but a similar project was created and never promoted, and was stillborn, and someones with anti-diacritics agenda tried to have a "WikiProject English" before it was MfDed as WP:POLEMIC, so there might be lingering prejudice against it).  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  08:37, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #196

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Help & Advice

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Hi,

I am a new contributor to Wikipedia. Contributed an article on Tax which needs to be reviewed. Advice. Ifabi2016 (talk) 13:17, 16 February 2016 (UTC) ---[reply]

Christopher Zeeman

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Hi Rich, the bio now says that he died3 days ago. I can't find any independent corroboration. Have you seen anything? Billlion (talk) 20:31, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Just got confirmation http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/sir-christopher-zeeman-frs Billlion (talk) 20:43, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That's sad, I think of him from time to time. I worked with him on the Maths Master Classes at the Royal Institution one year. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:57, 16 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Redirect categorization

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Hi Rich Farmbrough! You've been interested in redirect categorization and the This is a redirect template in the past, so I wanted to let you know that there is a discussion at Template talk:This is a redirect#One parameter that might interest you.  Good faith! Paine  20:40, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please, your feedback is required

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Hello. Yesterday, I wrote Category_talk:Pages_where_template_include_size_is_exceeded#User_pages_modified_in_2016 but nobody answered: probably due to some overflow of the messaging system. Therefore, I made a smaller second try with Category_talk:Pages_where_template_include_size_is_exceeded#User_pages_modified_in_2016_.282nd_attempt.29. Please tell me if you received a ping for the first attempt, and/or a ping for the second one. Thanks in advance. Pldx1 (talk) 12:49, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I received the second message. BTW "greetings" is the correct spelling. I changed a bunch of them, but not all. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]

HTML comments

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<!-- this is a comment -- but this isn't --> However the renderer/parser treats the whole thing as a comment and strips it out.


<!-- this is a closed comment -- > But neither the renderer nor the browser treat it as such.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 13:24, 19 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]

The Signpost: 17 February 2016

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Speedy deletion nomination of Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital

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A tag has been placed on Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Krj373*(talk), *(contrib) 01:53, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation

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Hello, Rich Farmbrough.

You are invited to join WikiProject Food and drink, a WikiProject and resource dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of food, drink and cuisine topics.
Please check out the project, and if interested feel free to join by adding your name to the member list. North America1000 09:59, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Women's History Month worldwide online edit-a-thon

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You are invited...

Women's History Month worldwide online edit-a-thon

(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list)
--Rosiestep (talk) 20:59, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Adding list and finishing off the Global names Index?

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Hey Rich, thank you for helping with the Global Names Index and changing the first few letters with the newer more appropriate search. I was thinking of adding the rest of the letters from the source Raul created for me: [1], however they are set using the old search feature. Has it been easy for you to change the list with the letters A? I was thinking of adding the rest of the letters from the list but I was wondering if you have scripts or an easier method to change them to the newer method? Otherwise I would be happy to add them myself and then maybe you can change them the way you did with the first 10 A pages? Maybe you can make a suggestion? Kind regards.Calaka (talk) 01:12, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, there are various ways of approaching this. The {{Search species}} template is a bit of a hack, because uses (apart from Wikispecies) mainly plant sources.
What we really need are selective searches based on the appropriate resources. This would have to be decided at the granularity of genus. I am thinking of sources such as the Bulbophyllum checklist (http://bulbophyllum-checklist.bulbophyllum.at/) or Compagno for sharks (which is now online! http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/ad122e/ad122e00.HTM).
And hence the template size issue will return, probably. It might also be worth looking at the GBIF to see if it has changed over the years.
All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:28, 21 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
Ah excellent, would any of the ones from the GNI be appropriate as a search feature (see this list: [2]).
Further to this, I would be happy of shortening the number of species per page (as I feel there doesn't have to be so many in a page if it makes the page sluggish and bad to access).Calaka (talk) 01:33, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I had WoRMS and Fishbase in mind, as well as EOL. There are also many other resources, including taxonomic scratchpads at the Natural History Museum. I probably have some more listed somewhere, and who knows there may be a Wikipedia article List of taxonomic databases or some such. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:35, 21 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
I have a note for yeasts, but it seems this is paywalled. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:49, 21 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
And here is the Index Fungorum. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 02:19, 21 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
Ok I am going to be bold and touch up the template. I will let you know how I go. :)Calaka (talk) 03:05, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Okay I added a whole bunch, might need help with the syntax in the template so each species can be searched in the website.Calaka (talk) 03:45, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bluerinse listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Bluerinse. Since you had some involvement with the Bluerinse redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 13:49, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for the helpful pixie bot

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Bots need kittens too

Coolabahapple (talk) 15:46, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I'm sure HPB will appreciate some frolicking as it awakes from slumber. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 15:48, 21 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #197

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Wikidata weekly summary #186

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Ref

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Sorry, not entirely sure what I did.

Mcoles92 (talk) 16:51, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 February 2016

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Thanks

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Ah my bad. Cheers bro

Mcoles92 (talk) 16:53, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mildred Masterson McNeilly

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Are you sure about the pseudonym? I've found a book source giving "Glenn Kelly" - two ns, no e in surname. PamD 13:24, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes you are correct. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 15:04, 27 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]
But you've now removed my sourced version from the text of the article - did you mean to remove your earlier version? PamD 16:46, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I meant to do this. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 17:36, 27 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]

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Wikidata weekly summary #198

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