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Discussion at Talk:Shark_Island_Extermination_Camp#Requested_move_2

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Shark_Island_Extermination_Camp#Requested_move_2. FOARP (talk) 10:51, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Infobox photo consensus discussion

Hi. Can you offer your opinion on which photo would be better for the Rebecca Housel Infobox in this discussion? If you are unable to, I understand; you don't have to reply to this message. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 03:36, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

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Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

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Job for EdwardsBot

I understand you can use the EdwardsBot to deliver messages. Can you please set up the bot to deliver the message here. I believe it can't be sent to the people in the Category so that's fine. Let me know if any modification is required. Thanks! Samar Talk 12:35, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

 Done Message delivery to all WikiProject Pakistan members was successful. Regards, Tyrol5 [Talk] 17:33, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you. Samar Talk 18:38, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
No problem at all. Tyrol5 [Talk] 06:23, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

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Request for speedy deletion

Three days ago I requested speedy (!) deletion of my User talkpage at Wikinews. Could you please have a look at my "case"? Greetings from a place near Tyrol, FDMS 18:49, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

 Done The talk page has been deleted. A neat little coincidence, since you are from Austria. I'm not from the region, but the Alpine states are a beautiful area of Europe and one with very rich cultural history. Regards, Tyrol5 [Talk] 18:58, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks (for both)! |FDMS 19:02, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
No problem at all. Tyrol5 [Talk] 19:04, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Survey

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WP:Anatomy quarterly update (#1)

WP:Anatomy quarterly update (#1)

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Released: Fourth quarter, 2013
Editor: LT910001

Hello WP:ANATOMY user! This is the first of what I hope will be ongoing quarterlies, documenting the current state of WP:ANATOMY, current projects and items of interest, and any relevant news. I'd greatly value feedback on this, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talkpage

What's new
What's going on
How can I contribute?
Quarterly focus - GA nominations

I would like to take some time on this first quarterly to evaluate the state of the project. We have the benefit of having a relatively-small group of articles that are, for the most part, relatively non-controversial. Additionally, for the majority of our articles, it may indeed be possible to create an article that reflects a significant proportion of the published literature. This is quite distinct from other projects.

However, it appears we only have 5 GAs (Anatomy, Brain, Clitoris, Human tooth, and Leonardo da Vinci) and 4 FAs (Immune system, Hippocampus, Cerebellum, and Resurrectionists in the United Kingdom), none of which relate to purely anatomical items, which constitute most of our mass. By 'anatomical items' I mean muscles, nerves, bones, blood vessels, veins, foramina, and so on, that constitute the vast majority of our articles. In fact, we only have one 'system' (Immune system) at FA class, and none at GA class. We indeed only have 70 articles out over 4,000 at B-class. This scarcity is, I believe, for the following reasons: (1) lack of model articles (2) lack of appropriate guidelines, and (3) general sparsity of sourcing on many articles. How may these be addressed?

  1. Nominating good articles. In addition to suspensory muscle of the duodenum I will be working on Mylohyoid muscle, Genioglossus, Foramen spinosum and an as-yet undecided article.
  2. Revamping the MEDMOS guidelines for Anatomical articles to make them more appropriate. That discussion is here.
  3. Using books as sources. Books are readily available in libraries and have the superb quality of being able to aggregate information, which can be used to source thousands of anatomical articles.
  4. Collateralising sourcing. Anatomical sources often refer to several structures in a single source. Therefore an editor on one article could quickly add a source to another two articles in a related topic. This incremental approach will hopefully accrue for future editors
  5. Tagging articles for cleanup, to let future editors know to use sources
  6. Templates, which will soon be available, to post on the wall of new editors thanking them for their edits and encouraging the use of sources.

I hope that we are able to revitalise this project. Wikipedia has the capacity to become an excellent resource for anatomical information. I again welcome feedback on this quarterly or any aspects therein on the talk page for the quarterly, on my talkpage, or on the WP Anatomy talk page here. Kind regards, LT910001 (talk)

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Well done!

The Liberty Star
I have noticed the many Pennsylvanian historical elections articles that you have recently created, thus prompting me to award you this barnstar! Schuy B. (talk) 22:51, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, Schuy B.! Just a little hobby of mine to pass the time. Fascinating stuff, really. Regards, Tyrol5 [Talk] 22:54, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

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Infobox Photo Discussion

Hi. Can you offer your opinion in this discussion regarding the better photo for an article Infobox? Thanks, and Happy Holidays. Nightscream (talk) 23:49, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

US presidential election results per election, per state articles

I've opened a discussion over here about these articles you've been creating. I looked through some of your editing history to see if there was any consensus arrived at that these articles met notability guidelines, but didn't see anything. If this has already been discussed, please let me know where. Thanks. 69.23.116.182 (talk) 17:12, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I've been creating these articles as they're seen commonly with contemporary elections. Admittedly, there is less information available for less recent elections, but I've been creating them as a potential impetus for future expansion of Wikipedia's coverage of historical U.S. elections. At any rate, I appreciate your raising the subject and alerting me. I'm interested to see where the discussion leads. Thanks again, Tyrol5 [Talk] 17:20, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

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Zeke Durden

Hi Tyrol5 - forgive my unfamiliarity with Wiki. I'm a journalist trying to track down this meme character known as "Zeke Durden." Apparently, there was once a wiki entry for him, but it was deleted, I'm not sure by who. Is it possible to see what the old Zeke Durden wiki page looked like? And I'm curious as to why it was deleted. Thanks! Steve F. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.80.179 (talk) 20:56, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

 Done by User:Peridon. Regards, Tyrol5 [Talk] 21:40, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

A hand-typed thank you

Thank you, Tyrol5, for this edit; I've made a note to remember to do this in future. :) Thank you also for supporting my RfB (#108!) and for all the kind words you said. I really appreciate that you've seen me and my work and think that I've been doing a good job. For what it's worth, I've seen you help out in several places and I hope that in a few months time or so you'll consider an RfB for yourself, given your own username work and your detailed rationales whenever you participate in an RfA/B. Best. Acalamari 17:39, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome, Acalamari, thank you for your compliments and congratulations on your RFB! Just a minor thing, that list, but I'm glad I could help. You'll do great and you deserved the support. As for RFB, I've given it a thought once or twice but keep putting off a final decision on whether to take a crack at it. I'm always willing to help, so I'd certainly give it another thought when I get the chance. Either way, thanks for the compliment and congratulations again! Tyrol5 [Talk] 18:28, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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thanx and keep helping me

thanx for doing and sorry for complications Majid661 (talk) 17:58, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome and no problem at all. For some help getting started, check out this page, the help desk and the Tea House. Good luck and happy editing. Tyrol5 [Talk] 20:00, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

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Deleted Page

Hi Tyrol5, pardon my ignorance, as I'm relatively new to the Wiki community...! I noticed that you had deleted a page that had been started for Stephanie Ruhle (18:15, 9 January 2014 Tyrol5 (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Stephanie Ruhle (G13: Abandoned Article for creation – to retrieve it, see WP:REFUND/G13 (TW))). May I ask why it was deleted? I was looking to add to her page (assuming she already had one) as she expanded her role at Bloomberg, but noticed the page had in fact been deleted in January. Would love any information you can provide. Thanks! Krcd573 (talk) 02:42, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Krcd573 and Welcome to Wikipedia! The page was deleted last month because it was a articles for creation submission that had not been edited in eleven months (i.e. abandoned). It's customary for them to be deleted after at least six months have passed in which the draft has not been edited. The submission was initially declined in February 2013 because it lacked sufficient evidence of verifiable notability (see this page and this page for more on this). I'll go ahead and restore the draft to User:Krcd573/Stephanie Ruhle so you can have a look at it and perhaps add to it and resubmit it. If you work on it, though, make sure there is a clear and verifiable assertion of notability (not simply that she contributes to Bloomberg). Happy editing and, again, welcome! Tyrol5 [Talk] 02:56, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Tyrol5. Thanks so much for your explanation! That is very helpful. I will be sure to keep in mind the verifiable assertion of notability in proceeding with any additions to that page. Thanks! Krcd573 (talk) 03:10, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
No problem at all. Happy editing! Tyrol5 [Talk] 03:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Username Change

I was unaware of the implications of using a real name. Thank you for this information and helping me through this process! I am sure I will need more help in the future. I would like to change "AccessAgility" to "Bmuell", I think I did it right, but I am not sure.

No problem at all. You've been renamed now, so you should be able to log into Wikipedia as "Bmuell". You're welcome to stop by here, the Help Desk, or the Tea House if you need help at any point. Happy editing! Tyrol5 [Talk] 23:06, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

username shelleymartin1234

Yes I am happy for my name to be used as it is a very common nameNeo PR Ltd (talk) 15:49, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi! You've now been renamed to "Shelleymartin1234" by a bureaucrat, so you should now be able to log into that account. Regards, Tyrol5 [Talk] 19:37, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Anatomy quarterly newsletter

WP:Anatomy quarterly update (#2)

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Released: First quarter, 2014
Updated cleanup listing and recent changes list in third quarter, 2014
Editor: LT910001

Hello WP:ANATOMY participant! This is the second quarterly update of goings-on in WP:ANATOMY, documenting the current state of WP:ANATOMY, current projects and items of interest, and any relevant news. I'd greatly value feedback on this, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talkpage or remove your name from the mailing list

What's new
What's going on
How can I contribute?
  • Reword anatomical jargon: jargon is widespread and not helpful to lay readers.
  • Contribute on our talk page
  • Continue to add sources, content, and improve anatomical articles!
  • Replace images with better images from Wikipedia commons, or if there are too many images, remove some low-quality ones
Quarterly focus - Where to edit?
One of our two new featured images! (Also featured on the Signpost)

On any given week we have at least 4-10 editors making significant contributions to our articles, with probably more than double this making minor edits. As an editor, I am often wondering: with so many articles, where to start? There is so much to be done (as always, on Wikipedia!), and I aim here to provide a comprehensive list of venues within our project. If I've missed any, please let us know on the WikiProject Anatomy talk page.

An editor might edit:

  • By importance. A user can use our assessment table to view articles by their importance and class. The vital articles project provides a list of designated 'Vital articles' for Wikipedia.
  • By popularity. One way to edit is to edit the most popular pages -- the majority of these need help, and editing is sure to bring benefit to many users.
  • By need. There is always cleanup that needs to be done, whether commenting on mergers, adding infoboxes or adding images. A cleanup list of all tagged articles is now available here: [1]
  • By interest. A series of inter-project categories has been developed to help facilitate inter-Wiki and inter-professional collaboration. These categories sort our articles into organs, system, gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, and several other categories. This should offer a buffet of articles for any interested editors! See here for more details.
  • By topic. Wikipedia's anatomical categories may provide impetus, as may editing a suite of related-articles, using a parent article such as ear for direction. A collection of series are slowly being rolled-out, including one for epithelia and for articles about the gastrointestinal wall, which also act as groups of topics. Templates, as documented on our main page, provide a similar categorisation.
  • By demand. Discussions relating to Anatomy are frequent occurrences on the talk pages for WPMED and WP:ANATOMY. Such topics almost always cry out for more editing.
  • By recent changes. One way to choose a destination for editing is to check the recent changes, revert vandalism, integrate/source edits, or generally collaborate in improving articles that are receiving contributions from other editors. This can be found in the here.
  • By chance. A user is always welcome to improve articles that they randomly 'bump into' by Wiki-surfing or by having bumped for other reasons into a particular article or topic that needs improvement

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Hi Tyrol. I, too, have an interest in all things medical. On April 10, 2014, the American College of Physicians unveiled a new logo and tagline. I went to the American College of Physicians page to update the logo and saw the note that I cannot overwrite the file. Please advise. Thanks! [2] Sevenyspecial (talk) 20:17, 11 April 2014 (UTC)sevenyspecial

Hi, Sevenyspecial! You should be able to upload the new logo here, being sure to include a fair use rationale. See the old logo for an example. Once you replace the old logo with the new on the article, the old will be deleted as an orphaned fair use image. Hope that helps. Tyrol5 [Talk] 22:09, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

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Wil Wheaton photo discussion

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Fyi, Steve Swanson's middle name is Roy, not Ray. See his NASA bio page. Thanks. 2602:306:3746:F2D0:38A9:F0E2:1C6C:8082 (talk) 02:35, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi! Not sure why you're telling me this, b/c I just made a minor edit to that page weeks ago. And his NASA bio page says nothing about a middle name (as a matter of fact, I didn't even touch that part of that article). It just says "Steven R. Swanson". If you can find a reliable source that says his middle name is "Roy", feel free to change it yourself. Regards, Tyrol5 [Talk] 13:47, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Illegal images pretending to be wikicommonos

This is not the first time that I see at Egyptian presidential election, 2014 or Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Illegal images, pretending to be wikicommons, of Sisi or Sabahi. Can you help as as an administrator? --Midrashah (talk) 17:05, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "illegal", but I assume you mean non-free media. If that's the case, I would suggest you nominate the images for deletion if there isn't proof of an acceptable license (since images of living people are considered replaceable nearly without exception) and bring up the issue with the uploader(s). Hope that helps. Tyrol5 [Talk] 17:22, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Im tierd of arguing on that. What I can say for sure is that just a few days ago, the image of el-sisi now posted on the presidential election article was already deleted for violating rights, and I dont know how they got it or some other version of it back on wikipedia... I dont intend to do anything about it since, i'm tired of these guys. I'm just letting you know as an dministartor and you can pass it on to somebbody to handleit or deal with it yourself. Thank you. --Midrashah (talk) 18:05, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Well, the files are hosted on Commons which means the issue would need to be dealt with over there. My best advice remains that which I gave you above. Other than that, raising the issue on Commons (i.e. on the file's talk page) might get the attention of someone more experienced in investigating an image's licensing. Tyrol5 [Talk] 19:27, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Ok thank you for the advice. --Midrashah (talk) 19:39, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

The Pulse (WP:MED newsletter) June 2014

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Mass Message

Hi! You once previously helped us in sending out a message to the members of a WikiProject. I understand EdwardsBot is no longer in use. Can you help in delivery of this message or know someone who can? Thanks! Samar Talk 17:52, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi again, Samar! I'd be happy to help out. The Mass Message extension requires the creation of a particularly formatted list, which I've gone ahead and whipped up here using notepad and your project members list (it uses a special template). Just give me the go-ahead and I'll set it up for you. Tyrol5 [Talk] 02:12, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, please go ahead. Can the message be delivered to other languages Wiki also? Samar Talk 08:18, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
@Samar: Message delivery was successfully  completed to all WikiProject Pakistan members. As for your question, global message delivery to other WMF sites can only be performed centrally from Meta-Wiki, which would require the assistance of a sysop or mass message sender over there. Other than that, I'm not familiar with the process. Tyrol5 [Talk] 17:16, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks a bunch!
Another user said there were some names missing so he added them in the list and removed the previous ones so there are no duplicates. Can you send to this list too :)Samar Talk 19:01, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
 Done. Tyrol5 [Talk] 22:11, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

BMJ offering 25 free accounts to Wikipedia medical editors

Neat news: BMJ is offering 25 free, full-access accounts to their prestigious medical journal through The Wikipedia Library and Wiki Project Med Foundation (like we did with Cochrane). Please sign up this week: Wikipedia:BMJ --Cheers, Ocaasi via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:14, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Another mass message

Hello, we are having another (separate competition) and would like to send out a post to all the Pakistani Wikipedians. I hope there is no issue in sending out a mass message to the same list twice in a month. The message is here and distribution list here.

Thanks :) Samar Talk 14:53, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I have been granted the right, so will try to send out the message myself today. Thanks! Samar Talk 09:40, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
Terrific! Regards, Tyrol5 [Talk] 18:21, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

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Request to remove deletion and continue Wiki creation

I am so bad at this Wiki formatting so I did not see my note to you even though it said it was received so am sending it to you again just in case you didn't get it.

Hi Tyrol. I am thoroughly confused as to who deleted this article notes, though do know I left it abandoned for a long time. I think you did this though it could have been someone else, though would like to get those notes back and move on with actually creating the Wiki. After reviewing your interests and contributions I see we have many similar interests.

I do so few Wikipedia entries that I often have to go back and completely re-learn the wiki format, so bear with me. Some time ago I had started a page called DESERT AIDS PROJECT, which was deleted. I had no idea I was ever on a page that could be deleted, as the intention of the page was just to have an area to leave notes or ideas on future projects. Ten years ago this may have been a drain on the servers though with the advent of new technology, like cloud, there is almost an infinite amount of space available so am surprised this is an issue.

Moving along, this particular Wiki is simply long overdue for obvious reasons; D.A.P. has been around for over two decades and has been written up in countless newspaper and magazine reviews. Their known throughout the world with President Obama, and former presidents Clinton and Bush all having done walkthroughs of the establishment, not to mention countless famous actors/actresses and media personalities sponsoring fundraisers in support of them. I am not a client, nor have any affiliation other than I own a house down the street. I think if you go to their website and peruse their pages it is clearly established they warrant a listing in Wikipedia. Have a look: http://www.desertaidsproject.org/

I would like some help on creating the listing. I have also gone through some of your Wiki contributions and think since you are savvy with the medical community this would make a great match. I would like a week to start the Wiki and you can clean it up and list it from there. If that is not a plan than do let me know your thoughts on this. I realize you are on vacation so no rush. I just think this place should not go ignored even though it is not a pleasant subject it is a fact of life, so let's help them out. Many Regards, Roman Terry.Roman Terry (talk) 21:23, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Roman! See this page to request the draft be restored (it's standard procedure to delete drafts that haven't been edited in six months). I'd do it myself, but my only net access currently is via smartphone. You might also visit the WP:Help desk. Hope that helps. Tyrol5 [Talk] 22:01, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

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Medical Translation Newsletter


Wikiproject Medicine; Translation Taskforce

Medical Translation Newsletter
Issue 1, June/July 2014
by CFCF, Doc James

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This is the first of a series of newsletters for Wikiproject Medicine's Translation Task Force. Our goal is to make all the medical knowledge on Wikipedia available to the world, in the language of your choice.

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Spotlight - Simplified article translation

Wikiproject Medicine started translating simplified articles in February 2014. We now have 45 simplified articles ready for translation, of which the first on African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness has been translated into 46 out of ~100 languages. This list does not include the 33 additional articles that are available in both full and simple versions.

Our goal is to eventually translate 1,000 simplified articles. This includes:

We are looking for subject area leads to both create articles and recruit further editors. We need people with basic medical knowledge who are willing to help out. This includes to write, translate and especially integrate medical articles.

What's happening?

IEG grant
CFCF - "IEG beneficiary" and editor of this newsletter.

I've (CFCF) taken on the role of community organizer for this project, and will be working with this until December. The goals and timeline can be found here, and are focused on getting the project on a firm footing and to enable me to work near full-time over the summer, and part-time during the rest of the year. This means I will be available for questions and ideas, and you can best reach me by mail or on my talk page.

Wikimania 2014

For those going to London in a month's time (or those already nearby) there will be at least one event for all medical editors, on Thursday August 7th. See the event page, which also summarizes medicine-related presentations in the main conference. Please pass the word on to your local medical editors.

Integration progress

There has previously been some resistance against translation into certain languages with strong Wikipedia presence, such as Dutch, Polish, and Swedish.
What was found is that thre is hardly any negative opinion about the the project itself; and any such critique has focused on the ways that articles have being integrated. For an article to be usefully translated into a target-Wiki it needs to be properly Wiki-linked, carry proper citations and use the formatting of the chosen target language as well as being properly proof-read. Certain large Wikis such as the Polish and Dutch Wikis have strong traditions of medical content, with their own editorial system, own templates and different ideas about what constitutes a good medical article. For example, there are not MEDRS (Polish,German,Romanian,Persian) guidelines present on other Wikis, and some Wikis have a stronger background of country-specific content.

  • Swedish
    Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: patient info, for professionals. The same can be said for English, but has really given us all the more reason to try and create an unbiased and free encyclopedia of medical content. We want Wikipedia to act as an alternative to commercial sources, and preferably a really good one at that.
    Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May.
  • Dutch
    Dutch translation carries with it special difficulties, in part due to the premises in which the Dutch Wikipedia is built upon. There is great respect for what previous editors have created, and deleting or replacing old content can be frowned upon. In spite of this there are success stories: Anafylaxie.
  • Polish
    Translation and integration into Polish also comes with its own unique set of challenges. The Polish Wikipedia has long been independent and works very hard to create high quality contentfor Polish audience. Previous translation trouble has lead to use of unique templates with unique formatting, not least among citations. Add to this that the Polish Wikipedia does not allow template redirects and a large body of work is required for each article.
    (This is somewhat alleviated by a commissioned Template bot - to be released). - List of articles for integration
  • Arabic
    The Arabic Wikipedia community has been informed of the efforts to integrate content through both the general talk-page as well as through one of the major Arabic Wikipedia facebook-groups: مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي, something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.
Integration guides

Integration is the next step after any translation. Despite this it is by no means trivial, and it comes with its own hardships and challenges. Previously each new integrator has needed to dive into the fray with little help from previous integrations. Therefore we are creating guides for specific Wikis that make integration simple and straightforward, with guides for specific languages, and for integrating on small Wikis.

Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here [5]

News in short

To come
  • Medical editor census - Medical editors on different Wikis have been without proper means of communication. A preliminary list of projects is available here.
  • Proofreading drives

Further reading



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RE: 2014 Chicago Cubs season

You had noted on my talk page that I had removed the "detailed records" section. My apologies, I did not realize that I had accidentally removed it. JC · Talk · Contributions 23:40, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

@JCRules: No problem. Just saw that you fixed it. Thanks for your work. Tyrol5 [Talk] 01:52, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
You're welcome. JC · Talk · Contributions 04:18, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

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Game log @ 2014 Cubs season

I assume you have been doing the logs most of the year. I just wanted to let you know that I didnt mean to interfere or supersede your efforts. I've just started to pay attention to the article and noticed that the Cincinatti series had not been entered. I had never done a game log before so I figured "Why not?". Nice to meet you. ```Buster Seven Talk 01:17, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi, @Buster7:! Nice to meet you as well. Your efforts are much appreciated. I've mostly been tending to the 2014 Pittsburgh Pirates season article but have periodically updated others if I see that they haven't been. Just seems the Cubs article is one of the most often overlooked, so I've worked on that one a bit as well. As I said, you're not interfering or superseding at all. It is, of course, a collaborative wiki. Your help is appreciated. P.S. I see from your page that you hail from Chicago. If you're a Cubs fan, your time will come. ;) Tyrol5 [Talk] 14:32, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Good Luck in the post season. The Cubs had an interesting season....a lot of close games. They lost 33 games by 2 runs or less....and 8 (almost 1/4) of those losses were to the Pirates.```Buster Seven Talk 06:22, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
Thank you, and glad the Cubs could help us out a bit by taking two out of three from the Cards this week. Yeah, it seems the Pirates had the Cubs' number all season, but I'm glad the struggles against the Brewers didn't keep us from at least a wild card berth. In the mean time, better luck to you next season. Tyrol5 [Talk] 20:07, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
WOW! Thanks for the Game Log for 2015. I'll sit back and watch how the article starts to get meat on its bones. Ive been here 5 years plus and Im still grasping the tech stuff. Since the beginning Ive learned by watching and then doing. ```Buster Seven Talk 23:48, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
@Buster7: The most time-consuming part is the copy/pasting and entry of new data into the table, but you're welcome. Truth is, I do enjoy it. Feel welcome to add to the article as the offseason progresses, and feel free to stop by with any questions. In the meantime, I hope to see a bit more green in that log next season—but not too much more . Glad you ended the season on a winning note, plus going 41–40 at Wrigley. Tyrol5 [Talk] 00:02, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Anatomy Newsletter

WP:Anatomy quarterly update (#3)

Previous -- Next
Released: 1 November, 2014
Editor: Tom (LT)

Hello WP:Anatomy participant! This is the third quarterly update, documenting what's going on in WikiProkect Anatomy, news, current projects and other items of interest. I'd greatly value feedback on this, and if you think I've missed something, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talkpage or remove your name from the mailing list

What's new
What's going on
  • We fly past 10,000 articles (now already up to 10,150). Why is this important? Articles under our scope are automatically included in popular pages, the cleanup list, and will be included as the recent changes list is updated.
  • A discussion about the formatting of infoboxes.
  • A lot of editing on the heart article -- can it make it to GA?
  • The medical newsletter, WP:PULSE finds its feet, and Anatomy and Physiology are featured as a subsection!
  • A new WP:WikiProject Animal anatomy (WP:ANAN) is created to focus on animal anatomy.
How can I contribute?
  • Welcome new editors! We have a constant stream of new editors who are often eager to work on certain articles.
  • We are always looking to collaborate! If you're looking for editors to collaborate with, let us know on our talk page!
  • Continue to add high-class reliable sources
  • Browse images on WikiCommons to improve the quality of images we use on many articles.
Quarterly focus - Anatomical terminology

Anatomical terminology is an essential component to all our articles. It is necessary to describe structures accurately and without ambiguity. It can also be extremely confusing and, let's face it, it's likely you too were confused too before you knew what was going on ("It's all Greek to me!" you may have said, fairly accurately).

In the opinion of this editor, it's very important that we try hard to describe anatomy in a way that is both technically accurate and accessible. The majority of our readers are lay readers and will not be fluent in terminology. Anatomy is a thoroughly interesting discipline, but it shouldn't be 'locked away' only to those who are fluent in the lingo – exploring anatomy should not be limited by education, technical-level English fluency, or unfamiliarity with its jargon. Anatomical terminology is one barrier to anatomical literacy.

Here are four ways that we can help improve the readability of our anatomical articles.

  1. Substitute. Use words readers are familiar with -- there is no need to use anatomical terminology unless necessary!
    Innervated by
    The nerve that supplies X is...
  2. Explain. When using terminology, remember readers will likely not understand what you mean, so consider adding an explanation and providing context. Use wikilinks for terms that a reader may not know.
    "The triceps extends the arm" may not be readily understood. A small addition may help the reader:
    "The triceps extends the arm, straightening it". Consider:
  3. Separate. Do not use long, complicated sentences. Don't write discursive, long comparisons unless needed. Start with simple information first, then get progressively more complex. Separate information by paragraph and subsection. Bite-sized information is much more easier to digest for readers who don't have a solid anatomical foundation
  4. Eliminate. Not all information is necessary on every article. Hatnotes are a simple and effective way to direct readers to another article. Don't provide long lists of synonyms of names for structures that an article isn't about. If a sentence has been paraphrased to the hilt, consider that several editors are indicating it may need to be simplified.
    "The other branches of the trigeminal nerve are the opthalmic nerve (nervus opthalmicus) and mandibular nerve (nervus mandibularis)"
    "The other branches of the trigeminal nerve are the opthalmic nerve and mandibular nerve" is much more easily digestible

This essay is provided in full on WP:ANATSIMPLIFY.

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Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Tyrol5, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Anastasia [Missionedit] (talk) 16:44, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Thank you, Anastasia! I nearly forgot! I can't believe it's been six years! Tyrol5 [Talk] 20:57, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Infobox photo discussion

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) 01:17, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

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