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second opinion on Angolan musicians

Not sure what to do with Angolan musicians which has been tagged for cleanup for 6 years now. Should it be renamed to List of Angolan musicians? Should it be prodded or sent AFD since the category:Angolan musicians does the job better and the article is primarily redlinks and is unreferenced? Do you have any suggestions? RJFJR (talk) 20:43, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

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In that case she or her representative(s), per WP:COI, should have left a message on the article's talk/discussion page rather than just remove/edit material without explanation.--ukexpat (talk) 13:49, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

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But uh... Yeah, D67 forgot to leave a block message - so there's a reason for the warning I guess. Although I'm sure nobody would've yelled at you for putting a {{Uw-softerblock}} or {{Uw-spamublock}} on it :) ~Charmlet -talk- 21:07, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
As I understand it, it's only an instablock if the user has edited in mainspace - edits to AFCs don't count apparently, at least that's what I have been told by some admins at UAA. --ukexpat (talk) 21:52, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Hmm, groupnames are instablocks regardless, individuals promoting things not so much maybe. ~Charmlet -talk- 22:01, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you, UKexpat, for your message. I don't imagine that I will be embarking upon extensive overhauls of any Wikipedia pages in the near future--let alone creation of them--but I did bookmark for future reference the page of guidelines that you sent me. After having been a devoted Wikipedia reader for many years, and having grown weary of the liberally sprinkled spelling errors in German, French, and English, I finally overcame my inertia, signed up to edit, and began fixing a few things here and there. Thank you for your encouragement!

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I had an excellent little nap! Drmies (talk) 20:27, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Excellent, so did I then I decided to ride my bike...--ukexpat (talk) 00:19, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
Hmm. I knew there was a pattern; I didn't know it was that bad. It's true, this semester I have a lot of nap opportunities, but too often I close the netbook too late to make them count. Today wasn't bad though! But I'm a bit past the midway point of life, so I can claim to deserve them. Claim falsely, but still claim. And I'd love to be somewhere where I could take a nice ride... Drmies (talk) 02:21, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for picking up that mistake, the name of the file should have been a clue really. Not to mention the sign in the image. The list entry number was the same, so I didn't check but it looks like the person who uploaded the file initially clicked on the wrong link so they ended up with the wrong number. I've corrected the number on Commons so it's sorted now. Nev1 (talk) 15:54, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi, there is a process called neural plasticity. On WP it redirects to neuroplasticity, but neural plasticity is actually the more common term. As "Neural plasticity" (the process) and "Neural Plasticity" only differ by a capital, it would seem to me that a disambiguator is necessary here. I would appreciate if you could revert your move. Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 17:59, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

I disagree but don't have the energy to argue about it so I moved it back.--ukexpat (talk) 18:04, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

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Copyright issue of images on the David Cregeen article

Hi, These photos were taken by Edward Wolkey who is my long time fellow. I've asked Edward to use the photos and he permit me in any circumstances I can use photos. Yesterday I asked him to send an email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org he will probably today. Thanks for warning bests — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emrahzorlu2 (talkcontribs) 08:35, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 October 2013

GOCE Blitz wrap-up; join us for the November drive

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Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

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Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an4ySOlsUMY and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24442181 and http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/130769/Ellie-Goulding-Releases-How-Long-Will-I-Love-You-As-BBC-Children-In-Need-Single-WATCH — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ipodfred999 (talkcontribs) 14:18, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Template:DuPont

WP:Navbox reads 'Navigation templates do not provide external links to other websites.' It also says 'External links should be included in appropriate articles, rather than a navigation template. So the links to Dupont's website and to the company's stock don't belong....William 15:57, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

In that case there are a bunch more in Category:United States company templates that need your "attention".--ukexpat (talk) 16:04, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Yes and I am working on them- Gray TV, Darden, Abercrombie & Fitch, Kraft Foods Group, 3M, NY Times, plus more. Note my edit summary when I do this- Per WP:Nav. No EL in templates. I've been removing outdated financial info too if I find any. Dupont's was from 2009....William 16:37, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

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