User talk:Wingtipvortex/Archive 2013

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The Signpost: 31 December 2012

From the editor: Wikipedia, our Colosseum

In the media: Is the Wikimedia movement too 'cash rich'?

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter

Technology report: Looking back on a year of incremental changes

Discussion report: Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy

Interview: Interview with Brion Vibber, the WMF's first employee

Featured content: Whoa Nelly! Featured content in review

WikiProject report: New Year, New York

Recent research: Wikipedia and Sandy Hook; SOPA blackout reexamined

The Signpost: 07 January 2013

Op-ed: Meta, where innovative ideas die

WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Episode IV: A New Year

News and notes: 2012—the big year

Featured content: Featured content in review

Technology report: Looking ahead to 2013

The Signpost: 14 January 2013

Investigative report: Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat

News and notes: Launch of annual picture competition, new grant scheme

WikiProject report: Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy

Discussion report: Flag Manual of Style; accessibility and equality

Special report: Loss of an Internet genius

Featured content: Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012

Arbitration report: First arbitration case in almost six months

Technology report: Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment

The Signpost: 21 January 2013

News and notes: Requests for adminship reform moves forward

WikiProject report: Say What? — WikiProject Linguistics

Featured content: Wazzup, G? Delegates and featured topics in review

Arbitration report: Doncram case continues

Technology report: Data centre switchover a tentative success

The Signpost: 28 January 2013

In the media: Hoaxes draw media attention

Recent research: Lessons from the research literature on open collaboration; clicks on featured articles; credibility heuristics

WikiProject report: Checkmate! — WikiProject Chess

Discussion report: Administrator conduct and requests

News and notes: Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate

Featured content: Listing off progress from 2012

Arbitration report: Doncram continues

Technology report: Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems

The Signpost: 04 February 2013

Special report: Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles

News and notes: Article Feedback Tool faces community resistance

WikiProject report: Land of the Midnight Sun

Featured content: Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes

In the media: Star Trek Into Pedantry

Technology report: Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment

The Signpost: 11 February 2013

Op-ed: An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia

Featured content: A lousy week

WikiProject report: Just the Facts

In the media: Wikipedia mirroring life in island ownership dispute

News and notes: UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year

Discussion report: WebCite proposal

Technology report: Wikidata client rollout stutters

The Signpost: 18 February 2013

WikiProject report: Thank you for flying WikiProject Airlines

Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation declares 'victory' in Wikivoyage lawsuit

In the media: Sue Gardner interviewed by the Australian press

Featured content: Featured content gets schooled

The Signpost: 25 February 2013

In the media: Ex-WMF trustee creates "Wikipedia Corporate Index" for PR agency

Recent research: Wikipedia not so novel after all, except to UK university lecturers

News and notes: "Very lucky" Picture of the Year

Discussion report: Wikivoyage links; overcategorization

Featured content: Blue birds be bouncin'

WikiProject report: How to measure a WikiProject's workload

Technology report: Wikidata development to be continued indefinitely

The Signpost: 04 March 2013

Op-ed: We must do more to turn readers into editors

News and notes: Outing of editor causes firestorm

Featured content: Slow week for featured content

WikiProject report: WikiProject Television Stations

The Signpost: 11 March 2013

From the editor: Signpost–Wikizine merger

News and notes: Finance committee updates

Featured content: Batman, three birds and a Mercedes

Arbitration report: Doncram case closes; arbitrator resigns

WikiProject report: Setting a precedent

Technology report: Article Feedback reversal

The Signpost: 18 March 2013

News and notes: Resigning arbitrator slams Committee

WikiProject report: Making music

Interview: Meeting in the middle: Wikipedia and libraries

Featured content: Wikipedia stays warm

Arbitration report: Richard case closes

Technology report: Visual Editor "on schedule"

The Signpost: 25 March 2013

WikiProject report: The 'Burgh: WikiProject Pittsburgh

Featured content: One and a half soursops

Arbitration report: Two open cases

News and notes: Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews

Technology report: The Visual Editor: Where are we now, and where are we headed?

Recent research: "Ignore all rules" in deletions; anonymity and groupthink; how readers react when shown talk pages

The Signpost: 01 April 2013

Special report: Who reads which Wikipedia?

WikiProject report: Special: FAQs

Featured content: What the ?

News and notes: Grants given for Wikipedia Library, six others; April Fool's Day ructions

Arbitration report: Three open cases

Technology report: Wikidata phase 2 deployment timetable in doubt

The Signpost: 08 April 2013

Wikizine: WMF scales back feature after outcry

WikiProject report: Earthshattering WikiProject Earthquakes

News and notes: French intelligence agents threaten Wikimedia volunteer

Arbitration report: Subject experts needed for Argentine History

Featured content: Wikipedia loves poetry

Technology report: Testing week

The Signpost: 15 April 2013

Op-ed: How do we fix RfA inactivity?

WikiProject report: Unity in Diversity: South Africa

News and notes: Another admin reform attempt flops

Featured content: The featured process swings into high gear

The Signpost: 22 April 2013

In the media: Wikipedia inaccurate, says Florence; New Wikipedia app for breaking news

WikiProject report: WikiProject Editor Retention

News and notes: Milan conference a mixed bag

Featured content: Batfish in the Red Sea

Arbitration report: Sexology case nears closure after stalling over topic ban

Technology report: A flurry of deployments

The Signpost: 29 April 2013

News and notes: Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp

In the media: Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax

Featured content: Wiki loves video games

WikiProject report: Japanese WikiProject Baseball

Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles

Arbitration report: Sexology closed; two open cases

Recent research: Sentiment monitoring; UNESCO and systemic bias; and more

Technology report: New notifications system deployed across Wikipedia

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Manhattan in 1873

Hi there! You commented on this; I just wanted to let you know I found a new version at the Library of Congress, and have uploaded it as an Alt. Cheers. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:11, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the barnstar. It was such a good image, but the artefacts and crop were a bit suboptimal, so I thought I'd check and lucked out. =) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 06:51, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Alessandro_Scarlatti_-_Griselda

New version up. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:05, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Notifications box replacement prototypes released

Hey Wingtipvortex; Kaldari has finished scripting a set of potential replacements available to test and give feedback on. Please go to this thread for more detail on how to enable them. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 15:30, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 May 2013

News and notes: Candidates nominating for Foundation elections; Looking ahead to Wikimania 2014

Technology report: Foundation successful in bid for larger Google subsidy

Featured content: WikiCup update: full speed ahead!

In the media: New Wikipedia for Schools edition; Anders Behring Breivik's Wikipedia contributions

WikiProject report: Earn $100 in cash... and a button!

Lauren Mitchell FP has two new options

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lauren Mitchell layout has two new alts. Apologies for adding these so late, but the photographer is extremely busy and I only got the new image today. Please take a gander and feel free to update your vote. Thanks for your support! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:57, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 May 2013

News and notes: WMF–community ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list

WikiProject report: Knock Out: WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts

Featured content: A mushroom, a motorway, a Munich gallery, and a map

In the media: PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients; can Wikipedia predict the stock market?

Arbitration report: Race and politics opened; three open cases

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The Signpost: 20 May 2013

Foundation elections: Trustee candidates speak about Board structure, China, gender, global south, endowment

WikiProject report: Classical Greece and Rome

News and notes: Spanish Wikipedia leaps past one million articles

In the media: Qworty incident continues

Featured content: Up in the air

The Signpost: 27 May 2013

News and notes: First-ever community election for FDC positions

In the media: Pagans complain about Qworty's anti-Pagan editing

Foundation elections: Candidates talk about the Meta problem, the nation-based chapter model, world languages, and value for money

WikiProject report: WikiProject Geographical Coordinates

Featured content: Life of 2π

Recent research: Motivations on the Persian Wikipedia; is science eight times more popular on the Spanish Wikipedia than the English Wikipedia?

Technology report: Amsterdam hackathon: continuity, change, and stroopwafels

The Signpost: 05 June 2013

From the editor: Signpost developments

Featured content: A week of portraits

Discussion report: Return of the Discussion report

News and notes: "Cease and desist", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; Could WikiLang be the next WMF project?

In the media: China blocks secure version of Wikipedia

WikiProject report: Operation Normandy

Technology report: Developers accused of making Toolserver fight 'pointless'

The Signpost: 12 June 2013

News and notes: How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal

Featured content: Mixing Bowl Interchange

In the media: VisualEditor will "change world history"

Op-ed: The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons

Discussion report: VisualEditor, elections, bots, and more

Traffic report: Who holds the throne?

Arbitration report: Two cases suspended; proposed decision posted in Argentine History

WikiProject report: Processing WikiProject Computing

The Signpost: 19 June 2013

Op-ed: Two responses to the 'Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons'

Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week

In the media: South African learners want Wikipedia; Editing of Israel topics

WikiProject report: The Volunteer State: WikiProject Tennessee

News and notes: Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters?

Featured content: Cheaper by the dozen

Discussion report: Citations, non-free content, and a MediaWiki meeting

Technology report: May engineering report published

Arbitration report: The Farmbrough amendment request—automation and arbitration enforcement

The Signpost: 26 June 2013

Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week

In the media: Daily Dot on Commons and porn; Jimmy Wales accused of breaking Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden

Recent research: Most controversial Wikipedia topics, automatic detection of sockpuppets

News and notes: Election results released

Discussion report: Privacy policy, X!'s edit counter, old rangeblocks, and the Article Incubator

Featured content: Wikipedia in black + Adam Cuerden

WikiProject report: WikiProject Fashion

Arbitration report: Argentine History closed; two cases remain suspended

The Signpost: 03 July 2013

In the media: Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing

Featured content: Queen of France

WikiProject report: Puppies!

News and notes: Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace

Discussion report: Snuggle, mainpage link to Wikinews, 3RR, and more

Technology report: VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series

Traffic report: Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views

Arbitration report: Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/R.V.C. Bodley

Hi there! I've done a restoration of this image, and would appreciate if you'd have a look. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 22:47, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ethel Waters redux

Responded to you there. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 22:47, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chuck Norris

I added an important comment to this discussion. Can you look there? Tomer T (talk) 19:07, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 July 2013

Op-ed: It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project

WikiProject report: Not Jimbo: WikiProject Wales

Traffic report: Inflated view counts here, there, and everywhere

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south

Dispatches: Infoboxes: time for a fresh look?

Featured content: The week of the birds

Discussion report: Featured article process governance, signature templates, and more

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apollo 13 Mailbox

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Apollo 13 Mailbox at Mission Control.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:35, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 July 2013

WikiProject report: WikiProject Square Enix

Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced

Featured content: Documents and sports

Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case opens; July 22 deadline for checkuser and oversight applications

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nudibranch

Responded to you there. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 20:36, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apollo–Soyuz

I've put up a restoration. Could you have a look? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 11:23, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Well! Thank you for the kind words there! =) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:16, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

You are welcome. I very much appreciate all your work. Thanks for leaving the notices here when there are new images, it definitely is the fastest way to get me to look at a nom :) --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 14:30, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Frankly, I think it should be required to notify all previously-voted users when an alt goes up. In particular, in many cases, an alt will pass with only three or four support alt votes, by having the original votes carry over to it; if we're going to do that, the voters need notified. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:36, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree. I think alts should have to meet the same requirements as far as quantity of votes if they are to pass. It is not OK, IMO, to assume people who supported the original would support the alt. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 15:35, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

That said, Wikipedia:FPC#Older_nominations_requiring_additional_input_from_users is probably the right action to take if you're in that situation. Also, obviously, we can make reasonable assumptions, e.g. if they say something like "Thanks! It looks even better now!" I think we can presume their vote applies to the alt. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:18, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Anyway, hope this does pass. Probably going to have to renominate Ben-Hur; would rather not have any others. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:36, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

By the way, since I find this often gives me interesting projects: Any article, category of articles, or the like that you'd like me to try and find something suitable for FP from? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 18:37, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Gonna have to do some thinking about that one... It's been months since I've regularly worked on specific articles. These days I'm just at FPC, editing articles only when I'm reading one and find a mistake. I'll let you know if I come across an article that could use an FP :) --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 22:36, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 July 2013

In the media: Wikipedia flamewars

WikiProject report: WikiProject Religion

Discussion report: Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more

News and notes: Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India

Traffic report: Gleeless

Featured content: Engineering and the arts

Arbitration report: Infoboxes case opens

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Preah Pithu T Monks - Siem Reap.jpg

I think I've managed to deal with your issue: Would you believe we ha an article on the temple that was badly underillustrated? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:57, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 July 2013

Op-ed: The VisualEditor Beta and the path to change

Recent research: Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Srebrenica across cultures, 90% of Wikipedia better than Britannica, WikiSym preview

Traffic report: Bouncing Baby Brouhaha

WikiProject report: Babel Series: Politics on the Turkish Wikipedia

News and notes: Gearing up for Wikimania 2013

Arbitration report: Race and politics case closes

Featured content: Caterpillars, warblers, and frogs—oh my!

Discussion report: Defining consensus; VisualEditor default state; expert and layperson terms in article titles

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nudibranch

An alternative was added to this FPC nomination. Could you make your preference clear. Thanks. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:17, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Done--Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 22:56, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 August 2013

Arbitration report: Fourteen editors proposed for ban in Tea Party movement case

Traffic report: Greetings from the graveyard

News and notes: Chapters Association self-destructs

WikiProject report: WikiProject Freedom of Speech

Featured content: Mysterious case of the grand duchess

Discussion report: CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more

The Signpost: 14 August 2013

News and notes: "Beautifully smooth" Wikimania with few hitches

In the media: Chinese censorship

Featured content: Wikipedia takes the cities

Special report: Jimmy Wales: media favors entertainment over raising public awareness

Discussion report: Wikivoyage, reliable sources, music bands, account creators, and OTRS

WikiProject report: For the love of stamps

Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case closes

The Signpost: 21 August 2013

In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'

Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks

Traffic report: Reddit creep

Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland

News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments

Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia

The Signpost: 28 August 2013

In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'

Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks

Traffic report: Reddit creep

Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland

News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments

Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia

The Signpost: 04 September 2013

In the media: Manning "put back in the closet"; State involvement in Azerbaijani Wikipedia

News and notes: Privacy policy debate gears up

Traffic report: No accounting for the wisdom of crowds

Discussion report: Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more

Featured content: Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt

WikiProject report: Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia

Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes ; Infoboxes nears completion

Technology report: Making Wikipedia more accessible

The Signpost: 11 September 2013

In the media: Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a "right to reply" box?

WikiProject report: WikiProject Indonesia

Featured content: Tintin goes featured

News and notes: As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas

Traffic report: Syria, celebrities, and association football: oh my!

Arbitration report: Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute ; Infoboxes case closes

The Signpost: 18 September 2013

News and notes: Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests

WikiProject report: 18,464 Good Articles on the wall

Featured content: Hurricane Diane and Van Gogh

Technology report: What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?

Traffic report: Twerking, tragedy and TV

The Signpost: 25 September 2013

Op-ed: Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia

Traffic report: Look on Walter's works

In the media: Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia

News and notes: Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor

WikiProject report: Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!

Featured content: Wikipedia takes the stage

Recent research: Automatic detection of "infiltrating" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?

The Signpost: 02 October 2013

Op-ed: Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership

Discussion report: References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more

News and notes: WMF signals new grantmaking priorities

Featured content: Bobby, Ben, Roger and a fantasia

Arbitration report: Infoboxes: After the war

WikiProject report: U2 Too

Falcon 9

While the Falcon 9 article could go any of several ways (a high-level model class article, on all F9 vehicles, or an article on the F9 in general PLUS the specific F9 v1.0 model, etc.), some edits got made today that are presuming a particular outcome. Therefore, to get the issue quickly resolved, I proposed a move on the Talk page. I don't really care which way it goes, but do hope you and other editors will weigh in. N2e (talk) 04:48, 10 October 2013 (UTC)