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Do you have a link to the Wikimedia Foundation Google study results? I assume they were published as the Signpost provides a summary. Thank you! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:19, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Yes, it's on Commons at File:Google referral report.pdf. Gamaliel (talk) 19:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Gamaliel, it's much appreciated! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:10, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Woah, who wrote THIS:

"On September 9, the FBI arrested Joshua Ryne Goldberg, a 20-year-old Jewish resident of Orange Park, Florida, for allegedly supplying bomb-making information for a plot to attack a Kansas City ceremony commemorating September 11 attacks."

A "20-year-old Jewish resident"? That's how historical accounts might describe someone who was confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. We don't describe people as Muslim residents or Roman Catholic residents either. This is tacky, Wikipedia. It isn't consistent with modern (as in the past 50 years) standards of writing.--FeralOink (talk) 19:45, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Most media accounts noted he was Jewish and contrasted that with his alleged impersonation of an Islamic terrorist. I am open to suggestions about how to word this differently while still including this widely noted and commented upon fact. Gamaliel (talk) 19:51, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

He impersonated a lot of things, which I found noteworthy (and the variety to be amusing, e.g., ISIS, feminist, white supremacist, GamerGate). As for wording, it is better to say he was Jewish, than a Jewish resident. In most countries, with the exception of a few theocracies, residents of all religions are allowed. Saying that he was a Jewish resident makes it seem like he was a foreign national, not an American. I agree that it is worth mentioning that he is Jewish, but phrase it so that it is part of the news story, not an identifying aspect. I can be more specific if you want. Thank you for clarifying, by the way. Note that I wasn't saying that you were being anti-Semitic or anything like that, as you weren't!--FeralOink (talk) 20:12, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure if its that note-worthy a terror suspect edited wikipedia. This day in age, there's probably a lot of suspects, and a lot of people edit wikipedia, so its unsurprising that there is an intersection. If he was convicted of something, that would be more interesting (imo). Bawolff (talk) 19:54, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

The conclusion seems to be that he didn't edit Wikipedia, based on this: "Both accounts do not appear to have edited articles involving terrorism, but instead focused on film, especially horror films, animation, and video games." Gamaliel, this was not what you asked about, but I'll start here. I would rephrase that sentence as, "Neither account appears to have..."--FeralOink (talk) 20:05, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

That was spot on, I've made the change. Gamaliel (talk) 20:11, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

<Visualize a smiley face of acknowledgement here>--FeralOink (talk) 20:15, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Notification bug

Woo, my bug screenshot made the signpost. Is this what its like to be famous? Bawolff (talk) 19:54, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

• Bad news Bawolff, your 15 minutes are over. I hope they get it sorted out, I think that was a useful change to Notifications. (I was wondering what happened to it!) 220 of ^Borg 13:41, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • 220 of Borg: Yeah, it should be coming back on Thursday. Its on https://test.wikipedia.org right now. Bawolff (talk) 23:31, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Firefox 3.5?

Wikipedia supports Firefox 3.5 from 2009? Why? 99.41.93.30 (talk) 02:54, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Not really. Its safari that's the support target (Although the basic components of the site is supposed to work at least in a limited way on old browsers). I just happen to have a really old version of firefox installed on my computer that I sometimes use to test things. Bawolff (talk) 03:08, 23 September 2015 (UTC)