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    Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon - April 22nd - 2PM EST

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    You're invited! NYC Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon! April 22nd!
     

    Sure We Can and the Environment of New York City Task Force invite you to join us for:

    This Edit-a-Thon is part of a larger Earth Day celebration, hosted by Brooklyn based recycling and community center Sure We Can, that runs from 1PM-7PM and is open to the public! See this flyer for more information: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGr4FyuqEa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    -- Environment of New York City Task Force

    WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

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    New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

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    Hello Sm8900,

     
    New Page Review queue April to June 2023

    Backlog

    Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

    Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.

    WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

    Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.

    You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.

    Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).

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    WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

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    The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

    •   Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
    •   Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
    •   Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

    Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

    Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

    I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

    Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report

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    Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report
     

    Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review.

    Highlights:

    • Introduction
    • Membership news, obituary and election results
    • Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page
    • Closing words
    – Your Guild coordinators: Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.
    To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

    Fri July 19: Wikicurious in NYC, Editing Wikipedia for Beginners

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    July 19: Wikicurious: Editing Wikipedia for Beginners @ Civic Hall
     

    You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for the inaugural event of the beginner-focused Wikicurious series at Civic Hall! All are welcome, and newcomers and aspiring editors are especially encouraged to attend.

    Registration via Eventbrite is required for building entry, and is also encouraged on the event page on Meta.

    The Wikicurious series at Civic Hall is supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Wikimedia NYC is an official affiliate and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation.

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

    Meeting info:

    • RSVP is necessary for building entry

    (You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

    --Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 13 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Affiliations Committee News (April-June 2024)

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    AffCom group photo at Wikimedia Summit 2024 in Berlin, Germany

    You can find this newsletter translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to other languages.

    Quarterly newsletter sharing news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.

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    MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:30, 15 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Sunday July 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Results of Movement Charter ratification)

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    SWANs gathering for a conversation

    Hello everyone!

    The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

    At this meeting we will focus on the results of the Movement Charter ratification. We will also discuss the aftermath of the Board of Trustees' decision to veto the Movement Charter, including their recent proposals. We will also cover updates about upcoming Wikimania 2024.

    This month, we are meeting on Sunday, July 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

    UTC meeting times are and

    Nadzik (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin July Issue 1

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    WIkiProject Doctor Who Newsletter: July 2024

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    The Space-Time Telegraph
    Volume II, Issue I — July 2024
    Brought to you by the editors of WikiProject Doctor Who

    Okay–ooh. New teeth newsletter. That's weird...

    Hello!

    Welcome to the first regenerated issue of The Space-Time Telegraph, the official newsletter of WikiProject Doctor Who. We hope it finds you well in your safe travels across the Whoniverse! This newsletter was founded in 2008 and seemed to get lost in the time vortex quite quickly. Thanks to the Doctor dragging Sutekh through the time vortex and bringing life by bringing death to death (yeah... I'm a little confused too), it seems to have regenerated. The writing staff hopes to bring you future editions quarterly.
    For this first edition, we have created an updated version of our mailing list that includes any active editors who previously had their usernames included in our participants list. If you do not wish to receive future editions, please remove your name from the mailing list. If you no longer wish to participate in the project, please also remove your name from the participants list.
    I think that's enough about the newsletter for now. Let's dive into interesting things happening within the Doctor Who side of Wikipedia. Geronimooooo.....

    Big Spike in Productivity

    During 2024, the project has scored 8 GAs, 2 FLs and a GT, up from last year's 4 GAs and a GT. Several additional things are in the pipeline, with a bunch of things currently having been nominated with some mix of OlifanofmrTennant, TheDoctorWho, and Pokelego999 having their names attached to them. Allow me to look into the nominees.
    1. Series 14: As of July 18th, every single episode has been sent to GAN, with "Boom", "73 Yards", and "The Devil's Chord" having made it to GA.
    2. 2023 Specials: Early in the year, as part of trying to not lose the WikiCup, Ollie sent "The Star Beast" (still salty about the move) to GAN. It was reviewed by frequent collaborator (fly high) of hers, but failed. She then fixed it up and sent it back where it passed. Later "The Giggle" was expanded and sent to GA, followed shortly by "Wild Blue Yonder". WBY received help by JustAnotherCompanion, a pretty fresh user. This other companion chose not to be listed as co-nom. A page was created for "Destination: Skaro" and quickly got GA status.
    3. The Daleks' Master Plan was also sent to GAN by Rhain. It passed to join Rhain's other First Doctor content, being the fourth season three article to get the green check.
    4. Peter Capaldi: The filmography and newly created awards of Capaldi were both sent to FLC and passed. Capaldi's main page was sent to GA, though due to some minor incompetence on the part of the nominator it was failed.

    Proposals to the WikiProject

    A recent proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Doctor Who suggested potential improvements and suggestions for the main page of the project, as well as discussions about the project overall. The proposals are as follows:
    1. The Task Forces section should be removed due to inactivity in the Torchwood Task Force, and a lack of significant interest in creating further Task Forces.
    2. The freenode channel no longer works and should be removed due to most discussion taking place on site.
    3. Due to the low quality of Lungbarrow and Jubilee despite being sample articles, these articles should either be removed as samples or improved. Additionally, the "sample device" has a very small application field, and should be removed from the sample articles section.
    4. An updates infobox should be included, similarly to those used by Wikipedia:VGCHAR.
    5. Radio Times's Doctor Who sections should be included in the references section due to their benefits for the project sourcing wise.
    6. The Deletion Discussion archive should be removed, or have work invested in updating it, due to its lack of updates.

    If you feel you have any thoughts or suggestions on these matters, or on any other matters pertaining to the project and its main page, feel free to chime in the ongoing discussion.

    Discussions of Note

    A move discussion is currently underway on whether or not Doctor Who series 14 should be moved to Doctor Who season 1 (2024). The discussion also involves conversation on a few other adjacent articles. If you have an opinion on the matter please read over the discussion or leave comments.

    Contributors

    If you wish to contribute to future editions of the newsletter, leave a message on the WikiProject talk page or reach out to one of the current contributors listed above.
    If you do not wish to receive future editions of the Space-Time Telegraph, please remove your name from our our mailing list.

    MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:31, 20 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

    The Signpost: 22 July 2024

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    Women in Red August 2024

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    Women in Red | August 2024, Volume 10, Issue 8, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 313, 314, 315


    Online events:

    Announcements from other communities

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    Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin July Issue 2

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    Nomination of Guardian (database) for deletion

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    A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Guardian (database) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

    The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guardian (database) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

    Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.
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    This Month in GLAM: July 2024

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    Headlines
    • Albania report: For what matters most for your community
    • Argentina report: Mid-term digitization update
    • Brazil report: Structuring Wiki Loves Monuments through a Wikidata portal
    • Canada report: CCA Hosts Inaugural Wiki Edit-a-Thon
    • Germany report: The flight over the "Rosinenbomber" - drone deployment for Free Knowledge; Kicking off a German-language community of practice for building cultural heritage linked open data with the wikimedia projects
    • India report: GLAM partner ventures into 'Digitisation Plus' programs with Wikimedians
    • Kosovo report: Prompting what's most important - our community in Albania and Kosovo
    • New Zealand report: WikiProject International Botanical Congress 2024, a presentation to the Natural History Museum, London & Kew Gardens staff and a Research expeditions edit-a-thon
    • Switzerland report: Swiss GLAM Programme
    • UK report: Translations galore
    • USA report: Wikicurious WikiNYC Civic Hall; San Diego 111; #5WomenArtists campaign
    • Biodiversity Heritage Library report: BHL-Wiki Working Group July monthly highlights
    • Special story: GLAM GLobal meetup & GLAM Global Calls
    • Calendar: August's GLAM events
    Read this edition in fullSingle-page

    To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

    The Signpost: 14 August 2024

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    Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin August Issue 1

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    MediaWiki message delivery 21:32, 15 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Category:Vehicle simulation MOGs has been nominated for merging

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    Category:Vehicle simulation MOGs has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. QuantumFoam66 (talk) 05:00, 17 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Sat August 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic

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    August 24: Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island
     
    2019 Wiknic group photo, last time we held it on Roosevelt Island

    You are invited to the picnic anyone can edit on Roosevelt Island, at Southpoint Park.

    Following up on this month's Wikimania in Poland, this Wiknic will have as guest of honor User:DerHexer, the 2024 Wikimedia Laureate of the Year, marking his triumphant North American tour!

    Bring a picnic blanket and some potluck, as well as some sunscreen! We'll also provide a little something for everyone, but we encourage you to bring your own favorite dishes to share, especially for those food cultural topics you would like to improve on Wikipedia.

    We'll also do a portal thing for a bit with West Coast friends at the WikiLA ocean life edit-a-thon.

    All are welcome, new and experienced!

    Saturday, August 24, 2024 NYC Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island (RSVP on-wiki)

    • Time: 2:00 - 7:00 pm (come by any time!)
    • Salon-style Discussions: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm (session A) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm (session B)
    • Location: Roosevelt Island (Southpoint Park, look for our Wikipedia/Wikimedia NYC banner).

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

    (You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

    --Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:45, 19 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    New pages patrol September 2024 Backlog drive

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    New pages patrol | September 2024 Backlog Drive
     
    • On 1 September 2024, a one-month backlog drive for new pages patrol will begin.
    • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled.
    • Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
    • Each article review will earn 1 point, and each redirect review will earn 0.2 points.
    • Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
    You're receiving this message because you are a new page patroller. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

    MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:11, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    September 2024 at Women in Red

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    Women in Red | September 2024, Volume 10, Issue 9, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 316, 317


    Online events:

    Announcements from other communities

    Tip of the month:

    Other ways to participate:

      Instagram |   Pinterest |   Twitter/X

    --Rosiestep (talk) 19:03, 26 August 2024 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply

    WP:CLNT talk page discussion for WP:NAVBOX criteria overhaul proposal

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    Hello, Sm8900! Since you are listed as an active member of the Navigation Templates WikiProject, it occurred to me that I should inform you that there is an ongoing discussion at the WP:CLNT talk page about a proposal to overhaul the WP:NAVBOX criteria for good navigation templates that was opened and proposed by myself so that you can leave a comment and participate in the discussion as you are willing and able. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 22:25, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @CommonKnowledgeCreator ok, yes, lets do it. i have a few ideas on how to make navboxes better. totally open to exploring this topic. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 14:56, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Feedback requests from the Feedback Request Service

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    Your feedback is requested at Talk:Flying car on a "History and geography" request for comment, and at Talk:Kamala Harris on a "Politics, government, and law" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
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    Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin August Issue 2

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    Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the second half of August 2024. Please help translate

    Upcoming and current events and conversations Talking: 2024 continues

    Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

    • Highlights of the Product & Technology department's recent work in improving the user experience.
    • Editor tools related to references & categories and more tech updates on the latest Tech News.
    • Outreachy (a paid, remote three-month internship to support underrepresented groups in tech) is open. Mentors should submit projects before September 11 at 16:00 UTC (more info).
    • The Campaign Events extension is now available on Meta-Wiki, Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested in other language wikis.
    • The Campaigns teams would like to learn more about how your communities do online collaboration such as WikiProjects, please take this Google Form survey or share examples of successful collaborations on Meta Wiki.
    • Editors using the iOS Wikipedia app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to Wikipedia.
    • Applications for the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) are still open until September 16.

    Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

    Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

    Board and Board committee updates See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

    • Some next steps on a movement charter: A message from Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Maryana Iskander, Chair of Board of Trustees, Nataliia Tymkiv, and Chair of Governance Committee, Dariusz Jemielniak.
    • Elections for four community-and-affiliate elected seats on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation will be held from September 3 to September 17. To learn more about the candidates, watch this short "Meet the Candidates" presentations.

    Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

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    MediaWiki message delivery 21:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

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    The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

    Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

    Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

    If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Voting for coordinators is now open!

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    Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:41, 1 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    The Signpost: 4 September 2024

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    Category:Student farms has been nominated for merging

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    Category:Student farms has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 00:38, 5 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Category:Micro venture capital firms of the United States has been nominated for splitting

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    Category:Micro venture capital firms of the United States has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 00:39, 8 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Sep 25: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting (plus Latin music event on Sep 21!)

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    September 25: Annual Election & Members Meeting
     

    You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Annual Election & Members Meeting, with in-person at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, as well as an online-based participation option.

    The Members' Meeting is similar to other WikiWednesday meetups, except that its primary function is to elect a new Board of Directors. We will elect three board seats, half of the elected seats on the board. After being elected, those elected can potentially appoint more seats.

    We will also focus on the Wikimedia NYC Strategic Plan, our Financial Report, and Annual and Monthly event teams for the coming year.

    Election info:

    • To run for election or to vote, you must be a dues-paying member of Wikimedia New York City, having renewed in the past 12 months.
    • Voting will be both online, via emailed ballots from the ElectionBuddy service, and in-person.
    • The poll will be open for the 48 hours between 8pm EDT on September 23 and 8pm EDT on September 25.
    • For additional information, please consult the Election FAQ.

    Meeting info:

    All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

    P.S. Also upcoming just before our annual meeting is the Latin music edit-a-thon, Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat (RSVP at Eventbrite), on Saturday September 21!

    (You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

    --Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:57, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

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    Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter
     

     

    Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

    Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here.

    Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

    Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

    Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

    Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive.

    Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles.

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    WIkiProject Doctor Who: September 2024 Newsletter

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    The Space-Time Telegraph
    Volume II, Issue II — September 2024
    Brought to you by the editors of WikiProject Doctor Who

    You like Doctor Who? What's his name then?

    Welcome

    Hello and welcome to the second issue of the new newsletter! Following the success of the first newsletter we are back to write more stuff.

    Articles for deletion
    Several articles have been nominated for deletion, such as Time War (Doctor Who), and several articles have been deleted, or merged or redirected, especially those relating to books, due to lack of WP:SIGCOV and WP:NBOOK. Editors can always help either by participating in the deletion discussions (which are noted on the project page), adding to such articles, or bringing attention to other such articles through AfD or the WikiProject talk page, to aid in clean-up.

    Notice of Draft Articles
    A new Doctor Who spin-off was announced at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con, called The War Between the Land and the Sea, and will feature old and new Whoniverse characters working for UNIT as they battle the Sea Devils. The main space article currently redirects to Whoniverse, but collaboration is currently underway in a draft article. As filming on this miniseries has recently begun, its relocation to the mains space will presumably take place soon per the recommendations laid out at WP:NTV.


    There is also a draft article in progress for the upcoming 2024 Christmas special. While this article won't be moved until the episode airs, any new contributions are welcome.

    Doctor Who News
    A small number of editors have recently raised questions regarding the reliability of Doctor Who News. This website is particularly used for information regarding viewing figures and the Appreciation Index of most episodes as well as some news information. If there is a better source for any information supported by this website, it should be replaced in good faith.


    A full consensus on whether or not to remove the information that can't be supported by a different source has not yet been reached. Any editor who has opinions on this matter should contribute to the discussion on the WikiProject talk page.

    Continued Progress Towards Good/Featured Content
    There has been lots of progress made towards recognized articles in the last two months, related to such diverse categories as series, specials, lists and episodes A sub-page has also been added to the WikiProject, to list any possible goals we can aim towards.

    Proposals Regarding the State of Fictional Elements Articles in the WikiProject

    Several proposals have been laid out regarding fictional elements in the WikiProject, which includes fictional characters, locations, and more. Due to a concerning quality state regarding the large majority of them, several methods of tackling them in order to improve these articles' quality for the future have been proposed. The primary three proposals are as follows:
    1. A priority list should be made to determine what articles are most pressing and in need of improvement in the WikiProject overall. Focus would be put onto important subjects and articles in a state of dubious notability that would make them viable for deletion processes such as AfD.
    2. A group of articles is selected for improvement, which are ones deemed most relevant to the WikiProject for the future. Any lesser important subjects can be sidelined and worked on as editors see fit.
    3. A long term goal is made to improve all elements. This will come at the caveat of taking significantly longer and requiring more heavy participation than the above two proposals, but would guarantee a slow and steady way to solve the issue.
    If any editors are interested in chiming into the conversation and sharing their piece on how this should be handled, or if any editors wish to help with this proposal and improve fictional elements articles, then feel free to share thoughts at the discussion's section on the article's talk page.

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