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Administrators' newsletter – August 2020

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020).

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Spoopy

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the GOCE of the article Spoopy has been completed.

There were only very minor tweaks made to it. Congratulations on its GA status.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:04, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Twofingered Typist, Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:51, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Superbloom (disambiguation)

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Hello Another Believer,

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username John B123 and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged an article that you started, Superbloom (disambiguation) for deletion, because it is unnecessary and disambiguates only a single page.

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Alphabetizing

Question—how are these being alphabetized? I just added Kameron alphabetized by first name as consensus seemed to be for drag queens, but I noticed that Derrick Barry, for example, seems to be alphabetized by her last name (and Marcelino Sambé, who isn't a drag queen, is alphabetized by first name). There are a few more cases like that, too. Obviously not a big thing, but just wondering. Armadillopteryxtalk 16:23, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Armadillopteryx, People add to the list differently. I try to list people by last name, with exceptions for drag queens (who are generally sorted by first name). Some people just add to the top of the list. A bit of cleanup is probably needed. ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:25, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 2 August 2020

Orphaned non-free image File:Give Up the Ghost album cover.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:26, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

@Mediafanatic17: Why did you upload a different version of this image? ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:57, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2020)

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The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an example of a New World crop, a crop native to the New World (mostly the Americas) before 1492 CE and not found anywhere else at that time.
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Haus Laboratories

Hello, I wondered if you wouldn't mind to take a look and help me to expand this draft. Thanks GagaNutellatalk 00:13, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

GagaNutella, I went ahead and moved the article into main space. The community can decide its fate. Thanks and good luck! ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:51, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, Another Believer. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Americans Against Insecure Billionaires with Tiny Hands".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Congratulations!

Congratulations on being quoted in a Washington Post article. [1] You've done a lot of excellent work! — UncleBubba T @ C ) 17:38, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

UncleBubba, Thank you! I had assumed I was just being interviewed for background info so I was pleasantly surprised! Happy editing, ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:18, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2020)

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Abraham Ortelius's world map, from the Typus Orbis Terrarum ("Theatre of the Orb of the World") atlas, first published in 1564
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Talkback message from Tito Dutta

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If you can help, regards.. Titodutta (talk) 22:38, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

  • This is super weird, actually. I've never previously gotten a ping notification when a thread I was tagged in got archived (even if the archiver also had a signature in the discussion), but this week it's happened two or three times already (including just now at Talk:Christmas Queens 3/Archive 1 and four days ago at Talk:Kameron Michaels/Archive 1). Do we know if there's been a change in the way pings are coded? Previously a new signature had to be added as four tildes in order for anyone tagged in the post to be notified; in fact, Template:Ping fix explains: The notifications system only informs a user when you link their username in the same saved edit as you successfully sign your post. A ping cannot be fixed in a later edit by adding your signature or fixing a botched username. I wonder what's going on. Armadillopteryx 16:03, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: July 2020

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The West Christmas Ever copyedit

Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:13, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Statue of Hans Christian Heg

On 15 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Statue of Hans Christian Heg, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a statue (pictured) of Hans Christian Heg, a Union soldier and abolitionist, was torn down by protesters, decapitated, and thrown into a lake following the arrest of a Black Lives Matter member? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of Hans Christian Heg. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Statue of Hans Christian Heg), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Keep up the good work. ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 22:01, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Lil-unique1, Hey, thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 04:25, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2020)

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An act is a division or unit of a theatre work, including a play, film, opera, and musical theatre. Pictured is a visual representation of the three-act structure.
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Act (drama)

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Wandering Rocks

Hi Another Believer - I notice you've reversed a page move I did for Wandering Rocks (sculpture). Any reason why you think Wandering Rocks (AP) is a better name? There's nothing in the article which mentions what AP refers to, so unless people already know something about the sculpture that the article doesn't say, it's not an easy title to search for. Grutness...wha? 04:37, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Grutness, I understand, but there are multiple sculptures called "Wandering Rocks", hence why I turned the page into a disambiguation page. This source confirms Edition AP. I'm open to moving the page, if needed, but not to "Wandering Rocks (sculpture)". ---Another Believer (Talk) 04:39, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Would Wandering Rocks (Seattle sculpture) work? Grutness...wha? 04:41, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Grutness, Maybe? I'd recommend submitting a move request so other editors can weigh in. Or, try asking at WikiProject Sculpture about possible naming conventions? ---Another Believer (Talk) 04:42, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
AP usually means Artist's proof. That's likely the case here. There are 5 editions, 1–5 and one artist's proof. Vexations (talk) 21:33, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Chi Chi DeVayne

ITN recognition for Chi Chi DeVayne

On 21 August 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Chi Chi DeVayne, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:44, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

GOCE

@Baffle gab1978: Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 13:45, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, Another Believer. I'm just posting to let you know that Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for September 14. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:30, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Giants2008, Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:31, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2020)

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Delivery is the process of transporting goods from a source location to a predefined destination. Pictured is a man delivering charcoal by bicycle in Uganda.
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Delivery (commerce)

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Dis' sayin'

You think

  • a bullet (think bullethole)

looks less silly than

  1. this?

Carry on. --Brogo13 (talk) 20:43, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for the edit "thank you"! TiMike (talk) 21:10, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
@TiMike: Thank you for the barnstar! ---Another Believer (Talk) 13:40, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
@Another Believer: You're welcome!

Redirects for discussion

"Percentage (film)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Los Angeles Real Estate" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Don't Poke the Bear" listed at Redirects for discussion

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2020)

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Skurfing as a sport has two common forms: "water skurfing" and "street skurfing". Pictured is an example of water skurfing, water skiing on a surfboard.
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Skurfing (sport)

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Editing news 2020 #4

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Reply tool

The number of comments posted with the Reply Tool from March through June 2020. People used the Reply Tool to post over 7,400 comments with the tool.

The Reply tool has been available as a Beta Feature at the Arabic, Dutch, French and Hungarian Wikipedias since 31 March 2020. The first analysis showed positive results.

  • More than 300 editors used the Reply tool at these four Wikipedias. They posted more than 7,400 replies during the study period.
  • Of the people who posted a comment with the Reply tool, about 70% of them used the tool multiple times. About 60% of them used it on multiple days.
  • Comments from Wikipedia editors are positive. One said, أعتقد أن الأداة تقدم فائدة ملحوظة؛ فهي تختصر الوقت لتقديم رد بدلًا من التنقل بالفأرة إلى وصلة تعديل القسم أو الصفحة، التي تكون بعيدة عن التعليق الأخير في الغالب، ويصل المساهم لصندوق التعديل بسرعة باستخدام الأداة. ("I think the tool has a significant impact; it saves time to reply while the classic way is to move with a mouse to the Edit link to edit the section or the page which is generally far away from the comment. And the user reaches to the edit box so quickly to use the Reply tool.")[2]

The Editing team released the Reply tool as a Beta Feature at eight other Wikipedias in early August. Those Wikipedias are in the Chinese, Czech, Georgian, Serbian, Sorani Kurdish, Swedish, Catalan, and Korean languages. If you would like to use the Reply tool at your wiki, please tell User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF).

The Reply tool is still in active development. Per request from the Dutch Wikipedia and other editors, you will be able to customize the edit summary. (The default edit summary is "Reply".) A "ping" feature is available in the Reply tool's visual editing mode. This feature searches for usernames. Per request from the Arabic Wikipedia, each wiki will be able to set its own preferred symbol for pinging editors. Per request from editors at the Japanese and Hungarian Wikipedias, each wiki can define a preferred signature prefix in the page MediaWiki:Discussiontools-signature-prefix. For example, some languages omit spaces before signatures. Other communities want to add a dash or a non-breaking space.

New requirements for user signatures

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Next, the team will be working on a tool for quickly and easily starting a new discussion section to a talk page. To follow the development of this new tool, please put the New Discussion Tool project page on your watchlist.

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WikiCup

WikiCup 2020 September newsletter

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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  • Free Hong Kong Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
  • IndonesiaHaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
  • England Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to 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. 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 yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 November newsletter

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The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is England Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by England Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with New York (state) Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Gondor Hog Farm (submissions), Indonesia HaEr48 (submissions), Somerset Harrias (submissions) and Free Hong Kong Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2020

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020).

Administrator changes

added Eddie891
removed AngelaJcw69Just ChillingPhilg88Viajero

CheckUser changes

readded SQL

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Arbitration


Badlands (Live at Webster Hall)

I would be happy if you could expand the entry Badlands (Live at Webster Hall) I do not know the English Wikipedia I am from the Israeli Wikipedia so it is difficult for me. King G.A (talk) 14:40, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

King G.A, I have other articles on my plate right now but I'll see what I can do and continue to watch the page as other editors contribute. Happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:42, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
If you can at least the opening of the album create just normal. King G.A (talk) 14:44, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2020)

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Hello, Another Believer.

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Grease (song)

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Nomination of Bust of Bernardo O'Higgins (Houston) for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bust of Bernardo O'Higgins (Houston) 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/Bust of Bernardo O'Higgins (Houston) 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.  Bait30  Talk 2 me pls? 19:46, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Now That's What I Call Drag Music, Vol. 1

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Now That's What I Call Drag Music, Vol. 1 has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:44, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Twofingered Typist, Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 13:35, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Disloyal

Why did you move the existing stub article into draftspace so that you could restart the article? Why didn't you build on the existing article? We should WP:PRESERVE. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:21, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Muboshgu, I didn't move the stub into draft space. I simply created Disloyal: A Memoir not knowing someone else had already moved Disloyal into draft space (which I don't think was necessary). ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:22, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Ah my mistake. I thought that seemed like an odd thing for you to do. I see now who did it. Wouldn't it be better to move the draft back to preserve the article history? – Muboshgu (talk) 21:39, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Muboshgu, I don't think preserving the draft history is required in this case since the stubs were created independently, but if the author of the original stub feels inclined to request a histmerge, that's their choice. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:41, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

PRODs

Being unsourced is not, in itself, a valid reason for speedy deletion. In order to justify deletion, there has to have been "thorough attempts to find reliable sources". Merely being unsourced, even for a long time, is not evidence that "thorough attempts" have been made to find sources. - dcljr (talk) 17:08, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Dcljr, Ok, thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:27, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Just a suggestion

You might want to look at the school article you prodded yesterday that was deprodded for a spurious reason. A vulture kinda picked it over. AfD, anyone? John from Idegon (talk) 08:45, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

John from Idegon, Yeah, User:Dcljr seems to think my PRODs were inappropriate... I don't really think these pages are worth saving but I'll let the community sort this out. ---Another Believer (Talk) 12:51, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@John from Idegon: I assume you mean Children's Paradise School? Please note that the dePRODding was not spurious: the original PROD was based on an invented criterion. (In fact, dePRODs cannot be spurious, as they can be done for literally any reason.) Anyway, I have no opinions about what ultimately happens to the article, as long as it's done within our guidelines. - dcljr (talk) 22:57, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
The article was deleted. If you're some how pround of yourself for wasting a week of other people in the projects time because you don't know what notability means, you feel good about that. Bravo. You've made grand improvements. You made deleting a pile of crap involve numerous other editors and an extra weeks time. As I said, Bravo. Be proud of yourself. John from Idegon (talk) 02:34, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Wouldn't have happend if PROD hadn't been misused. - dcljr (talk) 03:28, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
PROD wasn't misused. There's a difference between WP:Proposed deletion and WP:Speedy deletion which you cited in the removal and it's quite astonishing someone who's been around as long as you doesn't know it. The Children's Paradise School indeed meets WP:DEL-REASON #6 and #7, so the PROD was very well applied, but now you're wasting people's time at AFD on non-notable articles. Reywas92Talk 05:54, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Heh… Somehow I missed the words "do not" in the statement, "is meant for uncomplicated deletion proposals that do not meet the strict criteria for speedy deletion" at WP:PROD. My bad. I was under the impression that PROD was somehow an alternative method of getting something speedily deleted. (This was the first time the process had come to my attention, AFAIR. I was already well aware of deletion discussions and speedy deletion through {{Db}}, etc.) In any case, I did look at WP:DEL-REASON, as well, before I did anything. (In other words, just to be clear: I still would have contested the PRODs, even if I had only relied on DEL-REASON and not brought speedy deletion into this at all.) As for "#6 and #7", I direct you to the phrases "cannot possibly" and "thorough attempts" in those reasons. There was no indication in any of the PRODs that reliable sources were actually searched for and not found, or that such sources "could not possibly" exist, merely that the articles had lain there unsourced for a long time. I still say, that in itself is not a sufficient reason for deletion, unless attempts have actually been made to find RSs — in which case, just say that in the PRODs. (And, BTW, John from Idegon brought up "notability" above, which has also been cited in subsequent edits to many of the pages in question by Another Believer: "notability" wasn't mentioned in the PRODs, either. If you don't want things like this happening in the future, just properly justify the PRODs in the first place.) Literally the only reason I got involved at all was that the articles' long-term unsourced status was the only justification given; I objected to that as a justification for deletion, so I contested the PRODs, which was entirely consistent with WP:CONTESTED. If that bothers you, well, I don't know what to tell you. You will be happy to know that I had not planned on being involved in any other PROD activities well before this particular discussion was initiated. So, we need not ever encounter each other again. Bye. - dcljr (talk) 20:57, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Dual Barnstars

The Photographer's Barnstar
For a great collection of photographs from Mexico. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 20:09, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
The Citation Barnstar The Citation Barnstar
Great job of leading a colloboration on Six Flags AstroWorld. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 20:09, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
@Oldsanfelipe2: Thanks for both of these! Still hoping to see the AstroWorld article promoted to Good status at some point. ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:28, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, saw that you were considering merging this. I found some other sources for this comp, which seems to have been the most notable of the 7 or 8. Just wanted to ask your opinion first, thanks. Caro7200 (talk) 22:32, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Caro7200, Sure, if you can please add those sources or at least share them on the article's talk page, that'd be very helpful. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:33, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Public art in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thanks. :) Ber31 (talk) 22:58, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Ber31, Sure thing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:58, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Books & Bytes

Books & Bytes – Issue 40

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  • Albania report: Wikivoyage edit-a-thon - Editing Albania and Kosovo’s travel destinations
  • Brazil report: Open innovation and dissemination activities: wrapping up great achievements on a major GLAM in Brazil
  • Czech Republic report: First Prague Wiki Editathon held in Prague
  • Estonia report: Virtual exhibition about Polish-Estonian relations. Rephotography and cultural heritage
  • Germany report: KulTour in Swabia and 8000 documents new online
  • India report: Utilising Occasion for Content donation: A story
  • Netherlands report: WMIN & WMNL collaboration & Japanese propaganda films
  • Serbia report: Enriching Wiki projects in different ways
  • Sweden report: Free music and new recordings of songs in the public domain; Autumn in the libraries; Yes, you can hack the heritage this year – online!
  • Uganda report: Participating in the African Librarians Week (24-30 May 2020)
  • UK report: Spanish metal and ...
  • USA report: Wiknic & Black Artists Matter & Respect Her Crank
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I finished the copy edit partly done by another user of the article Eliot Hall (Reed College).

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Twofingered Typist, Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:57, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

GAC India Ferrah

I'm doing the review for India Ferrah/GA1. Everything looks good, except for two items mentioned on the template. You need to be consistent on gender in the article, and we need sourcing for one item under Television. — Maile (talk) 18:15, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Maile66, Thanks! Looking now. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:42, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Maile66, Thanks for reviewing the article! If you're interested in a similar Good article nominee (by another editor, but I've been following along and support the article's promotion), you might take a look at Kameron Michaels. Either way, thanks again! ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:29, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

India Ferrah GA

Congrats on the GA! I got your ping from the review page, but it seems a reply is not needed now? Armadillopteryx 21:03, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Armadillopteryx, Correct. Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:21, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

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The history of Asian art includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions. Pictured is Buddhist Temple in the Mountains, 11th century, China, ink on silk, by Li Cheng.
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What is WikiProject Joe Biden?

It seems to be a redlink category getting added to a lot of articles. Isn't a project supposed to be a group of people working together on some topic or area? HouseOfChange (talk) 03:17, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Please do not create any new WikiProjects in future unless it has been discussed and there is consensus among a group of editors that the project is needed. Otherwise your actions are disruptive, no matter how honorable your intentions are. Regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:32, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Noted, but not promised. ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:15, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.

                 Current and upcoming events

September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

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Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Puerto Vallarta)

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Twofingered Typist, Much appreciated! ---Another Believer (Talk) 23:18, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

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This is a non-existent entity. Yes, Trump said on September 17 that he would "soon" create a 1776 Commission. That was in a speech where he also said "If you demolish a statue without permission, you immediately get 10 years in prison."[3] Trump says many things that come to nothing. Surely it's not time for an article about "the" 1776 Commission until a 1776 Commission actually exists?

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Hello, Another Believer. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Fantasea II: The Second Wave".

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August 2016 Aden bombing

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Hello, Another Believer,

I noticed that you have done some editing on this article and a new editor added a lot of material that they had developed in their user space. There are some useful references in there so reversion isn't appropriate but I'm not familiar with this article and I'm hoping you could look it over and see if the additions are improvements or unnecessary embellishments. Thanks Liz Read! Talk! 23:34, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Liz, Yes, I'll try to remember to take a look soon, and I'll also post a note at WP:420. ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:28, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
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A tag has been placed on Category:WikiProject Rufus Wainwright articles requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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Liz, Thanks, but not sure why the category was ever empty. ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:49, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Draft FYI

I started Draft:Jazelle Barbie Royale if you're interested in having a look and expanding. Cheers! ☆ Bri (talk) 20:17, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Bri, Wonderful, thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:50, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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Many species can live at high altitudes. For example, the Himalayan pika lives at altitudes up to 4,200 m (13,800 ft).
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This Month in GLAM: September 2020

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Headlines
  • Brazil report: Wikidata birthday celebrations, Wiki Loves Monuments, new partnerships and more!
  • Colombia report: GLAM and virtual education
  • France report: AAF training course; Workshops in Strasbourg; European Heritage Days: Rennes; Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Germany report: Ahoy! Wikipedians set sail to document the reality of modern seafaring
  • Indonesia report: New GLAM partnerships on data donation; Commons structured data edit-a-thon
  • Norway report: Students taking on GLAM Wiki women in red
  • Sweden report: Musikverket: more folk music and photos; Hack for Heritage 2020; Wiki Loves Monuments; Wikipedia in the libraries; Digital Book Fair on Wikipedia
  • UK report: National Lottery; Khalili Collections
  • USA report: Virtual events MetFashion, 19SuffrageStories, WikiCari Festival and more
  • Open Access report: New publication about access to digitised cultural heritage
  • WMF GLAM report: Launching Wikisource Pagelist Widget
  • Calendar: ctober's GLAM events
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Fails WP:GNG and WP:MILL. None-notable condo project with not SIGCOV. Sources are promotional in nature.

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Your prod of SLIR somehow failed

I just came across SLIR and was looking through the creator's talk page, and saw a notification of a proposed deletion. However, looking back through the edit history, I can't find any time you edited the page, and no indication of a PROD tag. You might want to check your Twinkle configuration. Vahurzpu (talk) 19:13, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Vahurzpu, Hmm, bizarre. SLIR is mentioned here: User:Another Believer/PROD log. ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:15, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
AfD. ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:24, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

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Reader Rabbit

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Leda Valladares

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Twofingered Typist, Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:45, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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Institutions and organizations of the United Nations, an intergovernmental organization
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Thanks!

Thanks for your helpful contributions to Mango (Saturday Night Live)! Just a friendly heads up, you forgot to bold your thing at the thing. Right cite (talk) 16:00, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Right cite, Thanks, but I don't always worry about bolding text within comments/votes. I've read WP:AfD and bold text is not required. Happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:03, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
Okay no problem. You too! Right cite (talk) 16:04, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

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Lady Red Couture

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Twofingered Typist, Thanks again! ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:40, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

GOCE requests

Hey, in the future, could you just give me a heads-up if you submit an article I've written alone to the GOCE? I was confused, shocked and a little upset to see that drive-through of Lady Red. As we discussed last year when Honey's article was up for GA, I copy edit professionally and have found GOCE edits to my articles to mostly introduce unambiguous errors and make otherwise neutral/subjective changes. It's a time-consuming pain to have to go through and re-correct all those "corrections" when the article was actually in better shape beforehand. Obviously no one owns any article, and anyone is free to make a GOCE request, but I would be very grateful for a courtesy ping if you make a request for an article to which I am the sole major contributor. Armadillopteryx 11:23, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Armadillopteryx, Sorry, I'll try to remember. ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:34, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
No worries, and thanks! Armadillopteryx 19:56, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

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Jamal Sims

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Sigh. ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:30, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
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November 21st, 11am-1pm E.S.T: NYC COVID-19: Environmental Justice in Public Health Edit-A-Thon - ONLINE

Hello Another Believer! You are invited to join the Brooklyn based Sure We Can community for our 2nd NYC COVID-19 themed Wikipedia Edit-a-thon / translate-a-thon - ONLINE - this Saturday, Nov 21st, 2020 11am - 1pm. The edit-a-thon is part of Sure We Can's work with NYC Health + Hospitals to stop the spread of Covid-19. We plan to continue to work on translating the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City article into the many languages spoken in New York City; as well as, work on other ideas about how wikipedia could slow the spread of Covid-19.

Please join us, we'd love to see you (online).

11:00am - 1:00 pm E.S.T online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms available)

--Wil540 art (talk) 17:29, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Wil540 art, Thanks! Would you mind sharing this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject COVID-19 as well? ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:54, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Palace Theatre (Silverton, Oregon) for deletion

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Google...? ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:01, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

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An example of Chinese folklore is The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, a Chinese folk tale. Pictured is a depiction in the tale of the reunion of the couple of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd on the bridge of magpies. The artwork displayed is in the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace in Beijing.
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This Month in GLAM: October 2020

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Headlines
  • AfLIA Wikipedia in African Libraries report: Wikipedia in African Libraries Project
  • Brazil report: Abre-te Código hackathon, Wikidata related events and news from our partners
  • Finland report: Postponed Hack4FI GLAM hackathon turned into an online global Hack4OpenGLAM
  • France report: Partnership with BNU Strasbourg
  • Germany report: Coding da Vinci cultural data hackathon heads to Lower Saxony
  • India report: Mapping GLAM in Maharashtra, India
  • Indonesia report: Bulan Sejarah Indonesia 2.0; Structured data edit-a-thon; Proofreading mini contest
  • Netherlands report: National History Month: East to West, Dutch libraries and Wikipedia
  • New Zealand report: West Coast Wikipedian at Large
  • Norway report: The Sámi Languages on wiki
  • Serbia report: Many activities are in our way
  • Sweden report: Librarians learn about Wikidata; More Swedish literature on Wikidata; Online Edit-a-thon Dalarna; Applications to the Swedish Innovation Agency; Kulturhistoria som gymnasiearbete; Librarians and Projekt HBTQI; GLAM Statistical Tool
  • UK report: Enamels of the World
  • USA report: American Archive of Public Broadcasting; Smithsonian Women in Finance Edit-a-thon; Black Lunch Table; San Diego/October 2020; WikiWednesday Salon
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The article Bust of Mahatma Gandhi, Shanghai has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unsourced article. I couldn't find an indication that this is actually a notable statue, but sources proving me wrong are welcome of course.

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The Roxy (Portland, Oregon)

Your GA nomination of The Roxy (Portland, Oregon)

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Your GA nomination of The Roxy (Portland, Oregon)

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Congrats! Armadillopteryx 11:02, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
@Gerald Waldo Luis and Armadillopteryx: Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:28, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
@Gerald Waldo Luis and Armadillopteryx: BTW, I've just nominated Delta Cafe as well if you're interested in another PDX restaurant. Either way, happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:59, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

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@Elijahandskip: Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:12, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2020)

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An illustration of the Pre-Columbian abacus, the Nepohualtzintzin, one of the many pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of indigenous Americans.
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Delta Cafe

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Gerald Waldo Luis, Thanks again! ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:23, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Translations

Hi! I am new to wikipedia and have asked advice from other users where should I start if I want to contribute by doing translations. One of them advised that you were looking for help with Russian translations. If this is still the case, could you help me find a list of articles in Russian that require translation. Thank you! LoraxJr 20:55, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

LoraxJr, I sometimes seek help translating English articles into other languages, but I'm not sure about Russian entries needing translation into English. Is that what you're asking? ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:02, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
I could translate English articles into Russian too if that is needed. Could you notify me when something like that comes up? LoraxJr 21:11, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
LoraxJr, Well, I assume someone else mentioned this request to translate quality articles about drag queens into other languages, but my goal here was mostly to get articles promoted to Good/Featured status. More generally, I think you should just translate whatever articles interest you personally! Translation work is very important, but you should enjoy the content you're translating. :) ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:16, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
That would be one of the topics I could work on. Thank you, I will look into that.LoraxJr 21:19, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
LoraxJr, Great, thanks! I write about a lot of different topics. If you seen any FAs/GAs on my profile page (User:Another Believer), I'd love to see some of them translated into other languages as well. Either way, happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:21, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Boxer Ramen

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REDMAN 2019, Thanks! I've just nominated Roman Candle (Portland, Oregon) if you or Gerald Waldo Luis are interested. Either way, happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:01, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Roman Candle (Portland, Oregon)

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The article Roman Candle (Portland, Oregon) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Roman Candle (Portland, Oregon) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 19:41, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:42, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

XLB (Portland, Oregon)

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Thanks again! ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:46, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2020)

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In macroeconomics, an industry is a branch of an economy that produces a closely related set of raw materials, goods, or services. Pictured is a cement factory in Malmö, Sweden, which is a part of the manufacturing industry.
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Club Feathers

Do you think it would be reasonable to nominate Club Feathers for GA? I feel it's written on par with my other venue GAs, but I have reservations about that since there do not appear to be any images available to add to the article. Not sure if that would normally be a deal-breaker at GAN. Armadillopteryx 01:02, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Armadillopteryx, Go for it! Not being illustrated is not a deal-breaker. I've just nominated Brix Tavern myself. ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:06, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Cool, thanks! Armadillopteryx 01:07, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

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Davis Street Tavern

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That's an interesting article, AB! From its talk page I realized there's a project in destubbing articles, I'll see if I can contribute. I recently nominated Ave Maryam as FAC, perhaps you can give advice. GeraldWL 17:35, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

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Gerald Waldo Luis, Thanks! I've nominated Brix Tavern, Byways Cafe, and Pied Cow Coffeehouse as well. I'm in the midst of a Portland restaurant blitz, apparently! ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:00, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Brix Tavern

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Byways Cafe

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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2020)

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in 2013 Spanish singer Julio Iglesias was celebrated for being the artist in Latin music with the most records sold in history.
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