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Don't know if you saw my reply. Red Jay (talk) 09:40, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- I had not previously seen your reply, thank you for alerting me to this. I believe that they were not regulated, so does "Internazionale was almost regulated in 1922 and 1994." make more sense? Eddie891 (talk) 11:49, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
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SwisterTwister talk 02:09, 17 February 2017 (UTC)US Presidential Timeline work
Hi, I saw your name on Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Presidents/Active participants. The newly created presidential timelines on Template:US Presidential Administrations need work! They're pretty easy to work on! I can't do them alone! The timelines provide great reading material for many Wikipedia readers. All your contributions are greatly appreciated. Ethanbas (talk) 06:53, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi. If you are available, could you take a look at my FLC linked on the header and review it? If you can't, please reply. Thanks. MCMLXXXIX 11:27, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
- When you get a chance, could you look at this one as well? MCMLXXXIX 21:07, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for the review! When you get the chance, could you have a look at my FAC request? MCMLXXXIX 23:59, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
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Regarding your edits to the Inspire (company) submission
Dear Eddie891, Thank you for your feedback and for following up on my revised submission on April 28. Might I ask for guidance how best I can address this issue:
"A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (April 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)"
I have done all I think I can to be transparent about the fact that I do in fact work for the company Inspire, and I have worked to write in a neutral tone, and to cite sources, most recently the Washington Post. If there are ways I can make the entry more clear, I welcome your feedback.
Best regards, John Novack JTNwriter (talk) 16:33, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
- @JTNwriter: I have removed that template, as there seems to be a very neutral position in the article. Good work!
Eddie891 (talk) 16:40, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
Mont-Huon Military Cemetery
Please would you be so good as to explain exactly why the Commonwealth War Graves Commission is an insufficient cross reference to the existence of Mont-Huon Military Cemetery? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiedit01aaz (talk • contribs) 17:00, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
- My bad, I did not recognize that source
- My sincerest apologies!Eddie891 (talk) 22:02, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarification, apology appreciated. As you have seen I have been getting to grips with the Wiki way of doing things. I get various problems, not least that the browser and Wikipedia seem to get confused over the exact version of the article as it develops, so I know I lost a bunch of edits at one point (ie the article reverted). So far as I am aware I have put them all back. You will see that there are some trivial typo problems with cross references.
Regarding the submission quality, Wikipedia warns that there is insufficient editor resource and that it will be a week before anyone looks at it, so I had expected to get the improved version up before you ever saw it, you were a bit quick on the draw!
There is an outstanding query as to whether my image of the information board at the entrance is permitted as a derivative work. I am unable to establish copyright myself, though obviously the embedded image is at least 98 years old! You can just make out the board on the left of the image I posted of the entrance.
Last point, I have no 're-submit' option. Can you suggest how I get the re-submit button enabled? BTW, it is not going to be possible for me to resolve the little typos this weekend, but I will get there.
BTW, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website is one of the most accurate and authoritative websites that exist. Enormous effort is expended to make it 100% correct, as a mark of respect to the service men and women commemorated. (There are a small number of non-combatants in the cemeteries too, eg from the Red Cross, Women's Volunteer Corps and such like). The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains cemeteries round the globe and it is very rare that they get interrupted. For example, even when relations between the West and Libya were at an all time low, the CWGC were still able to main the cemeteries in Libya. Have a good weekend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiedit01aaz (talk • contribs) 18:19, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, I know absolutely nothing about the issue of image licensing, but the best place to get advice would probably be Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. As to the problem of there being no resubmit button, there should be some text similar to this: {{AFC submission|t||ts=20170311120440|u=Eddie891|ns=118|demo=}}. However, that appears to have at some point been deleted from your page. So I have replaced it.
while it does look quite good, can you please cite this phrase? "The slight discrepancy (by one) in the number of Allied burials is because there is one non-combatant buried in Mont-Huon. Mrs Gertrude Chambers, who died 1st December 1918 aged 27 is interred in Mont-Huon. Her headstone reads "Had he asked us we would say God we love her let her stay"." Have a great weekend yourself, and Happy editing! Eddie891 (talk) 11:43, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
Aha The re-submit button has re-appeared since 5/5, thanks for fixing the problem. When I get a chance I'll eye-ball the current version and re-submit it. I'll drop you a note here when I have done that, might be later today. Re the licensing matter, Wikipedia commons has a process that I am content to let run its natural course, I do not have the time to investigate in detail. More to the point is that some of the information I cross reference comes from that plaque, though it is secondary. Re the discrepancy by one, IIRC that comes from the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website; if you add up the individual numbers they reach the wrong total, the CWGC tracks service personnel and associated, Mrs C wasn't in scope. Her headstone stands apart from all the others, as can be seen in the image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiedit01aaz (talk • contribs) 16:49, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
I have now re-submitted. The broken link is fixed, the difference of one is explained. Have a good evening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiedit01aaz (talk • contribs) 19:11, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
It looks like it was accepted about one minute after I submitted it. Thanks.
- no problem, Happy Editing! Eddie891 (talk) 19:17, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
04:48:14, 30 April 2017 review of submission by Jayjay331
I have added several external reference page links to the draft.. I want to know if there is any other reason the draft should be declined..two previous editors said the subject related to the article wasn't a "notable" music individual... how can this be if you really and truly are reading the draft.. he has been musically notable for "decades" unlike the current fly-by-night musicians who dot the pages of the internet simply because of current popularity...
- I do not contest any claim of notability. however, the sections 'The Early Years', 'Caravan of Stars' 'The MOB first to feature The Chicago Horn Rock Sound' have about one inline citation. Also, see WP:Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information because you have many long lists. So, add more inline citations and maybe trim your lists down a bit and then I will consider approving
Thanks alot
Thanks alot for your suggestion at improving my article for creation, Sam Omatseye. I'll work on improving. However, aside working on the WP: NPOV, is there any other thing I should worry about. Thanks again Joe Agbro (talk) 17:53, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
- You article does look pretty good. The only issues I could find are that it needs more links, and has a few minor grammar issues Eddie891 (talk) 23:22, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you
Thanks for the advice on using stronger references than Wikipedia itself in my Collectors Club of Chicago post. I have updated it with this in mind. Much appreciated. Mrogers93 (talk) 19:27, 30 April 2017 (UTC)mrogers93
No Problem. You might want to consider adding a concise definition of what the club is, and maybe some membership statistics Eddie891 (talk) 23:20, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
13:01:40, 6 May 2017 Question about submission by WikiVirusC
- WikiVirusC (talk · contribs)
In terms of notability, is being on reality TV over a course of 10+ years, on different shows and various networks enough to meet guidelines, assuming I can find enough reliable sources to show this? Or will this most likely still be declined even with more RS included in a future submission? Thanks WikiVirusC (talk) 13:01, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
- I'm afraid that it is out of my power to say what other editors are likely to do. However, Assuming Jonna Mannion has been subject to a significant amount of media coverage, and meets WP:BLP and WP:BIO, You can safely assume that the article will be accepted. Best wishes, and Happy Editing! Eddie891 (talk) 13:08, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
Brian Lobel
Hi Eddie891. Thanks for editing the Brian Lobel page. I am naturally disappointed that it has failed on grounds of notability, given that there are several references from reputable sources, including 5 major reviews of one of his shows, and several other references in the Guardian. Given my previous experience of having a number of pages published, I can't really see why this one would fail notability. Some more detailed explanation would be appreciated. --JTdisabilityartsonline (talk) 13:47, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
- In my personal opinion, i do not think that this person passes WP:CREATIVE and any other criterion that may apply. That is my opinion, and I will stick to it. If you truly believe that this person is notable, resubmit the article, and possibly it will get approved. I bear no ill will to you, and if the article is indeed published, I will be quite happy for you. Happy Editing! Eddie891 (talk) 22:04, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
00:28:44, 10 May 2017 review of submission by Martin Hash
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Thank you for reviewing my first Wiki page. Since this is my first time, I am unclear on what needs to be referenced? (I have published 6 published academic articles but the citing requirements must be different.)
Again, thank you for your time in this matter.
Sincerely, Martin
- any content likely to be challenged should be cited. Thus if you say "Cicero coined “studia humanitas” to describe a curriculum emphasizing grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry and philosophy." you should have a citation sourcing that. Any Reliable source would suffice such as this one. [1]. You should proceed to do that for the rest of the article. also see WP:EL. Happy Editing! Eddie891 (talk) 00:38, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
That really helps. I assume I could use the references from the Wiki articles I got those quotes from? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Hash (talk • contribs) 01:04, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- I believe so, assuming you are not citing the Wikipedia article itself. Also be sure to cite what Renaissance Myn is with an independent source. Good Luck! Eddie891 (talk) 01:10, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
I added some dictionary references (not all yet). Could you check them out to see if they are correct, please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Hash (talk • contribs) 01:59, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
References
- ^ Robert E. Proctor (1998). Defining the Humanities: How Rediscovering a Tradition Can Improve Our Schools : with a Curriculum for Today's Students. Indiana University Press. pp. 14–16. ISBN 0-253-21219-7.
Request on 17:28:21, 10 May 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by Gswamy01
Hi
I've added references to address your comment but I am waiting for the others to add additional content to the page. Is there a better way to collaborate with multiple authors virtually for wikipedia content?
gswamy01
Gswamy01 (talk) 17:28, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- gswamy01, I am not positive as what to do, but you could attempt contacting people who's names are listed on various wikiprojects. a good place to start would be Wikipedia:WikiProject University of California, or someone affiliated with Wikipedia:WikiProject Women. Unfortunately I could not be of more help than that. Happy Editing! Eddie891 (talk) 00:56, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Article Rejected because of the reason : "more independent sources are required"
Hi Eddie,
I would like to understand this reason so that I can fix accordingly please :) It is the third time my article is rejected, should I ask the Label to submit directly to move things quickly. This article has taken 3 months now which starts to be ridiculous... I do not want to try and wait for another month to be rejected again. It does not make sense. I would like to have a "complete feedback" in order to fix this issue, especially that it was not mentioned before :(
Thanks, Sabra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sabrinah75 (talk • contribs) 13:24, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
- In my opinion, he has not received enough coverage from independent sources (like newspapers) to merit an article.
WP:MUSIC clearly states that to be notable, a musician has to
- Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent of the musician or ensemble itself.
- This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, and television documentaries except for the following:
- Any reprints of press releases, other publications where the musician or ensemble talks about themselves, and all advertising that mentions the musician or ensemble, including manufacturers' advertising.
- Works consisting merely of trivial coverage, such as articles that simply report performance dates, release information or track listings, or the publications of contact and booking details in directories.
- Articles in a school or university newspaper (or similar), in most cases.
- This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, and television documentaries except for the following:
- Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart.
- Has had a record certified gold or higher in at least one country.
- Has received non-trivial coverage in independent reliable sources of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country.
- Has released two or more albums on a major record label or on one of the more important indie labels (i.e., an independent label with a history of more than a few years, and with a roster of performers, many of whom are independently notable).
- Is an ensemble that contains two or more independently notable musicians, or is a musician who has been a reasonably prominent member of two or more independently notable ensembles. This should be adapted appropriately for musical genre; for example, having performed two lead roles at major opera houses.
- Has become one of the most prominent representatives of a notable style or the most prominent of the local scene of a city; note that the subject must still meet all ordinary Wikipedia standards, including verifiability.
- Has won or been nominated for a major music award, such as a Grammy, Juno, Mercury, Choice or Grammis award.
- Has won first, second or third place in a major music competition.
- Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g., a theme for a network television show, performance in a television show or notable film, inclusion on a notable compilation album, etc. (But if this is the only claim, it is probably more appropriate to have a mention in the main article and redirect to that article. Read WP:BLP1E and WP:BIO1E for further clarifications)
substantial
- Has been a featured subject of a substantial broadcast segment across a national radio or TV network.
These are your sources and why they don't merit notability http://www.crane.tv/jean-phillipe-rio-py Looks OK
https://www.steinway.com/artists/jean-philippe-rio-py Clearly not independent. falls under "Any reprints of press releases, other publications where the musician or ensemble talks about themselves, and all advertising that mentions the musician or ensemble, including manufacturers' advertising."
https://www.steinway.com/news/features/despair-hope-jean-philippe appears to be similar to "endorsement deal publicity (including sell sheets, promo posters, fliers, print advertising and links to an official company website) that lists the artist as an endorser or contains an "endorsement interview" with the artist."
http://www.tatler.com/bystander/events/2012/april/jean-philippe-rio-py-at-the-box#!/7193/image/3 meh, seems to be Ok
https://www.emipm.com/en/gb/browse/labels/KPM/831 "Works consisting merely of trivial coverage, such as articles that simply report performance dates, release information or track listings, or the publications of contact and booking details in directories."
http://www.warnerchappellpm.com/en_gb/jean-philippe-rio-py-steinway-hall/ "Any reprints of press releases, other publications where the musician or ensemble talks about themselves, and all advertising that mentions the musician or ensemble, including manufacturers' advertising."
http://www.lebook.com/creative/giorgio-armani-beauty-courage-say-si-advertising-2015 clearly an ad
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4904466/ from Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites IMDb
- As an external link: Generally yes, if the subject of the entire page is exactly the same as the subject of the IMDb page that you're linking.
- As a reliable source: Generally no.
- Common issues: The IMDb website generally contains more information than the Wikipedia article, including information that cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to amount of detail. However, content is user-submitted and therefore not generally reliable. (This includes biographies, which cannot be directly edited.)
so you are left with two 'meh' sources. Seeing as the person has not been covered by publications that I am positive are reliable, and as those two don't really cite much of your article, I was forced to decline. I would like to leave you with some thoughts for consideration
- Wikipedia's policy on What Wikipedia is not states that "All article topics must be verifiable with independent, third-party sources".
- Wikipedia's policies on both Verifiability and No original research state that "If no reliable, third-party sources can be found for an article topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it."
- Wikipedia's policy on Verifiability states that "Articles should be based upon reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy."
- Wikipedia's guideline on Reliable sources states that "Wikipedia articles should rely primarily on reliable, third-party, published sources".
- Wikipedia's guideline on Notability states that "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article."
"Non-independent sources may not be used to establish notability."
Have a great day, and Happy Editing Eddie891 (talk) 10:48, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
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For declining the AfC submission of a massive new article with a list of over a dozen sources because it was "improperly sourced". – Uanfala (talk) 14:36, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
Self-trout (I really deserve it)
HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THIS!!Eddie891 (talk) 00:23, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Symsyn . (Declining submission: nn - Submission is about a topic not yet shown to meet general notability guidelines (be more specific if possible)
Was the policy under 'Common outcomes' considered in your decision? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes#Computing A57795779 (talk) 16:11, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) There does appear to be consensus specifically about Symsyn, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Symsyn. – Uanfala (talk) 16:22, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you, Uanfala, I completely agree Eddie891 (talk) 00:20, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, how many sources do I need to post an article? Or my sources are not good for this?
Thanks.
LesiaP (talk) 09:25, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- LesiaP, WP:GNG states that "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list." Generally, that is three or more in-depth, independent sources. Eddie891 Talk Work 18:33, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Eddie891. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of List of Best Costume Design awards, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Page title is a plausible redirect, or it does not substantially duplicate the other topic. Thank you. —Kusma (t·c) 09:08, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
Please remember to check for copyvio
Hi Eddie891 and thanks for your work reviewing new articles. Please remember to check for copyright violations. The particular one I saw was Fernando de Sousa e Silva, which had extensive copying from http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1778.htm. Thank you, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:38, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
Winter olympics edit was sourced
Hello, can you review this new article, please?--Joseph 07:08, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi, please can you have a look at the edits I have made to the David Williams-Ellis. I'm not quite sure how to resubmit it / check that I've made all the relevant changes. Many thanks, EmmaJayneRWEmmaJayneRW (talk) 16:57, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
- EmmaJayneRW: I am no longer involved with the AfC project. Eddie891 Talk Work 19:47, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
Request for Deletion
Hi User:Eddie891,
I think the individual is notable not for being a CEO necessarily, but for being the CEO of the first African corporation to export coffee. That is why I created the page and believe that the individual is notable. I will accept your decision to delete or not either way. Thank you.
Linkjan2014 (talk) 01:19, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2018)
 A SWOT analysis, with its four elements in a 2×2 matrix
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The explanation of the abbreviations on the recent changes page could overlap with the list of changes. This has been fixed. [1][2]
- You can now see statistics for pageviews per wiki per country. You can see this on maps or in a table. [3]
Problems
- Linter is reporting estimated counts instead of actual counts for some wikis. This is because of performance problems. You might notice a false higher number in linter counts for some categories. This will be fixed as soon as the performance problem has been fixed. [4]
- Last week the way that Visual Editor displays references lists was changed. As a result, the references generated by specific templates like
{{sfn}}are not visible in the references list whilst editing. [5][6]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 February. It will be on all wikis from 22 February (calendar).
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Future changes
- The way edit summaries and log comments are stored in the database is being changed. In the future this will make longer comments possible. [7]
- Edit conflicts could be solved in a different way in the future. You can test a new prototype.
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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2018)
Hello, Eddie891.
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Recent changes
- Checkusers and stewards can now view private data such as the IP address in the abuse log. This data is removed regularly. [8]
Problems
- Last week's MediaWiki version was rolled back because of a bug. [9][10]
- Since the deployment train last week until late evening on 20 February UTC, when you thanked someone for an edit, the thank went to the latest unthanked edit to that page. It didn't matter which edit you tried to give thanks for. This has been fixed. [11]
- Special:Statistics did not take newly created pages into account since 13 February 2018. Because of this the statistics are recreated. [12][13][14]
Changes later this week
- Users with version 10 of the Internet Explorer browser will no longer get JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis. If you use this browser on your computer, you can try upgrading to a newer version. [15]
- The Wikinews wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 27 February. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018. [16][17]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 February. It will be on all wikis from 1 March (calendar).
Meetings
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19:52, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
Your request
I was just about to reply when you removed it. That’s fine, just FYI in case you didn’t know: Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/WikiBreak Enforcer has basically the same effect will not leave an entry in your block log. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:05, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
- Beeblebrox: I'm really sorry about that. Sometimes I just forget to step back from the computer. I actually didn't mean to save the edit, and you perhaps can imagine my horror when I realized that I was actually risking being blocked, especially with a FAC open. Thank you for all you do, and Happy Editing! Eddie891 Talk Work 01:08, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Jessica González-Rojas
Hello Eddie891. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Jessica González-Rojas, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Subject might be important/significant (see also Google News/Books hits for this subject) / use WP:PROD or WP:AFD instead to allow other editors to participate in this decision. Thank you. SoWhy 15:59, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2018)
 Medieval world religions
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now make longer edit summaries. [18]
Changes later this week
- You can notify users in edit summaries. They will get a ping just as if they had been mentioned on a wiki page. [19]
- On Special:AbuseLog you can now choose to list only actions that actually made an edit. Other actions are when the filter warned the editor or blocked the edit from being made. There are also more search options. [20][21]
- Wikis can enable Citoid to provide automatic reference look-up in the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor, but it is complex. The tool will now warn in the JavaScript console if the configuration isn't correct. Soon Citoid will disable itself if the configuration isn't correct. Check that your wiki is configured correctly. You can ask for help if you need it. [22]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 March. It will be on all wikis from 8 March (calendar).
Meetings
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Future changes
- In the future you will be able to use global preferences. This means you could change a preference for all wikis instead of having to change it every time for each wiki. You can now test global preferences and give feedback.
- You can now read about planned works on maps during 2018. This will be done by June. You can give feedback on the planned maps work.
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re:Carolyn McAskie
Hi, it would appear that Carolyn McAskie started the mission and Nureldin Satti finished it (as per [23]). I should clarify this in the article as well as United Nations Operation in Burundi. Thanks, Toreightyone (talk) 01:09, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you Toreightyone Eddie891 Talk Work 01:16, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2018)
Hello, Eddie891.
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018
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Facto Post – Issue 10 – 12 March 2018
Facto Post – Issue 10 – 12 March 2018
Milestone for mix'n'matchAround the time in February when Wikidata clicked past item Q50000000, another milestone was reached: the mix'n'match tool uploaded its 1000th dataset. Concisely defined by its author, Magnus Manske, it works "to match entries in external catalogs to Wikidata". The total number of entries is now well into eight figures, and more are constantly being added: a couple of new catalogs each day is normal. Since the end of 2013, mix'n'match has gradually come to play a significant part in adding statements to Wikidata. Particularly in areas with the flavour of digital humanities, but datasets can of course be about practically anything. There is a catalog on skyscrapers, and two on spiders. These days mix'n'match can be used in numerous modes, from the relaxed gamified click through a catalog looking for matches, with prompts, to the fantastically useful and often demanding search across all catalogs. I'll type that again: you can search 1000+ datasets from the simple box at the top right. The drop-down menu top left offers "creation candidates", Magnus's personal favourite. m:Mix'n'match/Manual for more. For the Wikidatan, a key point is that these matches, however carried out, add statements to Wikidata if, and naturally only if, there is a Wikidata property associated with the catalog. For everyone, however, the hands-on experience of deciding of what is a good match is an education, in a scholarly area, biographical catalogs being particularly fraught. Underpinning recent rapid progress is an open infrastructure for scraping and uploading. Congratulations to Magnus, our data Stakhanovite! Links
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- 3D models can now be uploaded to Commons. [24]
- Page Previews has been updated to use HTML for previews. This has fixed many issues. An A/B test was done on English and German Wikipedia to measure how it is used. Other changes were also made. [25]
- Some edits have to be checked against too many conditions before they can trigger an abuse filter. If that is the reason no filter is triggered the edit will be tagged for review. [26]
- Auto-saving has been added to the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. Right now it is meant to help if your browser crashes or if you accidentally close a tab. [27]
Problems
- The abuse filter did not tag all edits that should have been tagged after last week's MediaWiki version had come to the wikis. It was fixed on 9 March (UTC). [28]
Changes later this week
- You can notify users in edit summaries. They will get a ping just as if they had been mentioned on a wiki page. This was originally planned to happen last week. [29]
- It is now possible to specify the block parameters for each filter in Special:AbuseFilter. The parameters include block duration and if the user should be blocked from editing their own talk page. The block duration is separate for anonymous and registered users. [30][31]
- A hundred Wikimedia wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 13 and 14 March. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018. [32][33][34]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 March. It will be on all wikis from 15 March (calendar).
Meetings
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19:44, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
TFL notification
Hi, Eddie. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Presidents of the New York Public Library – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for April 2. 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) 23:27, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2018)
 A composite satellite image of the contiguous United States and surrounding areas
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Problems
- On March 12 early morning UTC, the number of 503 error messages increased due to an issue on esams datacenter. It has been fixed. [35]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 March. It will be on all wikis from 22 March (calendar).
Meetings
- There is no Editing team meeting this week.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 21 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- From April 4, the autopatrol status of edits will only be accessible in the Recent Changes database table, so only for 30 days. [36][37]
- In-Context Help and Onboarding is a new project, aiming to improve retention of new wiki editors. The goal is to give them short tutorials and other training experiences based on their activity. Collaboration team is expecting feedback and comments on the project talk page, especially from people working with newcomers.
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15:03, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2018)
 The Grand Bazaar, held in Istanbul, is one of the oldest existing examples of a bazaar.
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
- Some of the interface icons and text sizes will change slightly, as part of the updates for improved accessibility and consistency. These icons are used in many features, including Notifications, Recent Changes, Beta Features, Visual Editor, 2017 Wikitext Editor, Code Editor, and others. While editor toolbars, dialogs, and menus will appear slightly bigger; elements on special pages will be slightly smaller. Functionality will not change. [38] [39]
- The deprecated #toc and #toctitle CSS ids have been removed. If your wiki was still using these for fake Tables of Content (ToC) then these might lose their styling. They can be replaced with .toc and .toctitle classes where appropriate. [40]
- TemplateStyles will be deployed to the Wikivoyages on 28 March 2018. [41]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 March. It will be on all wikis from 29 March (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 27 March at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
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Future changes
- From 9 April, the sort order of categories will be distorted for a short time. We are upgrading versions of an internationalisation library (ICU) and using a maintenance script to update existing database entries. This will last anywhere from a few hours to a few days, depending on wiki size. Read more details. [42]
- Changes are coming to search for Serbian projects. Cyrillic and Latin variants of a word and different grammatical forms of a word will be able to find each other. Read more on MediaWiki in Serbian or English.
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20:04, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Template Wizard script available for testing. It will show up as a puzzle-piece icon in the 2010 WikiEditor. You can click on the icon to insert a template.
- The Wikimedia Communities and Contributors survey is to be sent to participants around the world this week. If you are volunteer developer, and have contributed code to any pieces of MediaWiki, gadgets, or tools, please take 20 to 40 minutes to complete the survey.
Problems
- MediaWiki deployment train has been rolled back to version 1.31.0-wmf.26 on week 13, due to a multiplication of lost connections during MySQL queries. Some of the recent changes may have not been applied. They will be deployed next week. [43][44][45]
- The Notifications badge icons were overlapping other links. This has been fixed. [46]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 April. It will be on all wikis from 5 April (calendar).
- User subpages ending in
.jsonwill now be protected from other people editing them, like.jsand.csspages already are. If you have a tool that stores static configuration, you can now use a subpage likeUser:Example/mygadget.jsonto do this without concerns. [47] - Tidy will be replaced by RemexHtml on the next set of wikis. On April 4, we plan to turn off Tidy on all Wikiquotes (except frwikiquote) and Wikimedia chapters and user groups wikis. 23 wikis will have Tidy replaced this time. [48][49][50]
- AbuseFilter will transition to use OOUI starting April 4, and the rule editor will also be changed to a CodeEditor (ACE) similar to what is found on user JavaScript pages. The move to OOUI will continue over the next few weeks. [51] [52]
- In Special:Preferences, the preference "Reload the watchlist automatically whenever a filter is changed (JavaScript required)" is now only visible for users who have opt-out the New Filters for the Watchlist. [53]
- You can see names of individual abuse filters in Special:AbuseLog. Now if the name of an abuse filter contains some wikisyntax like links, it will not change to a link when displayed. [54]
- You can now search through filter patterns at Special:AbuseFilter. You may specify either a plain string or a regular expression and the matching filters will show a snippet of their pattern with the match highlighted. [55]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 3 April at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 April at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- If you're using, creating or improving Lua modules, you can give your feedback to help harmonizing the modules across wikis and add more useful functions.
- On April 11th, we plan to turn off Tidy on all wikis with less than 50 entries in all high priority linter categories. About 60 wikis will have Tidy replaced. Currently about 600 wikis have had Tidy replaced and we have another 300 wikis to go. We plan to finish this transition from Tidy to RemexHtml by end of June 2018. Please follow T175706 to monitor progress of Tidy replacement. [56][57]
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This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2018)
.jpg) Camp Ciara is a military base and home to the Irish battalion in the UN Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic, MINURCAT.
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Some pages have templates that describe problems with that article. There is now more information for mobile readers and what is wrong with the article and how they could help fix it. [58]
- You can now thank users for many more actions than edits to a page. This was one of the top ten requests in the Wishlist Survey last year. [59]
- The sort order of categories will have errors for a short time starting Monday 9 April (UTC). We are upgrading versions of an internationalisation library (ICU) and using a script to update the database. This will take between a few hours and a few days depending on wiki size. You can read more details. [60]
- Tag filter titles will now work better on wikis where the tag filter title is in a language that is written in another direction than the language of that wiki. This could for example be an English title (written from left to right) on a Hebrew or an Arabic wiki (written from right to left). [61]
Problems
- The bookmark icon for saved filters on the recent changes page disappeared because of new icon changes. This has now been fixed. [62]
- For a week in March rollbacks got both the
rollbackand theundotag on the recent changes page and other pages where you see tags. This has now been fixed. [63]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 April. It will be on all wikis from 12 April (calendar).
- Patrolled edits now have three states instead of two. Recent changes filters are updated to show unpatrolled, autopatrolled and manually patrolled edits. [64]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 10 April at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 11 April at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The iOS and Android apps will get synced reading lists later in April.
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18:09, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
New Page Review Newsletter No.10
ACTRIAL:
- ACTRIAL's six month experiment restricting new page creation to (auto)confirmed users ended on 14 March. As expected, a greatly increased number of unsuitable articles and candidates for deletion are showing up in the feed again, and the backlog has since increased already by ~30%. Please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day.
Paid editing
- Now that ACTRIAL is inoperative pending discussion, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary.
Subject-specific notability guidelines
- The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
- Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies. A further discussion is currently taking place at: Can a subject specific guideline invalidate the General Notability Guideline?
Nominate competent users for Autopatrolled
- While patrolling articles, if you find an editor that is particularly competent at creating quality new articles, and that user has created more than 25 articles (rather than stubs), consider nominating them for the 'Autopatrolled' user right HERE.
News
- The next issue Wikipedia's newspaper The Signpost has now been published after a long delay. There are some articles in it, including ACTRIAL wrap-up that will be of special interest to New Page Reviewers. Don't hesitate to contribute to the comments sections. The Signpost is one of the best ways to stay up date with news and new developments - please consider subscribing to it. All editors of Wikipedia and associated projects are welcome to submit articles on any topic for consideration by the The Signpost's editorial team for the next issue.
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This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2018)
 Natural sponges for sale at a market in Crete
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Facto Post – Issue 11 – 9 April 2018
Facto Post – Issue 11 – 9 April 2018
The 100 Skins of the OnionOpen Citations Month, with its eminently guessable hashtag, is upon us. We should be utterly grateful that in the past 12 months, so much data on which papers cite which other papers has been made open, and that Wikidata is playing its part in hosting it as "cites" statements. At the time of writing, there are 15.3M Wikidata items that can do that. Pulling back to look at open access papers in the large, though, there is is less reason for celebration. Access in theory does not yet equate to practical access. A recent LSE IMPACT blogpost puts that issue down to "heterogeneity". A useful euphemism to save us from thinking that the whole concept doesn't fall into the realm of the oxymoron. Some home truths: aggregation is not content management, if it falls short on reusability. The PDF file format is wedded to how humans read documents, not how machines ingest them. The salami-slicer is our friend in the current downloading of open access papers, but for a better metaphor, think about skinning an onion, laboriously, 100 times with diminishing returns. There are of the order of 100 major publisher sites hosting open access papers, and the predominant offer there is still a PDF.  From the discoverability angle, Wikidata's bibliographic resources combined with the SPARQL query are superior in principle, by far, to existing keyword searches run over papers. Open access content should be managed into consistent HTML, something that is currently strenuous. The good news, such as it is, would be that much of it is already in XML. The organisational problem of removing further skins from the onion, with sensible prioritisation, is certainly not insuperable. The CORE group (the bloggers in the LSE posting) has some answers, but actually not all that is needed for the text and data mining purposes they highlight. The long tail, or in other words the onion heart when it has become fiddly beyond patience to skin, does call for a pis aller. But the real knack is to do more between the XML and the heart. Links
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Changes later this week
- Profiling statistics for an abuse filter tell how often edits match the filter. The statistics for the abuse filters were reset after 10000 actions. Wikis can now decide to reset it more or less often. They can file a phabricator task to do so. [65]
- Abuse filters will now treat integers and floats more precisely. For example, 5/2 was rounded down to 2 but will now be 2.5 and 2*4 will be the integer 8 and not the floating-point number 8.0. Division values are the only ones changed. For the rest only strict comparisons (
===and!==) will be affected leaving the values unchanged. [66][67] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 April. It will be on all wikis from 19 April (calendar).
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- The new PDF renderer could not create PDFs from books. Books are in this case collections of pages on a Wikimedia wiki. PediaPress will take over development of the books-to-PDF function. [68]
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Washington
Hello, do you mind if I add this sentence to the end of the section on the Northwest Indian War? Thanks.LittleJerry (talk) 21:49, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
- Believing that the natives were on the verge of extinction due to uncontrolled white settlement in protected lands, Washington and Knox sought to assimilate them into American society.[1]
References
- ^ "Native American Policy". George Washington's Mount Vernon. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
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Military history/April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive/Worklists
Hi Eddie! What is going on with this edit here? It appears you deleted my worklog. --Molestash (talk) 12:00, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- Yeah, Molestash, that was an edit conflict. I then, however attempted to fix it. If I didn't, I am sorry. Eddie891 Talk Work 12:12, 8 April 2018 (UTC)