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Nice work rebuilding that Military History Portal Rawrkitten (talk) 04:36, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

New England portal

The Portal Barnstar
The Portal Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have made significant contributions to topic portals.
Thanks for all of the work to expand and improve the New England portal, and for your efforts to improve the encyclopedia for the public. Northamerica1000(talk) 16:36, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, I'm very glad to help. Achowat (talk) 17:12, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

BUT WHY?!

Why did you delete my beautiful work on kenny dalglish's page? He secretly managed there and you can't say he's not a massive evertonian?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by VladmirPopers (talk • contribs) 17:17, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Your contributions to Kenny Dalglish, Synapse, Romelu Lukaku, and Kevin Mirallas were all identified as Vandalism, per Wikipedia processes, and removed. I suggest, if you do have a desire to help improve the encyclopedia, that you cease these actions and contribute constructively. (Also, Dalglish is a Glasweigan, and grew up a Rangers fan). Achowat (talk) 17:22, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Achowat. You have new messages at Salvio giuliano's talk page.
Message added 16:09, 17 August 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Salvio Let's talk about it! 16:09, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA. I appreciate that you took the time to give me serious consideration as a potential administrator, and I hope to use the feedback I received to better myself as a Wikipedian, perhaps even passing a second RfA attempt at some point in the future.

Take care. =) Kurtis (talk) 14:35, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 August 2012

The Wikimedia Foundation sometimes proposes new features that receive substantive criticism from Wikimedians, yet those criticisms may be dismissed on the basis that people are resistant to change—there's an unjustified view that the wikis have been overrun by vested contributors who hate all change. That view misses a lot of key details and insight because there are good reasons that Wikimedians are suspicious of features development, given past and present development of bad software, growing ties with the problematic Wikia, and a growing belief that it is acceptable to experiment on users.
The Core Contest is a month-long competition among editors to improve Wikipedia's most important "core" articles—especially those that are in a relatively poor state. Core articles, such as Music, Computer, and Philosophy, tend to lie in the trunk of the tree of knowledge; by analogy, featured-and good-article processes generally attract more specialist topics out on the branches.
In the Utah Court of Appeals this week, the majority opinion in Fire Insurance Exchange v. Robert Allen Oltmanns and Brady Blackner relied on Wikipedia for the basic premise of their legal opinion, and included a concurring opinion devoted solely to the issue of citing Wikipedia in a legal opinion.
Thirteen featured articles were promoted this week, including pelicans, which are a genus of large water birds comprising the family Pelecanidae, characterised by a long beak and large throat-pouch. They have a fossil record dating back at least 30 million years and are most closely related to the Shoebill and Hammerkop. These fish-feeders have a patchy relationship with humans: the birds are sometimes persecuted and sometimes feature in mythology.
New embeddable scripting ("template replacement") language Lua received considerable scrutiny this week when it began its long road to widespread deployment, landing on the test2wiki test site on Wednesday (wikitech-l mailing list). ... the fourth in our series profiling participants in this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) programme.
This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Korea. Started in September 2006, WikiProject Korea covers the history and culture of the Korean people, including both countries that currently occupy the Korean peninsula. This task has proven difficult with North Koreans notably absent from the Wikipedia community due to tight control over access to external media. The project is home to over 16,000 pages, including 15 pieces of Featured material and 66 Good and A-class Articles.

Vandalism Studies Update - August 2012

Hello, members of the Vandalism Studies Project! As some of us are quite new with the Vandalism Studies project, it would make sense for us to re-read some of the past studies, as well as studies outside the project. Please do so if you have a chance, just so we can get into the groove of things. We're planning on attempting to salvage the Obama study (or possibly simply convert it to a new Romney study), as well as hopefully begin our third study this November. If you have any ideas for Study 3, please suggest them! If you have any questions please post them on the project talk page. Thanks, and happy editing - we can't wait to begin working on the project! --Dan653 (talk) and Theopolisme :)
11:30, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
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Brady Good Article

Hi there, It's great that you're bringing Tom Brady's article back to "Good Article" status, and I realize that the opening segment had run a little bit out of hand, but wouldn't it have been more useful to place all the records/statistics enumerated in that opening blurb into some kind of "NFL Records" category in the article, which seems to have been completely eliminated? Every other top tier quarterback seems to own such a section and to completely negate all that information seems somewhat harsh. Thanks!

P.S. I will definitely try to look up a citation for that 16 completions in a row record, although I'm fairly certain it is one (the 20/23 mark isn't, I just thought it might be notable). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pendragonrah (talk • contribs) 18:06, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Honestly, there was an "NFL Records" section, but it seems tremendously poor form. Most of the records should be mentioned in the prose for the season in which it happened, methinks. If you'd like to Be bold and recreate one within the MOS, I'd love to see it and discuss ways to properly work it into the article. Achowat (talk) 19:31, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 August 2012

Wikimedia editors have been debating a community proposal for the adoption of a new project to host free travel-guide content. The debate reached a new stage when a three-month request for comment on Meta came to an end, with a decision to set up the first new type of Wikimedia project in half a decade. The original proposal for the travel guide unfolded during April on Meta and the Wikimedia-l mailing lists, centring around the wish of volunteer contributors to the WikiTravel project to work in a non-commercial environment.
A monthly overview of recent academic research about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, edited jointly with the Wikimedia Research Committee and republished as the Wikimedia Research Newsletter.
Developers were left one step closer to an understanding of the code review outlook this week after the creation of a graph plotting "number changesets awaiting review" over time. The chart, which also shows the number of new changesets created on a daily basis, reveals a peak in the number of unreviewed changesets in mid-July, followed by a short drop. The current figure stands at approximately 219 unreviewed changesets.
This week the Signpost interviews Mark Arsten, who has written or contributed significantly to ten featured articles; most have related to new religious movements, and some have touched on other controversial or quirky topics. Mark gives us a rundown on how he keeps neutral and what drives him to write featured content; he also gives some hints for aspiring writers.
This week, we hopped in a little blue box with a batch of companions from WikiProject Doctor Who. Started in April 2005, the project has grown to include about 4,000 pages about the world's longest-running science fiction television show, its spinoffs, and various related material. The project is the parent of the Torchwood Taskforce and a child of WikiProject British TV and WikiProject Science Fiction. With new Doctor Who episodes airing this week and a 50th anniversary celebration around the corner, we thought now would be a good time to inquire about the famed Time Lord.
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia.

The Signpost: 03 September 2012

Some of Wikimedia's most valuable photographs have been shot and uploaded under free licenses as a direct result of the annual Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) event each September. Last year, the project was conducted on a European level, resulting in the submission of an extraordinary 168,208 free images of cultural heritage sites ("monuments") from 18 countries, making it the world's largest photographic competition. Organising the 2012 event—which has just opened and will run for the full month of September—has required input from chapters and volunteers in 35 countries.
Developers are currently discussing the possibility of a MediaWiki Foundation to oversee those aspects of MediaWiki development that relate to non-Wikimedia wikis. The proposal was generated after a discussion on the wikitech-l mailing list about generalising Wikimedia's CentralAuth system.
Five featured pictures were promoted this week, including a video explaining the recent landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars. NASA called the final minutes of the complicated landing procedure "the seven minutes of terror".
Since May 2012 I've been a Wikimedia Foundation community fellow with the task of researching and improving dispute resolution on English Wikipedia. Surveying members of the community has revealed much about their thoughts on and experiences with dispute resolution. I've analysed processes to determine their use and effectiveness, and have presented ideas that I hope will improve the future of dispute resolution.

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The Signpost: 10 September 2012

Thanks to the initiative of Yuvi Panda and Notnarayan, the Signpost now has an Android app, free for download on Google Play. ... but would readers be interested in an iOS app for Apple devices?
Much like article content, the English Wikipedia's help pages have grown organically over the years. Although this has produced a great deal of useful documentation, with time many of the pages have become poorly maintained or have grown overwhelmingly complicated.
Philip Roth, a widely known and acclaimed American author, wrote an open letter in the New Yorker addressed to Wikipedia this week, alleging severe inaccuracies in the article on his The Human Stain (2000).
Three hip hop discographies were promoted this week, alongside seven other lists.
After a week's hiatus, the WikiProject Report returns with an interview featuring WikiProject Fungi. Started in March 2006, the project has grown to include over 9,000 pages, including 47 Featured Articles and 176 Good Articles. The project maintains a list of high priority missing articles and stubs that need expansion.
In dramatic events that came to light last week, two English Wikipedia volunteers—Doc James (James Heilman) and Wrh2 (Ryan Holliday)—are being sued in the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Internet Brands, the owner of Wikitravel.com. Both Wikipedians have also been volunteer Wikitravel editors (and in Holliday's case, a volunteer administrator). IB's complaints focus on both editors' encouragement of their fellow Wikitravel volunteers to migrate to a proposed non-commercial travel guidance site that would be under the umbrella of the WMF.
In its September issue, the peer-reviewed journal First Monday published The readability of Wikipedia, reporting research which shows that the English Wikipedia is struggling to meet Flesch reading ease test criteria, while the Simple English Wikipedia has "lost its focus".
The Wikimedia Foundation's engineering report for August 2012 was published this week on the Wikimedia Techblog and on the MediaWiki wiki, giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month (as well as brief coverage of progress on Wikimedia Deutschland's Wikidata project, phase 1 of which is edging its way towards its first deployment).
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia.

2012 Toronto FC season.

Achowat, do you have a bigsoccer account? I recognized your name. The discussion at Talk: 2012 Toronto FC season may interest you. I'd be interested your feedback. In particular, do you think there's a distinction between officially eliminated and mathematically eliminated. Two editors appear to believe there is, and I am somewhat confused about it. Nlsanand (talk) 00:25, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm the same Achowat from BigSoccer. I'll poke my head over there and see if I can make heads or tails of what they're talking about. Achowat (talk) 13:34, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 September 2012

We now have a Facebook page at facebook.com/wikisignpost. We invite you to "like" the page and join the discussion there.
This week, we shine the spotlight on the Indian Cinema Task Force, a subproject that seeks to improve the quality and quantity of articles about Indian cinema. As a child of WikiProject Film and WikiProject India, the Indian Cinema Task Force shares a variety of templates, resources, and members with its parent projects. The task force works on a to-do list, maintains the Bollywood Portal, and ensures articles follow the film style guidelines. With Indian cinema celebrating its 100th year of existence in 2013, we asked Karthik Nadar (Karthikndr), Secret of success, Ankit Bhatt, Dwaipayan, and AnimeshKulkarni what is in store for the Indian Cinema Task Force.
Eight featured articles, six featured lists, ten featured pictures, and one featured topic were promoted this week.
The world's largest photo competition, Wiki Loves Monuments, is entering its final two weeks. The month-long event, of Dutch origin, is being held globally for the first time after the success of its European-level predecessor last year. During September 2011 more than 5000 volunteers from 18 countries took part and uploaded 168,208 free images. This year, volunteers and chapters from 35 countries around the world have organised the event. The best photographs will be determined by juries at the national and finally the global level.
1.20wmf12, the 12th release to Wikimedia wikis from the 1.20 branch, was deployed to its first wikis on September 17; if things go well, it will be deployed to all wikis by September 26. Its 200 or so changes – 111 to WMF-deployed extensions plus 98 to core MediaWiki code – include support for links with mixed-case protocols (e.g. Http://example.com) and the removal of the "No higher resolution available" message on the file description pages of SVG images.

Have you seen?

Wikipedia_talk:Counter-Vandalism_Unit/Academy#Inactive_instructor and Wikipedia_talk:Counter-Vandalism_Unit/Academy#Wikibreak... Dan653 (talk) 01:28, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

I saw the former, but not the latter. Wikibreak? Is everything ok? Or is this like my (currently active, unfortunately) other-parts-of-life based WikiBreak? Achowat (talk) 13:07, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
Honestly, its on the priavte side, but if you shoot me an email it would be great if I could talk with you, thanks. Dan653 (talk) 22:59, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Miami Marlins cap logo and Citrus Series

Why did you remove the fair-use rationale from the image page? You say it's "insufficient," but could you please explain how so, that I might perhaps fix the rationale to make it sufficient to re-add? Tom Danson (talk) 09:47, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

So, the old fair use rationale (available in this diff seems to suggest that the Marlins Cap Logo is the logo for the Citrus Series, which is just not true. The Marlins cap, as a non-free use image, cannot be used unless it meets every single one of the ten Non-free content criteria. I, personally, believe that using the Marlin's Cap Logo in Citrus Series violated NFCC#8, "Contextual significance" because it doesn't hurt readers not having the logo there (for instance, no Super Bowl article has the team's logos in it, to no detriment). I can see why you'd be a little confused, given that (for instance) Subway Series uses 4 different Cap Logos. The difference is that simple letters and geographic shapes don't reach the Threshold of originality required to copyright an image. I hope this answers your questions, but feel free to probe more if you have any other concerns. Achowat (talk) 22:22, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

CVUA

Hi Achowat. I'm leaving you this message because you have previously been involved with Counter-Vandalism, and may still be. The Academy project has been restructured, placing responsibility for it on the trainers themselves and as part of the process I am trying to find out who is still interested in remaining as active trainers.

In future, there will be no clerking or coordination, so If you are still active and can respond to requests from students within around 48 hours, you need do nothing until a new student contacts you on your talk page. Nevertheless, if your status changes, please update your entry on the table of active trainers at the new WP:CVUA page. If you no longer have sufficient time to commit to the CV training project, that's fine, but please remove your name from the active list. While on your travels however, should you come across users who are having a hard time with their reverts, don't hesitate to send them a link to the CVUA. Thanks, and happy editing! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:30, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 September 2012

Oliver Keyes' (User:Ironholds) defense of Wikipedia against the recent Philip Roth controversy has drawn a significant amount of attention over the last week. The problems between Roth, a widely known and acclaimed American author, and Wikipedia arose from an open letter he penned for the American magazine New Yorker, and were covered by the Signpost two weeks ago. Keyes—who wrote the piece as a prominent Wikipedian but is also a contractor for the Wikimedia Foundation—wrote a blog post on the topic, lamenting the factual errors in Roth's letter and criticizing the media for not investigating his claims: "[they took] Roth’s explanation as the truth and launched into a lengthy discussion of how we [Wikipedia] handle primary sourcing."
A paper to appear in a special issue of American Behavioral Scientist (summarized in the research index) sheds new light on the English Wikipedia's declining editor growth and retention trends. The paper describes how "several changes that the Wikipedia community made to manage quality and consistency in the face of a massive growth in participation have lead to a more restrictive environment for newcomers". The number of active Wikipedia editors has been declining since 2007 and research examining data up to September 2009 has shown that the root of the problem has been the declining retention of new editors. The authors show this decline is mainly due to a decline among desirable, good-faith newcomers, and point to three factors contributing to the increasingly "restrictive environment" they face.
This week, we tinkered with WikiProject Robotics. From the project's inception in December 2007, it has served as Wikipedia's hub for building and improving articles about robots and robotics, accumulating two Featured Articles and seven Good Articles along the way. The project covers both fictitious and real-life robots, the technology that powers them, and many of the brains behind the robotics field
In the second controversy to engulf Wikimedia UK in two months, its immediate past chair Roger Bamkin has resigned from the board of the chapter. The resignation last Wednesday followed a growing furore over the conflict of interest between two of Roger's roles outside the chapter and his close involvement in the UK board's decision-making process, including the access to private mailing lists that board members in all chapters need. But the irony surrounding Roger's resignation is its connection with efforts by Wikimedians and collaborators to strengthen the reach of Wikimedia projects through technical innovation.
Late last month, the "Technology report" included a story using code review backlog figures – the only code review figures then available – to construct a rough narrative about the average experience of code contributors. This week, we hope to go one better, by looking directly at code review wait times, and, in particular, median code review times
Fourteen featured articles were promoted this week, including Dodo, along with six featured lists and five featured pictures.
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...

Re: Question concerning FPOC

Will look into it this weekend. OhanaUnitedTalk page 14:48, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Take your time. I don't mean to be a bother; I honestly just need to know if something else is expected of me. Achowat (talk) 14:51, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Portal: Nazi Germany

I thought I would drop you a line to see how the portal was coming along? No rush, as we have lived a long time without it; just checking. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 01:56, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm actually on a semi-forced semi-Wikibreak. (Work is backing up, so my 9-5 is focused more on that that collecting the sum of Human Knowledge in a free encyclopedia). Pretty much no work has been done since the initial flurry. I should be able to get back to it, I dunno, in a week or so. Achowat (talk) 19:41, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
I understand. Real life (and work therein) comes first. Don't worry about the portal. Kierzek (talk) 20:46, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
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