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Wikidata weekly summary #303

19:44, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

15:03, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #304

Wikidata weekly summary #305

20:04, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018

Is The Signpost on its last legs?
Wikimedia events, group recognition, and individual appointments are ongoing.
Arbcom considers new discretionary sanctions for infoboxes and an extension of 1RR.
Diplomats join Wikipedia for International Women's Day, the perfect "Human", how fringe theories are sustained, and perennial plagiarism from our pages.
Wakanda still fascinates; the Oscars happened; Winter Olympics come to a close; and International Women's Day gets over a million page views.
A plethora of content.
Reviewing a browser skin providing equal emphasis on both content and editing tools simultaneously.
Retrospective on article creation trial.
Nostalgia and trips down Memory Lane.

19:28, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #306

Wikidata weekly summary #307

18:08, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #308

15:20, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Capture of Fidenae (435 BC)

I declined your speedy deletion request for Capture of Fidenae (435 BC) -- there is both content and context. You might need to review the requirements for A1 and A3.----Fabrictramp | talk to me 04:36, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Fabrictramp I think you are being overly generous to the current article to suggest there is both content and context. The content is confused and poorly drafted and riddled with errors e.g. references to Romulus should refer to an apparition of Romulus (one of the founders of Rome) not make him seem a real person. There is no description of the actual capture of the town nor is any context provided why the action occurred in the first place. A much better description of the capture of Fidenae appears in other articles e.g. Gaius Julius Iulus (consul 447 BC). I think a reader would gain more from being pointed to the Gaius Julius Iulus article rather than trying to make sense of the Capture of Fidenae (435 BC)article. Regards--Chewings72 (talk) 04:46, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Again, I'll refer you to WP:A1 and WP:A3, which are very specific. Confused, poorly drafted, and riddled with errors are causes to edit the article, not delete it. If the reader would gain more by being pointed to another article, again this is cause to edit it -- make it into a redirect. Deletion is not a substitution for editing. ----Fabrictramp | talk to me 01:45, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
: Fabrictramp OK. I will see what I can do to improve the article rather than seek its deletion.--Chewings72 (talk) 02:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 27

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 27, February – March 2018

  • #1Lib1Ref
  • New collections
    • Alexander Street (expansion)
    • Cambridge University Press (expansion)
  • User Group
  • Global branches update
    • Wiki Indaba Wikipedia + Library Discussions
  • Spotlight: Using librarianship to create a more equitable internet: LGBTQ+ advocacy as a wiki-librarian
  • Bytes in brief

Arabic, Chinese and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
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18:16, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #309

The Signpost: 26 April 2018

Following Kudpung's op-ed "Death knell sounding for The Signpost?" in the 29 March issue, user comments encouraged a burst of enthusiasm to keep the newspaper in print.
How to revive and evolve The Signpost? Big blue-sky proposals and small concrete proposals from the community and from two regular Signpost contributors.
Finally a free image Kim Jong-un. WMF wins legal battle. Stephen Hawking death tops all Wikipedia hits.
Internet companies use Wikipedia to police truth; Citogenesis proven yet again; early birthday greetings; and trains
A recent Community Health Initiative survey found only 27% of respondents are happy with the way reports of conflicts between Editors are handled on the Administrators' Incident Noticeboard (ANI).
New major editing policy starting immediately: creation of articles in mainspace is to be limited to users with confirmed accounts
The standards have been raised for sources used in judging the notability of nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
Wikipedia's myth of the clean Wehrmacht and what you can do about it. Or, how not to be one of "the worst distributors of pro-Nazi perspectives and the Wehrmacht myth".
Can Wikipedia mobilize the same energy to fill other gaps in coverage?
What should we do about Portals? Keep them, delete them, or mark them as historical? Or should they be more closely connected with their WikiProject(s)?
Quiet month for the Arbitration Committee
Combat, weapons, monuments and personalities.
What we learned about reader motivation from a recent research study
You might not get all excersized about essays but they can be as fun as talk pages
The most popular articles from March 25 to April 14.
Plus the latest tech news and userscripts.
Material promoted from March 2 through April 20.
Honoring a day in military history, as well as peaceful borders

Wikidata weekly summary #310