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The Signpost: 21 May 2014

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Last Sunday the board of Wikimedia Germany passed 9–1 a vote of no confidence in the chapter's executive director, Pavel Richter, who has held the position since 2009. With more than 50 employees, an annual budget approaching $10 million, and the right to conduct its own fundraising through the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) site banners, Wikimedia Germany is the second-largest organisation in the movement after the WMF itself. The decision was announced on the Wikimedia mailing list by the chapter chair, Nikolas Becker.
Thirteen articles, sixteen pictures, and one topic were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.
It's a relief to see Google Doodles having an impact again; their wide coverage means that they inspire curiosity on many subjects which, for reasons of nationality, ethnicity or gender, might not be known in the English-speaking world. It's a shame then, that Wikipedia so often fails to keep up; articles on Google Doodles are almost invariably C-class, and seldom do justice to their subjects. Still, interest in Google Doodles has been waning in recent months—Audrey Hepburn last week was the first to top the list since December—so any rise in popularity is worth celebrating.

Precious again

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thinking on hurricanes
Thank you for expanding our knowledge of hurricanes, adding storms to the Main page, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (1 January 2009, 3 March 2009)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:28, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Two years ago, you were the 134th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:03, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for Cyclone Joy - what a name for a cyclone! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:55, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
... and for the 1995 Pacific hurricane season, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:11, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 2014

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Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured topics/Retired Pacific hurricanes

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Maybe it's from me looking through the topics in the middle of the night, but I'm not entirely sure about this one. I checked the list that is the main article for the topic and it shows that there are more than nine hurricanes that were retired besides the one given. This includes Hurricane Manuel, which occurred on September of 2013. The reason I'm bringing this to you is that since I'm not a hurricane expert like you, I'm not entirely sure if the topic is fully complete or not. Stuff like the template for the whole thing says it is but I don't know if it's reliable on the situation. So hopefully there's an answer to all this. GamerPro64 05:07, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 May 2014

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With the promotion to featured article of Grus (constellation) on 17 May, Casliber became Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion, following Wehwalt's groundbreaking achievement last December. Cas's first FA, Banksia integrifolia, a group effort, was promoted on 16 November 2006. His first solo project, Diplodocus, followed in January 2007; he has rarely been off the FAC since. In a second story, Ward Cunningham, an American computer programmer who invented the wiki, was interviewed by the WMF.
Wikipedia editor Sven Manguard's work is quite underappreciated a lot of the time, most likely because people haven't heard of it yet: He's developed good relationships with game companies, and is thus able to get full-resolution screenshots released under a Creative Commons license for use on Wikipedia and elsewhere. This week's trove of new featured items on the English Wikipedia comprises seven articles, three lists, and four pictures.
In the US, Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer, and summer is definitely on people's minds this week, with summer films Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past, the apparently designated summer song "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea, and summer TV show, Game of Thrones.
Wikipedia in the eyes of its beholders; "Chinese-language time zones" favor Asian pop and IT topics on Wikipedia; and bipartite editing prediction in Wikipedia.

The Signpost: 04 June 2014

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Individual engagement grants (IEGs) are announced twice yearly by a volunteer WMF committee, the most recent of which we covered last December. The scheme, launched at the start of last year, awards funds to individuals or teams of up to four to produce high-impact outcomes for the WMF's online projects. It favours innovative approaches to solving critical issues in the movement.
New trustee Frieda Briosch from Italy: we face "a couple of headaches", she says: "how to boost editors, which includes the development of the next strategic plan, and how to keep our project always 'glamorous'."
I never feel quite adequate trying to paraphrase Sumana's words: she is so articulate. I highly encourage every person who reads this article to directly watch her keynote—it directly speaks to a lot of Wikimedia's most significant issues, made with great eloquence. We have a serious issue with retaining editors, and parts of her speech could serve as a pretty good partial blueprint towards how we could begin to fix that problem.
David Iliff, or Diliff, as he is known on here outside of the file pages for his many, many, excellent photographs, is one of Wikipedia's longest-standing professional-standard photographers. This week, the Signpost salutes him.
The month of May saw significant coverage concerning the reliability of Wikipedia's medical articles.
The northern summer is a time when one is meant to celebrate the exuberance of life; instead, commemoration of the dead was a significant theme this week.

The Center Line: Spring 2014

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Volume 7, Issue 2 • Spring 2014 • About the Newsletter
Departments
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State and national updates
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS
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The Signpost: 11 June 2014

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Eleven public relations agencies have declared their intention to follow "ethical engagement practices" in Wikipedia editing. The results were published last Tuesday: a joint statement from the participating PR agencies—representing five of the top ten global agencies and all but one of the top ten in the United States—clarifying their views and practices with regards to the Wikimedia projects.
It seems that, more than commemorating the great moments in our history, more than even anticipating great sporting events, what our audience wants is the weird.
William Beutler (WWB), author of the blog The Wikipedian, is a long-time editor and community-watcher. He is also a paid editor (WWB Too). Well—not anymore—because he gave up direct editing of articles in 2011. Instead, for the past three years he has followed Jimmy Wales' Bright Line rule in acting as a researcher and consultant for companies and clients that want to suggest changes to Wikipedia articles and engage on the Talk page.
Last week we reported the announcement of two new affiliate-selected WMF trustees. The board of trustees is the most powerful and influential body in the movement, and chapters have been permitted to select two of the 10 seats since 2008, for two-year terms that start in even-numbered years.
Five articles, one list, twelve pictures, and one topic were promoted to 'featured' status last week on the English Wikipedia.

2002 Pacific typhoon season edits

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Hello. I know that you have removed my edits and I learnt that. But there was one edit that has a mistake of yours, it says that Typhoon Rammasun was upgraded by a tropical depression on June 28, not 26. Also it didn't say anything during the 26th about Rammasun. So Rammasun formed on June 28. If you have any comments, questions or replies, please do in my talk page. Typhoon2013 (talk) 07:31, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FA congratulations

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Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Hurricane Kate (1985) to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon (either on a particular date or on any available date), please nominate it at the requests page. If you'd like to see an FA appear on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with about 1,305 articles waiting their turn at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. BencherliteTalk 23:38, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday June 21: Wiki Loves Pride

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Upcoming Saturday event - June 21: Wiki Loves Pride NYC

You are invited to join us at Jefferson Market Library for "Wiki Loves Pride", hosted by New York Public Library, Metropolitan New York Library Council, Wikimedia LGBT and Wikimedia New York City, where both experienced and new Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on this theme:

11am–4pm at Jefferson Market Library.

We hope to see you there! Pharos (talk)

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60W and other storms

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I am trying to improve “60W” and make it entirely a non-tropical article, so I hope this could work finally. Besides, I am also working on a real tropical cyclone which name is very known worldwide, and I will show you first. What else do you want me to participate? I am willing to help. -- Meow 14:59, 21 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 June 2014

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The Wikimedia Foundation has amended its terms of use to ban editing for pay without disclosing an employer or affiliation on any of its websites. The broad scope of these changes will allow the WMF to selectively enforce their terms of use to avoid ensnaring well-meaning editors.
Five articles, five lists, 22 pictures, and one portal were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.
The Bangladesh chapter of the Wikimedia movement was formed in 2009. They received official local registration from the national authorities on 10 June 2014. The long road in between was subject to much persistence, patience, and luck—along with a good deal of worry.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the main draw this week, taking four slots. People appeared desperate to bone up on their trivia; checking not only this year's World Cup, but the last one. Even so, they still couldn't push Game of Thrones from the top ten. It will be interesting to see what happens come next week's season finale.
This week, the Signpost came in from the hinterland to interview members of the Cities WikiProject.

June 2014

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Sunday July 6: WikNYC Picnic

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Sunday July 6: WikNYC Picnic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Central Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.

1pm–8pm at southwest section of the Great Lawn, north of the Delacorte Theater.

Also, before the picnic, you can join in the Wikimedia NYC chapter's annual meeting.

11:30am-12:30pm at Yeoryia Studios, 2067 Broadway.

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The Signpost: 25 June 2014

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The US National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) have committed to engaging with Wikimedia projects in their newest Open Government Plan. The biannual effort is a roadmap for how the agency will accomplish its goals in the digital age.
Despite the interest generated by its season finale, Game of Thrones still couldn't top the World Cup, which still dominated interest, as evidenced by the fact that this top 10 is virtually identical to last week's, just with a different dead celebrity.
In her first interview since taking office, Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new executive director, speaks about grantmaking, the global south, and the gender gap.
Discussions on the English Wikipedia this week include...
Ten articles and eleven pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
This week, the Signpost visited the land of Disney, blockbusters, explosions, dream sequences, and cultural masterpieces: film.
In a recent paper, Jacob Solomon and Rick Wash investigate the question of sustainability in online communities by analysing trends in the growth of WikiProjects.

WikiCup 2014 June newsletter

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After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to Florida 12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Bartošovice v Orlických horách Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions).

The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical Storm 60W to be merge in the 2006 season?

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Hi, Hurricanehink. I know that I didn't created the article: Tropical Storm 60W, but I think we should merge it to the 2006 Pacific typhoon season, even though the article is deleted. Because I have discovered that the Image: 2006 Pacific typhoon season summary map.png, has 60W's track. What do you think? Typhoon2013 (talk) 22:37, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, sure. I probably might add some depressions in the 'Other storms' sections, such as the CMA tropical depression and the Non-NHMS tropical depression. Thanks, anyway :). Typhoon2013 (talk) 22:49, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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I saw that Hurricane Manuel is now a Good Article. Since it is now at that status, it can be part of Wikipedia:Featured topics/Retired Pacific hurricanes with time left before its grace period ends. Probably also mention Yellow Evan promoting the article in the supp nom too. GamerPro64 21:35, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully no one minds, but Tropical Storm Hazel (1965), Hurricane Fico, Hurricane Fefa (1991), and Hurricane Adolph (2001), since we agreed evidence was sufficient enough to support inclusion on the retired page. Also, since there are only 6 FA's and 14 articles overall, this will be downgraded from FT to GT. YE Pacific Hurricane 21:54, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ah yes that's right. That's going to be an important thing to mention for the supp nom. GamerPro64 22:07, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
So I see the supp nom is up. Which is good since it'll bring the topic up to date. If you can though, would you mind reviewing some of the older nominations? Especially since the oldest one has been up for almost two months with barely any conversation. GamerPro64 17:57, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. Thanks for helping out with the backlog. GamerPro64 17:59, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Typhoon Nabi

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Hi Hurricanehink, congratulations on another GA. I have nominated it for DYK, here. Thanks, Matty.007 15:25, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 02 July 2014

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The Los Angeles Times highlighted a recent Wiki Education Foundation (WEF) course at Pomona College in their article "Wikipedia pops up in bibliographies, and even college curricula". We interviewed Char Booth, the campus ambassador for the course, for additional details.
With Game of Thrones over for another year, the World Cup dominated yet again. And that is pretty much that. This list isn't likely to be particularly eventful until the Cup is won.
Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) has won a Roaring Lion in the category of Internet and cellular for its public outreach during the tenth anniversary of the Hebrew Wikipedia in July 2013.
Six articles, five lists, seventeen pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
This week, the Signpost visited the Indigenous peoples of North America WikiProject.
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Wikimedia Deutschland's Toolserver project was switched off, marking the end of one of the Wikimedia movement's longest running Chapter-led projects. The Toolserver, which was in fact a collection of servers, first came online in 2005, hosting hundreds of webpages and scripts ("tools") made available for use by Wikimedia readers, editors and administrators.

July 2014

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Missing PAGASA depressions as of the 1993 season

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Hello again, Hurricanehink. I know, I have a lot of questions and stuff to you but I have been sorting out by my self the missing depressions in the 1993 season since last year. I did not have any idea so I looked in the 1993 typhoon season animation (I'll put the link down below this section). Today, I have added Tropical Depression Daling in the season because I have seen only 1 circulation during the dates, southeast of the Philippines. So, there is only 1 more left missing: Tropical Depression Gundang. Can you find any sources and sites about this storm of when did this formed? If not, check out the video between these dates: October 13 - 26. Thanks. Typhoon2013 (talk) 07:48, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Link or video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1RtmulMO04

Happy birthday!

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Happy birthday Hink :) —CycloneIsaac (Talk) 04:03, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 09 July 2014

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Last May, James Forrester announced to the world that London had been awarded the 2014 Wikimania conference. Functioning as the Wikimedia movement's annual conference, it is separate from the chapter-focused Wikimedia Conference. The first, located in Frankfurt, took place in 2005 and had 380 attendees. London, the tenth, is now expected to attract 1500. With Wikimania ambition, attention, and attendance rising significantly over the last nine years, how have this year's monetary costs come to be?
After an extremely close race, round three is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years—321 was required in 2013, and 243 points in 2012.
The Wikimedia Education Program currently spans 60 programs around the world; students and instructors participate at almost every level of education. The Education program Signpost series presents a snapshot of the Wikimedia Global Education Program as it exists in 2014.
Five articles, six lists, and nine pictures were promoted to 'featured' status last week on the English Wikipedia.
As with the troubled release of the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) flagship VisualEditor project, the release of the new Media Viewer has also been met with opposition from the English Wikipedia community.
Unsurprisingly, the World Cup continued to dominate the English Wikipedia's viewing statistics. In particular, the record-breaking performance of US goalkeeper Tim Howard and the tournament-ending injury to Brazil's Neymar drove large amount of views to their articles.

Rounding Tropical cyclone damages and a happy birthday

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Hello, again. Just a question, do we really need to round total damages of storms? For example: Tropical Storm Lingling's damage is $12.9 million but in the 2014 pacific typhoon season article says it is $13 million. Do we really need to? Because the damage of 2013, 2012... is not rounded up but the 2014 is rounded up by some anonymous users. What do think? Also, its late but happy birthday! :)Typhoon2013 (talk) 20:42, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am a talk page stalker (as this is on my Watchlist for some reason), so I thought I would offer my thoughts: No. I myself do not think this should be rounded, nor do I see a reason for it to be rounded. Almost like giving false information. United States Man (talk) 20:46, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, we've never really established it, but generally we go to one significant digit after the million or billion. There are some exceptions, but that's at least what I usually do. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:49, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Also a (talk page stalker) - Generally speaking if its rounded in the PTS its because of the way the template {{NTSP}} operates or someone has just typed in 13,000,000 rather than 12,900,000.Jason Rees (talk) 14:54, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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The Signpost: 16 July 2014

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On the same day the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) announced it would offer assistance to English Wikipedia editors embroiled in a legal dispute with Yank Barry, the lawsuit has been withdrawn without prejudice at the request of Barry's legal team—but this action is being described as "strategic" so that they can refile the lawsuit with a "new, more comprehensive complaint."
This week it's still more and more World Cup, with five entries out of the top ten (and 14 out of the Top 25).
It all started in late 2005, when we first held lectures about Wikipedia in two educational institutions (universities) ...
Eight articles, three lists, and 28 pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.
The Swedish Wikipedia's prolific Lsjbot, which has created a significant proportion of the site's 1.7 million articles and has nearly single-handedly pushed it to being the fourth-largest Wikipedia, was covered in the Wall Street Journal this week. The newspaper reported that the bot has created 2.7 million articles, which is apparently a reference to the Waray-Waray and Cebuano Wikipedias, where Lsjbot is also active, and that "on a good day", it creates 10,000 articles.

The Signpost: 23 July 2014

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"Great success" in Israel universities is leading to collaboration and editing in high schools.
Last week I predicted that the World Cup dominance on the report would be over—but I was wrong. The World Cup Final fell on the 13th of July, which was actually the first day of the week covered by this report, not the last day of the last report. Hence, five of the Top 10 this week are again World Cup related-topics.
Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) today are facing fewer barriers to uploading their content onto Wikimedia projects now that the new GLAM-Wiki Toolset Project has been launched. The tool, which is the fruit of a collaboration between Europeana and several Wikimedia chapters, relieves GLAMs from having to write their own automated scripts and gives them a standardized method of uploading large amounts of their digitized holdings.
The English Wikipedia's did you know (DYK) section has been a feature of the site's main page since February 2004. From the beginning, the section has served as a place to highlight Wikipedia's newest articles. But over the last few years, the did you know section has gotten steadily larger and more complex, and non-notable or plagiarized articles have occasionally slipped through the reviewing process, leading numerous editors to call for reforms to the system. We asked two editors to share their views.
Ten articles, five lists, and 25 pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.

1976 Canary Island UFO Article on AFD

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Please join the discussion about the fate of this article.98.174.223.41 (talk) 20:48, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 July 2014

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In Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia, Dariusz Jemielniak discusses Wikipedia from the standpoint of an experienced editor and administrator who is also a university professor specializing in management and organizations. In Virtual Reality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True?, Charles Seife presents a more broadly themed work reminding us to question the reliability of information found throughout the Internet.
Kim Osman has performed a fascinating study on the three 2013 failed proposals to ban paid advocacy editing in the English language Wikipedia. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach, Osman analyzed 573 posts from the three main votes on paid editing conducted in the community in November 2013.
Another hoax on the English Wikipedia was uncovered this week—not by any thorough investigation, but through the self-disclosure of an anonymous change made when the editors were in their sophomore year of college. The deliberate misinformation had been in the article for over five years with plenty of individuals noticing, but not one suspected its authenticity. This leads to one obvious question: how many more are there?
A "program of heroes" is leading the charge in Egypt.
We indeed moved far away from football this week, and further into much more serious issues of war and death. The Israel-Palestinian conflict continues to dominate the news, and the top 10, with Gaza Strip, Israel, and Hamas. The top 25 also includes Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Death also lies behind the popularity of James Garner, the American actor who died on July 19th, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and deaths in 2014.
Two articles, four lists, and seven pictures attained featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.

Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

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Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

You are invited to join the the Wikimedia NYC community for our upcoming wiki-salon and knowledge-sharing workshop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

2pm–5pm at Yeoryia Studios at Epic Security Building, 2067 Broadway (5th floor).

Afterwards at 5pm, we'll walk to a social wiki-dinner together at a neighborhood restaurant (to be decided).

We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 15:58, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 06 August 2014

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As the start of Wikimania proper on 8 August approaches, the Signpost looks ahead to what its dozens of presentations might offer the technologically-inclined, whether attending in person or taking advantage of what promises to be a strong digital offering.
Serious news continues to dominate the most popular articles chart on Wikipedia this week, with the Ebola virus disease far and away in the top spot. In the top 25, we see the related articles Ebola virus, which talks about biological aspects, at #18 and 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak at #19.
Eight articles, fifteen pictures, and two topics were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.
"Major growth" expected in Mexican university after a Wikipedia program is formally accepted by the school's administration.
The Wikimedia Foundation has published its first transparency report, covering from July 2012 to June 2014. The move comes on the same day the organization announced that Google, in order to comply with a recent court order upholding the "right to be forgotten", has removed a number of Wikipedia articles from their European search results.

Need help

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I'm translating Tropical Storm Allison, one of your many featured articles, and I got a problem about the source, there's 4 sources is cite web, and there urls are all ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/...

Can I found those source somewhere else? Because I can't open those links.--Jarodalien (talk) 11:37, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the answer, and how about www4.ncdc.noaa.gov? All of them were dead links right now, and I already try web archive, most of them doesn't have the right achive, for example: National Climatic Data Center (2001). "Event Report for Texas". Retrieved 2006-06-07.[dead link], the earlist backup I could found is: https://web.archive.org/web/20070613042331/http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~450007, but this is a hail report for Arkansas, I know the site has changed the event id often, could you tell me how to locate those event report at another site?--Jarodalien (talk) 01:53, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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User:Dustin V. S. keeps ruining Hurricane Genevieve (2014) as his playground, providing unreadable and too much unnecessary information. As I really cannot stop his bad attitude, please find a way to stop him. -- Meow 14:40, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

So you go and complain to someone else rather than discuss on the talk page? I gave you my reasoning. Dustin (talk) 14:45, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
“Nobody either has the valid claim to finish the article alone.” isn't this what you said? Now you always claim that is your article. -- Meow 14:47, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't indiscriminately remove or even touch information you added, nor did I give reason because I didn't touch it. I never made such a claim. Dustin (talk) 14:50, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Do you really forgot what you said? -- Meow 14:55, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No. And I still stand by what I said. You were saying specifically "I will finish this article" if you read your preceding comment, whereas I think that it should be the work of multiple editors adding content. There is also something called WP:BRD whereas after I reverted your cutting down, we should have followed by having what should have been a brief, civil discussion. However, you are completely misjudging my intentions and acting like I don't care about the article which I take as an insult but which I pass. Please, let's just start this over. Dustin (talk) 14:59, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Dustin V. S.: @Meow: Can you both finish your versions of the article in a sandbox asap and then i will go through them and merge them with my own twist. Then once the JMA has issued its BT in eight weeks time we can go for GAN.Jason Rees (talk) 15:21, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Then people will believe the article is totally done by yourself. I cannot agree with this if you are not able to handle this issue. -- Meow 15:27, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Er @Meow: - How exactly will they think that the article is done by me especially if i note in the edit summuary that this is a comprimise version of yours and Dustins texts. Also dont forget that people can always view the history and see that you have been working on the article.Jason Rees (talk) 16:11, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
JR, this won't be GAN'd until the TCR comes out since there are many changes IMO likely to take place within the CPHC portion of the storm. YE Pacific Hurricane 15:32, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We will see what happens.Jason Rees (talk) 16:11, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I have tried to improve the section east of the international date line, but someone just reverted my edits because he believes that he will make his version better. -- Meow 15:36, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think you're cutting (at least for now) went a little overboard tbh. I agree it should be condensed though. 15:42, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
I only removed unnecessary information. You think I cut too much because it is very large but poorly-organized like STS Nakri. -- Meow 15:46, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Meow and Dustin V. S.: Can you both please stop edit warring/working on the article in mainspace until we have resolved this issue or i will ask Hink to protect the article. Thanks.Jason Rees (talk) 16:11, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]


(edit conflict) Look, I don't think Hink, an uninvolved sysop, should be concerned about this; I did not break any Wikipedia policies, and I did not keep Meow from making additions to the article, but followed WP:BRD and reverted her removal of about 40% of the article's content. After only a handful of comments on that talk page, she brought the issue here, and she keeps on acting like if she adds anything to the article, I will revert it for no reason. The main discussion is at Talk:Hurricane Genevieve (2014)#Look..., and that is where future discussion ought to be carried out. If Hink wants to carry out some admin action against me for any reason, then fine, he will make the right decision. Regardless, I don't think this discussion should be continued here. Dustin (talk) 16:14, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Rees: You are a mostly uninvolved editor with this particular article, and I would not hate your idea (it makes sense), but it will not do any good if Meow does not agree to it. Thank you for making an attempt to resolve this dispute, though. Dustin (talk) 16:14, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry all I wasn't around to help earlier! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:09, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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It is OK. So is the rule that we can add PAGASA Named depressions but not if it's short-lived? Is that you mean? Typhoon2013 (talk) 04:47, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

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The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
  2. Scotland Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
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  4. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
  5. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
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Your rational in regard to the text squashing on the Marie page, is silly. While I have only just started uploading video to commons, the use of a photo as well as the video is far better should a user decide to print the story out, the photo provides a far better illustration of the force of the Waves, as the video would not play well, printed on a piece of paper. talk→ WPPilot  15:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge of High-pressure area into Anticyclone

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Hi,

I am proposing to merge High-prssure area into Anticyclone, the same thing. Please feel free to enter the discussion.

Pierre cb (talk) 02:20, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Stuff in Wikipedia

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Hello, Hink. I chose you to talk about this. I am having my 1-year anniversary on Wikipedia and I was wondering that if I could do some changes in me since I haven't really done anything instead of editing. First, how could I become an admin? So I could block some anonymous users because they are frustrating me and not really following the rules in our WikiProject (TC). Another thing is that why isn't anyone really editing the 2014 Pacific typhoon season article? It is just me and some good and bad anonymous users. The other thing is that how many storms do we put in a line in the Template:2014 Pacific typhoon season buttons? I know I am kind of wasting your time in Wikipedia for this, but sorry if I am really taking your time. Typhoon2013 (talk) 09:27, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thanks for the information. I put my reply on my talk page just in case. Mr. Hink, is it OK if I can create the article of Fung-wong? I asked you this since there are lots of storm articles in the season. Thanks, have a great day.Typhoon2013 (talk) 06:08, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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My apologies Hurricanhink. I should have looked at the edit more closely rather than assuming it was a revert of the information I added. I will be more careful in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.87.97.95 (talk) 21:14, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi -- I'm fixing a couple of indents on the current FAC, and thought you might like the same info I got from GeometryGuy years ago, explaining how the indents work. Copy the previous line and add a star or colon to the end of the line, not the beginning. So if the indent is currently ":::*:", and you want a bullet, your indent should be ":::*:*". I never understood this till GGuy left me that note. If you put an extra colon or star at the start of the line instead, you can get weird effects, such as bullets not next to the text. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:03, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. I was just wondering that do we add the total of death toll from the typhoon to 12? Because it says that only 4 had been killed by the storm and 8 were killed from a boat. In my opinion we should put it as 12 since the boat sink due to the storm. What do you think?Typhoon2013 (talk) 04:36, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I've seen some Filipino news and/or videos about weather and saying about the boat sinking due to the storm. A site I just looked at a few minutes ago, it says that the driver in the boat was having trouble to steer the wheel and the date was on September 13. I remembered that the day when it sink, the outflow of Kalmaegi combined with the southwest monsoon was in the area. Or Kalmaegi's southern outflow reached to southern Visayas since the boat sink there. Typhoon2013 (talk) 05:02, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, wait! I found many sites. It says the same thing and says that the boat sink due to rogue waves from the typhoon. Does this makes it count from the death toll now? Typhoon2013 (talk) 05:05, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 September 2014

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Six articles, four lists, one topic, and 17 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.
The Hindustan Times speculates (September 18) that politicians and their supporters are "sanitizing" their articles in advance of the 2014 Maharashtra State Assembly election. The Times notes the absence of significant controversies in the articles of particular politicians and the presence of heavily promotional language.
0.75% of Wikipedia birthdates are inaccurate, reported Robert Viseur at WikiSym 2014. Those inaccuracies are "low, although higher than the 0.21% observed for the baseline reference sources". Given that biographies represent 15% of English Wikipedia, the third largest category after "arts" and "culture", their accuracy is important.
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WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

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In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Scotland Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

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Hi, this is Rishabh. I have created a discussion where your views will be greatly appreciated, regarding whether Land Depressions should be considered as "other storms" from now on. Pleae have a look at the discussion where I've explained everything. Located here Rishabh Tatiraju (talk) 03:28, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

1776 Pointe-à-Pitre hurricane

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Hi,

Just a question : why did you transformed this article into a redirection? Your comment "redorkulating" for that move does not give me a clue.

Pierre cb (talk) 05:41, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the answer. I did the French translation a long time ago and was suprised to see it now as a redirection in English when I went to see if there was further information I could translate. Pierre cb (talk) 17:48, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Ebola vs. Hurricanes

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Your opinion would be helpful, at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Tropical_cyclones#Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa_vs._Cyclones_and_Hurricanes_.21.21.21.

Or rather, at the RFC mentioned at that question.

Thank you,

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Request block or semi-protection to the articles to 178.202.135.29

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Hello, Hink. I just wanted to request a block or a semi-protection to the articles to that user. I don't want to explain everything to you, so go to the user page of Meow. Typhoon2013 (talk) 03:33, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I would love that suggestion. However, I've done that to anonymous users and still, they haven't replied back. Also I have seen the warnings from this user and he still hasn't replied. What could I co to him? Is saying a warning will still be good? Typhoon2013 (talk) 03:33, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Podul formation

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I see that you reverted my edits, due to this. I know that this is weird that PAGASA starts issuing it first too. Imagine this, if PAGASA started issuing it first, and then the JMA or JTWC, we still put it the formation when PAGASA started issuing it because PAGASA also names storms too. But if CMA started it, then no. I'll leave Podul's formation to November 10 until we find out soon in this section between me and you. Typhoon2013 (talk) 06:24, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here, it is really hard to explain but look at 2011's Tropical Depression Goring. Typhoon2013 (talk) 06:33, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

On that minor edit a few minutes ago...

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...(on Typhoon2013's talk page) I reverted myself because I figured that had the potential to do more harm than good to people's moods (at least from what I have seen), and after looking back, I see that I accidentally deleted the wrong character anyway (you were obviously talking about edit warring). That's all, really. Dustin (talk) 16:29, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 October 2014

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Why does Wikipedia still use the gendered pronouns "she" and "her" for ships?
Ben Koo of the sports blog Awful Announcing investigated how player Joe Streater's name became involved in recent years with a historic sports scandal.
The Banning Policy case was closed on 12 October. Arbcom affirmed that users have "considerable leeway" in terms of how their talk pages are managed.
Nine articles and twenty-six pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia.
This week we sat down with The Earwig to learn about his wikitext parser.
We are pleased to report that the WP:5000 has now been updated to include mobile views, including a column reflecting the percentage of views coming from mobile devices.
Today, it's the turn of WikiProject Ohio to give us an interview probing deep into of how they manage to run a project covering one fiftieth of the United States, and the workings of how they manufacture their successes and other articles.
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This is to inform you that Hurricane Claudette (2003), which you nominated at WP:FAC, will appear on the Wikipedia Main Page as Today's Featured Article on 6 November 2014. The proposed main page blurb is here; you may amend if necessary. Please check for dead links and other possible faults before the appearance date. Brianboulton (talk) 22:44, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now shifted to 16 November to make way for a newly promoted FA to mark the 100th anniversary of the subject's execution for espionage during the First World War. Hope this is OK. BencherliteTalk 00:11, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 October 2014

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Four articles, four lists, and fifty-three pictures were promoted to featured status.
Our op-ed writer this week opines that the organization of Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" resembles how Wikipedia is organized.
Among many newsworthy stories this week, the Signpost notes the passing of Italian Wikipedia administrator and former Wikimedia Italia treasurer [Cotton
Ebola, movies and television articles appear in this week's top ten.
PaintedCarpet explains that "WikiProject Orphanage aims to connect all Wikipedia pages, so that pages can be found and read more easily."
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This is to inform you that Hurricane Claudette (2003), which you nominated at WP:FAC, will appear on the Wikipedia Main Page as Today's Featured Article on 16 November 2014. The proposed main page blurb is here; you may amend if necessary. Please check for dead links and other possible faults before the appearance date. Brianboulton (talk) 00:22, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 29 October 2014

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By the way, there is a monster at the end of this article
Noam Cohen reports in The New York Times (October 26) that Wikipedia's "Ebola Virus Disease article has had 17 million page views in the last month," an indication of the public's reliance on the online encyclopedia.
Rather than the usual WikiProject Report, this week our guest author Jheald is telling us about a campaign to identify thousands of old maps which have been digitised, to make them available for georeferencing and upload
Ebola virus disease leads the Report for the fourth straight week. The rest of the list is primarily a mix of pop culture topics, including movie Avengers: Age of Ultron (#4) whose trailer was leaked early, and the death of Oscar de la Renta (#7). A BuzzFeed article on creepy Wikipedia articles, no doubt well-timed with Halloween (#9) around the corner, was responsible for three articles in the Top 25, including June and Jennifer Gibbons (#10), Taman Shud Case (#17), Joyce Vincent (#25). And the internet-run-amok controversy of Gamergate cracked the Top 25 for the first time at #19.
In new research conducted in light of proposed changes to data protection legislation in the European Union (EU), authors Bart Custers, Simone van der Hof, and Bart Schermer conducted a comparative analysis of social media and user-generated content websites’ privacy policies along with a user survey (N=8,621 in 26 countries) and interviews in 13 different EU countries on awareness, values, and attitudes toward privacy online.

WikiCup 2014: The results

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The 2014 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Scotland Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 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. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 05 November 2014

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"Rachel Feltman, in The Washington Post (November 4), examined research in which a team, mostly from Los Alamos National Laboratory, headed by Kyle Hickman developed a model that enabled them "to successfully predict the 2013-2014 flu season in real time" by employing "an algorithm to link flu-related Wikipedia searches with CDC data from the same time." Apparently when individuals search for information about the flu and its symptoms in Wikipedia when they feel ill, this generates data useful in forecasting the the flu season."
"It is, perhaps, ironic that humanity chose the week of Halloween to finally put its fears to bed. Let's face it: 2014 has been a year of tragedies, conflicts, plagues and pain, and eventually something had to break... Whether we at last came to terms with our limited ability to affect events, shoved those events under the carpet, or just decided to let go and move on, we turned our eye to more positive things, such as sports heroes, hotly anticipated movies, and lifelong learning; two Google doodles appeared in the top 25 for the first time since the beginning of August."

The Signpost: 12 November 2014

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"Technology media outlets are abuzz after the November 6 unveiling of the Amazon Echo, an Internet-connected voice command device"; "The EUobserver talks (November 4) with Dimitar Dimitrov (User:Dimi z) about the lack of freedom of panorama in some European Union countries and its implications for Wikimedia projects"; "Scott Cantrell, classical music critic for the Dallas Morning News, recounts efforts to verify an uncited claim in the Wikipedia article for the Béla Bartók opera Bluebeard's Castle."
This was very much a week dominated by holidays and pop culture over current events, with new film Interstellar taking the top spot followed by holidays Day of the Dead (#2), Guy Fawkes and his Night (#4 and #5), and Halloween (#8, and its third week on the list). And a foursome of television shows, all return visitors, appear to setting up residence on the greater Top 25: The Walking Dead (#11), American Horror Story: Freak Show (#14), Gotham (#16), and The Flash (#18).
Nine articles, two lists, and 55 featured pictures were promoted during the week of 26 October.
We return to our interview format this week, speaking with the participants of WikiProject Hospitals. This project, formed in 2010, has no Featured content and only three Good articles, yet aided by around 30 hard-working Wikipedians covers a topic that is essential to life.

What's up?

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Long time no see! I haven't seen you around in like weeks. I know I haven't edited much and I presume you are busy, but just wanna know if you're alright. YE Pacific Hurricane 13:50, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good to know you're fine, just making sure. I've been doing pretty good IRL myself I guess and I should be able to get around to doing some editing eventually, although, I'm usually pretty busy at this time of year and this year is no exception. YE Pacific Hurricane 06:51, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please respect typhoons

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You believe that Nuri was strong but terribly notable— that is just your own opinion. Nuri was not only strong but the second strongest storm in 2014, and it completely surpassed Genevieve in the RSMC best track. I cannot understand why you think only typhoons which affected the Philippines are worthy to have their own articles in Wikipedia. I have seen your comments about that many times. I feel very dissippointed on your American-centred view. -- Meow 20:23, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thursday December 4: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

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Thursday December 4: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

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6:30pm–8pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street

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We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 07:11, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 26 November 2014

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Four articles, four lists, eleven pictures, and one topic were promoted.
Numerous media outlets are reporting on a November 14 statement on the website of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library announcing the formation of a Russian "alternative" to Wikipedia, a "regional electronic encyclopedia" dedicated to "Russian regions and the life of the country".
The monthly roundup of research related to Wikimedia.
It's time for this year's edition of the Report looking at possibly our largest wikiproject: Military history. Since our last interview in June 2013, the project has had no break in its huge quest to document everything in their scope, that is, militaries and conflicts of the past. As usual, its participants were eager to answer the questions posed by The Signpost and update us on how they are doing.
Often times in popular culture, a subject will be quite popular among a distinct niche of people or region of the world, but little-known elsewhere -- like a musical artist that is boasted to be "big in Japan". The Traffic Report provides a bevy of examples this week.
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This is to inform you that 1995 Pacific hurricane season, which you nominated at WP:FAC, will appear on the Wikipedia Main Page as Today's Featured Article on 23 December 2014. The proposed main page blurb is here; you may amend if necessary. Please check for dead links and other possible faults before the appearance date. Brianboulton (talk) 23:18, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 03 December 2014

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WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

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Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

  • We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
  • In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
  • The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Do we still need it?

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Hello again. Just wondering that why do we still need to say what Storm Category it is in these: Hanna (TS), Katia (C4), Sandy (C3). I am saying this because that there is already a key at the bottom of the timeline and you are the person who I know who edits in most basins. It is hard to explain but I hope you know what I mean. Thanks. Typhoon2013 (talk) 01:04, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 December 2014

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The Signpost: 17 December 2014

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The Center Line: Fourth Quarter 2014

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Volume 7, Issue 4 • Fourth Quarter 2014 • About the Newsletter
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The Signpost: 24 December 2014

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WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter

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Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.

Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs)
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The Signpost: 31 December 2014

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Wikidata, Wikimedia's free linked database that supplies Wikipedia and its sister projects, is gearing up to submit a grant application to the EU that would expand Wikidata's scope by developing it as a science hub. The proposal, supported by more than 25 volunteers and half a dozen European institutions as project partners, aims to create a virtual research environment (VRE) that will enhance the project's capacity for freely sharing scientific data.
A "study tour" by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for the purpose of researching development projects has been the subject of much controversy and criticism in the Indian press... The Indian Express described a government report about the trip as having copied extensively from the Wikipedia articles for Port Blair and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Unlike last year, Wikipedia viewers seem to have embraced the Christmas spirit, with three topics in the top 10 (and eight in the top 25) focused on the holiday season.
Chris Troutman has been a campus ambassador for six classes in the Los Angeles area over the past four consecutive semesters. He is currently a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at University of California, Riverside.
Three articles, three lists, fifteen pictures, and one topic were promoted.
A paper titled "Factors that influence the teaching use of Wikipedia in Higher Education" uses the technology acceptance model to shed light on faculty's (of Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) views of Wikipedia as a teaching tool.

Meteorological history of Cyclone Leon–Eline

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I recently reviewed 1989–90 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season and was going to take a crack at the nomination for Meteorological history of Cyclone Leon–Eline. However, I'm not sure if the meteorological history of Leon–Eline warrants its own article. I wan to review it since it has potential but I also want to nominate it for deletion since the primary article might be sufficient. Is there precedent I'm not aware of? Will the reader actually go to this subarticle? Let me know. I would be hap to review the article but I hope you will consider deletion if appropriate.Cptnono (talk) 04:56, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(Another user odv) In direct answer to your question, yes. There is Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina, Meteorological history of Hurricane Ivan, Meteorological history of Hurricane Sandy and Meteorological history of Typhoon Haiyan, and a few others. In general, hurricane/typhoon/tropical storm/cyclone articles are not deleted FTR, rather they are merged. YE Pacific Hurricane 13:49, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 07 January 2015

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ISIL hostage quotes Wikipedia in propaganda video; AirAsia articles draw complaints regarding Flight 8501; Article errors reveal US political approaches to Wikipedia editing; Rhode Island Governor numbering debate
User:Jakec has been a Wikipedia editor for over two years and has been a writer of many recent Did you know articles on Wikipedia, including multiple articles on rivers and streams in the state of Pennsylvania.
Two lists and twelve pictures were promoted.
We end 2014 and and start 2015 with the normal array of year-end activities, including movie watching with Bollywood film PK (#1) topping the list, followed by The Interview (#2), 2014 in film (#10), and five other films in the rest of the Top 25, plus a number of articles about the subjects of these films. We celebrated the New Year by singing "Auld Lang Syne" (#11), or perhaps watching Adam Lambert (#9) perform with Queen. But we could not avoid a final tragedy with the crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (#4) on December 28.

The Signpost: 14 January 2015

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Ever since the Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident in 2005 triggered the restriction against un-registered editors creating new pages, WikiProject Articles for creation (AfC) has stood in the breach. The WikiProject's purpose is to review draft submissions from IPs (and frequently new registered editors) to sort the wheat from the chaff.
This anniversary issue, the WikiProject report is returning to WikiProject Articles for creation for one of our largest interviews ever. Last looked at in 2011, AfC is the method used by unregistered or new users to create articles, and provides an effective filtering system to remove all unsuitable or unsourced submissions to save them needing to be found and deleted later.
On the fourteenth anniversary of the founding of the English Wikipedia, the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has announced that its prestigious annual Erasmus Prize will be awarded to the worldwide community that has built Wikipedia.
Wikipedia turned 14 on January 15. A few media outlets took note of the anniversary.
Six featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.
It's a grim certainty what topic most interested Wikipedia viewers this week. The horrific attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine have drawn anger and resolve from around the world, and also the attention of an English-speaking world that had previously never heard of it.

could Hurricane Gonzalo be retired

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Isn't there a chance Hurricane Gonzalo may be retired for its damage across Bermuda? Angela Maureen (talk) 13:57, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 21 January 2015

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A letter from departing Signpost editor-in-chief The ed17.
Celebrating and remembering ten years of community journalism.
Over seventy years ago, the US destroyer Mahan was patrolling off Ponson Island in the Philippines when eleven Japanese kamikaze aircraft appeared over the horizon and attacked. George Pendergast, who edits Wikipedia with the username Pendright, was eighteen years old when he joined Mahan '​s crew in April 1944.
The municipality of Esino Lario in Italy will host Wikimania 2016.
Our contributor opines that WikiProjects are failing to live up to their potential. WikiProject X is a new project funded by a Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grant that focuses on figuring out what makes some WikiProjects work and not others.
Quotes from Jimbo on Wikipedia in education; net neutrality; preserving musical heritage; Wikipedia in audio; a cheerful vandal credits high school with papal visitations.
Nine articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted.
ArbCom's three open cases are GamerGate, Wifione, and Christianity and sexuality.

Rollback

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I just saw that accidental rollback from last night. Sorry about that! --Coemgenus (talk) 12:56, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Ike vs Hurricane Gustav 2008

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They say Hurricane Ike was the strongest hurricane for 2008. Gustav, though, had stronger winds. How can Ike be stronger than Gustav? Ike had 145 mph winds. Gustav contained 155 mile per hour winds. Angela Maureen (talk) 20:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday February 7 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon

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Saturday February 7 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon

You are invited to join us at New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for our upcoming editathon, a part of the Black WikiHistory Month campaign (which also includes events in Brooklyn and Westchester!).

12:00pm - 5:00 pm at NYPL Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue), by W 135th St

The Wikipedia training and editathon will take place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, with a reception following in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor of the building at 5:00pm.

We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 06:03, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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