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Lego (musician)

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Hi Lemurbaby,

I noticed an article you created was missing a parenthesis in the title so I corrected it by moving the page. Hope you didn't mind.

Sosthenes12 (talk) 18:48, 19 April 2013 (UTC)Sosthenes12[reply]

Oh perfect - thank you! :) Lemurbaby (talk) 18:54, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Tearano

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A tag has been placed on Tearano requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ninie Doniah

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Speedy deletion nomination of Toto Mwandjani

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Speedy deletion nomination of Mama Sana

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Speedy deletion nomination of Mika sy Davis

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Notability tags and CSDs

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Hello. I have gone through and placed either CSD tags or general notability maintenance tags on all of your new articles within the last day. I know you are trying to expand Wikipedia's information on Madagascar's musicians, but the articles still have to follow notability minimums. Please see WP:42 and WP:BAND (especially note one) for more information on what is considered notable. Note that you can potentially make some of these articles notable by including more references that cover the musicians extensively and don't simply mention them. Please don't take offense to the notability contests; they aren't intended to be personal. If you have any questions, feel free to reply here. Thanks, Deadbeef (talk) 21:14, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AFT5 re-enabled

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Hey Lemurbaby :). Just a note that the Article Feedback Tool, Version 5 has now been re-enabled. Let us know on the talkpage if you spot any bugs. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 00:54, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Istanbul

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Hello! I'm contacting you because you were one of the editors who reviewed Istanbul's FA candidacy. I just created a RFC concerning its lead (Talk:Istanbul#RFC). If you have time, we would appreciate your input. Thanks! Cavann (talk) 04:31, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PKGA

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Hi Lemurbaby

Just checking whether you saw my reply to your message on my talk page last week...? I've put PK up for GA nomination. I wasn't sure if you were planning to have a look through it yourself, or if I just wait for it to be reviewed by someone else. No problem either way; I guess I should start reviewing some GA candidates myself to speedy the process along a bit - I'm a bit nervous of that because unlike FAC there is no safety in numbers, the decision rests solely on the reviewer!

Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 13:13, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP U2 New barnstar

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Take a look and give us your opinion on the WP U2 discussion. Thanks  Miss Bono (zootalk) 14:23, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP U2

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Hello, are you planning to do something regarding WP U2 or improving the band's related articles or you're not longer interested in the matter and you'd prefer not being in the list of members. Please reply ASAP Miss Bono(zootalk)☆ 18:51, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your response :) Please, understand that I only asked because last month we had a resignation, the user wasn't interested in going on with the project. Thanks. Miss Bono(zootalk)☆ 11:57, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP: U2 Newsletter for May 2013

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The U2 WikiProject Newsletter

Image for WikiProject U2
WikiProject U2

Issue VIII - 1st May 2013


If you would like to contribute on the revamping of the WikiProject, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. You may also contact our project coordinator Miss Bono.
If you would like to help out with future newsletters, please contact the Outreach Department.

Quote of the month

U2 News
  • Apr 28, 2013 – Promoter of U2’s Red Rocks concert Barry Fey dead at 73.[1]
  • Apr 25, 2013 - Bono revealed the working title of the new album is "10 Reasons to Exist" The band have been recording in Dublin, New York and the South of France over the last few months. [2]
  • Jan 2013 – New species of trapdoor spider Aptostichus bonoi named after Bono.[3]
  • Nov 04, 2010 – U2, Gaga, Metallica, Swift Win Big at Billboard Touring Awards[4]
  • Dec 14, 2009 – U2 Scores Top Tour of 2009, Second of Decade.[5]
  • Mar 03, 2009 – New York names street 'U2 Way'.[6]
  • Dec 12, 2008 – Nobel laureates crown U2's Bono 'man of peace'[7]

Project News

Member News
  • We have updated the Membership list.
  • There are four new members this month.

Picture of the month
A photo shoot of U2 performing at Charlottesville, VA on October 1, 2009
U2 perform at Charlottesville, VA on October 1, 2009
U2 performing at Charlottesville, VA on October 1, 2009, during their worldwide U2360º Tour, launched in support of the group's 2009 album.
From the Editors
Welcome to the May edition of the WikiProject U2 Newsletter.
This month's theme is No Line on the Horizon, the twelfth studio album by U2.

The Album
  • No Line on the Horizon was released on 27 February 2009.
  • It marked the longest gap between studio albums of U2's career.
  • The band originally intended to release the songs as two EPs, but later combined the material into a single record.
  • The supporting U2 360° Tour, spanning 2009 to 2011, was the highest-grossing concert tour in history, with ticket sales over $736 million.
  • The singles for this album were "Get on Your Boots", "Magnificent", "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go :Crazy Tonight"

The Album's Cover
A photo of Hiroshi Sugimoto in Berlin on 2 July 2008
Hiroshi Sugimoto (Berlin, 2008)
The cover art for No Line on the Horizon is a photograph of Lake Constance, taken by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto; titled Boden Sea, it is one of 200 pictures in his Seascapes collection.

New Members
  1. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 22:10, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Unreal7 (talk · contribs) 12:01, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Teancum (talk · contribs) 14:08, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Fylbecatulous talk 12:08, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did You Know?
  • That the word "baby" is on Achtung Baby twenty-seven times.
  • That Bono's first car was a secondhand Fiat Uno 127. He had an accident driving that car, crashing into a telegraph pole.
  • That the full name of the song "United Colours" is "United Colours of :Plutonium"?
  • That "Winter" and "White as Snow" were both written for the 2009 film Brothers?
  • That "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is the most covered U2 song?

Written by Miss Bono.


WP: U2 Newsletter for May 2013

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Please, join this discussion. We are happy to hear new suggestions for next Newsletters. Thank you.  Miss Bono (zootalk) 15:55, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP U2 Revamped New Barnstar

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We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cost. Please, Take a look at the WP U2 Revamped New Barnstar and give us your opinion on the project discussion. Thanks  Miss Bono (zootalk) 18:56, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PK and City Tower

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Hi Lemurbaby

Thanks very much for the GA review, and you've made some good comments there. I'll hopefully get on to fixing those within the next week.

As an aside, and for a bit of new article fun, I have been putting together an article on Kigali City Tower in the past couple of days. I was intending to nominate it at DYK with a fact of being Rwanda's tallest building but a bit more Googling reveals that it's not actually clear if that's the case. I've seen some sources claiming the Pensions Plaza opposite Centenary House is now the tallest, while others[1] claim KCT is the tallest. Annoyingly I can't find a single citation for an actual height in metres for either building so unless someone can do some original research by going up to the top with a GPS altitude measuring device it's hard to say. Do you happen to know which of the two is taller?

Thanks again  — Amakuru (talk) 23:40, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA nomination for Andry Rajoelina

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I've replied to your request on my discussion page --Importemps (talk) 09:02, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Painting of Radama II

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Do you know the author and date of creation for this painting File:Portrait of Radama II, by Robert Lisan.jpg?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 09:27, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure it's part of a series of monarchs painted around 1905 by RAMANANKIRAHINA (died March 26, 1915) - Lemurbaby (talk) 17:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if you know about these already but there are some images here that you may like to upload and use.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 00:14, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PK GA points addressed

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Hi, just to let you know I've looked at all the points you mentioned at Talk:Paul Kagame/GA1#Comments so if you could let me know what you think of it now, when you have a chance that would be great! Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 22:00, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Lemurbaby
Thanks very much for passing the article, glad you think it's up to scratch now! I'll sort out the final few anchor refs shortly, can't believe they keep slipping through the net.
Going straight for the FA sounds a good idea - I'm sure it's the best way to get good critical opinion on the article. I'll also have a look around for other little projects to work on. If you have anything you're doing at the moment that you'd like some eyes on let me know. By the way, did you get the email I sent you last week? I had a couple of ideas for possible archive searches, if that is at all possible! Thanks again.  — Amakuru (talk) 19:39, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I suspect those are just refs that are no longer used because of changes to the text over time. I have removed them, so hope that satisfies. Unless you knew of somewhere they were supposed to be used? Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 19:48, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Me again! I've put the article up for FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Paul Kagame/archive1 so please feel free to have a look at that when you have a moment.
Regarding China, I've had a quick look for some evidence of the "bloom fading" as you mentioned with regard to Chinese infrastructure in Rwanda and couldn't find anything immediately. I'll look again, and if you do know of any sources for this then please let me know. There are a few general items about Kagame saying Africa should rely on itself and not even rely on the Chinese, which I will reference, but that's not directly related to quality or otherwise of the Chinese projects. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 17:17, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, just to say I've expanded the China section a bit to include more detail of Chinese projects, and also a mention of Agaciro and Kagame's views on self-sufficiency. I'm not sure if this is exactly what you had in mind, so let me know. Or if there's any other aspect of it you want me to cover. As I said before I've not found any sources querying the quality of the Chinese investments, so I@ve not included that. But if you do know of any then let me know. I hope the whistlestop tour of Rwanda's finest tourist destinations is going well!  — Amakuru (talk) 12:29, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Andry Rajoelina

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Hi, just to let you know that I've done a review of this article (my first ever GA review!) and as far as I can see there are no major problems with it. I've put a list of comments I came up with on the review page, and after that it should be good to go.

Now to get back later to my own work on PK... I'm going on vacation this weekend until Tuesday so may have to have a hiatus. Or else I can write about PK and China whilst sitting in a tent! Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 13:03, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed this article, and at a quick glance, it looks pretty good. However, I don't see any mention of the rosewood scandal and the environmental problems that happened as soon as he seized power. There should be many reliable sources for this. I know he does not personally hold full responsibility, but that has been one of the defining effects of presidency. – Maky « talk » 15:43, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Amakuru and Maky. My parents and brother are arriving in Kigali today and I'm taking a week of leave to ramble around Rwanda. We're going to the Nyungwe Forest lodge, will trek to see the mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park, then we'll finish off the week with a safari in Akagera National Park. I'll start responding to the GA comments and Maky's point above once they've headed back to Seattle on June 1. Lemurbaby (talk) 04:51, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nice one, I hope you have an amazing time. Very jealous!  — Amakuru (talk) 07:41, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Lemurbaby! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 20:31, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Lemurbaby I'm so happy to see you signed up to join the project - welcome. You can dive into our to-do lists here. I also know you're interested in Madagascar. We don't have a lot of content yet, but, we have a few things here. Be sure to watchlist your favorite to-do lists, as they will continue to grow as new content gets added to the WDL website. Also, you can always search the WDL website for something that you're interested in. And be sure to share your outcomes here. If I can help with anything just ask and welcome aboard! SarahStierch (talk) 14:59, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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An ORIGINAL barnstar for you

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The Original Barnstar
A double award, for your amazing work on Madagascar topics and also for the useful feedback you have provided for my articles on Rwanda and Paul Kagame. Thanks, and keep up the good work!  — Amakuru (talk) 16:57, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy 4th July!

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A holiday in Rwanda and a holiday in the US... I remember you saying a few months ago we could get PK to FA by today, and I didn't believe it possible. Slightly too late for a Main Page appearance but hey. Challenge for next year is Rwandan Genocide on 6 April. Hope you're having a good festive day anyway!  — Amakuru (talk) 17:37, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Education in early modern Scotland

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Many thanks for a thorough and thoughtful GA review. Much appreciated.--SabreBD (talk) 19:00, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Dox (poet)

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Merry Christmas

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Seasonal greetings

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Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy, healthy and productive 2015!
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Your GA nomination of Dox (poet)

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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.
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James Sibree

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I just wrote a fairly detailed article about the English missionary James Sibree from two web sources. He spent most of his career in Madagascar and was involved in the architecture of many churches there. He also wrote about lemurs. Anyway, I stayed up all night writing, and can't focus any more. I was wondering if you would have time to help organize it better and maybe add material from any sources you might have? In fact, I think he was mentioned on that larger French source I needed translated a while back for several other naturalists in Madagascar. Anyway, if you can help me with it, maybe we could submit it to GAN and possibly FAC together. Just let me know if you're interested. – Maky « talk » 13:10, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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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
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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.

Alfred Grandidier

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In addition to the James Sibree article mentioned above, I was wondering if you'd have time soon to work on an even more important article: Alfred Grandidier. I've found a few English obituaries that provide a general overview of his life, but the best source is in French. Though I can read some of it and Google Translate can help to a limited extent, I was hoping you might be able to go much further with it. Given how many beautiful illustrations could be added to the article and how important he was in early lemur research (and other topics pertaining to Madagascar), I thought this might be a fun one to take to FAC. – Maky « talk » 20:08, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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.

Your GA nomination of Sihanaka

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sihanaka you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 12:41, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 January 2015

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The editorial board is not complete without you. We are looking for Wikipedians with all kinds of experience levels.
The English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee has closed the colossal GamerGate arbitration case, whose size—involving 27 named parties—recalls large and complex cases of the past.
A murder suspect edits Wikipedia, Russia is kidding when it says it wants to censor Wikipedia.
Does the committee facilitate stability... or is it a circus. Two users, two perspectives.
It is pretty clear what the theme is this week: people.
A paper presented at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition last year presents an automated method to improve Wikipedia's coverage of theatre plays.
As with last year, music stars were the majority of celebrities on the list, as their frequent concerts and media appearances keep their flames alight longer than others of their stripe.
Ten featured articles, three featured lists, and 22 featured images were promoted this week.

Your GA nomination of Sihanaka

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The article Sihanaka you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Sihanaka for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 14:42, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 04 February 2015

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The Signpost talks with the creator of a grant proposal to create an on-wiki exclusive space for women to discuss issues.
Hundreds of posted jobs offer money to edit Wikipedia. These jobs appear to be thriving, with tens of thousands of dollars changing hands each month.
Media fallout continues from the January 29 decision in the mammoth Gamergate arbitration case.
The American heartland appears to dominate the Report this week, with Chris Kyle leading the Report.
Three featured articles, five featured lists, and thirty-nine featured images were promoted this week.
One case has been closed, two cases remain open, a third is undergoing a review, and three clarification or amendment requests remain open.
A small band of dedicated editors seek to improve articles relating to a less lively topic. If you haven't yet guessed, this week's focus is WikiProject Death.
The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from the Meta-Wiki.
A new Signpost feature.

The Teahouse

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Hello Lemurbaby,

I saw your own comment at the Signpost calling the Teahouse a "woman centric" place. As a male and among the most active of the Teahouse hosts, my response is "not really". The Teahouse is supposed to be a friendly place for inexperienced editors of any gender to ask questions about editing the encyclopedia, which are then answered in a helpful way by experienced editors of any gender. The social norm at the Teahouse is to be calm, friendly and helpful, though sometimes we have to set people straight. If some new editors who are women happen to find that environment welcoming, so be it, we are doing our job. But anyone with a sincere question is welcome at any time, regardless of gender. I invite you to stop by from time to time. The shortcut is WP:THQ. Thanks. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 01:24, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Sihanaka

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The article Sihanaka you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sihanaka for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 17:21, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 February 2015

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Please take this survey about the Signpost.
Also: GLAM-Wiki Conference; Ombudsman Commission announced; Slovak Wikipedia now has 200,000 articles
Edina edit war illustrates disconnect between new and experienced editors; Wikipedia is "astroturf's dream come true"; Canadian government investigating even more Wikipedia editing; academics on Gamergate as "clash of civilizations"?
Two articles, three lists, and twenty five pictures became featured.
Wikipedia presents itself as a repository for the world, and while that is a noble sentiment, it is still true that, Conservapedian complaints notwithstanding, the English language Wikipedia is very often the American Wikipedia, and never has that been more apparent than this week.
This week, we bring three of the most recently created WikiProjects to come into being on the English Wikipedia. While many long-established projects are becoming inactive, (as we have covered before), that doesn't stop new ones forming every now and then to cover a topic that a group of editors feel should be better cared for.
This week, we feature subjects that are about love of all kinds.

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

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Go Phightins! shares his thoughts on admin attrition and the size of the administrative backlog.
The Australian ("Wikipedia not destroying life as we know it", February 11) and Times Higher Education ("Wikipedia should be 'better integrated' into teaching", February 10) reported on a recent study performed at Monash University, titled "Students’ use of Wikipedia as an academic resource – patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness".
The authors of this report inform us that the "goal in the Revision Scoring project is to do the hard work of constructing and maintaining powerful AI so that tool developers don't have to. This cross-lingual, machine learning classifier service for edits will support new wiki tools that require edit quality measures."
Darwin Day is observed annually on February 12 to commemorate the life and work of scientist Charles Darwin. Here is a selection of images of life on the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin made key observations leading to his scientific theory of evolution by natural selection.
This week saw the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (#13 on the Top 25) held on 8 February dominating the traffic chart, as music lovers checked out Sam Smith (#3) picking up four awards, Beck taking album of the year, and performances including Sia (#9), Madonna (#11), and Annie Lennox (#16). But Valentine's Day (#1) proved the perfect time for the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the movie coming in at #5, the book of the same name at #2, and the primary actors at #14 and #15.
Five pictures, six lists, and seventeen pictures were promoted
The most significant item on ArbCom's agenda this fortnight has been the closure of the Wifione case and subsequent fallout, although the fallout from GamerGate continues to linger.

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

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A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.
Doc James tells us that "The one good thing that has come out of all of this is that Wikipedia’s content passing a major textbook publisher review processes is some external validation of Wikipedia’s quality."
Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.
Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.
The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".
An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.
A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research
This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.
Editor's note: the Blog will be a recurring Signpost section that will highlight a recent post from the Wikimedia blog, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. This week's installment is written by Philippe Beaudette, the Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy, and focuses on planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement.

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

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A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.
Doc James tells us that "The one good thing that has come out of all of this is that Wikipedia’s content passing a major textbook publisher review processes is some external validation of Wikipedia’s quality."
Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.
Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.
The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".
An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.
A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research
This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.
Editor's note: the Blog will be a recurring Signpost section that will highlight a recent post from the Wikimedia blog, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. This week's installment is written by Philippe Beaudette, the Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy, and focuses on planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement.

The Signpost: 04 March 2015

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We received a large amount of feedback in our survey indicating that our readers found the idea of contributing to the Signpost difficult due to our opaque internal structure.
The Wikimedia Foundation released their Quarterly Report last week covering the three months October to December of 2014.
Last week, my colleagues on the Signpost produced a news report covering a minor controversy about a report commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation. Written by the staff of The Lafayette Practice, a French research firm, it proclaimed the WMF as a leader in the practice of participatory grantmaking.
The Report this week is dominated by the Academy Awards, taking the top 4 spots and 13 of the Top 25.
In the first of what the author hopes will become a regular feature of the Arbitration report, the Signpost speaks to veteran arbitrator Newyorkbrad, who recently retired from the committee after almost seven years of arbitrating. The Signpost was keen to hear his thoughts on his time on the committee and on the past, present, and future of ArbCom.
Before being indefinitely blocked, User:FergusM1970 made more than 4600 edits on the English Wikipedia, spread over eight years. In the last two years, he was paid to edit several articles for clients that included the Venezuelan energy company Derwick Associates. We spoke with him about his experiences.
Numerous news outlets are reporting that the domain loser.com now redirects to the Wikipedia article for rapper Kanye West. Page views on West's Wikipedia article skyrocketed to almost 250,000 views on March 2, up from less than 19 thousand the previous day.
Two featured articles, four featured lists, and 38 featured pictures were promoted this week..
The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from Meta-Wiki to supplement the long-form tech coverage in our infrequent Technology report..
Black History Month is celebrated annually in the United States in February, to commemorate the history of the African diaspora. For this occasion, Wikipedians worked together to honor black history and to address Wikipedia's multicultural gaps in the encyclopedia, hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons throughout the United States, from February 1 to 28, 2015.

The Signpost: 11 March 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation gave the Signpost an advance copy of the results of a survey of English Wikipedia readers regarding Wikimedia fundraising, due for official release today.
The community has arranged a number of commemorative initiatives focused on the gender gap, under the banner "WikiWomen's History Month".
ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.
In an effort to protect and maintain the privacy of Wikipedia's thousands of editors, the Wikimedia Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the United States' National Security Agency, Department of Justice, and the Attorney General.
A dull week, with only three new entries in the top 10; a UFC champion, a Google Doodle and a Hindu festival involving people throwing powder at each other (though that does sound fun).
Six featured articles, three featured lists, and forty featured pictures were promoted this week.
I continue to be excited about the Core Contest because I see it as a way of encouraging the expansion of broad articles that are typically neglected by our article improvement incentives.

Verification

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Hi Lemurbaby, I know you've not been too active recently but I wondered if you could have a look at this edit and revert it if it's vandalism? All best, —Brigade Piron (talk) 20:31, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Brigade Piron, good to hear from you! Thanks for keeping an eye on these Madagascar articles! The edit is actually correct. Hope you've been well. - Lemurbaby (talk) 01:14, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Very belated Happy New Year

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Hey Lemurbaby

I see you're not around too much at the moment, I assume you're very busy in real life! I hope things are going well, anyway. Mini celebrations this week, as I've got Rwandan Revolution up to GA status. More expansion needed before an FA drive though I think... And then on with Rwandan Civil War and Rwandan Genocide. Slow but steady wins the race. All the best  — Amakuru (talk) 15:50, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Amakuru, great to hear from you. It's true, I think I got a little burned out, but I'm hoping to rekindle my motivation to the slow but steady level again as well. Congrats on getting Rwandan Revolution up to GA! I saw Brigade Piron pinged me on the review page, and this weekend if it's not already passed I'll have a chance to swing by and give it a read. Best of luck with Rwandan Civil War and Rwandan Genocide. These are massive topics and get a lot of hits (especially the last one) so these are no small task to take on. I hope I'll have the time and energy to pitch in. - Lemurbaby (talk) 03:38, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 March 2015

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We announce with sadness and gratitude that Signpost publication and newsroom manager Pine will be stepping back to focus on other Wikipedia and Wikimedia-related endeavors.
This process is now entering its long-awaited final phase with the upcoming SUL finalization, scheduled for April 15, less than a month away. ... Wikimedia Foundation chief talent and culture officer Gayle Karen Young announced her retirement from the Foundation this week. Young will be replaced in that role by interim chief operating officer Terry Gilbey. According to the Foundation's job description for the title as it was applied in the past, Gilbey will be in charge of "overall administration and business operations of the Wikimedia Foundation."
On March 13, Kelly Weill of Capital New York revealed that numerous Wikipedia edits originated from 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the NYPD. Most of the attention has focused on a number of their edits to articles about incidents of alleged police brutality and controversial police practices.
The publication of the Wikimedia survey findings on fundraising questions came three months after significant concerns were voiced about the design and wording of the December 2014 fundraising banners and e-mails.
Four featured articles, four featured lists, and thirty-five featured pictures were promoted this week.
If not for Kayne West's dubious repeat at #1, the 2015 Cricket World Cup (#2) would have made the top spot, albeit in a generally slow news week.
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The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

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Last week the WMF announced the release of its long-awaited open-access policy.
Once when I was young, growing up in the 1990s, my father pulled his collection of railroad slides out from the basement, set up his projector, and shared a glimpse into American railway history with our family.
Four featured articles, three featured lists, and twenty-two featured pictures were promoted this week.
The Wikipedia Commons annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded, with 6,698 people voting, its largest participation yet.
This week's list is reminiscent of lists from the early days of this project: a preponderance of famous faces, Reddit threads, and Google Doodles.
The authors attempt to answer the question "Who are the most important people of all times?" Their findings clearly show that different Wikipedias give different prominence to different individuals.
A university gives a top Wikipedia editor free and full access to the university library's entire online content—and the Wikipedia editor, who is unpaid and not on campus, then creates and improves Wikipedia articles in a subject area of interest to the institution.
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The Signpost, 1 April 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation this week released a State of the WMF report, a 38-page "snapshot" of where it is and where it wants to go in the future.
TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia
Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.
The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) will announce later today that it will begin accepting edits by mail for all of the projects under its scope, including Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons.
The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation this week released a State of the WMF report, a 38-page "snapshot" of where it is and where it wants to go in the future.
TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia
Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.
The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) will announce later today that it will begin accepting edits by mail for all of the projects under its scope, including Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons.
The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

The Signpost: 08 April 2015

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Wikipedia has been gravitating towards a vehicle for business and product promotion for too long.
March saw a number of high-level hirings and executive reorganizations in the Wikimedia Foundation.
The venerable CBS news program 60 Minutes profiled Wikipedia and the Wikimedia community.
How appropriate that the theme of Easter week would be resurrection from the dead.
Four featured articles, seven featured lists, and 23 featured pictures were promoted this week.
With Holy Week having recently drawn to a close, it is an apt time to examine WikiProject Christianity, which was created in 2006, and boasts over 200 active members.
The Committee has voted on the 2015 appointments to the Functionary team.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

The Signpost: 15 April 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation's vice president for engineering, Erik Möller, will leave the WMF on April 30.
Time profiles Lila Tretikov, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and paints a grim picture of the challenges faced by Tretikov and the encyclopedia.
Later this month, everyone will be able to use the same user name on every wiki, thanks to Single-User Login.
If it wasn't for Easter, Fast and Furious related articles would have taken the top four spots this week. The latest installment of the movie franchise, Furious 7, tops the chart for the second straight week.
Six featured articles, four featured lists, and fourteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

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A Signpost investigation of the released data has revealed Sony's corporate practices regarding Wikipedia and uncovered what appears to be undisclosed advocacy editing of Wikipedia by Sony employees and possibly by others.
Wikipedia appears to have been drawn into the drama of the upcoming, hotly contested UK general election.
The Affiliates Committee this week announced the organization of a community referral for comment, currently open on the meta-wiki, to address upcoming changes to the way that the Affiliations Committee will review movement-affiliated user-groups in the future.
2015 will see through the biennial community election for the three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made.
Six featured articles and fifteen featured pictures were promoted this week.
Couch potatoes rule this week, as 9 of the top 10 slots were taken by either movies, TV, or sports.
The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme.

The Signpost: 29 April 2015

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Esino Lario is set to host Wikimania 2016, but volunteers and others have raised a host of concerns that raise serious questions about the town's suitability for hosting such a large conference.
The evaluations reveal that in the last three years, WLM has possibly fallen victim to its own success and seen diminishing returns.
David Coburn, a Member of the European Parliament for the Scotland region for the UK Independence Party, was blocked from editing Wikipedia on April 6.
Ten featured articles, nine featured lists, and twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.
Though the continued predominance of movies, TV, and sports noted in last week's report largely continues, three additional topics joined the Top 10 this week.
Reader demand for some topics (e.g. LGBT topics or pages about countries) is poorly satisfied, whereas there is over-abundance of quality on topics of comparatively little interest, such as military history.

The Signpost: 06 May 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation this week announced the winning grantees in March's "Inspire" grant-making campaign.
Seven articles, three lists, and ten pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week. The second round of the WikiCup has ended.
artnet and The Next Web report (May 6) that the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is releasing a hundred images of works in its collection under Creative Commons licences in conjunction with a May 19 editathon.
Elections have begun for five community members of the Funds Dissemination Committee, the Foundation's volunteer body for judging and recommending millions of dollars worth of annual grants to affiliates in the movement. The election lasts just eight days, from Sunday 3 May until 23:59 UTC on Sunday 10 May, so at the time of publication, voters will need to act promptly.
Like colliding ocean liners, rousing entertainment and harsh reality merged ungainly in this week's top 10 list. The much heralded pay-per-view pummeling of Manny Pacquiao by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. dominated the list's top slots, giving this list one of its highest total view counts in months.

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Dear Lemurbaby, Thank you to create a page about Riderman. Can you help in creatingn article about Kizito Mihigo ? He is a very well known gospel rwandan singer, organist and composer, peace and reconciliation activist, qualified by "Conservatoire de Musique de Paris"who has participated in composing thé National Anthem. Recently, he has been jailed for 10 years fot plot to kill président Kagame but many rwandans are conviced that thé government has jailed him because of a very criticist song. Can you help to create a page in English please? And Thank you again for rwandan artists and rwandan people in general. Umutesi84 (talk) 16:05, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey Lemurbaby

I hope everything's going well for you, busy as you are!

Someone has put a neutrality tag at the top of Paul Kagame and also started a discussion on the talk page, regarding supposed pro-Kagame bias in the article. And specifically regarding the indictment by a Spanish judge in 2008. I haven't responded yet, but I personally think the article still strikes the right balance between sourced facts, due weight of different theories in reliable sources etc. It seems like what to you and me looks like a fair balance between the strong pro-RPF viewpoints in Rwanda, and the strong anti viewpoints found in some sections of the international community, but I could be wrong on that. Thanks!  — Amakuru (talk) 14:55, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 13 May 2015

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Three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation—will be decided by Wikimedians in the election to be held 17–31 May.
This week has been a busy one for the Wikidata project, with nearly simultaneous Wikidata contests, both organized by Wikimedia Sweden, now underway.
Casual viewers may think I've posted the same list twice. But no, readers just happen to be really interested in May 2's Big Fight. In fact, last week was just the weigh-in and the trash talk. This week, the numbers actually increased.
Grant Shapps, who was the co-chairman of the UK's Conservative Party until this week, has been accused of maliciously editing the Wikipedia biographies of his party's rivals.
There is a public misconception of Wikipedia: that any anonymous editor can edit Wikipedia at any time, and cannot be tracked or identified.
Eight articles, one list, and five pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia in a slow week.

The Signpost: 20 May 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation's bi-annual Board of Trustees election is open for voting. Of the ten seats on the board, three are elected representatives of the global Wikimedia community—you.
The article counts of many Wikimedia wikis suddenly changed on 29 March 2015: as the Signpost reported at the time, sixty-five wikis fell below milestones tracked at the Wikimedia News Meta page, and three increased to new milestones.
The list is topped this week by Danish scientist Inge Lehmann, thanks to a Google Doodle celebrating her 127th birthday. Lehmann discovered in 1936 that the Earth has a solid inner core. It is sometimes surprising to realize how recently such basic scientific knowledge of the Earth, which we now take for granted, was discovered.
Wikipedia editors logging in on May 19 found themselves walking into an unexpected amount of anti-vandal work to keep the site in line with its extensive biographies of living persons policy. A plethora of Wikipedia articles related to the United States House Committee on Appropriations, and the fifty-one representatives serving on it, have been hit by a raft of anonymous editors making often vulgar edits referencing "chicken fucker," or more creative combinations: "sexual conduct", "sexual congress", "fornicator", "intimate relations", or "trysts with chickens."
Three articles, seven lists, and seven pictures were featured on the English Wikipedia.
Jimmy Wales and five others accepted the 2015 Dan David Prize at Tel Aviv University on May 17. The prize comes with US$1 million, ten percent of which goes to doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships.
This week, we had the pleasure of interviewing WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology, which has come a long way since our last interview in 2008. Like most projects, it has a long member list, but only a small subset of that group regularly contributes. With 28 featured articles and 58 top-importance start class ones, the project has clearly had some success, but has a ways to go. We talked to three regular project contributors.
The Arbitration Committee has an unusually large case load at present. Although perhaps not on a par with the high-profile, multi-party cases seen towards the end of last year and the beginning of this year, with five open cases the arbitrators are likely to be kept busy for the next several weeks.

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Welcome back! You seem a bit more actively lately. I was wanting to know if you'd like to collaborate on a rewrite of the Alfred Grandidier article. I've got a few good sources, but need help translating them. (One is quite large.) I may also need translation help with a few other small things, too. If you have time and would be interested, just let me know. Hope you're well! – Maky « talk » 15:13, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 03 June 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation's volunteer election committee has announced the election results for the three vacant seats on the Board of Trustees. Dariusz Jemielnak, James Heilman, and Denny Vrandečić are set to take up their two-year terms on the Board. They will replace the three incumbents, all of whom stood this time unsuccessfully: Phoebe Ayers, Samuel Klein, and María Sefidari.
Caitlyn Jenner—the American hero of the 1976 Olympics, a film actor, and prominent member of Keeping Up with the Kardashians—may now be the most famous openly transgender person in the world.
Since the dawn of Wikipedia, or at least since 22 December 2005, the template named Persondata has existed.
Two featured articles and ten featured pictures were promoted this week.
Over the past few weeks, developers have been working on improving Wikimedia's performance when users connect to it using SPDY.
Wikipedia appears to be the single most used website for health information globally, exceeding traffic observed at the NIH, WebMD, WHO et al..
More UK government vandalism; legend has it; minding the gender gap
The traffic report is nothing unusual this week, with a Google Doodle for astronaut Sally Ride topping the list, the accidental death of famous mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. at #2, and the normal fare of recent popular American movies and television.

The Signpost: 10 June 2015

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This week saw the publication of the Chapter-wide Financial Trends Report 2013, a now-completed research project that examines the finances and outlays of the 36 movement-affiliated chapters.
"Happy families are all alike," Leo Tolstoy said, "but unhappy families are unhappy after their own fashion."
UK media covers Wikipedia Arbitration case; Lila Tretikov visits Israel.
Four featured articles, two featured lists, one featured topic, and twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.
Today it was announced that Wikimedia sites are going to become HTTPS only, finishing up 10 year effort of rolling out HTTPS.
The Medical Translation Project, an ambitious attempt to improve and translate Wikipedia’s medical content from English into other languages, began in 2012.

The Signpost: 17 June 2015

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The Princess of Asturias Foundation announced that Wikipedia would be the recipient of the 2015 Princess of Asturias award in the category of International Cooperation.
The Arbitration Committee delivered its final decision in a case that reached the attention of the UK national press.
This would end a long-standing tradition in many countries that the skyline and the public scene should belong to everybody.
We need to be ever-diligent in ensuring that articles remain of high quality.
The rollout of HTTPS only has now been completed across all Wikimedia wikis.
We interviewed an Australian veteran who deployed to the region as a peacekeeper and now writes articles on the region's history to help him understand what he encountered there.
A more than usually severe outage Wikimedia Labs occurred after a massive database corruption implosion on June 17.
Six featured articles, seven featured lists, and seven featured pictures were promoted this week.
Author's note: This might be a violation of WP:BEANS; read at your own risk.
It wouldn't be the WikiProject report if we didn't feature an Australian topic once in a while, so this week we're looking at the left side.
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