User talk:Xaosflux/Archive32

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Request

Open proxy:

I think they're came from User:MariaJaydHicky. 183.171.174.89 (talk) 02:29, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

The address space of 93.186.16.0 - 93.186.23.255 is not an open proxy, it is allocated to Research in Motion, UK and is is presented for Blackberry mobile device users in that area. It is technical a proxy, but it is not an open proxy itself. Blocking that range would only be done if there was significant disruption to the project. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:59, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi, thanks for reviewing and approving my request for rollback, also thanks for reviewer status as well (an unexpected but pleasant addition.) Very much appreciated! Now I can swat those nasty vandals faster. :) -BloodDoll (talk) 01:36, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

TPG Telecom

Hi, Could you take care of the edit summaries and diffs at TPG Telecom when you get time. The page has been semi'd but the history is cluttered with the trash left behind. I believe it qualifies to be removed under REVDEL#2. Thanks! NQ talk 13:37, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Done Thanks for the note @NQ:, it should be all cleaned up now, I minimized the redaction to the specific problematic components of each revision. See the new history and let me know if you see anything I missed. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:25, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Xaosflux, it sure seems like a tedious and time consuming task redacting parts of individual revisions. Appreciate the effort. Have a great day! NQ talk 17:42, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

And it made my mop all icky, have to go clean it out now! — xaosflux ^Talk 17:43, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi. Same thing again on the same page. Time to get that mop of yours! Thanks. NQ talk 13:39, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Done Thanks for the note @NQ:. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:42, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

That was quick! Thanks. NQ talk 14:44, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Question

Hi Xaosflux, I saw that one of the applicants for administrator got about 65% approval and was still unsuccessful. Is there a certain percentage that a user needs? Johnsmith2116 (talk) 12:39, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

There is not a specific rule, as it is not a vote. Typically, 70% is the low end of the mark, and 85% is the high end. The !votes are calculated in the tally numerically, however when judging the outcome not all !votes may have equal weighting. (e.g. "Oppose I don't like people who's usernames start with J" would appear in the tally, but would likely be given little to no weight towards the outcome.) — xaosflux ^Talk 20:36, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Talk back

Thanks for the warm welcome. I am looking forward to contributing to the Multichannel Marketing stub as part of a U of T course project.

Nana Afia Acquah (talk) 14:01, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Autopatrolled

Hello, when I'm gonna get answer for being autopatrolled? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Autopatrolled All users below got their answers before me, despite I've created more articles than them.--Yacatisma (talk) 23:36, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

There is no specific rule for processing these, and I'm only one of many admins that patrol that page; no action is not a bad sign (as nooned came by and stamped

Not done on it). Good news is this is not holding you up from doing anything you want on the project. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:46, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

On a related note, I’ve been creating biographies on politicians and Civil war MOH recipients, mostly stubs. I’ve created around 12 yesterday alone and planning a dozen more today and hope to reach another couple of dozens by the end of the week. I know the requirement says 50 creations, but since there is quite a backlog at NPP and many of my new ones have not been reviewed yet- If auto patrolled, will make it easier for everyone, I would like to request it here. Thanks. NQ talk 03:58, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Please enter your request at WP:PERM, the guidelines are just guidelines, explain your reasoning and don't worry about backing up NPP, autopatrolled is primarily for long-term use-and hopefully you will create articles for a long time! — xaosflux ^Talk 04:54, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks.

Done I never thought of creating any articles at first. But there are hundreds of red linked pages especially biographies which I can easily contribute to and help develop. NQ talk 05:07, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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null bot 10 approved and running again.

FYI, and thanks for the suggestion. Cheers, --j⚛e decker ^talk 03:03, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 04:07, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

ygm

I've sent you a mail, if you have time, please do check and reply NQ talk 01:26, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

NQ, replied. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:58, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

One more. NQ talk 11:33, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Done. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:10, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

RE:User:Autoediter

When blocking, please give the reason why it is blocked. I have decided to remove that bot from the approval's list and use it as a varible account with permission. Thanks.Gerry.y.ma (talk) 09:36, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Your bot account was blocked for claiming to be an authorized bot when it was not. It certainly could become one and be unblocked. To request a trial of whatever task you plan to run with your bot, please go to WP:RFBOT and fill out the form. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:22, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Account creation user right

Hi Xaosflux. Could you explain why you've removed me from the group Account Creators? Thanks in advance, MartinPoulter (talk) 13:38, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

I hit a couple of false positives when doing a bulk cleanup, looks like you got swept up inadvertently (account logs show you have never created an account for anyone, much less over the creation threshold). Assuming you are going to do this type of activity in the near future I just re-enabled it, hope I didn't disrupt anything. If you never intend to use this, please let me know as it is not a permission intended to be assigned indefinitely. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 18:50, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

No worries: thanks for the quick response. I am one of the lead trainers for Wikimedia UK and I do a lot of workshops and editathons, so I do definitely intend to use it in future (including in training events this autumn). I've not had to use it so far because so far fewer than six people have turned up to events without accounts, or there has been another trainer present with the user right. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 21:33, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

RFC requests your input

Xaosflux,

You are receiving this as a randomly , selected from a list on Wikipedia's RFC page . Your input on this RFC on the talk page of Treats would be appreciated. Kosh Vorlon 10:38, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Close OA request at ENB

Hi Xaosflux. I saw you closed another application, so would you mind if you closed my application for OA at WP:ENB? Cheers, Thanks, L235-Talk Ping when replying 00:50, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Deletion

Please undo You claimed that Category:Spoken word albums by genre was empty but it was not. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:25, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Done note, it only contains a subcategory not any actual pages. In any event, if the requester wants to revisit they can go to CFD. `— xaosflux ^Talk 15:28, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 August 2014

Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia

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Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction

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In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes

The Observer reported (August 2) that Google would "restrict search terms to a link to a Wikipedia article, in the first request under Europe's controversial new 'right to be forgotten' legislation to affect the 110m-page encyclopaedia."

Featured content: Cambridge got a lot of attention this week

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Pending changes reviewing guidelines & reality?

Hi Xaosflux, thanks again for the reviewer and rollback rights. I find I am still a bit hesitant to get into reviewing much, though, and was hoping you might provide your view.

Basically, the reviewer guidelines say that (broadly) the process of reviewing is intended as a quick check to ensure edits don't contain vandalism, violations of the policy on living people, copyright violations, or other obviously inappropriate content. Yet I see a lot of edits in the pending changes queue that meet this criteria (there are no obvious issues, per the guideline), but still haven't been accepted, sometimes for 10+ hours.

For example, as of the date of this comment, this edit (anon IP adding a missing UK chart position for one of Katy Perry's songs) has been sitting in the queue for 12 hours. It is a pretty minor change, and the reviewer guideline states reviewers do not take responsibility for the correctness of edits they accept. So based on the reviewer guideline, and that statement, I'd go ahead and accept that edit. Yet other reviewers have not decided, one way or another, for 12 hours. I have seen many other examples of that sort of minor, seemingly innocuous edit taking ages to be accepted or declined, etc. It makes me nervous when contemplating accepting any other edits besides the most clear cut, non-contentious ones.

So what gives, am I missing something here... if so.. what? Thanks! :) -BloodDoll (talk) 08:30, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

You've found your self in the same situation I am in when ever I go to Special:PendingChanges, wanting to fact-check all the edits. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, but as you've read it is not the goal of PC1. I suspect many of the other reviewers look at it this way as well, thus the backlogs. The only hint I've got for you is to WP:AGF, accepting the edit is not the same as making it, yes you are in the log but the edit isn't yours and no one will blame you unless its an obvious error you accepted. FWIW, I would have accepted that Katy Perry edit from PC1. If you are really not sure, just skip them, someone will pick it up eventually. — xaosflux ^Talk 11:43, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

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Page protection template (user talk pages)

Hey Xaosflux, I liked your idea of changing the template. How does this look?

Current version (in its current state, the edit request button doesn't work because the talk page is protected): (removed because it was confusing to put it here)

Proposed version: (removed because it was confusing to put it here)

--gdfusion (talk|contrib) 18:49, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Where would that target need to go? Looks like it currently targets your own talk page (the one that would be protected?) — xaosflux ^Talk 23:07, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Wait, it might be less confusing if you look at User talk:Gdfusion/Sandbox. In this hypothetical situation, my talk page is protected, and you're trying to contact me. What should happen when you press the button is that it creates a new message form on your talk page, with a note in the title that pings me. --gdfusion (talk|contrib) 23:47, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

OK, this I'm liking a lot more! I temp spp your talk page as the example. Would want the pre-load for this to be in a media-wiki page or subpage, and the mediawiki message will need updating to only target this on user_talk namespace. Do you have proposed edits ready to roll to production? — xaosflux ^Talk 00:09, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I just put a proposed edit on Template:Protected page text, which is transcluded into MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext and MediaWiki:Cascadeprotected. --gdfusion (talk|contrib) 01:24, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

BAG

Hello Xaosflux, I thought of operating a bot and I need approval from BAG. It will work on WP:AWB. Main tasks are: WP:General fixings, fix citation errors, add {{Persondata}}, add {{Orphan}} to new article, fix inappropriate parameter of infoboxes. It will be automatic. Now, I don't have much knowledge how they approve bots so I'm asking you. I need your opinion, should I ask for bot approval?? Jim Carter (from public cyber) 10:45, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

The only way to get a bot flag is via a bot request, AWB requires a bot flag for automatic mode, so off to WP:RFBOT you should go. You should be clear in your bot request what your goal is for automatic editing, e.g. which pages are you targeting, what portions of the page. If you just want to run general cleanup, you can run AWB under your own account in manual mode. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:06, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I did that from my orginal account but the number of edits per second is more than our bot policy have mentioned. Hence it requires a seperate bot account. Okay I will request at WP:RFBOT with all those details. Thanks, Jim Carter (from public cyber) 12:47, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Hey, what happens if my bot approval request matches with a task already done by another bot?? For example I doubt another bot adds {{Persondata}} tags to article and my bot will also do the same. Is it allowed if my bot do the same thing which already done by another bot?? Jim Carter (from public cyber) 13:07, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Multiple bots can perform the same tasks; what is important is that they do not edit war with eachother! — xaosflux ^Talk 15:17, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Okay, many thanks, I requested here. Jim Carter (from public cyber) 18:27, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello again, I just sorted and trimmed some of the tasks as suggested by GoingBatty, please review. Thanks, Jim Carter (from public cyber) 05:44, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I've been a bit busy off-wiki to get back to this yet, any of the BAG members can work on it, tag for BAG Assistance if it is pending an answer. — xaosflux ^Talk 10:38, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 August 2014

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Comment unsigned

User:Owais khursheed I have signed my post on request for reviewing rights page. It is not unsigned comment. My signature on wikipedia is Night Fury and I have signed it. Night Fury---

Reply on your talk. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:22, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. I have changed my signature now.Owais khursheed (talk)--

Question

Dear Xaosflux,

Please let me know why my page User:DrTanNguyen has been deleted by you. I really appreciate if you can explain if I violated any rules?

Best Regards,

Dr. Tan Nguyen email: drtannguyen@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrTanNguyen (talk • contribs) 16:49, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

DrTanNguyen, I deleted your page following the deletion nomination and discussion seen here: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DrTanNguyen. You MAY recreate a userpage, however you should first review the userpage guidelines. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:58, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

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The goggles...they do nothing

Since deleting doesn't seem to do anything, maybe we should just sit this one out and wait for the WMF? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 03:31, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Yea, I closed the MFD thread as further discussion isn't needed. Most of the flow-related deletion commands just freeze up when I try to use them as well. I recently closed another MFD where a broken flow was causing contirbutions to appear for the wrong users, in that case deletion helped, so I threw a delete at it while closing the MFD. Just have to sit back and wait for staff action now. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:34, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for bearing with us. Obviously the Flow team want to move enabling/disabling Flow on a page away from a PHP config change: it depends on DB change (T51193) as well as writing a Flow admin page. What is the "another MFD", in addition to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Flow test? -- S Page (WMF) (talk) 00:34, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

S Page (WMF) - see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Topic:Rojlc5xnvwolwrkg, I think this bug was already reported, see notes on the MFD. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:48, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Sandstorm (song)

Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 07:59, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

I moved it from PC1 to SPP, will see how that goes for a couple of weeks. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:18, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

CFD admin

Hi, I'm very grateful for your help at CFD, which needs it!

I noticed your "thank" - no problem! Before removing redlinked categories from the Working page, please not only check that they are empty, but also (ii) update backlinks from articles, other categories or portals, and (ii) consider whether any Wikidata pages need merging. The instructions page WP:CFDAI has some reminders about these.

Because I'm in the habit, I just checked and tidied up after the batch you deleted, see [1] [2] and [3].

I really, really do not mean to sound picky or ungrateful; hope this does not put you off doing more! – Fayenatic London 18:27, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Not at all, looked like it was getting backlogged a bit so started some cleanup. I usually only do CFDS pages if the bots are asleep. Will check those items in the future. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:29, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi Xaosflux, how are you? Where have you been on Wikipedia all day, and keep up the good work as well! :) --Allen ^talk 23:49, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi there, I've been all around the place today. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:43, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Seefeld Saddle et al

Hello, would you like me to do the rest of the imports, or do you want to do them? It appears that we were working at the same time on the Seefeld Saddle article. Graham87 02:40, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Graham87 I just saw that I was looking at the history and thought I broke it! I am pretty green at Import, please go ahead and do the others to avoid any other conflicts. Thank you! — xaosflux ^Talk 02:43, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

OK, will do. Graham87 02:46, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

You do seem to be the enwiki expert for Import, I'll be sure to look you up if I have any questions. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 02:48, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Done, in a manner of speaking. I refuse to make page histories misleading. I actually only got into importing through the Nostalgia Wikipedia and other old database dumps; I have no strong opinion on imports from other language Wikipedias, but will do them if requested. Graham87 03:06, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

User:Gelacost Mouse

Xaosflux, just a note to let you know that Gelacost Mouse, whom you confirmed at his request on September 5, was a sockpuppet of recently indefinitely blocked user PapaJeckloy (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PapaJeckloy).

Please be aware that he's likely to try again now that this latest sock is being shut down. PapaJeckloy did a great deal of damage at DYK and GAN (including approving his own nominations with other sockpuppets at DYK), and had signed up for the latest GOCE drive despite not being that good with English prose—there were irregularities with the one review he's done so far. This is not someone we want confirmed a minute earlier than the standard four days. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:27, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, I did keep an eye on that account for a few days to make sure it wasn't vandalizing, but didn't really look at it for other types of issues. Thanks for the note. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:24, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm glad you were watching for something out of the ordinary. I just reread his request, and was surprised by the sheer number of grammatical errors in it. For someone so eager to instantly participate in a copyediting drive, that's a pretty bad sign. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:42, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Message

Hello, Xaosflux. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.— TheGGoose (talk) 21:09, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

TheGGoose, nothing in my inbox. Please try again, let me know if you do. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:07, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Xaosflux the email has been resubmitted. TheGGoose (talk) 22:20, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Nothing, are you sure it is going through? It does not appear that YOU have e-mail enabled, and I think it is required in order to send. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:38, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

FWIW, I just tested and I am receiving email from others. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:38, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

I looked at my settings and found out an option was disabled. The "email from other users" option is now enabled. I hope the email is sent this time.TheGGoose (talk) 22:47, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Nope, but I just sent you one, just reply directly off-net. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:05, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Your email has been replied. TheGGoose (talk) 23:13, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

See email for response. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:57, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 10 September 2014

Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready

Last month, I wrote an open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, inviting others to join me in a simple but important request: roll back the recent actions—both technical and social—by which the Wikimedia Foundation has overruled legitimate decisions of several Wikimedia projects.

Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity

Even though it's not quite 3/4 over, it's safe to say that 2014 will go down as a year of war, mass murder, plane crashes and terrible diseases. While certainly paying it some heed, it's not surprising that Wikipedia viewers tried this week to find any alternative to that litany of tragedy and pain, and their chosen method of escape was, as usual, celebrity.

Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue

The amazing and strange tongue-eating louse replacing a fish's tongue! Because isopods, the subject of a new featured article, are both awesome and really damn weird!

WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right

This week, the Signpost decided to have a look around with WikiProject Check Wikipedia a maintenance project not concerned so much with articles' content, but in all the tiny errors that are to be found scattered within them. Their front page gives a list of things they mainly focus on ...

The Signpost: 17 September 2014

In the media: Turkish Twitter outrage, medical translation, audience metrics

The Hürriyet Daily News reports on a series of posts on Twitter from Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ömer Çelik.

WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland

As Scotland is deciding its future this week, we thought it might be a good idea to get to know the editors of WikiProject Scotland and talk to them about the project.

News and notes: Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third

A prominent Wikipedia researcher has discovered that the encyclopedia's widely used article traffic statistics are missing out on approximately one-third of total views.

Traffic report: Tolstoy leads a varied pack

There is no unifying theme we can slap on top article popularity this week.

Featured content: Which is not like the others?

Four articles, two lists, and 51 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

Reviewing my reviewership

Hi there, is there a way of seeing all the pending changes reverts and accepts I've done. I want to check myself to make sure I'm making decisions consistent with policy and can't find a log of them all.SPACKlick (talk) 15:27, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

SPACKlick Yes - Go to Special:Log/SPACKlick and then click on "show review log". — xaosflux ^Talk 19:31, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks, didn't spot the drop down list there scrolled. SPACKlick (talk) 09:28, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

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A bowl of strawberries for you!

Thanks for changing my userrights and helping me this past week. I appreciate your help! Enjoy those strawberries! Xermano (talk) 23:34, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 24 September 2014

Featured content: Oil paintings galore

Six articles, four lists, one topic, and 17 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii

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.

Recent research: 99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary

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.

Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland

This could be the beginning of a new era for this list. Until now, decisions to remove suspicious content have been largely educated guesswork. This week though, we have a new collaborator who can shine a light on the origins and patterns, sorting once and for all the webwheat from the cyberchaff.

WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time

A year and a week later, we're with some of the members of WikiProject Good Articles, who wanted to share the news of their upcoming contest within the project, the GA Cup. The aim of this friendly competition, which is held in the same light friendly manner of the WikiCup and the Core Contest, is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed articles at Good article nominations which has been a constant problem for quite a few years for those running the GA process.

Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education

Banning Policy finishes the workshop phase on 23 September. Parties have proposed findings of fact on the topics of the 3RR, the role of Jimbo Wales, and proxying for banned users. A request for arbitration was posted on 20 September about Landmark Worldwide.

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The Signpost: 01 October 2014

From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

Contributing to the Signpost can be one of the most rewarding things an editor can do.

Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism

This article was first published in the Signpost in 2009. Written by several long-standing editors, including the late Adrianne Wadewitz, the article was subjected to extensive commentary and ultimately influenced the English Wikipedia's plagiarism guideline. With recent debates about close paraphrasing vis-à-vis plagiarism, we feel that this dispatch retains its relevance and deserves a second airing.

News and notes: Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education

The argument on Wikipedia over the benefits of crowdsourcing versus the primacy of "expert" contributors stretches back to co-founder Larry Sanger's break with the project to start the alternative Citizendium.

WikiProject report: Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture

This week, the Signpost went down to the farm to have a look at the work of WikiProject Agriculture, which has been in existence since 2007 and has a scope covering crop production, livestock management, aquaculture, dairy farming and forest management.

Traffic report: Shanah Tovah

Jews wished each other Shanah Tovah ("Good year") this week as Rosh Hashanah was our most popular article. It was also a week not dominated by heavy news and tragedies, so aside from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (#2, sixth week in the Top 10), our popular article list runs the gamut of current events including new television series Gotham (#3), the 2014 Asian Games (#4), and Reddit-fueled popularity for German director Uwe Boll (#7).

Featured content: Brothers at War

As the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the American Civil War draws to a close, the race to improve content continues. The Battle of Franklin, fought on November 30, 1864, will, quite appropriately, be Picture of the Day for November 30, 2014, its 150th anniversary. If you want to help commemorate the American Civil War, why not help out at the Military History WikiProject's Operation Brothers at War. Or help out with the World War I centennial, just starting up, Operation Great War Centennial.

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) Media Viewer RfC

You are being notified because you have participated in previous discussions on the same topic. Alsee (talk) 20:16, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 08 October 2014

In the media: Opposition research firm blocked; Australian bushfires

Also, Wikimedia Norge and Nobel Peace Center edit-a-thon

Featured content: From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City

2 Featured articles, 4 Featured lists, 62 Featured pictures, and 2 Featured portals were promoted.

Traffic report: Panic and denial

The first case of the Ebola virus on US shores sent people into a tizzy, rushing to their keyboards to try and learn what they could.

Technology report: HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread

No seriously, it is.

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The Signpost: 15 October 2014

Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?

Why does Wikipedia still use the gendered pronouns "she" and "her" for ships?

In the media: College player falsely linked to sports scandal by Wikipedia; the Nobel Prizes

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.

Arbitration report: One case closed and two opened

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.

Featured content: Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace

Nine articles and twenty-six pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia.

Technology report: Attempting to parse wikitext

This week we sat down with The Earwig to learn about his wikitext parser.

Traffic report: Now introducing ... mobile data

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.

WikiProject report: Signpost reaches the Midwest

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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The Signpost: 22 October 2014

Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace

Four articles, four lists, and fifty-three pictures were promoted to featured status.

Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest

Our op-ed writer this week opines that the organization of Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" resembles how Wikipedia is organized.

In the media: The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; New UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator

Among many newsworthy stories this week, the Signpost notes the passing of Italian Wikipedia administrator and former Wikimedia Italia treasurer [Cotton

Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV

Ebola, movies and television articles appear in this week's top ten.

WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles—a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help

PaintedCarpet explains that "WikiProject Orphanage aims to connect all Wikipedia pages, so that pages can be found and read more easily."

Zoe Quinn

Hi Xaosflux,

I noticed that you placed pending changes protection level 2 on the Zoe Quinn article. From the most recent RfC on pending changes, there isn't consensus to use it yet. Could you please adjust the protection as necessary or give the go ahead for another admin to do so? Thanks! Mike V • Talk 06:29, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

There's also another request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Current requests for reduction in protection level. By the way semi was applied about 12 hours before either request. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 10:26, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

To avoid forking this, I've replied with pings over at WP:RFUP. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:13, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

FYI

FYI: [4]. CC.

Colton Cosmic see WP:UNBAN if you want to know how to get unbanned. — xaosflux ^Talk 13:43, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/References

I'd like to ask you about your close of this discussion, in hopes of not having to go to a deletion review. In your close, you described the nominated page as "a list of project-related references", and you described some of the arguments for deletion as "trending towards if the project as a whole is appropriate". I feel that your analysis oversimplifies the discussion that actually took place by, first, not distinguishing between "project-related references" and references selected for the purpose of violating WP:NPOV, and, second, not distinguishing between editor opinions about "the project as a whole" and editor opinions that WikiProjects do not get to set local consensuses that violate project-wide policies. It seems to me that your close reflects a misreading of policy, and is inaccurate in asserting that the discussion lead to a consensus amongst the discussants that the page should be kept. Did you sufficiently consider the extent to which assertions made by participating editors were refuted or substantiated by subsequent comments? Might you be willing to reconsider your decision? Thank you! --Tryptofish (talk) 19:41, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

I did consider the merits of all the participants, and do not believe that sufficient consensus to delete the page emerged. If removal of my additional commentary will satisfy your concerns I will remove it. If you still disagree please feel free to open a DRV request (please let me know), my comment to a DRV will be the same as I just place here. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:15, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I don't think it is necessary for you to remove any of your closing comments, because it is helpful to see what your reasoning was. I'll think about it a bit, and if I do decide to go ahead with a DRV I will, of course, keep you informed. Thanks again. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:20, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2014 October 2#Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/References. Thanks! --Tryptofish (talk) 20:52, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I left a brief comment there. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:38, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

User:Timmyshaddy/EricKarlAnderson

Minor issue on the close but User:Timmyshaddy/EricKarlAnderson wasn't actually deleted. :) -- Ricky81682 (talk) 08:35, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Done Thank you for the note. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:05, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Confirm

Would you please like to answer why I have not been confirmed yet?Jojolpa (talk) 08:58, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Your account is already Autoconfirmed this access level already has more permissions then Confirmed. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:06, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Jeremy Bamidele

Hi xaos, there was a second copy of the same content included halfway through the MfD at User:Tokenasian2250/sandbox that should also be deleted. It was created by a sock of the original account. It wouldn't be a good idea for me to do it since I !voted in the discussion. Thanks! §FreeRangeFrog^croak 17:34, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Done Thanks for the note! — xaosflux ^Talk 17:43, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Question regarding Bill McIntyre (Canadian football)

Hi, I'm unclear as to why you removed the induction into the sports hall of fame. Would it not be relevant to his career? I'd also like to know how to add a picture from his career at St. Franxis Xavier. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by McIntyreFan (talk • contribs)

Hello McIntyreFan! Regarding my reverting of this revsision on Bill McIntyre (Canadian football), it was due to you adding "example" images to the primary article, you can re-add the hall of fame content at any time. When you edit article directly in the main article space, it is very likely that other patrolling pages will clean up these types of edits. To build the article without having as many other editors jump on it, you can do so in a sandbox through the Wikipedia:Articles for creation tool or in your own personal sandbox by following the link on the top of that sandbox link. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 15:01, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Indiana articles

Please see Template talk:WikiProject United States#WikiProject Indiana articles. I know you were only doing a requested edit, but as you're the only who made the edit, I figured I'd bring it to your attention. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 00:27, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

I undid, and replied on template talk. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:23, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

User:Rnorman345/Patrick Appleford

Hi xaosflux, Re: User:Rnorman345/Patrick Appleford I have, at last, found Patrick Appleford and he is still alive and ‘with it’. I have spoken with him and he has agreed that I can add a page for him and that he will review the information that is written. I would plan to add a page for ‘The Twentieth Century Church Light Music Group’ which will refer to the Patrick Appleford page as well as Geoffrey Beaumont for whom a page exists. I note that you have now deleted the page; where do I go from here? All best, Richard — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.146.246 (talk) 13:21, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

86.138.146.246, Rnorman345: I have restored this page and moved to the Drafts area for you to continue working on it. Please see Draft:Patrick Appleford. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:58, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Please revert deletion of Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Fearofreprisal/stats

I believe the page User:Fearofreprisal/stats was inappropriately deleted.

User:Hijiri88 did not sign and date his nomination of the page at [5]
User:Hijiri88 did not notify me of the nomination, as required by [6]. I discovered the deletion only by accident, after it happened.
The page contained statistical data, in support of a current request for arbitration. Hijiri88's nomination of this page for deletion was not made in good faith, and has interfered with the arbitration process.

If you need further information to support reverting this delete, please let me know. Fearofreprisal (talk) 23:12, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Just so you know, I've requested an interaction ban with Hijiri88, at [7]. I've also notified ArbCom of this issue at [8].

Sorry to put you in the middle of such contention. I'm trying to follow the proper procedures for handling this, but it's not clear to me that there is any low-pain option. Fearofreprisal (talk) 00:06, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Fearofreprisal No pain, the MfD was weak. I have restored the page and noted the MfD here Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Fearofreprisal/stats. The page may be renominated at anytime. Since I am ever so slightly involved now, I have courtesy blanked this page, your edits are available in the history and via permalink should you need to reference it for pending dispute resolution; I strongly recommend you leave it blanked or reblank following updates--however will not personally enforce that. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:26, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Question

Hey, if you have admin rights, could you please make the Idaho correction in the same-sex marriage template? The asterisk should be removed since they've got same-sex marriage, but the only admin we've been able to get to look at it refuses to do it. Difbobatl (talk) 20:04, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

I do, but I'm not making that edit-- please discuss on Template talk:Same-sex unions, the reason that template is currently protected was edit warring over Idaho. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:33, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Actually, there was never an edit war, the other admin doesn't really understand what's going on. Regardless of whether there was or wasn't an edit war and whether protection should be removed or not, the issue of Same-Sex Marriage in Idaho is settled. Not making that change just leaves an inaccurate Wikipedia page. All of this has been discussed at length on the talk page if you read the whole thing (which does take a while, I will admit). PLEASE MAKE THE CHANGE!!! Difbobatl (talk) 01:19, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm not personally going to get involved in that edit, there is already an edit-request active, some patrolling admin or template editor should pick it up soon enough. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:26, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

WW II Convoys

Just a note to let you know that convoys during WWII were always designated in all capitals. Where there is a suffix, that is also in capitals, without a space. Wikipedia practice is to use a space between the first letters and first number instead of a dash or period. So we have Convoy FOO 93A, not Convoy FOO 93a, and convoy FOO 123AB, not Convoy FOO 123 ab. Mjroots (talk) 12:01, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, was doing new article clean up and I misread those strings as distance measurements (55KM as 55 kilometers) instead of designators. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:10, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Mjroots, this should prevent other cleaners from breaking that article again. Happy editing! — xaosflux ^Talk 14:21, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Confirmed user right for User:WMAU KR

Hi, there! The account User:WMAU KR is my second account used for Wikipedia edit training as part of my role as a committee member of Wikimedia Australia. This is explalined on User talk:WMAU KR as I need to keep the user page "vanilla" for training. What is written there is in preparation for training to take place tomorrow as an example user page that the trainees who are golf enthusiasts might create. My main account is User:Kerry Raymond. Can you please restore my confired user right on this account please as I will probably need it to do training demonstrations. If you have seen this account do anything strange, it was all as part of creating slides for presentation for the training tomorrow. This meant it was necessary for me to undo a few of my own changes so I can repeat them live in front of the group tomorrow. Thanks WMAU KR (talk) 04:23, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I misunderstood what was happening. I thought I had become "unconfirmed" (as the notification simply said my confirmed status was removed) not that I was being upgraded. You are right it probably makes no difference. Thanks WMAU KR (talk) 04:35, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

WMAU KR No worries, good luck with your event. Just in case you run in to it, I added ipblock exemption temporarily to your main account for use at the event. — xaosflux ^Talk 04:37, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:MikroTik

The result of the discussion you listed was "result" rather than the actual result. Mis-substituted template of some sort? DMacks (talk) 08:22, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

I realize that this was long ago and a small detail, but the user is just now making some noise about it. DMacks (talk) 08:25, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Philipcaolan

Hi. You missed deleting User:Philipcaolan/sandbox when closing the MFD. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 18:55, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Hmm, thanks for the note, I'm trying out different scripts etc--think some of them are fighting eachother. — xaosflux ^Talk 20:02, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 29 October 2014

Featured content: Go West, young man

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Video game article comments subpages‎

Hi Xaosflux, in performing the deletion for these articles you missed Talk:Online gaming in China/Comments. I assume it's the same conflicting scripts issue as with User:Philipcaolan/sandbox from a few posts above. Please delete this one too. Thanks. -Thibbs (talk) 00:23, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Nope, separate issue this was part of a batch of complex merges, but thanks for the note, mopping up now!

Speedy Delete

Request for a page delete: RESULTS (disambiguation) -- It is a dup of Results (disambiguation). By the time I figured out how case is sometimes ignored and sometimes not I had the extra page created. Can you delete RESULTS (disambiguation) for me? Thx! Mbcoats (talk) 03:01, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 03:04, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Delete?

Why did you deleted User Talk Lonhgsot the Amazing Spider-Man universe — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.248.139.17 (talk) 16:29, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

User talk:Longshot45\The Amazing Spider-Man universe was a userpage that had no corresponding user set up, I deleted it following nomination here: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:Longshot45\The Amazing Spider-Man universe. If you have your own account and would like this restored as a userspace draft please drop me a note and I can move the old content to the new userpage. If you have no intention of making an account, I can create it in the Draft space. Let me know how you want to proceed here. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:12, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

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In the media: Predicting the flu, MH17 conspiracy theories

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Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?

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Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania

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Thanks

Thanks very much for replying to my request for account creator permission Mrjohncummings (talk) 14:00, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

User:Darkness Shines

You removed all his advanced rights, [9] stating "Suspected compromised account, if cleared return upon request at WP:PERM or my talk" but I am confident this isn't the case. As I noted in his SPI case[10], I contacted him using an address previously known by me to be his first, and we discussed his actions. Based on previous encounters, it was easy for me to tell the account wasn't compromised. Additionally, a CU was run that found no evidence to support the account being compromised. Dennis - 2¢ 00:54, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, reversed; do you know if someone is working on removing the block? — xaosflux ^Talk 01:35, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

It is under review, but this is a big, big case, but he did admit the connection before the block, which is promising. It is possible. There is tangible support for it, and reasonable opposition. It is up to Arb, and they are busy this time of year. Dennis - 2¢ 01:45, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

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On top of everything else, I seem to have forgotten the existence of timezones. :p ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 05:21, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

No worries, it's late somewhere :D — xaosflux ^Talk 05:23, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Mantra777/Carlos Mundy

Just a note but User:Mantra777/Carlos Mundy is still awaiting deletion. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 00:02, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, done. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:52, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

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Wikipedia talk:Mass message senders

Can you have a look at my change? Thanks, — Revi 15:40, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

I tweaked a little bit, I actually think these as well as editfilter should be subpages, so we can transclude everything to WP:PERM one day, just haven't gotten around to proposing it yet on the talk pages. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:41, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Hmm. I used = (name) = because LCSB3 archives == (name) == only - bot is not configured to archive === headings, so when archive is run, bot will archive entire "Request for permission" section, without leaving anything there. SpBot on Commons can set section hedings to be archived, but it is not approved here. — Revi 17:05, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Feel free to revert/refactor, however bots should conform to what is best for editors, not the other way around :D — xaosflux ^Talk 17:33, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Technical 13 made a change, and I think it's better. (though it's manual script archive system...) (PS. WT:FILTER 7 days passed :p) — Revi 05:19, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

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Cryptic message

which section? Really, you need to add the heading to such messages. Wiki CRUK John (talk) 18:09, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

He already knew, just posted that as the ANI directions asked for it. The ANI section is: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Blocking_of_User:Esth270. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:11, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Note

As you're one of the most active administrators at WP:PERM, I thought I'd tell you; there are around 10 AWB requests awaiting review. -Fimatic (talk | contribs) 00:10, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

I knocked out a few more, but didn't get down to yours yet, may do some more tomorrow. — xaosflux ^Talk 05:11, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Mass Message Rights

I noticed you edited the document but made not comment. I have been told that any administrator that happened by could grant the right to message sending. I humbly request for you to be the one who is to grant these rights. Thank you for your time and assistance,
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Please see update at WT:MMS. — xaosflux ^Talk 05:11, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2014/Candidates

Hi Xaosflux. I just removed cascading protection from Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2014/Candidates (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), as it was having unintended consequences (such as cascade-protecting Template:Shortcut). I was thinking of going through and protecting all the pages that did need protection, but I'm not sure which ones they are exactly. I'm guessing you wanted to protect all the candidate pages, but how about auxiliary pages such as Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2014/Header? Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 06:17, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

@Mr. Stradivarius: thank you for the note, no objections--they don't need to be protected anymore. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:55, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Menu Question

Hi Xaosflux, Just asking where I can get a menu like yours on your userpage so other people will find my userpage easier to navigate around. SparrowHK (talk) 13:58, 12 December 2014 (UTC)SparrowHK

Hi there SparrowHK (talk · contribs) my menu is a very simple one, it has two parts and you are welcome to make copies. Part one is the actual menu, it is a subpage that you can view here: User:Xaosflux/Menu1. To place it on your page(s) transclude the subpage by placing code like this on your pages: {{User:Xaosflux/Menu1}}. That tells that page to transclude that second page in to the first one (the basis of templates). Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 15:58, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

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One of the reasons the permissions were removed is because of the sockpuppet investigation. During the course of the investigation the user was not honest with their accounts and behavior and did not display the trust necessary to hold those rights. However, the user has been unblocked after six months and to my knowledge there hasn't been any disruption since. If you feel that the user has regained the trust to use the requested permissions, then you're welcome to re-add them. Mike V • Talk 17:57, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, I granted rollback, and deferred pcr. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:42, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Re:Joe Williams (jazz singer)

As far as I can see, my only edit to the page was to fix the Commons link for media. Just checked and the current link works. :) We hope (talk) 22:37, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

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is the time after many editing and spend more time in Wikipedia , should be confirmed :/ ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheBloodyAlboz05 (talk • contribs) 05:28, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Already auto, see note at WP:PERM. — xaosflux ^Talk 13:32, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

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ITN

Hello! What was the intent behind this edit (which doesn't appear minor)? —David Levy 04:42, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

I marked it minor as it was only a rephrasing, as the line immediately above it already ended in the killing people phrase I was trying to balance this entry by using a different phrase. Note, I had no objection to the subsequent edit that kept the death toll information in the lead of the statement. — xaosflux ^Talk 05:56, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

@David Levy: I think your new edit "A militant attack on tribal people and subsequent retaliations in Assam, India, result in at least 85 deaths." is very clumsy, try reading it aloud. — xaosflux ^Talk 06:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Can you elaborate? I'm not seeing/hearing a problem. —David Levy 06:33, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

I should have been more specific. I'm wondering why you switched to a sentence fragment.

Bongwarrior performed the subsequent edit to address this problem, but as I noted in my edit summary, the people weren't killed following the violent incidents. —David Levy 06:33, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Agree, sorry for my poor word choice, I should have used "from" or something besides "following", I never intended to suggest the events were in a different order (would not have marked it minor), I was just trying to keep the flow of ITN engaging for readers. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 16:04, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

There appears to be some misunderstanding. You didn't introduce that flaw; it was a side effect of Bongwarrior's edit.

Your version of the blurb was factually accurate; the people were dead following the violent incidents. The problem was that your wording didn't form a complete sentence (because it contained no verb). —David Levy 18:02, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Gothca, thanks for the clarification. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:07, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR Hoping 2015 will be a great year for you! Thank you for your contributions!
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User rights

Re [11] - I've no objection, but in future could you do me the courtesy of asking first? Thanks. Optimist on the run (talk) 19:38, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

@Optimist on the run:, Sorry, I was doing a batch and didn't pay much attention that it was an admin alt account, of course feel free to restore if needed. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 20:28, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Right remove request

Hi Xaosflux, Please remove my account creator rights from my account, currently i don't need them. If I need them again I'll let you know. Regards and Happy new year. ~ Nahid ^Talk 22:40, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Done Ping me or post at WP:PERM if you need again. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 22:58, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 December 2014

News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers

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.

In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap

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Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide

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.

Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation

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.

Featured content: A bit fruity

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Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting

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.

Courcelles

Hmmm. Apparently Courcelles doesn't like information that might cause him to change his opinion.
Some might think it remarkable that he randomly chose items 3, 17 & 24 on the list, but did not happen to choose to look at any of:

20 most recent creations - Reverse chronological (i.e. non-random)

Loaita Bank
geodab - Thomas Shoal
General Post Office, Adelaide - no, not a shining example
North Danger Reef
dab - Parola (disambiguation)
dab - Yinyu
W.C.D. Veale
dab - Consider Me Gone (disambiguation)
London Reefs
stub - Compact System cameras
dab - Bombay Castle (disambiguation)
dab - North Reef
Donna Jones (singer)
Jean Roussel
List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands
dab - Johnson Reef
Orders, decorations, and medals of Timor-Leste - hmmm - was incomplete, but not now
Akio Mimura
stub -Tristan Antico
Martin Albrecht (businessman)

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 07:35, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

I saw the note on their talk page as well--the main takeaway I took from it was that the copyright issues are no longer an issue, which is a good thing, if nothing else I will update your rights log reflect that those are no longer concerns, will likely defer to another admin for the closure, but this should help clear the slate. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:17, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Much appreciated.

Clearly, (and to my surprise), my obvious paranoia wrt Courcelles is still very much alive. (Some might call the strength of his negative behavior, and the strength of my defensiveness, "interesting". Ho hum.)

Happy New Year! Pdfpdf (talk) 13:01, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 07 January 2015

In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints

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

Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors

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.

Featured content: Kock up

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Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne

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.

Thank you

Thank you for the role you have performed, and more importantly, the way you have performed it.
Thanks also for what you have done. (I feel it as more than "some consolation", and I particularly appreciate your "correction" of the inaccurate records.)
Happy editing - Yes ... On reflection, I edit because, in general, I enjoy it. Thanks for reminding me.
Best wishes, Pdfpdf (talk) 07:30, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

You are welcome, I do a lot of "administrative" work on the project--but whenever there is too much drama I usually just hit random article and remember why we are here, usually I just read the random article but the edit button is always waiting to be used! — xaosflux ^Talk 15:43, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

;-) Pdfpdf (talk) 16:10, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

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Motion proposed on Fæ clarification request

Hi Xasoflux, just a message to let you know that a motion has been proposed the clarification request you filed. For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:11, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, if it passes I'll note the BFRA at get the request back on track. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 03:21, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Arbitration clarification request closed

This is a courtesy notice to inform you that I have closed and archived the clarification request you were involved with. The following motion has been enacted:

Despite the restrictions on his editing images related to sexuality, Fæ may operate the Commons fair use upload bot if the Bot Approvals Group approves it.

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The Signpost: 14 January 2015

Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you

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WikiProject report: Articles for creation: the inside story

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.

News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community

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.

In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors

Wikipedia turned 14 on January 15. A few media outlets took note of the anniversary.

Featured content: Citations are needed

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Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie

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The Signpost: 21 January 2015

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News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections

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Thank you

Thank you for stepping up and relisting the Tfd, even if the end-result was flawed. Mistakes happen, no big deal. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 13:43, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the clean up, I rarely action TfD, probably should have reviewed the process a bit more first! — xaosflux ^Talk 14:12, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

The relist process for TfD, a cut and paste move, is really crappy TBH. But without going in the subpage transclusion complexity that is AfD I'm not sure if there is a better way. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 15:05, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 January 2015

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Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate

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The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia

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Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 19:38, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

I gave it another 60 days of PC1. — xaosflux ^Talk 20:37, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 February 2015

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News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales awarded $1 million

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In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?

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Request IAR Review of my Ban

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Hi Xaosflux, I'm leaving this for you and a similar one for PresN in the hopes that you'll put your heads together to help me be unbanned. You'll recall I similarly contacted you in September and you told me go through the proper channels. I wanted to let you know I have done so. I used UTRS and received no response. I appealed to BASC and then the full Arbcom both of which refused me without providing a reason. There was also nothing but insignificant discussion with BASC and Arbcom, in other words they did not reply to anything I said in my own defense, neither did they offer a policy under which I should be blocked.

Since I was blocked, permanently and without warning or discussion close to three years ago, I have felt bullied and mobbed at every turn. Please do not laugh "oh ha ha, poor thing." As one bit of evidence it is true probably my most dogged hounder latest username "Dangerous_Panda" was deysoped late last year for "conduct unbecoming an admin." The bullying is not just my imagination. Another thing that has really galled me in my various attempts to be unblocked is that I am constantly set to mute and denied the ability to defend myself. My RFC/U was I think literally the first ever in which the user was prohibited from speaking in his own defense.

Well, it doesn't help to type more here. I will squeeze in that "no, I never socked Wikipedia," but "yes, in frustration at being wrongly blocked and having I believe no workable avenue of appeal, I have block-evaded using IP edits clearly identified to my username." I would be pleased if you and PresN would unblock merely my talkpage to continue this discussion and allow me to defend against whatever criticisms you may have. I will make the case that the block appeals system is really broken and I hope you consider an IAR approach to get me out from under this. If you won't, well, all I can say is that I hope that someday *you* find yourself in need of help, but you know what? Unlike me, I hope you get it.

I'll be back to put in my signature in a moment, if I don't, it's been filtered. Wait, just refer to your own edit on 13:43, 27 September 2014 (UTC) if you have any doubt who this is.

Assuming this is ... most site-ban appeals are not usually entertained until at least a full year since the ban was implemented-this is why I assume ARBCOM has declined to review at this time (the "rules" are not very clear for community bans). Other administrators have already been involved after DP - so issues realted to that admin are less relevant now, I am not going to reverse their conclusions. The last invovled admins was @KWW: - pinging here. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:49, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

First please excuse me for editing my username out of your comment. It is because the filter is liable to stop any IP edit that includes my username. Kww is the filter author. I hesitate on how to phrase this, because I don't want to sidetrack anything, but I need to be able to speak and not simply have you accept allegations thrown at me while I must sit mute. I view Kww as among my hounders. I can edit via various IPs anytime I like but I grew sour on doing so once I realized Kww was spending many, many hours (at all hours of the day and night) tracking me and working on his filter. He cannot stop me technically but it gave me a crawly feeling to unwilling have this relationship with him, and yes that inhibits my IP block evasion. Again, not socking, would gladly sign except for filter, please find a way for me to be able to defend myself.

At this point, your only appeal option is to Arbcom, and they will be more likely to hear you if it has been a year. Note, the arbcom membership recently changed (from elections) so there will be new people reviewing requests. You could also try to appeal to Jimbo, but really I don't think you have that much of a claim. As this is only an enwiki ban, you could attempt to become a reformed editor on other projects (such as wikisource, simple english wiki, commons) as a fresh start account--and then when your year is up use your positive editing contributions on the other projects as part of your appeal. — xaosflux ^Talk 20:13, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

I am falsely accused, bullied and blocked. It is outrageous after my three-year punishment for something I never did, that you say "go away for another year and we'll see how you do then." I feel that I don't need to "reform" because I am a good editor that didn't do it. With the same fact set and the same bad actors (less "Dangerous Panda") in place. I urge you to take the time to become aware of the facts, because you are complicit in an abusive policy-free system. My Arbcom appeal did occur after Jan. 1, so if I can believe what they email, the new people did hear my request. However my original blocker Timotheus Canens still was on their email list and probably failed to recuse as he has before.

As a non-invovled admin, I am disengaging from this - you may appeal to Arbcom. Your IP has been blocked for socking of banned user User:Colton_Cosmic. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:30, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

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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.

Traffic report: February is for lovers

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.

Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish

Five pictures, six lists, and seventeen pictures were promoted

Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

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.

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

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.

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

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."

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

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.

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.

Gallery: Far from home

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".

Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

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.

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

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.

Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

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.

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

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."

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

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.

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.

Gallery: Far from home

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Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

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.

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

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.

Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

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As your name appears on Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks, you may sign at the newly revamped Wikipedia:Block on demand page, along with comments and a link to your requirements page, if any. I hope I did not err in sort of reviving that page. Thanks, SD0001 (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 March 2015

From the editor: A sign of the times: the Signpost revamps its internal structure to make contributing easier

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.

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish reports, indicate operating changes

The Wikimedia Foundation released their Quarterly Report last week covering the three months October to December of 2014.

Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report

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.

Traffic report: Attack of the movies

The Report this week is dominated by the Academy Awards, taking the top 4 spots and 13 of the Top 25.

Arbitration report: Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes

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.

Interview: Meet a paid editor

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.

In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire

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.

Featured content: Ploughing fields and trading horses with Rosa Bonheur

Two featured articles, four featured lists, and 38 featured pictures were promoted this week..

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from Meta-Wiki to supplement the long-form tech coverage in our infrequent Technology report..

Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps

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.

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Bot Review

Howdy, would you be able to review User:Koavf's recent automated contributions. I'm concerned that their significant AWB usage is very similar to that of a bot which would fall under the purview of the BAG. Thanks, Nakon 07:13, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

@Nakon:, I replied on their talk - agree this type of activity should be flagged (not necessarily agreeing that the activity should be done - haven't really reviewed it that much - but if it is being done, it should be done under flag). — xaosflux ^Talk 18:45, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Why was I patrolled

I have a notification that i was patrolled by you!!! Why is That!?!?!?!?!?!? Abdullah Al Wasif (talk) 11:12, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

@Abdullah Al Wasif: patrolled means that a page that you created was marked as acceptable (that is, not vandalism or other disallowed content). You can read more about the patrolling system here: meta:Help:Patrolled edit. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:16, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

I hate to be that person, but this gave me quite a laugh... EoRdE6^{(Come Talk to Me!)} 19:29, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

@EoRdE6: It made me think of Ridin':

They see me rollin'
They hatin'
Patrollin'
Tryin to catch me ridin' dirty

— Hakeem Seriki, et.al.

But I try not to WP:BITE :D — xaosflux ^Talk 20:33, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 11 March 2015

Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey

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.

News and notes: WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign

The community has arranged a number of commemorative initiatives focused on the gender gap, under the banner "WikiWomen's History Month".

In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West

ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.

In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"

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.

Traffic report: Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time

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).

Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted –

Six featured articles, three featured lists, and forty featured pictures were promoted this week.

Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters

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.

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List of new religious movements

Hello! I saw that you altered the editnotice for List of new religious movements.

You should probably be aware that this was already under discussion at RSN and the article talk page (both currently and at some length in 2009 when the notice was added and in 2011 during an AfD discussion and deep revert).

The requirement for secondary sources was discussed earlier in the list history, and at an AfD several years ago. Given that inclusion in the list is rather controversial, secondary sources provide the level of context needed - rather than simply being in a list. Put another way, the list current cites a single encyclopedia nearly 600 times... the editnotice to only use secondary sources was supposed to protect against that (it obviously failed).

Please take a look and see if you might prefer to revert to the stable editnotice and join the conversation at RSN or the article talk page. Thank you in advance for looking into this. --Tgeairn (talk) 03:52, 19 March 2015 (UTC) modified 15:14, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

@Tgeairn: Thanks for the note, I reverted and left a note on that pages talk page. I am not that interested in the topic, was just processing edit request backlogs. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 15:18, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response... The outcome will probably end up the same, but it seemed like the discussion should probably be given a chance for consensus first. Thanks for all your work keeping things updated, cheers! Tgeairn (talk) 15:21, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Template:Noticeboard links

Hi Xaosflux! I just noticed that you template-protected Template:Noticeboard links about 6 months ago, but I don't think it really needs it as it only has about 600 transclusions, and none of them are in mainspace. Even if someone does vandalise it, it's only going to show up mostly in project or user space - that's not going to get us any scathing news articles or damage anybody's reputation like it might in mainspace. Would you consider lowering the protection to semi-protection? Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 10:52, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

@Mr. Stradivarius:, I reduced edit protection to autoconfirmed. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:57, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 22:01, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 March 2015

From the editor: A salute to Pine

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.

News and notes: SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation

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."

In the media: NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct

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.

Op-ed: Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns?

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.

Featured content: A woman who loved kings

Four featured articles, four featured lists, and thirty-five featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: It's not cricket

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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PC1

Wikipedia:Wikipedians

Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 03:18, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 10:34, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

List of aircraft carriers by country

What about this one? --George Ho (talk) 03:23, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Not done - Edit rate is very low, if vandalism increases heavily ping me again or ask at WP:RFPP. — xaosflux ^Talk 10:38, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

List of HTTP status codes

And this one? --George Ho (talk) 03:26, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 10:39, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

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A+F account creators

Pardon the delay, it's been an exceptionally busy last wiki-week for me. Though they are mostly new, we have been in touch with them through email, etc, so this is not simply a sign-up-here to get userrights thing. I agree they should be removed when their particular event is over, although in cases where it is unclear perhaps we should wait until the month of March is past. Note that a few of these are people of long experience with various editathons who should have the userright permanently, and when that is the case I've noted it in the log.--Pharos (talk) 14:37, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the update. I usually put a log entry in like "for special event, expires AUG 2015" to make future clean up easier. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:36, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the suggestion.--Pharos (talk) 15:45, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Page deleted through MfD was possibly of historical interest

Hi Xaosflux. I recently came across Talk:Indian Institute of Planning and Management/draft and the MfD discussion to delete it. However, I have good reason to believe that the page was of historical interest. The draft was created by Wifione, who was a paid editor. It was discussed by him in extraordinary length at Talk:Indian Institute of Planning and Management#Draft. See here for the arbitration. The case was closed (recently) after the MfD was closed. Both the nominator and the only !voter appear to be unaware of all this. So, I was wondering if the page could be restored. SD0001 (talk) 18:33, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Any relevance it might have to arbitration is not dimished -- its current deleted state only makes it non-visible to non-admins. I don't have any particular objections to seeing it restored and moved to Wifione's own userspace for posterity. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 18:49, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

@SD0001: @Salvidrim!: @Magioladitis: As this was deleted as due to WP:STALEDRAFT, I am willing to restore this draft to the userspace of someone who wants to work on it, is this you SD0001? Even fine with leaving a redirect on the old page to the new draft home. I disagree with maintaining a stale draft indefinitely just "for posterity". SD0001, let me know if you want to work on this. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:39, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Well, I am not sure that I want to work on the draft. But don't you realise its historical significance? Wifione was one of the most successful paid editors (even an admin!). Also, if the draft does contain some unique information, as you seem to imply, then it should certainly be restored somewhere, like on the talk page itself. SD0001 (talk) 06:40, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but why? For what purpose, for what use? ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 06:57, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

I see no reason to undelete the page history. I am afraid that another paid editor may try to resume the work we undone. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:20, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

@SD0001: @Salvidrim!: @Magioladitis:, thank you for the responses. With Magioladitis' concerns above I am no longer willing to just undelete this. The original deletion discussion did not have many participants, so I would suggest you opening a WP:UNDELETE request to show that community consensus for maintaining this page has changed (if you are contesting that my closure was in error, then WP:DRV is your option). Please ping me if you open an undelete request. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 10:31, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Fine. Drop it then. SD0001 (talk) 10:36, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy

Last week the WMF announced the release of its long-awaited open-access policy.

Op-ed: How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization

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.

Featured content: A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude

Four featured articles, three featured lists, and twenty-two featured pictures were promoted this week.

Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014

The Wikipedia Commons annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded, with 6,698 people voting, its largest participation yet.

Traffic report: Oddly familiar

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.

Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes

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.

Blog: The Wikipedia Library Team reflects on its new Visiting Scholars program

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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Please restore my user draft

You recently deleted a user draft of mine, User:Auric/Hessie Donahue. This article was nominated during a recent long wikibreak and I missed the nomination. Could you restore the page so I can continue working on it? --Auric talk 10:41, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Done, see page talk note. — xaosflux ^Talk 19:23, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

User Talk:AdmiralAlex

I demand a copy of what was on my page, I am really irritated with what you have done, and I DEMAND it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdmiralAlex (talk • contribs) 16:30, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

No "demands" necessary, I offered to send you a copy. Go to Special:Preferences and enable your email. Then let me know you have done that here, and I will email you the extract. — xaosflux ^Talk 19:24, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

User talk:AdmiralAlex

Sorry about earlier, I was just steamed, anyway I have set up my email — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdmiralAlex (talk • contribs) 02:31, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Done I understand. This has been sent, if you are unable to get the mail let me know, I can send you the link here on wiki. While the encyclopedia isn't a good home for this type of page, you may try out http://wikia.com or other personal wiki providers. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:44, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

MfD re military badges

Hi, I'm a bit surprised that you closed this as no consensus (as no-one objected to deletion). Would you have any objection to these pages being replaced by redirects (to Wikipedia:Userboxes/US Military) ? - something should be done with these pages as they don't belong in Portal namespace. DexDor (talk) 07:30, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

@DexDor: That no one showed up to the conversation does not demonstrate that a community consensus emerged, and this was left open for 6 weeks. That being said, I have no objections to any editing or redirecting that you would like to do on those pages at this time, if other editors complain and it can't be resolved, a new MFD may be needed. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 17:03, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Fyi at WP:CFD it's not uncommon for no objection to be taken as consensus (an example). DexDor (talk) 18:02, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

YW, at MFD it happens too-but normally on pages that are only there because they just barely didn't qualify for CSD. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:27, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

User Talk:AdmiralAlex

Hello again, I am wondering, my page was a page that contained formulas, where the data was updated daily, I am not aware of another place to be able to use that other than Wikipedia. AdmiralAlex (talk) 17:42, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

I see you were making use of several templates, such as {{age in days}}, {{age in years and days}}, {{age in years, months and days}}, {{Age in weeks and days}}, {{date}}. Anyone is welcome to reuse the template code from here on other sites, as they are all open licensed (attribution may be required). You can go to those templates, click edit (or View Source if they are protected) and feel free to copy the template code. Our article about wiki hosting sites (Comparison_of_wiki_hosting_services) may be useful for you to find a hosting provider for your own personal uses. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:19, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Grazie (Italian for thank you) AdmiralAlex (talk) 15:08, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello again, sorry to bother, but I have looked through the list of sites and I can't find any websites where the codes work, forgive my intellect in these matters, I'm only 17. AdmiralAlex (talk) 15:38, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, that is as far as I know. The English Wikipedia is not able to provide hosting services for personal projects like you had; I don't personally use any of those other ones. Your data didn't seem that complicated, if I wanted this for myself I'd probably pick a programming language and write something for myself. You may even be able to do it all in a web language like javascript, especially if you latch on to publicly available libraries like jquery. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:52, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost, 1 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

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.

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: All over the place

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.

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

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.

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

MFDs

Thanks for closing a bunch of MFDs I created. --Dweller (talk) 09:05, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

I try to close our the backlogs, it's a never ending battle! — xaosflux ^Talk 15:33, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

requesting self block

right now i am on my study table with a lot of home work to do and a few hours left and its all bcz of my addiction to wp. i think u dont have any personal criteria so I am asking u to block me for 8 days ASAP. i am so addicted and tmrw im gonna have to pay for it A.A.Wasif | Talk 20:04, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Done Good luck with your studies! — xaosflux ^Talk 22:29, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

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.

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: All over the place

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.

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

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.

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

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The Signpost: 08 April 2015

Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam

Wikipedia has been gravitating towards a vehicle for business and product promotion for too long.

News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes

March saw a number of high-level hirings and executive reorganizations in the Wikimedia Foundation.

In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom

The venerable CBS news program 60 Minutes profiled Wikipedia and the Wikimedia community.

Traffic report: Resurrection week

How appropriate that the theme of Easter week would be resurrection from the dead.

Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument

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WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity

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Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments

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Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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Joe Williams

Hello Xaosflux,

I just read your note to me about my addition to the Joe Williams page. I think I added the title of his album, A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry to the discography. I have the album and I'm sure it wasn't listed. I think he appears uncredited on recordings with other singers.

Regards, AAAAlphAlphA (talk) 03:46, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

That page got deleted because a there was copyright violations in the history - I left you a note in case you wanted to re-add your (non copyvio) edits. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:06, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

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Why not? Anonymous users can create talk pages in any namespace. Such pathetic lack of knowledge on your part. 43.224.156.79 (talk) 17:29, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Yes they can, I'm not sure why I made that note - the page owner certainly didn't seem to mind. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:04, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

requesting self block

Sorry for disturbing. ;( I want a self block for 4 years. I had asked the same thing to 2 other users- User talk:JamesBWatson and User talk:Graeme Bartlett. Its final and i want it right now without any furthur discussion. Bye Bye Wikipedia A.A.Wasif | Talk 14:10, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Already done by User:User:JamesBWatson. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:32, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 April 2015

News and notes: Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review

The Wikimedia Foundation's vice president for engineering, Erik Möller, will leave the WMF on April 30.

In the media: Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax

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Blog: Single-User Login provides access to all wikis

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Traffic report: Furious domination

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Featured content: Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi!

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Greetings... and apology

Greetings Xaosflux. Just popping in to apologise for not having replied to a message from you way back in December last year... I received it as a MediaWiki message delivery and thought it was just a bot. So, sorry & thanks. Regards, --Technopat (talk) 14:42, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

No worries, I was just disappointed that your edits had to be lost due to the prior infringement and was hoping you could help build back up that article if you were interested. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 18:55, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing

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In the media: UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality

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News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections

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In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway

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Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes

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Gallery: The bitter end

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The Signpost: 29 April 2015

Wikimania: Choice of small village for Wikimania 2016 ruffles feathers

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.

News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments evaluation sees diminishing returns and increasing cost

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In the media: Scottish MEP blocked for edit warring; ranking articles by importance

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.

Featured content: Another day, another dollar

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Traffic report: Bruce, Nessie, and genocide

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Recent research: Military history, cricket, and Australia targeted in Wikipedia articles' popularity vs. quality; how copyright damages economy

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Technology report: VisualEditor and MediaWiki updates

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The Signpost: 06 May 2015

News and notes: "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced

The Wikimedia Foundation this week announced the winning grantees in March's "Inspire" grant-making campaign.

Featured content: The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes

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In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award

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.

Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues

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.

Traffic report: The grim ship reality

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Request for IP Address Block of User Fashiondiva2015

--Rohtak camp (talk) 20:55, 8 May 2015 (UTC)Admin note this editor is fake and creating fake ids account and rewriting Deleted page Sujit Meher . This page was previously deleted by 3 times by Wikipedia admins but he is recreating same article with Vandalism . This IP Address may be blocked for necessary- action may be taken .--Rohtak camp (talk) 20:55, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Done Temporary block with autoblock for disruptive editing. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:23, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

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Request for resolution on HostBot Co-op matching workflow

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The Signpost: 13 May 2015

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The Signpost: 20 May 2015

From the editor: Your voice is needed: strategic voting in the WMF election

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Traffic report: Inner Core

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News and notes: A dark side of comedy: the Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes

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Featured content: Puppets, fungi, and waterfalls

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In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize

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The Signpost: 27 May 2015

News and notes: WMF releases quarterly reports, annual plans

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In the media: Scrubbing Parliamentary biographies; Wikipedia's invisible history

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Discussion report: A relic from the past that needs to be updated

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Featured content: When music was confined to a ribbon of rust

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Recent research: Drug articles accurate and largely complete; women "slightly overrepresented"; talking like an admin

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Traffic report: Summer, summer, summertime

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The Signpost: 03 June 2015

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The Signpost: 10 June 2015

News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief

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The Signpost: 17 June 2015

In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch

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.

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In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe

This would end a long-standing tradition in many countries that the skyline and the public scene should belong to everybody.

Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time

We need to be ever-diligent in ensuring that articles remain of high quality.

Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed; proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts

The rollout of HTTPS only has now been completed across all Wikimedia wikis.

Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars

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.

News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief

A more than usually severe outage Wikimedia Labs occurred after a massive database corruption implosion on June 17.

Featured content: Great Dane hits 150

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Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin

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WikiProject report: Western Australia speaks – we are back

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The Signpost: 24 June 2015

From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative

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Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia

The Wikimedia Foundation's Language Engineering team plans to introduce Content Translation—a tool that makes it easier to translate Wikipedia articles into different languages—as a beta feature on the English Wikipedia.

Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia

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Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done

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Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles

One paper looks at the topic of Wikipedia governance in the context of online social production.

Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced

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News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments

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In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing

The Hürriyet Daily News reports that the Turkish Wikipedia has posted banners on the top of the encyclopedia to warn users that a number of articles are being blocked by the Turkish government.

Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia

After six years of work, a residency in the Canadian Rockies, endless debugging, and more than a little help from my friends, I have made Print Wikipedia.

Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration

Clausewitz' pithy summary of warfare as "politics by other means" seems to be the motto of some Wikipedia editors.

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The Signpost: 01 July 2015

News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF

This week The Center for Internet and Society published a promotional blog post highlighting the heritage of the center's creation of the Train the Trainer program.

In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology

A week now remains until the vote, expected on 9 July, when the European Parliament will express either its approval, disapproval, or lack of opinion on the question of freedom of panorama in the European Union.

WikiProject report: Able to make a stand

Here to share their wisdom are Dodger67, Penny Richards, LilyKitty, and Mirokado of WikiProject Disability

Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.

Four featured list and twelve featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report: We're Baaaaack

For the week of June 21 to 27, 2015, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages.

Technology report: Technical updates and improvements

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution

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The Signpost: 08 July 2015

Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?

It seems like a good time to discuss the various communications channels available to community members.

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief

Lila Tretikov this week posted an email to the wikimedia-l mailing list announcing the final publication of the Wikimedia Foundation's 2015 annual plan.

In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved

The mayor of Esino Lario warns that Wikimedia 2016 is "at risk of disappearing".

Traffic report: The Empire lobs back

It's July 4 weekend and on this list that means only one thing: Wimbledon. Sure, the American Independence Day gets noticed too, but it can't hold a candle to that staggeringly British sporting event.

Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison...

12 featured articles, 2 featured lists, and 15 featured pictures were promoted this week.

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The Signpost: 15 July 2015

Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it

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Traffic report: Belles of the ball

However coy they may be about it in public, Americans love to win. And when they do, they make no secret of it.

WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?

We return this week with an interview with a historical project that's still fairly active, WikiProject Former countries.

In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion

In The Register, Andrew Orlowski reports that three weeks ago, Grant Shapps filed a request with Wikimedia UK (WMUK) under the Data Protection Act 1998 "for all data relating to him".

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report

The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce the release of our latest transparency report.

News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania

Wikimania 2015 is underway in Mexico City, and one of its sessions—a scheduled follow-up to the annual Wikimedia Conference that was held in Berlin in May—is good reason to provide a retrospective of that Conference.

Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate

One featured article, seven featured lists, and 14 featured pictures were promoted this week.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 22 July 2015

From the editor: Change the world

We want to take a moment to ask you to consider contributing to the Signpost.

News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case

Wikimania features remarks from some leading players from the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the free knowledge movement.

Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries

WMF's Executive Director, Lila Tretikov, gave the opening plenary address.

In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free

Three novelists "have found a way to control the Wikipedia narrative" by using the annotation website Genius to annotate their own Wikipedia articles.

Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin'

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WikiProject report: Some more politics

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Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters

Three featured articles, two featured lists, and 29 featured pictures were promoted this week.

Gallery: "One small step..."

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The Signpost: 29 July 2015

News and notes: BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate

An RFC proposes to create a "Bureaucrats' Admin Review Committee" (BARC) composed of bureaucrats empowered to remove adminship rights.

Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian

Two years ago, I discovered that I was on the autism spectrum.

Recent research: Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted

An article argues that Wikipedia displays some key characteristics of a collective intelligence process.

In the media: Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars?

"Editors representing rival political tribes [are] frequently attempting to impose their respective narratives as the official version of one or another cultural controversy."

Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues

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Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit

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Hello, my image of Joe Williams was taken by me and I hold the copyright. I would like it restored on his Wiki page. Thanks.Brianmcmillen (talk) 17:37, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 05 August 2015

Editorial: Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias than traditional publishers

That particular artists would be omitted through oversight or happenstance is reasonable, but that one of the world's leading publishers of art books is completely unaware of their major omissions is startling.

Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google

The public interest in remembering the facts about trials and convictions is, in my view, at least as strong as any "right to be forgotten."

News and notes: VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief

VisualEditor is now on slow roll-out on the English Wikipedia.

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In the media: Probe into Nehru edits launched; dangers of the right to be forgotten

The Indian government has launched an investigation into the source of Wikipedia edits regarding Jawaharlal Nehru that caused outrage in that country.

Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya...

Death is no stranger to this list, but it has never cast such a pall as this week, when for the first time half the slots in the top 10 were devoted to it, including the top 3.

Featured content: Maya, Michigan, Medici, Médée, and Moul n'ga

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Blog: Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program

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The Signpost: 12 August 2015

News and notes: Superprotect, one year later; a contentious RfA

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In the media: Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj

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Traffic report: Fighting from top to bottom

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Featured content: Fused lizards, giant mice, and Scottish demons

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Blog: The Hunt for Tirpitz

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The Signpost: 19 August 2015

Op-ed: WP:THREATENING2MEN: The English Wikipedia's misogynist infopolitics and the hegemony of the asshole consensus

Nothing makes Wikipedians more angry than a discussion of gender and feminism on Wikipedia.

In the media: Politically controversial science; "Wikipedia hates women"

A new article in PLOS ONE about Wikipedia's science coverage has attracted media attention.

Featured content: Dead parrots, live frogs, a symbolic kiss and what do we get? Enrique Iglesias!

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Traffic report: Straight Outta Connecticut

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Blog: How Wikipedia responds to breaking news

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The Signpost: 26 August 2015

In focus: An increase in active Wikipedia editors

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In the media: Russia temporarily blocks Wikipedia

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Op-ed: Wikimania—can volunteers organize conferences?

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News and notes: Re-imagining grants

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The Signpost: 02 September 2015

Special report: Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia

Nearly 400 accounts blocked in largest paid-editing bust ever.

News and notes: Flow placed on ice

The WMF collaboration team announced this week that Flow will no longer be under active development.

Discussion report: WMF's sudden reversal on Wiki Loves Monuments

A conflict regarding fundraising banners on the Italian Wikipedia is resolved.

Featured content: Brawny

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In the media: Orangemoody sockpuppet case sparks widespread coverage

Also vital statistics regarding Ja Rule.

Traffic report: You didn't miss much

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The Signpost: 09 September 2015

Gallery: Being Welsh

The National Library is now releasing some of the nation's most treasured collections to Wikimedia Commons for everyone to use and enjoy.

Featured content: Killed by flying debris

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Op-ed: DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity

Fram tells us why DYK is a problem.

News and notes: The Swedish Wikipedia's controversial two-millionth article

First bot-created article generated from Wikidata; the Orange Bar of Doom has finally met its doom; active editor numbers still on the rise; arbitrator to resign; ne templates added in wake of Orangemoody case

Traffic report: Mass media production traffic

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In the media: Calling all scientists!; More Wikipedia editors in the Netherlands than all of Africa combined

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The Signpost: 16 September 2015

Editorial: No access is no answer to closed access

On Wikipedia's commitment to open access and its obligations to readers and editors.

News and notes: Byrd and notifications leave, but page views stay; was a terror suspect editing Wikipedia?

WMF CFO to depart, notifications come and go, and questions about the possible editing by a recently arrested terrorism suspect.

In the media: Is there life on Mars?

Probably not. Also, Whitehall still editing Wikipedia.

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The Signpost: 23 September 2015

In the media: PETA makes "monkey selfie" a three-way copyright battle; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

PETA launches a copyright lawsuit over the infamous photograph.

Op-ed: Can we please stop bashing Wikipedia?

No, really, just stop.

Featured content: Inside Duke Humfrey's Library

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WikiProject report: Dancing to the beat of a... wikiproject?

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Traffic report: ¡Viva la Revolución! Kinda.

This week, drug lord and wannabe Bolivar Pablo Escobar was joined by a whole host of somewhat more primetime-friendly political insurgents.

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Precious again

speedy keep
Thank you for being a volunteer for Writing about Wikipedia, for tirelessly greeting new users, helping and sometimes warning, for dealing with deletion requests, ready to keep content worth keeping, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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I'm sorry.

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@Blaze The Movie Fan: No worries, remember we are the encyclopedia where anyone can edit :D Semi-Protection may not have been around much or at all last time you were here - it is a special protection level that only applies to anonymous and very new users; normally applied to stop strict vandalism. For what it is worth, I don't really have an opinion on if that content would have made that article better or worse - but it certainly wasn't vandalism. Any edit is subject to the WP:BRD cycle and since the SPP led that attempted edit to the talk page, continuing it there instead of BRD on the article is likely the best course of action now. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 19:14, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

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Template editor

Hi, Xaosflux. Would it be possible to get some closure on my request for template editor rights at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Template editor#User:AlexTheWhovian? No one has commented or made further progress on it for about a week now. Thank you! Alex|The|Whovian 23:57, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Done, unfortunately it is a

Not done - but think of it more of a {{notyet}}. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:17, 29 December 2015 (UTC)