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Oral history as references
Hi, Trying to get back into contributing to the wikipedia.
I'd like to add an article about Richie Riley, a Jamaican born dancer and community activist. He has a broadsheet obit but next to nothing published about him over a few brief lines. However, he has oral history interviews at Black Cultural Archives and the British Library. Unfortunately both have fairly brief catalogue descriptions. Is it possible to use the oral history interviews as references?
This page gives some guidance but I'm still not sure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Cultural_Professionals#As_References
Thanks for your help Eartha78 (talk) 17:12, 4 August 2015 (UTC)Eartha78
- Hi, the place to check is Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary.2C_secondary_and_tertiary_sources. According to the policy it is Ok to use primary sources provide you are careful about infroducing any interpretation that could be original research. Leutha (talk) 12:40, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
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Neurath
Hi. It was a real pleasure meeting you at the science conference. I'm sorry we didn't get to spend more time together. (I'm the Australian guy.) You mentioned you might point me to your paper on Neurath. I'd like to read it, if you'd still like to share it. Your summary when we first met, and a comment you made after one of the presentations, have piqued my interest. (Don't expect anything like informed criticism from me, though. I know next to nothing about 20th century philosophy.) --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 10:13, 4 September 2015 (UTC) Thank you, Tony, it was great to meet you. The paper will be ready in two weeks,it's my MSc dissertation. After that I will be sharing it. In fact it looks at Neurath in a broader context than philosophy, I kind of feel he got involved in philosophy because that was what was required for his conception of broader democratic access to knowledge, so don't worry about it being over philosophical. I am also doing work ready for when Neurath goes out of copyright in January,. Leutha (talk) 10:36, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
- Cool. I look forward to it. (There's a nice photo of you and Jacob talking in the lunch room on Commons.) --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 02:43, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
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Patrolled pages
Hi, Leutha! Hope you're OK. Two of our recent Wikipedia-and-food participants have asked me a question which amounts to "What does it mean when I get an email to say that my sandbox was patrolled? Is it threatening?" I didn't know -- I have been a Wikipedian since 2005 without ever knowing of this feature -- but by searching I found the MediaWiki page about patrolling, so now I think I understand what it is. We even have it on the Latin Vicipaedia. You live and learn. But, after having read the MediaWiki page, I still can't see why anyone would patrol a sandbox page (resulting in a disturbing email to the sandbox user). Can you perhaps understand it? Do you think it was, in essence, a mistake? Or does it happen to nearly everybody? I have user subpages too, but I never got an email about any of them ... Andrew Dalby 18:40, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
- I agree it does sound a bit menacing. Basically when people are still quite new, the pages get patrolled for vandalism. Most vandalism comes from new accounts, as the old accounts get blocked quite quickly. You haven't experienced this, I guess, because you already had plenty of edits when it was introduced a while ago. Even user subpages can be problematic if they are attack pages, so I suppose that's why they get patrolled as well.Leutha (talk) 22:01, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. Of course, there can be attack pages lurking in userspace -- never thought of that angle. I'll pass the explanation on. Andrew Dalby 08:37, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Ways to improve Dieter Langewiesche
Hi, I'm Catmando999. Leutha, thanks for creating Dieter Langewiesche!
I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. I suggest that you reference sources.
The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Catmando999 Check out his talk page! 09:21, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
- I have read your message on my talk page. I have removed the tag saying it was an advertisement. Catmando999 Check out his talk page! 09:32, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
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I just wanted to inform you that I have moved your article from the mainspace to the Draft namespace from Sergei_Senkin to Draft:Sergei_Senkin. If you're wondering why I moved your article, please read WP:Verifiability or leave a note on my talk page, and I would be happy to address any questions, comments, or concerns you would have. Happy editing!
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Thanks
I was a bit miffed last night, but I'm over it now. I understand where the editor was coming from, but I feel that they were forcing their own ideas of how Wikipedia should run rather than considering that other editors work in different ways. A 24 hour wait before enforcing moved etc, is not too much to ask and it doesn't damage the encyclopedia. I hope your experience wasn't too damaging, but sometimes you just need to put things down to experience and move on. Happy editing FruitMonkey (talk) 22:24, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- It also looks like other editor took up our baton and s/he has decided to no longer move to draft, so that's a result. Thanks for the update to the Plebs' League article too. FruitMonkey (talk) 22:37, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
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East London meet up Nov 23 2015
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| Hi Leutha,
I am based in East London and look forward to meeting you at the meet-up in Canary Wharf on November 23rd! I am new to Wikipedia and so look forward to tips on what can be done and how? kind regards Armond Dean (talk) 15:17, 10 November 2015 (UTC) |
Hi Leutha,
Of course, I mean the meeting at Canary Wharf on Tuesday 24th November.
How will the Wikipedias recognise each other? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Armond Dean (talk • contribs) 15:43, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
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Semi detached
I strayed over to Semi-detached- culled a bit and started to look for references. That was easy- but how do I play it http://www.pia-journal.co.uk/articles/10.5334/pia.404/ has everything and the whole text is tagged as CC BY 3.0. It is almost the article we need. It is fully referenced to our standards. I have never come across that before. Does that allow me to cut and paste- how do I credit it- how do I fight off the plagiarism bots. Have you any advice on this?
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This is confirmed for the 13th. They are promoting it in the next few days and say they already have a lot of interest. Philafrenzy (talk) 11:32, 18 January 2016 (UTC) Thanks for that. I can confirm I shall be there as well! Leutha (talk) 13:08, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
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I've started that Notability for Beginners page I was talking about
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Refugee Council Archive
I have created a page on the Wikimedia UK wiki where we can develop this event: wmuk:Projects in incubation/Refugee Council Archive. I think I have left a message for everyone who was involved in the discussion about this, but please do check! Thryduulf (talk) 01:09, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
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London/Hitchin meetups
Hi Leutha. It was good to meet you at the recent London meetup and thanks for bringing the banner - which I'll put to good use next week. You mentioned some possible contacts with connections to Hitchin (the college, a makers club(?), and a Wiki UK person?). If you get a chance to give them a reminder about the Hitchin meetup that would be good. I've also emailed Hitchin Camera Club on the off chance that some of their members might be interested. Hope to see you in the near future at Hitchin or London. Cheers Robevans123 (talk) 15:46, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Leutha Thank you so much for your comment! Disheartening doesn't cover it, but your message has given me new hope! Every time I think I've cracked it and it normally comes back with unhelpful feedback about "tone of voice" or referencing. Your comment about circular referencing makes sense, I wish I'd picked up on that sooner and will look at finding external references when I next get chance. Thank you! katefaxen Katefaxen (talk) 14:00, 9 February 2016 (UTC) [1]
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Thank you for the session. It was a great experience! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meenakshiy (talk • contribs) 07:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Emelia Russell Gurney
I got into research on her by chance (Alfred Gurney, a lesser figure in fact, and he came via the Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse). I'm now not understanding why there hasn't been an academic biography of her.
The latest addition I found to make (there can be more) is the one about Octavia Hill and her 1898 speech: five people mentioned, only one being in the Victorian mainstream (William Shaen was a radical lawyer (in the ODNB), and Sydney John Cockerell was the father of Sydney Cockerell the well-known curator). Charles Matthews (talk) 19:44, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi - I think I've found the right link! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colinetto (talk • contribs) 11:58, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 02 March 2016
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- News and notes: Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia
Parties could not agree on extending the 2009 agreement.
- In the media: Wales at SXSW; lawsuit over Wikipedia PR editing
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- Op-ed: Hard work needed to address Wikimedia’s leadership challenges
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- Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #119: The Foundation and the departure of Lila Tretikov
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I made the African-American liberalism article out of your suggestion. Thank you. Informant16 26 March 2016
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The Signpost: 23 March 2016
- Interview: Exclusive: interview with interim ED Katherine Maher
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DYK for Althea McNish
| On 1 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Althea McNish, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Althea McNish is not American, but she is descended from a Merikin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Althea McNish. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
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Hayek on encyclopedism?

Hi,
In your comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Encyclopedism you mentioned "Hayek's critique of encyclopedism". Could you point me to what you mean? Is it specifically a critique of Neurath's encyclopedia and/or, say, logical positivism, or about encyclopedias generally? This is for my own interest. Thanks. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:14, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- I may have found it. In Individualism and Economic Order there's this:
This second and altogether different strand of thought, also known as individualism, is represented mainly by French and other Continental writers-a fact due, I believe, to the dominant role which Cartesian rationalism plays in its composition. The outstanding representatives of this tradition are the Encyclopedists, Rousseau, and the physiocrats; and, for reasons we shall presently consider, this rationalistic individualism always tends to develop into the opposite of individualism, namely, socialism or collectivism. It is because only the first kind of individualism is consistent that I claim for it the name of true individualism, while the second kind must probably be regarded as a source of modern socialism as important as the properly collectivist theories.
- So Diderot and company and their individualism-cum-socialism that's expressed through the Encyclopedie rather than encyclopedism or encyclopedists (lowercase e) in general? (The string "encycl" doesn't look to appear again in Individualism..). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:23, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- Actually I was also thinking of Hayek's The Counter-Revolution of Science, the second part "The Counter-Revolution of Science". The focus is on Saint Simon, but he does touch on Neurath. Leutha (talk) 18:34, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
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Police haul away some article content.
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Rock out to this interview with project editors.
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¿Quién es más macho?
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Speedy deletion nomination of Lucille Spann

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You created article Lucille Spann
There is not much to report on the musician, and there is already some information on the Otis Spann page. I respectfully believe it should not remain a standalone article. Thank you! RES2773 (talk) 23:36, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 April 2016
- Op-ed: Should prison inmates be permitted to edit Wikipedia?
They do have plenty of time on their hands
- News and notes: Denny Vrandečić resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board
More turnover in the foundation
- In the media: Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright case; Tex Watson; AI assistants; David Jolly biography
Copyright laws, prisoners, and the future of technology
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Books & Bytes - Issue 16
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The Signpost: 24 April 2016
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Maybe the rover could find an ED on the moon...
- Op-ed: Knowledge Engine and the Wales–Heilman emails
When is competing with Google not competing with Google?
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Help wanted!
- Traffic report: Two for the price of one
What's better than one traffic report? Two!
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When it rains, it pours
The Signpost: 2 May 2016
- News and notes: Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky
Wikimedia Switzerland board members involved in paid-editing firm
- In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps
More reports surface of pirates' new favorite database: Wikimedia Commons
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Prince's death breaks traffic report records
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- Arbitration report: Two editors unbanned; Wikicology case enters workshop phase; Gamaliel restricted from Gamergate at his own request
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Making sense of Wikipedia's social network
Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Help and reception

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Proposed deletion of Charles Wenzel

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The Signpost: 17 May 2016
- News and notes: Affiliates' nomination of WMF trustees announced; FDC's straight talking to WMF
Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv respond to the Signpost's questions
- Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil
Paid-editing controversy
- In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post
Citations needed
- Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one
Nine featured articles, eight featured lists, and six featured pictures
- Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs
Prince gives way to Captain America
- Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"
News from two arbitration cases
- Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2!
35 competitors move on to round 3
Category:Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail has been nominated for discussion
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data magic
Module talk:Sandbox/RexxS/WdRefs Leutha (talk) 15:37, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 May 2016
- News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting
Dates and venues for WikiCon USA 2016, WikiCon India 2016, 2016 Glam Boot Camp and 2016 Wikimedia Diversity Conference
- Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director
Sue Gardner appears to be earning more money as the WMF's special advisor than she did as its executive director
- In the media: The perils of Wikipedia's monopoly; Wikipedians' fragility; Street Sharks hoax
Not everything you read online is fact
- Featured content: Eight articles, three lists and five pictures
Another eight featured articles, three featured lists and five featured pictures
- Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian
Mental health carries a powerful stigma. The more we are open about it, the less that weighs all of us down
- Arbitration report: Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee
Gamaliel and others case nears its end, and there are new 30/500 rules
- Recent research: English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies
Round-up of recent Wikipedia research
- Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride
We've recently come into possession of a new tool.
- Blog: Freely licensed magic at Eurovision
Albin Olsson has been right there with them, capturing dramatic images of singers from around the world.
The Signpost: 05 June 2016
- News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens
The Signpost analyzes the WMF's revised annual plan
- In the media: Jimmy Wales on net neutrality—"It's complicated"—and his $100m fundraising challenge
Recent press interviews
- Featured content: Overwhelmed ... by pictures
One article, one list, and seven images were featured this week
- Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.
Film and television maintain a strong grasp on Wikipedia's readership
- Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes
The final results of the heated case
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games
We sat down with the writers of some of the most vistied Wikipedia articles
Course Instructor Rights (or similar)
@Leutha: Stinglehammer and TheTrabiMechanic want to set up Wikipedia courses in the coming academic term but do not have the relevant rights to create a course page via the extension. This page tells me that only admins can grant such rights, and I'm wondering whether you can help. All the best, --Flycatchr 17:01, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
- I no longer have co-ordinator privileges, which is what is needed. Please see this: Wikipedia:Education noticeboard.Leutha (talk) 17:17, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 15 June 2016
- News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov
WMF board chair Patricio Lorente answers questions
- Special report: Wikiversity Journal—A new user group
Wikimedia enters academic publishing
- Featured content: From the crème de la crème
Eleven featured articles, nine featured lists and fourteen featured pictures
- In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing
Recent media coverage of Wikipedia and Wikimedia
- Op-ed: Commons Picture of the Year; Wikidata licensing
Two for the price of one—do the popular Commons image contest and Wikidata licensing serve the community as well as they should?
- Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle
Wikipedia's most read articles in the last two weeks
- Blog: Why I proofread poetry at Wikisource
Poetry: “it is the stuff of the soul; it speaks to the body, the mind, and the spirit alike.” Sonja Bohm worked for years to get all of Florence Earle Coates’ poetry online, and now proofreads poetry on the English Wikisource, the free library. We asked why.
Books & Bytes - Issue 17
Books & Bytes
Issue 17, April-May 2016
by The Interior, Ocaasi, UY Scuti, Sadads, and Nikkimaria
- New donations this month - a German-language legal resource
- Wikipedia referals to academic citations - news from CrossRef and WikiCite2016
- New library stats, WikiCon news, a bot to reveal Open Access versions of citations, and more!
The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 04 July 2016
- News and notes: Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany
News from Wikimania and the courts
- Op-ed: Two policies in conflict?
Paid-contributions disclosure vs. outing
- In the media: Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source
Reliability worries
- Featured content: Triple fun of featured content
Six articles, nine lists, one topic and thirteen pictures promoted
- Traffic report: Goalposts; Oy vexit
European football and politics dominate the top-10
- Blog: Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year
From the Wikimedia Foundation blog
Contests
User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:23, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 July 2016
- News and notes: Board faces diversity and skill-base issues in new FDC appointments
Four seats to be filled in top WMF grantmaking body; General Counsel and Secretary Geoff Brigham leaves Wikimedia
- Discussion report: Busy month for discussions
New ArbCom restrictions; genetically modified food safety
- In the media: Women in science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased"
Female scientists in India; Cracked.com probes Wikipedia's weaknesses
- Featured content: A wide variety from the best
Promotions in four featured-content forums
- Traffic report: Sports and esports
Northern summer makes sport the winner
- Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks
Plus a clerk appointment and two motions
- Recent research: Using deep learning to predict article quality
Plus navigating the Chinese Wikipedia, and talkpage sentiment
Proposed deletion of Tiger Jack Payne
Hello, Leutha. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Tiger Jack Payne, for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. If you don't want Tiger Jack Payne to be deleted, please add a reference to the article.
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Thanks, ubiquity (talk) 14:37, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
- I've got this covered. A biography of Barbara Stanwyck indicates that Tiger Jack went on to be a leading man – John Payne (actor). Andrew D. (talk) 17:25, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
Marryats
Thanks for the thanks! I'm learning a bit more about the Marryats on the way. I rather like Fred's naval novels, do you? I have six altogether, but you have to be lucky or they turn out rather expensive. Best wishes, Brian Bmcln1 (talk) 16:39, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
- I must admit I am not familiar with Fred's novels. I was drawn to this because of Joseph senior's involvement in anti-abolitionism. Joseph junior and his brother Charles both owned substantial number of slaves, but it looks like Fred kept clear of any involvement! Leutha (talk) 19:08, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
Marryats again
My only criticisms as Joe stands at present are 1) it's more usual to keep bibliographic details in the references, just the title in the text, and 2) if subtitled sections are only a line or two, the page begins to look a bit like a club sandwich! Anyway, look forward to seeing more, he sounds an interesting guy, starting banks and stuff. Amazing how important East Anglia was to the English economy even in the 18th century. They all seemed to come from there. Bmcln1 (talk) 21:40, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
Just love those Joseph Marryat titles you've just added. However, the information about the first is now in twice. Bmcln1 (talk) 20:38, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
198 Gallery Editathon 6 Aug 2016
Hi, did you get my previous emails? The editathon at 198 is going ahead this Saturday - would be great to see you if you're free. Drop me a line. Eartha78 (talk) 10:24, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
Samuel Samo
The Signpost: 04 August 2016
- Editorial: Wikipedia policy suppresses sharing of information
And the Signpost loses and gains a co-editor-in-chief
- News and notes: Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open
WMF and Alphabet are developing an algorithm designed to detect personal attacks
- In the media: Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia as a crystal ball; Librarians to counter systemic bias
Plus Android and Taylor Swift
- Obituary: Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24
Condolences are being left on his English Wikipedia talk page
- Traffic report: Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary
Pokémon Go led the chart for two weeks running
- Featured content: Women and Hawaii
Eight articles, two lists and fourteen pictures were promoted
- Recent research: Easier navigation via better wikilinks
Plus: new Wiki Studies journal, Wikipedia usage on Twitter and more
- Blog: All-new notifications page helps Wikimedians focus on what matters most
WMF announces enhancements to the notifications system
- Technology report: User script report (January to July 2016, part 1)
New user scripts and other tech news
Speedy deletion nomination of Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Delegates

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The Signpost: 18 August 2016
- News and notes: Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
Conference draws highly diverse and productive participation, and several years' advocacy pays off in a new government policy
- Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica
Guest post recaps in-depth engagement of experts to address Wikipedia gender gap while improving coverage of their field
- In the media: The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising
Wikipedia coverage ranged from sobering to playful in this issue's roundup
- Featured content: Simply the best ... from the last two weeks
Eight articles, eleven lists, one topic and five pictures were promoted
- Traffic report: Olympic views
Politics gives way to sports, TV and film
- Technology report: User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)
A review of numerous useful Wikipedia customizations
- Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case
New case opened, and a reminder to administrators not to impose blocks based on private information
Books & Bytes - Issue 18
Books & Bytes
Issue 18, June–July 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi, Samwalton9, UY Scuti, and Sadads
- New donations - Edinburgh University Press, American Psychological Association, Nomos (a German-language database), and more!
- Spotlight: GLAM and Wikidata
- TWL attends and presents at International Federation of Library Associations conference, meets with Association of Research Libraries
- OCLC wins grant to train librarians on Wikimedia contribution
The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:25, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge
Hello. I've revamped the contest page into this, based on the new British model. Long term goal, but I've added entries since the beginning of July to give it some initial life. Please add anything you've done then this then too! I hope it proves productive long term. The contests are still planned, but will be more tools towards increasing bulk output in overall goal. It's a permanent goal now, and open! I would be grateful if you could keep a record of all your articles you do there, as I really think seeing the combined efforts will encourage others to create more content too! Please spread the word to the others, cheers!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:16, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 06 September 2016
- News and notes: AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters
The Board’s two-year moratorium on new chapters and thematic organisations has expired; presentation of new criteria is reigniting smoldering controversies and introducing new ones
- Special report: Olympics readership depended on language
A comparison of the 15 most-read articles related to the Olympics, in seven language editions of Wikipedia
- In the media: Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage
Wikipedia gaining ground in credibility among librarians; and a healthy helping of media coverage
- WikiProject report: Watching Wikipedia
An interview with WikiProject TV member CAWylie
- Featured content: Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between
Twelve articles, eight lists and four pictures were promoted
- Traffic report: From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit
An update on two weeks of Wikipedia traffic, based on a new and improved tracking tool
- Technology report: Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them
New scripts and technical news
- Recent research: Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism
One study encounters critique of its ethics from Wikipedians; another critiques the ethics employed by Wikipedia
- Blog: Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway
Switzerland's largest public science library is uploading 134k photos
Nomination of Organic centralism for deletion
Hello. A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Organic centralism is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Organic centralism until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, please do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Thank you. Pariah24 ┃ ☏ 22:02, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 September 2016
- News and notes: Wikipedia Education Program case study published; and a longtime Wikimedian has made his final edit
Medical school class's Wikipedia contributions profiled as case study; and a remembrance of Ray Saintonge, Wikimedian since 2002
- In the media: Wikipedia in the news
This edition's roundup of media coverage
- Featured content: Three weeks in the land of featured content
Nineteen articles, eleven lists, one portal and twelve pictures were promoted
- Arbitration report: Arbcom looking for new checkusers and oversight appointees while another case opens
TRM, CUOS '16, R&I, RfC
- Traffic report: From Gene Wilder to JonBenét
Four weeks of Wikipedia's most popular articles examined
- Technology report: Category sorting and template parameters
Titles with numbers now sort numerically, and a new tool to check how template parameters are used
John Meheux
The Signpost: 14 October 2016
- News and notes: Fundraising, flora and fauna
Wikimedia Foundation reports on fundraising challenges and new initiatives; Indian botanists rally to build Wikimedia Commons' photo collection
- Discussion report: Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input
A new "peer academy" is proposed to find and support leadership in volunteer communities
- In the media: A news columnist on the frustrations of tweaking his Wikipedia bio
And this edition's roundup of media coverage
- Technology report: Upcoming tech projects for 2017
A new editor, a new parsing algorithm, and another server switch
- Featured content: Variety is the spice of life
Twelve articles, twelve lists and twenty-one pictures were promoted
- Traffic report: Debates and escapes
Donald Trump remains a view-magnet, others change their channel
- Recent research: A 2011 study resurfaces in a media report
We explore the study, which sought insights from Wikipedia metadata into global events
Asian 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:18, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
Rachel Gadsden
Hi Clem - I finally got around to doing some more work on the Rachel Gadsden page. I've more to input but have run out of time today. Any tips? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Gadsden Hope you're well Colin (from disability arts online) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colinetto (talk • contribs) 14:32, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of EuroMayDay

The article EuroMayDay has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Article fails WP:N and has zero references (WP:V). Based on some research, it looks like a defunct holiday that was never really notable in distinction from May day. I can't find any evidence that this has been celebrated since 2014.
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. AlexEng(TALK) 03:32, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

