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The Signpost: 29 April 2013
- News and notes: Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp
The Funds Dissemination Committee released its recommendations to the WMF board last Sunday. The news that the Hong Kong chapter's application for US$212K had failed was followed by a strongly worded resignation announcement by Deryck Chan on the public Wikimedia-l mailing-list.
- In the media: Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax
On 24 April 2013, novelist Amanda Filipacchi published what turned out to be an influential op-ed in the New York Times; illuminating the unusual background of the Yuri Gadyukin hoax.
- Featured content: Wiki loves video games
Nine articles, three lists, three pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" this week.
- WikiProject report: Japanese WikiProject Baseball
This week, we traveled to the Japanese Wikipedia's WikiProject Baseball for perspectives from a version of Wikipedia that treats WikiProjects as their own unique namespace (プロジェクト:) independent of "Wikipedia:".
- Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles
The WP:TOP25 and WP:5000 reports chronicle the most popular Wikipedia articles on a weekly basis.
- Arbitration report: Sexology closed; two open cases
The Sexology case closed shortly after publication with no changes.
- Recent research: Sentiment monitoring; UNESCO and systemic bias; and more
A report on an online service which was created to conduct real-time monitoring of Wikipedia articles of companies, and more.
- Technology report: New notifications system deployed across Wikipedia
This week saw the deployment of the Echo extension, also known as "notifications".
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Issue concerning pygmy pipehorses
Hello Invertzoo! I'm sorry to bother you with something that doesn't concern Gastropods, but the WikiProjects involved don't look very active, and perhaps you know someone who could give me a hand. An issue has come up with one of the AfC submissions. If you see the discussion in my talk page, that pretty much sums it up. I'd appreciate your input. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 13:34, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry Focusandlearn, I am sorry it took me a while to answer this, but I am really out of my depth with that discussion about pipefish! If you still have questions about the various articles, you should ask User:Epipelagic what he thinks; he is a real fish person. Invertzoo (talk) 01:11, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, Invertzoo! No problem, I'll have a chat with Epipelagic, see what he/she thinks... FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 01:43, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Input request
Hello Invertzoo,
I am requesting input from all participants in the discussion from the recent Signpost article on sexism in Wikipedia for a proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/National teams#Proposed change: consistency in article title gendering. Thank you in advance for any contributions to the discussion. Dkreisst (talk) 21:20, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 06 May 2013
- News and notes: Candidates nominating for Foundation elections; Looking ahead to Wikimania 2014
Although not yet in great numbers, candidates are coming forward for Wikimedia Foundation elections, which will be held from 1 to 15 June. The elections will fill vacancies in three categories, the most prominent of which will be the three community-elected seats on the ten-member Board of Trustees (or the first Board meeting after the election results are announced, if sooner). The current two-year terms for these trustee positions ends on 1 September.
- Technology report: Foundation successful in bid for larger Google subsidy
The Wikimedia Foundation will be receiving more than $100,000 worth of free developer time courtesy of internet giant Google, it was announced this week. The funds, allocated as part of Google's Summer of Code programme, will support up to 21 student developers through three months of coding time.
- Featured content: WikiCup update: full speed ahead!
May sees the beginning of Round 3 of the 2013 WikiCup, with 33 of the original 127 competitors remaining. ... six articles, ten pictures, and two portals were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
- In the media: New Wikipedia for Schools edition; Anders Behring Breivik's Wikipedia contributions
The SOS Children's Villages news service advised on 3 May 2013 that Wikipedia for Schools 2013 is nearly ready for release. ... On 26 April 2013, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation published an article reviewing Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik's edits to the English Wikipedia, where it revealed the name of Breivik's English Wikipedia account.
- WikiProject report: Earn $100 in cash... and a button!
This week's English Wikipedia project, WikiProject Biophysics, is home to several experts in their fields and a collaboration with the Biophysical Society. The project is hosting a contest through July 15 with six contributors winning $100 in cash and given the opportunity to attend the 2014 meeting of the Biophysical Society in San Francisco. Other strong entries will be awarded barnstars online and everyone who contributes can receive a physical button mailed out to them.
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The Signpost: 13 May 2013
- News and notes: WMF–community ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list
The removal of administrator rights from all volunteers on the Wikimedia Foundation's official website sparked a highly emotional reaction on the Wikimedia-l mailing list—one of the largest off-wiki methods of communication for the Wikimedia movement.
- WikiProject report: Knock Out: WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts
This week, we spent some time watching WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts, which was started in August 2005 and has grown to include 12 Good Articles and a Featured List.
- Featured content: A mushroom, a motorway, a Munich gallery, and a map
Fourteen articles, three lists, and three pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia, including Boletus luridus, seen above.
- In the media: PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients; can Wikipedia predict the stock market?
An article published on May 10 on Odwyerpr.com written by Greg Hazley documented a "spar" between Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and public relations firm Qorvis partner Matt Lauer, who disputes Wikipedia's guideline discouraging public relations firms from editing articles on their clients.
- Arbitration report: Race and politics opened; three open cases
The Race and politics case has been accepted for arbitration, and the evidence phase is now open. Two other cases remain open.
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Recent trip
You very lucky person! How was your trip? FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 13:48, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 20 May 2013
- Foundation elections: Trustee candidates speak about Board structure, China, gender, global south, endowment
Nominations closed last Friday for the three community-elected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) ten-member Board of Trustees—the ultimate corporate authority of the worldwide WMF. The Board has influential roles and responsibilities over one of the most powerful global information sources on the Internet.
- WikiProject report: Classical Greece and Rome
This week, we traveled to WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome. The project was started in May 2006 and has 37 featured articles.
- News and notes: Spanish Wikipedia leaps past one million articles
On 16 May, the Spanish Wikipedia became the seventh Wikipedia to cross the million article Rubicon, a symbolic yet important achievement.
- In the media: Qworty incident continues
Salon.com published another article detailing the ongoing incidents with Wikipedia user Qworty, who has identified himself as Robert Clark Young. It documents Qworty's role in the controversy involving Amanda Filipacchi's op-ed, which kindled a debate on Wikipedia sexism as it relates to categories, where Qworty was responsible for a series of revenge edits against Filipacchi in the days after she released her op-ed.
- Featured content: Up in the air
Nine articles, six lists, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
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- EdwardsBot (talk) 07:56, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Veined rapa whelk shell
Commons
Hello Invertzoo! Do you know anything about uploading photos to Commons? Thanks! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 14:08, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
- Hello to you too FoCuS. OK... to upload files to Commons you need to be logged in to Commons, in other words you have to go ahead and register there just like you did for Wikipedia. Here is a page you can use to start:
- Once you have an account on Commons (you can use the exact same user name that you have here), you can use the Commons "Upload Wizard" to upload files to Commons. The Wizard interface will make it fairly easy for you, by explaining the steps, but the file or files you want to upload must be "free". That means you must own the copyright yourself and be prepared to give it away, or you must have found the image somewhere where you know for a fact that it is in the public domain.
- Is that enough info for a start? Invertzoo (talk) 01:14, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
- It is, thanks! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 01:39, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
- FoCuSandLeArN You can use your current account on Commons; no need to register again. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
- Oh! It must've been one of those times I cruised through Commons, and the account was automatically created, the same as with other Wikis. One less step ;) FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 14:59, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
- FoCuSandLeArN You can use your current account on Commons; no need to register again. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Copied from Ganesh's talk page by Invertzoo:
Happy birthday!
Dunno when it was, but hope you had a lovely day! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 21:10, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Gastropoda
Whenever I notice I have an unexpected message on my Talk page, I always wince-- I always suspect that I am about to be chastised or corrected for some Wiki faux pas or other, and often enough that has been the case (we learn by making mistakes, and I have made my share here). How unusual, then, to see such a notice and then, with bated breath, read the message, and have it say, "thank you."
To which I now say in return, "You are most welcome." I will apologize for the brevity of the articles on streptoneury and euthyneury, but at least they now exist.
But more than this, I wanted to invite you to check out my anatomic illustrations for the articles on the scallop and the saltwater limpet (and to a lesser extent, the article on Monoplacophora). I am revising the one for the limpet even as we speak-- my depiction of the kidneys and the heart was much too simplistic, and I hope to have a better diagram put together within the next week or so.
Thank you for saying thanks, and for noticing at all. Much appreciated. KDS4444Talk 01:47, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Page moved: Pulmonata.jpg
Request for Comment(ary)
Hi! Another editor and I are having a discussion over at solo (trilobite) over whether to move "Han solo (trilobite)" to "Han (trilobite)". We mostly agree (i.e., per Wikipedia policy concerning monotypic genus articles), though, I think we might be better served if we had another point of view in the discussion. Thank you for your time.--Mr Fink (talk) 14:58, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 May 2013
- News and notes: First-ever community election for FDC positions
Alongside the Signpost's interviews with the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) Board of Trustees candidates, the Signpost asked the candidates for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and its Ombudsperson position a series of questions relating to the positions they may be taking on. For the FDC candidates, this will include specific recommendations to the WMF on how to disburse over US$11 million in donors' funds to affiliate organizations, something which appears to have garnered little attention from the editing community at large so far.
- In the media: Pagans complain about Qworty's anti-Pagan editing
In the continuing saga of User:Qworty's outing as author Robert Clark Young, several blogs and websites covered the now-banned user's anti-Pagan editing. In an article published on 22 May 2013, TechEye described Qworty's edits as a "reign of terror" and were pleased to find that he had not succeeded in removing several prominent Pagan biographies from the encyclopedia.
- Foundation elections: Candidates talk about the Meta problem, the nation-based chapter model, world languages, and value for money
The elections for the three community seats on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees start on 8 June. This second and final part of the interview explores two broad themes: Meta, the site that hosts movement-wide coordination; and offline entities—the chapters and the new thematic organisations and user groups.
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Geographical Coordinates
This week, we plotted out the demarcations of WikiProject Geographical Coordinates, which aims to create a single standard of handling coordinates in Wikipedia articles.
- Featured content: Life of 2π
Twelve articles, four lists, and twelve pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
- Recent research: Motivations on the Persian Wikipedia; is science eight times more popular on the Spanish Wikipedia than the English Wikipedia?
An article in Library Review offers a much-needed comparison of data from a population of editors outside the English Wikipedia.
- Technology report: Amsterdam hackathon: continuity, change, and stroopwafels
Second only to the technical track of Wikimania in terms of numbers, the Berlin Hackathon (2009–2012) provided those with an interest in the software that underpins Wikimedia wikis and supports its editors a place to gather, exchange ideas and learn new skills.
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- EdwardsBot (talk) 07:53, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
GL Photography reply
I added a few options to the Opened live scallop thread (new distinct files).
Whooda' thunk' that a scallop shell (sans naked Venus) could motivate the interest of so many image editors?
Please, don't be 'put off' by editorial comments between graphists. It's just a bunch of artistic personalities polishing each others marbles. 'Par for the course'. While it can get a bit unseemly at times, image quality generally comes out on top in the end.
Thanks for inspiring us, --Kevjonesin (talk) 17:39, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
p.s. A scallop anatomy question is included along with the images at: Opened live scallop#Other options. --Kevjonesin (talk) 22:50, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
