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Another Daily Mail RfC
There is an RfC at Talk:Daily Mail#Request for comment: Other criticisms section. Your input would be most helpful. --Guy Macon (talk) 12:21, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Did you know
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DYK for Dirt Candy
On 6 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dirt Candy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Manhattan vegetarian restaurant Dirt Candy is "waging war on the 'eat your vegetables' mind-set"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dirt Candy. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dirt Candy), 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.
This Month in GLAM: February 2018
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion
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March 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| Wednesday March 21, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Megs (talk) P.S. You are also invited to Art + Feminism Events in the New York Metropolitan Area continuing this month! | |
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CANCELLED: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| CANCELLED: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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Due to the winter storm warning, the WikiWednesday Salon & Skillshare scheduled for March 21st has been cancelled. Please consider attending one of the many edit-a-thons scheduled for this week. We look forward to editing with you soon! | |
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction
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100% RT
The list isn't just films with a Critic Consensus though. It's films with that OR with 20 or more reviews. You can still have films with no Critic Consensus as long as they have 20 or more reviews, I believe. Only if a film has less than 20 reviews and no Critic Consensus will they not be added. I've been making sure the films I add are 20 or more reviews.
- @KidsAndTheirGadgets: I know there was talk of number of reviews and critics' consensus as ways to restrict the list, but I do see that in this section, Talk:List_of_films_with_a_100%_rating_on_Rotten_Tomatoes#After_third_AfD, the top line/closing statement seems pretty unequivocal about the critics consensus being required (presumably because CC presumes some minimum number of reviews?). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 16:50, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
Hey look, a barnstar for you!
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Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018
- Op-ed: Death knell for The Signpost?
Is The Signpost on its last legs?
- News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.
Wikimedia events, group recognition, and individual appointments are ongoing.
- Arbitration report: Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.
Arbcom considers new discretionary sanctions for infoboxes and an extension of 1RR.
- In the media: The media on Wikipedia's workings: the good and not-so-good
Diplomats join Wikipedia for International Women's Day, the perfect "Human", how fringe theories are sustained, and perennial plagiarism from our pages.
- Traffic report: Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers
Wakanda still fascinates; the Oscars happened; Winter Olympics come to a close; and International Women's Day gets over a million page views.
- Featured content: Animals, Ships, and Songs
A plethora of content.
- Technology report: Timeless skin review by Force Radical.
Reviewing a browser skin providing equal emphasis on both content and editing tools simultaneously.
- Special report: ACTRIAL wrap-up.
Retrospective on article creation trial.
- Humour: WikiWorld Reruns
Nostalgia and trips down Memory Lane.
More Cambodian Rock Stuff
Hey, you might be interested in some more developments in our coverage of Cambodian rock. ------ Today I created the new article Drakkar (band). They're the hard rock group near the end of the story in Don't Think I've Forgotten. I decided to seek their tunes online and found that their long-lost 1974 album has been unearthed and rereleased, and the band has reformed for some concerts. That in turn inspired some news coverage that gave me material to create a WP article. Please check it out! ------ Also, I recently did a massive overhaul of the Sinn Sisamouth article, which had been an unsourced and unverifiable disaster for many years. I have grown fatigued from rereading my own work again and again, so the article might need a typo check if you're so inclined. Thanks! ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 22:07, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Women in Red's April+Further with Art+Feminism 2018
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DYK for Gowanus Batcave
On 1 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gowanus Batcave, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after many years battling the forces of darkness, the Batcave became a popular venue for underground parties and concerts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gowanus Batcave. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Gowanus Batcave), 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.
Please comment on Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed article creation trial/Request for comment on permanent implementation
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed article creation trial/Request for comment on permanent implementation. Legobot (talk) 04:34, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Survey Invite
I'm working on a study of political motivations and how they affect editing. I'd like to ask you to take a survey. The survey should take 5 minutes. Your survey responses will be kept private. Our project is documented at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_%2B_Politics.
I am asking you to participate in this study because you are a frequent editor of pages on Wikipedia that are of political interest. We would like to learn about your experiences in dealing with editors of different political orientations.
Sincere thanks for your help! Porteclefs (talk) 22:58, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
List of cryptids
If you're interested in this topic, please weigh in over at Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard#What_to_do_about_List_of_cryptids?. As I see it, this article has no scope, cannot be referenced with anything resembling a reliable source, and serves as nothing more than a magnet for fringe additions. I'd like to know if I'm somehow wrong. :bloodofox: (talk) 23:15, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Bloodofox: Done. Though not in the sense I think you're looking for. You sent this page to AfD. It was closed snow keep. You've been trying to remove the content for years, sometimes with pushback, and sometimes with consensus (or at least consent) -- and sometimes for very good reason -- but now you're claiming that because of a discussion on WP:FTN you have consensus to redirect it, without even posting so much as a notice on the article's talk page ... and then you edit war to restore that redirect??? That's just disruptive. Take it to the talk page. I don't see a point in getting into more subject-specific discussions anywhere else. — Rhododendrites talk \\
- Please see my response at the fringe theory talk page. :bloodofox: (talk) 23:20, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: March 2018
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Banning policy
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Banning policy. Legobot (talk) 04:34, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
| Wednesday April 25th, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our agenda, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Megs (talk) | |
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Books & Bytes - Issue 27
Books & Bytes
Issue 27, February – March 2018
- #1Lib1Ref
- New collections
- Alexander Street (expansion)
- Cambridge University Press (expansion)
- User Group
- Global branches update
- Wiki Indaba Wikipedia + Library Discussions
- Spotlight: Using librarianship to create a more equitable internet: LGBTQ+ advocacy as a wiki-librarian
- Bytes in brief
Arabic, Chinese and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
Read the full newsletter
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
Invitation to join Women in Red
We think you might be interested in becoming a member of our WikiProject Women in Red where we are actively trying to reduce Wikipedia's content gender gap. You can join by using the box at the top of the WiR page. But if you would like to receive news of our activities without becoming a member, you can simply add your name to our mailing list. In any case, thank you for actively contributing to the coverage of women (currently, 17.55% of English Wikipedia's biographies). Our priorities for April:
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The Signpost: 26 April 2018
- From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again
Following Kudpung's op-ed "Death knell sounding for The Signpost?" in the 29 March issue, user comments encouraged a burst of enthusiasm to keep the newspaper in print.
- Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost
How to revive and evolve The Signpost? Big blue-sky proposals and small concrete proposals from the community and from two regular Signpost contributors.
- News and notes: Photo of Kim Jong-un. Stephen Hawking death tops hits on many Wikipedias.
Finally a free image Kim Jong-un. WMF wins legal battle. Stephen Hawking death tops all Wikipedia hits.
- In the media: The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop
Internet companies use Wikipedia to police truth; Citogenesis proven yet again; early birthday greetings; and trains
- In focus: Admin reports board under criticism
A recent Community Health Initiative survey found only 27% of respondents are happy with the way reports of conflicts between Editors are handled on the Administrators' Incident Noticeboard (ANI).
- Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide
New major editing policy starting immediately: creation of articles in mainspace is to be limited to users with confirmed accounts
- Opinion: Guideline for Organization Notability revised
The standards have been raised for sources used in judging the notability of nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
- Op-ed: World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia
Wikipedia's myth of the clean Wehrmacht and what you can do about it. Or, how not to be one of "the worst distributors of pro-Nazi perspectives and the Wehrmacht myth".
- Community view: It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias
Can Wikipedia mobilize the same energy to fill other gaps in coverage?
- Discussion report: The future of portals
What should we do about Portals? Keep them, delete them, or mark them as historical? Or should they be more closely connected with their WikiProject(s)?
- Arbitration report: No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct
Quiet month for the Arbitration Committee
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Military History
Combat, weapons, monuments and personalities.
- Blog: Why the world reads Wikipedia
What we learned about reader motivation from a recent research study
- Humour: Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff
You might not get all excersized about essays but they can be as fun as talk pages
- Traffic report: A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March
The most popular articles from March 25 to April 14.
- Technology report: Coming soon: Books-to-PDF, interactive maps, rollback confirmation
Plus the latest tech news and userscripts.
- Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
Material promoted from March 2 through April 20.
- Gallery: A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints
Honoring a day in military history, as well as peaceful borders
Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
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List of YouTubers
The List of YouTubers is being nominated for deletion again. I don't know why. It's been nominated so many damn times. Take a look here. Mr. C.C.Hey yo!I didn't do it! 00:05, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Fishhead2100: Thanks. I commented on this since I would have anyway, being on my watchlist, but for the future you'll probably want to take care to word notices like this a bit more neutrally (otherwise those you leave messages for could have their opinions colored by WP:CANVAS). I.e. "The List of YouTubers is being nominated for deletion again. Leaving this message for you as you participated in the previous AfD." FWIW — Rhododendrites talk \\ 01:00, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
- Fair enough. I usually do. Sometimes it gets the best of us. Mr. C.C.Hey yo!I didn't do it! 01:10, 30 April 2018 (UTC)





