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I've spotted vandalism!!
Hi - On the page about Robert F. Scott:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Falcon_Scott
...someone has changed his middle name to 'shacklton' <sic> on the bio on the left hand side. I can't find how to edit this. Scott's middle name was Falcon.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benmawhinney (talk • contribs) 11:38, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 18 March 2013
- News and notes: Resigning arbitrator slams Committee
Just two months into his second term as an arbitrator on the English Wikipedia, Coren resigned from the Committee with a blistering attack on his fellow arbitrators. At the heart of a strongly worded statement, posted both on his talk page and the arbitration notice board, was the claim that ArbCom has become politicised to the extent that "it can no longer do the job it was ostensibly elected for".
- WikiProject report: Making music
This week, we composed a tribute to WikiProject Composers. The project was created during the final hours of 2004 and finalized in early January 2005. It has grown to encompass over 8,000 pages, including 26 Featured Articles and 23 Good Articles. WikiProject Composers faces a difficult workload, with a relative WikiWork rating of 5.45.
- Interview: Meeting in the middle: Wikipedia and libraries
Ask librarians what they think about Wikipedia and you might get some interesting answers. Some will throw up their hands about the laziness of the Google generation and their overdependence on Wikipedia. Some see it as the "competition". And some will tell you it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
- Featured content: Wikipedia stays warm
Nine articles, seven lists, eleven images, and one topic were promoted to "featured status" this week on the English Wikipedia.
- Arbitration report: Richard case closes
On Thursday, arbitrator Coren resigned, following closely on the heels of Hersfold's resignation on Wednesday. There are two open cases. A final decision has been given in the Richard case.
- Technology report: Visual Editor "on schedule"
The WMF's engineering report for January was published this week, giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month.
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The Signpost: 25 March 2013
- WikiProject report: The 'Burgh: WikiProject Pittsburgh
Our travels have brought us to Pittsburgh, the American city known for steelworks and bridges.
- Featured content: One and a half soursops
Seven articles, one list, six pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
- Arbitration report: Two open cases
This case, brought by Mark Arsten, was opened over a dispute over transgenderism topics that began off-wiki. The evidence phase was scheduled to close March 7, 2013, with a proposed decision due to be posted by March 29.
- News and notes: Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews
Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation since December 2007, has announced her plans to leave the position when a successor is recruited. Ranked as one of the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine, Sue Gardner is widely associated with the rise of the Wikimedia movement as a major custodian of human knowledge and cultural products.
- Technology report: The Visual Editor: Where are we now, and where are we headed?
Since its inception in May 2011, the Foundation's Visual Editor project has grown to become one of its main focuses. As the project nears its two-year birthday, the Signpost caught up with Visual Editor project manager James Forrester to discuss the progress on the project.
- Recent research: "Ignore all rules" in deletions; anonymity and groupthink; how readers react when shown talk pages
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An award for YOU!
Here is the proof!
- Well it seems you are unable to sign your own post, want to hide your identity? I would love to see said petitions which you seem to have not linked which makes me think they don't exist... and calling me a git? You are sad... - Rich(MTCD)T|C|E-Mail 22:39, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm not usually one to pursue rivalries after they've run their course, but considering our history, Methecooldude, you are an exception. When you closed down my topic on the An/I noticeboard (without my approval, I'd like to add), you said you'd apologise if I could give you an example of where you'd been unprofessional or uncivil. Well here it is my friend, caught red handed - you called me 'sad'. Boomage (talk) 22:28, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
- Considering your block for personal attacks on the 9th of January, I highly suggest you cease this nonsense... Also I hate to add fuel to the fire, but I don't see how it's "your topic"... really...- Rich(MTCD)T|C|E-Mail 22:44, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
In what way is this a personal attack? I have a very valid point which you still haven't addressed. After all, you did call me 'sad'. And with regards to the An/I noticeboard, it is MY topic in the sense that it relates to me, and I feel that it was closed prematurely as there were still many unresolved issues, the most pressing of which I have outlined above. Boomage (talk) 22:53, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Maybe I have an idea. (I usually have bad ones, so I don't know if you will consider it.) I am sorry if I am butting in, but I just got back from a short hibernation deal called sleep. *Yawn.* Anyway, here is my suggestion. 1.) Calm down a bit, you two seem to have been tense with each other. Personal attacks, debates, and "pursuing rivalries" are not what Wikipedia is about. 2.) Cluebot NG is a very important bot to maintaining Wikipedia. However, Cluebot NG is also just a bot, and cannot (sometimes) tell a good edit from a bad one as well as a human. Oops, cut short, bye!--DPandaOPande (talk) 00:15, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the intervention, but this is strictly between me and methecooldude, relating to the unfinished business outlined above which remains unanswered (this in itself speaks 1000 words). Boomage (talk) 23:14, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
I spent 30 minutes typing up a good way to end this, but a stupid edit conflict with Edwards Bot deleted it. Let me sum it up in a couple words while I'm a little upset:
ClueBot reduces vandalism on Wikipedia dramatically, so banning it is not the best way to go. However, ClueBot makes several mistakes and often seems to hate a lot of users. I think ClueBots' extreme senstitivity is a little counter-productive, causing some users to get pissed off and leave Wikipedia or spend their time arguing instead of adding to the encyclopedia (but they can't, ClueBot hates them). A C++ spanking would do. (better programming/testing/more testers?) I'm good now. MgWd (talk) 02:24, 29 March 2013 (UTC)MgWd
- I'll just stop messing around with other peoples' business. I don't care if you consider my above statement or not. Sorry! MgWd (talk) 15:13, 29 March 2013 (UTC)MgWd
What do you mean by A C++ spanking? scrapping this automated piece of rubbish is the best way. I think 'several mistakes' is an understatement. The amount of cock-ups this piece of rubbish makes is A LOT and I am sick of it. I am not campaigning for better programming, I am campaigning to scrap ClueBot NG all together and save Wikipedia. Da panda of pandemonium suggested blocking certain pages. That is a good start and hopefully we can build from that in to the eventual scrapping of ClueBot NG. I can assure you Meltingwood scrapping ClueBot Ng is the best way to go. Boomage (talk) 15:11, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
- Fine, I will apologise for what I said. But please, for the life of me, take your complains about ClueBot elsewhere and stop filling up my talk page about it. Thank you :) *Offers handshake* - Rich(MTCD)T|C|E-Mail 18:05, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 01 April 2013
- Special report: Who reads which Wikipedia?
The Wikimedia Foundation has released its latest report card for the movement's hundreds of sites. The WMF has published statistics about the sites since 2009, but only recently have these been expanded in scope and depth to provide a rich source of data for investigating the movement and the world it serves. Dutch-born Erik Zachte is the driver of the WMF's statistical output, and he writes that the report card and accompanying traffic statistics comprise "enough tables, bar charts and plots to keep you busy for a while".
- WikiProject report: Special: FAQs
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- Featured content: What the ?
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- News and notes: Grants given for Wikipedia Library, six others; April Fool's Day ructions
The first round of individual engagement grants (IEGs) have been awarded, disbursing about $55.6k (€42.7k) to seven applicants.
- Arbitration report: Three open cases
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- Technology report: Wikidata phase 2 deployment timetable in doubt
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Labs access for Cluebot NG
Hi! I was wondering if I could be added to the CBNG project on Labs so I could do things like restart the bot when it goes down. (Of course, I wouldn't touch anything I don't know how to operate!) Thanks! Enterprisey (talk!) 21:10, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
Tech News: 2016-36
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Word-level diffs now work in longer paragraphs.
- Interactive maps now have a frame by default. This is to make them look like other multimedia objects. This affects all Wikivoyages, the Catalan, Hebrew, Macedonian Wikipedias and Meta.
When you preview the MediaWiki:Captcha-ip-whitelist page it will show a validation output of the listed IP addresses instead of the list of addresses only. This can help you to identify if your whitelist rules will work or not.
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- You will be able to use
<maplink>on all Wikipedias. It creates a link to a full screen map. - Sometimes when you mention another user they don't get a notification. You will be able to get a notification when you successfully send out a mention to someone or be told if they did not get a notification. This will be opt-in.
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 September. It will be on all wikis from 8 September (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
The CheckUser extension could work differently in the future. There is a Request for Comments to figure out how.
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The Signpost: 06 September 2016
- News and notes: AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters
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- Special report: Olympics readership depended on language
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Wikipedia gaining ground in credibility among librarians; and a healthy helping of media coverage
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An interview with WikiProject TV member CAWylie
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Twelve articles, eight lists and four pictures were promoted
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Tech News: 2016-37
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Recent changes
- The Wikimedia Commons app for Android can now show nearby places that need photos.
<maplink>and<mapframe>can now use geodata from Open Street Map if Open Street Map has defined a region and given it an ID in Wikidata. You can use this to draw on the map and add information.
Changes this week
- The RevisionSlider will be available as a beta feature on all wikis from 13 September. This will make it easier to navigate between diffs in the page history.
A new user right will allow most users to change the content model of pages.
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 September. It will be on all wikis from 15 September (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 13 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- When you search on the Wikimedia wikis in the future you could see results from sister projects in your language. You can read more and discuss how this could work.
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Tech News: 2016-38
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Last week's MediaWiki update was rolled back because of bugs. Creating new accounts did not work between 15 September 19:10 UTC and 16 September 12:50 UTC.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will hopefully be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 September. It will be on all wikis from 22 September (calendar). This is the version that was meant to go out last week.
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 20 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is multi-content revisions. The meeting will be on 21 September at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikidata will start working on adding support for Wiktionary. The Wikidata development team is now taking one last look at the development plan.
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how would you even know. punk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:3454:3100:493C:9971:BB9A:3132 (talk) 18:42, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
Tech News: 2016-39
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- If your wiki wants numerical sorting in categories you can request it after a community decision. See how to request it.
- When you edit text and mention a new username they are notified if you add your signature. Before this only happened under certain conditions.
- Users are notified if they are mentioned in a section where you add your own signature even if you edit more than one section. Before, users were not notified if you edited more than one section in one edit.
Problems
- The MediaWiki version that was supposed to come to the wikis two weeks ago was put on hold again because of new problems. The MediaWiki version after it is now on all wikis.
Changes this week
Meetings
- You can join the next office hour with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on September 27 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
Abandoned tools on Tool Labs could be taken over by other developers. There is a new discussion on Meta about this. It will be discussed until 12 October and then voted on.
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18:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC)