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Person templates
Hi there! I see that you've created navigation box templates for several people, such as Template:Stephen Hawking and Template:Nikola Tesla. Another user mentioned at the Wikiproject physics talk page that it might be useful to discuss the physics-related ones there. There's no particular requirement that you do this -- it's up to you. But if you're so inclined, would you mind posting a note at the Wikiproject Physics page about your thoughts on the templates and why they're useful? It could be a good way to start a discussion among interested editors. Thanks. --Amble (talk) 22:51, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Barnstar
3O follow up
Hi, thanks for you help with the 3O at List of God of War characters. I've left a response if you could comment. Thanks. JDC808 (talk) 01:33, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Incomplete DYK nomination
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Ocean Giants at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 09:43, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Auprince
Hi. I've addressed your concern at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Auprince. Can you please revisit the review? Thanks. --LauraHale (talk) 20:41, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Template:Did you know nominations/Grace Bowman (equestrian)
Hi. I've commented back on Template:Did you know nominations/Grace Bowman (equestrian). If you could revisit and complete the review again, that would be great. Thanks. --LauraHale (talk) 20:43, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Template:Did you know nominations/Rachael Dodds
I have addressed your concerns at Template:Did you know nominations/Rachael Dodds. Can you please revisit the review? --LauraHale (talk) 20:51, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Regarding 101.
He is what I call an overcategorizer and I mean he literally has to over categorized EVERYTHING. In the beginning he had a weird interest in labeling everyone with sexual orientation but dropped that. I keep an eye on him and I try to keep his changes from going through only on those I view as completely unnecessary. The only time he communicated was when he asked if he could add the category Hunters to the Dick Cheney article which got shot down easily. ViriiK (talk) 07:11, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands
| On 4 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, naturalist Charles Darwin presents one of the earliest accounts of the process of magmatic differentiation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Ocean Giants
| On 5 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ocean Giants, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the BBC nature documentary series Ocean Giants includes episodes about whale songs and the cognitive abilities of dolphins? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ocean Giants. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Religion in Mauritania
| On 5 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Religion in Mauritania, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nouakchott is located in Mauritania, even though census figures indicate that nearly 100% of the country's citizens are adherents of Islam? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Religion in Mauritania. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Religion in Liechtenstein
| On 6 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Religion in Liechtenstein, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in Liechtenstein, although there are exemptions, religious education is mandatory? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Religion in Liechtenstein. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Attenborough and the Giant Egg
| On 7 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Attenborough and the Giant Egg, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that an egg of the extinct elephant bird given to David Attenborough in 1960 inspired the making of his 2011 documentary Attenborough and the Giant Egg? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Attenborough and the Giant Egg. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:04, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 06 August 2012
- Op-ed: The Athena Project: being bold
At this year's Wikimania, I [Brandon Harris] gave a talk entitled The Athena Project: Wikipedia in 2015. The talk broadly outlined several ideas the foundation is exploring for planned features, user interface changes, and workflow improvements. We expect that many of these changes will be welcomed, while others will be controversial. During the question-and-answer period, I was asked whether people should think of Athena as a skin, a project, or something else. I responded, "You should think of Athena as a kick in the head" – because that's exactly what it's supposed to be: a radical and bold re-examination of some of our sacred cows when it comes to the interface.
- News and notes: FDC portal launched
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- Technology report: Wikidata nears first deployment but wikis go down in fibre cut calamity
The Wikimedia Foundation's engineering report for July 2012 was published this week on the Wikimedia Techblog and on the MediaWiki wiki, giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month (as well as brief coverage of progress on Wikimedia Deutschland's Wikidata project). ... At least one fibre-optic cable was damaged at the WMF's Tampa site on August 6, leading to a sharp downwards spike in traffic lasting over an hour and almost three hours of disruption for readers around the globe.
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DYK for Geological Observations on South America
| On 8 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Geological Observations on South America, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that naturalist Charles Darwin's book Geological Observations on South America is based on travels during the second voyage of HMS Beagle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Geological Observations on South America. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
| The Barnstar of Good Humor | |
| For services to Usernames. Absolutely wonderful! PanydThe muffin is not subtle 13:24, 9 August 2012 (UTC) |
DYK for Patent war
| On 12 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Patent war, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a patent war fought by Alexander Graham Bell, credited with inventing the telephone, involved 600 lawsuits and lasted 11 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Patent war. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:02, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Lost Land of the Jaguar
| On 13 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lost Land of the Jaguar, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that BBC One's Expedition Guyana was renamed Lost Land of the Jaguar to appeal to a wider audience, as a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lost Land of the Jaguar. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir (talk) 08:02, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
DYK for The Black Hole War
| On 13 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Black Hole War, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the book The Black Hole War, by theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind, covers the scientific debate between Susskind and Stephen Hawking on the black hole information paradox? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Black Hole War. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe
| On 14 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Channel 4 popular science series Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe covers topics ranging from string theory to supersymmetry? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:02, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 13 August 2012
- Op-ed: Small Wikipedias' burden
In a certain way, writing Wikipedia is the same everywhere, in every language or culture. You have to stick to the facts, aiming for the most objective way of describing them, including everything relevant and leaving out all the everyday trivia that is not really necessary to understand the context. You have to use critical thinking, trying to be independent of your own preferences and biases. To some effect, that's all there is to it. Naturally, Wikipedians have their biases, some of which can never be cured. Most Wikipedians tend to like encyclopedias; but millions of people in the world don't share that bias, and we represent them rather poorly. I'm also quite sure that an overwhelming majority of Wikipedia co-authors are literate. Again, that's not true for everyone in this world. Yet we have other, less noticeable but barely less fundamental biases.
- News and notes: Bangla-language survey suggests the challenges for small Wikipedias
The Bangla language, also known as Bengali, is spoken by some 200 million people in Bangladesh and India. The Bangla Wikipedia has a very small active community of about ten to fifteen very active editors, with another 35–40 as less active editors. The project faces particular challenges in being a small Wikipedia, and Dhaka-based WMF community fellow User:Tanvir Rahman is working to understand these challenges and to develop strategies that can improve small wikis that have strong potential to expand their editing communities.
- Arbitration report: You really can request for arbitration
A request for arbitration was filed late last week, ending the three-week long absence of pending cases.
- Featured content: On the road again
Six featured articles were promoted this week, including Business US Highway 41, which was a state trunkline highway that served as a business loop in Marquette in the US state of Michigan.
- Technology report: "Phabricating" a serious alternative to Gerrit
Three weeks into a month-long evaluation of code review tool Gerrit, a serious alternative has finally gained traction in the review process: Facebook-developed but now independently operated Phabricator and its sister command-line tool Arcanist.
- WikiProject report: Dispute Resolution
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- Discussion report: Image placeholders, machine translations, Mediation Committee, de-adminship
Current proposals and requests for comments include a competition to redesign the main page ...
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DYK for cognitive vulnerability
Hey! This nomination template has been looked over and since the reviewer suggested a hook, ONLY THE HOOK needs to be looked over by another new reviewer. The rest of the article has been surely taken care of. If you have the time to just check it out, please do so. Thanks. Khyati Gupta (talk) 19:40, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Welcome back
DRN
Come back over and put your name back on the volunteer list before I have to get testy with you. Like they said in the movie, I'm old and I have more insurance than you do.
Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 21:02, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
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