The Signpost: 28 October 2015
- From the editor: The Signpost‘s reorganization plan—we need your help
A call for volunteers.
- News and notes: English Wikipedia reaches five million articles
The community reacts to another milestone.
- In the media: The world’s Wikipedia gaps; Google and Wikipedia accused of tying Ben Carson to NAMBLA
The week’s news coverage about the encyclopedia.
- Op-ed: It’s time to stop the bullying
Gangs of bullies and trolls rove the internet and make life difficult for the rest of us.
- Arbitration report: A second attempt at Arbitration enforcement
A divisive case before the Committee opens.
- Traffic report: Canada, the most popular nation on Earth
What’s this all aboot, eh?
- Recent research: Student attitudes towards Wikipedia; Jesus, Napoleon and Obama top “Wikipedia social network”; featured article editing patterns in 12 languages
New research about Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.
- Featured content: Birds, turtles, and other things
This week’s featured content.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
- Community letter: Five million articles
The community celebrates.
Tech News: 2015-45
16:43, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Bot or AWB help please or advice
Legoktm, I see you active with your bot a lot, so I thought you might be able to help me with this:
Wikipedia_talk:User_scripts#Give_out_Deletion_to_Quality_Awards_and_log_at_Hall_of_Fame
Any ideas or input or help or advice ?
Thank you,
— Cirt (talk) 02:47, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 04 November 2015
- Op-ed: You are invited to participate in the Community Wishlist Survey
The WMF wants your ideas for technical improvements.
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation finances; Superprotect is gone
WMF funding and the death and life of a controversial feature.
- In the media: Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov: propaganda myth or history?
The difficulties of verifying encyclopedia content.
- Traffic report: Death, the Dead, and Spectres are abroad
The week in article traffic.
- Featured content: Christianity, music, and cricket
This week’s featured content.
- Gallery: Princess of Asturias Awards 2015 ceremony
Wikipedia received the 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for global cooperation on October 23.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
Tech News: 2015-46
17:18, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 11 November 2015
- Op-ed: As one thousand of us requested, Superprotect has been removed
Assessing the end of a controversial feature.
- Arbitration report: Elections, redirections, and a resignation from the Committee
It’s that time of the year again.
- Discussion report: Compromise of two administrator accounts prompts security review
Fallout from a recent security breach.
- Featured content: Texas, film, and cycling
Featured content
- In the media: Sanger on Wikipedia; Silver on Vox; lawyers on monkeys
Are the inmates running the asylum? Are journalists copying Wikipedia? Are monkeys filing lawsuits?
- Traffic report: Doodles of popularity
More doodles, more traffic.
- Gallery: Paris
Reflecting on the tragedy in France.
Tech News: 2015-47
19:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Legobot’s Feedback Request Service message scheduling
Hi,
I sometimes see Legobot advertising RfCs that are three weeks old. I can understand that perhaps it isn’t always smart to pile everybody onto an RfC on the first day as it could generate a lot of heat. However, perhaps stretching it out over three weeks is too far towards the other extreme, as RfCs are often stone cold by that point and should probably have been closed (but, alas, backlogs).
So my “suquestion” (damn you, urbandictionary!) is this: Is the scheduling this way because of people’s monthly limit, and/or can it be changed to front-load participation a bit more? (Keep in mind there may be an additional delay before people actually decide to take the time to participate, which I’m pretty sure Legobot does not currently take into account, at least not on an account-by-account basis.)
Thanks,
Samsara 16:21, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 18 November 2015
- Special report: ArbCom election—candidates’ opinions analysed
Our annual election coverage.
- In the media: Icelandic milestone; apolitical editing
Icelandic Wikipedia hits 400K articles; how do Wikipedia editors stay neutral?
- Discussion report: BASC disbanded; other developments in the discussion world
Discussions around the encyclopedia.
- Arbitration report: Ban Appeals Subcommittee goes up in smoke; 21 candidates running
Updates on the Committee. You know, besides the election.
- Featured content: Fantasia on a Theme by Jimbo Wales
The week in Featured Content.
- Traffic report: Darkness and light
Paris and Diwali.
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee’s roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates’ statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:39, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Tech News: 2015-48
20:26, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 November 2015
- Op-ed: Wikidata: the new Rosetta Stone
Wikidata is set to become the main open data repository worldwide.
- News and notes: Fundraising update; FDC recommendations
Updates on the Wikimedia Foundation.
- In the media: Erasmus Prize awarded to Wikipedia; trouble on the Russian Wikipedia
The worldwide community wins a prestigious award while the Russian community struggles with government interference.
- Recent research: Do Wikipedia citations mirror scholarly impact?; co-star networks in silent films
Scholarly research about Wikipedia and related projects.
- Featured content: Caves and stuff
Featured content
- Traffic report: J’en ai ras le bol
The week’s most read articles.
- Arbitration report: Third Palestine-Israel case closes; Voting begins
Another long-running case has been closed, while the voting process for this year’s Arbitration Committee Elections has begun.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
- Blog: Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art
The suit concerns copyright claims related to 17 images of the museum’s public domain works of art.
Tech News: 2015-49
16:16, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Indirect ping
You might want to look at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#RFC Bot Won’t Quit. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:01, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
The Center Line: November 2015
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