News and notes: How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal Late last year, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) awarded $8.4 million in donors' money to 11 Wikimedia entities, including the Wikimedia Foundation and 10 nationally defined chapters. Under this arrangement, these organisations are required to issue quarterly reports on how far they have progressed towards their declared programmatic and financial goals. The FDC has now announced that all 11 completed and submitted their reports by the 1 April deadline, and have responded to each.
Featured content: Mixing Bowl Interchange Seven articles, two lists, five pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
In the media: VisualEditor will "change world history" In an article published by the Huffington Post's United Kingdom edition, writer Thomas Church asserts that the new VisualEditor will change history, literally. It says that Wikipedia's mark-up language has been to its advantage, as most people didn't bother trying to learn it
Op-ed: The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons I've long thought that we should get rid of the Wikimedia Commons as we know it. Commons has evolved into a project with interests that compete with the needs of the primary users of Commons and the reason it was created. It's also understaffed, which results in poor curation, large administrative backlogs, and poor policy development.
Traffic report: Who holds the throne? Last week's most popular article list on the English Wikipedia was dominated by the massively popular TV series Game of Thrones, which claimed six slots in the top 25, including the top three. Its popularity was likely stoked by the most recent episode, The Rains of Castamere. Bollywood continued to increase its share of views as well, aided by the tragic suicide of star Nafisa Khan.
WikiProject report: Processing WikiProject Computing This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Computing. Started in October 2003, the project has grown to include 17 featured articles, 11 featured lists, 3 pieces of featured media, and 80 good articles.
Hi, I was just taking a look at your draft for the Featured Content section of the Signpost and just as an idea...SheiKra became Wikipedia's first amusement attraction/ride related article to become a Featured Article so maybe put a mention in the article saying this (as it is a pretty big "milestone"). Now don't take this the wrong way in that I'm telling you this just because I was the nominator....that's not the reason. The only reason is because it is a significant promotion in Wikipedia's history.--Dom497 (talk)01:03, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'll sewe what I can do :) We don'r usually mention those milestones, I think. But it would be a nice change of pace :) — ΛΧΣ2101:15, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Harold! I miss those times when we would look for music charts for Latin American countries. I'm looking through old magazines and I found some vital information for the Venezuelan music charts. Here it is. I thought you should know. :) Erick (talk) 10:26, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yay. We should do that again in the future when I get back my time to dedicate to Wikipedia. Good old times :) — ΛΧΣ2116:33, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Signpost: 19 June 2013
Op-ed: Two responses to the 'Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons' Following last week's op-ed by Gigs ("The Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons"), the Signpost is carrying two contrary opinions from MichaelMaggs, a bureaucrat on Wikimedia Commons, and Mattbuck, a British Commons administrator.
Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week The season finale of Game of Thrones ensured that the epic high fantasy series would dominate the top 10 again last week; however, it was joined by Maurice Sendak and Man of Steel.
WikiProject report: The Volunteer State: WikiProject Tennessee This week, we visited WikiProject Tennessee, a project dedicate to the state at the geographic and cultural crossroads of the United States.
News and notes: Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters? With erysichton elaborata, the Swedish Wikipedia passed the one million article Rubicon this week. While this is a mostly symbolic achievement, serving as a convenient benchmark with which to gain publicity and attention in an increasingly statistical world, the particular method by which the Swedish site has passed the mark has garnered significant attention—and controversy.
Featured content: Cheaper by the dozen Eleven articles, twelve lists, and eleven pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.
Technology report: May engineering report published The WMF's engineering report for May was published recently on the Wikimedia blog and on the MediaWiki wiki ("friendly" summary version), giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month.
Arbitration report: The Farmbrough amendment request—automation and arbitration enforcement Richard Farmbrough was set to have his day in court, but as events transpired, this was not to be so. On 25 March 2013, an accusation was made against Farmbrough at Arbitration Enforcement (AE), claiming that he violated the terms of an automated edit restriction. Within hours, Farmbrough had filed his own request with the arbitration committee, citing the newly filed AE request and claiming that the motion was being used "in an absurd way" in the filing of enforcement requests: "I have not made any edits that a sane person would consider automation."
Hello, thanks for your work writing the featured content reports for the Signpost. However, please don't put blank lines between list items; it makes the lists of featured content more difficult to read for screen reader users like myself. See the relevant section of the accessibility guideline for more details. I've fixed this a few times in various Signpost issues, but I'm not sure if you were aware of the problem. Graham8703:19, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh. No, I wasn't aware. Thanks for letting me know, Graham. I will be more careful next time. Cheers! — ΛΧΣ2105:38, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. How are you? Hey I don't remember my password. What should I do? I normally stay logged in (at home) but in a few days, I will be going to my cousin's place. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 06:17, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey! Well, you can change your password while you are logged in, or use your email to reset your password and set up a new one :) — ΛΧΣ2116:30, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done :) While I've generally known about different types of vandalism, I've never actually searched for a specific type before . .and it wasn't as easy I thought it would be. . . so I didn't end up looking for a needle in a haystack, I learned how to better utilize the recent changes patrol, making good use of it's search options.
Hey, I saw this needed a review at GAN as part of staying part of a topic, so I had a look. It's on hold. We can fix this up reasonably quickly I think. A few English grammar issues, but nothing we can't sort out. Let me know how you're getting on, or if you need more comments or explanations. Best wishes, The Rambling Man (talk) 15:38, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, thanks! I will try to address all the comments this week. Ugh I wish I had time again like I used to. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2116:34, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Just out of curiosity...
Remember how you mentioned that you were working on a script to make passing/failing/holding/asking for a second opinion easier for reviewers during the RfC? How's that going along? I know your busy so don't think that I have expectations of you (I really don't).....I'm just asking because I just want to know the "status" of this project.--Dom497 (talk) 17:58, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey! I'm not going to freak out :) I asked a friend long ago to help me with the script, but I think I'd have to ask somebody else. I will try to have it done as soon as possible, given that it will make GA work more easy. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2118:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings Hahc21. Per our discussion here what is the best way to proceed? Is this going to be a new case (ebionites 3) with the old information appended? Let me know what I need to do. Thanks. Ignocrates (talk) 14:38, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings! Yes, you need to make a new, fresh request at WP:A/R/C, and add the old evidence on your statement. You could also just link to the old case request, although most arbs that participated in it are now gone, since copying all that information will just be space consuming. You can read the instructions on how requesting a new case here. Remember that, to proceed with a new case, the problem must still be happening right now; you must also inform all involved users that you are requesting an arbitration case. Regards. — ΛΧΣ2105:22, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week With most TV shows on hiatus for the summer, attention has turned to movies, celebrity and sports. The dramatic events at the 2013 Confederations Cup drew massive attention, as did summer blockbusters like Man of Steel and World War Z. But the most searched event of the week was the tragic and unexpected death of popular actor James Gandolfini on June 19.
Recent research: Most controversial Wikipedia topics, automatic detection of sockpuppets A comparative work by T. Yasseri., A. Spoerri, M. Graham and J. Kertész looks at the 100 most controversial topics in 10 language versions of Wikipedia, and tries to make sense of the similarities and differences in these lists.
News and notes: Election results released Less than three days after the close of voting, the volunteer election committee posted the results on Meta. The worldwide Wikimedia movement has elected three WMF trustees for two-year terms on the 10-seat Board: Samuel Klein (supported by 43.5% of voters), Phoebe Ayers (38.3%), and María Sefidari (35.6%). The new trustees will take their seats at a critical time for the movement: one of the first tasks in their terms will be to help the Board to find and approve the new executive director to take up the top job when Sue Gardner departs.
Featured content: Wikipedia in black + Adam Cuerden This week, the Signpost interviews Adam Cuerden, a Wikimedian who has been for years gathering featured pictures, and who constantly participates in what could be his favourite part of the project. Cuerden dedicates most of his time to scanning and restoring old, valuable illustrative works. He explains to us how the featured process works, its relation with other parts of the encyclopedia, and how pictures evolve before reaching featured status.
WikiProject report: WikiProject Fashion This week, we walked the runway with WikiProject Fashion. Started in March 2007, the project is home to 4 Featured Articles and 41 Good Articles. The project has a lengthy list of how you can help and a list of Article Alerts.
We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.
A rules reminder: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on the 29/30 June, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. We are currently seeing concern about the amount of time people have to wait for reviews, especially at GAC- if you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 10:35, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Question
Hi Hahc21, so sorry to trouble you. I know you're really smart so I just thought I'd ask you Lol. Are any of these pictures posted to Flickr allowed to be uploaded to the Commons?: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] (a photostream), [6], [7], [8], [9]. I searched flickr under the "Creative Commons" advanced option. I'm kinda dumb when it comes to this, aha. Hope you can tell me if these are able to be uploaded to Commons. :) Sorry for the hassle. Arre13:03, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
When you check the license, make sure it doesn't contain "-nd" or "-nc". Wikimedia only accepts images with "cc-by-sa" or "cc-by" licenses when it comes to Creative Commons. Licenses like cc-by-nd, and cc-by-nc are not eligible for upload :( Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2116:54, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ohh okay thankyou so much for telling me. Btw if I want to have a pic uploaded to commons (this one) is there anyone that can do it for me? Arre23:51, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
What? it is not a copyvio. Actually, the Flickr file includes the Exif data, which makes it even more credible that it is free. Upload it again, and contact the administrator of he/she deleted it again. Ffs. — ΛΧΣ2114:08, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey! Have you seen the documentation? It permits both flatlists and commas; and also, what the documentation says is not binding. They are recommendations on how to use the template, but not limitations. — ΛΧΣ2113:56, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmmm. It is supposed to be closed by a bot. I may look into it today to see what happened with the bot. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2121:27, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In the media: Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing Amy Chozick's profile of Jimmy Wales in the New York Times sparked significant controversy in international news outlets this week. Chozick's profile covered Wales's personal life, including his 12-year-old daughter, ex-wife, and current wife Kate Garvey, describing Wales himself as "a well-groomed version of a person who has been slumped over a computer drinking Yoo-hoo for hours." Chozick described his current role in Wikipedia as "Benevolent Dictator for Life", a statement which garnered conflict from all corners of the web, including from Wales, who responded to the piece as a whole with a lengthy talk page statement.
Featured content: Queen of France Four articles, four lists, and fifteen pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.
WikiProject report: Puppies! This week, the Signpost went to the kennel and interviewed WikiProject Dogs. The project has several featured and good articles, along with a large number of "Did you know" entries. We asked three project members about the challenges of creating, curating, and maintaining canine content in an increasingly dog-obsessed world.
News and notes: Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace The key annual event in the Wikimedia calendar, Wikimania 2013, will be held in Hong Kong in just five weeks' time. Among the events will be a presentation by two people who are working to promote the development of medical content on Wikimedia projects. One is James Heilman of Wiki Project Med, a non-profit dedicated to making "clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people in the language of their choice". The other is Lori Thicke, president of Translators Without Borders (TWB), the Connecticut-based organisation set up in 2010 to provide pro-bono translation services for humanitarian non-profits
Technology report: VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series The VisualEditor extension has gone live by default to registered users on the English Wikipedia, marking a huge milestone in a project that has taken the best part of a decade to reach fruition. The extension was previously described as "the biggest and most important change to our user experience we’ve ever undertaken" by the WMF team behind it.
Traffic report: Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views The real world made a strong showing in the top 10 last week, as news stories such as Yahoo!'s purchase of Tumblr, the murder of Odin Lloyd, the continuing drama over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the ill-health of Nelson Mandela crowded out the usual roster of TV shows, movies, websites and video games. Not that they were entirely excluded, of course.
Arbitration report: Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments Following a one-month period of moderated discussion, Tea Party movement has been reopened by the Committee. The proposed decisions are currently being voted upon. Race and politics remains suspended pending the return of User:Apostle12.
Op-ed: It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project This is Wikinews' fundamental problem: it can neither do a good job providing a summary of world news, nor does it have any special focus that it does well. It's a collection of random articles, with only the occasional, passing resemblance to important current events.
WikiProject report: Not Jimbo: WikiProject Wales This week, we traveled to Cymru with the folks at WikiProject Wales.
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south In apparent acknowledgment of the urgency of two issues facing the Wikimedia movement—the need to engage both women and the global south—the WMF Board has appointed Ana Toni as one of its four expert members. Toni will bring rare expertise to the movement, and the Signpost understands that her skills in advocacy and her key roles in international NGOs are likely to be a natural match with the WMF as the hub of disseminating free knowledge around the world.
Dispatches: Infoboxes: time for a fresh look? The fundamental idea of an infobox is clear: keep it simple and limited to essentials. At some point, however, these basic principles seem to have been abandoned, in favour of an approach akin to "the more the merrier".
Featured content: The week of the birds Five articles, six lists, and ten pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
IRC office hours for wiki-mentors and Snuggle users
Hi. We're organizing an office hours session with the Teahouse to bring in mentors from across the wiki to try out Snuggle and discuss it's potential to support mentorship broadly. The Snuggle team would appreciate it if you would come and participate in the discussion. We'll be having it in #wikimedia-officeconnect on Wed. July 17th @ 1600 UTC. See the agenda for more info. --EpochFail(talk • work), Technical 13 (talk), TheOriginalSoni (talk) 17:32, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, as part of the attempt to save that featured topic, I've been asked for an update on the above. I've left a few comments there, can you let me know if you think you (or someone that might like to help?) can address them? Not much to do, and hopefully another GA and a saved FT to boot... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:20, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think I can solve these issues you raised by tomorrow. I think that I didn't noticed them because, for some strange reason, I don't have the Ga subpage watchlisted. Thanks for letting me know :) — ΛΧΣ2107:00, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject report: WikiProject Square Enix This week, we explored the fantasy worlds of video game developer Square Enix by interviewing WikiProject Square Enix. The project began in September 2006 as a spin-off of WikiProject Final Fantasy, but today covers that, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and a variety of other game series, with exceptions explained in the interview below. The project is home to 32 pieces of Featured material and 104 Good and A-class articles.
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced Last week the Wikimedia Foundation released its annual plan for July 2013 to June 2014. It provides a surprisingly frank view—of past achievements and failures, and future goals and risks—that could be afforded only by a non-profit that is confident and beholden to no commercial or political interests.
Featured content: Documents and sports Four articles, five lists, and sixteen pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case opens; July 22 deadline for checkuser and oversight applications The case Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds was opened. Voting on the Tea Party movement case continued, after a failed attempt at moderated discussion. A group tasked with deciding the content of the lead section of the Jerusalem article has reported back to the committee. Applications for checkuser and oversight permissions close on 22 July.
Actually, you've got three supports (not including Crisco's, which is being held off). I'd prefer to stay available to close that FLC instead of review it, if you don't mind. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2120:30, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, not today. Most FLCs are left open for about 10 days to two weeks. Yours has been opened for seven days, so maybe in three days it'll be closed if all concerns are addressed by then :) Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2120:35, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to, but I'd be lying to you if I say that I can. I sadly lack the time to do content work as of late :( Maybe when I'm full of time we could do one of those. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2120:40, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure when I will have time again. I am currently editing here and there trying to get some projects I have in my list done. Maybe by October or so I could be totally back. Right now I'm focusing on my other duties :) And there is no need to notify me, I check WP:FLC every two or three days to check if any list is ready. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2123:58, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In my humblest opinion, overlinking is never beneficial. Even on lists that contain tables that can be rearranged or sorted, I'd advice to only use as much links as needed, and fewer as possible. For example, if you link something in the lead, then you should only link it once in the list body and once in the references. Usually, the link goes in the first occurrence of the word, and subsequent occurrences go unlinked. The primary goal of this approach is to avoid having the so-called "sea of blue" that can distract the reader from the list itself.
In this specific case, I see that Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series has a lot of things linked more than once (especially the programs), and I would advice against that. You should order the links from top to bottom according to the "default" sorting, as readers would certainly look through the list this way before sorting the table to a different order. However, most of these things are personal and reviewer preference and some lists are okay with a bunch of links, and some are okay without them. It is all in the eyes of the beholder. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2100:30, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Some" is incorrect. Mark Arsten has only used one account two accounts before his current account. So, as someone said long ago, put your money where your mouth is and remove the accusation unless you have evidence. — ΛΧΣ2117:46, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Your tone is as appropriate as your quantification is fluent. Mark did disclose another account. Notice that he did not use "all", "every", or "only". Kiefer.Wolfowitz19:27, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It really doesn't matter. I apologize if my tone was a bit over the line, but this whole Mark-is-a-sockmaster nonsense is really annoying. — ΛΧΣ2119:57, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Woah, there's a lot of text down that page, isn't it? I will try to take a look later this week and give my input. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2106:17, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Signpost: 24 July 2013
In the media: Wikipedia flamewars The Washington Post reported Tuesday on the most controversial articles on various language Wikipedias as determined by a cross-continental research group.
WikiProject report: WikiProject Religion This week, the Signpost delved into the vast and complex areas of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that make up religion. WikiProject Religion has been around since 2005 and has a complex scope, in that it only takes articles that deal with religion in a non-sectarian sense, along with any articles that do not have a dedicated daughter project.
News and notes: Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India Contributors to Wikivoyage, the sister project adopted by the Wikimedia Foundation last year, are celebrating their 10th anniversary this week. ... The Wikimedia Foundation has announced via press release that it has partnered with Aircel to provide free mobile access to Wikipedia.
Traffic report: Gleeless Death hangs over the top 10 this week, as tragic deaths both past and present continued to cast their pall over an already troubled world. The death of Corey Monteith led to a spike in interest in the man himself, his girlfriend and co-star Lea Michele, and the show that made them both famous, Glee.
Featured content: Engineering and the arts Twelve articles, seven lists, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
Arbitration report: Infoboxes case opens The case Infoboxes was opened. The evidence phase continues in Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds. Voting on the proposed decision continues in the Tea Party movement case.
Okay. I took a glance, and the only detail I found by now is the prices. Check WP:NOPRICES; most product prices are not encyclopedic content unless they are deemed as controversial, or were widely discussed by the media (for example, PlayStation 3's $399 pricing against Xbox One's $499, or The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion's DLC pricings). Though in most ocasions, prices are usually ommited. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2115:01, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OMG I'm sorry. I didn't see your previous comment. Well, I think it should be removed from those two too. Now, about FLC, make sure that the tables meet accessiblity (not saying the don't, just double-check), and I think you'll be fine. Mayeb some little tweaks to the lead and that should be all. Cheers! — ΛΧΣ2102:12, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Woah this went unnoticed. I'll try to fix PoTC's issues soon. And about tha peer review, I'd prefer if you take it directly to FAC; I'm not into peer reviews anymore since several months ago. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2123:29, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'm gonna take it to FLC, but first, can you close this? The article was deleted although there wasn't enough of a consensus to delete. --JDC808♫19:52, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Wha? It was deleted!? Damn, why I didn't know about it.... Ok, I'll close it. In case you don't have it, I can provide you with a copy of that list for you to keep. I know how hard is to make something that gets deleted. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2120:08, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have been thinking about it for the last two days, mostly because this is a borderline case. The issue is that although Infinity is not a Pirates of the Caribbean video game per se, the franchise has a high level of representation in it. One of the three action figures is Jack Sparrow, and the PotC set is included in the "Starter Pack", which is the one most people will get. However, the problem might be the scope of the list. Are we listing Pirates of the Caribbean-only games? or games that include the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise? or both? I am thinking about which path to choose. — ΛΧΣ2123:38, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. If it is kept, I think there should be some kind of mention for why it's there in the paragraph in the "Video games" section. --JDC808♫23:49, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not much. I've looked over it once. I have been very sick for the past week and still don't know what's happening to me. I am receiving medical care and I am hoping for this not to be dengue or AH1N1. Hence, I've barely had time to read or to write. I'll check it out once I get better. — ΛΧΣ2121:31, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think it can be moved to Commons, but I think it has some personality right issue. So I want to hear your opinion - May I move it to Commons? Thanks. --레비ReviDiscussSUL Info06:13, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, true. I forgot I uploaded it sometime ago to be able to use it in my userpages in sister projects. Thanks for changing the template and managing the move; I really have no idea how those moves are performed. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2106:31, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I decided to delete the local copies and move the new versions at Commons to the local original name to preserve the order. I hope that's okay? It is basically what you told me to do but keeping the original names :) I hope I didn't break anything, and don't worry! — ΛΧΣ2103:09, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not very experienced with ArbCom requests (though it seems I am jumping in these days...), but it makes sense to me for the statements of involved parties to be up top. If that isn't the case already procedure-wise, maybe it should be proposed? Who better than a clerk? ;) :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉02:24, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, there is actually no written guideline saying that comments must be added at the end; it's mostly common practice. Thus, I think that there is no need to propose it, only to have the community start doing it ;) — ΛΧΣ2102:39, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey
Hey Hahc21, remember what you said about the overlinking situation : ″it depends on the personal and reviewer's preferences″. Would you please add that on my FLC disscussion page and say that the disscussion would remain closed? I ask you this because, I don't think I can't wait any longer. Please, it would be greatly appreciated. SoapFan12Talk19:48, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"It depends on the personal and reviewer's preferences" means that if a reviewer is concerned about overlinking, then you must address his comments or present a compelling reason of why the links should stay there. As Crisco 1492 said, the only tables that are greenlit for overlinking are sortable ones. Actually, I am going to wait a bit to see what others have to say about the use of overlinking in that list. As I said, you must establish a consensus between you and the reviewers before the list is promoted. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2119:54, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry but if I edit the list, I won't be able to perform my duties as delegate, and I'd prefer to stay as such. Please make sure that your list complies with WP:SORT before adding any sortable features. Not all tables are designed to be sortable. Cheers. — ΛΧΣ2120:13, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey. It was a sarcastic comment. In the past, I managed to get two articles to GA before appearing on the Main Page as DYK entries. Now, that won't be quite the achievement given that newly promoted GAs would be eligible for DYK. — ΛΧΣ2117:09, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Sasata (submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today, Miyagawa (submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and Cwmhiraeth (submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by Ealdgyth (submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by Piotrus (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.
Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:03, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
DYK RfC
As a listed DYK participant, you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage here, or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click this link. Thank you in advance. GilderienChat|Contributions00:28, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As a listed GA participant, you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should be eligible to appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage here, or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click this link. Thank you in advance. GilderienChat|Contributions03:17, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
re: snow close at RfA
Hi, ΛΧΣ! Just so you know, user Incnis Mrsi reverted your snow close of their RfA on the grounds that you are "not a bureaucrat". Thanks anyhow, for trying to put that hopeless request out of its misery. --MelanieN (talk) 18:16, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I see. Well, I just tried to give a hand at reducing the death sentence, but if he wants to go on the death path... Good that Wizardman took care of it. — ΛΧΣ2118:37, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]