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The Signpost: 24 June 2015
- From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative
Over more than a decade of weekly publication, The Signpost has accumulated an incredibly lengthy and detailed record about the issues, controversies, successes, and failures of the English Wikipedia community and the movement at large.
- Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia
The Wikimedia Foundation's Language Engineering team plans to introduce Content Translation—a tool that makes it easier to translate Wikipedia articles into different languages—as a beta feature on the English Wikipedia.
- Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia
During 2009–2011 Google ran the Google Translation Project (GTP), a program utilising paid translators to translate most popular English Wikipedia articles to various Indian language Wikipedias.
- Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done
Four articles and nine pictures were promoted to featured status this week.
- Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles
One paper looks at the topic of Wikipedia governance in the context of online social production.
- Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced
This past week saw the kick-off of the 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus of improving our content platform.
- News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments
The Board of Trustees is the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made ...
- In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing
The Hürriyet Daily News reports that the Turkish Wikipedia has posted banners on the top of the encyclopedia to warn users that a number of articles are being blocked by the Turkish government.
- Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia
After six years of work, a residency in the Canadian Rockies, endless debugging, and more than a little help from my friends, I have made Print Wikipedia.
- Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration
Clausewitz' pithy summary of warfare as "politics by other means" seems to be the motto of some Wikipedia editors.
Tech News: 2015-27
15:56, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
ITN for Hisham Barakat
--SpencerT♦C 15:10, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 01 July 2015
- News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF
This week The Center for Internet and Society published a promotional blog post highlighting the heritage of the center's creation of the Train the Trainer program.
- In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology
A week now remains until the vote, expected on 9 July, when the European Parliament will express either its approval, disapproval, or lack of opinion on the question of freedom of panorama in the European Union.
- WikiProject report: Able to make a stand
Here to share their wisdom are Dodger67, Penny Richards, LilyKitty, and Mirokado of WikiProject Disability
- Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.
Four featured list and twelve featured pictures were promoted this week.
- Traffic report: We're Baaaaack
For the week of June 21 to 27, 2015, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages.
- Technology report: Technical updates and improvements
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.
- Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution
Like many editors of the world's largest encyclopedia, Karanacs was browsing the site's articles and found that they were of relatively poor quality—and that the traditional narrative she'd learned was not necessarily accurate.
Tech News: 2015-28
15:13, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 08 July 2015
- Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?
It seems like a good time to discuss the various communications channels available to community members.
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief
Lila Tretikov this week posted an email to the wikimedia-l mailing list announcing the final publication of the Wikimedia Foundation's 2015 annual plan.
- In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved
The mayor of Esino Lario warns that Wikimedia 2016 is "at risk of disappearing".
- Traffic report: The Empire lobs back
It's July 4 weekend and on this list that means only one thing: Wimbledon. Sure, the American Independence Day gets noticed too, but it can't hold a candle to that staggeringly British sporting event.
- Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison...
12 featured articles, 2 featured lists, and 15 featured pictures were promoted this week.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.
Additional questions
Thanks for the help, Meno! I'm going through the subcategories and I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to write the Arabic for the following:
- Commons:Category:Elementary schools in Manhattan
- Commons:Category:Elementary schools in the Bronx
- Commons:Category:Middle schools in Manhattan
- Commons:Category:High schools in Manhattan
If I have the Arabic for these I can cover these subcategories too. Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 18:21, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
- @WhisperToMe: You're welcome.
- Elementary schools in Manhattan=مدارس ابتدائية في مانهاتن
- Elementary schools in the Bronx=مدارس ابتدائية في ذا برونكس
- Middle schools in Manhattan=مدارس إعداداية في مانهاتن
- High schools in Manhattan=مدارس ثانوية في مانهاتن
--Meno25 (talk) 06:28, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! I've added Arabic to the respective categories on the Commons WhisperToMe (talk) 12:58, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
Tech News: 2015-29
15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
Input required
Please visit T99471. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:50, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
- @Magioladitis: I am afraid that I don't understand the comment by @Rjwilmsi:. What is this "typo comment"? Could you give me, please, step by step instructions on what to do? --Meno25 (talk) 14:26, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
- If you check ar:Project:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage you ll see a typo comment in the code. Copy it to pther other projects you want them to use the Arabic typo fixing. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:04, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 July 2015
- Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it
"How long will this take?" This is one of the first questions new clients ask. They come to us because the Wikipedia entry about the company at which they work is wrong, incomplete, or even just outdated. The answer varies ...
- Traffic report: Belles of the ball
However coy they may be about it in public, Americans love to win. And when they do, they make no secret of it.
- WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?
We return this week with an interview with a historical project that's still fairly active, WikiProject Former countries.
- In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion
In The Register, Andrew Orlowski reports that three weeks ago, Grant Shapps filed a request with Wikimedia UK (WMUK) under the Data Protection Act 1998 "for all data relating to him".
- Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce the release of our latest transparency report.
- News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania
Wikimania 2015 is underway in Mexico City, and one of its sessions—a scheduled follow-up to the annual Wikimedia Conference that was held in Berlin in May—is good reason to provide a retrospective of that Conference.
- Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate
One featured article, seven featured lists, and 14 featured pictures were promoted this week.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community
Tech News: 2015-30
03:05, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 July 2015
- From the editor: Change the world
We want to take a moment to ask you to consider contributing to the Signpost.
- News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case
Wikimania features remarks from some leading players from the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the free knowledge movement.
- Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries
WMF's Executive Director, Lila Tretikov, gave the opening plenary address.
- In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free
Three novelists "have found a way to control the Wikipedia narrative" by using the annotation website Genius to annotate their own Wikipedia articles.
- Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin'
Summary:When I was a kid, being a nerd meant wanting to go to Pluto.
- WikiProject report: Some more politics
WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom
- Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters
Three featured articles, two featured lists, and 29 featured pictures were promoted this week.
- Gallery: "One small step..."
46 years ago this week, humanity set foot on the Moon.
- Technology report: Tech news in brief
Community technical news.
Thank you
Thank you for doing CheckWiki fixes today. Magioladitis is on vacation (he better not check Wikipedia) and I really needed the help. Thank you very much. Bgwhite (talk) 07:58, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
- Bgwhite I am around, watching everything. -- Magioladitis (talk) 07:59, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
- Magioladitis You are supposed to be having fun in Turkey. Atleast one of us needs to have fun. Go away. Bgwhite (talk) 08:03, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
- Bgwhite You're welcome. Thank you for your message. --Meno25 (talk) 08:21, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
- Magioladitis You are supposed to be having fun in Turkey. Atleast one of us needs to have fun. Go away. Bgwhite (talk) 08:03, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
Question on Start vs. C or B ratings
Hi Meno25;
Thank you very much indeed for your quick review of Liu Liangmo, though I am a little discouraged with the “Start” rating. I can see that you did heroic work in reviewing dozens and dozens of articles over that last week or so but I’m not sure how “Assist” works and whether it does the rating or you do.
As you know, the Start criteria read:
- An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete. It might or might not cite adequate reliable sources.... The article has a usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and MoS compliance non-existent. ... Frequently, the referencing is inadequate....”
To get a feel for the criteria applied, I looked at a few articles chosen at random. Dermott Downs and Joe Dermody, are rated Start, but they sure look like Stubs, so I assume the criteria are flexible. I looked at a few articles which were rated C and B, and they certainly look worthy, but not necessarily better sourced than some of the Start rated articles.
So maybe you could help me to improve next time by pointing out where the content of the Liu Liangmo article is “quite incomplete,” where the sources are incomplete, in which of the “many areas” it is weak, or the “quality of prose” unencyclopedic. I’m sure that there is no reason to say that the MoS compliance is “non-existent.”
Again, I thank you for the hard work, and am grateful for the opportunity to look at the list of the articles you rated just on July 23 and 25. It was astounding and educational to see the number of new articles and the range of topics. I had no idea!
All the best. ch (talk) 22:11, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
- @CWH: Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated. As you already know, the WikiProject assessment criteria is not set in stone. This is especially true for ratings whose criteria are nearly similar to each other such as: Stub and Start ratings, Start and C ratings, etc. There are some edge cases where I am personally puzzled about which rating that I should assign to the article. However, I will not deny it: given the fact that I did thousands of WikiProject ratings in the past few weeks, it is quite possible that I did some mistakes along the way. After reconsidering the article in question, I now believe that it should be assigned C rating, especially after you expanded it yesterday. Also, please note that I am not an expert on the subject of this article. If you would like the article to be reviewed, I recommend that you leave a message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Science and academia where an expert may voice his opinion. Thank you. --Meno25 (talk) 07:54, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
- Many more thanks for your (again) quick response, which is not merely a "reply" but an actual "response." It is the work of people like you that makes Wikipedia possible, and the thoughtfulness that makes it valuable.ch (talk) 17:25, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
Tech News: 2015-31
15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 July 2015
- News and notes: BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate
An RFC proposes to create a "Bureaucrats' Admin Review Committee" (BARC) composed of bureaucrats empowered to remove adminship rights.
- Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian
Two years ago, I discovered that I was on the autism spectrum.
- Recent research: Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted
An article argues that Wikipedia displays some key characteristics of a collective intelligence process.
- In the media: Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars?
"Editors representing rival political tribes [are] frequently attempting to impose their respective narratives as the official version of one or another cultural controversy."
- Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues
Five featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.
- Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit
For the first time since this list began, India-related topics have claimed both the top two slots.
Tech News: 2015-32
15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 August 2015
- Editorial: Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias than traditional publishers
That particular artists would be omitted through oversight or happenstance is reasonable, but that one of the world's leading publishers of art books is completely unaware of their major omissions is startling.
- Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google
The public interest in remembering the facts about trials and convictions is, in my view, at least as strong as any "right to be forgotten."
- News and notes: VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief
VisualEditor is now on slow roll-out on the English Wikipedia.
- WikiProject report: Meet the boilerplate makers
The Report checks in with WikiProject Templates.
- In the media: Probe into Nehru edits launched; dangers of the right to be forgotten
The Indian government has launched an investigation into the source of Wikipedia edits regarding Jawaharlal Nehru that caused outrage in that country.
- Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya...
Death is no stranger to this list, but it has never cast such a pall as this week, when for the first time half the slots in the top 10 were devoted to it, including the top 3.
- Featured content: Maya, Michigan, Medici, Médée, and Moul n'ga
Three featured articles, seven featured lists, and twenty-two featured pictures were promoted this week.
- Blog: Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program
What if there was a gathering place on Wikipedia for newer editors to find a mentor?
William H. Warner article
- I saw your quality assessment rating of William H. Warner article. I thought I covered his life pretty well with good sources. What is missing from the article, I’d like to get it up to a "C" or "B" level?--Orygun (talk) 18:02, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
- @Orygun: I reassessed the article as C class. I can't assign it B class because this requires a formal review by WikiProject Military history. Best wishes. --Meno25 (talk) 05:20, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
Tech News: 2015-33
14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)