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|<center>'''An image created by you has been promoted to [[Wikipedia:Featured picture|featured picture]] status'''</center> Your image, '''[[:File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 20.jpg]]''', was nominated on [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates]], gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates]]. Thank you for your contribution! [[User:Armbrust|Armbrust]] <sup>[[User talk:Armbrust|<font color="#E3A857">The</font> <font color="#008000">Homunculus</font>]]</sup> 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC) |
|<center>'''An image created by you has been promoted to [[Wikipedia:Featured picture|featured picture]] status'''</center> Your image, '''[[:File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 20.jpg]]''', was nominated on [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates]], gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates]]. Thank you for your contribution! [[User:Armbrust|Armbrust]] <sup>[[User talk:Armbrust|<font color="#E3A857">The</font> <font color="#008000">Homunculus</font>]]</sup> 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC) |
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28policy%29&diff=576428385&oldid=576404846 This] is a completely inappropriate [[WP:CANVASS]] violation. It should either be rephrased to not be aimed towards biasing readers or removed. Better still, go engage in the discussion you started. There are several of us waiting to hear your proposal for new wording there. --[[User:erachima|erachima]] <small>[[User talk:erachima|talk]]</small> 14:03, 9 October 2013 (UTC) |
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Re: Making Wikipedia accessible to screenreaders
Hi Adam, yes, I recall a few discussions we've had about sounds in the past ... :-)
Sure, I'll see what I can knock up. When would you need it by? Graham87 08:55, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- No worries; I should have it in my userspace by tomorrow evening (my time) or some time on Tuesday. I'll let you know when it's done. Graham87 13:09, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- I've written it up at User:Graham87/Signpost piece on accessibility. Feel free to make any tweaks, suggestions, etc. that you think are necessary. Graham87 12:16, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
- Cool! I'd actually never thought about using a bot to help with the first two ideas ..that's a good idea! The first item might need some context ... like when is aneditor *deliberately* trying to end an HTML list? It also gets a bit tricky with image syntax (which I hadn't thought of when writing the piece ... IMO it's a bit complicated to add though for a basic overview.
- I've taken the liberty of unarchiving my side of the thread and putting it back on your talk page, so my end of the conversation is all in one place. Hope you don't mind. Graham87 16:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Discussion about the statement you made
Just letting you know that my removal of your statement (and hence your statement and you) is being discussed at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests#Removal of relevant comments#. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 23:24, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Now that I have an internet connection that can load your restorations...
I see that you've finished the first and second items in the set. I just wanted to let you know that, in my opinion, the first image still has too much pink speckling on the right side, outside of the border. I'm not sure if that's fixable, but it is noticeable, as the other three sides outside of the border are, even zoomed out, significantly greyer looking. Sven Manguard Wha? 16:19, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
Re:Talk:Fullmetal Alchemist/GA2
I actually didn't realize I reverted that so I apologize. However, you deleted my own comment now and you ended the GA review before any other user could work. I feel the review was rushed and poorly done. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 16:01, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
Community GAR
Fullmetal Alchemist, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--十八 21:03, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
VisualEditor newsletter for September 5
This Thursday's VisualEditor update was mostly about stability and performance improvements, and some preparatory work for major planned improvements, along with bug fixes for non-English language support and right-to-left text. Everything that the English Wikipedia received today has been running on Mediawiki for a week already.
Officially, the problem with the link inspector not linking to a specific section on a page (bug 53219) was fixed in this release, although that critical patch actually appeared here earlier.
A number of bugs related to copy-and-paste functionality were fixed (48604, bug 50043, bug 53362, bug 51538, among others). Full rich copy-and-paste from external sources into VisualEditor is expected "soon".
In other fixes, you can no longer add empty ref tags (<ref/>
) (bug 53345). Selecting both an image and some text, and then trying to add a link, previously deleted the selected image and the text. This was fixed in bug 50127. There was another problem related to using arrow keys to move the cursor next to an inline image that was fixed (bug 53507).
Looking ahead: The next planned upgrade is scheduled for next Thursday, and you should expect to find a redesigned toolbar with drop-down menus that include room for references, templates, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, and code formatting. There will also be keyboard shortcuts for setting the format (paragraph vs section headings).
If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being determined at this time. Generally speaking, languages that depend on the input method editor are not going to receive VisualEditor this month. The current target date is Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:39, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
Adam, can you advise me on the copyright situation with this window. I believe it is by Robert Anning Bell (1863–1933) (see here). I've uploaded it with CC per my usual, but wonder if perhaps it is really PD. Thanks, Colin°Talk 21:16, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) - You are correct if Bell was indeed the artist. Underlying work would be PD-70 in the UK, PD-1923 in the US, based on my reading. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:58, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
- However, Colin can claim copyright on the photograph, which I believe was his question. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:29, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ah. If that's your question, agree with Adam. Can claim copyright (at the very least in the UK, and likely in the US), though since the UK does not have freedom of panorama for 2D works a note about the copyright of the underlying work would be worthwhile. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:34, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Is there a template for that, or do I just mention the copyright has expired somewhere in the text? Thanks for both your help. -- Colin°Talk 07:55, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- No template that I'm aware of for having different tags for different aspects (my style can be seen at File:Indonesian Military Headquarters, Gondokusuman, Yogyakarta.JPG, though naturally some variation could be expected). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:00, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Myself, I generally just put something like "For the photograph: [Template1] For the original work: [Template2]. Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Exactly (I think Adam does it for some of his more in-depth restorations as well, as in the UK he can claim a new copyright if he wants to) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:22, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Aye. But only the most labour-intensive. Others just get a strong request for attribution or nothing. Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:25, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- I've tried PD-old-70-1923. It is all rather confusing. This window isn't original with the church in 1907 but was replaced as a memorial to the Great War. I don't really know when it was done but seems likely to be pre 1923. But I'm also confused as it wasn't "published" in the US at all. Colin°Talk 09:30, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- The issue is that Commons requires images to be copyright free in both the US and the source country (Britain, here). The publication of the window was not in the US, but the work was "published" when it was installed in the UK in whatever year that was. In determining the copyright the US doesn't go by date of US publication, if any, but by date of first publication (i.e. in Britain, or w.e). Am I confusing? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:34, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- I've long given up thinking copyright law made any sense. There also seems to be the issue of registering copyright with the US, which I can't imagine anyone doing for a window in Scotland. So do you think I've done the right thing or should use another template, or just stop worrying about it. Colin°Talk 09:40, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- That looks right to me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 21:55, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- I've long given up thinking copyright law made any sense. There also seems to be the issue of registering copyright with the US, which I can't imagine anyone doing for a window in Scotland. So do you think I've done the right thing or should use another template, or just stop worrying about it. Colin°Talk 09:40, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- The issue is that Commons requires images to be copyright free in both the US and the source country (Britain, here). The publication of the window was not in the US, but the work was "published" when it was installed in the UK in whatever year that was. In determining the copyright the US doesn't go by date of US publication, if any, but by date of first publication (i.e. in Britain, or w.e). Am I confusing? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:34, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Exactly (I think Adam does it for some of his more in-depth restorations as well, as in the UK he can claim a new copyright if he wants to) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:22, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Myself, I generally just put something like "For the photograph: [Template1] For the original work: [Template2]. Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- No template that I'm aware of for having different tags for different aspects (my style can be seen at File:Indonesian Military Headquarters, Gondokusuman, Yogyakarta.JPG, though naturally some variation could be expected). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:00, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Is there a template for that, or do I just mention the copyright has expired somewhere in the text? Thanks for both your help. -- Colin°Talk 07:55, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Ah. If that's your question, agree with Adam. Can claim copyright (at the very least in the UK, and likely in the US), though since the UK does not have freedom of panorama for 2D works a note about the copyright of the underlying work would be worthwhile. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:34, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- However, Colin can claim copyright on the photograph, which I believe was his question. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:29, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
Could you close Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Church at Auvers for me? Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 18:12, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
Evidence phase open - Manning naming dispute
Dear Adam Cuerden.
This is just a quick courtesy notice. You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manning naming dispute. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manning naming dispute/Evidence. Please add your evidence by September 19, 2013, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manning naming dispute/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Seddon talk 23:33, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, I noticed you were looking at media usage and I wonder if you thought any of this was useful: News agencies showing a general or current preference for Chelsea or Bradley Manning __Elaqueate (talk) 14:30, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
RSI=DISABILITY2!!
BUTIGETPURGD!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-09-04/Technology_report140.117.120.229 (talk) 08:47, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- I can't see any edits by you that have been reverted. I'm afraid I don't follow. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:13, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Renomination of a picture for FP status?
Adam,
About five years ago someone uploaded this image of a soldier in Vietnam and nominated it for candidacy as an FP. It received a split vote: 6 in support, 5 against: the majority was not 2/3rds, so it did not become an FP. I just saw the picture today, and immediately thought, "Featured picture!" Then saw that it had indeed been nominated, and that somehow, for what looked to me to be trivial reasons, it had failed. I would like to renominate the picture, as I am all but certain that it would pass if nominated a second time, but I am not sure there is a procedure for this (or maybe there is NO procedure, and all I have to do is nominate it as though it had never been nominated before? (but maybe that would overwrite the original discussion). Or else that it is not possible to renominate an image once it has failed candidacy?). Can you advise me on this? Thanks! KDS4444Talk 01:10, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
- According to the image page it passed the FP nomination (and has been on the main page). As for failed nominations: there is no policy against more than one nomination. You just make sure to give it a different title at the nomination page (my picture of a kris took 2 noms, for instance). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:06, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Your friendly meetup reminder service!
Hi Adam, just a reminder about the Newcastle meetup on Sunday (1pm onwards). I chose a venue that was nice and close to the station because I'm coming up by train myself (I think my train ends up in Edinburgh, and they're hourly, so I imagine they're about the same in the opposite direction). Hope to see you there. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:10, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
Question regarding image:
What do you think of this? That's an interesting image, and has its own article, but I'm not too crazy over the lines where the pages met up. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:09, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Thank you! Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:29, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Tech report
Hey Adam, what will we have for the tech report this week? Pinging User:Kirill Lokshin too. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 16:36, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks! :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 16:40, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
- Poke. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:35, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
Your reply at the evidence page
I've removed your reply, simply, because evidence is not for threaded discussions and your not supposed to put your arguments in my section. However, I'm not trying to avoid your response so I'm willing to discuss it with you here, on the workshop page, or the evidence talk page, if you wish.--v/r - TP 15:05, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Your Arbitration evidence is too long
Hello, Adam Cuerden. Thank you for your recent submission of evidence for the Manning naming dispute Arbitration case. As you may be aware, the Arbitration Committee asks that users submitting evidence in cases adhere to limits regarding the length of their submissions. These limits, currently at 1000 words and 100 diffs for parties and 500 words and 50 diffs for all others, are in place to ensure that the Arbitration Committee receives only the most important information relevant to the case, and is able to determine an appropriate course of action in a reasonable amount of time. The evidence you have submitted currently exceeds at least one of these limits, and is presently at 1650 words and 1 diffs. Please try to reduce the length of your submission to fit within these limits; this guide may be able to provide some help in doing so. If the length of your evidence is not reduced soon, it may be refactored or removed by a human clerk within a few days. Thank you! If you have any questions or concerns regarding the case, please contact the drafting Arbitrator or case clerk (who are listed on the case pages); if you have any questions or concerns about this bot, please contact the operator. On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, HersfoldArbClerkBOT(talk) 04:21, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
VisualEditor newsletter for September 19, 2013
VisualEditor has been updated twice in the last two weeks. As usual, what is now running on the English Wikipedia had a test run at Mediawiki during the previous week.
As announced, the toolbar was redesigned to be simpler, shorter, and to have the ability to have drop-down groups with descriptions. What you see now is the initial configuration and is expected to change in response to feedback from the English Wikipedia and other Wikipedias. The controls to add <u>
(underline), <sub>
(subscript), and <sup>
(superscript), <s>
(strikethrough) and <code>
(computer code/monospace font) annotations to text are available to all users in the drop-down menu. At the moment, all but the most basic tools have been moved into a single drop-down menu, including the tools for inserting media, references, reference lists, and templates. The current location of all of the items in the toolbar is temporary, and your opinions about the best order are needed! Please offer suggestions at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback/Toolbar.
In an eagerly anticipated upgrade to the reference dialog, newly added references or reference groups no longer need the page to be saved before they can be re-used (bugs 51689 and 52000). The 'Use existing reference' button is now disabled on pages which don't yet have any references (bug 51848). The template parameter filter in the transclusion dialog now searches both parameter name and label (bug 51670).
In response to several requests, there are some new keyboard shortcuts. You can now set the block/paragraph formatting from the keyboard: Ctrl+0 sets a block as a regular paragraph; Ctrl+1 up to Ctrl+6 sets it as a Heading 1 ("Page title") to Heading 6 ("Sub-heading 4"); Ctrl+7 sets it as pre-formatted (bug 33512). Ctrl+2, which creates level 2 section headings, may be the most useful.
Some improvements were made to capitalization for links, so typing in "iPhone" will offer a link to "iPhone" as well as "IPhone" (bug 50452).
Copying and pasting within the same document should work better as of today's update, as should copying from VisualEditor into a third-party application (bug 53364, bug 52271, bug 52460). Work on copying and pasting between VisualEditor instances (for example, between two articles) and retaining formatting when copying from an external source into VisualEditor is progressing.
Major improvements to editing with input method editors (IMEs; mostly used for Indic and East Asian languages) are being deployed today. This is a complex change, so it may produce unexpected errors. On a related point, the names of languages listed in the "languages" (langlinks) panel in the Page settings dialog now display as RTL when appropriate (bug 53503).
Looking ahead: The help/'beta' menu will soon expose the build number next to the "Leave feedback" link, so users can give more specific reports about issues they encounter (bug 53050). This change will make it easier for developers to identify any cacheing issues, once it starts reporting the build number (currently, it says "Version false"). Also, inserting a link, reference or media file will put the cursor after the new content again (bug 53560). Next week’s update will likely improve how dropdowns and other selection menus behave when they do not fit on the screen, with things scrolling so the selected item is always in view.
If you are active at other Wikipedias, the next group of Wikipedias to have VisualEditor offered to all users is being finalized. About two dozen Wikipedias are on the list for Tuesday, September 24 for logged-in users only, and on Monday, September 30 for unregistered editors. You can help with translating the documentation. In several cases, most of the translation is already done, and it only needs to be copied over to the relevant Wikipedia. If you are interested in finding out whether a particular Wikipedia is currently on the list, you can leave a message for me at my talk page.
For other questions or suggestions, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting problem reports at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback and other ideas at Wikipedia talk:VisualEditor. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:39, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Scotland in the Early Middle Ages
Just a prompt over this GA review. I was wondering if you knew when you would be able to get back to complete this. All the best.--SabreBD (talk) 08:02, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Adam. I'd be glad if you'll state your opinion regarding Colin's comment on the above nomination. Tomer T (talk) 17:07, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
ArbCom majority passage
Hi Adam, I was confused by your "THE ARBCOM PROPOSAL TO DELAY MOVE DISCUSSIONS IS FAILING" and "vanishingly unlikely this will pass" comments over at Talk:Chelsea Manning#Postpone move discussion. Isn't only a simple majority of 7 votes needed for a pass, as described in the lede of WP:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manning naming dispute/Proposed decision? So I don't understand how 6-4 with two votes remaining signifies "failing" and "vanishingly unlikely to pass". I do understand your "highly controversial ... with so much opposition", but your other remarks sounded like saying that a competitor up 6-4 with two more matches to run was loosing, which confused me. Now that WTT has opposed and the vote stands at 6-5, -sche has written that it is "impossible for the final outstanding Arbitrator to sway the decision unless another Arbitrator changes votes". But isn't the remaining active arbitrator in a position to cast a deciding vote? What am I misunderstanding here? -- ToE 11:42, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- Now I see that temporary injunctions need "4 net support votes", as you described. Thanks. -- ToE 12:28, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
POTD notification
Hi Adam,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 14, 2013. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2013-10-14. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:09, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Think I got everything. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:28, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks :)
Perhaps you'd like to review the closely related 1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash as well? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:30, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
WikiCup 2013 September newsletter
In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Sasata (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).
The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.
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) 22:50, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Puss in Boots
Hey, I was working on something over on Wikidata that led me to the image File:Édition_Curmer_(1843)_-_Le_Chat_botté_-_1.png. It doesn't look to me like it needs any restoration, but I have very little knowledge of these things so I figured I would bring it to you. It's a tad small at 1,240 by 1,920 pixels, and the source that's given isn't acceptable, but I wanted to get your thoughts on it's worthiness for FP (assuming that an actual source can be found, of course). Sven Manguard Wha? 22:37, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Resolution is a big put-off for me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:06, 6 October 2013 (UTC)