Wikidata weekly summary #459
Happy First Edit Day!
ITN recognition for Glynn Lunney
On 20 March 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Glynn Lunney, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 16:03, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
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Hello Dear Mike Peel thankssRajuiu (talk) 23:54, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 March 2021
- News and notes: A future with a for-profit subsidiary?
- Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments
- In the media: Wikimedia LLC and disinformation in Japan
- News from the WMF: Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond
- Recent research: 10%-30% of Wikipedia’s contributors have subject-matter expertise
- From the archives: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
- Obituary: Yoninah
- From the editor: What else can we say?
- Arbitration report: Open letter to the Board of Trustees
- Traffic report: Wanda, Meghan, Liz, Phil and Zack
Thank you for adding perspective to Teh Case. Music - ... the first performance was on a Palm Sunday which is today, and Yoninah's obituary with the beginning of Passover today - putting some little ego-battles in perspective --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:12, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
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IRC
I am mpeel on IRC. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:35, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).
- Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
- Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the
delete-redirect
userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.
- When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
- Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)
- A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.
A great photo now tops this article. Many thanks. KJP1 (talk)
- @KJP1: Very cool, thanks for using it, and for letting me know! Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 10:22, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #462
Possibly show a link to the Wikidata item in the notification when a Wikidata item is linked?
Hi, nice bot. It's sent me a couple notifications telling me a Wikidata item has been linked to an article and helpfully giving me the id #. It would great if I could click on the id number and be taken to the Wikidata item in question, if possible. Cheers, -- Facts707 (talk) 06:21, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Facts707: Thanks! The notification is built in to MediaWiki, so I think it would need a Phabricator ticket to suggest it to WMF. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 16:06, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
DYK for 1972 Wings Tour Bus
On 11 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1972 Wings Tour Bus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Paul McCartney's psychedelic 1972 Wings Tour Bus ended up in a garden in Tenerife before returning to the UK for restoration? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1972 Wings Tour Bus. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1972 Wings Tour Bus), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: March 2021
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Wikidata weekly summary #463
ITN recognition for Table Mountain Fire (2021)
On 18 April 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Table Mountain Fire (2021), which you created and nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Mjroots (talk) 20:29, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
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Amateur Radio Astronomy
Hello, I would like to get into radio astronomy as an amateur. I have a general amateur radio license in the U.S. Any suggestions? Thank you. Prairie Astronomer Talk 15:45, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Prairie Astronomer: You don't need a license to do radio astronomy, since all you do is receive. :-) Depending on your interest, I'd recommend starting with something like a meteor detector, or neutral hydrogen detector, then maybe something like radio jove or a full dish. I'm afraid I don't get to do much amateur radio astronomy, though, mostly I use bigger dishes! Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:13, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 April 2021
- From the editor: A change is gonna come
- Disinformation report: Paid editing by a former head of state's business enterprise
- In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby
- Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct
- Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
- Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
- Recent research: Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
- Traffic report: The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
- News from Wiki Education: Encouraging professional physicists to engage in outreach on Wikipedia