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- 1 Orphaned non-free image File:José Carioca - Saludos Amigos.jpg
- 2 The Signpost: 28 January 2015
- 3 Citiogenesis?
- 4 LA edit-a-thons on February 14, 17, and 21
- 5 The Signpost: 04 February 2015
- 6 The Signpost: 11 February 2015
- 7 The Signpost: 18 February 2015
- 8 Complaint about one user
- 9 The Signpost: 25 February 2015
- 10 On This Day
- 11 The Signpost: 04 March 2015
- 12 The Signpost: 11 March 2015
- 13 LA edit-a-thons on March 18 (tomorrow!) and 28
- 14 March 23
- 15 The Signpost: 18 March 2015
- 16 The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015
- 17 For April 1: Giuditta Pasta (19th century; female; 150 years)
- 18 The Signpost, 1 April 2015
- 19 ANI notification
- 20 Transphobia
- 21 Jan van Riebeeck
- 22 The Signpost: 08 April 2015
- 23 The Signpost: 08 April 2015
- 24 The Signpost: 08 April 2015
- 25 The Signpost: 15 April 2015
- 26 The Signpost: 22 April 2015
- 27 The Signpost: 29 April 2015
- 28 Resurrection of Southern California Task Force
- 29 The Signpost: 06 May 2015
- 30 The Signpost: 13 May 2015
- 31 The Signpost: 20 May 2015
- 32 The Signpost: 27 May 2015
- 33 The Signpost: 03 June 2015
- 34 What does it mean?
- 35 The Signpost: 10 June 2015
- 36 LA Wiknic 2015
- 37 Selected anniversaries
- 38 June 2015
- 39 Battle of Waterloo
- 40 Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 18, 2015
- 41 The Signpost: 17 June 2015
- 42 5th Annual Wiknic
- 43 The Signpost: 24 June 2015
- 44 Wiknic
- 45 The Signpost: 01 July 2015
- 46 Wikinic rescheduled
- 47 The Signpost: 08 July 2015
- 48 The Signpost: 15 July 2015
- 49 Reverting my attempt at a discussion: Mistake?
- 50 Captions
- 51 Template:Main page image
- 52 The Signpost: 22 July 2015
- 53 The Signpost: 29 July 2015
- 54 The Signpost: 05 August 2015
- 55 The Signpost: 12 August 2015
- 56 The Signpost: 19 August 2015
- 57 Orphaned non-free image File:Logo of La Caixa.svg
- 58 The Signpost: 26 August 2015
- 59 The Signpost: 02 September 2015
- 60 PS
- 61 Muhammad: The Messenger of God
- 62 The Signpost: 09 September 2015
- 63 DYK for Spreckelsville, Hawaii
- 64 The Signpost: 16 September 2015
- 65 The Signpost: 23 September 2015
- 66 The Signpost: 30 September 2015
- 67 Speedy deletion nomination of File:Geisha-fullheight.jpg
- 68 The Signpost: 07 October 2015
- 69 Selected anniversaries/October 14: Defender of Ukraine Day
- 70 Day of Tasu'a
- 71 This Thursday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Getty Center
- 72 The Signpost: 14 October 2015
- 73 The Signpost: 21 October 2015
- 74 The Signpost: 28 October 2015
- 75 Files for deletion changing to Files for Discussions
- 76 The Signpost: 04 November 2015
- 77 OTD November 11
- 78 Birth of Musa al-Kadhim
- 79 Battle of Ia Drang citations
- 80 The Signpost: 11 November 2015
- 81 The Signpost: 18 November 2015
- 82 ArbCom elections are now open!
- 83 Arba'een
- 84 Iranian constitutional referendum
- 85 The Signpost: 25 November 2015
- 86 Disambiguation link notification for November 29
- 87 Hegira
- 88 The Signpost: 02 December 2015
- 89 The Signpost: 09 December 2015
- 90 DYK for Liang Cheng
- 91 Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 20
- 92 The Signpost: 16 December 2015
- 93 The Signpost: 30 December 2015
- 94 About Torii
- 95 The Signpost: 06 January 2016
- 96 Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran
- 97 Iranian Revolution
- 98 The Signpost: 13 January 2016
- 99 The Signpost: 20 January 2016
- 100 The Signpost: 27 January 2016
- 101 The Signpost: 03 February 2016
- 102 The Signpost: 10 February 2016
- 103 The Signpost: 17 February 2016
- 104 The Signpost: 24 February 2016
- 105 The Signpost: 02 March 2016
- 106 The Signpost: 09 March 2016
- 107 The nationalization of the Iran oil industry movement
- 108 Wik-Ed Women Session #5
- 109 The Signpost: 16 March 2016
- 110 The Signpost: 23 March 2016
- 111 The Signpost: 1 April 2016
- 112 Orphaned non-free image File:Mobile-internet.gif
- 113 The Signpost: 14 April 2016
- 114 Image listing script
- 115 The Signpost: 24 April 2016
- 116 Nomination for deletion of Template:Puf log
- 117 The Signpost: 2 May 2016
- 118 Selected anniversaries
- 119 Notice
- 120 WikiCon USA/SoCal Oct 7-10 in San Diego
- 121 Muhammad al-Mahdi
- 122 MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries
- 123 The Signpost: 17 May 2016
- 124 Liberation of Khorramshahr
- 125 Movement of 15 Khordad
- 126 The Signpost: 28 May 2016
- 127 The Signpost: 05 June 2016
- 128 Laylat al-Qadr ( night of decree )
- 129 The Signpost: 15 June 2016
- 130 Iran Air Flight 655
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Citiogenesis?
Hi! I'm currently working on referencing unreferenced ant articles and found this paragraph you wrote in 2007 (the section has actually never been edited):
- "Unlike other genera in Dolichoderinae, Iridomyrmex ants have the front margin of the clypeus above the mandibles highly modified with convex areas towards the sides and a central projection, which varies from strongly to weakly developed. The compound eyes are relatively high on the head and away from the mandibles."
From Heterick, B. E.; Shattuck, S. (2011). "Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Zootaxa 2845: 1–174. (p. 18):
- "The anterior margin of the clypeus above the mandibles is usually highly modified with convex areas towards the sides and a central projection ... varies from strongly to weakly developed ... The compound eyes are placed relatively high on the head and away from the mandibles (Shattuck, 1992b, fig. 95).
Shattuck, S.O. (1992b) Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology, 21, 1–181.
My gut reaction was to remove it due to copyvio, but after looking up the Shattuck (1992) article, I'm more inclined to believe that Heterick & Shattuck (2011) used your text (Wikipedia is a free resouce after all) but failed to attribute it (...which is still required). I do not expect you to remember which sources you used when you created the Iridomyrmex article 8 years ago, but it is possible that both you and Heterick & Shattuck (2011) used some public domain text. In any case, I'd like to clear this up and either rewrite the section or leave a message on the article's talk page to future editors. jonkerz ♠talk 21:44, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Jonkerz:: It was the CSIRO site, now archived at [1]. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 02:47, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
LA edit-a-thons on February 14, 17, and 21
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- February 19 also Vietnamese New Year on this year, Losar is a public holiday in Bhutan.--113.168.111.164 (talk) 08:54, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
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Complaint about one user
Hi Howcheng! The user User:Samaneh-davoudi-jende had written in my talk page the massage very very rude. In addition, he did this with the user name that is very similar to my own user name, but with a different word that is very rude word (jende). I checked his contribution. He made this account just to misbehave me. Please help me! Is it possible that remove this user? Is it possible that remove the information of the massage in history of my talk page. This user is too rude and he was irreverence to me. Can you check the IP of the user. Thanks!Samaneh-davoudi (talk) 06:45, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Samaneh-davoudi: I've indef-blocked this user. However, I cannot check the user's IP, nor can I remove the edit from your history. You'll need someone with CheckUser access for the first and Oversight access for the second. —howcheng {chat} 06:53, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks so much Howcheng for blocking him and for your guidance.Best regards! Samaneh-davoudi (talk) 07:42, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
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On This Day
Hi. Hope all is well in LA. I've been missing the Mediterranean climate ever since I left. I notice that you've been active at OTD so I thought I'd ask you a question. How does a centennial of a birth or death get in the selected anniversaries when OTD seems to require each line is pulled from the "events" section of the corresponding day rather than "births" or "deaths" sections? I have two articles I'd like to get into OTD but I'm not sure the rules allow it. Chris Troutman (talk) 01:59, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
- Hey Chris, good to hear from you. Birth/death centennials are usually listed with the holidays/observances, like "200th anniversary of the death of Joe Schmoe". Ideally the person listed should be have great significance/notability in their country or field of work (I have been more selective about who gets listed ever since a slew of complaints came in when Marshall McLuhan was included). Who did you have in mind? —howcheng {chat} 06:09, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
- John Alexander Moore and Edward Tompkins, neither of whom are as important as McLuhan. Both are approaching their respective centennials of birth. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:02, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
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LA edit-a-thons on March 18 (tomorrow!) and 28
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March 23
Hi Howcheng,
I've added the following to the staging area for March 23:
- 1889 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, (pictured) founded the Ahmadiyya Islamic religious movement in British India.
As was discussed last year, I was a little late. Thanks!--Peaceworld 11:51, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
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For April 1: Giuditta Pasta (19th century; female; 150 years)
Hi, I added a note a few days ago to the Talk page for the April 1 anniversaries, about the above subject. Can you include her, please?. Ta Scarabocchio (talk) 07:54, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, but per the rules, we only do births and deaths on multiples of 100 years, so she wouldn't be eligible yet. —howcheng {chat} 11:08, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
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Transphobia
Do you acknowledge that what you did was wrong?—chbarts (talk) 09:52, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
- I acknowledge that the way I wrote the blurb was offensive to you. I have since rewritten it. —howcheng {chat} 15:35, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
- So you might write transphobic or otherwise blurbs in the future, since you do not acknowledge wrongdoing in this case. I suppose we may have to go through this again.—chbarts (talk) 17:17, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
- And your re-write is, if anything, worse. It is more dishonest and more insulting.—chbarts (talk) 17:18, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
- You forget the purpose of the April Fool's Main Page. It's actually more accurate: the girl was announced to be a boy by her grandmother, thus one could say her sex was changed. This aligns better with the guideline of using ambiguous language to present true facts. —howcheng {chat} 17:44, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
- Furthermore, I don't appreciate being asked a loaded question. You have yet to establish to my satisfaction that the blurb is itself transphobic in any way. —howcheng {chat} 18:04, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
- You refuse to admit that equating sexual reassignment to political intrigue is transphobic? So you're saying we'll do this again, same time, next year?—chbarts (talk) 23:03, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
- And the purpose of the Main Page, April Fool or not, is never to make people feel harassed or unwelcome. You acknowledge that it made someone feel harassed and unwelcome, but you intend to keep doing the same thing.—chbarts (talk) 23:05, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
Jan van Riebeeck
Hi Howcheng. I replaced the image for today's OTD, since it depicted the wrong person! I never knew this, but the image of Jan van Riebeeck from the currency was apparently not really him. I uploaded a cropped version of the accepted portrait, but I've never been involved with main page images, so could you please take a look when you get a chance to make sure that it's all right? I'm not sure how to protect it on Commons, where I'm not an administrator. Normally, I would ask for help before making such a highly visible change, but in this case it seemed important to make the change immediately.-RHM22 (talk) 13:55, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- I just checked, and it seems to have been automatically protected since it transcludes to the main page. Everything should be all right, then.-RHM22 (talk) 14:03, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
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Resurrection of Southern California Task Force
After moving from Los Angeles County to Kern County to San Luis Obispo County, I am finally realizing that there is life in California outside of L.A. and San Francisco, where I lived and grew up. Oh, I have also lived in San Diego, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Yolo and Sacramento counties, and I earned my undergraduate degree in Riverside County. I am trying to breathe life into the Southern California Task Force, and I hope you will join me. Could you visit our list of participants at the other end of this link and update your description of what you are interested in doing for us, assuming that you still want to be in the mix, that is.
In recompense, I will buy you a drink during the Wikipedia Week I am planning for Morro Bay on the Central Coast in July. Yours sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 18:13, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
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What does it mean?
I was reading materials mentioned here. One of the parts seemed puzzling to me:
For events 100 years old and up, that means multiples of 25 (e.g., 200th, 325th, 550th, etc). If it's less than 100 years old, that means in multiples of 25 or 10 (e.g., 75th, 60th, 30th).
What does it mean? Mhhossein (talk) 14:45, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
- If the event is <= 100 years old, then significant anniversaries are 10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 75, 80, 90, and 100 (multiples of 10 and 25). When it is >100 years old, then they are every 25 years: 125, 150, 175, 200, etc. Does that make sense? —howcheng {chat} 04:20, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
- That's clear, thanks. Bty, how do we include incidents like Arba'een? Do we have to act based on this criteria? Mhhossein (talk) 13:07, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
- No, Arba'een is an annual observance, so it gets included with the holidays every year. Regardless, an event having a "significant anniversary" only gets preference for inclusion that year. It still can be included in other years. —howcheng {chat} 05:02, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
- That's clear, thanks. Bty, how do we include incidents like Arba'een? Do we have to act based on this criteria? Mhhossein (talk) 13:07, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
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LA Wiknic 2015
Can we decide on a date this week Howard, Chris Troutman (talk), of either July 5th or Sat the 11th, I need to put in for a vacation day if it is the 5th this week to get the day off, plus I'm dog sitting that particular day so my trip to LA will be shortened. Tinkermen (talk) posted Sunday June 14
- Let's go with the 11th then. Last year we did 4th of July weekend and had a fairly low turnout. —howcheng {chat} 04:24, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
- The 11th sounds great, Chris Troutman (talk) you ok with the 11th and do you wanna set up the event then or would you like one of us to? Tinkermen (talk) posted Monday June 15
- I can do it later tonight, if I remember. :) —howcheng {chat} 17:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
- (talkpage lurker) When you do, please add a link to the LA meetup page at Wikipedia:Wiknic :)--Pharos (talk) 21:00, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
- I can do it later tonight, if I remember. :) —howcheng {chat} 17:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
- The 11th sounds great, Chris Troutman (talk) you ok with the 11th and do you wanna set up the event then or would you like one of us to? Tinkermen (talk) posted Monday June 15
Selected anniversaries
I've contributed to Selected anniversaries for two or three times where you usually edit. It's an interesting job. Is there any chance that I can help you handle the affairs related to it? Mhhossein (talk) 13:31, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
- Of course. Just get familiar with the rules and start editing. If you want to start small, just do one or two changes for the dates you want to edit. I will almost always keep any changes you put in (the exceptions will be article quality, or some other policy reason like the article appears on a different day or a significant anniversary will take precedence over the one you picked). Thanks and happy editing! —howcheng {chat} 17:01, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
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Battle of Waterloo
Howdy. Do you think you could give the Battle of Waterloo the picture for Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 18, i.e. tomorrow? It's the 200th anniversary and there's significant press coverage and commemoration. Cheers, Oreo Priest talk 12:09, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
- The problem is that at 100x100 pixels, any painting of the battle becomes too small to really see anything. If you have a suggestion that works, I'll be happy to put it in. —howcheng {chat} 16:29, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
- Makes sense! Here are a few suggestions (which the template puts at the right). Napoleon might be the best bet, but I've included some others. If you still don't like any, I'll keep digging! Oreo Priest talk 18:56, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 18, 2015
Hi, I'm not following ... none of the other still images at WP:TFAA have captions. (The text stands in for the caption.) - Dank (push to talk) 17:24, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
- @Dank: See Talk:Main Page. People have been proposing solutions for the "image not aligned with text" problem for ITN and OTD for a long time, but it always bogs down in discussion and ends up running out of steam. So I decided to be bold and put in the caption proposal for OTD and TFA for tomorrow as a test (see WP:Main Page/Tomorrow) to see how it looks. I figured that if someone doesn't take action, the discussion will go nowhere again. If nobody has objections, I'll add to DYK and ITN so that all 4 sections are in sync. —howcheng {chat} 21:54, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
- Okay. I'll support whatever Chris wants to do with this. - Dank (push to talk) 23:16, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
Side note
This image was unprotected. (It did, however, look fine on my end.) —David Levy 02:34, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
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5th Annual Wiknic
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Dear fellow Wikipedian, You are cordinally invited to the fifth annual Los Angeles Wiknic! The Wiknic is a part of the nationwide Great American Wiknic. We'll be grilling, getting to know each other better, and building the L.A. Wikipedia community! The event is tentatively planned for Pan-Pacific Park (map) and will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2014 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible! I hope to see you there! Howcheng (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:40, 21 June 2015 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list. |
- Hey, I'm not sure how this works, but there's now a notice on my watchlist about this event. Pan-Pacific Park in the notice is missing a hyphen so clicking on it doesn't work. Hopefully, you know how to fix it. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:16, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
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Wiknic
The Wiknic was scheduled at the same time as a preexisting Wikipedia meetup in Redondo Beach (see Wikipedia:Meetup/LA). I could contact the library about moving its event if necessary, but I'm not sure it can be moved given that the library does publicity with paper flyers etc... But on the other hand it looks like the Wiknic has been pretty extensively publicized. Any ideas about what makes most sense now? It seems like a shame to divide our efforts. Calliopejen1 (talk) 02:43, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
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- Heh. I'm curious, how long have you been in SoCal? I think you alienated half of your audience with that photo of meat on a grill.[2] A lot of us gave up meat a very long time ago. Anyhoo, carry on with the carnivorous behavior... Viriditas (talk) 09:31, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
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- Heh. I'm curious, how long have you been in SoCal? I think you alienated half of your audience with that photo of meat on a grill.[2] A lot of us gave up meat a very long time ago. Anyhoo, carry on with the carnivorous behavior... Viriditas (talk) 09:31, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
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- Help! I'm oppressed! :) But seriously, I think you underestimate the percentage of people in the U.S. who are reducing their meat intake. And when you combine the vegan, vegetarian, and meat reducers (mostly vegetarian, some meat) together, you get about 40% of the American public. To make a long story short, Los Angeles is generally considered the center of the vegetarian scene in the United States, so there's actually more people who are trying to reduce or eliminate their meat intake in that part of the country than anywhere else. In any case, things change. There was a time in this country, when tobacco smoking was a sign of class, wealth, and prestige. Obviously, that is no longer true, and tobacco smoking in the U.S. at least, is mostly an activity by the working poor. The same trend appears to be the case with meat eating. At one time in the U.S., meat eating was associated with class, wealth, and prestige. That is no longer true. Viriditas (talk) 22:53, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
- Well there's certainly room for vegans/vegetarians at the Wiknic, so by all means come on down! —howcheng {chat} 02:41, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the invite, but I won't be able to make it. I'm stuck inside of Maui with the Santa Monica blues again. :) I hope you have a great time, and remember, next year you can use a more neutral image, like a watermelon steak, for example. And yes, you can win friends with salad... Viriditas (talk) 05:26, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
- I beg to differ. —howcheng {chat} 05:33, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for the invite, but I won't be able to make it. I'm stuck inside of Maui with the Santa Monica blues again. :) I hope you have a great time, and remember, next year you can use a more neutral image, like a watermelon steak, for example. And yes, you can win friends with salad... Viriditas (talk) 05:26, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
- Well there's certainly room for vegans/vegetarians at the Wiknic, so by all means come on down! —howcheng {chat} 02:41, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
- Help! I'm oppressed! :) But seriously, I think you underestimate the percentage of people in the U.S. who are reducing their meat intake. And when you combine the vegan, vegetarian, and meat reducers (mostly vegetarian, some meat) together, you get about 40% of the American public. To make a long story short, Los Angeles is generally considered the center of the vegetarian scene in the United States, so there's actually more people who are trying to reduce or eliminate their meat intake in that part of the country than anywhere else. In any case, things change. There was a time in this country, when tobacco smoking was a sign of class, wealth, and prestige. Obviously, that is no longer true, and tobacco smoking in the U.S. at least, is mostly an activity by the working poor. The same trend appears to be the case with meat eating. At one time in the U.S., meat eating was associated with class, wealth, and prestige. That is no longer true. Viriditas (talk) 22:53, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
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Due to a conflict with the Redondo Loves Wikipedia edit-a-thon, the fifth annual Los Angeles Wiknic has been rescheduled. As before, the location will be at Pan-Pacific Park (map) and will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2015 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible! I hope to see you there! —howcheng {chat} - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list. |
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Reverting my attempt at a discussion: Mistake?
Was your reversion of my edit a mistake on your part?—chbarts (talk) 00:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
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Captions
Hi! Have you read my reply at Wikipedia talk:In the news#Main Page image caption? (I support the underlying goal, but my current concerns constitute an "objection" to the planned Saturday introduction, with which you appear to be proceeding.) —David Levy 21:38, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
My apologies for replying at Wikipedia talk:In the news instead of Talk:Main Page (where discussion already had occurred). I overlooked the latter thread, for which I should have thought to check. —David Levy 00:36, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
- If you're looking for a venue to test the mobile site; check out today's mobile main page. TFA is using a caption. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:41, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
Template:Main page image
Hello again. The template appears to have some issues:
- When the "link" parameter duplicates the "image" parameter, this redundancy should have no effect. Instead, it results in an explicit link to the image description page, which disables the Media Viewer.
- When the "width" parameter is left blank ("width = "), the image is displayed at full-width instead of the default 120px.
- The documented "border" parameter doesn't appear to function.
Additionally, the following issues existed specifically at ITN (until I implemented a wrapper, which also corrected the first two issues noted above):
- Blanking the "image" parameter (our normal practice when no suitable image is available) breaks the template's transclusion (by displaying raw code) instead of removing the image and related content.
- The "link" parameter requires the inclusion of "File:" (or "Image:") to link to an image description page, irrespective of whether the prefix was applied to the "image" parameter. (I realize that this enabled linking to other types of page, but I'm not aware of such usage in any of the relevant main page sections. ITN's longstanding "link" implementation permitted the prefix's omission, so this change would have been problematic.)
Also, the "size" parameter (which you left in place) doesn't appear to exist in the new template. (I replaced it with "width".) —David Levy 16:13, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for checking those. I fixed the link, blank width parameter, and border issues, and those are in the sandbox now (see User:Howcheng/sandbox). However, I was unable to get the blank image parameter to work. I think keeping that wrapper is a good idea for that particular problem. —howcheng {chat} 17:57, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- Could you please captionize Queue 4? I've had a request up at WP:ERRORS for several hours to do both that one and the one on the Main Page. Thanks for taking care of the MP one, but nobody's gotten around to doing the queue yet. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:31, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- Oh yeah I'm actually right in the middle of doing it. Gotta crop the image first. I don't know if I can make the template work with {{Css Image Crop}}. —howcheng {chat} 23:34, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- Could you please captionize Queue 4? I've had a request up at WP:ERRORS for several hours to do both that one and the one on the Main Page. Thanks for taking care of the MP one, but nobody's gotten around to doing the queue yet. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:31, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
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Template:Main page image (continued)
I noticed that the captions are displayed at 8.5px in MonoBook and 9.5px in Vector, with the latter much more likely to wrap. Might it be possible to eliminate this disparity? —David Levy 00:12, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
- @David Levy: apparently, it's set to be 94% of the regular font size, which is in fact bigger in Vector. Obviously we can set this to a fixed size, but I believe the practice is to set them to relative sizes, so it's always going to be a little bigger in Vector. —howcheng {chat} 22:22, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
- Do you think that setting it to a fixed size (8.5px, ideally) would be controversial? I suspect that some of the complaints about "ugliness" stem from the unintended wrapping in Vector (which, frankly, is ugly much of the time – particularly when a single word appears on a separate line). For this atypical application, an exception to the usual practice seems appropriate. —David Levy 00:13, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- We could do that. It's actually closer to 11px in Monobook (according to the built-in code inspector) and 12px in Vector. We can give it a shot in the sandbox. —howcheng {chat} 07:13, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- Ah, okay. I was going by the resultant formatting when I copied and pasted the text into a Microsoft Word document. Perhaps the duplication isn't exact.
- Yes, let's try it out. —David Levy 07:54, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- I was just reminded of this by a discussion at WP:ERRORS. (A caption looked bad under Vector.) Can you please place the necessary code in the sandbox? —David Levy 02:11, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
- I'm no longer in favor of a fixed font size; that reduces readability for people who use the "Zoom" feature (to increase font sizes). So instead I changed it to be at 90% size instead of 94%: Template:Main page image/sandbox. —howcheng {chat} 03:36, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
- Mind you, reducing the tumbcaption fontsize may result in a too small font in Monobook.
-- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}}
11:50, 18 November 2015 (UTC)- It looked OK when I previewed the changes with the test cases. —howcheng {chat} 17:05, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
- Mind you, reducing the tumbcaption fontsize may result in a too small font in Monobook.
- I'm no longer in favor of a fixed font size; that reduces readability for people who use the "Zoom" feature (to increase font sizes). So instead I changed it to be at 90% size instead of 94%: Template:Main page image/sandbox. —howcheng {chat} 03:36, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
- I was just reminded of this by a discussion at WP:ERRORS. (A caption looked bad under Vector.) Can you please place the necessary code in the sandbox? —David Levy 02:11, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
- We could do that. It's actually closer to 11px in Monobook (according to the built-in code inspector) and 12px in Vector. We can give it a shot in the sandbox. —howcheng {chat} 07:13, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
- Do you think that setting it to a fixed size (8.5px, ideally) would be controversial? I suspect that some of the complaints about "ugliness" stem from the unintended wrapping in Vector (which, frankly, is ugly much of the time – particularly when a single word appears on a separate line). For this atypical application, an exception to the usual practice seems appropriate. —David Levy 00:13, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, Muhammad: The Messenger of God (film) is a movie by Majidi on the life of Islamic prophet.[3] I don't know whether it qualifies to be on the main page in ITN box. Is it possible to have the news of its release there on the main page? Mhhossein (talk) 06:47, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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OTD November 11
Regarding this edit, I'm just curious just how many years it is going to take to get United States Numbered Highways listed? I nominated it four years ago, yet it has never run once. Imzadi 1979 → 08:43, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- Sorry, I'd forgotten about that one. Next year will be 90 (a good round-number) so that will make it a lock. Unfortunately, there have been a number of factors conspiring to keep it out. For example, last there were two US articles that had significant anniversaries, so there was no way a third US one was going to make it. 2012 would have been an ideal year had I remembered it then. —howcheng {chat} 08:51, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- Noting, we discussed this a year ago, where you said that it wouldn't have run last year because of other US-related items. There are other options to allow this one its first appearance by substituting out the battle from the War of 1812. Also, since the TFP is WWI-related, shouldn't the armistace be pulled? (It's already appeared 4 times anyway.) Or do I have to wait another year to try again? Imzadi 1979 → 08:58, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- Replying after the EC, but I've been waiting 4 years already. Somehow I assumed your would once again be, "try again next year". Imzadi 1979 → 08:59, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- Taking out the War of 1812 item would put too many 20th century items. Let me think about this overnight. It's 1 AM where I am so I need to hit the sack. —howcheng {chat} 09:02, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- There's a perfectly good item from 1805 that could run in place of the War of 1812 item, just substituting a European war for an American one. That would then let you swap the WWI armistace for the US Highway System, removing the doubling of WWI with TFP. Imzadi 1979 → 09:33, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- Done. As I said earlier, since next year will be the 90th anniversary, that article will go next year as well. —howcheng {chat} 17:00, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- There's a perfectly good item from 1805 that could run in place of the War of 1812 item, just substituting a European war for an American one. That would then let you swap the WWI armistace for the US Highway System, removing the doubling of WWI with TFP. Imzadi 1979 → 09:33, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- Taking out the War of 1812 item would put too many 20th century items. Let me think about this overnight. It's 1 AM where I am so I need to hit the sack. —howcheng {chat} 09:02, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- Replying after the EC, but I've been waiting 4 years already. Somehow I assumed your would once again be, "try again next year". Imzadi 1979 → 08:59, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
Birth of Musa al-Kadhim
@Howcheng: Musa al-Kadhim is 7th Shia Imam and his birth is 19 October 2015 (7 Safar 128 AH). Thanks Saff V. (talk) 13:35, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Saff V.: Sorry, but birth and death anniversaries only get included on centennial anniversaries (with limited exceptions), so he wouldn't be listed until 2045. —howcheng {chat} 17:04, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
Battle of Ia Drang citations
You recently put up a sign "needs additional citations" at the top of the article. Do you care to point out specifically which statements or sentences or parts or sections need additional citations?Tnguyen4321 (talk) 19:04, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Tnguyen4321: There are a lot of paragraphs and even some entire sections that have no citations at all (mostly in the "1st/7th Cav and the battle for LZ X-Ray" section, which happens to be the bulk of the article). I figured one tag at the top was better than lots of tags throughout the article. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 19:20, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
Re: the topic 'Overhauling this Article' of the talk page of the Battle of Ia Drang article, it was said: ... I'm overhauling this article to provide a more human side to the battle. My primary source is Moore & Galloway's We Were Soldiers Once...And Young. Thanks! James Cameron March 6/06. Therefore, I deem your tag is not relevant.Tnguyen4321 (talk) 21:08, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
- Listing the source on the talk page (or even in the "References" section by itself) does nothing. You still need the WP:inline citations. —howcheng {chat} 21:26, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
If a 'general reference' does nothing to you, then it is preferable to put a tag 'citation needed' at each end of sentence or paragraph where needed; that is if you want to induce people to action and add citations.Tnguyen4321 (talk) 21:42, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
- By the way, is it that James Cameron of the 'Terminator'?Tnguyen4321 (talk) 21:45, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
- Haha, I doubt it. Anyway, I was trying not to be a jerk about it, but I certainly can if you prefer. —howcheng {chat} 22:20, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
If you can, then you can keep that 'general tag' while inserting the individual tags.Tnguyen4321 (talk) 22:35, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
- Put it as a general reference. And then, for specific statements, use <ref>Moore & Galloway p. 123</ref>. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 03:37, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
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@Howcheng: 2 December 2015 is Arba'een, forty days after the Day of Ashura. Arba'een is one of the largest pilgrimage gatherings on Earth, in which up to 20 million people go to the city of Karbala in Iraq. Saff V. (talk) 14:41, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
- Did that one a few days ago. —howcheng {chat} 16:40, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
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Iranian constitutional referendum for Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was held on 2 and 3 December 1979.Saff V. (talk) 14:09, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Saff V.: Neither article is eligible. The referendum article is too short and the Constitution article is tagged for expansion. Also, there seems to be a contradiction. The introduction to the Constitution article says it was adopted by referendum on October 24 and went into force on December 3. —howcheng {chat} 17:24, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
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- @Howcheng: According to this source and this one, 2 and 3 December is correct date.Saff V. (talk) 09:34, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
- Regardless, neither article is eligible for inclusion. —howcheng {chat} 16:42, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Howcheng: Why?Saff V. (talk) 07:18, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
- Look at my first reply. —howcheng {chat} 07:42, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Howcheng: I changed the date of referendum in the articles.Saff V. (talk) 10:07, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
- OK, but you still have one section that's tagged for expansion. —howcheng {chat} 18:22, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Howcheng: Why?Saff V. (talk) 07:18, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
- Regardless, neither article is eligible for inclusion. —howcheng {chat} 16:42, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
- @Howcheng: According to this source and this one, 2 and 3 December is correct date.Saff V. (talk) 09:34, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
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- Islamic calendar appears on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 16, so cannot be included on December 13. —howcheng {chat} 07:00, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
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Can you add Announcerless Game in the Eligible list or the set meant for the Main Page? --George Ho (talk) 19:30, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
- I don't know about that one. It was a failed experiment, so it wasn't particularly important for the sport. —howcheng {chat} 21:09, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
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About Torii
Don't lump Japan in with Korea. The picture you're taking out persistently is an ordinary Korean(Chinese) gate. A Torii is a perch of a god. Where at that gate does a god land? Isn't that prickly? Korea is based on the civilization of Evenks. Korea is unrelated to Japan.--119.104.9.155 (talk) 22:07, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- Wow, you really don't know your Asian history. "Korea is unrelated to Japan"?? Then why do Korean and Japanese languages both use Chinese characters? Chinese culture spread through the Korean peninsula into Japan. I added sources that say torii and hongsal-mun may be related. Both are gates that are similar in appearance and separate sacred and profane space. If "Major civilizations according to Huntington" explicitly states that the two structures are not related, then we can include that in the article, but you cannot make changes to the article based on your own personal beliefs. Shinto is of course a native Japanese animistic religion but that doesn't meant it never imported concepts from other cultures. —howcheng {chat} 22:22, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- Your subjectivity is empty.--119.104.16.252 (talk) 22:33, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- I don't understand what that comment is supposed to mean. Regardless, there are published sources in the article that make the claim. It is not MY opinion that the two structure are related. Other scholarly sources are making that claim. If you want the article to state otherwise, then you need to provide the sources. —howcheng {chat} 22:40, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- Don't plagiarize Japanese culture. Korea is a just different race. http://4ch-matome.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1432848106467.gif --119.104.16.252 (talk) 22:41, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- You are engaging in original research. Provide a source that says those two things are unrelated. —howcheng {chat} 00:24, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
- Don't plagiarize Japanese culture. Korea is a just different race. http://4ch-matome.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1432848106467.gif --119.104.16.252 (talk) 22:41, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- I don't understand what that comment is supposed to mean. Regardless, there are published sources in the article that make the claim. It is not MY opinion that the two structure are related. Other scholarly sources are making that claim. If you want the article to state otherwise, then you need to provide the sources. —howcheng {chat} 22:40, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- Your subjectivity is empty.--119.104.16.252 (talk) 22:33, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
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@Howcheng: On 1 February 1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned to Iran after 14 years in political exile. Therefore, this day is a important day in Iran and Islamic countries. Thanks Saff V. (talk) 09:57, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
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- @Howcheng: Please answer to my comment.Saff V. (talk) 07:43, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
- Added to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 1, but note that it won't run in the same year as Iranian Revolution. —howcheng {chat} 21:50, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
- @Howcheng: Please answer to my comment.Saff V. (talk) 07:43, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
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- @Howcheng: Please answer to my comment.Saff V. (talk) 07:43, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
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- Iranian Revolution is currently ineligible for inclusion (the section "Western/U.S.–Iranian relations" is empty). —howcheng {chat} 21:47, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
- @Howcheng: Please answer to my comment.Saff V. (talk) 07:43, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
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The nationalization of the Iran oil industry movement
Dear @Howcheng: on 17 March 1951, the nationalization of Iran oil industry verified by Iranian parliament.Saff V. (talk) 12:20, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Nice work, but I think this article needs to be edited by a native English speaker before being added to OTD. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 17:27, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
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Howard, I made some further improvements to Treaty of London (1839) to support its move to eligible, should have done this earlier. Hopefully it meets the WP:OTDRULES now and the other changes I made to the project page have been useful, or at least neutral. Welcome any guidance. Whizz40 (talk) 15:27, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
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Hello, I wanted to alert you that the 1 revert per 24 hour period on the Greco-Turkish war page you established was recently violated by user Gala19000, who is removing sourced content he doesn't like.[4] --Oatitonimly (talk) 22:59, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Oatitonimly: Are you sure you have the right person? I don't think I have anything to do with that article. —howcheng {chat} 00:09, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
- Did you not create this? --Oatitonimly (talk) 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Howard! I believe we met at one of the LA wikNics. I've helped launch monthly editathons here in San Diego in partnership with our libraries. I was on a call a week and a half ago with other user group leaders. Seattle's Cascadia user group was going to host the WikiCon USA this year but can't, so now I'm helping co-organize it here in San Diego with Pharos! October 7-10. I'm reaching out to all the SoCal wikipedians to get your perspectives and ideals for the events and related activities. Do you have time for a phone call asap? I've got a call scheduler up at www.calendly.com/melissaganus - please pick any time slot that would work for you! Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrMel (talk • contribs) 20:14, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
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Muhammad al-Mahdi
Hey dear Howcheng, I'd like to know if I've done this inclusion correctly. Thanks. --Mhhossein (talk) 03:44, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
- It looks good, except that the date of 23 May is not actually in the article anywhere. —howcheng {chat} 06:45, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
- It's based on non-Gregorian calendar which changes from year to year. Should it be mentioned that it is on 23 May in 2016? how? --Mhhossein (talk) 09:12, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
- Look at other Islamic holiday articles, you should be able to do something similar. Maybe not in the infobox, but a section that indicates the Gregorian observed date each year. —howcheng {chat} 15:50, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
- Such as what we did here? But that article, i.e Arbaeen, was an observance while our main topic here is not an observance we're just mentioning his birth. Should we still cover 'the 23 May'? --Mhhossein (talk) 05:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Mhhossein: Yes, something like that. Maybe you have a section that describes that the day is a holiday in these locations, maybe some details about what people do to celebrate the day, and then put the table in. That's my suggestion, anyway. —howcheng {chat} 23:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for your suggestion. I did the job, plz see if every thing is OK. I also changed the date (because it's on 22 May 2016, not 23). --Mhhossein (talk) 05:07, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Mhhossein: Yes, something like that. Maybe you have a section that describes that the day is a holiday in these locations, maybe some details about what people do to celebrate the day, and then put the table in. That's my suggestion, anyway. —howcheng {chat} 23:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
- Such as what we did here? But that article, i.e Arbaeen, was an observance while our main topic here is not an observance we're just mentioning his birth. Should we still cover 'the 23 May'? --Mhhossein (talk) 05:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
- Look at other Islamic holiday articles, you should be able to do something similar. Maybe not in the infobox, but a section that indicates the Gregorian observed date each year. —howcheng {chat} 15:50, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
- It's based on non-Gregorian calendar which changes from year to year. Should it be mentioned that it is on 23 May in 2016? how? --Mhhossein (talk) 09:12, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries
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The Signpost: 17 May 2016
- Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil
- In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post
- Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one
- Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogss
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Liberation of Khorramshahr
on 24 May 1982 during the Iran–Iraq War, the Liberation of Khorramshahr was the Iranian recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis after 575 days. I nominated my suggestion at this page. ThanksLstfllw203 (talk) 17:02, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Lstfllw203: Please put it at Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/May 24 instead. Article looks good. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 17:22, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
- I hope done [[5]] in correct way. Thanks for your patient.Lstfllw203 (talk) 17:39, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
Movement of 15 Khordad
@Howcheng: - Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers. Please add this OTD at the first page. Is it possible?Saff V. (talk) 08:57, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
- Looks good to go. It's already in the staging area, so when the time comes I'll put it in. —howcheng {chat} 16:10, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 May 2016
- Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director
- News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting
- Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian
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- Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride
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The Signpost: 05 June 2016
- News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens
- Featured content: Overwhelmed ... by pictures
- Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.
- Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games
Laylat al-Qadr ( night of decree )
Hey, this night is observed by the Muslim community every year during Ramdan. However, Shia and Sunni regard almost different nights as Laylat al-Qadr. According to my findings, Shia Muslims know 19, 21 and 23 of Ramadan night as the Qadr night and believe that 23rd is more probable, while sunnis know 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29 as the Qadr night and believe that 27th of Ramadan is more probable. How can we have this observance? My suggestion: As 23rd is common in both sect, we can have it on that night. Mhhossein (talk) 07:00, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
- If we are sure about the dates, we can add it to both days, just add "(Shia Islam, 2016)" or "(Sunni Islam, 2016)" after the link to the article. —howcheng {chat} 16:16, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 June 2016
- News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov
- Special report: Wikiversity Journal—a new user group
- In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing
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- Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle
Iran Air Flight 655
@Howcheng: On 3 July 1988, United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. I want show this OTD on the first page. Saff V. (talk) 14:10, 17 June 2016 (UTC)