Contents
- 1 Wikidata weekly summary #322
- 2 Wikidata weekly summary #323
- 3 The Signpost: 31 July 2018
- 4 Wikidata weekly summary #324
- 5 Wikidata weekly summary #325
- 6 Wikidata weekly summary #326
- 7 Wikidata weekly summary #327
- 8 The Signpost: 30 August 2018
- 9 WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 12
- 10 Wikidata weekly summary #328
- 11 Wikidata weekly summary #329
- 12 Category:Academic journals in the United States has been nominated for discussion
- 13 Wikidata weekly summary #330
- 14 Wikidata weekly summary #331
- 15 The Signpost: 1 October 2018
- 16 Wikidata weekly summary #332
- 17 Wikidata weekly summary #333
- 18 Other Noteworthy Stuff
- 18.1 Wikidata weekly summary #334
- 18.2 Wikidata weekly summary #335
- 18.3 The Signpost: 28 October 2018
- 18.4 Wikidata weekly summary #336
- 18.5 Wikidata weekly summary #337
- 18.6 Wikidata weekly summary #338
- 18.7 ArbCom 2018 election voter message
- 18.8 Wikidata weekly summary #339
- 18.9 Wikidata weekly summary #340
- 18.10 The Signpost: 1 December 2018
- 18.11 Wikidata weekly summary #341
- 18.12 Disambiguation link notification for December 10
- 18.13 Wikidata weekly summary #342
- 18.14 Wikidata weekly summary #343
- 18.15 WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 13
- 18.16 The Signpost: 24 December 2018
- 18.17 Wikidata weekly summary #344
- 18.18 Wikidata weekly summary #345
- 18.19 Wikidata weekly summary #346
- 18.20 Wikidata weekly summary #347
- 18.21 Wikidata weekly summary #348
- 18.22 Proposed merger at Intermediate frequency
- 18.23 Wikidata weekly summary #349
- 18.24 The Signpost: 31 January 2019
- 18.25 Proposed deletion of Linear profile
- 18.26 Wikidata weekly summary #350
- 18.27 Nomination of Oceania (continent) for deletion
- 18.28 Wikidata weekly summary #351
- 18.29 Wikidata weekly summary #352
- 18.30 Disambiguation link notification for February 20
- 18.31 Wikidata weekly summary #353
- 18.32 request for administration
- 18.33 The Signpost: 28 February 2019
- 18.34 Wikidata weekly summary #354
- 18.35 Wikidata weekly summary #355
- 18.36 Wikidata weekly summary #356
- 18.37 Wikidata weekly summary #357
- 18.38 The Signpost: 31 March 2019
- 18.39 Wikidata weekly summary #358
Wikidata weekly summary #322
Wikidata weekly summary #323
The Signpost: 31 July 2018
- From the editor: If only if
- Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality
- Discussion report: Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals
- Featured content: Wikipedia's best content in images and prose
- Arbitration report: Status quo processes retained in two disputes
- Traffic report: Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else
- Technology report: New bots, new prefs
- Recent research: Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons
- Humour: It's all the same
- Essay: Wikipedia does not need you
Wikidata weekly summary #324
Wikidata weekly summary #325
Wikidata weekly summary #326
Wikidata weekly summary #327
The Signpost: 30 August 2018
- From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia
- News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend
- In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles
- Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy
- Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
- Special report: Wikimania 2018
- Traffic report: Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits
- Technology report: Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work
- Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies
- Humour: Signpost editor censors herself
- From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words
WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 12
This month: WikiProject X: The resumption
Work has resumed on WikiProject X and CollaborationKit, backed by a successfully funded Project Grant. For more information on the current status and planned work, please see this month's issue of the newsletter!
-— Isarra ༆ 22:24, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #328
Wikidata weekly summary #329
Category:Academic journals in the United States has been nominated for discussion
Category:Academic journals in the United States, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. --Paul_012 (talk) 04:27, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #330
Wikidata weekly summary #331
The Signpost: 1 October 2018
- From the editor: Is this the new normal?
- News and notes: European copyright law moves forward
- In the media: Knowledge under fire
- Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2
- Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom
- Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile
- Gallery: A pat on the back
- Recent research: How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?
- Humour: Signpost Crossword Puzzle
- Essay: Expressing thanks
Wikidata weekly summary #332
Wikidata weekly summary #333
Wikidata weekly summary #334
Wikidata weekly summary #335
The Signpost: 28 October 2018
- From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely
- News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks
- In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias
- Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform
- Traffic report: Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring
- Technology report: Bots galore!
- Special report: NPP needs you
- Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six
- In focus: Alexa
- Gallery: Out of this world!
- Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion
- Humour: Talk page humour
- Opinion: Strickland incident
- From the archives: The Gardner Interview
Wikidata weekly summary #336
Wikidata weekly summary #337
Wikidata weekly summary #338
ArbCom 2018 election voter message
Wikidata weekly summary #339
Wikidata weekly summary #340
The Signpost: 1 December 2018
- From the editor: Time for a truce
- Special report: The Christmas wishlist
- Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee
- Arbitration report: A long break ends
- Traffic report: Queen reigns for four weeks straight
- Gallery: Intersections
- From the archives: Ars longa,vita brevis
Wikidata weekly summary #341
Disambiguation link notification for December 10
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Wikidata weekly summary #342
Wikidata weekly summary #343
WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 13
This month: A general update.
The current status of the project is as follows:
- Progress of the project has been generally delayed since September due to development issues (more bitrot than expected, some of the code just being genuinely confusing, etc) and personal injury (I suffered a concussion in October and was out of commission for almost two months as a result).
- I currently expect to be putting out a proper call for CollaborationKit pilots in January/February, with estimated deployment in February/March if things don't go horribly wrong (they will, though, don't worry). As a part of that, I will properly update the page and send out announcement and reach out to all projects already signed up as pilots for WikiProject X in general, at which point those (still) interested can volunteer specifically to test the CollaborationKit extension.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Pilots was originally created for the first WikiProject X prototype, and given this is where the project has since gone, it's only logical to continue to use it. While I haven't yet updated the page to properly reflect this:
- If you want to add your project to this page now, feel free. Just bear in mind that more information what to actually expect will be added later/included in the announcement, because by then I will have a much better idea myself.
- Until then, you can find me in my corner working on making the CollaborationKit code do what we want and not just what we told it, per the workboard.
Until next time,
-— Isarra ༆ 22:44, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 December 2018
- From the editors: Where to draw the line in reporting?
- News and notes: Some wishes do come true
- In the media: Political hijinks
- Discussion report: A new record low for RfA
- WikiProject report: Articlegenesis
- Arbitration report: Year ends with one active case
- Traffic report: Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents
- Gallery: Sun and moon, water and stone
- Blog: News from the WMF
- Humour: I believe in Bigfoot
- Essay: Requests for medication
- From the archives: Compromised admin accounts – again
Wikidata weekly summary #344
Wikidata weekly summary #345
Wikidata weekly summary #346
Wikidata weekly summary #347
Wikidata weekly summary #348
Proposed merger at Intermediate frequency
If you add a proposed merge template, you are really obliged to provide a rationale for merging and link the discussion from the template. I can't reply to a rationale that has not been made. SpinningSpark 15:49, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Spinningspark: if it's not obvious, please ignore. fgnievinski (talk) 18:36, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #349
The Signpost: 31 January 2019
- Op-ed: Random Rewards Rejected
- News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives
- Discussion report: The future of the reference desk
- Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity
- Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope
- Traffic report: Death, royals and superheroes
- Technology report: When broken is easily fixed
- News from the WMF: News from WMF
- Recent research: Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?
- Essay: How
- Humour: Village pump
- From the archives: An editorial board that includes you
Proposed deletion of Linear profile
The article Linear profile has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
In its present form, with one paragraph and no references, this is only a dictionary definition, and should be expanded or deleted.
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}}
notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}}
will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:58, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #350
Nomination of Oceania (continent) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Oceania (continent) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oceania (continent) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. - BilCat (talk) 01:38, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #351
Wikidata weekly summary #352
Disambiguation link notification for February 20
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Wikidata weekly summary #353
request for administration
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Verify references (talk • contribs) 03:32, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 February 2019
- From the editors: Help wanted (still)
- News and notes: Front-page issues for the community
- Discussion report: Talking about talk pages
- Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!
- Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Binge-watching
- Technology report: Tool labs casters-up
- Gallery: Signed with pride
- From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love
- Humour: Pesky Pronouns
Wikidata weekly summary #354
Wikidata weekly summary #355
Wikidata weekly summary #356
Wikidata weekly summary #357
The Signpost: 31 March 2019
- From the editors: Getting serious about humor
- News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive
- In the media: Women's history month
- Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding
- Featured content: Out of this world
- Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM
- Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations
- Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles
- News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive
- Recent research: Barnstar-like awards increase new editor retention
- From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion
- Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37
- In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch
- Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride
- Community view: Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings