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Wikidata weekly summary #333

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Signatures RfC

Hi AE. Would you be opposed to a SNOW closure of your recent RfC on signatures?

As a general point, it's advisable to seek opinions at VPI or another formal venue before proposing formal policy RfCs if you're not highly confident and experienced at proposing policy changes. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 20:45, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

@L235: SNOW closed and also withdrawn. WP:NOEMOJI —AE (talk • contributions) 23:16, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English)

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English). Legobot (talk) 04:28, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Abelmoschus Esculentus. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. JC7V-constructive zone 23:17, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
@JC7V7DC5768: Replied. —AE (talk • contributions) 06:40, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

UserBox

Zellers logo

Can you design this userbox for me? With the text "This user loves Zellers and wishes for it to come back?" with the image. Thanks. Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 20:26, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Thegooduser: I'm not AE, but I do know a bit about designing userboxes; what do you think of this?--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 20:35, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
This user loves Zellers and wishes for it to come back.
SkyGazer 512 That's great! Thank you so much! :) Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 02:06, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
@SkyGazer 512: Nice userbox! @Thegooduser: Glad that you like it. —AE (talk • contributions) 06:43, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2018)

Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola.
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Cocktail

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Wikidata weekly summary #334

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

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Tech News: 2018-42

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

  • Some pages, edits and users disappeared for a short while after the server switch. Missing content and users was fixed within a day. Some preferences and other things might take a few more days to fix. [1]
  • Wikis are updated with new and updated translations from translatewiki.net again. This will happen once a week. The developers are working on fixing the problem so we can have translation updates more often again. [2]

Changes later this week

  • When you create an abuse filter that prevents edits you can now write a specific error message for it. Before this all abuse filters that prevented edits had the same error message. [3]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 October. It will be on all wikis from 18 October (calendar).

Meetings

  • There will be no more meetings with the Editing team. This is because not enough Wikimedians were interested. To tell developers which bugs you think are the most important you can use Phabricator as normal. [4]
  • Recurrent item Advanced item You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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22:40, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Worried

Hello AE, and thank you for responding to that concerned user who complained about me declining his draft. Soon, my probation will end on AfC and I am worried that the admins will use the fact that I haven't accepted a draft to be an article yet against me. Can you help? Your friend. – Yanjipy (talk) 00:16, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

@Yanjipy: Don't worry about the number of accepts. They don't matter. What matters most is the quality of your reviews. There are no policies or rules stating that you must accept at least one AfC submission before you become a permanent AfC reviewer. @Primefac: You are the administrator who is very active in AfC, do you want to further explain about the process of reviewing AfC reviewers on probation? —AE (talk • contributions) 12:55, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
As long as no one has any issues with a probationary member's reviews, then they're good to go. Primefac (talk) 20:44, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the "comforting" responses. :) – Yanjipy (talk) 01:59, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Christine Blasey Ford

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Which ≠ who

You might want to correct this English mistake that makes another editor an inanimate object (which = inanimate, who = humans/animals). (Having done this mistake once in front of a native speaker, I can assure you it weirds people out, even if the context makes clear that it was not intentionally pejorative.) TigraanClick here to contact me 15:31, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

@Tigraan:  Done corrected. Thanks for your call. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me • my contributions) 08:37, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (broadcasting)

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Requesting Additional reading

Good afternoon,

My eyes are your eyes. Our eyes are beautiful. Gods eyes are precious eyes. Jesus’s eye+No Eyes+Buddha’s eyes=GOD’s eyes in my journey. Is there any additional readings that will assist those trying to see but cannot with the light they’ve been allowed to use? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.246.140.43 (talk) 21:20, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Butia eriospatha

Hi, you just reverted a lot of my work at Butia eriospatha, possibly due a false positive due to that bot you're using. Please review what you have done more carefully and put that text back in! Cheers, Leo 86.83.56.115 (talk) 14:24, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Ah, someone fixed it already. Thanks, Leo 86.83.56.115 (talk) 14:42, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
Hey IP, sorry for reverting your edit by mistake. Please accept my apologies, and glad that it has been undone. I did not operate any bot in this account :) Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me • my contributions) 12:32, 19 October 2018 (UTC) edited 05:32, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2018)

Hello, Abelmoschus Esculentus.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Latin music (genre)

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Previous selections: Cocktail • Herb

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Article titles

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Wikidata weekly summary #335

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Events
    • A Wikidata workshop will be led by Shani Evenstein, in collaboration with Wikimedia Israel & and the Israel Internet Association, on 18th & 25th of October in Tel Aviv. The first meeting will be dedicated to an introduction and adding information to WD, and the second meeting will focus on querying & SPARQL.
    • An Introduction to Wikidata by Harmonia Amanda, an Introduction to Wikibase by Sandra Müllrick and a Wikicite workshop by Miriam Redi at the Wiki Techstorm in the Dutch National Library in the Hague on the 26th & 27th of October
    • Many events to celebrate Wikidata's birthday around the world. You can check the full list and the map to find one near you

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Tech News: 2018-43

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 October. It will be on all wikis from 25 October (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

  • The Community Wishlist Survey begins on 29 October. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals from 29 October to 11 November. You can vote on proposals from 16 November to 30 November.

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23:11, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 30

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 30, August – Septmeber 2018

  • Library Card translation
  • Spotlight: 1Lib1Ref spreads to the Southern Hemisphere and beyond
  • Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
  • Global branches update
  • Bytes in brief

French version of Books & Bytes is now available in meta!
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Boo!

Happy Halloween!

Hello Abelmoschus Esculentus:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
    – Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 01:54, 25 October 2018 (UTC)



Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.
@Thegooduser: Happy Halloween to you too! ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 14:38, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Request for Page Review

Dear AE,

I while back, I wrote an article Draft:Julius Scherzer. Given that I have a COI, I published it as a draft rather than a full page. Would you mind looking it over?. It has numerous references, and the target is notable (in my opinion), but I didn't want to publish it myself to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

Thanks,

--DannyS712 (talk) 19:18, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

@DannyS712: Hi. The sections "Education" and "Career" doesn't even have one source. Can you add at least one for them? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 13:29, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
@Abelmoschus Esculentus: How about now? Also, thanks for the prompt response. --DannyS712 (talk) 18:55, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
I have gone ahead and accepted it. It still needs more references IMO. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 02:43, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you --DannyS712 (talk) 03:02, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

2nd opinion

Hey, I am considering accepting this draft: Draft:Movie_World_Studios but I would like a second opinion. Thanks. JC7V-talk 03:25, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

@JC7V7DC5768: I think it's ok. Go ahead :) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 04:05, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For your diligence and helping out at the refdesk.—Mythdon (talk • contribs) 07:01, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
@Mythdon: Hello. Thanks for your kind words. You are doing a great job too! :D ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 07:04, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
The page is finally protected and the vandals blocked.—Mythdon (talk • contribs) 07:05, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Yeah it took at while... Glad that you and others are helping this time. This almost crashed my browser :) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 07:13, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
P.S. It's destroying my watchlist with all those nonsense. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 07:15, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
High speed, they are. I'm going to start keeping the refdesks watchlisted because their nonsense is ridiculous.—Mythdon (talk • contribs) 07:18, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
They seem to use automated tools to create massive attacks. FYI. Happy reverting :) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 07:20, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Well that made it much easier to watchlist the pages. Thanks!—Mythdon (talk • contribs) 07:22, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2018)

A view of the Gulf of Alaska from space. Notice the swirling sediment in the waters.
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Gulf of Alaska

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Go... to ANI on my behalf

Hello, Elmos. It has been a while since we last spoke! I miss seeing your name on Huggle. Please come back/request for rollback again. Anyway, I've recently made a report at WP:AIV regarding User:Nipe Cold but the reviewing administrator recommended I take the matter to WP:ANI. Legends have said that ANI is an incredibly miserable and sorrow place, I am very reluctant to go and I was hoping if someone else would pick up the mantle by taking this particular user there, as they have been pretty disruptive with their blank-page submitting, unnecessary stylistic changes, an edit to the userpage of a sockpuppet and irrelevant page creations. Will you do it, as you seem to be an ANI regular? Flooded with them hundreds 14:04, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

It's okay, I've started a thread already. Flooded with them hundreds 14:42, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi there FWTH (are you ok with this “nickname” or Z0?). Yeah I will return to Huggle IRC in a moment, I promise. Honestly, I am just closing routine stuff in ANI and sometimes commenting in threads. Your post was great! Simple, concise and comprehensive. It’s not a bad experience at all :) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 23:24, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
I'm good with FWTH! Glad the ANI trip is over, it was a frightening adventure! Flooded with them hundreds 07:20, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
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