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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
FACbot question
Hi, just noticed that this is not yet processed, though one archived the following day has been done. Is there an error in the closure that is stalling the bot? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:29, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- @FAC coordinators: Yes there is. The problem is with Fowler&fowler's comments on 19:35, 29 December 2019. The broken link needs to be repaired by adding a pair of close brackets after "Obscene Publications Branch (OPB)" just before the close of the nowiki tag. As it stands, the FACBot cannot see the {{FACClosed}} card because of this. The problem is that whoever fixes the page will then become the coordinator who added the FACClosed template. Also, the date of effect will be as of that change, so it will be archived as of this month and year rather than last. If the coordinators want it to be otherwise then it will have to be moved by hand, which I can do if they let me know. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:21, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- Not sure if you meant to ping the coords, but doesn’t it have to be {{@FAC}}? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:21, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- That's the template I used. I have some options to head this off in the future. The main one is to report unclosed links. I can also tell the bot about the nowiki tag. In the past I used to user the date off the cordinator's signature, but ran into trouble when they didn't sign their posts properly. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:16, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- I see -- I haven't used that template in a while and I forgot that it expanded the text when used. I wouldn't worry about the bot too much -- at least for now, I will find them all the problems as I do the stats, so they'll all get done eventually. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:59, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- I've fixed the article, and adjusted the archive logs. For an archived entry like this one I had to correct the nomination page, then move the archived nomination to January 2020, let the bot run and process it, then reverted my change to the archive page. What I could do is have the bot check both this month and last. Originally I wanted to have the bot move the nomination to the archive page, but the coordinators wanted to move it. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:56, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
- I see -- I haven't used that template in a while and I forgot that it expanded the text when used. I wouldn't worry about the bot too much -- at least for now, I will find them all the problems as I do the stats, so they'll all get done eventually. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:59, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- That's the template I used. I have some options to head this off in the future. The main one is to report unclosed links. I can also tell the bot about the nowiki tag. In the past I used to user the date off the cordinator's signature, but ran into trouble when they didn't sign their posts properly. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:16, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- Not sure if you meant to ping the coords, but doesn’t it have to be {{@FAC}}? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:21, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Invitation to the 2020 WikiCup
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The 2020 WikiCup began at the start of January and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you are interested in joining, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Creative editors like yourself seem to enjoy taking part, and many return year after year. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). --Hanberke (talk) 17:58, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
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21:20, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Charles Duke
On 9 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charles Duke, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at the age of 84, Charles Duke is the youngest man to have walked on the Moon? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Duke. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Charles Duke), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
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- Special:LinkSearch has been moved from the "Redirecting special pages" section on Special:SpecialPages to the "Lists of pages" section. [3]
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- Deepcat and Catgraph will stop working. This will happen at the end of January. This is because you can now use the normal search function instead. [5]
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TFA
Thank you today for Frank Borman, "the oldest living astronaut. He commanded Apollo 8, the first Moon mission, and he and his crewmates became the first people to watch the Earth rise over the horizon."! For a seasonal message, see my talk, please. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for your share of Buzz Aldrin, about "the second man to walk on the Moon, and the second-most famous astronaut"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:53, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
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19:41, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
Modus Vivendi
Hi Hawkeye, You may have missed my comment on the 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement FAC, which was made just before the article was promoted. There is a minor question mark over "Modus Vivendi": the link points to the phrase (in which case it loses some sense and shouldn't be capitalised), but I think this refers to an agreement? In which case it shouldn't be linked (or at least linked to something other than the phrase). Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 20:06, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- We don't have an article in the 1948 Modus Vivendi. Details about it could be added to the linked article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:12, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
TFA
Thank you today for Walter Krueger, a ommander in the South West Pacific Area during World War II, "the story of a German immigrant who became the first man to rise from private to four-star general in the United States Army"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 January 2020
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Marseille
Evening. Just to pre-empt some issues that you might be inclined to raise about the table; I will be focusing on providing citations for all the details in the next few days. Mainly from Tate, the Shores et al book about air combat in the Med and NA. Dapi89 (talk) 19:46, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Ping me when you've finished. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- I have some academic sources that discuss Marseille's politics. I'll add this tomorrow. Dapi89 (talk) 18:17, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
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- There is JavaScript code on Special:Undelete for administrators that makes it possible to automatically select multiple checkboxes by holding the "Shift" key and clicking. This code is also loaded by accident on other special pages and on articles. This makes pages slower to load. This will be fixed. If you know of other special pages where this is useful please tell the developers at phab:T232688.
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18:52, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
Would you be willing to mentor me through getting an article through featured status?
I've been editing here for a long time and have slowed down on my mainspace edits. I choose to step this up a bit. There's a subject which I've been studying for years so I have mountains of IRS. Would you be willing to help me go through the reviews processes? It's already a GA: Charles Pomeroy Stone. Not asking for your labor, just your experience. I'm glad to do all the footwork myself. BusterD (talk) 19:23, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
- The American Civil War is not my period of expertise (I'm a 20th century military historian), but sure. Since it is a military history article though, my recommendation is to take it to an A-class review first. Before you do that though, there are a few things that need tidying up:
- References are required for the last sentence of "Early life", "Mexican war" (should that be "Mexican War"? What is the official name?)
- Expand out the abbreviations for ranks. They aren't universal, and bits are cheap.
- FN 9: Move this book to the references and find the page number.
- The footnotes take two forms: author, page and author title, page. Make this consistent.
- The formatting of FN29 looks kind of weird. Do you have a copy of this work? I know someone who does and it looks really impressive on several shelves. But I think :it is available online today? Link if so. Consider moving this book and FN35 down to the references.
- The caption to the first image requires a footnote, as it is not in the text.
- Link Ezra J. Warner. Watervliet Arsenal, Fort Monroe, Statue of Liberty. You've overlinked Washingto, DC; and Europe should not be linked.
- The bit about his conversion to Catholicism is interesting. I don't suppose there is anything more about it?
- I would call the West Pointers "cadets" rather than "recruits"
- "the only sitting U.S. Senator killed in combat" In the battle, the war, or ever?
- What made you choose this subject? Just curious. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:56, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for your worthy critiques. I will perform them. However, I'm planning a complete re-write and a new set of sources. I expect to take most of February to do the work. Of the current sources, I only expect to keep Lamb, Catton, Ehrlich, Eicher, Warner and the OR. The Aztec Club stuff is hard to source because the only book (Breithaupt) published on the subject is ridiculously expensive and hard to find in libraries. For some of that I'll be forced to use the website (also run by Breithaupt). Can you point me towards a biography or two you wrote and promoted which might serve as a template for structure? BusterD (talk) 02:56, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
- Sure. Have a look at James Whiteside McCay. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:18, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
- 25 years ago a professor required me to write a term paper and in one of our class required readings I came across the cryptic "scapegoat Stone". I made an assumption the Stone was an object/concept and without a google to help me I looked the subject up in an encylopedia. In my search I came across this. I stumbled into some unexpected sources (oh, the days of open stacks...). After I'd written the paper the professor queried me in his office: "But why is this important?" he inquired. "Why should I read this?" He was almost yelling. At the time I was confused, but now I know he had me perched on the edge of a great American story, a story nobody's ever told. He was trying to help me get the "why". Since then a modest biography has been written by an eminent archivist. But I still think the story has never been told properly. There are fascinating sidebars in the man's life and amazing irony/symmetry. It's FA material. BusterD (talk) 22:24, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- There is a new version of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. It should fix the failed uploads problem. [12]
Problems
- There was a problem with the new MediaWiki version last week. It deleted some messages by accident. The new version was late because it was stopped to fix things. [13]
Changes later this week
- The MediaWiki action API is used by various tools like bots and gadgets. Some error codes will change. Some parameter values that do not follow the standard will no longer work. [14]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 February. It will be on all wikis from 13 February (calendar).
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19:11, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: January 2020
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VLF stations for Trident/Polaris
Do you have any information of VLF transmitters for the UK's submarine-based nuclear deterrent? I cam across a book 'Nuclear Command and Control' but it is based on Cold War sources. Any recent information?
Thanks.
BlueD954 (talk) 07:52, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- The only sources I have are :
- Moore, Richard (2010). Nuclear Illusion, Nuclear Reality: Britain, the United States and Nuclear Weapons 1958–64. Nuclear Weapons and International Security since 1945. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-21775-1. OCLC 705646392. and
- Stoddart, Kristan (2012). Losing an Empire and Finding a Role: Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1964–70. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-349-33656-2. OCLC 951512907.
- Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:29, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll check them out.BlueD954 (talk) 06:19, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
note re your group efforts and projects
Hi Hawkeye7 ! thanks so much for your recent post at Village Pump, regardiong current group efforts at WP:MILHIST. As you may know, I am trying to develop an idea for a new community forum and bulletin board, that would help editors from differet WikIProjects to share information and ideas about current group efforts that they are part of. .
I am writing to ask for your help with this new idea. could you please draft a notice for editors to help out at the group effort that you referred to there? I think your main focus was a drive for article improvement, specifically at WP:Milhist, as well as other types of group efforts there? Feel free to add any other items, if I left anything out. For example, you also mentioned WP:OLYMPICS; feel free to draft a notice for that effort, is that is also an interest of yours.
This is in order to post this info at the new user:Sm8900/community forum, if that's okay? and please feel free to add any comments, thoughts, or insights, to let us know more about the great efforts that you have been considering.
I am looking for editor events and group projects that I could post to post there, in order to get things rolling., my new approach to this is to approach editors individually, and request input and items from that we can post there, in order to get things rolling, and provide some content to show what we are trying to do. could you please let me know if that sounds okay to you? I really appreciate it. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:37, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello Hawkeye7,
- Source Guide Discussion
The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
- Redirects
New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.
- Discussions and Resources
- There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
- A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
- A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
- A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.
- Refresher
Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.
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16:17, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement
Hi Hawkeye and Laser_brain, sorry I was not able to finish my FAC comments (yep), which, fwiw, would have been to add my support for promotion. Congrats. Best wshes, JennyOz (talk) 17:27, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement (scheduling)
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for March 31, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 31, 2020.—Wehwalt (talk) 07:54, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020
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I intend to nominate this template eventually to be redirected much in the same way I did here. Is this technically possible? –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 14:38, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
- If it is done the same way as the others, with a redirect, then it should not require any change to the bot. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:47, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
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20:59, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello
I notice that you edited one of my comments here a while ago to fix a broken link and template: Thank you for doing that, but I hadn’t intended them to be links, just indications of where the links would be in the proposed wording (apologies, I was just being lazy in not using the nowiki function). I’ve fixed it now, but thought I’d better tell you. Anyway, thanks, Moonraker12 (talk) 22:56, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Re this, I started this on the talk page. I think it should be cleared before doing anything else to the sentence.
The reverting IP was me, I forgot to login. Sorry for that. OneShot010 (talk) 15:07, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you. OneShot010 (talk) 06:42, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
March Madness 2020
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team
WikiCup 2020 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.- The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included L293D,
Kingsif, 
Enwebb, 
Lee Vilenski and 
CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. 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 keep down 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 March 2020
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- Opinion: Wikipedia is another country
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WikiCup newsletter correction
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
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
- Readers who were not logged in briefly saw the interface in a language decided by their browser. It should normally be in the language of the wiki. This happened for a short period of time last week. This was because of a bug. [17]
Changes later this week
- If you forget your password you can ask for a new one to be sent to your email address. You need to know your email address or your username. You will now be able to choose that you need to enter both your email address and your username. This will be a preference. This is to get fewer password reset emails someone else asked for. [18]
- When you asked for a new password you could see if the username didn't exist on Special:PasswordReset. Now the page will show the username you entered and tell you an email has been sent if the username exists. This is for better security. [19]
- On Special:WhatLinksHere you can see what other pages link to a page. You can see if the link is from a redirect. You can now see which section the redirect links to. [20]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 March. It will be on all wikis from 5 March (calendar).
Future changes
- The developers are working on a new interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. You can give feedback. [21]
- There is a vote on the creation of a new user group called abuse filter manager. The vote runs from March 1 to March 31 on Meta.
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wgMFSpecialCaseMainPagewas used for the mobile site. It was deprecated in 2017. It will stop working in April. Wikis should see if they use it. If they do they should fix it. You can read more and ask for help. This affects 183 wikis. There is a list. [22]
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00:35, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
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Hans-Joachim Marseille
Ready when you are. Dapi89 (talk) 11:24, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Engineer Special Brigade (United States)
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FAC withdrawn but not processed
Does this need some bot attention? I think the @FAC coordinators: may not have noticed it -- it's not in the archives. The nominator withdrew it and deleted it from the WP:FAC page fairly quickly. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:07, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
- Tks Mike, yes this did come and go very quickly -- if spotted at the time I would probably have removed as OOP and organised its detonation but probably simpler now to just close as a withdrawal, assuming its belonging to last month doesn't trouble Hawkeye and the bot too much... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:54, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Engineer Special Brigade (United States)
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Recent changes
- There is a new search word called
articletopic. You can use it to search for articles on a specific topic. It is available on the Arabic, Czech, English and Vietnamese Wikipedias. It will come to more Wikipedias soon. [23][24][25]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 March. It will be on all wikis from 12 March (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback.
- The Wikipedia Android app will do push notifications if users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will come later this year. [26]
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17:14, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: February 2020
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Incomplete DYK nomination
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Your GA nomination of 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final
The article 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold 
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:2019 AFL Women's Grand Final for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sportsfan77777 -- Sportsfan77777 (talk) 21:21, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
FACBot 6 approved
Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FACBot 6 has been approved! Let me know if you have any questions. Happy editing! 
--TheSandDoctor Talk 20:52, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020
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Your GA nomination of 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final
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Recent changes
- There is a new API module for changing the content model of existing pages. Use
action=changecontentmodelto specify the new model. You can read the documentation on mediawiki.org. [27]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 March. It will be on all wikis from 19 March (calendar).
Future changes
- If you edit a page at the same time as someone else you can get an edit conflict. There is a new two-column interface to make it easier to solve this. It will soon be active by default on the German, Arabic, and Farsi Wikipedias. It will be on by default on more wikis within the next months. You will be able to opt out of the new interface. [28][29]
- You can see a proposed design for replying to comments in an easier way.
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21:17, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Alfred Worden
On 19 March 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Alfred Worden, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Indefensible (talk) 03:56, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for March 22
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited William Hood Simpson, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Order of Leopold (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).
(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 12:19, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
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Problems
- Some development will be slower than planned. This is because of the current pandemic. You can see the new deployment guidelines. This is to avoid risks when some persons could be unavailable.
- There was a problem when adding interwiki links. The tool you use to add interwiki links could suggest the wrong project to link to. This has now been fixed. [30][31]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 March. It will be on all wikis from 26 March (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a project to make editing easier for newcomers. The developers are trying to understand what initiatives different Wikipedias have to welcome newcomers. They also want to know which templates are often used for maintenance activities. You can help this project by checking if your wiki's pages are listed on Wikidata.
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17:07, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Congratulations from the Military History Project
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The Military history A-Class cross | |
| On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class cross for Frank Borman, INTERFET logistics, British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Charles Duke, and Operation Black Buck. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 27 March 2020 (UTC) |
Your GA nomination of William Hood Simpson
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Your GA nomination of William Hood Simpson
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The Signpost: 29 March 2020
- From the editors: The bad and the good
- News and notes: 2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked
- WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report
- Special report: Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters
- In the media: Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story
- Discussion report: Rethinking draft space
- Arbitration report: Unfinished business
- In focus: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"
- Community view: Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19
- From the archives: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
- Traffic report: The only thing that matters in the world
- Gallery: Visible Women on Wikipedia
- News from the WMF: Amid COVID-19, Wikimedia Foundation offers full pay for reduced hours, mobilizes all staff to work remote, and waives sick time
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The beta version of the Wikipedia app for Android can now help users add tags on Commons. These tags are called depicts. [32]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 April. It will be on all wikis from 2 April (calendar).
Future changes
- The video player will change to be simpler and more modern. The current beta feature will become the video player for everyone. The old player will be removed. [33]
- There is a project to make templates easier to use. The next few weeks the developers will present ideas on the project page. You can watch that page if you are interested in giving feedback. [34]
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17:25, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
TFA
Thank you today for 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement, about "... the pic of Eisenhower laying the cornerstone for the AEC's headquarters in Germantown, Maryland. The AEC decided to relocate there so it would be safe when Washington, DC, was razed by an atomic blast. Somebody thought that it would be cool if Eisenhower laid the foundation stone with a trowel made from radioactive uranium that had been in the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1. (With a wooden handle made from one of the benches at Stagg Field.) The Secret Service did not agree, so it is not the one he is using in the picture. Today the radioactive trowel is in the Smithsonian."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:48, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
Four Award
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Four Award | |
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This is also your tenth Four Award, making you one of only twelve users listed on the leaderboard. Congratulations!
— Bilorv (talk) 17:17, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
FAC Request
Hello Hawkeye7,
I was wondering if you would be willing to take a look at my FAC nominee, Marcian (FAC page). It has been going on for some time but is lacking in reviewers. Thank you very much! -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 19:15, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 6
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DYK for Robert McGowan Littlejohn
On 2 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert McGowan Littlejohn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was as head of the War Assets Administration, retired major general Robert McGowan Littlejohn had to dispose of $34 billion worth of surplus government property? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert McGowan Littlejohn. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Robert McGowan Littlejohn), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Wug·a·po·des 01:18, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
Congratulations from the Military History Project
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Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) | |
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Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring
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Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring
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Problems
- There was a problem with user pages not being shown properly on desktop. This was because of a bug. It will soon be fixed. [35]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 April. It will be on all wikis from 9 April (calendar).
Future changes
- MediaWiki will use a newer version of Unicode. Some characters that did not have an upper case equivalent before do now. Titles beginning with one of these characters will be moved. A list of these titles can be seen on Phabricator. The titles will be renamed by the user
Maintenance script. This will start on 13 April 2020. You can rename them before this if you wish and the new title can be different from the one the script would rename it to. [36]
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19:02, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
Sure thing
... but it's up at WP:FLC now, so the peer review has to be closed ... I couldn't figure out how to close it after renaming the article. I'll try again to close it. - Dank (push to talk) 01:53, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: March 2020
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William Sterling Parsons
Thank you, yes, I meant MOS:NICKNAME, which supports my edit (as I have quoted from). The article itself says it was traditional for midshipmen to have nicknames, that does not mean we list them in the lede. We do not have "George W. 'Dubya' Bush" or "Michael 'MJ' Jackson" etc. GiantSnowman 20:08, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
- MOS:NICKNAME: If a person is known by a nickname used in lieu of or in addition to a given name, and it is not a common hypocorism In this case we are talking about Deak Parsons, who is universally called "Deak" in all the sources, including his own signature, and is only known as Deak. He is never referred to by any other name except some official documents. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:13, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
- If he is known as 'Deak Parsons' (similar to Bunny Berigan or Whitey Bulger) then the article should be located there, should it not? If that was the case I would support the restoration of the nickname to the opening name. GiantSnowman 20:14, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, it probably should be. The article was created in 2004 and therefore pre-dates WP:COMMONNAME which only appeared in 2006. I'm not an admin, so I could not rename the article then. Instead, I created a redirect when I expended it and took it to featured in 2011. Nowadays, although still not an admin, I could rename the article, but am not supposed to. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:26, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
- You can use WP:RM to move the article. GiantSnowman 11:36, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, it probably should be. The article was created in 2004 and therefore pre-dates WP:COMMONNAME which only appeared in 2006. I'm not an admin, so I could not rename the article then. Instead, I created a redirect when I expended it and took it to featured in 2011. Nowadays, although still not an admin, I could rename the article, but am not supposed to. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:26, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
- If he is known as 'Deak Parsons' (similar to Bunny Berigan or Whitey Bulger) then the article should be located there, should it not? If that was the case I would support the restoration of the nickname to the opening name. GiantSnowman 20:14, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of American logistics in the Normandy Campaign
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A tag has been placed on Category:Magazines published in Washington, DC requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 02:09, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020
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Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 7
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Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring
The article Albert Kesselring you nominated as a good article has failed 
; see Talk:Albert Kesselring for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of No Great Shaker -- No Great Shaker (talk) 12:41, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now use the
articletopicsearch word on all Wikipedias. It searches articles by topic. [37] - You can see wiki tools in the new Tools Gallery. [38]
- You can see edits from the Wikimedia Cloud Services in a new dashboard.
- When you use filters on a history page you sometimes don't see any edits. There is a text explaining this now. Before it was just empty. [39]
- There is a new Wikimedia Technical Blog. [40]
Problems
- There was a problem with the Wikidata database last week. Some wikis went down for twenty minutes. Wikidata and other projects showed error messages. Interwiki links were not shown, some tools did not work and other problems. Some of this was fixed quickly. The developers are working on fixing the rest. [41][42][43]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 15. It will be on all wikis from April 16 (calendar).
Future changes
- Some graphs have not worked on mobile. This will soon be fixed. [44]
- The article tab on talk pages of redirects links to the target of the redirect. It could link to the redirect page itself instead. You can leave feedback on this.
- For pages using syntax highlighting, the use of the deprecated
<source>tag, as well as the use of the deprecatedencloseparameter, will add tracking categories.
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15:30, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
TFA
Hello, nice to meet you. I nominated British hydrogen bomb programme for TFA. Since you are the main editor for that page I just wanted to notify you about it. Also thanks for rewriting the blurb, I appreciate it. Thanks. The4lines (talk) 18:16, 13 April 2020 (UTC)The4lines
A reviewer has asked me to expand the list, so I'll be changing the name to ...(T–Z). I think I remember that there was a name change during an FLC recently and you had to make some edits to unconfuse the bot ... is that right? What should I do? - Dank (push to talk) 18:32, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
- It was during the peer review. The page had changed but the review had not. You need to make sure at all the pages are moved. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
- I was talking about this edit. I'll give it another day to see if any reviewers disagree with the first reviewer, then I'll move all the pages and cross my fingers. - Dank (push to talk) 20:37, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 7
The article NASA Astronaut Group 7 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:NASA Astronaut Group 7 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 13:20, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 7
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Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 6
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Tech News
- The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 4 May 2020.
Recent changes
- The small wiki toolkits is to help smaller wikis that need technical skills. They can learn and share technical skills. [45]
- Over-qualified CSS selectors in Wikimedia skins have been removed.
div#contentis now.mw-body.div.portalis now.portal.div#footeris now#footer. This is so the skins can use HTML5 elements. If your gadgets or user styles used them you will have to update them. [46]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- Some things on the wikis might look weird or not work in Internet Explorer 8 in the future. Internet Explorer 8 was replaced in 2011. [47]
- The font in the diffs will change. [48]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 April next week. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 April next week. It will be on all wikis from 30 April next week (calendar).
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18:44, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Engineer Special Brigade
On 21 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Engineer Special Brigade, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during World War II, the 1st Engineer Special Brigade fought in Italy, in Normandy, and in Okinawa? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Engineer Special Brigade), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
DYK for William Hood Simpson
On 23 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Hood Simpson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite being ranked 101st of 103 graduates in his West Point class of 1909, William H. Simpson later became a four-star general? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Hood Simpson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William Hood Simpson), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Maile (talk) 12:01, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
A fixable quibble on William Hood Simpson
Great work here Hawkeye7! A worthy subject. However, I can't help but notice this sentence: "On Christmas Eve, 1921, he married Ruth Krakauer, an English-born widow whom he had first met while at West Point, in El Paso, Texas.[18]". 1) the source (Assembly) given doesn't say that; it merely says he married Ruth Krakauer on the day in the place. I can't imagine you made the detail up. Is there another source which you've seen which gives background on her? 2) This wording is a bit clumsy and seems to indicate that West Point is in El Paso. I'll leave it to you to decide how best to solve this. Perhaps: "On Christmas Eve, 1921, in El Paso, Texas, Simpson married Ruth Krakauer, an English-born widow whom he had first met while at West Point." Not optimal I'll concede. An issue which is also a bit hazy is When did he meet her? While a student, while serving or while visiting? There's a tiny snippet of a story which wants telling here. Maybe when you advance this to A-class review. Best wishes. As always, your work is impeccable. BTW, I've recently rescued many of my CPStone sources from storage. Expect me to start on my rewrite soon. BusterD (talk) 00:11, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
- Re-worded as suggested. I haven't got any more information on her. Regretably, Thomas Stone never finished his biographical work on Simpson, and there are a few gaps. I felt that her English origin is important in Simpson's subsequent warm relationship with Montgomery and Dempsey, quite different from that of Bradley and the other army commanders. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:38, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
DYK for American logistics in the Normandy campaign
On 25 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article American logistics in the Normandy campaign, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that of the more than 1.5 million US Army servicemen in the UK in May 1944, nearly 460,000 were part of the Services of Supply, which was responsible for American logistics in the Normandy campaign? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, American logistics in the Normandy campaign), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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No problem, let me know and I will endeavour to fix any problems. Dapi89 (talk) 09:50, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
- I have created a review. Resolve the issues listed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:07, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
British hydrogen bomb programme scheduled for TFA
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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
- Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
- Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews- Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
- Lee Vilenski with 869 points,
Hog Farm with 801, Kingsif with 719, 
SounderBruce with 710, Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and 
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The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
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Rendova and Wickham Anchorage base development
G'day, Hawkeye, I hope you are well. I have been doing some work recently on the New Georgia campaign and some of daughter articles on the various landings or battles of that campaign. This weekend I have done a bit of work on the Landings on Rendova and the Battle of Wickham Anchorage. They are by no means perfect, but I have probably done all I can with them at this stage. I think both of these could be expanded a bit more in relation to the base development aspect and was wondering if you might have a desire to add some information in this regard. No pressure, of course, but if you do have time, I'd greatly appreciate your additions. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:33, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- Sure. I'll have a look. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:37, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
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16:59, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
DYK for NASA Astronaut Group 7
On 7 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article NASA Astronaut Group 7, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that NASA Astronaut Group 7 consisted of seven pilots who transferred to NASA from the U.S. Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory spy-satellite program? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/NASA Astronaut Group 7. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, NASA Astronaut Group 7), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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DYK Tracy R. Norris
Hello User:Hawkeye7. Thank you for the attention you gave to the DYK nomination (which I posted) for Tracy R. Norris which you may find HERE. You wrote the comment, I'm skeptical believe the licence on Commons. I am uncertain as to what you mean. Might you explain further? Additionally, how does this affect the nomination's viability for future consideration, and is there particular editing I should be doing to address the matter? Most kind regards,Hu Nhu (talk) 16:04, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
- The uploader claims to have taken the picture. Looking at the metadata again, that is possible. So we will assume good faith. No action required on your part. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:35, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
- Hello User:Hawkeye7.Thank you for the information. And there is indeed error. I was the uploader, and I did not take the photograph. I did not mean to state that I did take the photo and apologize for the misinformation. It was an error committed in a good faith edit. I copied it off a United States Department of Defense website as it is public domain. The image on the article Michael E. Stencel is of the same nature, and I attempted (although incorrectly) to replicate that manner of upload. What is your advice in the matter at this time? Please know I would like to make this image one that is correctly uploaded so that it may be properly used. I look forward to hearing from you and appreciate your kind attention.Hu Nhu (talk) 01:42, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
- That article has the appropriate source and licence. It points to the web site it was downloaded from, and uses an appropriate PD template to mark its copyright status. If you can remember where you got the image of MG Norris from, you can edit the description page on Commons. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:58, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
- All right. I will attempt to rectify the matter and appreciate your direction.Hu Nhu (talk) 15:41, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
- That article has the appropriate source and licence. It points to the web site it was downloaded from, and uses an appropriate PD template to mark its copyright status. If you can remember where you got the image of MG Norris from, you can edit the description page on Commons. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:58, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom
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Your GA nomination of Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom
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SAC bases in the UK
I'll leave you alone on the SAC Bases in the UK for a while despite losing a lot to an edit conflict, but can you explain your revert of Off Tackle to Offtackle? Not the name of the plan, as my change was. --Lineagegeek (talk) 23:26, 11 May 2020 (UTC)--Lineagegeek (talk) 23:26, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
- I've finished with it, so away you go. (Consider reviewing for B class or at GA class.) "Offtackle" is spelt that way in The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy 1947-1949 [57], American War Plans 1945-1950 [58] and The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War, 1945-1950 [59], so I thought that was the correct spelling. What are your sources?
- While you're here, do you have a copy of Location of United States Military Units in the United Kingdom, 16 July 1948-31 December 1967? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:48, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
- I do (I just noticed that my copy is a 1988 reprint, not the 1968 original). Let me know if I can be helpful. I was going by the link for Offtackle. Perhaps the Wikipedia article needs to be moved. The two word version is the common usage for an American Football play (semi-obsolete). None of what I was doing was very substantive, much was reducing the huge amount of dead space in the infobox and I see Cattlemur beat me to rating it. FWIW, an uncle was the American base commander at Brize Norton for a while in the 1950s.--Lineagegeek (talk) 16:27, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
- I can make a list, if you'd like. Willard makes some mistakes on SAC units, probably because he was a unit historian for a USAFE unit and did not have access to some SAC materials. Lineagegeek (talk) 22:50, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
- List is on my talk page with page numbers from Willard. In cases where I have c. a specific date, Willard has only a month and year, and I have inserted the day based on the date he says the base was returned to UK control. If you find Willard and Fletcher do not agree, I would use Fletcher's dates because he had resources available to him that Willard did not. There is one 16 Mar 51 start date that I suspect is a typo for 16 May 51, based on similar dates. I may well have missed some SAC base units, let me know if you have questions. I note two of the stations were not RAF Stations, but I don't know how UK ministries are aligned. --Lineagegeek (talk) 15:24, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for that! Much appreciated. RAF High Wycombe was an RAF station. 7th Air Division was located there from 1958 to 1965. Stansted Mountfitchet appears to have been planned as an air base, but never commissioned. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:15, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
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Margaret Gowing
I do not understand your revert of the link I added to Nik Gowing. It is normal practice to link names etc. more than once in an article if they are well separated. Please explain your rationale and refer me to the relevant Wiki guideline. In the meantime, perhaps you will remove the duplicate links to Nicholas Kurti, University of Oxford and others. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC) - and your style tip about quotes within quotes does not generally apply in the UK, where we put single quote marks outermost and double quote-marks inside.
- These are not duplicate links, as they are not duplicated in the article body. The lead and body are considered separate. (MOS:DUPLINK) The tips are not not mine, but generated by a template (Template:Styletips); here it refers to MOS:QUOTEMARKS which specifies the use of double quotation marks for the outermost and single quote marks inside. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:12, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks and apologies. I was not aware of the restriction concerning the lead section. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:10, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
DYK for NASA Astronaut Group 6
On 18 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article NASA Astronaut Group 6, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when NASA Astronaut Group 6 were told that they were not required after reporting for duty, they started calling themselves the "Excess Eleven"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/NASA Astronaut Group 6. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, NASA Astronaut Group 6), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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17:18, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Alexander H. Flax
On 23 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alexander H. Flax, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alexander H. Flax, the future chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, was part of a small team of engineers who developed the Piasecki HRP Rescuer, the first true twin-rotor helicopter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander H. Flax. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Alexander H. Flax), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
Vanamonde (Talk) 00:01, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
TFA (June 2020)
This is to let you know that the High Explosive Research article has been scheduled as today's featured article for June 21, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 21, 2020.—Wehwalt (talk) 23:54, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
- To me, High Explosive Research and British hydrogen bomb programme are in the wrong order. Oh well. I have tweaked the wording to add a bit about the people who designed the bomb. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:46, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
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14:17, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Battle of Long Tan
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22:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Kesselring
I added Corum's opinion to Kesselring on doctrine. They are his words. FYI Dapi89 (talk) 11:36, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
- Fine with me. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:44, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Battle of Long Tan
The article Battle of Long Tan you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Battle of Long Tan for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SerAntoniDeMiloni -- SerAntoniDeMiloni (talk) 23:41, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
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DYK for William G. King Jr.
On 12 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William G. King Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William G. King Jr. explored and surveyed islands where downrange stations were subsequently established as part of the Eastern Test Range? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William G. King Jr.. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William G. King Jr.), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:01, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXX, June 2020
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I am not sure what is involved in sponsoring a featured article. It is certainly very different from the scrap that I created 15 years ago. However I am happy to help, if I can. JMcC (talk) 07:59, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks! Nothing is involved really. I will take care of everything. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:37, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- Incidentally, the evidence that Melita Norwood was an important atomic spy is sketchy. She worked for the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, not Tube Alloys, and seems to have only passed on secrets about corrosion resistance in ships. Her boss, GI Bailey, was aware of her communist sympathies and said that she was not given anything sensitive. Even though he provided some advice to the Tube Allows project, nuclear materials were not included. Check on its article. JMcC (talk) 08:42, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
- Okay. I have dropped the mention of Norwood. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:19, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
- The illustrations are mainly buildings. I wonder if a rogues' gallery of the main players would be an interesting addition. JMcC (talk) 14:35, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
- Agreed. This was the original idea, but there were copyright problems with too many of them. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:33, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
You asked me to review the MAUD Committee article. I've never done that before. Could you elaborate on what type of review you have in mind? NPguy (talk) 18:29, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
- No worries; the article has now been promoted, so no further review is required. But your offer is appreciated. There is a reviewer's FAQ with a link down the bottom to a reviewer's guide. Cheers. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:49, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
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- There is a Wikidata item link in the sidebar on many pages. This disappeared for a couple of days for users who have the Monobook skin. This was because of a bug. It has now been fixed. [81]
- Editing, logging in and logging out didn't work properly for a short period of time last week. It was soon fixed. [82]
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- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 June. It will be on all wikis from 18 June (calendar).
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- Pywikibot is a Python library to automate work on wikis. It will not support Python 2 after the new version in July. Support for Python 3.4 and MediaWiki below 1.19 will also be dropped. You should migrate to Python 3. You can ask for help. [83]
- The selectors
.menuand.vectorMenuwill no longer work in the Vector skin. This can affect gadgets and user scripts..menushould be replaced byul..vectorMenushould be replaced by.vector-menu. [84]
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K-25 scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the K-25 article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 16, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 16, 2020, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
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We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:32, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Apollo 11 scheduled for TFA
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New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020
Hello Hawkeye7,
- Your help can make a difference
NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference.
- Google Adds New Languages to Google Translate
In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.
- Discussions and Resources
- A discussion on handling new article creation by paid editors is ongoing at the Village Pump.
- Also at the Village Pump is a discussion about limiting participation at Articles for Deletion discussion.
- A proposed new speedy deletion criteria for certain kinds of redirects ended with no consensus.
- Also ending with no change was a proposal to change how we handle certain kinds of vector images.
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Happy First Edit Day!
Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
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Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society
Dear Hawkeye7/Archive 2020,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more.
Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 21:47, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for your fifteen years of service to Wikipedia, Hawkeye! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:35, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks guys. Much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:46, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Hi Hawkeye7, How are you? I was looking at your article and I noticed its on the GA nomination list. I was wondering if you mind me reviewing it. It would be my second review. it is an excellent bit of work with plenty of meat on the bone, size wise. I'm not fantastically gen'd up on the style guide as I tend rely on the Gnome community to do post-update work, but there is plenty of folk, including yourself who can keep me right. I plan to today. scope_creepTalk 14:56, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
- Go for it. Someone moved it from "Warfare" to "Physics and astronomy", which pretty much ensured that it wouldn't get reviewed for a long time. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:01, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Manned Orbiting Laboratory you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Scope creep -- Scope creep (talk) 17:40, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
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
- There are some new tools to make it easier for newcomers to start editing. They are available on some wikis. These wikis had a problem with the visual editor for a short period of time last week. This was because of a bug in the new tools. It was soon fixed. [85]
- Some user scripts and gadgets stopped working because of a change to CSS selectors.
.vectorTabsshould be replaced with.vector-menu-tabsto fix this. [86]
Changes later this week
- The developers are working on a new interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. This will be released on 24 June. You can give feedback. [87]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 June. It will be on all wikis from 25 June (calendar).
Future changes
- A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. It will not work after 13 July. Wikis should use TemplateStyles instead. 91 wikis still need to fix this. You can read more and see if your wiki is affected. [88]
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18:48, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Klaus Fuchs
This edit caught my eye. Offhand, I don't think the content you removed ought to be in the article but I don't see how your asserted reason for removal applies. The removed assertion says "this particular book says X", and provides enough info to identify the book in question. Some googling quickly turned up this, which seems to generally support the thrust of the assertion, though it does not mention Fuchs by name. I would tend to assume good faith that the assertion correctly characterizes the book, but I think that the thrust of the removed assertion. with its presumption of of Fuch's betrayal as fact, is too trivial for mention in the article. I don't think there's a guideline addressing that, though. I just thought I would mention that in passing, and thought that it was better mentioned here than on the article talk page. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 11:10, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
- Agreed. There is a guideline: WP:POPCULTURE, but it doesn't meet any of the conditions therein, and is therefore, as you say, WP:FANCRUFT. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:31, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
ITN recognition for John Kennedy Sr. (footballer)
On 26 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Kennedy Sr. (footballer), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 03:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Space Shuttle FAC help
Good afternoon Hawkeye! Just looking to get some guidance on my FAC for the Space Shuttle, as this is my first FAC. Since there hasn't been any movement on it for a week, I want to make sure that I'm not failing to do something that I should be doing to get a verdict for it. All I've done (which is all that I'm assuming I should do looking at previous FACs) is reach out to Nick-D and Nikkimaria to ask them to take a look at my edits in response to their comments. Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:42, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 June 2020
- News and notes: Progress at Wikipedia Library and Wikijournal of Medicine
- Community view: Community open letter on renaming
- Gallery: After the killing of George Floyd
- In the media: Part collaboration and part combat
- Discussion report: Community reacts to WMF rebranding proposals
- Featured content: Sports are returning, with a rainbow
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- Everyone was logged out. This was because a few users saw the wikis as if they were logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now. [89]
- Some readers didn't see new edits to pages. If the page had been recently changed they saw an older version of the page instead. This only affected readers who were logged out. It lasted for ten days. It has been fixed. [90]
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- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 July (calendar).
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16:30, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
WikiCup 2020 July newsletter
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
- Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
- The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
- Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.
Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, 
MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
Operation Chronicle
G'day, Hawkeye, I hope you are well. I have done a little bit of work this weekend on referencing and expanding (slightly) the Operation Chronicle article. Wonder if you wouldn't mind taking a look and seeing if there is anything you can/want to add? Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:21, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
- It looks okay. I made some minor changes. I was concerned about the OrBat - I thought that there was four LSTs taking part rather than two. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:13, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, I have adjusted it now to match Miller (hopefully, I got that right -- my brain is not working well at the moment due to work). I have done a bit of work also on Battle of Hollandia, if you wouldn't mind taking a quick look I'd be most grateful. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 22:41, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
Congratulations from the Military History Project
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Problems
- The Score extension has been disabled for now. This is because of a security issue. It will work again as soon as the security issue has been fixed. [91]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 July. It will be on all wikis from 9 July (calendar).
Future changes
- Abstract Wikipedia is a new Wikimedia project. It will collect language-independent information that can be easily read in different languages. It builds on Wikidata. The name is preliminary. You can read more. [92]
- The iOS Wikipedia app developers are thinking about new experimental tools. If you use an iPhone you can help them by answering the survey.
- Some rules for user signatures will soon be enforced. Lint errors and invalid HTML will no longer be allowed in user signatures. Nested substitution will not be allowed. A link to your user page, user talk page or user contributions will be required. You can check if your signature works with the new rules. This is because the signatures can cause problems for tools or other text on the page.
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20:18, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: June 2020
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXI, July 2020
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Users can thank others for their edits. Checkusers can now see user data related to that action. This can help identify sock puppets who harass others using thanks. [93]
Problems
- Everyone was logged out a couple of weeks ago to fix a security problem. The problem was not entirely fixed. Because of this everyone was logged out once again last week. [94][95]
Changes later this week
- Wikis that are not for one specific language can translate pages. Sometimes parts of translations are outdated or missing. Outdated translations are marked with a pink background. Missing translations will also be marked in the future. This markup can sometimes break things. It can soon be disabled by using
<translate nowrap></translate>on the source page. [96] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 July. It will be on all wikis from 16 July (calendar).
Future changes
- Wikimedia code review plans to use GitLab. It would be hosted on Wikimedia servers. [97][98][99][100]
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16:29, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Also, it is my 100,000 edit. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:46, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
- Good timing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:51, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you today for British hydrogen bomb programme, "about the British development of the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:58, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
- ... and today for High Explosive Research, "Jim, Bernard and Sir Humphrey decide build an atomic bomb."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
- and today K-25, "about the gaseous diffusion project"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:09, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Book review
G'day Hawkeye, did High Command have anything to say about Richard Dannatt? My old boss in Bosnia. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 10:26, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, there are some bits; he appears on about a dozen pages. All about Iraq and Afghanistan, not Bosnia. It notes that he could not find the minutes of the discussion where it was decided to deploy to Afghanistan before finishing in Iraq. And his difficulty finding troops for the two. It talks about his going to the press to exert pressure on the government to meet the army's needs, thereby alienating himself from the other chiefs. He seems to think we know about it, and doesn't elaborate. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:42, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, yes he was a mere brigadier in Bosnia. I'll hunt down a copy. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:12, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
How to GAN?
I see you have put up for GA Discovery of nuclear fission , Otto Hahn, and Lisa Meitner. Now I'm not familiar with GAN, but is the process like this: somebody else (like me) should advocate the GAN by starting the review? If so, I will spend time to read the guidelines etc. -DePiep (talk) 20:56, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Hi @Hawkeye7: That is it, its passed the GA. I think it is the most perfect article I've read. Now I wish I could duplicate you 8000 times and the problems on Wikipedia would disappear overnight. Well done for your stellar record of achievement. Its a real shame there is no money prizes available on Wikipedia. It could really do with one. scope_creepTalk 10:47, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for your review! Much appreciated! Don't forget to formally close the review per Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions#Passing. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:59, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Manned Orbiting Laboratory
The article Manned Orbiting Laboratory you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Manned Orbiting Laboratory for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Scope creep -- Scope creep (talk) 11:21, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
Outstanding DYK nominations
Please follow-up on Template:Did you know nominations/Leslie Shepherd (physicist) and Template:Did you know nominations/Super-Duper Missile. Both nomination have had no comments in three weeks and could be rejected if they go stale. Thanks. Flibirigit (talk) 12:26, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
I cited your use of Charles Duke's full name at the start of the main text at the current discussion at Talk:Alfred Worden. I don't know whether you have an opinion on the use of the person's full name at the start of the main portion of the article, but if so it would be welcome.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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Thank you today for Apollo 11, about "the first manned landing on the Moon"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you. Hope you are well.Stay safe! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:53, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- A temporary fix helped wikis make their main pages more mobile friendly. This was in 2012. It has not been recommended since 2017. The mobile main page special casing stopped working 14 July. 60 wikis now have main pages that don't work well on mobile. You can see which ones, how to fix it and how to get help in Phabricator. This is the same problem that was reported in Tech News 2020/24 and 2020/26.
Problems
- There is a problem with the interlanguage links. The interlanguage links are the links that help you find a specific page in a different language. The sorting is broken. The developers are working on a solution. [101]
- Some users keep getting the notifications for the same event. Some of these are old events. [102]
- Some users have trouble logging in. This is probably a browser cookie problem. The developers are working on understanding the problem. If you have trouble logging in you can see the details on Phabricator. [103]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 July. It will be on all wikis from 23 July (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a
Printable versionlink. This will disappear. That is because web browsers today can create a printable version or show how it will look in print anyway. [104]
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19:13, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Moon in the Moon Award
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Citing e-books
Hi Hawkeye7! I was wondering if I could get your advice on the proper way to cite e-books, specifically referencing a given location within them (since there aren't any page numbers). Per WP:PAGENUM, the guidance is just to use a chapter, but that seems much more vague than the print media standard of specific page numbers. Is giving the e-book locations with {{sfn}} or {{rp}} appropriate? Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:26, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Leslie Shepherd (physicist)
On 26 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leslie Shepherd (physicist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1948 and 1952, nuclear physicist Leslie Shepherd published scientific papers on the use of nuclear technology for interplanetary and interstellar space travel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leslie Shepherd (physicist). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Leslie Shepherd (physicist)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- The Starter kit is now available for wiki communities. This page lists technical resources, tools, and recommendations. These are essential to operate a wiki project. This is mostly useful for smaller wikis where the community has limited experience with this. [105]
- The first features of the Desktop Improvements project are available for logged-in users on all wikis. In order to use them, uncheck Use Legacy Vector in your local or global preferences in section Skin preferences. More improvements are planned. Feedback is welcome.
- On multiple wikis, a UTCLiveClock gadget is available. For wikis that import the gadget directly from mediawiki.org, end users can now choose a different timezone to show instead of UTC.
Problems
- The deployment train for MediaWiki has been blocked this week. [106][107]
- Translation Notification Bot was sending the same message multiple times to every translator. This has been fixed. [108]
- Some users were receiving the same notification multiple times. This has been fixed. [109]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from July 29. It will be on all wikis from JUly 30 (calendar).
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13:52, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Henry Aurand
On 1 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Henry Aurand, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during World War II, Major General Henry Aurand had his own weekly radio show? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Aurand. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Henry Aurand), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 2 August 2020
- Special report: Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
- COI and paid editing: Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
- News and notes: Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
- In the media: Dog days gone bad
- Discussion report: Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
- Featured content: Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
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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
- All queries to the Wikidata Query Service failed between 17:50 and 17:59 UTC on Thursday 23 July. Some queries failed during a longer period. [110]
- Interlanguage links were ordered incorrectly for the past few weeks. This problem was also mentioned in Tech News two weeks ago. The problem is now fixed. [111]
- There is a problem with the global preferences for the "Use Legacy Vector" option. Developers are working on fixing it. [112]
- A bug in the Wikibase extension had disabled the "move" and "create" types of protection in the main (Gallery) namespace on Wikimedia Commons. New protections could not be added, and existing protections were not enforced, allowing some page moves and page creations that should not have been possible. This has now been fixed. [113]
Changes later this week
- The video player will change to be simpler and more modern. This week, the current beta feature will become the video player for everyone on most non-Wikipedia wikis. The old player will be removed. [114]
- Users'
global.jsandglobal.csspages will now also be loaded on the mobile site. You can read documentation for how to avoid applying styles to the mobile skin. [115] - In the MonoBook skin, the
searchGoButtonidentifier is nowsearchButton. This may affect CSS and JS gadgets. Migration instructions can be found in T255953. This was previously mentioned in issue 27. - Bot operators can use Pywikibot to regularly archive discussions. The behavior when the bot uses
counterto prevent large archives was changed. [116] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from August 5. It will be on all wikis from August 6 (calendar).
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15:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Discovery of nuclear fission
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Discovery of nuclear fission you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ponor -- Ponor (talk) 16:21, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Discovery of nuclear fission
The article Discovery of nuclear fission you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Discovery of nuclear fission for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ponor -- Ponor (talk) 05:02, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXII, August 2020
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16:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK
Thanks for the information. The quoted source in the DYK nomination says "Nov. 3, 1966" which threw me off a bit. SL93 (talk) 05:49, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
- For DYK noms, I cite an online source whenever possible to make life as easy as possible for the reviewer. Backfired this time apparently Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
Make Jim Lovell a featured article
Hi,
I've seen that you've made lots of NASA astronauts featured articles. Jim Lovell, a quite important NASA astronaut, isn't a featured article yet. Since the work is the same as for other astronauts, you can probably do it and would probably enjoy it.
Thanks,
Calvinsky (talk) 20:17, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Kees08 is currently working on Jim Lovell. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Adopt an astronaut. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:44, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Ok Thanks. -- Calvinsky (talk) 08:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
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DYK for Harold Huglin
On 12 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Harold Huglin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brigadier General Harold Huglin was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for leading a bombing raid on Magdeburg during World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Harold Huglin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Harold Huglin), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of American logistics in the Northern France campaign
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article American logistics in the Northern France campaign you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 03:22, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of American logistics in the Northern France campaign
The article American logistics in the Northern France campaign you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:American logistics in the Northern France campaign for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 23:41, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of American logistics in the Northern France campaign
The article American logistics in the Northern France campaign you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:American logistics in the Northern France campaign for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 01:41, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Jesse A. Ladd
On 15 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jesse A. Ladd, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Colonel Jesse A. Ladd was in command at an aviation factory when it was seized by federal troops during a strike in June 1941? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jesse A. Ladd. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jesse A. Ladd), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of United States war plans (1945–1950)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article United States war plans (1945–1950) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 09:02, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
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20:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
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17:59, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Otto Hahn you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of HĐ -- HĐ (talk) 07:40, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
Manhattan Project
I see you grammar police! Seriously though, thank you for correcting my poor grammatical entry. 👍 Roland Of Yew (talk) 14:17, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK for United States war plans (1945–1950)
On 26 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article United States war plans (1945–1950), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
—valereee (talk) 16:14, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Gerald Carr (astronaut)
On 27 August 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gerald Carr (astronaut), 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. Ad Orientem (talk) 04:31, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
The article Otto Hahn you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Otto Hahn for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of H? -- H? (talk) 04:41, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Pavel Agafonov vote
I am very perplexed by your "keep" vote for the Pavel Adafonov article considering the fact that he was certainly NOT an ace in the Spanish Civil War (or any other conflict). Not a single reliable source considers lists him as an ace (in fact, there are no reliable sources about how many shootdowns that he had, other than that he could not have had 5 or more to be required for inclusion in the official ace lists composed by historians like Bykov, Simonov, etc). I assume you will change your vote? I do not understand how he would meet requirements for a keep dependent on ace status considering that it is widely accepted by modern historians and reliable sources (not Soviet essays and over-dramatized memiors) that he wasn't an ace.--PlanespotterA320 (talk) 13:44, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Revolt of the Admirals
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Yuri Gagarin
I hope you are doing well in these strange times. I have started a PR for Yuri Gagarin. I hope to get him through FAC before the 60th anniversary of his flight, 12 April. Please comment at Wikipedia:Peer review/Yuri Gagarin/archive1. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 22:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of United States war plans (1945–1950)
The article United States war plans (1945–1950) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:United States war plans (1945–1950) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 02:02, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Discovery of nuclear fission
On 30 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Discovery of nuclear fission, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Otto Hahn was the sole recipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded for the discovery of nuclear fission? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Discovery of nuclear fission. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Discovery of nuclear fission), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:01, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Otto Hahn
On 30 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Otto Hahn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Otto Hahn was the sole recipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded for the discovery of nuclear fission? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Otto Hahn), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:01, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
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20:07, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Royal B. Lord
On 1 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Royal B. Lord, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Royal B. Lord collected money for the 1931 Army–Navy Game at Yankee Stadium in Evangeline Booth's tambourine? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Royal B. Lord. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Royal B. Lord), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
WikiCup 2020 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;- Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.
Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
BBC Documentary on Oppenheimer
Re Manhattan Project; there's an interesting 2009 BBC documentary on 'The Trial of Robert Oppenheimer'; worth a look https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lpk70. Robinvp11 (talk) 16:30, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. I will take a look. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:24, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
FYI on unprocessed FAC
Looks like Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/I Love You (Billie Eilish song)/archive1 never got processed by the bot? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:57, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
- The FAC coordinator specifically ordered the FACBot not to process it by editing the article talk page. [127] Acting on the assumption that this was an error, I reverted Ian Rose's edit [128] and ordered the FACBot to process the article, which it has now done. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
- Also Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ilomilo (song)/archive1. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:11, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
- Similar story, but here another editor removed the article from the FAC nomination list before the FACBot could process it. [129]. Will have to think about this one. Action was the same; revert the edit and allow the FACBot to process the article. Will have to think about this. I can have the Bot check for such anomalies rather than relying on the coordinators to report them. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
- The coords do report errors Hawkeye, what would've occurred here is that a FAC was initiated out-of-process and therefore removed rather than archived -- editing the talk page was the correct action, along with removing the nom from the FAC list and requesting the FAC page itself be deleted by an admin. I daresay the nominator has done something out-of-process again, this has happened before. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:22, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
- Similar story, but here another editor removed the article from the FAC nomination list before the FACBot could process it. [129]. Will have to think about this one. Action was the same; revert the edit and allow the FACBot to process the article. Will have to think about this. I can have the Bot check for such anomalies rather than relying on the coordinators to report them. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
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15:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
DYK for American logistics in the Northern France campaign
On 9 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article American logistics in the Northern France campaign, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American logistics in the Northern France campaign was impacted by a critical shortage of jerrycans, more than 2 million of which had been discarded or abandoned in Normandy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/American logistics in the Northern France campaign. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, American logistics in the Northern France campaign), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Tube Alloys scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Tube Alloys article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 17, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 17, 2020, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
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We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:20, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue Issue CLXXIII, September 2020
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Fac
Hey, I saw you usually comment on song articles that are up for FAC. I was wondering if you could make a few comments for Let's Fall in Love for the Night? Thanks a lot. :) The Ultimate Boss (talk) 20:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
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DYK for John H. Dudley
On 12 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John H. Dudley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John H. Dudley and his wife both worked on the Manhattan Project, but did not tell each other because of security restrictions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John H. Dudley. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John H. Dudley), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Battle of Goodenough Island scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Battle of Goodenough Island article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 22, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 22, 2020, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.
We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:30, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
- G'day, Hawkeye, hope you are well. Ack this -- just so you know, I will be away on course around this time so may not be able to monitor the article on the day depending on the program. Sorry. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:30, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Kathleen Byerly
On 13 September 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kathleen Byerly, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 20:23, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
ITN recognition for John Fahey (politician)
On 13 September 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Fahey (politician), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 20:28, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
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- The Wikipedia apps briefly showed pages without CSS last week. This meant they looked wrong. It was quickly fixed but cached pages without CSS were shown for a few hours. [135][136]
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16:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Lisa Nowak
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Lisa Nowak you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Balon Greyjoy -- Balon Greyjoy (talk) 12:20, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Prep 6 image caption
Hi, I notice someone trimmed your caption from
- Launch of a Gemini B capsule and Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup
- to:
- Launch of a Gemini B capsule mockup
- Is this correct? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:46, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- No, it is wrong. The Gemini B spacecraft was real and complete; the Manned Orbiting Laboratory stage was the mockup. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:19, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, I am not allowed to fix it. But the ambiguity could be avoided if it read: "Launch of a Gemini B capsule and a Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup" Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:22, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- Fine. I'm happy to correct it. Yoninah (talk) 20:43, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. The ambiguity clearly confused at least one person, but they are very hard to recognise. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:04, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- Fine. I'm happy to correct it. Yoninah (talk) 20:43, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, I am not allowed to fix it. But the ambiguity could be avoided if it read: "Launch of a Gemini B capsule and a Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup" Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:22, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- No, it is wrong. The Gemini B spacecraft was real and complete; the Manned Orbiting Laboratory stage was the mockup. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:19, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Revolt of the Admirals
The article Revolt of the Admirals you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Revolt of the Admirals for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:02, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Robert B. Landry
On 18 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert B. Landry, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Robert B. Landry was the United States Air Force aide to President Harry S. Truman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert B. Landry. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Robert B. Landry), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 14:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Manned Orbiting Laboratory
On 20 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Manned Orbiting Laboratory, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a 1966 test flight (pictured) of a Gemini B spacecraft for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory was the first time an American space capsule intended for human spaceflight had flown in space twice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Manned Orbiting Laboratory. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Manned Orbiting Laboratory), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- There is a new tag for reverted edits. For example you can see it in the recent changes feed or in the article history. It is added to edits when they have been undone, rollbacked or manually reverted to an older version of the page. [137][138]
Changes later this week
- The number of times you can do something in a period of time on wiki is limited. This could be the number of edits per minute or the number of users you email in a day. Some users are not affected by all limits because of their user rights. They could soon see the limit even if it does not affect them. [139]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 September. It will be on all wikis from 24 September (calendar).
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21:25, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Congratulations from the Military History Project
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DYK nomination of Timothy S. Matthews
Hello! Your submission of Timothy S. Matthews at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Andrew🐉(talk) 13:11, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I was just checking the above with an eye towards reviewing it. One small glitch I spotted. The last para under Battle of Britain is closed by a footnote, but not a citation. You might want to fix that.Georgejdorner (talk) 22:32, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks George. I have corrected this. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:45, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Lisa Nowak
The article Lisa Nowak you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Lisa Nowak for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Balon Greyjoy -- Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:43, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- Admins can now see links to diffs of deleted revisions on Special:AbuseLog. This uses the interface of Special:Undelete. [140]
- Editors are automatically added to some user groups. For example editors are added to autoconfirmed users when they have edited enough times and long enough. Abuse filters can hinder users from automatically getting user rights for a period of time. They can also remove rights user have. Wikis can now ask to change how long this period of time is for their wiki in Phabricator. It is currently five days. [141]
Problems
- Last year some abuse filters stopped working because of a new change. If they tried to use variables that were unavailable for that action they would fail. This has now been fixed. [142]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 September. It will be on all wikis from 1 October (calendar).
Future changes
- You can't see the language links to other language versions from the talk page or history page. They are also not shown when you edit an article. This could change. It is not decided if for example the history page should link to another history page or to the article. You can take part in the discussion in Phabricator.
- The link colours could change. This is to make the difference between links and other text more clear. You can read more in Phabricator.
- In your preferences you can choose to get different notifications on the web or by email. You will see
Appsas one of the alternatives later this week. This is because the Android and iOS Wikipedia apps will use push notifications for those who want them. You can see the preferences on the test wiki. The goal is to have push notifications on Android in October and on iOS in early 2021. [143] - You can soon put pages on your watchlist for a limited time. This could be useful if you want to watch something for a shorter time but don't want it on your watchlist forever. It now works on mediawiki.org and will come to more wikis later. You can read more and see when it will come to other wikis.
- You can see what Wikimedians think are the best new technical tools this year. You can also nominate them.
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21:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Revolt of the Admirals
On 29 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Revolt of the Admirals, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1949 the admirals were revolting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Revolt of the Admirals. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Revolt of the Admirals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
Congratulations
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Your GA nomination of Lisa Nowak
The article Lisa Nowak you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lisa Nowak for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Balon Greyjoy -- Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:42, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Half-Million Award
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That's insane. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 08:54, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- There is a new tool where you can see which home wiki users have in discussions on Meta. This can help show which communities are not part of the discussion on wikis where we make decisions that affect many other wikis.
- You can now thank users for file uploads or for changing the language of a page. [144]
Problems
- There were many errors with the new MediaWiki version last week. The new version was rolled back. Updates that should have happened last week are late. [145]
- Everyone was logged out. This was because a user reported being logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now. [146]
- Many pages have JavaScript errors. You can read more and now see a list of user scripts with errors.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 October. It will be on all wikis from 8 October (calendar).
- Letters immediately after a link are shown as part of the link. For example the entire word in
[[Child]]renis linked. On Arabic wikis this works at both the start and end of a word. Previously on Arabic wikis numbers and other non-letter Unicode characters were shown as part of the link at the start of a word but not at the end. Now only Latin and Arabic letters will extend links on Arabic wikis. [147]
Future changes
- You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on 27 October around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour. [148]
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16:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Albert Kesselring you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lazman321 -- Lazman321 (talk) 18:20, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
My comments at the peer review
Hi Hawkeye, I just wanted to drop you a quick message to apologise if my comments at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/United States war plans (1945–1950) came across as arrogant or condescending. It wasn't my intention – sometimes my enthusiasm to offer thoughts and suggestions can get ahead of my tactfulness.
I just wanted to reiterate that the article looks great and that I really appreciate the scale of your work. Jr8825 • Talk 19:17, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- No apology necessary. I am am grateful for your comments. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:20, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Kathleen Byerly
On 7 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kathleen Byerly, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kathleen Byerly was one of six sailors who sued the U.S. Navy for the right to serve on ships? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kathleen Byerly. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kathleen Byerly), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
Congratulations from the Military History Project
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Danny Dietz delete AFD
Hi there Hawkeye, I really appreciate your comforting words on the AFD for the article I uploaded. I hope the article could be saved, anyway good day to you! Delta fiver (talk) (UTC) 08:08, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
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Problems
- Because of the problems with the MediaWiki version two weeks ago last week's updates are also late. [149][150][151]
Changes later this week
- Live previews didn't show the templates used in the preview if you just edited a section. This has now been fixed. You can also test CSS and JavaScript pages even if you have the live preview enabled. Previously this didn't work well. [152][153]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 October. It will be on all wikis from 15 October (calendar).
Future changes
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15:23, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Lisa Nowak
Hello! Your submission of Lisa Nowak at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 00:32, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Lise Meitner
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Lise Meitner you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 05:00, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Lise Meitner
The article Lise Meitner you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Lise Meitner for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 00:20, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Lise Meitner
The article Lise Meitner you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lise Meitner for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 02:02, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXIV, October 2020
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Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 8
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article NASA Astronaut Group 8 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Footlessmouse -- Footlessmouse (talk) 23:01, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 8
The article NASA Astronaut Group 8 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:NASA Astronaut Group 8 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Footlessmouse -- Footlessmouse (talk) 02:41, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
A brownie for you!
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I very much appreciate your cooperation throughout the Good Article review process for NASA Astronaut Group 8 and I apologize for asking you to fix non-errors related to regional differences in English. Excellent job on the article and on passing the review! Footlessmouse (talk) 19:38, 18 October 2020 (UTC) |
Your GA nomination of NASA Astronaut Group 8
The article NASA Astronaut Group 8 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:NASA Astronaut Group 8 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Footlessmouse -- Footlessmouse (talk) 19:43, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring
The article Albert Kesselring you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Albert Kesselring for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lazman321 -- Lazman321 (talk) 04:20, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 October. It will be on all wikis from 22 October (calendar).
Future changes
- You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on 27 October around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour. [155]
- In the AbuseFilter extension, the
rmspecials()function will be updated soon so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses ofrmspecials()withrmwhitespace()wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [156] - Some gadgets and user-scripts use the HTML div with the ID
#jump-to-nav. This div will be removed soon. Maintainers should replace these uses with either#siteSubor#mw-content-text. A list of affected scripts is at the top of phab:T265373.
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16:29, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Albert Kesselring
The article Albert Kesselring you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Albert Kesselring for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lazman321 -- Lazman321 (talk) 17:42, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
TFA
Thank you today for Tube Alloys, about "the British atomic bomb project during the Second World War"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
... and today for Battle of Goodenough Island, "about an Australian amphibious operation during the Second World War"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Lisa Nowak
On 23 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lisa Nowak, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2019 film Lucy in the Sky is loosely based on the life of astronaut Lisa Nowak (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lisa Nowak. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lisa Nowak), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
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Feedback on the bot's B class assessments
Hi Hawkeye. The part of this exchange relating to the bot may, or there again may not, be of interest. Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:06, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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Problems
- You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on October 27 around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour. [157]
- Last week, links to "diffs" from mobile watchlists and recentchanges were linking to page-revisions instead of diffs. This has now been fixed. [158]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- Since the introduction of the interface administrators user group in 2018, administrators couldn’t view the deleted history of CSS/JS pages. Now they can. [159]
- There was a problem with the Change Tags. The software would apply the "Reverted" tag to any page actions such as page-protection changes if they came directly after a reverted edit. This has now been fixed for new edits. [160]
- The Reply tool will be offered as an opt-in Beta Feature on most Wikipedias in November. Another announcement will be made once the date is finalized. [161]
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17:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Shuttle-Centaur
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Shuttle-Centaur you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 18:21, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Timothy S. Matthews
On 30 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Timothy S. Matthews, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rear Admiral Timothy S. Matthews received an award from the Association of Old Crows? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Timothy S. Matthews. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Timothy S. Matthews), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Shuttle-Centaur
The article Shuttle-Centaur you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Shuttle-Centaur for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 01:21, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Shuttle-Centaur
The article Shuttle-Centaur you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Shuttle-Centaur for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 14:01, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Ivy Hooks
On 31 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ivy Hooks, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ivy Hooks was one of only two women assigned to the original design team for the Space Shuttle orbiter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ivy Hooks. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ivy Hooks), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- What does
- When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Manned Spaceflight Center, a friend's mother drew her attention to an article in the newspaper that said "NASA's looking for women scientists and engineers."[3]
- say? Shenme (talk) 00:33, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Corrected. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:04, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 November 2020
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- Book review: Review of Wikipedia @ 20
- Discussion report: Proposal to change board composition, In The News dumps Trump story
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- Traffic report: Jump back, what's that sound?
- Interview: Joseph Reagle and Jackie Koerner
- News from the WMF: Meet the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year
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- In focus: The many (reported) deaths of Wikipedia
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 John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman and politician. He was the third person and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at age 77. |
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 Captured on Oct. 20, 2020 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface, over 200 million miles (321 million km) away from Earth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16:07, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
MilHistBot on stubs?
Hi Hawkeye, hope all is well. I’m sure you’re incredibly busy, so please forgive my imposition on your time. Did you ever get anywhere with running MHB on the military history stubs to reassess? I thought that a really good idea. Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 22:31, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- I've seen a couple of stubs assessed by the milhistbot. Adamdaley (talk) 22:38, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- The run has been prepared. It is at WP:BRFA awaiting. A test run updating 25 articles was carried out. See Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MilHistBot 8 for details. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:49, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- Oh great, thanks! Eddie891 Talk Work 23:34, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- The run has been prepared. It is at WP:BRFA awaiting. A test run updating 25 articles was carried out. See Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MilHistBot 8 for details. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:49, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- I've seen a couple of stubs assessed by the milhistbot. Adamdaley (talk) 22:38, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
WikiCup 2020 November newsletter
The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by .svg){kind=small}
Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.
The other finalists were Hog Farm (submissions), HaEr48 (submissions), Harrias (submissions) and Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.
- Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
- Bloom6132 (submissions) win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
- Rhododendrites (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
- Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
- Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
- MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
- The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
- Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
- Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
DYK for John F. Yardley
On 7 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John F. Yardley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Yardley's Law states that "Pretty is what works"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John F. Yardley. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John F. Yardley), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
—valereee (talk) 12:02, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Andrew J. Stofan
Hello! Your submission of Andrew J. Stofan at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 21:57, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
DYK for John F. McCarthy Jr.
On 9 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John F. McCarthy Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John F. McCarthy Jr. headed a group that suggested modifications to the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy that tripled the structural life of the aircraft? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John F. McCarthy Jr.. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John F. McCarthy Jr.), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Bones Hillman
On 9 November 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Bones Hillman, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 01:05, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
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15:49, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
edit summary: "Interim checkin - lots more to come"
Hello- It might be a good idea to actually summarize your edits rather than simply pasting this same uninformative summary to many edits. Just a suggestion. Eric talk 02:03, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
- Is there something you want to know? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:34, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
- Did my post look like a question? I offered a suggestion, nothing more. Eric talk 02:09, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
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DYK for Andrew J. Stofan
On 13 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrew J. Stofan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Andrew J. Stofan (pictured) was an expert on sloshing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew J. Stofan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Andrew J. Stofan), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
GA reassessment of Albert Kesselring
Hello User:Hawkeye7, there is currently a GA reassessment of Albert Kesselring going on. Some points have already been raised in the reassessment. I recommend going to the reassessment to look at those points and try to implement them in the article. If the article gets delisted, still try to implement the recommendations and re-nominate the article, though I won't be re-reviewing the article for GA status as I am still trying to get more experience before I make more reviews. Lazman321 (talk) 17:20, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
- You did a fine job of reviewing. You are a good reviewer, and should not take this as a persona setback. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:54, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
BOT
Can the BOT be used today? Adamdaley (talk) 23:57, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
- Yes. Which run to you want? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:01, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- The military history bot. Can it be run again for tonight? Adamdaley (talk) 07:45, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- Done. The maintenance categories should be clean. However, if you could clean up Category:Military history articles with no associated task force by hand, that would be great. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:18, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- I've done a few articles at the above link. Could you run the milhistbot again sometime today? Adamdaley (talk) 22:21, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- Could you run the bot once for tonight? It would be appreciated. Adamdaley (talk) 09:18, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Bot has been run again. Still 126 articles in the category. Note that the Bot has difficulty with pages that are not articles. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:01, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Could you run the bot once for tonight? It would be appreciated. Adamdaley (talk) 09:18, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- I've done a few articles at the above link. Could you run the milhistbot again sometime today? Adamdaley (talk) 22:21, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
There is 352 unassessed articles that hasn't been assessed by the bot. Adamdaley (talk) 10:16, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Something's wrong. It was starting to assess articles that should not have been unclassified. Will investigate. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:43, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Suspended bot run until further notice. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:06, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- It's finally updated. But it is slowly updating still after an hour or so after the others. Adamdaley (talk) 11:14, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- It shouldn't be updating these articles. They are not new. They were already assessed. Should not have to re-process articles. Problems with Ores causing a slow update. Bot run is no longer practical. Suspended until further notice. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:22, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Problems with ORES seem to have been resolved by WMF blocking a rogue bot in an infinite loop. Re-enabled the AutoCheck run. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:48, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
- It shouldn't be updating these articles. They are not new. They were already assessed. Should not have to re-process articles. Problems with Ores causing a slow update. Bot run is no longer practical. Suspended until further notice. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:22, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Can your bot be run, since I have added WP:MILHIST to several articles. Adamdaley (talk) 05:50, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
- It's finally updated. But it is slowly updating still after an hour or so after the others. Adamdaley (talk) 11:14, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Suspended bot run until further notice. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:06, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- It should run every day, but I ordered an additional run. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 12:45, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
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- If you merged two pages in a namespace where pages can't redirect this used to break the merge history. This will now be fixed. [172]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 November. It will be on all wikis from 19 November (calendar).
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15:36, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for December 27, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 27, 2020. Congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 14:50, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
DYK for John R. Casani
On 18 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John R. Casani, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John R. Casani used to carry the Pioneer 3 and Pioneer 4 spacecraft in a suitcase? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John R. Casani. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John R. Casani), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Maile (talk) 00:05, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
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What's next on your list?! :) --Neopeius (talk) 04:20, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
- I have to finish off Galileo (spacecraft). This is proceeding slowly. Then I'll help you with Corona. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:52, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
- I definitely would love company back here in the 1960s! When you start heading in that direction, let's collaborate via Discord. It's a pleasure working with you! :) --Neopeius (talk) 05:13, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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Four Award
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- Thanks! That was quick. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:59, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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 Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Apollo Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms. |
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DYK nomination of Shuttle-Centaur
Hello! Your submission of Shuttle-Centaur at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 00:08, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Anniversaries (from your user page)
Alan Shepard (60th anniversary of first space flight (May 2021), 50th of Moon walk (July 2021)) - The correct month is February. Taurus Littrow (talk) 10:01, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
DYK for William H. Robbins
On 3 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William H. Robbins, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that NASA engineer William H. Robbins worked on what was the world's largest windmill when it was dedicated in 1979? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William H. Robbins. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William H. Robbins), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
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ArbCom candidate questions
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- You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time. Some wikis already had this function. [178][179]
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- Information from Wikidata that is used on a wiki page can be shown in recent changes and watchlists on a Wikimedia wiki. To see this you need to turn on showing Wikidata edits in your watchlist in the preferences. Changes to the Wikidata description in the language of a Wikimedia wiki will then be shown in recent changes and watchlists. This will not show edits to languages that are not relevant to your wiki. [180][181]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 December. It will be on all wikis from 10 December (calendar).
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FACbot jumped the gun?
Hi, looks like maybe FACbot jumped the gun here? Near as I can tell, the nominator took nearly an hour before saving the nomination and FACbot reverted the talk page addition during that time. Fairly harmless but maybe an hour is too quick to do this? Though it seems like a pretty rare situation. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:54, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- The FACBot only runs once a day and works in days rather than hours. The problem occurs only if the nomination and transclusion occur on opposite sides of midnight Zulu. I suppose I could have it wait a day. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:34, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- That would have fixed this issue, but this must happen so rarely I'm not sure it's a concern. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:11, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
New Page Patrol December Newsletter
Hello Hawkeye7,
- Year in review
It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
| Rank | Username | Num reviews | Log |
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| 1 | DannyS712 bot III (talk) | 67,552 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 2 | Rosguill (talk) | 63,821 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 3 | John B123 (talk) | 21,697 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 4 | Onel5969 (talk) | 19,879 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 5 | JTtheOG (talk) | 12,901 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 6 | Mcampany (talk) | 9,103 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 7 | DragonflySixtyseven (talk) | 6,401 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 8 | Mccapra (talk) | 4,918 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 9 | Hughesdarren (talk) | 4,520 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 10 | Utopes (talk) | 3,958 | Patrol Page Curation |
- Reviewer of the Year
John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
- NPP Technical Achievement Award
As a special recognition and thank you DannyS712 has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 2262 Low – 2232 High – 10271
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. It was released in India in September. It can now be downloaded in other countries too. [182]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all wikis from 17 December (calendar).
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21:33, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
New message from Narutolovehinata5
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In appreciation
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| By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of your unceasing work in creating new articles, in particular Ian Ross Campbell. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:49, 20 December 2020 (UTC) |
Thanks Gog! I saw your request for the article on the MilHist talk page. The final result is much better than I anticipated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- Considering how little time you have had to work, it's quite classy. (Battle of Rethymno has just gone to GAN!
) Gog the Mild (talk) 21:11, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Shuttle-Centaur
On 10 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shuttle-Centaur, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Shuttle-Centaur booster (test article pictured) was once intended to send a space probe to Jupiter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shuttle-Centaur. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Shuttle-Centaur), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
- Congratulations! With 6,611 views, your Shuttle-Centaur hook is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of December. Accordingly, it has been included at DYKSTATS December. Keep up the good work! Cbl62 (talk) 21:18, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2021.
Recent changes
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<langconvert>tag that can convert a piece of text on a page. [184] - Oversighters and stewards can hide entries in Special:AbuseLog. They can soon hide multiple entries at once using checkboxes. This works like hiding normal edits. It will happen in early January. [185]
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20:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Ian Ross Campbell
Hello! Your submission of Ian Ross Campbell at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:36, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
Natalis soli invicto!
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| Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:52, 25 December 2020 (UTC) |
Four Award
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| Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Discovery of nuclear fission. Morgan695 (talk) 00:29, 17 November 2020 (UTC) |
- Congratulations!! That is quite the achievement. --TheSandDoctor Talk 05:54, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
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- Thank you also for being ready to serve on arbcom, - good luck! - I still have yesterday's good top story to offer, - and a little below is my vision for 2020. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
- Today's DYK: to be sung "happily" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
- In case you want to look at a an article related to "my question": L'ange de Nisida, - mentioned under #Donizetti on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
- That one aside, what do you think of Hippolyte et Aricie? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:28, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you today for INTERFET logistics (below), "about the Australian intervention in East Timor in 1999-2000. This is an unusual case of a multinational coalition not lead by a great power. The politics of the operation, the diplomacy involved in assembling the coalition, and of course the operations are all fascinating subjects, but my interest as always is in the logistics. The official history of the intervention in East Timor, although written, has yet to appear, and I'm not expecting a great deal on logistics, as the World War II and Vietnam volumes are very poor in this regard."! - See you in the new year, - I remember the feeling of having the TFA on the first day of a new year (2019). - For wishes keep looking here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:50, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
- ps: the opera - last question before - was resolved. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
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MilHistBot
Hello,Hawkeye!
MilHistBot rated Discoverer 13 a B, but I've just made it, and it shouldn't merit more than a C right now. Is there a reason it gave a B? I thought B class in MilHist required human review, too... --Neopeius (talk) 16:35, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
- MilHist articles are rated according to the five criteria listed. It passes all five, so it is rated B class. It has been flagged for human review. The bot posts a list of articles assessed as B class in the previous month, so this would have occurred in January. It would have passed though. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:58, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
- I appreciate the vote of confidence! I feel that none of the Discoverer articles (save, perhaps Discoverer 2 have really earned it yet. I've only used the usual sources supplemented by one book. That feels thin to me. --Neopeius (talk) 05:06, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:34, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team
Good Topic
Hello, Hawkeye!
I apparently need the assistance of an admin. Only admins can nominate good topics (I'd like to nominate Galactic Radiation and Background along with SOLRAD 1 through SOLRAD 4B (GA status imminent)) and the admin currently listed on that page (User:Bencherlite) has been AWOL since 2018.
Can you assist? --Neopeius (talk) 17:20, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- Never mind. I figured it out. :) --Neopeius (talk) 17:25, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- Did you? It's not transcluded at Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:50, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- I am waiting for the GA of SOLRAD 4B to be done. --Neopeius (talk) 01:01, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
2020 Military Historian of the Year
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| As voted by your peers within the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the Bronze Wiki for sharing third place in the 2020 Military Historian of the Year Award. Congratulations, and thank you for your efforts throughout the year. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:49, 31 December 2020 (UTC) |
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WikiCup 2022 May newsletter
The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
- Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.- Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
- Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.
The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)