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Lil eazy-e

Hey, I ended up, after much waffling, declining the PROD on Lil eazy-e, trying to improve the stub, am now suggesting a merge. Not much difference, and it may be that your first impulse was right, my apologies for any confusion caused. Free to pursue AfD, or the merger, or whatever else you think best, with my complements. Cheers, --j⚛e deckertalk 00:03, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 July 2012


RE Block of 117.212.16.249

Hi Bearian. Recently you blocked an IP editor 117.212.16.249 for vandalism for 1 month based on (as far as I can see) 1 edit (vandalism admittedly) shortly after I gave a level 1 warning. Am I missing something here? Jschnur (talk) 07:15, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I thought it was a repeat offender. I will unblock. Bearian (talk) 17:18, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar and you are welcome to borrow my "userboxen". I may yet borrow from some of your prodigious collection. Jschnur (talk) 23:41, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

RE Josephus Daniels

Hi Bearian. You recently made a change to the article on Josephus Daniels. It used to say he was the American ambassador to Mexico. I'm confused because the change still says he was the ambassador to Mexico, but the link says he was ambassador to Argentina. It seems to me there is a disconnect there. Was he the ambassador to Mexico or Argentina? Cheers. Ramon4 (talk) 20:47, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 July 2012

  • Special report: Reforming the education programs: lessons from Cairo
    Wikipedia has a long history of collaborating with educational institutions. The Schools and universities program — international and in many languages, but dominated by US institutions — started in 2003 and evolved case by case with little system. However, that changed in 2009 as Wikimedia embarked on its formal strategic process, and outreach in higher education came to be seen in terms of achieving explicit goals — especially that of increasing editor participation.
  • News and notes: Russian Wikipedia blackout; WMF tools; Wikitravel proposal revisited
    The Russian Wikipedia has been blacked out for 24 hours, ending 20:00 UTC Tuesday, as a protest against Russian State Duma Bill 89417-6, a bill currently before the Duma (the Russian parliament). Visitors to the Russian Wikipedia are confronted by the sign above in protest at a draconian internet censorship bill before the Duma. The Russian word for Wikipedia is crossed out in this banner, and the text says: "Imagine a world without free knowledge. The State Duma is currently conducting the second reading of a bill to amend the "Law on Information", which has the potential to lead to the creation of extra-judicial censorship of the Internet in Russia, including the closure of access to the Russian Wikipedia. Today, the Wikipedia community protests against censorship as a threat to free knowledge that is open to all mankind. We ask that you oppose this bill."
  • WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Football
    This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Football, which focuses on the sport also known as association football or soccer. WikiProject Football is by far the largest sport project and one of the most active projects on Wikipedia in terms of the number of articles covered, edits to articles, and talk page watchers.
  • Featured content: Keeps on chuggin'
    Eight featured articles were promoted this week: ... Aries (constellation) by Keilana. Aries the Ram (symbol ♈) is one of the constellations of the Zodiac and one of 88 currently recognised constellations. Its area is 441 square degrees (1.1% of the celestial sphere). Although fairly dim, with only three bright stars, it is home to several deep-sky objects.
  • Arbitration report: Three requests for arbitration
    No cases were closed or opened, leaving the number of open cases at three. ... The case concerns alleged misconduct with regards to aggressive responses and harassment by Fæ toward users who question his actions.
  • Technology report: Optimism over LastModified and MoodBar, but change in clock time causes downtime
    The results from last month's trial of the LastModified extension were published this week on the Wikimedia blog. The first analyses have indicated a significant positive impact, suggesting that the extension – which makes the time since a page's last edit much more prominent in the interface – could eventually find its way onto Wikimedia wikis.

Talkback

Hello, Bearian. You have new messages at Callanecc's talk page.
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WP:SNOW

Old news, I suppose, but I have to strenuously disagree with your citation to WP:SNOW at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Hope (actor). I certainly agree with the keep closure, but that was nowhere near a snowball. I've seen XfDs with dozens more !votes on one side flip over to the other after further discussion. WP:SNOW is for when it's just un-f'ing-believably obvious, beyond any shadow of doubt in the mind of anyone faintly sane, what the outcome would be, no matter how long the debate continued. Cite WP:SNOW when something looks like:

  • Delete [as nominator who doesn't understand policy]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
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  • Delete: [Rationale only a moron could come up with]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
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  • Delete: [Not even parseable as English]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Delete: [Irrelevant blather]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]
  • Keep: [Good rationale here]

Just my dos centavos of course. But I seriously feel that WP:SNOW is strong medicine, not to be taken lightly. It's an exceedingly dismissive "STFU" gesture to throw at nominators who probably feel they are doing the right thing, but are just not sufficiently clued yet. As such, incautious use of WP:SNOW is a WP:BITE problem pretty often. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿¤þ   Contrib. 06:11, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I can not recall what you are talking about. Well, thanks for making me LOL anyway. Bearian (talk) 17:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Oh, now I remember ... that was four months ago. I was just mopping up. Bearian (talk) 17:25, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

missed discussion

Oddly, you commented at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lame Duck Congress but not at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Let Bartlet Be Bartlet. You are the only person to do so.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:50, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 July 2012

  • Special report: Chapters Association mired in controversy over new chair
    User:Fæ was elected as the inaugural chair of the new Wikimedia Chapters Association, despite the controversies that have surrounded Fæ on the English Wikipedia and Commons, most recently aired in a live case before the Arbitration Committee. This is in marked contrast with unexciting movement, during the Wikimania meeting, on the most important issues facing the establishment of the association.
  • News and notes: WMF enacts reforms at Wikimania; main page redesign; 4 millionth article milestone
    During Wikimania (July 12-15), the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) board finalized and enacted long-discussed reforms of the movement's financial structures, and considered procedures for creating new ways for Wikimedians to organize themselves into offline communities. The board moved on the controversial image filter issue, approved the 2012–13 annual plan, and issued a statement on the wikitravel proposal. It also appointed the two new chapter-selected trustees and elected the four office-bearers.
  • WikiProject report: Summer sports series: French WikiProject Cycling
    With the Tour de France in its final week, we traveled to the French Wikipedia for a chat with Projet Cyclisme (WikiProject Cycling). The French Wikipedia places a greater emphasis on portals than the English Wikipedia, which explains why WikiProject Cycling and its discussion page are actually extensions of the Cycling Portal. The project is home to two Article de Qualité (equivalent to Featured Articles) and eight Bon Article (Good Articles), primarily biographies of cyclists.
  • Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
    A brief overview of the current discussions on the English Wikipedia, including one regarding the purpose of the Community Portal. Started by Maryana, a Wikimedia Foundation employee, is this page for new users to be educated about the community, or is it for experienced users to find updates about the community?
  • Wikimania: Young chapter shows experience beyond its years
    Nearly 1400 Wikimedians and others from 87 countries descended on the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C., for Wikimania 2012. Even with an unprecedented number (1400) of conference attendees — the previous two Wikimanias, held in Gdańsk (Poland) and Haifa (Israel), were attended by fewer than 1100 people combined – Wikimania 2012 was a complete success, with attendees' reaction to the conference coming out as ecstatic and laudatory.
  • Featured content: Taking flight
    Eight featured articles were promoted this week, including Paul McCartney by GabeMc. McCartney (born 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and his collaboration with John Lennon is highly celebrated. After the band's break-up he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings. McCartney has been described by Guinness World Records as the "most successful composer and recording artist of all time", and his song "Yesterday" has been covered more than any other song in history.
  • Technology report: Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June
    As Wikimania, the annual conference targeted at Wikimedians and often well attended by those with a technical slant, draws to a close, comments have already begun to come in from attendees regarding the many tech-related features of the conference.
  • Arbitration report: Fæ faces site-ban, proposed decisions posted
    No cases were closed or opened, leaving the number of open cases at three. A new remedy in the Fæ case calls for him to be indefinitely banned from the site after his attempts to solicit intervention from the Foundation, claiming that publicly listing all his accounts would be too onerous due to "ongoing security risks." He was further criticised for attempting to dodge good-faith concerns; the committee believes that if Fæ's claims are valid then he must be removed from the community.

Politics of Prince Edward Island

Three sources is not "well sourced". Me-123567-Me (talk) 21:26, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

You are trolling or nitpicking. Please read WP:BEFORE. With a few clicks, I was about to locate many more sources, and added half a dozen. Bearian (talk) 22:48, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
I disagree. The way I saw it at the time, it wasn't well sourced as you claimed. I can't read your mind. Me-123567-Me (talk) 02:42, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
How many sources are needed depends:

The number and nature of reliable sources needed varies depending on the depth of coverage and quality of the sources. Multiple sources are generally expected.

— WP:GNG

Three is a multiple. Bearian (talk) 19:19, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 July 2012

  • Paid editing: Does Wikipedia pay? The skeptic: Orange Mike
    Does Wikipedia pay? is an ongoing Signpost series seeking to illuminate paid editing, paid advocacy, for-profit Wikipedia consultants, editing public relations professionals, conflict of interest guidelines in practice, and the Wikipedians who work on these issues... by speaking openly with the people involved.
  • From the editor: Signpost developments
    The Signpost's goal is to provide readers with essential information about the Wikimedia movement and the English Wikipedia – both of which have become large and extremely complex institutions that require timely, balanced and in-depth coverage.
  • News and notes: Chapter head speaks about the aftermath of Russian Wikipedia shutdown
    Two weeks ago the Signpost reported that the Russian Wikipedia had just begun a 24-hour blackout in protest at a bill that was before the Russian parliament that proposed mechanisms to block IP addresses and DNS records. The protest, implemented after on-wiki consensus was reached during the preceding days, concerned the potential of the amendment to the information law to allow extra-judicial censorship of the internet in Russia, including the closure of access to the Russian Wikipedia. Among the questions now are how effective the blackout was and where we go from here in terms of internet freedom in one of the world's biggest and most influential countries.
  • WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Olympics
    With the 2012 Summer Olympic Games beginning this weekend in London, we decided to catch up with the chaps at WikiProject Olympics. The last time we interviewed WikiProject Olympics was in February 2010 when the project was gearing up for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. We wanted to know how the project has grown since then and whether preparing for a Summer Olympics was more grueling.
  • Op-ed: The future of PR on Wikipedia
    There has never been a better time to improve the behavior of marketing professionals on Wikipedia. For the first time we're seeing self-imposed statements of ethics. Professional PR bodies around the globe have supported the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) guidance for ethical Wikipedia engagement. Although their tone is different, CREWE and the PRSA have brought more attention to the issues. Awareness among PR professionals is rising. So are the number of paid editing operations sprouting up and the opportunity for dialogue.
  • Featured content: When is an island not an island?
    One featured article was promoted this week, Melville Island. A small peninsula in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, it was discovered by Europeans in the 1600s and initially used for storehouses. The land was purchased by the British and used to hold prisoners of war, then to receive escaped slaves from the United States. After being used as a place of quarantine and later a recruitment centre, the land was granted to Canada in 1907 and used to house prisoners of war. It is now home to the clubhouse and marina of the Armdale Yacht Club.

Comment on my talk Page

Sup, bro. I was wondering what was that comment you left on my talk page about, I don't know what edits you might be referring to. That's all, thanks for your attention.189.215.1.7 (talk) 23:25, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Placosternus Difficilis

Hi Bearian, I see the message that you moved my article submission but were unable to review it. I've done a couple edits over the years but this is the first new article I've ever submitted and I'm finding it a bit confusing. Is it that you can't review it because of access or you can't see it or did you mean you just don't have a chance right now and you or someone else will review once time allows? Please let me know if there's something else I need to do.

Thanks, ABombD (talk) 20:38, 30 July 2012 (UTC) Adam DelVecchio

The Signpost: 30 July 2012

  • WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Horse Racing
    We continue our Summer Sports Series this week with WikiProject Horse Racing. Started in November 2005, the project has grown to include nearly 8,000 articles maintained by 34 active members. There are 10 Featured Articles and 19 Good Articles included in the project's scope. In addition to preparing articles for GA and FA status, the project attempts to create requested articles and locate requested images. We interviewed Redrose64, Montanabw, Tigerboy1966, Ealdgyth, and Cuddy Wifter.
  • Featured content: One of a kind
    Eight new featured articles, five new featured lists, and eight new featured pictures. The highlights include a new featured picture of Frank Sinatra, created by William P. Gottlieb and nominated by Tomer T. Sinatra (1915–98) was a highly successful American singer and film actor whose career spanned 60 years. This image dates from around 1947.
  • Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases
    Arbitrator Kirill Lokshin proposed a motion requiring the alteration of any instances of an editor's previous username in arbitration decisions to reflect their name changes. The Devil's Advocate has initiated an amendment request for the controversial Race and intelligence case.

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Editing List of haplogroups of historical and famous figures (section)

Your ignorance has nothing to do with who is famous, and references and links were provided which obviously you did not click. Put the article back on. Word by word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hayanisel (talk • contribs) 00:27, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Bearian. You have new messages at Koavf's talk page.
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—Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:57, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

George Skakel

Fair point, thanks for letting me know - AfD is here. Regards, GiantSnowman 17:52, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

John Bull info at Buff (color)

With regard to this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buff_(colour)&diff=next&oldid=459752488, do you still have the brochure? Did you attend the exhibition? I ask because someone has added a bit of confusing stuff at the end and we don't know if it's citable to this brochure anymore. Chrisrus (talk) 01:39, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it is in my basement somewhere. It was one of the MMA's best-attended exhibits in the past 30 years, which the MMA library has, see [1], and [2]; other libraries or art designers should also have the book. I will try to 'unbury' it next week and get back to you. Bearian (talk) 15:49, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Please compare your edit (above) with the present version. There's a bit at the end that doesn't seem to have been a part of the edit written by you, and actually, if you agree, doesn't make much sense. If the bit at the end was written by you, if you would, please clarify what you meant. If you didn't add that part but can understand what the bit at the end was trying to say and agree that it jives with the citation, then, if you would, please clarify it. If looking at it makes you want to delete that part and put it back the way you had it, please do. I am trying to get the article up to a WP:GOOD level and the bit at the end is confusing and unclear. Thanks! Chrisrus (talk) 16:21, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
I just removed the last sentence; it's not in the source, as I recall. Bearian (talk) 17:09, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! Perhaps we'll meet at the next Albany/Troy meetup! Chrisrus (talk) 18:25, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Oh, one more thing. Can we use this to cite that John Bull's buff clothing was typical 17th Centruy Englishman of a certain class? Chrisrus (talk) 23:09, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I am sure that is true, but does the brochure or book state so? Bearian (talk) 23:44, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
That's what I'm been asking you; scroll up. This is what it says now: Buff_(color)#John_Bull.27s_clothing. As you may know, the portions of the book available on line don't say anything about it. I was hoping we could use the brochure to cite that buff clothing was typical of a certain class of Englishman at the time. You have the brochure and attended the exhibition. Did you learn from the brochure or exhibition that buff clothing was typical of a certain class of Englishman at the time? And furthermore, that's the reason John Bull wore different articles of buff clothing? Is this safe to say? Chrisrus (talk) 23:13, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 August 2012

  • Op-ed: The Athena Project: being bold
    At this year's Wikimania, I [Brandon Harris] gave a talk entitled The Athena Project: Wikipedia in 2015. The talk broadly outlined several ideas the foundation is exploring for planned features, user interface changes, and workflow improvements. We expect that many of these changes will be welcomed, while others will be controversial. During the question-and-answer period, I was asked whether people should think of Athena as a skin, a project, or something else. I responded, "You should think of Athena as a kick in the head" – because that's exactly what it's supposed to be: a radical and bold re-examination of some of our sacred cows when it comes to the interface.
  • News and notes: FDC portal launched
    On August 1, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) portal was launched on Meta. The FDC will implement the Wikimedia movement's new grant-orientated finance structure in accordance with the WMF board's recent resolutions. As a volunteer committee, the FDC will make recommendations to the WMF board on a $11.4 million budget for 2012–13.
  • Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases
    Arbitrator Kirill Lokshin proposed a motion for a procedure on the alteration of an editor's previous username(s) in arbitration decisions to reflect their name change(s). ... The Devil's Advocate initiated an amendment request for the controversial Race and intelligence case.
  • Featured content: Casliber's words take root
    This week the Signpost interviews Casliber, an editor who has written or contributed significantly to a startling 69 featured articles. We learn what makes him tick, why he edits, and why he can write on everything from vampires to dinosaurs, birds to plants. He also gives some advice to budding featured article writers.
  • Technology report: Wikidata nears first deployment but wikis go down in fibre cut calamity
    The Wikimedia Foundation's engineering report for July 2012 was published this week on the Wikimedia Techblog and on the MediaWiki wiki, giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month (as well as brief coverage of progress on Wikimedia Deutschland's Wikidata project). ... At least one fibre-optic cable was damaged at the WMF's Tampa site on August 6, leading to a sharp downwards spike in traffic lasting over an hour and almost three hours of disruption for readers around the globe.
  • WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Martial Arts
    This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Martial Arts. Since April 2004, the project has been the hub for discussion and improvement of martial arts articles, including all disciplines and national origins. The project maintains a variety of conventions for handling the names and descriptions of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian, Sikh, Filipino, Okinawan, and hybrid martial arts. WikiProject Martial Arts has spawned or absorbed several subprojects focusing on boxing, kickboxing, sumo, and mixed martial arts.

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! GregJackP Boomer! 00:05, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Comment

Would you like to take a look at this and provide clarification of what you find as WP:SOAP or WP:FORK. Note that I am linking to my subpage because the mainspace article had substantial content deleted due to user sensitivities. Perhaps if you go through the original version, you might be able to give your perspective clearer. Mar4d (talk) 01:23, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

No, my perspective is that the concept is entirely not suitable for an encyclopedia. I am not interested; sorry. I am busy grading final exams for the summer term. The concept is inflamatory. Try some editor who may care. Bearian (talk) 21:45, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

User:Vipmission

Hello, the article Techno Christ was deleted in February 2009. It is not true that this "self-promoter" used his user page as an article. In the German wikipedia, he has tried such tricks, everything has been deleted. (excuse my english) best regards.--Dr.heintz (talk) 07:22, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for that information. Bearian (talk) 23:21, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

would like your help

Hi User:Bbb23 said you might be able to help me. I would like help to set my talk page to archive automatically with a search option if possible. If you could help me I would greatly appreciate it. TucsonDavidU.S.A. 19:27, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

I can't even do that for my own talk page! Sorry, I don't know the script. Bearian (talk) 19:48, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
See User:MiszaBot III. Bearian (talk) 19:51, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 Done Added the search box. cheers--DBigXray 14:31, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 August 2012

  • Op-ed: Small Wikipedias' burden
    In a certain way, writing Wikipedia is the same everywhere, in every language or culture. You have to stick to the facts, aiming for the most objective way of describing them, including everything relevant and leaving out all the everyday trivia that is not really necessary to understand the context. You have to use critical thinking, trying to be independent of your own preferences and biases. To some effect, that's all there is to it. Naturally, Wikipedians have their biases, some of which can never be cured. Most Wikipedians tend to like encyclopedias; but millions of people in the world don't share that bias, and we represent them rather poorly. I'm also quite sure that an overwhelming majority of Wikipedia co-authors are literate. Again, that's not true for everyone in this world. Yet we have other, less noticeable but barely less fundamental biases.
  • News and notes: Bangla-language survey suggests the challenges for small Wikipedias
    The Bangla language, also known as Bengali, is spoken by some 200 million people in Bangladesh and India. The Bangla Wikipedia has a very small active community of about ten to fifteen very active editors, with another 35–40 as less active editors. The project faces particular challenges in being a small Wikipedia, and Dhaka-based WMF community fellow User:Tanvir Rahman is working to understand these challenges and to develop strategies that can improve small wikis that have strong potential to expand their editing communities.
  • Featured content: On the road again
    Six featured articles were promoted this week, including Business US Highway 41, which was a state trunkline highway that served as a business loop in Marquette in the US state of Michigan.
  • Technology report: "Phabricating" a serious alternative to Gerrit
    Three weeks into a month-long evaluation of code review tool Gerrit, a serious alternative has finally gained traction in the review process: Facebook-developed but now independently operated Phabricator and its sister command-line tool Arcanist.
  • WikiProject report: Dispute Resolution
    This week, we interviewed the lively bunch at WikiProject Dispute Resolution. Started in November 2011 to study and discuss improvements to Wikipedia's resources for resolving disputes between editors, the young project has supplemented dispute resolution efforts currently handled at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard, Mediation Committee, and other venues. Over 40 editors have signed up to provide feedback, a variety of ideas have been proposed, and a manual for dispute resolution has been created.

AfDs

There is an ongoing discussion on Guantanamo AfDs [3], thought of informing you as you are an admin and an experienced user who had participated in these AfDs,--DBigXray 20:11, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

As a form of appreciation for the Barnstar which you have presented to me, I hereby present to you this cookie. May you enjoy it and may it strengthen you in your future edits.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 07:46, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 August 2012

  • Op-ed: Wikimedians are rightfully wary
    The Wikimedia Foundation sometimes proposes new features that receive substantive criticism from Wikimedians, yet those criticisms may be dismissed on the basis that people are resistant to change—there's an unjustified view that the wikis have been overrun by vested contributors who hate all change. That view misses a lot of key details and insight because there are good reasons that Wikimedians are suspicious of features development, given past and present development of bad software, growing ties with the problematic Wikia, and a growing belief that it is acceptable to experiment on users.
  • News and notes: Core content competition in full swing; Wikinews fork taken offline
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  • In the news: American judges on citing Wikipedia
    In the Utah Court of Appeals this week, the majority opinion in Fire Insurance Exchange v. Robert Allen Oltmanns and Brady Blackner relied on Wikipedia for the basic premise of their legal opinion, and included a concurring opinion devoted solely to the issue of citing Wikipedia in a legal opinion.
  • Featured content: Enough for a week – but I'm damned if I see how the helican.
    Thirteen featured articles were promoted this week, including pelicans, which are a genus of large water birds comprising the family Pelecanidae, characterised by a long beak and large throat-pouch. They have a fossil record dating back at least 30 million years and are most closely related to the Shoebill and Hammerkop. These fish-feeders have a patchy relationship with humans: the birds are sometimes persecuted and sometimes feature in mythology.
  • Technology report: Lua onto test2wiki and news of a convention-al extension
    New embeddable scripting ("template replacement") language Lua received considerable scrutiny this week when it began its long road to widespread deployment, landing on the test2wiki test site on Wednesday (wikitech-l mailing list). ... the fourth in our series profiling participants in this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) programme.
  • WikiProject report: Land of Calm and Contrast: Korea
    This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Korea. Started in September 2006, WikiProject Korea covers the history and culture of the Korean people, including both countries that currently occupy the Korean peninsula. This task has proven difficult with North Koreans notably absent from the Wikipedia community due to tight control over access to external media. The project is home to over 16,000 pages, including 15 pieces of Featured material and 66 Good and A-class Articles.

your assistance please

Thanks for your fair minded comments about my contributions at WP:ANI

I said, several times, that I redirected about 300 articles that I did not think measured up to the wikipedia's current, more stringent standards.

I said I hoped to look at those individuals, look for high quality references about them, that either weren't included in the articles, or had been excised for a bad reason. I said that if I thought a version could be prepared that would measure up to the wikipedia's current standards I would work on it, off-wiki, and call upon some trusted senior contributors for their opinions, prior to restoring the redirect to a full article.

I left a request at User talk:Fetchcomms#your assistance please to fill this review role. Would you consider agreeing to review these articles?

I wrote there that I didn't think I would call for more than two reviews per week.

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 16:40, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I was injured in an accident. Can I do that in 2 weeks, or is that too late? Bearian (talk) 18:34, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 August 2012

  • News and notes: Tough journey for new travel guide
    Wikimedia editors have been debating a community proposal for the adoption of a new project to host free travel-guide content. The debate reached a new stage when a three-month request for comment on Meta came to an end, with a decision to set up the first new type of Wikimedia project in half a decade. The original proposal for the travel guide unfolded during April on Meta and the Wikimedia-l mailing lists, centring around the wish of volunteer contributors to the WikiTravel project to work in a non-commercial environment.
  • Technology report: Just how bad is the code review backlog?
    Developers were left one step closer to an understanding of the code review outlook this week after the creation of a graph plotting "number changesets awaiting review" over time. The chart, which also shows the number of new changesets created on a daily basis, reveals a peak in the number of unreviewed changesets in mid-July, followed by a short drop. The current figure stands at approximately 219 unreviewed changesets.
  • Featured content: Wikipedia rivals The New Yorker: Mark Arsten
    This week the Signpost interviews Mark Arsten, who has written or contributed significantly to ten featured articles; most have related to new religious movements, and some have touched on other controversial or quirky topics. Mark gives us a rundown on how he keeps neutral and what drives him to write featured content; he also gives some hints for aspiring writers.
  • WikiProject report: From sonic screwdrivers to jelly babies: Doctor Who
    This week, we hopped in a little blue box with a batch of companions from WikiProject Doctor Who. Started in April 2005, the project has grown to include about 4,000 pages about the world's longest-running science fiction television show, its spinoffs, and various related material. The project is the parent of the Torchwood Taskforce and a child of WikiProject British TV and WikiProject Science Fiction. With new Doctor Who episodes airing this week and a 50th anniversary celebration around the corner, we thought now would be a good time to inquire about the famed Time Lord.
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