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The Signpost: 28 May 2014

  • News and notes: The English Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion; wiki inventor interviewed on video
    With the promotion to featured article of Grus (constellation) on 17 May, Casliber became Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion, following Wehwalt's groundbreaking achievement last December. Cas's first FA, Banksia integrifolia, a group effort, was promoted on 16 November 2006. His first solo project, Diplodocus, followed in January 2007; he has rarely been off the FAC since. In a second story, Ward Cunningham, an American computer programmer who invented the wiki, was interviewed by the WMF.
  • Featured content: Zombie fight in the saloon
    Wikipedia editor Sven Manguard's work is quite underappreciated a lot of the time, most likely because people haven't heard of it yet: He's developed good relationships with game companies, and is thus able to get full-resolution screenshots released under a Creative Commons license for use on Wikipedia and elsewhere. This week's trove of new featured items on the English Wikipedia comprises seven articles, three lists, and four pictures.
  • Traffic report: Get fitted for flipflops and floppy hats
    In the US, Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer, and summer is definitely on people's minds this week, with summer films Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past, the apparently designated summer song "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea, and summer TV show, Game of Thrones.
  • Recent research: Predicting which article you will edit next
    Wikipedia in the eyes of its beholders; "Chinese-language time zones" favor Asian pop and IT topics on Wikipedia; and bipartite editing prediction in Wikipedia.

Thank you for your support

Miniapolis, I would like to take this moment and thank you for the trust you had placed in me and for your support in my RfA that happened a while ago. Although it didn't turn out as I had planned, I certainly appreciated all the comments and suggestions given by you and other people. I will learn from all of them and will hopefully run again someday when I'm fully ready. Thank you. TheGeneralUser (talk) 13:20, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

I hope you do stand again, because you'll make a good admin. With some exceptions the WP community is forgiving, and after a period of non-problematic work in admin-related areas (such as CSD tagging and participating in AfD discussions) I think you'll pass. At least now you know what a rough business it's become; looking at pre-2008 RFAs is enlightening :-). Have fun, see you around and all the best, Miniapolis 13:34, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

GOCE June 2014 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up

Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 51 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2,987 articles to 2,236 articles in May, the lowest backlog total since we began keeping records in 2009! Since at least 300 new articles were tagged during May, that means we copy edited over 1,000 articles in a single month. Amazing work, everyone!

Blitz: The June blitz will run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics. Sign up here.

Election: You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014 here. Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28.

Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis.

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re Cutting the Mustard

Hi, I replied on my talk page. Feel free to change all you want! Thanks, Parabolooidal (talk) 17:55, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 June 2014

  • Special report: IEG funding for women's stories: a new approach to the gender gap
    Individual engagement grants (IEGs) are announced twice yearly by a volunteer WMF committee, the most recent of which we covered last December. The scheme, launched at the start of last year, awards funds to individuals or teams of up to four to produce high-impact outcomes for the WMF's online projects. It favours innovative approaches to solving critical issues in the movement.
  • News and notes: Two new affiliate-selected trustees
    New trustee Frieda Briosch from Italy: we face "a couple of headaches", she says: "how to boost editors, which includes the development of the next strategic plan, and how to keep our project always 'glamorous'."
  • Op-ed: "Hospitality, jerks, and what I learned"—the amazing keynote at WikiConference USA
    I never feel quite adequate trying to paraphrase Sumana's words: she is so articulate. I highly encourage every person who reads this article to directly watch her keynote—it directly speaks to a lot of Wikimedia's most significant issues, made with great eloquence. We have a serious issue with retaining editors, and parts of her speech could serve as a pretty good partial blueprint towards how we could begin to fix that problem.
  • Featured content: Ye stately homes of England
    David Iliff, or Diliff, as he is known on here outside of the file pages for his many, many, excellent photographs, is one of Wikipedia's longest-standing professional-standard photographers. This week, the Signpost salutes him.
  • Traffic report: Autumn in summer
    The northern summer is a time when one is meant to celebrate the exuberance of life; instead, commemoration of the dead was a significant theme this week.

June 2014

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The Signpost: 11 June 2014

  • News and notes: PR agencies commit to ethical interactions with Wikipedia
    Eleven public relations agencies have declared their intention to follow "ethical engagement practices" in Wikipedia editing. The results were published last Tuesday: a joint statement from the participating PR agencies—representing five of the top ten global agencies and all but one of the top ten in the United States—clarifying their views and practices with regards to the Wikimedia projects.
  • Traffic report: The week the wired went weird
    It seems that, more than commemorating the great moments in our history, more than even anticipating great sporting events, what our audience wants is the weird.
  • Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Moderator: William Beutler
    William Beutler (WWB), author of the blog The Wikipedian, is a long-time editor and community-watcher. He is also a paid editor (WWB Too). Well—not anymore—because he gave up direct editing of articles in 2011. Instead, for the past three years he has followed Jimmy Wales' Bright Line rule in acting as a researcher and consultant for companies and clients that want to suggest changes to Wikipedia articles and engage on the Talk page.
  • Special report: Questions raised over secret voting for WMF trustees
    Last week we reported the announcement of two new affiliate-selected WMF trustees. The board of trustees is the most powerful and influential body in the movement, and chapters have been permitted to select two of the 10 seats since 2008, for two-year terms that start in even-numbered years.
  • Featured content: Politics, ships, art, and cyclones
    Five articles, one list, twelve pictures, and one topic were promoted to 'featured' status last week on the English Wikipedia.

Mentor

Hey, I've been on Wikipedia for over 2 months now, and learned a lot by myself. But my biggest flaw is that I'm not that good at organizing articles and keeping their grammar in check. Would you be available to be my mentor? (Im not that good at requests, as you can notice) URDNEXT (talk) 14:25, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Sure, and the beauty of WP is that by following those blue links it's pretty easy to teach yourself as well. I've been editing actively for a few years, and am always learning new stuff. All the best, Miniapolis 16:01, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Great! Do you have any idea of when you're gonna be available, and where we communicate? (my talk page, your talk page) URDNEXT (talk) 16:12, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
My availability varies because of RL; basically, I'm around when I'm around :-). If you have questions or want me to check something, you can drop me a note here. All the best, Miniapolis 16:18, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Alright, my biggest question is what do I look for when reviewing an article. Grammar problems? Citations? Non-free images? URDNEXT (talk) 16:22, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
It depends on what kind of a review you're doing. Articles for Creation and good-article nominations have different criteria, and copyediting is basically grammar, spelling and punctuation. All the best, Miniapolis 16:27, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Let's say I'm reviewing a GAN. URDNEXT (talk) 16:31, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
WP:GA? is a good guide. Some reviewers apply featured-article criteria to GANs, but the standards are different. Check the three quick-fail criteria first, and then the six GA criteria. All the best, Miniapolis 16:37, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Alright, thanks! I'll check on you once I get any questions. Again, thanks for the help! URDNEXT (talk) 16:46, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 June 2014

  • Featured content: Worming our way to featured picture
    Five articles, five lists, 22 pictures, and one portal were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.
  • Special report: Wikimedia Bangladesh: a chapter's five-year journey
    The Bangladesh chapter of the Wikimedia movement was formed in 2009. They received official local registration from the national authorities on 10 June 2014. The long road in between was subject to much persistence, patience, and luck—along with a good deal of worry.
  • Traffic report: You can't dethrone Thrones
    To the surprise of absolutely no one, the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the main draw this week, taking four slots. People appeared desperate to bone up on their trivia; checking not only this year's World Cup, but the last one. Even so, they still couldn't push Game of Thrones from the top ten. It will be interesting to see what happens come next week's season finale.
  • WikiProject report: Visiting the city
    This week, the Signpost came in from the hinterland to interview members of the Cities WikiProject.

GOCE adoption

Hello Miniapolis! If you're busy, I'd understand, but if you can, do you mind adopting me for the GOCE? I'm participating in the June blitz right now, so if you can adopt me, how about we start after the blitz ends? Cheers! WooHoo! • Talk to BrandonWu! 00:05, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Sure, I'll be glad to; thanks for your interest. Enjoy the rest of the blitz and all the best, Miniapolis 00:15, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Are we going to start a subpage of of the GOCE or are we going to do this some other way? Cheers! WooHoo! • Talk to BrandonWu! 03:15, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
No, I don't think that's necessary. Mentoring (or adopting or whatever) is pretty informal, and we can do it here. All the best, Miniapolis 13:27, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Ok great! Where do we start? I know that during copyediting you need to check the prose (obviously) according to the Manual of Style policy and that you must spotcheck references and tables as well. Also, you can add tags to the article if copyediting is too difficult. Anything else to add? Brandon (MrWooHoo) • Talk to Brandon! 23:03, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Probably the most important thing we copyeditors do is to make sure that the prose agrees with the MOS. Although it's helpful to spot-check references, it's not really part of copyediting; I'll check a reference to see how it supports a confusing bit of prose, and tweak the prose accordingly. I often remove or adjust tags, instead of adding them; if a page has an {{unreferenced}} tag and someone's added a single source, say, I'll change the tag to {{one source}}. If there's an "unreferenced" tag but an external-links section has what looks like reliable sources, I'll update the tag to {{no footnotes}}. Tag-bombing and the overuse of {{Multiple issues}} bug me; when I first started copyediting, I read someplace (don't remember where) that it shouldn't be used for fewer than three tags, and I think too many editors have Twinkle set up to automatically add it. Glad to see you've signed up for the July drive, since (as usual) we have our work cut out for us :-). Hope this helps, and if you have other questions please don't hesitate to ask. All the best, Miniapolis 23:21, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 June 2014

  • News and notes: US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan
    The US National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) have committed to engaging with Wikimedia projects in their newest Open Government Plan. The biannual effort is a roadmap for how the agency will accomplish its goals in the digital age.
  • Traffic report: Fake war, or real sport?
    Despite the interest generated by its season finale, Game of Thrones still couldn't top the World Cup, which still dominated interest, as evidenced by the fact that this top 10 is virtually identical to last week's, just with a different dead celebrity.
  • Featured content: Showing our Wörth
    Ten articles and eleven pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
  • WikiProject report: The world where dreams come true
    This week, the Signpost visited the land of Disney, blockbusters, explosions, dream sequences, and cultural masterpieces: film.
  • Recent research: Power users and diversity in WikiProjects
    In a recent paper, Jacob Solomon and Rick Wash investigate the question of sustainability in online communities by analysing trends in the growth of WikiProjects.

GOCE July 2014 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors July 2014 newsletter is now ready for review. Highlights:

– Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis.

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