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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2024)

Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is:

Cancel culture

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Previous selections: Once Upon a Time in the West • Keygen


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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

  Administrator changes

  Pppery

  Interface administrator changes

  Pppery
 

  Oversighter changes

  Wugapodes

  CheckUser changes

 

  Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
  • A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


The Signpost: 4 September 2024

Good article nominees

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2024)

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Map of the Caroline Islands Archipelago
Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is:

Caroline Islands

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Cancel culture • Once Upon a Time in the West


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Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter
 

 

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here.

Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive.

Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking.

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This Month in GLAM: August 2024

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Books & Bytes – Issue 64

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

  • The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
  • Wikimania presentation
  • New user script for easily searching The Wikipedia Library

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Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" GA Editathon – October 2024

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Hello Another Believer:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

Grnrchst (talk) & Alanna the Brave (talk)

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin September Issue 1

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:40, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Restaurant articles

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Greetings, While de-orphaning Category:Orphaned articles from September 2024 articles, I found these which you created.

These articles may be Run-of-the-mill, nothing exceptional. A two sentence article is missing notable information such as when established, people, events or cuisine worth including in the content. Thank you for helping to build Wikipedia encyclopedia.

Cheers, JoeNMLC (talk) 16:46, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Portland (area) street crossings

I found this concerning pedestrian crossing flags in Sandy, if you want to expand the pedestrian crossings article to include the Portland area outside of the city proper. Not the greatest source, but here is an indication that guerilla pedestrian flags have appeared in the Concordia neighborhood, too. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:24, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

@Bri Thanks! I'd prefer to keep the entry PDX-specific, but I'll take a look at the Concordia news. Hoping to find more sources about artistic crossings; there don't seem to be as many as there are in Seattle. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:28, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2024)

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Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is:

Polling station

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Caroline Islands • Cancel culture


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Concern regarding Draft:I Forgive You (Sia song)

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  Hello, Another Believer. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:I Forgive You (Sia song), a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 16:07, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2024)

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Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is:

Human geography

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Polling station • Caroline Islands


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The Signpost: 26 September 2024

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin September Issue 2

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Women in Red October 2024

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Women in Red | October 2024, Volume 10, Issue 10, Numbers 293, 294, 318, 319, 320


Online events:

Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

  • Unsure how to expand a stub article? Take a look at this guidance

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2024)

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Eight gold Spanish escudo (1687), issued during the reign of Carlos II of Spain
Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is:

Currency of Spain

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Human geography • Polling station


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Proposed deletion of John Quincy Adams (Bingham)

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The article John Quincy Adams (Bingham) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Notability not established with substantive sources. Single citation is only a single sentence.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Reywas92Talk 18:32, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Leave me alone ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:12, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of John Quincy Adams (Bingham) for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article John Quincy Adams (Bingham) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Quincy Adams (Bingham) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.
Reywas92Talk 13:39, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
LEAVE ME ALONE ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:44, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of St. Mary's Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

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If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on St. Mary's Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, images, a rephrasing of the title, a question that should have been asked at the help or reference desks, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Fram (talk) 14:15, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of St. Mary's Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article St. Mary's Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Mary's Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.
Fram (talk) 15:06, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
LEAVE ME ALONE ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:25, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

@Jengod: Thanks for your work on this article. ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:01, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

My pleasure! Cheers. jengod (talk) 22:13, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Bistro Agnes

Your GA nomination of Bistro Agnes

 
Bistro Agnes

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Bistro Agnes 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Relativity -- Relativity (talk) 22:41, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! @TrademarkedTWOrantula: FYI! ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:42, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for pinging me! I'll get to it. TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 00:20, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bistro Agnes

The article Bistro Agnes you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Bistro Agnes for comments about the article, and Talk:Bistro Agnes/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Relativity -- Relativity (talk) 01:42, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! @TrademarkedTWOrantula: Congrats! Thanks for collaborating. ---Another Believer (Talk) 02:20, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
You're very welcome! :D TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 03:33, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).

 

  Administrator changes

 
 

  CheckUser changes

 
 

  Guideline and policy news

  Arbitration

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Orphaned non-free image File:Saturday Sessions The Dermot O'Leary Show album cover.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Saturday Sessions The Dermot O'Leary Show album cover.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:52, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Restaurant

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Just another reminder...

Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 14:47, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Jumbo's

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so...want to dyk-nominate it? It does clear prose requirements and has been expanded fivefold (383 prose characters before today to 2007 now). You're welcome to nominate it, as the article creator – I do have two or three interesting hooks I can already come up with from the article, so if you'd like, I'll post them here. I imagine you might have some interesting hooks as well. I really don't have a preference on who nominates it if we're doing a DYK nomination; also, the article was part of an edit-a-thon at WikiConference North America 2024 today in Indianapolis, so you're welcome! :) ~ Tails Wx 02:42, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

@Tails Wx: I don't submit DYK hooks these days, so you're welcome to do the honors! Thanks for expanding the entry and happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 10:36, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2024)

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Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is:

Navy

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Currency of Spain • Human geography


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This Month in GLAM: September 2024

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin October Issue 1

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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2024)

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Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is:

Longshore drift

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Navy • Currency of Spain


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The Signpost: 19 October 2024

Em (restaurant)


Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:34, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2024)

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Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is:

Image

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Longshore drift • Navy


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Invitation to participate in a research

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Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:26, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin October Issue 2

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DYK for Jumbo's

On 28 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jumbo's, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the owners of Jumbo's claimed it became the first white-owned restaurant in Miami to serve and employ black people in the late 1960s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jumbo's. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jumbo's), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:22, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:Alo (restaurant) logo.jpeg

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The file File:Alo (restaurant) logo.jpeg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unused, superseded by File:Alo (restaurant) logo.svg

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated files}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the file's talk page.

Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated files}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 00:40, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:Alobar Yorkville logo.png

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The file File:Alobar Yorkville logo.png has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unused, superseded by File:Alobar Yorkville logo.svg

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated files}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the file's talk page.

Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated files}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 00:40, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red November 2024

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Women in Red | November 2024, Vol 10, Issue 11, Nos 293, 294, 321, 322, 323


Online events:

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Nomination of Donald Trump town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania for deletion

 
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Donald Trump town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donald Trump town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

– Muboshgu (talk) 23:30, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Wisconsin Territorial Centennial half dollar

Hello! I'm pleased to inform you that your request for a spoken version of Wisconsin Territorial Centennial half dollar has now been answered. M4V3R1CK32 (talk) 01:08, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

  Like Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:27, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Statue of Donald Trump (Philadelphia) for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Statue of Donald Trump (Philadelphia) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Statue of Donald Trump (Philadelphia) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.
Fram (talk) 17:28, 31 October 2024 (UTC)