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The Signpost: 06 January 2016

• News and notes: The WMF's age of discontent

• In the media: Impenetrable science; Jimmy Wales back in the UAE

• Arbitration report: Catflap08 and Hijiri88 case been decided

• Featured content: Featured menagerie

• Recent research: Teaching Wikipedia, Does advertising the gender gap help or hurt Wikipedia?

• WikiProject report: Try-ing to become informed - WikiProject Rugby League

• Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 13 January 2016

• In the media: War and peace; WMF board changes; Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedias

• Community view: Battle for the soul of the WMF

• Editorial: We need a culture of verification

• In focus: The Crisis at New Montgomery Street

• Op-ed: Transparency

• Traffic report: Pattern recognition: Third annual Traffic Report

• Special report: Wikipedia community celebrates Public Domain Day 2016

• News and notes: Community objections to new Board trustee

• Blog: Inside the game of sports vandalism on Wikipedia

• Featured content: This Week's Featured Content

• Arbitration report: Interview: outgoing and incumbent arbitrators 2016

• Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 20 January 2016

• News and notes: Vote of no confidence; WMF trustee speaks out

• Op-ed: Not a pretty picture: Thoughts on the "monkey selfie" debacle

• In the media: 15th anniversary news round-up

• Traffic report: Danse Macabre

• Featured content: This week's featured content

• Blog: Fifteen years ago, Wikipedia was a very different place

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The Signpost: 27 January 2016

• Op-ed: Lila Tretikov: the WMF needs your input in developing our strategy

• News and notes: Geshuri steps down from the Board

• In the media: Media coverage of the Arnnon Geshuri no-confidence vote

• Recent research: Bursty edits; how politics beat religion but then lost to sports; notability as a glass ceiling

• Traffic report: Death and taxes

• Featured content: This week's featured content

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The Signpost: 03 February 2016

• From the editors: Help wanted

• Special report: Board chair and new trustee speak with the Signpost

• In focus: The Knight Foundation grant: a timeline and an email to the board

• Op-ed: So, what’s a knowledge engine anyway?

• News and notes: Harassment survey 2015; Luis Villa to leave WMF; knowledge engine background

• Arbitration report: Catching up on arbitration

• Traffic report: Bowled

• Featured content: This week's featured content

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The Signpost: 10 February 2016

• Special report: New internal documents raise questions about the origins of the Knowledge Engine

• In focus: An in-depth look at the special report's newly revealed documents

• News and notes: Another WMF departure

• In the media: Jeb Bush swings at Wikipedia and connects

• Featured content: This week's featured content

• Traffic report: A river of revilement

• Blog: Wikimedia Foundation removes The Diary of Anne Frank due to copyright law requirements

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The Signpost: 17 February 2016

• Special report: Search and destroy: the Knowledge Engine and the undoing of Lila Tretikov

• Op-ed: Shit I cannot believe we had to fucking write this month

• Featured content: This week's featured content

• Traffic report: Super Bowling

• Technology report: Tech news in brief

• Blog: Antonin Scalia and the editor tracking his legacy

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POTD notification (Kuwait Towers)

POTD

Hi Armbrust,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Kuwait Towers RB.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on March 10, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-03-10. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:12, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Looks good. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:57, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 February 2016

• Special report: WMF in limbo as decision on Tretikov nears

• Op-ed: Backward the Foundation

• Traffic report: Of Dead Pools and Dead Judges

• Blog: Wiki Loves Africa brings the continent’s fashion to the world

• Arbitration report: Arbitration motion regarding CheckUser & Oversight inactivity

• Featured content: This week's featured content

• Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The Signpost: 02 March 2016

• News and notes: Tretikov resigns, WMF in transition

• Featured content: This week's featured content

• Traffic report: Brawling

• Recent research: Wikipedia and paid labour; Swedish gender gap; how verifiable is "verifiable"?

• Blog: Wikimedia Foundation details requests to alter or remove content in new transparency report

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The Signpost: 09 March 2016

• News and notes: Katherine Maher named interim head of WMF; Wales email re-sparks Heilman controversy; draft WMF strategy posted

• In the media: Wikipedian is break-out star of International Women's Day; dinosaur art; Wikipedia's new iOS app and its fight for market share

• Op-ed: A modest proposal for Wikimedia’s future

• Featured content: Five articles, four lists, a topic, and five images were promoted this week.

• Technology report: Wikimedia wikis will temporarily go into read-only mode on several occasions in the coming weeks

• WikiCup report: First round of the WikiCup finishes

• Blog: The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists

• Systemic bias: Revenge of "I can’t believe we didn’t have an article on ..."

• Traffic report: All business like show business

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The Signpost: 16 March 2016

• News and notes: Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia

• In the media: Wales at SXSW; lawsuit over Wikipedia PR editing

• Op-ed: Hard work needed to address Wikimedia’s leadership challenges

• Discussion report: Is an interim WMF executive director inherently notable?

• Featured content: This week's featured content

• Technology report: Watchlists, watchlists, watchlists!

• Traffic report: Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States

• Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #119: The Foundation and the departure of Lila Tretikov

• Blog: It “revolutionized the way German-speaking people inform themselves about the world”: Fifteen years of the German Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 23 March 2016

• Interview: Exclusive: interview with interim ED Katherine Maher

• News and notes: Lila Tretikov a Young Global Leader; Wikipediocracy blog post sparks indefinite blocks

• In the media: Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil

• Traffic report: Be weary on the Ides of March

• Editorial: "God damn it, you've got to be kind."

• Featured content: Watch out! A slave trader, a live mascot and a crested serpent awaits!

• Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel article 3 case amended

• Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #120: Status of Wikimania 2016

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POTD notification (Girl at a Sewing Machine)

POTD

Hi Armbrust,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Edward Hopper - Girl at a Sewing Machine (1921).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on April 15, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-04-15. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:30, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Looks good. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:18, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Chris Kanyon.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Chris Kanyon.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 the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:30, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) FYI, I just put this back to use. De728631 (talk) 18:04, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:18, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 April 2016

• News and notes: Trump/Wales 2016

• In the media: Saskatoon police delete Wikipedia content about police brutality

• WikiProject report: Why should the Devil have all the good music? An interview with WikiProject Christian music

• Traffic report: Donald v Daredevil

• Featured content: A slow, slow week

• Technology report: Browse Wikipedia in safety? Use Telnet!

• Recent research: "Employing Wikipedia for good not evil" in education; using eyetracking to find out how readers read articles

• Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #121: How April Fools went down

• Blog: Growing hashtags: Expanding outreach on Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 14 April 2016

• Op-ed: Should prison inmates be permitted to edit Wikipedia?

• News and notes: Denny Vrandečić resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board

• In the media: Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright case; Tex Watson; AI assistants; David Jolly biography

• Featured content: This week's featured content

• Traffic report: A welcome return to pop culture and death

• Arbitration report: The first case of 2016—Wikicology

• Gallery: A history lesson

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The Signpost: 24 April 2016

• News and notes: Lunar project; steering group formed to search for next executive director

• Op-ed: Knowledge Engine and the Wales–Heilman emails

• Special report: Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot

• Traffic report: Two for the price of one

• Featured content: The double-sized edition

• Arbitration report: Amendments made to the Race and intelligence case

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The Signpost: 2 May 2016

• News and notes: Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky

• In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps

• Traffic report: Purple

• Featured content: The best ... from the past two weeks

• Arbitration report: Two editors unbanned; Wikicology case enters workshop phase; Gamaliel restricted from Gamergate at his own request

• Recent research: The eight roles of Wikipedians; do edit histories expose social relations among editors?

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POTD notification (The Washington Family)

POTD

Hi Armbrust,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Edward Savage - The Washington Family - Google Art Project.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on May 23, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-05-23. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:45, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Looks good. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:40, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Guidance requested

Hi Armbrust. I'm relatively new to Wikipedia and am unclear as to how to get an answer to the question I recently posted twice to your talk page. I don't know why it has just disappeared from your talk page. If you can't assist me with my request, could you please direct me to someone or a link that could assist me in adding the external link to the page. Thank youGaw54 (talk) 19:38, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

I think you should try at either Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard or the articles talk page. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:40, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. That was helpful.Gaw54 (talk) 13:46, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

FC

Hi Armbrust, the current version of FC says "This Signpost "Featured content" report covers material promoted from 1 to 7 April." Presumably, this should be 1 to 7 May (or 1 to 14 May)? Best, Andreas JN466 14:12, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

 Fixed. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:49, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 May 2016

• News and notes: Affiliates' nomination of WMF trustees announced; FDC's straight talking to WMF

• Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil

• In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post

• Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one

• Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs

• Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"

• Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2!

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Malta Cup/European Open

Hi Armbrust, hope you are keeping well. I appreciate you are no longer very active on the snooker articles (and we miss you!) but you were part of the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Snooker/Archive 3#Merge European Open (snooker) and Malta Cup (snooker) articles?, and the issue has come again at Talk:Malta Cup#European Open split, so I would like to know if the existing consensus still has your support. Betty Logan (talk) 21:43, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:59, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Parameter changed

You may have noticed that a number of your userpages are presently in Category:Fix. This is because that category is used temporarily to track deprecated usage of a certain parameter.

On User:Armbrust/Status please replace all 4 instances of | icon_nr = {{{icon_nr|{{{number|0}}}}}} by | sortkey = {{{sortkey|{{{icon_nr|{{{number|0}}}}}}}}} and your pages will disappear from that tracking category and template usage will be optimized. Debresser (talk) 18:32, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

 Already done. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:54, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Rigoletto scene

Just delete that; I'd like to put in more work on the image. I've been slowly working through some of the partially-finished things I have - Johnston was started back in February; Alizard last August, and I found the larger Fleetwood image back in January. It should emerge soon. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:43, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Good luck with that. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:19, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 May 2016

• News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting

• Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director

• In the media: The perils of Wikipedia's monopoly; Wikipedians' fragility; Street Sharks hoax

• Featured content: Eight articles, three lists and five pictures

• Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian

• Arbitration report: Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee

• Recent research: English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies

• Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride

• Blog: Freely licensed magic at Eurovision

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POTD notification (Pembroke College)

POTD

Hi Armbrust,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:UK-2014-Oxford-Pembroke College 04.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on June 19, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-06-19. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:34, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Looks good. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:05, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 June 2016

• News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens

• In the media: Jimmy Wales on net neutrality—"It's complicated"—and his $100m fundraising challenge

• Featured content: Overwhelmed ... by pictures

• Traffic report: Pop goes the culture, again.

• Arbitration report: ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Video Games

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The Signpost: 15 June 2016

• News and notes: Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov

• Special report: Wikiversity Journal—A new user group

• Featured content: From the crème de la crème

• In the media: Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing

• Op-ed: Commons Picture of the Year; Wikidata licensing

• Traffic report: Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle

• Blog: Why I proofread poetry at Wikisource

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hősök tere

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:HUN-2015-Budapest-Heroes’ Square.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:39, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:55, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Userspace categories

I added Category:Wikipedia bot owners to your user page; hope you don't mind. Enterprisey (talk!) _{(formerly APerson)} 01:22, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

@Enterprisey: I have removed it, because User:Armbrust/Userboxes - Wikipedia is already in the category. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:58, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

POTD notification (Wiesener Viadukt)

POTD

Hi Armbrust,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:RhB Ge 4-4 II Wiesener Viadukt.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on July 15, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-07-15. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:59, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Looks good. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:55, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Adform logo update

Hi,
I noticed that you uploaded the Adform company logo here some time ago - Adform, now this company has an updated logo (logo files here), maybe you can update the logo on the company wiki page?
Thanks! NeringaČiukšienė (talk) 11:01, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

 Done. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:01, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 July 2016

• News and notes: Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany

• Op-ed: Two policies in conflict?

• In the media: Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source

• Featured content: Triple fun of featured content

• Traffic report: Goalposts; Oy vexit

• Blog: Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year

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Help for uploading copyrighted files

I want to upload image of a book cover. Its copyrighted. please help to choose me the appropriate licence and adding the description. I was uploading files through Wikimedia Commons wizard. Abhisheks 91 (talk) 03:33, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

@Abhisheks 91: If the file is copyrighted, than it can't be uploaded to Commons. However, under fair use, it can be uploaded locally. You have to use {{Non-free use rationale book cover}} and {{Non-free book cover}}. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:40, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Kadavar-Bandfoto.jpg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Kadavar-Bandfoto.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. -The Herald (Benison) • the joy of the LORDmy strength 12:15, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:40, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

V. S. Naipaul

Hey buddy,
Can you please find which type of copyright is involved in this pic?? Thanks...-The Herald (Benison) • ^{the joy of the LORD}_{my strength} 14:27, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

@The Herald: Sorry for the really late reply. The page contains no indication about the copyright of the file, so it's highly likely copyrighted. As V. S. Naipaul is still alive therefore it can't be uploaded as a non-free file either (per WP:NFCC#1). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:17, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Elsie Leslie by Zaida Ben-Yusuf

Hey, Armbrust, I understand the vote was too late, but could you cross such votes out instead of rolling back? I think it makes a better case for the inevitable renomination. By all means fail the nom, but this is a "did not reach the required quorum in time, situation, not a simple did not reach. =) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:28, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

 Done. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:29, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Just think it makes the second nomination a bit easier. =) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:50, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Verhoeven Open

Hi Armbrust,

ich hätte mal wieder etwas für dich zum Korrekturlesen. Ich habe den Artikel zuerst in den neuen Namensraum verschoben, da die Sang Lee Open seit 2012 offiziell Verhoeven Open heißt. Dann noch ein paar textliche Erweiterungen, Tabellen und den Frauenwettbewerb incl. Referenzen eingefügt. Schau mal bitte durch ob das alles jetzt so stimmig ist.

Dank im Voraus. --LezFraniak (talk) 17:31, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

@LezFraniak:  Erledigt... besser später als nie. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:36, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Genau. Eilt ja auch nicht. Danke. Schönen Sonntag noch. Gruß. --LezFraniak (talk) 08:44, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Elaboration of Brahmaea wallichii

Hi Armbrust, as you requested at Wikipedia's reward board page I worked further on the article of the moth species Brahmaea wallichii, helped by a translated book of David Carter's first edition. The article has not become huge now, but compared with the penultimate version it became at least considerably larger. Regards, Kareldorado (talk) 09:45, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

 Award delivered. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:33, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 July 2016

• News and notes: Board faces diversity and skill-base issues in new FDC appointments

• Discussion report: Busy month for discussions

• In the media: Women in science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased"

• Featured content: A wide variety from the best

• Traffic report: Sports and esports

• Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks

• Recent research: Using deep learning to predict article quality

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ana Santos Aramburo

Am I right in thinking this is passing? Don't want to remove it from the urgents list without checking Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:06, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

IMO it would be better to ask Rainbow Archer to clarify his !vote. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:13, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Signpost draft template

Hi Armbrust, perhaps I need to make the template clearer but the fields in the template for title and blurb should be filled in with the title and blurb, not a yes or a no. This is for the bot to easily read so it can publish easier. Thanks for all you do! Kharkiv07 (T) 23:17, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

@Kharkiv07: I filled the template exactly as you say above. [1] Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:15, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Okay, now I see what you mean. [late reply] Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:39, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 August 2016

• Editorial: Wikipedia policy suppresses sharing of information

• News and notes: Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open

• In the media: Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia as a crystal ball; Librarians to counter systemic bias

• Obituary: Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24

• Traffic report: Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary

• Featured content: Women and Hawaii

• Recent research: Easier navigation via better wikilinks

• Blog: All-new notifications page helps Wikimedians focus on what matters most

• Technology report: User script report (January to July 2016, part 1)

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Eurasian bullfinch

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Bullfinch male.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:37, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Pyrrhula pyrrhula female 2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:37, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Double check this one, will you? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:50, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

It looks everything is just fine. Thank you for closing it. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:58, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Bot Request for CfD

Hello Armbrust, a discussion regarding a new bot task related to WP:CFD is open at: Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SSTbot 2. I thought you may have some insight that could help the discussion. If you are interested, please stop by and comment. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 23:52, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

 Answered there. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:42, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 August 2016

• News and notes: Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses

• Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica

• In the media: The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising

• Featured content: Simply the best ... from the last two weeks

• Traffic report: Olympic views

• Technology report: User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)

• Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case

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POTD notification (Flaming June)

POTD

Hi Armbrust,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Flaming June, by Frederic Lord Leighton (1830-1896).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on September 15, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-09-15. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:30, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Looks good. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:08, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Luidia senegalensis

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Nine-armed Sea Star (Luidia senegalensis) (4338628827).jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Adam Cuerden (talk) 21:17, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:19, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Images on FC/Signpost

Hi Armbrust, I'm enjoying your current draft for the Featured Content section. I just noticed that you do not use the {{signpost filler image}} or {{Signpost brief filler image}} templates, as we do elsewhere in the publication. Is there a reason for this? Seems like an oversight -- happy to make the changes myself, but wanted to check with you first. Pinging Jayen466 as well. -Pete (talk) 23:02, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

I could use it... but only if the width of the image is a parameter too. (The featured content report generali uses 350px for the side images, but this template is set to 300px.) Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:17, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that can be set. The paramater is:

size=350px

Thanks for the quick reply. -Pete (talk) 23:29, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

@Pete It doesn't seem to work, if two or more images are near each other. With signpost filler image and Signpost brief filler image. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:52, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

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Community bans

Questions:

1. Why are community bans not logged at Editing Restrictions?
2. If they are not logged there, where are they logged?
3. What does this mean: "The discussion is then closed, and the sanction should be logged at the appropriate venue if necessary, usually Wikipedia:Editing restrictions or Wikipedia:Long-term abuse." (see WP:CBAN) --Bbb23 (talk) 23:27, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

I don't know why, but WP:RESTRICT clearly says in the lead that "editors who are subject to site bans are listed at Category:Banned Wikipedia users instead". (The key part of that is "if necessary".) Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:57, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

PS.: They were previously logged at Wikipedia:List of banned users, but that page was deleted. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:05, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks much. CBAN ought to be changed.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:24, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia in Esperanto

Dear colleague! I am an administrator of Wikipedia in Esperanto. I have seen your edits in it and your global account information. I want to give to you an autoreview status. Do you agree? Gamliel Fishkin 05:04, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

I don't really need it, as almost all of my edits come from renaming files. However, if you want to grant it to me, than I don't have anything against it. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:20, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

 Done. When you was without this status, we was needing to review your edits. You may know more about Esperanto at www.eszperanto.hu and many other sites. Gamliel Fishkin 11:17, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

POTD notification (The Peasant Wedding)

POTD

Hi Armbrust,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Peasant Wedding - Google Art Project 2.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on October 13, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-10-13. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:06, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Looks good. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:20, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Eurasian blue tit

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Eurasian blue tit Lancashire.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:55, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Had actually been eyeing that one to close: Knew that if I voted, it'd be hard to find someone. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:00, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

That's true. Thank you for closing it. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:32, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

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Canadian medallists

Why didn't you move [2] Canadian medallists to full nomination? Isn't that the standard procedure for nominations with objections? -- 65.94.171.217 (talk) 13:00, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

No, the standard procedure is to remove opposed nominations after seven days of inactivity. I didn't move them to full discussion (like some others), because I'm not convinced they should be renamed. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:54, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/National Library of Greece

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Griechische Nationalbibliothek (Zuschnitt).jpg , gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Godot13 (talk) 21:02, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:33, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Three years ago ...

professional players
... you were recipient no. 624 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:32, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:14, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

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ORCP

Hi, I’ve just been having another look at your entry at WP:ORCP. It may well be time for you to take a serious decision now. Let me know what you think. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:25, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Immaculate Conception (Tiepolo)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:The Immaculate Conception, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Bammesk (talk) 03:57, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

CFD processing

Hi Armbrust, as there is no response at User talk:Cyde I assume that Cyde may be on holiday. Please would you be so good as to activate ArmbrustBot to process WP:CFDW while Cydebot is not doing so? – Fayenatic London 21:07, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

 Done for now. Will check the page after work again. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:32, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

@Fayenatic london:  Done, except Category:Mes Kerman F.C. and it's subcategories (these were not tagged). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:04, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks – good catch. I checked most but must have overlooked those. I've now tagged and relisted them. – Fayenatic London 09:00, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

EDIT: User:NOD32user/Userboxes/git has been changed by Armbrust

Good afternoon,

You (or a bot) have recently edited a userbox. Whilst I can see viewing history that this is an edit as per WP:CFDS the edit was partial, leaving the category link in the userbox to a moved page. I have corrected this edit. User:NOD32user/Userboxes/git

It is strongly suggested that these category edits be maintained for consistency across all categories, such as User:php which is now inconsistent. Example: Category user page (php) could be moved to new 'Wikipedians who use php' style of user category page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:User_php

Please raise for discussion, Unless Wikipedia is intending to move all User Category user pages to be consistent with the new model, please revert the category page and all associated changes. Feel free then to bring all userboxes into a consistent form. My appreciation.

Kind regard,

KING (talk) 03:21, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Please note: The edited userbox is the published version here, Wikipedia:Userboxes/Programming#Other

The category was listed on WP:CFDS on 05:42, 16 November 2016 with the following rationale: "C2C in line with rest of Category:Wikipedians by software, also a reverse C2D in that it clashes with an ISO 639 code, albeit for the obscure Gitxsan language". After nobody opposed it for more than 48 hours the category was processed in this edit, listed at WP:CFDW and then renamed. Also Category:User php isn't part of the Category:Wikipedians by software tree, but that of Category:Wikipedians by programming language. (The subcategories of these two use different formatting. "Wikipedians who use XXXX" for software and "User XXXX" for programming language.) Armbrust ^{The Homunculus}

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POTD notification (Thor)

POTD

Hi Armbrust,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Mårten Eskil Winge - Tor's Fight with the Giants - Google Art Project.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on December 22, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-12-22. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:14, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Looks good. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:25, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Mosconi Cup updates

I see that you have deleted my results updates on the Mosconi 2016. I realize they should not be on the main page, but currently there is no separate page on the Mosconi 2016, so I have no way to update it there and must do it on the main page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.129.198.106 (talk) 18:22, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Just because there is no seperate article for the 2016 event, doesn't mean its results should be added to the Mosconi Cup article. That's an overview article about all tournament's, and it only needs the final result. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:41, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chapel Royal, Dublin

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Chapel Royal 360x180, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland - Diliff.jpg , gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Godot13 (talk) 23:01, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:05, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

FPC

Somewhat frustrating that File:Henday Yellowhead 2.jpg is not promoted (with zero opposes) simply because not enough people are active at FPC. Is there a waiting period before re-nomination? -- Acefitt 00:00, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

There is no waiting period. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:40, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Henday FP

Just asking: What constitutes a quorum? This nom. was favored 4 1/2 to 0. Sca (talk) 22:29, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

A nomination needs 5 supports to reach the quorum. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:37, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

OK. Hmmmm. Seems somewhat counter-intuitive in this instance. Cheers! Sca (talk) 23:20, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Withdrawing speedy... could you help on moving to full?

I'm withdrawing the speedy CFR you objected to, but need help moving it to full. I gave the rationale for changing to a more accurate article and category title below your comment on the CFD page. — Dale Arnett (talk) 02:52, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

@Dale Arnett: See WP:CFD#HOWTO for that. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:33, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

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Holiday card

Wishing you a Charlie Russell Christmas, Armbrust!

"Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end And sickness nor sorrow don't find you." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926. Montanabw(talk) 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:50, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Greetings

Happy Holidays and New Year. Bammesk (talk) 19:53, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:50, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost barnstar

		The Signpost Barnstar
		Thank you for your service to the community at the Signpost. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! --Pine✉ 23:23, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:50, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry, merry!

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:11, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Language tagging on Signpost

Hey, I saw you reverted my language tagging on your Signpost Featured content piece. I'll leave it as-is, because it feels very rude to roll back the article creator, but I was wondering what your rationale was for the reversion. :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 09:42, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Because, IMO, they are unnecessary. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:58, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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