User talk:Bearian/ArchivesSeptToNov2012

The Signpost: 03 September 2012

• News and notes: World's largest photo competition kicks off; WMF legal fees proposal

• Technology report: Time for a MediaWiki Foundation?

• Featured content: Wikipedia's Seven Days of Terror

• Op-ed: Dispute resolution – where we're at, what we're doing well, and what needs fixing

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The Signpost: 10 September 2012

• From the editor: Signpost adapts as news consumption changes

• Op-ed: Fixing Wikipedia's help pages one key to editor retention

• In the media: Author criticizes Wikipedia article; Wales attacks UK government proposal

• Featured content: Not a "Gangsta's Paradise", but still rappin'

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Fungi

• Special report: Two Wikipedians set to face jury trial

• News and notes: Researchers find that Simple English Wikipedia has "lost its focus"

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• Discussion report: Closing Wikiquette; Image Filter; Education Program and Momento extensions

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The Signpost: 17 September 2012

• From the editor: Signpost expands to Facebook

• WikiProject report: Action! — The Indian Cinema Task Force

• Featured content: Go into the light

• News and notes: Tens of thousands of monuments loved; members of new funding body announced

• Technology report: Future-proofing: HTML5 and IPv6

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Your Warning to Me

You posted a final warning on my talk page, linking to vandalism. However, WP:VAN states that "Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. Examples of typical vandalism are adding irrelevant obscenities and crude humor to a page, illegitimately blanking pages, and inserting obvious nonsense into a page." I have done none of these things. I added information from a developing scandal, clearly stating that it was not a scandal. Another user removed it, contacted me with an explanation of why my source was insufficient. I did some further research, found a higher quality source, and readded the information with a qualified source. The information was accepted by another editor and changed, and then removed by another editor. I am currently participating in a discussion on that talk page. I fail to understand my warning. Perpetualization (talk) 16:54, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 September 2012

• In the media: Editor's response to Roth draws internet attention

• Recent research: "Rise and decline" of Wikipedia participation, new literature overviews, a look back at WikiSym 2012

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• News and notes: UK chapter rocked by Gibraltar scandal

• Technology report: Signpost investigation: code review times

• Featured content: Dead as...

• Discussion report: Image filter; HotCat; Syntax highlighting; and more

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Request for deletion

I want to remove the following page because this article is about me and wish to have it off of wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tania_Brüchmann_Escoria 196.215.90.83 (talk) 13:17, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 October 2012

• Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Founder: Jimmy Wales

• News and notes: Independent review of UK chapter governance; editor files motion against Wikitravel owners

• Featured content: Mooned

• Technology report: WMF and the German chapter face up to Toolserver uncertainty

• WikiProject report: The Name's Bond... WikiProject James Bond

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You're invited: Ada Lovelace, STEM women edit-a-thon at Harvard

U.S. Ada Lovelace Day 2012 edit-a-thon, Harvard University - You are invited!

Now in its fourth year, Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Participants from around New England are invited to gather together at Harvard Law School to edit and create Wikipedia entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields. Register to attend or sign up to participate remotely - visit this page to do either. 00:09, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 October 2012

• News and notes: Education Program faces community resistance

• WikiProject report: Ten years and one million articles: WikiProject Biography

• Featured content: A dash of Arsenikk

• Technology report: The ups and downs of September and October, plus extension code review analysis

• Discussion report: Closing RfAs: Stewards or Bureaucrats?; Redesign of Help:Contents

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The Signpost: 15 October 2012

• Op-ed: AdminCom: A proposal for changing the way we select admins

• In the media: Wikipedia's language nerds hit the front page

• Featured content: Second star to the left

• News and notes: Chapters ask for big bucks

• Technology report: Wikidata is a go: well, almost

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Chemicals

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 20:30, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Cloherty

Thank you - very nice of you. That one was a shocker - am really glad the subject took that to OTRS so we could fix it. I'm not sure whether someone was trying to create a quasi-attack-page and fell short or if they just made a WP:WEIGHT mistake, but the final result was really inappropriate. If it goes, it goes. But if it stays, it will stay in my watch-list so I can keep an eye on it to make sure that sort of thing doesn't creep back in. Cheers, Stalwart111 (talk) 22:39, 16 October 2012 (UTC).

Non-English sourcing

I just wanted to let you know about the discussion here. -- Scray (talk) 21:25, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

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Please help improve Comparison of United States presidential candidates, 2012

No, thanks. Bearian (talk) 21:20, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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The Signpost: 22 October 2012

• Special report: Examining adminship from the German perspective

• Arbitration report: Malleus Fatuorum accused of circumventing topic ban; motion to change "net four votes" rule

• Technology report: Wikivoyage migration: technical strategy announced

• Discussion report: Good articles on the main page?; reforming dispute resolution

• News and notes: Wikimedians get serious about women in science

• WikiProject report: Where in the world is Wikipedia?

• Featured content: Is RfA Kafkaesque?

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The Signpost: 29 October 2012

• News and notes: First chickens come home to roost for FDC funding applicants; WMF board discusses governance issues and scope of programs

• WikiProject report: In recognition of... WikiProject Military History

• Technology report: Improved video support imminent and Wikidata.org live

• Featured content: On the road again

• Recent research: WP governance informal; community as social network; efficiency of recruitment and content production; Rorschach news

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New article: Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

• Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

New article, created, at Freedom for the Thought That We Hate. Additional assistance in research would be appreciated, feel free to help out at the article's talk page. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 08:09, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for November 6

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The Signpost: 05 November 2012

• Op-ed: 2012 WikiCup comes to an end

• News and notes: Wikimedian photographic talent on display in national submissions to Wiki Loves Monuments

• In the media: Was climate change a factor in Hurricane Sandy?

• Discussion report: Protected Page Editor right; Gibraltar hooks

• Featured content: Jack-O'-Lanterns and Toads

• Technology report: Hue, Sqoop, Oozie, Zookeeper, Hive, Pig and Kafka

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Are you on the mend...

You mentioned a car accident. And I hope you are on the mend. Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 03:30, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Actually, I tripped over a bicycle on Martha's Vineyard and broke a big toe bone. I am on the mend. Bearian (talk) 20:18, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

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AfD

Hi there! Just wanted to point out that you actually !voted twice on this AfD :) Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 13, 2012; 21:36 (UTC)

Thanks, I forgot to strike out the first one. Bearian (talk) 21:43, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 November 2012

• News and notes: Court ruling complicates the paid-editing debate

• Featured content: The table has turned

• Technology report: MediaWiki 1.20 and the prospects for getting 1.21 code reviewed promptly

• WikiProject report: Land of parrots, palm trees, and the Holy Cross: WikiProject Brazil

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Thank you

Thanks for the barnstar! It was a pleasant surprise, and I really appreciated it. Cheers, --xanchester (t) 17:57, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 19 November 2012

• News and notes: FDC's financial muscle kicks in

• WikiProject report: No teenagers, mutants, or ninjas: WikiProject Turtles

• Technology report: Structural reorganisation "not a done deal"

• Featured content: Wikipedia hit by the Streisand effect

• Discussion report: GOOG, MSFT, WMT: the ticker symbol placement question

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FORK

Hello Bearian! I saw at a recent AfD that you linked to WP:FORK page, which is about "Mirrors and forks", while it seems from your !vote that you wanted to link to WP:CONTENTFORK. Its the second time you did this in an AfD discussion so thought to let you know, as it may misguide new editors. Regards --SMS ^Talk 20:29, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Oh, thanks, sorry about that. Bearian (talk) 19:16, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Peking Duck

Your semi protect of Peking Duck looks weird to me. Only one edit in the last month, which I reverted. I really don't care, but mentioning it to you in case the protect is not what you really wanted to do. Darrell_Greenwood (talk) 19:55, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it was intentional, and yes, I am a bit weird. I looked at several edits over the past few months, and they seem to be getting more common, especially as we approach the season when people eat more Peking duck. To be honest, I was surprised that it hadn't been protected in 2011, when there was an earlier spate of IP vandalism and/or unhelpful edits and/or trivia farming. My action also alerts me and other sysops to protect it for longer times in the future. I am not the sort or admin who sits back and waits for more of this; I like to be proactive. See also Wikipedia:Page_protection#Semi-protection. Bearian (talk) 20:02, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 November 2012

• News and notes: Toolserver finance remains uncertain

• Recent research: Movie success predictions, readability, credentials and authority, geographical comparisons

• Featured content: Panoramic views, history, and a celestial constellation

• Technology report: Wikidata reaches 100,000 entries

• WikiProject report: Directing Discussion: WikiProject Deletion Sorting

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Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC this Saturday Dec 1

Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC

You are invited to Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and workshops focused on film and the performing arts that will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center), as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events being held across the USA.

All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and at meetup.com!--Pharos (talk) 06:53, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

WP:Anglican navbox colour discussion

Hullo, fellow WikiProject-er. We're having a discussion about the colours of Anglicanism navboxes. Please do come along and weigh in. DBD 17:44, 30 November 2012 (UTC)