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The Signpost: 24 October 2011
- From the editors: A call for contributors
- Opinion essay: There is a deadline
- Interview: Contracting for the Foundation
- WikiProject report: Great WikiProject Logos
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case
- Technology report: WMF launches coding challenge, WMDE starts hiring for major new project
The Signpost: 31 October 2011
- Opinion essay: The monster under the rug
- Recent research: WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified
- News and notes: German Wikipedia continues image filter protest
- Discussion report: Proposal to return this section from hiatus is successful
- WikiProject report: 'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion case stalls, request for clarification on Δ, discretionary sanctions streamlined
- Technology report: Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked
LU proposal diagrams
Hi, how would you like to redraw File:Central Line extention to Uxbridge.png to be more similar to the partial diagrams at Category:Disused London Underground station maps? McDRye (talk · contribs), who drew most of those, hasn't been around for over a year. I suggest the following:
- draw the Central Line junction as a curve, not a 90° butt joint
- draw the horizontal Central line running beneath the Piccadilly, instead of above the Metropolitan, so that the abovementioned curve is in clear space
- eliminate the the thin white lines where the Central crosses the Met/Picc - these are present on the current Underground diagram, but only at that point and one other (where the Bakerloo crosses the Met at Kenton): most other line crossings don't show these white lines
- fix the spelling error in the filename ("extention" should be "extension")
--Redrose64 (talk) 18:44, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
- I can do this, but it won't be until the end of the month as I'm busy in the real world at the moment.--DavidCane (talk) 09:12, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 7 November2011
- Special report: A post-mortem on the Indian Education Program pilot
- Discussion report: Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC
- WikiProject report: Booting up with WikiProject Computer Science
- Featured content: Slow week for Featured content
- Arbitration report: Δ saga returns to arbitration, while the Abortion case stalls for another week
The Signpost: 14 November 2011
- News and notes: ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released
- WikiProject report: Having a Conference with WikiProject India
- Arbitration report: Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding
The Signpost: 21 November 2011
- Discussion report: Much ado about censorship
- WikiProject report: Working on a term paper with WikiProject Academic Journals
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: End in sight for Abortion case, nominations in 2011 elections
- Technology report: Mumbai and Brighton hacked; horizontal lists have got class
The Signpost: 28 November 2011
- News and notes: Arb's resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar
- In the news: The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars
- Recent research: Quantifying quality collaboration patterns, systemic bias, POV pushing, the impact of news events, and editors' reputation
- WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Bugle
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Valid use of alternative account?
This is a courtesy notification as I believe you are peripherally involved in the following AN/I thread.
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at WP:ANI regarding Valid use of alternative account?. The thread is "Is Sleuth21 using an alternate account properly?".The discussion is about the topic User talk:Iridescent. Thank you. --Senra (Talk) 14:14, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) The discussion isn't on ANI - it's on AN, at WP:AN#Is Sleuth21 using an alternate account properly? --Redrose64 (talk) 15:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 December 2011
- News and notes: Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins
- In the news: A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge
- Discussion report: Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship
- WikiProject report: This article is about WikiProject Disambiguation. For other uses...
- Featured content: This week's Signpost is for the birds!
The Signpost: 12 December 2011
- Opinion essay: Wikipedia in Academe – and vice versa
- News and notes: Research project banner ads run afoul of community
- In the news: Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed
- WikiProject report: Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia
- Featured content: Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and Entombment
The Signpost: 19 December 2011
- News and notes: Anti-piracy act has Wikimedians on the defensive, WMF annual report released, and Indic language dynamics
- In the news: To save the wiki: strike first, then makeover?
- Discussion report: Polls, templates, and other December discussions
- WikiProject report: A dalliance with the dismal scientists of WikiProject Economics
- Featured content: Panoramas with Farwestern and a good week for featured content
- Arbitration report: The community elects eight arbitrators
The Signpost: 26 December 2011
- Recent research: Psychiatrists: Wikipedia better than Britannica; spell-checking Wikipedia; Wikipedians smart but fun; structured biological data
- News and notes: Fundraiser passes 2010 watermark, brief news
- WikiProject report: The Tree of Life
- Arbitration report: Three open cases, one set for acceptance, arbitrators formally appointed by Jimmy Wales
- Technology report: Wikimedia in Go Daddy boycott, and why you should 'Join the Swarm'
DYK for St Mary's Church, Lenham
 | On 2 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Mary's Church, Lenham, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that St Mary's Church, Lenham has a wall painting of St Michael weighing souls that is dated to about 1350? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St Mary's Church, Lenham.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:32, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 02 January 2012
- Interview: The Gardner interview
- News and notes: Things bubbling along as Wikimedians enjoy their holidays
- WikiProject report: Where are they now? Part III
- Featured content: Ghosts of featured content past, present, and future
- Arbitration report: New case accepted, four open cases, terms begin for new arbitrators
NEB and CRL
In some ways they do apply. However that list deals with historical stations that were never built or opened and anbandoned whilst these are currently proposed and approved. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 22:14, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 09 January 2012
- Technological roadmap: 2011's technological achievements in review, and what 2012 may hold
- News and notes: Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang
- WikiProject report: From Traditional to Experimental: WikiProject Jazz
- Featured content: Contentious FAC debate: a week in review
- Arbitration report: Four open cases, proposed decision in Betacommand 3
This year's first Metropolitan
Just to say Issue 37 is now available. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 15:46, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Watford Hospital station
The CRL website as well as a couple of news sources call it both names. I think we will have to watch this space on the final outcome. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 22:04, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 January 2012
- Special report: English Wikipedia to go dark on January 18
- Sister projects: What are our sisters up to now?
- News and notes: WMF on the looming SOPA blackout, Wikipedia turns 11, and Commons passes 12 million files
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- Featured content: Lecen on systemic bias in featured content
- Arbitration report: Four open cases, Betacommand case deadlocked, Muhammad images close near
DYK for St Martin of Tours Church, Detling
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The Signpost: 23 January 2012
- News and notes: SOPA blackout, Orange partnership
- WikiProject report: The Golden Horseshoe: WikiProject Toronto
- Featured content: Interview with Muhammad Mahdi Karim and the best of the week
- Arbitration report: Four open cases, proposed decision in Muhammad images, AUSC call for applications
- Technology report: Looking ahead to MediaWiki 1.19 and related issues
The Signpost: 30 January 2012
- In the news: Zambian wiki-assassins, Foundation über alles, editor engagement and the innovation plateau
- Recent research: Language analyses examine power structure and political slant; Wikipedia compared to commercial databases
- WikiProject report: Digging Up WikiProject Palaeontology
- Featured content: Featured content soaring this week
- Arbitration report: Five open cases, voting on proposed decisions in two cases
- Technology report: Why "Lua" is on everybody's lips, and when to expect MediaWiki 1.19
Metro
Issue 38 is now available. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 22:50, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 06 February 2012
- News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors
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- Discussion report: Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts
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The Signpost: 13 February 2012
- Special report: Fundraising proposals spark a furore among the chapters
- News and notes: Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Stub Sorting
- Featured content: The best of the week
DYK for List of Scheduled Monuments in Maidstone
| | On 15 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Scheduled Monuments in Maidstone, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the remains of moats, mottes and a moot are among the 27 scheduled monuments in Maidstone, England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Scheduled Monuments in Maidstone.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:09, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 20 February 2012
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- WikiProject report: WikiProject Poland
- Featured content: The best of the week
March Metro
I want to try and commit myself to getting out the metros on time. I will not be able to do the March edition however. Could I ask you to do it? Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 23:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 February 2012
- News and notes: Finance meeting fallout, Gardner recommendations forthcoming
- Recent research: Gender gap and conflict aversion; collaboration on breaking news; effects of leadership on participation; legacy of Public Policy Initiative
- Discussion report: Focus on admin conduct and editor retention
- WikiProject report: Just don't call it "sci-fi": WikiProject Science Fiction
- Arbitration report: Final decision in TimidGuy ban appeal, one case remains open
- Technology report: 1.19 deployment stress, Meta debates whether to enforce SUL
Baker Street and Waterloo Railway alternative blurb image
I've come up with another alternative image for the blurb - see no. 7 at User:DavidCane/sandbox2. I rather like it, actually. What do you think? Prioryman (talk) 23:23, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
- Very nice. I'd be happy with that as long as it is accepted for use on the main page, by the image checkers. What efforts have you made to confirm that the artist is truly unknown?
- You might want to add some comments in the TFA request regarding the copyright status of the images you've added to the article. I seem to remember that the picture of the jetty was taken out during the FAC because I couldn't demonstrate for certain that the photographer was unknown or, if known, dead long enough ago for the image to be out of copyright.
- A link to the The Graphic in the captions in the article and in the image details might be appropriate.
- --DavidCane (talk) 00:35, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
- OK, I've taken out the pier image in that case. I've dug up the original hard copy of The Graphic from which the two images are taken; no artist is credited and they appear to have been drawn by a staff artist rather than one of the "guest" artists whom The Graphic regularly commissioned. There's no way of telling who that might have been and the publication itself is long extinct (having ceased publication way back in 1934). 00:43, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
- That's probably all that's needed, if you put it in the information on the image pages.--DavidCane (talk) 00:48, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
- OK, I've taken out the pier image in that case. I've dug up the original hard copy of The Graphic from which the two images are taken; no artist is credited and they appear to have been drawn by a staff artist rather than one of the "guest" artists whom The Graphic regularly commissioned. There's no way of telling who that might have been and the publication itself is long extinct (having ceased publication way back in 1934). 00:43, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 March 2012
- News and notes: Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history
- In the news: Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing
- Discussion report: COI and NOTCENSORED: policies under discussion
- WikiProject report: We don't bite: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
- Featured content: Best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open
Assessment of Bow Back Rivers
Thanks for the comment about Bow Back Rivers after your assessment. I wondered if you had any further comments as to areas that might need attention before submitting it to GAR. I'm going to get someone completely independent to read it, as I find that often gives lots of clues as to what is not clear to the average reader, but any other suggestions would be gratefully accepted. Bob1960evens (talk) 23:04, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
- I'll give it a detailed read over the weekend and let you have any thoughts.--DavidCane (talk) 23:21, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. Much appreciated. Bob1960evens (talk) 10:09, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- I have had a go at addressing the issues raised, and have marked up the Comments prior to GAN page. I'm just not terribly convinced about maps though, for reasons explained. Regards. Bob1960evens (talk) 16:15, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks again for your assessment, as it made the actual GAR really easy, since most of the problems had been visibly addresses before the review started. It passed. Bob1960evens (talk) 07:44, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
- Glad to have been of help. It's nice to have a waterways article to add to the lists of GAs for WikiProject London Transport and WikiProject London. Are you planning anything else in the London area?--DavidCane (talk) 11:00, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks again for your assessment, as it made the actual GAR really easy, since most of the problems had been visibly addresses before the review started. It passed. Bob1960evens (talk) 07:44, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
- I have had a go at addressing the issues raised, and have marked up the Comments prior to GAN page. I'm just not terribly convinced about maps though, for reasons explained. Regards. Bob1960evens (talk) 16:15, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. Much appreciated. Bob1960evens (talk) 10:09, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Main page appearance: Baker Street and Waterloo Railway
This is a note to let the main editors of Baker Street and Waterloo Railway know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on March 10, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 10, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:
The Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) was a British railway company established in 1893 that bored an underground "tube" railway deep below the streets of London. Construction began in 1898, but was delayed by funding problems that included the collapse of its parent company through the massive fraud of its main shareholder Whitaker Wright. In 1902, the BS&WR came under the control of American financier Charles Yerkes who quickly raised the funds to enable the line to be completed. When opened on 10 March 1906, the BS&WR's line served nine stations and ran completely underground in a pair of tunnels for 5.81 kilometres (3.61 mi) between Baker Street and its southern terminus at Elephant and Castle. Extensions took the northern end of the line to the Great Western Railway's Paddington terminus by 1913 and to Watford by 1917, with services covering a total distance of 33.34 kilometres (20.72 mi). In 1933, the B&SWR and its parent company, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, were taken into public ownership and, today, the railway's tunnels and stations form the London Underground's Bakerloo line. (more...)
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The Signpost: 12 March 2012
- Interview: Liaising with the Education Program
- Women and Wikipedia: Women's history, what we're missing, and why it matters
- Arbitration analysis: A look at new arbitrators
- Discussion report: Nothing changes as long discussions continue
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Women's History
- Featured content: Extinct humans, birds, and Birdman
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision in 'Article titles', only one open case
- Education report: Diverse approaches to Wikipedia in Education
The Signpost: 19 March 2012
- News and notes: Chapters Council proposals take form as research applications invited for Wikipedia Academy and HighBeam accounts
- Discussion report: Article Rescue Squadron in need of rescue yet again
- WikiProject report: Lessons from another Wikipedia: Czech WikiProject Protected Areas
- Featured content: Featured content on the upswing!
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence 'review' opened, Article titles at voting
Metro Feedback
Sorry I didn't get back to you. Thanks for covering the previous edition.
With each new year comes a new design. On the plus sides it takes out some of the repeititiveness with article assessments and that. Also looks simpler.
However, I think acknowledgements of new people, requests and other-project related comments should still be kept in. These can easily be fixed however. I wonder how we can go back to that practice before of encoraging other people to have a go at designing the newsletter.
Thanks again for covering the March edition on short-notice. Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 00:06, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
- I took out the new people, requests and other comments sections only temporarily. There weren't any new people this month to report on (although a new one arrived the following day), the request section and comments section were both out of date.--DavidCane (talk) 00:46, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
- Fair enough on the latter and the former were added back. The April edition is now available. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:19, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 26 March 2012
- News and notes: Controversial content saga continues, while the Foundation tries to engage editors with merchandising and restructuring
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Rock Music
- Featured content: Malfunctioning sharks, toothcombs and a famous mother: featured content for the week
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review at evidence, article titles closed
- Recent research: Predicting admin elections; studying flagged revision debates; classifying editor interactions; and collecting the Wikipedia literature
- Education report: Universities unite for GLAM; and High Schools get their due.
The Signpost: 02 April 2012
- Interview: An introduction to movement roles
- Arbitration analysis: Case review: TimidGuy ban appeal
- News and notes: Berlin reforms to movement structures, Wikidata launches with fanfare, and Wikipedia's day of mischief
- WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Signpost
- Featured content: Snakes, misnamed chapels, and emptiness: featured content this week
- Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review in third week, one open case
The Signpost: 09 April 2012
- News and notes: Projects launched in Brazil and the Middle East as advisors sought for funds committee
- WikiProject report: The Land of Steady Habits: WikiProject Connecticut
- Featured content: Assassination, genocide, internment, murder, and crucifixion: the bloodiest of the week
- Arbitration report: Arbitration evidence-limit motions, two open cases
The Signpost: 16 April 2012
- Arbitration analysis: Inside the Arbitration Committee Mailing List
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Facilitator: Silver seren
- Discussion report: The future of pending changes
- WikiProject report: The Butterflies and Moths of WikiProject Lepidoptera
- Featured content: A few good sports: association football, rugby league, and the Olympics vie for medals
Main Page appearance
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of the article List of London Underground stations know that it will be appearing as the main page featured list on April 30, 2012. You can view the TFL blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured list/April 30, 2012. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured list directors The Rambling Man (talk · contribs), Dabomb87 (talk · contribs) or Giants2008 (talk · contribs), or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured list. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch.™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 16:21, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
There are 270 Underground stations composing 11 lines in the London Underground, a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and adjacent districts of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Its first section opened in 1863, making it the oldest underground metro system in the world. The system operates below ground in central London but generally runs on the surface in the outlying suburbs. Approximately 55 per cent of its routes are above ground. The system is operated by Transport for London (TfL). Most of the system is north of the River Thames with stations in the City of London or one of twenty-seven London boroughs. Stations at the north-eastern end of the Central line are in the Epping Forest district of Essex and at the north-western end of the Metropolitan line are in the Three Rivers and Watford districts of Hertfordshire and the Chiltern district of Buckinghamshire. more
The Signpost: 23 April 2012
- Investigative report: Spin doctors spin Jimmy's "bright line"
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- Featured content: A mirror (or seventeen) on this week's featured content
- Arbitration report: Evidence submissions close in Rich Farmbrough case, vote on proposed decision in R&I Review
- Technology report: Wikimedia Labs: soon to be at the cutting edge of MediaWiki development?
The Signpost: 30 April 2012
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Consultant: Pete Forsyth
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- Featured content: Featured content spreads its wings
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The Signpost: 07 May 2012
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Communicator: Phil Gomes
- News and notes: Hong Kong to host Wikimania 2013
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- Featured content: This week at featured content: How much wood would a Wood Duck chuck if a Wood Duck could chuck wood?
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- Technology report: Search gets faster, GSoC gets more detail and 1.20wmf2 gets deployed
Thanks for your help on my tube map project. I will get in touch with Ryan (McDRye), but since he has not responded to many of his recent messages, I'm not sure if he will respond. If you have any contact information of his, that would be a great help. Thanks again.
Vishnu
The Signpost: 14 May 2012
- WikiProject report: Welcome to Wikipedia with a cup of tea and all your questions answered - at the Teahouse
- Featured content: Featured content is red hot this week
- Arbitration report: R&I Review closed, Rich Farmbrough near closure
The Signpost: 21 May 2012
- From the editor: New editor-in-chief
- WikiProject report: Trouble in a Galaxy Far, Far Away....
- Featured content: Lemurbaby moves it with Madagascar: Featured content for the week
- Arbitration report: No open arbitration cases pending
- Technology report: On the indestructibility of Wikimedia content
The Signpost: 28 May 2012
- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation endorses open-access petition to the White House; pending changes RfC ends
- Recent research: Supporting interlanguage collaboration; detecting reverts; Wikipedia's discourse, semantic and leadership networks, and Google's Knowledge Graph
- WikiProject report: Experts and enthusiasts at WikiProject Geology
- Featured content: Featured content cuts the cheese
- Arbitration report: Fæ and GoodDay requests for arbitration, changes to evidence word limits
- Technology report: Developer divide wrangles; plus Wikimedia Zero, MediaWiki 1.20wmf4, and IPv6
The Signpost: 04 June 2012
- Special report: WikiWomenCamp: From women, for women
- Discussion report: Watching Wikipedia change
- WikiProject report: Views of WikiProject Visual Arts
- Featured content: On the lochs
- Arbitration report: Two motions for procedural reform, three open cases, Rich Farmbrough risks block and ban
- Technology report: Report from the Berlin Hackathon
Definitely not a "Start Class" article. It is well written and provides all the info one could reasonably want, with the exception of a list of the 1,000 craft. Many of the major craft are linked to articles. A list may follow. Would you mind reassessing it, please? Amandajm (talk) 04:01, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 11 June 2012
- News and notes: Foundation finance reformers wrestle with CoI
- WikiProject report: Counter-Vandalism Unit
- Featured content: The cake is a pi
- Arbitration report: Procedural reform enacted, Rich Farmbrough blocked, three open cases
The Signpost: 18 June 2012
- Investigative report: Is the requests for adminship process 'broken'?
- News and notes: Ground shifts while chapters dither over new Association
- Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
- WikiProject report: The Punks of Wikipedia
- Featured content: Taken with a pinch of "salt"
- Arbitration report: Three open cases, GoodDay case closed
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 25 June 2012
- WikiProject report: Summer Sports Series: WikiProject Athletics
- Featured content: A good week for the Williams
- Arbitration report: Three open cases
- Technology report: Second Visual Editor prototype launches
Hi, just to let you know that I've just listed this article for FAC after a brief run-through after I returned from a period away. Edgepedia (talk) 21:34, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 02 July 2012
- Analysis: Uncovering scientific plagiarism
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- Featured content: Heads up
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- Technology report: Initialisms abound: QA and HTML5
The Signpost: 09 July 2012
- Special report: Reforming the education programs: lessons from Cairo
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- Featured content: Keeps on chuggin'
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The Signpost: 16 July 2012
- Special report: Chapters Association mired in controversy over new chair
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- Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations
- Featured content: Taking flight
- Technology report: Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June
- Arbitration report: Fæ faces site-ban, proposed decisions posted
The Signpost: 23 July 2012
- Paid editing: Does Wikipedia pay? The skeptic: Orange Mike
- From the editor: Signpost developments
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- Arbitration report: Fæ and Michaeldsuarez banned; Kwamikagami desysopped; Falun Gong closes with mandated external reviews and topic bans
- Featured content: When is an island not an island?
- Technology report: Translating SVGs and making history bugs history
The Signpost: 30 July 2012
- News and notes: Wikimedians and London 2012; WMF budget – staffing, engineering, editor retention effort, and the global South; Telegraph's cheap shot at WP
- WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Horse Racing
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- I addressed the concern. TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 02:59, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
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Milgate House, Thurnham and Wormshill
Hi David, I noticed your article on Milgate House and wondered if you might possibly be interested in a similar project. I have curated Wormshill for some years and, despite being a very small village, managed to get it to FA back in 2008. I would love to add some more detail to it but my research skills and access to resources is limited and I have pretty much exhausted those avenues open to me. However, if you do fancy a new project (and I notice you, like me, have ties to the area), it would be great if you might look at Wormshill Manor House (a.k.a Court Farm). Much of the village's history is tied to the manor and a bit of flavour around that would be brilliant. Helpfully Michael Nightingale who used to live there (and whose family still owns it) was a passionate historian and so I suspect there may be rich pickings if you know where to look! Not to worry if not, and keep up the great work on Wiki Dick G (talk) 10:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
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Notification of FAC review and request
Hi DavidCane, thanks for all your hard work on London topics on WP. I've recently reviewed your Frank Pick article at FAC and look forward to helping see it through the process with you.
I'd like to ask you a favor as well. Since we both have biographies at FAC, would you be willing to do a review of my Eusèbe Jaojoby article? He's the most popular musician in Madagascar (there are a couple of nice audio clips to listen to while reviewing!) and if this passes it will be the first Malagasy musician article to reach FA. Cheers, Lemurbaby (talk) 07:50, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
- I'll have a look--DavidCane (talk) 17:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
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