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Give me code to make Database. Koqkpa (talk) 08:40, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

@Koqkpa, I'm not quite sure I understand. Could you please elaborate? Thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 08:42, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

A Code that is used to use in Source Editing Koqkpa (talk) 08:43, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Editing Wikipedia? 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 08:44, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

A code that is used in source editing any code. Koqkpa (talk) 08:45, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Hiya @Koqkpa! I recommend Visual Studio Code for editing MediaWiki and Wikimedia-related projects; see this page for more feedback. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 13:02, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Ok Koqkpa (talk) 14:13, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

How do i upload videos into Wikipedia? Koqkpa (talk) 03:36, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Hey @Koqkpa! You can upload a file here. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 03:42, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

I made something

{{Venus_(Telescope_photo_and_painted_surface).png}} Koqkpa (talk) 03:48, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

How do I add a picture in source editing Koqkpa (talk) 03:49, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

@Koqkpa, hello! You can use this code to add a thumbnail of an image: [[File:Venus (Telescope photo and painted surface).png|thumb|Venus (Telescope photo and painted surface)]] 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 04:07, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

[[File:Venus(Telescope photo and

painted surface).png|thumb|Venus (Telescope Photo and Painted Surface)]] Koqkpa (talk) 04:49, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

I'll try later Koqkpa (talk) 04:49, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Who knows why my autocorrect is bad Koqkpa (talk) 05:02, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

I made it I think i done the picture

Venus (Telescope photo and painted surface)

Koqkpa (talk) 12:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Yay I did it Koqkpa (talk) 12:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

@Koqkpa, awesome! Glad to see that you’re learning the ropes :) 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 13:32, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

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Question from Koqkpa (15:10, 5 May 2022)

Everyone hates me... --Koqkpa (talk) 15:10, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2022)

Soil profile: Darkened topsoil and reddish subsoil layers are typical of humid subtropical climate regions. Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Soil Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Food court • Mountain pass Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 9 May 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2022)

A 500 dollar cheque of the Lithuanian Trade and Industry Bank with Vytis, circa 1920–1922 Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Cheque Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Soil • Food court Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 16 May 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Post-move message changes

I just noticed your village pump thread about changing the post-move message was archived without any action being taken. Even though the discussion was never formally closed, it seems to me there was pretty clear consensus for the changes. Maybe you could put in an edit request at MediaWiki talk:Movepage-moved with a link to the archived discussion? Also, one small tweak: I would suggest changing the link target for the "clean up" link from WP:RMCI to the newly created Wikipedia:Cleaning up after a move (see Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Merger_of_post-move_cleanup_guides). Colin M (talk) 20:47, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

@Colin M, thanks! Will do. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:47, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2022)

A turkey in a field Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Turkey (bird) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Cheque • Soil Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:09, 23 May 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Question from Vasilev.r.s. (15:01, 23 May 2022)

Hello, Is it ok to write an article about my grandfather? He is a man that deserves to have a personal wiki page. Regards! --Vasilev.r.s. (talk) 15:01, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Vasilev.r.s., and welcome to Wikipedia! You must declare a conflict of interest when writing an article on a family member. Please use the article wizard to submit articles; in particular, articles on the English Wikipedia must be in English. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 18:43, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Signpost

Apology accepted. I know it's not you who were responsible for those actions, but I'm glad to know the Signpost is open to suggestions from outside the core group once again. I'll withdraw my boycott, and will be glad to submit pieces to it in the future.

Nothing for the next edition, but I should have a couple of special pieces (probably one every 2-3 months) this year, and I could make Tips and tricks a regular column. The first column would be Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-08-01/Tips and tricks (I need to modernize it in light of 2+ years of Citation bot development), and then I'd pick various topics the community gives feedback on, or things I ran into during the month.

Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 04:41, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

There was also User:Headbomb/New at the Signpost, but I feel it's a bit dated. Do feel free to salvage parts of it to have a call for editors and writers (especially for special pieces/one offs). And hey, maybe it'll help you get your new shoes broken in more easily! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 04:46, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Viaud Ridge

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Lol

I guess UltraViolet is still pretty new, huh? ;) jp×g 19:41, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Hah. I just noticed I accidentally rollbacked copyediting too - will add back. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 19:42, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Featured content

Since I'm fairly good at the search-and-replace tricks for setting up Featured content, I pre-did the FC for next month, e.g. the issue after the one about to publish. If you could just move it to Featured content after publishing? It's missing the last two days of the month, but that's so much easier to do by hand than the whole month,. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 19:56, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden, great, thank you, will do. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 19:58, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Ach, looks like I didn't get my introduction as POTD coordinator in in time. Ah, well. That'll be fun. By the time they realise, the only controversial things I plan to do as POTD coordinator (like finally run that stupid picture of Michele Merkin) will have long since happened. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 21:36, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2022)

Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Pop music Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Turkey (bird) • Cheque Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 30 May 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Question from WinterMilton (05:09, 30 May 2022)

Hello --WinterMilton (talk) 05:09, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi @WinterMilton! Nice to meet you 😄 Is there anything I can help with? 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 05:22, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Ooh,Happy Birthday! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 11:27, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks @Idoghor Melody and Adam Cuerden:! Have a nice day! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 18:08, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

🐶 🐶 🐶 Puppies forever! 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊|🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦|☎️|📄 14:46, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Mr Reading Turtle! Puppies forever! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 18:09, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Signpost

Not sure if "Essay" is the right category, but I've written.... something for the Signpost about my plans as the new POTD co-ordinator.

As it's my introduction, it's snarky as hell. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 10:51, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Hiya @Adam Cuerden! I would perhaps put it under "Opinion", "Essay" is usually used for republished Wikipedia essays. Cheers, and thanks for contributing to Featured Content as well! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 22:55, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

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Question from Wiki editor hazel on Spencer List (07:59, 31 May 2022)

hello! I am hazel(notmyrealname) and I was wondering, after I edit the page, how do I submit? --Wiki editor hazel (talk) 07:59, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Question from Wiki editor hazel on Spencer List (07:59, 31 May 2022) (2)

never mind!! :) --Wiki editor hazel (talk) 07:59, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Signpost notification

Hello, and thanks for taking over much of the editing of The Signpost, a thankless job (thank you). Wanted to mention that notifications of the new issue used to appear near the top of editors' watchlist, which is how I at least usually find out about it, but the May 29, 2022 issue doesn't seem to be promoted this way. An oversight or on purpose? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:06, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Randy Kryn! The message should now be up. Only administrators can add watchlist messages; we put in a request a few days ago, and it was just actioned. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 03:15, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

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• Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
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Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
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Question from Shuhaibz17 (11:55, 2 June 2022)

HELLO,

How can I add an article about my company on Wikipedia? --Shuhaibz17 (talk) 11:55, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Shuhaibz17! Please use the article wizard. Thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 00:08, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Question from Srishanth1900 (15:22, 5 June 2022)

hello, so i am new to wikipedia and I have a doubt, there is a new thing called homepage, it was not there before so what is it? can you tell me about it. --Srishanth1900 (talk) 15:22, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Srishanth1900, and welcome to Wikipedia! These features are called Growth Team features. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 16:28, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

yeah but I wanted to say that it was not there before, so is it new or not? and thanks for answering me so quickly. Srishanth1900 (talk) 01:34, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

@Srishanth1900, Growth Features is a new feature. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:38, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

thanks! that helped a lot man! Srishanth1900 (talk) 10:28, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

I actually forgot my password of my old account and I could not recover it, I made a new account but after I confirmed my email I say this feature, I did not saw it in my old account, I wanted to ask you why I did not see that in my old account, I remember confirming my email... Srishanth1900 (talk) 10:36, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2022)

Squash is a racket and ball sport played by two or four players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. The players alternate in striking the ball with their rackets onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court. The objective of the game is to hit the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Squash (sport) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Pop music • Turkey (bird) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 6 June 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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DYK for Viaud Ridge

On 7 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Viaud Ridge, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Viaud Ridge was discovered in 1970 by ships passing through the Indian Ocean? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Viaud Ridge. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Viaud Ridge), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

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Chakravyuh

As per the RM discussion and n-grams, Chakravyuha is the most popular spelling Talk:Chakravyuh#Requested_move_22_May_2022. Request to move to Chakravyuha. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:32, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Done, @Redtigerxyz! Sorry, meant to move there, but not sure what happened. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 16:10, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Question from Srishanth1900 (13:29, 7 June 2022)

hey dude, I have one last question, why did I not see the homepage feature in my old account, it was created in January 2022 but it still not showed even one week back when i had access to it i could not see it can you tell me why? --Srishanth1900 (talk) 13:29, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

@Srishanth1900, these features were only deployed to all new accounts recently. To use it in your old account, see here. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 04:11, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2022)

Bulletproof glass window of a jeweler after a burglary attempt Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Bulletproofing Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Squash (sport) • Pop music Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 June 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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Question from Willis Magiluis (21:45, 15 June 2022)

Hello --Willis Magiluis (talk) 21:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

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Question from Melmitch1 (02:11, 18 June 2022)

I made my edits to article on Black architects. How do l enter them --Melmitch1 (talk) 02:11, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Melmitch1:! I hope that you like it here and decide to stay. I would recommend completing this interactive tutorial or reading this page. That should hopefully address your questions. If you have any more though, don't be afraid to ask! We're here to help. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 15:14, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2022)

Raw pork tenderloin Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Pork tenderloin Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Bulletproofing • Squash (sport) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 June 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Edit summary

Hi EpicPupper, not sure I understand [1] ("i doth you FC") - could you elaborate? Also still happy to hear your (and/or JPxG's) thoughts on this thread. Regards, HaeB (talk) 22:50, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @HaeB, sorry for the bad edit summary for what was essentially two edits. I removed the text relating to outreach management, as I think I'm doing more tasks now (feel free to suggest improvements, especially for the explanation of your side of things), and I added Adam Cuerden to Featured Content (FC). As for the thread, I don't have Facebook, but I could certainly get it to reduce the bus factor. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 22:54, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying! Yeah, it definitely makes sense to update that regarding the fact that you are now involved with the Twitter account too (nice work btw boosting stories from the last issue and finding interesting things to retweet). But I think that's better done by adding instead of subtracting - people should be able to identify and contact the person who has actually signed up to be responsible for a particular task (which e.g. I have not in case of the mailing list announcements). Let me know if you see issues with the new version. PS: apropos the mailing list announcements, I just followed up here - would be great if we could use some of the current energy to finally get these going again.

Regards, HaeB (talk) 02:07, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Question from The.credible.editor (00:19, 23 June 2022)

Hello mentor, I do indeed have a question.

Do you happen to know why edits to an article do not fully appear publicly? Only some of the edits appear while the other edits don't. It's a weird glitch and I'm wondering why it is occurring.

I am happy to continue editing on Wikipedia.

Thank you, The.credible.editor --The.credible.editor (talk) 00:19, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @The.credible.editor, and welcome to Wikipedia! It appears your edits were reverted; please see that page for more information. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 04:18, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2022)

These flaming cocktails illustrate that some liquors can readily catch fire and burn. Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Liquor Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Pork tenderloin • Bulletproofing Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 June 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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Question from Mdrdhman on Wikipedia talk:Goals (17:57, 27 June 2022)

I am md Sadequr Rahman. Self-employed. Please support --Mdrdhman (talk) 17:57, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Mdrdhman, and welcome to Wikipedia! I’d be happy to help you along your journey. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:12, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

Question from Kvng Kiimza on Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard (13:39, 28 June 2022)

How can i add my personal information here --Kvng Kiimza (talk) 13:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

@Kvng Kiimza Welcome to Wikipedia! It is probably best that you don't upload your own personal information to Wikipedia, as it is likely to be deleted. Justiyaya 11:54, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Question from Laity kwaax Katherine (10:55, 29 June 2022)

Can i write my new thought here? --Laity kwaax Katherine (talk) 10:55, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
• Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
• Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2022)

Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Sexual abuse Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Liquor • Pork tenderloin Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 July 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Question from Titansverse (10:45, 7 July 2022)

How to redirect a page --Titansverse 10:45, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

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Question from Male Richard (19:57, 10 July 2022)

How can I upload my pictures to my Wikipedia account --Male Richard (talk) 19:57, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Male Richard, Wikipedia's upload wizard might be of use Justiyaya 16:26, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2022)

Temperature map of the United States during the Great Blizzard of 1899 Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Great Blizzard of 1899 Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Sexual abuse • Liquor Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 July 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Question from Mynameiskuba (15:31, 12 July 2022)

Hi Mynameiskuba here, I’m wondering if I can create my own article about my fake country I made up called kubastan. Now it’s not suppose to be an actual informational article. It’s just for me and my friends. So can I crate one of it. Thanks, Mynameiskuba my email is mynameiskuba165@gmail.com --Mynameiskuba (talk) 15:31, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Mynameiskuba, welcome to Wikipedia! You might want to check our notability guidelines (or more specifically WP:GNG), most fake countries does not meet this guideline and as such should not be included as an article. Additionally, you might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Justiyaya 16:29, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Base64 encode

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• Learn about the Movement Charter Drafting Committee's work in June: The Committee released its regular monthly update from June 2022, including highlights about the results of its in-person meeting in Berlin, and preparations for drafting the Charter.
• Read on Diff: "The birth of a team: the Movement Charter Drafting Committee met in Berlin": A committee member published a blog post about his experience at the Committee's first in-person meeting.
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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2022)

The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles rapidly gained nationwide popularity in the United States. Pictured above are four patrons and a flapper in 1921 awaiting the opening of the Krazy Kat Klub, a speakeasy. Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Jazz Age Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Great Blizzard of 1899 • Sexual abuse Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 July 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 7

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 7, July-September 2022Read the full newsletter

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Welcome to the 7th issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! The newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the implementation of Wikimedia's Movement Strategy recommendations, other relevant topics regarding Movement governance, as well as different projects and activities supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team of the Wikimedia Foundation.

The MSG Newsletter is delivered quarterly, while the more frequent Movement Strategy Weekly will be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.

• Movement sustainability: Wikimedia Foundation's annual sustainability report has been published. (continue reading)
• Improving user experience: recent improvements on the desktop interface for Wikimedia projects. (continue reading)
• Safety and inclusion: updates on the revision process of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines. (continue reading)
• Equity in decisionmaking: reports from Hubs pilots conversations, recent progress from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, and a new white paper for futures of participation in the Wikimedia movement. (continue reading)
• Stakeholders coordination: launch of a helpdesk for Affiliates and volunteer communities working on content partnership. (continue reading)
• Leadership development: updates on leadership projects by Wikimedia movement organizers in Brazil and Cape Verde. (continue reading)
• Internal knowledge management: launch of a new portal for technical documentation and community resources. (continue reading)
• Innovate in free knowledge: high-quality audiovisual resources for scientific experiments and a new toolkit to record oral transcripts. (continue reading)
• Evaluate, iterate, and adapt: results from the Equity Landscape project pilot (continue reading)
• Other news and updates: a new forum to discuss Movement Strategy implementation, upcoming Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election, a new podcast to discuss Movement Strategy, and change of personnel for the Foundation's Movement Strategy and Governance team. (continue reading)

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Global Advocacy Conversation Hour - July 28

The Global Advocacy team has rescheduled its first Global Advocacy Conversation Hour. The call is on July 28 at 1pm EST. All information you need to participate is on this [Page].

The agenda is split between a dedicated theme for the month and whatever items you wish to cover. This month we will share some of our work on disinformation and human rights. There is no set agenda for the second half of the call - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [2]. Come and talk to us! Ask us anything, or tell us anything, related to public policy and advocacy initiatives for free knowledge online. For example: You want to learn more about our team and our current initiatives You would like to share a policy development or advocacy campaign idea and would like to get feedback or support You have questions about a specific WMF policy priority or development

Hope to see you there. Kate, on behalf of the Global Advocacy Team KRuane-WMF (talk) 18:18, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Question from MartyBate (09:32, 21 July 2022)

Hey - should I be on Wikipedia? I feel I have a great story of rising from the ashes a number of times in relationships, business, e-commerce, good decisions, bad decisions, fair decisions and unfair decisions that I fell could help many. --MartyBate (talk) 09:32, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @MartyBate. To create a new article, please see this page. All the best, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 21:43, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Adoption?

I understand if you're busy, but I've started trying to edit Wikipedia seriously (or at least reduce my number of messages on the Teahouse) (ignore my 1:5 ratio of completed drafts to created drafts) and I wanted to try adoption for guidance. Are you interested? Thanks — VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 14:35, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Vortex3427! Nice to meet you 😀 I'd be happy to adopt you! I've added you to my list of adopters on the adopters page, as a start. I'd love to discuss your goals in adoption; what would you like out of it? Are you looking for a mentor to provide answers to questions every now or then, a detailed program / "school" that teaches policy, or something else? I'd also like to add that you should never be ashamed of asking questions - it is a natural part of learning and very experienced editors do too! Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 20:54, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! I guess I'd like someone who could answer my questions and give me tips on how to improve articles, editing or show me the ins-and-outs of Wikipedia. — VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 05:47, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Great to hear @Vortex3427, I can do that! I'll be keeping an eye out on your edits in case I have anything worthwhile to show you, or any tips. Feel free to ask me any questions here on my talk page!

In the meantime, I'd also love to share a few tips to start out:

• I see that you sometimes work with categories. Try using HotCat, it makes things a breeze!
• When working on drafts, I'd recommend looking for at least one source listed positively on WP:RSP.
• Try out some beta features!

Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 00:45, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Question from Skopionpoision (19:50, 24 July 2022)

Can I just start by publishing --Skopionpoision (talk) 19:50, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Skopionpoision, and welcome to Wikipedia! If you'd like to create an article, please use the Article Wizard. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 19:51, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Question from Paul-Henry Arthis (00:05, 25 July 2022)

Hello. I want to create a page for an artist on Wikipedia. How I can do that? --Paul-Henry Arthis (talk) 00:05, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Paul-Henry Arthis, and welcome to Wikipedia! If you'd like to create an article, please use the Article Wizard. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 00:40, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2022)

A retractable pen is a type of ink pen that has a spring-loaded ink cartridge which retracts and extends outside a protective housing. Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Retractable pen Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Jazz Age • Great Blizzard of 1899 Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 July 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Tips and tricks column is up

You can find it here, and it's pretty much ready to go.

I've also added the column to Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Next_issue, so it gets properly previewed in the future. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 22:06, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks @Headbomb. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 02:12, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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Women in Red in August 2022

Women in Red August 2022, Vol 8, Issue 8, Nos 214, 217, 236, 237, 238, 239 Online events: New: Alphabet run: C and D | Indigenous women | Refugees | Comedians, Comics and other Performers Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Interwiki Women Collaboration focus on UEFA Women's Euro 2022, August 8–21 Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Question from Lindie Bee (00:58, 31 July 2022)

Greetings, My mentor! Can you change my username to Luke Patterson? Someone changed it to a feminine username. --Lindie Bee (talk) 00:58, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Lindie Bee, and welcome to Wikipedia! To request a username change, please click here. You must have a valid email confirmed. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:04, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/By the numbers

Is this still needed? If not, it could be G6'd. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 02:32, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Headbomb, it's not. Thanks for the note. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 03:43, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Community view

You write

This article reflects the opinion of Waggers and not necessarily that of The Signpost. – E

I think it would be better to have a general

Opinion pieces reflect the opinion of their author(s), not necessarily that of The Signpost. – E

This way that can be added to every opinion piece without singling out specific authors. Would you object to that change? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:06, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

@Headbomb, I would be okay with "Opinion pieces such as this one reflect the opinion of their author(s), not necessarily that of The Signpost. – E" (bold for emphasis but not in the actual article). Thanks for looking out! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 16:09, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Updated Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:11, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Question from Nanheji Guru on User:Nanheji Guru (16:57, 31 July 2022)

Hello, why my page is immediately deleted ? I don't understand the reason. --Nanheji Guru (talk) 16:57, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Nanheji Guru. You may not use Wikipedia to promote yourself, business, clients, and/or services. Please be advised that repeat violations of this rule will result in loss of editing privileges. Thanks, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 17:02, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2022)

Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Diego Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Retractable pen • Jazz Age Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 August 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

The Signpost: 1 August 2022

• From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something

• News and notes: Information considered harmful

• In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap

• Op-Ed: The "recession" affair

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)

• Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

• Community view: Youth culture and notability

• Opinion: Criminals among us

• Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement

• Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country

• Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us

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You made the #1,110,000,000th edit to Wikipedia

I know this because of the revision ID [2], but I thought you might find this interesting. If you aren't already aware of it, Wikipedia:Time Between Edits is a fascinating page. Clovermoss (talk) 19:00, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

@Clovermoss, oh my goodness! Thanks so much for pointing me to this. I'm in shock and happily surprised. Cgeers!!!!! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 19:35, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Question from Hassuq (19:12, 3 August 2022)

Hi, I hope you're doing good, I have a question. How to change someone's social profile? --Hassuq (talk) 19:12, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Hassuq, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm not sure I understand your question. Please note that Wikipedia is not a social media network. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 19:45, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank You @EpicPupper for your information. Hassuq (talk) 20:05, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Question from Mdrdhman (23:26, 4 August 2022)

Hi I am Md Sadequr Rahman Google developer and training it ingeniour and foreign investor in U.S 2019. Individual. I am still. Please support --Mdrdhman (talk) 23:26, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Mdrdhman, nice to meet you! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 00:40, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

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Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
• An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

• The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
• Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
• Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
• Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

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Backlog status

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

Coordination

MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.

Open letter to the WMF

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TIP - Reviewing by subject

Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.

New reviewers

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Question from Water Donkey on Draft:Sentinelese Invasion of the Primrose (00:26, 7 August 2022)

hello how do i save a draft --Water Donkey (talk) 00:26, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Water Donkey, and welcome to Wikipedia! You can click on the "publish" button. CHeers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:00, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2022)

A home page of Wikipedia (in 2014) displayed in a web browser. Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Home page Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Diego • Retractable pen Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 8 August 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Question from Hemat Vishnoi (05:21, 8 August 2022)

how i change my name --Hemat Vishnoi (talk) 05:21, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Hemat Vishnoi! To request a rename, please click here. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 18:00, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

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Question from GoodLawyer2002 (20:09, 10 August 2022)

Sorry for bothering you, making a page regarding a person. Not seeing how to do this. I swear I have googled, and clicked around I am trying to find the format where you would put in a person's details. Early life, career, etc. --GoodLawyer2002 (talk) 20:09, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Examples of biographical articles are listed here. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 00:59, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Aleu Aleu

I am trying to have a Wikipedia page written about me but i have no experience with this stuff. I play basketball at the university of Texas San Antonio. I can give you sites to confirm this or you could google me and everything will come up. I was born on June 22nd, 2000. I was born and raised in Kenya but i am originally south Sudanese. I moved here in 2012 to Austin, TX and been living there since. I went to Temple college in Temple, TX for 2 years.I am 6’8 195 lbs and I play the guard position. At temple as a freshman my stats were 10.9 ppg 5.7 rpg 1.1 apg. I shot 48.2% from the field and 35% from 3. As a sophomore 19.7 ppg 8.9 rpg 2.6 apg. I shot 45.3% from the field and 27.1% from 3 84% from the free throw line.

https://www.tcleopards.com/sports/mbkb/2020-21/players/aleualeuiy24?view=profile

https://www.tcleopards.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/players/aleualeub8be?view=profile

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4897687/aleu-aleu

https://goutsa.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/aleu-aleu/7365

Aleu Aleu https://g.co/kgs/zomMEL Aleu123 (talk) 19:30, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hi Eric, I have recently joined, mostly to start a new page and to make additions to current pages, how many edits do I need to make before I can start a new page? (Have already completed the tutorial tickboxes)

Thanks,

Ben --Militia9 (talk) 17:34, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi Militia9, welcome to Wikipedia! Help:Your first article is quite a informative page that you might find useful, it includes an article wizard which allows you to create a draft and submit it for review. A reviewer will look at it and move it to the mainspace (where the articles are) or give feedback after you've finished the draft and submitted. Justiyaya 18:07, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2022)

Christmas market in Red Square in 2017 Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Christmas in Russia Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Home page • Diego Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 15 August 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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Question from Jasa-download (02:35, 19 August 2022)

hello, im new thanks for being my mentor, do you have telegram account? --Jasa-download (talk) 02:35, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Jasa-download, and welcome to Wikipedia! I’d be happy to assist you on-wiki however you need. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 00:35, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2022)

Kyushu, literally "Nine Provinces", is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa). Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Kyushu Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Christmas in Russia • Home page Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 22 August 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

"Though there were calls for a spiritual continuation [of Wikiworld], The Signpost has never carried comics since."

...I take that as a challenge.

It's kinda dumb humour, but I can probably keep it going a bit. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.1% of all FPs} 23:46, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden, I like it. I’ve always been wanting to revive something in the order of Wikiworld. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:10, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Sure I'll get better at it over time, but... It's a fun way to get some interesting images out there, so why not? Only downside of this one is I used the image in a gallery this month, but... Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.1% of all FPs} 17:38, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

I have seen the future (September) and I am so sorry. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.1% of all FPs} 04:46, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

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Question from Mdrdhman on Help:Page history (13:04, 27 August 2022)

Please manage and support viking talk page --Mdrdhman (talk) 13:04, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Mdrdhman! I'm not quite sure what you mean; could you please rephrase your question? Thanks, 🥒 EpicPickle ^{(they/them | talk)} 02:52, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2022)

Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz drawing Charlie Brown in 1956 Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is: Cartoonist Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Kyushu • Christmas in Russia Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 29 August 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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Put bluntly, this passes copyedit except for "In brief", which I hope makes sense to one of you, because I don't get it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.1% of all FPs} 01:01, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden, oops, my bad, that makes sense because it's not done. Cheers, 🥒 EpicPickle ^{(they/them | talk)} 01:03, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

I think I figured it out and sorted it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.1% of all FPs} 15:10, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Please manage and support my identity Mdrdhman (talk) 06:01, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Mdrdhman, and welcome to Wikipedia! To create an article, please see the Article Wizard. Cheers! 🥒 EpicPickle ^{(they/them | talk)} 06:08, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #535

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

• Events
  • Upcoming:
    • Small wiki toolkits/Workshops#Writing Wikidata queries using the WDQS tool
  • Ongoing:
    • Weekly Lexemes Challenge #56, Mystery theme (guess the theme)
  • Past:
    • Weekly Lexemes Challenge #55, Wiki Loves Monuments

• Press, articles, blog posts, videos
  • Blogs
    • Interoperable USP Bioinformatics Theses Catalog with Wikidata (in Portuguese)
    • Growing the representation of Australian Women in Religion through Wikidata
    • Working with Wikidata: (1) Introduction and Terminology
    • Mapping the Brazilian Association for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics to Wikidata
  • Papers
    • DrNote: An open medical annotation service
  • Videos
    • [Wiki Mentor Africa] Introduction to using OpenRefine for Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons Editing (part 1, part 2)
    • Wikidata as a knowledge graph for the life sciences (in Spanish)
    • Relations on wikidata and color biology (in Spanish)
    • Wikidata Tutorial: Different ways to display SPARQL queries (in German)

• Tool of the week
  • SenseForThisItem.js: Adds a button on items to show what senses are linked to it.

• Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • Upgrade of the Search clusters to Elasticsearch 7.10.2 will start on August 29 2022 for 3-weeks.
  • The latest round of Outreachy internships wrapped up on 26 August. Two interns worked on improving author-name data; their bots have made over 340,000 edits. Their project description, documentation, blog posts and code are available.
  • The August 2022 summary for the Wikidata Query Service backend update is out!
  • Open vacancy:
    • Wikimedia Indonesia - Technology internships in the GLAM and Wikidata fields

• Did you know?
  • Newest properties:
    • General datatypes: contraindicated in case of, Amarkosh ID, harvested organism(s), power series expansion, KFCB classification (Kenya), website title match pattern
    • External identifiers: IRIS UNISOB author ID, Apeiron author ID, IRIS UNIBOCCONI author ID, IRIS LUISS author ID, All-Russian Swimming Federation ID, Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia ID, Bobsleigh Federation of Russia ID, Russian Luge Federation ID, Rare Plant Fact Sheets ID, Handball Federation of Russia ID, Russian Volleyball Federation ID, UNORA author ID, IRIS UNIPARTHENOPE author ID, IRIS UNICAMPANIA author ID, IRIS UNISANNIO author ID, Modstand person ID, elibrary.ru journal ID, elibrary.ru publisher ID, Livelib.ru publisher ID, Odnoklassniki group numeric ID, NOC*NSF athlete ID, Jewish Pediatricians 1933-1945 ID, All-Russian Sambo Federation ID, Bolshoi Theatre person ID, Czechoslovak book ID, Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee athlete ID, Federation Council reference ID, Russian Football Union player ID, Repertorium hymnologicum ID, motocross.ru rider ID, Russian Paralympic Committee athlete ID, athletics.by person ID, British Paralympic Association athlete ID, Anghami album ID, Walther, Initia carminum ID, SecondHandSongs release ID, National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan athlete ID, Paralympics Australia athlete ID, Paralympics New Zealand athlete ID, Olympic Committee of Serbia athlete ID (new), Singapore National Olympic Council athlete ID, Swedish Paralympic Committee athlete ID, Field Hockey Canada person ID, Real Time person ID, Real Time organization ID, Communist Party of the Russian Federation person ID, Rugby Federation of Russia athlete ID, Climbing Federation of Russia athlete ID, RailScot location ID, GIE gas storage ID, RailScot line or company ID, YAPPY profile ID, Business Online ID, Mariinsky Theatre person ID, izsambo.ru person ID, national-football-teams.com, TGbus ID, TGbus franchise ID, AFC player ID, SABRE wiki ID, Moepedia ID, wrestdag.ru person ID, Scinapse author ID, Hockey New Zealand person ID, Artsy artwork ID, Federation of Ski-Jumping and Nordic Combined of Russia ID, Freestyle Federation of Russia ID, Russian Trampoline Federation ID, European Hockey Federation ID, Shooting Union of Russia person ID, EU Knowledge Graph item ID, Cultural Property in Liechtenstein ID, Belarus in persons and events ID, Planeta Belarus sight ID
  • New property proposals to review:
    • General datatypes: Sister channel, award declined, full inscription available at URL, Indicator, Curriculum Reference Number, Content standards
    • External identifiers: Spiel des Jahres ID, iNaturalist project ID, Tas Parliament member ID, SA Parliament member ID, Czech electoral party ID, Colorado Plant Database ID, PyPI trove classifier, UConn Plant Database ID, Garden Plant Finder ID, Archaeology Data Service ID, Royal Collection (UK) ID, Biota Information System of New Mexico species ID, atletiek.nu athlete ID, Tanzania administrator ID, Digital Foundry game ID, Female Physicians in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic ID, King County Parcel Number, Anime Taizen ID, Betrail runner ID, Shōsetsuka ni Narō user ID, Shōsetsuka ni Narō work ID, Maryland Plant Atlas ID, Maryland Biodiversity Project species ID, A Utah Flora ID
  • Query examples:
    • Occupations as classified by ISCO/ESCO (source)
    • Occupation of people in the New Zealand Thesis Project (source)
    • Average weights and heights of sportsmen (source)
    • Letters by numbers of alphabet where they are found (source)

• Development
  • REST API: working on the ability to change existing statements on an Item (phab:T306934)
  • Lexicographical data: Finishing up the remaining pieces of the new Special:NewLexeme page based on the testing feedback (subtickets of phab:T307866)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

• Monthly Tasks
  • Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
  • Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
  • Contribute to a Showcase item.
  • Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
  • Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
  • Help write the next summary!

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