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The Signpost: 6 December 2010

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Ujamaa

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Hi, I've done what you suggested in the discussion of article Ujamaa. Tell me what you think. Thanke you. 190.48.126.31 (talk) 10:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Dar

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Hi, Yeah am back in Dar at the moment. Send me your number and we'll set up a meet. Cheers --Muhammad(talk) 07:13, 2 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Interview at Wikimania 2011

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Hi Jon. My name is Matthew Roth and I'm a Storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation. We're chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community, especially editors and active contributors in the movement like you. I'll be traveling to Wikimania next month to collect stories for our 2011 Fundraiser. While there I'd love the chance to meet with you and hear your thoughts about Wikipedia. Please let me know if you are interested by emailing me at mroth@wikimedia.org. Thank you, Matthew (wmf) (talk) 23:51, 20 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

A beer for you!

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  Bare ikke ta for mange av dem, ellers kommer du for sent på jobb i morgen ;) Laaknor (talk) 11:52, 18 August 2011 (UTC)Reply


  Hello. You have a new message at Template talk:Location map USA Massachusetts's talk page.

Bot status on dv.wikipedia

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Hi,

You are making bot edits on dv.wikipedia. Can you please get a blot flag there? Thank you. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 19:55, 4 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Jambo, Jón

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Jon Harald, according to our chat this continental morning: you can reach me here User:Emeritus (by email notification) or most quickly at my home at Emeritus at dewp. My chatrooms: #wikipedia-de; #hist; #wikipeda-en; #wikimedia-commons, 24 hours, nearly.

My question: is there a special deadline for that letter? Viele Köche verderben den Brei. Es gibt ein bis zwei Formulierungen, die mir nicht gefallen, z.B. "Jedes Jahr kommt dennoch genug Geld zusammen." Verzeih den Sprachmix. The sense is, if we got enough money, by any circumstances (=dennoch!), why should I spend? The meaning is, imho: "Bisher haben wir jedes Jahr das benötigte Geld zusammentragen können."

tnx for listening, if this is the wrong place, revert please.

--Emeritus (talk) 05:41, 6 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Your contributed article, List of Terra Nova episodes

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Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, List of Terra Nova episodes. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Terra Nova (TV series). Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Terra Nova (TV series) - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. trunks_ishida (talk) 09:41, 11 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, that was a mistake. It was meant for the article Terra Nova (season 1) not for List of Terra Nova episodes. Sorry for the trouble!

You can delete this section from your Talk Page if you want.

trunks_ishida (talk) 10:01, 11 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

Your contributed article, Terra Nova (season 1)

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Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Terra Nova (season 1). First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Terra Nova (TV series). Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Terra Nova (TV series) - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. trunks_ishida (talk) 09:44, 11 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

Seasons greetings

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Hi Jon Harald, thanks for all the work you've been doing on the death anomalies. ϢereSpielChequers 00:01, 23 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

I believe this was intended for you

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[1]. Do you by any chance know what Stephfo's first language is? --Elen of the Roads (talk) 00:16, 26 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Romania

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Hi! From your edits, it looks like you might be interested in contributing to WikiProject Romania. It is a project aimed at organizing and improving the quality and accuracy of articles related to Romania. Thanks and best regards!

--Codrin.B (talk) 06:11, 21 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

André Buffière, basketballer

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André Buffière is called Bufflère in the Norwegian Wikipedia. Would you be able to change this? See also this question. Thank you. Pp.paul.4 (talk) 18:57, 29 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Talkback

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Hello, Jon Harald Søby. You have new messages at Danhash's talk page.
Message added 21:00, 1 March 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.Reply

danhash (talk) 21:00, 1 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Query about Hausa Wikipedia

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Dear Jon,

I am a linguist at the University of Cape Town and currently working on African language Wikipedias. On the Hausa Wikipedia I came across an active user by the name of Kmosky - however, his account was deleted by you in 2011. Would it be possible to get some information on the background to this?

Ana Deumert 41.241.36.137 (talk) 07:28, 3 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I meant Kmoksy! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.241.36.137 (talk) 07:31, 3 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Hi! I didn't delete the user account (that's impossible), only the user page. The reason was that (s)he him/herself had marked the page for deletion, which is a straightforward request. The content before it was deleted was just some random pictures, and a Babel template showing that (s)he speaks Turkish, some English and no Hausa.
Is this the same project that Discott is involved in, by the way? Jon Harald Søby (talk) 15:41, 3 March 2012 (UTC)Reply


Article Feedback Tool newsletter

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Sorry for the radio silence, guys :). I just wanted to let you know that we're planning on starting a new round of hand coding, which you can sign up for here. This will be the final round (honest!), and is basically because we found some really interesting results from the last round that blew our collective mind. It's important to check that they weren't a fluke, though, and so a bit more work is needed.

If you have any questions, drop a note on my talkpage - and if you know anyone who would be interested in participating, please tell them about it! We'll be holding an IRC training session in #wikimedia-office at 18:00 UTC on the 21st of March to run through the tool and answer any questions you may have. Thanks! :) Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 00:41, 14 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Article Feedback Tool updates

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Hey all. My regular(ish) update on what's been happening with the new Article Feedback Tool.

Hand-coding

As previously mentioned, we're doing a big round of hand-coding to finalise testing :). I've been completedly bowled over by the response: we have 20 editors participating, some old and some new, which is a new record for this activity. Many thanks to everyone who has volunteered so far!

Coding should actively start on Saturday, when I'll be distributing individualised usernames and passwords to everyone. If you haven't spoken to me but would be interested in participating, either drop me a note on my talkpage or email okeyes wikimedia.org. If you have spoken to me, I'm very sorry for the delay :(. There were some toolserver database issues beyond our control (which I think the Signpost discussed) that messed with the tool.

New designs and office hours

Our awesome designers have been making some new logos for the feedback page :) Check out the oversighter view and the monitor view to get complete coverage; all opinions, comments and suggestions are welcome on the talkpage :).

We've also been working on the Abuse Filter plugin for the tool; this will basically be the same as the existing system, only applied to comments. Because of that, we're obviously going to need slightly different filters, because different things will need to be blocked :). We're holding a special office hours session tomorrow at 22:00 UTC to discuss it. If you're a regex nut, existing abuse filter writer, or simply interested in the feedback tool and have suggestions, please do come along :).

I'm pretty sure that's it; if I've missed anything or you have any additional queries, don't hesitate to contact me! Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:45, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Photo requests

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Hi! Do you do photo requests in Tanzania? If so, I would like for someone to take photos for Wikipedia in Dar es Salaam. Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 18:33, 12 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! In Dar Es Salaam I would like for you to photograph:

  • The Air Tanzania head office, ATC House - Ohio Street Dar es Salaam Tanzania
  • The Precision Air head office, Quality Plaza - 1st Floor, Along Nyerere/Pugu Road, P.O Box 70770 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania East Africa.

Are you visiting other countries in Africa? WhisperToMe (talk) 15:06, 15 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Article Feedback Tool office hours

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Hey Jon Harald Søby; just a quick note to let you know that we'll be holding an Office Hours session at 18:00 UTC (don't worry, I got the time right ;p) on 4th May in #wikimedia-office. This is to show off the almost-finished feedback page and prep it for a more public release; I'm incredibly happy to have got to this point :). Hope to see you there! Regards, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 03:53, 30 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Article Feedback Tool, Version 5

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Hey all :)

Just a quick update on what we've been working on:

  • The centralised feedback page is now live! Feel free to use it and all other feedback pages; there's no prohibition on playing around, dealing with the comments or letting others know about it, although the full release comes much later. Let me know if you find any bugs; we know it's a bit odd in Monobook, but that should be fixed in our deployment this week.
  • On Thursday, 7th June we'll be holding an office hours session at 20:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office. We'll be discussing all the latest developments, as well as what's coming up next; hope to see you all there!
  • Those of you who hand-coded feedback; I believe I contacted you all about t-shirts. If I didn't, drop me a line and I'll get it sorted out :).


Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:50, 4 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

AFT5 release coming up - help us design a banner!

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Hey all :). First-off, thanks to everyone for all their help so far; we're coming up to a much wider deployment :). Starting at the end of this month, and scaling up until 3 July, AFT5 will begin appearing on 10 percent of articles. For this release we plan on sending out a CentralNotice that every editor will see - and for this, we need your help :). We've got plans, we know how long it's going to run for, where it's going to run...but not what it says. If you've got ideas for banners, give this page a read and submit your suggestion! Many thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Article Feedback newsletter

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Hey all!

So, big news this week - on Tuesday, we ramped up to 5 percent of articles :). There's been a lot more feedback (pardon the pun) as I'm sure you've noticed, and to try and help we've scheduled a large number of office hours sessions, including one this evening at 22:00 UTC in the #wikimedia-office connect channel, and another at 01:00 UTC for the aussies amongst us :). I hope to see some of you there - if any of you can't make it but have any questions, I'm always happy to help.

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 20:38, 20 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Re: The Avengers (film)

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First let me say thank you for engaging in discussion. Also you do raise very valid points although I could argue that its not the most well known film everywhere, considering Marvel had to change the name of the film in some countries to avoid confusion, and being critically panned has nothing to do with how well known it is. In any case, I suggest bringing it up at Talk:The Avengers (2012 film) or WT:FILM, to gather more of a community consensus.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 12:55, 24 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

AFT5 newsletter

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Hey again all :). So, some big news, some small news, some good news, some bad news!

On the "big news" front; we've now deployed AFT5 on to 10 percent of articles, This is pretty awesome :). On the "bad news", however, it looks like we're having to stop at 10 percent until around September - there are scaling issues that make it dangerous to deploy wider. Happily, our awesome features engineering team is looking into them as we speak, and I'm optimistic that the issues will be resolved.

For both "small" and "good" news; we've got another office hours session. This one is tomorrow, at 22:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office connect - I appreciate it's a bit late for Europeans, but I wanted to juggle it so US east coasters could attend if they wanted :). Hope to see you all there!

This is not a newsletter

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This is just a tribute.

Anyway. You're getting this note because you've participated in discussion and/or asked for updates to either the Article Feedback Tool or Page Curation. This isn't about either of those things, I'm afraid ;p. We've recently started working on yet another project: Echo, a notifications system to augment the watchlist. There's not much information at the moment, because we're still working out the scope and the concepts, but if you're interested in further updates you can sign up here.

In addition, we'll be holding an office hours session at 21:00 UTC on Wednesday, 14 November in #wikimedia-office - hope to see you all there :). I appreciate it's an annoying time for non-Europeans: if you're interested in chatting about the project but can't make it, give me a shout and I can set up another session if there's enough interest in one particular timezone or a skype call if there isn't. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 11:05, 10 November 2012 (UTC)Reply

AFT5 newsletter

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Hey all :). A couple of quick updates (one small, one large)

First, we're continuing to work on some ways to increase the quality of feedback and make it easier to eliminate and deal with non-useful feedback: hopefully I'll have more news for you on this soon :).

Second, we're looking at ways to increase the actual number of users patrolling and take off some of the workload from you lot. Part of this is increasing the prominence of the feedback page, which we're going to try to do with a link at the top of each article to the relevant page. This should be deployed on Tuesday (touch wood!) and we'll be closely monitoring what happens. Let me know if you have any questions or issues :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:27, 16 November 2012 (UTC)Reply

Help asked with bot out of control

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Please take a look here. Thank you in advance. Kind regards, MoiraMoira (talk) 09:23, 6 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

AFT5 newsletter

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Hey all; another newsletter.

  • If you're not already aware, a Request for Comment on the future of the Article Feedback Tool on the English-language Wikipedia is open; any and all comments, regardless of opinion and perspective, are welcome.
  • Our final round of hand-coding is complete, and the results can be found here; thanks to everyone who took part!
  • We've made test deployments to the German and French-language projects; if you are aware of any other projects that might like to test out or use the tool, please let me know :).
  • Developers continue to work on the upgraded version of the feedback page that was discussed during our last office hours session, with a prototype ready for you to play around with in a few weeks.

That's all for now! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:11, 23 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Wikidata is here; please disable any interwiki bots on the English Wikipedia

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Hi!

Wikidata has been deployed to the English Wikipedia. Going forward, Wikidata will manage interwiki links. Further information: m:Wikidata/Deployment Questions and <https://blog.wikimedia.de/?p=13892>.

Important note: Bots that continue to add, remove, or update interwiki links on the English Wikipedia may be blocked from editing after Saturday, February 16, 2013.

If you are running pywikipedia's interwiki.py, please update to pyrev:11073 which will automatically prevent your bot from updating links on this wiki.

If you have any questions, please ask at the bot owners' noticeboard. Thank you for your past work maintaining interwiki links. It has been very appreciated and we're looking forward to an even brighter future with Wikidata. Legoktm (talk) 09:44, 14 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Zadia River

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It's quite probable. Honestly, I know very little about that corner of the world --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:38, 17 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

New Article Feedback version available for testing

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Hey all.

As promised, we've built a set of improvements to the Article Feedback Tool, which can be tested through the links here. Please do take the opportunity to play around with it, let me know of any bugs, and see what you think :).

A final reminder that the Request for Comment on whether AFT5 should be turned on on Wikipedia (and how) is soon to close; for those of you who have not submitted an opinion or !voted, it can be found here.

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 19:19, 19 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Looking for international bot operators to chat with

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Hello Jon Harald Søby. I hope this finds you well. You were nice enough to Skype with me early last year for my dissertation project on Wikipedia bots and bot operators. I am now looking for bot community members from non-en.wikipedia versions and WM projects to chat with. I'm wondering if you'd be willing to pass along my request (posted here) to any bot operators you think might be interested and willing to share their time and expertise. I'm specifically investigating how bot policies differ between projects, and how projects decide/don't decide to adopt the Meta Bot Policy and recognize the global bot flag. I am bound by my English-only language skills though, so I'm looking for people who can chat in English through whatever media/method they prefer.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide, and let me know if you have any questions. UOJComm (talk) 19:53, 19 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Special Thanks from Arabic Wikipedia

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Thanks alot for you quick action in here , but may I know how did you find it out ! regards --Antime •(Talk) 22:35, 8 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

No problem! I was contacted on #wikimedia-stewards connect by Elph asking for it to be removed. :-) Jon Harald Søby (talk) 22:37, 8 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Nomination for merging of Template:Largest cities of Norway

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 Template:Largest cities of Norway has been nominated for merging with Template:Most populous urban areas of Norway. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Waldir talk 19:19, 5 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Your bot on English Wikipedia

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A proposal to de-authorize a group of idle interwiki bots on the English Wikipedia is currently in process. A bot account of yours has been included in the list. If you are no longer using this bot, no action is neccessary by you. Should you wish to revive your bot in the near future, please remove your bot from the list here: en:Wikipedia:Bot_owners'_noticeboard#Bot_that_are_inactive_for_the_last_2-4_years_and_may_lose_bot_flag. Thank you for your contributions. For the en: Bot Approvals Group, en:user:Xaosflux 12:23, 28 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Template:Sports-reference

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Hello. Thanks for your work on Template:Sports-reference and Module:SportsReference. I have posted some concerns about the changes in functionality below your comments at Template talk:Sports-reference#Wikidata alternative. -- Zyxw (talk) 04:28, 10 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

January 2015

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  Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Franco Gamero, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. GiantSnowman 17:52, 19 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

@GiantSnowman:, if you'd actually checked any of the links I removed, you'd notice that they point to totally different players than the ones the articles are about. Therefore, I've reverted your reverts (with a better edit summary this time). Jon Harald Søby (talk) 18:02, 19 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
Yes, thank you for clarifying fully, both here and in your edit summary - I have been able to replace some with correct links. Regards, GiantSnowman 18:35, 19 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
@GiantSnowman:, awesome! I discovered these when working on P1469 on Wikidata (more precisely on its constraint violation report); I recently imported all values from {{FIFA player}} & co from all language Wikipedias into Wikidata, and it showed some inconsistencies. I was able to fix most of them (in Wikidata), but where I wasn't able to find the correct ID I opted to remove the template (so the error wouldn't be introduced to Wikidata again, and also because bad links are bad). So thanks for finding the correct ones, so I can add them to Wikidata. :-) Jon Harald Søby (talk) 19:10, 19 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Quixotic plea

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  You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Wikipediholism test. Thanks. — {{U|Technical 13}} (etc) 06:31, 23 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:57, 23 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

Merger discussion for List of grandsons of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud by seniority

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An article that you have been involved in editing—List of grandsons of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud by seniority—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. 62.64.152.154 (talk) 14:24, 19 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Contests

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User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:27, 21 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Hello, Jon Harald Søby. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Template:Samoa listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Samoa. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Samoa redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 00:50, 26 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Template:Montenegro listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Montenegro. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Montenegro redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 00:59, 26 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia Revival

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  Hello, I'm Jamesjpk. I wanted to let you know that the Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia, has been tagged with a semi-active tag. I am messaging you about this because you are listed under the wiki-project's list of active participants. Please contribute to the WikiProject if you want to keep it alive! I hope that it becomes active again! Jamesjpk (talk) 22:25, 9 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Bots Newsletter, April 2017

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Bots Newsletter, April 2017
 

Greetings!

The BAG Newsletter is now the Bots Newsletter, per discussion. As such, we've subscribed all bot operators to the newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

Arbcom

Magioladitis ARBCOM case has closed. The remedies of the case include:

  • Community encouraged to review common fixes
  • Community encouraged to review policy on cosmetic edits
  • Developers encouraged to improve AWB interface
  • Bot approvals group encouraged to carefully review BRFA scope
  • Reminders/Restrictions specific to Magioladitis
BRFAs

We currently have 27 open bot requests at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval, and could use your help processing!

Discussions

There are multiple ongoing discussions surrounding bot-related matters. In particular:

New things

Several new things are around:

Wikimania

Wikimania 2017 is happening in Montreal, during 9–13 August. If you plan to attend, or give a talk, let us know!

Thank you! edited by:Headbomb 11:35, 12 April 2017 (UTC)Reply


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Bor i Tanzania?

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Hej Jon. Beklager min dårlige norske. Det står at du bodde i Tanzania på brukersiden din. Er det en spesiell grunn til det? Ingenting, jeg er bare nysgjerrig. Takk på forhånd! — AWESOME meeos * ([ˈjæb.ə ət məɪ])) 13:27, 13 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hei Awesomemeeos, jeg bodde der i seks måneder i 2011 fordi jeg var på utveksling for å studere lingvistikk og swahili. :-) Og så har jeg vært tilbake flere ganger etterpå på ferie. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 13:30, 13 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Herregud, fantastisk! Dette minner meg om Norges oppføring til Eurovision i 2011, Haba Haba. Den hadde swahili, skrevet i 2011 og også fra Norge! — AWESOME meeos * ([ˈjæb.ə ət məɪ])) 14:01, 13 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
@Awesomemeeos: Jepp, jeg husker den! Men den ble ikke veldig populær i Tanzania (i hvert fall ikke mens jeg bodde der), men tror den ble spilt en del i Kenya, siden Stella Mwangi har kenyanske røtter. :-) Jon Harald Søby (talk) 22:03, 13 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

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AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

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Greetings!

You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

  • Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
  • Country Winners
  • Diversity winner
  • High quality contributors
  • Gender-gap fillers
  • Page improvers
  • Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

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Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

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  Hi Jon Harald Søby! I am Galendalia and I have revived the WikiProject for Spoken Wikipedia. I noticed that you signed up at some point to be a participant and as I am reviving this project, one of my tasks is to get the participant list in order. Would you please go to the Participants List and add your name and language(s) you speak? If you are already there and do not want to be, please move yourself to the inactive list at the bottom of the page. If you want to remain, please put remain next to your name (this way you are not moved). If I do not see anything from you by May 30, 2020, I will move you to the inactive participant list. It would also be great if you would be willing to join the task force for Pronunciation that would be awesome, as there are troublesome words we run into.

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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

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Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap filler - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Hello Jon Harald Søby, Would you like to write about Isabelle de Charrière (Q123386) for the NO or NN Wikipedia? Or find someone to do it. That would be appreciated. Boss-well63 (talk) 14:51, 17 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

  • Overall winner
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    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

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    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
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