User talk:Smileguy91/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Archive 3

Archive 4

Archive 5

Thanks

Many thanks for looking at my first Wiki page Whiskey Bay Rovers. I am as yet, unskilled with the wiki world. I was hoping to have the result something like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Bogg_and_Salty. A very well known version of the group. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cortknox (talk • contribs) 17:37, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 June 2013

• From the editor: Signpost developments

• Featured content: A week of portraits

• Discussion report: Return of the Discussion report

• News and notes: "Cease and desist", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; Could WikiLang be the next WMF project?

• In the media: China blocks secure version of Wikipedia

• WikiProject report: Operation Normandy

• Technology report: Developers accused of making Toolserver fight 'pointless'

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 23:21, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Re: Your note re speedy deletion of article Amshold

Hi

This is a real company owned by the British Lord and businessman, Lord Sugar. I am working to expand on it and would kindly ask it isn't deleted(Spymo (talk) 15:04, 7 June 2013 (UTC))

Hello Spymo, even though the company is real, if the article does not explicitly show notability, per Wikipedia guidelines, it can be deleted. smileguy91^talk 15:10, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Update: The article now shows notability after Spymo made additions. Speedy removed. smileguy91^talk 15:12, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Username notice

Hi there, you are the third one to point out that my username "FootballStatWhore" is potentially in violation of wikipedia's policy. OK, a stat whore is not related to sex workers in any means... It's just someone who is excessively concerned with statistics. FootballStatWhore (talk) 17:29, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Well, if many people could consider it a violation, you might want to consider changing it to prevent controversy. Cheers, smileguy91^talk 17:32, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Actually I changed from an uncontroversial name to FootballStatWhore, to tell people what I do here. I will add the explanation to my userpage. Plus, three people is not "many people":) FootballStatWhore (talk) 17:55, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Understood. smileguy91^talk 18:40, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

I also had doubts about it, glad to hear an explanation...Matty.007 14:13, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Your request for rollback

Hi Smileguy91. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback should never be used to edit war.
• If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
• Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! INeverCry 02:11, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for June 12

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Emirates (airline), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Tim Clark (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 12:15, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 June 2013

• News and notes: How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal

• Featured content: Mixing Bowl Interchange

• In the media: VisualEditor will "change world history"

• Op-ed: The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons

• Discussion report: VisualEditor, elections, bots, and more

• Traffic report: Who holds the throne?

• Arbitration report: Two cases suspended; proposed decision posted in Argentine History

• WikiProject report: Processing WikiProject Computing

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 07:29, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot

SuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun!

Add sources Fixed-wing aircraft 4th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Wikimedia Foundation Splitter plate (aircraft) Spoileron Paris Air Show Cleanup Selwyn College, Auckland Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Follett Corporation Expand Boryspil International Airport Bleed air Aeroflot Unencyclopaedic Intake ramp Competition between Airbus and Boeing Boeing 717

Wikify Iran Air Brookdale Senior Living Boeing 720 Orphan Wilbur Cross (author) Nippi NP-100 Indian MRO Industry Merge American Airlines Ice protection system Hewitt Associates Stub Deceleron Aerosud Jetalliance Air BTR Wingbox Gust lock

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping.

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 15:32, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 June 2013

• Op-ed: Two responses to the 'Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons'

• Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week

• In the media: South African learners want Wikipedia; Editing of Israel topics

• WikiProject report: The Volunteer State: WikiProject Tennessee

• News and notes: Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters?

• Featured content: Cheaper by the dozen

• Discussion report: Citations, non-free content, and a MediaWiki meeting

• Technology report: May engineering report published

• Arbitration report: The Farmbrough amendment request—automation and arbitration enforcement

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 22:08, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

FYI

Just so you won't think it just "disappeared", our discussion that was listed at Talk:Burma#Burma or Myanmar? was moved by another editor to a subpage, Talk:Burma/Myanmar#Burma or Myanmar?, to follow the guidelines at the TOP of the Talk:Burma page. – PAINE ELLSWORTH ^CLIMAX! 02:24, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. smileguy91^talk 03:20, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

{{yw}} (even shorter;-) – PAINE ELLSWORTH ^CLIMAX! 03:24, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for June 22

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Chott el Hodna, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Saline (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:04, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

auto removal of the dispute: 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Hi Apparently this dispute was removed by a bot. Should I restore it? Ykantor (talk) 14:50, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Hello Ykantor, it seems like it was removed for inactivity, yet I don't know at this point whether restoring it is "legal" within WP guidelines. smileguy91^talk 02:36, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 June 2013

• Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week

• In the media: Daily Dot on Commons and porn; Jimmy Wales accused of breaking Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden

• Recent research: Most controversial Wikipedia topics, automatic detection of sockpuppets

• News and notes: Election results released

• Discussion report: Privacy policy, X!'s edit counter, old rangeblocks, and the Article Incubator

• Featured content: Wikipedia in black + Adam Cuerden

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Fashion

• Arbitration report: Argentine History closed; two cases remain suspended

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 21:09, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 July 2013

• In the media: Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing

• Featured content: Queen of France

• WikiProject report: Puppies!

• News and notes: Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace

• Discussion report: Snuggle, mainpage link to Wikinews, 3RR, and more

• Technology report: VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series

• Traffic report: Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views

• Arbitration report: Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 23:04, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

DRN inquiry

I've received an inquiry about Battle of Kursk, but only intended to offer a comment there. I'm also dropping this same note at Nbound's talk page. Just FYI. Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 01:09, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

The DRN case

Hello. What is the next order of business for this case Talk:Battle of Kursk#Use of term Blitzkrieg. I'm down for a compromise, if the other editors are willing: The blitzkrieg stays together with the supporting 4-plus citations. Then the succeeding sentence can point out that it is still disputed. The only problem with that is that it may one day get tagged with {{citation needed}} if they don't provide one. They could also put an inline endnote to point out that the term was never used in any orders issued for Citadel; and sources to support this should be easy to find. Although technically, if we follow that logic for the rest of the content in the article, we will have a sea of such endnotes. But I have no objections to its use in this instance if it will resolve the dispute. I wanted to post this suggestion in the noticeboard but I'm not sure if we are still waiting for something or if there is a unique protocol to the resolution of disputes. Especially since my previous replies turned out to be outside the proper protocol. EyeTruth (talk) 01:25, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

RfC for User:Baboon43

Hello! I was wondering if you would review my outside view and potentially add your name to the endorsers? I'm trying to get the RfC to wind down and come to a conclusion. Dusti^*poke* 00:54, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

If you're still interested, the issue has finally gone to WP:AN. MezzoMezzo (talk) 07:42, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 July 2013

• Op-ed: It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project

• WikiProject report: Not Jimbo: WikiProject Wales

• Traffic report: Inflated view counts here, there, and everywhere

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south

• Dispatches: Infoboxes: time for a fresh look?

• Featured content: The week of the birds

• Discussion report: Featured article process governance, signature templates, and more

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 08:30, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

DRN needs your help!

Hi there. I've noticed it's been a while since you've been active at DRN, and we could really use your help! DRN is going to undergo some changes soon, so it'd really be great if our backlog is cleared before the start of August and we have as many people on board to help with the changes (they include a move to subpages and the creation of a rotating "co-ordinator" role to help manage things day-to-day. Hope to see you soon! Steven Zhang ^{Help resolve disputes!} 11:38, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 July 2013

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Square Enix

• Traffic report: Most-viewed articles of the week

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced

• Featured content: Documents and sports

• Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case opens; July 22 deadline for checkuser and oversight applications

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 17:14, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 July 2013

• In the media: Wikipedia flamewars

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Religion

• Discussion report: Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more

• News and notes: Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India

• Traffic report: Gleeless

• Featured content: Engineering and the arts

• Arbitration report: Infoboxes case opens

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 20:54, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 July 2013

• Op-ed: The VisualEditor Beta and the path to change

• Recent research: Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Srebrenica across cultures, 90% of Wikipedia better than Britannica, WikiSym preview

• Traffic report: Bouncing Baby Brouhaha

• WikiProject report: Babel Series: Politics on the Turkish Wikipedia

• News and notes: Gearing up for Wikimania 2013

• Arbitration report: Race and politics case closes

• Featured content: Caterpillars, warblers, and frogs—oh my!

• Discussion report: Defining consensus; VisualEditor default state; expert and layperson terms in article titles

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 03:07, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

The new face of DRN: Smileguy91

Recently the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard underwent some changes in how it operates. Part of the change involved a new list of volunteers with a bit of information about the people behind the names.

You are listed as a volunteer at DRN currently, to update your profile is simple, just click here. Thanks, Cabe6403^{(Talk•Sign)} 17:24, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 August 2013

• Arbitration report: Fourteen editors proposed for ban in Tea Party movement case

• Traffic report: Greetings from the graveyard

• News and notes: Chapters Association self-destructs

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Freedom of Speech

• Featured content: Mysterious case of the grand duchess

• Discussion report: CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 00:36, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Dispute

Hi Smileguy,

I want to intervene after your last comment. You make a false parallelism between me and Ykantor that I cannot leave without answer when you talk about "strong beliefs" on "both sides". I have been on wikipedia for 8 years. I have written 7 FA in French, two of which where translated in English. 4 of them directly refer to the '48 War. I have 20 books on the very specific topic the 1920-1948 period at home and 10 of them directly refer to the 1948 war too. ~I have been in contact with 4 historians to ask them their mind about some issues. One of them even read an article suggested to FA to suggest corrections. I am also a former AbrCom member on wp:fr. I know all the rules and I am well known by the contributors dealing with the I/P topic. Despite all this, I have been outed by stupid fanatics and accused of antisemitism. I have had to ask a lawyer to contact WMF at the time. And despite of this, I still have to manage newbees with patience, which I do. But please, don't make such parallelism, talking about "strong beliefs" when such a newbee comes here with the ambition of correcting the mistakes and propaganda on wikipedia and attack other contributors... Thank you for your understanding. Pluto2012 (talk) 07:26, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Sorry if I have offended you. I hadn't reviewed the dispute after a long time and I may have forgotten the context of the case. Again, I apologize. smileguy91^talk 10:36, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi Smileguy,

You didn't offend me but I wanted to point out that I don't accept the parallelism that you made even if I am aware that this is a prerequisite to mediation. By the way, there is no dispute and no way to bring a constructive answer to Ykantor. We face a behaviour issue that will end alone on WP:AN/I.

Pluto2012 (talk) 09:39, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

I am sorry to intervene, but Pluto is far from being objective, since he prefers anti-Israeli stories and routinely deletes lot of my writing, although concise, well supported and objective (in my opinion), because the truth is not sufficiently anti Israeli in his view. As a side show, he routinely attack me personally. BTW Whatever I wrote is fully supported. e.g. "Si je comprend bien, Pluto2012 vous propose :d'agir comme WP:MEAT de Pluto2012" which means: "I understand well. Pluto propose that I will be his meat puppet" (the reply of user:Racconish to pluto). Ykantor (talk) 13:29, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

OK, I don't exactly want to turn my talk page into a DRN page, but both of you please summarize your opinions/views concisely, please? I am rather confused by the dozens of paragraphs on the DRN page and the article talk page. Thank you, smileguy91^talk 13:34, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

• As asked, I have recovered and slightly modified the deleted section. Should I copy it to the article talkpage? At the moment it is in my User:Ykantor/sandbox?
• The section is not ready. It needs a lot of work, but it is sufficiently good to debate about it. It is rather long, and should eventually be concised.
• In my opinion the dispute is a section deletion by user:pluto2012 against Wikipedia rules, and although he have not exposed any error there.
• The usual Wikipedia process is debating the section content in the talkpage, and that exactly what I would like to do. I might be wrong, and I try to be open minded. However, in my experience Pluto is routinely deleting most of my writing, so unfortunately he might repeat it in this case too. He is greatly assisted by his friends, while I am alone. It might cause an automatic majority against me, and eventually to an incorrect section. (like other present errors and inaccuracies in the article.). So, I wonder what can be done if such a situation arises? Ykantor (talk) 17:55, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Ykantor, please do not mislead about what I write. Racconish did not wrote "Si je comprend bien, Pluto2012 vous propose :d'agir comme WP:MEAT de Pluto2012". I did. And your quotation is too short. And your translation is wrong. Visite fortuitement prolongée (talk) 20:32, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

• It is very important to me to as reliable and accurate as possible. I wrote initially:"of asking other editor to be his sock puppet? ( that what the other editor understood)", and this is still accurate. I had later a minor mistake with the identity of the other user (not user:Racconis but User:Visite fortuitement prolongée ).
• Because of my weak french, I double checked with both automated translations of Google and Bing. The Bing translation is:"If I understand well, Pluto2012 offers: to act as a WP: MEAT of Pluto2012". So the translation should have been: "if I understand well. Pluto propose that you will be his meat puppet" (one word is different). So, it seems that my initial claim is still fully justified. (this is a copy of my writing in the article talkpage) Ykantor (talk) 23:59, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

I am not taking any sides here, but Bing and Google Translate cannot be used as definite methods of translation. It sometimes misinterprets meanings of words, especially words that can act as synonyms. smileguy91^talk 03:32, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

• There are 2 (two) words difference between "I understand well. Pluto propose that I will be his meat puppet" and "if I understand well. Pluto propose that you will be his meat puppet".
• Please do not mislead about what I write. "if I understand well. Pluto propose that you will be his meat puppet" is still an incomplete and inacurate translation of that (how a comma became a dot is beyond me).

Visite fortuitement prolongée (talk) 20:05, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 August 2013

• News and notes: "Beautifully smooth" Wikimania with few hitches

• In the media: Chinese censorship

• Featured content: Wikipedia takes the cities

• Special report: Jimmy Wales: media favors entertainment over raising public awareness

• Discussion report: Wikivoyage, reliable sources, music bands, account creators, and OTRS

• WikiProject report: For the love of stamps

• Arbitration report: Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case closes

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 10:40, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 August 2013

• In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'

• Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

• WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks

• Traffic report: Reddit creep

• Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland

• News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments

• Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 06:54, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 August 2013

• In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'

• Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

• WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks

• Traffic report: Reddit creep

• Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland

• News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments

• Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 14:19, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 September 2013

• In the media: Manning "put back in the closet"; State involvement in Azerbaijani Wikipedia

• News and notes: Privacy policy debate gears up

• Traffic report: No accounting for the wisdom of crowds

• Discussion report: Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more

• Featured content: Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt

• WikiProject report: Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia

• Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes ; Infoboxes nears completion

• Technology report: Making Wikipedia more accessible

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 22:34, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 September 2013

• In the media: Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a "right to reply" box?

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Indonesia

• Featured content: Tintin goes featured

• News and notes: As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas

• Traffic report: Syria, celebrities, and association football: oh my!

• Arbitration report: Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute ; Infoboxes case closes

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 05:59, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:HEBISD Board of Trustees 2012.jpg)

Thanks for uploading File:HEBISD Board of Trustees 2012.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Werieth (talk) 16:14, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 September 2013

• News and notes: Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests

• WikiProject report: 18,464 Good Articles on the wall

• Featured content: Hurricane Diane and Van Gogh

• Technology report: What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?

• Traffic report: Twerking, tragedy and TV

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 07:38, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Your involvement with DRN

Hi there, I noticed that you haven't been as active at DRN as you was before. DRN has been a bit backlogged lately and we could use some extra hands. We have updated our volunteer list to a new format, Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Volunteers (your name is still there under the old format if you haven't updated it) and are looking into ways to make DRN more effective and more rewarding for volunteers (your input is appreciated!). If you don't have much time to volunteer at the moment, that's fine too, just move your name to the inactive list (you're free to add yourself back to active at any time). Hope to see you again soon :) Steven Zhang (talk) 13:35, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 September 2013

• Op-ed: Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia

• Traffic report: Look on Walter's works

• In the media: Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia

• News and notes: Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor

• WikiProject report: Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!

• Featured content: Wikipedia takes the stage

• Recent research: Automatic detection of "infiltrating" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 07:41, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 October 2013

• Op-ed: Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership

• Discussion report: References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more

• News and notes: WMF signals new grantmaking priorities

• Featured content: Bobby, Ben, Roger and a fantasia

• Arbitration report: Infoboxes: After the war

• WikiProject report: U2 Too

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 02:33, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 October 2013

• Traffic report: Shutdown shenanigans

• WikiProject report: Australian Roads

• Featured content: Under the sea

• News and notes: Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed

• In the media: College credit for editing Wikipedia

• Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute and Ebionites 3 cases continue; third arbitrator resigns

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 14:54, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Jumping the gun

The article kronik (slang) was tagged for merging while I was in the midst of creating it. Since marijuana has no current section on slang terms other than a footnote, I do not understand the suggestion that this should be the target of the merge. The term kronik is not in fact on the list of marijuana slang terms [1]. The term has sufficient multiple meanings and cultural references to warrant a separate article.FriendlyFred (talk) 18:05, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

I still doubt that this page warrants its own article. I will try to make improvements to the page. smileguy91^talk 21:01, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 October 2013

• News and notes: Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin

• Traffic report: Peaceful potpourri

• WikiProject report: Heraldry and Vexillology

• Featured content: That's a lot of pictures

• Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case closes

• Discussion report: Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 23:30, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 October 2013

• News and notes: Grantmaking season—rumblings in the German-language community

• Traffic report: Your average week ... and a fish

• Featured content: Your worst nightmare as a child is now featured on Wikipedia

• Discussion report: More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more

• In the media: The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia

• WikiProject report: Elements of the world

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 03:46, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 October 2013

• Traffic report: 200 miles in 200 years

• In the media: Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia?

• News and notes: Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?

• Featured content: Wrestling with featured content

• Recent research: User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube

• WikiProject report: Special: Lessons from the dead and dying

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 22:58, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 November 2013

• News and notes: Alleged "outing" of editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban

• Traffic report: Danse Macabre

• Featured content: Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Accessibility

• Arbitration report: Ebionites 3 case closed

• Discussion report: Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 06:54, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 November 2013

• Traffic report: Google Doodlebugs bust the block

• Featured content: 1244 Chinese handscroll leads nine-strong picture contingent

• Special report: FDC staff raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance

• News and notes: Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it

• WikiProject report: The world of soap operas

• Discussion report: Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 08:26, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 November 2013

• From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

• Book review: Peter Burke's Social History of Knowledge—ambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive

• Featured content: Rockin' the featured pictures

• WikiProject report: Score! American football on Wikipedia

• News and notes: Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting

• Traffic report: Ill Winds

• Arbitration report: WMF opens the door for non-admin arbitrators

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 13:01, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 December 2013

• Traffic report: Kennedy shot Who

• Recent research: Reciprocity and reputation motivate contributions to Wikipedia; indigenous knowledge and "cultural imperialism"; how PR people see Wikipedia

• Discussion report: Musical scores, diversity conference, Module:Convert, and more

• News and notes: One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions

• WikiProject report: Electronic Apple Pie

• Featured content: F*&!

• Arbitration report: Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute case opens; New discretionary sanctions draft proposal available for review

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 07:03, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 7

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Little Salt Lake, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Iron County (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:18, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 December 2013

• Traffic report: Deaths of Mandela, Walker top the list

• In the media: Edward Snowden a "hero"; German Wikipedia court ruling

• News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Wine

• Interview: Wikipedia's first Featured Article centurion

• Featured content: Viewer discretion advised

• Technology report: MediaWiki 1.22 released

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 04:41, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 December 2013

• WikiProject report: Babel Series: Tunisia on the French Wikipedia

• Traffic report: Hopper to the top

• Discussion report: Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more

• News and notes: Nine new arbitrators announced

• Featured content: Triangulum, the most boring constellation in the universe

• Technology report: Introducing the GLAMWikiToolset

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 06:55, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 December 2013

• Recent research: Cross-language editors, election predictions, vandalism experiments

• Featured content: Drunken birds and treasonous kings

• Discussion report: Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings

• WikiProject report: More Great WikiProject Logos

• News and notes: IEG round 2 funding rewards diverse ambitions

• Technology report: OAuth: future of user designed tools

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 05:39, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

The Female Struggle

You tagged The Female Struggle with {{db-repost}}, indicating that the article had previously been deleted as the result of a deletion discussion. Can you please provide a link to the AFD discussion that resulted in the prior deletion? Thanks. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:03, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

This may be substantial: [2] smileguy91^talk 20:05, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

WP:CSD#G4 only applies to articles that have been deleted after a deletion discussion at WP:AFD. Articles that have been previously speedily deleted are not eligible under this criterion (although they may well be eligible under the original criterion by which they were previously deleted). In this case, this is an article about a book, which, by some strange Wikipedia consensus, is not eligible for speedy deletion under WP:CSD#A7. Since the article is not overtly and irreparably promotional, the best course of action is to PROD the article. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:10, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

OK, thanks, I apologize for the error. smileguy91^talk 20:10, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 January 2014

• Traffic report: A year stuck in traffic

• Arbitration report: Examining the Committee's year

• In the media: Does Wikipedia need a medical disclaimer?

• Book review: Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia

• News and notes: The year in review

• Discussion report: Article incubator, dates and fractions, medical disclaimer

• WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Fifth Edition

• Featured content: 2013—the trends

• Technology report: Looking back on 2013

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 05:20, 4 January 2014 (UTC)