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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2024)

Theo Jansen's Strandbeest, a group of planar walking mechanisms Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is: Mechanism (engineering) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Breaking wave • Sports equipment Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 July 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels

Your GA nomination of Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CosXZ -- CosXZ (talk) 01:41, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:10, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels

The article Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels for comments about the article, and Talk:Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of CosXZ -- CosXZ (talk) 18:02, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

@CosXZ Thank you! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:04, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

You are welcome Cos ^{(X + Z)} 18:07, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024). Administrator changes Elli HouseBlaster Pickersgill-Cunliffe Brianga De728631 Georgewilliamherbert Hyacinth (deceased) ProveIt The Night Watch Technical news Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086) Miscellaneous The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:58, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2024)

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Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is: Applied science Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Mechanism (engineering) • Breaking wave Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 8 July 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Archiving WT:WikiProject Disability

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Please don't manually archive topics at the WikiProect Disability Talk page. your latest archiving action left the talk page essentially empty. Please allow the automatic archiving system to do its thing. It is set up not to completely remove the latest discussions. Thank you Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:01, 8 July 2024 (UTC) OK! Just trying to clean up some WikiProject talk pages. Happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:05, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Any page watchers interested in co-nominating for GA status?

There are a handful of articles I've worked on that are in decent shape but could use some polishing before being nominated for Good article status. I am curious if any page watchers might be interested in finalizing and co-nominating any of the following Wikipedia articles:

• Arleta Library Bakery & Cafe
• Bistro Agnes
• Du's Grill
• El Gallo Taqueria
• Hung Far Low (restaurant)
• Jackson's Catfish Corner
• Lazy Susan (restaurant)
• Metrovino
• MidCity SmashedBurger
• Pioneer Courthouse Square Christmas tree
• Por Que No
• Spielman Bagels & Coffee
• Sunshine Noodles
• Touché Restaurant & Bar
• Wong's King

If so, let me know here or on the article's talk page! Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 13:47, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

(gasp) I'll copyedit as many as I can, starting with MidCity SmashBurger. TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 20:30, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@TrademarkedTWOrantula Thanks! If you come across any inaccuracies or content gaps, feel free to share on the talk page. For MidCity in particular, I recall needing to double check the criteria for the "best in the world" claim and decide if this was valid for inclusion. Otherwise, could be a fun article to collaborate on! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:49, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@TrademarkedTWOrantula: Thanks for your help on MidCity, and congrats on the GA! Looking forward to other collaborations. By the way, I added a note on the Metrovino talk page if you're interested in reviewing that entry. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:53, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Uploading logo files

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Hi Another Believer. You recently uploaded several logos for restaurants and other establishments that appear to be too simple to be eligible for copyright protection under US copyright law as explained in c:COM:TOO United States. Most of if not all of these files either have already been or should be re-licensed as public domain content. Playing it safe and uploading content as non-free is, for sure, OK, particularly when not sure whether a logo is eligible for copyright protection; the US, however, has a relatively high threshold of originality and pretty much any timeype of text-only logo or combination of simple shapes and colors is going to be considered to simple for copyright protection. Many of your recent files seem to be this type of logo and should eventually be moved to Commons since Commons is perfectly fine in hosting files of logo as along as they meet c:COM:TOO and c:COM:CB#Logos. You can save others some cleanup work, if you just uploaded such files directly to Commons; Commons files are "global" in the sense that they can be easily used by all WMF projects whereas Wikipedia files are "local" and can only be used on Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:30, 11 July 2024 (UTC); edited 21:00, 11 July 2024 (UTC) I'd rather upload here and let others move to Commons appropriately, but thanks. ---Another Believer (Talk) 13:21, 11 July 2024 (UTC) That's fine. You can upload public domain or otherwise freely licensed file to Wikipedia if you want. If you do so, though, tagging them with {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} will make it easier for others to find them. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:00, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: June 2024

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This Month in GLAM – Volume XIV, Issue VI, June 2024 Headlines Albania report: Wiki Loves Living Heritage in Albania Australia report: Partner Project between Wikimedia Australia, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) and the School of Information and Communication Studies at Charles Sturt University (CSU SICS) Brazil report: Wiki Loves Mato Grosso Germany report: GLAM digital with the August Bebel Institute - "Wiki Loves Democracy Part III" and new GLAM-on-Tour-Film released Indonesia report: 2024 Half-a-year in Review Italy report: Open science conference and Wikimedians in Sicily Kosovo report: Wiki Loves Earth in Albania & Kosovo, 2024 New Zealand report: WikiProject Te Papa Research Expeditions and WikiProject IBC 2024 North Macedonia report: Climate Changes Edit-a-thons by Wikimedia MKD Poland report: What's up in GLAM-Wiki in Poland in June Serbia report: News in GLAM Serbia Switzerland report: Swiss GLAM Programme UK report: Using Wikipedia in interfaith education USA report: GLAM CSI user stories feedback requested and US events Biodiversity Heritage Library report: BHL-Wiki Working Group June monthly highlights AvoinGLAM report: Bridging Digital Art Practices with Institutional Archives: professional knowledge exchange on digital art archiving Wikidata report: 20th Century Press Archives – history in newspaper clippings, made accessible by ZBW and Wikimedia Calendar: July's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here. About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 02:29, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2024)

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Ambush of Polish partisans against Russian forces during the January Uprising, 1863 Hello, Another Believer. The article for improvement of the week is: Ambush Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Applied science • Mechanism (engineering) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 July 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Nomination of Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. TNstingray (talk) 20:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Naomi Pomeroy

On 17 July 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Naomi Pomeroy, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 22:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

MidCity SmashedBurger

Your GA nomination of MidCity SmashedBurger

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article MidCity SmashedBurger you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Rollinginhisgrave -- Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 01:02, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of MidCity SmashedBurger

The article MidCity SmashedBurger you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:MidCity SmashedBurger for comments about the article, and Talk:MidCity SmashedBurger/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Rollinginhisgrave -- Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 18:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks again! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:37, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

File:Jeju (restaurant) logo.png

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Simple text logos of restaurants located in the US like File:Jeju (restaurant) logo.png are almost certain to be too simple to be eligible for copyright protection under US copyright law per c:COM:TOO United States, and there's no reason to upload them locally to Wikipedia as non-free content. They really should be uploaded to Commons instead. If you're not sure about such a logo, you can always ask for opinions at WP:MCQ or c:COM:VPC. Commons requires the content it hosts be accpetably freely licensed or within the public domain in the both the US and the country of first publication because its servers are in the US and its content is "global" (i.e. content that can be used by all Wikimedia Foundation projects). So, for restaurants in the US, only US copyright law needs to be considered. For restaurants located in other countries or international chains incporporated outside of the US, things could be a little trickier to assess because the threshold of originalty each country follows isn't always the same. However, even in such cases, it still might be possible license the file as {{PD-ineligible-USonly}} for use on Wikipedia instead of non-free because Wikipedia content is "local" (i.e. content that can only be used on Wikipedia) which means it only needs to comply with US copyright law. If you know all of this already, then my apologoies for mistakenly assuming otherwise. You can, however, save some time and effort if you can assess whether the logo is too simple to be non-free yourself, and just upload the file to Commons if it is because that's the best place for it. Commons has no problem hosting logos that a released under an acceptable free license or are too simple to be eligible for copyright protection. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:39, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 63

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes Issue 63, May – June 2024 One new partner 1Lib1Ref Spotlight: References check Read the full newsletter Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin July Issue 1

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Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the first half of July 2024. Please help Translate. Upcoming and current events and conversations Wikimania Katowice Talking: 2024 continues Registration for Wikimania Katowice (7–10 August 2024) is still open. Register to attend in-person or virtually until 26 July. The call for presentation submissions for the WikiArabia 2024 is open (until July 28). Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org The Community Tech team launched a new, continuous Community Wishlist. Wish submission is now open and can be filled at any time. Join the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) as technical volunteers. Applications are open until August 10. A new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph with more secure, easy to use, and extendible Chart. You can subscribe to the newsletter to get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart. CampaignEvents extension, add an Image feature on iOS Wikipedia app and more recent changes from the Tech News. Read also other news in the previous edition. Dark mode - one of the most requested features will transform Wikipedia’s accessibility and is now available on select wikis, on mobile and desktop, in both reading and editing mode! MediaWiki insights into work done to improve security, ease of use, maintainability and overall code health. Also, a 25% increase in the number of authors who have committed more than 5 patches! Have you ever wished monitoring and fighting vandalism was easier from your mobile device? Edit Patrol is here to help. On the value of experimentation – a Future Audiences perspective. Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta Wikicelebrate Ellie from El Salvador, a passionate Wikipedia trainer, event organizer and someone who finds joy in seeing others grow. Growing visual knowledge on the Wikimedia projects – the experiences of the Image Description Month. Enhancing Learning with Ancient Manuscripts – Wikisource Loves Manuscripts pilot project in Indonesia. Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog The call for candidates for the special election of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now until July 19. Protecting the Wikimedia model, its people, and its values – highlights from the Global Advocacy Team. Reflections from the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2024 (DRIF24). Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness See also: quarterly Metrics Reports Key Takeaways, Trends, and Lessons from FY23/24 Community Fund Grants Board and Board committee updates See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees published its decision not to ratify the draft Movement Charter along with proposed next steps (minutes, resolution, appendix). Movement Charter voting is closed. At the time of drafting, the scrutineers are working to ensure that all votes on the ballot are valid. Foundation statements Wikimedia Foundation’s Accreditation to the World Intellectual Property Organization was blocked for a fourth time by China. Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters: Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata Regions: Central and Eastern Europe Subscribe or unsubscribe · Help translate Previous editions of this bulletin are on Meta-Wiki. Let askcacwikimedia.org know if you have any feedback or suggestions for improvement! MediaWiki message delivery 21:19, 18 July 2024 (UTC)