User talk:Miniapolis/Archives/2014/September

The Signpost: 27 August 2014

• In the media: Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news
  

Journalistic integrity, Congressional edits, and other news.

• News and notes: Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster
  

More discussions about Media Viewer, Superprotect, and software development

• Traffic report: Viral
  

"This was a week when an actual virus, Ebola, competed for attention with several viral social phenomena; most notably the Ice Bucket Challenge..."

• Featured content: Cheats at Featured Pictures!
  

Sixteen articles, five lists, five pictures, and one topic were promoted.

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Ford Island

I originally asked User:Solarra to help me out, but it seems she's on a short wiki-break. I am trying to get this article to FA-status and one of the A-class reviewers suggested I ask someone from WP:GOCE to take a look at it. Would you have time and the inclination to give it a once-over? (or twice-over - couldn't hurt)--v/r - TP 19:29, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Sure; I'm glad you caught me between engagements :-). All the best, Miniapolis 19:49, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks a ton!--v/r - TP 19:56, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Glad to help. At my cruising speed of about 2,000 words a day, give me three days. All the best, Miniapolis 19:59, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

• I believe it was a land trust created after he died. Check this source: [1].--v/r - TP 20:42, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Miniapolis 22:21, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

• I made a couple of changes to merge Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Ford Island into the article. They overlapped by like 90%, I figured I mine as well. Would you mind terrible checking the changes when you get a chance? It shouldn't be much.--v/r - TP 06:32, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Sure—I'll look at it today. All the best, Miniapolis 13:08, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

 ... and  Done. Looks good. All the best, Miniapolis 16:14, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks again, I really appreciate it.--v/r - TP 17:10, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Glad to help; it's a long slog to A-class and FA. Good luck and all the best, Miniapolis 17:30, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 September 2014

• Arbitration report: Media viewer case is suspended
  

"On 1 September, the Arbitrators voted to suspend the Media Viewer case for 60 days. After the suspension period is up, the case is to be closed unless the committee votes otherwise. The case suspension comes in response to several new initiatives and policies announced by the Wikimedia Foundation that may make the case moot. In the same motion, the committee declared that Eloquence's resignation of the administrator right was "under the cloud" and that he can only regain the right through another RfA."

• Featured content: 1882 × 5 in gold, and thruppence more
  

Two articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted

• Op-ed: Automated copy-and-paste detection under trial
  

Doc James and some collaborators are working on quick detection of copyright violations

• Traffic report: Holding Pattern
  

"This week we saw three of the top ten articles remain in place, with the Ice Bucket Challenge at #1, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at #2, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at #5, all for a second straight week..."

• WikiProject report: Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)
  

"This week, the Signpost went out to meet WikiProject Anatomy, dedicated to improving the articles about all our bones, brains, bladders and biceps, and getting them to the high standard expected of a comprehensive encyclopaedia."

• Recent research: A Wikipedia-based Pantheon; new Wikipedia analysis tool suite; how AfC hamstrings newbies
  

The latest roundup of research about Wikimedia

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• MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:03, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Bloodlines

Hey Mini—not quite sure how to broach this, but I recently reviewed Bloodlines for GA (which you recently copyedited) and a few things jumped out at me. If you would be interested in some constructive feedback, perhaps you would be interested in my GAN comments? The biggest issue was the inappropriate hyphenation of a bunch of phrases. Anyway, just wanted to leave a note. Have a good one! czar ♔ 23:16, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

No problem, and I took a quick look at your comments. I gave it my best shot as someone unfamiliar with the material, who responded to a GOCE copyedit request. As for the hyphens, I follow MOS:HYPHEN. All the best, Miniapolis 23:26, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 10 September 2014

• Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready
  

Last month, I wrote an open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, inviting others to join me in a simple but important request: roll back the recent actions—both technical and social—by which the Wikimedia Foundation has overruled legitimate decisions of several Wikimedia projects.

• Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity
  

Even though it's not quite 3/4 over, it's safe to say that 2014 will go down as a year of war, mass murder, plane crashes and terrible diseases. While certainly paying it some heed, it's not surprising that Wikipedia viewers tried this week to find any alternative to that litany of tragedy and pain, and their chosen method of escape was, as usual, celebrity.

• Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue
  

The amazing and strange tongue-eating louse replacing a fish's tongue! Because isopods, the subject of a new featured article, are both awesome and really damn weird!

• WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right
  

This week, the Signpost decided to have a look around with WikiProject Check Wikipedia a maintenance project not concerned so much with articles' content, but in all the tiny errors that are to be found scattered within them. Their front page gives a list of things they mainly focus on ...

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• MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:56, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Falcon's Fury

Thanks for beginning to copyedit the article! It is greatly appreciated!--Dom497 (talk) 23:34, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Glad to help; it's very good. I should be done tomorrow, and will leave a note on your talk page when I am. All the best, Miniapolis 01:37, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Hey, I saw your note you left within the article. Which sentence are you talking about? If your talking about the first, I've re-worded it a bit. For your talking about the second, the ride uses a total of 3,600 square feet of space on the ground.--Dom497 (talk) 19:34, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

It was the first sentence; I (and perhaps other non-specialist readers) don't know what "Sky Jump model" means. Also, before submitting the article as an FAC you may want to trim the WP:REFBLOAT; three citations at a time is plenty. I think The Rambling Man mentioned this in his GA review, but that particular essay (like some others) has the weight of a guideline. All the best, Miniapolis 19:47, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Sky Jump is the model of the attraction. The manufacture calls a ride what they want and then the park names it what they want. It's like saying GateKeeper is actually a Wing Coaster. Also, are you done the copy-edit?--Dom497 (talk) 19:51, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Okay, but I don't understand the difference between a Sky Jump and a drop tower. If there is none (if they're identical ride types), the sentence is inaccurate; if a Sky Jump is a type of drop tower, that should be specified. I'll tag your talk page when I finish the copyedit (soon :-)). All the best, Miniapolis 20:00, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

OK. Regarding the model. Sky Jump is a type of drop tower. Drop tower is the general classification. See Intamin's website for all the types of drop tower's they have (Sky Jump isn't included there because the page isn't up to date).--Dom497 (talk) 20:03, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

(Outdent) Thanks for the clarification, and I've tweaked the sentence to reflect that. Miniapolis 20:47, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Thank-you! Your help is greatly appreciated!--Dom497 (talk) 01:27, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Glad to help (even though I wouldn't ride that thing for a million bucks :-)). All the best, Miniapolis 01:39, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

How about now? :D --Dom497 (talk) 01:48, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Thanks for the copyedit! Dom497 (talk) 01:48, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 September 2014

• In the media: Turkish Twitter outrage, medical translation, audience metrics
  

The Hürriyet Daily News reports on a series of posts on Twitter from Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ömer Çelik.

• WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland
  

As Scotland is deciding its future this week, we thought it might be a good idea to get to know the editors of WikiProject Scotland and talk to them about the project.

• News and notes: Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third
  

A prominent Wikipedia researcher has discovered that the encyclopedia's widely used article traffic statistics are missing out on approximately one-third of total views.

• Traffic report: Tolstoy leads a varied pack
  

There is no unifying theme we can slap on top article popularity this week.

• Featured content: Which is not like the others?
  

Four articles, two lists, and 51 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

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• MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:37, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Intelligence handling articles

You seem to be making good way in these. They certainly read better. More power to your elbow. GraemeLeggett (talk) 18:14, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, but the one I'm working on is pretty dry and it's not easy to copyedit something you barely understand :-). This one was tagged {{copyedit}} for a while, but I'll leave any others to editors better versed in the field. All the best, Miniapolis 18:37, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

I think part of the problem is that the editor who put most of the text into the articles filled it with what they knew from the "textbooks" on the subject. Which is not the same as encyclopaedic writing. Hence a lot of it comes across like management speak or how-to. The key thing is you made at least one article better for the next reader. GraemeLeggett (talk) 19:51, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

You're right. I don't know about the editor(s) who wrote this article (looks like there were at least two), but I've seen a fair number whose sole contribs were to drop an article into WP and they never come back to improve it (which keeps the GOCE out of mischief :-)). All the best, Miniapolis 20:01, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

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UTRS

Please release ticket #11235, I have removed the (mistaken) account-creation-disabled from the rangeblock affecting the user and would like to reply to him to inform him. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 16:45, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Done. All the best, Miniapolis 19:22, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry for the trouble. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 19:26, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Glad to help, especially since I'm new to UTRS :-). All the best, Miniapolis 19:40, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm newer. ;) ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 19:59, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Thank you for copy-editing Enamorada de Ti (song). Here's a cookie for your hard work. Enjoy, jonatalk to me 23:15, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Yum—thanks! My pleasure. Good luck and all the best, Miniapolis 00:58, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 September 2014

• Featured content: Oil paintings galore
  

Six articles, four lists, one topic, and 17 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

• In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii
  

The Hindustan Times speculates (September 18) that politicians and their supporters are "sanitizing" their articles in advance of the 2014 Maharashtra State Assembly election. The Times notes the absence of significant controversies in the articles of particular politicians and the presence of heavily promotional language.

• Recent research: 99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary
  

0.75% of Wikipedia birthdates are inaccurate, reported Robert Viseur at WikiSym 2014. Those inaccuracies are "low, although higher than the 0.21% observed for the baseline reference sources". Given that biographies represent 15% of English Wikipedia, the third largest category after "arts" and "culture", their accuracy is important.

• Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland
  

This could be the beginning of a new era for this list. Until now, decisions to remove suspicious content have been largely educated guesswork. This week though, we have a new collaborator who can shine a light on the origins and patterns, sorting once and for all the webwheat from the cyberchaff.

• WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time
  

A year and a week later, we're with some of the members of WikiProject Good Articles, who wanted to share the news of their upcoming contest within the project, the GA Cup. The aim of this friendly competition, which is held in the same light friendly manner of the WikiCup and the Core Contest, is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed articles at Good article nominations which has been a constant problem for quite a few years for those running the GA process.

• Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education
  

Banning Policy finishes the workshop phase on 23 September. Parties have proposed findings of fact on the topics of the 3RR, the role of Jimbo Wales, and proxying for banned users. A request for arbitration was posted on 20 September about Landmark Worldwide.

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