User talk:SpacemanSpiff/Archives/2014/July
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Thanks
Spaceman, I left you a small message of thanks here. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A59.182.179.218&diff=613672718&oldid=613672432
- Time-stamping for the bot 12:40, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
Welcome back
It is great to see that you are back to wikipedia, I was thinking about you before, have a good stay! Bladesmulti (talk) 07:19, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'm not going to be very active though. —SpacemanSpiff 12:40, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
SRK move
Talk:Shahrukh_Khan#Proposed_move has gotten 2 supports and 1 oppose. There does not seem to be much interest in this. Can you just close it now with no action? I would like to take the article to GA, but this needs to close first. BollyJeff | talk 19:08, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
- I don't close moves unless they are no-brainers -- I'm not too comfortable with all our policies around moves and naming. Someone will come by and close the discussion soon. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 12:40, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
- Okay. BTW, its three to one for now, but not obvious cause only the oppose is bolded. Is it okay to fix that? BollyJeff | talk 01:14, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
- Not necessary, the closer will evaluate all arguments. —SpacemanSpiff 11:06, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
- Okay. BTW, its three to one for now, but not obvious cause only the oppose is bolded. Is it okay to fix that? BollyJeff | talk 01:14, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
Reema Welling sock
You are usually well-attuned to socks and have had past involvement at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Reema Welling. I'm off out now - am I way off-beam? - Sitush (talk) 06:29, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I remember this one that well, is it the film actresses one? —SpacemanSpiff 12:40, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah. At that time, she was some sort of film techie and was promoting her sister, Pooja Welling. But she was also pushing stuff about Aparna Hoshing and related movies etc. - Sitush (talk) 15:01, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 02 July 2014
- In the media: Wiki Education; medical content; PR firms
The Los Angeles Times highlighted a recent Wiki Education Foundation (WEF) course at Pomona College in their article "Wikipedia pops up in bibliographies, and even college curricula". We interviewed Char Booth, the campus ambassador for the course, for additional details.
- Traffic report: The Cup runneth over... and over.
With Game of Thrones over for another year, the World Cup dominated yet again. And that is pretty much that. This list isn't likely to be particularly eventful until the Cup is won.
- News and notes: Wikimedia Israel receives Roaring Lion award
Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) has won a Roaring Lion in the category of Internet and cellular for its public outreach during the tenth anniversary of the Hebrew Wikipedia in July 2013.
- Featured content: Ship-shape
Six articles, five lists, seventeen pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
- WikiProject report: Indigenous Peoples of North America
This week, the Signpost visited the Indigenous peoples of North America WikiProject.
- Technology report: In memoriam: the Toolserver (2005–14)
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Wikimedia Deutschland's Toolserver project was switched off, marking the end of one of the Wikimedia movement's longest running Chapter-led projects. The Toolserver, which was in fact a collection of servers, first came online in 2005, hosting hundreds of webpages and scripts ("tools") made available for use by Wikimedia readers, editors and administrators.
Why not a single line on maratha empire in india page?
At least add a lime on Maratha Empire in India page post the mughals.Ghatus (talk) 04:35, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
Why not a single line on maratha empire in india page?
At least add a line on Maratha Empire in India page post the mughals.Ghatus (talk) 04:35, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
- Talk:India is the place to discuss this. —SpacemanSpiff 04:38, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
User:Ravishyam Bangalore at ANI
The Signpost: 09 July 2014
- Special report: Wikimania 2014—what will it cost?
Last May, James Forrester announced to the world that London had been awarded the 2014 Wikimania conference. Functioning as the Wikimedia movement's annual conference, it is separate from the chapter-focused Wikimedia Conference. The first, located in Frankfurt, took place in 2005 and had 380 attendees. London, the tenth, is now expected to attract 1500. With Wikimania ambition, attention, and attendance rising significantly over the last nine years, how have this year's monetary costs come to be?
- Wikicup: Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more
After an extremely close race, round three is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years—321 was required in 2013, and 243 points in 2012.
- Wikimedia in education: Exploring the United States and Canada with LiAnna Davis
The Wikimedia Education Program currently spans 60 programs around the world; students and instructors participate at almost every level of education. The Education program Signpost series presents a snapshot of the Wikimedia Global Education Program as it exists in 2014.
- Featured content: Three cheers for featured pictures!
Five articles, six lists, and nine pictures were promoted to 'featured' status last week on the English Wikipedia.
- News and notes: Echoes of the past haunt new conflict over tech initiative
As with the troubled release of the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) flagship VisualEditor project, the release of the new Media Viewer has also been met with opposition from the English Wikipedia community.
- Traffic report: World Cup, Tim Howard rule the week
Unsurprisingly, the World Cup continued to dominate the English Wikipedia's viewing statistics. In particular, the record-breaking performance of US goalkeeper Tim Howard and the tournament-ending injury to Brazil's Neymar drove large amount of views to their articles.
The Signpost: 16 July 2014
- Special report: $10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors withdrawn, but plaintiff intends to refile
On the same day the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) announced it would offer assistance to English Wikipedia editors embroiled in a legal dispute with Yank Barry, the lawsuit has been withdrawn without prejudice at the request of Barry's legal team—but this action is being described as "strategic" so that they can refile the lawsuit with a "new, more comprehensive complaint."
- Traffic report: World Cup dominates for another week
This week it's still more and more World Cup, with five entries out of the top ten (and 14 out of the Top 25).
- Wikimedia in education: Serbia takes the stage with Filip Maljkovic
It all started in late 2005, when we first held lectures about Wikipedia in two educational institutions (universities) ...
- Featured content: The Island with the Golden Gun
Eight articles, three lists, and 28 pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.
- News and notes: Bot-created Wikipedia articles covered in the Wall Street Journal, push Cebuano over one million articles
The Swedish Wikipedia's prolific Lsjbot, which has created a significant proportion of the site's 1.7 million articles and has nearly single-handedly pushed it to being the fourth-largest Wikipedia, was covered in the Wall Street Journal this week. The newspaper reported that the bot has created 2.7 million articles, which is apparently a reference to the Waray-Waray and Cebuano Wikipedias, where Lsjbot is also active, and that "on a good day", it creates 10,000 articles.
Harbhajhan FLC
Hi, thanks for the comments and support. Can you embolden the text in the nom page? —Vensatry (ping) 07:02, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Opinion
Hi SpacemanSpiff, your opinion is needed here. Regards, —Zia Khan 16:59, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 23 July 2014
- Wikimedia in education: Education program gaining momentum in Israel
"Great success" in Israel universities is leading to collaboration and editing in high schools.
- Traffic report: The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it
Last week I predicted that the World Cup dominance on the report would be over—but I was wrong. The World Cup Final fell on the 13th of July, which was actually the first day of the week covered by this report, not the last day of the last report. Hence, five of the Top 10 this week are again World Cup related-topics.
- News and notes: Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier
Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) today are facing fewer barriers to uploading their content onto Wikimedia projects now that the new GLAM-Wiki Toolset Project has been launched. The tool, which is the fruit of a collaboration between Europeana and several Wikimedia chapters, relieves GLAMs from having to write their own automated scripts and gives them a standardized method of uploading large amounts of their digitized holdings.
- Forum: Did you know?—good idea, needs reform
The English Wikipedia's did you know (DYK) section has been a feature of the site's main page since February 2004. From the beginning, the section has served as a place to highlight Wikipedia's newest articles. But over the last few years, the did you know section has gotten steadily larger and more complex, and non-notable or plagiarized articles have occasionally slipped through the reviewing process, leading numerous editors to call for reforms to the system. We asked two editors to share their views.
- Featured content: Why, they're plum identical!
Ten articles, five lists, and 25 pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.