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The Signpost: 06 September 2016
- Special report: Olympics readership depended on language
- WikiProject report: Watching Wikipedia
- Featured content: Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between
- Traffic report: From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit
- Technology report: Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them
- Recent research: Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism
September 14: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting
| Wednesday September 14, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting | |
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  You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month will also feature on our agenda, upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent (UN Women and CFR!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. Along with the main meeting, hummus and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:06, 10 September 2016 (UTC) | |
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SPI tool
Hi!
Recently, I've had some difficulty getting the SPI-helper to work consistently - it doesn't show the "SPI archive" or "SPI" tools very often, and I was wondering how I might be able to fix this technical issue. Is it just a bug? Thanks for your help,
GABgab 16:58, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
- I'm going to guess that it's the same issue as #SPI helper script problems below. If you still have problems, let me know. T. Canens (talk) 23:32, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
Saturday April 30: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa @ Guggenheim
| Saturday April 30, 1-6pm: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa @ Guggenheim | |
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 On Saturday April 30, 2016, in conjunction with a global campaign, the Guggenheim will host its fourth Wikipedia edit-a-thon — or, #guggathon — to enhance Wikipedia's coverage of modern and contemporary artists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and to counter geocultural systemic bias on Wikipedia. The Guggenheim aims to further the goals of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, and build on the model of campaigns like the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Women in Architecture, Wikipedia Asian Month, and Art+Feminism. New and experienced editors are welcome. The event will include a training session for participants who are new to Wikipedia and Wikipedia specialists will be on hand to provide basic instruction and editing support. Can’t join us in New York? Visit our global MENA Artists Month partnership page to coordinate international and online events as well.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) ~~~~~ | |
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SPI helper script problems
Hi Tim, hopefully this topic is self-explanatory to you. Scroll down a bit to get to my post. Regards.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:14, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
- Should be fixed. Let me know if you still have issues. T. Canens (talk) 23:26, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
Page Removed
Hello,
You removed our Companies page a while back. Can I ask why? It was approved and a 3rd party wrote it. It was : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continue_to_Give
My email is abigailschulz@continuetogive.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.187.112.100 (talk) 16:09, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection
Hello, Timotheus Canens. This message is intended to notify administrators of important changes to the protection policy.
Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.
In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:
- Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort.
- A bot will post a notification at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard of each use. MusikBot currently does this by updating a report, which is transcluded onto the noticeboard.
Please review the protection policy carefully before using this new level of protection on pages. Thank you.
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SPI helper script block duration
Hi Tim, when I replace "indefinite" in the form, I get an error with no block. For example, I just wrote in "two weeks", and it didn't work. Thanks for taking a look at it when you have time.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:15, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
- MediaWiki (i.e., Special:Block) doesn't parse "two weeks" either. Does "2 weeks" work? T. Canens (talk) 18:50, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
- How can I test it?--Bbb23 (talk) 20:11, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
- Write "2 weeks" where it was "indefinite"? Anyway, I just tested it and "2 weeks" works. T. Canens (talk) 09:22, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
- Heh, no I meant how do I do it without blocking someone. Anyway, I'm sure it'll work if you say it does. I'll try to remember the next time I block someone for a shorter time than indefinite.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:32, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
- Ah, you just block someone; there are a few test accounts for that in WP:ADMINGUIDE/B, and WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Example is a useful playground. T. Canens (talk) 15:43, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
- But how do I run the script?--Bbb23 (talk) 15:48, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
- You make a fake SPI case at the Example SPI. Or just resurrect one from the page history. T. Canens (talk) 15:51, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
- But how do I run the script?--Bbb23 (talk) 15:48, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
- Ah, you just block someone; there are a few test accounts for that in WP:ADMINGUIDE/B, and WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Example is a useful playground. T. Canens (talk) 15:43, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
- Heh, no I meant how do I do it without blocking someone. Anyway, I'm sure it'll work if you say it does. I'll try to remember the next time I block someone for a shorter time than indefinite.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:32, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
- Write "2 weeks" where it was "indefinite"? Anyway, I just tested it and "2 weeks" works. T. Canens (talk) 09:22, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
- How can I test it?--Bbb23 (talk) 20:11, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 September 2016
- News and notes: Wikipedia Education Program case study published; and a longtime Wikimedian has made his final edit
- In the media: Wikipedia in the news
- Featured content: Three weeks in the land of featured content
- Arbitration report: Arbcom looking for new checkusers and oversight appointees while another case opens
- Traffic report: From Gene Wilder to JonBenét
- Technology report: Category sorting and template parameters