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The Signpost: 01 January 2014

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This edition
This is very concerning. My four paragraphs was not intended as a stand-alone feature, but a brief summary while leaving room for details. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:01, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah, I assumed it wasn't a problem. :/ I'll carve out some time late today to add this week's articles. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:01, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I neglected to watchlist the page, so I didn't notice it. Sorry. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:03, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries, Crisco—I should have pinged you to ask! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:05, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Signpost 2014-01-01, TOC
Hi,

Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2014-01-01 is bugged, while Wikipedia Signpost/2014-01-01 is OK.

Regards,

Cantons-de-l&#39;Est (talk) 18:50, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! This is an issue with Wikipedia's cache. I've purged the page and it should be okay now. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:01, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Is the cache having errors a lot recently? I've noticed this since coming back to Yogyakarta... I'll turn a redlink blue and in an article it'll still be red. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:04, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've seen that particular scenario a lot over the years, but this is the second time in two weeks that the Signpost has had a caching issue. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:06, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hope it gets fixed soon. Annoying to have to purge something like Roekiah every time I turn a link blue. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

New email
Sumana Harihareswara 14:17, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Another book review
I've got another book review just about finished, it'll be ready in a day or two. Just wanted to let it sit and proofread it again. Gamaliel ( talk ) 00:54, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * That's great—thank you! Looking forward to reading it. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:00, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Here it is. Criticisms/comments/suggestions are welcome, though I'll be offline for most of Thursday and Friday. Gamaliel  ( talk ) 22:54, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Featured content
I'm definitely going to need another day or two. It's the combination of a shortened deadline already plus doing two weeks' worth of content plus a personal semi-emergency that came up. ö   Brambleberry  of   RiverClan  22:42, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries—thanks for letting me know. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:52, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Meetup on January 18
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetup in commemoration of Wikipedia Day.


 * Place: Seward Cafe


 * 2129 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404


 * Date: Saturday, January 18, 2014


 * Time: noon

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. &mdash;innotata 04:14, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks Ed, I always feel that any editing I do at MHP is under false pretences, but I'm grateful anyway  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:24, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Anytime, Jim. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Telegraph
At least they credited Wikipedia, (see here and here for a much more infuriating example) though their claim that "Wikipedia believes Facebook may be its most read page due to people accidentally typing the term into the Wikipedia search bar" is a bit of a stretch; I actually said that it's impossible to tell if that's not the case, which is a bit different. And I'm not clear on why they said "Wikipedia has no idea how or why [G-force] received so many views" instead of "We didn't bother to ask Wikipedia why they removed it from the list."  Serendi pod ous  08:49, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Somewhat lazy, really. You're doing great work, though! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 January 2014

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You've got mail!
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This Month in GLAM: December 2013
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Real life and the holidays put me one issue away from falling off Wikipedia
I am terribly sorry that I was unable to do more with ITN for the Signpost over the Christmas holiday. Real life had me only a single crises away from a long Wikibreak to deal with it and enjoy the holidays as much as I could through the issues. I will e-mail you to explain a little further but may be a little more at ease now. This is why I was really hoping that Matty would be a co-author of the content in case I was unable to continue at some point. That point came and I was unable to get to a computer for about two weeks.--Mark Miller (talk) 05:02, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Mark, I hope that you stick with Wikipedia. It is OK to take a break for a while whenever you need to. By the way, my wife and I have both received emails from Miss Bono in recent days. I hope that she will return to editing soon. For her, lack of access to a good internet connection is a much more daunting issue.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  05:12, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Mark, you have nothing to apologize for. You have my best wishes for going forward. Please let me know if I can help in any way. Best, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:32, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * (Instead of an e-mail I am opting for a more transparent discussion) Over the last year a great deal of family issues have arouse. My father had a bad fall over the holidays and was hospitalized and is still there. A death in my spouse's family left them all reeling from the Trust issues that became apparent and I am assisting one of the trustees and this is becoming a very daunting task to assist with. A family tree was discovered recently from research prepared by my uncle and I am discovering some very life changing facts that I am just now starting to deal with. But...since I am a Wikipedian at heart (seriously.....Wikipedia is now in my very blood it seems) I am using these new discoveries to benefit Wikipedia and our articles on the Hawaiian Royal Family, however I am finding some road blocks with other editors who feel that historians do not care about the line I have discovered to be very relevant to these articles and I am stuck trying to figure out whether this one editor has a bias against this line (as pointed out on their user page) or just believes that I am trying to elevate a personal family history. I can say without any difficulty that I have discovered reliable sources that back up all of my research and are, in fact, also mentioned in sources already being used.


 * While I have asked about my connection to these figures and whether or not this constitutes some sort of COI and have been told by several Admin that it does not stand as COI (Having just discovered these facts) I am still very concerned about any bias I may have and am trying, desperately, to be sure and separate any new emotions I may have about these facts.


 * To make a long story short...I am just now finding out about a family history after 50 years of no information. It is both thrilling and scary! At the same time my researcher side keeps pointing out the errors in our own articles and I keep telling myself to remember the words and advise of User Sitush. To personalize such research is not right, but on the other hand, my great interest in these subjects does make for a good deal of pertinent information.


 * Thank you Cullen328 for the update on Miss bono. I really miss her and hope she can return. I am off to visit my father in the hospital today and will attempt to re-activate my Wikipedia interests again shortly. Right now...I am a preoccupied by legal issues, research into art that was left to us and a stock certificates I discovered and whether they have any value today. I may be a little over my head and the legal cost are mounting. God I hate lawyers....but just because of their cost. LOL! (they are people just like us....sort of....wink wink. LOL!--Mark Miller (talk) 11:04, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey Mark, that sounds both extremely complicated and extremely exciting! I hope it all works out for the best. Take your time and sort out what you need to; Wikipedia will still be here when you're done. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Request for Barnstar
I'm new editor in Wikipedia and contributing from some days. Can I have one Barnstar please ? :-) Nechlison (talk) 13:31, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You don't ask for barnstars. People give them to you if they think you do good work. But I'll look at you and might give you a barnstar. StudiesWorld (talk) 15:25, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Its ok StudiesWorld, my contribution to Wikipedia is uncoditional. I was just asking for it. Thank you Nechlison (talk) 15:37, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Ed, there is something indistinct about user:Nechlison. A cursory check of his/her edits indicates someone that is not a new user given the familiarity of wikipedia's article deletion. Also, their usage of English appears problematic, while "asking" for a barnstar from an Admin to give them some sort of "legitimacy"? User:Jaqeli inquired the possibility this user is a sock. Needless to say, something is not right here. --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:37, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not so sure that they're a sock, nor am I convinced that they are familiar with Wikipedia article deletion, given that they were trying to delete Jaqeli's articles simply because they were blocked.
 * Having said that, Nechlison, StudiesWorld is right. People give out barnstars when you've done positive work, of which I'm seeing some. Give it some more time. Regards, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:30, 12 January 2014 (UTC):
 * Ya know...if you really think this editor is on the right track...there is a barnstar for that. I know....as I created it. (really sad plug for myself...LOL!) If the editor is truly new and doing a good job...one can always award them message ~ .--Mark Miller (talk) 11:09, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Books & Bytes New Years Double Issue
Books & Bytes ''Volume 1 Issue 3, December/January 2013 (Sign up for monthly delivery)'' Happy New Year, and welcome to a special double issue of Books & Bytes. We've included a retrospective on the changes and progress TWL has seen over the last year, the results of the survey TWL participants completed in December, some of our plans for the future, a second interview with a Wiki Love Libraries coordinator, and more. Here's to 2014 being a year of expansion and innovation for TWL!

The Wikipedia Library completed the first 6 months of its Individual Engagement grant last week. Here's where we are and what we've done:
 * Increased access to sources: 1500 editors signed up for 3700 free accounts, individually worth over $500,000, with usage increases of 400-600%
 * Deep networking: Built relationships with Credo, HighBeam, Questia, JSTOR, Cochrane, LexisNexis, EBSCO, New York Times, and OCLC
 * New pilot projects: Started the Wikipedia Visiting Scholar project to empower university-affiliated Wikipedia researchers
 * Developed community: Created portal connecting 250 newsletter recipients, 30 library members, 3 volunteer coordinators, and 2 part-time contractors
 * Tech scoped: Spec'd out a reference tool for linking to full-text sources and established a basis for OAuth integration
 * Broad outreach: Wrote a feature article for Library Journal's The Digital Shift; presenting at the American Library Association annual meeting

...Read Books & Bytes!

Thank you
Thank you again for the award. I deeply appreciate the words of encouragement from you and other members of MILHIST.--Khanate General ☪ talk project mongol conquests 02:21, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You're quite welcome. Keep up the great work! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:02, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I added my name to that project. I may not have much time to add content at the moment but have already made contributions to some more obscure military history articles and recently discovered some subjects of worth to explore more!.


 * Ed. I have been a bit overwhelmed by the real world lately. With some patience I may become more active agsin in the very near future. Again, sorry for letting you guys at the signpost down.--Mark Miller (talk) 08:23, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey Mark, it's really not a problem—we all understand! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:17, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

SignPost Submission question
Hi there The ed17,

As you likely know, many contests exist or are being created on WIkipedia. Just to name a few, the WikiCup, the Core contest, the Stub Contest, and the Tyop Contest (which I am running). I thought I could write an article about how helpful contests are, and I would also discuss the argument about prizes and paid editing. If you're ok with this, would you mind if I put a note about entering the Tyop Contest, which starts on February 1st? If possible, I'd like this to appear in the next SignPost (Wednesday, January 22nd), so that people will have an opportunity to participate in a contest. I'm not sure what section this goes under... any ideas?

Thanks! Newyorkadam (talk) 15:56, 16 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * If you'd like to write a special report on contests in general, we could run it in the WikiProject Report. You could mention that the Tyop Contest is beginning, but the meat of the report would need to be about contest that have already been held. Does this sound good? –Mabeenot (talk) 15:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Great, that's what I was planning on doing. Could my article be published in the next edition? -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:30, 18 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * There is already a WikiProject report for the next edition. -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:33, 18 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * We can run it next week. This week's edition is still waiting to be published (normally goes out on Wednesday). Next week's edition was originally slated to be WikiProject Airports, but we're postponing it in the hopes of attracting more respondents. –Mabeenot (talk) 19:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks! I'll write it in my userspace (User:Newyorkadam/Sandbox3) for now :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 19:25, 18 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Thanks to you both—I'll be looking forward to seeing what comes out. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Edit reversion
Hi. You appear to have reverted my talk page comment to User:Hahc21 without explanation. Can you offer one? —JennKR | ☎ 02:52, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Never mind you un-done it! Sorry! —JennKR | ☎ 02:54, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I believe that it was a mistake heh. — ΛΧΣ 21 Call me Hahc21 02:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, yes it was. My apologies. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Flag change
Hi ed17,

Can you change the flag in the wikicup main page for me? I changed it from United States to South Korea. Thanks. If you have any questions, reply on this talkpage. Thanks!

Order of the sword (talk) 04:46, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Order of the sword
 * Hey Order of the sword, another judge (J Milburn) has [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AWikiCup%2FParticipant5&diff=591435688&oldid=591278462 changed] the flag at your request. Thanks, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Jan 15th signpost?
Hi Ed, do you have an estimate on when last week's signpost is going to go out? I have some material that would have gone in next week's tech report, but might make sense to include in last week's if it is delayed for a few more days. Thanks, Legoktm (talk) 09:26, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * And I have my answer now :P Thanks! Legoktm (talk) 01:46, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry Legoktm, I've been extremely busy, hence the late edition. Thanks for all you do! :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 January 2014

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I have saved a double issue of the Featured content report for this week. Please check that the headers and footers are correct. Your N&N this week was a lot of work for one person so great work there. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉ 01:25, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks Pine, much appreciated! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:04, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Signpost and busy schedules
Have you have a chance to look at my book review yet? Also, every time I stop by here it seems like you are swamped. Would you like some more help with the Signpost? I think I could find some time to chip in with the "In the media" section. Gamaliel ( talk ) 19:39, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm always swamped—it's really just a fact of life I deal with. :-) Thanks for reminding me, as I completely missed your follow-up post. I'll slate it in for this week. If you'd like to help out with "In the media", we could certainly use you! Can you send me an email so that I can put you in touch with the other contributors? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:42, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Late :(
Hi there ed--

I'm really sorry I didn't finish my article by the deadline. It will definitely be done by tomorrow (Thursday). Sorry if I delayed the entire Post :/

Newyorkadam (talk) 04:35, 23 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Hey Newyorkadam, I waited as long as I could, but I had to publish. We'll try to fit you in on another week! (cc Mabeenot) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:55, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Ed, I totally understand, I'm really really sorry for any problems I might've caused :/ I'll finish it up tonight so that I'm sure it'll be done for next week. -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:09, 25 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * No worries! Given that he has other plans for the upcoming week, Mabeenot will decide if/when he'd like to run it in the report. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:13, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * We can move things around to make room next week, but be sure to make it happen this time. –Mabeenot (talk) 15:03, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 January 2014
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This week's traffic report
There are six "unknowns" in the top 25 this week, and I don't feel comfortable posting it with so many omissions. Unless I can get some kind of confirmation, I don't think I can post it this week. So far I haven't had any takers.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  15:48, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You know, it may be interesting to omit them, but focus on the omissions in the lead and ruminate on the difficulties of finding reasons to exclude them. I don't think you'd catch flak that way. Incidentally, Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier's spike could be due to work beginning on a new Chinese aircraft carrier? Presumably a link to the class article was featured in a Chinese-language story? Maybe? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:45, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Done :)
My article's done and ready for copyedit :) Thanks! -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:35, 29 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Signpost
I heard from my colleagues across the ocean that a German firm Otto-Brenner-Stiftung published a research report on covert PR participation on Wikipedia. I found the report here. I haven't read it yet (or at least a machine translated version), but I thought it may be of interest to the SignPost and something that you may not have seen since it is not in English. I'm going to see if I can get a readable translation now to check it out. CorporateM (Talk) 16:05, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Corporate—we hadn't seen it. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:55, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It was covered in an "In brief" in ITM, the week before last. This Thursday, there was also a TV programme on German ARD (equivalent to the BBC1) where experts from various PR firms offered advice on how to edit Wikipedia articles on one's own company in an ethical manner. Andreas  JN 466 01:58, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks Andreas!! Jeez I am worn out trying to translate discussions on the German Wiki. They are probably equally tired of trying to read my English or deal with my mediocre translated articles. ;-) CorporateM (Talk) 02:09, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter
The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer, whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:


 * and were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
 * scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
 * scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Featured topics/She Wolf.
 * scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
 * has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Signpost/Template:Signpost-snippet
Why have you changed the font used here? I can't find any related discussion to this end, and it means the template no longer matches the rest of the Signpost. --<span style="font-size:0.9em; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-style:italic;">&mdash; PretzelsHii! 19:55, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Given that it's only used on the front page, I was trying to (a) get rid of excess blue and (b) provide a better look for the main page. There wasn't any discussion because it was something I'm trialling! Regards, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:23, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 January 2014
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