User talk:Ben Moore/Archive 3

Peer review
I noticed on the peer review volunteers list that you were interest in molecular biology and computational biology. I recently did a major upgrade to the Genome-wide association study article. I put up a peer review request. Perhaps you'd like to help with that? --LasseFolkersen (talk) 16:01, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing this to my attention, this article is exactly the kind I am keen to review. However, due to my current workload I am unable to dedicate the time it takes to do a thorough review. If the request is still open in a month's time hopefully I will be able to resume my normal editing and review this article. If I find myself with some free time before then, I'll try to chime in on the review.  Jebus989 ✰ 11:56, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Great to hear. I also nominated the article for collaboration of the month, so hopefully I'll convince a few more people to give their input in the meantime. I might remind you in a month's time then :-) --LasseFolkersen (talk) 10:51, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Jebus989. Now the Genome-wide association study article was voted collaboration of the month of january in genetics (not that there was much competition). I was thinking you would perhaps be able to give it a look now? --LasseFolkersen (talk) 11:47, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello, thanks for the reminder. I see the PR has been archived so I've made some comments on the talkpage. I made a few small edits to the article too. I can get more involved helping with the collaboration after next week. I don't think it will take too much work to make it a GA; FA is still some way off though  Jebus989 ✰ 23:49, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent comments. I'll look through them in the next days and will look forward to hearing more. --LasseFolkersen (talk) 10:37, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Now I nominated it for featured article. I know you suggested GA only, but I thought you would consider supporting some science-featured articles anyway. --LasseFolkersen (talk) 07:55, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Holiday cheer

 * Thanks very much Michael, same to you!  Jebus989 ✰ 22:32, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #41
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 15:53, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Development
 * We are live on the Hungarian Wikipedia \o/
 * We have an intern for a week, Marius aka User:Hoo man. He’ll be working on the wizard for linking a new Wikipedia article to an existing item or creating a new item for it if none exists yet. (the first two stories here)
 * Refactored sites code to improve design
 * Changed item datatype to use entityid as datavalue rather than string
 * Added lots of new Selenium tests
 * Changed AbuseFilter so Wikibase can hook into it
 * Implemented new change dispatcher script
 * ~=[,,_,,]:3
 * Working on combining successive changes to avoid watchlist clutter
 * Claims error handling (i.e. they now show error messages when needed)
 * Implemented initial version of Solr-based search for Wikidata in extension WikibaseSolr
 * Started investigating use of Lua/Scribunto for the Wikibase client
 * Updated the Wikidata Vagrant development machine
 * Improved the setup via puppet on Labs
 * Discussions/Press
 * Latest updates on time and coordinate datatypes
 * Schedule for the reconfirmation of the first round of admins
 * RFC on en:wp about the transition to language links from Wikidata
 * Signpost, among others, covers the deployment on the Hungarian Wikipedia
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Congrats to our sister Wikivoyage on their official launch
 * There’s now a manual for using the Pywikipediabot on Wikidata
 * Deployed new code on wikidata.org
 * Community Portal got a rework
 * Tried to drop www from Wikidata URLs but that was more difficult than expected. Sorry for the issues it caused. We're working on resolving the remaining ones.
 * Open Tasks for You
 * d:Wikidata:Press coverage needs some love and attention
 * Hack on one of these

Re: Copyright violation
Thank you for the notice regarding the FANTOM wiki article. I did indeed copy a large section of text in November 2012 from a site on which I am the content manager (but perhaps not the copywriter holder). The second edit was an atempt to correct this by reverting to the version before I made these edits (~Jan 2012 version), I was unaware that this was also a large copy and paste from a website (one I don't manage myself). I can seek to get this content donated but, ultimately, perhaps it is a conflict of interest to edit this article myself? Do you have a suggestion? Hypercubed (talk) 01:31, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting in touch. As you realise, there is a potential COI issue, and generally it is strongly discouraged to write about an employer, but if you take a look at best practices for editors with conflicts of interest you'll see that it is possible as long as Wikipedia policies are followed; an important sentence from the COI policy is:
 * "Do not write about [employers, associated institutions] unless you are certain that a neutral editor would agree that your edits improve Wikipedia."
 * In this case, adding a neutrally-worded history section with details of previous FANTOM releases doesn't breach this policy. My suggestion would be to rewrite or summarise the history section from FANTOM's website and then reference it as a source. It's not an ideal reference as it's not independent, but when I was making edits to the article I struggled to find a suitable third-party reliable source that contained this information. If you do choose to do this I can check it over for any COI issues after you've made your edits, though I suspect it won't be a problem. Let me know if you need any help  Jebus989 ✰ 09:28, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #42
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 14:54, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Development
 * Updated demo system
 * Improved design of sites code in core
 * Fixed SQLite compatibility
 * Worked on implementing references handling in statements user interface
 * Useful error messages will be shown in statements user interface in case of data value mismatches
 * Switched the demo system to Labs’ puppet
 * Selenium tests for length constraint, claim edit-conflicts
 * Setting up dispatcher script on internal test machine
 * More work on wikibase.getEntities function for Scribunto/Lua-Templates
 * AbuseFilter is now working with Wikibase
 * The change dispatcher script is now ready for use on the WMF cluster
 * Initial implementation of parser function for the client
 * Created a widget for the client to connect a page to a Wikidata item and add interwiki language links to a page
 * Preparing a page to list unconnected pages on the clients
 * Discussions/Press
 * VIAF
 * Events
 * InfoLunch at Hasso-Plattner-Institut
 * Deutscher Sprachtechnologietag
 * upcoming: FOSDEM
 * upcoming: talk about MediaWiki groups
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Reconfirmation of temporary admins
 * Next deployment (Hebrew and Italian Wikipedia) still scheduled for 30th of January as planned
 * Planning for Wikimania in Hong Kong
 * Wikimedia data center move went rather smoothly
 * Request from the Bosnian Wikipedia community to be among the next to use Wikidata
 * Project about paid editing that might also become relevant for Wikidata at some point
 * Open Tasks for You
 * Hack on one of these

Discussion on the AFT5 Request for Comment
Hey - this is to notify you that there is a discussion starting on the Article Feedback RfC talkpage that has ramifications for the RfC itself. Your input is much appreciated :). Thanks! and apologies if I've missed anyone Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:42, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ Commented  Jebus989 ✰ 12:25, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Article shortlisted for ISCB Computational Biology Wikipedia Competition
Dear Jebus989

I am writing on behalf of the ISCB Wikipedia Computational Biology Competition judging panel to let you know that your contribution on the European Nucleotide Archive has been shortlisted. We would like to thank you for your contribution to computational biology knowledge. As part of the judging process we need you to identify yourself to us and provide proof of your status as a student or trainee. I would be grateful if you could contact me preferably by e-mail (see here for details: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Information/Staff/person_maintx.php?s_person_id=1648).

Thank you again for your entry!

Alexbateman (talk) 18:21, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * That's great! Emailed  Jebus989 ✰ 12:24, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

RfA: thank you for your support
Jebus, thanks for your support during my RfA. It meant a lot. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:33, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry to see how it turned out but I'm glad you're not too disheartened by it  Jebus989 ✰ 09:35, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
Jeb, I was too lazy to figure out how to format a link to a Wiki page for the RNAi that I added as an edit. Count you point me or tell me how to do it. Hunh!Just noticed the bottom of this page. Is  the way to do it? I needed to put in the space and (remove space) to keep the HTML from being recognized. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/name_of_article is the reference?

At the time I wrote the edit I quickly looked through Help and couldn't find the info. Maybe a "how to do a minor edit" page would be useful. Help wasn't. Thanks Peggy hopper — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peggy hopper (talk • contribs) 12:26, 23 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, I think I've fixed the link . The code for a wikilink is, so for the RNAi link I just linked to the page with   which makes: RNA interference, but another option would be to put   to get RNAi. A relevant help page is here but if you have more questions let me know. Thanks  Jebus989 ✰ 12:47, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

continuing thanks, peggy
Jeb, now I can't even edit my previous thanks. This is getting annoying, I'll sign off. Peggy hopper — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peggy hopper (talk • contribs) 12:29, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

We'd like your opinion
A question for people who commented in the RfC at "Probationary Period" and "Not Unless". (Or feel free to reply on my talk page, if you prefer.) - Dank (push to talk) 19:41, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification, I'll read over the discussion and see if I can add to it  Jebus989 ✰ 21:30, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Project for RfA nominators
As one of the supporters of a related proposal in the 2013 RfC on RfA reform, you are invited to join the new WikiProject for RfA nominators. Please come and help shape this initiative. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 21:44, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Great! I'm glad this has been implemented  Jebus989 ✰ 12:17, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of European Nucleotide Archive
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article European Nucleotide Archive you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 10 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. — James Estevez (talk) 22:07, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for taking on the review, I look forward to your comments  Jebus989 ✰ 10:14, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Comments posted at Talk:European Nucleotide Archive/GA1. Holding for quotation verification unless there's an objection. Thanks. — James Estevez (talk) 07:11, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Many thanks, have replied there  Jebus989 ✰ 11:54, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Interesting
What do you think of this? --Paul (talk) 11:40, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Haha that is interesting, the images should definitely be attributed and at a brief glance there's some very close paraphrasing… Not sure what to do about it though, if anything. Shame we didn't try put a review together!  Jebus989 ✰ 12:35, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * It is a shame. A review would've been cool. Could've gone for this special issue of RNA Biology. Maybe next time. ;-) I may contact the Editors re: these chaps. --Paul (talk) 11:57, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh that's a cool issue, lots of potential sources for expanding the article! I'll make a note of it on the talk page I think  Jebus989 ✰ 14:52, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

"Gender equality issues"
I have to say, your post at Buster's RfA really pissed me off. You obviously had no problem discussing gender equality issues ("the antiquated notion that women are the fairer sex, ect."). It's fairly ridiculous to start a discussion about gender equality issues on a page that you feel isn't the place to be discussing gender equality issues. Joefromrandb (talk) 23:06, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * In the context of this RfA and someone interfacing with new users I felt the banner was inappropriate and said so, I neither expect nor require the agreement of all other participants—people from different parts of the world and with different upbringings, inevitably with a spectrum of values regarding topics like gender equality. So my !vote wasn't a discussion-opener to bring everyone to my point of view, just a specific banner-related quarrel which is long resolved.  Jebus989 ✰ 07:28, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Note: I was remiss in not thanking you for your support. ```Buster Seven   Talk  22:46, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * No thanks required, all the best  Jebus989 ✰ 19:05, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

ISCB Wikipedia Competition 2013
Dear Jebus989,

Congratulations on your prize in the 2012 Wikipedia competetition! I thought that you would be interested to know that the International Society for Computational Biology was running its Wikipedia competition again this year. You can find out more at the URL below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computational_Biology/ISCB_competition_announcement_2013

To enter you must still be a student or post-doctoral trainee. I would also be grateful if you could also let your colleagues know about the competition as we would like to get even more great entries this year :-)

Best wishes. Alexbateman (talk) 14:36, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note Alex  Jebus989 ✰ 17:59, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback Tool update
Hey Jebus989. I'm contacting you because you're involved in the Article Feedback Tool in some way, either as a previous newsletter recipient or as an active user of the system. As you might have heard, a user recently anonymously disabled the feedback tool on 2,000 pages. We were unable to track or prevent this due to the lack of logging feature in AFT5. We're deeply sorry for this, as we know that quite a few users found the software very useful, and were using it on their articles.

We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.

Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 21:33, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology
Hi, I've made a number of changes to this article recently (full disclosure: editing as part of the ISCB wikipedia competition) and have just opened a request for peer review, with the objective of getting some advice on areas for improvement and reassessing the rating on the quality scale. As someone who has previously made a number of edits to the ISCB article, I'm just letting you know in case you're interested in the outcome, or possibly contributing. Thanks! --Amkilpatrick (talk) 13:45, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * PS: I just realised you're also at University of Edinburgh, nice to see someone local here! :) --Amkilpatrick (talk) 13:47, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi thanks for the note. I'm actually (to a minor degree) helping out with the competition this year so it's probably best I recuse myself from the peer review. If it ends up at GAN post competition I'd be interested in reviewing it for sure! Best of luck  Jebus989 ✰ 15:57, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem, completely understand. Thanks for getting back to me! --Amkilpatrick (talk) 17:02, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Ban Appeal of AKonanykhin
Hi. Since you contributed to the discussion resulting in the ban of Wikiexperts, you may want to consider the CEO's appeal at AN. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 17:59, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Bomis thanks
Thank you for your help at Bomis, much appreciated, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:26, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It was a very minor contribution but thanks for the thanks! benmoore 19:30, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Just a thanks
I am interested in genetics and ancestry, and the probability of getting pancreatic (actually, of the digestive system) cancer, which I know you're not studying. But I saw your name and thought we might be related, as I am a big fan of Jebus, too. I especially liked his airplane experience.

I believe I am already showing signs. I've had asymptomatic pancreatitis, for years. My mouth and lips have recently started burning. I will vomit and poop at the least provocation. Have an enlarged pancreas. Oh...never mind I forgot this wasn't your field. Just got a chuckle from Jebus Thanks.Mammo1111 (talk) 18:49, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello, I'm glad you liked my old moniker. You're right that I'm in no position to give medical advice but if there's anything on Wikipedia I can help you with, do let me know. All the best — benmoore 16:44, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!
Ben, thanks for posting this link under my comment at Requests for adminship/Oanabay04. I've been out of the community for about three-ish years and that wasn't a practice in existence back then, so thanks for bringing it to my attention. I really appreciate it!  smithers  - talk  19:54, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem. I didn't realise someone else had done so before you so apologies for that. Thanks for the note! benmoore 21:13, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

RFC needed
There's a growing consensus that we need a sitewide RFC, asap, to discuss any plans to do something special on Feb 11. I'm hesitant to set it up myself, as my attempt to lead this didn't work out so well. Since you were one of the clearest and earliest voices calling for us to do an RFC, would you consider setting one up? --HectorMoffet (talk)
 * Thanks for the message, I've watchlisted the RfC page and should have some time later on today to help develop it (with the disclaimer that I don't really have strong feelings for or against the idea). benmoore 10:03, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

 * Thank you, now addressed. benmoore 11:08, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your swift response, take care. Tanbircdq (talk) 13:00, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

ITN credit
ThaddeusB (talk) 03:12, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Great! You deserve the credit really but thanks for the note. benmoore 09:40, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Nah, plenty of credit to go around. It was truely a collaborative effort.  Keep up the good work. --ThaddeusB (talk) 17:50, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject Freedom of speech
There is a WikiProject about Freedom of speech, called WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do: Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:17, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech
 * 1) List yourself as a participant in the WikiProject, by adding your username here: WikiProject_Freedom_of_speech.
 * 2) Add userbox User Freedom of speech to your userpage, which lists you as a member of the WikiProject.
 * 3) Tag relevant talk pages of articles and other relevant pages using WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 4) Join in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 5) Notify others you think might be interested in Freedom of speech to join the WikiProject.

ISMB Tutorial
Thanks for the welcome. Karroje (talk) 18:56, 12 July 2014 (UTC)


 * No problem benmoore 19:04, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

A year and a half after you opposed my RfA
I am inviting you to leave me some feedback, 18 months after you opposed my RfA. Do you still believe I am not fit to be an admin? Do you believe I have been able to improve past the concerns you have brought up? Do not be afraid of being too harsh, I am specifically welcoming criticism as I believe it is the best way to improve and I am always looking to learn from my mistakes. I am particularly looking for feedback as to whether you have objections to myself lifting the self-imposed 1RR restriction I had agreed to towards the end of my RfA. If you don't have time to comment, don't fret it either, this is nothing I'll lose sleep over. :) ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  19:48, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Kudos for doing this, however I don't think we've crossed paths since (I've been fairly inactive) so I can't add anything useful to the discussion. On a personal note, I've pretty much had a self-imposed 1RR throughout my editing history per WP:ROWN, there's never any need for more IMO (save the exemptions for vandalism/BLP etc.) but that's just my 2¢. Anyway, cheers for the invitation! benmoore 22:27, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Notification
Since you commented at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations, I thought you might want to comment at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations. Most people who commented on the initial discussion do not seem to be following this page, because the formal decision has gotten very few responses.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:48, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for this, have commented there now. benmoore 21:30, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

"Systeomics"
Thanks for getting rid of that silly word from the Systems Biology page! 209.121.35.186 (talk) 12:33, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Believe it or not it seems to have been in and out of the article since March 2005! benmoore 13:34, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Barnstar Awarded!

 * Thanks for this, of course I didn't spot the real issue at the time—I should have looked harder at the individual edits—but even a stopped clock is right twice a day, I guess. Ben Moore (talk) 13:23, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Science Conference
Hello Ben, You're receiving this update because you asked to be informed about the Wikipedia Science Conference taking place in London on 2nd and 3rd of September. Thanks for your interest.

The call for proposals is now public and session proposals are coming in. The two keynotes, and some other invited speakers, have graciously accepted. In mid-May we will bring together a programme, a publicity poster, and an online booking form. Then we'll begin the main publicity and will need your help getting the word out.

Please put in a session proposal if you've been thinking of doing so: the deadline is the 8th May. This is far from the only way to be involved. The conference will need session moderators, a programme review group, and other volunteers: if there is a specific role you are interested in, or if you have any other questions, please email me at m.l.poulter@undefinedbristol.ac.uk.

There will be a large "unconference" session in the programme and - fingers crossed - a "hackathon" event two days later on the Saturday, so even if you do not have a proposal accepted, you will have a chance to shape the conference activities.

Please pass on the word to any colleagues who might want to put in a proposal or help the conference in any way. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 12:08, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi, this is another update on the Wikipedia Science Conference taking place in London on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd of September. I hope you’re excited as I am about this event. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 18:10, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Booking has opened at just 29 pounds, including lunch on both days.
 * Take a look at the (pretty much final) programme if you haven’t seen it yet. With 18 plenary speakers - three from overseas - as well as the large unconference section, there’s a lot going on, and the Royal Society of Chemistry is sponsoring a wine reception in the evening.
 * We are also in the full swing of publicity. Emails have been, and are, going out to funders, scholarly societies, and university departments, but any additional promotion is appreciated. Please share a link, or tell colleagues in relevant fora. All publicity material for the conference is, of course, freely licenced for you to adapt.
 * After the conference there will be two hackathons: one Cambridge on the Friday, the other hosted by Wikimedia UK in London on the Saturday. These are being led by Daniel Mietchen and Stefan Kasberger. Follow the link for more details.