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Opinions are just that. and everyones got one...they all hearken back to subjectivity or perhaps something more deliberate. Your words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.89.230.87 (talk) 08:54, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

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For making my life troublesome by coinciding with my relists. All the edit conflicts.. Grrr — UY Scuti  Talk  18:52, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Great minds think alike, eh? clpo13(talk) 18:53, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
Just wanted to say thanks for reaching out to me and offering resources to help with my editing skills. I appreciate it. Skykiller93 (talk) 20:27, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * You're quite welcome. I'm always happy to help if I can. clpo13(talk) 20:29, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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Hello! Your submission of Kuomintang in Burma at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 21:26, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Yathartha Pictures
There was total consensus here, so I see no basis for a No Consensus close. And even if you ignore WP:BAN policy and read into the nominator's comment, there was no deletion argument in the nomination, but rather a RfC. If you think there is some issue with a Keep, then you have the option of Speedy Keep for nomination withdrawn. Regards, Unscintillating (talk) 18:48, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I chose WP:NPASR no consensus because there was only one response, but there are other AfDs filed by this nominator that were speedy kept due to their ban so there's precedent. I'll revise my close. clpo13(talk) 18:54, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

film articles
Why do you insist on my editings;Why do you remove my editings in the pages 2010 in film, 2011 in film, 2012 in film; I change only some small details.The general point of the pages I mentioned remain exactly the same.I changed some details, not the point.Why the pages 2013 in film and 2014 in film have their paintings in numbers; — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.247.184 (talk) 19:35, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The policy is MOS:LARGENUM. You're going against consensus. And now you're edit warring over it. You need to use the article talk page to justify your changes according to WP:BRD. clpo13(talk) 19:37, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * See also previous discussions at Talk:2015 in film and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Archive 58. clpo13(talk) 19:40, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Why do you insist;Why the pages 2014 in film and 2015 in film have their tables of highest grossing films in numbers;
 * The 2013 and 2014 pages did have the rounded numbers before an edit war over it. I've fixed them. I held off on changing 2015 in film because the discussion about that page is still ongoing regarding how to format the tables in XXXX in film pages. clpo13(talk) 20:02, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

I prefer the Extended content for the lists of highest grossing films for the pages 2010 in film and beyond rather than the content that you present-they have the full grossing number for each film rather that the grossing number shortly.This is because it I easier to compare these films in full grossing number.Besides I ask this only for the pages related to yers in film not foir the pages about the film for example 300 (film) says that the Box office of this film was $456.1 million.I ask for this page to remain the same, not to be changed.Understood; — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.247.184 (talk) 20:41, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

RESPONDING TO MY REMOVED EDIT ON WIKIPEDIA'S ALEX JONES BIO...
HELLO DOUG - CLPO13...

THANKYOU FOR YOUR EMAIL REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF MY EDIT TO ALEX JONES BIO BY WIKIPEDIA...

I READ THE BIO, OBVIOUSLY, BEFORE I 'EDITED' - THAT IS 'WHY' I EDITED...;) ...THERE WAS NOT ONE UNBIASED COMMENT TO THE BIO NARRATIVE ON ALEX.

I saw not one clue of any 'NEUTRALITY' IN THAT BIO - THAT IS WHY I EDITED...;)...TRUTH is SELDOM NEUTRAL...as a LONG TIME LISTENER OF ALEX JONES PROGRAM, I think I ought to know something about the Man...;) ...I HAVE DONE MY HOMEWORK...that's WHY I EDITED...;)... For all that was said by the bio author - I think Alex deserved some positive input into his bio...that is WHY I EDITED...;) ...the whole TONE OF THAT AUTHOR'S BIO WAS NOWHERE NEUTRAL...that is WHY I EDITED...;)...

To be fair...WHICH I EXPECTED WIKIPEDIA WOULD NOT BE...if you were unbiased and TRULY NEUTRAL...you would have posted the comments I added to the bio...it's called FREEDOM OF SPEECH...which appears to be what the author's contribution to Alex's Bio WAS...a display of 'FREEDOM OF SPEECH...I did not like the TONE OF THAT NARRATIVE...but, just as he has the right to post what he did, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, permits me the same right to give my HONEST TAKE ON THE MAN ALEX JONES...that is WHY I EDITED...;) L.

IN CONCLUSION...I AM REQUESTING IT BE ADDED TO THE BIO...as I am a researched and longtime friend of the ALEX JONES PROGRAM...I have had my own small alternative site for 8 years and am quite qualified to speak on behalf of this Man; and would like to clarify something - when you use the words 'CONSPIRACY THEORIST' - THAT IS NOT BEING 'NEUTRAL.' In fact, that is a 'JUDGMENT' against his person...but, to add...isn't it funny, that every conspiracy that he has supposedly 'theorized' has become a REALITY over the last 20 years he has been on the air...;) LOOK IT UP! YOU KNOW I AM RIGHT.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM VANCOUVER, CANADA. LAYNA JAN WILSON. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LaynaLanguage (talk • contribs) 09:45, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks Clpo13
Hello C- I'm Richard. I made the edit on The Godfather page (location of Patsy's restaurant). Maybe I misunderstood your note, is an explanation required on all edits? Well in any case an explanation is a good thing and I'm glad you brought the protocol to my attention.

I've redone the edit so at least the end of the sentence is now accurate. I can't vouch for Coppola bringing the cast there but I live in Manhattan and have been to Patsy's a few times. It's nowhere near "East Harlem," at least in NYC terms. I think "midtown Manhattan" fits the article better than an actual street address would.

Thanks again for your note - keep up the good work! -Rich — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.203.194.179 (talk) 18:02, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year Clpo13!


Happy New Year! Clpo13, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Poepkop (talk) 18:08, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

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Jipydy
You beat me to it. I reverted the unblock request and was about to file an SPI, but you already did that. Thanks. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:22, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * No worries. {clpo13(talk) 23:29, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Style mention in lead
It wasn't to just "make a point." It was to help the encyclopedia be consistent. Consistency is not "vandalism" or even a lesser form of supposed "disruptive editing." Oh, and why supposedly "doesn't" the rule for one article apply to the same type of content in other articles? 75.162.211.81 (talk) 01:08, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Your Question
He has the free speech right to call himself anything he wishes, but a neutral encyclopedia should not use his social media feed as the principal source for his biological details. 50.45.233.119 00:14, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * You mean "she" and "her". clpo13(talk) 00:15, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually I meant what I wrote ;-) 50.45.233.119 00:27, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Also see MOS:IDENTITY. clpo13(talk) 00:16, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Having viewed the MOS as you requested, I do pronounce it to be in error. However, I have stopped editing that article until such time as the errors in the MOS are corrected and proper standards reintroduced. 50.45.233.119 00:27, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests
(Discuss) – Portobuffolè → Portobuffolé – we're 3 agreeing and 1 opposing after 2 weeks, an admin is needed to move pages entitled "Portobuffolè" to "Portobuffolé" both in English and in all other languages Wikis, please could you do it Clpo13? 151.20.50.132 (talk) 10:45, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

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you should read the very binder you're pushing
there is nothing on sourced images. Nezi1111 (talk) 02:19, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Point number four says Articles about ethnic groups or similarly large human populations should not be illustrated by a gallery of images of group members. It doesn't say "but it's okay if they're sourced". Stop edit warring about this. clpo13(talk) 02:28, 15 January 2016 (UTC)


 * fine. anything else you want to censor, mr it's my views or no one's admin? at least warn us properly next time your little cabal decides to blank serial blank for REAL reason Nezi1111 (talk) 02:39, 15 January 2016 (UTC)


 * If you don't understand why an RfC open to and participated in by the community at large is a binding decision, then I can't help you. Drmies already explained this to you. clpo13(talk) 04:38, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

MGS 5
Hello Clpo13,

I probably triggered some detection mechanism with one of my edits. Would you mind having another look at it? I was trying to create/restore an NPOV/non-partisan subsection-title (for a subsection that is already dubious), which has been continously reverted to a more slanted version. The section discusses whether a character is portrayed as sexualized or not. Yet the title is always being reverted to a version that makes it appear as if the article arrived at some kind of verdict (which would be a breach of WP:Impartial). Not to mention that someone felt the need to create a whole seperate subsection JUST for this (probably to make it appear in the table of contents and thus make it overly visible) is a bit shady, isn't it? Stuff like this can be discussed (and probably should, if it is relevant), but on the character-page and not the Videogame Page, as to not make it appear like slander/Breach of WP:Undue or similar.84.143.232.204 (talk) 09:14, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Good faith edit? !
Why on earth would you think this was not puerile vandalism, please? BushelCandle (talk) 09:37, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Clicked the wrong button. It was reverted all the same. clpo13(talk) 16:34, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick explanation.
 * I had thought it was the simple kind of mistake that we all make from time to time, but was worried that I had missed something. Sorry to have bothered you and please have a very healthy and prosperous 2016! BushelCandle (talk) 00:08, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * No worries. Same to you. clpo13(talk) 00:10, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks again
I just want to tell you thanks again for saving my user talk page and my account from an IP add. I don't know why someone is doing this to me. DBrown SPS (talk) 14:33, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

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Your comment made me go find two sources. --evrik (talk) 00:40, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

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read the damn article
what I've added is exactly what the article says. what you/the other guys put there is unsupported even by the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.25.22.111 (talk) 11:15, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Well it's freaking obvious that the reference doesn't support the statement. It's also quite obvious that the reference is incorrect. I did try removing it, then rewording it, and in my last edit there were no personal opinions of mine whatsoever. And then your hurried friend reverted and protected the article. :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.25.22.111 (talk) 11:31, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yay, improving. So far you're the best wikipedian from the last three. Not multiple "theories" though, it's all just that article being repeated in various more menacing forms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.25.22.111 (talk) 11:45, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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Nope
You think "anyone can fix bias, OR, copyright, and other issues"? Nope. There is OR all over my watchlist. It is happenings across numerous article for many years. QuackGuru ( talk ) 20:20, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * WP:SOFIXIT. What, you think some rouge admin is going to swoop in and laugh maniacally while reinstating the problems? clpo13(talk) 20:22, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, rude. No wonder your essay was userfied. clpo13(talk) 20:23, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * WP:SOFIXIT? I am not allowed to fix it. Consensus obviously overrides OR. You can check the sources yourself on the articles I am editing. We go by CON not V or other rules. QuackGuru  ( talk ) 20:26, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * It sounds to me that you think admins ignore content issues only because they aren't taking your side (also, I count one admin in this discussion; way to generalize admin behavior based on one guy). Might I suggest WP:DRN? clpo13(talk) 20:34, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I tried WP:DRN before on an article. The volunteer ignored my comments and the problems. Volunteers at DRN also do not take sides with the content. They take sides only with WP:CON. Two other admins are aware of the dispute at paleo. One of them told me the same thing you told me. Try DRN. Should I repeat past mistakes when they don't work? I removed the OR. I also added a 2015 review to the article and that was deleted. I went to the editor's talk page and told the editors about it. The respond was "Stop posting to my talk page". QuackGuru  ( talk ) 20:40, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

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List of Power Rangers Dino Charge characters
This isn't fair. I removed an unsourced piece of trivia about the show and then the other guy came in and kept putting it back and getting rid of every other change I made to the page. He should be banned for it instead of locking the whole page.--2601:140:8200:DE:9C92:58A1:E43E:3B98 (talk) 09:36, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

List of oldest living people
You came within a hair's breadth of being blocked for edit warring on this article, as the edits are not obvious vandalism and therefore you violated WP:3RR yourself. Seriously, it's only that the semi-protection was placed that I believe you will not continue reverting, making a block superfluous. Please read What is not vandalism carefully. <b style="color:#7F007F">Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  11:11, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Removal of sourced, encyclopedic content without explanation looks like vandalism to me. clpo13(talk) 11:18, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * No it isn't. Read the policy carefully. If I removed "In 2006, Putin was accused of child abuse" with a citation to the Daily Mail from Vladimir Putin, for example, that would be a correct adherence to the biographies of living persons policy and not vandalism. In this instance, a user does not believe the source given is sufficient to verify a living person's age, and removing it is good practice per the BLP policy. You may not agree with their view (I have no opinion one way or another on the issue), but if a reasonable person cannot conclude an edit is clearly and blatantly making the encyclopedia worse, it is not vandalism. <b style="color:#7F007F">Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  11:22, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The page in question has a serious problem with certain editors believing that the only valid source for longevity is the Gerontology Research Group. Discussion on the talk page has led to the consensus that any reliable source is sufficient. The IP was removing information that was sourced accordingly and was included on the basis of talk page discussion. They gave no explanation, did not chime in on the talk page, and ignored several warnings. This isn't a matter of disagreement. There's a long history of disruption on pages like this one. clpo13(talk) 11:31, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't disagree with anything that you just said, but the way to solve disruptive editing is not to be disruptive yourself! Administrators are required by policy not to take sides in a dispute and will sanction editors on both sides if they have to. If you have "previous" with this IP, you should have gone straight to RPP without reverting, supplying diffs to prove why protection was necessary. Like Caesar's wife, you must be above suspicion. <b style="color:#7F007F">Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  11:36, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

RM Thank you
...for moving the draft Cuban League template. It took 51 minutes for me to create the draft, have it moved, and stick it on all of the team pages. As an IP, y'all at RM are invaluable, so thanks and stuff. Rgrds. --64.85.217.93 (talk) 16:58, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * You're quite welcome. clpo13(talk) 17:00, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Do not make unwanted edits to my talk page
Disruptive edits will be reported.Trinacrialucente (talk) 09:11, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
 * then don't refactor comments made by other people to change thei meaning. Read WP:TPO as I suggested. clpo13(talk) 09:13, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
 * or maybe you should just get a life and stop WP:HOUNDING? That's always an option.Trinacrialucente (talk) 09:14, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
 * FFS, why do you have such a chip on your shoulder. clpo13(talk) 09:16, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * The new datatype for external identifiers is available and we are converting existing identifiers
 * Input needed on caching for the query service
 * Added a new identifiers section in items. Everything with datatype external identifier goes there now. Once we have all identifiers converted items should be easier to scan and understand because of the clearer structure.
 * We have a patch upcoming that should reduce loading time of items with a lot of sitelinks by 25%
 * Fixed a bug where you could not add statements with external identifier or mathematical expression datatype (T127095)
 * More groundwork for Commons (making it possible to have more entities than just items and properties)
 * Wikidata Query Service now supports all commonly used prefixes by default, without explicit declaration.
 * wikidata-sdk ships with a #SPARQL query url generator
 * Monthly Tasks
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The Signpost: 24 February 2016
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Tech News: 2016-09
<section begin="technews-2016-W09"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. Recent changes
 * Thanks to the Graph extension and Pageview API, we now have   templates that can show pageviews for any wiki page for any of the wikis. See the examples.
 * The Capiunto extension is installed on test wiki. Capiunto provides flexible infobox functionality for Scribunto and generates HTML for infobox features such as headers and rows. It is designed for clean and modern infoboxes that are driven by data from Wikidata, easily usable across different language versions, and easily extensible.
 * The visual editor now follows the TemplateData  setting announced in November. When you edit or add a use of a template, the wikitext will be laid out in one of the two ways.
 * The order of parameters and format defined in a template's TemplateData will be now respected.

Changes this week
 * On wikis where the visual editor is available in single edit tab mode, red links may open the visual editor instead of the wikitext editor, depending on user preferences.
 * Anonymous editor warning is now displayed as a warningbox for consistency in both the visual editor and the wikitext editor.
 * Parsoid has been updated to fit some HTML 5 specifications.

Meetings
 * Resigning executive director Lila Tretikov is taking questions at Knowledge Engine FAQ regarding the much talked about project.
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Wikidata weekly summary #198
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 22:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Wikidata makes Wikipedia a database. Let the fun begin
 * Bringing the world's cultural heritage online
 * In search of French towns on Wikidata
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Wikiversity is now supported by Wikidata as well. Language links can be maintained on Wikidata now. Access to the data will follow. Welcome, sister!
 * Wikidata now has cross-wiki notifications as a beta feature. You can enable it in your preferences. Once enabled you will see notifications you received on the other Wikimedia wikis.
 * A major German newspaper used Wikidata's data for their Oscar coverage
 * Amir is making progress on vandalism detection but needs your help. He also set up an IRC feed for unpatrolled edits with a high likelihood of being vandalism.
 * Property:P1367 ("BBC Your Paintings artist-ID") has become "Art UK artist identifier". Identifier values were replaced.
 * The number of claims on each item is to be included in the "page property" database table. For some items where it had been missing, it was recently added. This leads to improved coverage by database reports: without claims by site.
 * Mix'n'match has new catalogs: Artists of the Nationalmuseum in Sweden and Encyclopædia Britannica
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: Köppen climate classification, superhuman feature or ability, married name, name, GPU, Wikidata usage instructions, autores.uy database id, stroke, bore, fee, production designer, in work, quantitative metrical pattern, used metre, recording or performance of, Italian Senate of the Republic ID
 * Query example: battles
 * Development
 * Wikidata Query Service has been upgraded to Blazegraph 2.0
 * Wikidata Query Service now allows to view images linked from Commons and display image galley if the query result has images. Example: Paintings by Gustav Klimt
 * More groundwork for Commons support
 * Fixed a bug with slashes in URLs for identifiers (T128078)
 * Fixed a bug in Special:NewItem which prevented submission of the form (T128075)
 * More performance work
 * In diffs for mathematical expressions we're now also showing the TeX source to make it possible to see changes that do not affect the rendering of the formula (T125712)
 * More work on cleaning up languages for multilingual text values and labels/descriptions/aliases
 * Monthly Tasks
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 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Social Justice Warriors
Thought it was quite apt personally. Have you seen some of the actions the so called social justice movement recently? Violently attacking men's rights, interrupting gay pride marches for their own selfish gains.

These people are a major issue in society and to have a page that panders to them is just wrong. The fact several social sites have buckled and caved into these people, resulting in user numbers dropping significantly in the case of Twitter should be a wake up call.

Being intimidated into taking action, as Twitter and Facebook have done, silencing the opposing view (free speech anyone?) and using fear/harassment is basically terrorism. Similar to how PETA committed terror attacks previously.

I advise you to research my claims if you disagree.

Regards

Sorry if this isn't how to contact you. It was the only option I was given. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.93.82.20 (talk) 20:01, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Talk pages are an appropriate method of communication. However, your edit violated Wikipedia's policy on neutrality (especially impartial tone) and original research. Wikipedia reports on what reliable sources say and the current sources in the article say SJW is mainly a pejorative term. If you want your changes to stick, you'll need to provide sources backing up your statements. clpo13(talk) 20:08, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Fair enough. I shall gather the sources and remake the edits, impartially of course.

In the meantime, give this a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iARHCxAMAO0&list=PLCF7F5T5eiT4evxjou0XCyvpn6Wznt9ci

The face of social justice and third wave feminism (denounced almost entirely by first and second wave feminists I might add). A MRA convention attacked and hounded by feminist social justice warriors. The term isnt derogatory against them because those saying it are mean spirited people. Its because the shoe fits. The video alone and the others attached to it should stand as a source for the anti mens rights element of Social Justice and Feminism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.93.82.20 (talk) 20:26, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank You :)
Thanks for taking my side! I appreciated. :) Spencer H. Karter (talk) 00:09, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 March 2016
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Tech News: 2016-10
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 * Files on Wikimedia Commons can now be 2 GB big. The old limit was 1 GB.
 * Welcome notifications now have a different symbol. English Wikipedia already had this one.
 * The Wikimedia memory cache servers in the Eqiad cluster have now been upgraded to Debian 8 (Jessie). Some users might have had to log in again because of this.
 * It is now easier to categorize images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in the Commons Android app.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Bare attributes in tags now parse according to the HTML5 specifications.  will parse as   instead of   as it used to. Please use   or   instead. This is mostly likely to affect pages on Wikisource projects.

Problems
 * Phabricator has been a bit unstable lately. This should be fixed now.
 * The PageView API shows wrong data between 23 February and 29 February for pages with special characters in their title.
 * The parsing change mentioned above caused a large number of pages to break, especially on Wikisource.
 * You may see falsely formatted edit links on both mobile and desktop devices. Mobile devices can also show incorrect formatted table of contents. This should be fixed soon.
 * Templates using TemplateData that were edited with the visual editor might have some problems in wikitext mode. This can be fixed by editing and saving the page by using the visual editor without making any changes.

Changes this week
 * Cross-wiki notifications will be enabled as a beta feature on all wikis on 10 March. You will be able to get notifications when something happens on another Wikimedia wiki.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March (calendar).
 * Wikivoyages will get the Kartographer extension. Kartographer will allow  and   tags in an article to insert an interactive map and overlay it with different markers. You can add ideas and suggestions to the Maps talk page. If you find any bugs, you can report them in Phabricator.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 8 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones.
 * The Wikimedia technical operations team plans to do some server work on 22 March. This could cause some problems, for example make it possible to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a short period of time. The date for this might change.

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Wikidata weekly summary #199
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 20:40, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Oscars 2016: Movies that got the most attention on Wikipedia (followup with most famous cats)
 * Statements per item
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * COOL-WD has been announced to help assess the completeness of various parts of the knowledge base
 * You can apply for a grant as part of the Inspire Campaign around the topic of content review and curation
 * Wikimedia was accepted for Google Summer of Code. If you're a student this can be your chance to work on Wikidata code this summer.
 * A catalog of Uruguayan authors has been added to Mix'n'match
 * Listeria bot now has experimental support for references (example)
 * Self-portraits of women through the ages, powered by Wikidata
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: Québec cultural heritage directory people identifier, grammatical option indicates, Statistics Indonesia language code, Statistics Indonesia ethnicity code, village code of Indonesia, has phoneme, INSEE departement code, INSEE region code, Australian Wetlands Database Directory of Important Wetlands Reference Code, distance from Earth, J. Paul Getty Museum object id, BabelNet id, Baltisches Biographisches Lexikon digital ID, studied by, studies, admissible rule in, UCSC Genome Browser assembly ID, measures, National-Football-Teams.com player ID, number of out of school children, Twitter hashtag, uncertainty corresponds to, Saros cycle of eclipse, contact times of eclipse, repealed by, amended by, ECHA InfoCard ID, global-warming potential
 * Query example: [https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%20%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0APREFIX%20p%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20v%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20pq%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fqualifier%2F%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FpositionLabel%20%3Fas%20%3Fstart%20%3Fend%20%3Fdays%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP39%20%3Fposition_statement%20.%0A%20%20%3Fposition_statement%20v%3AP39%20%3Fposition%20.%0A%20%20%3Fposition%20wdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ15135541%20.%0A%20%20%3Fposition_statement%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fstart%20FILTER%20(%3Fstart%20%3E%3D%20%221815-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime)%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fposition_statement%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fx%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fposition_statement%20pq%3AP794%20%3Fast%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fast%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fas%20filter%20(lang(%3Fas)%20%3D%20%22en%22)%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20bind(if(bound(%3Fx)%2C%20%3Fx%2C%20NOW)%20as%20%3Fend%20)%0A%20%20BIND(FLOOR(%3Fend%20-%20%3Fstart)%20as%20%3Fdays)%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC(%3Fdays)%20%3FitemLabel French heads of government by length of service], Metro stations in Paris
 * Development
 * Lucie and Charlie handed in their Bachelor theses on the Article Placeholder and Editing Wikidata from Wikipedia. Work on both topics will continue. We'll publish both theses soon. A big congrats to both of them!
 * More work on the first prototype for Commons support (T125822)
 * Continued working on improving language support for monolingual text and labels/descriptions/aliases (T125066)
 * Conversion of properties from string to external identifier datatype is ongoing
 * Experimenting with putting query results on a map in query.wikidata.org (earthquakes, ski resorts)
 * Monthly Tasks
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Can't edit talk page on Hebron now
What good is the warning that was sent if I can't edit the Hebron Talk page now and it has been left with the critisms of the NPOV of the the source matierial removed from the discussion. An consnesus has been established that the author in question is NPOV and that an edit of the page should take place, and the response to that consensus was to remove the consesus and the facts, and lock the page. Hilltop venture (talk) 00:43, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Due to the excessive disruption of Talk:Hebron, the page has been semi-protected, which means only autoconfirmed editors (accounts older than 4 days with at least 10 edits) can edit the page. However, due to a recent Arbitration Committee ruling (WP:ARBPIA3), editors with accounts younger than 30 days and fewer than 500 edits are not allowed to edit topics related to the Arab–Israeli conflict (WP:ARBPIA3). That doesn't necessarily include talk pages, but enough disruption may result in talk page messages being removed or talk page access being revoked. clpo13(talk) 20:09, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

The Ridda wars POV edit (Najd section)
The edit that I made was correct because, later in the article, the issue of rape is discussed according to the Shia vs. Sunni opinion. Both opinions agree that Khalid bin Walid killed Malik ibn Nuwayra. The issue of rape is only part of the Shia POV, hence it was removed (as later in the article, the difference in sectarian opinions are discussed). It is confusing for a reader to first read that both murder and rape occured, and only later in the article to find out that this is a matter of POV. The edit was partly used to remove this confusion. Despite this edit, the Najd section is still not good enough. It is confusing and POV oriented, to include such details of allegations of rape and islamic legal rulings regarding rape. If there is a need for the Shia POV, then someone should instead remove the contention, and instead link to the subsection : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_bint_al-Minhal#Malik_ibn_Nuwayra.27s_Death. This in my opinion will alleviate the problems I have mentioned with the Najd section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.191.205.220 (talk) 19:40, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I have created the edit as I mentioned about the najd section. I also linked directly to the Layla bint al-Minha section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.191.205.220 (talk) 19:49, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-11
<section begin="technews-2016-W11"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * The mobile web interface no longer suggests HiDPI thumbnails. This is to take up less bandwidth on slow or expensive connections.
 * The search engine on wikipedia.org has been updated.

Changes this week
 * Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 22 March and 24 March. This could be postponed to April 18. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. Because of a test, there will also be a couple of minutes where you can't edit the wikis on 15 March starting 07:00 UTC. You can read more about the server work. There will be more notifications and updates about this.
 * Administrators and other users with advanced permissions will need to have an 8-byte long passwords. This change takes place on 15 March. Users with too short passwords will be asked to change password the next time they log in. This was decided in a discussion on Meta and is because they can use tools that can hurt the wikis.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
 * The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones.

Meetings
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 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are backlog and thumb API. The meeting will be on 16 March at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Wikidata weekly summary #200
Wikidata weekly summary #186

<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 12:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Upcoming: WikiArabia
 * Upcoming: Wikimedia Hackathon
 * Upcoming: digikult.se
 * Wikidata Tour Down-Under
 * Open culture session at Open Belgium
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Coming to Wikimania? Consider submitting a Wikidata related poster, training or discussion! Deadline is on the 20th.
 * Wikidata has passed the milestone of 1 Billion Datapoints (Triples) on Wednesday, 9th of March.
 * Wikidata Graph Builder now supports arbitrary SPARQL queries (example)
 * ESWC 2016 has a new Wikidata Bonus Challenge
 * Playing with Wikidata in BigQuery
 * There will be server maintenance work next week on all Wikimedia servers that will prevent editing for a short time.
 * Wikidata external ID resolver now uses SPARQL and supports lookup of properties via English name (fragment)
 * iSpecies now has multilingual summaries and links to Wikidata (example)
 * Awarder lets you add awards to a biographical item, or use the Wikipedia text of the award to add all recipients]
 * A new version of the Wikidata nuclide chart is online
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: thickness, World Heritage criteria (2005), Valencian Property of Local Relevance id, BookBrainz creator ID, PlayStation ID, ČSFD person ID, Kinopoisk person ID, Kinopoisk film ID, Hockeydb.com player ID, Eurohockey.com player ID, Geni.com profile ID, block size, serial number, Gram staining, culture, maximum gradient, Latvian Olympic Committee athlete ID
 * Query examples: [http://yasgui.org/#query=SELECT+%3FstateLabel+(COUNT(%3Fitem)+as+%3Fcnt)+%7B%0A%09%3Fitem+wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*+wd%3AQ33506+.%0A%09%3Fstate+wdt%3AP31+wd%3AQ35657+.%0A%09%3Fitem+wdt%3AP131*+%3Fstate+.%0A%09SERVICE+wikibase%3Alabel+%7B+bd%3AserviceParam+wikibase%3Alanguage+%22en%22++%7D++++%0A%7D%0AGROUP+BY+%3FstateLabel&contentTypeConstruct=text%2Fturtle&contentTypeSelect=application%2Fsparql-results%2Bjson&endpoint=https%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql&requestMethod=GET&tabTitle=Query&headers=%7B%7D&outputFormat=gchart&outputSettings=%7B%22chartConfig%22%3A%7B%22options%22%3A%7B%22hAxis%22%3A%7B%22useFormatFromData%22%3Atrue%2C%22viewWindow%22%3A%7B%22max%22%3Anull%2C%22min%22%3Anull%7D%2C%22minValue%22%3Anull%2C%22maxValue%22%3Anull%7D%2C%22vAxes%22%3A%5B%7B%22useFormatFromData%22%3Atrue%2C%22viewWindow%22%3A%7B%22max%22%3Anull%2C%22min%22%3Anull%7D%2C%22minValue%22%3Anull%2C%22maxValue%22%3Anull%7D%2C%7B%22useFormatFromData%22%3Atrue%2C%22viewWindow%22%3A%7B%22max%22%3Anull%2C%22min%22%3Anull%7D%2C%22minValue%22%3Anull%2C%22maxValue%22%3Anull%7D%5D%2C%22displayMode%22%3A%22regions%22%2C%22booleanRole%22%3A%22certainty%22%2C%22colors%22%3A%5B%22%23f9cb9c%22%2C%22%23ffe599%22%2C%22%23b6d7a8%22%5D%2C%22defaultColor%22%3A%22%23f5f5f5%22%2C%22width%22%3A%22100%25%22%2C%22height%22%3A%22100%25%22%2C%22region%22%3A%22US%22%2C%22resolution%22%3A%22provinces%22%7D%2C%22state%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22view%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22isDefaultVisualization%22%3Afalse%2C%22chartType%22%3A%22GeoChart%22%2C%22containerId%22%3A%22yasq_qqpsgffguswqbnzmpldi_gchartWrapper%22%7D%2C%22motionChartState%22%3Anull%7D Number of museums by U. S. state on map], Film directors ranked by number of sitelinks multiplied by their number of films, all museums in Barcelona with coordinates, women mushers, women scientists, women artists, air accidents, Twitter accounts of biologists, torture devices, [https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%0A%20%20%3Fitem%0A%20%20(SAMPLE%20(%3FtitleL)%20AS%20%3Ftitle)%0A%20%20(group_concat(distinct%20%3FcreatorL%20%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22)%20as%20%3Fcreator)%0A%20%20(group_concat(distinct%20%3FgenreL%20%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22)%20as%20%3Fgenre)%0A%20%20(group_concat(distinct%20%3FplaceL%20%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22)%20as%20%3Fplace)%0A%20%20(group_concat(distinct%20%3Farr%20%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22)%20as%20%3Farrondissement)%0A%20%20(SAMPLE%20(%3Fimg)%20AS%20%3Fimage)%0A%20%20(SAMPLE%20(%3Fcoord)%20AS%20%3Fcoordinates)%0A%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FtitleL%20%3FcreatorL%20%3FgenreL%20%3FplaceL%20%3Farr%20%3Fimg%20%3Fcoord%0A%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20selecting%20items...%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20items%20in%20Paris...%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ90%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20...or%20in%20an%20arrondissement%20of%20Paris%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%2Fwdt%3AP131*%20wd%3AQ90%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20genre%3A%20public%20art%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ557141%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20creators%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20%3Fc.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fc%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcreatorL%20filter%20(lang(%3FcreatorL)%20%3D%20%22fr%22)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23genre%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP136%20%3Fg%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(%20STR(%3Fg)%20!%3D%20'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2FQ557141')%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Fg%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fg%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FgenreL%20filter%20(lang(%3FgenreL)%20%3D%20%22fr%22)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20place%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20%3Fp%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fp%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FplaceL%20filter%20(lang(%3FplaceL)%20%3D%20%22fr%22)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20arrondissement%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fa%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ90%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fa%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FarrL%20filter%20(lang(%3FarrL)%20%3D%20%22fr%22).%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND(REPLACE(%3FarrL%2C%20'%5E(%5B0-9%5D%2B).*%24'%2C%20%22%241%22%2C%20%22si%22)%20AS%20%3Farr)%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20image%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%20%3Fimg.%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20coordinates%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20title%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FtitleL%20filter%20(lang(%3FtitleL)%20%3D%20%22fr%22)%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20xsd%3Ainteger(%3Farr)%20%3FtitleL%20%3FgenreL%20%3FcreateurL%20%3FlieuL%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%0AORDER%20BY%20xsd%3Ainteger(REPLACE(%3Farrondissement%2C'%5E(%5B0-9%5D%2B)%2C.*%24'%2C%20%22%241%22%2C%20%22si%22))%20%3Fplace%20%3Ftitle%0A%0A public art in Paris], Locations of Pablo Picasso works
 * Development
 * We reduced the loading time of items significantly. Enjoy a faster Wikidata :) Wikidata item loading time.png
 * Wikidata Query GUI now supports maps. Check it out with one of the example queries above. (Select Map under Display results menu).
 * Pywikibot now has SPARQL endpoint support.
 * We worked on getting the first pieces of Commons support on a test system. Nothing shiny to see yet but we're making progress.
 * Converted more identifier to the new identifier datatype. Still some to go but 450 properties have been converted by now.
 * Updated the data that generates suggestions when adding a new statement
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Peyton Manning and some
I agree with you. With the new refs the "some" is no longer needed. I'm not going to mention it on the talk page now though, since this particular issue has died and I'm not going to risk reopening it. Sorry, I should have said something on the page immediately after you made your sensible comment. Meters (talk) 18:43, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * S'alright. It's a silly issue I shouldn't have gotten worked up about. clpo13(talk) 06:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The sock who reverted you is blocked. QuackGuru  ( talk ) 14:26, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 March 2016
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Pls halp
I can't edit any pages. My user account isn't blocked, but the underlying IP (206.29.176.51) is blocked for "Disruptive editing: LTA". The block page doesn't say it's an autoblock, though, so I don't know why I'm affected (screenshot). clpo13(talk) 20:09, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Bueller? Bueller? I emailed the blocking admin but I haven't heard back (no doubt because it's a Saturday). Editing Commons just isn't the same. clpo13(talk) 23:32, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I have made the block anon-only, so you should be able to edit from your account. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:18, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you kindly! clpo13(talk) 15:12, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

hello
I can't understand why my link is removed brother ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.95.225.164 (talk) 20:04, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The link you added was not suitable for an encyclopedia, per WP:ELNO (numbers 1 and 13, especially). External links should provide specific information about a subject beyond what the Wikipedia article has. A local news website doesn't qualify, I'm afraid. clpo13(talk) 20:24, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Spityu85hun reply for TALK
hello! i update a new and fresh informations in the windows 10 mobile wiki site, one editor undo my edited fresh info. she dont read a fesh and new news for windows 10 mobile.i send reply message to editors with official news links that she read a fresh news and upgrade own information! i edited change is true not a fake!Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spityu85hun (talk • contribs) 22:06, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Regardless, reverting another editor to preserve your preferred version is disruptive and can be considered edit warring. The proper course of action when reverted is to discuss the changes you want to make on the article talk page and gain consensus for the change (see WP:BRD). clpo13(talk) 22:08, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Recent vandalism by Spityu85hun on Windows 10 Mobile page
Hello, As the title says, the Windows 10 Mobile page is being vandalised by Spityu85hun. I have tried reverting his edits, sent him a message on his talk page and asked him to open a section on the article's talk page for discussion. But he reverted my reverts with aggressive comments. I do not want to go on edit warring with a fellow Wikipedian. What should I do at this point? Should I stop trying to revert his edits and wait for other editors to do it and try to explain it to him? Please help. Thanks Chandradeepdey01 (talk) 21:55, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I would start a discussion on the article talk page, pinging them to participate. If they don't participate and continue adding incorrect information (if that's the issue), you could bring their behavior up at WP:ANI. In any case, it's best to not revert any further. clpo13(talk) 22:01, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for helping. Chandradeepdey01 (talk) 22:21, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #201
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 11:50, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Reforming the property creation process
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Past: Color History with the Smithsonian!
 * Past: Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the DC Public Library
 * Past: Admin meetup of the German-language Wikipedia
 * Automatic Extraction of Knowledge from Biomedical literature
 * Identifying problematic statements in Wikidata via multi-level modeling theory
 * Wikidata as a semantic framework for the Gene Wiki initiative
 * Adding disclosures to Wikidata with Bioclipse
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Dutch language Wikipedia has a consistently low number of articles unconnected to Wikidata: Duplicity statistics for nlwiki
 * MusicBrainz now uses Wikidata to fetch images for their entities
 * The query service is now linked in the sidebar
 * Mix'n'match has new catalogs among them TED speakers
 * Maarten made some reports to make it easier to connect paintings on Wikidata with images on Wikimedia Commons
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: BBFC rating, German tax authority ID, ISO 9362 SWIFT/BIC code, DNF person ID, PASE ID, MetroLyrics ID, MEK ID, Companies House ID, Site of Special Scientific Interest (England) ID, ISO 15924 numeric code, Hungarian company ID, SHOWA ID, formatterURL for Wikidata ID, World Heritage criteria (2005), TED talk ID, TED topic ID, TED speaker ID
 * Query examples: distribution of public art by place
 * Development
 * The query service now has Ctrl+enter as a shortcut to run a query
 * Started working on improving input for geocoordinates and dates (changing the advanced settings)
 * Worked on database performance improvements for the client (Wikipedia and co) (T125838)
 * Experimenting with arbitrary access for Wikimedia Commons on http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org
 * Converted more identifiers from string datatype to identifier datatype
 * Worked on improved localization of dates that are very far in the past or future (T127820)
 * Fixed undo actions going through abuse filter (T126861)
 * Fixed issues in the query service with Internet Explorer 11
 * Improved query service display on small screens
 * Improved autocompletion in the query service
 * Fixed a bug with an add button for qualifiers being shown when it shouldn't (T128317)
 * Further work on Wikimedia Commons support (Special Pages, API)
 * You can now add a default view to a query like here. This then shows the defined view (map, table, image grid) when executing the query.
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Tech News: 2016-12
<section begin="technews-2016-W12"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. Problems
 * Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. The Wikimedia Technology department planned to test it this week. This will take place the week of April 18 instead. You can read more about the server work. There will be more notifications and updates about this.
 * In Firefox, the visual editor would sometimes just jump down to the bottom of the page when you double-clicked on a table cell. This has now been fixed.

Changes this week
 * It will now be easier to list IP addresses that don't have to solve CAPTCHAs.
 * You will now be able to mark Echo notifications as unread.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 March at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg URLs in the recent changes IRC feed will no longer be rewritten to unencrypted HTTP. This could be a breaking change for bots dependent on the IRC feed. This will happen on May 2.

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Marin Getaldić article
I've been accused that my edits to this article ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marino_Ghetaldi ) are unconstructive. That simply not true. I added new facts ( about his parents and sibilings ) and added source that confirms these facts. User Zoupan, continuously reverses my eddits for no valid reason at all. I'am from Dubrovnik. Soo I think I know about my city alot more facts than Zoupan who keeps enforcing his agenda. And that's not constructive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zelen-oko (talk • contribs) 21:13, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * It's not about what you know, it's about what the sources say, per WP:V. I'd advise you to participate in discussion on the talk page instead of continually reverting. clpo13(talk) 21:15, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Well that is the point. I added valid source to that page that did not had any sources at all. This is that source ( from University of Osijek ) http://www.mathos.unios.hr/~mdjumic/uploads/diplomski/VUJ36.pdf Soo that is why I'am mad. There is no reason for Zoupan to reverse my eddits. He is acting like he is the boss of entire Wikipedia. I contacted Zoupan, but he ignored all my messages. Soo that means that he does not want to discuss. I thought all the editors have equal rights. Zelen-oko (talk) 21:24, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * He is camouflaging his POV-pushing (changing of name) and adding names of siblings (trivial) as "adding a valid source". The source is present at the bottom and was never removed. The user is a sock.--Z oupan 23:50, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 March 2016
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Wikidata weekly summary #202
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Past: Wikidata intro at the École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes (slides)
 * Upcoming: IRC office hour
 * Upcoming: MediaWiki hackathon
 * Migrating pKa data from DrugMet to Wikidata
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * A little Easter present for the WikiVerse from Magnus
 * The page for institutions, companies, etc who want to donate data to Wikidata has been reworked and expanded by John and Jens
 * WMDE is looking for a product management intern to work with Lydia
 * Arbitrary access for Commons is getting ready and needs testing
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: next crossing downstream, next crossing upstream, SOATO ID, Google Knowledge Graph identifier, has parts of the class, discontinued date, variability of property value, corresponding template, Datahub page, alcohol by volume, units sold, tier 1 capital ratio (CETI), consumption rate per capita, target interest rate, topographic prominence, topographic isolation, Scoville grade, EU transparency register ID, FIFA World Ranking, Estyn ID, partnership with, CRICOS Provider Code, interested in, Cycling Quotient url (mens team), Cycling Quotient identifier (races for men), source of material, mirTarBase ID, mean lifetime, Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, FedCup player ID, Davis Cup player ID, Swimrankings.net swimmer ID, Filmportal ID, TV.com ID, RARS rating, Minkultury Film ID, number of parts of a work of art, model, geography, place of detention, Turner Classic Movies film ID, cost of damage
 * Query examples: Library and Information Science journals, number of statements backed by a reference with a DOI
 * Development
 * You see that you can now show labels/descriptions/aliases for all languages that have been added to an item by clicking "more languages"
 * Preparation for arbitrary access on Commons
 * Getting ready for the hackathon in Israel
 * More work on making the extended input for geocoordinates and dates less complicated to understand
 * Worked on making scrolling of large items less laggy
 * Made the query service map visualization no longer show coordinates that are not on earth
 * Fixed a bug where the removal of a sitelink couldn't be done (T129450)
 * Query service no longer restores previous query as requested
 * Fixed a bug where adding a statement would leave a stray "add qualifier" link (T128317)
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
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 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Tech News: 2016-13
<section begin="technews-2016-W13"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * MediaWiki now supports the semantic web standards of Microdata and RDFa 1.0. On Wikimedia projects, a configuration change must be requested in order to enable RDFa 1.0.

Problems
 * Adding references with Citoid was broken for approximately 6 hours on 24 March. This was fixed.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
 * You will be able to remove the header and footer style from User language (babel) boxes. This will make it easier to use them with other userboxes.

Meetings
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the next meeting with part of the Architecture committee, which will discuss a few topics. The meeting will be on 30 March at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Architecture committee has sent a summary of new and ongoing RFC discussions.

Future changes
 * Commons will soon have improved access to Wikidata's data. It will then be possible to access data about any concept on any page on Commons. Assistance with testing this on the beta cluster is appreciated.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikibits.js will not be loaded by default anymore starting April 2016. Gadget and script authors should have already updated their code since the previous announcements, but there is another migration path available if needed. See wikitech-l for details.

Corrections
 * Last week Tech News said the new MediaWiki version would come to wikis from 21 March to 23 March. The right dates were 22 March to 24 March.

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The Signpost: 1 April 2016
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affirmative action change
hi, unfortunately i dont have the time at the moment to learn how the citation system of wikipedia works, i dont have the time to look for a decent source and my english isnt that great, too. i simply wanted to delete parts of the article that are complete nonsense. its nonsense because the whole paragraph is about an idea that was scrapped again right away and really has nothing to do with the german school system. this also makes it difficult to find relevant sources because of its complete irrelevance. a lottery can be used if there's not enough space at a particular, very popular school. other than that, the parents can decide what school their children will visit no matter the grades (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehrerempfehlung). noone in germany probably even remembers anything about that discussion back in 2009 and it doesnt represent anything meaningful whatsoever. 89.13.149.69 (talk) 18:54, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Poop chutes
Hey there, Clpo13. Thank you for purtifying Assholes: A Theory. It looks much nicer now. On here, we live as we dream of hamster wheels. DracoE 02:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-14
<section begin="technews-2016-W14"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. Recent changes
 * You can filter Special:Log in more detail.
 * Wikimedia wikis have a new way of counting visitors.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 6. It will be on all wikis from April 7 (calendar).

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Tech News: 2016-15
<section begin="technews-2016-W15"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. Recent changes
 * The visual editor can generate wikicode with image options in your language. Examples of image options are "thumb" or "left". You can ask to change to options in your language in Phabricator.
 * Wiktionaries and Wikisources can now use the visual editor. It is an opt-in beta feature. It still needs development to work better with these projects.
 * ORES is using new models. Tools that use ORES' predictions can behave strangely. ORES also has a new API.
 * The visual editor now supports classical Greek characters.

Problems
 * There was a bug when you used keyboard arrows in templates in the visual editor. This has now been fixed.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April (calendar).
 * The wikipedia.org portal will get many small bug fixes and improvements. Most will be for the search box and suggested results that were added in March.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 12 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are improving transclusion of templates for Parsoid and balanced templates. The meeting will be on 13 April at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes.

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