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Can you explain...
...what's so unconstructive about my edit on the Lewis (given name) page? What I removed violates WP:OVERLINK. --2A01:36D:1200:4530:B031:9D3D:4BB2:639C (talk) 10:06, 23 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Also, the manual of style for DAB pages specifically says that Include exactly one navigable (blue) link to efficiently guide readers to the most relevant article for that use of the ambiguous term. Do not wikilink any other words in the line. So anything apart from the link being disambiguated should not be linked i.e. words like American, Michigan shouldn't be linked in that article. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:32, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #487
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 


 * Discussions
 * Open request for adminship: BrokenSegue (RfP scheduled to end after 27 September 2021 14:36 UTC)


 * Events
 * Upcoming:
 * We’re celebrating the 9th birthday of Wikidata on October 29 during the WikidataCon 🎂 Did you know that you can participate in the celebration by preparing a birthday present or attending events? Here’s how you can get involved!
 * The next Wikibase live session is 16:00 GMT on Thursday 30th September 2021 (18:00 Berlin time). All are welcome!
 * LIVE Wikidata editing #55 (with OpenRefine) - YouTube, Facebook, October 2 at 18:00 UTC
 * Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #81, October 3
 * COVIWD: COVID-19 Wikidata Dashboard, 30 Sep 2021, Time: 13.00-14.00 WIB (join details)
 * Past:
 * Data Quality Days: You can find slides, videos and notes for many of the sessions on the event page.
 * Wiki Movimento Brasil. The universe of libraries:
 * Wikidata and the multiplication of knowledge potencies (in Portuguese)
 * Wikidata and the multiplication of knowledge powers (in Portuguese)
 * LIVE Wikidata editing #54 - YouTube, Facebook


 * Press, articles, blog posts, videos
 * Blogs
 * Connecting Cell Ontology and Wikidata via Mix’n’match
 * Papers
 * WDProp: Web Application to Analyse Multilingual Aspects of Wikidata Properties, OpenSym 2021, 15-17 September 2021 (Slides, source code, Short Video)
 * Videos
 * How to work with Wikidata in the library (in Italian) - YouTube
 * Demo: create Wikidata lexemes from Goethe's "Der Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären" - YouTube
 * Demo of adding a string to Wikidata as a lexeme and linking it to the corresponding Wikidata item - YouTube
 * Wikidata Query Service assistance (in French) - YouTube
 * Experiences of Using WDumper to Create Topical Subsets from Wikidata - YouTube
 * Other
 * Chirpanalytica: "Give me your Twitter name and I'll tell you which party you choose". "What if you could automatically determine the political orientation of a person using just a Twitter account? This is exactly what I have been doing for the past two years".
 * That Wikidata Buzz - Siobhan Leachman talks about Wikidata in the The World According to Wikipedia podcast.
 * That Wikidata Buzz - Siobhan Leachman talks about Wikidata in the The World According to Wikipedia podcast.


 * Tool of the week
 * User-level gender statistics for Wikipedia an Observable notebook which computes the share of articles created on fr.wikipedia.org by gender using P21 property through Wikidata's API.


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * You can nominate your favorite Wikidata projects (tools, community initiatives, WikiProjects...) until October 10th for the WikidataCon community awards.


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: App Store age rating, music created for, issuing agent of work, FLOSS development policy URL, relevant date for copyright, inscription image, Hardy's Guide to Marine Gastropods URL
 * External identifiers: Australian Research Council Grant ID, Grand dictionnaire terminologique ID, Materials Project material ID, All.Rugby player ID, swisscovery edition ID, e-Maapõu locality ID, Online Begraafplaatsen memorial ID, PoetsGate poem ID, NVE reservoir ID, FLORE author ID, USiena air author ID, IRIS IMT author ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: WikiProject importance scale rating, predicate for, eHive ID
 * External identifiers: Database of Czech amateur theater ID, National Gallery Prague work ID, George Eastman Museum artist ID, All.Rugby club ID, Sachsens-Schlösser-Kennung, Dizionario di Economia e Finanza ID, Densho Encyclopedia ID, AsianWiki ID, Channel One Russia show ID, DWDS lemma ID, WDG lemma ID, company code (RICS)


 * Query examples:
 * Given name "Filaret" ranked within similar names (source: talk page of item)
 * Start time of open access journals known to Wikidata (Source)
 * Mouths of rivers flowing into the Arctic (Source)
 * What chocolate mousse is called in different languages (Source)
 * Women in Wikidata whose husbands are economists with articles on the English Wikipedia, but they themselves lack articles (adapted from Source)
 * Same with husbands (adapted from Source)
 * People employed by the ZDF with an image on Commons and a link to the German language Wikipedia (Source)
 * Coordinates of the birth places of people named Antoine (Source)
 * Place of birth of people named Antoine, Tony, Antonio, etc
 * UK MPs who had the most identified descendants who were themselves MPs (Source)
 * Newest database reports: top missing properties by number of sitelinks/P26 (works again)


 * Development
 * Changed the formatting of low year numbers so that they now show as e.g. “5 CE” instead of “5” to reduce ambiugity in dates like “March 5 (CE)” (T104750)
 * Working on fixing an issue where two Properties could have the same label in a given language (T289473)
 * Working on preventing a few more cases where two Items could have the same sitelink (T291377)
 * Mismatch Finder: Continuing to work on showing mismatches on the results page so that they can be reviewed
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no more abandoned
i hate dublin metrolink being abandoned — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.204.129.5 (talk) 07:33, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


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 * Thank you. –– FormalDude  talk  07:36, 29 September 2021 (UTC) –– FormalDude   talk  07:36, 29 September 2021 (UTC

Draft:Jacky Liew (Si Gongzi)
Hi, I would like to ask that why the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Jacky_Liew_(Si_Gongzi) need more for reliable resource. The biography also proven by the newspapers and books but it is in Chinese version. May you tell you what other things or which part of references need more sources or any thing that should improve to make the page done? Arrisontan (talk) 06:32, 8 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi !
 * The main part that needs more sources is the Life section. It names eight magazines that the subject supposedly worked for, but there are only two sources for the entire section. See WP:VERIFY. –– FormalDude  talk  06:49, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply, if then, can I just add the reference like update the columns that the writer wrote to archive and cite back to the page, or i just removed? Furthermore, the eight magazines has been written in the reference 1 and 5 to prove that he had been wrote for these magazines, it still not enough right? Arrisontan (talk) 06:55, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * If he has written for all of those magazine it should be easy to get a source for each one, shouldn't it? –– FormalDude  talk  07:12, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, so now it is allowed me to get a copy from the magazine's column and upload it to the archive and cite it right? Any other i need to improve? Arrisontan (talk) 07:16, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * That would be the main thing to improve. The article needs some general copy editing as well. –– FormalDude  talk  07:26, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, i am editing to it right now. Perhaps later may you help me to check for the work? Arrisontan (talk) 07:32, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Feel free to leave me a message when you resubmit the article, or if you want me to double check your work before. –– FormalDude  talk  07:34, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I really appreciate that. Arrisontan (talk) 07:39, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have done the references, may you double check for my works? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Jacky_Liew_(Si_Gongzi) Arrisontan (talk) 08:29, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Great, it looks much better! I did some formatting of the sources and other copyediting to make sure it follows the manual of style.
 * Now, is the pen name "Si Gongzi" or "Shi Gongzi"? The title says the former, the lead says the latter. –– FormalDude  talk  09:16, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Great!!! Thank you for you so much. It should be the shigongzi but sometimes people write about sigongzi. if need to do the amendment, how to do it? So can i resubmit it for you to get it approve? Arrisontan (talk) 09:35, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

I've resubmitted the article for you but I'm still reviewing it. My main concern now is that it may not meet notability guidelines, specifically WP:WRITER. –– FormalDude  talk  09:49, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * The notability is that can be proven by the his books found in some national library and also the universities library?Arrisontan (talk) 10:20, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Criteria four of WP:WRITER says The person's work (or works) has: (a) become a significant monument, (b) been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) won significant critical attention, or (d) been represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums. So being featured in a national library or university library would likely not count, unless it was somehow also a part of one of those four criteria. –– FormalDude  talk  10:24, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * how about if he had been discussed in a master thesis? Arrisontan (talk) 10:27, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, the criteria is pretty specific. It either has to meet WP:GNG or WP:WRITER. The easiest way to do that is through significant coverage in reliable sources. I do not see any secondary sources much less any significant coverage in them. Being discussed in a master thesis would count as one source, but that does not inherently give notability, it only makes it somewhat stronger. At least two, preferably three significant reliable secondary sources are typically needed to pass WP:GNG. –– FormalDude  talk  10:32, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * if there is some newspapers that reported about him but in paper version, so i need to update to archive, is that proves notability? Arrisontan (talk) 10:41, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, the criteria is different with the Chinese version of notability right, as the person has in the Chinese wikipedia. Arrisontan (talk) 10:42, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * sorry, i need to mention that there was a book at reference 15 has covered up all of the information of the wiki content, it is the book recorded down celebrities in Chinese society of Malaysia, the archive uploaded one of the page related about Jacky liew only, as the other pages is the others famous person. Is it enough for the significant coverage? Arrisontan (talk) 10:56, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I have added for references 2 and 3 which the reference 2 talks about he is a food critic and the reference 3 talks is a short interview about Jacky. Arrisontan (talk) 11:38, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi @Arrisontan are you sure that reference 3 is independent coverage? From my slightly limited Chinese ability, the source looks like a announcement that he got hired by the newspaper that is the source, if the newspaper and the subject are connected it is probably not considered independent coverage (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here).
 * Reference 15's reliability looks questionable to me, the author listed is "黄福安" on internet archive, which I really can't find anywhere else on the internet. What two sources seem the strongest to you in the article?  Just ' i ' yaya  12:58, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 黄福安 i think you can found that, he belongs to Malaysia Chinese Association which a parties in Malaysia and in charge the Chinese affairs in Malaysia. He is the editor of the book. But he is dead. https://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%BB%84%E7%A6%8F%E5%AE%89&sxsrf=AOaemvKaSu-HwuOlcYtbTsomflb8T6c36A:1631110801189&ei=kcY4YZvtCuzF4-EP5fC10Ak&start=20&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwjb-ZKfye_yAhXs4jgGHWV4DZoQ8tMDegQIARA9&biw=1920&bih=969 Arrisontan (talk) 14:23, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh thanks, I really can't find anything using my preferred search engine, guess google is just better sometimes.
 * Anyways, what do you think is your two strongest sources?
 * (Btw use to ping, and also pings only go through if you sign the edit containing the ping, pinging but signing in a different edit will not work)  Just ' i ' yaya  14:50, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Currently, the two strongest sources will be 黄福安 in reference 16 and the reference 2,3,4 which are three different newspapers reported him as the food critic Malaysia, is that enough? I think that those should can regard as the secondary sources and idependent and also covered up the wiki-content to establish he is a food critic in Malaysia. Arrisontan (talk) 15:05, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * @Arrisontan My personal analysis of the sources:
 * 南洋商报 (Nanyang Siang Pau)
 * The source basically contains what is essentially an announcement that the subject got hired by the newspaper, likely not independent
 * 中国报 (China Press)
 * Mentions name once, in one minor paragraph, I don't think this is significant coverage.
 * sin chew daily
 * I only saw the subject mentioned once while skimming through it, I don't think this is significant coverage...
 * Anyways, personally, I would think that it would be best if you added two more reliable sources in order to ensure the article meets GNG. Feel free, if you think any of my analysis is incorrect, to respond to this message telling me to take another look at any of the sources, thanks.  Just ' i ' yaya  23:52, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree with Justiyaya's comment. –– FormalDude  talk  23:56, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reviews, really appreciate it. However, the content only focus on his identity as the writer and food critic only and no other informations reveals, so i thought that the reported from the newspapers written that he is the food critic malaysia would be enough for it. Writer can be proven by all of the columns things. It is rare for Malaysia to archive their newspapers so will be hard to get his information and he himself seems does not accept interviews much. But I would attach here what currently I found,
 * 东方日报 (Oriental Daily News)
 * Coco 大马站:大馬食神食公子 廖城蘭 你認識他嗎 (archive of a website in 2017)
 * 365道名厨家常菜美食大众口味 One day one dish: 365 selected home-cooked recipes (A book that collected well-known celebrity chefs' recipes in Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore written his introduction on page9)
 * Food Digest Magazine I think I need to corrected that this is reported about him but not his column.
 * Kindly review for me. Thank you very much!!! Arrisontan (talk) 01:30, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * At this point we're not really trying to verify anything specifically about him, we are trying to see if he is notable by Wikipedia's standard. Does the subject see significant and independent coverage in existing reliable sources? –– FormalDude  talk  01:52, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes dear. I think that for the latest 4 references and also the 黄福安 book is independent and significant coverage and also reliable for him. You may also sees that if searching for internet he has widely talked by the people, but most of them are the blogger so i did not cite it 廖城兰 and 食公子. Arrisontan (talk) 01:56, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Another updates, This is his most recent news, I got it from China, http://talk.cri.cn/n/20210924/1a5d4084-42fe-8eb4-61b8-2b117359bf20.html from China Radio International — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arrisontan (talk • contribs)
 * Thanks for the update, please be patient with the review, it might take a while, also I would strongly suggest some copyediting  Just ' i ' yaya  18:55, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will do it. Arrisontan (talk) 19:27, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Deletion review for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timothy J. Edens (3rd nomination)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timothy J. Edens (3rd nomination). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Mztourist (talk) 05:56, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * This is getting very messy as User:Thewolfchild reinstated your close and then User:GraemeLeggett undid that. Then User:Thewolfchild complained that the AFD and the review both remain open. So please revert your undo of my deletion of the deletion review. Mztourist (talk) 08:02, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Deleting the deletion review is not the proper procedure, it should be archived. And I believe it should not be closed prematurely, we need to allow someone who is experienced with deletion review to weigh in. They can then do the archiving as well. –– FormalDude  talk  08:06, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * An admin has just closed the deletion review for us. Problem solved. –– FormalDude  talk  08:08, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I wanted to say it there but I was pulled away, and it was closed by the time I got back again. I have not done AFD uncloses myself but I would think you need to unarchive discussions from the deletion sorting lists where the bot has already archived them. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 10:08, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Um? You okay?
Hey, saw this edit what's up? You okay? Sadads (talk) 12:44, 22 September 2021 (UTC)


 * That is an embarrassing accident of me trying to test the edit filter. Sorry for causing any concern. –– FormalDude  talk  14:28, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * No worries, I just wanted to make sure that wasn't a hijacked account issue ;) Or your system not cooperating :D -- Hope you are having a good day :) Sadads (talk) 15:06, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Firefangledfeathers (talk) 14:49, 22 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I deserve that :p –– FormalDude  talk  05:23, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

NuWave
You removed my reference to another product on this manufacturer's page citing that it was promotional naming a product. Did you read the article??? It ALREADY SAYS "The company also makes various other culinary products, including the NuWave Precision Induction Cooktop, the NuWave Brio Digital Air Fryer, NuWave Flavor-Lockers, NuWave Nutri-Pot Digital Pressure Cooker and Duralon Non-Stick Cookware." How is my add of a newer product any different? Please reverse your change - thanks SanVeneto (talk) 20:19, 25 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I've submitted the article for deletion. –– FormalDude  talk  07:53, 26 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Smart LOL SanVeneto (talk) 13:41, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Red Bull
Hello! You were kind enough to update the Red Bull entry based on a couple edit requests I submitted on the article's talk page. I've submitted a few more similarly straightforward requests on the talk page, if you're willing to help out again. I don't think any of the three requested updates would take too long to review, and I'm happy to address any questions or concerns. Thanks for your consideration! Inkian Jason (talk) 14:39, 27 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Certainly happy to help out again,, I'll start reviewing now. –– FormalDude  talk  21:37, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much, once again! I've shared overviews of products and sports sponsorships, which I'd like to think are significant improvements over the article's existing content, if you're willing to revisit. Much appreciated, Inkian Jason (talk) 15:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help! Much appreciated. I've submitted two additional requests at the bottom of Talk:Red Bull, if you're interested. Like before, I don't think these would take very long to review and implement. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:47, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Given all the recent article updates, I've submitted a request to remove an inapplicable field from the infobox, if you're open to revisiting. I've referenced an open request higher up on the talk page which similarly seeks to remove an inapplicable "Notes" section and update a sentence in the introduction. Thanks again! Inkian Jason (talk) 20:28, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

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Wikidata weekly summary #488
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Discussions
 * Closed request for adminship: BrokenSegue. Welcome onboard \o/


 * Events
 * Upcoming
 * OSM TW x Wikidata Taiwan Taipei (Q1867) Meetup 2021-10-04, Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245)
 * Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Stephanie Sapienza and Emily Frazier on Unlocking the airwaves, a digital archive project that compiles early educational public radio content from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB). Agenda with call link, October 5.
 * SPARQL queries live on Twitch in French, by Vigneron, October 5 at 18:00 CEST
 * Ongoing:
 * New Wikidata Lexemes Challenge! Help to improve lexicographical data on Wikidata. This week's theme: Seasons.
 * Past
 * Wikibase Live session logs (September 2021)
 * LD4 - video presentation start 05:00 Keepin 'N Sync... with wikidata ... and ORCID...and GBIF - slides by David Shorthouse
 * The Magnus list that was mentioned at 27:00 (please update list)
 * Ticket created related to problem mentioned with WD objects getting deleted - T291659
 * 2021-09-30, Talk "COVIWD: COVID-19 Wikidata Dashboard" at Seminar Pekanan IR-NLP &mdash; slides in English, video in Indonesian (source)


 * Press, articles, blog posts, videos
 * Blogs
 * What can querying Wikidata do for me?
 * https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/01/synchronising-wikidata-and-wikipedia-an-outreachy-project/
 * Papers: Representing COVID-19 information in collaborative knowledge graphs: The case of Wikidata
 * Videos
 * Introduction to Wikidata for beginners Part. 1 (in Portuguese) - YouTube
 * How to work with Wikidata in the library (in Italian) - YouTube
 * How to work with Wikidata in the library (in Italian) - YouTube


 * Tool of the week
 * ItemSubjector is Python console tool that helps add main subject (P921) to groups of items in a semi-automatic way.


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * You can nominate your favorite Wikidata projects (tools, community initiatives, WikiProjects...) until October 10th for the WikidataCon Community Awards
 * You can also sign up for a slot at the birthday presents lightning talks session at WikidataCon 2021 to present your gift for Wikidata birthday until October 16
 * Submissions for day 2 and 3 of WikidataCon are still open. You can submit sessions about a variety of topics until October 20


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: App Store age rating, music created for, issuing agent of work, FLOSS development policy URL, relevant date for copyright, inscription image, Hardy's Guide to Marine Gastropods URL, number of evacuated, template populates category, number of tries marked, madhhab
 * External identifiers: Australian Research Council Grant ID, Grand dictionnaire terminologique ID, Materials Project material ID, All.Rugby player ID, swisscovery edition ID, e-Maapõu locality ID, Online Begraafplaatsen memorial ID, PoetsGate poem ID, NVE reservoir ID, FLORE author ID, USiena air author ID, IRIS IMT author ID, Journées européennes du patrimoine ID, Peoples.ru person ID, Kallías ID, Convict Records of Australia ID, Croatian Language Portal identifier, Issuu ID, Flipboard ID, Umění pro město ID, BBC Food ID, Baijiahao ID, Inventory of Heritage Artefacts institution ID, Inventory of Heritage Artefacts object ID, Vietherb species ID, Vietherb metabolite ID, Zenodo communities ID, XXI Secolo ID, Indonesian Museum National Registration System ID, Postimees topic ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: WikiProject importance scale rating, predicate for, eHive ID, original description, Bowers acronym, mul label property, stylized name
 * External identifiers: Database of Czech amateur theater ID, National Gallery Prague work ID, George Eastman Museum artist ID, All.Rugby club ID, Sachsens-Schlösser-Kennung, Dizionario di Economia e Finanza ID, Densho Encyclopedia ID, AsianWiki ID, Channel One Russia show ID, DWDS lemma ID, WDG lemma ID, company code (RICS), IRIS Sapienza author ID, AFNIL publisher ID, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) identifier, TMOK ID, Kastra ID, Indigenous Corporation Number, United Nations Treaty Collection object ID, Österreichischer Fußball-Bund ID, MYmovies-Personenkennung, IGI Global Dictionary ID, L'Unificazione ID, EMBO member ID


 * Query examples:
 * Women born in Nigeria with an article in Basque for Listeria (Source)
 * Still life paintings by women (Source)
 * Map of cemeteries in New Zealand (Source)
 * Right Livelihood Award laureates (Source)
 * Chelsea FC players, with English Wikipedia article, Commons image, etc (Source)
 * Newest database reports: Missing properties by number of sitelinks: P22 (father) (works again)


 * Development
 * Finished preventing a case where the same sitelink could be added to two different Items (T291377)
 * Continuing work on the Mismatch Finder. Currently focusing on showing the details of the mismatches to the person reviewing mismatches.
 * Continued work on not allowing two Properties to have the same label after undo/revert (T289473)
 * Continuing work on improving how changes on Wikidata are propagated to Wikipedia and the other other Wikimedia projects. The new system is being rolled out to all wikis now. It should not change anything for editors and just be a technical improvement in the backend.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

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 * Suggested and open tasks!
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Wikidata weekly summary #489
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 


 * Events
 * Upcoming:
 * We’re celebrating the 9th birthday of Wikidata on October 29 during the WikidataCon 🎂 Did you know that you can participate in the celebration by preparing a birthday present or attending events? Here’s how you can get involved!
 * Wikidata/Wikibase office hour, 16:00 UTC on Wednesday 20th October 2021 (18:00 Berlin time), on the Wikidata Telegram channel.
 * Upcoming: WMF search platform team office hour, Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 at 15:00-16:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PDT / 11:00-12:00 EDT / 17:00-18:00 CEST. Etherpad, Google Meet. You can come and chat about the Wikidata & Commons Query Service.
 * LIVE Wikidata editing #57 - YouTube, Facebook, October 16 at 18:00 UTC
 * Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #83, October 17
 * Ongoing:
 * Weekly Lexemes Challenge #11, Perception and Senses


 * Press, articles, blog posts, videos
 * Blogs
 * Wikidata in African Language Communities
 * Media art on Wikipedia wants to make collections and metadata more accessible (in Dutch)
 * Papers
 * Modeling and Documenting Queer Voices and Topics on Wikidata, Panel on Metadata and Gender Diversity, Amber Billey, Clair A Kronk, John Samuel, Rachel Ivy Clarke, Sayward Schoonmaker, DCMI Virtual 2021, October 8, 2021, Slides
 * Videos
 * Introduction to Wikidata for beginners. Part 2 (in Italian) - YouTube
 * Introduction to Wikidata (in Spanish) - YouTube
 * Scripts and gadgets in Wikidata (in French) - YouTube
 * Wikidata Workshop 2021 - Coupling Wikipedia Categories with Wikidata Statements for Better Semantics - YouTube


 * Tool of the week
 * Neguess is a Wikidata entity guessing game with negative clues. (demo video)


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * You can nominate your favorite Wikidata projects (tools, community initiatives, WikiProjects...) until October 10th for the WikidataCon Community Awards
 * You can also sign up for a slot at the birthday presents lightning talks session at WikidataCon 2021 to present your gift for Wikidata birthday until October 16
 * Submissions for day 2 and 3 of WikidataCon are still open. You can submit sessions about a variety of topics until October 20
 * Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a Graph Consultant to help migrate the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) from Blazegraph to a different RDF store. Apply here!
 * The WMF Search team will begin data transfer for the new Streaming Updater today (11 Oct 2021).


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: dissertation program, date of probate
 * External identifiers: Densho Encyclopedia ID, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) identifier, DWDS lemma ID, Dizionario di Economia e Finanza ID, National Gallery Prague work ID, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID, Database of Czech Amateur Theater person ID, WDG lemma ID, The World Factbook country ID, AFNIL publisher ID, RICS company code, Greek Castles ID, Gente di Tuscia ID, Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law ID, Product and Service Code, SAM ID, IRIS Sapienza author ID, museum-digital place ID, Det Norske Akademis Ordbok ID, PDDikti ID, VI.BE platform ID, Owler company ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: registration number, present in non-fictional work, NIK (Nomor Induk Kependudukan), reports to, excitation energy, merger, split-off, choreography for
 * External identifiers: AllSides ID, Apple maps id, Enciclopedia dei ragazzi ID, NLI archive ID, CANTIC ID, Bat Sheva Archive ID, Research Vocabularies Australia ID, Australian Reptile Online Database ID, Chi era Costui - Plaque ID, Research Data Australia ID, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub resource ID, Parliament of Australia MP ID, Trove work ID, Geographical Names Board of NSW geoname ID, Arachne.org.au ID, Remontees-mecaniques.net ID, Apple Music track ID


 * Query examples:
 * Share of women for each Nobel prize (source)
 * Nobel Prize statistics on number of recipients for award wrt. gender (interactive plot) (source)
 * Share of women among Nobel prize winners by decade
 * Notable books on linked data, semantic technologies, and semantic knowledge graphs (source)
 * Benelux railway stations connected from Brussels-South railway station (Q800587) (source)
 * Date of opening and closing of railway stations in Denmark (Source)
 * Map or Talaiotic archeological culture sites located in the Menorca island in Spain (source)
 * Location of all the meteorological stations in Navarre (source)
 * Photos of participants in the Pandora Papers (source)
 * Diameter, size and mass of balls (source)
 * French departments with their shape
 * Longest rivers located in France and which did not gave their name to a department (source)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fheight%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FheightStatement%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20%20%20VALUES%20%3Ftype%20%7B%20wd%3AQ1779653%20wd%3AQ179700%20wd%3AQ1051606%20wd%3AQ29168169%20wd%3AQ3476533%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ21745157%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP5816%20wd%3AQ56556915%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP2048%20%3FheightStatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3FheightStatement%20pq%3AP518%20wd%3AQ179700%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3FheightStatement%20pq%3AP518%20%3Fx%20%7D%20%7D%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25i%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25i%20.%0A%20%20%3FheightStatement%20psv%3AP2048%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FbaseHeight%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP2370%2Fpsv%3AP2370%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FunitHeight%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ11573%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%20%3FbaseHeight%20%2a%20%3FunitHeight%20AS%20%3Fheight%20%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fheight%20%3E%3D%2030%20%29%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP921%20%3Fsubject%20%7D%0A%20%20%23SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fheight%29%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FitemLabel%0A%20 Statues measuring more than 30 m in height (excluding the pedestal)] (Source)


 * Development
 * Mismatch Finder: We are continuing the work on the review part of the system. We are now working on letting reviewers indicate if the mismatch is on Wikidata, the other database, both or neither.
 * Fixed a bug where it was possible for two Properties to have the same label in a given language by undoing/reverting an edit (T289473)
 * Fixed a confusing error message that was being shown when trying to save geoshape / tabular data that doesn’t exist (T285758)
 * Removing some unnecessary entity link formatting in edit summaries and special pages to improve performance (T292203)
 * Fixing an issue with invalid dates that the API accepts but should not (T289417)
 * Migrated all Wikimedia wikis to use the new change dispatching system. This system is responsible for notifying the other wikis about edits made on Wikidata that affect their articles so the article is refreshed and edits are added to recent changes and watchlists.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Contribute to a Showcase item.
 * Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Help write the next summary!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Mohammed Sadat (WMDE) 15:36, 11 October 2021 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Mohammed Sadat (WMDE)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata&oldid=22166946 --

Checking in
Hello,. Hope all is well with you. As you might have noticed, shortly after you and I had discussed the possibility of my being the primary author on revised notability guidelines for the Church and for the policies about Wikipedia articles related thereunto. In between continuing to recuperate from my surgery, there are other personal circumstances I've been dealing with (nothing too concerning or out of the ordinary) that have to varying degrees limited my ability to be active here on Wikipedia. That being said, as I'm sure you saw, I have been able to exchange comments with about the updates that need to be made. I am hoping that over the next couple of weeks, I will be able to resume more of a focus on crafting those guidelines. Anyways, I know it's been a while since I touched bases with you, so I just wanted to check in. And although I have not been able thus far to contribute much to the guidelines, I am grateful that the process of crafting those seems to be going well. So I wanted to thank you again as well for your willingness to help me work around the long-standing issues we've been having when it comes to covering subjects about or leaders of the Church. I believe we have established the beginnings of good framework to resolve some of these long-standing issues, which would not have been possible if you had not been so open-minded in terms of understanding the problems and the associated frustrations. Thanks again, and keep up the great work! --Jgstokes (talk) 02:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I am doing good, thanks. I appreciate the update. I hope everything goes well with your recuperation and personal life.
 * I did see your conversations with Rachel Helps (BYU), and I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with! No thanks required for my willingness to help–collaboration is what Wikipedia's all about. Nevertheless I am grateful for your words.
 * I have not progressed much with the draft myself, as I've also been busy in real life and in other areas of Wikipedia. I will continue to add to it whenever I can though and always be available for brainstorming. –– FormalDude  talk  04:18, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Hey,, thanks for the reply. I have a few obligations to take care of outside of Wikipedia this week, but hopefully within the next couple of weeks, I'll be contributing more fully to the guidelines. I did have a follow-up question or two to ask you personally, given your expertise with Notability guidelines. The main reasons that Church Presidents, their counselors, and/or any other apostles are significant is because their decisions affect the worldwide Church, and that, with few exceptions, the call of any individuals as apostles is expected to be for life. As I've mentioned in the recent reply to, by contrast, any general authority seventy, member of the Presidency of the Seventy, or member of the Presiding Bishopric would generally be the top individuals under consideration to be the next apostles. And while a fair number of previous non-apostolic general authorities who have been released have passed away, there are others currently living. And their service keeps them in the world's spotlight at least till their releases at age 70. For General Officers of the Church, most would not merit an article of their own due to a lack of significant coverage from sources not affiliated with the Church, and due to the fact that the service of these General Officers is of a temporary duration (no more than 5 years, in general). Is there a way to establish standarad relevance of apostles, the Presidents and Acting Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve, the First Presiency members, and the Presidents of the Church? Would you have any suggestions about the possibility of creating a temporary set of criteria for those whose active Church service makes them relevant for a temporary period of time? Would there be a way to establish different criteria for current General Authorities (including the Presidency of the Seventy, GA Seventies, and the Presiding Bishopric)? These questions are a reminder of the kinds of issues we've experienced in being able to retain such articles on Wikipedia in the past, so any specific suggestions which you might have would be something I'd welcome taking under advisement. I'm hoping with your administrative experience, you have the know-how about the nuances involved to provide some adive on this. Thanks again. --Jgstokes (talk) 21:30, 14 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the delayed response, I've been pretty busy myself. I'd say there certainly is a way to establish standard notability guidelines for various church officials/figures. Basically, we would list anything that likely signifies a subject is notable. I think the People section of the draft is already a good start for this. –– FormalDude  talk  07:19, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

A word of thanks
... for this !vote at Articles for deletion/Russell Surasky. We all make errors of judgement (I'm a world champion!), but not all of us so generously admit to them. I hope that nothing I said in the various discussions came across as criticism of you or your actions, but if it did then please excuse me – it was not so intended. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:35, 24 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks,, that's very nice of you to say. I always try my best to admit my mistakes, I think it is a vital part of encyclopedic collaboration. You kept all your discussion focused on the content, so I didn't take anything you said personally. Best wishes! –– FormalDude  talk  20:25, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

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Can you please re-add it? Because Somebody removed the Braniff logo.
hello, I am Maurice King. and can you please re add it? because somebody removed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8080:F403:7700:6C58:DE99:F6C3:937F (talk) 04:30, 8 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I removed the sentence "This is the last episode of the series to use the Braniff Productions logo." because it was not sourced. –– FormalDude  talk  04:34, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Billboard 200 AfD closure
Hello, just letting you know that a speedy keep closure wasn't at all justified as no speedy keep criteria applied. This was a genuine concern I raised which anyone would have seen when reading through my arguments and clarifications and per WP:SKCRIT, speedy keep criteria are not to be used to express strong disapproval of the nomination: a rationale that you don't agree with is still an argument for deletion. That being said, I don't care anymore, so leave this as it is. Just letting you know. Throast (talk &#124; contribs) 17:45, 9 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks . Wouldn't the WP:SNOW clause apply though? –– FormalDude  talk  20:53, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 * SNOW might apply when speedy keep votes are justified per WP:SKCRIT, which wasn't the case here as I outlined above. Whenever there is an actual argument brought forth, the immediate dismissal and piling on of unjustified speedy keep votes is no reason for closing a deletion discussion early. Perhaps, another editor would have come along to support my viewpoint the day after you closed the debate. You just never know. The way this has turned out is more akin to WP:STEAM than anything else. Let discussions like these run its course and only close discussions prematurely when there is actual reason to. Throast (talk &#124; contribs) 22:50, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 * It was pretty evident that the consensus was speedy keep. I disagree with your claim that it was WP:STEAM, there was a lot of discussion in the time it was open. I believe it had effectively run its course, though it maybe could've stayed open a day longer. –– FormalDude  talk  04:35, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * There was not a lot of fruitful discussion. The discussion was between only me and the steamrolling editors, few of which actually engaged with my arguments. I don't think you quite understand. Just because the majority of votes are "speedy keep", doesn't mean you can automatically close as "speedy keep". You have to evaluate whether the editors voting that way had actual reason to and didn't just vote out of strong disapproval. WP:SKCRIT outlines some very specific cases where speedy keep would apply and strong disapproval is not one of them. Throast (talk &#124; contribs) 09:44, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I think this is a case of you refusing to get the point of about the clear notability of an article. Editors gave their justifications and rebuttals, the majority were not just voting out of strong disapproval. If you have a problem with my closure you can feel free to take it to WP:DRV. –– FormalDude  talk  09:57, 10 October 2021 (UTC)>

Wikidata weekly summary #490
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 


 * Discussions
 * New request for comments
 * Frequency of YouTube follower count data
 * Should previously linked Wikipedia articles be separated?


 * Events
 * Upcoming:
 * We’re celebrating the 9th birthday of Wikidata on October 29 during the WikidataCon 🎂 Did you know that you can participate in the celebration by preparing a birthday present or attending events? Here’s how you can get involved!
 * Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Scottish Accused Witches Project with Ewan McAndrew and Emma Carroll (University of Edinburgh)., Oct 19th.
 * WikiProject Govdirectory Collab Hour, October 22
 * LIVE Wikidata editing #58 - YouTube, Facebook, October 23 at 18:00 UTC
 * Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #84, October 24
 * IT Festival Without Borders from 21 to 23 October 2021 in Rovereto - There will be a Wikidata for SPARQL queries workshop for high school and university students.
 * Ongoing:
 * Weekly Lexemes Challenge #12, Health professions
 * #12MonthsofOSM, mapping historical features


 * Press, articles, blog posts, videos
 * Blogs
 * Introduction to Observablehq.com for Wikidata users in French (Introduction à Observable pour les utilisateurs de Wikidata)
 * Learning to edit Wikidata is challenging; we aim to make it easier with this interactive course
 * Manuscripts on Wikidata: the state of the art? by Martin Poulter
 * Digital scholarship in archives: A data case study
 * Papers
 * Accepted papers for the Wikidata Workshop at ISWC have been published: https://wikidataworkshop.github.io/2021/
 * Detecting Cross-Language Plagiarism using Open Knowledge Graphs
 * Videos
 * Wikidata Scripts and gadgets (in French) - YouTube
 * Import RDF data from Wikidata (part 11) - YouTube
 * New introductory working hour on Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube
 * Building Wikidata - Queries with Wikidata Query Service (in Spanish) - YouTube
 * Building Wikidata - Databases and Open Refine (in Spanish) - YouTube
 * How to retrieve the list of works by Canadian authors available on Wikisource? (in French) - YouTube
 * Other:
 * Research project: How can museums improve the usability of collection APIs?


 * Tool of the week
 * Snowman is a static site generator for SPARQL backend (source)


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Submissions for day 2 and 3 of WikidataCon are still open. You can submit sessions about a variety of topics until October 20
 * Sina Ahmadi has released a SPARQL query generator for lexicographical data
 * Wikidata reached the 10000th numbered property, with the creation of P10000 Research Vocabularies Australia. (There are currently 9285 pages in the Property namespace.)
 * Wikidata now has over 600,000 Lexemes!
 * Learn Wikidata is an online interactive course created by the Vanderbilt University thanks to a WikiCite grant and available in English, Spanish and Chinese. More information here.
 * The 3rd edition of the Coolest Tool Award is looking for nominations (see announcement on wikimedia-l). Please submit your favorite tools by October 27th. The awarded projects will be announced and showcased in a virtual ceremony in December.


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: catalogue raisonné, predicate for, has thematic relation, illustrative content, ITU radio emission designation, isotopically modified form of, stylized name, record number, excitation energy
 * External identifiers: WDG lemma ID, The World Factbook country ID, AFNIL publisher ID, RICS company code, Greek Castles ID, Gente di Tuscia ID, Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law ID, Product and Service Code, SAM ID, IRIS Sapienza author ID, museum-digital place ID, Det Norske Akademis Ordbok ID, PDDikti ID, VI.BE platform ID, Owler company ID, Ordbog over det danske sprog ID, Svenska Akademins Ordbok-section ID, Kalliope-Verbund ID, musik-sammler.de artist ID, United Nations Treaty Collection object ID, Washington Rare Plant Field Guide ID (Web version), RAWG game ID, TMOK ID, Vokrug sveta article, copyright registration, Eneström Number, NRK TV ID, NLI Archive (bibliographic) ID, L'Unificazione ID, IGI Global Dictionary ID, Enciclopedia dei ragazzi ID, CANTIC ID, EMBO member ID, NDL earlier law ID, AbandonSocios ID, Bat Sheva Archive ID, Literature.com book ID, Literature.com ebook ID, CantoDict word ID, CantoDict character ID, MYmovies person ID, Chi era Costui plaque ID, Bowers acronym, Turkish Cinema Archive Database person ID, Research Vocabularies Australia ID, Austrian Football Association player ID, Dewan Negara ID, Arachne.org.au ID, Dewan Rakyat ID, Remontees-mecaniques.net ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: merger, split-off, choreography for, classification, compartmentalisation, or information category for this document, Hotel rating, NatureScot Sitelink ID, pole positions, podium finishes, StopGame ID, fastest laps, Amends, heading, Conway polyhedron notation
 * External identifiers: Australian Reptile Online Database ID, Research Data Australia ID, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub resource ID, Parliament of Australia MP ID, Trove work ID, Geographical Names Board of NSW geoname ID, Apple Music track ID, Bokmålsordboka-ID, Nynorskordboka-ID, Birdata ID, IRIS Superior Graduate Schools IDs, Australian Trade Mark Number, Australian Prints + Printmaking artist ID, Australian Prints + Printmaking work ID, FFCAM ID, TVSA ID, Academy of Russian Television person ID, NSW Parliament Member ID, Australian Statistical Geography 2021 ID, KPU Calon 2019, Monaco Nature Encyclopedia ID, Refuges.info ID, Smotrim.ru film ID, Norgeshistorie ID, AHPRA registration number, PubCRIS product number, Toolhub ID, Spotify user ID, Dizionario di Medicina ID, Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID, ORIAS number, SNSF person ID


 * Query examples:
 * List of written works authored by recent Nobel laureate Joshua Angrist (via d:Template:Item documentation on d:Talk:Q921499)
 * Books by Canadian authors with a Wikisource page (Source)
 * Repetitive taxon names (Source)
 * Count of sitelinks of museums/tourist attractions in the US (Source)
 * Map of French communes that are >30 characters long (Source)
 * Lexemes in Swedish that are missing in Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (Q1935308) (Source)
 * Attendance at the Bargoin, Roger-Quilliot and Henri-Lecoq museums per year (Source)
 * Present and past members of Czech Chamber of Deputies who are relatives (Source)


 * Development
 * Mismatch Finder: We are continuing the work on the review part of the system. We are working on letting reviewers submit their decision if the mismatch is on Wikidata, the other database, both or neither.
 * In the previous week we migrated all Wikimedia wikis to use the new change dispatching system. This system is responsible for notifying the other wikis about edits made on Wikidata that affect their articles so the article is refreshed and edits are added to recent changes and watchlists. This week we monitored the new system and investigated and fixed a few issues that came up.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Contribute to a Showcase item.
 * Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Help write the next summary!

<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 · Unsubscribe · Mohammed Sadat (WMDE) 13:50, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Stranger things
Following MollyPollyRolly's SPI and realising that I wasn't the only one who thinks that there is something suspicious about that account, I kept an eye on their edits until I discovered that they were in fact caught socking, but were later unblocked and asked to disclose on their user pages that they operate both of accounts. Not only they didn't disclose the accounts, but they are editing the same articles with both accounts (MollyPollyRolly and Filmomusico). I hope you won't mind if I ping since they have expressed some concerns regarding the account's activity. Best, M.Bitton (talk) 22:12, 25 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for looking out,, very diligent of you. –– FormalDude  talk  22:31, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * This was handled by . It would seem best for him to follow up to determine if any action is needed.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:13, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , shouldn't this user have declared their operations of multiple accounts on their userpages? –– FormalDude  talk  22:15, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

“Links To Nazism” on Ace of Base’s page
My removal of that section was completely neutral. Two reasons:

1. A BAND MEMBER’S PAST, BEFORE HE MET THE BAND, IS IRRELEVANT INFO ON THE BAND PAGE. One member of the band was briefly in a skinhead gang in the early 80s. He left that gang years BEFORE joining Ace of Base. Ace of Base itself has zero ties to Naz*sm or any hate groups. That band member has vocally condemned his past since news articles in 1993. Attributing his past, which he condemns, to the band and its other members is the opposite of neutral. Anything that happened before Ace of Base and doesn’t have anything to do with Ace of Base doesn’t belong on Ace of Base’s wiki. Having a section on the band’s wiki saying “Links To Naz*sm” is NOT neutral. Ace of Base has NO “links to Naz*sm”. This isn’t 10 degrees of Kevin Bacon.

2. THE OTHER RUMORS ABOUT SECRET NAZ* MESSAGES IN THEIR SONGS HAVE BEEN DISCREDITED AND DISPROVEN. The “source” of alleged secret Naz* messages in Ace of Base’s lyrics and videos is a self described conspiracy theorist, and none of those claims are based in reality. I could make an article about how I think Tom Cruise has been making secret hand signals to convey that he enjoys eating children - that doesn’t mean it belongs on his wiki page.

LoveinDecember (talk) 02:33, 21 September 2021 (UTC)


 * @LoveinDecember Hello, if you are referring to this edit, it is in my opinion that the section that you are trying to remove does contain useful information, and personally, I don't think that the section is a WP:NPOV violation and the section seems to be supported by reputable sources. Assuming that your claims above are true, it would be useful for the article to contain such information, however, the information should not be added without citations supporting your claims, also, I would not suggest editing the article directly. You should leave suggestions on the article's talk page instead, you seem to be particularly passionate about the topic, and while it could definitely be a positive trait while writing articles, might lead to minor incivility while having a conflict with others, thanks!  Just ' i ' yaya  06:12, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

@Justiyaya “useful information”? It’s fake news, which I posted proof of in the Ace of Base page’s talk section. I’ve cited printed news articles that directly contradict the Vice and Cracked articles. This is easily findable information that the conspiracy theorists would have found out by doing basic research. LoveinDecember (talk) 09:51, 21 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Answered on Talk:Ace of Base, would appreciate it if you (Formal Dude) gave your opinion on the suggestion that I made there.  Just ' i ' yaya  15:32, 21 September 2021 (UTC)