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A favour perhaps?
Might you look at the edit summary at  which I fear I find quite a tad less than collegial? I found the article sans references and added two New York Times sources - so I fear the obvious umbrage at actually adding cites to an article which had none at all - and complaining as though I had done some sort of heinous act in so doing - seems to me to be quite over the top. Many thanks. Collect (talk) 06:44, 5 February 2016 (UTC) His previous "correction" of my first reference also has a slightly snarky edit summary, in my opinion. . As I found the article as being just marked as lacking any references whatsoever, I would have hoped editors would regard adding them as an improvement. Sigh. Collect (talk) 06:48, 5 February 2016 (UTC) then follows me, repeats the same attack that my use of the NYT was "OR" and that I misstated what was in that article in simple English. I find such use of following a specific editor just in order to make edit summaries accusing an editor of misuse of a source and putting in unsourced material  to be an eensy bit uncivil and uncollegial, and the accusations in the edit summary are actually and blatantly made just as an attack as I made no such "OR" when I actually dared give an actual RS source to an entirely unsourced section.   Cheers. Collect (talk) 13:50, 5 February 2016 (UTC)


 * The edit summaries are a bit brusque, but I don't think they cross a line. I think they best solution is to open a talk page discussion if you disagree with the changes.  If the other editor continues in a tone which you consider uncivil I'll take a look.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 03:51, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I have never "followed" that editor, and the aim of the "charges" is clearly to bolster his "following" of me (I have scrupulously avoided any interaction with him at all). If one used the editor interaction tool one can easily confirm his continued snark about me.
 * For the current instance see  which I think shows the problem clearly.  One might note another editor there is at CCI, with some great examples of absolute and blatant plagiarism - which that editor blamed me for finding, of all things.  Read also his "sound advice" section on his user page, and some of the many thinly veiled attacks over a period of some years.
 * When faced with any editor who makes such "charges" and who repeats them as though he were stating facts, it is usually best to have a completely disinterested party actually examine them. I had thought that adding a cite to an article which had absolutely no cites in it was generally considered a "good thing" but the accusation here makes me think that an editor who Jimbo has barred from his UT page as a troll or worse is not something one would wish to wrestle with.
 * shows the editor specifically following me to UT:Jimbo, and his direct attacks on Jimbo (including "your own actions make a pretty good job of that: allowing your WMF servers to serve the agenda of despots like Nazarbayev and his cronies" along with walls of text), as well as Jimbo's stating that the editor is not welcome at the UT page  and (quite curiously) the post by the second editor in the affair who says "Also, I would ask Jimbo Wales, 'What about Writegeist's comments was beyond the pale?" and "Is Smallbones [sic] ban of Writegeist from your page a reasonable and defensible action given the circumstances?' "
 * Thank you. For some odd reason I think having these two in particular attack me as often as they do is a bit of a badge of honour.   Collect (talk) 09:15, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #195
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.  Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 21:42, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
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 * Past: Open Science Meetup, Berlin
 * Slides for "Wikidata for biomedical knowledge integration and curation" talk
 * Wiki Workshop 2016 could use some researchy Wikidata submissions
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 * How much does a Wikipedia use Wikidata data? Stats are in the total entity usage flags graph here (select project at the top left)
 * How many statements does the average item or property on Wikidata have? Here are the stats.
 * What are the most viewed pages on Wikidata?
 * We still need your help with classifying edits to build better anti-vandalism tools. We're halfway done by now.
 * Andrew updated his maps
 * We crossed edit 300,000,000!
 * Graph example: matrices
 * Taxonomy of WikiProject municipalities of Germany is completed. Feedback welcome.
 * Last call for comments on the new process for showcase items at d:User:Harmonia Amanda/Showcase items. Please review and comment on the associated talk page.
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 * Newest properties: Box Office Mojo studio ID, Box Office Mojo franchise ID, ČSFD film ID, Richter magnitude scale, moment magnitude scale
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 * Search now works on mobile
 * Groundwork for adding new entity types to move us forward with support for structured data on Commons. (Other entity types are Item and Property. We'll need Mediainfo for Commons.)
 * Daniel summarized upcoming changes for new datatypes
 * Investigated further options for performance improvement (T125502)
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Wikidata weekly summary #196
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 * Ambrosiani created a map of museums in Sweden, colored after what information is available on Wikidata (source code)
 * Dormant string properties wake-up effort in progress
 * We have a new page to discuss and coordinate data partnerships and imports
 * WikiProject Medicine has a new page related to information about Zika
 * Magnus hacked up a Knowledge Engine, to discover information cross-project
 * WDFIST is the first of Magnus' tool to let you convert WDQ to SPARQL with one click
 * Autolist now supports SPARQL
 * Mix'n'match has new catalogs: WomenWriters and UNESCO Global Geopark Network
 * A new datatype for mathematical expressions is now available
 * Wikidata Toolkit 0.6.0 has been released
 * Hay created a new property browser
 * Analysis of how lifespans change over time, using Wikidata data for people with enwp article
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 * Newest properties: Sandbox-Mathematical expression, defining formula, WomenWriters ID, lowest atmospheric pressure
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 * Work on first prototype for Commons support - specifically by making it possible to have more entity types than just Item and Property (T125822)
 * UI performance work (loading time of entities, things should be faster when editing statements) (T125391, T125503)
 * Work on properly linking identifiers
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 * Work on RDF export of mathematical expression datatype (T126349)
 * Fixed a bug where the uniqueness of label+description wasn't checked properly (T121395)
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 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Ongoing: Series of Wikidata/ GLAM talks in Perth, Australia and Indonesia by Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing). Also social meetups.
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Ambrosiani created a map of museums in Sweden, colored after what information is available on Wikidata (source code)
 * Dormant string properties wake-up effort in progress
 * We have a new page to discuss and coordinate data partnerships and imports
 * WikiProject Medicine has a new page related to information about Zika
 * Magnus hacked up a Knowledge Engine, to discover information cross-project
 * WDFIST is the first of Magnus' tool to let you convert WDQ to SPARQL with one click
 * Autolist now supports SPARQL
 * Mix'n'match has new catalogs: WomenWriters and UNESCO Global Geopark Network
 * A new datatype for mathematical expressions is now available
 * Wikidata Toolkit 0.6.0 has been released
 * Hay created a new property browser
 * Analysis of how lifespans change over time, using Wikidata data for people with enwp article
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: Sandbox-Mathematical expression, defining formula, WomenWriters ID, lowest atmospheric pressure
 * Development
 * Work on first prototype for Commons support - specifically by making it possible to have more entity types than just Item and Property (T125822)
 * UI performance work (loading time of entities, things should be faster when editing statements) (T125391, T125503)
 * Work on properly linking identifiers
 * Removed a bunch of language codes from monolingual text (T125063)
 * Work on RDF export of mathematical expression datatype (T126349)
 * Fixed a bug where the uniqueness of label+description wasn't checked properly (T121395)
 * Moved the repository for WikidataBuildResources from Github to gerrit (T111173)
 * Made search work properly on mobile (T85368)
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The Feminism Barnstar
Sadly the language detracted completely from the message. Wrong time, wrong place for the invective. – SchroCat (talk) 20:27, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Banned?
You reverted the following comment:


 * Privileged white woman promotes articles about privileged white women, so progressive. Please tell us how hard you have it white woman, my blackness prevents me from understanding your suffering. Laticia Hersey (talk) 20:03, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

You state the user is banned. I am assuming GF on your behalf, but could you point to which banned user has made this quite reasonable comment? – SchroCat (talk) 20:25, 20 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you are asking me. The blocked user signed her own comment.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 20:28, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm asking you to say who the banned user is. The account has only posted one comment, so I'm not sure how you see the user is banned. Where were they banned? – SchroCat (talk) 20:30, 20 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I have no idea who Laticia Hersey is, but I can see from their block log they are blocked indefinitely.  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 20:31, 20 February 2016 (UTC)


 * So not a banned user then: a user who has been blocked, which is massively different. The block is also bollocks: there was no harassment there. – SchroCat (talk) 20:35, 20 February 2016 (UTC)


 * You'll have to take that up with the blocking admin. But talk pages should not be used as a forum by blocked or banned users.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 20:36, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The user wasn't blocked when they made the comment. And the talk thread of an op-ed page is exactly when people are going to make comments. Just because you don't like it is no excuse for deletion (or to have a the account block either). – SchroCat (talk) 20:43, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The user was blocked for that comment and thus the comment should be immediately removed. Whether or not the block was valid is immaterial and not my concern; users trolling and edit warring in the comments section of The Signpost are directly my concern.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 20:45, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikimedia Highlights from January 2016
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 * The museum map now works for all countries
 * Biblioteca Nacional de España has been added to Mix'n'match
 * Wikidata BEACON has been switched to use SPARQL
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 * Query example: natural numbers
 * Development
 * The in other projects sidebar has graduated from beta features and is now turned on on all projects except Dutch Wikipedia. (They have their own hack.) This closes a wish that has been around since 2004 \o/ (T2708)
 * 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.
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Wikidata weekly summary #198
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 * 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.
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 * Fixed a bug with slashes in URLs for identifiers (T128078)
 * Fixed a bug in Special:NewItem which prevented submission of the form (T128075)
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My apologies
I mentioned you, from the handle, as Jewish. That's no offence. It's just a stupid and irrelevant inference.Nishidani (talk) 21:27, 3 March 2016 (UTC)


 * No need to apologize, I took no offense. In fact, I view it as a compliment, I always thought I'd be Jewish if I hadn't ended up Catholic.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 21:36, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I am appalled by my stupidity of making an inference from a name. My mentor who handed me on a silver-platter the chance of a very fine career (which I rejected simply because I thought my scholarship wasn't up to his standards and might turn out embarrassing his sponsorship) celebrated his bar mitzvah in his 70s. I  believe he was totally skeptical of all religious claims or cultural myths. I only realized he was Jewish when I heard his colleague, until that moment a friend of mine, make a shocking anti-Semitic remark in his regard.  The scholar in question later dropped me a newsy note telling me, inter alia, that he had learnt the elements of Hebrew at that late age and had memorized for the first time the requisite prayers. My impression, perhaps wrong, was that he did it for complex reasons, going back to one's roots, one more civic association for one's busy retirement years etc,, all unrelated to what we call formal religion. His wife wasn't Jewish, nor his children. This influenced my reading of Bernie Sanders. I think it was William James who said religion was what a man did in his private world, and I dislike the way people pry into it, or other aspects of one's identity, to make it a public issue. Best regards Nishidani (talk) 08:39, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Cantino Planisphere
Is this still on your watchlist? I see you've edited it in the past. Doug Weller talk 21:34, 4 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, though I don't know much about the map beyond its connection to Florida.  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 21:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #199
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 * 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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The Signpost: 02 March 2016
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:01, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Just a reminder that posting the exact same argument on tons of AfDs is not a very good method of debate
Posting the same "Keep Sources indicate that she is a well-established artist" on multiple articles related to the recent Regina Art+Feminism meet-up isn't very helpful. You should try addressing the intricacies of each article, instead of posting the same boilerplate message on every AfD. Thanks. Grognard Extraordinaire Chess (talk) Ping when replying 16:34, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 March 2016
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User_talk:Adam_Cuerden???
Um... what was up with this? It certainly doesn't seem to have affected the published article, nor did Kharkiv07 ever respond to the message I sent him regarding it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 21:55, 13 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, I was busy with the other sections this week so I wasn't following editing the WikiCup section. Kharkiv07 was in charge of editing that section and I trust his judgement and whatever decisions he made.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 22:05, 13 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't object, just think a ball got dropped before any edits got made. He said that, I replied asking if we could include a few more people than his suggested ten, and the article got published unchanged (accidentally?). Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:09, 13 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Oh, I see now. Perhaps he ran out of time to followup?  That happens at the Signpost way more often than we'd like to admit.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 22:11, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Shall I trim it to, say, 20? That way at least my suggested compromise is done. Or shall we say publication stops such changes? Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:12, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * It's already published and it looks okay, so maybe we just leave it as is? Thanks for contributing this, by the way.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 22:14, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * No worries! Just wanted to run that by you, as, y'know, better to check when that happens. Just hope I didn't screw up the lists and leave someone out again. (I caught one I missed while writing it). The number of people decreases every round, so it should, at least in theory, be more managable each time, although we may want to decide how many people to do for Round 2 in advance. There's theoretically 32 people that pass that round, and I presume you don't want to do all 32. We could do the top 50%, which is roughly what we did this time.  Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:15, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, half sounds good. 32 would be overwhelming.  If there's time, maybe two parts over two weeks?  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 22:20, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Only issue might be if the second round wasn't very competitive, in which case I will need to trim out some of the bottom scorers from illustration if there's nothing relevant (though I could discuss the remainder in text as part of the second week's report, which is probably better than a gallery-only report.) I think from Round 3 (where 16 contestants pass) it should be easy enough to just do everyone who passes (and perhaps a short discussion of any particularly accomplished people who don't pass to the next round, in either text or gallery). Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:33, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

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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
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 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
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 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Sock
Hi,

Thanks for the recent CU-block. Do you believe a blanket revert as per WP:DENY is justified? I am not very experienced with this sock case. Thanks, GABHello! 19:12, 18 March 2016 (UTC)


 * As long as we make sure that no vandalism is accidentally restored (I'm guilty of that a couple days ago when reverting another sock) a blanket revert is justified.  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 19:19, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Biden rule.
The portions I removed were clearly partisan in nature. Politico is a left-wing fringe site and not suitable as a reference. Jose Canyusi (talk) 01:18, 19 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but Politico is a pretty middle of the road, almost generic political publication. Have a look at WP:RS and see what Wikipedia policy says about appropriate references.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 03:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 March 2016
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 19 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
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 * Help develop the next summary here!
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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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User talk:Fdaskyvfgbawrt7i3qyrhgk8sa
Hi, did you mean to disable autoblock on this user? And if you do fix this, can you also revoke their talk page access, thanks! 172.58.33.176 (talk) 03:40, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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!
 * 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.

Re: Submitting a piece for publishing
Hello, Gamaliel. I've completed my WikiProject Report interview and would like to submit it for publishing by The Signpost. I'm pinging as well. Thanks, -- 3family6 ( Talk to me  &#124;  See what I have done  ) 16:16, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks .  could you have a look when you have a chance?   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 16:53, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * , sure. I'll take a look later today.  → Call me  <font color="#333">Razr <font color="#336699">Nation  18:52, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Word count limit
In my amendment request about GMOs, it occurs to me that I'm starting to go over the word count limit. That's happening mainly because I'm answering questions from you and from admins whom you've asked to comment there, so I hope that it's OK. If you agree that it's OK, then could you perhaps wave the ArbCom magic wand so that the clerks allow it? Thanks! --Tryptofish (talk) 00:24, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


 * The wand has been waved. I've let the clerks know that it's okay for you to exceed the limit.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 06:20, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I appreciate it. --Tryptofish (talk) 15:34, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Comments at WP:ARCA
I don't think that we want to rehash the old User:Charles Matthews affair of the Wikipedia-related newspaper attack on me.

Suggestions, how I can reword my contributions. are greatly appreciated.

Thanks! Carl (talk) 21:08, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


 * If you want to pursue sanctions against this user for whatever they may have allegedly done, I will assist you, but it is unproductive and disruptive to mention it in the context of other discussions. We have a saying on Wikipedia: "Comment on content, not on the contributor."  Please keep that in mind.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 21:25, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks! It seems unproductive to pursue this further since the user has already been sanctioned.  As per your suggestion, I have removed my comments about specific other contributors from here.Carl (talk) 12:13, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

April Fools? Nope! Welcome to the Women Scientists worldwide online edit-a-thon during Year of Science
(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 01:59, 1 April 2016 (UTC) via MassMessage

The Signpost: 1 April 2016
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Editor editing another's user page without discussion
I would appreciate your help in addressing User:LaserBrain editing my user page.

Thanks!Carl (talk) 03:59, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #203
<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) 08:57, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press SparQL - Wikidata - École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes - 2016-04-04.pdf
 * Upcoming: WWW 2016
 * Upcoming: WikiCite 2016
 * Past: Wikimedia hackathon.
 * Some of the things that were worked on (but are not finished yet):
 * Easier referencing like it is done in VisualEditor
 * Data imports including National Library of Israel
 * Getting the ArticlePlaceholder ready for deployment on the first small Wikipedias
 * Updated maps of the geocoordinates in Wikidata (Adam will publish a blog post with them soon)
 * Improvements for Librarybase
 * Automated language links for Wiktionary
 * Cleanup of existing data import tools
 * partial group photo
 * Objetos culturales y metadatos: hacia la liberación de datos en Wikidata
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Lucie published her thesis about supporting small Wikipedias through article placeholders based on Wikidata [[File:Generating Article Placeholders from Wikidata for Wikipedia - Increasing Access to Free and Open Knowledge.pdf|thumb|Lucie's thesis: Generating Article Placeholders from Wikidata for Wikipedia - Increasing Access to Free and Open Knowledge]]
 * This article from Russian Wikipedia is generated only with Lua Module and Listeria, based on its Wikidata item.
 * If you're into Wikidata, GLAM and Facebook there is now a Facebook group for you.
 * There are 4 new games to help with the migration of the Persondata template on English Wikipedia.
 * There was a huge increase in the number of qualifiers over the last 2 weeks. It went from 2.6 to 3.7 Million due to additions of qualifiers for evidence codes on human and mouse proteins.
 * Interested in seeing Wikidata training sessions at Wikimania? Add yourself to interested attendees for the sessions.
 * PetScan now has item creator functionality.
 * The catalog of the National Library of Israel has been added to Mix'n'match
 * Great examples on French and Russian Wikipedia for infobox based on Wikidata: fr:Andrew Tanenbaum, ru:Таненбаум, Эндрю and references based on Wikidata: fr:Trappeur, ru:Доказательство с нулевым разглашением
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: dataset distribution, file format, protocol, URL, CricketArchive player ID, ESPNcricinfo player ID, FIG gymnast identifier, type locality, ISU figure skater identifier, New York Times Semantic Concept: Descriptor, New York Times Semantic Concept: Location, New York Times Semantic Concept: Organization, New York Times Semantic Concept: Person, BARTOC ID, Box Office Mojo person ID, NDL JPNO, Opensecrets Identifier, Basketball-Reference.com NBA player ID, Kijkwijzer rating, Bekker Number, is verso of, is recto of, author of afterword, author of foreword, Russiancinema.ru film ID, relative position within image, rating certificate ID, reply to
 * Newest WikiProjects: Historical Place
 * Query examples: phrases, Redewendungen, most commons eponyms
 * Development
 * 4 years ago we started coding on Wikidata. What a ride it has been and continues to be. <3 to everyone who is a part of it.
 * We are going to make a change to the RDF format for geocoordinates.
 * Here is a preview of geospatial search on the query service.
 * The query service now has bubble charts as a visualization option (example)
 * Busy at the Wikimedia hackathon.
 * 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.

MfD nomination of Wikipedia Signpost/2010-03-17/News and notes
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Notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Blatant BLP violation and subsequent protection by involved Admin. Thank you. GABHello! 22:52, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

To settle the record
I didn't return from retirement just to bash you and I haven't suddenly taken a position opposed to you. But I do think you dun fucked up here. Hope we're still friends after this settles.--v/r - TP 23:07, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm willing to listen. I'd like to be able to discuss a disagreement with a civil editor.  It would be a nice change from the last two days.  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 23:08, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't see anything you said (so far) about me or this issue on ANI terrible offensive. I do think your snap at Jytdog, whoever they are, was unwarranted, however.  Also, welcome back.  I saw you editing a day or so ago but I wanted to see if it wasn't a fluke before I said anything.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 23:14, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit pissed at Jytdog for something unrelated. So I'll give them a little heat for a few days before I completely let it go.  I'm back off and on.  I'm going to hit up a library here this weekend to dredge up whatever I can find on the USS Arizona Memorial and try to get it to GA class.--v/r - TP 23:25, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:User pages/RfC for stale drafts policy restructuring
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:User pages/RfC for stale drafts policy restructuring. Legobot (talk) 04:25, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Kittens don't care about the size of your hands.

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Small hands?
What is the point of User:Gamaliel/Small hands? I have small eyes, but that's not something to be proud of, given that most people view big eyes as more attractive. Usually one uses userboxes to promote positive things about themselves. wbm1058 (talk) 15:14, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Small hands are a blessing. You can play piano, solder tiny parts, run for president... <b style="color:Navy">HighInBC</b> 15:19, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I suppose, as are my nearsighted small eyes an asset for doing close-up work, though not really useful for anything to do with Wikipedia editing. Still seems rather pointy, given the timing. wbm1058 (talk) 15:29, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I believe in the promise of America, where anyone can become president, no matter how small their hands.  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 15:25, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * no matter how big their belly button?
 * no matter how long their hair is?
 * no matter their religion?
 * no matter what their (trans)gender is?
 * Why not simply, "where anyone eligible can become president"? Are you planning on running for president? If so, you've got some work do do. I wouldn't fancy your chances of getting reelected to the Arbitration Committee right now. wbm1058 (talk) 16:35, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I have a feeling this conversation isn't about my hands anymore.  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 17:16, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, I have small hands which is one reason why I never got very far learning to play the guitar. I even looked into getting a guitar with a narrower neck so I could use bar chords. I don't find it embarassing, it's just a physical feature like curly hair, long legs or brown eyes. While body parts don't have anything to do with a person's qualification for higher office, I also don't understand why some editors found it offensive. But in BLP debates, it's the consensus view of what is appropriate, not a single editor's views, that matters. Liz  <sup style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b style="color:#006400;">Read!</b> <b style="color:#006400;">Talk!</b> 15:56, 8 April 2016 (UTC)


 * The consensus view matters when it's a consensus, and when it's a view. It’s not a consensus here: it's a bunch of canvassed Gamergate fans and a few score-settlers.  And it's not actually their view, or anyone’s: Trump himself raised the matter on TV, it's been covered in humor magazines from the New York on down, and nobody anywhere is really upset about it.  Notice how many of these people watch the Gamergate cluster of pages, and how seldom (if ever) they've deleted or called for oversight when (as still happens regularly) real BLP issues that do real harm to real people.  One of Gamaliel's detractors, for example, recently edit-warred to include a misleading quote indicating that one Gamergate target was a pedophile; the matter in question was an old undergraduate essay that observed that Japanese law differs from contemporary US law in matters like age of consent and argues that Japan has the right to maintain its laws and traditions.  I cannot recall a single instance where any of these terribly-concerned editors chose to edit to the advantage of any Gamergate target, and as you know I’ve been reading the topic for some time. MarkBernstein (talk) 16:19, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

[removing nonsense]
 * So it's okay to make fun of people on Wikipedia, unless they are a rich and famous politician? If you all would like to make fun of Dr. Bernstein, Reddit is thataway >    and, you are welcome to visit my user talk page at any time, but please do not use it this way.  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 04:13, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

I did not make fun of anyone.--MONGO 05:57, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * You're right, I looked at the diffs and you did not. Allow me to rephrase in your particular case.  Maybe "poke the bear with a stick"?   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 12:20, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

AN/I and Legacypac
Since you commented at the thread, I think someone needs to cut through the pointy B.S. and revert this "close" by Legacypac. I tried, but was reverted by him. -- <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #0099FF, -4px -4px 15px #99FF00;">WV ● <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #FF9900, -4px -4px 15px #FF0099;">✉ ✓ 19:48, 9 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I left a note for him. Someone else reverted his closure.  I asked him not to close again.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 19:54, 9 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I continue to be disturbed by his insistence on referring to me and Ches as sockpuppets/meatpuppets/proxies of each other. It's been going on for days (over a week) now.  I know he's doing it to get a rise out of us, but when is enough if that kind of provocation/poking going to be enough with an admin making an impression on him that it needs to stop?  -- <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #0099FF, -4px -4px 15px #99FF00;">WV ● <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #FF9900, -4px -4px 15px #FF0099;">✉ ✓  20:44, 9 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I'll take a look at the existing thread at ANI if you put some relevant diffs in there about this specific issue.  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 20:57, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * It's in the ANI report started by MaranoFan (you're welcome to look there): "Ches & WV are essentially joined at the hip, to the point I wonder if one is not a sock of the other." 06:07, 1 April 2016 (UTC); "this is just another attempt by WV's meat puppet to attack an editor they disagree with. 04:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC). And now, today, with this underneath the now closed proposal he put up at ANI regarding Ches: "Ches and his proxy did." at 20:32, 9 April 2016 (UTC) found here.  -- <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #0099FF, -4px -4px 15px #99FF00;">WV ● <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #FF9900, -4px -4px 15px #FF0099;">✉ ✓  23:05, 9 April 2016 (UTC)