User talk:Keegan/January16-January18

Request for UnDeletion of Happy Tax article
Hi Keegan, I'd like to request that you undelete this article to my user space. I will look into making edits to it to conform with the rules as well as add additional information. I would then ask for a review of the updated version prior to publishing. Thank you in advance. -mario11779 —Preceding undated comment added 14:08, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Deleted page?
Hello there. I have recently tried to create a wiki page entry on a band called Dear Comrade. I am the founder of the band. I recently noticed that the page/entry on Dear Comrade was deleted by you for a copyright infringement. This was the site sited as having the infringed copyright. http://www.zadzu.com/zadzu/events/event_E0-001-085582705-9.aspx The text in question was written by me and I do have proof of this. I am happy to provide proof of my claim as the originator of that txt. If that is in fact what you would require please let us know what kind of proof you would need to farify.

We would very much like to reinstate our Wiki page. What are our options? Sincerely Arthur | Dear Comrade
 * Hi there. The text must contain a copyright notice compatible with Wikipedia's copyright policies. You can fine more information at Donating_copyrighted_materials. You're best requesting an article be written for you at Articles for Creation, as writing about yourself is highly discouraged. Sorry for the troubles. Keegan (talk) 23:48, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Changing Username
Hey! I heard that you are a global name changer, I wish to change my username on wikipedia, can you help me in changing my username? JamesCandila (talk) 12:19, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi there, sorry for the delay in reply - holidays, vacation, all that stuff. If you'd like to change your username, the process we use here on the English Wikipedia is to file a request on this page. Once you've filled it out, any renamer may process your request. Happy editing to you and welcome. Keegan (talk) 00:18, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Two Gallants (band)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

User talk:Meenu81182
Hi. Thanks for taking care of that mess with Ozone County. With respect to User talk:Meenu81182, there is actual talk history related to the user at the page before it was moved. Should it not be restored back? Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 21:25, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Good catch. I restored the warning and Teahouse invite edits and moved them back over. Happy editing to you. Keegan (talk) 21:57, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Thirupuliyangudi Perumal Temple
moved here from Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion Hi, the travel website quoted has copied from Wikipedia including the photos - please check the date of creation of the website (if possible) and the creation/edit date of the article. I don't see a rationale behind deleting the article as each of the line is fully referenced. Also, the photos included are my own work - you can check in commons under []. I request to restore the page.Ssriram mt (talk) 03:45, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It looks like Ssriram mt is telling the truth, since a look at Whois shows that HolidayToursTravel.com launched their website in March 2015. Ssriram's page was created back in 2011. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  04:18, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Restored. sorry about that! Keegan (talk) 04:57, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot.Ssriram mt (talk) 06:48, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Isn't there a template to tag talk pages in this kind of situation, so people know a third-party is ripping us off and not the other way around? Oiyarbepsy (talk) 06:12, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Talkback
 Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:15, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks
It worked and I'm in. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:42, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Original Machines
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  00:02, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for For John
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:01, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

I can send you copy's.
I can send you copys of the conversations sent to me with the pictures. through her verified googleplus e-mail account.

As far as being a Representative manager how it popped up on the wiki when i was looking at it no I'm not her manager. I can copy paste the conversation we had on face book if it wasn't against Facebooks TOS. I can assure you. These took place and i have copys..

Jim E aka:Spart — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spart40 (talk • contribs) 06:33, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Category:Cisgender Wikipedians
Hi, Keegan. I learned from (Funcrunch) at the Bay Area WikiSalon the other night that my label as a straight male who identifies as a straight male is cisgender so I have created a new user category:

[[:Category:Cisgender Wikipedians]]

You can add it to your use page, if you wish.

I also created one for folks in Pax's gender areas:

[[:Category:LGBTQIA Wikipedians]]

I enjoyed your comments the other night. I am the one that sparked the topic idea which led to Pete setting up a full panel discussion. Cheers! 01:59, 3 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the ping. FYI, sexual orientation is independent from gender identity, so being straight is not relevant to whether or not you're cisgender. Also many trans people are stealth, so I try not to suggest that anyone publicly identify as cisgender unless I know for a fact that they are; some trans people who pass as cisgender may feel uncomfortable being expected to publicly label themselves as something that they're not. (This came up when Facebook added cisgender as one of the custom gender identity options a couple of years ago, for example.) Not talking about present company, just a general note. Funcrunch (talk) 02:38, 3 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks to the both of you for the great learning opportunities. I stick my Wikimedian categories to ones for project maintenance, but of course I do see and appreciate the value of identification by choice, and having the appropriate options available to do so. I appreciate it! Keegan (talk) 00:40, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigations/Wp6555
I urgently need to do a user check on the users in Sockpuppet investigations/Wp6555 because that guy is constantly producing more socks in action and vandalizing. CLCStudent (talk) 18:13, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of Ron Schwartz article
Hi. I do not think this article should have been deleted; it was not intended as an attack on the individual. His case is amongst the most significant in the history of cheating in the game. What improvements are deemed necessary to upgrade the article to acceptable standards, in your opinion? I am prepared to work on the article to do so. How can I recover the previous text for that purpose? Your advice would be appreciated. Thanks. Newwhist (talk) 18:18, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * thanks for contacting me. Here's what I told someone in email, haven't heard back yet. The same offer at the end applies to your userspace.
 * ​The deletion occurred because ​the article - as it was live - only documented the controversy, with limited other information about the player to establish context for the controversy. Thus, when I read the article I saw that it carried ​wholly negative undue weight. I understand that building an article takes time and there is other information to provide, but when publishing a biography we have to take care to not leave it as a documentation of scandal and controversy while building the other parts.


 * ​I'd be willing to undelete the article and move it to your userspace while further information is developed to provide balance. Would that work for you?​
 * If you're okay with it, I'll send it your way. Keegan (talk) 19:39, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * That works for me. I will ensure balanced treatment and a NPOV. Thanks. Newwhist (talk) 21:08, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ now at User:Newwhist/Ron Schwartz. Keegan (talk) 21:52, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * While I don't disagree with the outcome, Keegan, I must say that the deletion was quite out of process. CSD criteria are very strict, and WP:G10 clearly defines the criterion as biographical material about a living person that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced. (emphasis mine), as well as should be speedily deleted when there is no neutral version in the page history to revert to which there is . There is still discussion at the Wikiproject Contract Bridge how to best organize the material on the cheating scandal. Consider yourself trouted. No such user (talk) 08:26, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

What is up with people?
Jeeez, why are non-admins now piling on to that ANI thread and making assumptions when they cannot see the bleedin' revision? I saw what was originally posted, and it was entirely inappropriate -- samtar talk or stalk 18:31, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” - Lao Tzu, Tao Teh Ching. Keegan (talk) 18:44, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to say thanks. People automatically think IP editors are up to no good or should be discounted. Fact is I don't want a wikipedia account for many reasons. IP addresses change over time and I often get labeled as an editing editing while logged out, a "sock" or some other dumb label. Happened to come across this today and frankly this is one good example of why I don't have an account. I don't know Jytdog but they seem like a good editor however blatantly posting someone's LinkedIn profile is unacceptable, especially when the editor in question hides behind their own anonymity User:Jytdog. 2607:FEA8:2A5F:FF4B:BD1B:9C64:3806:C8 (talk) 22:05, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

MangoApps
Hi Keegan,

I am trying to create a page for the company MangoApps and it said to contact you as you tried to create the page earlier can you please grant me access to the page

Thanks, Alankrit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alankritg (talk • contribs) 13:30, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Keegan!


Happy New Year! Keegan, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Donner60 (talk) 08:08, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Question for you
Hello Keegan! I sent you an OTRS question by mail. – SJ  +  18:25, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

You're back?
Good! Thanks for not forgetting us. Drmies (talk) 00:47, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * <3 Keegan (talk) 04:24, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

hi
Hi. I don't know how to post, hope this is right. I was banned long time ago for vandalism (sorry). I don't see why it's still active. Can I be unbanned?
 * Sock? Can you at least state your old account name. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  14:24, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

It's this user, still banned after many years (I believe I was actually just testing if it would work and not intentionally vandalism). Now as I logged into it, my IP was also blocked from editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colandus (talk • contribs) 14:28, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * It shows that you have no block log, and only 3 edits on this page. Can you just link the old account. (Check how long it lasted, and if it only lasted for a set amount of time, your welcome to WP:FRESHSTART. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  14:31, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I found you were blocked on a different Wikipedia, for blanking a page twice. I'm not exactly sure about this, since that was almost 10 years ago, But if you don't vandalize more pages, and be a helpful editor, I believe you should be fine. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  14:34, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * If you want to test edits again, use your sandbox. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  14:39, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

David Geffen
Dear Keegan: I'm unclear as to what you mean by "unsourced" on the middle name for David Geffen, which is "Lawrence". The source is there in the article, and has been there the whole time: Page 12 of the Tom King book:


 * "Batya was thirty-five when she gave birth to her second son, David Lawrence, on February 21, 1943. Abe was asleep in a chair at their apartment when the hospital called in the middle of the night with the news."

--from page 12, Tom King, The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood, etc. The citation is right there in the article. Famspear (talk) 04:22, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Here is what I believe was the original entry for the middle name, back in 2013:. As you can see, it was sourced even at the beginning. At that time, the Internet Movie Database was used as the source. Later, it was changed to the Tom King book. If you google "David Lawrence Geffen," you may find other reliable sources as well. Famspear (talk) 04:44, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'm terribly sorry that I missed the King reference as the source. I looked through it about six times and just had source blindness. My apologies :) I did see the IMDB reference when it was put in, but we don't generally take IMDB seriously as a reference for a potentially contentious blp issue. So yeah, sorry about that. Feel free to revert me if you have not done so already. Keegan (talk) 16:07, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

No problem. And, it's hard to tell sometimes whether something has been sourced or not. Yours, Famspear (talk) 17:57, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Deleted page of Ilja Visser
Dear Keegan, I am trying to create a page for Dutch fashion designer Ilja Visser but it's been deleted. Could you tell me why? Or maybe undo it? Thank you, Brechtje — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thegreenhouseamsterdam (talk • contribs) 14:20, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Japanese Units article
Hi. I am looking for an administrator able to help with a dispute on the Japanese units of measurement article. A new user, LlywelynII, has many hundreds of edits over the last couple of days, some good, many bad. In particular, they have edited the tables to include precise unit conversions to a level that is neither human-readable to ordinary users (e.g., "625,000,000/158,080,329"), nor even useful given the accuracy of measuring tools that would have been in use at the time these units would have been in use. Additionally, he has changed the original consensus of the article's language as British/Commonwealth (hereafter BrE) English. I confirmed the article's status as using BrE in the old version archive, posted it on the article's talk page, and sent a message on his user page. He (falsely, in my opinion) claimed in response that the article was a stub before he approached the article. He has also changed the BE national language flag I added on the article's talk page, which falsely lays claim to a consensus that does not exist. If you are unable to help, please advise where to seek help. Rhialto (talk) 17:07, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Happy birthday!
Warm regards, Mz7 (talk) 17:22, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Structured Data on Commons Newsletter, July 19, 2017
Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!

Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons?
The millions of files on Wikimedia Commons are described with a lot of information or (meta)data. With the project Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons, this data is structured more, and is made machine-readable. This will make it easier to view, search (also multilingually), edit, organize and re-use the files on Commons.

In early 2017, the Sloan Foundation funded this project (see documentation). Development takes place in 2017–2020. It involves staff from the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE) and many volunteers. To achieve this, Wikibase support is added to Wikimedia Commons. Wikibase is the technology that is also used for Wikidata.

Recent developments: groundwork

 * A new and crucial technical step (federation) now makes it possible to reference data from one Wikibase website in another. Because of this, it will be possible to use Wikidata's items and properties to describe media files on Commons.
 * Another important piece of groundwork is under development: so-called Multi-Content Revisions. This feature allows structured data to be stored alongside wiki text, so that one wiki page can contain several types of content.

Team updates

 * Amanda Bittaker was hired as Program Manager for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons. Amanda will take care of the overall management of the project.
 * Sandra Fauconnier (known as Spinster in her volunteer capacity) is the new Community Liaison. She will support the collaboration between the communities (Commons, Wikidata, GLAM) and the product development teams at the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland.
 * We have open positions for a UX designer and a Product Manager!

Talking with communities and allies

 * Long-term feedback from GLAMs. Besides the Wikimedia community, many external cultural and knowledge institutions (GLAMs - Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) are interested in Structured Data on Commons and are willing to provide feedback on the long-term plans for the project. Alex Stinson, GLAM strategist at the Wikimedia Foundation, is currently in contact with Europeana, DPLA, the Smithsonian and the National Archives of the United States. Alex is also looking for other GLAM institutions who might be able to advise on the long term. If you know of an institution or partner that may be appropriate for consultation, do get in touch with Alex.
 * Jonathan Morgan, design researcher, is starting to work on two projects:
 * Researching batch upload workflows by interviewing GLAM institutions
 * Researching the enrichment, organization and improvement tasks on already uploaded media files by engaging with active Commons contributors. This research follows up on existing research by Wikimedia Deutschland on heavy Commons users.

What comes next?

 * The Structured Data on Commons team meets in the week after Wikimania to lay the groundwork for the next steps. This includes new backend development and design work, for better and more clear integration of the structured data in pages on Wikimedia Commons.
 * The project's information pages on Wikimedia Commons will receive a long overdue update in the upcoming months. The team will also work on more and better communication channels. Feedback, wishes and tips are welcome at the project's general talk page.

Get involved

 * Join us at Wikimania! We are present at the hackathon, and there will be a session on Saturday, August 12: Structured Commons: what changes are coming?
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Do you want to help out translating messages about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.
 * Stay tuned for requests for input, discussion and participation as soon as the info portal is refreshed (see above). These will also be announced via this newsletter.

Many greetings from SandraF (WMF) (talk), Community Liaison for this project! 13:55, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

You've got mail
John Crowfoot (talk) 10:41, 4 August 2017 (UTC) John Crowfoot (talk) 10:41, 4 August 2017 (UTC)


 * thanks for contacting me, I've read the email. Unfortunately I am not able to be of any assistance at this time. I hope that you have found support for your issue. Keegan (talk) 20:12, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Someone at Wiki sorted it out, thanks Keegan. John Crowfoot (talk) 12:11, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to Admin confidence survey
Hello,

Beginning in September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-harassment tool team will be conducting a survey to gauge how well tools, training, and information exists to assist English Wikipedia administrators in recognizing and mitigating things like sockpuppetry, vandalism, and harassment.

The survey should only take 5 minutes, and your individual response will not be made public. This survey will be integral for our team to determine how to better support administrators.

To take the survey sign up here and we will send you a link to the form.

We really appreciate your input!

Please let us know if you wish to opt-out of all massmessage mailings from the Anti-harassment tools team.

For the Anti-harassment tools team, SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) 19:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to discuss the soon to built, Interaction Timeline
Hi Checkusers and Checkuser clerks,

The Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input about building the Interaction Timeline feature.

We’re inviting you to join the discussion because you use similar tools such as the Editor Interaction Analyser and User compare report during sockpuppet investigations.

You can leave comments on the on wiki discussion page or send an email to the Anti-Harassment Tools team.

For the Anti-Harassment Tools team SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) 19:39, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Please let us know if you wish to opt-out of all massmessage mailings from the Anti-harassment tools team.

Structured Commons newsletter, October 25, 2017
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates


 * Rama published an article about Structured Commons in Arbido, a Swiss online magazine for archivists, librarians and documentalists: original in French, illustrated and the article translated in English.
 * We now have a dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat


 * Things to do / input and feedback requests


 * Join the community focus group!
 * Translation. Do you want to help out translating messages about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.
 * The documentation and info pages about Structured Data on Commons have received a thorough update, in order to get them ready for all the upcoming work. Obsolete pages were archived. There are undoubtedly still a lot of omissions and bits that are unclear. You can help by editing boldly, and by leaving feedback and tips on the talk pages.
 * We have started to list tools, gadgets and bots that might be affected by Structured Commons in order to prepare for a smooth transition to the new situation. You can help by adding alerts about/to specific tools and developers on the dedicated tools page. You can also create Phabricator tasks to help keep track of this. Volunteers and developers interested in helping out with this process are extremely welcome - please sign up!
 * Help write the next Structured Commons newsletter.


 * Presentations / Press / Events


 * Structured Data on Commons was presented at Wikimania 2017 in Montréal for a packed room. First design sketches for search functionality were discussed during a breakout session. Read the Etherpad reports of the presentation and the breakout session.
 * Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, answered questions on Quora. One of her answers, mentioning Structured Data on Commons, was republished on Huffington Post.
 * Sandra Fauconnier, Amanda Bittaker and Ramsey Isler from the Structured Commons team will be at WikidataCon. Sandra presents Structured Commons there (with a focus on fruitful collaboration between the Wikidata and Commons communities). If you attend the conference, don't hesitate to say hi and have a chat with us! (phabricator task T176858)


 * Team updates

Two new people have been hired for the Structured Data on Commons team. We are now complete! :-)
 * Ramsey Isler is the new Product Manager of the Multimedia team.
 * Pamela Drouin was hired as User Interface Designer. She works at the Multimedia team as well, and her work will focus on the Structured Commons project.


 * Partners and allies


 * We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group (phabricator task T174134). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued!


 * Research

Design research is ongoing.
 * Jonathan Morgan and Niharika Ved have held interviews with various GLAM staff about their batch upload workflows and will finish and report on these in this quarter. (phabricator task T159495)
 * At this moment, there is also an online survey for GLAM staff, Wikimedians in Residence, and GLAM volunteers who upload media collections to Wikimedia Commons. The results will be used to understand how we can improve this experience. (phabricator task T175188)
 * Upcoming: interviews with Wikimedia volunteers who curate media on Commons (including tool developers), talking about activities and workflows. (phabricator task T175185)


 * Development

In Autumn 2017, the Structured Commons development team works on the following major tasks (see also the quarterly goals for the team):


 * Getting Multi-Content Revisions sufficiently ready, so that the Multimedia and Search Platform teams can start using it to test and prototype things.
 * Determine metrics and metrics baseline for Commons (phabricator task T174519).
 * The multimedia team at WMF is gaining expertise in Wikibase, and unblocking further development for Structured Commons, by completing the MediaInfo extension for Wikibase.


 * Stay up to date!


 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Join the next IRC office hour and ask questions to the team! It takes place on Tuesday 21 November, 18.00 UTC.

Warmly, your community liaison, SandraF (WMF)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 14:26, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Just a question
Was Wosky87, my friend, blocked for leaving pointless barnstars and kittens (meow!)? BabyPugsAreCool (talk) 16:02, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Request
Block me and my other accounts for an hour. What does it feel like to be blocked, I wonder? ThePugPuppyLover900 (talk) 18:37, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks...
...for the RevDels on the edits by the anti-Semitic troll. You might want to take a look at the edits of 66.87.125.57 before they were blocked - possibly the same person. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:26, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Structured Commons newsletter, December 13, 2017
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates


 * There was a IRC Office Hour about Structured Commons on November 21. You can read the log here.
 * Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat


 * Things to do / input and feedback requests
 * NEW: Participate in a survey that helps us prioritize which tools are important for the Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata communities. The survey runs until December 22. Here's some background.
 * NEW: Help the team decide on better names for 'captions' and 'descriptions'. You can provide input until January 3, 2018.
 * NEW: Help collect interesting Commons files, to prepare for the data modelling challenges ahead! Continuous input is welcome.
 * Join the community focus group!
 * Do you want to translate messages and information about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.


 * Presentations / Press / Events
 * Sandra presented the plans for Structured Commons during WikidataCon in Berlin, on October 29. The presentation focused on collaboration between the Wikidata and Commons communities. You can see the full video here.


 * Partners and allies
 * We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group (phabricator task T174134). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued!


 * Research
 * Research findings from interviews and surveys of GLAM project participants are being published to the research page. Check back over the next few weeks as additional details (notes, quotes, charts, blog posts, and slide decks) will be added to or linked from that page.


 * Development
 * The Structured Commons team has written and submitted a report about the first nine months of work on the project to its funders, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The 53-page report, published on November 1, is available on Wikimedia Commons.
 * The team has started working on designs for changes to the upload wizard (T182019).
 * We started preliminary work to prototype changes for file info pages.
 * Work on the MediaInfo extension is ongoing (T176012).
 * The team is continuing its work on baseline metrics on Commons, in order to be able to measure the effectiveness of structured data on Commons. (T174519)
 * Upcoming: in the first half of 2018, the first prototypes and design sketches for file pages, the UploadWizard, and for search will be published for discussion and feedback!


 * Stay up to date!
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Join the next IRC office hour and ask questions to the team! It takes place on Tuesday, February 13, 18.00 UTC in wikimedia-office webchat.

Warmly, your community liaison, SandraF (WMF) (talk)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 16:32, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

I Want to Revive A WikiProject
There seems like a ton of stuff to do, and the instructions are pretty long. Any advice? Thanks. Laundry Machine (talk) 04:13, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Undelete
Can you undelete this so I can see if I can salvage the image? Thanks! --evrik (talk) 21:40, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Undeleted. It looks like it's probably PD, if you can find the right tag for it. Keegan (talk) 17:29, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Could you also undelete the talk page? I'll research the provenance of the image when I have time. Thanks! --evrik (talk) 21:31, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. Keegan (talk) 21:35, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --evrik (talk) 15:02, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Structured Data on Commons Newsletter - Spring 2018
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter and contribute to the next issue. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates
 * Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat
 * Several Commons community members are working on ways to integrate Wikidata in Wikimedia Commons. While this is not full-fledged structured data yet, this work helps to prepare for future conversion of data, and helps to understand how Wikidata and Commons can work better together.
 * Thanks to Jarekt and other contributors, some Commons templates can now be filled via Wikidata: (Phabricator) and  (Phabricator). Work is ongoing on the  template (Phabricator).
 * Thanks to Mike Peel and others, Wikidata-powered infoboxes can now be added to Commons categories, with the template . ( Example)
 * Multichill is working on an experimental workflow to upload images to Commons via Wikidata (and using metadata from Wikidata). See a part of it here.


 * Things to do / input and feedback requests
 * Join the community focus group!
 * Do you want to help out translating messages about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.
 * Contribute to the next newsletter.
 * Discussions held
 * Conversation about licensing and copyright modeling.
 * High-level discussion on ontology for Commons.
 * Review first designs for multilingual captions.
 * IRC office hour, 13 February


 * Events
 * Wikimedia Conference, Berlin, 20-22 April (+ Learning Days 18-19 April): several sessions and workshops around Structured Commons
 * EuropeanaTech Conference, Rotterdam, 15-16 May: several presentations + a full workshop day on Monday 14 May about Wikidata and Structured Commons
 * Wikimedia Hackathon, Barcelona, 18-20 May: Structured Commons as a focus area.


 * Partners and allies
 * We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group (phabricator task T174134). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued!


 * Research
 * The research about GLAM contributions to Wikimedia Commons is concluded. A blog post on the Wikimedia blog provides a summary, and you can read the full results on meta.wikimedia.org.


 * Development
 * Prototypes will be available for Multilingual Captions soon.


 * Stay up to date!
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Join the next IRC office hour and ask questions to the team! The date for next quarter will be announced soon.

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 19:48, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

changing username

 * visit Special:GlobalRenameRequest Keegan (talk) 23:24, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

YGM
L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:34, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Structured Data on Commons Newsletter - Summer 2018
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter and contribute to the next issue. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates
 * Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat
 * Since our last newsletter, the Structured Data team has moved into designing and building prototypes for various features. The use of multilingual captions in the UploadWizard and on the file page has been researched, designed, discussed, and built out for use. Behind the scenes, back-end work on search is taking place and designs are being drawn up for the front-end. There will soon be specifications published for the use of the first Wikidata property on Commons, "Depicts," and a prototype is to be released to go along with that.


 * Things to do / input and feedback requests


 * A workshop on what Wikidata properties Commons will need. This workshop will be open for the entire month of July 2018 at minimum.


 * Join the community focus group!
 * Do you want to help out translating messages about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page.
 * Contribute to the next newsletter.
 * Discussions held


 * In late February there was a discussion around how Commons generally sees data being modeled.


 * The first discussion on copyright and licensing with Commons was held in March. This was a "high level" discussion, there will be a consultation later this summer about the deeper mapping of copyright and licensing in a structured way.
 * In April there was an exercise for GLAM partners in metadata and ontology mapping.
 * A discussion about the design for Multilingual Captions on the file page took place in May. You can still review the designs and leave feedback.
 * There was an IRC office hour in June to discuss progress so far and future plans.


 * Wikimania 2018
 * Three sessions about Structured Commons are officially scheduled for Wikimania 2018 - Cape Town, South Africa - July 2018.
 * Wikimedia Commons and GLAM needs around the world (Friday 20 July, 10:30 local time)
 * Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons and knowledge equity (Friday 20 July, 14:00 local time)
 * Design challenge workshop: How can multilingual structured metadata bring knowledge equity to Commons? (Friday 20 July, 14:30 local time)
 * Structured Data on Commons is also a focus area during the Wikimania 2018 Hackathon. We will, among other things, do 'live' modelling of Wikidata properties for Commons - an offline spin-off of the community consultation taking place on wiki.


 * Partners and allies
 * We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group (phabricator task T174134). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued!
 * Structured Data on Commons was presented to GLAM audiences during EuropeanaTech 2018 in Rotterdam (15 May 2018) and at the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Forum in Berlin (4 June 2018).


 * Research

Two research projects about Wikimedia Commons are currently ongoing, or in the process of being finished:


 * 1) Research:Curation workflows on Wikimedia Commons—a project that seeks to understand the current workflows of Commons contributors who curate media (categorize it, delete it, link to it from other projects, etc.).
 * 2) Research:Technical needs of external re-users of Commons media—soliciting feedback from individuals and organizations that re-use Commons content outside of Wikimedia projects, in order to understand their current painpoints and unmet needs.




 * Development
 * Prototypes will be available for Depicts soon.


 * Stay up to date!
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.
 * Join the next IRC office hour and ask questions to the team! The date for next quarter will be announced soon.

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 21:07, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Structured Data Newsletter - Research link fix
Greetings,

The newsletter omitted two interwiki prefixes, breaking the links on non-meta wikis as you might see above. Here are the correct links:


 * 1) m:Research:Curation workflows on Wikimedia Commons—a project that seeks to understand the current workflows of Commons contributors who curate media (categorize it, delete it, link to it from other projects, etc.).
 * 2) m:Research:Technical needs of external re-users of Commons media—soliciting feedback from individuals and organizations that re-use Commons content outside of Wikimedia projects, in order to understand their current painpoints and unmet needs.

My apologies, I hope you find the corrected links helpful.

- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:21, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Possible Sock
Hi Keegan,I think I will kill you and family is a sock of ThilsaTest.I request you to please check it. I may be wrong also.But please check once.Md.Ali25 (talk) 08:11, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * That's a very strange request, considering that, according to Special:Log/Md.Ali25, the account with the unpleasant name was created by Md.Ali25. I am seriously tempted to block the parent account! Favonian (talk) 10:03, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * And behold, it was knitted! Favonian (talk) 19:35, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

File:Vitriola.jpg
Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for calculation the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. See User:RonBot for info on how to not get these messages. RonBot (talk) 21:06, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

WP:MEDCOM mailing list
I seem to recall you’re the guy to talk to about making lists? The Mediaiton Committee is about to be shut down and marked as historical. (the discussion is somewhat cryptically marked “closure in progress” at the moment, not sure if that means the discusion or the project but the result is obvious) The proposal was to “mark it as historical and shut down its mailing list.” (mediation-en-l@lists.wikimedia.org) Marking it as historical is easy. Shutting down the list... is why I’m posting here as I have no clue how one would go about that.

No huge hurry, I would imagine they are having a bit of final discussion on there right now, but I would think in a week or so it could be switched off or whatever it is that one does when a mailing list is done. Thanks! Beeblebrox (talk) 18:54, 11 November 2018 (UTC)


 * It's now formally been closed and marked historical. . Beeblebrox (talk) 21:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not a mailing list person. I think to close down the list you'd want to follow the instructions for using Phabricator to have a list created, but in reverse. Cite the discussion, tag list admins, etc. I don't really know the correct answer :/ Perhaps ask on the meta talk page? Keegan (talk) 22:23, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't remember why I was so sure you were the person to speak to. Maybe I'm jus getting old. Thanks for the pointers. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:42, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi, thanks for your e-mail. I'm still trying to get a feel for where the threshold is between revdel and oversight, so I appreciate your taking the time to let me know which way this went. Cheers Girth Summit  (blether)  18:41, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. When in doubt, revert and email the team as you did. Thanks! Keegan (talk) 18:50, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Structured Data on Commons Newsletter - Fall 2018 edition
''Welcome to the newsletter for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons! You can update your subscription to the newsletter. Do inform others who you think will want to be involved in the project!''


 * Community updates
 * Multilingual Captions, the first feature release for Structured Data, is coming in January of 2019
 * Be on the lookout for the beta testing announcement
 * Help using captions has been set up, if you'd like to go ahead and see the workflow
 * Two IRC office hours were held since the last newsletter
 * Log for 4 October
 * Log for 1 November
 * Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat

Current:
 * Things to do / input and feedback requests
 * Help determine and propose properties on Wikidata for Commons
 * Review designs for structured licensing and copyright
 * Join the community focus group!

Since the last newsletter:
 * Review a prototype for searching structured Commons (October 2018)
 * "Good coverage" for depicts tagging (Sept. 2018)
 * Review and discuss mockups for displaying the new metadata section of the file page (18 September - 9 October 2018)
 * Depicts statements draft requirements (14 August - 31 August 2018)
 * Identify Wikidata properties that Commons will need (26 June - 14 August 2018)


 * Presentations / Press / Events
 * Presentation by Keegan on the first features to be released for Structured Data, presented at Wikiconference North America, Columbus, Ohio, October 2018.
 * Sandra presented a project update at the GLAM-Wiki conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2018, as part of an update and panel discussion.
 * Structured Data on Commons was the subject of a keynote presentation by Sandra (see slides) at the Baltic Audiovisual Archives Council conference in Tallinn, Estonia, November 2018.


 * Partners and allies
 * The info portal on Structured Commons now includes a section on GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums).
 * We are currently planning the first GLAM pilot projects that will use structured data on Wikimedia Commons. One project has already started: the Swedish Heritage Board researches and develops a prototype tool to provide improved metadata (translations, data additions...) from Wikimedia Commons back to the source institution. Read the project brief.
 * The documentation for batch uploads of files to Wikimedia Commons will be improved in 2019, as part of preparing for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons. To prepare, the GLAM team at the Wikimedia Foundation wants to understand better which types of documentation you already use, and how you like to learn new GLAM-Wiki skills and knowledge. Fill in a short survey to provide input!


 * Stay up to date!
 * Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/
 * Subscribe to this newsletter to receive it on a talk page of your own choice.

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk)

Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery - 17:58, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Persistive disruptive editing - Help pls!
Hi Keegan,

You have the CheckUser privileges, hence hoping you can help. I handle communications at West Island School. There has been a bit of vandalism going on with our School's wiki page by a user( or many users?) that goes by different usernames notably - Chungis Musk-Sammons, Aaarghaaa, Jimbob32, Beastmaster629, 119.237.15.41, 116.48.101.153, 2604:3d08:837f:ff40:6da7:effe:4cd1:ec1e.

January 2 was when the last change was made by the culprit(s) which I managed to correct. But this seems to be getting out of control and it doesn't look like the person will stop. Would be grateful for any help extended in tracking them down.

Look forward to hearing from you soon! I am pretty new to communicating on wiki so hope this message gets through to you. Please let me know an alternate method if possible.

Thanks! MuktaTipsyPudding (talk) 06:10, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Captions in January
The previous message from today says captions will be released in November in the text. January is the correct month. My apologies for the potential confusion. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 20:43, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Structured Data - file captions coming this week (January 2019)
My apologies if this is a duplicate message for you, it is being sent to multiple lists which you may be signed up for.

Hi all, following up on last month's announcement...

Multilingual file captions will be released this week, on either Wednesday, 9 January or Thursday, 10 January 2019. Captions are a feature to add short, translatable descriptions to files. Here's some links you might want to look follow before the release, if you haven't already:


 * 1) Read over the help page for using captions - I wrote the page on mediawiki.org because captions are available for any MediaWiki user, feel free to host/modify a copy of the page here on Commons.
 * 2) Test out using captions on Beta Commons.
 * 3) Leave feedback about the test on the captions test talk page, if you have anything you'd like to say prior to release.

Additionally, there will be an IRC office hour on Thursday, 10 January with the Structured Data team to talk about file captions, as well as anything else the community may be interested in. Date/time conversion, as well as a link to join, are on Meta.

Thanks for your time, I look forward to seeing those who can make it to the IRC office hour on Thursday. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:09, 7 January 2019 (UTC)