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This Month in Education: November 2018
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike

Interface administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
 * A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
 * A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news
 * Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
 * To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
 * Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous
 * In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
 * Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries
 * (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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Tech News: 2018-49
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * Admins will not be able to unblock themselves if they are blocked by someone other than themselves. This is because it can cause damage if someone else takes over an admin account and other admins can't block them. If this is a problem for your community you can report it on Phabricator. You can also ask questions on Meta. There is a discussion on Phabricator about how to solve this if two admins fight with each other on a small wiki.
 * Small SVG images are now bigger when you see them in MediaViewer.
 * You can go to a section from the edit summary by clicking on the section name. Before this you had to click on the arrow.
 * When you jumped to a footnote that was referenced several times in an article it could be difficult to see where you were in the text. Now there are jump marks and highlights to help you find your way back.

Changes later this week Meetings
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 5 December at 16:00 (UTC) and at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  16:12, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #341
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: How to handle heat treating as a qualifier for material properties ?
 * New development input: Identify problems with adding new languages into Wikidata


 * Events
 * Upcoming: "Researcher meets Curator", with a subquestion: "What are the consequences of collecting born digital sources, working with digital network analysis and engaging with linked open data initiatives such as Wikidata", in Maastricht on 22 March 2019. Call for papers
 * Upcoming: Advanced Wikidata Training in India, December 15-16
 * Past: "Wikibase: configure, customize, and collaborate" workshop at SWIB 18 in Bonn, Germany on November 26, 2018. Workshop materials
 * Past: EveryPolitician event to identify political data sources for Wikidata in Madrid, Spain, on December 1, 2018.


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Author Disambiguator (github source), new tool by d:User:ArthurPSmith (based on SourceMD) for linking author items to their works.
 * OpenRefine 3.1 was released
 * New API module to format multiple entity IDs
 * You can now access the number of Forms and Senses of Lexemes through API and special page


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: reference has role, tautomer of, eponymous category, language style, ratified by, funding scheme
 * External identifiers: GameFAQs company ID, AJOL journal ID, LEGO set ID, BDFA player ID, Sabinet journal ID, NSW State Archives and Records Authority Agency ID, Bygdeband location ID, Austrian Biographical Encylopedia ID, Badtaste ID, Badgames ID, Mexican female soccer players ID, member of the Portuguese parliament ID, BBC News topic ID, OBV editions ID, Geolex ID, CNPJ, Defined Term ID, Guida al Fumetto Italiano ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: gained independence from, nachgewiesen mittels, measured by (KPI), OpenTrials ID, administrated by the administrative territorial entity, level of description, stored as lexeme, taxon author citation, Astronomical coordinates, catchphrase, real estate developer, Danske Taler speaker
 * External identifiers: TrENSmissions person ID, LIGA profile, SEINet ID, BIBSYS work ID, Jewish Museum Berlin person ID, UK Parliament Identifier, HAER ID, Vesti.kz person ID, Genius album ID, Genius song ID, TASS reference, DIR3 ID, NooSFere story ID, L'Encyclopédie philosophique ID, RegiowikiAT ID, Discord Store game SKU, kohanimeregister, ARLLFB member ID, ARB person ID, Biographie nationale de Belgique ID, protected area authority ID, Flora of Wisconsin ID, identifiant Monument aux morts


 * Query examples:
 * Timeline of early Western movies (source)
 * Species represented in the exhibition "Espèces en voies d'illumination" in the natural history museum of Paris (source)
 * Properties most used to describe cats in Wikidata (source)
 * List of UK embassies (source)
 * Map of places of residence for accused witches in Scotland with a layer for occupations (source)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
 * Development
 * Add Lexeme to Wikibase's ontology.owl (T195368)
 * Prepare to drop change_tag.ct_tag column (T194163)
 * Create Federated Wikibase instance on Beta Commons (T204748)
 * More work on preparing a new termbox for the mobile version of Wikidata


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

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 13:35, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #342
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Scholarly articles that are book reviews


 * Events
 * Past: SWAT4HCLS in Antwerp Belgium December 3:
 * Wikibase tutorial
 * "Wikidata as an intuitive resource towards semantic data modeling in data FAIRification" short paper
 * "WikiCite, Wikidata, and Scholia: Linking Publications to Topics" (demo /food/ aspect)
 * Past: Workshop "Wikidata - what is that and why it's relevant in the field of geospatial information technologies?"? at Latvia's Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) conference (slides)
 * Past: Introduction to Wikidata for Wikipedians in Stokholm, Sweden, December 4th
 * Upcoming: Introduction to Wikidata for Wikipedians in Göteborg, Sweden, December 10th


 * Press, articles, blog posts
 * "Detailed depictions with IIIF, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons" by Martin Poulter, Bodleian Digital Library blog
 * Report of the GNDCon in the Kurier (in German)


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * iD, the default OSM editor at openstreetmap.org has recently had an update which pulls data from Wikidata.
 * WikidataCon 2019, the conference for open data enthusiasts, will take place on 25-26 October 2019 in Berlin
 * Miniature map will be displayed for coordinate properties
 * New passwords requirements will apply on all wikis to new accounts and privileged accounts starting on December 13th
 * New grant request by MySociety: Wikidata post-election updating toolkit


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: award rationale, heat treating, copyright status, level of description
 * External identifiers: SEINet ID, LIGA profile, BIBSYS work ID, UK Parliament identifier, Jewish Museum Berlin person ID, Vesti.kz person ID, Genius album ID, Genius song ID, TASS reference, OpenTrials ID, NooSFere story ID, DIR3 ID, L'Encyclopédie philosophique ID, TrENSmissions person ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: creator, WordLift ID, Specific age inside fictional universe, type of rear suspensions, type of front suspensions, ride height, approach angle, departure angle, Drag coefficient, related category, SinemaTürk person ID, SinemaTürk film ID, Nombre annuel de passagers
 * External identifiers: BDEL ID, ZVR, NARA record group number, MMLO, IEC database ID commemorative monument of Catalonia, Meteorological Service of Canada climate ID, PomBase systematic ID, Volksbund ID, iTunes music movie ID, Paris Musées ID, Beachsoccer.ru player ID, BSRussia player ID


 * Query examples:
 * Map of fountains in Zürich (source)
 * Timeline of famous bryologists (source)
 * Percentage of people member of the Swedish church per Church parish (source)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FcountryLabel%20(GROUP_CONCAT(%3FgenreLabel%3B%20SEPARATOR%3D%22%2C%20%22)%20AS%20%3Fgenres)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20for%20every%20country%2C%20find%20the%20maximum%20number%20of%20performers%20for%20some%20genre%0A%20%20%7B%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20(MAX(%3FgenrePerformers)%20AS%20%3FmaxPerformers)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20for%20every%20country%20and%20genre%2C%20find%20the%20maximum%20number%20of%20performers%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20(MAX(COUNT(DISTINCT%20%3Fperformer))%20AS%20%3FgenrePerformers)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgenre%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ188451%20%3B%20%20%23%20is-a%20musical%20genre%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5Ewdt%3AP136%20%3Fperformer%20%3B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20genre%20of%20performer%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%7B%20%3Fperformer%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ215380%20%7D%20UNION%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20performer%20is-a%20band%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperformer%20((wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*)%7Cwdt%3AP106)%20wd%3AQ639669%20%7D%7D%20%20%23%20%E2%80%A6%20or%20a%20musician%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fperformer%20(wdt%3AP27%7Cwdt%3AP495)%2Fwdt%3AP131*%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20performer%20originating%20in%2Fcitizen%20of%20country%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20country%20is%20a%20sovereign%20state%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fgenre%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20for%20every%20country%20and%20genre%2C%20find%20the%20number%20of%20performers%0A%20%20%7B%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fgenre%20%3FgenreLabel%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20(COUNT(DISTINCT%20%3Fperformer)%20AS%20%3Fperformers)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fgenre%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ188451%20%3B%20%20%23%20is-a%20musical%20genre%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5Ewdt%3AP136%20%3Fperformer%20%3B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20genre%20of%20performer%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FgenreLabel%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20also%20fetch%20the%20label%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER(LANG(%3FgenreLabel)%20%3D%20%22en%22)%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%7B%20%3Fperformer%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ215380%20%7D%20UNION%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20performer%20is-a%20band%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperformer%20((wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*)%7Cwdt%3AP106)%20wd%3AQ639669%20%7D%7D%20%20%23%20%E2%80%A6%20or%20a%20musician%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperformer%20(wdt%3AP27%7Cwdt%3AP495)%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20performer%20originating%20in%2Fcitizen%20of%20country%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fgenre%20%3FgenreLabel%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER(%3Fperformers%20%3D%20%3FmaxPerformers)%20%20%23%20keep%20only%20those%20combinations%20of%20country%20and%20genre%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20where%20the%20number%20of%20performers%20is%20maximal%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel Musical genres with the most bands and musicians on Wikidata, per sovereign country of origin/citizenship] (source)


 * Development
 * We are now showing the language name instead of the language code of a Gloss (T203457, T209931)
 * We added a Page property for easier programmatic access to the number of Senses and Forms of a Lexeme (T199611)
 * The code samples in the query service have been improved (T207749, thanks abian!)
 * We're working on tracking how often the different Lua functions that Wikibase provides are used in the Wikimedia project to see how that changes over time (T191416)
 * We worked on and fixed a security incident related to blocking (T210953)
 * We are continuing to bring the termbox (showing labels, descriptions, aliases) to mobile viewers

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


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

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 16:05, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-50
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 December. It will be on all wikis from 13 December (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 12 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * New accounts will need passwords that are at least 8 characters long. Admins, interface admins, bureaucrats, oversighters, CentralNotice admins, global renamers, check users, stewards and some other user groups will need passwords that are at least 10 characters long. This is because an attacker could cause damage to the wikis if they took over these accounts.
 * When you hover over a footnote it will show you the reference as a pop-up. This is so you don't have to jump down to the bottom of the page to see a reference. This will happen in 2019. Some wikis already have gadgets that do this. You will be able to turn it off.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  17:33, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the help on Hybrid PAC!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for helping out with the Hybrid PAC article. It's my first real creation of an article, and so I did miss little things like the reflist, and categories. I was hoping you could take a look at my work on the article that led me to create Hybrid PAC in the first place - I ran across Committee to Defend the President when it was a real mess - it basically read like an advertisement, for the PAC and for the creator, when I first read it. I've tried to clean it up, but again, as my experience is still not that of a seasoned editor, I'd really appreciate it if you could stop by. Thanks! Ewen Douglas (talk) 01:39, 11 December 2018 (UTC)


 * No problem, I was happy to work on the Hybrid PAC article. I briefly looked over the Committee to Defend the President article (and a few other PAC articles) and see what you mean. It looks like you have been doing a decent job, but I can stop by and work on improving it more in-depth soon. I might not be able to work on it a lot right now, but I will start editing it within a day or two. Thanks for creating the hybrid PAC article and also suggesting an article needing some work. MarkZusab (talk) 01:55, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Blue squirrel for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Blue squirrel is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Blue squirrel until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @  03:45, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Africa Policy Institute moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Africa Policy Institute, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:13, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Africa Policy Institute (API)


A tag has been placed on Draft:Africa Policy Institute (API), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, such as at Articles for deletion. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:05, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks For The Help!!
I just wanted to thank you for your help on my article, you are truly an exemplary Wikipedia editor. Without so much as a search outside the Google database or even an advanced search, you were able to discern the validity and existence of a technology you've never heard of and which is still undergoing R&D. On behalf of the Wikipedia community, thank you for doing exactly what Wikipedia was intended to do and nominate for speedy deletion all articles that are unknown to you or you think are fake news. There's only one way to ensure fake news doesn't win - to blindly censor everything that one person doesn't personally believe in, you're doing god's work son! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmringel (talk • contribs) 17:14, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Tags for Nepenthe (video game)
Saw you removed the "RPG Maker" tag; may I ask why that wasn't appropriate on my part? (I'm very new to this, sorry if it should be obvious) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yitzilitt (talk • contribs) 04:08, 13 December 2018 (UTC)


 * , the reason I removed Category:RPG Maker was because that category is only for the RPG Maker series, while the subcategory Category:Games made with RPG Maker is meant for games made with RPG Maker. I hope that clears up any confusion about why I switched the category. MarkZusab (talk) 04:32, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Even more help would b awesome!
I note u did some minor editing on my page for George Grimm (Buddhist Scholar), that no doubt, was of immense help. Since I've completed the article as best my know-0 (/inexperienced Wikipedian) brain can, any additional help in making it a better article would b immensely appreciated. I actually completed an article on the same person, last night, which was taken down for copyright reasons less than 24 hours later. I've rephrased most of it this time, but a few things, especially in the " Major Works and Views" section still need work in that regard. I am also guilty of a lot of inelegance, and in the vital statistics side-bar, I've labeled him a philosopher, because that worked, when other things didn't, and I'd 0 better idea. For some reason, also, the .jpg does not show. THe final bibliography section probably needs much work. Major positive regardSlarty1 (talk) 05:26, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018
Hello ,

This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.
 * Reviewer of the Year
 * Thanks are also extended for their work to (15,059 reviews),  (12,760reviews),  (9,001reviews),  (8,440reviews),  (8,092reviews),   (5,306reviews),  (4,153 reviews),  (4,016reviews),  and  (3,615reviews)., , , and  have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only sevenmonths, while , with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.

See also the list of top100 reviewers.

The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.
 * Less good news, and an appeal for some help

At #1 position, the Community Wishlist poll closed on 3December with a resounding success for NPP, reminding the WMF and the volunteer communities just how critical NPP is to maintaining a clean encyclopedia and the need for improved tools to do it. A big 'thank you' to everyone who supported the NPP proposals. See the results.
 * Really good news - NPR wins the Community Wishlist Survey 2019

Due to a number of changes having been made to the feed since this three-minutevideo was created, we have been asked by the WMF for feedback on the video with a view to getting it brought up to date to reflect the new features of the system. Please leave your comments here, particularly mentioning how helpful you find it for new reviewers. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Training video

Speedy deletion nomination of Franz Klainsek


A tag has been placed on Franz Klainsek requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a real person or group of people that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. Theroadislong (talk) 15:18, 16 December 2018 (UTC)


 * If you have not seen it, you may be interested in Articles for deletion/Franz Klainsek. Dorsetonian (talk) 17:20, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-51
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News
 * Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 7 January 2019.

Recent changes
 * Some templates that show notices about the content of the page will now be shown on the mobile website. In many cases they were hidden before.
 * Admins can no longer unblock themselves, except for self-blocks. A blocked admin can block the user who blocked them but no one else. This is so no one can block all admins on a wiki without being stopped.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The ParserMigration extension has been removed. It compared the result of two versions of the MediaWiki wikitext parsing pipeline. It was used when we moved to the Remex parsing library instead of Tidy.

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Meetings
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Future changes
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Wikidata weekly summary #343
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Split identifier into KEGG Drug Identifier, KEGG Compound Identifier, etc?
 * Closed request for comments: Clarifying rights and responsibilities of Property Creators


 * Events
 * Past: 26 November 2018: Adding your own stuff to Wikidata. Workshop at SWIB18, Bonn, Germany
 * Past: 04 December 2018: Chancen und Risiken einer komplementären Nutzung von GND und Wikidata. Präsentation auf der GNDCon in Frankfurt Main, Germany
 * Past: 11–12 December 2018 in Namburu, India: Wiki Advanced Training 2018 (with special focus on Wikidata) by Asaf Bartov
 * Upcoming: 35th Chaos Communication Congress, December 27-30, Leipzig. There will be Wikidata staff and volunteers and Wikidata-related sessions


 * Press, articles, blog posts
 * 6 "inside-out" activities librarians are doing &mdash; numbers 4 and 5 involve Wikidata
 * From the "Annalen der Pharmacie" to the "European Journal of Organic Chemistry" about using Wikidata for capturing (some of) the history of chemistry
 * Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons, by Sandra Fauconnier, in EuropeanaTech 10 Insight Issue 10: Innovation Agenda
 * Many faces of Wikibase: Lingua Libre makes languages audible, by Jens Ohlig (also available in German)


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Call for contribution for the WikiWorkshop, forum bringing together researchers exploring all aspects of the Wikimedia projects, held in May 2019 in San Francisco, is now open until January 31st
 * Research questionnaire about Wikidata as a learning platform by Shani Evenstein as part of her PhD research.
 * Interactive map of the Sibthorp & Bauer Expedition, produced by the Bodleian Libraries, powered by Wikidata
 * Scholia's "missing" pages (example) now link to the new Author Disambiguator tool, and a Listeria list is available to help prioritize co-author disambiguation for authors with sitelinks.
 * Draft of behavior norms policy, feel free to leave comments
 * Wikimedia hackathon in Prague: apply for a scholarship until January 4th
 * Discuss if you can edit your own item, and vote here on the proposed policy.


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: real estate developer, collection creator, digital representation of, specific age inside fictional universe, catchphrase, subject lexeme, right ascension, declination, epoch, galactic longitude, galactic latitude
 * External identifiers: ARLLFB member ID, Flora of Wisconsin ID, RegiowikiAT identifier, Discord Store game SKU, Bavarian protected area ID, BDEL ID, Danske Taler speaker ID, Place Names Register ID (Estonia), Biographie nationale de Belgique ID, ARB person ID, Monument aux morts ID, IEC commemorative monument of Catalonia ID, MMLO, Meteorological Service of Canada climate site ID, Volksbund ID, PomBase systematic ID, Paris Musées work ID, LEGO design ID, LEGO element ID, iTunes music movie ID, BSRussia player ID, Beachsoccer.ru person ID, SinemaTürk person ID, SinemaTürk film ID, Wikia article ID, MinDat mineral ID, Harvard Index of Botanists ID, MinDat Locality ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: Garzanti Linguistica, Buried in this place, specific rotation, Data interval, Minimum wage, Danmarks svampeatlas ID, friend of, copyright representative, rights statement, co-director, Berliner Schutzgebiets-ID, preparation instructions
 * External identifiers: SVT Open archive, Hymnary.org page, Anbytarforum, Multiplayer ID, Amazon Music artist ID, Parliament of South Africa ID, Objectif Gard topic ID, Epic Games Store ID, Hymnary author ID, IPPDH ID, French Academy of Sciences member ID, OTRS ticket number 2, MNopedia ID, NCpedia ID, ICCD IDs, Weeds in Ontario ID, AllMusic performance ID, bbcmicro.co.uk identifier, YSA ID


 * Query examples:
 * (UK) Ambassador by country list - Listeria report which writes 240 by-country reports on UK Ambassadors - h/t NavinoEvans for the approach
 * Presidents of the United States ranked by the number of species named after them (source)
 * Communes of France whose name starts with "Saint" (source)
 * Italian toponyms with suffixes of Celtic origin (-ago, -ate, -asco) (source)
 * List of ABBA songs in A major (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: WikiProject Policies
 * Newest database reports: Nicolas Cage filmography
 * expanded list of Christmas films


 * Development
 * Test that the issue with blocked users will not happen anymore (T211120)
 * Finish up on showing Language and Language codes when editing glosses (T209931)
 * Work towards having QualityContraints on Beta (T209957)
 * Work on tracking usage of Wikibase Lua Functions (T191416)
 * Some more work on string length limits (T154660)
 * Work on some Wikidata toolkit improvements (T209399)
 * Fix some errors happening in production (T208924)
 * More under-the-hood work for the termbox on mobile

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


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

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Nomination of Dermophis donaldtrumpi for deletion
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 * Bytes in brief

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Wikidata weekly summary #344
<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;">
 * Discussions
 * Closed request for comments: Changes in email property, Datatype of P667, How to capture negative results in Wikidata?


 * Events
 * Current: Chaos Communication Congress (35C3) where several Wikidata people are present and related sessions happening
 * Next Wikidata IRC office hour: January 8th, 18:00 (UTC+1) on the channel wikimedia-office


 * Press, articles, blog posts
 * Wikidata architecture overview by Addshore
 * Créer une carte avec Wikidata, OpenRefine et uMap (in French) by Jean-Baptiste Pressac


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Structured data on Commons: Multilingual captions beta testing
 * Lingua Libre now adds audio pronunciation on Forms
 * Check out the roadmap for the development of Wikidata and Wikibase for 2019


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: API endpoint, demonym of, specific rotation, concentration, copyright representative, Berlin protected area ID, advertises
 * External identifiers: Garzanti Linguistica ID, Multiplayer ID, Danmarks svampeatlas ID, Boobpedia article, Amazon Music artist ID, Objectif Gard topic ID, Epic Games Store ID, ZVR-Number, IPPDH ID, French Academy of Sciences member ID, MNopedia ID, NCpedia ID, Weeds in Ontario ID, ICCD ID - S form, ICCD ID - CF form, ICCD ID - CG form, ODNR Division of Wildlife ID, Penthouse ID, bbcmicro.co.uk identifier, YSA ID, ARTIC exhibition ID, ARTIC artist ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: maintenance method, second family name in Scandinavian names, organizational unit, story by, Code of Natura 2000 FFH habitats, century fl., adjective of, holonym 2, meronym 2, has contraction 2, yield, colorist, distinguishing property, Wikispecies template for this work, affiliation string
 * External identifiers: bgm.tv person identifier, bgm.tv character identifier, PC-9801DB ID, ACB.com coach ID, The Armory Show at 100 ID, researchportal.helsinki.fi profile URL, Scoresway tennis person ID, Dictionnaire de spiritualité ID, Muséosphère ID, Historical RNA ID, TheFinalBall coach ID, TheFinalBall referee ID, WorldFootball.net referee ID, teams.by player ID, pressball.by player ID, AMFR player ID, premierliga.ru staff ID, premierliga.ru referee ID, CFU player ID, AIC player ID, RusTeam player ID, Critique d'art ID, Centre Pompidou ID, Agence photo RMN ID, INE ID (Portugal), Agence photo RMN package ID, Wikiapiary entry, England Football Online player profile, England Football Online manager profile, DVR Number, Politika topic, Goodreads character ID


 * Deleted properties: P4570 (Wikidata project)
 * Query examples:
 * Catchphrases in Wikidata (source)
 * Timeline of Indian mathematicians (source)
 * Painting part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections (source)
 * Types of pasta in Wikidata with pictures (source)


 * Development
 * Writing a maintenance script to make configuring WikibaseQualityConstraints easier (T209958)
 * Working on new ID generator using different SQL to attempt to stop lock errors when creating lots of items (T194299)
 * Making more parts of the Query Service UI more configurable such as the copyright page, title, and started work on the favicon / logos (T194175)
 * Adding tracking for Wikibase Lua functions so we can see how they are used on various different projects (T191416)
 * Working on fixing alignment issues with glosses (T207401)

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


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

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Pi Alpha Xi
Sorry for the overwrite, I was in the middle of formatting and saved it so that I could do regex replaces on the section rather than the entire article. It is under construction until I can go home and add anything I can find from Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. Feel free to add more.

Facto Post – Issue 19 – 27 December 2018
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Sullivan High School
Hi. I took care of your request at WP:RM/TR, but just wanted you to know, in case you don't already, that you can move articles over redirects yourself, as long as the redirect points back to the article and there haven't been any other edits to it since its creation. Station1 (talk) 05:38, 29 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for moving the article for me and also thanks for letting me know that I am able move articles over redirects yourself. I did not realize that I was able to do that. I will keep that in mind. MarkZusab (talk) 05:41, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Orangemike
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BorgQueen •  Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Addshore



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Joe Roe • SilkTork
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news
 * There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD:
 * G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is db-disambig; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
 * R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion).  This is db-redircom; the text is unchanged.
 * G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use db-blankdraft.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
 * Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news
 * Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length . All accounts must have a password:
 * At least 8 characters in length
 * Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the [//github.com/wikimedia/password-blacklist Password Blacklist library])
 * Different from their username
 * User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.
 * Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
 * Copyvio-revdel now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration
 * Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , ,.

Miscellaneous
 * Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
 * Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Wikidata weekly summary #345
<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;">


 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Do we want automatic inverse property creation and if so, how should they happen?


 * Events
 * Video of Lydia's keynote at GNDCon


 * Press/Blogs
 * Introduction to Wikidata as a platform and data source
 * Europeana Innovation Agenda
 * The Hand-editor’s Tale
 * mySociety 2018 report including their work on Wikidata
 * Using WikiData API to get the sense of words
 * The Evolution of Power and Standard Wikidata Editors: Comparing Editing Behavior over Time to Predict Lifespan and Volume of Edits


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * In Pywikibot, you can now add a new statement with qualifiers and/or references in a single edit (T112577, T170432)
 * A couple of gran proposals under review need your input and endorsement
 * There are now over 2 million Wikidata infoboxes on Commons!
 * Happy New Year! (L40653)


 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: none
 * External identifiers: bgm.tv character identifier, ACB.com coach ID, bgm.tv person identifier, PC-9801DB ID, Hymnary author ID, The Armory Show at 100 ID, Dictionnaire de spiritualité ID, Swedish Anbytarforum, researchportal.helsinki.fi profile ID, Wikimedia OTRS ticket number, AllMusic performance ID, Wikibase Registry ID, Scoresway tennis person ID, Historical RNA ID, Muséosphère work ID, pressball.by player ID, premierliga.ru staff ID, premierliga.ru referee ID, WorldFootball.net referee ID, TheFinalBall referee ID, TheFinalBall coach ID, RusTeam player ID, CFU player ID, AIC player ID, AMFR player ID, teams.by player ID, vehicle identification number, Centre Pompidou ID, INE ID (Portugal)
 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: agglomerative, urban population, rural population, Linear reference, located in urban area
 * External identifiers: SHARE-VDE author ID, Panorama de l'art ID, PCGamingWiki ID, MDWS place ID, JKT48 member ID, Uppsala General Catalogue ID
 * Query examples:
 * Graph of student-master relationship of Christian Thielemann #Neujahrskonzert (source)
 * Cricket teams in the world by number of players and their gender (source)
 * Buildings designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (source)
 * Species have been named after Donald Trump (source)
 * Catchphrases (source)


 * Development
 * Not much happened this week because we took some time off over the holidays. Getting back to full speed again in the next days.


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

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Speedy deletion nomination of 2018 Marriott Hotels Strike


A tag has been placed on 2018 Marriott Hotels Strike requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/travel/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-strike-against-marriott-hotels.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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