User talk:MartinPoulter/Archive 3

A barnstar for you!
Thank you very much indeed, Sydney! MartinPoulter (talk) 16:25, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 8
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Thanks
For your input today --Fnorman-london (talk) 14:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

NIMR training
Thank you Martin for this training! --Paulaosu (talk) 14:02, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Hello
This message is for demonstration purposes :) --Mrjohncummings (talk) 14:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Slightly confused about how to build a conversation here. --Fnorman-london (talk) 14:03, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

SelfRef Humor.
Indeed, I agree with you regarding improper placement of such notes. Yet, let's go one step further and suggest that such humor should find a place for posting in its own Wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by William R. Buckley (talk • contribs) 17:56, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookies!
Hi Martin, thanks very much for the welcome! It was nice to get the virtual cookies. I'm very grateful for your help, and will certainly ask you if I have any problems. Still doing things in a small way at the moment.

SarahPowellLoving (talk) 13:58, 7 May 2015 (UTC) (hope that's right!)

Evil
Hi, can you help with this?Lbertolotti (talk) 20:43, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

hello from jennifer
hello! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcwchicagowiki (talk • contribs) 15:06, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Ciao! 163.1.51.190 (talk) 15:09, 7 July 2015 (UTC) Raffaella from BAV

Hello
Hello! EmmaStanford (talk) 15:06, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello Martin and Emma --Paola Manoni (talk) 15:23, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Access to Oxford Libraries
Hello Martin, Thank you for your support on this. I've used the Oxford site cold for chasing references, but am a bit frustrated in not being able to get downloads of things like Early English texts. Just now I am hoping to get the text of a very obscure sermon preached at the opening of the organ at Bridgwater Parish Church c 1700!!!! I'm hoping to trace the maker of it. You can see what else I get up to on my WP user page. Kind regards. Apwoolrich (talk) 18:04, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Improving Bodleian Library to featured quality?
Hi Martin, (belated) congratulations on getting the WiR gig at the Bod! I spent many happy hours there and some of my earliest published writings were based on their archival material - I'm sure you're finding it an engaging and productive environment. Looking at the Wikipedia article on the Bodleian Library, I can see that a lot of improvement work needs to be done. I assume that potential COI considerations may preclude you taking it on yourself (to say nothing of your other commitments) but I'm happy to have a crack at it for old times' sake. As you know, I have a pretty good track record with historical FAs and GAs (the latest has come through just today) - cf. User:Prioryman - and I have access to plenty of resources at the British Library.

One thing that would definitely need to be addressed is the frankly not very good photographs of the Library on Wikimedia Commons. I'm a pretty competent photographer myself and have some good equipment so I should be able to address this, but while exterior pictures are of course no problem, the Library is, as you know, not very keen on casual visitors taking pictures inside. I wonder if this is something that you might be able to facilitate? I would look to photograph the Upper and Lower Reading Rooms (and some of the paintings in there), the interiors of the Radcliffe Camera and the New Bodleian/Weston Library, and if at all possible the book stacks. Ideally I'd aim to do it shortly after the interiors have closed to readers, when I assume that only the cleaners would be present. I'd be grateful if you could advise whether this might be possible, as good photos would be an essential component for successfully nominating the article as a FA candidate. Prioryman (talk) 22:11, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Prioryman and thanks for this expression of interest. You are right that I am staying away from articles about the Library itself because of COI and because the focus of my project is to help counter WP's systemic bias. You've probably seen that User:Diliff has done some fantastic work recently: see and the next page, but yes more decent photos would be useful. I will make enquiries about letting you in: feel free to Wikipedia-email me and we'll talk further. You'd be very welcome to visit us. MartinPoulter (talk) 15:15, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, saw my name pinged here so I thought I'd say a few words. I had a similar impression of our coverage of the related articles and last year made contact with a senior staff member inside the Bodleian Library who kindly allowed me to take photos of the Divinity Room, Duke Humfrey's Library and Convocation House which, along with the Radcliffe Camera, are the main historic rooms of the Bodleian Library. I thought I'd already added these images to the main Bodleian Library article actually but it seems they didn't filter through, so I'll try to add them in the near future. So while you are right that the article could do with better images and that the Bodleian Library category on Commons doesn't contain many good images, have a look at some of the sub-categories because I have uploaded some high quality interior photos already. One building that I was hoping to photograph but ran out of time with was Radcliffe Camera. As with other sensitive parts of the library, I believe photography is not permitted during regular opening hours of the Radcliffe Camera so I suspect that any photography would need to be done before or after opening and that would also require coordination with an escort (Martin or someone else) and the security guards who would need to open up the building. Incidentally, if you do manage to organise a trip to photograph the Radcliffe Camera, please let me know as I'd like to tag along if you don't mind company! &#208;iliff   &#171;&#187; (Talk)  18:44, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Science conference
Thanks for your note - I have today pinged details of the conference to CIPR colleagues on the science comms working group and to the chair/secretary of the STEM members group. I have also asked a colleague with direct STEMPRA contacts to forward my email to them. Hope this helps. Paul W (talk) 14:01, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Science Conference
Dear Dr Poulter, I was wondering if there are any spare tickets left for tomorrow and/or Thursday? I would like to attend and can pick up the ticket at the venue first thing tomorrow. Let me know. Many thanks Hydra Rain (talk) 15:31, 1 September 2015 (UTC) Hydra Rain (talk) 15:31, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Real-Life Barnstar
Hi!

Hello! Susan Hutchinson aka EngIslandGirl here. Thank you for a very interesting afternoon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EngIslandGirl (talk • contribs) 15:33, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello
I've been working on Véronique Gouverneur.--Sesostris 1 (talk) 15:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi: I'm adding to existing stubs about woman biologists--Olingo24 (talk) 15:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Martin! Making slow but steady progress on Winifred Sargent Kastrel (talk) 15:36, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello, --Natalia Manzano (talk) 15:36, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

My apologies - I failed to sign my earlier message.

--EngIslandGirl (talk) 15:36, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello Martin

I am writing a page about Jane Wernick a structural engineer who got a CBE this year.--Acgriff9 (talk) 15:36, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Martin, hsm12345 wrote a short article on Elizabeth Blackwell (botanist) during Oxford ITServices workshop.--Hsm12345 (talk) 15:36, 13 October 2015 (UTC)--Hsm12345 (talk) 15:36, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Martin

As per our conversation today, it would be great if you could take a look at the Malaria Atlas Project Wiki page and come back with suggestions on how to improve!!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria_Atlas_Project

Thank you!

From Rebecca Jones   - rebecca.jones@zoo.ox.ac.uk

Message Ada Lovelace day
Do you really want another message? --Ylvaprytz (talk) 15:40, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello Martin on Ada Lovelace Day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgratgratgra (talk • contribs) 15:41, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Copyright
I see that at Talk:Véronique Gouverneur you wrote "I've removed a bot's copyright tag: the body text of the article is original: the matched text is the list of awards which is a factual list which can't be presented another way."
 * 1) How carefully did you compare the two versions before concluding that "the body text of the article is original"? In the first sentence I see "Véronique Gouverneur earned a PhD in Chemistry at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) under the supervision of Prof. Léon Ghosez", as compared with "Véronique Gouverneur secured a PhD in chemistry at the Université Catholique de Louvain (LLN, Belgium), under the supervision of Prof. L.Ghosez", in which I have boldened the differences between the two versions. Likewise the second sentence is identical save for two changes: "she took up a postdoctoral position" as opposed to "she moved to a postdoctoral position" and reversing the order of the two expressions "at the Scripps Research Institute (California, USA)" and "with Prof. Richard Lerner". And so it goes on; indeed, some of the later sentences are copied verbatim, without any change whatever. The body of the article's text was certainly not original: it was excerpted from the given source, with very minimal close paraphrasing; even the bot, which relies on finding exact matches, in its report listed a large number of correspondences from the body of the text, not the list of awards, and any human observer, who can intelligently recognise resemblances where matches are inexact, should be able to see the unmistakable relationship between the two at a glance. The copyright infringement is perfectly clear beyond all doubt.
 * 2) Assuming that you think an article should have a complete list of awards, why can't it be "presented another way"? That is far from obvious to me. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:21, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Clearly I was far too cursory. Thanks JamesBWatson for the comment. I'll work with the authors to redevelop the article from scratch. I think there's a reasonable disagreement here about the awards list, but it's moot in light of the other copyright violations. MartinPoulter (talk) 12:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello
Thank you for the cookies--Lyn Roberts 1 (talk) 15:08, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Ping
Hi. My pings don't seem to be working in this conversation. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 01:48, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Finkbeiner Test
Hi Martin, thanks for your message! I didn't know anything about the Finkbeiner Test either, which is really why I picked it. It was fun to research and edit the page - in fact I really enjoyed both the editing/improving sessions I came to. I just need more time for editing now! Thanks for all your help. SarahPowellLoving (talk) 19:49, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Diana Astry
I'm very happy that you have worked on this and made it real. I had seen an earlier revised draft, sent to me too in an email, but I couldn't find time to do the necessary work. Andrew Dalby 09:29, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks Andrew. Pleased to make your wiki-acquaintance. MartinPoulter (talk) 12:12, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Message
Testing communications with Martin Poulter.--Collegehistory (talk) 15:15, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

hello
This session is actually really interesting!--Jeniver auteur (talk) 15:16, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Hello Martin.

Thank you for introducing us to Wiki editing. I am looking forward to editing an article!

--AntHarLang (talk) 15:16, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

WW1 session
It is NOT awful!--Ylvaprytz (talk) 15:16, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi
Signature in this time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DStephenbarker (talk • contribs) 15:18, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Madeleine Shaw Lefevre
Hello Martin

I see that there is now an article on Madeleine Shaw Lefevre linked to the Somerville College page so thank you for that (if I have read the editing notes correctly!) and for the very helpful course last Tuesday.

Best wishes

Collegehistory (talk) 15:27, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for participating


Thank you for your participation in the Women in Science Virtual Edit-a-thon, 8 to 29 November 2015, hosted by Women in Red together with Women scientists. It was held in parallel with a meet up at the New York Academy of Sciences on 22 November. In addition to improvements, we created well over 300 new articles. Your contributions are appreciated!

Hope you will also join us for the WiR Women in Religion Virtual Edit-a-thon from 5 to 15 December.--Ipigott (talk) 11:33, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Tudor Music Editathon
Hi there, I'm the main author of the Drexel 4180—4185 article (although the article Drexel 4257 has received GA status) and would be happy to participate remotely (I'm in New York). So much of music history is focused on composers; may I also suggest some of the manuscripts mentioned in these articles--particularly anything at the Bodleian--should receive a good amount of attention. All the best - kosboot (talk) 13:25, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello from one library-based Wikipedian to another. Glad to make your wiki-acquaintance. You're doing excellent work. I welcome the suggestion of using the Drexel articles as a source of manuscripts to write additional articles about. Feel free to edit in any suggestions to the project page for the event. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 13:57, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Best wishes for the holidays...

 * Belated thanks for this: a new Wikipedia article is the best, most lasting kind of Christmas card. All the best for 2016- may all your edits stay unreverted! MartinPoulter (talk) 14:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

educating academics
I am in your training session. I am a lecturer in English at Loughborough University. I wish my whole department could be at this event, as there is clearly much to be gained from engaging seriously with Wikipedia. Clare Hutton

I'm attempting to keep up without too many headaches. --Spangletangle (talk) 15:09, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm in your session, wondering how to find versions of a topic page I'd like to edit in other languages?DWAttar (talk) 15:11, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

hi
Hi Martin --Pipy2 (talk) 15:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi --Lindsay90 (talk) 15:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

hi --Hopesay (talk) 15:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Second set of greetings
Maybe this message will get through from the front row

--BushSM (talk) 15:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

trying again
… from Clare Hutton. This time I am hoping to sign the hallo. LU1916 (talk) 15:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Testing Testing 123
Worth celebrating a room full of new Wikipedia users today? Guernsey cow (talk) 15:16, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy Birthday Wikipedia! --Gusall94 (talk) 15:16, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia editing at the oii
Hello from Steve --Sjbsjbsjbsjb (talk) 15:18, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Children's literature
This is my specialist area. I'm in you session (back row) and learning lots.DWAttar (talk) 15:22, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks again
Thanks for writing back Martin. It was a really useful session. I intend to tidy up the editing I've started on and also compare English/French versions of entries on the same author.DWAttar (talk) 16:32, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Interesting session
Hi

I am in your session.--Zametiaw (talk) 14:32, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi
I'm in your teaching session. --Amelie TGHN (talk) 14:32, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi
I'm in your session!

Adi :)

--Adipoos (talk) 14:33, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

bonjour Martin
hello I am in your session pat --PatsyOx (talk) 14:33, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Open Knowledge
Hi, I'm in your session. Callum — Preceding unsigned comment added by CSM87 (talk • contribs) 14:33, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Martin - Delayed messaging
Hello see you in a few minutes or so.

Jason — Preceding unsigned comment added by Research Information Officer (talk • contribs) 12:20, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

hello
Sorry I was late--Georgehaggett (talk) 14:53, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello. I am taking part in your Tudor Music edit-a-thon. --KatherineButler (talk) 14:55, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

HI!
Really enjoying the session so far.

--JamesO2015 (talk) 14:56, 5 February 2016 (UTC)James

I'm part of the Friday training session --Stellamargaret (talk) 15:00, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

A page you started (Thomas Causton) has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Thomas Causton, MartinPoulter!

Wikipedia editor Blythwood just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

"Looks good - just added a few extra citations from Google Books. Hope that's OK."

To reply, leave a comment on Blythwood's talk page.

Learn more about page curation.
 * Thanks a lot, much appreciated! MartinPoulter (talk) 15:24, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Osbert Parsley
Hello Martin,

I tried to add a photo of Osbert Parsley's memorial in Norwich Cathedral, but I can't do it. It is now in Wiki Commons as "Osbert Parsley memorial", with my own name erroneously attached. It's actually © Copyright J.Hannan-Briggs and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Licence, at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3876147. Could you help me to put it right, please?

Thanks for your help. Poppy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunlace (talk • contribs) 17:25, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Martin! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunlace (talk • contribs) 16:02, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Towards a New Wikimania results
Last December, I invited you to share your views on the value of Wikimedia conferences and the planning process of Wikimania. We have completed analysis of these results and have prepared this report summarizing your feedback and important changes for Wikimania starting in 2018 as an experiment. Feedback and comments are welcome at the discussion page. Thank you so much for your participation. I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, 22:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Declinism link to Cognitive bias
With regards to, I can understand why we would not want to link to a poorly sourced article from a nice one. I don't see any harm in linking to a nicer one from one claimed to be lousy. What's the harm? ~Kvng (talk) 20:31, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * See Talk:List_of_cognitive_biases- your message came through while I was writing that. What's at stake is whether declinism is claimed in scholarly literature to be a cognitive bias. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 20:36, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * That's fine and I'll read what you've posted there. But can you explain the harm in including a link in the See also section of Declinism to Cognitive bias. ~Kvng (talk) 21:23, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * It's nothing to do with the relative quality of the articles, just the lack of adequate sources to make the connection. MartinPoulter (talk) 21:53, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Peterhouse partbooks
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 12:02, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Forrest-Heyther partbooks
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 12:02, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Your great workshop
Thank you and hope we find other ways to collaborate. --JCNiala (talk) 14:28, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

hello Martin

I hope this is the correct page! Still got a strange check url message in my sandbox, not sure how to get rid of it.

Thanks --Collegehistory (talk) 15:05, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello
Thank you for your message --Svenjakunze (talk) 15:07, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Martin Thanks for the tip and the cookies--Ad8243 (talk) 15:58, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the training session, Martin. It's really useful.Venustsang (talk) 16:26, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Interesting session.--RonaldRichenburg (talk) 15:33, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

I am enjoying the session. Thanks! --Tomdle oxford (talk) 15:33, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

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

DYK for Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations
— Maile (talk) 01:56, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations
I saw this article through the DYKs. Very nice work! An interesting read.--MainlyTwelve (talk) 02:04, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much! MartinPoulter (talk) 11:30, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Commentaires sur Corneille
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 12:01, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for The Age of Louis XIV
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #211
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.  Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 18:24, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
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 * Other Noteworthy Stuff [[File:Facilitating the use of Wikidata in Wikimedia projects with a user-centered design approach.pdf|thumb]]
 * Charlie published her thesis about editing Wikidata directly from Wikipedia and co
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 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: Library of the National Congress of Argentina ID, Minitel, SureChEMBL ID, type of unit for this property, property usage tracking category, PubChem BioAssay ID (AID), time in space, tourist office, miRBase mature miRNA ID, miRBase pre-miRNA ID, record or record progression, has role, Molenecho's ID, Hollandsche Molen ID, Band number, OpenCritic ID, Nederlandse Molendatabase ID, Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae ID, Leidse Hoogleraren ID, cites, X-SAMPA Code, KLOV ID, WWE.com superstar ID, EU Surface Water Body Code, VAT-rate, disease burden, electrical plug type, emergency phone number, payment types accepted, iTunes artist ID
 * Query examples: Fictional universes with most fictional planets (source), main subject of West Wing episodes (source), places with free wifi (source), citation network of paper about Zika (source), taxons and what they are named after (source), billionaires (source), animals that were executed (source), chemical elements and their isotopes by number of neutrons (min/max) (source), popes with children (source), birthplaces of astronauts (source)
 * Development
 * Worked on fix for issue with language fallback in main part of header (T135714)
 * More work on support for Commons - main focus right now is on making it possible to actually store a new entity without jumping through hoops
 * Fixing a bug in Internet Explorer with prevents editing (T136543)
 * Worked on more blockers for next deployment of the ArticlePlaceholder (T135624)
 * Monthly Tasks
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 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

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Wikidata weekly summary #212
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 14:28, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Upcoming: OpenData.ch
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 * Documentation of the outcomes of WikiCite
 * Wikidata showing chemical properties with references
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * SQID now also shows references for statements and received a whole bunch of other nice features
 * wikidata-cli now has a wdsparql command to work with SPARQL from the command line
 * It seems we already have almost 0.4% of the current population of Finland on Wikidata.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: exact match, reserve number (Canada), Shakeosphere person ID, mains voltage, HKMDb film ID, relegated, promoted, NIOSHTIC-2 ID
 * Query examples: body of water with the most watercourses ending in it (source), French communes with names ending in ac (source), birthplaces of Europeana280 artists (source), popular eye colors (source)
 * Development
 * Fixed the bug where the language selector in Special:NewItem doesn't recognize certain languages (T115792)
 * Fixed issues that prevented editing in Internet Explorer (T136543)
 * Added new visualization to the query service to visualize graphs like family trees. It is now deployed yet but will come soon.
 * Worked on new visualization for the query service to visualize results with data on different dimensions
 * Improved build and deploy process for the query service. The site should load faster now.
 * Improved the formatting of dates and more in the query service.
 * More fixes to get ArticlePlaceholder ready for the second round of wikis
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 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Wikidata weekly summary #213
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 14:25, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Semi-automatic Addition of References to Wikidata Statements - feedback on the Primary Sources Tool
 * Others: Discussion about currency conversion rates, P2893_-_wrong_datatype
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Upcoming: Wikimania - find all the Wikidata things happening here
 * Upcoming: Repo-Fringe 2016
 * Past: HackHPI
 * Past: ELAG (slides)
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Passionate about Wikidata and a great communicator? We are looking to hire a community communications person.
 * Gujarati, Latvian and Nynorsk Wikipedia now have the ArticlePlaceholder as well.
 * Catalan and Polish Wikipedia will show Wikidata descriptions on the mobile website starting soon. More Wikipedias will follow. (T135429)
 * Into football/soccer? WikiProject Association football/Euro 2016 could use your help.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: RateBeer brewery ID, Beer Advocate brewery ID, Molendatabase verdwenen molens ID, fax number, minimum age, Swedish county letter, Eldoblaje Movie ID, publication interval, maximum sustained winds, day of week, Skype, UMLS CUI, FamilySearch ID
 * Query examples: Eiffel Tower in art (source), popular surnames among humans (source), popular surnames among fictional characters (source), [https://query.wikidata.org/#%0A%23%20Select%20the%20desired%20columns%20and%20get%20labels%0ASELECT%20%3Focc%20%3FoccLabel%20%3FavgAge%20%3FavgBirthYear%20%3Fcount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20Group%20the%20people%20by%20their%20occupation%20and%20calculate%20age%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%0A%20%20%20%20%09%3Focc%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28count%28%3Fp%29%20as%20%3Fcount%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28round%28avg%28%3FbirthYear%29%29%20as%20%3FavgBirthYear%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28avg%28%3FdeathYear%20-%20%3FbirthYear%29%20as%20%3FavgAge%29%0A%20%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Get%20people%20with%20occupation%20%2B%20birth%2Fdeath%20dates%3B%20combine%20multiple%20birth%2Fdeath%20dates%20using%20avg%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%09%3Fp%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Focc%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28avg%28year%28%3Fbirth%29%29%20as%20%3FbirthYear%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28avg%28year%28%3Fdeath%29%29%20as%20%3FdeathYear%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fp%20%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Focc%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP569%2Fpsv%3AP569%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%229%22%5E%5Exsd%3Ainteger%20%3B%20%23%20precision%20of%20at%20least%20year%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fbirth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP570%2Fpsv%3AP570%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%229%22%5E%5Exsd%3Ainteger%20%3B%20%23%20precision%20of%20at%20least%20year%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fp%20%3Focc%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Focc%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fcount%20%3E%20300%29%20%23%20arbitrary%20number%20to%20weed%20out%20values%20with%20%27few%27%20observations%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20ASC%28%3FavgAge%29 average lifespan by occupation] (source), German breweries (source), years with 3 popes (source), people who died by burning - on a timeline (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: Lighthouses, Roller Coasters
 * Development
 * Worked on creating mediainfo entities on demand when a file is viewed that doesn't have an associated mediainfo entity yet. This is needed for structured data support for Commons.
 * Worked on making it possible to embed query results in other websites. You can get a preview at https://jonaskress.github.io
 * Added timeline as a possible visualization for the query service.
 * Investigated issues with downloading query result sets in Safari.
 * Got ArticlePlaceholder ready for the second round of Wikipedias.
 * Fixed bug where map wasn't enabled as a possible visualization for queries with cooridnates.
 * You can soon specify the color of the bubbles in a bubble chart visualization. (T137061)
 * Fixed a bug with terms sometimes not showing up, language fallback not working correctly in Lua modules and connection to master database
 * Fixed a bug with URL encoding in the query service.
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Making contact
Hello Martin. Enjoying the session today.--Geographer100 (talk) 11:19, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

How do
This is Glyn, in the training session...--Glynjamyn (talk) 11:20, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello
Just saying hello, Martin.--Olihaslam (talk) 13:07, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Ooo. Now I'm scared. Hopefully I'm talking back and saying thank you for the cookies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivrolfe (talk • contribs) 21:23, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 17
<div style = "color: #936c29; font-size: 4em; font-family: Copperplate, 'Copperplate Gothic Light', serif"> The Wikipedia Library <span style="font-size: 2em; font-family: Copperplate, 'Copperplate Gothic Light', serif">Books & Bytes

Issue 17, April-May 2016 by The Interior, Ocaasi, UY Scuti, Sadads, and Nikkimaria

<div style = "margin-top: 1.5em; border: 3px solid #ae8c55; border-radius: .5em; padding: 1em 1.5em; font-size: .9em"> Read the full newsletter The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * New donations this month - a German-language legal resource
 * Wikipedia referals to academic citations - news from CrossRef and WikiCite2016
 * New library stats, WikiCon news, a bot to reveal Open Access versions of citations, and more!

Thank you for cookies
Thanks for the lovely picture and all the support. I'll get this thing nailed. Viv Vivrolfe (talk) 12:16, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

1st use of this ... Hi !
been a frequant user of wikipedia, tho i must acknowledge, i sometimes frown at the descriptions, but deletions can be assessed by those at higher levels of responsibility than us poor readers! and be put back in, with un-ediatbility protections, i understand, so that's a lot better than what you even get in many 'best'  textbooks ... the death of many a publisher...

tee hee hee... good idea! (light-donks) self

thanks for the welcome ... although the would-be's of all this edwin/ward? whatever ... snowdon -ia guff, is occassionally tiresome - would imagine unimaginable moreso for anyone stuck in an embassy... and for what? constitutions-invalid / laws-under (or that would be legal, under, a)  invalidate mandates of assignments/whatever  of power...

no idea. :P

16:26, 19 June 2016 (UTC) Vurrath/REW

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Vurrath (talk • contribs) 16:20, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #214
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 13:29, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Upcoming: Wikimania
 * Upcoming: WikiConvention francophone
 * Past: GLAM Wiki Boot Camp
 * Past: Silicon Mountain Conf
 * Past: OpenData.ch
 * Past: Semantic Web + Wikidata
 * Wikidata beim Hackathon HackHPI in Potsdam
 * Data Ex Machina
 * Op-ed in the Wikipedia Signpost regarding Wikidata licensing
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * ORES is not available as a beta feature to make it easier to find bad edits
 * New user script to show the main image of an item is ready for testing
 * Into football/soccer? WikiProject Association football/Euro 2016 could use your help.
 * Want to see Wikidata changes in the history of a Wikipedia article? There is a user script that needs your feedback.
 * We are looking for people who work on list articles.
 * You can test a gadget that lets you easily run a query for more items with the same statement.
 * Language fallback is now happening on Wikipedia and co
 * Maps are now enabled on Wikidata
 * First beta release of StrepHit
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID, focal height, month of the year, label in sign language, PO Box, COAM ID, syntax clarification, ECARTICO person ID, MSBI person ID, date depicted, distinctive jersey, time gap, icon, SecondHandSongs artist ID, SecondHandSongs song ID, timezone offset
 * Query examples: colors of chemical compounds (source), map of braodway venues (source), sculptures by Max Bill (source), works of art where the name might be a rhyme (source), works of art where the title is an alliteration (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: Professional Wrestling
 * ORDER BY RAND LIMIT 100 can avoid timeouts on Wikidata Query Service (source)
 * Development
 * Worked on making it easier to add new query examples right from the query service by just clicking a button. There are some technical issues with it still though. Will take a while to sort through.
 * More work on creating new Media-Info entities (the equivalent of item for media file data) on the fly (T134259)
 * Fixed a but with suggestions not showing up (T138059)
 * Improved display of query examples (T137589) and cleaned them up
 * Improved database access (T137539)
 * Fixed a but with the rank selector (T109583)
 * Started concept work for automated list generation
 * Discussed the proposal for Wiktionary with a linguist to get more detailed feedback on it. Very positive.
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Wikidata weekly summary #215
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:48, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Verifiability and living persons, RfP voting eligibility
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Past: Wikimania! The Wikidata-related program parts including slides and notes can be found on the Wikidata Wikimania page.
 * TIB and HsH project approved: The replication of Open-Access images
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * EasyQuery is now a gadget that you can enable in your preferences. It gives you an icon next to each statement value. That gives you a list of other items with the same statement.
 * Stats have been updated and show a significant jump in references.
 * SQID now shows references (example)
 * INSPIRE HEP has been added to Mix'n'match
 * PAWS is now available. It lets you easily run a Jupyter notebook and much more.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: language used, connector, Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers identifier, INSPIRE-HEP author ID, lighthouse range, memory capacity, water as percent of area, InterPro ID, domain of saint or deity
 * Query examples: sandwich ingredients (source), inventors killed by their own invention (source), objects with most mass (source), music genres (source), number of jurisdictions by driving side (source)
 * Development
 * The majority of the Wikidata developers team atteded Wikimania
 * You can now embed query results from query.wikidata.org in other websites (example)
 * Linking MediaInfo entities to media files in the "MediaInfo for Commons" prototype (T134473)
 * Tracking more statistics for the ArticlePlaceholder (T138500)
 * Adding support for quantity values with unknown uncertainty (T115269)
 * Worked on fix for bug where new entities can be created with wrong language (T138725)
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

WWI directory
Hi there. Apologies for the impersonal nature of this post. I am sending this short note to a number of people who were involved (some still are) with World War I topics, letting them know about a WWI projects directory that I've started (in my userspace for now). Would you be able to look and see if there is anything you might be able to add or advice on what is most useful? If you want any follow ups, please put your name on the talk page. Many thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 22:21, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks so much (regarding my Belief Perseverance draft). For the first time, I'm beginning to understand what the problem is. I'll follow your advice and try to extrapolate it to other things as well. In the meantime, I considerably shortened the article, not because I wanted to, but because I felt it would be easier that way to figure out alone the new style (to me). Thanks again! Brachney Brachney (talk) 01:03, 3 July 2016 (UTC)