User talk:Northamerica1000/Archive 5

Kat Dahlia
I've taken it out as spam rather than copyvio as the page you cited doesn't seem to contain any text at all. Now. Probably did then. Not the first time that's happened. Text can go at the first mention of a copyvio here.... It was pure unadulterated spam anyway. Peridon (talk) 20:13, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the information. I recall that the page had information at the time I visited it, from which the copyvio CSD tagging was based. Northamerica1000(talk) 20:15, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #47
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 * Development
 * Extended diff view to include references now
 * Fixed bug where incorrect statements revision was shown in diff view
 * Added first version of Linked Data interface (RDF/XML); will be accessible from Special:EntityData
 * Updated the demo system
 * More work towards using Solr for our search
 * More investigation and fixes of search issues
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 * Worked on implementation of missing data model components in JavaScript
 * A lot of bug fixing
 * Events
 * Wikipedia Day NYC
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 * upcoming: office hour (German)
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Rollout of phase 1 (language links) on all remaining Wikipedias is still planned for March 6
 * Next update on wikidata.org is also planned for March 6. This will have bugfixes and if all goes well string as a new available data type.
 * Proposal was made to the Hungarian, Hebrew and Italian Wikipedias to be the first batch to use phase 2 of Wikidata (infoboxes). Scheduled timeframe for this is end of March
 * d:Wikidata:Database reports has some useful reports like the list of most used properties
 * The interwiki shortcut :d was changed to always use www in the resulting link (to prevent editing issues on other URLs).
 * The list of available properties is growing and a whole bunch of new ones are being discussed
 * Reasonator gives you a nice adapted view of an item about a person
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 * We now have more than 2600 active users on Wikidata. Thanks for being awesome. <3
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Ice luge
I just deleted a sentence which was not found in the citation. Also, words like "common" violate WP:PEACOCK.Curb Chain (talk) 00:12, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I rewrote the sentence as a re-addition to the article, along with the source. In the future, please consider moving sources to the Further reading sections of articles, rather than removing them in entirety. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:22, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure I can consider it. The source should be relevant to the article.  Also, I just deleted  since the source has nothing the information is supposed to glean from.Curb Chain (talk) 00:24, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

The Silver Heart Club
Wikipedia is extremely confusing to someone like myself who has little experience with the layout, and rules. Thank you for helping me. From reading the notes you had written, it seems as if you have revised the biography and approved your edits? I am satisfied with what is there. I am confused with what you were saying with "copy edit", but if there is no further action that is needed from me, let me know. Thank you.

If possible, could you put "Photo credit: Calinn Weber" as the photo caption?

Thanks again! Very much appreciate your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.124.5.136 (talk) 01:09, 5 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello, and thanks for the response. "Copy edit" refers to editing text. I've added your requested photo credit above to the article and to the description at the Wikimedia Commons page for the image, located at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Silver_Heart_Club_(2013).jpg. The Silver Heart Club (band) article is presented in an encyclopedic style with a neutral point-of-view and non-promotional tone, which is very important on Wikipedia. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 01:37, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Photo credits in articles are not permitted by per WP:CREDITS. I have removed it and updated the image information page with this edit.--ukexpat (talk) 01:50, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing this, Ukexpat, and for providing the Manual of style link regarding this. Struck part of my comment above. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 01:55, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I also moved the article back to The Silver Heart Club - the disambiguating parenthesis is not required as there is no other article to disambiguated from.--ukexpat (talk) 02:00, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep, I noticed that. I figured the "(band)" part would help to distinguish that it's a band, rather than a club. I'm fine with the current title. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 02:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of List of mobile advertising networks for deletion
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Free Bullets (talk) 07:35, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello!
Hi there,

My name is Bo Weber. I represent the recording artist The Silver Heart Club. The Silver Heart Club has a distribution deal with Spotify LLC, and iHeartRadio Inc. Both companies wrote me an email explaining that I will need to submit a biography of the artist to Wikipedia, in order for our information to be viewable on the music distribution sites, for Wikipedia is where they stream information about artists from. I have had trouble with the article being submitted, because of the "subjects notability". This artist has more than enough notability on and off the web.

url here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Silver_Heart_Club

Your assistance or advise on what our options are would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weber bo (talk • contribs) 22:39, 4 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Regarding topic notability on Wikipedia, the notability in itself is based upon Wikipedia's standards. While many topics may be notable per other standards, Wikipedia editors have developed notability guidelines through consensus regarding content in the encyclopedia. Also, per WP:NOTPROMOTION, part of Wikipedia's policy page of What Wikipedia is not, the encyclopedia is not to be used for promotional and advertising purposes. The AfC submission at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Silver Heart Club requires copy editing to eliminate promotional tone and to be written in an encyclopedic style with a neutral point-of-view.


 * Sources in the submission from VolumeOne magazine and the Tribune Press Reporter are functional to demonstrate notability. At this time, the topic appears to have borderline notability per WP:BAND, and copy editing the entry to base the submission solely upon what is stated in reliable sources will likely increase the chances of the submission being accepted. For example, the source in the submission doesn't qualify as a reliable source, because it's a blog that is largely based upon personal opinion, and its publishers may not have a proven reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Information sourced from these types of questionable sources should typically be omitted from encyclopedia entries on Wikipedia.


 * Check out Writing better articles, Your first article, Starting an article and Third-party sources for additional suggestions and tips. Northamerica1000(talk) 23:12, 4 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Update: I've created the following article, which is now in Wikipedia's main namespace: The Silver Heart Club (band). If you plan on copy editing the article, please be sure to follow Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, such as WP:NPOV, WP:RS, WP:BAND and WP:V. I've redirected the AfC submission located at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Silver Heart Club to this article. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 00:01, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello! Mr Northamerica1000 Would you please be kind enough to spare some of your valuable time and see | this page as well as the related | article's history. Since you are a renouned editor on wikipedia, I do hope you can improve this article very well. 121.245.17.96 (talk) 15:42, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello!
Hello! MrNorthamerica1000 Would you please be kind enough to spare some of your valuable time and see |this page as well as the related |article's history. Since you are a renouned editor on english wikipedia, I do hope you can improve this article very well. 121.245.17.96 (talk) 15:45, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello: I don't have much interest in the Ram Prasad Bismil article, but I've performed some basic layout clean-up, formatted a source in the article with the cite book template and added a portal. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:14, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

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thanks for your help....how would i upload the picture which was taken in january — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angealt (talk • contribs) 00:27, 8 March 2013 (UTC) Angealt (talk) 00:29, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Check out the Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard for free files and File Upload Wizard for non-free files. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:31, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Action Force (Teletoon) for deletion
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Wikidata weekly summary #48
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 * Development
 * More work on widget to add language links on the Wikipedias directly without having to go to Wikidata
 * Bug fixes for Wikipedias, including:
 * don't show edit link when noexternallanglinks magic word suppresses Wikidata links (45037)
 * use Q## links instead of linking to Special:ItemByTitle for “edit links” link (44536)
 * preference for showing Wikidata edits by default in watchlist (44973)
 * Catching up on writing tests for untested functionality
 * More work on the Lua support for accessing data from the repository (wikidata.org) on the Wikipedias
 * Updated Wikidata’s Vagrant development machine
 * Created initial QueryStore interface
 * Created initial setup code for the SQL QueryStore
 * Discussed and created initial schema for the SQL QueryStore
 * Simplified code for client settings, including which namespaces can have Wikidata links. The default is now all namespaces, without needing to explicitly specify them in the settings
 * Improved code for sorting interwiki links in the clients, with step towards allowing the communities to specify custom sort orders per Wikipedia
 * Improved handling of deleted properties
 * Further work on replacement for current search box
 * More work on improving error reporting and edit summaries in the API
 * Tim and Aaron killed the mystery bug that caused corrupt login tokens (41586)
 * Discussions/Press
 * Hacker News noticed we exist
 * RFC about opting out of global sysops or not (more RFCs d:Wikidata:Requests for comment)
 * Asked the Italian, Hebrew and Hungarian Wikipedias if they want to be the first to use phase 2 (will ask a few more to join the first batch later today)
 * Events
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 * office hour in German
 * upcoming: Bibliothek & Information
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 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * We’re now live on all Wikipedias with phase 1 \o/
 * Deployed bugfixes and a new data type (string) to wikidata.org
 * How will Wikidata impact Wikipedia?
 * More useful database reports (more are being requested on the discussion page)
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DYK for Mayor of Marlborough
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:04, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

COI questions
Hey Northamerica! I heard you had tried some COI community question framing in the past and I wanted to know if you had any opinions on this draft: User:Ocaasi/coiquestions. Cheers, Ocaasit &#124; c 19:56, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello Ocaasi: thanks for the notification. This isn't a significant area of interest for me at this time, but I'll consider contributing there. Northamerica1000(talk) 20:51, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

note
Note that simply appending a source to information does not ascertain the information is in the citation.Curb Chain (talk) 05:48, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #49
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Global message delivery 18:37, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Development
 * Design improvements to the SetClaim API module
 * More work on implementing the simple inclusion syntax that will be 1 way to access Wikidata data on Wikipedia
 * More work on Lua (the second way to access Wikidata data on Wikipedia)
 * Added parser page property to hold entity id in client. This fixes:
 * 45037 - don’t show edit link if noexternallanglinks has suppressed all Wikidata links
 * 44536 - have the edit link go directly to the Q### pages, instead of Special:ItemByTitle which shall make the link be more reliable and work for all namespaces
 * Selenium tests for deleted-property-handling
 * Selenium tests for multiline references
 * Selenium tests for add-sitelinks-from-client
 * Selenium tests for Entity-Selector-as-Searchbox
 * Selenium tests for language-table
 * Implemented in-process caching for entities
 * Lua support to access the repo data and implement getEntity (so you can use stuff like entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity("Q1459") in Lua modules)
 * rebuildTermSearchKey is now ready for production (this still needs to be run but once done it will make search case-insensitive)
 * Improved error reports from the API
 * Ground work for better edit summaries from the API
 * Added a table of content to item pages
 * Added debug functionality to be able to investigate why it takes longer than it should for Wikidata changes to show up on recent changes and watchlists on Wikipedia
 * Finished implementation of References-UI
 * Implemented GUID generator in JavaScript
 * Worked on fixing a bug related to deleted properties where the UI would display wrong information
 * Minor fixes/additions to the JS datamodel implementation
 * Minor bugfixes in Statements-UI
 * More work on RDF export
 * Discussions/Press
 * When to autoconfirm users
 * More property proposals
 * Events
 * Bibliothek und Information
 * 3rd Media Web Symposium
 * upcoming: Wikidata trifft Archäologie
 * upcoming: SMWCon
 * Log of latest office hour on IRC (in German)
 * We’ll be at the Amsterdam Hackathon
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * New features/bugfixes on wikidata.org are planned for March 20
 * Lua roll-out! You’ll be able to use it soon to access Wikidata data on Wikipedia. Here's two introductory blogposts:
 * The new pope didn’t go unnoticed on Wikidata either
 * Someone sent the dev team a cake! <3
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 * We crossed item ID 7000000
 * We now have over 4000 active editors \o/
 * Some more stats based on a database dump from end of February
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Nomination of Jenna Rose for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jenna Rose is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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You had been involved in the discussion the last time I nominated this article for AFD, and I hope you may review the current discussion. Thanks Rogerthat94 (talk) 10:44, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Link to current discussion: Articles for deletion/Jenna Rose (4th nomination). Northamerica1000(talk) 08:29, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

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COI Talk Template
Hi North. A while back I showed you Template:COI editnotice and you felt the notice would raise objections if applied broadly. It's been modified greatly since then to reflect WP:COI as closely as possible, be more concise, and includes a "Click here" button that auto-fills a Request Edit, etc.

I've been applying it to articles that I edit boldly and have gotten good feedback so far. I was wondering if you could take a fresh look at it and share your thoughts. CorporateM (Talk) 01:35, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey, if it's working out, go with the flow. Information at WP:COI strongly discourages COI editing, but does not outright ban it. Per the lead section at WP:COI it is "strongly discouraged." The same goes for paid editing, in which at WP:COI it states "Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question." Perhaps utilize it on articles that have received COI editing for a limited amount of time. I've posted a comment at the discussion at Template talk:COI editnotice. Northamerica1000(talk) 08:28, 12 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. We borrowed the language from WP:NOPAY: "you are advised to refrain from editing articles directly" but perhaps that's a problem with WP:COI that it uses different language in different spots. Your vote confirms a "no consensus" ruling for an edit-notice vs a Talk template. So maybe I'll start with a Talk template, which is less objectionable, then put it to another vote to upgrade to an edit-notice if it's successful. I asked a PR friend of mine for input and he said "yah, that would be helpful if it was on the edit-screen". CorporateM (Talk) 12:26, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

2013 Israel helicopter crash
I saw you PRODed this article before I sent it to AFD. The rationale for me sending it to AFD- Somebody would most likely have pulled the PROD down. Just wanted to let you know. Cheers!...William 12:40, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * All right. Yes, there's always the possibility of a prod being declined. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 23:04, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to join Wikiproject Conflict Resolution
WikiProject Conflict Resolution.--Amadscientist (talk) 09:45, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invite, and I'll consider it. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 09:47, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Del Monte Kenya
Hello! Your submission of Del Monte Kenya at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! &mdash; Rod talk 10:56, 14 March 2013 (UTC) Article and hook are good, but QPQ review of another nomination is still needed.&mdash; Rod talk 10:56, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:02, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Del Monte Kenya
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Food list articles
List of food list articles that could use improvements, ordered by improvement ideas they would benefit from. These are culled from the first part of Template:Lists of prepared foods, “By type.” (Additional articles not in the template are also present.) Stay tuned for part 2 in the near future, which will be assessed from articles in the second part of the template, under “By origin.”

Expand descriptions

 * List of cakes
 * List of breads
 * List of cookies – Some descriptions are very short
 * List of potato dishes – Blank descriptions in the majority of the article
 * List of pies, tarts and flans – in pretty good shape, but some descriptions are very short
 * List of puddings – some descriptions are very short
 * List of raw fish dishes
 * List of rolled foods – The article has only 1 description; significant potential for expansion
 * List of sandwiches – In good shape, but has some missing descriptions, and some are rather short
 * List of soups – Several entries are missing descriptions, and many are very short

Needs more images

 * List of hamburgers - Also has potential for expansion. Update: ✅, more images added, and significantly expanded. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:12, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * List of pasta – Also, some descriptions are very short

Expand

 * List of cheese soups

Improve links to other articles (wikify)

 * List of bacon dishes – Would also benefit from the addition of an "origin" section in its table
 * List of stews – Also, some descriptions are very short

Copy editing and general layout

 * List of street foods

Conversion to table format
Obviously, shorter articles here require less time and effort to improve with tables. (Posted a copy of the above here on my own talk page for reference). Northamerica1000(talk) 08:56, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * List of bacon substitutes – Short article. Update: ✅, also expanded. Northamerica1000(talk) 09:04, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * List of fermented soy products – Short article. Update: ✅, also expanded. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:19, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * List of breakfast cereals – Very long
 * List of fried dough foods
 * List of candies – Some parts are in table format, while others are not
 * List of cheeses
 * List of Christmas dishes
 * List of doughnut varieties – Would also benefit from improved organization
 * List of egg dishes
 * List of dishes using coconut milk
 * List of Indian snack foods ✅. A few new entries have also been added. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:17, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * List of poppy seed pastries and dishes. Update: ✅. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:48, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * List of rice dishes
 * List of sauces – Long article
 * List of snack foods by country – Shorter article. Update: ✅. Easily expandable with more entries, and needs more images. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * List of snack foods – Lengthy article
 * List of soul food items – Shorter article
 * List of twice-baked foods – Short article. Update: ✅, also expanded. Northamerica1000(talk) 09:55, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Food
I see you have begun a little project of improving some food articles. Fun. Do you have any image needs? Also, what do you think of the hamburger image. I have been thinking about replacing it. Do you think it is sufficient or could a possible replacement be in order, larger, more detail, different composition?--Amadscientist (talk) 02:06, 16 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I've been working on food-related articles for a great deal of time. Check out my list above on this talk page (here) for food list articles needing more images. Images licensed under Creative commons on Flickr are often usable. Check out Flickr and then Upload/Flickr for specifics. I think the lead image in the Hamburger article is fine; it is high-quality, doesn't have cheese (which would make it a cheeseburger) and adequately conveys what a hamburger is. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:35, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I mean if you want something original.--Amadscientist (talk) 05:18, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I see, and thanks for offering. Hamdog could use images. Additionally, I'm working on List of hamburgers, in which a few entries lack images (Barbecue burger, Carolina burger, Curry burger). Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 05:23, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Update: After expanding List of fermented soy products, the following entries/articles still need images: Tamari, Tương, Yellow soybean paste. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:53, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, original images are always a great improvement for the encyclopedia; feel free to prepare these foods at home, photograph them, and then upload to Commons, as time allows! Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 14:56, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * You bet. Some of them sound tasty...not sure about the soybean stuff but my dad used to prepare a lot of that so at least I am familiar with it!--Amadscientist (talk) 19:57, 16 March 2013 (UTC)


 * It's always an option to upload. Here's a dish (right) that I prepared at home in 2011 and uploaded to Commons. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:48, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I started taking picks of some of the foods I thought needed replacing only because the images that were there didn't seem to represent the food in the best possible way. I uploaded this to Jambalaya.--Amadscientist (talk) 17:21, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks nice in the lead at Jambalaya. That's an article that would certainly benefit from more sources and inline citations. Regarding the image, the only thing I'd change is to take the tails off the shrimp before serving it (just kidding)! Actually, the shells add flavor. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:11, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

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Re: Critter Country
There's been so much published over the years about Disneyland, its lands, and its rides that I knew good sources had to exist for this topic. Thanks so much for the barnstar - I appreciate it and the nice words! Cheers,  Gong   show  17:47, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks again for all of the work on the Critter Country article. Northamerica1000(talk) 08:50, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #50
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Global message delivery 00:21, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Development
 * Rolled out new code on wikidata.org. The new stuff you probably care about is:
 * Improved references. They can now have multiple lines. This should make references much more useful. You can now have one reference with for example values for each of the properties "book", "author", "page" to describe one source.
 * Fixed the prev/next links in diff view (45821)
 * d:Special:EntitiesWithoutLabel now lets you filter by language and entity type
 * Widget to add language links on the Wikipedias directly: added setting to enable/disable it per wiki and made it available for logged-in users only
 * Widget to add language links on the Wikipedias directly: improved layout / size
 * Made it so that the “edit links” link on Wikipedia is also shown when the corresponding item only has a link to this one language and no other languages
 * Submitted improved Apache config patch to make wikidata.org always redirect to www.wikidata.org, which is awaiting code review and deployment.
 * Improved the script that is responsible for taking Wikidata changes to the Wikipedias
 * Added a few ways to better debug the script responsible for taking Wikidata changes to the Wikipedias. This should help with investigating why some changes take way to long to show up on the Wikipedias.
 * Started work on automatically adding edited items to the user’s watchlist (according to preferences)
 * Finished script for rebuilding search keys, so we can finally get case insensitive matches in a lot of places
 * Support for multi-line references in diff view
 * Selenium tests for inclusion syntax
 * Improved parser function (that will be used to access Wikidata data on the Wikipedias) to accept property ID or label
 * Increased isolation of data model component to increase clarity and visibility of bad dependencies
 * Worked on schema access in the SQLStore (of the query component)
 * Discussions/Press
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 * Events
 * 3rd Media Web Symposium 2013
 * Wikidata trifft Archäologie
 * SMWCon Spring NYC
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 * Join us for the Amsterdam and Wikimania hackathon and Wikimania
 * Too many items with the same label and no description? Terminator helps you hunt them all down and clean them up. Also check out the top 1000
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 * d:Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot needs input from more people
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 * We’ve crossed Q8000000
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WikiProject Food and Drink main page
Hey, please stop making changes to the page. If you wish to make changes, please discuss it. The project page is not an article, and it is not designed to be easy contribute to. In fact, you've made the page more complex to edit as now stuff that was on the front page is now located on inaccessible sub-pages. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 21:17, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but per WP:OWN, your stance in this instance is incorrect. Editors on Wikipedia are encouraged to be bold, and minor changes to WikiProject Food and drink's main page that I performed to encourage participation in the WikiProject are quite functional. Conversely, the notion that the project page, as you stated above, "is not designed to be easy contribute to", contradicts Wikipedia's goals to promote collaboration. Wikipedia's user-friendly interface is designed to be usable for people to contribute to, not vice-versa. Why do you prefer that the page there should be designed to be more difficult for people to contribute to, rather than easier? Northamerica1000(talk) 21:26, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * This is not an own issue, but in your case a WP:Assume good faith issue. I have dealt with this issue before with the Beer WikiProject and a consensus was reached to redesign the page. This concerns the project as a whole and changes should not be made because a single contributor doesn't like the layout. If you want to make wholesale changes to the page, please discuss it on the talk page. Further, stop playing with the code and use the sand box to get everything working before deploying it. This prevents issues from popping and leaves the code intact until a consensus is reached, if one is reached. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 04:58, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for providing your perspective. Please see the Proposed layout changes to this project's main page section on the project's talk page and the project's Sandbox page for proposed changes to improve the project's main page. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:09, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Consensus at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink was to enact my proposed changes. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:11, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

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Happy Easter!!!
So a print encyclopedia, a strawberry shortcake, and a sycamore walk into a bar - wait, have you heard this one? (talk) 22:54, 31 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks Wilhelmina Will, and a happy Easter to you too. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 23:04, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening COTM
From: Northamerica1000(talk) 17:08, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Notability at List of sandwiches
Please see: Talk:List of sandwiches

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:11, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice; I've responded there. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:45, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

GOCE February Copy Edit of the Month Silver

 * Thanks GOCE. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:03, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Re: Nimpith
<div style="background-color: #BBDDFF; border: #4169E1 1px solid; margin: 2em 0 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; font-weight: bold; overflow: auto; vertical-align: middle; background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, #ED7A32, white, white, green); background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left, #ED7A32, white, white, green); background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, #ED7A32, white, white, green); background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #ED7A32, white, white, green); background-image: linear-gradient(left, #ED7A32, white, white, green); border: 2px solid blue; textstyle = color: #6D7184;">'Namaste'', Northamerica1000. You have got at least one new message at the Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. Please continue the discussion there!''' Message added by Tito Dutta (contact) 07:15, 4 April 2013 (UTC). You can [ remove this notice] at any time.
 * There was another new reply. About image we can contact this guy to donate an image! What do you think? --Tito Dutta (contact) 08:27, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello Tito: I've replied at the Noticeboard for India-related topics. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:40, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Pruning the see alsos
Pleae see User talk:Mindmatrix. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:53, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice. Northamerica1000(talk) 20:06, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

A Barnstar For You
Right back at ya, and well-deserved. I am giving you The Tireless Contributor Barnstar because that's the last one you got so they will go side by side and people will think you're extra doubly tireless and possibly superhuman. Plus they spin round and round, which is good too.

And talking about superhuman, I just discovered that you've only been here since Jun 2011 and have racked up 63920 mainspace edits and nearly 120k in all. That's huge.

The tables are really starting to look good. Compare them to 2 years ago -- huge difference. Like Laura Hale once said, what's the purpose of a list that's just a list? That's the same as a category.

You know what they say, there are two kind of people in this world: those who divide people into two parts and those who don't. Kidding. There are people who like lists, and those who don't. One of the reasons I like you is because you like lists and tables. I do too.

I hope it's okay to have the colour in the tracking subpage. The bold is so hard for me to see. You can change it back if you like, or certainly pick a color: (List of colors, see bottom). And to think, you were trying to track all of this in a talk page section. Now you have a great place to keep us organized. :)

Consider getting EditPad. I don't know what you use to handle lists, but that's a great program. Tiny and with easy macros and good search and replace. It also has tabs, which is good. If you get it, I can email you the .ini file that will give you all the right goodies up top and yellow on black, which is easy to see. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:35, 5 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello Anna, thanks! I find lists to work wonderfully for summarizing content on Wikipedia. Regarding my editing history, I had one sole previous account on Wikipedia, User:Unitedstates1000, which I created in May 2011. I liked this user name better so after creating this account I abandoned the old one. Prior to that I edited as an unregistered user. There are definitely benefits to being a registered user versus being an IP one.


 * As I stated on your talk page, I like the highlighting of entries at User:Northamerica1000/Food articles for differentiation purposes. That works!


 * I downloaded EditPad Lite (the freebie version for now) and will check it out in the very near future. Feel free to email me the ini file at any time. If you do so, just please advise after sending, because I don't check the account regularly. I look forward to further collaboration to improve the food list articles (and potentially others too). Sincerely, Northamerica1000(talk) 02:28, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:51, 5 April 2013 (UTC)