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The Signpost: 31 December 2012

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The Signpost: 07 January 2013

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WPUS Newsletter
I noticed you removed the historical tag from the WPUS newsletter and although I don't really care I thought I would ask why. I stopped putting out a newsletter in January of last year and I stopped the US Collaboration about the same time. I stopped supporting WPUS completely in September of 2012. So I think you misread the 2012 as 2013. Unless someone else has resurrected it, which is doubtful, the newsletter is historical. Kumioko (talk) 00:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Oops, you're right. I saw the most recent was January and misread the 2012 for a 2013, which means the newsletter was from last year, not this month.  Tag restored. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 01:13, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No biggie, I was kinda wondering if someone restarted it. Kumioko (talk) 01:29, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * Thank you~ The former was intentional (I'm not sure whether the correct target of the link is a Tom Miller we have a link for or not), but the latter was accidental.  Fixed! – Philosopher Let us reason together. 21:01, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi, RubeunFrankau
A message, just in case you clicked the link in that sample talkback template I left for you. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 08:31, 16 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for alerting me to the user's talk page. I wasn't watching it. -- Ssilvers (talk) 08:24, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Simple English proposal at the Pump
Hello,

As one of the participants in the original Village Pump discussion about getting the Simple Wiki to the top of the Languages, you are invited to participate in the reopened discussion of the same. Your feedback will be appreciated.

Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 16:00, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 January 2013

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Infobox officeholder undocumented code
Back in August 2008, you inserted new code ("prior_term") to Template:Infobox officeholder to address a problem with infoboxes of Iowa state legislators that was discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Iowa/Government. This code is not mentioned in the template's documentation. Thanks, LightSoup (talk) 22:41, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It isn't? I'll have to fix that, thanks for letting me know. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 14:42, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅. Added it to the example for state senate, too. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 15:31, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Arthur Collins (theatre manager)
Hi. You pinged me about this. Was there something you wanted to discuss? -- Ssilvers (talk) 07:17, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I was just letting you know that I'd replied to your comment at User talk:Vincent Liu, since you said you weren't watching that page. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 14:41, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Mysteries at the Museum deletion
Mysteries at the Museum is a TV show on the travel channel with several references from other wikipedia articles. I am curious what the page had on it before deletion. As a newbie I am not sure if I can recover it and view it. Philospher was listed as the administrator for the deletion so that is the reason for this note here. Hope I am correctly following protocol. Thanks

Ottojas (talk) 01:42, 20 January 2013 (UTC)


 * There were just two short sentences, stating the channel and host of the show. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 06:39, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Re: Signpost
No idea if it'll pass or not, but that was a brilliant proposal re: the Signpost. Mind you, there are days when I wonder what the editors are thinking, but what better sign is there of community than a newspaper? – Philosopher Let us reason together. 14:02, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Well, I figured that because my previous proposal (a few years ago) to get "Contents" put on the sidebar succeeded, they would see the logic for putting The Signpost on there too.  I didn't expect such an us/them rift.  By the way, if it does not pass, it will at least provide a starting point for further discussion on how to improve exposure of and traffic to The Signpost.  Along with generating a list of interested editors.  The Transhumanist 13:10, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I'm not really interested in either of those goals - my support for the proposal explicitly wasn't to endorse or promote the Signpost, but show signs of the community here. It's the fact that we have a community newspaper, not which newspaper it is, that is important - speaking of which, I just had an idea to post at the VPR. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 16:50, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Posted an idea for a new Portal:Wikipedia newspapers. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 17:01, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

I also wonder what they are thinking
The wiki way is to talk it out. Maybe discussion will bring about consensus, or maybe it will bring new ideas to light.

I've replied to you and some others over at the Village Pump. Maybe you can help to prompt further discussion on the matter.

If you are wondering what this group of editors is thinking, maybe you should ask them.

I look forward to seeing what you write at the pump next. The Transhumanist 13:17, 23 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm actually not thinking of a better way to say things than I already did. I generally agree with the "oppose" voters, I just think that the Signpost as a "sign of community" trumps those reasons, which is why I supported the proposal.  – Philosopher Let us reason together. 16:46, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 January 2013

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Wikidata weekly summary #42
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 14:55, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
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 * Updated demo system
 * Improved design of sites code in core
 * Fixed SQLite compatibility
 * Worked on implementing references handling in statements user interface
 * Useful error messages will be shown in statements user interface in case of data value mismatches
 * Switched the demo system to Labs’ puppet
 * Selenium tests for length constraint, claim edit-conflicts
 * Setting up dispatcher script on internal test machine
 * More work on wikibase.getEntities function for Scribunto/Lua-Templates
 * AbuseFilter is now working with Wikibase
 * The change dispatcher script is now ready for use on the WMF cluster
 * Initial implementation of parser function for the client
 * Created a widget for the client to connect a page to a Wikidata item and add interwiki language links to a page
 * Preparing a page to list unconnected pages on the clients
 * Discussions/Press
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 * Events
 * InfoLunch at Hasso-Plattner-Institut
 * Deutscher Sprachtechnologietag
 * upcoming: FOSDEM
 * upcoming: talk about MediaWiki groups
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 * Reconfirmation of temporary admins
 * Next deployment (Hebrew and Italian Wikipedia) still scheduled for 30th of January as planned
 * Planning for Wikimania in Hong Kong
 * Wikimedia data center move went rather smoothly
 * Request from the Bosnian Wikipedia community to be among the next to use Wikidata
 * Project about paid editing that might also become relevant for Wikidata at some point
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