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Wikidata weekly summary #215
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) 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.

DYK for Jaycee Lee Dugard
Hi, I noticed you mentioned your GA for this article on Ritchie333's page. If you want to get it in on time, it should be nominated by June 25. You can write any old hook, and I'll be happy to suggest another when I come back online after Shabbat.

By the way, your talk page is so long that I can't see what I'm typing; it takes sooo long to load. Please read WP:ARCHIVE to see how to archive a talk page. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 15:22, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . Since then I was reading the Did You Know eligibility closely, and if I read it correctly, the Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard article is ineligible because it was an WP:On This Day feature 3 times on June 10 (the anniversary of her kidnapping) and once is enough to disqualify it. This June was the 25th anniversary by the way. I really appreciate your having my back on this. Ping me back.


 * I will trim my talk page. Cheers!  17:32, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

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Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have:


 * A brief report on Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Publice Library, coordinated by Merrilee:
 * What topics might we cover in a follow up?
 * Find out more about resources your public library provides to help with editing (hint, it's more than just books!)
 * Special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
 * Join in on an in person Wikidojo!
 * Are you curious how your peers approach writing a Wikipedia article? This exercise, pioneered by Wikipedians Nikola Kalchev and Vassia Atanassova in 2015 and conducted in many places around the world, will help us all - from first-time wiki users to veteran Wikipedians - share ideas, while building an article together. If you have ideas (relating to Bay Area history, ideally) about a new article we could build (stubs and short existing articles are fine), please submit them ahead of time to coordinator Pete Forsyth. (User talk page or email is fine.)
 * Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

See you soon! ,, and  | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:07, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard
The article Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sainsf -- Sainsf (talk) 00:26, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-24
 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
 * Wikimedia wikis now use AuthManager. If you have new problems related to logging in or being logged in, report them.
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Changes this week
 * You can filter user contributions to hide minor edits.
 * It will be easier to edit galleries with the visual editor.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar).

Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  18:41, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #213
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) 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.

Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard
Hello Checkingfx:

I'll have a go at Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard  hopefully today or tomorrow. No problem.

Regards.

Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:45, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sainsf -- Sainsf (talk) 13:40, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

2016 Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Community Survey
The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has appointed a committee to lead the search for the foundation’s next Executive Director. One of our first tasks is to write the job description of the executive director position, and we are asking for input from the Wikimedia community. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey to help us better understand community and staff expectations for the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director.
 * Survey, (hosted by Qualtrics)

Thank you, The Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Steering Committee via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:49, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2016
As a participant of WikiProject LGBT studies, you are invited to participate in the third annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to LGBT culture and history. How can you help?
 * Create or improve LGBT-related Wikipedia pages and showcase the results of your work here
 * Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
 * Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Looking for topics? The Tasks page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.

This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:52, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Spotlight on women entertainers!
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DYK nomination of Jacky Lafon
Hello! Your submission of Jacky Lafon 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! Yoninah (talk) 23:53, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Checkingfax, it's been a week now. If you wish to continue pursuing this nomination, we need to hear from you right away. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:23, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . We have been and remain working on it behind the scenes. It has been a hectic couple of weeks and has been on Wikibreak. Plus, today is a holiday. Cheers!   21:11, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Walmart
I'm puzzled how DJV can continue to edit Walmart (see ) even though s/he has been blocked. What am I missing? – Corinne (talk) 01:48, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . In the diff above, how do you feel about all the parentheses added?
 * [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3ADJV11181988&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&subtype= Here] is the block log for that user. Latest block was capped at 48-hours, which has now passed.
 * Check out the two latest unblock requests here.
 * Note: Both blocks were by admin.
 * In two years, since signing up as a Wikipedia user, has never [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DJV11181988&offset=&limit=500&action=history replied] to a question on their talk page. They did make a [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DJV11181988&diff=699561378&oldid=692277893 statement] directed at nobody once, and they did make the two recent unblock requests.
 * They [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/DJV11181988&offset=&limit=5000&target=DJV11181988 edit] big business, big box, and highway articles and very rarely leave an edit summary.
 * They have twice been chided for not leaving an edit summary, yet continue not to.
 * They are given credit on the Commons for a high quality, non-snapshot, aerial photograph of a huge solar electric array on the rooftop of a Walmart in Puerto Rico.
 * DJV11181988 lacks a user page.
 * They have never thanked another editor[//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=DJV11181988&project=en.wikipedia.org].
 * Their [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/topedits/?lang=en&wiki=wikipedia&user=DJV11181988&namespace=0 top edited] article is Walmart.
 * One of their favorite edits is to change rounded billions of dollars to four decimal place billions (e.g.- changing US$256billion to US$256.1435billion).
 * When they do leave an edit summary [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walmart&diff=719581659&oldid=719518572 here] is how it reads.
 * They do not post on other editors talk pages. Cheers!  15:37, 20 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for explaining about the unblock. That's an interesting list. I think the pattern and that edit summary suggest s/he may have a conflict of interest. That edit summary also suggests an attitude of ownership of the article. Adding those decimal points seems unnecessary. The second main bulleted item in MOS:LARGENUM states:


 * Where explicit uncertainty is unavailable (or is unimportant for the article's purposes) round to an appropriate number of significant digits; the precision presented should usually be conservative. Precise values (often given in sources for formal or matter-of-record reasons) should be used only where stable and appropriate to the context, or significant in themselves for some special reason. [italics added]


 * I'm not going to engage in an argument with the editor over this; I just thought I'd share what I found in MoS in case you hadn't seen it. I also don't know what can, or should, be done, if anything, about the other issues. Perhaps just let it be for now. – Corinne (talk) 01:08, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on May 25
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2016

See you soon! ,, and via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC) | Subscribe/Unsubscribe to the SF Meetups notice.

Women artists of Middle East / North Africa... a WiR & Guggenheim collaboration
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Photography
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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 8
Newsletter • March / April 2016

This month:

Transclude article requests anywhere on Wikipedia

In the last issue of the WikiProject X Newsletter, I discussed the upcoming Wikipedia Requests system: a central database for outstanding work on Wikipedia. I am pleased to announce Wikipedia Requests is live! Its purpose is to supplement automatically generated lists, such as those from SuggestBot, Reports bot, or Wikidata. It is currently being demonstrated on WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health (which I work on as part of my NIOSH duties) and WikiProject Women scientists.

Adding a request is as simple as filling out a form. Just go to the Add form to add your request. Adding sources will help ensure that your request is fulfilled more quickly. And when a request is fulfilled, simply click "mark as complete" and it will be removed from all the lists it's on. All at the click of a button! (If anyone is concerned, all actions are logged.)

With this new service is a template to transclude these requests: Wikipedia Requests. It's simple to use: add the template to a page, specifying,  , or  , and the list will be transcluded. For example, for requests having to do with all living people, just do. Use these lists on WikiProjects but also for edit-a-thons where you want a convenient list of things to do on hand. Give it a shot!

Help us build our list!

The value of Wikipedia Requests comes from being a centralized database. The long work to migrating individual lists into this combined list is slowly underway. As of writing, we have 883 open tasks logged in Wikipedia Requests. We need your help building this list.

If you know of a list of missing articles, or of outstanding tasks for existing articles, that you would like to migrate to this new system, head on over to Wikipedia Requests and help out. Doing this will help put your list in front of more eyes—more than just your own WikiProject.

An open database means new tools

WikiProject X maintains a database that associates article talk pages (and draft talk pages) with WikiProjects. This database powers many of the reports that Reports bot generates. However, until very recently, this database was not made available to others who might find its data useful. It's only common sense to open up the database and let others build tools with it.

And indeed: Citation Hunt, the game to add citations to Wikipedia, now lets you filter by WikiProject, using the data from our database.

Are you a tool developer interested in using this? Here are some details: the database resides on Tool Labs with the name. The table that associates WikiProjects with articles and drafts is called. Pages are stored by talk page title but in the future this should change. Have fun!

On the horizon


 * The work on the CollaborationKit extension continues. The extension will initially focus on reducing template and Lua bloat on WikiProjects (especially our WPX UI demonstration projects), and will from there create custom interfaces for creating and maintaining WikiProjects.
 * The WikiCite meeting will be in Berlin in May. The goal of the meeting is to figure out how to build a bibliographic database for use on the Wikimedia projects. This fits in quite nicely with WikiProject X's work: we want to make it easier for people to find things to work on, and with a powerful, open bibliographic database, we can build recommendations for sources. This feature was requested by the Wikipedia Library back in September, and this meeting is a major next step. We look forward to seeing what comes out of this meeting.

Until next time,

Harej (talk) 01:29, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Michael Laucke
Hello Checking Fax:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Michael Laucke has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

I have advised Natalie Desautels as well.

Kind regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:05, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 7
Newsletter • February 2016

This month:

One database for Wikipedia requests

Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.

In the meantime, we are working on a prototype for a new service we hope to announce soon. The problem: there are requests scattered all across Wikipedia, including requests for new articles and requests for improvements to existing articles. We Wikipedians are very good at coming up with lists of things to do. But once we write these lists, where do they end up? How can we make them useful for all editors—even those who do not browse the missing articles lists, or the particular WikiProjects that have lists?

Introducing Wikipedia Requests, a new tool to centralize the various lists of requests around Wikipedia. Requests will be tagged by category and WikiProject, making it easier to find requests based on what your interests are. Accompanying this service will be a bot that will let you generate reports from this database on any wiki page, including WikiProjects. This means that once a request is filed centrally, it can syndicated all throughout Wikipedia, and once it is fulfilled, it will be marked as "complete" throughout Wikipedia. The idea for this service came about when I saw that it was easy to put together to-do lists based on database queries, but it was harder to do this for human-generated requests when those requests are scattered throughout the wiki, siloed throughout several pages. This should especially be useful for WikiProjects that have overlapping interests.

The newsletter this month is fairly brief; not a lot of news, just checking in to say that we are hard at work and hope to have more for you soon.

Until next time,

Harej (talk) 01:43, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Newspaperarchive
You should have gotten an email from me about this - can you please either fill out the linked form, or email me if you didn't get it? Nikkimaria (talk) 18:52, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi . I do not recall receiving the form to fill out. I will email you. Cheers!  01:39, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi . I have filled out the Google form 3 times now and no response. Cheers!  22:59, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Checkingfax, did you get my email response? Basically Newspaperarchive has to process the form response and generate a login for you, which takes a few workdays - I expect you'll get it this week. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:13, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Michael Laucke
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Michael Laucke you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MurderByDeadcopy -- MurderByDeadcopy (talk) 03:02, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Planned Parenthood
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Planned Parenthood you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Casliber -- Casliber (talk) 07:20, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the Google Doodle task force
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Tech News: 2016-27
 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
 * A daily email summary of notifications could be sent even when there were no notifications from the wiki. Now no email will be sent if there is no activity.

Changes this week
 * The "" button in the visual editor's toolbar will move into the "" menu except for Wikipedias, Wikibookses and Wikiversities. This is to make it less prominent on wikis that don't use it as much.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (calendar).

Meetings
 * You can take part in the next office hour for Wikidata on IRC on July 8 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Wikidata weekly summary #216
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) 16:51, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Europeana280 Art History Challenge has finished
 * Europeana blog post
 * video
 * Wikimedia blog post
 * The life and times of Mr Herbert Ellerby: Linking Llandudno, Lancashire, and Moggill, Australia
 * Wikidata auf der GPN
 * Past: PSESHSF (You can sign up to be notified about more Wikidata workshops in France)
 * Past: Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon
 * Upcoming: office hour on IRC
 * Upcoming: State of the Map US in Seattle - http://stateofthemap.us/
 * Upcoming: Wikimedia UK AGM with Wikidata training
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * There is now a 100wikidatadays challenge based on the 100wikidays challenge for Wikipedia. The goal: convert 100 templates to make use of Wikidata over the course of 100 days.
 * Tobias started writing a tutorial on how to write infoboxes that make use of Wikidata's data and could use your help expanding it.
 * Thiemo wrote a user script to pre-fill "date retrieved" in a reference with the current date. Please test and let us know what you think ont he linked page. If you like it it can become a gadget.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: British Book Trade Index ID, Plarr ID, warheroes.ru ID, Dailymotion channel ID, Munk's Roll ID, Catalogus Professorum Rostochensium ID, CageMatch tag team ID, Pleiades place type identifier, parliamentary term
 * Query examples: Ancestors of Guðni Jóhannesson (note the last names), movies with Bud Spencer (source), largest cities per country (source), longest river of each continent (source), rivers in Antarctica (source), continents (source), and some other continents (source), places with continent Antarctica more than 3000 km north of south pole (source), files used as “image” in more than 10 items (source), monuments historiques in Loire-Atlantique (source), music composers by birth place (source), places of whorship (source), teachers with most students (source), buildings in more than one country (source), sandwiches (source), 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composers and their most-used tonality] (source), former capitals (source), list of suicide attacks (source), birthplaces of people named Antoine (source), ||%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28%3Fel%20%3C%20%3Fkm*3281%20%26%26%20%3Funit%20%3D%20wd%3AQ3710%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20||%20%28%3Fel%20%3C%20%3Fkm%20%26%26%20%3Funit%20%3D%20wd%3AQ828224%29%20%29.%20%0A%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation.%0A%20%20optional%20%7B%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0A places that are below 10 meters above sea level (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: Etymology, Knowledge Organization Systems
 * Newest external tools: Navel Gazer (users statement addition counts)
 * Development
 * More groundwork for Commons. We can now save a statement in the new MediaInfo entity type \o/ (Some minor issues still with the demo system but should be solved next week.)
 * Fixed a display issue with description tooltips in recent changes. Thanks Matěj Suchánek! (T89663)
 * Refactored quite some of the sitelinks-related JavaScript code (T127056 and 294687. This may break some existing gadgets and user scripts temporarily.
 * Updated the graphic representing the data model in Wikidata: long, medium, short
 * Fixed problem with editing statements on Wikidata, after last week's deployment (T138974)
 * Started interviews to find user needs and workflows for automated list generation (T139284)
 * 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.