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Please check your e-mail. Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:07, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
The Signpost: 4 October 2010
edit- WikiProject report: Hot topics with WikiProject Volcanoes
- Features and admins: Milestone: 2,500th featured picture
- Arbitration report: Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
- Technology report: Code reviewers, October Engineering update, brief news
Hi ragesoss, we have a need for reviews of a number of history and wildlife-themed FP candidates. Will you review some of them? Thanks. (And always feel free to nominate.) Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:37, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia NYC Meetup Sat Oct 16
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New York City Meetup
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In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recent Wiki-Conference NYC 2010, plan for the next stages of projects like Wikipedia Ambassador Program and Wikipedia Academy, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the May meeting's minutes).
In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back.
You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.
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Happy 10/10/10
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I suppose I should've timed this message at 10:10:10 too, but frankly, I can't be arsed. You know how it is.
Did you know... that tenten in Japaense writing are a little wiggly thing, a bit like a quotation-mark, which makes e.g. "ka" (か) into "ga" (が) or "fu" (ふ) into "bu" (ぶ) ?
So, take time out to have a bit of a giggle.
All the best, and 10-10 'till we do it again. Chzz ► 08:49, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Mentorship
editHi Sage. I was wondering if you could take a look at an article that I've been preparing on Alaska's 1998 Ballot Measure 2. I've expanded it to over five times its original length, and any advice or help you may have to better the article would be greatly appreciated. You can find my article here: Alaska's 1998 Ballot Measure 2 —Preceding undated comment added 23:51, 10 October 2010 (UTC).
The Signpost: 11 October 2010
edit- News and notes: Board resolutions, fundraiser challenge, traffic report, ten thousand good articles, and more
- In the news: Free culture conference, "The Register" retracts accusations, students blog about Wikipedia, and more
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Smithsonian Institution
- Features and admins: Big week for ships and music
- Dispatches: Tools, part 3: Style tools and wikEd
- Arbitration report: Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Article Review, etc.
editSage, I was wondering how I can get my article reviewed with the wikipedia article assessment criteria in mind. Right now the review is for the old article that had only a lead without any expansion. Also, is there a way to expedite the "DYK" process now that my article is on the discussion page?Kcahlber (talk) 14:21, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia DC Meetup, October 23
editYou are invited to Wikipedia DC Meetup #12 on Saturday, October 23, 6pm at Bertucci's in Foggy Bottom. Special guests at this meetup will include Wikimedia CTO Danese Cooper, other Wikimedia technical staff and volunteer developers who will be in DC for Hack-A-Ton DC. Please RSVP on the meetup page.
You can remove your name from the Washington DC Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Invite/List.
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The Signpost: 18 October 2010
edit- News and notes: Wikipedia fundraiser event, Frankfurt book fair, news in brief
- WikiProject report: Show Me the Money: WikiProject Numismatics
- Features and admins: A week for marine creatures
- Dispatches: Common issues seen in Peer review
- Arbitration report: Climate change case closes after 4 months
- Technology report: Video subtitling tool, staff vs. volunteer developers, brief news
The Signpost: 25 October 2010
edit- News and notes: Mike Godwin leaves the Foundation, ArbCom election announced
- In the news: Good faith vs. bad faith, climate change, court citations, weirdest medieval fact, brief news
- WikiProject report: Nightmare on Wiki Street: WikiProject Horror
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- ArbCom interview: So what is being an arbitrator actually like?
- Arbitration report: Case closes within 1 month
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 1 November 2010
edit- In the news: Airplane construction with Wikipedia, lessons from the strategy project, logic over rhetoric
- WikiProject report: Scoring with WikiProject Ice Hockey
- Features and admins: Good-lookin' slugs and snails
- Arbitration report: Arb resignation during plagiarism discussion; election RfC closing in 2 days
- Technology report: Foundation office switches to closed source, secure browsing, brief news
Wikipedia DC Meetup 13
editYou are invited to Wikipedia DC Meetup #13 on Wednesday, November 17, from 7 to 9 pm, location to be determined (but near a Metro station in DC).
To keep up-to-date on local events, you can join the mailing list.
You can remove your name from future notifications of Washington DC Meetups by editing this page: Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Invite/List.
BrownBot (talk) 13:45, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
The Signpost: 8 November 2010
edit- News and notes: Second Wikipedian in Residence, {{citation needed}} for sanity
- WikiProject report: WikiProject California
- Features and admins: No, not science fiction—real science
- Election report: The countdown begins
- Arbitration report: No cases this week; Date delinking sanctions reduced for one party; History ban extended
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 15 November 2010
edit- News and notes: Fundraisers start for Wikipedia and Citizendium; controversial content and leadership
- WikiProject report: Sizzling: WikiProject Bacon
- Features and admins: Of lakes and mountains
- Dispatches: A guide to the Good Article Review Process
- Arbitration report: No cases this week; Amendments filed on Climate Change and Date Delinking; Motion passed on EEML
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Would you like to officially join it and add your name to the members' list? :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 21:10, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 November 2010
edit- News and notes: No further Bundesarchiv image donations; Dutch and German awards; anniversary preparations
- Book review: The Myth of the Britannica, by Harvey Einbinder
- WikiProject report: WikiProject College Football
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Election report: Candidates still stepping forward
- Arbitration report: Brews ohare site-banned; climate change topic-ban broadened
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The Signpost: 29 November 2010
edit- In the news: Fundraising banners continue to provoke; plagiarism charges against congressional climate change report
- WikiProject report: Celebrate WikiProject Holidays
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Election report: Voting in full swing
- Arbitration report: New case: Longevity; Biophys topic ban likely to stay in place
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
NYC Meetup: Saturday, December 4
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Our next Wikipedia NYC Meetup is this weekend on Saturday Dec 4 at Brooklyn Museum during their awesome First Saturdays program, starting at 5 PM.
A particular highlight for the wiki crowd will be 'Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968', and the accompanying "WikiPop" project, with specially-created Wikipedia articles on the artists displayed on iPads in the gallery.
This will be a museum touring and partying meetup, so no excuses about being a shy newbie this time. Bring a friend too!
You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.
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DYK nom for Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist
editDo you want to write the nom? I would, but I always feel like my hooks are rather dull, and yours look pretty exciting!Sadads (talk) 07:58, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey!
editMy name is Carlee Krichmar. I recently created a wikipedia account for my American Woman Writers class. I have written on the discussion page for "Ruth Hall"..I am not sure if i did it correctly though haha. But anyway I was wondering if you would allow yourself the title of my mentor for this wikipedia class project. Let me know whenever you have the chance. Thanks! Carleekrich (talk · contribs)
Thank you so much! Your advice was extremely helpful. I will definitely go back and revise that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carleekrich (talk • contribs) 03:03, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
The Signpost: 6 December 2010
edit- News and notes: ArbCom tally pending; Pediapress renderer; fundraiser update; unreferenced BLP drive
- WikiLeaks: Repercussions of the WikiLeaks cable leak
- WikiProject report: Talking copyright with WikiProject Copyright Cleanup
- Features and admins: Birds and insects
- Arbitration report: New case: World War II
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Middle School Classroom Project
editLori Byrd Phillips [HstryQT] and I have been in communicating a few times back and forth about a project I'm offering students in my 8th grade American Government and Civics course. I felt it meaningful if students are engaged in authentic studies where their project outcome is wanted and used by someone other their teacher. While educators have used Wikipedia as course content enhancement, I thought I offer to my students a chance to become knowledgeable in a specific topic within the course curriculum, and make a contribution to something or someone other than a grade.
The project, already in it's third week, asks teams of students, twenty teams together, 5-7 in each team, to pick a topical themed article in Wikipedia to improve upon. As 8th graders, actually creating an article I thought would be too daunting for first timers becoming involved in this enormous virtual community. Most of the 125 students have their own newly created accounts with Wikipedia.
As of today all twenty teams have gone through a series of introductory lessons concerning Wikipedia (https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/ and then https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/Week+1+WE). As of last week most they have picked their topical articles (https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/Team+Topics). Now what I'm asking is can this project become involved in with the Ambassador program? Or is there another suggestion from you for each of the twenty teams to have access to a mentor within Wikipedia. I will also be participating as a student/learner/adviser, being that while I've be a proponent of Wikipedia being used in the classroom, I have not participated much as a contributor.
Currently my project information is published using Wikispaces.com; do you think it would be appropriate for me to set up my own subpage under the Public Policy Initiative, like the colleges have done, thus centralizing this entire project under Wikipedia?
Additionally, I'd like to offer my studies into Wikipedia as a workshop in the future to others teachers in Pennsylvania. I believe it's a great idea to get students involved in authentic project-based learning and Wikipedia a wonderful and safe platform to utilize.
DYK for Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist
edit | On 12 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the historical novel Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist, about the rise of modern physics, inspired a lecture by Steven Weinberg called "Night Thoughts of a Quantum Physicist"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
The Signpost: 13 December 2010
edit- Rencontres Wikimédia: Wikimedia and the cultural sector: two days of talks in Paris.
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Algae
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Election report: The community has spoken
- Arbitration report: Requested amendment re Pseudoscience case
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Merry Christmas!
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The Ceremonies for Christmas
Day (Robert Herrick)
Kindle the Christmas brand, and then
Till sunset let it burn;
Which quench'd, then lay it up again
Till Christmas next return.
Part must be kept wherewith to teend
The Christmas log next year,
And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend
Can do no mischief there.
If you don't celebrate Christmas ...
Happy (belated) Hanukkah! Happy Eid al-Adha! Happy Kwanzaa! And of course, Happy Festivus!
May this holiday season bring you the music of laughter, the warmth of friendship, and the steadying hand of love. ☃
The Signpost: 20 December 2010
edit- News and notes: Article Alerts back from the dead, plus news in brief
- Image donation: Christmas gift to Commons from the State Library of Queensland
- Discussion report: Should leaked documents be cited on Wikipedia?
- WikiProject report: Majestic Titans
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Motion passed in R&I case; ban appeals, amendment requests, and more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas, Ragesoss! Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, whether it's Christmas or some other festival, I hope you and those close to you have a happy, restful time! Have fun, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 16:50, 23 December 2010 (UTC) |
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The Signpost: 27 December 2010
edit- Ambassadors: Wikipedia Ambassador Program growing, adjusting
- WikiProject report: WikiProject National Basketball Association (NBA)
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News