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The Signpost: 28 August 2013

In the media: Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'

Recent research: WikiSym 2013 retrospective

WikiProject report: Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks

Traffic report: Reddit creep

Featured content: WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland

News and notes: Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments

Technology report: Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia

DYK for Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)

On 3 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bharatiya Janata Party politician Harsh Vardhan has never lost an election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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) 08:03, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 September 2013

In the media: Manning "put back in the closet"; State involvement in Azerbaijani Wikipedia

News and notes: Privacy policy debate gears up

Traffic report: No accounting for the wisdom of crowds

Discussion report: Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more

Featured content: Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt

WikiProject report: Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia

Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes ; Infoboxes nears completion

Technology report: Making Wikipedia more accessible

The Signpost: 11 September 2013

In the media: Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a "right to reply" box?

WikiProject report: WikiProject Indonesia

Featured content: Tintin goes featured

News and notes: As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas

Traffic report: Syria, celebrities, and association football: oh my!

Arbitration report: Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute ; Infoboxes case closes

The Signpost: 18 September 2013

News and notes: Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests

WikiProject report: 18,464 Good Articles on the wall

Featured content: Hurricane Diane and Van Gogh

Technology report: What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?

Traffic report: Twerking, tragedy and TV

UAE article

Dear Bill

Regarding your article about U.A.E. , am afraid you are way far from the truth. i would like to ask you to remove it for the mean time and i don't min provide you with real documents. such published information could cause political issues. kindly support the main reason of WIKIPEDIA which is sharing real informations. much appreciation.

Regards, U.A.E Citizen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.229.241.171 (talk) 10:04, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

If you could tell me what article you are talking about, and what information is false, I might be able to help. — Bill william compton^Talk 11:12, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Bill william compton. You have new messages at Malik Shabazz's talk page.
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Orphaned non-free media (File:Fédération Française de Tennis logo.jpg)

Thanks for uploading File:Fédération Française de Tennis logo.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Werieth (talk) 23:29, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 September 2013

Op-ed: Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia

Traffic report: Look on Walter's works

In the media: Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia

News and notes: Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor

WikiProject report: Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!

Featured content: Wikipedia takes the stage

Recent research: Automatic detection of "infiltrating" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?

DYK for Subhash Chandra Agrawal

On 28 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Subhash Chandra Agrawal, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Subhash Chandra Agrawal holds the Guinness World Record for having written the most published letters to newspaper editors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Subhash Chandra Agrawal. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:04, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

October 2013 Wikification Drive

Hi there! I thought you might be interested in WikiProject Wikify's October Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive. We'll be trying to reduce the backlog size by hundreds of articles and we need your help! Hard-working participants in the drive will receive awards for their contributions. If you have a spare moment, please join and wikify an article or tell your friends. Thanks!

Note: The drive starts October 1, but you can still sign up!

This message was delivered on behalf of WikiProject Wikify. To stop receiving messages from WikiProject Wikify, remove your name from the recipients page. -- EdwardsBot (talk) 19:07, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 September newsletter

In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Sasata (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:29, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-40

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

Special:Listfiles can now display old versions of files a user has uploaded. A new link was also added (Special:AllMyFiles) that gives a list of all files the current user has ever uploaded (that haven't been deleted).
There is now an Android application to contribute to translatewiki.net from mobile devices. [1]

VisualEditor news

VisualEditor now has a new toolbar with drop-down menus for advanced tools. [2]
Many bugs were fixed, some related to copy-and-paste. [3]
You can now move references, list of references, templates and other elements with the mouse ("drag-and-drop"). [4]
You are invited to comment on designs for the interface to add references in VisualEditor.

Future

Developers are looking for ideas of small technical projects that new developers could work on. Please add your ideas. [5]
Developers are looking for wikis who would accept to try using secure links (HTTPS) for all users. [6]
You can join an IRC discussion about "Beta features", a tool to try new features, on October 3. [7]
You can join an IRC discussion about Flow, the new wiki discussion tool, on October 17.

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19:55, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Keep Local

Please do not mark files for speedy deletion that display a {{KeepLocal}} template as you did here and here. Spinning Spark 21:59, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

I somehow didn't notice the template. I sincerely apologize for the trouble I've caused you. — Bill william compton^Talk 03:12, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

No problem. It was caught before anyone actually deleted it. Spinning Spark 15:14, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 October 2013

Op-ed: Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership

Discussion report: References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more

News and notes: WMF signals new grantmaking priorities

Featured content: Bobby, Ben, Roger and a fantasia

Arbitration report: Infoboxes: After the war

WikiProject report: U2 Too

The Signpost: 09 October 2013

Traffic report: Shutdown shenanigans

WikiProject report: Australian Roads

Featured content: Under the sea

News and notes: Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed

In the media: College credit for editing Wikipedia

Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute and Ebionites 3 cases continue; third arbitrator resigns

The Signpost: 16 October 2013

News and notes: Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin

Traffic report: Peaceful potpourri

WikiProject report: Heraldry and Vexillology

Featured content: That's a lot of pictures

Arbitration report: Manning naming dispute case closes

Discussion report: Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more

Tech News: 2013-42

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

You can now choose which language to show for SVG files that contain several languages, using the "lang" option, like [[File:Gerrit_patchset_25838_test.svg|lang=de]] for the German layer of File:Gerrit patchset 25838 test.svg.
Developers are looking for wiki communities to try the new search system. [8]

VisualEditor news

You can now create and edit references inside media captions. [9]
You now need to press the "delete" key twice to delete a template, reference or image; the first time, they only become selected, to avoid accidental deletion of infoboxes and similar content. [10]
When you resize images, you will now still see them, and their size will also be seen in the center. [11] [12]

Future

The new notifications system ("Echo") will be added to almost all wikis that don't already have it on October 22. It will notify you of changes and events that affect you. [13]
MediaWiki 1.22wmf22 was added to test wikis on October 17. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on October 21 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 24 (calendar).
The interface to reset your password will soon be changed. [14]

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09:10, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 October 2013

News and notes: Grantmaking season—rumblings in the German-language community

Traffic report: Your average week ... and a fish

Featured content: Your worst nightmare as a child is now featured on Wikipedia

Discussion report: More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more

In the media: The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia

WikiProject report: Elements of the world

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

Read the full newsletter

Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 21:26, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Stop off-WP:AWB editing advisory

You have an advisory from an independent editor at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks#Removal_of_dead_field. --Lexein (talk) 04:14, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Lexein, considering Bill's last edit on this project was "13:59, October 26, 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-24)‎ . . Colonial Brookwood Village ‎ (removing deprecated parameter using AWB) (current)", why are you still nagging at him about this. Please assume a little good faith, thanks. Technical 13 (talk) 11:20, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Answering your question, he verbally refused to stop ("Not doing"), and didn't respond to the 2nd editor's notice, so I was merely covering the bases here. --Lexein (talk) 11:44, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-43

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

The "Toolbox" section in the site sidebar is now called "Tools" in English. You can do the same in your language by editing the interface text on translatewiki.net. Someone else may have already done it. [15]

VisualEditor news

On wikis with VisualEditor, you can now use it on pages in the File, Help and Category spaces. [16]

Problems

On October 22 (UTC), an error in the site settings caused *.wikimedia.org sites (like Meta-Wiki and Commons) to redirect to wikimediafoundation.org for a few hours. [17]

Future

MediaWiki 1.23wmf1 was added to test wikis on October 24. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on October 28 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 31 (calendar).
In the next days, servers in San Francisco will start providing (cached) content to users located in Oceania. If you are in that area and notice problems, please tell us. [18]
You will soon be able to test new features easily using the "Beta Features" view. VisualEditor will be in the list on sites where it works and isn't automatically enabled. Another example is a set of changes in the article text style.

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09:40, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 October newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Our final nine were as follows:

All those who reached the final win prizes, and prizes will also be going to the following participants:

Casliber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for four featured articles in round 4, worth 400 points.
Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 20 good articles in round 3, worth 600 points.
Another Believer (submissions) wins the FL prize, for four featured lists in round 2, worth 180 points.
Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the FP prize, for 23 featured pictures in round 5, worth 805 point.
Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize, for 2 featured portals in round 3, worth 70 points.
Hawkeye7 (submissions) wins the topic prize, for a 23-article featured topic in round 5, worth 230 points.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 79 did you know articles in round 5, worth 570 points.
ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 23 in the news articles in round 4, worth 270 points.
Ed! (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 24 good article reviews in round 1, worth 96 points.
The judges are awarding the Oddball Barnstar to The C of E (submissions), for some curious contributions in earlier rounds.
Finally, the judges are awarding Cwmhiraeth (submissions) the Geography Barnstar for her work on sea, now a featured article. This top-importance article was the highest-scoring this year; when it was promoted to FA status, Cwmhiraeth could claim 720 points.

Prizes will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition. While it has been an excellent year, errors have opened up the judges' eyes to the need for a third judge, and it is with pleasure that we announce that experienced WikiCup participant Miyagawa will be acting as a judge from now on. We hope you will all join us in welcoming him to the team.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 01:12, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 October 2013

Traffic report: 200 miles in 200 years

In the media: Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia?

News and notes: Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?

Featured content: Wrestling with featured content

Recent research: User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube

WikiProject report: Special: Lessons from the dead and dying

WikiCup award

Thanks. — Bill william compton^Talk 13:13, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Qatar tennis federation official logo.png

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Thanks for uploading File:Qatar tennis federation official logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Malpass⁹₃! (what I've been ^up to/_drop me a ^___) 09:46, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-44

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

The style and colors for warning boxes, error messages, and success messages in all skins of MediaWiki has been changed. [19]

VisualEditor news

You will soon be able to switch from editing in VisualEditor to editing wikitext directly without having to save the page. You can't yet switch from wikitext to VisualEditor but developers hope to make it possible in the future. [20]

Problems

There was a problem on October 31 during the activation of MediaWiki 1.22wmf2 on test wikis. mediawiki.org was also broken, and if you had problems logging in, it was probably because of this as well.

Future

Because of the problem with MediaWiki 1.22wmf2, the calendar has changed. It will be added to mediawiki.org and non-Wikipedia sites on November 4, and all Wikipedia sites on November 7.

JavaScript / Gadget developers

Due to a recent change, gadgets and user scripts that use jQuery UI should explicitly load the appropriate modules, as they may not be loaded by default. [21]
Developers have started to remove long-deprecated methods. You should check the JavaScript console (in debug=true mode) and look for deprecation warnings and their stack trace. [22]

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10:30, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

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Talkback: you've got messages!

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DYK for Balmukund Goutam

On 7 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Balmukund Goutam, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Indian National Congress politician Balmukund Goutam lost in the 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Dhar by a margin of only one vote? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Balmukund Goutam. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:24, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Neena Verma

On 8 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Neena Verma, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bharatiya Janata Party politician Neena Verma won the 2008 Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly election from Dhar by a margin of only one vote? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Neena Verma. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:33, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 November 2013

News and notes: Alleged "outing" of editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban

Traffic report: Danse Macabre

Featured content: Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic

WikiProject report: WikiProject Accessibility

Arbitration report: Ebionites 3 case closed

Discussion report: Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more

Tech News: 2013-45

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

You can now use the "Autonym" font of the Universal Language Selector (ULS) to display the name of languages (for example in navigation templates) in their correct script. To do this, add the CSS class "autonym" to the elements that include language names. Note that this font only works for the name of languages, not for any other text. [23]

Problems

There was a problem with Parsoid (the program used by VisualEditor to convert wikitext to annotated HTML) on November 4, between 19:40 and 20:40 (UTC). Encoding issues caused non-ASCII characters (including those with diacritics, like "é") to be broken when converted to wikitext and saved to the page. [24]

Future

The Beta Features tool is now available on Commons and Meta-Wiki. With it, you can test new features before they're added for everyone. The plan is to add this tool to all wikis on November 21. [25]
MediaWiki 1.23wmf3 was added to test wikis on November 7. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on November 12 and all Wikipedia wikis on November 14 (calendar). [26]
The MassMessage tool will be added to all wikis on November 14. It will make it simpler to send messages across wikis. [27]
The button of the Search page will soon be changed to be blue and bigger (see the difference). [28]
You will soon be able to add a page name as parameter for {{REVISIONID}}, {{REVISIONUSER}} and {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} and similar functions, by writing for example {{REVISIONID:Apple}}. [29]
In the future, when you hide a CentralNotice banner on a wiki, it will also be hidden on other Wikimedia sites. [30]

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13:01, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Anil Goswami

On 14 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anil Goswami, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Anil Goswami is the first civil servant from Jammu and Kashmir to be appointed Home Secretary of India? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anil Goswami. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 November 2013

Traffic report: Google Doodlebugs bust the block

Featured content: 1244 Chinese handscroll leads nine-strong picture contingent

Special report: FDC staff raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance

News and notes: Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it

WikiProject report: The world of soap operas

Discussion report: Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more

DYK for Naresh Gaur

On 18 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Naresh Gaur, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although the BJP found Naresh Gaur, its representative in Delhi from Babarpur, a "weaker bet" for the upcoming 2013 elections, it has confirmed his candidacy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Naresh Gaur. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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) 08:03, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-46

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

There was a problem caused by too many requests to the database on November 14. [31]

Future

MediaWiki 1.23wmf4 was added to test wikis on November 14. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on November 19 and all Wikipedia wikis on November 21 (calendar).
The new Search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added to *.wikimedia.org, Wikimania and Wikisource wikis on November 19, and Wiktionary wikis on November 21 (except where it's already available). Once it is added, you can test it by adding &srbackend=CirrusSearch to the address of the search results page. It will become the main search engine on Wikivoyage wikis on November 21. [32]
The MassMessage tool will be added to all wikis on November 19 instead of November 14. It will make it simpler to send messages across wikis. [33]

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08:48, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Michael Lobo (politician)

On 19 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Michael Lobo (politician), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bharatiya Janata Party politician Michael Lobo opposed the opening of India's first Playboy Club in Goa because it was "tantamount to promoting prostitution"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Lobo (politician). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 08:03, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Sahara Hospital

On 21 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sahara Hospital, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Sahara Hospital is the first in Uttar Pradesh to perform elbow transplants and endoscopic cervical plate placements? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sahara Hospital. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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, 21 November 2013 (UTC)