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2003-04 SPAC
Can you finish off dealing with the comments - ive started writing something for the lead here, but i am goning to be rather busy over the next few days with Phet. Ill be around on IRC if you need me though :)Jason Rees (talk) 18:28, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry i missed you on IRC - in response to whether extratropical cyclone Heta should be capitalized i would think not but im not sure.Jason Rees (talk) 16:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of 1989-90 South Pacific cyclone season
Hello! Your submission of 1989-90 South Pacific cyclone season at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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) 20:53, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
- Ive checked the article over and made several edits - ill go through it though tomorrow more throughly with a fresh pair of eyes. BTW i saw your DYK Hook and i think you probably barking up the wrong tree with that particular hook as i have a feeling that the Apia Cyclone of 1889 caused more damage. Try going with Ofa was one of the two most intense cyclones to make landfall on Samoa in the C20 which is true as Ron didnt make landfall on Samoa AFAIK. Anyway ill leave it up to you :) Jason Rees (talk) 02:46, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
FYI
If youre planning to do a timeline for the 88-89 SPAC TC season then you need to be aware that it was the first season that nadi monitored the area between 140W to 120W.Jason Rees (talk) 01:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
- In fact im gonna do it - but feel free to chip in.:) Jason Rees (talk) 02:04, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
- Whats up?Jason Rees (talk) 21:08, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
Aus
Thanks for creating an article for the upcoming Aus season, I hope you dont mind but i merged your version to the one i quickly created the other day. Which is in the correct place if ive missed something feel free to add it.Jason Rees (talk) 23:38, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Cite drop down menu
Hi, The cite drop down menu doesn't appear on my edit toolbar. How do I get it to appear? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobby122 (talk • contribs) 22:20, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
- It's ok I found out what was wrong. Thanks for informing me of the issue with my article!--Bobby122 Contact Me 22:26, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
Did you mean to do this?
Hi Anhamirak, this edit effectively froze my nomination. Is this what you intended to do? Crum375 (talk) 04:28, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
USAir Flight 405
I believe it was a few days ago that you did a GA review of USAir_Flight_405. The author was concerned that you did not provide any feedback through the GA process to give guidance for further improvements so they requested a peer review to get some feedback. I reviewed the article and found a number of items that under the GA criteria I would not have passed (reconsider GA criteria sections 1.a and 2.a). You can see my comments here Wikipedia:Peer_review#USAir_Flight_405. The writer is already making the changes and I think the article will indeed be a GA. I just wanted you to reconsider giving an article GA status in the future when it may still need additional elements of improvement according to the GA criteria. Thanks for your contributions. § Music Sorter § (talk) 15:09, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Category three hurricane tracks
Hi, is it possible for you to make an image of the tracks of all category 3 hurricanes? Just the ones that have reached category 3 status, but not the ones that have gone higher than a 3. Thank you, Bobby122 Contact Me (C) 17:22, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
Cygwin help
Hi, I have reached the step when you have to go to the tracks directory and compile it by running
./autogen.sh && make
Can you tell me how to do this step as I get an error in my tracks directory when cygwin starts to check whether I am cross compiling. Thank you, Bobby122 Contact Me (C) 23:19, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Track map stuff
Hi. Since you are listed as active on Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks, I wanted to let you know that I made Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks/Requests so we can have a centralized track map requests place. Any help would be very appreciated. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 23:58, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
- Mostly, when people post requests, if nobody else has done them, just run them in the track generator and upload the result to Commons. You may also want to watch the requests page. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 00:08, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
- BTW can u add the Nadi BT to this Please since the JTWC doesnt show the ET points on Sina and Lisa. Ive enclosed the points below. Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 15:53, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
- ThanksJason Rees (talk) 17:12, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
- BTW can u add the Nadi BT to this Please since the JTWC doesnt show the ET points on Sina and Lisa. Ive enclosed the points below. Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 15:53, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Namu
Since you enjoy doing tracks so much: Can u do us a trackmap for Cyclone Namu (33P). Theres a problem that theirs no JTWC ATCF File so ive taken the track below from the Neumann files. Dr Charles Neumann in 2000 under a US Navy contract went through and analyzed the JTWC BT so the BT below should be fine to be used. If you do the track can you please chuck it in my sandbox for Namu.Jason Rees (talk) 01:48, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Track Map Generator
I dont have a track map generator.Anirudh Emani (talk) 08:59, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
89-90 SPAC
Just as an FYI - i found some of the TCRs written up by Nadi for that season last night via the met office. Ive added the systems in to the timeline with generic statements for now as i may be able to go down to Exeter and get them.Jason Rees (talk) 14:12, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Reunion BT
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Happy birthday. Jason Rees (talk) 17:17, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
RE:Hello...
i didnt know that there was a log for it... so i kept on posting such things. Thank you for informing me..Anirudh Emani (talk) 12:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Tracks
Me and CB were talking last night about the PTS tracking data page and we feel it would be better for everyone if we just did in the original format (ie not 360- XXXX). So instead of just copying MINDULLE's stuff across can u copy it all. Thanks.Jason Rees (talk) 03:50, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Domeng
Hope this helps - there are several JTWC files covering the period and it seems to have been relocated quite a bit on one occasion--Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 17:44, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Original source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc10/WPAC/96W.INVEST/trackfile.txt, recovered at: 2010-08-05 1845Z
- 96W INVEST 100805 1200 17.3N 131.2E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100805 0600 17.3N 131.6E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100805 0000 17.3N 132.1E WPAC 15 1010
Original source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc10/WPAC/96W.INVEST/trackfile.txt, recovered at: 2010-08-05 0645Z
- 96W INVEST 100805 0000 17.0N 129.4E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100804 1800 17.0N 129.6E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100804 1200 17.0N 129.9E WPAC 15 1010
Original source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc10/WPAC/96W.INVEST/trackfile.txt, recovered at: 2010-08-04 2245Z
- 96W INVEST 100804 1200 17.0N 129.9E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100804 0600 16.9N 130.2E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100804 0000 16.8N 130.5E WPAC 15 1010
Original source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc10/WPAC/96W.INVEST/trackfile.txt, recovered at: 2010-08-04 0645Z
- 96W INVEST 100804 0000 18.9N 132.6E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100803 1800 17.4N 133.5E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100803 1200 15.7N 134.3E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100803 0600 13.5N 135.1E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100803 0000 11.3N 135.9E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100802 1800 10.6N 136.3E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100802 1200 10.4N 137.0E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100802 0600 10.0N 137.6E WPAC 15 1010
- 96W INVEST 100802 0000 9.5N 138.5E WPAC 15 1010
Can you do me a favor?
Is there a possible way for you to come to the IRC whenever you can? I wanna discuss with you about the new infobox and the changes that could be made. I just thought it may be easier there instead of here since I have many questions and suggestions that would be way too much to say here. Darren23Edits|Mail 21:52, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Renaming
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JMA TDs
I was talking to JR on the IRC about JMA TDs, and he said talk to you. So... I was thinking, the JMA TDs should be numbered by the invest number. If another depression occurs with the same invest number, just as is with multiple "Tropical Depression"s I guess Wikipedia numbers them for example: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/2010_Pacific_typhoon_season#Tropical_Depression_7. You could add 2, 3, etc,. Syntheticalconnections (talk)(my contribs) 22:56, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
- Well, JMA doesn't at all, and I think it'd make them more distinguishable. Syntheticalconnections (talk)(my contribs) 23:12, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Telugu?
are you really from Andhra Pradesh and can you really speak Telugu? Anirudh Emani (talk) 06:10, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- wow! because i live in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. However, i was born in Hyderabad. I can speak Telugu, as it is my official language, i cant read it or even write. Where do you really live now? Anirudh Emani (talk) 09:05, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
SPAC
Ive tracked down most of the systems for 1998-99 using Gary's Summaries. i have currently got no clue about 24 & 25F. Maybe its an early example of Nadi shoving in systems but not warning on it like 12F this year which i am 99.9% sure was the CPAC-SPAC Crossover (90C) in Feb as the dates match.Jason Rees (talk) 13:41, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- Can you combine the track maps for Wasa and Arthur 1991 please, i ask as they were considered the same cyclone by Nadi in BT.Jason Rees (talk) 23:25, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter #31
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Aus
You did a track map the other day of the Australian warning centers AOR's. Where is it as i think i have the perfect place to put. Sorry forgot to sign.Jason Rees (talk) 22:43, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
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The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter#32B
Number 32B, October 20, 2010
The Hurricane Herald
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Storm of the month
'Typhoon Fanapi' is Storm of the Month
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Early on September 14, the JMA reported that a tropical depression had formed east of Taiwan. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center soon designated the depression as 12W with PAGASA naming it Inday shortly thereafter. Later on the same day, the tropical depression was upgraded to a tropical storm and was officially given the name Fanapi by the JMA. On September 16, the storm further intensified into a severe tropical storm. That same day, the JMA further upgraded it into a typhoon. Fanapi turned west and intensified into a category 1 typhoon that night. On the following day, the storm further intensified into a category 2 typhoon. On September 18, the storm further intensified to a Category 3 typhoon and moved straight into Taiwan. It made landfall in Hualien County at 8:40 a.m. (10.40am AEST) on September 19, with winds of 162 kilometres (101 mi) and across the island at a speed of 20km/h. Shortly after its landfall, it moved south and again turned east and rapidly weakened into a Severe Tropical Storm. It had a Category 1 equivalent strength at that time. At 06:00 PM (Local time), the typhoon went back into the ocean. Post Storm Analysis proved that the system stayed on land for 9 hours approximately. The storm made its second landfall at Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China, at a Category 1 Typhoon intensity. The Storm caused a large scale damage to Taiwan. In the early hours of September 21, Fanapi weakened into a tropical depression over Guangdong province, China. On Septemner 22, Fanapi dissipated completely.
Other tropical cyclone activity
- Tropical Storm Fiona
- Tropical Storm Gaston
- Tropical Storm Hermine
- Hurricane Igor
- Hurricane Julia
- Hurricane Karl
- Tropical Storm Lisa
- Tropical Storm Matthew
- Tropical Storm Nicole
- Hurricane Otto
- Hurricane Paula
- Tropical Depression Ten-E
- Tropical Depression Eleven-E
- Tropical Storm Georgette
- Severe Tropical Storm Malou (Henry)
- Tropical Storm Meranti
- Typhoon Fanapi (Inday)
- Typhoon Malakas
- Tropical Depression #22
- Tropical Depression 14W
- Typhoon Megi (Juan)
- Depression BOB 02
- Deep Depression BOB 03
New members
Articles Requiring Help
- Typhoon Keith (1997) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cyclone Gwenda (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hurricane Olaf (2003) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Typhoon Sudal (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Typhoon Roy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Main and Important Articles
Member of the month
![Cyclone barnstar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Cyclone_barnstar.png/50px-Cyclone_barnstar.png)
Jason Rees is the member of the month - October 2010
- Jason is been awarded the member of the month - October 2010 for his excellent work at the construction of Tropical cyclone related articles. He is excellent when it comes to referencing. His work at the article Typhoon Fanapi (2010) is remarkable.
To do
- Improve the 14 WPTC core articles to FA status
- Finish List of Pacific typhoon seasons
- Expand every season article worldwide to mention every storm in the season
- Expand the articles in Category:Tropical cyclone articles to be expanded
- Get every article on the vital articles list to GA status
Storm article statistics
Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | Other | ??? | Total | |
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6 | 12 | 64 | 66 | 148 | ||
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1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | ||
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8 | 22 | 126 | 259 | 415 | ||
B | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 53 | ||
C | 5 | 23 | 87 | 97 | 212 | ||
Start | 5 | 58 | 232 | 239 | 4 | 538 | |
Stub | 1 | 17 | 94 | 59 | 171 | ||
Current | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
Future | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Category | 524 | 1 | 525 | ||||
Disambig | 7 | 581 | 588 | ||||
Template | 167 | 1 | 168 | ||||
Assessed | 29 | 141 | 637 | 770 | 1,294 | 27 | 2,898 |
Unassessed | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Total | 29 | 141 | 637 | 771 | 1,294 | 29 | 2,901 |
Project News
- The 2011 Northern Hemisphere cyclone season articles are awaiting creation.
- A replacement for Template:Infobox hurricane current has been discussed.
- Hurricane Earl (2010) dab issue solved.
- List of tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Earl (1998) being discussed for deletion.
- Flattening MODIS real time images discussed.
- List of Tropical Storms David, Hurricane Humberto, Tropical Storm Alex discussed.
- NASA GRIP (Genesis and Rapid Intensification Project) explained.
- Book:Greatest Category 5 Hurricanes, which is related to this project, has been nominated for deletion.
- Early hurricane season names brought up a large discussion.
- Format for season articles discussed
- Use of colour in charts on season articles duscussed
- new map icon discussed
- Lists on Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons discussed
- several of our SWIO categories have been nominated for CFD
- moving of storm articles and the year in retired storm articles decided
- Storm Article titles discussed
--Anirudh Emani (talk) 10:11, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Indian Ocean 2010
Current storms excluded
05/15/2010 M=10 0 SNBR=0000 LAILA XING=0 05/15L 63 932 15 1010L 64 929 15 1010L 66 924 15 1010L 68 919 15 1010* 05/16L 71 913 15 1010L 81 906 15 1010L 91 901 15 1010L 99 896 15 1009* 05/17L106 890 20 1007*111 885 25 1004*115 878 30 1000*116 870 35 996* 05/18*119 859 35 996*124 846 40 993*130 834 50 985*132 827 55 982* 05/19*134 819 65 974*137 815 65 974*140 814 65 974*145 812 60 978* 05/20*150 808 60 978*154 806 50 985*155 806 50 985*158 805 60 978* 05/21*164 807 50 985*168 810 40 993*171 814 35 996*172 819 35 996* 05/22*171 824 30 1000*176 832 30 1000*185 840 30 1000*189 842 30 1000* 05/23*191 844 30 1000*193 849 30 1000*193 854 30 1000*193 861 25 1004* 05/24*193 873 25 1004*192 888 25 1004*191 903 25 1004*188 918 25 1004* HR 05/17/2010 M= 7 0 SNBR=0000 BANDU XING=0 05/17* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0L 92 576 20 1007* 05/18* 96 571 25 1004*101 564 25 1004*104 558 25 1004*107 551 25 1002* 05/19*110 545 30 1000*111 540 30 1000*113 535 35 996*115 530 35 996* 05/20*119 527 40 993*121 526 40 993*123 525 45 989*124 523 45 989* 05/21*125 521 40 993*126 520 55 982*126 519 55 982*126 517 50 985* 05/22*126 515 45 989*126 513 40 993*126 511 35 996*126 507 30 1000* 05/23*125 501 25 1004*123 495 25 1004* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0* TS 05/30/2010 M= 9 0 SNBR=0000 PHET XING=0 05/30L144 658 15 1010L144 654 15 1010L144 650 15 1010L145 647 20 1005* 05/31*146 645 25 1004*147 643 30 1001*150 639 30 1000*154 635 35 996* 06/01*158 632 40 993*162 628 55 982*168 623 60 978*171 615 75 967* 06/02*174 610 90 956*178 605 110 941*182 600 125 929*184 598 120 933* 06/03*186 596 115 937*191 595 115 937*200 595 105 944*208 592 105 944* 06/04*215 592 90 956*223 592 75 967*230 594 65 974*236 597 55 982* 06/05*239 603 45 989*238 610 40 993*235 616 40 993*232 624 40 993* 06/06*229 641 40 993*235 657 35 996*246 673 30 1000*249 682 30 1000* 06/07*267 711 30 1000* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0* HR 10/05/2010 M= 4 0 SNBR=0000 BOB02 XING=0 10/05* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0L141 872 15 1010* 10/06L144 869 15 1010L147 866 15 1010L154 863 15 1010L160 861 15 1010* 10/07L170 860 15 1010L181 860 15 1010L193 860 15 1010L205 868 20 1007* 10/08*215 882 25 1000*228 898 25 1000*236 912 25 1001*237 917 25 1004* TD 10/13/2010 M= 3 0 SNBR=0000 BOB03 XING=0 10/13* 0 0 0 0*162 901 25 1004*162 897 25 1001*163 894 25 1003* 10/14*164 891 25 1004*165 888 30 1000*167 884 30 1000*174 876 30 1000* 10/15*181 868 30 1000*185 859 30 1000*188 850 30 1000* 0 0 0 0* TD
--Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 09:26, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Infobox
When do you plan to test the current infobox you were working on in SHEM? Darren23Edits|Mail 03:05, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
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Re:IRC
Sorry but i was rather tired last night and headed off earlier than i usually do, Im around now and i should be around this evening though.Jason Rees (talk) 16:34, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
I've been revamping this article over the past two days and I think it's ready for FLC. You contributed to the revamping too (with more edits than I made, albeit over a year ago); do you want credit too? --Dylan620 (t • c) 17:02, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
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1977 Oman cyclone's track
thankz very much for the track of the storm.. :) ..HunterZone (talk) 17:05, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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Too soon for Omeka
Wait until the advisory comes out before updating the pages, just in case. The system is still technically west of the International Dateline and out of CPHC's hands. Thegreatdr (talk) 19:06, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
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[1] - I just wanted to say, I love the new image in that article! Great find. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:09, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 December 2010
- 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
Welcome to the 2011 WikiCup!
Hello, happy new year and welcome to the 2011 WikiCup! Your submissions' page can be found here and instructions of how to update the page can be found here and on the submissions' page itself. From the submissions' page, a bot will update the main scoresheet. Our rules have been very slightly updated from last year; the full rules can be found here. Please remember that you can only receive points for content on which you have done significant work in 2011; nominations of work from last year and "drive-by" nominations will not be awarded points. Signups are going to remain open through January, so if you know of anyone who would like to take part, please direct them to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups. The judges can be contacted on the WikiCup talk page, on their respective talk pages, or by email. Other than that, we will be in contact at the end of every month with the newsletter. If you want to stop or start receiving newsletters, please remove your name from or add your name to this list. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 12:55, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
04-05 Aus
Come (back) onto IRC at some point bar Wednesday and ill tell ya what i think.Jason Rees (talk) 01:47, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Re:A Question Regarding Wikicup 2011
Yep, that's fine; there's clearly been significant work on the article by you this year. J Milburn (talk) 23:04, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 3 January 2011
- 2010 in review: Review of the year
- In the news: Fundraising success media coverage; brief news
- WikiProject report: Where are they now? Redux
- Features and admins: Featured sound choice of the year
- Arbitration report: Motion proposed in W/B – Judea and Samaria case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 10 January 2011
- News and notes: Anniversary preparations, new Community fellow, brief news
- In the news: Anniversary coverage begins; Wikipedia as new layer of information authority; inclusionist project
- WikiProject report: Her Majesty's Waterways
- Features and admins: Featured topic of the year
- Arbitration report: World War II case comes to a close; ban appeal, motions, and more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
To Wikipedia's 10th birthday
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Dylan620 (t • c • r) has bought you a pint! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!
Cheers! --Dylan620 (t • c • r) 18:17, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 January 2011
- WikiProject report: Talking wicket with WikiProject Cricket
- Features and admins: First featured picture from the legally disputed NPG images; two Chicago icons
- Arbitration report: New case: Shakespeare authorship question; lack of recent input in Longevity case
- Technology report: January Engineering Update; Dutch Hack-a-ton; brief news
Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors
Hi! I noticed your activity as a Good Article reviewer, and wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.
If you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors in the coming term. If that's something you want to do, please apply!
You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).
I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:04, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 January 2011
- News and notes: Wikimedia fellow working on cultural collaborations; video animation about Wikipedia; brief news
- WikiProject report: Life Inside the Beltway
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: 23 editors submit evidence in 'Shakespeare' case, Longevity case awaits proposed decision, and more
- Technology report: File licensing metadata; Multimedia Usability project; brief news
WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
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We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by
Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to
Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1,
Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and
Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!
A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 January 2011
- The Science Hall of Fame: Building a pantheon of scientists from Wikipedia and Google Books
- WikiProject report: WikiWarriors
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Evidence in Shakespeare case moves to a close; Longevity case awaits proposed decision; AUSC RfC
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Hello Iune. I've taken the liberty of relisting the FLC as it really seemed to miss out on any real attention. If I were you, I'd ask for some reviews from the folks at the various wikiprojects who may be interested. Thanks for your patience, and diligence, and good luck. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:17, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 7 February 2011
- News and notes: New General Counsel hired; reuse of Google Art Project debated; GLAM newsletter started; news in brief
- WikiProject report: Stargazing aboard WikiProject Spaceflight
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Open cases: Shakespeare authorship – Longevity; Motions on Date delinking, Eastern European mailing list
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Rona/Frank review
Hey, I started the review for Rona-Frank. You have seven days, bladyblah. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 07:34, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 February 2011
- News and notes: Foundation report; gender statistics; DMCA takedowns; brief news
- In the news: Wikipedia wrongly blamed for Super Bowl gaffe; "digital natives" naive about Wikipedia; brief news
- WikiProject report: Articles for Creation
- Features and admins: RFAs and active admins—concerns expressed over the continuing drought
- Arbitration report: Proposed decisions in Shakespeare and Longevity; two new cases; motions passed, and more
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
Since your not feeling motivated
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Jason Rees has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. {{subst:if||| {{{message}}} ||subst=subst:}} To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!
- BTW Ping me on IRC at some point when youve got a couple of hours to spare and ill help you forfill my concerns with the 2004-05 Aus timeline. I can also give you some pointers on how to get your GAN (Justin/Frank?) passed by Hink.Jason Rees (talk) 06:23, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 February 2011
- News and notes: Gender gap and sexual images; India consultant; brief news
- In the news: Egyptian revolution and Wikimania 2008; Jimmy Wales' move to the UK, Africa and systemic bias; brief news
- WikiProject report: More than numbers: WikiProject Mathematics
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Longevity and Shakespeare cases close; what do these decisions tell us?
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
WikiCup 2011 February newsletter
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So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and
Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round.
Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to
Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to
Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.
Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.
Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:35, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 February 2011
- News and notes: Newbies vs. patrollers; Indian statistics; brief news
- Arbitration statistics: Arbitration Committee hearing fewer cases; longer decision times
- WikiProject report: In Tune with WikiProject Classical Music
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC applications open; interim desysopping; two pending cases
- Technology report: HTML5 adopted but soon reverted; brief news
The Signpost: 7 March 2011
- News and notes: Foundation looking for "storyteller" and research fellows; new GLAM newsletter; brief news
- Deletion controversy: Deletion of article about website angers gaming community
- WikiProject report: Talking with WikiProject Feminism
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case opened after interim desysop last week; three pending cases
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 14 March 2011
- News and notes: Foundation reports editor trends, technology plans and communication changes; brief news
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case on AE sanction handling; AUSC candidates; proposed decision in Kehrli 2 and Monty Hall problem
- Technology report: Left-aligned edit links and bugfixes abound; brief news
The Signpost: 21 March 2011
- WikiProject report: Medicpedia — WikiProject Medicine
- Features and admins: Best of the week
- Arbitration report: One closed case, one suspended case, and two other cases
- Technology report: What is: localisation?; the proposed "personal image filter" explained; and more in brief
Hello!
The Signpost: 28 March 2011
- News and notes: Berlin conference highlights relation between chapters and Foundation; annual report; brief news
- In the news: Sue Gardner interviewed; Imperial College student society launched; Indian languages; brief news
- WikiProject report: Linking with WikiProject Wikify
- Features and admins: Featured list milestone
- Arbitration report: New case opens; Monty Hall problem case closes – what does the decision tell us?
WikiCup 2011 March newsletter
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We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H.
Piotrus (submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.
A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:51, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 4 April 2011
- News and notes: 1 April activities; RIAA takedown notice; brief news
- Editor retention: Fighting the decline by restricting article creation?
- WikiProject report: Out of this world — WikiProject Solar System
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: AUSC appointments, new case, proposed decision for Coanda case, and motion regarding CU/OS
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 11 April 2011
- Recent research: Research literature surveys; drug reliability; editor roles; BLPs; Muhammad debate analyzed
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Two cases closed – what does the Coanda decision tell us?
- Technology report: The Toolserver explained; brief news
The Signpost: 18 April 2011
- News and notes: Commons milestone; newbie contributions assessed; German community to decide on €200,000 budget; brief news
- In the news: Wikipedia accurate on US politics, plagiarized in court, and compared to Glass Bead Game; brief news
- WikiProject report: An audience with the WikiProject Council
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Case comes to a close after 3 weeks - what does the decision tell us?
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 25 April 2011
- News and notes: Survey of French Wikipedians; first Wikipedian-in-Residence at Smithsonian; brief news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Somerset
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Request to amend prior case; further voting in AEsh case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
WikiCup 2011 April newsletter
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.
This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Hurricanehink (submissions) and
Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to
Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!
Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:06, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 2 May 2011
- News and notes: Picture of the Year voting begins; Internet culture covered in Sweden and consulted in Russia; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Physics of a WikiProject: WikiProject Physics
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Two new cases open – including Tree shaping case
- Technology report: Call for RTL developers, varied sign-up pages and news in brief
The Signpost: 9 May 2011
- In the news: Billionaire trying to sue Wikipedians; "Critical Point of View" book published; World Bank contest; brief news
- WikiProject report: Game Night at WikiProject Board and Table Games
- Features and admins: Featured articles bounce back
- Arbitration report: AEsh case comes to a close - what does the decision tell us?
The Signpost: 16 May 2011
- WikiProject report: Back to Life: Reviving WikiProjects
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Motions - hyphens and dashes dispute
- Technology report: Berlin Hackathon; April Engineering Report; brief news
The Signpost: 23 May 2011
- News and notes: GLAM workshop; legal policies; brief news
- In the news: Death of the expert?; superinjunctions saga continues; World Heritage status petitioned and debated; brief news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Formula One
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Injunction – preliminary protection levels for BLP articles when removing PC
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 30 May 2011
- News and notes: ArbCom referendum goes live; US National Archives residency; financial planning; brief news
- In the news: Collaboration with academia; world heritage; xkcd; eG8 summit; ISP subpoena; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Royal Railway
- Featured content: Whipping fantasies, American–British naval rivalry, and a medieval mix of purity and eroticism
- Arbitration report: Update – injunction from last week has expired
- Technology report: Wikimedia down for an hour; What is: Wikipedia Offline?
WikiCup 2011 May newsletter
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We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by
Racepacket (submissions),
Hurricanehink (submissions) and
Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.
A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:21, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 6 June 2011
- Board elections: Time to vote
- News and notes: Board resolution on controversial content; WMF Summer of Research; indigenous workshop; brief news
- Recent research: Various metrics of quality and trust; leadership; nerd stereotypes
- WikiProject report: Make your own book with Wikiproject Wikipedia-Books
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Two cases pending resolution; temporary desysop; dashes/hyphens update
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Signpost: 13 June 2011
- News and notes: Wikipedians 90% male and largely altruist; 800 public policy students add 8.8 million bytes; brief news
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Aircraft
- Featured content: Featured lists hit the main page
- Arbitration report: More workshop proposals in Tree shaping case; further votes in PD of other case
- Technology report: 1.18 extension bundling; mobile testers needed; brief news
Re:1965 PHS
Ok, I will ask you for permission next time. Sorry. YE Tropical Cyclone 16:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 20 June 2011
- News and notes: WMF Board election results; Indian campus ambassadors gear up; Wikimedia UK plans; Malayalam Wikisource CD; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Elemental WikiProject
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: One case comes to a close; initiator of a new case blocked as sockpuppet
Tracks
Can you redo the 95-96 SPAC seasonal track map and remove the extratropical cyclones from it. Thanks.Jason Rees (talk) 23:00, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks and no worries. Enjoy your holiday to India, though you must be regretting it as Ma-on "should" become a Cat 5 with a pressure under 900 within 72 hrs.Jason Rees (talk) 18:52, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 June 2011
- WikiProject report: The Continuous Convention: WikiProject Comics
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision for Tree shaping case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
WikiCup 2011 June newsletter
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We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by
Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by
Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by
Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.
No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.
We would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and
Stone (submissions) for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.
Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:25, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 4 July 2011
- News and notes: Picture of the Year 2010; data challenge; brief news
- WikiProject report: The Star-Spangled WikiProject
- Featured content: Two newly promoted portals
- Arbitration report: Arb resigns while mailing list leaks continue; Motion re: admin
The Signpost: 11 July 2011
- From the editor: Stepping down
- Higher education summit: Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit recap
- In the news: Britannica and Wikipedia compared; Putin award criticized; possible journalistic sockpuppeting
- WikiProject report: Listening to WikiProject Albums
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Tree shaping case comes to a close
- Technology report: WMF works on its release strategy; secure server problems
The Signpost: 18 July 2011
- In the news: Fine art; surreptitious sanitation; the politics of kyriarchic marginalization; brief news
- WikiProject report: Earn $$$ free pharm4cy WORK FROM HOME replica watches ViAgRa!!!
- Featured content: Historic last launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour; Teddy Roosevelt's threat to behead official; 18th-century London sex manual
- Arbitration report: Motion passed to amend 2008 case: topic ban and reminder
- Technology report: Code Review backlog almost zero; What is: Subversion?; brief news
The Signpost: 25 July 2011
- Wikimedian in Residence interview: Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science: an interview with Daniel Mietchen
- Recent research: Talk page interactions; Wikipedia at the Open Knowledge Conference; Summer of Research
- WikiProject report: Musing with WikiProject Philosophy
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: New case opened; hyphens and dashes update; motion
- Technology report: Protocol-relative URLs; GSoC updates; bad news for SMW fans; brief news
WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
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We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and
PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from
Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from
Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!
There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:21, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 01 August 2011
- In the news: Consensus of Wikipedia authors questioned about Shakespeare authorship; 10 biggest edit wars on Wikipedia; brief news
- Research interview: The Huggle Experiment: interview with the research team
- WikiProject report: Little Project, Big Heart — WikiProject Croatia
- Featured content: Featured pictures is back in town
- Arbitration report: Proposed decision submitted for one case
- Technology report: Developers descend on Haifa; wikitech-l discussions; brief news
WikiProject Eurovision update
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The Signpost: 08 August 2011
- News and notes: Wikimania a success; board letter controversial; and evidence showing bitten newbies don't stay
- In the news: Israeli news focuses on Wikimania; worldwide coverage of contributor decline and gender gap; brief news
- WikiProject report: Shooting the breeze with WikiProject Firearms
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Manipulation of BLPs case opened; one case comes to a close
- Technology report: Wikimania technology roundup; brief news
The Signpost: 15 August 2011
- Women and Wikipedia: New Research, WikiChix
- WikiProject report: The Oregonians
- Featured content: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Abortion case opened, two more still in progress
- Technology report: Forks, upload slowness and mobile redirection
The Signpost: 22 August 2011
- News and notes: Girl Geeks edit while they dine, candidates needed for forthcoming steward elections, image referendum opens
- WikiProject report: Images in Motion – WikiProject Animation
- Featured content: JJ Harrison on avian photography
- Arbitration report: After eleven moves, name for islands now under arbitration
- Technology report: Engineering report, sprint, and more testers needed
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