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The Bugle: Issue 210, October 2023
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Hi. Sorry, I didn't understand your comment as it has no specifics? Which of the points in my edits exactly need consensus? Current version has a lot of mistakes, hence I had them fixed. In case additional sources are required, please request them instead of removing information. Korwinski (talk) 22:56, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- UPD. Upon reviewing prior discussions on the article I can see that there wasn't any discussion about this part of the article. So currently there was a silent consensus that had gone away the moment I made my edits as per Wikipedia:Silence and consensus. As a sign of good will I had started a discussion on talk page there and won't make new edits on the article for the next few days. But unless any valid points will be stated so we can come up with a new wording, I'm afraid I will have to undo your revert.
- Note that you had said:
Replacing one interpretation with another is not holding a NPOV
- I didn't do that:
- 1. Current version does not mention All-Russian nation ideology at all. And then in Soviet part it says:
modified version of the Russian which "allotted equal rights to the Kievan inheritance to the Three Slavic peoples
- But that isn't true as prior All-Russian nation approach did that as well, just claiming that there was one single Russian nation made up of sub-ethnic Malorossians, Velikorossians and Belorussians.
- 2. Current version is not neutral towards Ukrainian view and makes claims like "Ukraine was not defined as a state until 20th century" (Ukraine was one of the official and colloquial names of the Cossack Hetmanate) and "The Ukrainian view was formulated much later, between the 1840s and the end of the 1930s in Eastern Austria": a) it should've been Eastern Galicia as Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria wasn't part of Austria since 1867 and part of Austro-Hungary since 1919. Moreover in case you check the source (page 3) there's nothing about "Eastern Austria"; b) it's saying that regarding Modern era Ukrainian historiography, while I've added more descriptive overview and shifts in Ukrainian historiography since 13th century. And since we're describing Russian historiography starting from 1330s and not just the Modern era one, it's only fair to describe the shifts in Ukrainian historiography starting with Galicia-Volhynia-centric chronicles. Given that the current source in the article does that as well. See page 8:
The Galician-Volhynian dynasty devised its own ideological program vis-avis Kiev and the all-Rus’ inheritance based on the law of investiture, on patrimonial ties with the Kievan dynasty, and on the special relationship to Kiev of religious objects. This program is set forth in the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle, the third major component of the Hypatian Codex. Of particular significance is the special “Introduction” to the Hypatian Codex, which explicates the exclusive historical and dynastic rights of the Galician-Volhynian house to the Kievan succession
- Korwinski (talk) 15:53, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
- Reply: If there are reliable sources stating two different views/interpretations/etc, you do not remove a pervious version in preference to your version. This violates NPOV. If you can find references demonstrating that one view has been discredited/disproved by a consensus of reliable sources (not just a difference of opinion or disagreement), you can include this information (phrased neutrally, with due weight) with references. // Timothy :: talk 16:12, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
- 1. I'm right now literally using the source in the article and the only source for that paragraph?
- 2. It covers information only on formation of Vladimir-Suzdal and Galicia-Volhynia. There's no information in that article about Ukrainian historiography from 14th century and up until 1840s.
- 3. Its not NPOV:
- a) It uses trope about "Austrian Galicia" (also no mention of that in the source)
- b) It says "The Russian view sees [...] as the sole heir to the Kievan Rus' [...] because [...] Ukraine was not defined as a state until 20th century" (also no mention of that in the source)
- c) Its literally 73 words or 444 characters to explain Russian view and just 33 words or 196 characters to explain Ukrainian view. With short explanation of how Russian view had gradually developed over time and literally zero information about Ukrainian historiography development on the subject up until 1840s. Korwinski (talk) 17:21, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
- I don't know how to be clearer.
- I am not objecting to the information you are adding.
- I am objecting to the removal of the sourced information in the article.
- Both views can be incorporated according to NPOV and WEIGHT.
- Observe WP:BRD, until there is a consensus per 1RR. // Timothy :: talk 17:28, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
- I see. Ok. I will rewright and include dates when Ukrainian view monolineal and exclusivist was formulated. I don't see anything else I hadn't included there. With the exception for cases 3a and 3b (see above). They aren't NPOV and they are not supported by that source. Korwinski (talk) 17:52, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
- I don't know how to be clearer.
- Reply: If there are reliable sources stating two different views/interpretations/etc, you do not remove a pervious version in preference to your version. This violates NPOV. If you can find references demonstrating that one view has been discredited/disproved by a consensus of reliable sources (not just a difference of opinion or disagreement), you can include this information (phrased neutrally, with due weight) with references. // Timothy :: talk 16:12, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
Away again
Will be away for a few days starting 10/8 due to old man medical stuff. Might be able to check in and reply, but unsure, I might have sketchy internet connect and don't know how I'll feel. // Timothy :: talk 02:14, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2023)
 Witch-hunting is commonly motivated by religious superstition.
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What did you remove?
Could i know what you removed of my updates to which i didnt explain? Mooezzz (talk) 15:33, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2023)
 An IT8.7 Target by LaserSoft Imaging
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Reversion of edits to 'LGBT in the Ottoman Empire'
Hi, just wanted to clarify that if there's no page number for a book/journal article to back up a claim, said claim is unreliable and possibly even made up, unless a page number can be provided. Please find the page number from the sources that prove the preceding claims. If not, the claims would have to be removed as it's inadequately sourced. Thanks. Omnibenevolence (talk) 20:18, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
- @Omnibenevolence: That is not the case. Yes, sourcing should be improved, but a missing page number is not cause to remove an unexceptional claim. To quote from WP:CHALLENGE,
Consider adding a citation needed tag as an interim step. ... If you think the material is verifiable, you are encouraged to provide an inline citation yourself before considering whether to remove or tag it.
- And to quote from WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM,
Wikipedia is a work in progress and perfection is not required.
. Can I suggest you look at the essay Assume good faith, perhaps? — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk) 10:58, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2023)
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Hey
Had to remove part of your sentence at ani for t&s reasons. Thought I'll leave a note. Thanks, Lourdes 06:31, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
- No problem, thanks for dealing with this. // Timothy :: talk 06:33, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
Away for a few days
Away for a few days for medical stuff. Nothing serious, will try and check in. // Timothy :: talk 17:41, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
- Had reasonably stable internet access, but that will probably be changing shortly. I will try and check my AfDs. // Timothy :: talk 00:18, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2023)
 Various forms of severe weather
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- The Structured Content team, as part of its project of improving UploadWizard on Commons, made some UX improvements to the upload step of choosing own vs not own work (T347590), as well as to the licensing step for own work (T347756).
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Sorry for the hassle, this is about the RfA of 0xDeadbeef. Fermiboson (talk) 08:38, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
November Articles for creation backlog drive
Hello TimothyBlue:
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Hi - fyi, I speedy closed this and moved the article per your comments. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 00:54, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you, greetings from Los Angeles. // Timothy :: talk 01:36, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 23
- October 2023—Issue 023
- Tree of Life
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Contest results
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The second edition of our monthly contest was even better than the last month, with 80 articles improved spanning the entire tree of life. The winner this month was Quetzal1964, who contributed to 47 articles, mainly relating to marine fish, and racked up 81 points in the process. In second place was simongraham, who got 60 points from 14 articles on various species of jumping spiders. simongraham is still at the top of our overall standings, with 130 points, and Quetzal1964's close behind on 108. The November edition of the contest is now open: feel free to drop by and participate if you work on any TOL-related articles this month. |
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 Lycorma meliae
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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2023)
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Tech News: 2023-45
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- In the Vector 2022 skin, the default font-size of a number of navigational elements (tagline, tools menu, navigational links, and more) has been increased slightly to match the font size used in page content. [9]
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- Last week, there was a problem displaying some recent edits on a few wikis, for 1-6 hours. The edits were saved but not immediately shown. This was due to a database problem. [10]
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Adem Jashari GAR
G’day, unless you lay out what the NPOV issues are, it seems likely that this GAR will be speedily kept. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:39, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
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Maybe off
Maybe off for a few days, internet access may not be good. // Timothy :: talk 04:59, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue 211, November 2023
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Jijo Anotny
Were you considering a DRV for this by any chance? Was going to file but thought I would check with you first since you were the nominator. CNMall41 (talk) 05:55, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- I wasn't, feel free. Greetings from Los Angeles // Timothy :: talk 06:00, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2023)
 Logo for 3dfx
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Tech News: 2023-46
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- Four new wikis have been created:
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- Last week, users who previously visited Meta-Wiki or Wikimedia Commons and then became logged out on those wikis could not log in again. The problem is now resolved. [17]
- Last week, some pop-up dialogs and menus were shown with the wrong font size. The problem is now resolved. [18]
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- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all wikis from 16 November (calendar).
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This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2023)
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Tech News: 2023-47
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- The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more. [25]
Future changes
- There is an update on re-enabling the Graph Extension. To speed up the process, Vega 2 will not be supported and only some protocols will be available at launch. You can help by sharing what you think about the plan.
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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2023)
 Institute for sports science in Japan
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Books & Bytes – Issue 59
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023
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Tech News: 2023-48
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- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [26][27]
- MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow
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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 24
- November 2023—Issue 024
- Tree of Life
- Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!
Contest results
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The third edition of our monthly contest saw Quetzal1964 win for the second month in a row, scoring 68 points from 39 articles about a variety of marine fishes. In second place for the month is Olmagon, who scored 45 points from 10 articles on extinct crustaceans and geckoes. In the overall standings, Quetzal1964 leapfrogged over simongraham into first place, with 176 points from 109 articles; simongraham is now in second place with 136 points from 37 articles. The December edition of the contest is now open: feel free to drop by and participate if you work on any TOL-related articles this month. |
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Now, this newsletter is technically not new, but I have only recently become aware of its existence and am only a month late, so it still counts. Wikiproject Fungi's Lichen task force has a new newsletter that is very nicely formatted and also features much better writing than this newsletter. Anyone interested in receiving the newsletter can add their name here. |
November DYKs
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 A bacterium that thrives in the deep ocean
 Georges Cuvier's reconstruction of Anoplotherium commune
 Paroedura maingoka
 Field of Wyethia amplexicaulis in bloom
.jpg) An adult dwarf pufferfish
,_El-Al_river_(cropped).jpg) Adult Balkan terrapin
 Planocarina marginata, a hyalospheniid amoeba
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Tech News: 2023-49
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [29]
- The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit
{{DEFAULTSORT:...}}keywords. [30]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [31][32]
- On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements appear on pages that include the
__NEWSECTIONLINK__magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator.
Future changes
- The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [33]
- Communities using Structured Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page.
Events
- Registration & Scholarship applications are now open for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 that will take place from 3–5 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Scholarship applications are open until 5 January 2024.
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Timothy,
I have again come across interesting ways of interpretation of Wikipedia rules. Please check this link and guide me. is it again the GNG.
Thanks Existence Leesaaisath 15:34, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
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- ~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 14:40, 6 December 2023 (UTC) Existence Leesaaisath 15:35, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:
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- Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
- How many links are needed. It may look like advertising If I add more, and its not understandable anymore. Existence Leesaaisath 15:38, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:
Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
- The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
- Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
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