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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

From the editor: Is this the new normal?

News and notes: European copyright law moves forward

In the media: Knowledge under fire

Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2

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Traffic report: John McCain's death generates over 7 million hits, followed by historical low

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Nomination for deletion of Template:House of Cards (U.S. TV series)

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Pocky & Rocky series

There is an user (Namcokid47) changing the name of the series to the japanese one (KiKi KaiKai) even if it has an established translated one and putting the original name of the games in there too without any reason or discussion about it. HÊÚL. (talk) 08:13, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Johnson Family Enterprises

Template:Johnson Family Enterprises has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 16:06, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 October 2018

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DYK for Wheels Up

On 6 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wheels Up, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that subscription-based airline Wheels Up provides a "Same Day Game Day" airline service to college football games? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wheels Up. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Wheels Up), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Brunson

Vandalism? Really? I just used the links which are used on most articles about basketball players, the team name and not one specific season link. And you template me with vandalism? Sorry, but you can't be serious... I'm not a newbie, so you could have just discussed it with me. (Sorry if it "sounds" rude) Kante4 (talk) 22:53, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

No response? Don't get me wrong but i would like to clarify the issue. Kante4 (talk) 09:31, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

The reason to have a link in an article is because the reader can find further detail about the topic at the link destination. For sports biographies, there has been no consensus on whether to use team season articles or just team articles. This lack of consensus to me is just the lazy way out. If you want to tell me that a player did such and such against a team, he did it against the players on that team in that season. Brunson did not debut against the Phoenix Suns, he debuted against the 2018–19 Phoenix Suns season. The former is an article about the history of the franchise with content that has captions about the Kevin Johnson, Charles Barkley and Steve Nash eras. None of those guys has anything to do with Brunson's debut. Brunson debuted against the 2018–19 Phoenix Suns season coached by Igor Kokoškov and a team composed of these guys. Why not send the reader to the link about the subject?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:57, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

I understand you but i think this needs wider discussion (WP:NBA), else readers think a team is linked over and over again. Still, why did you template me and acused me of vandalism? Kante4 (talk) 16:11, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

I think we have tried to have this discussion in the past, to no consensus. I am open to revisiting this. I have not had any problem with these links in a while. I may have been rash in tagging you.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:13, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

I guess there should be a discussion, as i have only seen you doing this. And yeah, no "may", you were wrong tagging me, but it's all good. Kante4 (talk) 11:33, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Kante4, I don't see the confusion. If I am reading the 20XX-YY sesaon, the Suns would refer to the 20XX-YY Suns. The information about who he played against is only at the team-season article. No matter who is doing it another way, he did not debut against Nash, Johnson and Barkley. The prior discussion may have been at WP:NBA, WP:BBALL or WP:CBBALL. It was no consensus. I am not hearing your opionion. Do you feel that the he debuted against the Phoenix Suns or the 2018–19 Phoenix Suns? Feel free to open a discussion at one of those pages. You can probably ask around for the prior discussion.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:04, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

BTW, I meant open at one of the project pages above not a talk of either Phoenix Suns article.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:50, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Kante4, what are you thinking?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:51, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

I knew what you meant. Maybe later on, it was more about the vandalism error from your side. Kante4 (talk) 21:04, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

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The Call of the Wild adaptations

So, why aren't the anime adaptations for The Call of the Wild not notable enough? I can make it more notable if you want. I mean, you guys already had the 1982 anime adaptation for White Fang, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.82.252.79 (talk) 00:41, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Cool Air

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The Call of the Wild adaptations

Just because they're red links, doesn't mean they can't be on here. How are they not notable enough for their own pages. I'll create pages for them someday. Are you an admin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.82.252.79 (talk) 15:57, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Edgecliff (Winnetka, Illinois)

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Odd MOS question

Hi Tony, I have an odd MOS question and no idea where to go for the answers. I've run across a user who appears to be using emoticons as ref names, as per this diff. They show up in several other articles the user has edited, including Sadid-1. Is this a quirk of my browser (Amazon Silk, based on Android Chrome)? Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 03:25, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Thanks for reviewing David Long (American football), TonyTheTiger.

Unfortunately Barkeep49 has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

Tony - I don't think this article meets the SNG for either professional or amateur atheletes. I am marking unreviewed so another editor can look at it without bias.

To reply, leave a comment on Barkeep49's talk page.

Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 03:50, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 December 2018

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Obituaries

Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Cool Air

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@TonyTheTiger:Since you previously nominated it as a good article.

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Mezzo

Angela Brower: after a bit of copy-editing, the article is to short for DYK, - please write a bit more lead, - will be requested anyway. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:00, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Angela Brower

On 10 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Angela Brower, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Angela Brower performed her signature role as Octavian at the Colombian premiere of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Angela Brower. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Angela Brower), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK for Edgecliff (Winnetka, Illinois)

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Willsome429, unfortunately I can't find big plays that seemed to matter. All of his interceptions have been in blowouts. He hardly has any sacks and no big single-game or single-season stats.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:17, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

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DYK for David Long (American football)

On 27 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article David Long (American football), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after initially committing to Stanford, David Long agreed to play for Michigan Wolverines football after Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh climbed a tree on a recruiting visit? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/David Long (American football). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, David Long (American football)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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