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Create an article of the Kingdom of Buleleng ? I Kadékk Gilang (talk) 04:02, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- I will try to create it although I don't have many experiences in making articles about Kingdom; hence I created the kingdom article from translation. Faldi00 (talk) 04:19, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes the translete results will be better thank you 🙏 I Kadékk Gilang (talk) 05:32, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- When create Buleleng and Klungkung kingdom? I Kadékk Gilang (talk) 12:43, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- Buleleng Kingdom is currently in draft as there are conflicting sources. Regarding Klungkung, I will work on it Faldi00 (talk) 16:13, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Help
Can you help me to fixed this source for the Old Balinese that i will created?[1] I Kadékk Gilang (talk) 12:47, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- I have fixed it by removing archive date and access date since those components were unnecessary. Faldi00 (talk) 04:12, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- 👍🙏 Plese help me create an Old Balinese article by looking for other sources I Kadékk Gilang (talk) 06:13, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Good, include the source in your comment so I can copy it I Kadékk Gilang (talk) 06:16, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Faldi helped me develop Old Balinese so that it would not be deleted by finding and creating other sources 😔🙏 I Kadékk Gilang (talk) 06:22, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
References
- ↑ I Nengah, Granoka (2022). "TELAAH DIAKRONIK BAHASA BALI - Linguistik Indonesia". linguistik - Indonesia. 41 (1): 266–280. doi:10.26499/li.v41i1.433.
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It's done!
Hello, it's me @TheBrowniess! I just finished fulfilling your requested article. Here it is - 2002 Central African Republic coup attempt. Cheers. 🍫 TheBrowniess (talk) (contribs) 🍫 04:17, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
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Sock recreation
Faldi00, can you please confirm how you came to recreate the draft Ngada people as a near verbatem copy of the article previously added by a confirmed sock account? I had blocked you as a sock of this very prolific group before realizing your tenure here.-- Ponyobons mots 20:09, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi
- I just realized that the Ngada People article was created by a sock puppet account when you informed me about it. I created this article by translating the Indonesian version because it came into the translation recommendation, and also the topic was notable enough to be included into the Wikipedia English. Faldi00 (talk) 20:20, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- The referencing style was so idiosyncratic that it looked like a WP:DUCK case. I jumped the gun on a block and apologize for that.-- Ponyobons mots 20:23, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
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- Serendipity: Guinea-Bissau Heritage from Commons to the World
"The only time I ever took photos in my entire life".
- Technology report: Hear that? The wikis go silent twice a year
From patrolling new edits to uploading photos or joining a campaign, you can count on the Wikimedia platform to be up and running — in your language, anywhere in the world. That is, except for a couple of minutes during the equinoctes.
- In the media: The end of the world
Or just the end of Wikipedia as we know it?
- Recent research: What's known about how readers navigate Wikipedia; Italian Wikipedia hardest to read
Of "hunters", "busybodies" and "dancers".
- Opinion: Sennecaster's RfA debriefing
User Sennecaster shares her thoughts on her recent RfA and the aspects that might have played a role in making it successful.
- Tips and tricks: One year after this article is posted, will every single article on Wikipedia have a short description?
What are they? Why are they important? How can we make them better? And what can you do to help?
- Community view: Open letter from French Wikipedians says "no" to intimidation of volunteer contributors
Liberté, liberté chérie.
- Traffic report: Temporary scars, February stars
Grammys, politics and the Super Bowl.
- Essay: The source, the whole source, and nothing but the source
Straight from the source's mouth. A source is a source, of course, of course!
- Obituary: Ümüt Çınar (Kmoksy) and Vinícius Medina Kern (Vmkern)
Turkish linguist wrote about languages and plants; Brazilian informaticist studied Wikimedia projects and education.
DYK for Madmuin Hasibuan
On 6 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Madmuin Hasibuan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Madmuin Hasibuan's father punished him for not fasting in Ramadan by not giving him food for three days? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Madmuin Hasibuan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Madmuin Hasibuan), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
Women in Red March 2025
Announcements from other communities: Tip of the month:
Moving the needle:[1]
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Books & Bytes – Issue 67
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 67, January – February 2025
- East View Press and The Africa Report join the library
- Spotlight: Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention and WikiCredCon
- Tech tip: Suggest page
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --18:48, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 March 2025
- From the editor: Hanami
It's an ecstasy, my spring.
- Opinion: Talking about governments editing Wikipedia
Let them know what you think!
- News and notes: Deeper look at takedowns targeting Wikipedia
Read this, then forget all about it.
- In the media: The good, the bad, and the unusual
Life on the Wiki as usual!
- Recent research: Explaining the disappointing history of Flagged Revisions; and what's the impact of ChatGPT on Wikipedia so far?
And WMF invites multi-year research fund proposals
- Traffic report: All the world's a stage, we are merely players...
The Oscars, politics, and death elbow for the most attention.
- Gallery: WikiPortraits rule!
The photographers are the celebrities!
- Essay: Unusual biographical images
And very unusual biographical images.
- Obituary: Rest in peace
Send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
Women in Red April 2025
Announcements (Events facilitated by others):
Tip of the month:
Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool)
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The Signpost: 9 April 2025
- Special report: Wikipedian and physician Ziyad al-Sufiani reportedly released from Saudi prison
Fellow doctor Osama Khalid remains behind bars for "violating public morals" by editing.
- In focus: WMF to explore "common standards" for NPOV policies; implications for project autonomy remain unclear
Major changes to core content policy, or still-developing plan for new initiative?
- In the media: Indian judges demand removal of content critical of Asian News International
Defeat, or just a setback?
- News and notes: 35,000 user accounts compromised, locked in attempted credential-stuffing attack
Plus: 30-year anniversary of wiki software commemorated.
- Op-ed: How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects
Our content is free, our infrastructure is not!
- Opinion: Crawlers, hogs and gorillas
What is to be done?
- Debriefing: Giraffer's RfA debriefing
Advice to aspirants: "Read RfA debriefs", including this one.
- Obituary: RHaworth, TomCat4680 and PawełMM
Rest in peace.
- Traffic report: Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, off to report we go...
Snow White sinking, Adolescence soaring, spacefarers stranded, this list has it all!
- News from Diff: Strengthening Wikipedia’s neutral point of view
The Wikimedia Foundation's announcement from Diff.
- Comix: Thirteen
Gadzooks!
Disambiguation link notification for April 17
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Adan Yabal District, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Al-Shabaab.
(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 07:54, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
Women in Red May 2025
Announcements (events facilitated by others):
Progress ("moving the needle"):
Tip of the month:
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The Signpost: 1 May 2025
- News and notes: India cut off from Wiki money; WMF annual plan and Wikimedia programs seek comment
As always, Wikimedia community governance relies on user participation; plus, more updates from the Wikimedia world
- In the media: Feds aiming for WMF's nonprofit status
Scrapers, an Indian lawsuit, and a crash-or-not-crash?
- Recent research: How readers use Wikipedia health content; Scholars generally happy with how their papers are cited on Wikipedia
And other new research findings.
- Arbitration report: Sysop Tinucherian removed and admonished by the ArbCom
And don't bite those newbies!
- Discussion report: Latest news from Centralized discussions
And don't bite those newbies!
- Traffic report: Of Wolf and Man
Television dramas, televised sports, film, the Pope, and ... bioengineering at the top of the list?
- Disinformation report: At WikiCredCon, Wikipedia editors and Internet Archive discuss threats to trust in media
Community volunteers network among themselves and use technology to counter attacks on information sharing.
- News from the WMF: Product & Tech Progress on the Annual Plan
A look at some product and tech highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan (July–December 2024).
- Humour: Crisis erupts as furious admins, functionaries complain about crappy t-shirts
Hey! At least it is something!
- Comix: By territory
Zounds!
- In focus: Using AI on the Russian Wikipedia: opportunities or challenges?
Would a billion articles be a good idea?
- Community view: A deep dive into Wikimedia
There's a lot more to this than you think.
- Debriefing: Barkeep49's RfB debriefing
I wonder about having crats, but decided to become one anyway.
- Gallery: Meet the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024
Just beautiful photos!
- Obituary: JarrahTree, JohnClarknew and Yashthepunisher
Rest in Paradise.
Books & Bytes – Issue 68
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 68, March–April 2025
Issue 68, March–April 2025
In this issue we highlight two resource renewals, #EveryBookItsReader, a note about Phabricator, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.
Read the full newsletterSent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --10:19, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 May 2025
- News and notes: WMF to kick off new-CEO quest as Iskander preps to move on — Supreme Court nixes gag of Wiki page for other India court row on ANI — code-heads give fix-up date for Charts in lieu of long-dead Graph gizmo
And comment is requested on a privacy whitepaper.
- In the media: Wikimedia Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide
And other courtroom drama.
- Disinformation report: What does Jay-Z know about Wikipedia?
And how he knows it: all about lawyer letters and editing logs.
- In focus: On the hunt for sources: Swedish AfD discussions
Why the language barrier is not the only impediment to navigating sources from another culture.
- Technology report: WMF introduces unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie
And QR codes for every page!
- Debriefing: Goldsztajn's RfA debriefing
When an editor is ready to become staff at a public library (not a brother in a fraternity).
- Obituary: Max Lum (User:ICOHBuzz)
Rest in peace.
- Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 2)
The technology behind it, and the other stuff.
- Comix: Collection
Gadzooks!
- From the archives: Humor from the Archives
And more.
Women in Red June 2025
Announcements:
Progress ("moving the needle"):
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The Signpost: 24 June 2025
- News and notes: Happy 7 millionth!
Admins arrested in Belarus.
- In the media: Playing professor pong with prosecutorial discretion
Pardon our alliteration!
- Disinformation report: Pardon me, Mr. President, have you seen my socks?
A get-out-of-jail card!
- Recent research: Wikipedia's political bias; "Ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians
And other new research publications.
- Traffic report: All Sinners, a future, all Saints, a past
Holy men and not-as-holy movies.
- News from Diff: Call for candidates is now open: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
Get your self-nomination in by July 2nd!
- Opinion: Russian Wiki-fork flails, failing readers and editors
After two years RuWiki fails to thrive.
- Debriefing: EggRoll97's RfA2 debriefing
With some sweet-and-sour sauce!
- Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)
Every thing you need to know about the Wikimedia Foundation?
- Comix: Hamburgers
Egad!