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Edible books

Hi Gobonobo. I hope I am leaving this message in the correct place and apologize if I am not. Please see my further comments on the Edible Books talk page. I really don't think you fully investigated the citations. Timwiki99 (talk) 12:42, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Yep, this is the right place. I've replied over at the talk page. gobonobo ^{+ c} 14:15, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

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The Quantum Prophecy

Somebody has converted the article The Quantum Prophecy, which you had recently worked on, into a redirect into the book series. If you want to rescue it, I would suggest adding references to prove that the book has a right to its own article. Robman94 (talk) 14:21, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

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A new reference tool

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Comment regarding Rollback

Hello, Thank you for your anti-vandalism contributions. After a review of your rollbacks, it appears that you are not providing proper warning messages to the editors that you are reverting. Please make sure that the anti-vandalism policy is followed in the future. If you have any questions, please let me know. Nakon 06:50, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Noted. I'll try to be thorough in the future. gobonobo ^{+ c} 12:04, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Revert on Linux Kernel Page

4.0 is indeed stable as of today. I'm fairly sure that updating that information is indeed constructive.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/12/178 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.28.124 (talk • contribs) 20:01, April 12, 2015‎

The "Hurr durr I'ma sheep" raised a flag for me. gobonobo ^{+ c} 01:27, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Convention panel participation

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The Signpost: 15 April 2015

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04:40:22, 20 April 2015 review of submission by Surbhi mittal

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  • Draft:Call Center Pros (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hey hi.. thank you for reviewing my article - 'Call Center Pros'.

I would like to tell you that this is one of the best BPO company in Florida and near-shore with around 200 employees. It is a large setup with trained professionals. I am a part of this organization and would request you to accept my article for the same.

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@Surbhi mittal: As a part of the organization you are writing an article about, you may be violating our conflict of interest guildeline. I would suggest you forget about creating that article and edit some other area of Wikipedia. gobonobo ^{+ c} 04:58, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

April 25: Information Architecture Summit meetup in Minneapolis

Thought you might be interested in Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Minnesota#Information Architecture Summit meetup - I know the organizer from participation in various NYC wiki-events.--Pharos (talk) 13:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

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Reply

continued from User talk:Giano...

I find the attempts to provoke any editor into some sort of negative response far less civil than mentioning any particular gender's genitalia. There was absolutely NO reason for that editor to be posting on Eric's page other than an attempt to provoke and WP:HARRASS him. The block should stand.

There is a long history here, and if you are familiar with it, then I can only assume you support such behavior. I hope that is not the case. — Ched :  ?  01:01, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Please don't pretend that I support the actions of an editor because I recognized an instance of incivility against them. Giano's attack on Lightbreather occurred on Eric's talk page in a discussion that Giano had not previously been a part of. WP:NPA doesn't have a clause saying that it's okay to attack editors if you think they're being disruptive. Since you don't seem to be interested in doing anything about ongoing incivility, you might also like to not do anything about an editor calling me "a problem" and implying I'm on drugs. gobonobo ^{+ c} 01:28, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Reading through the entire thread on Eric's talk, and as was pointed out to you here, the entire subject matter of "ovaries" was brought up by Lightbreather. Suggesting that they (LB) take them (the ovaries) and leave the page, where they (LB) were clearly being confrontational, is not a personal attack in my opinion. In reviewing your recent contribs, I can understand why an editor might consider your recent edits "a problem". In light of everything I've seen, I find it very unlikely that you and I will reach any sort of agreement on this. Hopefully in some future discussion we can find that we agree on something, but I doubt it will be here and now. I'll leave you to your page. — Ched :  ?  02:28, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

(I don't want to start a new thread.) Every time I read "imply" I am afraid. I look at attitude more than single remarks and their implications which may be subject to interpretation. I have found Eric on the side of women in times of need and will not forget that. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:47, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Gender Gap red list pages

I just kind of stumbled into your red list pages and they are quite impressive! I wish I was a more prolific content creator, there is obviously a lot of work that needs to be done. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:48, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 29 April 2015

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Do not accuse people of being sock puppets without cause

Sorry, I hadn't logged in when I reverted a removal of dispute tag. That does not make my IP a sock puppet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Getoverpops (talk • contribs) 14:33, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 11

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DYK for Abbie Lathrop

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The Signpost: 06 May 2015

• News and notes: "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced
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• In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award
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• Traffic report: The grim ship reality
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Please justify the removal of the information added to the Southern Strategy article

I agree that the academic information is imbalanced but I would encurage you to balance it with additional information rather than remove it. I will add this to a talk section. I expect you will be willing to discuss it there.Getoverpops (talk) 14:18, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

See also WP:QUOTEFARM; you can get away with walls of text on Wikipedia talk pages, but concision is preferred in article space. Also, FYI, I prefer to discuss articles on the article talk page so that everyone can benefit from the exchange. Thanks, gobonobo ^{+ c} 14:22, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

I've replied in the talk page. Please help me figure out how we can include the references I've added without being a wall of quotes.Getoverpops (talk) 14:31, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 13 May 2015

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Re:embroidery

Bravo!

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The Signpost: 20 May 2015

• From the editor: Your voice is needed: strategic voting in the WMF election
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• In focus: The awful truth about Wikimedia's article counts
  The article counts of many Wikimedia wikis suddenly changed on 29 March 2015: as the Signpost reported at the time, sixty-five wikis fell below milestones tracked at the Wikimedia News Meta page, and three increased to new milestones.

• Traffic report: Inner Core
  The list is topped this week by Danish scientist Inge Lehmann, thanks to a Google Doodle celebrating her 127th birthday. Lehmann discovered in 1936 that the Earth has a solid inner core. It is sometimes surprising to realize how recently such basic scientific knowledge of the Earth, which we now take for granted, was discovered.

• News and notes: A dark side of comedy: the Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes
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• In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize
  Jimmy Wales and five others accepted the 2015 Dan David Prize at Tel Aviv University on May 17. The prize comes with US$1 million, ten percent of which goes to doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships.

• WikiProject report: Cell-ebrating Molecular Biology
  This week, we had the pleasure of interviewing WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology, which has come a long way since our last interview in 2008. Like most projects, it has a long member list, but only a small subset of that group regularly contributes. With 28 featured articles and 58 top-importance start class ones, the project has clearly had some success, but has a ways to go. We talked to three regular project contributors.

• Arbitration report: Editor conduct the subject of multiple cases
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The Signpost: 27 May 2015

• News and notes: WMF releases quarterly reports, annual plans
  The Wikimedia Foundation recently switched to a quarterly report structure to better align reporting with the generally quarterly planning and goal-setting processes.

• In the media: Scrubbing Parliamentary biographies; Wikipedia's invisible history
  British media reports on Wikipedia editing to articles of Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prior to the May 7 United Kingdom general election from IP addresses assigned to Parliament.

• Discussion report: A relic from the past that needs to be updated
  To many, Internet Relay Chat is an old relic, but not to Wikipedia. Wikipedia currently has an IRC help channel designated to help and assist editors with editing Wikipedia.

• Featured content: When music was confined to a ribbon of rust
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  Wikipedia's articles on drugs are pretty good – good enough to impress even doctors. A new research study adds some substance to that impression.

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The Signpost: 03 June 2015

• News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out
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  Caitlyn Jenner—the American hero of the 1976 Olympics, a film actor, and prominent member of Keeping Up with the Kardashians—may now be the most famous openly transgender person in the world.

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• Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings
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• Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier
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• Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013
  Wikipedia appears to be the single most used website for health information globally, exceeding traffic observed at the NIH, WebMD, WHO et al..

• In the media: Anonymous Australian editing targets football player, shooting victim
  More UK government vandalism; legend has it; minding the gender gap

• Traffic report: A rather ordinary week
  The traffic report is nothing unusual this week, with a Google Doodle for astronaut Sally Ride topping the list, the accidental death of famous mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. at #2, and the normal fare of recent popular American movies and television.

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The Signpost: 10 June 2015

• News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief
  This week saw the publication of the Chapter-wide Financial Trends Report 2013, a now-completed research project that examines the finances and outlays of the 36 movement-affiliated chapters.

• Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity
  "Happy families are all alike," Leo Tolstoy said, "but unhappy families are unhappy after their own fashion."

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The Signpost: 17 June 2015

• In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch
  The Princess of Asturias Foundation announced that Wikipedia would be the recipient of the 2015 Princess of Asturias award in the category of International Cooperation.

• Arbitration report: An election has consequences
  The Arbitration Committee delivered its final decision in a case that reached the attention of the UK national press.

• In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe
  This would end a long-standing tradition in many countries that the skyline and the public scene should belong to everybody.

• Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time
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• Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars
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• News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief
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• Featured content: Great Dane hits 150
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• Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin
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• WikiProject report: Western Australia speaks – we are back
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The Signpost: 24 June 2015

• From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative
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• Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia
  The Wikimedia Foundation's Language Engineering team plans to introduce Content Translation—a tool that makes it easier to translate Wikipedia articles into different languages—as a beta feature on the English Wikipedia.

• Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia
  During 2009–2011 Google ran the Google Translation Project (GTP), a program utilising paid translators to translate most popular English Wikipedia articles to various Indian language Wikipedias.

• Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done
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• Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles
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• Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced
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• News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments
  The Board of Trustees is the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made ...

• In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing
  The Hürriyet Daily News reports that the Turkish Wikipedia has posted banners on the top of the encyclopedia to warn users that a number of articles are being blocked by the Turkish government.

• Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia
  After six years of work, a residency in the Canadian Rockies, endless debugging, and more than a little help from my friends, I have made Print Wikipedia.

• Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration
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The Signpost: 01 July 2015

• News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF
  This week The Center for Internet and Society published a promotional blog post highlighting the heritage of the center's creation of the Train the Trainer program.

• In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology
  A week now remains until the vote, expected on 9 July, when the European Parliament will express either its approval, disapproval, or lack of opinion on the question of freedom of panorama in the European Union.

• WikiProject report: Able to make a stand
  Here to share their wisdom are Dodger67, Penny Richards, LilyKitty, and Mirokado of WikiProject Disability

• Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.
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• Traffic report: We're Baaaaack
  For the week of June 21 to 27, 2015, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages.

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• Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution
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The Signpost: 08 July 2015

• Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?
  It seems like a good time to discuss the various communications channels available to community members.

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief
  Lila Tretikov this week posted an email to the wikimedia-l mailing list announcing the final publication of the Wikimedia Foundation's 2015 annual plan.

• In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved
  The mayor of Esino Lario warns that Wikimedia 2016 is "at risk of disappearing".

• Traffic report: The Empire lobs back
  It's July 4 weekend and on this list that means only one thing: Wimbledon. Sure, the American Independence Day gets noticed too, but it can't hold a candle to that staggeringly British sporting event.

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Books and Bytes - Issue 12

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Issue 12, May-June 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

• New donations - Taylor & Francis, Science, and three new French-language resources
• Expansion into new languages, including French, Finnish, Turkish, and Farsi
• Spotlight: New partners for the Visiting Scholar program
• American Library Association Annual meeting in San Francisco

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The Signpost: 15 July 2015

• Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it
  "How long will this take?" This is one of the first questions new clients ask. They come to us because the Wikipedia entry about the company at which they work is wrong, incomplete, or even just outdated. The answer varies ...

• Traffic report: Belles of the ball
  However coy they may be about it in public, Americans love to win. And when they do, they make no secret of it.

• WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?
  We return this week with an interview with a historical project that's still fairly active, WikiProject Former countries.

• In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion
  In The Register, Andrew Orlowski reports that three weeks ago, Grant Shapps filed a request with Wikimedia UK (WMUK) under the Data Protection Act 1998 "for all data relating to him".

• Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report
  The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce the release of our latest transparency report.

• News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania
  Wikimania 2015 is underway in Mexico City, and one of its sessions—a scheduled follow-up to the annual Wikimedia Conference that was held in Berlin in May—is good reason to provide a retrospective of that Conference.

• Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate
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The Signpost: 22 July 2015

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• News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case
  Wikimania features remarks from some leading players from the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the free knowledge movement.

• Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries
  WMF's Executive Director, Lila Tretikov, gave the opening plenary address.

• In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free
  Three novelists "have found a way to control the Wikipedia narrative" by using the annotation website Genius to annotate their own Wikipedia articles.

• Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin'
  Summary:When I was a kid, being a nerd meant wanting to go to Pluto.

• WikiProject report: Some more politics
  WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom

• Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters
  Three featured articles, two featured lists, and 29 featured pictures were promoted this week.

• Gallery: "One small step..."
  46 years ago this week, humanity set foot on the Moon.

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