User talk:K6ka/Archives/2015/January
Adminship
Would you like to run for adminship? I thought you we're already one. You seem like a perfect candidate. :) --AmaryllisGardener talk 03:27, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- @AmaryllisGardener: Well, glad to hear! However, for the same reason that I declined Xeno's offer, I personally don't feel that RFA will play nicely on me. For instance, the large majority of my edits are vandalism reverts. Another massive portion is maintenance edits to keep the gears of Wikipedia running smoothly. Very few of my edits are of actual article development, and especially the AFD section, which !voters at RFA want to see. In any case, I would like to wait a bit longer, maybe actually sit down and start building articles instead of playing "Wikipedia Tower Defense", and we'll see how it goes from there. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 03:31, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Ok, that's fine. To me, you just explained why the mop would be useful to you (mops are for maintenance work), but I know RfA voters don't always see it that way. Anyway, if you ever decide to run, you have my full support! :) --AmaryllisGardener talk 03:35, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Dear Sir
I thank you for your recommendations. I will give many good edits with your advice. - 50.153.132.142 (talk) 03:47, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 December 2014
- News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers
Wikidata, Wikimedia's free linked database that supplies Wikipedia and its sister projects, is gearing up to submit a grant application to the EU that would expand Wikidata's scope by developing it as a science hub. The proposal, supported by more than 25 volunteers and half a dozen European institutions as project partners, aims to create a virtual research environment (VRE) that will enhance the project's capacity for freely sharing scientific data.
- In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap
A "study tour" by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for the purpose of researching development projects has been the subject of much controversy and criticism in the Indian press... The Indian Express described a government report about the trip as having copied extensively from the Wikipedia articles for Port Blair and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
- Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide
Unlike last year, Wikipedia viewers seem to have embraced the Christmas spirit, with three topics in the top 10 (and eight in the top 25) focused on the holiday season.
- Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation
Chris Troutman has been a campus ambassador for six classes in the Los Angeles area over the past four consecutive semesters. He is currently a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at University of California, Riverside.
- Featured content: A bit fruity
Three articles, three lists, fifteen pictures, and one topic were promoted.
- Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting
A paper titled "Factors that influence the teaching use of Wikipedia in Higher Education" uses the technology acceptance model to shed light on faculty's (of Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) views of Wikipedia as a teaching tool.
GOCE 2014 report
Guild of Copy Editors 2014 Annual Report
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This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2015)
 Dishwashing liquid is a detergent used in dishwashing
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2014
The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 4 — 4th Quarter, 2014
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The Signpost: 07 January 2015
- In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints
ISIL hostage quotes Wikipedia in propaganda video; AirAsia articles draw complaints regarding Flight 8501; Article errors reveal US political approaches to Wikipedia editing; Rhode Island Governor numbering debate
- Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors
User:Jakec has been a Wikipedia editor for over two years and has been a writer of many recent Did you know articles on Wikipedia, including multiple articles on rivers and streams in the state of Pennsylvania.
- Featured content: Kock up
Two lists and twelve pictures were promoted.
- Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne
We end 2014 and and start 2015 with the normal array of year-end activities, including movie watching with Bollywood film PK (#1) topping the list, followed by The Interview (#2), 2014 in film (#10), and five other films in the rest of the Top 25, plus a number of articles about the subjects of these films. We celebrated the New Year by singing "Auld Lang Syne" (#11), or perhaps watching Adam Lambert (#9) perform with Queen. But we could not avoid a final tragedy with the crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (#4) on December 28.
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: The Fish-Slapping Dance.--DrWho42 (talk) 22:52, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
swmusic name change
Please let me know your concerns about our name change. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swmusic (talk • contribs) 01:24, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Swmusic: The account you have requested, Annabass, is already registered. If you want this rename to proceed, consider filing a request at m:SRUC. Alternatively you can just pick a new name at WP:CHUS. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 03:09, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Re: Please comment on nl.wiki using BWR to show that you own it.
Hi there. I just wanted to say thay I followed your request for a confirmation of owning the account name 'BWR' on nl.wiki . You can see that I changed the User:BWR page to confirm. Can the usurpation be completed with this information? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghanib (talk • contribs) 12:47, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Ghanib: I've added your diff to the request page. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 12:49, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2015)
 The history of Mongolia includes the foundation, expansion, and fragmentation of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century
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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 software changes
- Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files.
- You can now use the
{{!}}magic word instead of Template:!. Many wikis used the template to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the template.
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar).
- A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a
☀(Sun) character. This is now fixed. - The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages.
- The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor.
- The
thumboption is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar.
Future changes
- You can sign up to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier.
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16:47, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Colin A Grainger EddieCat2009
Yes please change name to EddieCat2009 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colin A Grainger (talk • contribs) 20:22, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 January 2015
- Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you
Ever since the Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident in 2005 triggered the restriction against un-registered editors creating new pages, WikiProject Articles for creation (AfC) has stood in the breach. The WikiProject's purpose is to review draft submissions from IPs (and frequently new registered editors) to sort the wheat from the chaff.
- WikiProject report: Articles for creation: the inside story
This anniversary issue, the WikiProject report is returning to WikiProject Articles for creation for one of our largest interviews ever. Last looked at in 2011, AfC is the method used by unregistered or new users to create articles, and provides an effective filtering system to remove all unsuitable or unsourced submissions to save them needing to be found and deleted later.
- News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community
On the fourteenth anniversary of the founding of the English Wikipedia, the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has announced that its prestigious annual Erasmus Prize will be awarded to the worldwide community that has built Wikipedia.
- In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors
Wikipedia turned 14 on January 15. A few media outlets took note of the anniversary.
- Featured content: Citations are needed
Six featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.
- Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie
It's a grim certainty what topic most interested Wikipedia viewers this week. The horrific attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine have drawn anger and resolve from around the world, and also the attention of an English-speaking world that had previously never heard of it.
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I already asked for merging username:Pietro.ziveri to username:P.ziveri but still no anser from baffo@global ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pietro.ziveri (talk • contribs) 22:40, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Pietro.ziveri: You'll have to be patient. I cannot rename you myself as I am not a global renamer. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 22:45, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2015)
 An example of prose, a type of writing that simulates the natural flow of language
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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
- You can download the new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. The new version shows lead images, better galleries and content from Wikidata. It also has many other new features.
- Programs and bots still can't read information about images on many wikis. You can see the list of wikis with the most files to fix. Wikipedia in Italian, Indonesian and Japanese language have the most files to fix. On the biggest wikis you should use bots. Bots can add information templates to groups of files. You can ask other tech users to help you.
Problems
- All JavaScript on Commons was broken for a few minutes on Tuesday. It was because of old code in the HotCat tool. The same problem happened on some Wikipedias on Wednesday. It is now fixed.
Software changes this week
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18:13, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 January 2015
- From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief
A letter from departing Signpost editor-in-chief The ed17.
- Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost
Celebrating and remembering ten years of community journalism.
- Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing
Over seventy years ago, the US destroyer Mahan was patrolling off Ponson Island in the Philippines when eleven Japanese kamikaze aircraft appeared over the horizon and attacked. George Pendergast, who edits Wikipedia with the username Pendright, was eighteen years old when he joined Mahan 's crew in April 1944.
- News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections
The municipality of Esino Lario in Italy will host Wikimania 2016.
- Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better
Our contributor opines that WikiProjects are failing to live up to their potential. WikiProject X is a new project funded by a Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grant that focuses on figuring out what makes some WikiProjects work and not others.
- In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers
Quotes from Jimbo on Wikipedia in education; net neutrality; preserving musical heritage; Wikipedia in audio; a cheerful vandal credits high school with papal visitations.
- Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess
Nine articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted.
- Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens
ArbCom's three open cases are GamerGate, Wifione, and Christianity and sexuality.
username change request
Yesterday I requested a change to my username from Radicalchoicesllc to Rchoices. I haven't hear whether or not this has been approved. Can you tell me? Radicalchoicesllc (talk) 17:37, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
- @Radicalchoicesllc: It hasn't been approved because you are still using the old name, and looking at the logs no action has been taken yet. AFAIK there are still concerns that your new username might still be somewhat related to the company you work for, and may not be a "personal" or "one-person" username. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 19:15, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Blagoi Ivanov
Hello. I added link of source — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.237.76.26 (talk) 18:42, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2015)
 The opening of the Beethoven Symphony No. 5, a famous symphony.
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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 software changes
- You can now translate articles with the new ContentTranslation tool on several wikis.
This week
Future changes
- You can join a project to improve WikiProjects.
- The Compact Personal Bar will be removed for now. It has a bug that breaks the tool to choose your language. It will come back when the bug is fixed.
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16:08, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Huggle message
Hey K6ka! You are receiving this message because you are subscribed at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members#Beta_testers
I have recently launched a new downloads for beta testers that contains nightly builds of huggle, eg. versions that are built every day from our master branch and contains latest huggle. These builds are currently provided only for Windows and Ubuntu. You can find them here: http://huggle.wmflabs.org/builds/
Please keep in mind that these don't have any automatic updates and if you download and start using nightly build, you will need to update it yourself! So don't get yourself to running old version, it's possible to install both stable and nightly huggle, which is what I suggest.
Keep the bug reports coming to phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=Huggle Many thanks! Petrb (talk) 10:06, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
guitar boogie (song) LYRICS
Sorry, but I am not all over how to information correctly and the directions are way too complicated and time consuming. My ex-girlfriends father, John R. O'Connell, originally from the coal regions of Pennsylvania north of Pottsville, PA had a band that played in area bars. The had words to this song. He sang and played guitar. He passed the song down to his children. Three of his four children play guitar and know the song and most of the words, but don't recall quite all of them. Searching on the WWW has turned up nothing.
Maybe someone out there knows what they are and who really came up with the lyrics, unless it is possible that her dad or members of his band came up with these on their own? At some point I'll have the lyrics that they recall to post.
Please add this if you could. My personal e-mail is bfmcelroy@comcast.net
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.90.14.185 (talk) 16:21, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
- Firstly, we need to make sure that the information can be verified, such as through a citation (you know how you need to cite your sources in an academic paper; Wikipedia is no different). Secondly, we also need to make sure this is notable. We don't record or publish the names of high school garage bands that only entertained their family or classmates at most. Thirdly, we unfortunately don't accept original research, which is when someone who claims they are involved publish information that would otherwise only be obtained from that person. For example, a Holocaust survivor cannot write something on Wikipedia and claim it is true, citing themselves as a source. Otherwise we could easily have people saying "The sky is blue" and cite "Me, Myself, and I" as a source, which is not allowed. In your case, we can't actually take what you say as true unless you also have a reliable source to prove it.
- Oh, and I don't email people over issues like this. You will need to communicate with me and other editors on this page, or on the article talk page. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 17:42, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm MrX. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, ಪ್ರವೇಶವಿಲ್ಲದ ಗರ್ಭಗುಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪೂಜಾರಿಯಾದವರು, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. - MrX 13:12, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 January 2015
- From the editor: An editorial board that includes you
The editorial board is not complete without you. We are looking for Wikipedians with all kinds of experience levels.
- In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case
The English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee has closed the colossal GamerGate arbitration case, whose size—involving 27 named parties—recalls large and complex cases of the past.
- In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia
A murder suspect edits Wikipedia, Russia is kidding when it says it wants to censor Wikipedia.
- Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate
Does the committee facilitate stability... or is it a circus. Two users, two perspectives.
- Traffic report: A sea of faces
It is pretty clear what the theme is this week: people.
- Recent research: Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content
A paper presented at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition last year presents an automated method to improve Wikipedia's coverage of theatre plays.
- Special report: Traffic in the fog—most-viewed articles of 2014 include death, Facebook, and Ebola
As with last year, music stars were the majority of celebrities on the list, as their frequent concerts and media appearances keep their flames alight longer than others of their stripe.
- Featured content: Like Jack Kerouac's On The Road, this week's issue was written on amphetamines
Ten featured articles, three featured lists, and 22 featured images were promoted this week.