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December 2013

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LonelyLaura, you are invited to the Teahouse

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I wanted to respond to your question raised in the edit summary at Stranger on My Land. First, please note that the edit summary is provided to offer a quick summary of the edits you've made to the article, rather than for general comments or questions about the article. When you have questions of this nature, you can either contact the editor who identified the issue or offer some questions and comments on the discussion page. At this point, the Stranger on My Land article fails to establish notability of the subject in accordance with the general or topical notability guidelines for films. I would recommend reviewing the notability guidelines. If you have further questions, please feel free to drop me a line anytime. Best regards, Cindy(talk) 21:16, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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How many bigs?

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26 is the best one. That is from the Wikipedia community. Not from me. But I am them. Now I am. 33 was too much ink. 26 might still take up a lot of bandwidth though. 12. Just in case. 12. A dozen. A board of directors' 12. LonelyLaura (talk) 17:19, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Capricorn/Rabbit

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Today is Aquarius. And my class is Dragon. ENFP? LonelyLaura (talk) 19:04, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And it has been 5 days since he turned 33. LonelyLaura (talk) 19:05, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

February 2014

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Information icon Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In the future, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, reduces edit conflicts, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. Cindy(talk) 06:42, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Heritage user boxes

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I am still them but I am not using certain heritage user boxes on my user page because they are for you first. That must be why some people like Kreuk in real life don't want to claim those heritages or be them if they are for you or something and that is me as Kreuk/Cosgrove/Ally Dawson, that is an Allison? LonelyLaura (talk) 14:04, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2016 birthday

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For being 28 in 2016 and seeing my last sibling graduate from senior high. Oh and Ted91 should be 2015, not 2014. He is not 1990. His dad Ted the Third didn't finish grad school either. He is just like his dad. And his whole purpose is to finish grad school like his father could not. So I think he should be 2015, because June 15, 2015 is when hitRECord expires, I think? I'm not them so what am I to know? LonelyLaura (talk) 17:42, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to think about university until after 2022, because I want Tommy to afford college and not go to war. We should all be old and learning how to retire and are about to retire. About to retire. We're about to retire. Going into retirement after 2022. Those going into retirement after 2022. LonelyLaura (talk) 19:36, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Hathaway Brown (Copperpot)

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The article Hathaway Brown (Copperpot) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication of notability, other than recording the theme song for this TV show (which is not a very strong claim). I am unable to find significant discussion of this band in reliable sources.

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Rickey Yaneza

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Speedy deletion nomination of Rickey Yaneza

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Category talk:Eurasian Americans

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February 2014

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Please do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia and are speedily deleted. Users who create or add such material may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. 88.104.19.233 (talk) 22:20, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Brit & Netherlands

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ScotlandAlbannach
This user is proud to be Scottish.


You paid attention to me. No, I do not want to be a writer. This Wikipedia user talk page must be my only following/followers, not who I'm following, I can have a watchlist of user pages to watch or follow. Not those. Not them. You. LonelyLaura (talk) 11:53, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This user is English.


IrelandÉireannach
This user is Irish.


This user is of Dutch ancestry.



4. Stalk Wikipedians! Tuckahoe Trace. 24.211.179.19 (talk) 20:57, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

666 This user has 6 letters in each of his three names.


NameThis user's name is Laura.


G gThis user's favorite letter in the English alphabet is G.


LDSThis user is a Latter-day Saint.


ENxPThis user's MBTI type is a hybrid between ENFP and ENTP.


IPThis person's IP is 127.0.0.1


24.211.179.19. LonelyLaura (talk) 21:26, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This user lives in the U.S. State of North Carolina.


This user is a citizen of the United States of America.


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Hello

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Dear Laura, while editors are given a certain amount of leeway in their user space, it is best not to use one's own talk page as a kind of message board for communications simply left to be possibly picked up by other editors, like a message in a bottle. I noticed that you trimmed your user page considerably a few days ago and that was a good idea. Having said that, I want to thank you for your edits in mainspace: our beautiful project needs all the help it can get. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 03:40, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 2014

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Article edits very difficult to understand

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Hi Laura, I've reverted your edits at I_Am_Rich, which appeared pretty nonsensical to me. It's very important that any article work you do is clear and understandable to others, that it's well sourced, and that it's directly about the topic of the article. I hope you find Wikipedia a good place to contribute, but please do make an effort to stick to strictly encyclopedic work, in whatever capacity you are able. Best, Jake Ocaasi t | c 01:00, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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April 2014

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Information icon Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Cup. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism. Thank you. Sjö (talk) 20:49, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest that you take a pause from editing and come back when you have had a good night sleep and are feeling alright. Sjö (talk) 21:15, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits, some tips

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Hi Laura, thank you for your contributions. You're doing a lot of good work, but also still making some seemingly nonsensical or careless changes. I wanted to give you a few tips in the hopes that they keep your edits constructive and you have a long, successful 'career' with us.

  • Avoid steam-of-consciousness associations like this: [1] and [2].
    Instead, write only about the topic of the article, using reliable sources as evidence
  • Do not editorialize or ramble in captions like this: [3]
    Instead, describe what is in the picture neutrally and without opinion or tangential remarks
  • Do not use unclear or irrelevant edit summaries like this: [4]
    Instead, write only about the specific changes you made in that edit so other editors can follow your work

I hope this is helpful to you and you keep doing useful and helpful work!

Cheers, Jake Ocaasi t | c 11:58, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, Laura. I noticed this edit about Juliana Margulies was unsourced and appeared to be made-up. It is absolutely critical that contributions you make to mainspace articles follow our guidelines closely and are accurate, on-topic, and properly cited. I believe you have a lot you can contribute to this community but in order for you to stay with us you simply must be more careful in your article work. Please consider this a friendly reminder but take it seriously if you want to keep working with our community. I hope you can! Ocaasi t | c 16:36, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Laura. I noticed this edit [5] added a real person as the son of a fictional character. I do not know if this was a mistake or just careless or something else--and if I somehow mistunderstood please explain it to me. But otherwise at this point I have to give you a serious warning that the next article edit you make which doesn't make any sense will result in a block. I'm sorry it's come to this but it seems there are certain challenges here that are just not easy to resolve. Blocks aren't permanent and you can keep learning with us, but we can't have an active editor inserting mistakes or falsehoods into multiple articles. Best, Jake Ocaasi t | c 09:22, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries

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Please use edit summaries that have something to do with the edit you've made. An edit summary isn't supposed to be a poem or a dream. Bishonen | talk 14:15, 27 July 2014 (UTC).[reply]

Category:American people of Spanish-Filipino descent

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Category:American people of Spanish-Filipino descent, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Masterpeace3 (talk) 08:46, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 September 2014

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We're not going to get the next one until 6 October. The Perfectionists. LonelyLaura (talk) 15:55, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 05 November 2014

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# of wiki links on my user page

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That's how many course credits you need to graduate. Centra popular enough? LonelyLaura (talk) 22:34, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Title

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Who am I listening to Title with? (I think 11 is a good idea, Susan Boyle)LonelyLaura (talk) 17:07, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 07 January 2015

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Huh?

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Why did you send me a WikiLove about a Tumblr account on Eurasians? I know I'm Asian, but still. If you continue to make such things, you might be blocked. Thanks, Nahnah4 (talk | contribs | guestbook) 08:53, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Nahnah4: Oh so sorry. LonelyLaura (talk) 13:51, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

January 2015

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Laura, it seems to me that you have been warned enough about adding inappropriate content to Wikipedia pages, including your user page and this user talk page. Your talk page is for other people to communicate with you, not for you to talk to yourself, and I can't even begin to tell you how inappropriate it is to make lists of real people by name and give their personal details the way you did here, for no ostensible reason. (I've removed it.) Please keep your personal notes on your personal computer, not on Wikipedia. Don't do something like that again or you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia without further warning. Also please don't place any more Wikilove notices on the pages of strangers. I'm sure you mean well by them, but when the person has no way of understanding what you're referring to, it's more worrying than cheering for them. Compare Nahnah4's post just above. Bishonen | talk 14:08, 15 January 2015 (UTC).[reply]

The Signpost: 14 January 2015

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  • 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.
  • 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.

Teen idol (disambiguation)

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Music genre? BMI, shorts, talls, thins, fats, meet me in Raleigh, but I don't want locals. LonelyLaura (talk) 21:00, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Filmmakers? I think Wikipedia is Neopets. Who's interested in Lorraine Banks, no more than Ed Sheeran, after David Archuleta? Sonny Moore is Mrs. Cathy Q. Moore. Goths. Deathcore. Does Wikipedia need Lohan to baby-sit Bryant? I'm here to care for the elderly, and I don't want people who give people asthma. Lorraine Banks is not Ava Gardner, okay, I get it, but she has a real purpose! E-learners are independent. LonelyLaura (talk) 22:39, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your block

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Hi Laura,

I regretfully blocked your account today for 1 week. Despite repeated attempts to focus your work on improving Wikipedia, you continue to spend most of your time corresponding with yourself, making lists of people, and spreading nonsensical messages to others. I would love for you to find a home on Wikipedia, but it simply must be as a productive contributor. I did not block your talk page, so that you can respond to this block and help us understand better. However, if you just continue to use your talk page as a personal diary, then I will have to revoke your talk page access as well. I hope you understand that we have done everything reasonable that we can to keep your presence welcome; we have to draw a line somewhere.

To contest your block, please place this on your talk page and fill out your reason in the space provided.

{{unblock | reason=your reason here ~~~~}}


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I've got to find out who that is!

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There really is "some guy out there" looking for "this user has 2 little sissies." WP:UBX. You think that I have 2 little sissies? How many brothers and sisters do we have? I think the maximum is 2. I want all of the 1 younger sis and 2 younger bros. I think those are only one younger bro. What if they have two younger sisters? I think I am 3 younger siblings, 2 brothers and 1 sister. Lisa, which one is the right one, the middle one, right? I don't have three younger sisters. Period? Numeral, like bros? Do you know about The Fake One? imaginary friend. fictional character. Go Ask Alice!. 5'11" is 4'11". Chucks. I stole your older brother/BigBro userbox and THEY (the town, America) hired Callie to be him for me. That's how I'm getting that one, from your user page, because I am shorter than you and him. Is Caleb Norkus Chuck Nevitt? That's the Chilltown, USA. My little sister called me a celebrity. What's a celebrity? The town. Who used the word "celebrity"? That was an older brother and a younger sister talking about Marc Brown (author) and Arthur Conan Doyle for Arthur (TV series). Who came up with the word "celebrity"? Where did that word come from? I'll research that. I'll report on that. My brother and sister, of course. I'm Tommy? Let's do celebrity. LonelyLaura (talk) 12:35, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Watchlist

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January 2015

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Stop icon You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia. It would be in your interest for you heed the advice given to you on this page, or your risk your access to this page being blocked. Wikipedia is not a social network; you must be here to contribute. 331dot (talk) 17:46, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talkpage access revoked

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Laura, I'm sorry, but I've revoked access to this page during your block. Again, Wikipedia is not your diary or blog. Please use your actual blog or Facebook or Twitter for such material. And you have again mentioned actual living people in mysterious and possibly privacy-violating terms. If you want to appeal the block, you can use this page. Bishonen | talk 20:11, 17 January 2015 (UTC).[reply]

The Signpost: 21 January 2015

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  • 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.
  • 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.

The Signpost: 28 January 2015

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  • Traffic report: A sea of faces
    It is pretty clear what the theme is this week: people.

The Signpost: 04 February 2015

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  • Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?
    Hundreds of posted jobs offer money to edit Wikipedia. These jobs appear to be thriving, with tens of thousands of dollars changing hands each month.
  • Traffic report: The American Heartland
    The American heartland appears to dominate the Report this week, with Chris Kyle leading the Report.
  • Featured content: It's raining men!
    Three featured articles, five featured lists, and thirty-nine featured images were promoted this week.
  • Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate
    One case has been closed, two cases remain open, a third is undergoing a review, and three clarification or amendment requests remain open.
  • WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?
    A small band of dedicated editors seek to improve articles relating to a less lively topic. If you haven't yet guessed, this week's focus is WikiProject Death.

The Signpost: 11 February 2015

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  • In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?
    Edina edit war illustrates disconnect between new and experienced editors; Wikipedia is "astroturf's dream come true"; Canadian government investigating even more Wikipedia editing; academics on Gamergate as "clash of civilizations"?
  • Traffic report: Bowled over
    Wikipedia presents itself as a repository for the world, and while that is a noble sentiment, it is still true that, Conservapedian complaints notwithstanding, the English language Wikipedia is very often the American Wikipedia, and never has that been more apparent than this week.
  • WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled
    This week, we bring three of the most recently created WikiProjects to come into being on the English Wikipedia. While many long-established projects are becoming inactive, (as we have covered before), that doesn't stop new ones forming every now and then to cover a topic that a group of editors feel should be better cared for.
  • Gallery: Feel the love
    This week, we feature subjects that are about love of all kinds.

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

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  • In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia
    The Australian ("Wikipedia not destroying life as we know it", February 11) and Times Higher Education ("Wikipedia should be 'better integrated' into teaching", February 10) reported on a recent study performed at Monash University, titled "Students’ use of Wikipedia as an academic resource – patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness".
  • Special report: Revision scoring as a service
    The authors of this report inform us that the "goal in the Revision Scoring project is to do the hard work of constructing and maintaining powerful AI so that tool developers don't have to. This cross-lingual, machine learning classifier service for edits will support new wiki tools that require edit quality measures."
  • Gallery: Darwin Day
    Darwin Day is observed annually on February 12 to commemorate the life and work of scientist Charles Darwin. Here is a selection of images of life on the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin made key observations leading to his scientific theory of evolution by natural selection.
  • Traffic report: February is for lovers
    This week saw the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (#13 on the Top 25) held on 8 February dominating the traffic chart, as music lovers checked out Sam Smith (#3) picking up four awards, Beck taking album of the year, and performances including Sia (#9), Madonna (#11), and Annie Lennox (#16). But Valentine's Day (#1) proved the perfect time for the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the movie coming in at #5, the book of the same name at #2, and the primary actors at #14 and #15.

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

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  • News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm
    A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.
  • In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot
    Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.
  • Gallery: Far from home
    The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".
  • Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?
    An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.
  • WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight
    This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.
  • Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation
    Editor's note: the Blog will be a recurring Signpost section that will highlight a recent post from the Wikimedia blog, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. This week's installment is written by Philippe Beaudette, the Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy, and focuses on planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement.

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

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  • News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm
    A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.
  • In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot
    Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.
  • Gallery: Far from home
    The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".
  • Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?
    An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.
  • WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight
    This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.
  • Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation
    Editor's note: the Blog will be a recurring Signpost section that will highlight a recent post from the Wikimedia blog, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. This week's installment is written by Philippe Beaudette, the Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy, and focuses on planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement.

The Signpost: 04 March 2015

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  • Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report
    Last week, my colleagues on the Signpost produced a news report covering a minor controversy about a report commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation. Written by the staff of The Lafayette Practice, a French research firm, it proclaimed the WMF as a leader in the practice of participatory grantmaking.
  • Traffic report: Attack of the movies
    The Report this week is dominated by the Academy Awards, taking the top 4 spots and 13 of the Top 25.
  • Interview: Meet a paid editor
    Before being indefinitely blocked, User:FergusM1970 made more than 4600 edits on the English Wikipedia, spread over eight years. In the last two years, he was paid to edit several articles for clients that included the Venezuelan energy company Derwick Associates. We spoke with him about his experiences.
  • In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire
    Numerous news outlets are reporting that the domain loser.com now redirects to the Wikipedia article for rapper Kanye West. Page views on West's Wikipedia article skyrocketed to almost 250,000 views on March 2, up from less than 19 thousand the previous day.
  • Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps
    Black History Month is celebrated annually in the United States in February, to commemorate the history of the African diaspora. For this occasion, Wikipedians worked together to honor black history and to address Wikipedia's multicultural gaps in the encyclopedia, hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons throughout the United States, from February 1 to 28, 2015.

The Signpost: 11 March 2015

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  • Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey
    The Wikimedia Foundation gave the Signpost an advance copy of the results of a survey of English Wikipedia readers regarding Wikimedia fundraising, due for official release today.
  • In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West
    ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.
  • In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"
    In an effort to protect and maintain the privacy of Wikipedia's thousands of editors, the Wikimedia Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the United States' National Security Agency, Department of Justice, and the Attorney General.
  • Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters
    I continue to be excited about the Core Contest because I see it as a way of encouraging the expansion of broad articles that are typically neglected by our article improvement incentives.

The Signpost: 18 March 2015

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  • From the editor: A salute to Pine
    We announce with sadness and gratitude that Signpost publication and newsroom manager Pine will be stepping back to focus on other Wikipedia and Wikimedia-related endeavors.
  • News and notes: SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation
    This process is now entering its long-awaited final phase with the upcoming SUL finalization, scheduled for April 15, less than a month away. ... Wikimedia Foundation chief talent and culture officer Gayle Karen Young announced her retirement from the Foundation this week. Young will be replaced in that role by interim chief operating officer Terry Gilbey. According to the Foundation's job description for the title as it was applied in the past, Gilbey will be in charge of "overall administration and business operations of the Wikimedia Foundation."
  • In the media: NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct
    On March 13, Kelly Weill of Capital New York revealed that numerous Wikipedia edits originated from 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the NYPD. Most of the attention has focused on a number of their edits to articles about incidents of alleged police brutality and controversial police practices.
  • Featured content: A woman who loved kings
    Four featured articles, four featured lists, and thirty-five featured pictures were promoted this week.
  • Traffic report: It's not cricket
    If not for Kayne West's dubious repeat at #1, the 2015 Cricket World Cup (#2) would have made the top spot, albeit in a generally slow news week.
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The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

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  • Traffic report: Oddly familiar
    This week's list is reminiscent of lists from the early days of this project: a preponderance of famous faces, Reddit threads, and Google Doodles.
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The Signpost, 1 April 2015

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  • Traffic report: All over the place
    The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.
  • Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015
    The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

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  • Traffic report: All over the place
    The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.
  • Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015
    The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

The Signpost: 08 April 2015

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  • Traffic report: Resurrection week
    How appropriate that the theme of Easter week would be resurrection from the dead.
  • WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity
    With Holy Week having recently drawn to a close, it is an apt time to examine WikiProject Christianity, which was created in 2006, and boasts over 200 active members.

The Signpost: 15 April 2015

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  • Traffic report: Furious domination
    If it wasn't for Easter, Fast and Furious related articles would have taken the top four spots this week. The latest installment of the movie franchise, Furious 7, tops the chart for the second straight week.

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

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  • In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway
    2015 will see through the biennial community election for the three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made.
  • Featured content: Vanguard on guard
    Six featured articles and fifteen featured pictures were promoted this week.
  • Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes
    Couch potatoes rule this week, as 9 of the top 10 slots were taken by either movies, TV, or sports.
  • Gallery: The bitter end
    The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme.

The Signpost: 29 April 2015

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  • Featured content: Another day, another dollar
    Ten featured articles, nine featured lists, and twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.
  • Traffic report: Bruce, Nessie, and genocide
    Though the continued predominance of movies, TV, and sports noted in last week's report largely continues, three additional topics joined the Top 10 this week.

The Signpost: 06 May 2015

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  • Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues
    Elections have begun for five community members of the Funds Dissemination Committee, the Foundation's volunteer body for judging and recommending millions of dollars worth of annual grants to affiliates in the movement. The election lasts just eight days, from Sunday 3 May until 23:59 UTC on Sunday 10 May, so at the time of publication, voters will need to act promptly.
  • Traffic report: The grim ship reality
    Like colliding ocean liners, rousing entertainment and harsh reality merged ungainly in this week's top 10 list. The much heralded pay-per-view pummeling of Manny Pacquiao by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. dominated the list's top slots, giving this list one of its highest total view counts in months.

The Signpost: 13 May 2015

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  • Foundation elections: Board candidates share their views with the Signpost
    Three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation—will be decided by Wikimedians in the election to be held 17–31 May.
  • Traffic report: Round Two
    Casual viewers may think I've posted the same list twice. But no, readers just happen to be really interested in May 2's Big Fight. In fact, last week was just the weigh-in and the trash talk. This week, the numbers actually increased.
  • In the media: Grant Shapps story continues
    Grant Shapps, who was the co-chairman of the UK's Conservative Party until this week, has been accused of maliciously editing the Wikipedia biographies of his party's rivals.

The Signpost: 20 May 2015

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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
    Wikipedia editors logging in on May 19 found themselves walking into an unexpected amount of anti-vandal work to keep the site in line with its extensive biographies of living persons policy. A plethora of Wikipedia articles related to the United States House Committee on Appropriations, and the fifty-one representatives serving on it, have been hit by a raft of anonymous editors making often vulgar edits referencing "chicken fucker," or more creative combinations: "sexual conduct", "sexual congress", "fornicator", "intimate relations", or "trysts with chickens."
  • 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
    The Arbitration Committee has an unusually large case load at present. Although perhaps not on a par with the high-profile, multi-party cases seen towards the end of last year and the beginning of this year, with five open cases the arbitrators are likely to be kept busy for the next several weeks.

The Signpost: 27 May 2015

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Traffic report: Summer, summer, summertime
    As usual for the time of year, pop culture rules this week. The start of summer vacation in the US means a focus on summer movies, particularly blockbuster sequels Avengers: Age of Ultron, Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road.
  • Technology report: MediaWiki blows up printers
    ...allegedly. In a post to wikitech-l, Steven Walling pointed out that the TV show CSI: Cyber had used a screenshot of MediaWiki's HTML output and claimed it was responsible for blowing up printers.

Proposed deletion of Alone in the Neon Jungle

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The article Alone in the Neon Jungle has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Doesn't appear to meet WP:NFILM. No in-depth reviews found on search (regular Google search + Newspapers.com). As a made-for-TV-movie, it was never widely released, and it doesn't meet any other NFILM qualifications.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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Nomination of Alone in the Neon Jungle for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Alone in the Neon Jungle is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alone in the Neon Jungle until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Sheldybett (talk) 07:56, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Teacher Education and Compensation Helps

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The article Teacher Education and Compensation Helps has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of "This article meets criteria A and B because..." and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:31, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]