WikiCup 2015 March newsletter
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That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.
Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by
MPJ-DK (submissions),
Hurricanehink (submissions),
12george1 (submissions), and
Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by
Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by
Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with
J Milburn (submissions) completing nine.
If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 2. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:39, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)
Along with getting the year wrong in the newsletter that went out earlier this week, we did not mention (as the bot did not report) that Cas Liber (submissions) claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:06, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
I sorry for deleting the page
i did not mean to delete the page and could not restore it 184.105.79.45 (talk) 22:24, 3 March 2016 (UTC)jon184.105.79.45 (talk) 22:24, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2016)
Hello, K6ka.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Music of Africa • Molecule Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 7 March 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Tech News: 2016-10
20:24, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 02 March 2016
- News and notes: Tretikov resigns, WMF in transition
- Featured content: This week's featured content
- Traffic report: Brawling
Thanks for the cookies
Many thanks for your belated welcome and the warm cookies. Still trying to get my head around WikiMedia but your message with the advice certainly helps.
Chromista (talk) 12:30, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you for processing my name change. Happy editing! --Make America Great Again (talk) 22:26, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for the greetings on my talk page. :-) --Seneca Quayle (talk) 09:29, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 09 March 2016
- News and notes: Katherine Maher named interim head of WMF; Wales email re-sparks Heilman controversy; draft WMF strategy posted
- Technology report: Wikimedia wikis will temporarily go into read-only mode on several occasions in the coming weeks
- WikiCup report: First round of the WikiCup finishes
- Traffic report: All business like show business
This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2016)
Hello, K6ka.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: People • Music of Africa Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 14 March 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Tech News: 2016-11
18:37, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
Lower East Side
Hello! Hi there K6ka! I'm curious as to why you deleted the images I posted to the Lower East Side page. I was only trying to enhance and provide more visual information. I also added images of the LES parks which were not removed. Thank you! Mag 02:41, 17 March 2016 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magdalamar (talk • contribs)
- @Magdalamar: Do you have any diffs of me making such edits? I checked the revision history for Lower East Side and I've never edited that page. I also never deleted any images, mostly because I can't actually delete images (I'm not an administrator). —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 12:19, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 March 2016
- News and notes: Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia
- In the media: Wales at SXSW; lawsuit over Wikipedia PR editing
- Discussion report: Is an interim WMF executive director inherently notable?
- Featured content: This week's featured content
- Technology report: Watchlists, watchlists, watchlists!
- Traffic report: Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States
- Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #119: The Foundation and the departure of Lila Tretikov
This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2016)
![]() Critic by Lajos Tihanyi. Oil on canvas, c.1916.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Lunch • People Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 21 March 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Tech News: 2016-12
16:04, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 23 March 2016
- News and notes: Lila Tretikov a Young Global Leader; Wikipediocracy blog post sparks indefinite blocks
- In the media: Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil
- Traffic report: Be weary on the Ides of March
- Editorial: "God damn it, you've got to be kind."
- Featured content: Watch out! A slave trader, a live mascot and a crested serpent awaits!
- Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel article 3 case amended
- Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #120: Status of Wikimania 2016
This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2016)
Hello, K6ka.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Critic • Lunch Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 28 March 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Tech News: 2016-13
19:43, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Overflow at your admintools page
Dear User:K6ka. Your page User:K6ka/Dashboard has appeared at Category:Pages_where_template_include_size_is_exceeded. You could help us to empty this maintenance category by replacing the admin dashboard parts of this page with {{admin dashboard/light}} that provides the same functionality, but is far less prone to overflow. Thanks in advance. Pldx1 (talk) 11:09, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Pldx1 isn't there any way to simply have the dashboard not emit the maintenance category? –xenotalk 11:37, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Dear Xeno. I don't understand your reply. This category is to detect the pages that doesn't display correctly. With the intend to incite someone to fix the template overflows. Listing or not listing the pages on overflow would not change the fact that these pages are on trouble. Concerning {{admin dashboard}}, I am trying to see what solutions could be used. It is clear that using admincats for WP:UAA and WP:RFPP would be a greater solution. But at a more modest level, detecting if a page would create an overflow before displaying this page seems a rather good --and simple-- idea. Actually, 67 users are directly transcluding {{admin dashboard}}, while many others have tried various patches (that work or not, because admin overflows are transient phenomenons). Have you some suggestions to improve {{admin dashboard/light}} ? Pldx1 (talk) 11:59, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- @Pldx1: It's a bit unclear what you want me to replace on that page, as I am not transcluding {{admin dashboard}} directly anywhere on the page. The only templates that have "admin dashboard" in their name is {{Admin dashboard/rfarfp}} and {{Admin dashboard/uaarfpp}}. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:23, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- My point is that no one seems to particularly care or be bothered about the overflows on their admin dashboards. So just omitting the maintenance category would help you to keep the maintenance category under control. –xenotalk 13:33, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- @K6ka: What I am suggesting is <!--{{dashboard}}--> <!--{{Admin dashboard/rfarfp}} --> <!--{{admin dashboard/uaarfpp}} --> {{admin dashboard/light}} . This will give you the intended functionality: transclude what is possible to transclude, and otherwise provide a link to the overflown item. Pldx1 (talk) 13:42, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Dear Xeno. I don't understand your reply. This category is to detect the pages that doesn't display correctly. With the intend to incite someone to fix the template overflows. Listing or not listing the pages on overflow would not change the fact that these pages are on trouble. Concerning {{admin dashboard}}, I am trying to see what solutions could be used. It is clear that using admincats for WP:UAA and WP:RFPP would be a greater solution. But at a more modest level, detecting if a page would create an overflow before displaying this page seems a rather good --and simple-- idea. Actually, 67 users are directly transcluding {{admin dashboard}}, while many others have tried various patches (that work or not, because admin overflows are transient phenomenons). Have you some suggestions to improve {{admin dashboard/light}} ? Pldx1 (talk) 11:59, 31 March 2016 (UTC)