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This Month in GLAM: May 2016



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18:41, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

{{CC}} redirect

Hi Andy. I noticed that a redirect you had created from Template:CC to Template:Reply to was only actually transcluded once on Wikipedia (and I changed that single transclusion to use "reply to"). Since there are already 15 or so other aliases, would you have any objection to redirecting this one to Template:Commons category to avoid confusion with {{Cc}}? --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:43, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ahecht: No. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:22, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]


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Books & Bytes - Issue 17

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Issue 17, April-May 2016
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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello!

Hello Andy! Ciuffini Andrea Francesco (talk) 13:32, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hello Andy. Giopos2016 (talk) 13:32, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Andy. Ricky hang (talk) 13:33, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Andy. Rich Skiz (talk) 13:33, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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What's up Jarbest (talk) 13:34, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Andy. What do you think of the game todayWikiApollo (talk) 13:35, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Andy! Marta Isabella Reina (talk) 13:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

from PoliMi Course. Bgerli (talk) 13:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. Dr.EOMR (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Andy giu.natale (talk) 15:44, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Andy! DQ (talk) 15:44, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Andy! Pasafr (talk) 14:59, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

Hello Andy. --Sathish.polimi (talk) 10:14, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Ray Lewis (transport manager) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ray Lewis (transport manager) 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/Ray Lewis (transport manager) until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:38, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please can I have some help improving the VE template for adding CC licensed text to Wikipedia

Hi Andy

I've been working on improving the documentation and mechanism for people to import openly licensed text into Wikipedia. So as you may know this is the current situation: Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources.

It is somewhat confusing and doesn't really offer any guidance on how to actually reuse text from other sources on Wikipedia. So I've created some clear instructions specifically for reusing UNESCO text as an example.

meta:WikiProject_UNESCO/Create_Biosphere_Reserve_Wikipedia_articles_from_UNESCO_descriptions

I think that Step 3 could be used universally, however the template is still fiddly. The Wikidata mapping is interesting for specific projects but I don't think its really widely applicable.

Here's an example of an article that has been created from UNESCO openly licensed content that includes a nice source attribution notice using the template: Fontainebleau_et_du_Gâtinais

I have been thinking how to make it simpler and have come to the realisation that attributing openly licensed text is basically the same as referencing except you are copying text rather than writing it yourself. Ideally in the long run I think it would be most easy to have a tool on the VE and wikitext editor.

In the mean time would you be able to add some additional fields from the citation tool to the template I'm using? The main ones would be First and Last name, Title, URL, and publisher. I really wish I understood templates more, perhaps I can try and learn at Wikimania this year.

Thanks very much

--John Cummings (talk) 12:49, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@John Cummings: Happy to take a look at this, but not sure when I'll be able to - perhaps after Wikimania? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:44, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Pigsonthewing: wonderful, thanks. --John Cummings (talk) 16:45, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The list of other languages an article is available in will be shorter on small Wikipedias and non-Wikipedia projects. This is to make it easier to find the most relevant languages for each user. You will still be able to see the other languages. [9][10]
  • Alerts (the red badge) will not be automatically marked as read when you open the Notifications popup. [11]
  • When you get several thanks you can see them as one notification. This is instead of one notification for each thanks. [12]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar).

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19:14, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 9

Newsletter • May / June 2016

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Harej (talk) 00:23, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Andy!

Hello from Wikimania! Rph22 (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ciao Andy

Hi Andy, I'd like to thank you for your

Mircob (talk) 13:19, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Benvenuto Andy!

I hope to learn to do just what you're doing right now! - phi (talk) 13:19, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Andy

Hello from Wikimania! Norma.jean (talk) 13:19, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Andy!

Can I buy you a beer? Zeljko.filipin (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ciao

Hi! F.lombardo69 (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello wandyyyy

Hello from wikemania. Can I buy you a bear? Kiterg (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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