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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Naturista2018 (talk | contribs) at 03:57, 18 January 2020 (→‎Spanish:Wikipedia:Wikiconcurso/Wiki por los Derechos Humanos 2019/Listado de artículos). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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Backlog Banzai

In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:38, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue CLXI, September 2019

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark

G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:37, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019

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The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019

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Category:American mystery

Hey there, I just came across the misnamed Category:American mystery, which you created back in 2010. I think you'll agree that it's pretty obvious it should actually be Category:American mystery FICTION. Anomalous+0 (talk) 10:30, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Anomalous+0: Go for it! Sadads (talk) 13:29, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Short description

Hi. Please see Wikipedia:Short description, which states "Eventually all articles should have a short description template". Why should this page not be included? Thanks. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 17:15, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Lugnuts: that set of language, has no backing in community consensus or conversations as far as I can tell (it's a pronouncement by a few editors) -- and copying the exact same language from Wikidata to Wikipedia creates no added value for the end user or editors. Sadads (talk) 19:24, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

P.W.K. Harlley

I don't understand this edit. The inspector general of police at the time stated was J. W. K. Harlley, so this is clearly a duplicate article with the wrong first initial, as I said when I put the speedy deletion tag on the article. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:51, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Phil Bridger: Sorry I misinterpreted the multiple deletion rationals on the page -- you were correct. It should have been turned into a redirect however, if there is a reasonable likelihood of confusion (which seems possible), Sadads (talk) 19:25, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019

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Freud and Philosophy

Hello, Sadads. On December 2, 2018 you assessed Freud and Philosophy as C-class. Since then the article has been changed significantly. Would you be willing to reconsider its class and rate it a B instead? I won't change the rating myself because I do not want to rate my own work. Freeknowledgecreator (talk) 08:01, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Freeknowledgecreator: Done, Sadads (talk) 18:53, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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@Hobomok: Thanks! Glad to catch things like this :) Sadads (talk) 20:22, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Short description

Hello Sadads,

you undid my edit at [1]. You indicate it is the same as the description at Wikidata. At WP:SHORTDESC the project indicates that "At some point, the Wikidata fallback will be removed." As such I believe it is best that my edit is introduced, because otherwise we end up with no description at all.

Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 19:47, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that this has been mentioned before in a discussion above so I have looked further into it. I note that a Wikipedia community RFC has concluded "To populate the magic words by starting with blanks, and allowing them to be filled in manually and/or by bot" [2]. As such, you can consider the short description as blank, and it needs to be filled, even if a Wikidata description exists. The discussion on the talk page explains why it isn't seperated completely yet. Some arguments I read from the RFC for implementing this are the possibility of vandalisme on Wikidata which is less covered then Wikipedia, and the fact that people have to edit Wikidata to change the description instead of doing this locally at Wikipedia (or you need to know how to do it by template). This is the only consensus I see. There was an earlier RFC [3] with an 18-5 vote in favor of switching off the Wikidata input, though it was withdrawn due to no longer being needed. I believe the RFC decisions needs to be followed until a new RFC says otherwise. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 20:10, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Taketa: If you read the rfcs, and the WMF response, you see the the descriptions need to be useful in a way that is different than Wikidata -- simply copying a Wikidata description without improving it kind defeats the purpose.... Sadads (talk) 01:39, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'm joining this discussion above after this reversion. What would you recommend as a new short description for that article? Raymie (t • c) 01:45, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Sadads, I believe you are acting on your own opinion and some opinions in a discussion, while I am acting on the RFC consensus as expressed at the top right in the link I have provided. We start with blank info and fill it in. The fact that Wikidata exists does not matter in filling in Wikipedia, if it is useful we can copy it, but it does not stop us from filling in Wikipedia. Please get someone to support your position, that the RFC says what you say, before reverting any more editors. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 07:19, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Addendum: As Wikidata admin and former steward I personally prefer a global approach in which all short descriptions are on Wikidata. Though I personally prefer Wikidata, I can understand that the enwiki already had most advantages from their size and only gets disadvantages from cooperating so they prefer to have their own. This is allowed. The direct cause to start the RFCs was vandalism. The RFC consensus was clear, blank everything and start on Wikipedia. If needed copy Wikidata with a bot. The WMF disagreed on some points of implementation, however this is not relevant right now. Right now we implement the RFC as far as possible. Personal opinions, and WMF personal opinions are not the majority opinion and are not relevant right now. You revert by saying it is the same content as on Wikidata. This is clearly against the RFC consensus. Nowhere does the consensus say we should not introduce the same content. Even to the contrary, it encourages us to introduce the same content if it is relevant. Having the same content on Wikidata obviously does not protect against vandalism on Wikidata or give people on Wikipedia easier access to edit via Wikipedia. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 08:25, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019

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Spanish:Wikipedia:Wikiconcurso/Wiki por los Derechos Humanos 2019/Listado de artículos

First of all greetings, I am writing to you because they told me that you are the one in charge of the wikicontest in Spanish on human rights, there are many doubts, please, is there any person in wikipedia in Spanish who can clarify them for me?, sincerely Naturista2018 (talk) 03:57, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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