User talk:ErrantX/Archive/2016/May

The Signpost: 2 May 2016

• News and notes: Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky

• In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps

• Traffic report: Purple

• Featured content: The best ... from the past two weeks

• Arbitration report: Two editors unbanned; Wikicology case enters workshop phase; Gamaliel restricted from Gamergate at his own request

• Recent research: The eight roles of Wikipedians; do edit histories expose social relations among editors?

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Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman

Would you mind reviewing this Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman/archive2?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 14:52, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 17 May 2016

• News and notes: Affiliates' nomination of WMF trustees announced; FDC's straight talking to WMF

• Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil

• In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post

• Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one

• Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs

• Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"

• Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2!

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Undeletion request of File:Abdus Sattar Awan.GIF

Hi! I am contacting for undeletion of File:Abdus Sattar Awan.GIF as i am copyright holder of this image. Please guide me accordingly. Thanking you in anticipation.Syed Rahmat Ullah Shah (talk) 15:27, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 25, 2016

Hi Tom, I'll start work on this one today. You nominated the article at WP:FAC. - Dank (push to talk) 17:40, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Looks good! Thanks a Dank :) --Errant ^(chat!) 08:08, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Precious again, your Operation Copperhead, one of your "favourite WW2 deception stories, completely off the wall and probably had limited use - but it has the sort of drama and panache you expect of wartime secret ops"!

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The Signpost: 28 May 2016

• News and notes: Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting

• Special report: Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director

• In the media: The perils of Wikipedia's monopoly; Wikipedians' fragility; Street Sharks hoax

• Featured content: Eight articles, three lists and five pictures

• Op-ed: Journey of a Wikipedian

• Arbitration report: Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee

• Recent research: English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies

• Traffic report: Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride

• Blog: Freely licensed magic at Eurovision

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