User talk:Ezhiki

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Yo? Yo!
The Signpost
28 October 2018

Archived talk: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Contents

Miana, Turkmenistan[edit]

Hi, can you find the Russian for this and some old info in Russian? Also there's a river I've asked Ymblanter about! Hope you're well.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:13, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

I doubt I'll have anything to that level of obscurity for a non-Russian location. Anyway, I'm on the road right now, but I'll check when I get back home. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 9, 2016; 17:09 (UTC)
It's quite a large village, not like it's a tiny selo!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:26, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
I understand, but it's in Turkmenistan :) I only have a couple books dealing with Turkmenistan—and neither one mentions Miana. Not finding anything useful online either—Google books has some odd bits here and there (in Russian), but all those books are in snippet view and not usable for adding anything to the article...—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 11, 2016; 14:42 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #230[edit]

Перевод или транслит[edit]

Здравствуйте. Помнится было где-то написано что в случаях названий песней и альбомов (современных), не используется дословный перевод с русского, а транслитерация. Я про эту правку. Наверное нужно транслит названии, а в скобках добавить оригинал и перевод. --XXN, 08:14, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Вы совершенно правы. Если только музыкальное произведение официально не выходит на англоговорящем рынке (в коем случае используется название, под которым оно на этом рынке вышло), употребляется транслитерация (к которой при желании можно добавить дословный перевод, но только вдобавок, а не вместо). Соответствующее правило находится тут: WP:TRANSLITERATE ([n]ames not originally in a Latin alphabet, such as... Russian names, must be transliterated).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 12, 2016; 13:01 (UTC) 13:01, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
Спасибо. --XXN, 14:42, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Kartaly[edit]

Just because I'm interested in the example you gave of a combined "city-county" administrative division, I went to look at the pages for Kartaly town and Kartalinsky District. While the district page seems to show that both the town and district are one administrative division (The Town of Kartaly and Kartalinsky District), the page for the town, itself, seems to show (both on the associated map and in the writing) or at least imply that Kartaly town is administratively independent of Kartalinsky District. Is this a mistake on the town's page, or am I not reading it correctly? It doesn't specifically state that Kartaly town is of "district significance" but it does almost seem to imply that the town is some kind of additional level of administration (" it is incorporated within Kartalinsky District as the Town of Kartaly").

So, my question is whether they are two seperate administrative divisions, and if not, how would you suggest making the town's page more definitive/clear? In my mind, if it's only one administrative divisions, I'd do like the district page did and give the full name of the administrative town to avoid this confusion. --Criticalthinker (talk) 07:58, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Nevermind. I figured it out. The Virginia example I gave for "independent cities" are actually more akin cities of oblast significance since they are on the same level as counties (districts). In most of the rest of the United States most urban settlements regardless of size would be equivalent cities of district significance since they are almost always subordinate to the counties in which they reside. And, again, it is rare for any city outside of Virginia to be its own administrative division. Urban settlements almost always only have a municipal status if even that. As to the example above of Kartalinsky District and Kartaly town, it does not appear to be analogous to a combined "city-county" which is a combined and single administrative division. It appears that Kartaly town is actually a subordinate lower-level administrative division (a town of district significance) of the The Town of Kartaly and Kartalinsky District. An American "city-county" can not have administrative divisions of its own. In a "city-county" the admistrative division is essentially a city raised to the administrative level of a county.
I guess to put it more simply, it seems that the biggest difference between local administration in the United States and Russia is that in Russia, you guys have multiple lower-level administrative divisions below the district level. In the United States, there is is rarely anything under the district (county) level. Some states have administrative "townships" which would match up with something like a "town of district significance" in Russia, but this administrative division doesn't exist in most states. So, basically, settlements in the United States are usually only defined at the municipal layer of government, whereas in Russia, settlements usually have both their own associated administrative division and municipal local government; I guess this means the federal government has a lot more control over settlements than in the United States. The United States Constitution doesn't mention municipal government and it's totally left up to the states to decide if they want it or not (i.e. Hawaii, for instance, doesn't have municipal divisions, only administrative counties as their local governments). The federal governments recognizes municipal governments, but have no legal oversight or control of them as it appears the Russian government does over Russian municipalities (mostly through corresponding administrative divisions), indirectly. --Criticalthinker (talk) 10:01, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #231[edit]

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot[edit]

Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

Views/Day Quality Title Content Headings Images Links Sources Tagged with…
59 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Selsoviet (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Strogino District (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye District (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
782 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Tatarstan (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub Golyanovo District (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
404 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Bashkortostan (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
491 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Scientific journal (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
560 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: GA Chechens (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Cleanup
290 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Lock (water navigation) (talk) Please add more sources Cleanup
92 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Saratov Oblast (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Expand
54 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Administrative divisions of Moscow (talk) Please add more sources Expand
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Kotlovka District (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Expand
22 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Nerchinsk (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
22,861 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Vladimir Putin (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
26,992 Quality: High, Assessed class: FA, Predicted class: GA Ronald Reagan (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
1,417 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Group of Eight (talk) Please add more sources Merge
10 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub History (journal) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
33 Quality: High, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: GA Mokshas (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Merge
498 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Old Believers (talk) Please add more sources Wikify
46 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Wikify
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Wikify
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Pyotr Grigoryev (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Antônio Augusto Dunshee de Abranches (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
5 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Alfons Karabuda (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Ochakovo-Matvejevskoe District (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Moskovsky Settlement (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Tekstilshchiki District (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Neklinovsky District (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Nagatinsky Zaton District (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Zimovnikovsky District (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 12:03, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Asian 10,000 Challenge invite[edit]

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:02, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Category talk:Culture by city[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Category talk:Culture by city. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #232[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #233[edit]

Your edit on Crimean Federal District[edit]

Hi,

I have reverted your edit on aforementioned article because Russia uses date, month, year not month, date, year. The Ninja5 Empire (Talk) 03:46, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Jack! I appreciate what you were trying to do, but you are not interpreting the guidelines correctly. What date format Russia or Ukraine uses has absolutely no bearing on what date format should be used in the articles in this English Wikipedia (if it did, we'd be forced to use the yyyymmdd format in the articles about Japan and the Hebrew calendar in the articles about Israel). The applicable guideline here is WP:DATERET, which mandates using national formats only in articles with strong national ties to a topic, with the aforementioned ties only being relevant when the nation in question is an Anglophone country. In short, mdy format is to be used in the US-specific articles, dmy format is to be used in the Commonwealth-specific articles, and everything else is fair game, with the choice made by the first major contributor being the default. Since the article in question was created in March 2014 with an mdy date, that's the format that's to be used there from now on (unless the UK decides to annex Crimea at some point :)). I've restored the original version. Please don't hesitate to contact me again if you need further clarifications. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 1, 2016; 13:09 (UTC)
I do see other articles with said format however. The Ninja5 Empire (Talk) 01:44, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
And that is fine. There is no requirement for the articles specific to one country to share the same date format; the only requirement is that the same date format is consistently adhered to within any one given article. If you read WP:MOSDATE in its entirety (it spans several subsections), it should clear up a lot of similar questions you might have. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 2, 2016; 02:12 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Klaatu[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Klaatu. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite[edit]

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 06:04, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #234[edit]

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins[edit]

Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #235[edit]

A new user right for New Page Patrollers[edit]

Hi Ezhiki.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot[edit]

Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

Views/Day Quality Title Content Headings Images Links Sources Tagged with…
48 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Yao people (East Africa) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
231 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Proposals for a national anthem for England (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Add sources
8 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start State Anthem of Karachay-Cherkessia (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
9 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Polish Army oaths (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
22 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Virgin Islands March (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
41 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
997 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Yakutsk (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Cleanup
67 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Fátima Prayers (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
108 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Karachays (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
66 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Kurgan Oblast (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Expand
4 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Yadrinsky District (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Expand
516 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Oath of office (talk) Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Expand
62 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Patrioticheskaya Pesnya (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
1,301 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B National anthem (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
4 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Macedonian Prayer (video) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
40 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Archaeology of Northern Europe (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Merge
143 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Anthems in Animal Farm (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
71 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: B Sergius (name) (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Merge
1,312 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C God Bless America (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Wikify
256 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Kabardino-Balkaria (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Wikify
18 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Wikify
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Carolyn Gillette (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Jong-il Peak (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Dirgahayu Oh Tanahairku (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
10 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Krasna zemljo (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Hymn of Rîbnița (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
19 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Székely himnusz (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Namtsy (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
15 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
8 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Hino da Região Autónoma da Madeira (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 12:57, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #236[edit]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]

Scale of justice 2.svgHello, Ezhiki. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]

Scale of justice 2.svgHello, Ezhiki. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Japan[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Japan. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #237[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #238[edit]

Please comment on Talk:Royal free city[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Royal free city. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #239[edit]

Barnstar[edit]

BoNM Russian Federation Hires.png The Russia Barnstar of National Merit
In Soviet Russia, Barnstar gives me to you FriyMan (talk) 07:36, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Thanks man.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 12, 2016; 16:18 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot[edit]

Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

Views/Day Quality Title Tagged with…
129 Quality: High, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: GA 300 (number) (talk) Add sources
29 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start 290 (number) (talk) Add sources
30 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start 270 (number) (talk) Add sources
30 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics (talk) Add sources
30 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start 280 (number) (talk) Add sources
59 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Zalesye (talk) Add sources
539 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Tigris–Euphrates river system (talk) Cleanup
80 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Jyu-Oh-Sei (talk) Cleanup
1,149 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Norilsk (talk) Cleanup
26 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Central Administrative Okrug (talk) Expand
8 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: B 1972 in Israel (talk) Expand
61 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Huizhou (region) (talk) Expand
2,229 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B 42 (number) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
204 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Paleolithic religion (talk) Unencyclopaedic
88 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Southern Russia (talk) Unencyclopaedic
142 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Aram (biblical region) (talk) Merge
60 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Middle Egypt (talk) Merge
483 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: B Gilead (talk) Merge
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Yazva River (talk) Wikify
26 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha (talk) Wikify
40 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Myrtoan Sea (talk) Wikify
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Retinskoye (talk) Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Mys-Chyorny (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Mayak Gorodetsky (talk) Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Lisne, Crimea (talk) Stub
60 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Lower Himalayan Range (talk) Stub
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Vesele, Sudak Municipality (talk) Stub
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Hrushivka, Crimea (talk) Stub
54 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Capital Country (talk) Stub
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Perevalivka (talk) Stub

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 01:03, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #240[edit]

Gulch Hvoschevataya[edit]

Gulch is probably OR, a Canadian word. What is your opinion?Xx236 (talk) 11:15, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

I don't think OR concerns apply here. This kind of terms are never easy to translate, and there doesn't seem to be a common English name for this entity. "Gulch" seems to be an OK choice as far as translations go (and I don't think it's strictly Canadian; cf. Buckskin Gulch), although personally I would have used "valley" here, or some such term. The proper part of the name needs to be changed to "Khvoshchevataya" per WP:RUS, but for "балка" any reasonable translation would work, including "gulch". Thoughts?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 21, 2016; 16:34 (UTC)
In another article of the same author I translated it earlier today as "ravine" (I happen to know how they look like, since I visited the area once), but I am not 100% sure this is the most appropriate word.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:43, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
If I had known for sure what they look like, I would have used "ravine", too :) I was only suggesting to use "valley" as it's an accurate enough generic term, but it might not always be the best choice, of course. "Gulch", to me at least, seems like another acceptable generic term.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 21, 2016; 16:47 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Files for discussion[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Files for discussion. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy Holidays![edit]

Christmas bells.png Happy Holidays!
Hey old friend! I'm glad to see you're still around. I'm still doing some work on WPRU. I noticed we've got a bunch of high quality articles on Russian nature reserves. Now, with Trump coming into office, hopefully we'll see an end to the sanctions and to the standoffish approach the US Gov has had toward Russia for the past 8 years. No more Hillary Clinton or Samantha Power. That's a step forward in itself. I'd like to see a close partnership between the US and Russia. Anyways, I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 100 years since the Revolution! One of my life goals is to pay a long visit to Russia; to see Petersburg, Moscow, and especially Stalingrad, where I can look up in awe at Родина-мать зовёт!, one of the wonders of the modern world IMHO. Take care. lNeverCry 02:38, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Hey, man, glad to see you around as well! Hope the holiday season is treating you well; с наступающим! :) Nature reserves, for those you can thank User:Every-leaf-that-trembles, who's been doing an absolutely amazing job in that area.
Also, I didn't realize you are a Trump fan :) Me, I'm all for normalizing the US-Russia relationships, but I'd rather it being a result of someone decent taking over the helm in Russia instead of a result of President Pussygrabber and President 142% making out in public. Somehow having a president who speaks truth only by accident makes the next four years look rather bleak... but that's me, an old libtard :)
Anyway, I do hope your plans to visit Russia come to fruition. The country is a marvelous place to visit, regardless of what kind of mediocrity is ru[i|n]ning it. And if you can find time to fit a trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway in between of all other things you want to do, I promise you won't regret it (my not-so-hidden agenda, of course, if for you to be able to experience Siberia and my native Far East, which are absolutely unlike the rest of the country). Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 27, 2016; 15:54 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #241[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #242[edit]

Request for Comments on use of certain files not copyrighted in the US[edit]

Hello,

There is an ongoing discussion about the use of files on Wikipedia that are not protected by copyright in the US because there is no copyright relations between the US and the country of publication. You commented in a 2012 discussion on the same topic that resulted in no consensus. You are invited to share your views in the ongoing discussion. AHeneen (talk) 21:16, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer on CommonsCat handling[edit]

Thanks, I didn't realize that Wikidata was the place to put commons categories. I'm very impressed with the infrastructure you've built on the Russian Districts (with ymblanter and others); if I'm doing anything that breaks your programming or format, please let me know. I've been trying to fill in missing citations and reference links as I see on the list of WikiProject Russia Articles for Cleanup. Mostly this is to get a better feeling for the variety of districts as I write more extented geography/history/economy sections. Thanks again. Every-leaf-that-trembles (talk) 22:37, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

You have no idea how glad I am that you are finding the infrastructure useful :) That was the whole idea—to have a skeleton in place so folks who want to contribute can start growing meat on it right away, instead of first having to figure out how to best lay everything out and the intricacies of formatting (and inevitably doing it inconsistently across different articles) and then running out of steam when it comes to adding actual content. You, Yaroslav, Fenix down, and others are the real stars of this show. I wish I could start contributing more content myself, but real-life circumstances keep interfering, so I'm happy that at least my gnoming and morlocking around are of some benefit to y'all :)
And don't worry too much about breaking anything. I have a semi-random beat schedule to check back on everything on my watchlist, so if anything isn't quite right, I'll catch it eventually. I also normally leave a comment in the edit summary if anything needs to be pointed out, so as long as you have the articles you worked on on your watchlist, they should pop up for you. And of course, if there's anything you want me to look at specifically, just let me know. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); January 6, 2017; 16:33 (UTC)
I'm happy to help. Is there a particular talk page that is used for communicating "to do" items among the editors working on Russian districts? Also, is there a checklist of standards for a "start" quality assessment? I would think elevating a district article above "stub" is a matter of adding sections on geography, history, governmental sub-units, and economy to the basic layout. For example, it appears to me that Kholmogorsky District should be at least a "start", but is marked as "stub". (PS, I had to look up "morlock"; not sure which of the disambiguations to follow). Every-leaf-that-trembles (talk) 22:01, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
All articles on the districts I worked on are (at least) start-class, though some of them can be still classified as stubs. I just updated the talk page of Kholmogorsky District, thanks for pointing it out.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:08, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
@Ymblanter: As an exercise, I upgraded the assessment for Talk:Konoshsky District, with comments on my use of the criteria. If you get a chance, could you check to see if I did this correctly; I've never done an assessment before. I can do assessments on Russian district articles as I'm on them frequently. I see for example, that several of the Arkhangelsk articles are still marked Stub, and should be Start or C. Every-leaf-that-trembles (talk) 16:34, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
We don't really have well-defined assessment criteria in place. Most, if not all, assessments have been done by the seat of pants, so if you feel any one of them should be upgraded (or downgraded), feel free to do it. The whole assessment system is only used to get a rough estimate of the amount of work we have, so an occasional mismatch isn't going to break anything. And yes, adding a section or two to a stub is normally all it takes to elevate it to Start status.
As for communicating to-do items, the best place would be WT:RUSSIA. Don't expect crowds of contributors pitching in after you ask anything, though :) Oftentimes me and Yaroslav are the only ones around, but it's still better to use the project page than our talk pages since you never know when someone else decides to comment. You can also utilize taskforce talk pages (such as WT:WikiProject Russia/Human geography of Russia task force), but those are seen by even fewer people than the main project's.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); January 11, 2017; 16:51 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Star Trek: Discovery[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Star Trek: Discovery. Legobot (talk) 04:31, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #242[edit]

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot[edit]

Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

Views/Day Quality Title Tagged with…
38 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Domain drop catching (talk) Add sources
57 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (talk) Add sources
51 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Hungarian Working People's Party (talk) Add sources
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub State Committee for Standards and Product Quality Management (talk) Add sources
5 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: B Vypolzovo (talk) Add sources
239 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Territory (talk) Add sources
88 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Yoshkar-Ola (talk) Cleanup
315 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Marshrutka (talk) Cleanup
35 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B History of Tatarstan (talk) Cleanup
11 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Gyula Feldmann (talk) Expand
44 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start FC Tatabánya (talk) Expand
86 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Folklore of Russia (talk) Expand
118 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Rus' (name) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
1,646 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Demographics of Russia (talk) Unencyclopaedic
261 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Racism in Russia (talk) Unencyclopaedic
223 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Metres above sea level (talk) Merge
51 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Cherkess (talk) Merge
18 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Informal romanizations of Cyrillic (talk) Merge
392 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Subdivisions of Russia (talk) Wikify
264 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C White Russia (talk) Wikify
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Gyula Kádár (talk) Wikify
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Székely Újság (talk) Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Kosovo, Vologda Oblast (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Moładava (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Spassky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (talk) Stub
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Bolsheboldinsky District (talk) Stub
32 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Yekaterinburg Time (talk) Stub
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (talk) Stub
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Vadsky District (talk) Stub
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Korf Poshteh-ye Galeshi (talk) Stub

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 00:48, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #243[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #244[edit]

Поддерживает ли система категорий деление на гражданство и этническую принадлежность?[edit]

Приветствую! Я к вам несколько раз обращался, спасибо за помощь в предыдущие разы, последний из которых был, получается, в 2013.)) Есть новая проблема, которая на самом деле совсем не новая и широко известная.)) Не могли бы вы помочь с категориями People of Russia (как раз я когда-то создал и назвал так же, как было на Викискладе, а там категория создана ещё в 2005 году) и Russian people? Я не так часто редактирую в последнее время, но сейчас наткнулся на правки участницы-администратора, которые завершают объединение двух разных, но пересекающихся понятий, в одну категорию. Она указывает, что система категорий в англовики не поддерживает такое разделение. Я плохо знаком с англовики, но разве так может быть? Вижу, что вполне нормально существует вот такая категория этнических курдов с разными гражданствами. Возможно, она не поняла о чём речь, а я вряд ли в таком случае смогу объяснить. По крайней мере на Викискладе и, например, немецкой Википедии технических проблем нет, и существуют две разных категории (commons:Category:People of Russia/commons:Category:Russians и de:Kategorie:Person (Russland)/de:Kategorie:Russe). Есть также статьи de:Russländisch/de:Russen. Что можно сделать? Могут ли в англовики существовать эти две категории или как по-другому назвать категории, чтобы разделить понятия? Наверняка уже были похожие темы и прецеденты, кроме курдов, британцев и т.д. Если возможно, поправьте, пожалуйста, описания категорий, чтобы было точно понятно о чём они, а то, мягко говоря, уж очень страдает точность, если загнать в одну категорию всех этнических русских и граждан России всех этнических групп. --TarzanASG (talk) 02:51, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Я подобных прецедентов не припоминаю, но, если не ошибаюсь, в en_wiki для отдельных людей существуют только категории по нац. принадлежности, но не по стране проживания. Т.е. русские включаются в категорию Category:Russian people, татары — в категорию Category:Tatar people, удмурты — в Category:Udmurt people и т.д. и т.п. Все эти категории затем включаются (или по крайней мере должны включаться) в Category:Ethnic groups in Russia, и уже через эту категорию становится как бы понятно, кто такие "people in Russia". В de_wiki, по-видимому, подход другой. Насчёт курдов, это всё-таки нетипичная ситуация, поскольку своей страны у курдов нет.
Но я с вами согласен, что уравнивать термины "Russian people" и "people of Russia" не вполне корректно, поэтому перенаправил "People of Russia" на "Ethnic groups in Russia". Если будут возражения, дискуссию можно продолжить.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); January 25, 2017; 17:48 (UTC)
Спасибо за перенаправление перенаправления, но это не единственная проблема. Сейчас вижу такую ситуацию. Две категории с многими этническими группами такие как Russian people by ethnic or national origin и Ethnic groups in Russia входят в категорию Russian people, которая входит в Slavic people by nationality. Проблема в том, что в этом конкретном виде эта цепочка, кажется, неверна. Надо бы как-то переформатировать и другие категории, а также чтобы было правильное соответствие Викискладу и Викиданным. Просто удалить Russian people из категории Slavic people by nationality тоже нельзя, т.к. надо добавить туда что-то взамен, написанное на английском языке. Я не знаю как именно это сделать, как именно назвать, чтобы это было очевидно другим участникам английской Википедии и не было возражений как сейчас с категорией People of Russia. Не могли бы вы уделить внимание этому вопросу, создать/отредактировать такие категории? На эти категории всё-таки "нанизываются" все остальные. Если на Викискладе более-менее понятные категории (commons:Category:People of Russia, commons:Category:Russians by country, commons:Category:Tatar people by country и так далее), то, наверное, это можно сделать и в англовики. Сейчас из-за Викиданных все неточности всё равно вылезут, встретятся вместе и превратятся в ошибки в других проектах. Что касается своей страны, то, кажется, она не должна мешать "разложить всё по полочкам". Несмотря на то, что у народа хань своя страна есть, в английском разделе, как я сейчас понял, в одну кучу всё не смешивается. Есть категория об этнической группе Han Chinese, а есть о населении Китая Chinese people, а также есть отдельное название Хуацяо для разных граждан Китая, живущих за границей. Хотя если говорить о положении де-юре, то всё может быть ещё сложнее с определением есть ли своя страна. По конституции государство принадлежит гражданской нации под названием "многонациональный народ России". Там же говорится и о том, что "каждый вправе определять и указывать свою национальную принадлежность, и никто не может быть принужден к определению и указанию своей национальной принадлежности". Есть даже официальные результаты переписи населения, согласно которой в РФ проживают, платят налоги и голосуют на выборах граждане, которые указывают свою этническую принадлежность как джедаи, гномы, лешие, орки, гоблины, хоббиты, полудницы, эльфы, толкинисты, марсиане и т.д. Но это совершенно отдельный важный вопрос, о нём не сейчас.)) --TarzanASG (talk) 21:25, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biographies[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biographies. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Zhivoye Dyelo[edit]

По моему нуждается в переименование. XXN, 20:11, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Yup; thanks. Done.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); January 25, 2017; 17:19 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #245[edit]

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Admin mop.PNG Administrator changes

Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirateSchwede66K6kaEaldgythFerretCyberpower678Mz7PrimefacDodger67
Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BriangottsJeremyABU Rob13

Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

  • When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
  • Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
  • The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Scale of justice 2.svg Arbitration

Nuvola apps knewsticker.png Obituaries

  • JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #246[edit]

Please comment on Talk:2017 Melbourne car attack[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:2017 Melbourne car attack. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot[edit]

Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

Views/Day Quality Title Tagged with…
21 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Zamoskvorechye District (talk) Add sources
17 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Tura River (talk) Add sources
4 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Le Poisson doré (talk) Add sources
14 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Mosenergo (talk) Add sources
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Naruja (talk) Add sources
64 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Tura, Meghalaya (talk) Add sources
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Taganrog City Architectural Development Museum (talk) Cleanup
236 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Adjara (talk) Cleanup
8 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Technopromexport (talk) Cleanup
610 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Karelia (talk) Expand
5 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Krylatskoye District (talk) Expand
277 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Lake Ladoga (talk) Expand
23 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Lobnya (talk) Unencyclopaedic
12 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Igor Yusufov (talk) Unencyclopaedic
182 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Tskhinvali (talk) Unencyclopaedic
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Qaratay (talk) Merge
243 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Oprichnina (talk) Merge
326 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Free-trade zone (talk) Merge
225 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Parabolic trough (talk) Wikify
51 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Stars! (talk) Wikify
173 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Renewable Energy Certificate (United States) (talk) Wikify
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Lukovitsy (talk) Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Telezhyonka (talk) Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Goryachiye Ruchyi (talk) Orphan
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Diveyevo (talk) Stub
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Troitsky Administrative Okrug (talk) Stub
12 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Gantiadi (talk) Stub
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Alatyr, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (talk) Stub
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Zavetinsky District (talk) Stub
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Volgodonskoy District (talk) Stub

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping!

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. -- SuggestBot (talk) 13:27, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #247[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #248[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names)[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names). Legobot (talk) 04:30, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Weinberg and Wrangel, but "Libknekht"[edit]

Hi,

Why is Mieczysław Weinberg (not Vaynberg), Ferdinand von Wrangel and Wrangel Island (not Vrangel), but Imeni Karla Libknekhta (not Liebknechta)? --Christmas Island (talk) 20:57, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Because Wrangel Island is an established name in the English literature, and we just use it; on the other side, Imeni Karla Libknekhta does not have an established English name, and we just romanize it according to WP:RUS.--Ymblanter (talk) 01:17, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
However, the settlement is named after Karl Liebknecht, not "Karl Libknekht". --2001:999:22:B187:8557:5049:84F2:D893 (talk) 19:08, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
It is irrelevant.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:13, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
It is not irrelevant, the Wrangel Island in Russia is named after Ferdinand von Wrangel, not "Vrangel". --2001:999:22:B187:8557:5049:84F2:D893 (talk) 19:32, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
This is also irrelevant. There are no Wikipedia policies which say anything close to this.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:37, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Yaroslav, thanks for pitching in, but please be aware that he is just trolling. He's been asking me this same question (sometimes about this settlement, sometimes about others) repeatedly for, oh, at least eight years, keeps fishing other people's pages at random to get them to agree with him, and never introduces any new arguments even as those arguments have no merit behind them from either Wikipedia guidelines point of view or general transliteration practices. There's nothing you or me can tell him that hasn't been explained before.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 2, 2017; 14:18 (UTC)
Also known as WPK on fi-wiki and on Wikimedia Commons (blocked indefinetely on Commons). No sources/arguments given, just new accounts to repeat things all over again (also lots of IP addresses beginning with 85.76. or 2001:999:. Recommending just to ignore. (I have seen lots of stuff made by this certain user of fi-wiki and Commons but also here on English Wikipedia.)--80.223.190.250 (talk) 15:05, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #249[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2017[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Admin mop.PNG Administrator changes

Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AmortiasDeckillerBU Rob13
Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg RonnotelIslanderChamal NIsomorphicKeeper76Lord VoldemortSherethBdeshamPjacobi

Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

  • A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Wikipedia have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
  • Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
  • A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:14, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #250[edit]

Revert[edit]

Hello.

As you might have noticed, I reverted your revert. My edit, that you reverted, was fixing inconsistent dates. Obviously one has to be chosen.

I also changed some other things. If you disagree on some changes in an edit, please do not revert all of it, revert only what you disagree with and keep the rest.

Thanks.

Regards

HandsomeFella (talk) 14:13, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

I was just leaving you a message about the same on your talk page :) Let me know if you have any further questions. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 9, 2017; 14:18 (UTC)
It was actually you who was the sinner ;-), changing the date format from the original format almost 10 years ago, but I guess that the statute of limitations for that has expired.
Cheers, and have a nice day.
HandsomeFella (talk) 14:29, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
I know; that's what I meant when I said that I misread the direction of your change :) Every year I vow to never start editing before I have my morning coffee, because this is the kind of shit that keeps happening to me when I do, and yet here I am in the same trap again!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 9, 2017; 14:32 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Layout[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Layout. Legobot (talk) 04:31, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #251[edit]

Weekly Summary #252[edit]

Please comment on Talk:Fabergé egg[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Fabergé egg. Legobot (talk) 04:26, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #253[edit]

Dolgoshchelskoye Rural Settlement[edit]

Hi Ezhiki, I hope you are fine. We now got this article, and it is likely we will be getting more of this kind. Do we have a structural solution? Redirects for municipal districts are under control, I have created more than a half of those, and I am still creating them on a regular basis.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:31, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Yaroslav! Always a pleasure to hear from you. Thanks for doing the redirects; I hate that part! :)
I'm doing fine, but it's been incredibly difficult to keep my usual contributions level ever since I changed jobs last year. I'll get there eventually, though.
Rural settlements, as you can imagine, are on my to-do list (like a million other things), but I don't believe we are at a point yet where creating mass stubs about them is a smart move. I wouldn't worry about occasional one-off articles like this one, but if anybody starts mass-producing underdeveloped stubs, they should probably be brought in on board and explained what the "grand vision" is :) If nothing else, explain that cleaning up crap is a lot harder than developing a well-thought workflow and sticking to it to the end.
Additionally, since we are focusing on the administrative divisions as the primary article topics (into which information about municipal divisions normally gets upmerged), there shouldn't be any articles about municipal rural settlements unless a) such municipal rural settlements span multiple selsoviets or account for only a portion of a selsoviet; b) rural settlements are considered to be both administrative and municipal divisions within the federal subject, or c) there are no low-level administrative divisions in the federal subject. For most of Arkhangelsk Oblast, the territories of the selsoviets and the rural settlement coincide, so I would move this article to Dolgoshchelsky Selsoviet, address the municipal aspect within it (same way we address municipal district aspects in the articles about administrative districts), and redirect Dolgoshchelskoye Rural Settlement to it.
If you encounter any more like these and are not sure where they should be moved to (or if they should be moved at all), just drop me a note. I can always find time to answer something like that. But I'd very much prefer to first establish the network of disambiguation pages/set indices/redirects for the selsoviets and rural settlements, along the line of what's already been done for the districts. I have all the information for a job like that; all I need is time. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 28, 2017; 18:33 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. No, I do not thing we will see proliferation of these articles right now, but they certainly will be eventually created.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:51, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Who is Max Laserson??[edit]

Hey, long time no talk! I found the discrepancy between Maksis Lazersons and the corresponding Russian page troubling. From the English page, you'd never know he was ever in Australia; from the Russian one you'd never know he was ever in America. It's not impossible they're both correct, that he was in Australia till 1948 and then came to the US, taught college, and died, but it seems very odd. I have a book of his, and from the brief bio it's clear the part about the US is true, but maybe the Australia passage in the Russian page is a fantasy? (There's no reference.) Also, why is the English page called "Maksis Lazersons" when he called himself Max Laserson in English? (The book has "Max M. Laserson" on the cover.) Anyway, I thought I'd dump it in your lap and take the opportunity to say that as fed up as I get with Wikipedia, I always think fondly of you and hope you're doing well. Languagehat (talk) 20:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Great to hear from you, too! Especially when you are bearing gifts :)
I've never heard of this person before today, but a quick search (the results of which you may or may not have already seen) reveals a short article in the Russian Jewish Encyclopedia (which makes no mention of Australia), a research paper (ditto), and this excerpt of questionable provenance, containing Laserson's correspondence, where he explicitly states that he was in the US in 1939.
The user who added the Australia passage has not, unfortunately, been editing Wikipedia since 2016, but I see he explicitly replaced the US part with Australia part, and I see that part matching this excerpt, but since it's only a snippet view, it's not very helpful. After a bit of detective work, I can confirm that page 456 of that volume is, in fact, where the chapter about Laserson ends, but this really doesn't help answering your question. However, the snippet of page 451 (where the chapter begins) says that "Moris Lazerson" was born in Mitau (old name of Jelgava), but in 1879, so it's likely it's a different person altogether and things have mixed up quite a bit everywhere. Sorry for not being of more help, but this is not a subject I'd have anything about in my library! Hopefully these findings will whet your appetite for fixing things, at least here in the English wiki :)
As for the article's title, you are absolutely right—it should be moved. That part is taken care of now. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 29, 2017; 21:20 (UTC)
Many thanks for your dogged research! I've lost most of my taste for editing, apart from the occasional uncontroversial addition of a pronunciation or grammatical cleanup, thanks to too many run-ins with rule-obsessed and/or personally invested editors, so I'll just let the whole thing rest in peace until a more ambitious Wikipedian comes along. Languagehat (talk) 18:10, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
Well, that's a pity, but I understand. Anyway, I've restored the pre-Australia passage on the ru_wiki side, so the articles are now at least somewhat in sync.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 30, 2017; 18:25 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2017[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

Administrator changes

added TheDJ
removed XnualaCJOldelpasoBerean HunterJimbo WalesAndrew cKaranacsModemacScott

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
  • The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
  • An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
  • After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news

  • After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
  • Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:54, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #254[edit]

A barnstar for you![edit]

Barnstar of Diligence Hires.png The Barnstar of Diligence
This barnstar, awarded in the stead of the Turknish national barnstar, is awarded to Ezhiki for his immense contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of Turkey. Gott mit Uns! Vami_IV✠ 04:35, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
You must have confused me with someone else. If I ever contributed to Turkey subjects, it could not have been of any notable volume, quality, or depth.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 7, 2017; 13:21 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #255[edit]

Yarovoy[edit]

Conroversial notability of several persons.Xx236 (talk) 06:17, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

But it's a disambiguation page, not an article. As long as those entries meet WP:DABRL, there is no problem with including them.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 12, 2017; 19:03 (UTC)
Victor Merzhanov doesn't reference informations about students. It's probably a translation from Russian, not referenced. Xx236 (talk) 06:06, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
For WP:DABRL purposes, mentions do not need to be referenced, only included. On the other hand, if the veracity/notability of the included information is in question or doubt, then it can be removed from the article, as is the case with any other unsourced material. In that case the disambiguation page entry should be removed as well.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 13, 2017; 12:59 (UTC)

FoP[edit]

([[1]])

Привет, друг!!! Ты можешь по ссылке посмотреть чего там намудрили с толкованием нашего ГК упертые пользователи склада? Ну чесс слово не понимаю их рвения. В обсуждении попытался растолковать, но, боюсь меня не поймут )). --M. J. Lee Khan talk 11:22, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Привет! Сколько лет, сколько зим :)
К сожалению, моё знание российского права ограничено административно-территориальным и муниципальным устройством страны, поэтому с интепретацией ГК я помочь не могу. Хотя хочу отметить, что довольно странно выглядит сама процедура номинации изображений в одной большой куче, вместо того чтобы как следует рассмотреть каждое по-отдельности, но я вижу по этому поводу уже кто-то прокомментировал.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 17, 2017; 11:23 (UTC)
Да, там уже подключились спецы )). Пришлось поизучать предмет. Есть нюансы. К части можно применить правило "минимис", а часть перегрузить в рувики. Это формально. А по факту - излишняя паранойя. Как сам? ;) --M. J. Lee Khan talk 08:52, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
Я лет десять назад или около того сфотографировал статую Эйфеля у подножия Эйфелевой башни. Страшненькая такая фотография была, и статуя сама была лесами полузатянута, но на неимением в то время ничего лучшего, загрузил что было. Через некоторое время фотографию удалили. Так я узнал, что такое FoP и с тех пор к проекту Commons значительно охладел :)
Сам ничего вроде бы. Вот работу поменял в прошлом году и времени на Википедию существенно поубавилось, но ничего, прорвёмся. А у тебя как дела? Со здоровьем нормально? А то как ни появишься, то только потому, что болеешь :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 18, 2017; 13:16 (UTC)
Да пока всё также. Без значительных изменений в ту или иную сторону. И то хорошо ). Собираюсь на очередное обследование на днях. Да по бытовухе полоса пока затяжная (хлопот разных величин). Тоже прорываемся помаленьку. Тут изредка появляюсь. Но чаще так, без аутентификации. Быренько подправить косяк какой. А на что-то поглубже нет времени да и честно особого желания. Это же такой процесс - затянет и не выбраться. Пока погружаться не получается. Очень рад тебя слышать )) yo!!!--M. J. Lee Khan talk 17:49, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
"Затянет и не выбраться", ну да, что же мне, одному в болоте сидеть? :) Ну а вообще рад, что всё хорошо. Появляйся что ли почаще, пусть хоть и набегами!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 18, 2017; 19:16 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #256[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #257[edit]

Please comment on Template talk:Infobox deity[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Template talk:Infobox deity. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Precious[edit]

"Where patience ends endurance begins."

Cornflower blue Yogo sapphire.jpg

Thank you for quality articles on Russian topics such as Kola Peninsula and History of the administrative division of Russia, for service since 2004, for "Where patience ends endurance begins.", - self-appointed keeper of consistency, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:43, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda, I appreciate the sentiment.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 2, 2017; 14:04 (UTC)
A year ago, you were recipient no. 1647 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #258[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2017[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added KaranacsBerean HunterGoldenRingDlohcierekim
removed GdrTyreniusJYolkowskiLonghairMaster Thief GarrettAaron BrennemanLaser brainJzGDragons flight

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Miscellaneous

  • Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:19, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #259[edit]

Please comment on Help talk:Citation Style 1[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Help talk:Citation Style 1. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #260[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #261[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (films)[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (films). Legobot (talk) 04:28, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to comment at Template:Link language RfC[edit]

You have commented on this topic before, so I wanted to invite you to participate in Template talk:Link language#Request for comment on formatting.

A L T E R C A R I   20:08, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #262[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2017[edit]

ANEWSicon.png

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

Administrator changes

added Doug BellDennis BrownClpo13ONUnicorn
removed ThaddeusBYandmanBjarki SOldakQuillShyamJondelWorm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Miscellaneous


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:40, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #263[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by nationality/Azerbaijan[edit]

Hi, can you or Ymblanter fix the names of the women in English? It's for a world women contest I'm running.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:25, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

But we don't speak Azerbaijani :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); June 12, 2017; 18:12 (UTC)
Ah, I thought you had a command of the Cyrillic languages!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:29, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
Well, Cyrillic is just a script, man :) I can kinda sorta serve as a resource of last resort for Slavic languages (Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian...), but I asking me to help with Azerbaijani, Mongolian, or Tatar is like asking you to help with Vietnamese—just because it's more or less in the same script as your native language doesn't necessarily mean you can do much with it! (I did go through half of the Russian list, though). Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); June 16, 2017; 12:54 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Glossaries[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Glossaries. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #264[edit]

Borzoy[edit]

Possibly outside your core area, but would be very much appreciated if you could translate something from the Russian article to put together a short stub. Right now when we link this town of 4,000 people, it goes to a dog breed (Borzoi)!! Cheers and thanks Buckshot06 (talk) 22:45, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Nope, this is pretty much inside my core area :) I've created a stub at Borzoy; enjoy!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); June 15, 2017; 14:26 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #265[edit]

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on[edit]

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you voted on (2 RfCs, actually, one less than six months ago and another a year ago). The new RfC is at:

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Allow private schools to be characterized as non-affiliated as well as religious, in infobox?

Specifically, it asks that "religion = none" be allowed in the infobox.

The first RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

The result of that RfC was "unambiguously in favour of omitting the parameter altogether for 'none' " and despite the RfC title, additionally found that "There's no obvious reason why this would not apply to historical or fictional characters, institutions etc.", and that nonreligions listed in the religion entry should be removed when found "in any article".

The second RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

The result of that RfC was that the "in all Wikipedia articles, without exception, nonreligions should not be listed in the Religion= parameter of the infobox.".

Note: I am informing everyone who commented on the above RfCs, whether they supported or opposed the final consensus. --Guy Macon (talk) 03:35, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #266[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Layout[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Layout. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Sputnik, Vladikavkaz[edit]

Do you need to add this locality to Sputnik (rural locality)? Or is it not rural, in which case would you consider adding a note to Sputnik (disambiguation)? Cheers and thanks for all the hard work, Buckshot06 (talk) 21:52, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Might you consider a set index for Krasnaya Rechka? Buckshot06 (talk) 22:45, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
That Sputnik is not a standalone inhabited locality; it's one of those weird cases where a place is a part of a larger place yet is still called a "settlement". Usually those are either former settlements gobbled up by a bigger one (so, basically, a microdistrict, but still referred to as "settlement") or some sort of military/scientific installation with an attached residential area. The bottom line: if it's not listed in the federal subject's registry of the administrative-territorial divisions (which this Sputnik is not), it's not a separate place. That said, it doesn't mean it can't have an article of its own, but it would have to be a notable enough place on its own merits. Also, a disambig entry cannot be added until the place is at least redlinked from somewhere else (see WP:DABRL).
Krasnaya Rechka, on the other hand, is now a set index, as requested. Enjoy!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); July 6, 2017; 14:20 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #267[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – July 2017[edit]

ANEWSicon.png

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

added Happyme22Dragons flight
removed Zad68

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Miscellaneous

  • A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
  • A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
  • Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:59, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #268[edit]

Please comment on Talk:Kombucha[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Kombucha. Legobot (talk) 04:33, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #269[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #270[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Images[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Images. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #271[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – August 2017[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added AnarchyteGeneralizationsAreBadCullen328 (first RfA to reach WP:300)
removed CpromptRockpocketRambo's RevengeAnimumTexasAndroidChuck SMITHMikeLynchCrazytalesAd Orientem

Guideline and policy news

Technical news


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:11, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Мировой заговор против Азербайджана[edit]

Коллега, вы не могли бы посмотреть статью Cognac diplomacy? Там коллеги из Азербайджана пытаются протолкнуть версию, мол, Армения и Джордж Сорос подрядили ведущие международные правозащитные организации, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, и т.д., чтобы очернить демократичный Азербайджан. Пользуясь, видимо, незнанием английскими редакторами русского языка, в статью вводятся русские источники, никакого отношения к лоббистской деятельности не имеющие. Например шутливая фраза из статьи о коньяке "Армянский коньяк – это национальное достояние, я бы даже назвал его национальной дипломатией. Не секрет, что все мы хоть раз в жизни да и решали какой-нибудь вопрос бутылкой армянского коньяка" приводится как доказательство того, что существует такой "коньячный" заговор против Азербайджана. Или делают целую секцию на основе голословного заявления какого-то депутата, мол Армения подкупила Венецианскую комиссию, потому что та дала положительное заключение по законодательству по референдумам в Армении. Поскольку делают это редакторы из Азербайджана, они прекрасно понимают контекст и свои действия. Вы не могли бы, как понимающий русский язык, посмотреть статью (две версии [2], [3], обсуждение удаления - [4])? Я написал еще нескольким русскоязычным редакторам, в т.ч. Ярославу Блантеру, но их вроде нет в Википедии. Divot (talk) 15:23, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

2017 Chukotka Population Estimates[edit]

Hi Ezhiki, can you tell me whether something is missing from the bottom of this table? I'm not seeing anything listed for Iultinsky, Providensky or Chaunsky Districts. Is this an issue with what has been uploaded, or has there been a reorganization of the municipal districts so that localities previously in these districts are now contained within Egvekinot, Provideniya and Pevek Urban Okrugs? Fenix down (talk) 10:45, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes, this is due to the changes to the municipal structure (which I still haven't had time to implement here on Wikipedia, arghh). Iultinsky (Municipal) District is now Egvekinot Urban Okrug, Providensky (Municipal) District is now Providensky Urban Okrug (note that it's Providensky, and not Provideniya as the population stats table says), and Chaunsky (Municipal) District is now Pevek Urban Okrug.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 2, 2017; 17:43 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #272[edit]


Emperor railway station, Pushkin town[edit]

I wrote this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_railway_station,_Pushkin_town

It has received this notice

This article needs attention from an expert in Russia. The specific problem is: The article needs a proper title, can not identified because of non-English sources. WikiProject Russia may be able to help recruit an expert. (July 2017)

I speak Russian, I currently live within a kilometer of this building, the content is basically the same as the French and Russian pages, the sources are taken from the Russian pages, the title is the same used for the category "Emperor railway station, Pushkin town"; and I provided many of the photos.

So is this notice needed?

To make matters worse the article now boasts a title which is simply a mixture of its Russian name and English "Imperatorsky pavilyon" is not English and is the latin version of its cyrillic name in Russian. It is therefore completely incorrect. Do you really think a transliterated version of the Russian name in English is appropriate and correct? I suggest "Emperor's Pavilion / Railway Station" Harveyqs

Hi there! To answer your question, Russian toponyms (which is what railway station names are) in the English Wikipedia are never translated, only transliterated, unless one can demonstrate that the commonly recognized name policy applies. For the vast majority of places, it does not, and this one in particular is certainly rather obscure to qualify. That said, there is nothing wrong with including a literal translation in the lede. The name of the category is actually irrelevant, since it is on the Commons, which probably has different standards than those on the English Wikipedia. By the looks of it, it should probably be renamed on the Commons as well, but since I'm not involved with the Commons, I can't really help you there.
As for the hatnote ("the article needs attention from an expert in Russia"), you might want to contact the person who added it (User:usernamekiran) to clarify what their expectations are.
If you have any other questions for me, please don't hesitate to ask. If it is easier for you to do so in Russian, I don't mind, as long as the discussion is confined to my talk page. Cheers!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 10, 2017; 15:31 (UTC)
@Harveyqs: Hi. The only reason for the hatnote is the title of the article. As long as the title is correct, I dont have any problem. :)
Also, I think this discussion should be moved to the article's talkpage for future reference. —usernamekiran(talk) 19:17, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply! I will indeed copy the discussion to the talk page once all Harveyqs' questions have been answered to their satisfaction.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 10, 2017; 19:48 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Seltso (disambiguation)#Definition of "seltso"[edit]

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Seltso (disambiguation)#Definition of "seltso". Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 06:40, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you![edit]

Meissen-teacup pinkrose01.jpg thanks for your effort.I would love to see more contribution to Russian related articles. and I think It would be good to enrich current Russia related articles Ro.faridi (talk) 20:07, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. Got anything stronger there though? :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 14, 2017; 13:09 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #273[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Abbreviations[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Abbreviations. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #274[edit]

Borisovsky Uyezd[edit]

I used the disambiguator Minsk Governorate because of ru:Борисовский_уезд_(Курская_губерния). Kges1901 (talk) 19:24, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

I understand, but since that article does not exist, disambiguation guidelines recommend against preemptively disambiguating another page. I have, of course, no objections against adding the disambiguator back and moving the pageas soon as there is a stub (or a dab with a red, but WP:DABRL-compliant link to another entry). Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 21, 2017; 19:27 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #275[edit]

Please comment on Talk:Family Guy[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Family Guy. Legobot (talk) 04:31, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

User talk:123.136.106.97, User talk:123.136.106.206, User talk:123.136.112.133, User talk:183.171.179.107[edit]

Can you delete all user talk pages? 115.164.177.123 (talk) 15:56, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

I have a technical ability to do so, but I see no apparent reason why these particular four should be deleted. Care to elaborate?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 31, 2017; 18:48 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2017[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added NakonScott
removed SverdrupThespianElockidJames086FfirehorseCelestianpowerBoing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
  • Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
  • In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration

  • Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:35, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #276[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #277[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television. Legobot (talk) 04:35, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to Admin confidence survey[edit]

Hello,

Beginning in September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-harassment tool team will be conducting a survey to gauge how well tools, training, and information exists to assist English Wikipedia administrators in recognizing and mitigating things like sockpuppetry, vandalism, and harassment.

The survey should only take 5 minutes, and your individual response will not be made public. This survey will be integral for our team to determine how to better support administrators.

To take the survey sign up here and we will send you a link to the form.

We really appreciate your input!

Please let us know if you wish to opt-out of all massmessage mailings from the Anti-harassment tools team.

For the Anti-harassment tools team, SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) 20:56, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #278[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #279[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2017[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added Boing! said ZebedeeAnsh666Ad Orientem
removed TonywaltonAmiDanielSilenceBanyanTreeMagioladitisVanamonde93Mr.Z-manJdavidbJakecRam-ManYelyosKurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

  • Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
  • A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:23, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #280[edit]

Merger procedure[edit]

Hello, I have started a merger procedure between fr:Kraï and fr:Kraïs de Russie and, since you participated to one of the articles, I wanted you to know about it if you want to give your opinion. Here is the merger section : fr:Wikipédia:Pages à fusionner#Kraï et Kraïs de Russie. Best regards. SenseiAC (talk) 09:45, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Zavetnoye, Rostov Oblast[edit]

It is great that there is someone able to create such articles from scratch, but the bottom of the article, as well as the infobox, probably require your (not urgent) attention. Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:55, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm watching these and placing them on my to-do list as they pop up. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 6, 2017; 13:57 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #281[edit]

Please comment on Talk:Red[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Red. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #282[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #282

A barnstar for you![edit]

Original Barnstar Hires.png The Original Barnstar
Dear Ezhiki

thanks for your effort in Wikipedia. I love your articles and edits.the reason that I'm contacting with is to request a publish an article in wikipedia for svetloe lake in Russia.it's a beautiful lake with great nature.it's called Swan Lake because of lots of swan migrating.there is also lots of sources and articles in internet be referd.I don't have lots of time and I will busy for long time. best regards Ruhollah Faridi Ro.faridi (talk) 07:05, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks; appreciated! As for the lake, do you already have something written (and want me to look at it), or are you requesting an article to be created from scratch?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 20, 2017; 13:22 (UTC)

Restoration of Chishmy set index[edit]

I was serious when I said I strongly support the continued existence of set indices for Russian places. I would like to restore the former Chishmy page to from userspace, moving User:AjaxSmack/Chishmy (disambiguation) to List of places named Chishmy but would appreciate your comments and sugggestions first. —  AjaxSmack  13:54, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Wow, I have just re-created Chishmy (inhabited locality) (note that WikiProject Russia does not use the "list of places..." naming convention for these set indices), not having realized that you saved the previous page in your userspace. I think the version you saved needs to override what I've just created, to preserve history and all. It just gets my goat how people who don't know the first thing about the subject keep insisting on turning these sets into dabs, only to see them immediately gutted for non-compliance and then speedied—exactly what I keep point out would (and should!) happen in this kind of situations! At any rate, thanks for keeping with the developments. Do you have any ideas you'd like to see implemented on these pages?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 20, 2017; 13:59 (UTC)
I've moved the copy you saved over the version I've just created. Unfortunately, I bungled up the first move, so I needed to edit the redirect left in your userspace. If you don't want it there, please let me know and I'll kill it altogether.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 20, 2017; 14:04 (UTC)
Thanks for the move. Do what you'd like with the redirect. I think these pages could even be models for other regions but I would expect some resistance. I am still opposed to them occupying primary topic space if not warranted as I am to the lengthy disambiguators but I am happy to lend support to any efforts to keep these set indices in existence.  AjaxSmack  01:15, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
If by "other regions" you mean other countries, then the decision to use or not use the set indices is normally made by the WikiProject most applicable to the topic. You can't really force using them on others from the outside if there is no support within the WikiProject, or no resources available to maintain the setup. In absence of consensus to use set indices in a certain areas disambiguation pages remain the only alternative (that's why you'll see lots of set indices for Russia but only disambiguation pages for, say, Ukraine). But once there is a consensus to use the set indices, then the WikiProject has quite a bit of leeway in actual implementation—that includes naming conventions, formatting, and inclusion criteria. As long as those conventions are not grossly out of line with general guidelines, there is no problem. If you browse around Category:Set indices, you'll see a wild variety of setups. As long as they are consistent within each topic, that's perfectly fine.
Out of curiosity, you say that you are against using overly lengthy disambiguators, but for Russian localities the disambiguators are already never longer than necessary—I'm not really sure how you propose to improve on that? Returning to Chishmy, if you set the primary topic concerns aside, the two places in Chishminsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan are only different on the selsoviet level, or in locality types (so one or the other would have to be included to be able to tell the two places apart), and it's not a good idea to remove either the district disambiguator part or the federal subject disambiguator part, because that breaks the hierarchy and thus goes against WP:PRECISE (as well as WP:NCGN). And while you were able to argue in favor of one Chishmy being primary this time, had it been a list composed exclusively of tiny villages, making that argument would have become much more difficult if not impossible, so the disambiguators would have to stay pretty long. Of course, as I tried to point out before, this really is a problem for smaller, highly obscure places, so I still can't quite grasp how it is a problem if a handful of them have some fairly long titles, especially considering that's the only way to remain policy-compliant and still be able to tell them apart easily? And when one topic is clearly primary (no, not Chishmy :) but something like Ivanovo), then of course it makes sense to have it set up as such.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 24, 2017; 14:07 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #283[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #282

Please comment on Talk:White[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:White. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #284[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2017[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added LonghairMegalibrarygirlTonyBallioniVanamonde93
removed Allen3Eluchil404Arthur RubinBencherlite

Technical news

Arbitration

Obituaries

  • The Wikipedia community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Перенос статьи в ОП англ. Википедии[edit]

Добрый день. Перенесите, пожалуйста, статью в ОП английской Википедии. Ранее я размещала статью на украинском языке. Ее проверили, одобрили и перенесли в ОП украинской Википедии: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/OWOX Теперь я перевела статью на английский язык и хотела ее разместить. Проверьте, пожалуйста, и одобрите размещение статьи. Ссылка на англ. версию статьи: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3 Буду очень вам благодарна и признательна!OWOX (talk) 13:45, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Хорошо, сделаю. Спасибо за вклад! Хотел только отметить, что поскольку я не являюсь участником проекта Articles for creation, статья вероятно будет перепроверена другими. Если у вас есть англоязычный источник, который можно было бы добавить, это может помочь с вопросами в будущем. Теоретически нет ничего страшного в том, что все источники не на английском, но на практике, к сожалению, это зачастую минус. Ссылку на Google's Service Partner page я видел, но это источник в поддержку лишь одного факта; хорошо было бы иметь что-нибудь такого же качества как другие ваши источники на русском/украинском. Если их нет, ну значит нет, просто мороки впоследствии может быть больше.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 2, 2017; 14:08 (UTC)
Я сейчас зашла и смотрю, что она перенесена в ОП Википедии. Уииии! :) Это вы сделали? Значит всё ок?OWOX (talk) 16:34, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
Да, я перенёс. Насчёт англоязычных источников подумайте, однако. Спасибо ещё раз!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 2, 2017; 16:39 (UTC)

Боже, вы просто чудо прекрасное :) Спасибо вам огромное! Я учла ваши рекомендации и уже вношу в статью англоязычные ресурсы. Еще раз большущее вам спасибо!OWOX (talk) 16:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Vandalism on Template:Terms for types of country subdivisions[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Russia&diff=808573741&oldid=807800339 85.181.98.181 (talk) 18:19, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Sochi redux[edit]

So, I'd randomly came back over our Sochi discussion from over three years ago, now (wow). I learned so much from that discussion. But I did spot a little something still unanswered. Now, admittedly, I haven't looked through every Russian major city page, but it would seem to me that almost all of them aside from Sochi have the population and area listing in their infobox using their city (of oblast/republic significance) or municipal formation definitions. You explained to me the Russian concept of a "city proper," but I don't believe any other city is listed this way, so it's not consistent with how wiki does Russian city pages. And, liked I'd said all those years ago, even the Russian wiki page appears to list the City of Sochi's land area in the infobox.

Am I wrong about this; have I further misunderstood how Russian city pages are done? Is Sochi listed differently than most cities? Regardless of the smaller administrative divisions (rural okrugs, city districts, and the like), the entire City of Sochi is under the municipal jurisdiction/control of the Sochi Urban Okrug. While the Russian concept of "city proper" may make an interesting fact to be added somewhere in the article such as the opening or the demographic or administrative subsections, it would seem to me that the infobox statistics should be kept consistent with how other Russian city pages are done, no? --Criticalthinker (talk) 21:21, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

You are absolutely right that handling of area information in articles on Russian localities isn't particularly consistent. The only reason for that, however, is lack of a single source to reference area information. Where one can consistently use Census population figures to handle population data in a uniform manner, there is no one single area data repository of comparable quality. In recent years, public gks.ru data (where the reporting is predominantly by municipal units) started to become more readily available, but even then there are still some gaps, so we run with what we can find :) So, it all basically boils down to what sources had been available at the time area information was filled out. If you find something better/more current, by all means feel free to make adjustments! Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 6, 2017; 14:05 (UTC)
It's not about it being more recent, rather that information for the "City of Sochi" (both area and Census figure) is already in the opening paragraph. My only concern is that this is what needs to be in the infobox, whereas the "city of Sochi" figures need to be confined to the body of the article, and maybe with a bit more clarification that the "city of Sochi" is a measurement of the city districts minus/sans the area under jurisdiction of the administrative rural and settlement okrugs. Neither of these would require new sourcing or too many additional words. Anyway, just an idea I'm throwing out there. It's not a big deal, but it would seem more appropriate to simply includes numbers for either administrative divisions of municipal formations in the infobox. In that case, we're talking information for either the Sochi Urban Okrug or City of Sochi. Those numbers I'm sure are readily available since they are already in the opening paragraph of the article. --Criticalthinker (talk) 06:16, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
I see what you mean, but here's how my reasoning went; hopefully it clarifies the approach. The "Sochi" article is first and foremost about the city ("city proper"). Any entities, administrative and municipal alike, which have a relation to the city would ideally be covered by their own articles, but since there is not much information on those entities, city districts excepted, and not exactly an influx of volunteers to change that, what little information is available is merged into the city article. That's why the article covers both the lower-level entities, and the Greater Sochi area in general. The infobox, however, remains a property of the article's main focus, so whenever the area of a "city proper" is available, that's the first choice to include (which, of course, does not preclude other area information from being included into the article's lede and body).
There is certainly a lot of leeway with this approach, not to forget the fact that Sochi's setup is hardly typical for a city of its stature, but the general idea stays the same. That said, you are very welcome to experiment with other approaches and see if they work better. The source currently cited covers the areas of both Greater Sochi and the city proper, so readers for whom the distinction makes a difference should be able to pick the one that suits their needs regardless of who the article is structured.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 7, 2017; 14:48 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #285[edit]

Disambiguation terms[edit]

RE MCC stations: I think the Russian WP has better dab terms here, since there the stations get "... (MCC station)", which would match with the "type:" declaration (instanceOf), and a short description. If localisation info is used in the dab then instead of the common "X, location" one could have "X (in location)". And how about having a such a dab for every article about a physical instance or real world class [would exclude it for articles like "Geography of XYZ"]? Maybe then most of the dab pages could be generated by a quite easy algorithm. 85.180.175.228 (talk) 02:29, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I remember arguing for a more logical naming scheme for metro stations years ago; I think you can still find that old thread somewhere on the WP:SOVMETRO talk pages. Since others showed no enthusiasm about my proposal back then (to put it mildly), I abandoned that project altogether. These days, I'd only touch a metro-related article if it's in a way of something else I'm doing or is grossly out of line with how the rest of those articles are set up. If you want to reclaim and revive SOVMETRO, more power to you! Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 9, 2017; 20:08 (UTC)

Vyshka, Russia[edit]

Also in Ukraine and Kasakhstan.Xx236 (talk) 11:31, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes, but the page title is "Vyshka, Russia" :) Localities in other countries would go to the Vyshka disambiguation page (where Ukrainian one is already listed and Kazakhstan's is not because it would fail WP:DABRL). I've added a hatnote to the set index though. Thanks.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 13, 2017; 17:15 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #286[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English)[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English). Legobot (talk) 04:35, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Barnstar of European Merit[edit]

European Merit Barnstar of the EU.svg The Barnstar of European Merit
I, Vami_IV, award the Barnstar of European Merit to Ezhiki for their participation in the European 10,000 Challenge, no matter how minor. Thank you very much for your work in Russia. Keep squatting, my friend! –Vami_IV✠ 02:23, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
this WikiAward was given to Ezhiki by Vami_IV✠ on 02:23, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); November 20, 2017; 16:32 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #287[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #287 Global message delivery/Targets/Wikidata

Wikidata weekly summary #288[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy). Legobot (talk) 04:32, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added Joe Roe
readded JzG
removed EricorbitPercevalThinggTristanbVioletriga

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:57, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom 2017 election voter message[edit]

Scale of justice 2.svgHello, Ezhiki. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #289[edit]

Elektrostal - Map outdated since more than 5 years[edit]

Talk:Elektrostal#Map outdated since more than 5 years 85.181.240.108 (talk) 13:08, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #290[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy). Legobot (talk) 04:33, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Metro Russia[edit]

WP:RUSSIA consistently uses the type name in upper case:

It's also found in sources, despite some claiming otherwise.

Still some want to change it: Talk:Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line#Requested move 11 December 2017, and after it is moved they will not change the articles and for years to come there will be inconsistency between texts and titles. 92.228.153.156 (talk) 03:07, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Not helping with line naming, but causing trouble with station naming [5]. Predictable stable titles are appreciated. Disdisambiguation works in the other direction. 77.179.196.58 (talk) 03:20, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

I've left a comment on that page. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 21, 2017; 15:09 (UTC)

Ping re your 10 years old page - thanks hero! https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Moskovskaya_metro_station&diff=817406228&oldid=254250063 77.179.200.224 (talk) 05:21, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #291[edit]

South-East (Russia)[edit]

More problems with your page moves [6] 78.49.252.23 (talk) 17:17, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #292[edit]

Please comment on Talk:Cary Grant[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Cary Grant. Legobot (talk) 04:47, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #293[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added Muboshgu
readded AnetodeLaser brainWorm That Turned
removed None

Bureaucrat changes

readded Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

Technical news

Arbitration


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

SpacemanSpiff[edit]

Now on SIA Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Vyborgsky_District&diff=817855706&oldid=420181818 78.51.214.48 (talk) 23:46, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #294[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #295[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters. Legobot (talk) 04:35, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #296[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #297[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – February 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added None
removed BlurpeaceDana boomerDeltabeignetDenelson83GrandioseSalvidrim!Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
  • Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news

  • A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:51, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. Legobot (talk) 04:34, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #298[edit]

Red Army maps copyright[edit]

Dear Ezhiki, I wonder if you could advise on the possibility of using such Soviet maps in Wikipedia, e.g. could a free license be claimed for the map

http://loadmap.net/en/m11456

so that it could be uploaded in Wikimedia Commons and used for illustration purposes?

Apparently there used to be some relevant debate before, but it's been deleted so I am not aware of the current view on this matter. Best, Apcbg (talk) 09:13, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

I'd love to help, but I'm not an expert on copyright. If you are going to upload this to the Commons, it would be best to ask there. You will definitely need to know what year these maps were published, though.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); February 12, 2018; 16:51 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll try to seek advice at the Commons; and no, that site gives no year of publication. Best, Apcbg (talk) 12:05, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #299[edit]

Speedy deletion nomination of Khlevny[edit]

A tag has been placed on Khlevny requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G6 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an orphaned disambiguation page which either

  • disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic); or
  • disambiguates no (zero) extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time. Please see the disambiguation page guidelines for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. The Mighty Glen (talk) 12:47, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #300[edit]

Please comment on Talk:A Wizard of Earthsea[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:A Wizard of Earthsea. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #301[edit]

14 years of editing, today[edit]

Balloons-aj.svg Hey, Ezhiki. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
Chris Troutman (talk) 12:28, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
Face-smile.svg
Thanks! Here's to fourteen more, and then doing it all over again :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 1, 2018; 14:04 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added Lourdesdagger
removed AngelOfSadnessBhadaniChris 73CorenFridayMidomMike V
dagger Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news

  • The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
  • Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
  • A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
  • A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news

  • CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
  • The edit filter has a new feature contains_all that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous

Obituaries

  • Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:00, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Russian populated places set index[edit]

Hey Ezhiki!

I was randomming articles in boredom when I stumbled on a set index of Russian populated places called Mochalishche. I added coordinates for the one village that was missing. Thing is, I found another place called Mochalishche in Ukraine, it even has a Wikidata entry. I read some of the policy, but got pretty confused. Since you created the index, I thought I'd ask you: Should the index be replaced with a disambiguation page including the Ukranian location? Should there be a seperate disambiguation page? Should there not be a disambiguation page at all? Hecseur (talk) 16:21, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi, @Hecseur:! Yeah, these can get tricky sometimes. You have to look at each case individually. In general, yes, when a set index on Russian localities conflicts with entities of a different type (but the same name), the best way to handle that is to move the set index to a title conforming to WP:NC:CITY#Russia and create a disambiguation page under the vacated title (from which the set index would be linked, as well as all those other entities). When a conflict is with just one other entity, then it's often sufficient to just leave the set index where it is but add a hatnote on top linking to that entity. If the Ukrainian Mochalischche had an article in the English Wikipedia, this would have been the best course of action in this particular case. However, since it doesn't have one (nor does Mochalishche, Ukraine even meet the disambiguation page red link requirements), there really isn't anything we can do about it until that article is written. Guidelines clearly discourage placement of red links in hatnotes. Hope this helps, but let me know if anything is still unclear. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 5, 2018; 16:14 (UTC)
I think the best course of action will be to start creating new articles for these villages. I know the Ukrainian Mochalishche has an article on the Ukrainian Wiki which I can use to build an article on the English Wikipedia. Honestly it's past time these red links will get 'blued'. Thanks for all the help! You really helped a struggling Wikipedian out! Hecseur (talk) 16:58, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Happy to help! And as a matter of fact, encouraging the creation of new articles is one of the reasons we even bother with these set indices in the first place :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 7, 2018; 19:42 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #302[edit]

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Military history[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Military history. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #303[edit]

Use WP:EPON[edit]

Hello. Please read carefully WP:EPON for categorization of cities/towns.

91.124.117.29 (talk) 19:58, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Actually, this is one piece of advice you should heed yourself. I've left you a message on your talk page; you might want to stop what you are doing and give it a more thorough thought. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 13, 2018; 20:00 (UTC)
Don't add category like "Populated place established in X" for that cities' categories. Because the only main article (name_of_town) related to such category (subcats are unrelated). You were reverted many times not by me, see [7] 91.124.117.29 (talk) 20:10, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
  • From WP:EPON. There are three options:
  1. Keep both the eponymous category and the main article in the parent category. This is used in Category:Western Europe to allow that region's country articles to be navigated together. This rule is used for all geographic categories (town and cities) now.
  2. Keep just the child article. This is used in Category:British Islands, to prevent a loop. No any loops in discussed categories.
  3. Keep just the eponymous category. This is used for Category:Farmworkers in Category:People by occupation. Such "X by Y" categories sometimes cover a limited navigational set, not a topic (see #Category tree organization), thus there is no logical article content. There are no "X by Y" categories in the involved category tree.

So, the first option is used for cities categories. 91.124.117.29 (talk) 20:19, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

When supercats like "Populated place established in X" are added to a category (eponymous or otherwise), they refer solely to that category, not to every article that category contains (otherwise we would hardly ever be able to add any subcategory to a category—you work up the category tree, not down). It is that idea one must keep in mind when considering how to build a category tree.
The Moscow revert you cited is related to the ongoing re-organization of categories dealing with establishment years and is not in the same league as what you are doing. And most other examples you might be able to find are going to almost always be one-time deals similar to your activities, where the structure is changed with no regard to the big picture.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 13, 2018; 20:26 (UTC)
On the "three options", there is no guidance as to which areas of knowledge these options are to be applied; only examples. If you read WP:EPON closely and carefully (an advice I started with), you'll see that's where the "editor consensus" part kicks in. Once the "[t]his rule is used for all geographic categories (town and cities) now" part you added above becomes an actual part of the guideline, then there will be no reason to argue with you; until then you don't really have an argument, only an opinion.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 13, 2018; 20:26 (UTC)
For example, the Region (Oblast, Krai) has own category with 15 cities. For example, only four or five of them have an own eponymous categories. If we use Option 3, we have 10 related articles (not all cities!) and 5 subcategories. If we use Option 1, we have 15 cities (all cities!) and 5 subcategories in it. WP:EPON said Keep both the eponymous category and the main article in the parent category... to allow that region's country articles to be navigated together. When the reader navigated the category, what is better? When he had 10 (Option 3) or all 15 (Option 1) cities articles in it? Why you are for Option 3? 91.124.117.29 (talk) 20:42, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
I personally don't see one option being better than another. Categories grow, and eventually this example will have fifteen (eponymous) categories and no (individual) articles. Until that happens, we'd have a mix of articles (without eponymous categories) and categories. All fifteen entities are included in both cases, so where's the problem?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 19, 2018; 16:14 (UTC)
The problem is to allow that region's country articles to be navigated together. When they are hidden in respective subcategories, they aren't navigated together. In other case, it's a very hard for readers to define the number of correct entities in the category and to receive the full list of entities. When all N=38 cities included (and none missed), then a reader knows, N=38 cities are located in that region. As of now, as I can see, the rule is used in most cases in the geogrpaphic tree, see for example Category:Capitals in Europe, Category:Cities and towns in Norway, Category:Cities in South West England, Category:Central European countries etc. 91.124.117.29 (talk) 15:26, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #304[edit]

Semikarakorsky District[edit]

So the subdistricts are not supposed to be linked from the district that contains them? Dr. Vogel (talk) 14:25, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

No, it's not that. If lower divisions are linked properly, that's great. The problem here was that it was easier to kill the whole section wholesale than to fix it. For one, the terminology should match what's used elsewhere—we are not, for example, using "subdistrict" or "rural district" in the context of Russia. It wasn't even matching the infobox information. Then, the links seem to be not to the selsoviets (called "rural settlements" in Rostov Oblast, which this district is a part of), but to individual rural localities, which is not at all the same thing. And even the localities were not being linked the same way they are being linked in other articles. In all, there is a lot of background work that needs to be done before these kind of lists can be added easily; at this point they would just be creating a maintenance backlog and confuse readers.
Let me know if you have questions; I'll be happy to elaborate. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 22, 2018; 14:34 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Comedian[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Comedian. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #305[edit]

Translation help[edit]

Hello. I'm trying to verify whether a whaling station was built on Big Shantar Island in the 19th century. I haven't found anything in English and most of the whaling done there was by Americans. An old steam engine on the island has been variously identified as belonging to either a Russian American Company or just American whaling station. I found two news articles (both in Russian) which appear to say a Soviet-era military settlement existed on the island. I don't entirely trust Google translate (it likes to translate a certain word into "giraffe" for some reason), so I was wondering if you could verify this? They're both short articles. I'd be grateful for any assistance you could provide me. Here are the articles in question: here and here. ST1849 (talk) 20:40, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I've looked at both articles, and unfortunately neither one mentions a whaling station (or anything about the 19th century history). The first article says that the "larger islands" of the archipelago are uninhabited (except for the personnel of the weather station), but there used to be "military townlets" and "Soviet-era settlements" there, which have since been abandoned. The second article specifically states that Bolshoy Shantar used to house a military unit. No word on the island giraffe population, sadly :)
Hope this helps and let me know if you need anything further.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 28, 2018; 20:57 (UTC)
Thanks. I should've been more clear. Google translate didn't mention any whaling stations either. It's just that the image in the first article has been floating around on other sites as what is left of an American whaling station. I just wanted to know if the articles indeed mentioned the Soviet-era settlements. Thanks for verifying that. I'm starting to wonder if they just tell tourists it's an abandoned whaling station because that sounds more interesting than a lonely military outpost? So far I've found no documentary evidence to back up that claim. ST1849 (talk) 22:20, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Here's one of the websites that associates that steam engine with an American whaling station and mentions those elusive giraffes. ST1849 (talk) 23:38, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Yeah, that one describes the whaling aspect in a great deal of detail, but while I have no reasons to doubt the source's veracity, it doesn't look it could qualify as a reliable source (it is an article published on a TV network site, which would normally be OK, but it is in their "blogs" section, which is not). The "giraffe", incidentally, refers to a whale fat-melting device (and I honestly have no clue why google decided to translate this term so). It was identified as previously abandoned by American (as in US American) poachers by the Khabarovsk branch of the All-Russian Preservation Society of Historical and Cultural Monuments, so perhaps that would be a good lead to continue with the research?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 29, 2018; 15:07 (UTC)
Oh, I know. I don't trust any news site/blog written in English, let alone Russian. The problem is you can't use Google translate on books or peer-reviewed papers. I'll see if that preservation society has an English-language email I can contact. Thanks for all the translation help. ST1849 (talk) 18:12, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
If it helps, the Society's website is http://voopik.ru, and the page for the Khabarovsk branch is http://voopik.ru/region/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=246. Not much information there, but they do have an email listed, if you want to pursue that route. If you manage to stumble upon anything else useful that you need translation help with, feel free to contact me again. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 29, 2018; 18:52 (UTC)
Ok. Thanks for the link. ST1849 (talk) 19:01, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2018).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added 331dotCordless LarryClueBot NG
removed Gogo DodoPb30SebastiankesselSeicerSoLando

Guideline and policy news

  • Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
  • Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
  • The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
  • The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous

  • A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:23, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #306[edit]

Gritsovsky[edit]

Hi. I just added the article on Gritsovsky, and noticed that your sandbox had a link to it. Are you, or do you know someone who is, good with infoboxes? --Bejnar (talk) 23:09, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

I'll take care of it in the next couple of days. Thanks for letting me know (and for creating the stub). Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 4, 2018; 02:30 (UTC)
You indicated that "urban-type settlements should not be included with cities and towns". Yet the article on Urban-type settlement indicates that This type of locality has been used in all 15 member republics of the former Soviet Union since 1922 when it replaced a number of terms which could have been translated by the English term "town" .... Gritsovsky is a little bigger in size than the US town that I grew up in was. Having a hospital is more than many small towns in the US have, much less a refrigerator factory. So, could you tell me why an "urban-type settlement" should not be considered a town? The satellite view certainly looks like a town. Or is the English word "town" just entirely inappropriate when talking about Russian settlements smaller than a city? If not a town, could/should there be a subsection or subsections of the {{Tula Oblast}} template for other settlements, comparable to the {{Socorro County, New Mexico}} template? Should the top settlement section have only cities? Where would be an appropriate place to discuss this? --Bejnar (talk) 23:52, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Well, just because the term can be translated as "town" doesn't mean the place is a town... "Urban-type settlement" is a very specific connotation (and by definition, an urban-type settlement is not a town, but an urban entity roughly between a town proper and a rural locality), but since the concept itself is very much Russia- and former Soviet Union-specific and has no apparent equivalents in Western countries, "town" is an acceptable translation when a place needs to be identified as something, but where an exact designation does not really matter (such as in a news coverage for an area where an urban-type settlement is located). In Wikipedia articles dealing with Russian geography, however, the designation does in fact matter.
You are completely right about the Tula Oblast template needing another section, though. I was going through those templates before, but never made it to Tula Oblast (see, for example, {{Republic of Bashkortostan}} or {{Sakha Republic}}). I'd be happy to add a section to Tula Oblast's template if you wish; just let me know. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 12, 2018; 14:46 (UTC)
Yes, please. --Bejnar (talk) 16:36, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
I've added them. I also just remembered that a bunch of urban-type settlements in Tula Oblast (Gritsovsky included) were demoted to a rural status a few years ago. The list now in {{Tula Oblast}} is current.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 24, 2018; 14:15 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox Russian city/doc[edit]

Ambox warning blue.svgTemplate:Infobox Russian city/doc has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:26, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Germanic peoples[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Germanic peoples. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #307[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #308[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #309[edit]

Please comment on Talk:Mark Weisbrot[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Mark Weisbrot. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, from the Portals WikiProject...[edit]

You are invited to join the effort to revitalize and improve the Portal system...

The Portals WikiProject was rebooted 9 days ago, and is going strong. Fifty-two editors have joined so far, with more joining daily.

We're having a blast, and excitement is high...

Our goal is to update, upgrade, and maintain portals.

In addition to working directly on portals, we are developing tools to make building and maintaining portals easier. We've finished one so far, with more to come.

Discussions are underway about how to upgrade portals, and what the portals of the future will be.

There are plenty of tasks (including WikiGnome tasks too) on the WikiProject page.

With more to come.

We may even surprise ourselves and exceed all expectations. Who knows what we will be able to accomplish in what may become the biggest Wikicollaboration in years.

See ya at the WikiProject!

Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   03:22, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

I won't be joining, but best of luck to y'all with this endeavor.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 27, 2018; 13:19 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #310[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added None
removed ChochopkCoffeeGryffindorJimpKnowledge SeekerLankiveilPeridonRjd0060

Guideline and policy news

  • The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
  • A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news

  • AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new equals_to_any function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
  • When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
  • The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
  • There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

Obituaries

  • Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:05, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #311[edit]

Iskateley[edit]

I created this stub and will work on it in the coming days. For the Nenets AO, I do not have a slightest idea what its divisions are (and Administrative divisions of Nenets Autonomous Okrug does not help much), but if you have expert knowledge (I am sure you have) and time (I am less sure) may be you could add an infobox with proper references and write a section on administratiove status? Thanks a lot.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:02, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

It's been hard finding time to do anything meaningful around Wikipedia for me lately (and I'm not sure when this situation will improve), but I will certainly add your request at the top of my to-do list. However, please feel free to take a stab at this task yourself if it takes me longer than a reasonable amount of time to get to it.
As for NAO's administrative structure, it is pretty straightforward. Naryan-Mar is incorporated as a town of okrug significance, and the rest of NAO's territory comprises Zapolyarny District. (On the municipal divisions side, those correspond to Naryan-Mar Urban Okrug and Zapolyarny Municipal District). The (administrative) district is further divided into eighteen selsoviets and one urban-type settlement of district significance (that would be Iskateley), which municipally correspond 1:1 to rural settlements and an urban settlement. The administrative divisions are enumerated in this law, which you can probably find online (or feel free to shoot me an email and I'll be happy to send you a Word copy of the latest revision). Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 8, 2018; 15:57 (UTC)
Great, thank you very much. I will do whatever I can do, and checking hopefully takes less time than creation from zero.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:33, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
I believe I have fixed the references.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:31, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
An unrelated question: in some subject templates we have first cities/towns, then urban-type settlements, and then districts (sometimes we have federal-level settlements but I am not now talking about them); in other templates we have first cities/towns, then districts, and then urban-type settlements. We probably should come with a unified design; I believe it is more logical to have urban-type settlements between towns and districts. What do you think about it?--Ymblanter (talk) 07:34, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
We used to have separate templates for districts and for cities/towns, and I think when I was merging them, I was mostly using city/town templates as a starting point, but since I wasn't merging them all in one sitting, in some of them cities/towns ended up at the top, and in others in the middle. You are right, of course, that a consistent approach would be an improvement. I would think a top-down approach—listing districts, then cities/towns, then urban-type settlements—makes most sense (with the ZATOs being listed either last, or between the districts and cities/towns), but I guess as long as everything is consistent across the board, it doesn't matter all that much. If you want to change these templates to use a certain order, I sure am not going to complain. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 16, 2018; 16:13 (UTC)
Good, thanks. Let is make it districts -> ZATO -> towns -> urban-type settlements then. I will change them (I am adding the urban-type settlements where they are missing anyway).--Ymblanter (talk) 06:01, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Music[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Music. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #312[edit]

Khabarovsk Oblast[edit]

Hi Ezhiki!! Kges1901 has tried to assist your great efforts by creating this article. I'm sure he was specifically thinking of your Far Eastern heritage ;) Please amend/change as required.. Buckshot06 (talk) 08:47, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #313[edit]

Please comment on Talk:Forever alone[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Forever alone. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #314[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added None
removed Al Ameer sonAliveFreeHappyCenariumLupoMichaelBillington

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
  • There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
  • It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration

  • A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

Miscellaneous


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:59, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #315[edit]

Please comment on Talk:Succession to the British throne[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Succession to the British throne. Legobot (talk) 04:31, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #316[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #317[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #318[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #319[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – July 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2018).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added PbsouthwoodTheSandDoctor
readded Gogo Dodo
removed AndrevanDougEVulaKaisaLTony FoxWilyD

Bureaucrat changes

removed AndrevanEVula

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
  • A request for comment closed with a consensus that the {{promising draft}} template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

Technical news

  • Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Wikipedia. For more information, please review the FAQ.
  • Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Wikipedia. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon (Codemirror-icon.png) in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates.
  • IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.

Miscellaneous

  • Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #320[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #321[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #322[edit]

July 2018[edit]

Information icon Hello. It appears your talk page is becoming quite lengthy and is in need of archiving. According to Wikipedia's user talk page guidelines; "Large talk pages become difficult to read, strain the limits of older browsers, and load slowly over slow internet connections. As a rule of thumb, archive closed discussions when a talk page exceeds 75 KB or has multiple resolved or stale discussions." - this talk page is 1425.7 KB. See Help:Archiving a talk page for instructions on how to manually archive your talk page, or to arrange for automatic archiving using a bot. If you have any questions, place a {{help me}} notice on your talk page, or go to the help desk. Thank you. --Jax 0677 (talk) 17:12, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #323[edit]

Interested in translating some articles for WP:WIR's event this month?[edit]

Hello! Would you be interested in translating some articles from Russian to English for WP:WIR's event this month? I have a list of links of indigenous women missing from the en-wiki that I've been collected forever and it'd be nice to get some more of them translated. And if you know anyone else that would be interested, please feel free to let them know! -Yupik (talk) 03:51, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added Sro23
readded KaisaLYmblanter

Guideline and policy news

  • After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
  • Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:31, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #324[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #325[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #326[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #327[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added None
removed AsterionCrisco 1492KFKudpungLizRandykittySpartaz
renamed Optimist on the runVoice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

added AmorymeltzerMr. StradivariusMusikAnimalMSGJTheDJXaosflux

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news

  • Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
  • Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
  • Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:23, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #328[edit]

A barnstar for you![edit]

Original Barnstar Hires.png The Original Barnstar
thanks for your contribution on improving Russian-relate Wikipedia articles La.ph (talk) 19:17, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #329[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #330[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #331[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #332[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – October 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018).

ANEWSicon.png

Administrator changes

added JustlettersandnumbersL235
removed BgwhiteHorsePunchKidJ GrebKillerChihuahuaRami RWinhunter

Interface administrator changes

added Cyberpower678Deryck ChanOshwahPharosRagesossRitchie333

Oversight changes

removed Guerillero NativeForeigner SnowolfXeno

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
  • The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
  • Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
  • The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
  • Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
  • Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:13, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #333[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #334[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #335[edit]

Gone?[edit]

Are you still with us on enwiki? Haven't seen you edit for a while. I'm finding it difficult to dedicate as much time as I used to, but I hope you haven't gone for good. Fenix down (talk) 16:05, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #336[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2018[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
  • A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
  • The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration

  • Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
  • The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-en@wikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:18, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality[edit]

Ambox warning blue.svgTemplate:Infobox Russian inhabited locality has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. eh bien mon prince (talk) 19:22, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #337[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #338[edit]