User talk:Jreferee/Archive 19
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The Signpost: 16 December 2015
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The Signpost: 30 December 2015
- News and notes: WMF Board dismisses community-elected trustee
- Arbitration report: Second Arbitration Enforcement case concludes as another case is suspended
- Featured content: The post-Christmas edition
- Traffic report: The Force we expected
- Year in review: The top ten Wikipedia stories of 2015
- In the media: Wikipedia plagued by a "Basket of Deception"
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The Signpost: 06 January 2016
- News and notes: The WMF's age of discontent
- In the media: Impenetrable science; Jimmy Wales back in the UAE
- Arbitration report: Catflap08 and Hijiri88 case been decided
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Manitonquat DRV: disgruntled editors institute edit war
FYI: Despite notability has been established (See DRV just concluded)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2015_December_29
One apparently disgruntled contributor thereto User:CorbieV seems to be instituting redundant deletion attempt. Otherwise I'm not seeing any indication that nominators for deletion are at all familiar with the contents of this DRV.
I copy you notice of deletion Nomination from User:Montanabw Talk page: Nomination of Manitonquat for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Manitonquat is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manitonquat (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Montanabw(talk) 16:35, 7 January 2016 (UTC) Horse Dancing (talk) 17:18, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
Re: COIN Orpheus (band)
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- Hi Jreferee. Not sure whether you noticed, but two other editors commented on the images you were asking about on my user talk. They are both more experienced with this kind of thing than I am, so you might find their answers more helpful. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:20, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 27 January 2016
- News and notes: Geshuri steps down from the Board
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The Signpost: 03 February 2016
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The Signpost: 10 February 2016
- News and notes: Another WMF departure
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- Traffic report: A river of revilement
The Signpost: 17 February 2016
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The Signpost: 24 February 2016
- Special report: WMF in limbo as decision on Tretikov nears
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The Signpost: 02 March 2016
- News and notes: Tretikov resigns, WMF in transition
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The Signpost: 09 March 2016
- News and notes: Katherine Maher named interim head of WMF; Wales email re-sparks Heilman controversy; draft WMF strategy posted
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The Signpost: 16 March 2016
- News and notes: Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia
- In the media: Wales at SXSW; lawsuit over Wikipedia PR editing
- Discussion report: Is an interim WMF executive director inherently notable?
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- Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #119: The Foundation and the departure of Lila Tretikov
The Signpost: 23 March 2016
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- In the media: Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil
- Traffic report: Be weary on the Ides of March
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The Signpost: 14 April 2016
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- Traffic report: A welcome return to pop culture and death
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The Signpost: 24 April 2016
- Special report: Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot
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The Signpost: 2 May 2016
- In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps
- Traffic report: Purple
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The Signpost: 17 May 2016
- Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil
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The Signpost: 28 May 2016
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The Signpost: 05 June 2016
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Please help this article on J Barry Grenga
I just happened to find your talk page and you seem knowledgeable and navigable in the area of notability vs notoriety as it applies to wiki bios. An article was written on Draft:J Barry Grenga and was attacked by some editors who seem to feel one has to be famous infamous and have a zillion references on the web; please read the talk page of the draft article. This persons event of notability took place 20 years ago when google was just getting started so the lack of references is understandable. But there are still significant references and the article is well written. After the articles deletion I then put the same article through the submission process yesterday where prior I entered into right into the article space. Please have a look at the articles draft and if at all possible please assist in the articles approval process. Thanks. Here is the articles submission page CAT:GFOO 195.154.69.102 (talk) 15:41, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
Your many notes.
Thanks for looking at the entry for Gary M. Burge so seriously. Indeed I am GMB3, the same as the entry.
The idea for this entry was this: we had found the page for "Category: New Testament Scholars" and there were many not listed. We thought it might be a good project for our grad students to have a go at filling this out. And yet I could not give them guidance unless I learned how to do this myself. Which is why I tried an autobiographical entry (which I now know is discouraged). I modeled this entry on "Craig Blomberg" who is a colleague as well as "I. Howard Marshall." If you look at those, they have few external references. So would you say that they need the same entry-repairs as you've suggested for me?
I think if I had it to do over again I'd delete the entry and start over again likely with a different (more ambiguous) login name. The entry/login conflict is obvious and I regret it. This has been interesting. I've learned a lot about how this works. And I've been impressed with how careful everyone is with editing. Job well done!
--GB (talk) 15:54, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
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Lord Myners Biography Entry
Hi Jreferee,
I'm trying to work with the Wikipedia biographical community to move Lord Myners' entry from Start Class to FL if possible. As I have a COI in the page entry I've made some initial suggestions in his talk page just to get the ball rolling. Is this something you would be interested in taking on as a project?
Jackedelman (talk) 17:17, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
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Marsy's Law
Hi Jreferee, I see you made constructive edits to Marsy's Law in the past. I posted a simple edit request at Marsy's Law in January asking editors to include recently enacted Marsy's Laws in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. Can you look it over? I have a conflict of interest that is fully disclosed on the Marsy's Law Talk page and I will not edit the page myself. Instead, I have worked with others in the past to update Marsy's Law and created Marsy's Law (Illinois) through WP:AfC, but have had trouble finding assistance from editors for the most recent changes. I would appreciate any help you may be able to provide or any advice on where I might be able to find help if not. Thank you. JulieMSG (talk) 16:13, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
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Editorial and Refereeing Request
Hello Jreferee, would it be possible that you have a look at the "talk page" and related "biography of living people noticeboard" in connection with the article "Nader El-Bizri"? It seems that the discussions and editorial interventions require the input of someone who has knowledge of arbitration and refereeing of biographies, and who can handle sensibly a topic related to the humanities. This seems to fit your profile as wikipedia experienced editor and referee. Some of the changes being made or decisions by certain editors may require guidance beyond simple copyediting and technical cleanups in terms of a conceptual knowledge of the material noted in the article and how to improve it. Thanks for your attention and editorial care (AcademeEditorial (talk) 08:32, 5 July 2017 (UTC))
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- Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications
- Gallery: Chicken mania
- Traffic report: Fights and frights
- Featured content: Flying high
The Signpost: 23 October 2017
- News and notes: Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!
- Featured content: Don, Marcel, Emily, Jessica and other notables
- Humour: Guys named Ralph
- In the media: Facebook and poetry
- Special report: Working with GLAMs in the UK
- Traffic report: Death, disaster, and entertainment
The Signpost: 24 November 2017
- News and notes: Cons, cons, cons
- Arbitration report: Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely
- Technology report: Searching and surveying
- Interview: A featured article centurion
- WikiProject report: Recommendations for WikiProjects
- In the media: Open knowledge platform as a media institution
- Traffic report: Strange and inappropriate
- Featured content: We will remember them
- Recent research: Who wrote this? New dataset on the provenance of Wikipedia text
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The Signpost: 18 December 2017
- Special report: Women in Red World Contest wrap-up
- Featured content: Featured content to finish 2017
- In the media: Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more
- Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors
- Gallery: Wiki loving
- Recent research: French medical articles have "high rate of veracity"
- Technology report: Your wish lists and more Wikimedia tech
- Traffic report: Notable heroes and bad guys
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in more than one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three-year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three-year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. — xaosflux Talk 14:34, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 16 January 2018
- News and notes: Communication is key
- In the media: The Paris Review, British Crown and British Media
- Featured content: History, gaming and multifarious topics
- Interview: Interview with Ser Amantio di Nicolao, the top contributor to English Wikipedia by edit count
- Technology report: Dedicated Wikidata database servers
- Arbitration report: Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018
- Traffic report: The best and worst of 2017
The Signpost: 5 February 2018
- Featured content: Wars, sieges, disasters and everything black possible
- Traffic report: TV, death, sports, and doodles
- Special report: Cochrane–Wikipedia Initiative
- Arbitration report: New cases requested for inter-editor hostility and other collaboration issues
- In the media: Solving crime; editing out violence allegations
- Humour: You really are in Wonderland
The Signpost: 20 February 2018
- News and notes: The future is Swedish with a lack of administrators
- Recent research: Politically diverse editors write better articles; Reddit and Stack Overflow benefit from Wikipedia but don't give back
- Arbitration report: Arbitration committee prepares to examine two new cases
- Traffic report: Addicted to sports and pain
- Featured content: Entertainment, sports and history
- Technology report: Paragraph-based edit conflict screen; broken thanks
Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018
- News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.
- Arbitration report: Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.
- Traffic report: Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers
- Featured content: Animals, Ships, and Songs
- Technology report: Timeless skin review by Force Radical.
- Special report: ACTRIAL wrap-up.
- Humour: WikiWorld Reruns