User talk:Lova Falk

This user is currently busy as a bee and is going to be on Wikipedia in off-and-on doses.

But please don't be shy, write a message. Also, I might have asked you a question and missed your answer... Please remind me!

My box is just for me. Archive 1 - archive 2 - archive 3.

Talk:Empathy/Archive 1#Established terminology: "affective" vs. "emotional" empathy

Since you have put some work into this one, please take a look on a terminological question. Thanks, 193.197.171.98 (talk) 07:51, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I have answered you on Talk:Empathy. Lova Falk talk 08:59, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your great psychology brain required

Hi, can you comment on the last two sections on the ADHD talk page. There is a guy there who raises some important points regarding some of our content which while reliably sourced may require our attention such as rewording or clarified or maybe deleted? If you are busy of course. No rush. :-)--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:29, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MrADHD and thank you for your compliment and your request. A very, very belated reply. I think you and Garrondo handled the issue in an excellent way. My help is not needed.

Kind regards! Lova Falk talk 19:47, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP Psychology in the Signpost

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Psychology for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. –Mabeenot (talk) 01:13, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'd be interested to see your answers to this, since you're so active in the Wikiproject. MartinPoulter (talk) 12:09, 29 August 2013 (UTC) But no problem if you're busy with real-life stuff. MartinPoulter (talk) 12:14, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's a good chance that Lova is on vacation, since this is August and she is European and everybody in Europe goes on vacation in August. She has not edited since August 12. Looie496 (talk) 16:09, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article Feedback Tool update

Hey Lova Falk. I'm contacting you because you're involved in the Article Feedback Tool in some way, either as a previous newsletter recipient or as an active user of the system. As you might have heard, a user recently anonymously disabled the feedback tool on 2,000 pages. We were unable to track or prevent this due to the lack of logging feature in AFT5. We're deeply sorry for this, as we know that quite a few users found the software very useful, and were using it on their articles.

We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.

Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 21:32, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Corballis

hey lova, we just started a article about Michael Corballis. Maybe be you like to contribute!

Sensory integration

Hi Lova, not sure about some of your editing here, Sensory integration, seems to me to be a step backwards dolfrog (talk) 13:03, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi dolfrog, you are quite right - I did take a step backwards. The first sentence was: "Sensory integration or sensory processing is ability to use the neurological process multisensory integration to organize sensation from one’s own body and the environment, thus making it possible to use the body effectively within the environment." I found this sentence confusing, particularly the part: "Sensory integration [...] is ability to use the neurological process multisensory integration... " A reader who doesn't know what sensory integration is won't gain any clarity by reading neurological process multisensory integration. So I reverted to a previous definition.

But I agree with you that it was wrong of me to discard the sources. I apologize for that!

Are you also critical to my editing of Problems with sensory integration? In that case, exactly what?

With friendly regards! Lova Falk talk 19:11, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lova no issues with Problems with sensory integration. While you were away during the summer another editor revised the Sensory processing disorder article and I only added a few supporting citations, while at the same time i discovered the Multisensory integration article and as a result of which I am now engaged in trying to create a new CiteULike Multisensory Integration research paper sharing collection. best wishes dolfrog (talk) 21:59, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Depth perception

Just to say thanks for your recent edit on article "Depth perception". I am the editor who originally changed the section title to "Depth from optical expansion", but I agree that "Depth from motion" is easier to understand. I revised that section because the previous wording confused this cue with the Kinetic Depth Effect, which is an entirely different phenomenon. I used the technical term, but your solution (using both terms) is fine with me. Cheers. Brazzit (talk) 19:01, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome.

Hi, Lova, it's too bad you were away when the notice went out to participate in the Signpost interview about WikiProject Psychology. I'm glad you received the favorable mention you received from all the editors who did participate. I'm trying to step up my participation in actual edits of article text on articles within the scope of the project, and I'd be delighted if you check up on how I am doing. I'm seeking advice from local emeritus professors of psychology here who are still active researchers about what sources to consult as I do more edits. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 23:31, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi WeijiBaikeBianji, unfortunately I am very busy and often away from keyboard, and I just don't have the time for such a check up. And actually, as far as I can see you're doing perfectly fine so you don't really need it...

Lova Falk talk 07:49, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Personal limits

Just wanted to bounce an idea to create a "personal limits" article. Seems like an interesting fundamental concept. We are constantly making decisions in relation to our own perceived limits in different capacities based on past experience. Seems related to, although not the same as, comfort zone. Im not expecting you to do any work on this just interested in knowing if there are any relevant psychological studies that you are aware of. --Penbat (talk) 21:29, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Penbat, your idea raises many thoughts. In what way exactly would "personal limits" differ from comfort zone? And does it really merit its own article instead of a section within self-concept? And no, unfortunately, I don't know of any relevant psychological studies, and as far as I know, it is not a term that is discussed much. With friendly regards! Lova Falk talk 07:35, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see. Thanks, I hadnt thought of self-concept.--Penbat (talk) 09:07, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

== Sensory Processing Disorder == I hope this is the talk section thats what i hit,if not I apologize in advance, for that and any typos i have made.

Hi as an early childhood educator but much more importantly a mom of an add/ SPD kiddo, I found then intro into SPD to be lacking. it doesn't give the reader the clear understanding that this is a disorder that deals with an overload of stimuli, and the meltdowns that happen because of them,. when I read the intro, i was actually really upset, you made it sound like it wasnt that bad of a situation get rid of some tags and you're golden when in fact, it affects the way a child sees not only hid world but himself it lowers self esteem. SMD,with SOR kiddos are in a constant state of fright,flight, freeze or fight.. I'm sorry but as a mother who has dealt with this for more years than id like to count, every day, feels this page leaves a lot out. transitions, how it can physically hurts a childs eyes and ears, its not just loud sounds. 'my child eats 2 items and throws up everything else,because it all smells like vomit, thats how SPD affects kids!The books you didn't want apart of the page, i wish you'd read and then you would see why i feel so much has been left out. thank you, respectfully 'dawn f dawn fillinger 05:24, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for sorting out a number of issues. I have just made a small copy edit, which is unusual for me, and i was wondering if you could check that it makes sense. dolfrog (talk) 16:35, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you dolfrog! I did a bigger copy edit of the same text, would you like to check that it still makes sense? Kind regards! Lova Falk talk 18:55, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Still makes sense, and better wording. I have added a research paper collection on the Talk page, which includes papers related to SPD and ADHD issues. I need to take wiki break for a day or so as real life needs some attention lol dolfrog (talk) 19:35, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Have a good time without us!

Lova Falk talk 06:41, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Small query on DSM5

Moved to Talk:DSM-5#Personality_disorder_not_otherwise_specified.2C_Depressive_personality_disorder_.26_Passive-aggressive_personality_disorder_missing_in_DSM_V --Penbat (talk) 09:17, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for fixing Psychological repression. My reversion of vandalism still resulted in a bad version. I usually remember to check that but I let it go because it reverted to a bot version. Unfortunately, the bots occasionally make the same mistake. I am glad you caught that. Donner60 (talk) 02:30, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lateralization of brain function

I suppose I understand the bureaucratic nature and necessity of such a system, but how does one fit the facts into these goal posts which could seemly move depending on an individuals personal understanding of each bit of research? At which point is enough research enough to negate past research? The article you linked me was interesting - yet it seemingly supports my addition to the page because not only was the primary source peer-reviewed by experts in the field, but has been talked about in almost 20 or more secondary sources, and has been cited by quite a few papers. Such a subjective system seems quite contradictory to science and the pursuit of knowledge because one can claim that no valid scientific consensus has been reached how ever much they want, moving those posts as wide as they wish. Furthermore, the article linked also states that one should use the most up to date information - which is included in the study I cited.

Secondly, the study itself shows directly that lateralization in both men and women does not bias either hemisphere - and in that it also shows that neither men or women are more lateralized than the other. There was only one study cited that claimed that men are more lateralized than women, which doesn't show any sort of "general consensus" when it comes to brain lateralization. The very fact that a new study has in fact challenged that leads to the conclusion that past ideas about lateralization have been wrong. To claim that it is still "generally accepted" is simply false. Countered (talk) 08:20, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted your edit. The fact that a study was discussed in the popular press is meaningless; this study has not been cited even once yet in the scientific literature. You have far more faith in the virtues of peer review than reality warrants -- the criteria listed at WP:MEDRS are there for good reasons. Further discussion should take place at Talk:Lateralization of brain function. Looie496 (talk) 18:00, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some research

Hi Beland, and thank you for your contribution to Nature deficit disorder. Your text would be even better if you could specify which research has shown that lack of exposure to the bright light and local focal distances of the outdoors may contribute to myopia. Could you add your sources? Thank you! Lova Falk talk 09:33, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, just added. Thanks for calling me on that. 8) -- Beland (talk) 00:40, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Editing body language

How about this? The fact that women sit differently from men has to be taken into account: men tend to have a more open leg position while women do not ...
Cheers!
— | Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard | — 15:50, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Lova Falk talk 18:12, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I am pleased that you are pleased, Lova.
— | Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard | — 18:29, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reading this brought a smile to my face, so I guess Gareth that I am pleased that you are pleased that I am pleased.

Lova Falk talk 18:36, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Apraxia of speech (AOS) and Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia (DVD)

Hi Lova,

I have been thinking for sometime now that that the Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia (also known as Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and Developmental Apraxia of Speech (DAS) section of the Apraxia of speech should be made into a new article. Not really sure how to set about this. dolfrog (talk) 12:26, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think that is a great idea. You can start with simply cutting the childhood parts out of Apraxia of speech and glueing it into a new article. And work from there. Lova Falk talk 12:41, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have done something like that in this sandbox just playing around with some ideas dolfrog (talk) 21:02, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lova could you have a look at Developmental verbal dyspraxia and Apraxia of speech may need some copy editing dolfrog (talk) 05:07, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good job! I did some copyediting. Lova Falk talk 08:43, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Depth preception II

Hi. Thanks for your recent edits in the Depth perception article. Both of the areas you edited had been concerning me, but I haven't taken action on them yet.

The problem with the illustration at the top of the article seems to me to go beyond the caption. The "cue" that makes the difference is not one of the depth cues discussed in the article. It's the Gestalt principle of "good continuation" or "closure." In the upper diagram the open ends tend to be perceptually connected, and the result is a standard Necker cube. In the lower diagram, the terminators prevent the perceptual closure from taking place. I really think it would be better to illustrate the Depth article with another figure, one that more clearly typifies the role of traditional depth cues. I have been casually looking for an appropriate figure (one that would not pose copyright problems) but I haven't come across one yet. If you know of a suitable illustration, I'd support replacing the one that is now at the top of the article.

I'm not sure the removal of 14 words from the "stereopsis" section was vandalism -- the IP editor's other contributions seem genuine. I suspect s/he was honestly trying to clarify a very confusing section, but the deletion made matters worse. I'm glad you restored the text, but I think the whole section needs to be rewritten. I have been working on a revised stereopsis section and have drawn a figure to illustrate it, but I haven't yet made the change. Although I have expertise about perception, I've only been editing for a few months, and I'm still a bit hesitant about making major changes. If you would be willing to preview a rewrite of the stereopsis section, I'd be delighted.

The whole Depth perception article has a basic problem -- it confounds object-relative cues and subject-relative distance cues. There is a paragraph at thre end of the Binocular cues section that deals with this, but it seems to me that this distinction should be made early on in the article, so that the discussion of each cue can refer to it as giving information about the subject-relative distance of an object from the eyes -- such as accommodation -- or giving information about the three-dimensionality of an object (i.e. object-relative distance from its front edge to its back edge) -- such as stereopsis or the kinetic depth effect. I had been thinking about proposing such a rewrite on the Talk page and inviting you and a few other experienced contributors to comment. Do you think that would be a good idea? Brazzit (talk) 20:16, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Brazzit! I agree with you on all three points but I don't have a better picture, and I cannot edit my edit summary. I think it is a good idea to rewrite the article, and I will try to be of help if I can. Lova Falk talk 06:54, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Lova. I've added a new image that illustrates several of the depth cues listed in the article. I'll work on the other issues and will keep you in the loop. Brazzit (talk) 20:12, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Like Lova Falk talk 08:10, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Hi. Can you offer your opinion on this question I've posed? I could really use your thoughts on the matter. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 15:30, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We aren't on the same page...

at Wikipedia_talk:Copyright_violations#Is_cutting_and_pasting_press_releases_a_copyright_violation.3F. --S Philbrick (Talk) 16:46, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can live with that. And if the community's decision is far from what I had written, I can live with that as well.

Kind regards! Lova Falk talk 08:27, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Template_talk:Bullying#RfC:_Template_links

You are invited to join the discussion at Template_talk:Bullying#RfC:_Template_links. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 17:03, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Auditory verbal agnosia‎

Hi Lova,

Could you have a look at the recent edits on Auditory verbal agnosia by what appears to be a group of students. They seem to be adding confusion and unrelated contant, which may belong in other article if at all. dolfrog (talk) 11:14, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dolfrog! I took a look and fixed a section, but copyediting the other sections simply felt too demanding. I'm sorry! Lova Falk talk 09:18, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Inferiority complex

Hey, Lova ... I see you are a frequent editor at Inferiority complex. You might want to watch out for this fellow, who has a history of logging out of his main account to edit war there. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:17, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SandyGeorgia and thank you for your warning! Lova Falk talk 19:31, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Self-consciousness

Hi Lova Falk, I've raised my concern over the recent revamping of this article at its talk page, and want to drop you a line as well. The subject is not my bailiwick, but if it were an article on art I'd probably revert to the previous version; my take is the rewriting is overly technical and doesn't furnish a simple overview of the subject. Enjoy the holiday, and thanks in advance for any clarity you can provide. Cheers, JNW (talk) 17:52, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi JNW, as you can see, I fully agree with you and have now reverted. Have a good time, cheers! Lova Falk talk 09:06, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Visual Science

Hi Lova, I noticed your request that I flesh out a page on Genetic Epistemology. Perhaps in time. On your user page, noted a link about visualization in science. Interests me a lot. Are you familiar with Santiago Ramon y Cajal? He was a Nobel winner, a contemporary of Freud, and one of the great neuroscientists of all time. Started as an artist, became an experimentalist, established that neurons exist. He drew, like no other scientist. The drawings were his science. http://neuroportraits.eu/portrait/santiago-ram%C3%B3n-y-cajal BrianMC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.80.117.214 (talk) 23:41, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BrianMC, thank you for your link to Santiago Ramon y Cajal! I had heard about him as a neuroscientist, but not as an artist. Beautiful! Lova Falk talk 19:26, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sadistic personality disorder

Because SPD is no longer recognized by the DSM, it would be helpful for researchers who are interested in studying SPD to know that personality psychologists are currently studying similar tendencies. I would appreciate it if you took this into consideration before removing the "everyday sadism" section yet again. Thank you. Erin E. Buckels — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.79.206.25 (talk) 00:19, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Personal relationship skills

I noticed that you were a supporter of the article above and may be interested in it being proposed for deletion in a few days time. The discussion is here >> Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Personal relationship skills . Geoffjw1978 ^T^L^C 00:21, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for telling me, but I have no opinion in this matter. Lova Falk talk 07:39, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. It's good to talk. Geoffjw1978 ^T^L^C 01:06, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

nightmare disorder

Thanks for reviewing the standards of sources on nightmare disorder. There's only a few studies I can find on the topic (that aren't single case) [1] [2] [3] [4] but since there aren't many studies there is not enough information about it. I'm not a medical student so I don't know the review process on studies but there are some people out there who are interested in it and people are investigating it. It wouldn't hurt to mention a sentence in that people are researching if there's a possible solution with lucid dreaming. I'm sorry about just copying it into the article without looking into it better. --South19 (talk) 18:05, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi South19, thank you for your message! I re-added the lucid dreaming, basically in the way you mentioned it here. I hope you like it, and if not, please edit! With kind regards, Lova Falk talk 20:36, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possible edits regarding DSM-5

Hello Lova Falk; Your name on the DSM-5 edit page indicated you might have the actual manual available. On the Schizophrenia Talk page, there is a list of DSM-5 transition edits identified for upgrade from DMS-4 residual edits still on the old version of the Page being currently displayed. This is one of the few FA psychology pages and can use a little help or comment. Things have been slowed down in making the DSM-5 transition edits there since not all the editors at that wikipage actually have the DSM-5 in hand. Could you glance at this? BillMoyers (talk) 16:13, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BillMoyers, just an excerpt. Also, unfortunately I don't have the time to engage in such a big project. With friendly regards, Lova Falk talk 20:16, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Lova Falk; With appreciation for your pdf on my Talk page, I am a supporter of the DSM4 and DSM5 updates to ICD10. Have you seen this very old and parochial paragraph on the "Schiz." page: "Schneiderian classification[edit] In the early 20th century, the psychiatrist Kurt Schneider listed the forms of psychotic symptoms that he thought distinguished schizophrenia from other psychotic disorders, ETC." It would be far preferable to see the definition from page 2 of your PDF which you sent to me reworked and to replace the currently displayed obsolete "Schneiderian" paragraph. If you could somehow rework that paragraph (if time should ever allow) in your PDF from the definition given on its second page, it would certainly be supported as pertinent. The parochial paragraph on "Schneiderian" could simply be moved to the History section already there at the bottom of the "Schiz." wikipage. It would be a genuine improvement. If kept to a short paragraph, possibly you could glance at it. BillMoyers (talk) 19:50, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BillMoyers, why don't you give it a go, and I'll have a look at it when you're done? Lova Falk talk 19:58, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Lova Falk; Edit is placed. After some thought it seemed that the rendering of the update to ICD-10 would be more timely since the DSM edits are "in transition anyway." Could you check the wording when you have the chance? BillMoyers (talk) 06:13, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

FOXP2 and human evolution

Hi Lova,

I have been editing the FOXP2 and human evolution article in recent days, I think it could do with some copy editing and restructuring, may be you could take a look if you have time. best wishes dolfrog (talk) 19:18, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi dolfrog! I'm sorry. Too little time, too many other things I would like to do... Lova Falk talk 09:37, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Personality psychology

Hey! I noticed you were watching personality psychology some time earlier this year, and was curious what you thought of the cleanup template, last updated in April 2012 under the following reasoning: "article needs referencing, general cleanup to follow the MoS and removal of original research. This article contains embedded lists that may be poorly defined, unverified or indiscriminate". As it stands, it seems many of the issues have been addressed in some way (and to some extent were exaggerated by that editor, with reference to the GA review). As I am intending on working on the page with copyediting, I was curious what you thought of the state of the article, especially the criticisms of content verifiability. If you had any advice, I would be very grateful for it. Thanks in advance, Techhead7890 (talk) 03:11, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Personality psychology/to do

A tag has been placed on Personality psychology/to do, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

This should be on the talk page for Personality psychology, not in main space

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

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 "Click here to 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 removed 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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 11:57, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi QVVERTYVS. Thank you for notifying me. However, I did not create this page, the template {{todo}} did. Please check WP:TODO for a description of this template. Met vriendelijke groeten. Lova Falk talk 15:20, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And I didn't really post this message, Twinkle did. I'll nominate the redirect for CSD. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 19:02, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

QVVERTYVS Why do you put the template back when another editor had removed it, without even motivating what you do, or answer my reply to this notice??? Lova Falk talk 19:36, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I didn't see that other edit. I don't really understand this, since WP:TODO clearly states that the to do list should be on the talk page. I'll head over to Wikipedia talk:To-do list to ask what the status of this is. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 19:49, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for answering! Please check the templates on Talk:Personality psychology! There it is, the list that I created in the todo-template. For some reason, this template is not made or edited on the talk page but on a separate page. Lova Falk talk 19:51, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't refer to "serious" errors before you check the reference that the editor has actually referred to

Lova Falk, you make it difficult to understand which edit you are referring to on my talk page - I made 2 edits. In any event, there was no error, no "illusion" and certainly no serious error that you reference in PTSD. What I inserted is asserted in the very same reference, as I noted in my comment. You can check (and should have) before you made what I regard as an unduly inflammatory editing note. As for the part of the passage I omitted, once again, the statement left behind was still supported by the reference. The statement "more likely to experience more high impact trauma" is incomprehensible, but I'd like to hear what YOU think it means before I revert. QuintBy (talk) 22:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

QuintBy, I did check the source and even added page number. Page seven. "men tend to experience more traumatic events than women, but women experience higher impact events (i.e. those that are more likely to lead to PTSD;" Now some previous editor changed "higher impact events" into "more high impact trauma", and if you would have changed this wording because you think that makes more sense, that would have been fine with me. But you wrote: "although this may in part be because the criteria used to define PTSD is more oriented towards women's reactions than men's."<ref name="National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health UK 2005" />. I did not read the entire source, but I did do a search first with the word criteria, which rendered many results that I glanced through, followed by a search with the word women that I checked more thoroughly to see if there was any mentioning of criteria being more oriented to women than to men, and I did not find it.

For me, this is a very serious matter. You changed sourced content and kept the source, suggesting that the source does support what you said, when it does not. However, I also thought about my phrasing in my editing note. A serious mistake is still a mistake. Everybody can and does make mistakes.

If I made a mistake, and your edit is supported by the source, I sincerely apologize. But please tell me on what page the source supports your statement that the criteria used to define PTSD is more oriented towards women's reactions than men's. Lova Falk talk 08:28, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For your benefit I will provide you with the page reference in the source when I get the opportunity. I note that the reference as it stood made no specific reference to a page number, a faux pas which is often used by the original provider of the source to disguise a WP:POV statement. I would suggest to you that in making a blanket statement that simply parrots a primary source, particularly one which is inherently sexist in nature, you are further a politicized version of PTSD, which in fact affect men as much or more than it does women.

As for the phrases "higher impact events" or "more high-impact trauma", NEITHER one is comprehensible. I still cannot tell whether you are referring to high-impact physical events such as motor vehicle accidents, or whether you are suggesting that the trauma experienced by women is somehow "high impact" psychologically. Certainly, there's no such language in DSM V. In any event, you need to clean this up to make it apparent what your meaning is.QuintBy (talk) 21:38, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Yes, I didn't mean to wipe the PSTD article, was making a minor hatnote edit, connectivity problem did the rest. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:00, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Connectivity prolems can happen to all of us.

Lova Falk talk 10:05, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Emotional Intelligence edits

Please do not change my stuff without asking. My edits are well researched and double checked. Please restore my edits to the way they were. The content I removed was bunk and rightly should not be there.

paulsheer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulsheer (talk • contribs) 15:11, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Paulsheer! Thank you for your comment. In Wikipedia there is no such thing as "my stuff". All text is everybody's stuff, with the possible exception of your user page, which I did not touch. The sections you deleted were all sourced and worked on by many editors, and just to say it is "bunk" does not constitute a good argument for removing them. If you would like to remove these sections, please start a discussion on Talk:Emotional intelligence stating your arguments, and then see if you can find consensus with other editors. I might agree with you if you have good arguments. Lova Falk talk 16:07, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That does not make sense. If the edits were not "mine" then why contact me to explain? The text I removed was previously inserted by a self-promoting charlatan. I explained my edits under "Subjective Self Promotion" in the Talk page. There may be source citations, however because you have not actually read the sources you are unable to see that the sources do not back up the material. A source is not sufficient reason for a sentence within a Wikipedia article. The source must ALSO actually support the sentence that cites it. I can also put up a web page that explains how "Lova Falk" is a leading expert in Dental Reconstruction, it does not mean that you are. If you are not going to THINK, and instead are merely going to mindlessly move words around on your screen, then you are providing no value. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulsheer (talk • contribs) 21:48, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Paulsheer, I have encounter very nearly the same problem as you have with this editor insofar as statements failing to actually be backed up by blanket references rather than to page numbers. You have my sympathy and my support.QuintBy (talk) 21:44, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bipolar II #Society and culture

I'm only a gnome, Lova Falk, so I'm very grateful for your many contributions to pages in my interests—e.g. psychiatry and mental illness. Your recent edit to the Bipolar II page was quite justified for the poor sourcing, but Cobain and Reznor are two very popular figures generally known/accepted as bipolar. (Or at least Cobain is very popular, and Albert Laskar is whatever.) It's helpful to know of public figures—bigger than Demi Lovato—with a diagnosis, if only to contextualize the personal. So I've restored them for now and thrown up some ^{[citation needed]}s as a stopgap, which admittedly look ridiculous for the Reznor claim especially. I'll look for authoritative sources presently. Thanks! --StringRay (talk) 17:30, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi StringRay! Thank you for your friendly comment! Did you ever see Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons? It says: "Editors must take particular care when adding information about living persons to any Wikipedia page. [...] We must get the article right. Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources. [...] The burden of evidence for any edit on Wikipedia rests with the person who adds or restores material." I guess that is why Neonorange removed them. Lova Falk talk 07:46, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words to the group from my class who worked on the Equipotentiality article. James Council (talk) 22:36, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Lova Falk talk 15:37, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to conduct peer review

Wikipedia:Peer review/Olfactory reference syndrome/archive1

Hi, Lova Falk. My posts on WTMED and WTPSYCH have gone unanswered for over a week =/

I am wondering if you would be interested in giving some feedback on olfactory reference syndrome prior to GAN? Failing this, would you be interested in directing me to someone who might be interested in this task (regarding the busy notification on your talk page). Kind regards, Lesion (talk) 02:55, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lesion, thank you for your request. I had never even heard of this syndrome. I checked the article and I was really impressed by the job you did. However, I do not have the time for a thorough review, there are so many other things on my to-do list! With friendly regards, Lova Falk talk 08:24, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thanks. Lesion (talk) 14:40, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sycophant AFD

I noticed that you worked on Sycophancy. An article pertaining to this, Sycophant has been nominated for AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sycophant. A discussion is also taking place at Talk:Sycophant#Deletion of content. Your thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 18:28, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Talk:Sycophancy#Merge with Sycophant?

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Sycophancy#Merge with Sycophant?. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 04:34, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

user page

thanks 4 your user page. it's neat!--rp70.57.88.158 (talk) 07:40, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

and thank you 4 reading it! Lova Falk talk 15:35, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks <== but kleptos around here seem to have stolen this title...

Thanks for cleaning up that facticity I pointed out.

Cheers,

-dlj. David Lloyd-Jones (talk) 08:28, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, even though I've forgotten which facticity you pointed out...

Lova Falk talk 15:34, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 26 February 2014

Forum: Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?

Featured content: Odin salutes you

WikiProject report: Racking brains with neuroscience

Special report: Diary of a protester: Wikimedian perishes in Ukrainian unrest

News and notes: Wikimedia chapters and communities challenge Commons' URAA policy

Traffic report: Snow big deal

Recent research: CSCW '14 retrospective; the impact of SOPA on deletionism

(test) The Signpost: 05 March 2014

Traffic report: Brinksmen on the brink

Discussion report: Four paragraph lead, indefinitely blocked IPs, editor reviews broken?

News and notes: Wikipedia Library finding success in matching contributors with sources

Featured content: Full speed ahead for the WikiCup

WikiProject report: Article Rescue Squadron

Top medical editors

		The Medicine Barnstar
		You were one of the top 10 medical contributors to Wikipedia in 2013. Many thanks for all your hard work. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:32, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 12 March 2014

News and notes: Wikimedians celebrate International Women's Day, Women's History Month

Traffic report: War and awards

Featured content: Ukraine burns

WikiProject report: Russian WikiProject Entomology

The Signpost: 19 March 2014

Forum: Wikimedia Commons mission: free media for the world or only Wikimedia projects?

WikiProject report: We have history

Interview: Nate Ott: the writer behind 71 articles in the largest-ever good topic

Featured content: Spot the bulldozer

News and notes: Foundation-supported Wikipedian in residence faces scrutiny

Traffic report: Into thin air

Technology report: Wikimedia engineering report

The Signpost: 26 March 2014

Comment: A foolish request

Traffic report: Down to a simmer

Recent research: Wikipedians' "encyclopedic identity" dominates even in Kosovo debates

News and notes: Commons Picture of the Year—winners announced

Featured content: Winter hath a beauty that is all his own

Op-ed: Why we're updating the default typography for Wikipedia

Technology report: Why will Wikipedia look like the Signpost?

WikiProject report: From the peak

Questions on Attachment Theory

Thanks for your words of encouragement. Questions-- Why does attachment seem to appear so suddenly around or after 6 months? Can attachment develop if an infant doesn't begin to bond to caregivers after birth? Or is the sudden, intense protest of separation an indication of the brain having reached a tipping point of development? The term pre-attachment seems to suggest that the first months are not crucially important in developing secure attachment. Have you seen my recent comments on the Attachment Theory talk page? Margaret9mary (can't remember my original password)205.167.120.201 (talk) 22:20, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 02 April 2014

News and notes: Wikimedia conferences—soul-searching about costs, attendance, and future

WikiProject report: Deutschland in English

Special report: On the cusp of the Wikimedia Conference

Featured content: April Fools

Traffic report: Regressing to the mean

The Signpost: 09 April 2014

News and notes: Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments

WikiProject report: WikiProject Law

Special report: Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz

Traffic report: Conquest of the Couch Potatoes

Featured content: Snow heater and Ash sweep

Sexual differentiation articles under WP:ANATOMY - request for comment

Hello Lova Falk! I pinged you recently on WP:ANATOMY because of the work I've seen you do on the Sex Differences suite of articles. In summary, there is a stack of articles about sexual differentiation that are under WP:ANATOMY and I feel that this means that a lot of information is duplicated, and also that I don't think readers can easily find what they're looking for, which isn't ideal. I provided a list on the thread.

I really like the clear structure of the Sex Differences articles you've worked on, and also feel they're quite well-written and easy to understand. Sexual Differentiation isn't exactly the same topic, but close enough that I think you'd have some good ideas about how to improve the structure. I'd be grateful if you could leave a comment or participate in the discussion here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Anatomy#Sexual_differentiation_articles Cheers, --LT910001 (talk) 07:20, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 23 April 2014

Special report: 2014 Wikimedia Conference—what is the impact?

Op-ed: Five things a Wikipedian in residence can do

News and notes: Wikimedian passes away

WikiProject_report: To the altar—Catholicism

Wikimania: Winning bid announced for 2015

Traffic report: Reflecting in Gethsemane

Featured content: There was I, waiting at the church

Invitation join the new Physiology Wikiproject!

Based on the long felt gap for categorization and improvization of WP:MED articles relating to the field of physiology, the new WikiProject Physiology has been created. WikiProject Physiology is still in its infancy and needs your help. On behalf of a group of editors striving to improve the quality of physiology articles here on Wikipedia, I would like to invite you to come on board and participate in the betterment of physiology related articles. Help us to jumpstart this WikiProject.

Feel free to leave us a message at any time on the WikiProkect Physiology talk page. If you are interested in joining the project yourself, there is a participant list where you can sign up. Please leave a message on the talk page if you have any problems, suggestions, would like review of an article, need suggestions for articles to edit, or would like some collaboration when editing!
You can tag the talk pages of relevant articles with {{WikiProject Physiology|class=|importance=}} with your assessment of the article class and importance alongwith. Please note that WP:Physiology, WP:Physio, WP:Phy can be used interchangeably.
You will make a big difference to the quality of information by adding reliable sources. Sourcing physiology articles is essential and makes a big difference to the quality of articles. And, while you're at it, why not use a book to source information, which can source multiple articles at once!
We try and use a standard way of arranging the content in each article. That layout is here. These headings let us have a standard way of presenting the information in anatomical articles, indicate what information may have been forgotten, and save angst when trying to decide how to organise an article. That said, this might not suit every article. If in doubt, be bold!
Why not try and strive to create a good article! Physiology related articles are often small in scope, have available sources, and only a limited amount of research available that is readily presentable!
Your contributions to the WikiProject page, related categories and templates is also welcome.
To invite other editors to this WikiProject, copy and past this template (with the signature):
- {{subst:WP Physiology–invite}} ~~~~
To welcome editors of physiology articles, copy and past this template (with the signature):
- {{subst:WP Physiology–welcome}} ~~~~
You can feel free to contact us on the WikiProkect Physiology talk page if you have any problems, or wish to join us. You can also put your suggestions there and discuss the scope of participation.

Hoping for your cooperation! Diptanshu^Talk 12:12, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 April 2014

News and notes: WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal

Traffic report: Going to the Doggs

Breaking: The Foundation's new executive director

WikiProject report: Genetics

Interview: Wikipedia in the Peabody Essex Museum

Featured content: Browsing behaviours

Recent research: Wikipedia predicts flu more accurately than Google

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

please help translate this message into the local language

	The Cure Award
	In 2013 you were one of the top 300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you so much for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date medical information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do!

We are wondering about the educational background of our top medical editors. Would you please complete a quick 5-question survey? (please only fill this out if you received the award)

Thanks again :) --Ocaasi, Doc James and the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation

Disambiguation link notification for May 5

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Depression (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:54, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 07 May 2014

News and notes: New system of discretionary sanctions; Buchenwald; is Pirelli 'Cracking Wikipedia'?

Traffic report: TMZedia

In focus: Foundation announces long-awaited new executive director

WikiCup: 2014 WikiCup enters round three

In the media: Google and the flu; Adrianne

WikiProject report: Singing with Eurovision

Featured content: Wikipedia at the Rijksmuseum

Talk:Emotional intelligence#Undue negative weight .3F

Can I tempt you to chip in at Talk:Emotional intelligence#Undue negative weight .3F ? Thanks.--Penbat (talk) 13:10, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 14 May 2014

Investigative report: Hong Kong's Wikimania 2013—failure to produce financial statement raises questions of probity

WikiProject report: Relaxing in Puerto Rico

News and notes: 'Ask a librarian'—connecting Wikimedians with the National Library of Australia

Featured content: On the rocks

Traffic report: Eurovision, Google Doodles, Mothers, and 5 May

Technology report: Technology report needs editor, Media Viewer offers a new look

The Signpost: 21 May 2014

News and notes: "Crisis" over Wikimedia Germany's palace revolution

Featured content: Staggering number of featured articles

Traffic report: Doodles' dawn

Talk:Emotional dysregulation

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Emotional dysregulation. Thanks. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 06:43, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 May 2014

News and notes: The English Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion; wiki inventor interviewed on video

Featured content: Zombie fight in the saloon

Traffic report: Get fitted for flipflops and floppy hats

Recent research: Predicting which article you will edit next

The Signpost: 04 June 2014

Special report: IEG funding for women's stories: a new approach to the gender gap

News and notes: Two new affiliate-selected trustees

Op-ed: "Hospitality, jerks, and what I learned"—the amazing keynote at WikiConference USA

Featured content: Ye stately homes of England

In the media: Reliable or not, doctors use Wikipedia

Traffic report: Autumn in summer

The Signpost: 11 June 2014

News and notes: PR agencies commit to ethical interactions with Wikipedia

Traffic report: The week the wired went weird

Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Moderator: William Beutler

Special report: Questions raised over secret voting for WMF trustees

Featured content: Politics, ships, art, and cyclones

The Signpost: 18 June 2014

News and notes: With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use

Featured content: Worming our way to featured picture

Special report: Wikimedia Bangladesh: a chapter's five-year journey

Traffic report: You can't dethrone Thrones

WikiProject report: Visiting the city

The Signpost: 25 June 2014

News and notes: US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan

Traffic report: Fake war, or real sport?

Exclusive: "We need to be true to who we are": Foundation's new executive director speaks to the Signpost

Discussion report: Media Viewer, old HTML tags

Featured content: Showing our Wörth

WikiProject report: The world where dreams come true

Recent research: Power users and diversity in WikiProjects

The Signpost: 02 July 2014

In the media: Wiki Education; medical content; PR firms

Traffic report: The Cup runneth over... and over.

News and notes: Wikimedia Israel receives Roaring Lion award

Featured content: Ship-shape

WikiProject report: Indigenous Peoples of North America

Technology report: In memoriam: the Toolserver (2005–14)

The Signpost: 09 July 2014

Special report: Wikimania 2014—what will it cost?

Wikicup: Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more

Wikimedia in education: Exploring the United States and Canada with LiAnna Davis

Featured content: Three cheers for featured pictures!

News and notes: Echoes of the past haunt new conflict over tech initiative

Traffic report: World Cup, Tim Howard rule the week

The Signpost: 16 July 2014

Special report: $10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors withdrawn, but plaintiff intends to refile

Traffic report: World Cup dominates for another week

Wikimedia in education: Serbia takes the stage with Filip Maljkovic

Featured content: The Island with the Golden Gun

News and notes: Bot-created Wikipedia articles covered in the Wall Street Journal, push Cebuano over one million articles

Invitation: WikiProject Autism

Greetings! Since I found your name on the Notice board for autism-related topics, I figured you might be interested in the recently created WikiProject Autism. Muffinator (talk) 21:47, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia ads	file info – #251

The Signpost: 23 July 2014

Wikimedia in education: Education program gaining momentum in Israel

Traffic report: The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it

News and notes: Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier

Forum: Did you know?—good idea, needs reform

Featured content: Why, they're plum identical!

The Signpost: 30 July 2014

Book review: Knowledge or unreality?

Recent research: Shifting values in the paid content debate

News and notes: How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?

Wikimedia in education: Success in Egypt and the Arab World

Traffic report: Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit

Featured content: Skeletons and Skeltons

The Signpost: 06 August 2014

Technology report: A technologist's Wikimania preview

Traffic report: Ebola

Featured content: Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them

Wikimedia in education: Leading universities educate with Wikipedia in Mexico

News and notes: "History is a human right"—first-ever transparency report released as Europe begins hiding Wikipedia in search results

The Signpost: 13 August 2014

Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia

Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction

Wikimedia in education: Global Education: WMF's Perspective

Wikimania: Promised the moon, settled for the stars

News and notes: Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia

Op-ed: Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia

In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes

Featured content: Cambridge got a lot of attention this week

The Signpost: 20 August 2014

Interview: Improving the visibility of digital archival assets using Wikipedia

Traffic report: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

WikiProject report: Bats and gloves

Op-ed: A new metric for Wikimedia

Featured content: English Wikipedia departs for Japan

The Signpost: 27 August 2014

In the media: Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news

News and notes: Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster

Traffic report: Viral

Featured content: Cheats at Featured Pictures!

The Signpost: 03 September 2014

Arbitration report: Media viewer case is suspended

Featured content: 1882 × 5 in gold, and thruppence more

Op-ed: Automated copy-and-paste detection under trial

Traffic report: Holding Pattern

WikiProject report: Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)

Recent research: A Wikipedia-based Pantheon; new Wikipedia analysis tool suite; how AfC hamstrings newbies

The Signpost: 10 September 2014

Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready

Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity

Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue

WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right

The Signpost: 17 September 2014

In the media: Turkish Twitter outrage, medical translation, audience metrics

WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland

News and notes: Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third

Traffic report: Tolstoy leads a varied pack

Featured content: Which is not like the others?

The Signpost: 24 September 2014

Featured content: Oil paintings galore

In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii

Recent research: 99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary

Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland

WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time

Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education

The Signpost: 01 October 2014

From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism

News and notes: Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education

WikiProject report: Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture

Traffic report: Shanah Tovah

Featured content: Brothers at War

The Signpost: 08 October 2014

In the media: Opposition research firm blocked; Australian bushfires

Featured content: From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City

Traffic report: Panic and denial

Technology report: HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread

The Signpost: 15 October 2014

Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?

In the media: College player falsely linked to sports scandal by Wikipedia; the Nobel Prizes

Arbitration report: One case closed and two opened

Featured content: Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace

Technology report: Attempting to parse wikitext

Traffic report: Now introducing ... mobile data

WikiProject report: Signpost reaches the Midwest

The Signpost: 22 October 2014

Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace

Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest

In the media: The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; New UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator

Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV

WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles—a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help

The Signpost: 29 October 2014

Featured content: Go West, young man

In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral

Maps tagathon: Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend

Traffic report: Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles

Recent research: Informed consent and privacy; newsmaking on Wikipedia; Wikipedia and organizational theories

The Signpost: 05 November 2014

In the media: Predicting the flu, MH17 conspiracy theories

Traffic report: Sweet dreams on Halloween

The Signpost: 12 November 2014

In the media: Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle

Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?

Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania

WikiProject report: Talking hospitals

The Signpost: 26 November 2014

Featured content: Orbital Science: Now you're thinking with explosions

In the media: A Russian alternative Wikipedia; Who's your grandfather?; ArtAndFeminism

Recent research: Gender gap and skills gap; academic citations on the rise; European food cultures

WikiProject report: Back with the military historians

Traffic report: Big in Japan

The Signpost: 03 December 2014

Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on Wikipedia and why?

In the media: Embroidery and cheese

Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!

Traffic report: Turkey and a movie

WikiProject report: Today on the island

The Signpost: 10 December 2014

Op-ed: It's GLAM up North!

In the media: Wikipedia is "a rancorous, sexist, elitist, stupidly bureaucratic mess"

Traffic report: Dead Black Men and Science Fiction

Featured content: Honour him, love and obey? Good idea with military leaders.

The Signpost: 17 December 2014

Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee election results

Featured content: Tripping hither, tripping thither, Nobody knows why or whither; We must dance and we must sing, Round about our fairy ring!

In the media: Wikipedia's year in review video; Checking in with Wikipedia's founders

Traffic report: A December Lull

Unusual file deletion discussion

A unique image file deletion discussion is currently being conducted at this page, which may be of interest to you, and others with an interest in disabilities. (In particular, please see 2nd paragraph). CaesarsPalaceDude (talk) 08:27, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 December 2014

From the editor: Looking for new editors-in-chief

In the media: Wales on GamerGate

Featured content: Still quoting Iolanthe, apparently.

WikiProject report: Microsoft does The Signpost

Traffic report: North Korea is not pleased

The Signpost: 31 December 2014

News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers

In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap

Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide

Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation

Featured content: A bit fruity

Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting

The Signpost: 07 January 2015

In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints

Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors

Featured content: Kock up

Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne

The Signpost: 14 January 2015

Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you

WikiProject report: Articles for creation: the inside story

News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community

In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors

Featured content: Citations are needed

Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie

The Signpost: 21 January 2015

From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief

Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost

Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing

News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections

Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better

In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers

Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess

Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens

The Signpost: 28 January 2015

From the editor: An editorial board that includes you

In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case

In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia

Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate

Traffic report: A sea of faces

Recent research: Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content

Special report: Traffic in the fog—most-viewed articles of 2014 include death, Facebook, and Ebola

Featured content: Like Jack Kerouac's On The Road, this week's issue was written on amphetamines

The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia

Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?

In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue

Traffic report: The American Heartland

Featured content: It's raining men!

Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate

WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?

Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes

Gallery: Langston Hughes

The Signpost: 11 February 2015

From the editors: We want to know what you think!

News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales awarded $1 million

In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?

Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...

Traffic report: Bowled over

WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled

Gallery: Feel the love

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition

In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia

Special report: Revision scoring as a service

Gallery: Darwin Day

Traffic report: February is for lovers

Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish

Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Gallery: Far from home

Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Gallery: Far from home

Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

The Signpost: 04 March 2015

From the editor: A sign of the times: the Signpost revamps its internal structure to make contributing easier

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish reports, indicate operating changes

Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report

Traffic report: Attack of the movies

Arbitration report: Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes

Interview: Meet a paid editor

In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire

Featured content: Ploughing fields and trading horses with Rosa Bonheur

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps

The Signpost: 11 March 2015

Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey

News and notes: WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign

In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West

In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"

Traffic report: Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time

Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted –

Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters

The Signpost: 18 March 2015

From the editor: A salute to Pine

News and notes: SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation

In the media: NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct

Op-ed: Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns?

Featured content: A woman who loved kings

Traffic report: It's not cricket

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:34, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

.

The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy

Op-ed: How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization

Featured content: A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude

Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014

Traffic report: Oddly familiar

Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes

Blog: The Wikipedia Library Team reflects on its new Visiting Scholars program

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:25, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost, 1 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Traffic report: All over the place

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Traffic report: All over the place

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Traffic report: All over the place

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

The Signpost: 08 April 2015

Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam

News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes

In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom

Traffic report: Resurrection week

Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument

WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity

Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

The Signpost: 15 April 2015

News and notes: Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review

In the media: Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax

Blog: Single-User Login provides access to all wikis

Traffic report: Furious domination

Featured content: Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi!

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing

In the media: UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality

News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections

In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway

Featured content: Vanguard on guard

Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes

Gallery: The bitter end

TWL Questia check-in

Hello!

You are receiving this message because The Wikipedia Library has record of you receiving a one-year subscription to Questia. This is a brief update to remind you about that access:

Make sure that you can still log in to your Questia account; if you are having trouble feel free to get in touch.
When your account expires you can reapply for access at WP:Questia.
Remember, if you find this source useful for your Wikipedia work, make sure to include citations with links on Wikipedia: links to partner resources are one of the few ways we can demonstrate usage and demand for accounts to our partners. The greater the linkage, the greater the likelihood a useful partnership will be renewed.
Write unusual articles using this partner's sources? Did access to this source create new opportunities for you in the Wikipedia community? If you have a unique story to share about your contributions, email us and we can set up an opportunity for you to write a blog post about your work with one of our partner's resources.

Finally, we would greatly appreciate if you filled out this short survey. The survey helps us not only better serve you with facilitating this particular partnership, but also helps us discover what other partnerships and services The Wikipedia Library can offer.

Thanks!
Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:10, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 29 April 2015

Wikimania: Choice of small village for Wikimania 2016 ruffles feathers

News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments evaluation sees diminishing returns and increasing cost

In the media: Scottish MEP blocked for edit warring; ranking articles by importance

Featured content: Another day, another dollar

Traffic report: Bruce, Nessie, and genocide

Recent research: Military history, cricket, and Australia targeted in Wikipedia articles' popularity vs. quality; how copyright damages economy

Technology report: VisualEditor and MediaWiki updates

The Signpost: 06 May 2015

News and notes: "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced

Featured content: The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes

In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award

Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues

Traffic report: The grim ship reality

TWL Questia check-in

Hello!

You are receiving this message because The Wikipedia Library has record of you receiving a one-year subscription to Questia. This is a brief update to remind you about that access:

Make sure that you can still log in to your Questia account; if you are having trouble feel free to get in touch.
When your account expires you can reapply for access at WP:Questia.
Remember, if you find this source useful for your Wikipedia work, make sure to include citations with links on Wikipedia: links to partner resources are one of the few ways we can demonstrate usage and demand for accounts to our partners. The greater the linkage, the greater the likelihood a useful partnership will be renewed.
Write unusual articles using this partner's sources? Did access to this source create new opportunities for you in the Wikipedia community? If you have a unique story to share about your contributions, email us and we can set up an opportunity for you to write a blog post about your work with one of our partner's resources.

Finally, we would greatly appreciate if you filled out this short survey. The survey helps us not only better serve you with facilitating this particular partnership, but also helps us discover what other partnerships and services The Wikipedia Library can offer.

Thanks! Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk), on behalf of National Names 2000 10:35, 12 May 2015 (UTC) [reply]

The Signpost: 13 May 2015

Foundation elections: Board candidates share their views with the Signpost

News and notes: Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests

Traffic report: Round Two

In the media: Grant Shapps story continues

Op-ed: What made Wikipedia lose its reputation?

Featured content: Four first-time featured article writers lead the way

The Signpost: 20 May 2015

From the editor: Your voice is needed: strategic voting in the WMF election

In focus: The awful truth about Wikimedia's article counts

Traffic report: Inner Core

News and notes: A dark side of comedy: the Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes

Featured content: Puppets, fungi, and waterfalls

In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize

WikiProject report: Cell-ebrating Molecular Biology

Arbitration report: Editor conduct the subject of multiple cases

The Signpost: 03 June 2015

News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out

Blog: How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition

Discussion report: The deprecation of Persondata; RfA – A broken process; Complaints from users on Swedish Wikipedia

Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings

Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier

Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013

In the media: Anonymous Australian editing targets football player, shooting victim

Traffic report: A rather ordinary week

The Signpost: 10 June 2015

News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief

Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity

In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel

Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am

Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only

Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese

The Signpost: 17 June 2015

In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch

Arbitration report: An election has consequences

In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe

Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time

Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed; proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts

Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars

News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief

Featured content: Great Dane hits 150

Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin

WikiProject report: Western Australia speaks – we are back

The Signpost: 24 June 2015

From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative

Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia

Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia

Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done

Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles

Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced

News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments

In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing

Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia

Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration

The Signpost: 01 July 2015

News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF

In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology

WikiProject report: Able to make a stand

Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.

Traffic report: We're Baaaaack

Technology report: Technical updates and improvements

Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution

The Signpost: 08 July 2015

Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief

In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved

Traffic report: The Empire lobs back

Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison...

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The Signpost: 15 July 2015

Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it

Traffic report: Belles of the ball

WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?

In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report

News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania

Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The Signpost: 22 July 2015

From the editor: Change the world

News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case

Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries

In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free

Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin'

WikiProject report: Some more politics

Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters

Gallery: "One small step..."

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The Signpost: 29 July 2015

News and notes: BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate

Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian

Recent research: Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted

In the media: Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars?

Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues

Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit

The Signpost: 05 August 2015

Editorial: Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias than traditional publishers

Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google

News and notes: VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief

WikiProject report: Meet the boilerplate makers

In the media: Probe into Nehru edits launched; dangers of the right to be forgotten

Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya...

Featured content: Maya, Michigan, Medici, Médée, and Moul n'ga

Blog: Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program

The Signpost: 12 August 2015

News and notes: Superprotect, one year later; a contentious RfA

In the media: Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj

Forum: Community voices on paid editing

Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015, part 2, a community event

Traffic report: Fighting from top to bottom

Featured content: Fused lizards, giant mice, and Scottish demons

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Blog: The Hunt for Tirpitz

The Signpost: 19 August 2015

Op-ed: WP:THREATENING2MEN: The English Wikipedia's misogynist infopolitics and the hegemony of the asshole consensus

In the media: Politically controversial science; "Wikipedia hates women"

Featured content: Dead parrots, live frogs, a symbolic kiss and what do we get? Enrique Iglesias!

Travelogue: Seeing is believing

Traffic report: Straight Outta Connecticut

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Blog: How Wikipedia responds to breaking news

The Signpost: 26 August 2015

In focus: An increase in active Wikipedia editors

In the media: Russia temporarily blocks Wikipedia

Op-ed: Wikimania—can volunteers organize conferences?

News and notes: Re-imagining grants

Featured content: Out to stud, please call later

Arbitration report: Reinforcing Arbitration

Recent research: OpenSym 2015 report

The Signpost: 02 September 2015

Special report: Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia

News and notes: Flow placed on ice

Discussion report: WMF's sudden reversal on Wiki Loves Monuments

Featured content: Brawny

In the media: Orangemoody sockpuppet case sparks widespread coverage

Traffic report: You didn't miss much

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The Signpost: 09 September 2015

Gallery: Being Welsh

Featured content: Killed by flying debris

Op-ed: DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity

News and notes: The Swedish Wikipedia's controversial two-millionth article

Traffic report: Mass media production traffic

Technology report: Tech news in brief

In the media: Calling all scientists!; More Wikipedia editors in the Netherlands than all of Africa combined

The Signpost: 16 September 2015

Editorial: No access is no answer to closed access

News and notes: Byrd and notifications leave, but page views stay; was a terror suspect editing Wikipedia?

In the media: Is there life on Mars?

Featured content: Why did the emu cross the road?

Traffic report: Another week

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The Signpost: 23 September 2015

In the media: PETA makes "monkey selfie" a three-way copyright battle; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Op-ed: Can we please stop bashing Wikipedia?

Featured content: Inside Duke Humfrey's Library

WikiProject report: Dancing to the beat of a... wikiproject?

Traffic report: ¡Viva la Revolución! Kinda.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The Signpost: 30 September 2015

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraising report, Montreal to host 2017 Wikimania

In the media: Irish legislative editing; coffee quarrel; more sports vandalism

Op-ed: Wikipedia needs more administrators

Recent research: Wiktionary special; newbies, conflict and tolerance; Is Wikipedia's search function inferior?

Tech news: Tech news in brief

The Signpost: 07 October 2015

Op-ed: Walled gardens of corruption

Traffic report: Reality is for losers

Featured content: This Week's Featured Content

Gallery: Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Pakistan

Arbitration report: Warning: Contains GMOs

Technology report: Tech news in brief

In the media: Jailed Saudi blogger wins award; PR editing and Wiki-embarassment; Pakistan's third-richest person?

The Signpost: 14 October 2015

Op-ed: WikiConference USA 2015: built on good faith

WikiConference report: US gathering sees speeches from Andrew Lih, AfroCrowd, and the Archivist of the United States

Editorial: Why the news media needs a Wikipedian in residence

News and notes: 2015–2016 Q1 fundraising update sparks mailing list debate

Traffic report: Screens, Sport, Reddit, and Death

Featured content: A fistful of dollars

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Blog: Third Wikimedia Spain conference takes place in Madrid

The Signpost: 21 October 2015

Editorial: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching

News and notes: Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA dismissed; Affiliates mailing list launched

In the media: "Wikipedia's hostility to women"

Special report: One year of GamerGate, or how I learned to stop worrying and love bare rule-level consensus

Featured content: A more balanced week

Op-ed: Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications

Arbitration report: Four ArbCom cases ongoing

Traffic report: Hiding under the covers of the Internet

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The Signpost: 28 October 2015

From the editor: The Signpost's reorganization plan—we need your help

News and notes: English Wikipedia reaches five million articles

In the media: The world's Wikipedia gaps; Google and Wikipedia accused of tying Ben Carson to NAMBLA

Op-ed: It’s time to stop the bullying

Arbitration report: A second attempt at Arbitration enforcement

Traffic report: Canada, the most popular nation on Earth

Recent research: Student attitudes towards Wikipedia; Jesus, Napoleon and Obama top "Wikipedia social network"; featured article editing patterns in 12 languages

Featured content: Birds, turtles, and other things

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community letter: Five million articles

The Signpost: 04 November 2015

Op-ed: You are invited to participate in the Community Wishlist Survey

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation finances; Superprotect is gone

In the media: Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov: propaganda myth or history?

Traffic report: Death, the Dead, and Spectres are abroad

Featured content: Christianity, music, and cricket

Gallery: Princess of Asturias Awards 2015 ceremony

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The Signpost: 11 November 2015

Op-ed: As one thousand of us requested, Superprotect has been removed

Arbitration report: Elections, redirections, and a resignation from the Committee

Discussion report: Compromise of two administrator accounts prompts security review

Featured content: Texas, film, and cycling

In the media: Sanger on Wikipedia; Silver on Vox; lawyers on monkeys

Traffic report: Doodles of popularity

Gallery: Paris

The Signpost: 18 November 2015

Special report: ArbCom election—candidates’ opinions analysed

In the media: Icelandic milestone; apolitical editing

Discussion report: BASC disbanded; other developments in the discussion world

Arbitration report: Ban Appeals Subcommittee goes up in smoke; 21 candidates running

Featured content: Fantasia on a Theme by Jimbo Wales

Traffic report: Darkness and light

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability 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, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on