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The Signpost: 01 January 2014

The Signpost: 08 January 2014

Wikidata weekly summary #92

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Leaderboard

Hey! Will you be able to do the leaderboard soon? If not, no worries. --Rschen7754 02:17, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

If I don't do it within the next few hours, I won't be able to do it until Saturday evening, so I guess I can do it in a little while. Sorry you've not seen me on IRC. It's been a bit of a hectic week for me in the real world. TCN7JM 07:00, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 Done TCN7JM 12:42, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

The Center Line: Winter 2013

Volume 7, Issue 1 • Winter 2014 • About the Newsletter
Departments
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State and national updates
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS
—MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:15, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Admin

Hey, would you like to be an admin? I read on your userpage that you'd like to be one some day. Philroc (talk) 16:56, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

I ran last October, but I failed. I don't think it would be smart to run again now because:
  1. It's only been about eighty days since my last request. That's enough time to go around the world, but most people prefer six months or more between RfAs.
  2. My activity on Wikipedia has declined since October, so there's less of a reason to support me now than there was back then.
  3. I have a lot of stuff going on in the real world in the next few months so even if I miraculously passed I wouldn't be able to do much with the tools until, like, July.
So now is not the time for me to run for adminship, and I don't think I should run again until maybe this autumn...if I'm still around and active by then. TCN7JM 22:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #93

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

The Signpost: 15 January 2014

Wikidata weekly summary #94

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

The Signpost: 22 January 2014

Your GA nomination of K-44 (Kansas highway)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article K-44 (Kansas highway) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- CycloneIsaac (talk) 20:42, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #95

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Your GA nomination of K-44 (Kansas highway)

The article K-44 (Kansas highway) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:K-44 (Kansas highway) for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- CycloneIsaac (talk) 00:22, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Now you get it

http://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=6658.msg147943#msg147943 --NE2 06:13, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Hah. Funny. But...you're aware that that is vandalism, correct? TCN7JM 06:16, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
I had no idea. Next you're going to tell me that I can't draw maps on bathroom walls. --NE2 06:31, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Of course not. Why should I be forced to look at such profanities as I-238 whenever I've to use the restroom? TCN7JM 06:38, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

Wikidata weekly summary #96

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Discussions
  • Events/Blogs/Press
    • See the office hours logs at meta
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • See the FOSDEM slides
    • Thiemo joins the Wikidata development team
  • Development
    • More work on badges by Bene*
    • Lots of Lua improvements by hoo (separate announcement with details soon)
    • Created backend Time parsers (yet another necessary step towards doing more in the backend instead of in Java Script in the frontend)
    • Automatic builds created, tested and deployed to beta labs every day!
    • Investigate Elastic Search as possible backend for queries
    • Made Wikibase Query work with our new component structure
  • Monthly Tasks

Autopatrolled

Hi TCN7JM, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! AdmrBoltz 23:42, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. TCN7JM 23:45, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 February 2014

Wikidata weekly summary #97

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Discussions
  • Reasonator
  • Did you know?
  • Development
    • Wrote performance tests so we can track performance improvements better
    • Did a code review of all gadgets that are enabled by default in Wikidata. Found and fixed a performance bottleneck.
    • Work on making the interface more responsive, e. g. live preview when editing labels and updating the watchlist star when saving.
    • Started refactoring and fixing issues with automatically created summaries that are, for example, created by bots via API calls.
    • Fixed an issue with OAuth on Wikidata because of permissions
    • Started code review of the code the student team is working on for suggestions
    • Discussed updates to the data model document to be able to update it to the actual implementation
    • Did a technical debt analysis and design review of Wikibase.git, with initial focus on WikibaseLib
    • Got (backend) EntityStore on the way, so we can test API modules without touching the database
    • Further work on TimeParsers move to the backend
  • Monthly Tasks

The Signpost: 19 February 2014

Wikidata weekly summary #98

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

The Signpost: 26 February 2014

WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
  2. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
  3. United States WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #99

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
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