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Depth
[change source]Hi, is that the depth of wikipedias will be decrease if used semi-auto?--Aplikasi (talk) 15:32, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry, I don't know what you are talking about. Please be clearer. Chenzw Talk 03:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
- Is that the depth will be decrease if used the semi-auto like '''{{subst:PAGENAME}}''' to create some articles?--Aplikasi (talk) 11:15, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
- I am still not sure what you mean by "depth"... Chenzw Talk 17:20, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
- Is that the depth will be decrease if used the semi-auto like '''{{subst:PAGENAME}}''' to create some articles?--Aplikasi (talk) 11:15, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 04 February 2013
[change source]- Special report: Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: catalysts, trends, and applications
- In the media: Star Trek Into Pedantry
- News and notes: Article Feedback Tool faces community resistance
- Featured content: Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes
- WikiProject report: Land of the Midnight Sun – WikiProject Norway
- Technology report: Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment
One Bounce
[change source]Dear ChenzW, One Bounce is indeed a legitimate game played in many areas of the United Kingdom, particularly within the secondary school community (Boys within the ages of 11-18). I am therefore concerned that you feel the need to try and report the page, as it is valid and definitely notable. It is a well known game, it also appears in the full version of Wikipedia although a sub-section of the article ‘Street Football’ I felt it was time that people could access this information on the internet. I am frankly offended that you intend to restrict what people can and can’t view; you may not know the game, but I and many others respect the tradition of the lunch time One Bounce. If you don’t recognise a game, it does not mean that it does not exist. Research before you file a deletion. We will be very disappointed if you succeed in taking down the page. Yours sincerely, A One Bounce Player — This unsigned comment was added by 62.255.165.54 (talk • changes). 14:34, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 11 February 2013
[change source]- Op-ed: An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia
- News and notes: UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year
- In the media: Wikipedia mirroring life in island ownership dispute
- Discussion report: WebCite proposal; request for adminship reform
- WikiProject report: Just the Facts – WikiProject Infoboxes
- Featured content: A lousy week
- Technology report: Wikidata client rollout stutters
Please let know for future reference
[change source]Hi, I notice you declined three QD's recently. That's fine. I figure I'm not an admin, so if I watch New Pages a little strictly, an admin will overrule me if I go overboard with a QD. But, I really do want to know why just making articles with "The" at the front is OK. That user has made lots more like The Baltic States, The Euro, The Council of Europe, The NATO, The Ukraine, and even The Europe and The New iPad. If these are fine, why not The Atlantic Ocean or The Antarctic? Won't these just clog up the autocomplete on search? Or, am I missing something here? Or is just a QD vs Discussed Deletion thing? Thanks! Gotanda (talk) 06:39, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- The main reason was that those redirects exist on EN, and I also felt that some people do refer to those subjects with "The". The above redirects you listed are also on EN, but I personally feel that The NATO, The Europe and The New iPad sound unconventional as alternate names (despite existing on EN). They will indeed appear in autocomplete, but I don't know if it will have any significant detrimental impact. Of course, even though the QDs for those redirects were declined, everyone is still free to nominate them for deletion at RFD. Chenzw Talk 08:38, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for taking the time to reply to what is actually a pretty minor issue. Much appreciated. Good to know others' thoughts on editing. Gotanda (talk) 10:00, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 18 February 2013
[change source]- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation declares 'victory' in Wikivoyage lawsuit
- In the media: Sue Gardner interviewed by the Australian press
- WikiProject report: Thank you for flying WikiProject Airlines
- Featured content: Featured content gets schooled
- Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings
hayfield university
[change source]This massage is from the Hayfield University. We just upgrading the school information. But youguys not accepted. It was from same catalog upgrading. If youguys still changing school information, we are maybe leave from Simple English Wikipedia.. — This unsigned comment was added by Mtsinaics (talk • changes). 13:36, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- If you're acting on behalf of the university, then I suggest you read our policies regarding editing with a conflict of interest. Ideally, you shouldn't be editing that article. I understand you are just updating the information, and that it was from the catalog. However, the catalog (which has been uploaded online [1]) does not specify its copyright license. The website is copyrighted, and without any details specific to the catalog we have to go by that and assume it is also copyrighted. Our copyright policies do not allow you to copy and paste material from these kinds of sources. Normally I would tell you to rewrite it in your own words, but if you are from the university then you should stick to the article's talk page. Osiris (talk) 13:51, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #46
[change source]- Development
- Deployed new features and bugfixes including diffs for statements and the ability to enter items and properties by their ID
- Updated demo system
- Database maintainance (Wikidata was in read-only mode for a bit)
- Implemented first version of a string data type
- Worked on better error reporting from the API
- Ported Lua function mw.wikibase.getEntity to Wikibase extension
- Worked on making the search box suggest items and properties while typing
- Improved the behaviour of the entity selector (thingy that lets you select items and entities)
- Improved debugging experience in JavaScript when dealing with prototypical inheritance
- Worked on cleanup of local entity store
- Generalized generation of localizable edit summaries
- Discussions/Press
- Wikidata development will continue in 2013
- Wikidata Phase 2 in Full Swing
- RFC about the Wikidata API
- Lots of discussions about certain properties and how they should be used. Current state is at d:Wikidata:List of properties and new ones are being discussed at [d:Wikidata:Property proposal]]
- RCF about amending the global bot policy for Wikidata
- Proposed changes to Wikidata’s notability guidelines
- Events
- office hour including a report on the current status of Wikidata (log)
- upcoming: Wikipedia Day NYC
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Deployment of phase 1 (language links) on all remaining Wikipedias and a small update on Wikidata are planned for March 6
- Great page for editors to learn about what phase 1 means for them
- Cool tool visualizing family relations based on data in Wikidata
- “Restricting the World” (first in a series about some design decisions behind Wikidata)
- List of most used properties
- OmegaWiki is using Wikidata to get links to Wikipedia articles
- Nyan Nyan Wikidata Nyan Nyan
- We’ve hit d:Q5000000
- Had a look at d:Wikidata:Tools lately?
- Open Tasks for You
- Hack on one of these
- Help translate Wikidata/Deployment Questions
- Help bring the content of en:Wikipedia:Wikidata to your Wikipedia
The Signpost: 25 February 2013
[change source]- News and notes: "Very lucky" Picture of the Year
- In the media: Former WMF board member creates "Wikipedia Corporate Index" for Fleishman-Hillard PR agency
- Recent research: Wikipedia not so novel after all, except to UK university lecturers; EPOV instead of NPOV
- Discussion report: Wikivoyage links; overcategorization
- WikiProject report: How to measure a WikiProject's workload
- Featured content: Blue birds be bouncin'
- Technology report: Wikidata development to be continued indefinitely