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The Signpost: 01 January 2014

Traffic report: A year stuck in traffic

Arbitration report: Examining the Committee's year

In the media: Does Wikipedia need a medical disclaimer?

Book review: Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia

News and notes: The year in review

Discussion report: Article incubator, dates and fractions, medical disclaimer

WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Fifth Edition

Featured content: 2013—the trends

Technology report: Looking back on 2013

how to correct this problem on Ummayads

68.100.160.250 (talk) 15:46, 4 January 2014 (UTC) Ummayads your article Umayyad Caliphate does not match to Ummayads in 45 other languages

Umayyad Caliphate You need a separate page for Ummayads such that you can match to the Ummayad in 45 other languages because they don't have a separate page under the title of Umayyad Caliphate

BECAUSE The Umayyad Caliphate is ONLY prepared in 28 languages

Ummayads/Ummayad/Umayyads/Umayyad/Umayad & Umayyad Caliphate

Ummayads - Your article Umayyad Caliphate does not match to Umayyads in 45 other languages.

Umayyad Caliphate- You need a separate page for Ummayads such that you can match to the Ummayad in 45 other languages because they don't have a separate page under the title of Umayyad Caliphate .

WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Quarter 4, 2013

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AvicBot error ?

Hey, Avicennasis. I was adapting some template links on my project and found that {{Wikipedia principles}} was linked to Five Pillars of Islam instead of Wikipedia:Five pillars, which I've fixed, in this process I noticed that AvicBot had made the change, so I thought you might want to know. If I'm incorrect about the intended link target although, I don't see how, please revert my change. Cheers, Mlpearc (open channel) 22:59, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Based on the {{R from other capitalisation}} tag on the page, it looks to me as Five pillars is just another redirect along the lines of Five Pillars (except the P is not capitalized.) Given this page is in mainspace, and the fact that it seems both redirects were setup for the Islamic use of the term, I believe the edit was correct. There is also the issue of a cross-namespace redirect, here, which is a sticky issue itself. For now, I'm going to undo the change, but please feel free to come discuss it with me if you still feel differently about where this redirect should point.

^Avic _ennasis @ 01:50, 10 Shevat 5774 / 01:50, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 January 2014

Public Domain Day: Why the year 2019 is so significant

Traffic report: Tragedy and television

Technology report: Gearing up for the Architecture Summit

News and notes: WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing"

Op-ed: WikiCup competition beginning a new year

WikiProject report: Jumping into the television universe

Featured content: A portal to the wonderful world of technology

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Meetups coming up in DC!

Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:

Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

I hope to see you there!

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Harej (talk) 00:06, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

The Center Line: Winter 2013


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The Signpost: 15 January 2014

News and notes: German chapter asks for "reworking" of Funds Dissemination Committee; should MP4 be allowed on Wikimedia sites?

Technology report: Architecture Summit schedule published

Op-ed: Licensed for reuse? Citing open-access sources in Wikipedia articles

In the media: Is Google hurting Wikipedia traffic?; "Wikipedia-Mania" in the New York Times

Traffic report: The Hours are Ours

WikiProject report: WikiProject Sociology

The Signpost: 22 January 2014

Book review: Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries from Across the Known Multiverse

News and notes: Modification of WMF protection brought to Arbcom

Featured content: Dr. Watson, I presume

Special report: The few who write Wikipedia

Technology report: Architecting the future of MediaWiki

In the media: Wikipedia for robots; Wikipedia—a temperamental teenager

Traffic report: No show for the Globes

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Hanna Brodin

A bot of yours has twice "fixed" a double redirect from Hanna Brodin. Unfortunately the redirect is not correct, as Hanna Brodin is/was a skier, now called Hanna Erikson. Hanna Eriksson, however, is a swimmer and a completely different person. I'm not sure how this would best be organized, but as it is now, everything is wrong... Fomalhaut76 (talk) 08:29, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Coming up in February!

Hello there!

Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.

If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.

Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej (talk) 18:41, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 12 February 2014

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AvicBot Malfunction

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Thanks!

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The Signpost: 19 February 2014

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The Signpost: 26 February 2014

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DC Meetups in March

Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:

Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.

— Harej (talk) 05:10, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

(test) The Signpost: 05 March 2014

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The Signpost: 19 March 2014

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AvicBot and reverts

Hi, just to let you know, AvicBot fixed a double redirection [1], but the reason for that double redirect was a somewhat POINTy edit [2] that was reverted 12 minutes later [3]. I don't know if there's anything that actually needs to be done on your end, but it's probably something to be aware of: that bot fixes based on edits which get reverted don't necessarily also get reverted. -- 160.129.138.186 (talk) 15:23, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

An exciting month of wiki events!

Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best,
James Hare

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The Signpost: 26 March 2014

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WikiProject report: From the peak

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2014

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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The Signpost: 02 April 2014

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

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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

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

Two edit-a-thons coming up!

Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:

This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.

Best,

James Hare

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Motto of the Day Help Request April 2014

Today's motto...

→ I felt that as long as we were being honest,
and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal...
we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened.

Nominate one today!

Motto of the Day (WP:MOTD) is in a state of emergency and really needs your help! There are not enough editors who are reviewing or nominating mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review, and this probably means that you will notice a red link or “This space for rent” as our mottos for the next weeks and months.

Please take a moment to review the nominations and nominate your own new mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review and Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/'Specials. Any help would be appreciated! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

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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

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

Meet up with us

Happy May!

There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:

On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.

Come one, come all!

Best,

James Hare

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Categories becoming movable

Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive262#Category pages will be movable soon to see if the changes being made are relevant to your bot's operations at CfD. Jackmcbarn (talk) 15:07, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

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

Notification of a June AfC BackLog Drive

Hello Avicennasis:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from June 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 1800 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

The AfC helper script can assist you in tallying your edits automatically. To view a full list of changes, visit the changelog. Please report bugs and feature requests there, too! Thanks. Sent on behalf of (t) Josve05a (c) by {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} using the MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:45, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

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

Washington, DC meetups in June

Greetings!

Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:

On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.

Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

Best,

James Hare

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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 Center Line: Spring 2014


Volume 7, Issue 2 • Spring 2014 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup Portal selected articles and pictures	Features Under a moonlit (and lightning-quick) sky: Lua, , and what's next The new and improved HWY Cup Making shields 101 The Maple Syrup Report	State and national updates Project news in brief Five years ago... A chat with our newest USRD members
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

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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 Great American Wiknic and other events in July

I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!

July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.

What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.

We hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2014

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 2 — 2nd Quarter, 2014
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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)

Bot flag on frwiki

Hello,

As a bureaucrat on frwiki, I was checking the activity of the bots, and noticed that yours had been inactive for at least 6 months. Morover, the interwikis are now centralized on Wikidata. It is not reasonable that an unmonitored account keeps a bot flag, as it may be more easily hacked. Do you wish to keep the bot flag? If this is the case, please tell me so (preferably on my talk page on frwiki, otherwise on my talk page on this project). Without any answer from you, the bot flag will be removed in one month.

Thank you for your comprehension, Litlok (talk) 13:34, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello,

I asked you about one month ago if you wanted to keep the bot flag of your bot on frwiki, but (maybe I have missed something) it seems you have not answered yet. Well, it's summer time... so you still have another month to respond :-) Litlok (talk) 22:06, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello,

I've removed the bot flag. Litlok (talk) 22:06, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Informal note

Hey, I notice that you have HighBeam access and you seem to have a few topicons. That being said, if you are interested, I've created {{Wikipedia:HighBeam/Topicon}}. No reply to this message is necessary (and I won't see it unless you ping me), just wanted to let you know it was available. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 00:15, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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

Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon!

Greetings!

Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!

Best,

James Hare

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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!

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

Come one and come all. To a presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history.

Show the Internet who is the better editor.
Be the creator of culture that you know you are.
Spread the knowledge of noteworthy people who no one but you cares about.
Lead the charge to a better Wikipedia --- eventually.

Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:07, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

See you at the Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street, Laurel, MD on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM EST. See http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205494212/ for more information. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:13, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC invites revolutionaries, free thinkers, and other sundry editors to a DC WikiSalon

The WikiSalon is a special meetup usually held during the first and third full weeks of every month, from 7 PM to 9 PM. It's an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own.

If you're coming by Metro, the closest station is Dupont Circle (on the Red Line). If you're driving, a lot of parking opens up downtown after 6:30 PM, so finding a parking space (even a free one) should be easy. Once you've found the building, go to Cove on the second floor. We will be in the conference room.

When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: The Cove, Dupont Circle, 1730 Connecticut Avenue NW, 2nd floor, 20009, DC

For more information, see http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205500822/

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:25, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

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

Wikimedia DC's Wonderful meetups

Wikimedia DC's Upcoming meetups

Thursday, September 11: “Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet, One Article at a Time!”
A presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history. Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street in Laurel, MD. 7 PM.
Wednesday, September 17: WikiSalon
Come for the pizza, stay for the conversation. 7 PM – 9 PM
Saturday, September 20: September Meetup
Get dinner and drinks with fellow Wikipedians! 6 PM
Sunday, September 21: Laurel History Edit-a-Thon
Local history for Wikipedia! 10:15 AM – 4 PM
Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28: Please RSVP for the Open Government WikiHack at Eventbrite by clicking on the link. The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC are teaming up to come up with solutions that help integrate government data into Wikipedia. 10:30 AM – 5 PM each day

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:49, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

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 Center Line: Summer 2014


Volume 7, Issue 3 • Summer 2014 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup Portal selected articles and pictures	Features The U.S. Roads Portal: A great gateway to the project HWY Cup a success in improving the articles of WikiProject Highways	State and national updates None submitted
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2014

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 3 — 3rd Quarter, 2014
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Project At a Glance
As of Q3 2014, the project has:

Content

Project Navigation

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- Project category – talk
- Portal – talk
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- Assessment – talk
- Cleanup – talk
- Peer review – talk
- Reference library – talk
- Newsletter – talk
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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 wonderful annual meeting! And more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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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

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End-of-the-year meetups

Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

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The Center Line: Fourth Quarter 2014


Volume 7, Issue 4 • Fourth Quarter 2014 • About the Newsletter
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The Center Line: Fourth Quarter 2014


Volume 7, Issue 4 • Fourth Quarter 2014 • About the Newsletter
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