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Funny that. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>16:22, 9 September 2011 (UTC).</small><br />


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==Unchallengeable take downs?==
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Rich,
On the talk page for the proposed ], you mention a takedown that is unchallengeable. While it's possible, I think it's more likely that it's a symptom of our bad communication about it or something (for which I would take responsibility). I don't think we have any that are unchallengeable right now. So, I want to write to ask if there's something I can clarify, or whether I'm missing something on my list? ] (]) 01:14, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


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:Yes, the matter has come up a couple of times, both on the ] talk page of the article in question, and in the commentary to a recent (July) . The issue is that there only people who can issue a counter notice are the anonymous editors who originally posted the material. On most websites another person could post the material, wait for a challenge and respond to that. Here, since take-down has been implemented as an office action no one can repost the material without going against the office action (and in fact, even if they did, it would be removed by editors in support of the office action) therefore the material, which is freely published elsewhere, since the DMCA ''was'' challenged and the challenge not responded to, cannot be posted on Misplaced Pages. Effectively this makes Misplaced Pages the most censored forum for this information. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>01:32, 11 September 2011 (UTC).</small><br />
::Interesting. My understanding from the legal team is that a DMCA takedown must be challenged by a party with legal standing, which would mean that it has to be someone who had posted the content. If we were to then suggest or passively allow someone else to post it, we would not be in full compliance. However, I'll confirm that. If that's the case, then we're in compliance with the regulations and others arguably are not. If it's an issue of interpretation, I'll find out why we're not more broad, but since Mr. Godwin structured those originally, I tend to think we're at the broadest level that he (and then Mr Brigham) felt was legally possible. But I'll get an answer and try to report back. Thanks for clarifying. ] (]) 05:10, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


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==Birds summary==
Ref: ]


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There are 3 lists:
* IUCN
* HBW (IBC)
* IOC


==Cheshunt Lock and other notes==
These can be used to ref montoypic genera.
* ] https://www.eternalwall.org.uk/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001fm77
* Another Gorka source
* http://www.leeandstort.co.uk/Cheshunt_Lock.htm
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* , Also Collen = Cologne (Koln). , ,
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* ''A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester'' (iss 1-3?) Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, Demy-Octavo (corrigenda P 214): bound in with ''Rutland Words'' 1891 Kegan Paul, Trubner & Co (Paternoster House, Charing Cross)
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* re twelfth cake, and Pompeii/Hereculaneum?
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* see also A Duty Clear Before Us : North Beach and the Sari Bair Range, Gallipoli Peninsula 25 April-20 December 1999., ,
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* Meadowsweet <- Meadow sweet Meadow-sweet
* Find out whether dry-point (de: ''Griffelglossen'') includes/is metalpoint. DNC ]. Ans. Blackwell Ency.c Ag-Sax England, entry ''Glosses'' cited therein - 'with a stylus' 'scratched'
* Investigate ] and ].
* Wynde Monah see also
* John Eversely https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/58673/supplement/4/data.pdf https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/the-princess-royal-shakes-hands-with-mr-john-eversley-news-photo/834710966 https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2008/04/23/enterprising-individuals-get-queens-award https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/2211450.best-uk-business-recognised-awards/ https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Award+recognises+John%27s+contribution%3B+in+association+with+RBS.-a0178074996
* https://www.europeana.eu/en
* Broken symmetry https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/04/13/clinical-trial-should-probably-wont-close-book-ivermectin-16244
* Sort order, name https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Sarah_Ann_Brock_Putnam&diff=prev&oldid=880695609
* ] an 11/12 round mag was made need a better ref if possible. or
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* Hilary English
* https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-sanctions-family-syria-asma-assad-end-war
* probably ] move to ] (needs refs)
* 'Top 400' political scientists (US, Phd granting institutions only, tenure or tenure track, by citation count)
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Moreover the IUCN website has changed and the refs need updating. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>20:33, 4 December 2011 (UTC).</small><br />
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Hi Rich Farmbrough. As an experienced admin, I kindly ask you to check these edits of user ]. (, , ) That clearly seems like edit war to me. While the source insists that this incident has happened and was the main reason behind these clashes, MarshallBagramyan clearly wants to erase this fact. Could you please help me in this, as I am very reluctant to engage any edit war against him. Regards, --] (]) 07:52, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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::Actually I think it was ] who did that. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>14:38, 8 December 2011 (UTC).</small><br />
:::I'll let him off then. --] (]) 22:44, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
:I have had a brief look, and certainly there is a slow motion edit war going on, involving a number of editors. I suspect I can guess their nationalities by their edits. I don't see an urgent need for action, so I'm going to think about this a little more. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>15:12, 8 December 2011 (UTC).</small><br />
::There is some mediation going on at not sure if this could be wrapped up with that, or if it would sabotage the process. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>21:03, 8 December 2011 (UTC).</small><br />
:::Hi Rich. As you have some previous experience about the topic, could you please check out and leave some comment about what you are thinking about? Some admins are trying to ban me for the things that I have not done. --] (]) 06:32, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


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I have a few Ambox and Fix related issues that I'd appreciate help with, if you have time, and if you have no reason to not want to interfere, of course.
* There is still a problem with template loops, see ].
* Should there be a temporary category added to {{Tl|Fix}} to locate all templates that use the substcheck parameter, or are there other ways to do this? That is, simply said, how to locate those template that use the substcheck parameter?
* Also, I'd be happy if you'd have an opinion whether it is a good suggestion to replace the substitution check of {{Tl|Fix}} by that one of {{Tl|Ambox}}, or at least, which basically comes down to the same, remove ], which I think is not practical. ] (]) 21:14, 10 December 2011 (UTC)


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:I commented on the template loops. The rest I'll have to look at. I did have an alternative method for subst:checking, but it was pretty much obviated by AMALTHEA's self-substituting tricks. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>00:10, 11 December 2011 (UTC).</small><br />


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:: Thanks, I'll look at it right away. I have just had a long look at the way substitution checking works on Ambox and Fix, and am proud to say that I understand precisely how they work. ] (]) 00:17, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
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::: I think you misunderstood my before-last question, and have added a sentence to it, to make my intent more clear. ] (]) 04:05, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
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:: Rich, I found the reason for the template loop, and I know what needs to be done to solve it, but don't know how to do that. I wrote there on the Ambox talkpage linked above. Can you have a look at it? ] (]) 19:07, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
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:OK so here's the (untested) basics in pseudo-perl. (There's two approaches, storing everything then making the table,or making the table line by line. Both have advantages, the latter is simpler.)
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</code>
:
:(We could just have the word "Stamford" - if we could be sure that all three entities follow the naming convention.)
:
<source lang="perl">
print_headers...

while (<>){
chomp;
if (/^(*),(*),(*),(*)$/){ # Note: this could be also done with the split function, in a different way
$name=$1;
$outline=$2
$cat=$3;
$project=$4;
}
else{
print "$_ does not match pattern; skipping.\n";
}
$outline_count=count($outline);
$cat_count=count($outline);
$project_count=count($project);
print "\|$name\|\|$outline_count\|\|$cat_count\|\|$project_count\n\|-\n"; # make a line of the table....
# keep track of the totals....
$outline_total+=$outline_count;
...
}

print_footers....

sub count{
# in some circumstances there would be error checking code here - what if the page doesn't exist,or the server is down?
$url=shift;
get the page...
$count= find the number..
return $count
}
</source>

:'']&nbsp;]'', <small>11:01, 3 January 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

:: I'll see if I can figure out how it works. Thank you! ] 21:24, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

==Data extraction & insertion==

Let's say I have the wikicode file "Outline of Stamford" saved on my computer, and I want a program that goes through the outline, finds the first bulleted entry lacking an annotation, pulls the article from Misplaced Pages for the subject in the entry, extracts the first two sentences of the lead paragraph, then inserts those two sentences as the annotation for that entry, then repeats for the next missing entry, until the all the entries have annotations.

This would be very helpful, as it would save tons of manual cutting and pasting.

How would you go about doing that with perl?

] 22:05, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


:I'm not sure what "un-annotated" means but at a guess you could use something like:
<source lang="perl">
while ($page =~ /\n\*\s*\)]*\]\]\s*\*/s ){
$bulleted = $1;
$entry = get ($bulleted);
$entry =~ s/.*?'''.*?'''//;
$entry =~ s/(*.*.).*/$1/;
$page =~ s/(\n\*\s*\\]\s*)\*/$1 $entry/;
}
</source>
here the handwaving is in the assumption that the Wikipeida articles are well-formed, and not exceptional. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>22:27, 4 January 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
:You would need to get the source of the article. You need a module for that, which comes with examples. MediaWiki::API I think is the name. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>23:33, 4 January 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

Entries in outlines look like this:

* ] &ndash; art and science of designing ]s.
* ] &ndash; activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's hands and skill.
* ] &ndash; visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. As a verb, it is the act of making marks on a surface so as to create an image, form or shape. As a noun, it is the image produced, or the visual art form itself.
* ] &ndash; also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. The process of filmmaking has developed into an art form and industry.
* ] &ndash; the practice of applying ], ], ] or other medium<ref></ref> to a ] (support base) with a ] or other objects. The term describes both the act and the result of the action.
* ]
* ] &ndash;

Concerning list entries, an annotation is a dashed comment.

The entries "Photography" and "Sculpture" above lack annotations. Would the program you wrote above home in on those and add an annotation for each? &nbsp; ] 03:41, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
:It would pick up the first, fail on the second for two reasons: it would count the endash as an annotation, and there's no following list item. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>11:13, 5 January 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==]==

Here's a new outline.

You could help us Perl newbies by adding anything you think would be helpful. ] 19:21, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

==Article Feedback Tool - things to do==
Hey guys! A couple of highly important things to do over the next few weeks:
*We've opened a ''']''' on several of the most important aspects of the tool, including who should be able to hide inappropriate comments. It will remain open until 20 January; I encourage everyone with an interest to take part :).
*A second round of ] will take place in a few weeks, so we can properly evaluate which design works the best and keeps all the junk out :P. All volunteers are welcome and desired; there may be foundation swag in it for you!

Regards, ] (]) 18:53, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

==Coord display parameter errors==

I'm seeing a number of instances of {{Tl|Coord}} with two {{Para|display}} parameters. Could your helpful pixie fix these, please? The rules would be:

*If {{para|display|inline}} and {{para|display|inline}}, use {{para|display|inline}}
*If {{para|display|title}} and {{para|display|title}}, use {{para|display|title}}
*If {{para|display|inline}} and {{para|display|title}}, use {{para|display|inline,title}}
*If {{para|display|inline}} and {{para|display|inline,title}}, use {{para|display|inline,title}}
*If {{para|display|title}} and {{para|display|inline,title}}, use {{para|display|inline,title}}
*If {{para|display|inline,title}} and {{para|display|inline,title}}, use {{para|display|inline,title}}

Any values other than "inline", "title" or "inline,title" should already throw an error message.

Note that {{para|display|title,inline}} is a valid equivalent of {{para|display|inline,title}} in all of the above.

If you need testcases, some, but not all, of the articles on ] have this problem.

Cheers, <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); ]; ]</span> 12:14, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
:I fixed these up, where they had that problem. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>18:42, 16 January 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
::Manually? Thank you, but it's likely to recur, hence the request that your Bot watch for such cases. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); ]; ]</span> 20:45, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
:::Using AWB - so I'm good to go again. I need to set up some bot infrastructure to support once-dumply tasks. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>20:49, 16 January 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
::::Running off MaxSem's list? Not sure he'll be recreating it regularly. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); ]; ]</span> 21:07, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
:::::No, running of the regular data dumps. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>21:20, 16 January 2012 (UTC).</small><br /> 21:20, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

==RIP to the "incomplete" template==

The ''incomplete'' template (see discussion ]) will likely go away soon. Would it make since to run a bot on the articles it's tagged to and:
::# if it has an old date, remove it
::# if it's in a section, replace it with the ''Expand section'' tag
::# if it's over a list, replace it with the ''Expand list'' tag
::# other tasks...
Is that practical? Who might have a bot that could handle that? <b>]&nbsp;(]•])</b> 20:36, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
:Oh.. great. Expand was deleted partly on the grounds that "incomplete" was available. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>20:38, 3 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
::They're both toast now -- with about a half-dozen more of those expansion-type templates ready to walk the green mile. So, does it make since to run a bot on those articles? What have you done to articles in the past when transcluded templates were deleted? <b>]&nbsp;(]•])</b> 02:54, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
:::Yes it's one way of doing it. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>20:12, 4 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
:::::Incidentally it is not "toast" until the TfD is closed, and even then there might be a DRV. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>20:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==Multiple issues template usage suggestion==
I have started a discussion about making the Multiple issues template the new cleanup template ]. Since you have edited this template several times in the past I thought you might have some insight into this idea. --] (]) 20:33, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

==WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state)==

Hello, I want to add the ] for ] to monitor all articles automatically updated by a bot. Thanks. '''] <small>(] / ])</small>''' 08:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
copied from ] by <small>], (possibly the smallest bot in the world)</small> 08:28, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
:{{Done}} '']&nbsp;]'', <small>13:38, 14 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==Re: ]==

Thanks! -- ] <sup>]</sup> 10:29, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
:Welcome. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>13:32, 14 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==Linguistic misunderstanding==

I noticed your comment on the Invasions of the Rio de la Plata. You might be amused to know that I have just found out that Pretensión is the Spanish word for "Claim" so the heading that became a debate about a Point of View, "British pretentions", was almost certainly a linguistic misunderstanding and intended to be "British Claims". I would have found this out earlier but Google Translate needs the acute accent above the ó. :-) PS: thank you for sorting out the "sockpuppet". 86.4.27.128 but now: ] (]) 12:40, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
:Interesting. That's pretty much the older meaning in English, just as a "pretender" to the throne was someone who claimed it, not someone who was playing make-believe. You're welcome. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>13:30, 14 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==PixieBot cn tags==

It appears that your bot is adding a citation needed tag at the end of every sentence that is not already specifically referenced. See Is that your intent? Or is this a manual process with bot assistance?--] (]) 17:43, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
:Phew, nearly gave me myocardial infarction there. {{Tlx|Cn}} ''is'' {{Tlx|Citation needed}} - just less readable. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>17:45, 14 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

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In the discussion around the DNB, digitisation, and how money could usefully be spent: I have only just become aware of ] and his MEB (see ] for my new draft, given that the current page has copyvio-blight, but right now the history has facts like he was the brother of DNB author ]). Anyway the MEB has a very low profile online, but is PD given that the final volume was 1921. Apparently much was close paraphrase of the DNB, but where it isn't, it grubbed up facts that were otherwise hard to get.


'''Discussions'''
All in all, a worthy candidate for "where next" in the DNB direction. ] (]) 17:32, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
* Open request for oversight: ] (RfP scheduled to end at 6 January 2025 21:52 UTC)
:Interesting. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>21:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />


'''Press, articles, blog posts, videos'''
==Follow up==
* Papers
Hi Rich Farmbrough, thanks for helping out with the ] article. However, you will notice that the exact same two images were readded today by a new user whose only contributions are to "Gopal Krishan" and "Vichitra veena". This is quite obviously the same user you warned under a new account, no? Best wishes ] (]) 18:53, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
** by Jansová, L., Maixnerová, L., & Š´tastná, P. (2024). ''"The paper outlines the collaboration between the National Library of the Czech Republic and Wikimedia since 2006, focusing on linking authority records with Misplaced Pages articles and training librarians and users. By 2023, the National Library provided most of its databases under a CC0 license, launched a "Wikimedians in Residence" program, and collaborated on projects involving linked data and using authority records in Wikidata. This partnership has enhanced their cooperation for mutual benefit, identifying key factors for their successful long-term collaboration."''
:Probably, the images themselves are at commons though. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>22:29, 15 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
** by Melis, B., Fioravanti, M., Paolini, C., & Metilli, D. (2024). ''"The paper traces the evolution of gender representation in Wikidata, showing how the community has moved from a binary interpretation of gender to a more inclusive model for trans and non-binary identities. The Wikidata Gender Diversity project (WiGeDi) timeline highlights the significant changes influenced by external historical events and the community's increased understanding of gender complexity."''
* Videos: Arabic Wikidata Days 2024 - Data Science Course - First Practical Session: Wikibase-CLI Tool (, ) by Saeed Habishan. "The Wikibase-CLI enables command-based interaction with Wikidata using shell scripts and JavaScript. The tool runs on NodeJS and enables automatic reading and editing of Wikidata."


'''Tool of the week'''
==Removing <nowiki>{{Film tv US}}</nowiki>==
* - is a tool designed for gene over-representation analysis. It integrates data from Wikidata, Misplaced Pages, Gene Ontology, and PanglaoDB to help researchers identify significantly enriched gene sets in their data.


'''Newest ] and ] to review'''
Could you give a reason on why you are removing this template from articles? As the creator of template, I thought it was decent television counterpart to <nowiki>{{Film US}}</nowiki>. If you have a problem with the template existing take up in ]. You removing it from articles will not stop it from existing. '''<font color="#0000FF">]</font><font color="#00BFFF">]</font>''' 00:29, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
<!-- NEW PROPERTIES DO NOT REMOVE -->
* Newest General datatypes:
**] (<nowiki>the sum a organisations receives from bequests/legacies in a timeframe</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>taxon item of which this common name refers</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>taxon item of which the taxon name is an exact homonym</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>use as qualifier to indicate how the object's role was named in the credits of its respective work</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>subject is a meeting or session of this organization</nowiki>)
* Newest External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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**] (<nowiki>country specific tax status of organisations like non-profits</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>taxon item of which this item is the taxonomic type</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>Propriety of World heritage site : the Type (Cultural, Natural, Mixed)</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>DVD release is restricted to region code</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>Number of shading units in a graphics card.</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>identifier of elements of the National archaeological register of Moldova</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>works of art performed, displayed or presented at a given event</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki></nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>Maximum beam energy of a particle accelerator</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>Crime or other misdeed a person has been accused of, but ''not proven or convicted''</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>Amount of money donated to a person or organization</nowiki>)
* New External identifier property proposals to review: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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==]==


'''Did you know?'''
Hey, Rich, I'm back. Hope you're well. How does one remove the before the first external link...Thanks! --] (]) 00:54, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
* Query examples:
:Just take the description (which will become clickable) into the . As long as there is a space between the url and the description it will work. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>10:09, 16 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
**
** ()
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* Newest ]: ] - aims to be a central hub for the curation of any and all items (biographical, cultural, geographical, organisational, etc...) relating to ]
* WikiProject Highlights:
** ] - creation of Items for motifs described in Thompson's motif index completed
** ] - concerns itself with improving data from nonprofit organizations in Austria
* Newest ]: ]
* ]: ] - late 14th-century quadrangular castle in East Yorkshire, England, UK
* ]: ] - in Punjabi (pa) and "لیٹݨ" in Punjabi Shahmukhi (pnb) transliterate to "Leṭaṇ," which means "to lie down" or "to rest" in English.


'''Development'''
==Stable version template==
* Most of the development team staff are still taking a break, so no development happened.


]. If you want to help, you can also have a look at .
I just wanted to let you know that I tweaked the ] template a little; I made it collapsible, and added a link to the template documentation.


'''Weekly Tasks'''
Thanks, <font color="009900"><b>Falconus</b></font><sup>] ] ]</sup> 14:43, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
* Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed ].
:Ah, sounds good. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>14:58, 16 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
* Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme ].
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<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">'''· ]''' · ] · ] · ] ] · ] (]) 15:11, 30 December 2024 (UTC) ·
I created that discussion today in TIL. Currently, it's 3 on the TIL page. Go tell everybody in the discussion you're the most BA MFer on Misplaced Pages :)

:Thanks. I love rhodium, so crunchy. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>20:55, 16 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
::The Redditors forgot SmackBot though.. {{Smiley}}
:::'''Take a look''' . —]❤]☮]☺]☯ 23:09, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

::::I guess in a month I get bufonite... '']&nbsp;]'', <small>23:25, 16 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br /> 23:25, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

==AFD/PROD notices==

Hi Rich. Awhile back you got either an AFD or PROD notification, and it was during one of the ] project's experiments. If you could go ] and leave us some feedback about what you think about the new versions of the templates we tested, that would be very useful. We're specifically looking for info about whether the messages were more effective at communicating how people should participate in deletion processes as the author of the article. (You can also email me at swalling{{@}}wikimedia.org if you want.) Thanks! <font style="font-family:Palatino, Georgia, serif;">]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;]</font> 00:28, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

:Thanks again for the comments Rich, it's uber helpful. If you want, I can keep you updated on any new developments... <font style="font-family:Palatino, Georgia, serif;">]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;]</font> 18:59, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

==]==

Terrible restore. You should know better. You do know better. --] (]) 01:53, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
:What's the point in hiding history? '']&nbsp;]'', <small>02:03, 17 February 2012 (UTC).</small>
:: What does that even mean? After over 6,000 deletions, you're now opposed to the practice?
:: And what history? {{tl|rescue}} wasn't {{tl|qif}} or some other template with technical or historical value. It was exactly what you'd expect it to have been, with just as many edits. --] (]) 03:02, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
::: Well I have always been opposed to hiding history, except where there are legal, moral or ethical concerns. The point is that I merely restored historical versions under the new text. I also corrected the new code so that it functioned properly. Both unexceptional actions.
:::
::: I'm not sure why people are so angry about this, it in no way represents a victory, phyrric or otherwise for ARS. As far as I know the three people involved, Ironholds, Tothwolf and myself have never vouchsafed an opinion on ARS vs deletionists. I believe Ironholds was the closing admin?
:::
::: As I remarked this is simply a piece of functionality the MediaWiki software should support, and anyone can utilise it, I would encourage them to do so, if they find it useful, until and unless it becomes native.
::: '']&nbsp;]'', <small>12:29, 17 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
:::: {{tl|rescue}} is a political tool. That's why your restoration was more than just a restoration.
:::: Re-reading some of my comments here, they sound a bit harsher than I intended. I'm mostly just annoyed to see the template alive again (and back at ]). :-) --] (]) 16:53, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
::::: No worries. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>16:54, 17 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==Ref web==

Is {{tl|Ref web}} going anywhere? ---'''''—&nbsp;]<span style="color:darkblue">&nbsp;'''''</span><sup>]</sup> 17:15, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
:Hmm.. something I really should get back to. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>22:01, 18 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==TMZ...==

...has often proven to be at least as or more reliable than the so-called "reliable" sources. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 21:38, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
:I'm sure. Mostly they are cited for stuff we really don't want to get wrong (and possibly shouldn't be including anyway) like divorce settlements and stalking court orders. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>21:57, 18 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
::The ''encyclopedic'' value of their content is a whole separate issue from their ''reliability''. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 22:29, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
:::''J'agree'' '']&nbsp;]'', <small>22:37, 18 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==Missing dates of birth==

Could your bot add ] or ] to articles where the infobox's {{Para|birth_date}} only has a year, and the article is not in ], please?

It could also add the relevant "YYYY births" category, at the same time. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); ]; ]</span> 11:25, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

==Personal view==
The current build of the bot is placing templates on articles to say they have one source - obvious and no inline citations - obvious. It could be said that the bot goads people into action - but I jyst find it a bit depressing to think of those BLPs that we added a ref to, to now have these templates. IMO ] (]) 12:01, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
:... er... no it's not? '']&nbsp;]'', <small>12:49, 19 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==You're a programmer?==

Rich Farmbrough, I dropped by your page the other day on a completly different matter. I noticed that you're a programmer. I assume you work with the wikidatabase. I'm looking for two things:
#a list of all 9000+ items contained within ]
#a report listing articles (from the above category) that is missing ] (for music groups only).

Maybe you can point me in the right direction if you can't help? Thanks very much. ] (]) 15:08, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
:Download ], use the list comparer (tools on the menu bar) to create the list of members of both categories. Hit compare.. well yoll have to futz a bit to get non-groups out of the list. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>16:06, 19 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

:omg! The AWB is more than a simple edit tool? Thank-you very much. I'll look into signing up for it. How about item #1? I use my list of these articles to look for the intersect/nonintersect of other categories. Most recently, I took the articles from ], removed the albums, and compared it to my list. There are many, many album articles not linked to any project other than WP:Albums. ] (]) 17:12, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
::] is a list. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>22:09, 19 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
:::Thanks Rich Farmbrough I've signed up for access. It's something I've always meant to check out, but never got around to. It sounds like a great tool that will do a lot of what I'm looking for. For the other request that I pressed of you, please don't spend any more time on it. Unless you're done, I'll see what the AWB does first. I'm sure there must be a request a feature section in AWB. Thanks again ] (]) 00:54, 20 February 2012 (UTC).
I was looking for a .csv or tab delimited dump of all items in ] not recent changes: I've done most of them! In fact, I need the sandbox dump to be able to run live anytime I choose. I'm sure you know the "articles" in the cat name refers to all main namespace class articles. That's what I want all 9,076 of them as at 20 February 2012.
::Yes the cat name is misleading, it contains (the talk pages of) more than just articles. There's currently 8191 articles ]. What we need really is an ontological assessment of articles. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>11:11, 20 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

:::There are 9,081 items here ]. You've removed all the non-article classes (and the "talk"). The problem is that I'm now unwilling to manually compile my database of Canadian music items by copying each page grouping 200 items (from the above cat). I always knew it was somewhat silly to do it that way but also knew that I would seek help. In the last month the project went from ~7k to 9k (mostly of music album articles). The project will baloon again after I add the song articles. Can you tweak your page to include all classes and have it point to the talk page? Thanks ] (]) 07:10, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Please ignore the above request. I can get it myself with AWB! I'm already woking on a 600+ list of music group biographies without a year of establishment. I posted my question at the AWB help: it was answered pdq! I figured I have bothered you enough. You gave me that one final push to sign up for AWB (which I'm diggin'). Thanks again. ] (]) 10:57, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
:Excellent. Tools make people more productive! '']&nbsp;]'', <small>12:53, 24 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

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I know that you mentioned you added a different wording to {{tl|cleanup}} in the last deletion debate and it was was "sadly reverted". Could you tell me which one?] (]) 06:29, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
: one. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>13:44, 21 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==] article==
Hello Rich,
I saw you added some tags that says the language of the article is like a magazine article.
I changed it a bit and removed the tag. I hope it worked out. If you want, you can check and see and give an idea in tha talk page of the article or to me.<b><big><font face="monotype corsiva" color="black"><i>rinduzahid</i></font></big></b><sup>(])</sup> 17:07, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
:Good stuff, I don't think I the tags though. {{Smiley}} '']&nbsp;]'', <small>18:29, 23 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==Rand, Paul listed at ]==
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:{{Done}} '']&nbsp;]'', <small>19:39, 23 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

==Foxconn redux==
Hi Rich. ] is still dicey after semi-protection expired. ] got back in there. Best. --- (Bob) ] (]) 00:43, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
:I re-jigged the section a little, since that sentence was a mess, and consolidated the facts into one detailed sentence. Shame there aren't better sources. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>03:49, 26 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />
::Thanks, Rich. It seems better off with your clear edits. Bests. --- (Bob) ] (]) 05:38, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
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==Celebrity Rehab==
Hi. Regarding your having removed the TMZ citation from the article, and replaced the statement that Michaele Salahi lacked an addition with the somewhat more euphemistic statement that she "did not meet the criteria", I took a closer look at from which that latter, amended statement came from, and it also supports the statement that she lacked an addiction. It did indeed relate the statement from the network source that she did not meet the production's criteria, but only because it described what those criteria were beforehand:

<blockquote>The treatment program that 'Celebrity Rehab' documents is intended for individuals with serious substance abuse and addiction issues. Prior to the taping of the current season, producers were advised that Michaele Salahi met the criteria to be treated in this setting," VH1 said in a statement Tuesday. "However, professional assessments spanning from that time to the present, found that she did not meet such criteria.</blockquote>

Thus, there was no reason to remove that original point. Thanks. ] (]) 02:53, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
:Make the changes you think appropriate. I will just point out that the press release is either carefully worded or sloppily worded. It says "met the criteria to be treated in this setting" - this leaves open the possibility that either she had "serious substance abuse and addiction issues" but not ones that could be "treated in this setting" of that she had "substance abuse and addiction issues" of a less "serious" nature - as well as the possibility that she had no such issues. '']&nbsp;]'', <small>03:02, 27 February 2012 (UTC).</small><br />

== Can you stop with the cosmetic changes please? ==

Can you stop with the cosmetic changes please? I find it annoying to have worse-than-pointless edits like constantly coming up on my watchlist. ] 03:14, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

== DRV notice ==

You participated in the discussion at ], which occured following the closure of ]. Be advised that I have opened ].--] <small>(]/]/]/]/]) </small> 05:32, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

== Crappy DNB articles ==

You are still creating crappy DNB articles by script, instead of manually. The problematic character of these creations has been discussed before, but for some reason you still use the same script to create these (but then again, even after you had been blocked for these, you wanted to create them by bot, so it seems obvious that you don't see any major flaws in this script...). The rules you use for adding bluelinks are pretty useless, e.g. ] links to sentences, the name of the subject, disambiguation pages (including "Thomas"), ... Note that your link in the Cite DNB template doesn't work (due to the "?"). Other articles lack all categories (also an old problem), copy the poor transcriptions from Wikisource without any improvements (e.g. ] "He died 19 February 1780-31"), and have poor layout (see e.g. ], which obviously had not any human oversight after it was script-created, as evidenced by the first lines' italicization, and the link to ], which in reality is about Baxter and Bedford, not one person or entity).

Another old problem is your creation of articles from the DNB, for which already an article existed. E.g. ] already existed as ], and ] as ]. ] (]) 13:27, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

== Unwanted DNB redirects ==
Even if you can manage to create decent articles from the DNB, we do not need "&hellip; (DNB00)" redirects. Please stop creating them. &mdash; ] (] '''·''' ]) 13:32, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #659

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  • Ongoing: Wikidata Cleanup 2024 - Romaine continues his initiative, "Wikidata Cleanup," to coordinate community efforts in addressing the problem of items missing basic properties during the last ten days of 2024, when many users have extra time due to holidays. The aim is to improve data quality by focusing on ensuring all items have essential properties like "instance of" (P31) or "subclass of" (P279), adding relevant country and location data, and maintaining consistency within item series.
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  • Want a wrap of your Wikidata activities in 2024? Wiki Year In Review has it for you! (use www.wikidata.org for the project URL)

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • Wikibase/Suite-Contributing-Guide: Wikibase Suite's contributing guide has been published. This guide aims to help anyone who wants to contribute and make sure they are equipped with all the relevant information to do so.

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Weekly Summary #660

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Welcome to 2023’s Final Weekly Summary!

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the newsletter this year! 🎉 Each of your contributions, whether big or small, has made a difference and has helped us create a vibrant and informative resource for the Wikidata community. 🙏 Let's continue building and sharing knowledge together in the coming year! 🙌✨

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  • Open request for oversight: Ameisenigel (RfP scheduled to end at 6 January 2025 21:52 UTC)

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

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    • Library Data in Wikimedia Projects: Case Study from the Czech Republic by Jansová, L., Maixnerová, L., & Š´tastná, P. (2024). "The paper outlines the collaboration between the National Library of the Czech Republic and Wikimedia since 2006, focusing on linking authority records with Misplaced Pages articles and training librarians and users. By 2023, the National Library provided most of its databases under a CC0 license, launched a "Wikimedians in Residence" program, and collaborated on projects involving linked data and using authority records in Wikidata. This partnership has enhanced their cooperation for mutual benefit, identifying key factors for their successful long-term collaboration."
    • How have you modelled my gender? Reconstructing the history of gender representation in Wikidata by Melis, B., Fioravanti, M., Paolini, C., & Metilli, D. (2024). "The paper traces the evolution of gender representation in Wikidata, showing how the community has moved from a binary interpretation of gender to a more inclusive model for trans and non-binary identities. The Wikidata Gender Diversity project (WiGeDi) timeline highlights the significant changes influenced by external historical events and the community's increased understanding of gender complexity."
  • Videos: Arabic Wikidata Days 2024 - Data Science Course - First Practical Session: Wikibase-CLI Tool (part 1, part 2) by Saeed Habishan. "The Wikibase-CLI enables command-based interaction with Wikidata using shell scripts and JavaScript. The tool runs on NodeJS and enables automatic reading and editing of Wikidata."

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  • WikiORA - is a tool designed for gene over-representation analysis. It integrates data from Wikidata, Misplaced Pages, Gene Ontology, and PanglaoDB to help researchers identify significantly enriched gene sets in their data.

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