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19:04, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #263

The Signpost: 9 June 2017

Wikidata weekly summary #264

15:29, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Sorry about that

Sorry about the copyvio. I'm used to making major changes in my sandbox before transferring to article space, but was following a different pattern because I thought a prominent "Under construction" template might signal to an admin that things are by no means in any sort of final shape. Obviously not...

One habit of mine, when I am working in my sandbox, is to transfer reference material to the page that I am working on to guide my in my writing, because it is very annoying flipping back and forth on a tiny laptop. By the time I finish my work, there is rarely any copyvio problem because I regularly check with Earwig's Copyvio Detector.

Anyhow, it won't happen again. Cheers and keep up the good work! Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 00:20, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

@Stigmatella aurantiaca: I'm glad to hear it won't happen again. However, even just saving copyvio (copied materials) in a sandbox or in an "under construction draft" is against Wikipedias policies, since it will the be saved to Wikipedia's servers, against copyright laws and policies, even if it is later overwritten in a newer version. (tJosve05a (c) 00:47, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
Oh, dear. That makes my work a lot harder. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 00:57, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Question?

I wondered why you added tags to the editnotice I had created. The tags would be better off in the article itself. BTW, it is certainly not an orphan with almost 200 links! In fact it looks like I make some sort of mistake and did not create the editnotice correctly because it does not appear when editing the article. Do you know how to fix it? Thanks. ww2censor (talk) 09:45, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

@Ww2censor: I believe you need to move it to Template:Editnotices/Page/List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland (using admin account or template editor account), per Wikipedia:Editnotice § Creating editnotice. (tJosve05a (c) 10:18, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #265

15:44, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Next Signpost "In the media"

Hello!

I'm dipping my toe in helping out with the Signpost and decided copy-editing was a safe bet. Mistake! Where does one draw the line between copy and content-edit? I learned it's quite different from WP editing because this has a name attached to it, so there's this responsibility not to make changes that will cause misrepresentation of someone else's work. Eep.

Anyway, in the end I just went full-hog in my own userspace. Feel free to take or leave anything from User:Altercari/In the media. I caught a couple of typos, but a lot of it is more about wording and content. No worries if it's not of any use.

Great stuff by the way! —A L T E R C A R I   12:11, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

{{Ping|Altercari Thank you for your sugestions! I've gone a head and used all of them, and welcome you to edit directly in the article if you want to.It is true that it as an official name as the writer, but if the copyedits someone makes doe snot sit well with the original writer, they are free to revert. Be bold :) (tJosve05a (c) 04:29, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Request for reviewing a draft: Anita Yadav

Hey Josve05a! Hope your good ! I would like to make a request to review my draft (i.e. draft:Anita Yadav) to publish it on encyclopaedia as soon as possible. I'll be glad if you could help me out with the same. Thankyou :)

Frany90 (talk) 21:35, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 June 2017

Wikidata weekly summary #266

15:38, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 July newsletter

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)