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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020).

Administrator changes

added Eddie891
removed AngelaJcw69Just ChillingPhilg88Viajero

CheckUser changes

readded SQL

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, the minimum length for site ban discussions was increased to 72 hours, up from 24.
  • A request for comment is ongoing to determine whether paid editors must or should use the articles for creation process.
  • A request for comment is open to resolve inconsistencies between the draftification and alternative to deletion processes.

Arbitration


Sahagin page

Is it ok if you copy-paste the original text of the Sahagin page here? I want to reuse it for a wiki project I'm working on at finalfantasywiki.com. 2005-Fan (talk) 18:30, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

@2005-Fan: I can't do that because there are way too many revisions, and it would violate our terms of use; you must attribute any reuse of the text in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons license. Since it was an uncontroversial deletion, I've restored it. In the future, I'll be unwilling to restore pages or provide their text so you can use them elsewhere. I don't consider those to be reasonable requests. I'm an administrator here. The point is to improve pages here. I'll be watching this one to see what you do with it. Katietalk 19:01, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

2020 CUOS appointments

Hi Katie. I'm not going to get hung up about this, but was my edit really a mess? When reading the requirements for the role, should the prerequisite of being an admin come first? It makes all the other requirements redudant up to that step. Thanks. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 11:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: Maybe so, but that's the text we all agreed to, so that's the text we're gonna go with. I'll make the copyedit for next year's round. Fair enough? Katietalk 14:06, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Super. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 15:12, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 40

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 40, July – August 2020

  • New partnerships
    • Al Manhal
    • Ancestry
    • RILM
  • #1Lib1Ref May 2020 report
  • AfLIA hires a Wikipedian-in-Residence

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This Month in GLAM: August 2020





Headlines
  • Albania report: Wikivoyage edit-a-thon - Editing Albania and Kosovo’s travel destinations
  • Brazil report: Open innovation and dissemination activities: wrapping up great achievements on a major GLAM in Brazil
  • Czech Republic report: First Prague Wiki Editathon held in Prague
  • Estonia report: Virtual exhibition about Polish-Estonian relations. Rephotography and cultural heritage
  • Germany report: KulTour in Swabia and 8000 documents new online
  • India report: Utilising Occasion for Content donation: A story
  • Netherlands report: WMIN & WMNL collaboration & Japanese propaganda films
  • Serbia report: Enriching Wiki projects in different ways
  • Sweden report: Free music and new recordings of songs in the public domain; Autumn in the libraries; Yes, you can hack the heritage this year – online!
  • Uganda report: Participating in the African Librarians Week (24-30 May 2020)
  • UK report: Spanish metal and ...
  • USA report: Wiknic & Black Artists Matter & Respect Her Crank
  • WMF GLAM report: Wikipedia Library, new WikiCite grant programs, and GLAM office hours
  • Calendar: September's GLAM events
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

October editathons from Women in Red

Women in Red | October 2020, Volume 6, Issue 10, Numbers 150, 173, 178, 179


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Administrators' newsletter – September 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2020).

Administrator changes

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readded Jackmcbarn
removed Ad OrientemHarejLidLomnMentoz86Oliver PereiraXJaM
renamed There'sNoTimeTheresNoTime

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Safehaven86

Hi Katie, I hope you're doing well. This is a bit of the blast from the past, but do you happen to know who Safehaven86's sockmaster or other socks were? I see you CU-blocked them a few years ago, I had an editor privately express concern that a currently-active editor might be them, just trying to gather all the information I can before deciding whether to open an SPI. GeneralNotability (talk) 13:46, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

@GeneralNotability: Wow, that is a blast from the past. That was a request for a look from the scrutineers during ACE2016. I can't remember who came first, but the other account that voted along with Safehaven86 is Champaign Supernova. Pretty sure those were the only two in that group. I can't give you anything else because it's obvs all way stale and afaik we didn't detect anything more from them, nor did we get any appeal that I'm aware of. Katietalk 14:00, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: September 2020





Headlines
  • Brazil report: Wikidata birthday celebrations, Wiki Loves Monuments, new partnerships and more!
  • Colombia report: GLAM and virtual education
  • France report: AAF training course; Workshops in Strasbourg; European Heritage Days: Rennes; Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Germany report: Ahoy! Wikipedians set sail to document the reality of modern seafaring
  • Indonesia report: New GLAM partnerships on data donation; Commons structured data edit-a-thon
  • Norway report: Students taking on GLAM Wiki women in red
  • Sweden report: Musikverket: more folk music and photos; Hack for Heritage 2020; Wiki Loves Monuments; Wikipedia in the libraries; Digital Book Fair on Wikipedia
  • UK report: National Lottery; Khalili Collections
  • USA report: Virtual events MetFashion, 19SuffrageStories, WikiCari Festival and more
  • Open Access report: New publication about access to digitised cultural heritage
  • WMF GLAM report: Launching Wikisource Pagelist Widget
  • Calendar: ctober's GLAM events
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November edit-a-thons from Women in Red

Women in Red | November 2020, Volume 6, Issue 11, Numbers 150, 173, 178, 180, 181


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Administrators' newsletter – November 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2020).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


Arbitration Election

Hi! I noticed you've been elected to the Arbitration committee a few times, and I'm looking to vote in the 2020 election. I voted in the real life election too. I have 207 mainspace edits and joined almost a year ago (December 21, 2019). Is there a link to the voting for when voting opens up? Dswitz10734 (talk) 16:50, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

@Dswitz10734: You can find information about the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, including dates and eligibility requirements for voters and candidates, at WP:ACE2020. Good for you for voting in the actual 2020 elections. :-) Katietalk 20:18, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

No

I am not vandalizing. He is not notable and he does not pass WP:MUSICBIO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GrinningReaper (talkcontribs) 00:37, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

We'll let another admin decide about deletion, but yes, he passes the GNG. Katietalk 04:46, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Huggle!
If you have any questions or doubt, then kindly refer to Huggle's manual. If your query is still unanswered, please feel free to ask Petr Bana, or me or this user (wouldnt make much of a difference though). Here at wikipedia, we love to help newbies. If you have any question, or doubt regarding enwiki, please feel free to ask me. Regards, —usernamekiran (talk) 04:00, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

A very good choice of software (I may be biased)! From myself also, welcome aboard. :) Patient Zerotalk 12:34, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
Y'all, I just updated the app for Big Sur after not using it for an age, and I had to make a new bot password, so it thinks I'm new. I'm not new. But thanks anyway. :-) Katietalk 14:43, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Katie,

I am attempting to make edits to Marc Morial's page. All of the edits I made were undone and I learned that I shouldn't just edit but request edits on the talk page. I would like to go about doing this the correct way. I put an edit in on his talk page with a request to edit. I would just like to know if I did it correctly before doing any more. May you please advise me about this?

I've also read that COI editing is frowned upon. I have updated my user page to disclose that I am a paid editor by the National Urban League (Marc Morial is the president). I would like to do this in the most legal and acceptable way possible.

My main goal is to update his page with info and events that have happened since the page was last updated years ago. I appreciate any help you can give for this. I have plenty of sources and am not looking to cover up any controversies or opinions. Just strictly post what is fact and sourceable about him.

Thank you very much. Nicolehardesty (talk) 18:40, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

@Nicolehardesty: This is an encyclopedia, not a promo vehicle to describe his 'creativity' and how many commencement speeches he's made. If that's the kind of thing you want to add back, it will be declined. Either you get that this is a reference work or you don't. Sorry if that's too blunt, but in my experience, paid editors want glossy PR pieces and don't want to let their subjects stand simply on the basis of what they've done without flowery prose and embellishment. Katietalk 18:21, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

@KrakatoaKatie: No not too blunt. That is actually very helpful! I didn't realize how much PR lingo I put in there. I would definitely like to get this done the correct and in an acceptable way. Thank you for that feedback, I will begin to look at edits from that view. I do have a question, I see how to request edits to change existing things in the article. Is there a way to go about submitting new information all together or new sections? Thank you for your help! Nicolehardesty (talk) 18:33, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

@Nicolehardesty: Glad that's helpful. The advice that Seagull123 gave you is on point – say things like 'add (this sentence) after (that sentence)', or 'change (this word or sentence) to (that word or sentence)'. Be very specific and make your proposals one by one. And be patient, because the requested edits queue is quite long. Katietalk 19:47, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

@Nicolehardesty: thank you! Nicolehardesty (talk) 20:16, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: October 2020





Headlines
  • AfLIA Wikipedia in African Libraries report: Wikipedia in African Libraries Project
  • Brazil report: Abre-te Código hackathon, Wikidata related events and news from our partners
  • Finland report: Postponed Hack4FI GLAM hackathon turned into an online global Hack4OpenGLAM
  • France report: Partnership with BNU Strasbourg
  • Germany report: Coding da Vinci cultural data hackathon heads to Lower Saxony
  • India report: Mapping GLAM in Maharashtra, India
  • Indonesia report: Bulan Sejarah Indonesia 2.0; Structured data edit-a-thon; Proofreading mini contest
  • Netherlands report: National History Month: East to West, Dutch libraries and Wikipedia
  • New Zealand report: West Coast Wikipedian at Large
  • Norway report: The Sámi Languages on wiki
  • Serbia report: Many activities are in our way
  • Sweden report: Librarians learn about Wikidata; More Swedish literature on Wikidata; Online Edit-a-thon Dalarna; Applications to the Swedish Innovation Agency; Kulturhistoria som gymnasiearbete; Librarians and Projekt HBTQI; GLAM Statistical Tool
  • UK report: Enamels of the World
  • USA report: American Archive of Public Broadcasting; Smithsonian Women in Finance Edit-a-thon; Black Lunch Table; San Diego/October 2020; WikiWednesday Salon
  • Calendar: November's GLAM events
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Belt sander award

The Belt Sander Barnstar (barnstar has been reduced to sawdust)
Thank you for your service on ArbCom. Jehochman Talk 17:25, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
  • @Jehochman: Thanks very much. Belt sanders are tools of the devil. They look innocent enough, but nooooo. You want to smooth out just a little portion of that board and you turn the thing on and next thing you know you've got a ditch the size of the Grand Canyon in your nice piece of oak and the momentum of the thing has dragged you off into eastern New Mexico. (I've heard of that happening. It hasn't happened to me. Nope. Not at all.) Katietalk 18:09, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 41

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Books & Bytes
Issue 41, September – October 2020

  • New partnership: Taxmann
  • WikiCite
  • 1Lib1Ref 2021

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Precious anniversary

Precious
Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

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WP:RFPP: Unprotection request of Windows 2000

Hi KrakatoaKatie, if I see correctly, you have set the move protection of Windows 2000. A user has requested unprotection at WP:RFPP. Your opinion would be welcome. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:43, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

December with Women in Red

Women in Red | December 2020, Volume 6, Issue 12, Numbers 150, 173, 178, 182, 183


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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:42, 26 November 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Hi! I recently found a page User:Charlesdickenslondon, that appears to be an advertisement. According to the Contributions page, the latest action was in March 2015 and the three contributions were solely to the user page. I know you're a CheckUser and an Admin, and thought you might be able to do something about the page. Thank you and happy holidays! Dswitz10734 (talk) 22:48, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Zapped it. Nothing else to be done. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:58, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2020).

Administrator changes

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RfC - scope and title for the American Revolutionary War article

I am forwarding this RfC notice to you, along with the ongoing Discussion Summary Chart because you are listed as a Military Project member interested in the American military. The RfC and discussion is found at Talk:American Revolutionary War. Please feel free to delete this notice if it does not fit your current interests. - TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 00:41, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

American Revolutionary War, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RFC for value. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 23:23, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Which title best defines the scope for the American Revolutionary War?
discussion summarized by TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 09:13, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
A. "American Revolutionary War” B. "War of the American Revolution"
continuity - used at this WP article and sister articles for 19 years
- scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America
- participants British & US Congress with respective allies, auxiliaries & combatants
- war aims
-- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system
-- US: independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure
- results - US independence & republic; Britain the biggest US trade partner & finances US expanding business & Treasury
- reliable scholarly reference Britannica for the general reader
- prominent adherents - all 15 history Pulitzer winner scholars on the topic
modern update - uses 'vast majority of sources' found in a browser search
- scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America, spread to Anglo-Bourbon (Fr.&Sp.) War-across worldwide empires, Fourth Anglo-Dutch War-North Atlantic, Second Mysore War-Indian subcontinent & Ocean
- participants British & US Congress, France, Spain, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of Mysore
- war aims
-- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system
-- US independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure
-- Bourbons: Gibraltar, Jamaica, Majorca, expand Gambia trade, expand India trade
-- Dutch - free trade with North America & Caribbean
-- Mysore wider east-Indian sub-continent sphere of influenced
results - Second British Empire, Spanish Majorca, French Gambia, further decline of Dutch Republic
- reliable scholarly reference [world military dictionary] for the military specialist
- prominent adherents - Michael Clodfelter, more to follow

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open

G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: November 2020





Headlines
  • AfLIA Wikipedia in African Libraries report: Launch of Wikipedia in African Libraries Project Pilot Cohort
  • Brazil report: Accessibility through audio descriptions, GLAM tutorials, WikidataCon 2021 and more updates on Brazilian GLAMs
  • Canada report: Taking a tour of CAPACOA workshops and some recent example sets from commons
  • Germany report: German symphony orchestra releases audio samples under free license
  • India report: Re-licensing of content on water & rivers in India
  • Indonesia report: #WikiSejarah WPWP Campaign
  • Netherlands report: Wikipedia and Education, Funding granted for two projects in 2021, KB completes collection highlights project
  • Serbia report: GLAM in Serbia makes important steps in the digitization of cultural heritage
  • Spain report: Edit-a-thons on women scientists and painters
  • Sweden report: Music, UNESCO and Wikidata
  • UK report: Hundreds of Khalili images
  • USA report: Black Lunch Table & Museum Computer Network
  • Calendar: December's GLAM events
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Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing

G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:34, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team