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			== Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup! ==
			Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found ''']'''. If you have not yet signed up, you can ''']''' and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the ]. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User4|Epicgenius}}, and {{User4|Frostly}}. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from ].</small> ] (]) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
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			== WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 25 ==
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	- don't disrupt to make a point. It's not big, it's not clever. ]&nbsp;] 20:44, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
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			And so ends the fourth edition of the ], as well as the 2023 Tree of Life Contest as a whole. This month saw {{noping|simongraham}} win with a very impressive 120 points from 27 articles. {{noping|Quetzal1964}} was second with 74 points from 37 articles. The annual contest was a close race between simongraham and Quetzal1964; simongraham won first place with 256 points from 64 articles, and Quetzal1964 was second with 250 points from 146 articles. {{noping|Snoteleks}} was third with 79 points from 33 articles. Congratulations to everyone who won this year and my gratitude to everyone else who helped raise the quality of articles in our little corner of Misplaced Pages this year. Additionally, a very Happy New Year to everyone in the project and here's looking forward to continuing our good work in 2024!
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	I find the image offensive. Normally I don't impose my views on others, but given your need to protect the project from offensive content like "Katrina Relief" I figured that you wouldn't want to be a hypocrite. Obviously I was wrong - you only want to keep what offends ''you'' off the project. ] 02:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
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			* ... that a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the ''']'''? (December 2)
			* ... that female ''']''' often abandon their families as soon as the chicks hatch? (December 4)
			* ... that ''''']''''' can form ] of more than 1000 members at a time? (December 5)
			* ... that the gecko ''''']''''' eats ] fruits and disperses the plant's seeds in its feces? (December 5)
			* ... that ''']''' quacked at ]? (December 5)
			* ... that the green colour of ''']''' ''(examples pictured)'' stands out in the yellow surrounding landscape? (December 6)
			* ... that ''''']''''' can remove toxic heavy metals from the environment? (December 8)
			* ... that ''''']''''' ''(example pictured)'', the Varroa mite, is an external parasitic ] that attacks and feeds on ] and is one of the most harmful honey-bee pests in the world? (December 11)
			* ... that young ''']''' are actually yellow-billed? (December 16)
			* ... that ''']''' smells like goat? (December 20)
			* ... that ''']''' are guarded by ]? (December 21)
			* ... that the Antarctic lichen ''''']''''' has been to outer space? (December 22)
			* ... that the closest modern fern relatives to ''''']''''' ''(fossil pictured)'' of the Pacific Northwest are tropical species from South America? (December 24)
			* ... that in Icelandic folklore, the ''']''' eats people who do not receive new clothing for Christmas? (December 25)
			* ... that the ''']'''<nowiki/>'s native habitat is limited to ]? (December 28)
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	Neo-nazis and their apologists piss me off. If you want to sanitise Hitler through cutesy captions, use your own web site. Don't use Misplaced Pages to promote your pro-Nazi humour. ] 06:14, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
	:::For clarity, did you just call me a Neo-Nazi, or a Nazi apologist? ]&nbsp;] 06:52, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
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	::::I don't know what you are. But you ''are'' acting as a Nazi apologist by sanitising Hitler's image. ] 06:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
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	:::Also, where did I say a link to Katrina relief was offensive? ]&nbsp;] 06:56, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
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	::::There's '''no way''' you could have forgotten your harassment of deeceevoice ''that'' quickly. What utter garbage. ] 07:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
			] from the past month (December 2023).
	:::::The offensive part was where Deeceevoice labelled Misplaced Pages editors as racists. Get your facts straight. I didn't - at any point - state or imply the links to Katrina relief, or Sudan relief, or any of the other links, were "offensive". ]&nbsp;] 08:34, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
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	As someone uninvolved, can I say that all this is unpleasant to watch, and doesn't look to be doing either of you any good or making you happier. How about quietly forgetting the whole thing? ] 08:41, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
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			] '''Administrator changes'''
	:Agree that this emphasises that it's appropriate to allow users fairly wide latitude in what they put on their user page, and the importance of avoiding substantially editing another's user page without their permission, as set out in ]. By the way, an implication about the links to Katrina relief, or Sudan relief etc. might have been understood from the summary ''(Removing soapboxing and offensive content, external links, etc)''. Perhaps just unfortunate phrasing. .. ], ] 10:39, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
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	Refactored. BTW, I like all the cat pics. I lost two cats this year, one in the spring, one a few weeks ago, both just vanished into thin air. I think I will come here to meditate on occasion. - ] 19:45, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
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	Please see ]. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>(]&nbsp;·&nbsp;])</small> 13:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
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	:You serious? ''One'' editor keeps reverting to a version which, by his own rationale, violates NPOV. ] 20:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
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	::Regardless whether it's one editor or 500, consensus means "you make an edit and it sticks". In this case, it was clear that the edit was not sticking, but it kept being reverted anyway. That's edit warring. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>(]&nbsp;·&nbsp;])</small> 20:58, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
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	:::Nope. That's unanimity. Misplaced Pages isn't governed by unanimity. ] 02:18, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
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			] '''Arbitration'''
	::::You should read ] inside ]. Moreover, the issue of consensus is not so important. Even if your edits represent consensus, except in cases of obvious vandalism there is no exception to the 3RR or edit warring policy to restore consensus versions of articles. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>(]&nbsp;·&nbsp;])</small> 02:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
			* Following the ], the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{Noping|Aoidh}}, {{Noping|Cabayi}}, {{Noping|Firefly}}, {{Noping|HJ Mitchell}}, {{Noping|Maxim}}, {{Noping|Sdrqaz}}, {{Noping|ToBeFree}}, {{Noping|Z1720}}.
			* Following a ], the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were ].
			* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed.
			] '''Miscellaneous'''
	:::::Carl, you really need to figure out the difference between "policy", "guideline" and "crap I just made up". There's an ''obvious'' exception to the 3RR - the fact that if one editor is reverting against consensus, s/he runs out of reverts long before everyone else. ] is a guideline. Your 0RR isn't even that.
			* The ] is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the ]. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. ]
	:::::To say that "this issue of consensus isn't important" is ridiculous. We are here to write an encyclopaedia, not to create a new bureaucracy. Articles don't exist to allow everyone to get their say. We revert vandalism all the time, we also revert stuff like John's insertions ''all the time''. There's nothing at all that says that we need to tolerate tendentious editors. Articles aren't free speech zones. Your attempts to preserve them as that run counter to everything Misplaced Pages stands for. ] 13:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
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	::::::I agree we do not need to tolerate tenditious editors. But there are ways to handle them without edit warring, such as an RFC or mediation. Did you see this comment on WP:AN? It is very common for both sides of an edit war to sincerely believe they are improving the encyclopedia. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>(]&nbsp;·&nbsp;])</small> 14:03, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
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	:::::::The last comment is both stating the obvious and begging the question, "why the Draconian measures?" You have yet to provide justification for 0RR, or 1RR or any change in policy.
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	:::::::I'm not sure what your experience with mediation has been, but in my experience it has proven to be a feel-good remedy that is functionally useless. Ditto for RfC as a means of changing behaviour -- RfC's generally result in either blocks or bans being recommended, or in simply escalating the issue to an RfAr. In other cases RfC's are simply fractious bickering the accomplishes nothing.
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	:::::::In addition, I think you missed Guettarda's point re tendentious editors, especially given that your 0RR ploy treats all editors as tendentious little pricks. BTW, have you seen ? ] 16:24, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
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			== Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December 2023 Newsletter ==
	Carl, this isn't about edit warring. This is about abuse of tools and about the fact that Misplaced Pages is a project to write an encyclopaedia, not an experiment in bureaucracy. You should not be using your admin privileges to encourage tendentious editors. Troublemakers waste everyone's time. What you are doing is compounding the problem - you are disrupting Misplaced Pages by (a) blocking a productive editor while supporting a troublemaker, (b) arguing that your obvious misuse of tools was somehow correct, and (c) raising all sorts of utterly irrelevant nonsense. Why not apologise to ON like a big boy, and try working on improving articles. You appear not to understand the policy side of Misplaced Pages, so why not focus on something that's productive?
	As for what Bluemoonlet said - I find it impossible to square what s/he had to say with what actually occurred on the page. The diff s/he pointed to was my ''fourth'' attempt ''thirty-eight hours'' to explain ''the same point'' in ever greater detail. I said the same thing 38 hours before. John repeatedly pretended not to understand what I was saying, while throwing up incoherent arguments. But this isn't about whether Bluemoonlet accurately represented the situation or not. This is about your misbehaviour, disruption, and abuse of tools. ] 17:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
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			<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This is our twenty-seventh newsletter, a sort of year-in-review for 2023.<div style="column-count:2; column-width: 400px;">
	If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "]" link (it is located at the very top of any Misplaced Pages page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any '''articles''' will be deleted after seven days, as described on ]. Thank you.<!-- Template:Orphaned --> ] 13:41, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
			Dear Wikimedians for Sustainable Development,
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	As you participated in the prior TfD, I thought you would be interested that it has been proposed for deletion once again. You can find the discussion ]. ] 02:44, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
			As we bid farewell to 2023, we reflect on a year that has been an uneven year for our user group. While the journey has been marked by some truly inspiring events, most of our efforts have been largely uncoordinated and the user group hasn't been the support it could have been. Yet, there's a glimmer of hope and a world of potential for 2024.
	==RE:Michael Williams==
	I don't have any reliable source; I'm just taking the information from ] ] 19:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
			'''Highlights of 2023:'''
	== Page Protection ==
			;Newsletters Galore: We kicked off the year with zeal, sharing updates and inspiration through four newsletters. The number of things happening in the movement is astounding, but we need to rethink the format of the newsletter going into the next year.
	Thanks for your note about page protection. ] 18:49, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
			;Growing Strong: The Wikimedians for Sustainable Development family welcomed 33 new members in 2023. Your passion and dedication continue to inspire us, and we look forward to nurturing this community spirit in the year ahead.
	==3meandEr==
			;Wikimania Talks: Our voices echoed far and wide at Wikimania, where several members of our community took the virtual stage to share insights and ideas about everything from Wikipedians-in-Residence's to open data. Your contributions showcased our commitment to sustainable development on a global scale.
	You commented on ] last week concerning a proposed 0RR/1RR regime on the article ], which is being disrupted by a SPA, ]. I've posted a request for a block or community ban on this user at ] - your comments would be appreciated. -- ] 11:19, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
			;Content Creation Magic: Throughout the year, our extended community demonstrated incredible dedication to expanding the knowledge base on Misplaced Pages. Countless hours were spent creating and curating content that aligns with our mission, contributing to a more sustainable digital ecosystem.
	== Caribbean palms and table of content ==
			;Campaigning hard: We saw a large variety of campaigns, from writing challenges to editathons. The willingness to experiment with new formats and partners, as well as learning from past efforts, shows great promise for the future.
	I admit I jumped a bit to conclusion (how much is unclear, the list is shorter than it looks, so the nonexistent articles, even if they don't represent as big a number, still are a sizeable fraction of the list...) there, though I did so accurately, apparently. Anyway, what would you say if I made a custom Table of content (something multicolumns like {{tl|List of townships in Illinois by county}})? ] 23:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
			'''Acknowledging Challenges:'''
	== LOTD proposal ==
			While we celebrate these achievements, we acknowledge that 2023 presented its fair share of challenges. A lack of global coordination reminded us that the road to sustainable development is not always linear. However, it is precisely these challenges that fuel our determination to work together more cohesively in the coming year and proof that the user group is needed.
	You have nominated a recent ]. There have been two recent proposals to begin a List of the Day feature on the main page, which have both received majorities but have not been approved as overwhelming support sufficient for the main page. ] is a new proposal to try to get the ball rolling based on the original proposal. Voice your thoughts on its talk page.--] <small>(]/]/]/]) </small> 21:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
			'''Hopeful Anticipation for 2024:'''
	== List of palms of the Caribbean request ==
			As we turn the page to 2024, let's carry forward the lessons learned and the successes celebrated. We are optimistic that, with renewed energy and a collective commitment, we will overcome obstacles and create an even more impactful and connected Wikimedians for Sustainable Development community.
	I'm a bit slow responding as I'm doing very little in WP right now. The article looks nice, but I've no experience with judging Featured articles/lists/etc. -- '''<font color="navy">]</font>''' 23:35, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
			Here's to a year of collaboration, growth, and making a lasting impact on the world through our shared passion for sustainability. Together, we can turn challenges into opportunities and pave the way for a brighter future.
	== ] ==
			Wishing you all a joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year!
	Just thought you might want to know, ] is also making a pain of himself on ] and has created a fake 'talkarchive' page at ] (using what was a redlink on the talkpage). I've templated it for speedy deletion ('vandalism' seemed the most apt description for creating a talkarchive page that doesn't contain archived material). <font face="Antiqua, serif">]<sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub></font> 04:42, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
	==]==
	After reading you message i went and searched google for the tree listed as vulnerable. Anfortunealty, i couldnot find any references mentioning ANY conservation status. Because the tree was not listed with both the ] and with palmguid.org(), i'm inclined to assume it as a least concern and i've changed the statusn on the article to reflect this.
	-thanks for spotting it] 17:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
			Warm regards,
	== Featured List of the Day Experiment ==
			], ]
			PS. We have started writing ], please add your activities to it.
	There have been a series of proposals to initiate a Featured List of the Day on the main page. Numerous proposals have been put forth. After the third one failed, I audited all ]'s in order to begin an experiment in my own user space that will hopefully get it going. Today, it commences at ]. Afterwards I created my experimental page, a new proposal was set forth to do a featured list that is strikingly similar to my own which is to do a user page experimental featured list, but no format has been confirmed and mechanism set in place. I continue to be willing to do the experiment myself and with this posting it commences. Please submit any list that you would like to have considered for list of the day in the month of January 2008 by the end of this month to ] and its subpages. You may submit multiple lists for consideration.--] <small>(]/]/]/]) </small> 17:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
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			== Books & Bytes – Issue 60 ==
	== Online Etymology Dictionary ==
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	I was just curious - on what basis do you consider this a reliable source? ] (]) 02:44, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
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	:*On the basis that it is correct! Can't ask for more than that. ] <sup>] / ]</sup> 02:50, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
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	::*No, just being "correct" isn't good enough (basis for inclusion is verifiability, not truth...). ] (]) 02:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
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	:::<s>*Fine, if you can disprove the content of the reference, you may remove it. But you won't be able to, and you appear to be trolling. Feel free place the full reference to Haeckel's 2 volume ''Generelle Morphologie der Organismen'' if you'd like, but even that doesn't include an etymological description. ] <sup>] / ]</sup> 03:12, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
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	::::*Sorry, I overreacted at what I thought was an attempt to troll my user page. Check to refs I've added to ] and let me know what you think. Kindest regards, ] <sup>] / ]</sup> 04:35, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
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	::*Ah, I see. So an appropriate citation must indicate that Haeckel coined the term, because citing ''Generelle Morphologie der Organismen'' alone doesn't necessarily prove that it was the first use of the word ''oekologie''. The question then becomes, after all of this, do you think the sentence actually requires a citation? Thanks for your help, ] <sup>] / ]</sup> 03:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
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	I know the group is syncretic, but it is listed on the ], and it struck me as reasonable that any church which is called "Baptist" on that page would qualify for inclusion in the Baptist work group. If you think that this group does not in fact belong on that List, personally, I wouldn't argue the point. So, if you want to remove it from the list, I don't think I'd even notice if the category and banner were removed as well. I can't swear that no-one will ever seek to restore them in the future, though, but I don't think I will. ] 21:35, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
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	Well it's not the first thing I deleted that was contested and I did read the discussion. Also after I delted it I checked and noticed that if you entered Mapepire Balsain in the search box you still ended up redirected to ]. The capital is not needed but if you want, then just recreate it. It's not something I'm really concerned about and I wouldn't delete it a second time. Cheers. ] ] 03:05, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
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	:When I said I wouldn't delete it a second time all I ment was that I wouldn't war over it. Anyway it's back now but I'm still a you know what. Made me laugh. Cheers. ] ] 05:13, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
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	Au contraire! In some sort of admittedly sick and twisted way, my idea of love has something to do with shared suffering, stress, and frustration! Anyway, I'll get back to you soon about the vote - thanks for calling it to my attention (I have been sort of off-wiki for a few weeks and have missed A LOT). About the link - I like anything that exposes Watson's racism and reminds people that just because you have scientific expertise in one field doesn't mean you can't be a total moron in another. I don't think i agree with the columnist's definition of heritability, though, which I understand to be the proportion of variation within a population that owes to genetic factors. As for twin studies - I agree that they are often misused. But I think that there have been more rigorous and sophisticated twin studies recently, and among real scientists - not social psychologists like Rushton but real population geneticists - there is a more sophisticsted debate about the meaning of twin studies as well as proper research design. Here is why I keep calling attention to them at the race and inteligence page: if we obey NOR and stick to the claims made by the reearchers themselves, any articlke based on twin studies would make it clear that heritability calculations ''only'' apply within a population. in other words, as soon as the choice is made to base an article on twin studies, differences among races disappears. It simply cannot be introduced (not without violating NOR). Also (as the columnist sort of implies), all good twin studies acknowledge that however high the heritability of a factor, environment, including the social environment, also plays a role. Rushton and Watson may see genes and environment (nature ''vs.'' nurture) as competing. But - again, if we obey NOR - any serious account of current research with twins will have to explain that these scientists do not see genes and environment as competing - it is not either/or, it is this ''and'' that. ] | ] 21:01, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
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			== WikiCup 2024 February newsletter ==
	Could you show which source inserted into an article was not reliable? I don't even remember inserting a source. I have recommended some on a talk page. Anyway, if you could be specific...otherwise, looks like a boilerplate caution that might have been mis-applied to my talk page. Thanks. ] (]) 21:31, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
			The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.
	== Very Cheeky ==
			Our current leader is newcomer {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}}, who has one FA on ] and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
	, the decision was merge the stuff back. After 5 weeks of bickering, not one word has been replaced. Thus the article as you concede has been deleted by the back door. ] (]) 04:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
	:You have completely misrepresented the AfD, I count about 16 keeps 15 deletes and 6 merges. And the recommendation was to merge, which is valid, though it was against consensus. Merge means merge, not delete, though it would suit you if it did since you wanted to delete. Which is the effective current situation. The article has been blanked, but none of the material merged back. ] (]) 04:27, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
	::Derrr!! Well that is 22-15 against what you want to do too! All I want to do by the way is follow the instructions set out by the closer. What you want to do is win the AFD, even though you lost it. ] (]) 04:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, with one FA on ], two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
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			== WikiCup 2024 March newsletter ==
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			The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.
	== Recent edits on CAM ==
	Seasons Greetings to you also. Your last flurry of edits seem POV pushing. The characterizations in the lead don't seem encyclopedic and NPOV. ] (]) 14:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
			The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:
	:How not? ] (]) 14:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}}, who has 916 points mostly from one FA on ], 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
	:: You wrote {{cquote |"Alternately, CAM can be defined as as "medical interventions not taught widely at U.S. medical schools or generally available at U.S. hospitals", or as "set of practices which cannot be tested, refuse to be tested, or consistently fail tests" or whose advocates "deny the need for testing".}}
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, who has 790 points from two FAs on ] and ], two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, who has 580 points from one FA on ], two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}}, who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|MaranoFan}}, who has 351 points from one FA on ], a nine-article FT on ], and three DYKs
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Skyshifter}}, who has 345 points from one FA on ], one DYK and two reviews
			In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five ] articles, eight other good articles, and two ]s. Vami also wrote an essay on ], a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his ].
	::"A set of practices that cannot be tested, refuse to be tested, or consistently fail tests" is vague, not a scholarly definition but the opinion of one person(s) in an editorial. The opinion is not backed by any data. I think the repetition of three different definitions in one sentence is poor form and even if they were true definitions, don't all belong in a lead. I think that sentence poorly reflects on wikipedia. ] (]) 16:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
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	:::NPOV requires us to present all relevant opinions. CAM is extremely controversial. We can't pretend that it isn't. Dawkins' position is "professor of public understanding of science" and he is an extremely notable commentator on pseudoscience. Angell is another highly notable commentator.
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	:::These are three important definitions. Eisenberg's definition is important, because it highlights the imprecise definitions of CAM. If you want a definition you can ''use'' in a survey like his, that's about the most precise a definition you can get. Eisenberg's study has been cited over 1000 times.
	:::Dawkins' opinion is highly notable. It does a good job of capturing the main criticism of CAM - that it consists of a mixture of untested and failed therapies. We need to include this in our definition of CAM, whether it comes from Dawkins or someone else.
	:::Angell and Kassirer make another crucial point - that many advocates of CAM deny the need for scientific testing, often going so far as to challenge the validity of scientific testing. Instead, CAM proponents rely on anecdotes and weird ideas like "water memory". These are notable quotes which introduce these issues. Obviously they should also be dealt with in more depth in the article. ] (]) 17:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
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	:::: Many of these are not definitions but characterizations. Angell has no data to back her assertions, but that ok, because she gets a pass. The fact the her statements are unscientific don't matter. Of course in your haste in getting your POV in the lead you have violated your own position on what a lead should be. BTW, the reputable ''Physica A'' published an article on water memory, , and nature has also recently published a letter called . The issue is unresolved. It is a topic under study. ] (]) 01:32, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
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			* Our first double issue in ], although we will try to return to a monthly schedule henceforth (incidentally, the last double issue saw ] at GAN, and this one sees it finally pass FAC).
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			* ... that although ''']''' believed that her ] on marine worms had no practical value, it was applied to experimental studies of oysters? (6 January)
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			* ... that ''']''' ''(pictured)'' disliked using his full name? (20 January)
			* ... that the fossil turtle ''''']''''' was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"? (26 January)
			* ... that ''']''' is named after ]? (27 January)
			* ... that ''''']''''' is the only known plant capable of simultaneously mimicking multiple species? (27 January)
			* ... that ''''']''''' worker ants have black heads and chocolate-colored mandibles? (28 January)
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			* ... that the ''']''' ''(example pictured)'' is sometimes a ]? (24 February)
			* ... that the sea slug ''''']''''' benefits from photosynthesis? (25 February)
			* ... that almost all members of a flock of ''']''' work together to build a nest? (28 February)
			* ... that the ] of the ''']''' grows in the fall and shrinks in the spring? (29 February)
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			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 707 points, mostly from 45 ] reviews and 12 ]s about radio and television;
			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 ] nominations about coinage and history;
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			* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (] and ]) and three good articles.
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	The journal is Homeopathy, Volume 91, Issue 3, July 2002, Pages 156-161, as the link says. I realise that it is not an unbiased source and I was mistaken to present it as such, but for the purposes of which I was using it (# of plants used in homeopathy), it doesn't really matter. If anything they would have overestimated the number, but the number they gave still amounts to a very small percentage of all plants. <span style="color:#008000;font-family:times, sans serif;">] (])</span> 21:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
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	== Revolution ==
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	== Per AN/I ==
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			{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table; width: 54%;"
			|+<big>Newly recognized content</big>
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			{{icon|FA}} ] by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}<br>
			{{icon|FA}} ] by {{noping|grungaloo}}<br>
			{{icon|FA}} '']'' by {{noping|Olmagon}}<br>
			{{icon|FL}} ] by {{noping|PresN}}<br>
			{{icon|FT}} ] by {{noping|PresN}}<br>
			{{icon|GT}} ] by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Amirani1746}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Зэгс ус}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|Maxim Masiutin}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Lightburst}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Wolverine XI}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|750h+}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Reconrabbit}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Wolverine XI}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Simongraham}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Etriusus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Wolverine XI}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Grungaloo}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|The Blue Rider}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Chaotic Enby}}, reviewed by {{noping|Geardona}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Mattximus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|PrimalMustelid}}, reviewed by {{noping|FunkMonk}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|PrimalMustelid}}, reviewed by {{noping|Wolverine XI}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Snoteleks}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Snoteleks}}, reviewed by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Snoteleks}}, reviewed by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Simongraham}}, reviewed by {{noping|Grungaloo}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Viriditas}}, reviewed by {{noping|Lightburst}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} ] by {{noping|Wolverine XI}}, reviewed by {{noping|Thebiguglyalien}}<br>
			{{icon|GA}} '']'' by {{noping|Xkalponik}}, reviewed by {{noping|Wolverine XI}}<br>
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			{{icon|FAC}} ] by {{noping|AryKun}}<br>
			{{icon|FAC}} '']'' by {{noping|Mattximus}}<br>
			{{icon|FLC}} ] by {{noping|PresN}}<br>
			{{icon|FLC}} ] by {{noping|B3251}}<br>
			{{icon|FLC}} ] by {{noping|Dank}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|NotAGenious}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|PrimalMustelid}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} ] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|Simongraham}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|Simongraham}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} ] by {{noping|Wolverine XI}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} ] by {{noping|Wolverine XI}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} ] by {{noping|Wolverine XI}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} ] by {{noping|Justinxuje}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|Xkalponik}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|Xkalponik}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} ] by {{noping|Chaotic Enby}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} ] by {{noping|Snoteleks}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|Pbritti}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} '']'' by {{noping|NHanselman}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} ] by {{noping|Yakikaki}}<br>
			{{icon|GAN}} ] by {{noping|Magentic Manifestations}}<br>
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			* The newsletter will not be returning to a monthly format (mainly because the author is busy failing every exam imaginable) and is on a bimonthly schedule for the foreseeable future.
			* The second round of the WikiCup was very competitive, requiring the highest points total to advance since 2014. Two TOL editors, {{noping|AryKun}} and {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, advanced to the third round.
			* The March edition of our ] was won by {{noping|simongraham}}, who amassed 118 points from 21 articles on various species of jumping spider; in second place was {{noping|Quetzal1964}} with 109 points from 53 articles on marine ray-finned fish.
			* Quetzal1964 and simongraham were also the top two in the April edition, although Quetzal was ahead this time, with 68 points to simongraham's 48. In the annual leaderboard, Quetzal and simongraham are in first and second place respectively, with 291 and 246 points; in third place is {{noping|Snotoleks}}, with 76 points.
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	Are you prepared to discuss that block? ] <small>] </small> 15:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
			| style="text-align:center;" | <big><strong>March DYKs</strong></big>
	*Never mind. Events move too fast around here these days. ] <small>] </small> 15:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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			* ... that an ''']''', sent as a gift to ] in 1515, was immortalised as '']'' after dying in a shipwreck? (1 March)
			* ... that due to a misunderstanding, ''''']''''' was moved from its original genus name? (3 March)
			* ... that a ]-control program in rural Brazil attracted droves of ''']''' ''(example pictured)'' into homes? (4 March)
			* ... that popular ] like ''']''' often escape from ] and become ]? (5 March)
			* ... that the ''']''' was used symbolically in Japanese World War II ], with falling petals representing "young soldiers' sacrifice for the emperor"? (8 March)
			* ... that ] at ] in New Zealand may be damaging the habitat of the newly described ''']''' ''(example pictured)''? (9 March)
			* ... that ] took part in the expedition that discovered the ''']'''? (13 March)
			* ... that the ''']''' disappears from a lava field as soon as any plants start to grow there? (13 March)
			* ... that ]'s lawyer argued that the rules set by the ] requiring Assange to take care of his pet cat ''']''' were "denigrating"? (13 March)
			* ... that ] sometimes prefer the flavor of one ''']''' tree, like "ice cream", over another? (21 March)
			* ... that the ''']''' was known on the Internet for its skeleton-like appearance years before its formal description? (26 March)
			* ... that only one fruit but several thousand seeds were known when ''''']''''' was named? (26 March)
			* ... that while named for ], the fossil ''''']''''' ''(pictured)'' was not necessarily directly related to any allium species? (27 March)
			* ... that the extinct genus ''''']''''', meaning 'mixed beast', has traits of both extinct primates and ]? (28 March)
			* ... that the fossil fern ''''']''''' was described from a single block of ]? (28 March)
			* ... that ''''']''''' is named after ], who discovered seven other species in its genus? (29 March)
			* ... that ''''']''''', published in 1700, sought to give a unique name to every plant based on their "essence"? (29 March)
			* ... that in some rare cases, large ] prey on adult ''']'''? (30 March)
			* ... that only six years after its 2016 discovery, the ''']''' ''(pictured)'' was found being sold in Indonesian songbird markets? (30 March)
			* ... that the ''']''' is called such because of its proximity to the Māori afterlife? (31 March)
			* ... that cultures of the fungus ''''']''''' have been flown on three different satellites? (31 March)
			* ... that the English herbalist ] claimed that eating ''']''' leaves would make a person's spit deadly to serpents? (31 March)
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			|File:Korowai gecko (cropped).jpg|Korowai gecko
			|File:Paleoallium billgenseli SR 10-35-06 holotype.jpg|''Paleoallium billgenseli'' fossil
			|File:Cyornis kadayangensis male.jpg|Male Meratus blue flycatcher
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			| style="text-align:center;" | <big><strong>April DYKs</strong></big>
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			* ... that despite its name meaning 'unscented', ''']''' can smell strongly of goat? (1 April)
			* ... that ''']''' ''(artist's impression pictured)'' could help us communicate with the future? (2 April)
			* ... that ''']''' the dog was falsely accused of murdering a cat and sent to ]? (2 April)
			* ... that ''']''' was discovered in a Prague factory? (3 April)
			* ... that the ''']''' ''(example pictured)'' found in Ecuador and Peru was once thought to have been brought to Mexico by ]? (5 April)
			* ... that saving the ''']''' included the help of 40 ]? (5 April)
			* ... that the ''']''' gives genuine alarm calls but will sometimes lie to ]? (5 April)
			* ... that ''']''', an ] of ], contains both ] and ]? (7 April)
			* ... that beavers, mules, and dogs have been ''']'''? (8 April)
			* ... that ''''']''''' ''(pictured)'' uses specialized mouthparts to suck the sap of trees? (8 April)
			* ... that female ''''']''''' beetles prevent sibling cannibalism by laying unfertilized eggs? (9 April)
			* ... that ''''']''''' is ], but ''''']''''' is ]? (9 April)
			* ... that there is one male for every 31 females in an ''''']''''' colony, and each female can start its own colony? (10 April)
			* ... that ''']''' is only 38 centimetres (15 in) tall? (10 April)
			* ... that ''''']''''', a ] of ], is also known as the "darkened ]" due to the small black spots on its crusty grey surface? (14 April)
			* ... that despite commonly being caught ], the ] of the ''']''' was instead collected ]? (14 April)
			* ... that ''']''' algae have twice as many membranes around their chloroplasts as plants? (16 April)
			* ... that while the ] species ''''']''''' is considered ] globally, it has been designated as ] in the UK and ] in Switzerland? (18 April)
			* ... that ''''']'''''<nowiki/>'s extravagant dorsal structures have been called both "grotesque" and "particularly charismatic"? (19 April)
			* ... that the damselfly-relative ''''']''''' is suggested to have eight species due to both ] and ] drivers? (21 April)
			* ... that trees of the extinct genus ''''']''''' ''(example pictured)'' formed the earliest known forest? (22 April)
			* ... that the color of a ''']'''<nowiki/>'s throat was thought to depend on sex, but later turned out to depend on age? (23 April)
			* ... that ''']''' seek to stop species ]? (30 April)
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			|Cyanocorax mystacalis 323098498 (cropped).jpg|White-tailed jay
			|File:Aphaena submaculata.jpg|''Aphaena submaculata''
			|File:Calamophyton reconstruccion.jpg|''Calamophyton'' tree
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	*I've looked at what you said to Swatjester, I've looked at what Swatjester said to you. What you said to him was no less a personal attack than what he said to you. If what he said was enough to be blocked for, so is what you said. Would you rather a) unblock him and apologize for being angry, or b) accept your own block? ] (]) 15:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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	Telling someone that putting another editor's safety at risk is unacceptable isn't a PA. Engaging in personal attacks ''after'' you were warned for personal attacks is blockable behaviour. I think the block was good. ] (]) 15:50, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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	:Then you request the block from an uninvolved admin. You ''never'' block someone you are in a dispute with. Ever. ''']''']''']''' 15:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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	::What dispute? Warning someone about their behaviour isn't a dispute. ] (]) 15:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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	The dispute is about SqueakBox (and this mess is stopping me from researching an article about an important Italian philologist, so stop being an idiot <NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK>). You and Swat were arguing about SqueakBox, and about each other's treatment of him, and then it got general and you started attacking ''each other''. "How can you do something so cruel! You could be risking a man's life! That's disgusting!" "How can you call me disgusting! He was lying! You disgust me!" "You disgust ME! Stop making personal attacks!" "You're a hypocrite! Don't say I'm disgusting! That's an attack! That's disgusting!" "That's a personal attack! You're blocked!" Really, it's tedious and idiotic. ] (]) 15:58, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
	:Well, I think that pretty much Cliff's Notes'd my view of the sitch. Hope everyone has clarity now. ''']''']''']''' 16:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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	Warning someone about unacceptable behaviour isn't a dispute. Swat's baheviour - putting an editor's personal safety at risk because he used to wrong terminology - deserved a stern warning. Then I saw his personal attack - so I warned him about that. And he repeated them.
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	Suppose you saw an editor post another editor's home address on Misplaced Pages. Warning them about their behaviour isn't a "dispute". You then saw that they had engaged in personal attacks - you add a second warning. They repeat the personal attacks. You block them. No dispute - you're dealing with a troublesome editor. That's all I did here - block an editor for engaging in blockable behaviour. I had no prior dispute with the editor. ''Warnings'' don't constitute a dispute. ] (]) 16:21, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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	*No one (including Swat) did anything ''remotely'' close to your hypothetical. Apparently SqueakBox has used this type of thing as a tactic in the past to avoid his editing history. Swat pointed out that this is a clear violation of policy. Then, when ''you'' said he "disgusted" you, ''that'' qualifies as a personal attack more than his edit summaries did. You blocked in anger, which is never a good idea, and should simply ''mea culpa'', and let it go. The underlying issue was fairly well resolved, until you fanned the flames with this recent drama. Please move on. -- ] ]] 16:36, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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	What do you mean? SB's user page (and history) has an awful lot of identifying information. He asked for it to be deleted. By undeleting it, Swat chose to repost information about SB that could put him at risk. That is unacceptable behaviour.
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	I don't see how saying that I am disgusted with someone choosing to repost personal information about an editor after they say they have received a death threat is a personal attack. That said, I realise that people disagree, and will re-draw my understanding of PAs. That said, calling someone a liar is ''always'' a personal attack. There's no two ways about it. It imputes motive to the act. And the point is that ''after'' you are warned about PAs, you do not ''repeat'' the PA.
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	I did not block in anger. I blocked because I saw a blockable offense. I blocked to stop the editor from engaging in personal attacks ''after'' being warned. I've seen it done a hundred times. It's no big deal. It's commonplace - if you warn someone for personal attacks, they often turn and attack you. That does not constitute a dispute. ] (]) 16:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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	*You refuse to see how your actions simply escalated drama in a basically resolved situation. You refuse to see how your "warning" was inappropriate, given the settled nature of the dispute. As these are your positions, and you won't be moved by any amount of reason, I won't post here on the matter again. -- ] ]] 17:43, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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	"''our actions simply escalated drama in a basically resolved situation''". Interesting. I warned someone for engaging in personal attacks, he responded with personal attacks. It's news to me that the issue of Swat's PAs was resolved. Sorry, I wasn't aware of that. Diffs? ] (]) 02:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
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	Ya I probably shouldn't have said that. I haven't checked the expelled talk page yet but I'm sure it caused a bit of an uproar. While I do believe in what I said about evolution and blind faith, the talk page wasn't the place for it. Let me know if I do something like that again in the future. If for some reason nobody has commented on it yet I'll remove it so we don't start on some senceless debate again. ] (]) 19:10, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
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	Guettarda, I understand your concern about punitive blocks. However, please note that GRBerry is acting in his capacity at ], a responsibility he has shouldered for a long time and at which does a remarkable job. Actions taken in this venue deserve a little time to be considered so that due process can take place. I don't believe this is a punitive block, but rather was given due consideration and found to be justified given the ArbCom ruling. ] (]) 18:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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	:If GRB had deigned to address the issue, the whole matter would have taken a different course. Even in reply to my question, he refuses to address the issue - he just states the fact that it isn't punitive. Much like his pronouncement that the apology isn't good enough. "Because I said so" doesn't work, not even for Jimbo. That sort of crap just isn't acceptable around here. ] (]) 20:14, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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	:Anyway, the discussion you linked to doesn't support the block - one person proposes it, two people oppose. The block was clearly ''against'' the conclusion at AE. ] (]) 20:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
	::I know this may come across as snarky, but I ask you to assume that it is not. GRBerry is doing yeoman's work at WP:AE and deserves our support. Perhaps you would consider spending some time pitching in there? ] (]) 21:15, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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	:::Nah, I'd rather not block people against consensus. Every time I show up here I run into crap like this. Blocking powers aren't tools to advance one's agenda. Maybe I'm developing a thicker skin for bullshit though - I don't know when I last had the stomach for six consecutive days of editing. ] (]) 22:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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	From the history of ], it looked like you had protected the page (probably per request). However, an anon IP . I reverted. Do you want to check it out and see if his page is protected to the degree that he wanted? Regards, <font color="#0000b0">]</font><sup><font color="#b00000">]</font></sup> 08:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
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	Hi Guettarda, I don't think it's a "sky is blue" comment; it's actually kind of witty, saying "not only is this wrong, but it would actually indicate the opposite." Come to think of it, it wouldn't really disprove evolution even so, just perhaps prove ID or something similar. Or didn't I once learn if one assumes a falsehood, any other falsehood can be proved from it? Anyway, it's the fact that this is kind of an original thought (not totally original, I know) that made me think it should be attributed, even if only for standard academic reasons, don't you think? ] (]) 06:22, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
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	:Well, would a feat of magic actually disprove evolution? Strictly speaking, the answer has to be that it wouldn't. That's why I'm saying it isn't a simple fact. In a sense, such an event may be inconsistent with a purely materialistic theory of the universe, but it doesn't disprove evolution. In terms of the creativity of the argument, I'm simply saying that when it's a creative type of thought, you generally give the person's name in the text rather than simply citing it. Putting these together is why I think a name in the text here would make sense. ] (]) 03:19, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
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	::It isn't a simple fact, though; how does a cat turning into a dog disprove evolution? If that's somehow true (it isn't true, even though I agree with the sentiment behind the statement), there's nothing simple about it. ] (]) 06:09, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
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	I've ''attacked'' Orangemarlin? Where have I done this? Can you quote me a passage from me that comes across as a personal attack? As for the topic, it would seem that many on that page are "worked up" about it. I seem to be one of those who ''doesn't'' allow himself to be influenced by his personal POV on the evolution/creationism topic into attacking others. Given Orangemarlin's reasoning, or lackthereof, as seen on that Talk Page discussion I initiated, how you arrive at the assertion that I've done the attacking is beyond me. I could easily stay away from that article for a few days, but that's not going to change the problem of the clearly POV nature of the edits of his I pointed out, and the fact that his unconstructive behavior reinforces that fact. ] (]) 06:27, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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	'''It is history because that's what you did, that's who you are.'''
	No. "History" is a word that connotes a long pattern of behavior. I ask you again: Is one block judged by others to be a bad call enough to gauge an editor or admin's overall history? You say it's all you know of me. Isn't judging me on that one thing predjudicial? As far as realizing that what I did was wrong, well, I already apologized for not separating my admin duties and editing on that noticeboard. As for the POV matter in the article....
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	'''If this were true, then you would have taken my advice and stepped away.''' If you follow that reasoning, then it applies to everyone, including you. If you conclude, arbitrarily, that any continued participation in the article indicates that one is "worked up", and that stepping away from it does not, then why are you and OM still editing it? Are you admitting to being worked up yourself? Why does continued editing constitute agitation for people you disagree with, but not yourself?
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	'''Dude, seriously. Your "five points" were an unacceptable attack.''' No, they were five areas in the article in which he and I were in dispute, which I explained in detail. Even if you thought that my assertion about his sneaking his POV into one of those areas was an "attack", how does that make my explanations about the other four passages an "attack". Misplaced Pages requires us to discuss the passages we disagree with. He chose not to do that, and you're doing the same by not responding to them. Exaggerating all five areas I discussed as an "attack" is not an accurate description of that discussion on my part.
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	'''Your accusations were the reason I asked you to step away from the article...''' Given that you and OM are making the same accusation about me by claiming that my edits are POV--without actually explaining how---again, how does this principle not apply to you two as well. Since you're accusing me of POV, does that mean that you should step away from the article??
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	You can either respond directly to the specific reasoning being offered for my position, and offer your own for your position, which WP prescribes for edit conflicts, or you can choose to ignore the discussion, and label it as an "attack". If you do the latter, you're signaling to others that you're not willing to work with those you disagree with to improve the article. ] (]) 04:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
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	Triticale is not an example of macroevolution. Hybrids like triticale are not spontaneous; they are the product of intentional manipulations (by humans). Could you cite an example of observable macroevolution?
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	Forgive an additional inquiry -- I will stop posting to you if you want me to: I'm not clear on the whole London Underground observation.
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	What was the blockable offense that krimpet committed? And if there was one, could you please provide links? <font face="comic sans ms">] <small>]</small></font> 17:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
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	:Just because you share the same views as a banned editor doesn't mean you're proxying for them. Secondly, removing BLP violations doesn't always need a discussion. Thirdly, I go to WR now and then, and I have not seen Krimpet active lately. Fourthly, on OM's talk but was reverted, meaning OM was also unwilling to discuss by your rational. <font face="comic sans ms">] <small>]</small></font> 17:54, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
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	Same person? No, their use of language is far too different. Not sockpuppetry, meatpuppetry. Here's Moulton's recent post at WR <nowiki>http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20080405/so-i-am-disgusted-with-wikipedia/</nowiki>. Presumably that's the source for this.
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	Nothing surprises me any more - material from the arbcomm's private mailing list has ended up on WR (which is not to say that Krimpet is the source, but rather, that their nogoodnicks have worked their way deeply into Misplaced Pages). There are far too many coincidences here
	* An editor shows up out of the blue at the Picard article and makes the kind of edits that perma-banned Moulton has been calling for. Surprising, but not improbable.
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	* Looking a little deeper into the matter, there's a recent post by Moulton at WR calling for thee edits. Yet another coincidence? Or meatpuppetry on behalf of a banned editor? Looks very much like the latter to me. ] (]) 20:02, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
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	:If you look at the time stamps, it clearly shows that Krimpet personally contacted OM before taking it to ANI. <font face="comic sans ms">] <small>]</small></font> 02:08, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
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	I'm not following your comment, most specifically the last couple of sentences. Could you maybe word it a little differently? If the idea is that you can't reconcile our differences over the events with SqueakBox, with my other editing, maybe consider because that whole issue was stupid and blown way out of proportion, and everybody involved screwed up a certain extent. But please don't think I have any desire to out anybody. As I mentioned, my information is displayed on the Hivemind, and at least one or two other outing sites, and I've been threatened by two ex-felons, independently of each other with physical violence at my house, one of which has his own Misplaced Pages article here based on his past felony convictions for stalking. I get death threats monthly, sometimes even weekly. Often times they include my address, and graphic descriptions of how I'm to be tortured and killed. I'm not worried about it, I'm a big guy, I own quite few guns, and I'm generally pretty secure with myself. But I fully appreciate the impact that this would have on someone who was not in the same general zone of safety that I am. i don't know if that's SqueakBox's situation or not. But Squeakbox and I have gotten into disputes before, and worked them out again, as we did this time. It happens. I personally think your response to me was epically out of proportion (come on, blocking me?) and I don't think you fully appreciated the injury that did to me. For instance, I ran for arbcom last year. Now, if I run again this year, I have to disclose that I was blocked, and have to emphasis that it was inappropriate. Danny's block of Eloquence is brought up years later whenever people discuss Eloquence's actions. So, I hope you can understand that however you may feel, I'm pretty unhappy about the way things turned out. I'm willing to bury hatchets and I try not to keep grudges, but that requires that the other person be willing to do the same. I'm not sure that you are. ]] ] 18:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
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	This is a BLP. Plain reading says the petition challenges evolution. We are not going to say that she intends to '''discredit''' evolution. We do not know that, and we are not going to say that - it's borderline libelous. You're creating an inference that cannot be supported by the available sources. Please stop. ] (]) 06:04, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
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	:Huh? Then what is acceptable - your unsourced opinion? What ''else'' can we possibly work from? ] (]) 06:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
	::What "unsourced opinion?" I'm reading the petition. It says what it says. That's not an "unsourced opinion." The petition's plain language is a (wrongheaded) argument against evolution. What the DI has or has not used it for, is not relevant to her life. ] (]) 06:13, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
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	::::I'm really failing to see the original research. We have a ] in the petition. It says nothing about intelligent design. Ergo, the petition is '''not''', '''on its face''', about intelligent design. What the DI has used it for, is of course, to promote the idea that there is a "controversy," and hence to promote the idea that we should back-door fundamentalist Christianity... err, I mean, intelligent design, into public schools. We both agree on that. But '''we don't know that Picard shares that view. We don't know what Picard thinks about the use of the petition. We don't know anything else about her feelings vis-a-vis the DI, except that she signed it.''' Thus, to use this to go on and on about what the DI does, is not relevant to Picard's life. If she was on the forefront of the movement, sending letters to school boards and testifying before Congress, that would be different. But she hasn't. She is not part of the DI/ID (how convenient) movement. All we know about it is that she is skeptical about Darwinian evolution, and also apparently skeptical about intelligent design. To hang the DI's actions on her bio, creates ], IMO. ] (]) 06:23, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
	:Per ], you are making unsupportable assertions about this person. 3RR does not apply when reverting such issues. You are not allowed to use this biography as a coatrack to hang the evils of the Discovery Institute on this person. ] (]) 06:13, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
	::Entirely aside from the petition, you deleted sourced material in favour of your own (unsourced) opinion. ''That'' is unacceptable, no matter where you choose to do it. ] (]) 06:16, 6 May 2008 (UTC) And worse yet, you falsely accused ''me'' of OR when I was paraphrasing a source?!!!!!!!! ] (]) 06:37, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
	:Yes, I went back over that section and realized my mistake, and replaced it. Apologies. ] (]) 06:41, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
	::But still won't undo your 3RR vio? Anyway - all your edits have the problem - you are replacing sourced material with your own opinion. Please stop with the OR. All of it, not just the most egregious of it. ] (]) 06:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
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	That reads quite a bit like a threat to out people. It's off-wiki, so you can be as rude as you want, but your threat to out people strikes me as rather beyond the pale. ] (]) 17:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
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	::I'm not threatening to "out" them to the press. I have no control over what the press chooses to report on. My comment was based on someone elses comment earlier in that thread that they had been discussing the situation with an Associated Press reporter. So, it wasn't me that had implied that they had gotten the press involved. I was trying to point that out to any interested reader. Why do you guys feel that I have any influence with the press? ] (]) 21:19, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
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	::::Are you pretending you're uninvolved? You might have been able to pull that off were it not for your long running antagonism of FeloniousMonk. You're involved alright pal. ] (]) 19:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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	Perhaps it didn't come up at CFD, but I fear I'm still a novice with AWB and haven't figured out how to customize edit messages, and that one looked as good as any.
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Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 25

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Tree of Life

Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content

Snowy plover by Jens Lallensack Teloschistaceae by Esculenta List of birds of Bouvet Island by AryKun List of sunbirds by AryKun Slime mold by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Esculenta Handicap principle by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Etriusus Insect by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Iztwoz Wheat by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by KoA Eucalyptus gomphocephala by Hughesdarren, reviewed by Grungaloo Buellia frigida by Esculenta, reviewed by J Milburn Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei by AryKun, reviewed by Grungaloo Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi by AryKun, reviewed by Grungaloo Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai by AryKun, reviewed by Grungaloo Great cuckoo-dove by AryKun, reviewed by Jens Lallensack Lake Patzcuaro salamander by Etriusus, reviewed by Grungaloo Anoplotherium by PrimalMustelid, reviewed by 20 upper

Newly nominated content

Alpine ibex by LittleJerry Pseudastacus by Olmagon Pachysentis by Mattximus List of primates by PresN Banded palm civet by Cremastra Perothops by Memer15151 Hypericum hircinum by Fritzmann2002 Boquila by Etriusus and Veridicae Aptostichus barackobamai by Etriusus Buffy-tufted marmoset by André Ribeiro Cardoso Ant mimicry by Chiswick Chap Mosquito by Chiswick Chap Anopheles by Chiswick Chap Rice by Chiswick Chap Pliosaurus andrewsi by Amirani1746 Triassosculda by Abdullah raji Flaco (owl) by Rhododendrites Crassispira incrassata by Etriusus Sei whale by 20 upper

Contest results

And so ends the fourth edition of the monthly rolling contest, as well as the 2023 Tree of Life Contest as a whole. This month saw simongraham win with a very impressive 120 points from 27 articles. Quetzal1964 was second with 74 points from 37 articles. The annual contest was a close race between simongraham and Quetzal1964; simongraham won first place with 256 points from 64 articles, and Quetzal1964 was second with 250 points from 146 articles. Snoteleks was third with 79 points from 33 articles. Congratulations to everyone who won this year and my gratitude to everyone else who helped raise the quality of articles in our little corner of Misplaced Pages this year. Additionally, a very Happy New Year to everyone in the project and here's looking forward to continuing our good work in 2024!

December DYKs

Snowy plover with chicks Bofedales in the foreground Adult female Varroa mite Dennstaedtia christophelii fossil frond ... that a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History? (December 2) ... that female snowy plovers often abandon their families as soon as the chicks hatch? (December 4) ... that Lepas testudinata can form colonies of more than 1000 members at a time? (December 5) ... that the gecko Teratoscincus roborowskii eats caper fruits and disperses the plant's seeds in its feces? (December 5) ... that Henk Zwartepoorte quacked at caimans? (December 5) ... that the green colour of bofedales (examples pictured) stands out in the yellow surrounding landscape? (December 6) ... that Desulfovibrio vulgaris can remove toxic heavy metals from the environment? (December 8) ... that Varroa destructor (example pictured), the Varroa mite, is an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees and is one of the most harmful honey-bee pests in the world? (December 11) ... that young orange-billed lorikeets are actually yellow-billed? (December 16) ... that stinking tutsan smells like goat? (December 20) ... that orange paintbrushes are guarded by rufous hummingbirds? (December 21) ... that the Antarctic lichen Buellia frigida has been to outer space? (December 22) ... that the closest modern fern relatives to Dennstaedtia christophelii (fossil pictured) of the Pacific Northwest are tropical species from South America? (December 24) ... that in Icelandic folklore, the Yule cat eats people who do not receive new clothing for Christmas? (December 25) ... that the Lake Patzcuaro salamander's native habitat is limited to a single lake in Mexico? (December 28) ... that plant species like Hypericum bupleuroides can reproduce by a callus? (December 29)

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

Administrator changes

Clovermoss

Dennis Brown

• Julia W
• Marasmusine
• PBS

CheckUser changes

• Aoidh
• HJ Mitchell
• Sdrqaz
• Spicy
• ToBeFree
• Vanamonde93
• Z1720

Maxim

• Enterprisey
• Izno
• SilkTork

[REDACTED] Oversighter changes

• Aoidh
• Firefly
• Sdrqaz
• ToBeFree
• Z1720

Maxim

• Enterprisey
• Izno
• SilkTork

Arbitration

• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
• The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December 2023 Newsletter

This is our twenty-seventh newsletter, a sort of year-in-review for 2023.

Dear Wikimedians for Sustainable Development,

As we bid farewell to 2023, we reflect on a year that has been an uneven year for our user group. While the journey has been marked by some truly inspiring events, most of our efforts have been largely uncoordinated and the user group hasn't been the support it could have been. Yet, there's a glimmer of hope and a world of potential for 2024.

Highlights of 2023:

Newsletters Galore

We kicked off the year with zeal, sharing updates and inspiration through four newsletters. The number of things happening in the movement is astounding, but we need to rethink the format of the newsletter going into the next year.

Growing Strong

The Wikimedians for Sustainable Development family welcomed 33 new members in 2023. Your passion and dedication continue to inspire us, and we look forward to nurturing this community spirit in the year ahead.

Wikimania Talks

Our voices echoed far and wide at Wikimania, where several members of our community took the virtual stage to share insights and ideas about everything from Wikipedians-in-Residence's to open data. Your contributions showcased our commitment to sustainable development on a global scale.

Content Creation Magic

Throughout the year, our extended community demonstrated incredible dedication to expanding the knowledge base on Misplaced Pages. Countless hours were spent creating and curating content that aligns with our mission, contributing to a more sustainable digital ecosystem.

Campaigning hard

We saw a large variety of campaigns, from writing challenges to editathons. The willingness to experiment with new formats and partners, as well as learning from past efforts, shows great promise for the future.

Acknowledging Challenges:

While we celebrate these achievements, we acknowledge that 2023 presented its fair share of challenges. A lack of global coordination reminded us that the road to sustainable development is not always linear. However, it is precisely these challenges that fuel our determination to work together more cohesively in the coming year and proof that the user group is needed.

Hopeful Anticipation for 2024:

As we turn the page to 2024, let's carry forward the lessons learned and the successes celebrated. We are optimistic that, with renewed energy and a collective commitment, we will overcome obstacles and create an even more impactful and connected Wikimedians for Sustainable Development community.

Here's to a year of collaboration, growth, and making a lasting impact on the world through our shared passion for sustainability. Together, we can turn challenges into opportunities and pave the way for a brighter future.

Wishing you all a joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year!

Warm regards, User:Ainali, User:Daniel Mietchen

PS. We have started writing our yearly report, please add your activities to it.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday! Hi Guettarda! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:50, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

Administrator changes

• Red-tailed hawk
• Robertsky

• Ameliorate!
• Ancheta Wis
• Anthony Bradbury (deceased)
• Cobi
• Ev
• Moondyne
• Worm That Turned

Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

CheckUser changes

Wugapodes

Interface administrator changes

• Enterprisey
• Izno

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
• Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - January 2024 Newsletter

This is our twenty-eighth newsletter.

User group news

• We have submitted our 2023 annual report.
• Upcoming meeting: on 9 February, we'll have a call about roles and responsibilities in the user group. This is an attempt to make more opportunities to engage more of the user groups members in its activities. If you want to help out in some way, but don't know how, this is a meeting for you to get help creating that opportunity. If you know how you would like to help, but don't know how to get started, this is also the meeting for you.

Other news

• New Wikiproject for Climate Change on Basque Misplaced Pages: Wikiproiektu Klima Aldaketa
• Climate Justice, Digital Rights and Indigenous Voices international Wikimedia event in Huaraz, Peru 2024: Engagement Survey (closes 2 Feb)

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DYK nomination of Tariq Abdul Haqq

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WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Outsider Within

Hi there, Guettarda. You and your WikiEdu colleagues might be interested in the recent paper "Misplaced Pages and the Outsider Within: Black Feminism and Social Inequality in Knowledge Sharing" and the related discussion on the Women in Red talkpage.--Ipigott (talk) 15:26, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Ipigott. Tracy let us know about the article when it was published; we've supported her classes for a long time, and she's great. I wasn't aware of the discussion at WiR, and I will make sure that my colleagues are aware of it. Guettarda (talk) 02:33, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes Sdkb The Night Watch East718 Isabelle Belato Mzajac Staecker Stan Shebs Sugarfish Tamzin

Bureaucrat changes SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 26

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January and February 2024—Issue 026

Tree of Life

Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content

Alpine ibex by LittleJerry Markham's storm petrel by FunkMonk, Jens Lallensack, and Therapyisgood List of primates by PresN List of birds of Alberta by grungaloo Rice by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by RecycledPixels Barley by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Bruxton Chicken by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by DocZach Cereal by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Bruxton Ant mimicry by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun Anopheles by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun Mosquito by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by 20 upper Cherry blossom by Reconrabbit, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Sei whale by 20 upper, reviewed by grungaloo Megaherbivore by 20 upper, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Brown bear by 20 upper, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Indian rhinoceros by 20 upper, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Hypericum hircinum by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by grungaloo Hypericum foliosum by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Hypericum grandifolium by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by Esculenta Boquila by Etriusus, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Aptostichus barackobamai by Etriusus, reviewed by Esculenta Crassispira incrassata by Etriusus, reviewed by 20 upper Punctelia by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth Chrysothrix chlorina by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth Chrysothrix chlorina by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth Ramalina peruviana by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth Menemerus animatus by simongraham, reviewed by Esculenta Afraflacilla braunsi by simongraham, reviewed by grungaloo Nasutoceratops by FunkMonk, reviewed by Jens Lallensack Pseudastacus by Olmagon, reviewed by FunkMonk Angustidontus by Super Dromaeosaurus and Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Amitchell125 Pruemopterus by Super Dromaeosaurus and Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Etriusus Black-billed magpie by grungaloo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack Black-capped chickadee by grungaloo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack Horned sungem by Jens Lallensack, reviewed by grungaloo Flaco (owl) by Rhododendrites, reviewed by Etriusus Telonemia by Snotoleks, reviewed by Esculenta "Pliosaurus" andrewsi by Amirani1746, reviewed by grungaloo Beaver drop by Lightburst, reviewed by Chiswick Chap

Newly nominated content

Horned sungem by Jens Lallensack Tufted jay by grungaloo Nasutoceratops by FunkMonk Maize by Chiswick Chap Cattle by Chiswick Chap Pig by Chiswick Chap Domestic duck by Chiswick Chap Eusociality by Chiswick Chap Fish by Chiswick Chap Barnacle by Chiswick Chap Ochrophyte by Snotoleks Parvilucifera by Snotoleks Thalattoarchon by Amirani1746 Hydropunctaria amphibia by Esculenta Melanohalea by Esculenta Spot test (lichen) by Esculenta Lecideaceae by Esculenta Hypericum × inodorum by Fritzmann2002 Hypericum sect. Androsaemum by Fritzmann2002 Olga Hartman by Viriditas Mixtotherium by PrimalMustelid Enhydriodon by PrimalMustelid Lentinus brumalis by Зэгс ус

News at a glance

Our first double issue in almost four years, although we will try to return to a monthly schedule henceforth (incidentally, the last double issue saw Markham's storm petrel at GAN, and this one sees it finally pass FAC). A highly competitive first round of the WikiCup sees four Tree of Life editors advance to the second round: MtBotany, Fritzmann2002, Ealdgyth, and AryKun The March 2024 GAN Backlog Drive starts today; everyone is welcome to participate and help reduce the backlog of GANs. The January edition of our monthly rolling contest was won by Quetzal1964 with 100 points from 40 articles, mainly related to various species of marine fish. simongraham was second with 80 points from 14 articles on jumping spiders. The February edition saw Quetzal1964 win for the second time in a row, with 114 points from 43 articles. In second place was Snoteleks, with 21 points from 7 seven articles on various unicellular eukaryotes, including the GA Telonemia.

January DYKs

... that Dacrytherium, literally meaning 'tear beast', was named after its "tear-pit"? (3 January) ... that misidentifications of the crested cuckoo-dove have led to claims that the extinct Choiseul pigeon is still around? (4 January) ... that the wood-pasture hypothesis posits that semi-open wood pastures and not primeval forests are the natural vegetation of temperate Europe? (5 January) ... that until April 2023, when the genus Triassosculda was discovered, the mantis shrimp fossil record contained a gap of more than a hundred million years? (5 January) ... that although Olga Hartman believed that her basic research on marine worms had no practical value, it was applied to experimental studies of oysters? (6 January) ... that Oxford ivy grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed? (17 January) ... that S. F. Light (pictured) disliked using his full name? (20 January) ... that the fossil turtle Acherontemys was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"? (26 January) ... that a species of spider is named after Barack Obama? (27 January) ... that Boquila trifoliolata is the only known plant capable of simultaneously mimicking multiple species? (27 January) ... that Harpegnathos alperti worker ants have black heads and chocolate-colored mandibles? (28 January) ... that all known populations of Epipterygium opararense (example pictured) live within a 5-metre (16 ft) radius in New Zealand? (28 January) ... that female swamp guppies (pictured) show no preference for orange or red coloration during courtship? (29 January) S. F. Light examining termites Epipterygium opararense Gold-morph swamp guppies

February DYKs

... that black-billed magpies are known to eat ticks off deer and other large mammals (example pictured)? (1 February) ... that scientist Adelaida K. Semesi was known as "mama mangroves" due to her specialist knowledge of their ecology? (2 February) ... that for the southern molly, sexual selection favors smaller males because they copulate by sneaking up to females? (2 February) ... that eyelash seaweed may have been made extinct by a single 2016 earthquake? (4 February) ... that conservation in Indonesia had little local support after independence because it was associated with the Dutch colonial period? (5 February) ... that the artiodactyl Ephelcomenus is thought to have been capable of burrowing? (6 February) ... that male mangrove mollies mate sneakily? (14 February) ... that barley was once used as a form of money? (14 February) ... it has been suggested that Crassispira incrassata may be a southern variation of Crassispira bottae and not its own species? (15 February) ... that the shining St John's wort owes its bright colors partly to carotenoid compounds? (18 February) ... that having lived in Central Park for more than a year after becoming homeless, Flaco (pictured) has been accused of being a peeping tom? (19 February) ... that the horned sungem (example pictured) is sometimes a nectar robber? (24 February) ... that the sea slug Bosellia mimetica benefits from photosynthesis? (25 February) ... that almost all members of a flock of tufted jays work together to build a nest? (28 February) ... that the hippocampus of the black-capped chickadee grows in the fall and shrinks in the spring? (29 February) ... that an Indian rhinoceros, sent as a gift to Pope Leo X in 1515, was immortalised as Dürer's Rhinoceros after dying in a shipwreck? (29 February) Black-billed magpie eating ticks off the back of a cow Flaco peeping through a window Horned sungem robbing a flower

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Books & Bytes – Issue 61

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Issue 61, January – February 2024

• Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
• 1Lib1Ref results

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - February 2024 Newsletter

This is our twenty-ninth newsletter.

User group news

• On 9 February, we had a user group meeting on roles and responsibilities (minutes)
• Upcoming user group meeting 17 March

Other news

• Wiki Loves Earth: Reminder that if you want to organize a local competition, it is time to get started. (SDG 15 and 14)
• Wiki for Human Rights: Reminder that if you would like to organize a local event, there is support available. (SDG 10)
• Study: Using Misplaced Pages Pageview Data to Investigate Public Interest in Climate Change at a Global Scale (SDG 13)

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

Administrator changes

• Kbdank71
• Kosack
• NrDg
• TLSuda

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

Technical news

• The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

Miscellaneous

• Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Misplaced Pages.

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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Misplaced Pages policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 62

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024

• IEEE and Haaretz now available
• Let's Connect Clinics about The Misplaced Pages Library
• Spotlight and Misplaced Pages Library tips

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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - April 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirtieth newsletter covering March and April 2024. This issue has news related to SDGs 13, 14 and 15.

User group news

• * Upcoming user group meeting 19 May

Other news

• Misplaced Pages Signpost highlighted five papers about climate change editing. (SDG 13)
• On Wikidata, a model for documenting green house gas emissions has been created. (SDG 13)
• An update from the Wikipedian in Residence at the Environment Protection Authority in Victoria, Australia.
• WikiAcción Perú organized a training session: "Climate Change Actions and Wikimedia Movement" (SDG 13)
• WikiForHumanRights organized a session: "Adding Sustainability Perspectives to Wikivoyage"

Events

• Wiki Loves Earth, the international photo contest of protected nature, starts in May. (SDG 14 & 15)
• Wiki For Climate Change 2024 - Maghreb region starts in May. (SDG 13)

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes

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• Killiondude
• MelanieN
• Nihonjoe

Bureaucrat changes

Nihonjoe

CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Misplaced Pages. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 27

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Tree of Life

Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content

Horned sungem by Jens Lallensack Tufted jay by grungaloo Pseudastacus by Olmagon List of erinaceids by PresN Primates by PresN Hypericum sect. Androsaemum by Fritzmann2002 Thalattoarchon by Amirani1746, reviewed by Esculenta Lentinus brumalis by Зэгс ус, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Hypericum sect. Androsaemum by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by Maxim Masiutin Hypericum × inodorum by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by AryKun Barnacle by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Lightburst Maize by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun Pig by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Wolverine XI Orange (fruit) by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by 750h+ Fish by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Reconrabbit Organism by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Esculenta Hydropunctaria amphibia by Esculenta, reviewed by AryKun Melanohalea by Esculenta, reviewed by AryKun Lecideaceae by Esculenta, reviewed by Wolverine XI Xylopsora canopeorum by Esculenta, reviewed by AryKun Spot test (lichen) by Esculenta, reviewed by AryKun Gustaf Einar Du Rietz by Esculenta, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Allocalicium by Esculenta, reviewed by Simongraham Multiclavula mucida by Esculenta, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Aphaena submaculata by Etriusus, reviewed by Wolverine XI White-tailed jay by Grungaloo, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Fork-tailed drongo by The Blue Rider, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Northern green anaconda by Chaotic Enby, reviewed by Geardona Heptamegacanthus by Mattximus, reviewed by Esculenta Mixtotherium by PrimalMustelid, reviewed by FunkMonk Diplobune by PrimalMustelid, reviewed by Wolverine XI Ochrophyte by Snoteleks, reviewed by Ealdgyth Parvilucifera by Snoteleks, reviewed by Fritzmann2002 Urceolus by Snoteleks, reviewed by Fritzmann2002 Plexippoides regius by Simongraham, reviewed by Grungaloo Olga Hartman by Viriditas, reviewed by Lightburst Giant panda by Wolverine XI, reviewed by Thebiguglyalien Enchylium conglomeratum by Xkalponik, reviewed by Wolverine XI

Newly nominated content

Great cuckoo-dove by AryKun Heptamegacanthus by Mattximus List of talpids by PresN List of birds of New Brunswick by B3251 List of forest-inventory conifers in Canada by Dank Dissoderma odoratum by NotAGenious Xiphodon by PrimalMustelid Banana by Chiswick Chap Phintella parva by Simongraham Evarcha maculata by Simongraham Asian elephant by Wolverine XI Megafauna by Wolverine XI Fishing cat by Wolverine XI Thistle tortoise beetle by Justinxuje Enchylium limosum by Xkalponik Enchylium polycarpon by Xkalponik Skeleton panda sea squirt by Chaotic Enby Hypericum aciferum by Fritzmann2002 Hypericum russeggeri by Fritzmann2002 Hypericum minutum by Fritzmann2002 Chrompodellid by Snoteleks Aquilegia sibirica by Pbritti Carabus japonicus by NHanselman Charles De Geer by Yakikaki Cheetah reintroduction in India by Magentic Manifestations

News at a glance

The newsletter will not be returning to a monthly format (mainly because the author is busy failing every exam imaginable) and is on a bimonthly schedule for the foreseeable future. The second round of the WikiCup was very competitive, requiring the highest points total to advance since 2014. Two TOL editors, AryKun and Fritzmann2002, advanced to the third round. The March edition of our monthly rolling contest was won by simongraham, who amassed 118 points from 21 articles on various species of jumping spider; in second place was Quetzal1964 with 109 points from 53 articles on marine ray-finned fish. Quetzal1964 and simongraham were also the top two in the April edition, although Quetzal was ahead this time, with 68 points to simongraham's 48. In the annual leaderboard, Quetzal and simongraham are in first and second place respectively, with 291 and 246 points; in third place is Snotoleks, with 76 points.

March DYKs

... that an Indian rhinoceros, sent as a gift to Pope Leo X in 1515, was immortalised as Dürer's Rhinoceros after dying in a shipwreck? (1 March) ... that due to a misunderstanding, Catodontherium was moved from its original genus name? (3 March) ... that a malaria-control program in rural Brazil attracted droves of annoying, colorful bees that collect pesticide (example pictured) into homes? (4 March) ... that popular garden plants like malfurada often escape from cultivation and become invasive? (5 March) ... that the cherry blossom was used symbolically in Japanese World War II propaganda, with falling petals representing "young soldiers' sacrifice for the emperor"? (8 March) ... that off-roading at Muriwai Beach in New Zealand may be damaging the habitat of the newly described korowai gecko (example pictured)? (9 March) ... that Will Smith took part in the expedition that discovered the northern green anaconda? (13 March) ... that the Kīlauea lava cricket disappears from a lava field as soon as any plants start to grow there? (13 March) ... that Julian Assange's lawyer argued that the rules set by the Ecuadorian embassy requiring Assange to take care of his pet cat Michi were "denigrating"? (13 March) ... that mule deer sometimes prefer the flavor of one Rocky Mountain juniper tree, like "ice cream", over another? (21 March) ... that the skeleton panda sea squirt was known on the Internet for its skeleton-like appearance years before its formal description? (26 March) ... that only one fruit but several thousand seeds were known when Allenbya collinsonae was named? (26 March) ... that while named for alliums, the fossil Paleoallium (pictured) was not necessarily directly related to any allium species? (27 March) ... that the extinct genus Mixtotherium, meaning 'mixed beast', has traits of both extinct primates and hyraxes? (28 March) ... that the fossil fern Dickwhitea was described from a single block of chert? (28 March) ... that Scytalopus krabbei is named after Niels Krabbe, who discovered seven other species in its genus? (29 March) ... that Institutiones rei herbariae, published in 1700, sought to give a unique name to every plant based on their "essence"? (29 March) ... that in some rare cases, large Siberian tigers prey on adult brown bears? (30 March) ... that only six years after its 2016 discovery, the Meratus blue flycatcher (pictured) was found being sold in Indonesian songbird markets? (30 March) ... that the spirit liverwort is called such because of its proximity to the Māori afterlife? (31 March) ... that cultures of the fungus Lentinus brumalis have been flown on three different satellites? (31 March) ... that the English herbalist Nicholas Culpeper claimed that eating alkanet leaves would make a person's spit deadly to serpents? (31 March) Eufriesea purpurata Korowai gecko Paleoallium billgenseli fossil Male Meratus blue flycatcher

April DYKs

... that despite its name meaning 'unscented', Hypericum × inodorum can smell strongly of goat? (1 April) ... that color-changing cats (artist's impression pictured) could help us communicate with the future? (2 April) ... that Pep the dog was falsely accused of murdering a cat and sent to Eastern State Penitentiary? (2 April) ... that an extinct French scarab beetle was discovered in a Prague factory? (3 April) ... that the white-tailed jay (example pictured) found in Ecuador and Peru was once thought to have been brought to Mexico by pre-Columbian trade? (5 April) ... that saving the Guadalupe cypress included the help of 40 Judas goats? (5 April) ... that the fork-tailed drongo gives genuine alarm calls but will sometimes lie to steal food from other animals? (5 April) ... that Bangiales, an order of red algae, contains both the oldest-known sexually reproducing organism and the seaweed used to make sushi wrappers? (7 April) ... that beavers, mules, and dogs have been parachuted from airplanes? (8 April) ... that Aphaena submaculata (pictured) uses specialized mouthparts to suck the sap of trees? (8 April) ... that female Eriopis connexa beetles prevent sibling cannibalism by laying unfertilized eggs? (9 April) ... that Androsaemum androsaemum is botanically unacceptable, but Aniculus aniculus is perfectly valid? (9 April) ... that there is one male for every 31 females in an E. interjectus colony, and each female can start its own colony? (10 April) ... that the first extant deer discovered in the 21st century is only 38 centimetres (15 in) tall? (10 April) ... that Buellia aethalea, a species of fungus, is also known as the "darkened button lichen" due to the small black spots on its crusty grey surface? (14 April) ... that despite commonly being caught with a hook and line, the holotype of the Rapa Nui lizardfish was instead collected with a spear? (14 April) ... that ochrophyte algae have twice as many membranes around their chloroplasts as plants? (16 April) ... that while the lichen species Enchylium conglomeratum is considered secure globally, it has been designated as extinct in the UK and regionally extinct in Switzerland? (18 April) ... that Cladonota's extravagant dorsal structures have been called both "grotesque" and "particularly charismatic"? (19 April) ... that the damselfly-relative Okanagrion is suggested to have eight species due to both alpha and beta diversity drivers? (21 April) ... that trees of the extinct genus Calamophyton (example pictured) formed the earliest known forest? (22 April) ... that the color of a black-headed tailorbird's throat was thought to depend on sex, but later turned out to depend on age? (23 April) ... that Biodiversity Impact Credits seek to stop species extinction? (30 April) Artist's impression of a ray cat White-tailed jay Aphaena submaculata Calamophyton tree

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - May 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirtyfirst newsletter, covering May 2024. This issue has news related to SDGs 13, 14 and 15.

User group news

• Upcoming: User group meeting, 16 June
• Mini report from the Wikimedia Summit 2024
• User group representative interviewed by Wikipediapodden at Wikimedia Summit (commons)
• Minutes from user group meeting in May

Other news

• Reflecting _Women For Sustainability Africa Arts + Feminism #Her Voice Campaign 2023
• Macedonia report: Climate change and GLAM (SDG 13)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library April monthly highlights (SDG 14 & 15)
• WikiProject Biodiversity featured in Nature Africa (SDG 14 & 15)
• Wikimedia UK releases a video about their climate focus (SDG 13)

Events

• Wiki Loves Earth, the international photo contest of protected nature, continues in some countries. (SDG 14 & 15)

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).

Administrator changes

Graham Beards

• Deskana
• Mets501
• Staxringold

Bureaucrat changes

• Deskana
• Warofdreams

[REDACTED] Oversight changes

Dreamy Jazz

Guideline and policy news

• Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
• The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

Miscellaneous

• WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Guettarda! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:28, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
• Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
• AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - June 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirtysecond newsletter, covering June 2024. This issue has news related to SDGs 3, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

User group news

• User group vote on the adoption of the Movement Charter (closes 7 July 23.59 UTC)
• Upcoming user group meeting 21 July
• User group meeting held in June - minutes
• The group was featured in the latest WikiAfrica Hour: #36: Does the Wikimedia movement contribute to the SDGs?

Other news

• Stories from the anti-disinformation repository: How WikiProject COVID-19 and other Wikimedia initiatives counter health disinformation (SDG 3)
• Environment Centre Northern Territory Wikipedian in Residence (SDG 15)
• With AI can we increase transparency of companies' carbon footprints (in Swedish). Op-ed that mentions that the greenhouse gas emissions of the top 150 companies on the Stockholm stock exchange has been uploaded to Wikidata. The model is documented on WikiProject Climate Change on Wikidata. (SDG 13)
• Another Year in Review: Where is Wikimedia in the Climate Crisis? Seeing the impact of Wikimedia Projects (SDG 13)
• 46 scholars, self-advocates bring knowledge to Misplaced Pages’s disability healthcare content (SDG 3)
• Wikimedia Sverige publishes their 2023 climate impact report (in Swedish) (SDG 13)
• WikiProject Govdirectory has started weekly collaboration on countries (SDG 16)

Events

• Wikimedia chapters and groups organise the first Sharks and Rays Wikimarathon (29 June, but edits in the weeks after are welcome) (SDG 14)

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).

Administrator changes

• Elli
• HouseBlaster
• Pickersgill-Cunliffe

• Brianga
• De728631
• Georgewilliamherbert
• Hyacinth (deceased)
• ProveIt
• The Night Watch

Technical news

• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

Miscellaneous

• The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

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Books & Bytes – Issue 63

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 63, May – June 2024

• One new partner
• 1Lib1Ref
• Spotlight: References check

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - July 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty third newsletter, covering July 2024. This issue has news related to SDGs 5, 10, 13, and 16.

User group news

• User group meeting held in July, minutes
• Next user group meeting will be 18 August

Other news

• Climate change editahon and workshop in Macedonia (SDG 13)
• WikiForHumanRights in Nigeria 2024 Campaign Virtual Launch (SDG 10&16)
• What we Learned from Wiki Women In Red @8 Campaign 2023 Women for Sustainability Africa (SDG 5)
• Ghanaian Wikipedians set to educate students on Open Climate (SDG 13)
• Using Misplaced Pages as a Tool for Climate Action (SDG 13)

Events

• 5th August, m:Event:Wiki-Green_Conference_2024 Wiki-Green Conference (SDG 13)
• 7-10 August, Wikimania - All SDG related sessions
• 7-9 November, Justicia climática, voces indígenas y plataformas Wikimedia (SDG 13)

Participate

• Share an example of a successful WikiProject or topical collaboration in this on-wiki survey

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).

Administrator changes

Isabelle Belato

• Ian.thomson
• Modussiccandi

Interface administrator changes

Izno

CheckUser changes

Barkeep49

Technical news

• Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
• Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ

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Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Guettarda! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 09:40, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Twenty Year Society

Dear Guettarda,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Twenty Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Misplaced Pages project for twenty years or more. ​

Best regards, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 09:41, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you! Hard to believe it's been 20 years already! Guettarda (talk) 14:06, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

You were already an old hand when I started 19 years ago. :-) Donald Albury 15:08, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
• Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

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Voting for coordinators is now open!

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination 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 will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:40, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - August 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty fourth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDGs 5, 11, 15, and 16.

User group news

• Next user group meeting, 15 September, will be focused on starting to develop a strategy for the group. If you cannot attend, you can leave your input on the ideas page.
• User group meeting held in August (minutes)

Other news

• Report from WikiProject International Botanical Congress 2024 (SDG 15)
• Meeting for Writing on Femenist Strikes and Wiki for Peace Camp St. Imier (SDG 5 & 16)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library report (SDG 15)
• Wikimania had a lot of SDG related sessions and you can watch them back now

Events

• Wiki Loves Monuments starts in September (SDG 11)

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

Administrator changes

Pppery

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

[REDACTED] Oversighter changes

Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

• Courcelles
• GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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WikiProject

Hi, I see you're interested in Caribbean history, would you possibly be interested in a taskforce on oral tradition? Kowal2701 (talk) 21:03, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the invitation Kowal2701 Guettarda (talk) 14:57, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Pharos, Shanluan - FYI. Guettarda (talk) 15:00, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 64

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

• The Hindu Group joins The Misplaced Pages Library
• Wikimania presentation
• New user script for easily searching The Misplaced Pages Library

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Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open! A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. Register your vote here by 23:59 UTC on 29 September! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:34, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - September 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty-fifth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 13.

User group news

• User group meeting held in September on strategy for the group

Other news

• Building a sustainable Wikimedia movement: A contribution from the CEE region, presentation at CEE meeting. (YouTube)
• All About Wiki-Green Conference 2024 (SDG 13)

Events

• Course: Global Approaches to Climate Finance by WikiEdu (SDG 13)

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Announcements from WikiProject Cricket

Annual Cricket Newsletter – Issue I, December 2024 • Published by the Cricket WikiProject • • About the project • Newsroom • Subscribe • Archives •

Annual newsletter to be lauched WikiProject Cricket's annual newsletter titled The Stump Sapient is slated to be launched in December 2024. Following is a list of things that are to be included in the newsletter. Your contribution by editing the newsletter is appreciated. Project news: Project news from WP:CRIC including the list of Awards presented in 2024 and the final results of Contests held in 2024. Article news: Article news from WP:CRIC including list of FAC, FLC, FPC, PR, GAN, ITN, RD etc. from 2024. Cricket news: Summary of International Cricket events took place in 2024 from T20 World Cups to WTC pathway. You're receiving this message because, you've been added to the mailing list and will receive the newsletter. Tell others about the newsletter as well. Thank You! Upcoming contests Cricket Picture of the Year 2024: Nominations will open up in mid-October. Cricket WikiContest 2025: More details will be revealed soon. Visit the contests page for the latest information. Ongoing discussions A discussion about merging the child WikiProjects WP:IPL, WP:BPL, WP:PSL and WP:LPL back into WP:CRIC as taskforces is currently ongoing in the project talk page. • Contribute to the newsletter • Subscribe to the newsletter • Join the WikiProject • Project discussions • Contests • You're receiving this message because, you've been added to the mailing list and will receive the newsletter. Tell others about the newsletter as well. Thank You!

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).

Administrator changes

• Asilvering
• Significa liberdade

• Good Olfactory
• Hesperian
• I JethroBT
• TommyBoy
• Woody

CheckUser changes

• Barkeep49
• Izno

• Doug Weller
• Spicy

Guideline and policy news

• Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Misplaced Pages talk:Administrator elections.
• Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
• An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
• Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).

Miscellaneous

• If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.

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Cricket Picture of the Year 2024 – Nominations open now!

Cricket Picture of the Year 2024 Nominations open from 15 to 31 October 2024 Submit your nominations here • Organized by the Cricket WikiProject • • About the project • Contests • Mailing list • CPOTY 2024 • • Contest coordinators: AssociateAffiliate and Vestrian24Bio •

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WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Misplaced Pages has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
• MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
• Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - October 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty-sixth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 3, 5, 13 and 15.

User group news

• Upcoming meeting, 24 November, 17.00 UTC

Other news

• Talk at WikiIndaba: Wikimedian collaboration in human knowledge: Wiki For Climate Change in the Maghreb region (SDG 13)
• Championing Inclusion in the Wikimedia Movement: Africa Wiki Women Presentation at the Wiki Niger Conference (SDG 5)
• Mountains, Birds and Lakes: Wiki Loves Earth 2024 – Central Asia Edition (SDG 15)

Events

• November 6, 12 and 21: Climate Change & Health in the UK - Misplaced Pages workshop (SDG 3 and 13)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

Administrator changes

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• Babajobu
• Daniel
• Elf
• Jayron32
• Thue
• Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

Maxim

[REDACTED] Oversighter changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
• Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.

Technical news

• Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

• RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.

Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Books & Bytes – Issue 65

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 65, September – October 2024

• Hindu Tamil Thisai joins The Misplaced Pages Library
• Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 report
• Tech tip: Mass downloads

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@BGerdemann (WMF) I already did. Thanks for the reminder. Guettarda (talk) 15:42, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - November 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty-seventh newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 8, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 17.

User group news

• User group meeting, 24 November (minutes)
• We are working on our annual plan for 2025, please add activities that you would like to work on.

Other news

• CEE Catch up Nr. 8 with a sustainability theme
• Wikiconcurso Justiça Climática e Amazônia (SDG 13)
• Report from New Zealand Species Edit-a-thons (SDG 15)
• Report from climate change editing workshop in Macedonia (SDG 13)
• DeGrowth in November with students, artists and academics in Croatia (SDG 8&12)
• The new Charts extension has been enabled on Wikimedia Commons. It's time to start bringing all your local sustainability related charts over there! (SDG 17)

Events

• Ongoing: Bridging Climate Literacy Gaps through Wikimedia projects in Ogoni Land Rivers (SDG 13)
• Ongoing: Financiamiento climático en Misplaced Pages (SDG 13)
• Just started: African Legislators in Red (SDG 16)

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).

Administrator changes

• Ahecht
• DoubleGrazing
• Dr vulpes
• FOARP
• Peaceray
• Queen of Hearts
• Rsjaffe
• SD0001
• SilverLocust
• Sohom Datta
• ThadeusOfNazereth
• Voorts

• Ajpolino
• Fathoms Below
• Pppery
• Tamzin
• Worm That Turned

• Aervanath
• Christopher Sundita
• Dank
• Dennis Brown
• Dragons flight
• Fastily
• Graham87
• JaGa
• Kbh3rd
• Marine 69-71
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
• Yamamoto Ichiro

Interface administrator changes

• SD0001
• Sohom Datta

Pppery

CheckUser changes

• Spicy
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

Technical news

• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
• An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

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New Task forces at WikiProject Cricket

• Following the discussion took place at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Cricket, set of new task forces have been created and has been added to the WikiProject banner as well.
  1. Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Cricket/ICC cricket task force
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• Everyone interested in the topic are welcome to join the task forces!
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Welcome to the 2025 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.

For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented several changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.

The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - December 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirty-eighth newsletter. This issue has news related to SDG 3, 10, 13 and 15.

User group news

• User group meeting in December (minutes)
• We have adopted an annual plan for 2025!

Other news

• Lightning talk by Adam Harangzo - National Institute for Health and Care Research on Misplaced Pages (SDG 3&13)
• Top photos of the special nomination “Human Rights and Environment” from Wiki Loves Earth 2024! (SDG 10&15)
• Two days, 15 editors, 750 edits (SDG 15)
• A Peekaboo Into Our Butterflying Trip from the Amazon of the East (SDG 15)
• Brooklyn College students bring ecology course content to Misplaced Pages (SDG 13&15
• Declaring crisis? Temporal constructions of climate change on WikipediaDeclaring crisis? Temporal constructions of climate change on Misplaced Pages (SDG 13)

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

Sennecaster

• Daniel
• Hog Farm

• BozMo
• Ferret
• John M Wolfson
• MaxSem
• Panyd
• Tide rolls
• Titoxd

CheckUser changes

• Daniel
• Elli
• Liz
• ScottishFinnishRadish
• Theleekycauldron

Worm That Turned

Ferret

[REDACTED] Oversight changes

• Daniel
• Elli
• Liz
• ScottishFinnishRadish
• Theleekycauldron

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, Misplaced Pages:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

• Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

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Article attribution

Good afternoon, Guettarda. I've recently learned that a number of article creations have been incorrectly attributed to me after I draftified them, namely Danilo Riethmüller, Sean Jones (Basketball player), Viliami Fifita, and Jack Farrimond. I was wondering if there was any way to have those removed from my list of pages created. Someone suggested here that you may be able to help with that as it seems like you've recently resolved a similar problem. Cheers, JTtheOG (talk) 23:58, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 66

The Misplaced Pages Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 66, November – December 2024

• Les Jours and East View Press join the library
• Tech tip: Newspapers.com

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