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  • Aim to improve to Featured Article level: "Singapore".
  • Consolidate and organise school articles under MOE clusters.
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    • Photograph the Singapore Airlines headquarters (Airline House) by Changi Airport
    • Quality pictures of exteriors of certain rolling stocks on the MRT (on the North East line, Circle line, Downtown line and TEL), especially stored in depots if possible. Also good quality MRT (and LRT) photos of platforms and exits (and exteriors of elevated stations).
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Singaporean Mahjong rules reference

Hi all, I am looking for a reference for Singaporean Mahjong rules but so far I can only find one book, Amazing Mahjong: Learn to Maximise Your Winning Potential and Have Fun, talking about the rules for the Singapore variant. Our National Library does have it but only a few copies at libraries which are not exactly near to me. So I am appealing for help :

  1. Do you know/have any other online references or books for Singaporean Mahjong rules?
  2. If you stay near these libraries , help me borrow the book, take photos of relevant sections and send to me.

Appreciate any help on other references or getting a hand on this book! Thanks --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 07:21, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Apologies, those libraries are still too far away from where I stay. Would anyone else here stay closer to Yishun, Woodlands or Jurong? (I sound like an MRT announcer...) Seloloving (talk) 13:09, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
Hey no worries, @Robertsky: was almost to Woodlands earlier this week but bailed... --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 02:35, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Managed to make a trip down to the National Library and read what I needed. Thanks guys! --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 06:06, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Expiry of copyright for television broadcasts

I just realised that the Copyright Act section 222 says:

Copyright shall not subsist by virtue of section 89 in —

(a) a television broadcast or a sound broadcast made before 10th April 1987; or

(b) a television broadcast or a sound broadcast made after that date that is a repetition of a television broadcast or a sound broadcast made before that date.

Doesn't this mean effectively all television broadcasts (except government works) before 10 April 1987 are now in the public domain? Would we be able to finally attain good imagery of our early political figures like David Marshall, Lim Chin Siong, Goh Keng Swee and so on, in addition to significant events in Singapore's early history (first containership, reclaimation of ECP, first HDB and so on)? Can anyone tell me if I am reading it right? Seloloving (talk) 15:38, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Seloloving, got to get them unshackled from NAS first. ╮(︶▽︶)╭ – robertsky (talk) 16:02, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
I am working on that. I wrote an email to NAS two months ago to request them to release the copyright of all photos taken before 1950 and going forward. They have replied me twice that they are still looking into the matter. Seloloving (talk) 16:12, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
Seloloving, it is a big ask. haha. especially if they have yet to completely digitise them all. – robertsky (talk) 17:16, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
Yep, but here's to hoping for those already online at least. :( Seloloving (talk) 17:27, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

LTA announcement for tomorrow.

Hey guys. Take note of an announcement by LTA for tomorrow at 11am. Once the announcement has been made, please edit the relevant pages accordingly and appropriately. I might be busy, so if anyone wants to edit soon after the announcement, I will like yall to bear this in mind.

If it is on the stations' opening, use the following sample text:

On 30 June 2020, the LTA announced that the station, together with the rest of (insert line segment), would be opened on (date) that year.

It is still likely it might be something else. But whatever it is, if it is still worthy of being added, update the pages and add the relevant citations using this tool. Thanks.--ZKang123 (talk) 13:25, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Okay, I will try if I have the time. Thanks for the note. Seloloving (talk) 16:04, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Requested semi-protection for NTU

Hey guys, I have requested semi-protection for Nanyang Technological University. Administrators, for your approval please. Hongsy (talk) 11:22, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Noting here that Hongsy also requested this at WP:RfPP, and the article was semied for two days. CMD (talk) 17:18, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Proposed copyright changes

Hello there. This may have a significant impact on the use of photographs and media on Misplaced Pages and commons, so better take note.

There has been a series of proposed amendments to the copyright act. One proposed amendment includes:

Expiry dates for copyright protection of unpublished works

  1. Under the suggested amendments, unpublished works will no longer enjoy perpetual copyright protections
  1. All works, whether published or not, will be subject to a limited period of protection

Keep track of these changes.--ZKang123 (talk) 05:43, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

I will be monitoring them once they are passed. Seloloving (talk) 12:21, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Better Photo for SAR 21 Infobox?

Hi all, I was looking at the article for the SAR 21, and was wondering if anyone had a better photo to replace the one currently in the info box. The current photo shows a cut-out version of the SAR 21, which is a demonstration piece, and not functional. It's also cut off at the muzzle, and quite small. I have asked for inputs on the talk page. Would anyone be able to contribute? Thanks. - Sentimex (talk) 01:55, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Wikimania 2021

Our biggest Wikipedian / Wikimedian gathering is a few weeks away! It will be on August 13-17. It is free and open for everyone! Go to https://bit.ly/wikimania2021 to register. For more information, you can go to the Wikimania wiki. See you there! --Exec8 (talk) 00:42, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

River Valley High School and relevance of award

At present, there's an ongoing dispute between me and another editor on Talk:River_Valley_High_School,_Singapore#Award, regarding the relevance of a mental health award given to the school by Silver Ribbon. In light of the recent circumstances, the notability for inclusion of the award has resulted in a debate between the two of us. It would be good if neutral editors can provide a opinion on the issue.

This request is not yet posted on RFC or third opinion as both requires for some discussion to be held first. So I am posting it here. Seloloving (talk) 02:12, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

RSN discussion on The Straits Times

 You are invited to join the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § Reliability of The Straits Times. {{u|Sdkb}}  23:20, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Vanda Miss Joaquim

New stub: Vanda Miss Joaquim (drag queen). Improvements welcome! ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:29, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Dhoby Ghaut MRT station is now a featured article!

Congratulations to ZKang123 for working hard to promote Dhoby Ghaut MRT station to a Featured article! Hope that in time to come, Wikiproject Singapore can have more featured articles coming from you!

Once again, congratulations! --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 01:55, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Amazing stuff. What an addition to the already extensive MRT work ZKang123 has done. CMD (talk) 10:20, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Reaching out

Hello Wikiproject Singapore, I recently joined the Wikimedia Foundation and would like to set up an introductory call to get to know the Wikimedians in Singapore. Is there an active group of editors/ community organisers here? Would you be open to connecting sometime in November? Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you.--JChen (WMF) (talk) 03:33, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act

Hi WikiProject Singapore, I would like to bring attention to this article on Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act which is listed on the Misplaced Pages:Did you know today. It is clearly unbalanced, with a whole slew of "Opposition" opinions against it and just one "Support" for it - and some of those opinions have undue weight given the standing of certain commentators (e.g. mere individuals not representing organisations). It smells a lot like advocacy to me, especially when ridiculous, attention-seeking allegations like "attempted coup" are repeated there. I would fix it by removing around half of the "Opposition" opinions (especially the attention-seeking ones), but given that I'm editing from an IP, my edits would likely be reverted. --121.7.1.169 (talk) 01:12, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm an advocate for facts, that's all -- if you have more "support" statements, go ahead and add them! I wouldn't be surprised if a bad film with a 0% RT rating had more negative reviews in the "Reception" section--would you?! Kingoflettuce (talk) 01:24, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
Don't remove the NPOV tags without solving the issue and calling it vandalism on my part. That is against Misplaced Pages policy. Again, you have made exactly zero comments on whether the article does indeed have undue weight. We are talking about "opinions" here, not "facts" - in adding opinions, they can be biased, but must come from reliable sources and have proper weight assigned to the balance of opinions. --121.7.1.169 (talk) 01:39, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
I don't need a random IP address to tell me what policy is or isn't. Go rant on Facebook--the only "unbalanced" (unhinged!) voice here is yours. Seriously, get a grip dude. Kingoflettuce (talk) 01:44, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
Clearly uninterested in discussion and launching personal attacks. Again, avoiding the topic at hand. That just goes to show how much you care about the Misplaced Pages community and actually improving Misplaced Pages articles. --121.7.1.169 (talk) 01:58, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
I've contributed more to Misplaced Pages than you ever will and this is the last time I'll be responding to your trollery. Kingoflettuce (talk) 02:03, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
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