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The Bugle: Issue CXIV, September 2015

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Simon Jersey

You PRODded this, and it was deleted. Undeletion has been requested at WP:REFUND, so per WP:DEL#Proposed deletion I have restored it, and now notify you in case you wish to consider AfD. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:53, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

MarketResearch.com

Same as above. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 16:34, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikibooks post

Formatting I don't know of an OTRS system for textbooks but I imagine the standard one could work for other media. I'd be happy to help you format and upload the book. If you want to talk to me one-on-one, my e-mail is on my userpage. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:01, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Cf https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks:Reading_room/Assistance&oldid=2996339#Donating_a_book_to_wikibooks (e-mail is also the "M" in my signature)> —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:01, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

KWO

Where I could report personal attack? [1] Kmicic (talk) 08:52, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Kostiantyn Vasyl Ostrozky

Hi! User:Kmicic said some lie about my edition. I add the article information from Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Again [2]. Why don't you see User:Kmicic vandalism? Pozdrawiam.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 08:54, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Ivan-Yanush Ostrozky

Why this source (Lubomyr Wynar. Ostrozky in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993)) isn't in art-le? Why Ukr. name Іван-Януш Острозький is absent now? Ostroh - is Poland, Belarus? Some of your fellow citizens make small Vandalism. I have not added a source in Ukrainian. Pozdrawiam.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 09:06, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki

Please, see art. history. Pozdrawiam.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 08:56, 24 September 2015 (UTC) Keep silent? --Бучач-Львів (talk) 09:19, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Re: Name changes needed

In my opinion this template should be deleted, because it is not useful and could only generate problems with POV-fighters. Kmicic (talk) 20:54, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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Gender gap study

Thank you, Piotrus, for bringing this study to my attention. After reading it with interest, I think it could be usefully listed in some of the pertinent wikiprojects. Unfortunately, the PDF file you sent does not include details of publication. I have found this announcement from Cornell University Library dated 10 February 2015. Would that be the correct attribution? Has the study been published elsewhere, e.g. in journals? Have you published any other studies on the subject? On looking through the references in the article, I think It’s a Man’s Wikipedia? might also deserve wider attention.--Ipigott (talk) 07:45, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

You're invited! Women in Red World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Architecture

You are invited! → World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Architecture sponsored by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ← Come and join us remotely!
World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Architecture
Dates: 15 to 25 October 2015

The Virtual Edit-a-thon, hosted by Women in Red in parallel with a series of "physical" Guggenheim edit-a-thons, will allow all those keen to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Women in Architecture to participate. As it stretches over a week and a half, inexperienced participants will be able to draw on the assistance of more experienced editors while creating, translating or improving articles on women who are (or have been) prominent in architecture. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. RSVP and find more details →here←--Ipigott (talk) 07:48, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Completed the training

Hello I'm YongGook Lee. I completed the Wikipedia:Training/For students and enrolled in our course. I think Wiki system is very interesting but complicated. I want to get good result for making some meaningful articles. Thank you.Yonggook Lee (talk) 13:03, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

  • How are you Piotr, this is Hyun Yang who has ID of unicef. I completed the Wikipedia Training. I hope my translation assignment can contribute to the Globalization of Wikipedia. Have good day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HyunYang (talk • contribs) 14:46, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Hi I'm dae-hyun JO. I finished the Wikipedia:Training/For students and enrolled in our course. Unfortunately, I did not fully understand. but, I will try hard to research for Wikipedia. and I will work hard to learn. thankyou.
  • Hi I'm Dong-hun Kang. I finished the Wikipedia:Training/For students and enrolled in our course. I think this training is good for Wiki newbies like me. I think this class is good chance to improve my information editing skill. Kdh3014 (talk) 12:09, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Hello, I'm Ji-soo Seo, taking Sociology of globalization course. I completed the Wikipedia:Training/For students and enrolled in our course. Also I acquired some badges!:) Ji-soo Seo (talk) 05:59, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Hi, I'm Ju-young Gong. I'm in a classroom listening to Sociology of globalization. I completed the Wikipedia:Training/For students and enrolled in our course. I think I can edit Wikipedia better than ever before.Gong Ju-young (talk) 07:46, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
  • hi Piotrus. I'm Seunghun An. I completed the Wikipedia:Training/For students and enrolled in our course. Acually, it was hlep to understand how to use wiki just a little. Because i'm not good at English. So i think i will practice one more on the Korean page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seunghun An (talk • contribs) 07:44, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 13

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Issue 13, August-September 2015
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Pirates Constructable Game

Good evening,

Do you still have the large Pirate game models used at GenCon 2007? We are having a game in Raleigh, NC at the end of the month and would love to show them off!

Thanks! Allison — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.143.167.237 (talk) 00:03, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Dear Allison, I am not sure what you are talking about? I never owned anything but a few regular sized models for that game. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:06, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

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Map of languages in 2nd Polish republic

Moved into Talk:Polish_census_of_1931#Map of languages in 2nd Polish republic, since it is now way beyond personal discussion. Staszek Lem (talk) 01:26, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

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Szybiłło

Thanks, I will create the stub during next weekend. Regards Kmicic (talk) 21:25, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK Nomination for Antoni Koper

A few months ago you suggested I submit a new page I had created for a DYK nomination. You offered to help me, and I should have taken you up on that kind offer, because I totally blew it. The editors reviewing the noms thought I had paraphrased a source two closely in at least two instances. Unfortunately, I was dealing with some health issues (I'm a disabled veteran) and did not see the discussion until it was too late. I have learned some valuable lessons that will no doubt help me be a better Wikipedia editor, but I do feel I owe you an apology for letting you down. Unless you know some way to restore the nomination, I fear it has been permanently closed. Thanks again for your encouragement. Sorry I failed. Malcom Gregory Scott (talk) 18:55, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

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Asperhofen and others

Hello Piotrus, can you help in above and the others because I corrected the dates in the infobox as of 2015. Shown is 2014. Can you correct the corresponding page for all? There are this from Municipalities in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land. Thanks and regards -- Sweepy (talk) 05:12, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Vandalising

Good Afternoon, I am having problems with vandalism on my User Page, by User:QueenMaryIGhost. This can be seen in the User:Arbustum View History tab. The user has also vandalized other pages. If it is possible, please could there be a control on who is able to edit my page - I fear he or she will also vandalize my pages. Thank you.

Arbustum (talk) 11:42, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you.

Arbustum (talk) 17:28, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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Thank you for linking my articles

Thank you so much for link to other big articles like lantern and lantern festivals! I checked it and edited more details! Please check on it. Thanks. (Is it right way to talk to you..? I am confused.)--Misokkkim (talk) 17:47, 19 October 2015 (UTC)Misokkkim

auto-populate categories through Wikidata/other wiki comparison

If you need, I can generate list of pages, that are in category X at Wikipedia Y, that also exists at Wikipedia Z. Have one secret mothod :) --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 11:58, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Here they are. When you need more categories, just ask. It doesn't take me a much time to generate the list. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 07:02, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

School violence sites

Thank you. I took your advice, and made adjustments on the relevant talk pages. Iss246 (talk) 13:37, 19 October 2015 (UTC) I added categories to the entry on school violence in Bulgaria. Thanks for the heads-up. Iss246 (talk) 13:52, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:303 plane picture.jpg

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A cup of tea for you!

With this ever dramatic world and winter coming, here's a cup of tea to alleviate your day! This e-tea's remains have been e-composted SwisterTwister talk 05:32, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

So wierd

HHTC Systems - I am 99% certain I didn't accept that article through AfC. If it were nominated for deletion instead of prodded I would weigh in with a delete without a second thought. This is the second time this has happened. Maybe I was sleep editing but I gotta find out if there's some kind of bug which allows this to happen. Or bean a friend who sometimes uses my computer for editing. Anyway, glad you prodded it despite my confusion re its creation. Cheers! Julie JSFarman (talk) 15:04, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

companies in Russia, etc.

1. I am very reluctant to delete by prod any company where there is a corresponding extensive article in the national WP, which looks like it might conceivably be notable. The first step would normally be making at least a rough translation & checking the foreign language refs. I am especially reluctant to do this for languages I cannot read at all, like Korean. 2. In general, almost all subjects covered in the deWP have proven notable when tested here. I might say this also for the frWP, but of course I am much more skeptical with most others, including ru. . Thee 2 Russian candy companies & the arms manufacturer do however seem to have a reasonable chance of being found notable DGG ( talk ) 23:04, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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For your essay User:Piotrus/Wikipedia:Why most sentences should be cited. You have put into words an issue that has been bothering me. Where once I put references at the end of paragraphs, I have since found myself putting reference citations on every sentence, out of plain defensiveness. Well written and well said! Jacqke (talk) 15:28, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

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Newsletter • October 2015

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A presentation on WikiConference Seoul

Hi. I heard that you can give a presentation on our conference from Ryuch. The event will be held at 3 pm, Nov. 21 in Google Campus Seoul, Korea. If you want to participate in the event, please notify to me. --Motoko C. K. (talk) 20:09, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Sociology in Russia

Too optimistic.Xx236 (talk) 07:33, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Quick counterattack. Not quite a Wikipedia level.Xx236 (talk) 08:25, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

About ONYC Hair Deletion Request.

Thank you for posting your concerns about the post ONYC Hair .I am tring to find new resources about the ONYC hair and will post them here soon in coming time.

Regards, Hashivalayan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.251.255.47 (talk) 10:11, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Sociology in Poland

User:Tomsega wrote disgusting unsourced comments in 2009, I have removed them.Xx236 (talk) 12:59, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Visegrad Patent Institute

Thanks for your message on my talk page. I've tried to address your concerns by adding some references, such as for example the Budapest Business Journal and Intellectual Property Watch references. --Edcolins (talk) 20:06, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Promotion for WikiConference Seoul

We want to promote the WikiConference Seoul where you will participate. Can you give a advice on how to promote it in Hanyang Univ.? --Motoko C. K. (talk) 15:51, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

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Request to remove "marked for deletion" with GMC Software

Dear Piotrus,

Writing to request you remove the request for deletion on the GMC Software company - this company is notable in the sense that employe more than 500 employees globally, with an R&D centre in the Czech Republic that employs more than 200 software engineers, developers and testers alone - while supporting Barcamp, the WebExpo 2015 conference in Prague, the Prague Wheelchair Sports Club, and the Czehitas initiative (you can see this all on our Facebook page which highlights our community and volunteer efforts). Furthermore we complete with the likes of HP and Pitney Bowes - two of the largest software companies on the planet. --MMushtaqB (talk) 14:07, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Request to remove "marked for deletion" with the GMC Software page

Dear Piotrus,

Writing to request you remove the request for deletion on the GMC Software company - this company is notable in the sense that employe more than 500 employees globally, with an R&D centre in the Czech Republic that employs more than 200 software engineers, developers and testers alone - while supporting Barcamp, the WebExpo 2015 conference in Prague, the Prague Wheelchair Sports Club, and the Czehitas initiative (you can see this all on our Facebook page which highlights our community and volunteer efforts). Furthermore we complete with the likes of HP and Pitney Bowes - two of the largest software companies on the planet. --MMushtaqB (talk) 14:07, 30 October 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MMushtaqB (talk • contribs)

Meeting of Styles

I answered you at the article's talk page. I wish I had better sources to work with.Thelmadatter (talk) 18:37, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

Hello Piotrus:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
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Tim White-Sobieski Article Notability questioned

Dear Piotrus,

I see that the English Wikipedia page for Tim White Sobieski has a flag that says it does not meet notability guidelines.

I am an educator and curator who has worked with the artist before, and due to the amount of publications, shows, and press this artist has gotten, I consider his work worthy of being in the encyclopedia. Additionally, due to the scope of different fields the artist covers in his oeuvre, I consider it a valuable educational resource.

I have added 28 other references, and have updated the bibliography with the correct format and as many ISBN numbers as I could find.

Please let me know what else I can do to validate this page as an educational resource.

Thank you!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulinapaulina3030 (talk • contribs) 03:07, 30 October 2015 (UTC)


Hi Piotrus,

NB: I clicked "reply here" on the "talk" page for Tim White-Sobieski, and was re-directed here. So I will post my comment on both pages to make sure you get it.

Thank you for your comments.

I agree, that I should know the rules of Wikipedia more thoroughly - it will make me a better editor in the future.

As per your advice, I have deleted all the external links in the body of the article, and have also truncated catalog language.

What shall I do as far as images copyright? I really don't understand how that works. If the image is self-photographed, then what is the issue? Shall I get a letter from the artist's studio manager to verify that these images are acceptable to use in an encyclopedic context?

Looking at your extensive experience as an editor, I would greatly appreciate any further advice you can give me to ameliorate the status of this article, and to remove all of those flags as soon as possible.

I am myself a dedicated Wikipedia user, referring to its information on many subjects and consider the article on this artist to be a great educational resource for those interested in video art and installations.

Thank you again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulinapaulina3030 (talk • contribs) 00:12, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 October 2015

Proxy barnstars

I wonder if you are aware of this edit by User:Wikibenchris who seems to be socking you on his own page? Jodosma (talk) 22:26, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Ok, just thought it was a bit strange. Jodosma (talk) 12:39, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association Entry

Truly sorry, not even sure this is the right space - completely agree with all the issues. Will amend them ASAP. Best regards, Jacek Wozny (talk) 10:02, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Minor edits

I will try, but for right now that looks like a feature that would have to be added to Cat-a-Lot; I don't know that it's possible right now. But I'll ask later today and see what the story is. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 11:58, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

11B-X-1371

Re this tagging: See the sources cited. It's notable. Daniel Case (talk) 14:41, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

SmartFocus Page for deletion

Helllo,

I am the owner of the SmartFocus Wiki page which has recently been deleted.

I believe this is due to the logo being used on the page. If i delete the logo, how do i go about getting the page re-published?

Or could you please let me know which articles on the page need further justification, and i would be happy to provide the links...

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emvfr (talk • contribs) 10:03, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Emvfr#Proposed_deletion_of_SmartFocus

Yes i am the creator not the owner. The problems that were listed above are very generic and i cannot see which sources in particular within the article you are referring to? If you are able to list which sources need editing / further justification i would be happy to do so?

Many thanks

Emvfr (talk) 13:22, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Community Chest of Korea

A tag has been placed on Community Chest of Korea requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from the article namespace to a different namespace except the Category, Template, Wikipedia, Help, or Portal namespaces.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Stefan2 (talk) 18:46, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2015: The results

WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Belarus Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to United States Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:

We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · logs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · logs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · logs) 18:39, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup Award

Awarded for participating in the 2015 WikiCup. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 19:34, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Wishes

Happy Diwali!!!

Sky full of fireworks,
 Mouth full of sweets,
 Home full of lamps,
 And festival full of sweet memories...

Wishing You a Very Happy and Prosperous Diwali.
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Duax

The article that is the subject of this AfD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Duax) has been enhanced substantially since you weighed in. If you have a moment to take a second look at Robert Duax, that would be appreciated. Cbl62 (talk) 23:46, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

21st-century economic migration of Poles

Do you really want to say that 74.5% of the population of Warmińsko-mazurskie Voivodeship have emigrated? I couldn't believe this (must be pretty empty there...?) and could not find confirmation in your source. It has a 74.7 close to that voivodeship somewhere, but it clearly isn't a percentage. Could you clarify this? Happy editing, —Kusma (t·c) 13:41, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Stanislav Poplavsky.PNG

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Stanislav Poplavsky.PNG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you object to the listing for any reason. Thank you. Kelly hi! 01:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

New Board

Please see my additions to the New board article.Kdammers (talk) 19:46, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 November 2015

Thanks

Hello Piotrus. Thank you so much for the kind words and the information. I will try to get my article in DYK. If there is any problem, I would let you know. I will also keep in mind to create a talk if I write any other article.Susana Hodge (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:44, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

World Values Survey

Hello Piotrus, as you noted some concerns about this article a few months ago, just as quick note: I removed large chunks of COI content from this article (mostly WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:REFSPAM violations). If you are still interested in the topic, it would be great if you could double-check my removals. I am not a topic expert, so unfortunately I cannot really contribute to more complex topic-related problems in the article. Best regards. GermanJoe (talk) 18:04, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXVI, November 2015

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DYK for Vietnamese people in Poland

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Berkeley Madonna entry

Hi Piotrus,

thank you for your help with the Berkeley Madonna entry. You prodded it with "marked for deletion", so some people from the user group discussed it. We seem to not understand what it takes to make the page acceptable to you, presumably the notability is the issue. Publications in established journals and 22,000 Google hits seem to not be sufficient. Can you please give some advice on what you are looking for? Thanks!

andreas27 09:57, 18 November 2015 (UTC)Andreas27krause — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreas27krause (talk • contribs)

Nov 19: Thank you for your comment. I have added some more references (books) to address the notability issue that you mentioned. Thinking it over I think it is not appropriate for me to delete your "marked for deletion" box, you should take it out if you are happy with it. I will thus leave it in.

On your comment "Wikipedia is not a site for promotion of one's software", this is not my intent at all. Let me emphasize that I have no relationship to the authors of the software except for being a user of it and having purchased a license.

Best regards, 

 Andreas

andreas27 08:35, 19 November 2015 (UTC)Andreas27krause

Prods of well-know brands

Hi Piotrus,

I've noticed that you have prodded a couple articles on well-known brands that are large companies in their industry (such as Hair Cuttery and Boar's Head Provision Company). I don't think articles like that are good candidates for prod. Prod is intended for cases where deletion seems like the obvious outcome. For large brands like those it would be surprising if coverage in reliable sources didn't exist. Even if you have looked for sources yourself and not found any, I still think those articles should be taken to AFD to receive a wider review by other users looking for sources. It is certainly possible that no one will find sources, but again, I think that outcome would be unexpected. Basically, prod isn't for cases where there is merely a good case to be made for deleting the article, but for cases where deletion seems obvious and it would be surprising for anyone to make a case for keeping the article. I just don't think these articles fit that description, and instead I think you should take them straight to AFD. Calathan (talk) 20:04, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Wood-block print listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wood-block print. Since you had some involvement with the Wood-block print redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 09:52, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

FemLink-Art

FemLink-Art Article -- Dear Piotrus, thanks for you feedback regarding the article. We are in the process of improving it by requesting several of our world renown artists link back to our article. As a ten year long collaborative feminist art project that features 149 from 64 countries -- a project that has been welcomed by more than 130 museums, art ,centers and video festivals around the globe it seems natural that Wikipedia would have a page to describe the project. Since our creative outreach is global, we do find that main stream media can sometimes ignore the accomplishments of women artists in their countries if women's art making is deemed unimportant (sadly more common than one might think). We, of course, feel differently as have the many cultural venues that have welcomed our project and cataloged it in their archives. It is especially important to have FemLink-Art available on Wikipedia as a place to share this information with the diverse, world audience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.7.37.9 (talk) 14:47, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Dear anon, a place to discuss the article is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FemLink-Art. But please note that Wikipedia is not a vehicle to be used to promote one's ideas. Encyclopedias are not advertising media. Please see WP:ITSIMPORTANT and related topics. You don't need mainstream media only; has this project been written about by academics, for example? Feminist art scholars? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:20, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 November 2015

Aleksandra Dranka AfD - Prośba o pomoc

Drogi panie Piotrze, Zwracam się z uprzejmą prośbą o pomoc w ochronie artykułu na anglojęzycznej Wikipedii o pani Aleksandrze Drance, najstarszej Polce w historii, który został nominowany do usunięcia przez grupę uprzedzonych użytkowników anglojęzycznej Wikipedii wobec artykułów poświęconych tematyce długowieczności. Jako że pani Aleksandra Dranka jest nie tylko wybitną postacią w tej wąskiej niszy jaką są badania nad długowiecznością, lecz również istotną postacią w historii Polski jestem zdeterminowany chronić artykuł o niej. W tym celu rozbudowałem ów artykuł dodając nowe źródła. Niestety, użytkownicy Rocky, EEng oraz CommanderLinx, w swojej zatwardziałości i ignorancji usunęła wprowadzone zmiany, wandalizując artykuł oraz negując źródła, których wiarygodność jest poza wszelką wątpliwością. Artykuł o Aleksandrze Drance został wytypowany jako następny cel tej wyjątkowo haniebnie postępującej grupy użytkowników, którzy wręcz ogarnięci są obsesją niszczenia pracy innych osób. Niestety mają oni poparcie zaprzyjaźnionych administratorów. Ich zachowanie, język oraz słownictwo wykraczają poza zakres dopuszczalnych norm etycznych w nie tylko mojej opinii. Stąd też dyskusja nad objęciem użytkowników EEng i Ricky banem tematycznym: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=690918645#Users_EEng_and_Ricky81682.

Jest pan powszechnie uznanym oraz jednym z najaktywniejszych wikipedytów na angielskiej wikipedii. Stąd też moja uprzejma prośba o pomoc. Jeśli zna pan cenionych administratorów, którzy mogliby pomóc w tej sprawie, będę wdzięczny za każdą pomoc w celu ochrony informacji na anglojęzycznej wikipedii o naszym polskim dziedzictwie.

Podaję link do dyskusji: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Aleksandra_Dranka

z poważaniem, White Eaglet (talk) 17:20, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Szanowny Panie Piotrze,

Przepraszam za możliwie nieprecyzyjne określenie mojego stanowiska. Z całym szacunkiem, proszę o wsparcie w celu utrzymania artykułu w takiej formie w jakiej obecnie się on znajduje, czyli jako oddzielny artykuł. Dokładnie tak, jak funkcjonuje on na polskiej wikipedii. Aleksandra Dranka nie jest zwykłą osobą. Aleksandra Dranka to współczesna rekordzistka długowieczności Polski, pierwsza w historii w pełni zweryfikowana polska superstulatka. Jest postacią bardzo wybitną; w mojej ocenie zasługuje na oddzielny artykuł. Osobiście odwiedziłem panią Aleksandrę gdy była żyjąca i napisałem ten artykuł. Jej rodzina jest dumna z jego istnienia. Tak jak Jeanne Calment, Sarah Knauss oraz Emma Morano odpowiednio rekordzistki długowieczności Francji, USA i Włoch mają swoje oddzielne artykuły, nie widzę powodu dla którego polska rekordzistka miałaby być go pozbawiona. Jeżeli to możliwe, uprzejmie proszę o zmianę stanowiska i zagłosowanie za utrzymaniem artykułu (Keep) w obecnej formie. z poważaniem, White Eaglet (talk) 09:12, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

  • FYI, Piotrous, "White Eaglet" has been determined to be a sock puppet of a banned user, and has been indefinitely blocked. And contrary to the assertions above, this article has not been singled out because the subject is Polish. It is one of several dozen "oldest person" articles that have been nominated for AfD in the last several months, some of which have been kept ad some of which have been deleted in light of our notability and other suitability guidelines. Feel free to ping me if you have any questions. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:40, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 November 2015

Naganowski

User:Piotrus/List of Poles/Muller-Olbromski
Edmund Wacław Naganowski 1853 - 1915 dziennikarz ...

I am pretty sure Naganowski is Edmund Naganowski, but I am already tired of reading & writing for today. Staszek Lem (talk) 22:08, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Indrė Šerpytytė - notable?)

This page contains numerous references to secondary sources. Dmun023 (talk) 11:48, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Painta

Andrzej Panta is a far too underrated artist. But only his translations of German philosophers would justify an entry. Due to his illness (autistic), he can not represent as good as others and is often overlooked. If you think it would take more evidence, that would be quite feasible. Ruessen-Kleinstorckwitz (talk) 07:40, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

and whats the matter with Waldemar Dras?

I found 1 prize, some words about him and some articles. for more I have to wait for Information of specialists. but its not easy to find something in newspapers/magazine archives. Ruessen-Kleinstorckwitz (talk) 11:57, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Creative professionals / "WP:AUTHOR" - for Waldemar Dras

1. The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors. HE HAS: (Words about him by Boguslaw Wroblewski)

4. (c) has won significant critical attention, HE HAS: - article by Krzysztof Paczuski and others (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums. (not museum, but magazines of literature „akcent“/Lublin) Ruessen-Kleinstorckwitz (talk) 12:28, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

sorry. maybe not important. Ruessen-Kleinstorckwitz (talk) 15:15, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2015 November 30#Vu Digital

At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vu Digital (2nd nomination), you supported deletion and the AfD was closed as "delete". At Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2015 November 30#Vu Digital, I asked for the community's permission to restore the history under the redirect so I can merge material to C Spire Wireless, the parent company.

I will only merge material sourced to TechCrunch, Mississippi Business Journal, Broadcasting & Cable, and The Clarion-Ledger, which all pass Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. I will not merge any material sourced only to press releases or sources that fail Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. Would you support this? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 19:17, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 December 2015

Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!

On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion of Campaign Monitor

Hi there! Just wanted to respond to your proposal to delete the Campaign Monitor page. Please see my response below:

This article meets all listed criteria because of the following reasons:

Criteria A: Depth of Coverage It is stated in your Notability article that the company is notable if is has been the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources. Other than the noteworthy coverage in our sources (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.), Campaign Monitor has been mentioned in notable online publications just in the last month (a feature on their founders in SmartCompany and an in-depth case study on BufferApp), showing a continuation of coverage. It should be noted that none of the articles mentioned fall within your list of trivial coverage.

Criteria B: Audience As national and international publications, our references are “at least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international.” Criteria C: Independence of Sources None of the sources of coverage referenced have any ties to Campaign Monitor. All are independent, reliable publications. While some of the sources are syndications of press releases, they add value as they are information-rich content relating to the brand.

Criteria D: Illegal Conduct There is no reference to any illegal conduct within this article.

If edits to this article are necessary, would you like to see more sources + information? That is readily available as there has been more placements & company developments since the creation of this page. Thanks so much for taking the time to review the article and my response!

Best, Gurbs — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheGurbs (talk • contribs) 21:24, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Stanisław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz (painter)

Hm, that's odd, I usually do add the {{WikiProject Biography}} tag to everything I do. I must have been distracted by all the changes I was making in the article on the same-named Archbishop.WQUlrich (talk) 19:09, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of article (lacking notability)

This article has been changed to better conform with notability guidelines including the addition of several articles about the company. Is this acceptable? Bilbo701 (talk) 02:27, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nor4d

Hey, perhaps you can take a look through these articles and see if they're actually notable as I looked at almost all of them and there's nothing to currently suggest much better especially Marek Piwowski. Cheers, SwisterTwister talk 22:25, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 14

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Issue 14, October-November 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - Gale, Brill, plus Finnish and Farsi resources
  • Open Access Week recap, and DOIs, Wikipedia, and scholarly citations
  • Spotlight: 1Lib1Ref - a citation drive for librarians

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The Interior, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:13, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Third opinion requested

Hi Piotrus. If you have time, I would appreciate if you could review the case at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christian Gänshirt, given your expertise in identifying WP:ARTSPAM and self-promotion on Wikipedia. The article creator has a multitude of sockpuppets and has added so many comments to the AfD that it is dissuading other editors from participating. But I believe the issue is pretty cut-and-dry. The AfD has been relisted three times, most recently a week ago. I fear it will be closed with no consensus. Thanks and kind regards, Citobun (talk) 03:20, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 December 2015

Notability issue

Hi there, I received a notice about the article I created on Belgian painter and poet Jan Vanriet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Vanriet) possibly not meeting Wikipedia's general notability guideline. It has been advised to add more sources, however I have already provided many sources from international press, books and the internet, as well as a bibliography of books written about the artist. The artist is fairly well known, has produced a lot of public as well as personal art projects, and has exhibited around the world throughout his lifetime, but do I need to provide more evidence of this? Would you advise to still add more sources? Thanks Ljs90 (talk) 17:16, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

dyk?

Hi, since I have kinda "personal COI", I'd like your opinion whether my new article, Pilot Pirx, is DYK-worthy. Staszek Lem (talk) 17:20, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Thx; {{Did you know nominations/Pilot Pirx}}. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:43, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
P.S. As for Stiller, I did see it in Polish wiki, but I was kinda reluctant to use it; after reading his Lemie! po co umarłeś? I had an uneasy feeling that Stiller was both capitalizing on his claimed friendship with Lem, and the same time envied him quite on the dark side. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:57, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Viktar Andrejevič Korbut

I have removed the {{prod}} tag from Viktar Andrejevič Korbut, which you proposed for deletion, because I think that the deletion of this article may be controversial. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! --Maksim L. (talk) 14:30, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

CRAX Commander

You have nominated my page CRAX Commander for deletion because of lack of reliable sources, but I think that I have placed the reliable sources "Bohemian Boomer", "Mac360", "macexpress.info". Please let me know how to handle the explanation because I'm new in the Wikipedia world. Thanks. masl.soft4u2 15:00, 15 December 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masl soft4u2 (talk • contribs)

A kitten for you!

the barnstar (purple) made me feel better thx because i was trying to get my neighbors kitten and fell out of a tree yesterday and felt really down until i read about ur stat thx again :) :) i felt stuck like that kitten

United kingdoms my home (talk) 21:46, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I am trying to ping the overseer/moderator of the EasyEDA page to say that I have made some changes and raised a couple of questions about the notability of my links there but I am not sure what I have to do to ping them.

Signality (talk) 23:45, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Asian Month Barnstar
Thanks for your great contribution in Wikipedia Asian Month 2015! --AddisWang (talk) 19:46, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 December 2015

Season's Greetings

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To You and Yours!
FWiW Bzuk (talk) 18:26, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!

Hello Piotrus: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America1000 18:49, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Figureskatingfan (talk), and Godot13 (talk).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

EasyEDA reliable sources issue ~~

I have added some more links including one in Chinese.

Thanks.

Signality (talk) 22:24, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thank you for comments about Jeonju Hanok Village. I have already edit some categories and some related links like Buchon Hanok Village, Korea Folk Village, and more. In addition, I think the article is quite good enough for DYK nomination! What do you think about it? If there is more additional comments for advice, I am very happy to hear that! Please check for my article! Misokkkim (talk) 07:24, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's greetings!

Hello Piotrus: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Esquivalience t 21:02, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

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VisualEditor News #6—2015

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A new, simpler system for editing will offer a single Edit button. Once the page has opened, you can switch back and forth between visual and wikitext editing.

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If you prefer having separate edit buttons, then you can set that option in your preferences, either in a pop-up dialog the next time you open the visual editor, or by going to Special:Preferences and choosing the setting that you want:
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The current plan is for the default setting to have the Edit button open the editing environment you used most recently.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs and expanded the mathematics formula tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages such as Japanese and Arabic, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

You can switch from the wikitext editor to the visual editor after you start editing.

The LaTeX mathematics formula editor has been significantly expanded. (T118616) You can see the formula as you change the LaTeX code. You can click buttons to insert the correct LaTeX code for many symbols.

Future changes

The single edit tab project will combine the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab, like the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398) Initially, the "Edit" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as a cookie for logged-out users and as an account preference for logged-in editors. Logged-in editors will be able to set a default editor in the Editing tab of Special:Preferences in the drop-down menu about "Editing mode:".

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the following Wikipedias in early 2016: Amharic, Buginese, Min Dong, Cree, Manx, Hakka, Armenian, Georgian, Pontic, Serbo-Croatian, Tigrinya, Mingrelian, Zhuang, and Min Nan. (T116523) Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. The developers would like to know how well it works. Please tell them what kind of computer, web browser, and keyboard you are using.

In 2016, the feedback pages for the visual editor on many Wikipedias will be redirected to mediawiki.org. (T92661)

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  • Please try the new system for the single edit tab on test2.wikipedia.org. You can edit while logged out to see how it works for logged-out editors, or you can create a separate account to be able to set your account's preferences. Please share your thoughts about the single edit tab system at the feedback topic on mediawiki.org or sign up for formal user research (type "single edit tab" in the question about other areas you're interested in). The new system has not been finalized, and your feedback can affect the outcome. The team particularly wants your thoughts about the options in Special:Preferences. The current choices in Special:Preferences are:
    • Remember my last editor,
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Hi peter, im moon min

Hey peter, i just got my grade today. I just wonder that you got my e-mail. I did my wiki homework 12.21 시리아 내전의 난민 I sent you an e-mail, but it seems that you havent read my mail, so if you didnt look my wiki homework yet, please look at it.

Thanks, have a good vacation — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyhybabo (talk • contribs) 12:37, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Busan Museum

Piotrus, I wasn't sure whether you'd seen that one of your student's nominations had been reviewed, and that there were issues. Might you be able to see whether these can be addressed, or take care of them yourself? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:19, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Korean textbook controversy

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Wladyslaw Bukowinski - DYK nomination

Hi, thank you very much for your feedback regarding the article (I am looking to include much more when I get more info). In regards to your suggestion about the DYK, it sounds a bit too complex for me (I'm not all that used to it). Is there a possibility you could assist me so that I may be able to nominate the article? Any help is greatly appreciated.Lord Sidious 82 (talk) 06:16, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

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Warsaw Fotoplastikon

Thank you very much for your suggestions about a DYK and the use of assessment tags for my article on the Warsaw Fotoplastikon. I appreciate the encouragement and will see about having a go at the DYK process. Nice to know that someone notices these things.Dan Conlin (talk) 23:23, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

EMCA

Hi, about the {{notability}} in article European Multisport Club Association, I added sources for reliability and neutrality as possible. Are the following sources:

  1. huffingtonpost.it (last paragraph) L'Huffington Post
  2. Μessaggeroveneto.gelocal.it Messaggero Veneto – Giornale del Friuli
  3. sigmalive.com use in enwiki
  4. ant1iwo.com use in enwiki

Please check the above sources and if you judge that make the article notable, is advisable to remove the template. --IM-yb (talk) 15:34, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

I started a discussion (Talk:European Multisport Club Association#Notability) in the talk page of the article. Please check, if you want, the talk page of the article and if you judge that the explanation of the sources make the article notable, is advisable to remove the template. --IM-yb (talk) 20:30, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Sorbel

Yes, of course. I will remember about the WikiProject assessment templates. Best regards Kmicic (talk) 20:24, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

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Polish constitutional crisis, 2015

The page was an example how to not write an article. How is it possible to put such trash on the main page? This Wikipedia has a problem.Xx236 (talk) 10:58, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

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Polish copyright discussion

Hello, there's a discussion about Polish copyright on Commons, and I was suggested to ask you for your opinion on this. I will appreciate your comment. Sincerely, Yury Bulka (talk) 17:44, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

@Юрій Булка: Thanks, replied there. You may want to crosspost this on WT:POLAND too. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 19:39, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
Thank you. My inquiry was about the previous discussion on that page though (#Other types of works?) --Yury Bulka (talk) 21:26, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

prośba o kontakt - dot. fotografii z wiki

Dzień dobry,

bardzo proszę o kontakt w sprawie fotografii z hasła "Legia warszawa (piłka nożna)pod linkiem: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legia_Warszawa_%28pi%C5%82ka_no%C5%BCna%29#/media/File:Polish_Legionists_playing_soccer_%281914-1918%29.jpg - tam jest informacja, że Pan ją przesłał, a ja szukam jej źródła - chciałabym pozyskać do celów służbowych skan lepszej rozdzielczości. Gdyby mógł mi Pan pomóc, będę wdzięczna. Aga, agnieszka.dyczkowska@gmail.com

Witam, w opisie jest jasno podane, skad wzialem zdjecie: "Scanned from: Bitwa pod Kostiuchnówką, Zwycięstwa Oręża Polskiego Nr 16. Rzeczpospolita and Mówią Wieki. Various authors and editors. 17 June 2006". Proponuje wiec kontakt z redakcja MW - moze ktos bedzie pamietac, skad wzieli zdjecie. Pozdrawiam, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:30, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Translation request: 2 sentences

Hello Piotrus, I saw your name listed at Wikipedia:Translators available#Polish-to-English and I was hoping you could help to provide an English translation for the following:

  • "UWAGA: Redaktorzy nie są anonimowi, ale podpisują się imieniem i nazwiskiem wyłącznie w materiałach płatnych, stąd też ich tożsamość musi być sprawdzona poprzez ręczne wyszukiwanie. Przy wpisywaniu ocen serwisu należy brać pod uwagę jedynie ocenę wystawioną w recenzji, nie zaś kombinowaną."

As I understand it this is a notice on Wiki-appropriate usage of a Polish-language RS. The context for this request can be found here. Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this. Please also let me know if you don't have the time so that I can try to contact another translator. Thanks again. -Thibbs (talk) 22:57, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

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Newsletter • January 2016

Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:

What comes next

Some good news: the Wikimedia Foundation has renewed WikiProject X. This means we can continue focusing on making WikiProjects better.

During our first round of work, we created a prototype WikiProject based on two ideas: (1) WikiProjects should clearly present things for people to do, and (2) The content of WikiProjects should be automated as much as possible. We launched pilots, and for the most part it works. But this approach will not work for the long term. While it makes certain aspects of running a WikiProject easier, it makes the maintenance aspects harder.

We are working on a major overhaul that will address these issues. New features will include:

  • Creating WikiProjects by simply filling out a form, choosing which reports you want to generate for your project. This will work with existing bots in addition to the Reports Bot reports. (Of course, you can also have sections curated by humans.)
  • One-click button to join a WikiProject, with optional notifications.
  • Be able to define your WikiProject's scope within the WikiProject itself by listing relevant pages and categories, eliminating the need to tag every talk page with a banner. (You will still be allowed to do that, of course. It just won't be required.)

The end goal is a collaboration tool that can be used by WikiProjects but also by any edit-a-thon or group of people that want to coordinate on improving articles. Though implemented as an extension, the underlying content will be wikitext, meaning that you can continue to use categories, templates, and other features as you normally would.

This will take a lot of work, and we are just getting started. What would you like to see? I invite you to discuss on our talk page.


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Template:Did you know nominations/Electro Man

Piotrus, I was wondering if you would be able to check the Polish sources for this nomination to make sure all is well. (And, if you know German, the three German sources as well.)

This nomination is our only remaining one from November and is just about two months old; it would be great to be able to get it completed. Many thanks for any help you can give. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:34, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Salvatore Babones

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Thanks for help to make my article better i szczesliwy nowy rok! Ruessen-Kleinstorckwitz (talk) 09:33, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

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Arcadia_(engineering) reliable sources issue ~~

Hi,

I just added a mention that the ARCADIA engineering method is currently being developed in a standard through a french collaborative project. In the end, a book about the method will be written and then I could add more links and more detailed information to the page.

Best regards,

Christophe.gatti (talk) 08:41, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikihounding

Piotrus, I don't understand why you are WP:WIKIHOUNDING me again, especially after I have previously raised that very matter with you; and nominating yet another article that I have started for deletion, namely Arnold Fulton. As with all your previous AfDs on my new articles, WP:BEFORE would save everyone a lot of wasted effort. All of the previous AfDs have been unsuccessful, and this will also fail. Have I done something to upset or annoy you? Edwardx (talk) 15:57, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Nominating someone's article for AfD is not harassment. AfD discussion will decide who is right. It's normal procedure on Wikipedia. You create many good articles, but some are borderline on notability and deserve discussion. Nothing harassing about that. Take it easy, and keep on writing on notable topics. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:39, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
I have moved your reply from my talkpage to yours. As a former Admin, you must know that it is standard Wikipedia practice to have a threaded discussion, as this is easier for others to follow. And if you are going to patronise experienced editors by telling them what is "normal procedure on Wikipedia", then following such procedures yourself will avoid any intimations of hypocrisy.
Behavior that is unacceptable states, "Do not misrepresent other people". Alas, you have misrepresented my position by using a straw man argument - my concerns were not about an individual AfD, but about a longstanding pattern of nominating articles that I have created. Edwardx (talk) 18:02, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
@Edwardx: I have no intention of continuing a conversation with individual who disregards WP:CIVILITY and uses terms such as patronise, hypocrisy, and throws baseless accusations of harassment. If you want, you can complain at ANI or such, otherwise please stay away from my page. I consider your complains baseless; if you are looking for a fight, please go elsewhere. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 19:02, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject assessment

Thanks, Piotr, I'll try to, from now on. Might have occurred to me earlier, of course, but – well, better late than never. -- Evermore2 (talk) 20:07, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Bart Devolder

I think it is quite obvious that the guidelines are met. Are you somebody out of the arthistorical field; how can you decide wether somebody is notable enough — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devfl2300 (talk • contribs) 20:09, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Global Studies Consortium

I've responded to the request to delete on Talk:Global Studies Consortium. Thanks.--A12n (talk) 15:57, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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Deprodded May be impt enough to warrent an afd discussion.. DGG ( talk ) 03:37, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

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Piotr Makowski

Hi, I expanded Piotr Makowski and it could be further expanded with the info from the Polish Wiki page. Because I think he is a notable volleyball coach, I deleted the deletion proposal tag. Sander.v.Ginkel (Talk) 12:44, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Jean Vesque de Puttelange

Hi, Piotrus, thank you for your kind and encouraging comments which you made (several months ago) about the article. I recently had another look at it, and if you feel it is worth tagging as you mentioned, please do so. I'm not particularly good at self-promotion, so please feel free to do the same with any other of my attempts. Cheers, >MinorProphet (talk) 00:09, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Question

Hi, do you can take look my sandbox and check my English, eventually translation of the page from pl:Piłkarzyki na kartce sentence after sentence? I would be grateful. Regards.Dawid2009 (talk) 17:32, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 15

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Books & Bytes
Issue 15, December-January 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - Ships, medical resources, plus Arabic and Farsi resources
  • #1lib1ref campaign summary and highlights
  • New branches and coordinators

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Newsletter • February 2016

This month:

One database for Wikipedia requests

Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.

In the meantime, we are working on a prototype for a new service we hope to announce soon. The problem: there are requests scattered all across Wikipedia, including requests for new articles and requests for improvements to existing articles. We Wikipedians are very good at coming up with lists of things to do. But once we write these lists, where do they end up? How can we make them useful for all editors—even those who do not browse the missing articles lists, or the particular WikiProjects that have lists?

Introducing Wikipedia Requests, a new tool to centralize the various lists of requests around Wikipedia. Requests will be tagged by category and WikiProject, making it easier to find requests based on what your interests are. Accompanying this service will be a bot that will let you generate reports from this database on any wiki page, including WikiProjects. This means that once a request is filed centrally, it can syndicated all throughout Wikipedia, and once it is fulfilled, it will be marked as "complete" throughout Wikipedia. The idea for this service came about when I saw that it was easy to put together to-do lists based on database queries, but it was harder to do this for human-generated requests when those requests are scattered throughout the wiki, siloed throughout several pages. This should especially be useful for WikiProjects that have overlapping interests.

The newsletter this month is fairly brief; not a lot of news, just checking in to say that we are hard at work and hope to have more for you soon.

Until next time,

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Hello question about Poland?

What year did Konstanty Ostrogski defeated Mehmed Giray (before he became Khan) and captured and wounded him in battle near Braclav, is it called "Bitwa pod Bracławiem"???? It must be at the end of 15th century, please check for me, thanks Alexis Ivanov (talk) 21:11, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

@Alexis Ivanov: According to "Konstanty Ostrogski", It was in 1497 under Oczaków (unless it happened more than once, because Crimean–Nogai raids into East Slavic lands mentions " on the Sorok River near Bratslav" (where 'Sorok' is actually 'Soroka')). Staszek Lem (talk) 00:56, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
@Staszek Lem: Thank you. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 23:15, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXIX, February 2016

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SmartFocus reliable sources issue ~~

Hello

Regarding your note that the sources on the smartfocus page are not reliable. Can i find more reliable sources and make changes and then decide again?

Thanks!

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Hello again,

I have made changes to the article, particularly the first section, by removing references that sounded like promotion or advertisements. Can you let me know if there is still a cause to delete the page? Thanks

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Emvfr (talk • contribs) 21:27, November 30, 2015‎ (UTC)

Thank You

Thank You for the award. That's my first on wiki. I've already wrote about Polish pilots and others Polish WWII heroes on the French wiki, but they don't care and have even tried to cancel an article.

Greetings.

Sommerauer.

DYK nomination of Meson bomb

Hello! Your submission of Meson bomb at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antony-22 (talk • contribs) 23:32, 20 February 2016‎ (UTC)

DYK for Meson bomb

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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of Adam Cuerden’s several quality restorations during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.

Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by Connecticut Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions), Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions), Florida 12george1 (submissions), and New South Wales Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by There's always time for skeletons Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with Lancashire J Milburn (submissions) completing nine.

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This Month in Education: [March 2016]

Arab World Education Program at WISE Doha 2015

By Walaa Abdel Manaem (Wikipedia Education Program Egypt) & (Egypt Wikimedians user group)

Walaa with Mr. Rashid El Telwaty and Ms. Suad Alhalwachi
Walaa with Dr. Sherifa Atallah
Walaa with Mr. Rashid El Telwaty, Ms. Bonnie Chiu, Mr. Jake and Ms. Naadiya Moosajee.

Snippet: Education Leaders at WISE Doha 2015 introducing Wikipedia Education Program in Egypt to WISE Conference attendees, as an example of a program in the Arab World, to share their experience to inspire other universities and institutions starting new programs in the area.

WISE 2015 Sessions and Plenaries were designed around three main pillars such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals; education and the economy; fostering innovation in education systems. Each pillar examined a variety of key topics including: the linkages between education, employment, and entrepreneurship; education reform and innovation in the MENA region and Qatar; emerging models of education financing, attracting, rewarding and retaining quality teachers; and the importance of investing in early childhood development.

Representatives of Wikipedia Education Program Walaa Abdel Manaem and Reem Al-Kashif participated in WISE Doha 2015 in Qatar, the annual World Innovation Summit for Education is the premier international platform dedicated to innovation and creative action in education where top decision-makers share insights with on-the-ground practitioners and collaborate to rethink education. Also, WISE 2015 was the first global education conference following the ratification of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015. Contributions ranged from Arabic Brochure of Editing Wikipedia for students in WEP in Egypt and everybody who would like to edit Wikipedia without ‎problems, The Arabic version of Welcome to Wikipedia reference guideline, PDF of brochure handed out during Arabic Wikipedia Convening, Doha, Qatar, 2011 and Introduction to Wikipedia. These contributions are related to show a case study of Wikipedia Education program in Egypt and how it worked since February 2012 till the November 2015, as the seventh edition ended last October. All discussions were about the program's mechanism and what were the motivations keeping it going. The program helped increasing gender diversity and supported the featured content on Arabic Wikipedia. Wikipedia Education Program, like any other initiative, has achievements and dark sides, for that reason, the representatives had to locate both of them and how they influence the Arabic community and how the community interact with this phenomenon.


Read more about the Wikipedia Education Program in Egypt here.

Read more about the Wikipedia Education program in the Arab World here (in Arabic).

Wikipedia in Higher Education in Israel: A new for-credit elective course focusing on contributing to Wikipedia at Tel Aviv University

By Shani Evenstein (WMIL)

Amir explains about the new translation tool to students

Snippet: A first-of-its-kind, for-credit, elective course that focuses on contributing to Wikipedia has opened at Tel Aviv University and is now available to all B.A. students on campus

On October 19th a new for-credit elective course called "Wikipedia: Skills for producing and consuming knowledge"[1] has opened at Tel Aviv University (TAU). The semester-long course (13 weeks) is available to all B.A. students on campus and this semester about 50 students from various disciplines are taking part in this first-of-its-kind course in Israel.

Working in small groups to correct copyrights and Non-NPOV violations

The course draws from "flipped classroom" concepts and uses "blended learning" methods, which practically means combining in-class lectures, workshops and small-group activities, as well as online individual learning. Both the Moodle learning management system (LMS) and the Wikipedia Education Extension are used to monitor the students' work and progress throughout the course.

The course has 2 main assignments - expanding an existing stub, as well as writing a new article, in the hopes that the content added during the course will assist not only the students themselves, but also future generations of learners as well as the general public. Though the course focuses on adding quality content to Wikipedia, it also aims to help students sharpen their academic skills and their 21st century skills, highlighting collaborative learning, joint online research and interdisciplinary collaborations in the process of constructing knowledge.

This course was initiated and is led by Shani Evenstein, an educator, Wikimedian and member of the Wikipedia Education Collaborative, in collaboration with the Orange Institute for Internet Studies, as well as the School of Education at TAU. The syllabus for the new course builds on the success of Wiki-Med, a for-credit elective course, which was designed in 2013 and is led by Evenstein at the Sackler school of Medicine for the third consecutive year. While Wiki-med is focused on contributing medical content to Wikipedia and is only available to Medical Students on campus, the new course is designed to accommodate students from different academic disciplines and varying backgrounds.

The course was chosen to be part of TAU's cross-discipline elective courses system ("Kelim Shluvim") and was approved by the Vice-Rector, who heads the program. In that, the course marks an important precedent in the collaboration between Academia and the Wikipedia Education Program, as it is the first time a higher institution acknowledges the importance of a course focusing on Wikipedia on a university level, offering it to all students, rather than a faculty level or individual lecturers as mostly practiced. It is our hope that other higher education institutions will follow this example and offer similar courses to students both in Israel and around the world.

Read more about the Wikipedia Education Program in Israel here.

The collaborative production in open educational environments: Is Wikipedia an answer?

By Melina Masnatta, Wikimedia Argentina

Snippet: University professors become Wikipedians in an online course during just a week.

How to be a Wikipedian in a week (educactional MOOC for university professors)

Educators with different profiles and from different latin america countries, but most of them professors at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) from different faculties, have just participated in the online training and free course "Educational scenarios with technology. Among the real and the possible" organized by the Center for Innovation in Technology and Pedagogy (CITEP) of this university.

Different educational activities were carried out simultaneously. During the week and under the topic “Open movement”, Wikimedia Argentina participated with three different proposals: starting with an interview of Patricio Lorente accompanied with a short text to know more about the movement. To make an immersive experience we designed " Knowing Wikipedia by first-hand or Wikipedia in the first person" to work directly on the platform translating articles from english to spanish from a list created especially for that purpose. Along with this specific proposal, educators participated in a videoconference with Galileo Vidoni (available in Spanish), where participants could talk and learn more about how are the first steps to become a Wikipedian and the importance of the movement at the local and regional level.

A professor´s educational experience with Wikipedia explained with a tweet. He said: "I´m translating, enjoying and learning with Wikipedia". Know more experiences on Storify.

With only seven days and without being mandatory, different educators discovered how to edit on Wikipedia, indeed many of them mentioned that they had it as a pending to learn and participate on the free encyclopedia, but never had the time or the real chance. The enthusiasm was also present on social networks, where they shared the experience with the hashtag #escenariostec.

The result

More than 100 educators got involved and exchanged their experience in an online forum with more of 280 messages that reflected their learning process while experiencing with the activity. 80 of them were new users, and they created 61 new articles in spanish. An important fact: 78 of them were women, which means that working with educators is a key issue to continue closing the digital gender gap.

Finally from CITEP, they shared the following insights regarding the question that ran through all the activities that took place during the week dedicated to the open movement. Some thoughts can be sum up as follows:

The collaborative production in open environments: chaos or construction? (...) For the teacher also means accepting new challenges: encourage students to produce knowledge in an environment of divergent nature, it requires permanent operations and convergence. In a space that fosters interventions unmarked, the teacher needs to frame depending on the purpose of education and teaching purposes. (…) Wikipedia is the best example of the challenges posed by the digital era in the educational field, it forces us to rethink the relationship between technology and the production of knowledge and allows us to confirm that the collaborative work does not lead to chaos, if not to the construction. (. ..) [Authors: Angeles Solectic and Miri Latorre]

We share some of the voices of the protagonists in social networks with storify (available in Spanish). Read more about the Wikipedia Education Program in Argentina here.

Collaboration with Masaryk University turns official

By Vojtěch Dostál (Wikimedia Czech Republic)

Masaryk University employees are being trained in using and editing Wikipedia
Marek Blahuš, Wikipedian in residence at Masaryk University

Snippet: The second largest university in the Czech Republic has employed a Wikipedian in residence, leading to a boom of Wikimedia activities in the city of Brno.

Collaboration between Wikipedia and Czech institutions has always been a priority for Wikimedia Czech Republic, but the year 2015 has taken this to another level. First, an official memorandum of collaboration with the National Heritage Institute (NPÚ) was signed in May 2015, to be followed by official collaboration with Masaryk University in Brno (the second largest city and university in the Czech Republic), which was contracted in November 2015. In fact, Wikimedia activities in Brno have been blooming for several years now, mainly as a result of the community's own development, but aided substantially by the external interest in Wikipedia by Masaryk University alumni society, demonstrated as early as March 2013.

In February 2015, the university employed one of the most experienced Czech Wikipedians – Marek Blahuš (Blahma) – who was appointed to become the university's first "Wikipedian in residence". Marek Blahuš has been in the center of the Wikimedia community in Brno for about two years, organizing regular Wikipedia meetups, the 2014 edition of the annual WikiConference (more in English here) and creating the Czech-Slovak Wikipedia translation tool, which has famously led to the creation of >9000 articles on Czech and Slovak Wikipedias (more in English here). His current work as Wikipedian in residence is funded by Masaryk University and runs under the patronage of Wikimedia Czech Republic as well as Masaryk University's rector Mikuláš Bek.

Since February, Wikipedia has taken a prominent role within Masaryk University. Marek Blahuš started a "Masaryk University Wikipedians team", gathering local Wikipedians and facilitating contacts with the university, aided by his status of a graduate and current employee in its language center. Articles about Masaryk University alumni and faculties have been identified and improved after consultations with Masaryk University archives and libraries which provided helpful resources. Wikipedia citation templates can now be directly generated from the university's on-line archive of theses. In September, a public conference called "Masaryk University Is Getting High on Wikipedia" took place on university grounds, featuring the experienced Wikipedian Jan Sokol (Sokoljan), who is a philosopher, university teacher and a former presidential candidate. The talks focused on the use of Wikipedia in university education, in line with the successful Czech "Students Write Wikipedia" program. One of the teachers, Jiří Rambousek, expressed his desire to organize a Wikipedia Club as a regular meetup where articles would be improved in a collaborative effort and new editors introduced to Wikipedia.

The program is actively preparing for 2016 when we expect Wikimedia Czech Republic to take a more active role in overseeing the initiatives as well as the creation of a position of a "Wikipedian in Brno" – person officially in charge of the wide array of Wikimedia activities happening in the city. The chapter's annual plan includes initiatives to increase the number of university courses which incorporate Wikipedia into the curriculum, public presentations of Wikipedia at various events, scanning and uploading of images from institutional and personal archives, and much more. Let's wish that our plans come true!

Read more about the Wikipedia Education Program in the Czech Republic here.

Wiki expeditions, animation clips about alebrijes and more at the Tec de Monterrey in Mexico

By Leigh Thelmadatter (Wiki Learning-Tec de Monterrey)

Group photo of Reto Wikimedia participants at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus

Snippet: Student participation is more than just text!

For the Fall 2015 Wiki Learning-Tec de Monterrey held two wiki expeditions in Mexico City and began a collaboration with the Museo de Arte Popular. We also received our first grant!

Wiki expeditions

The 32-campus Tec de Monterrey system has each semester an event called "Semana i" (i Week), when students forego normal classes for an entire week to work on challenging projects called "retos." For the Mexico City and Santa Fe campuses, one option for students was to work with Wikimedia, with the aptly named projects "Reto Wikimedia." Both campuses opted to do wiki-expeditions to different parts of Mexico City. The Mexico City campus had the larger group with almost 90 students registered, who covered the two southern boroughs of Xochimilco and Tlalpan. The Santa Fe group had 35 participants, and covered the San Ángel neighborhood found not far from this campus.

Both campus took photos of landmarks with the Mexico City campus also focusing on photos of everyday life in the south of the city. The Mexico City campus tallied 5264 photos, 8 videos and 36 articles, including articles related to the area into French, Swedish and Danish. The Santa Fe group tallied 605 photos, and ten articles in Spanish on landmarks in San Ángel.

In addition, the Mexico City campus had a special speaker the borough chronicler of Xochmilco, Sebastián Flores Farfán. A short montage video of the event is in the works.

Some student photos:

Some video clips of the event:

Animation clips with the Museo de Arte Popular

Animation about alebrijes

Wikiservicio, students working with Wikimedia for their community service requirement, added a new component. To attract more students and encourage more students to do all of their community service hours with Wikimedia, a collaboration was set up with the Museo de Arte Popular (MAP)... the first of many we hope! Six students from the digital art and animation major (see last newsletter) have continued working with Wikimedia, but focusing their efforts in creating short animation clips in relation to the mission of promoting and preserving Mexican folk art. One clip has been completed and can be see to the right of this text. So far, the video has subtitles in English, German, French and Punjabi. A second clip is nearing completion at the time of this writing.

Proposed deletion of Piotr Florczyk

Hello, Piotr. Thank you for your comments on the Piotr Florczyk entry. Please allow me to justify the entry. When posting the entry, I did not intend to write a biography of this person. Instead, Florczyk (under Wikipedia guidelines) is viewed as "notable" because of his literary contributions, especially in the area of translation, which connects him to numerous other notable figures in Poland and the United States. Because of this sort of contribution, like hundreds of other entries long established on Wikipedia listed as "academics" and "creative professionals", secondary criticism of Florczyk's is irrelevant. It is true that some of the external links are not "independent", but others are reliable and offer significant coverage.

I am new to writing Wikipedia entries, and would appreciate your assistance in making this what you deem more worthy. The intention of Wikipedia, as I understand it, is a collective adding, contributing, and sharing. Thanks, [[User:Wisnie26 9:47 28, April 2016 (EST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wisnie26 (talk • contribs)

  1. ^ Link to the course page at the TAU website (in Hebrew) - http://www2.tau.ac.il/yedion/syllabus.asp?course=1880180101&year=2015
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