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The Signpost: 29 January 2014

There are times when this job is hard. As an analogy, imagine navigating in fog at night, except you don't know where you are, you don't know where you want to go, and your flashlight keeps dying on you.
Contests have existed almost as long as the English Wikipedia. Contestants have expanded hundreds of articles and made tens of thousands of edits. Although it may seem as though there aren't any negatives to contests, they have occasionally become a divisive topic on the English Wikipedia.
Wiki-PR, a public relations agency, whose employees used a sophisticated array of concealed user accounts to create, edit, and maintain several thousand Wikipedia articles for paying clients, has told Business Insider that it was demonized by the online encyclopedia. Jordan French, Wiki-PR's CEO, said he believes the Wikimedia Foundation "painted" his company to look like an "evil entity" that is "scrubbing truths from Wikipedia".
The Kafziel case has been closed, with Kafziel losing his administrator status as a result.
An author experimented with "a promising type of assignment in formal translator training which involves translating and publishing Wikipedia articles", in three courses with students at the University of Warsaw.

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

There are times when this job is hard. As an analogy, imagine navigating in fog at night, except you don't know where you are, you don't know where you want to go, and your flashlight keeps dying on you.
Contests have existed almost as long as the English Wikipedia. Contestants have expanded hundreds of articles and made tens of thousands of edits. Although it may seem as though there aren't any negatives to contests, they have occasionally become a divisive topic on the English Wikipedia.
Wiki-PR, a public relations agency, whose employees used a sophisticated array of concealed user accounts to create, edit, and maintain several thousand Wikipedia articles for paying clients, has told Business Insider that it was demonized by the online encyclopedia. Jordan French, Wiki-PR's CEO, said he believes the Wikimedia Foundation "painted" his company to look like an "evil entity" that is "scrubbing truths from Wikipedia".
The Kafziel case has been closed, with Kafziel losing his administrator status as a result.
An author experimented with "a promising type of assignment in formal translator training which involves translating and publishing Wikipedia articles", in three courses with students at the University of Warsaw.

GA review

Hi Seabuckthorn. Just wanted to say thanks up-front for taking on 3 of my GANs. I was just wondering when someone might take the first one ... and you've grabbed the lot! Excellent! Best, JG66 (talk) 16:33, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks, JG66, very much for writing such excellent articles. --Seabuckthorn  16:48, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I also want to give my thanks. I'd give you a reviewer's barnstar, but it seems you've already got one. Thanks again! Erick (talk) 01:44, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot Erick for your diligence in writing such fabulous articles. --Seabuckthorn  01:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Reviewer Barnstar
For your quick review of my GANs. Cheers! — Simon (talk) 10:32, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Simon, very much for the accolade! Thank you for your hard work, care and diligence in writing such great articles. --Seabuckthorn  10:42, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GANs

Hey Seabuckthorn. I hope you saw my reply on Talk:Don't Let Me Wait Too Long/GA1 – thanks again for your help with the article. As I mention in that message, I got to thinking about an alternative solution re the lead vs article-body issue, and what I've recently done is to remove some of the text from, say, Release – which I realise now makes much more sense than filling up the lead. Just wanted to explain that here, and be up-front about it all. It's not as if I've made major changes to the article, but I am conscious that the changes have occurred within a day of you passing it for GA. Please feel free to comment if you've got any new concerns, of course. Personally, I'm really happy with it, and I'm glad you brought up the issue, because it led me to make the discussion more focused.

Hi! Thanks for your gentle reminder. I actually "unwatched" this page on closure. Apologies . I've left my comments on the review page. I hope I'm right with my suggestions. Please feel free to ignore them if you think I'm wrong. Thanks! --Seabuckthorn  05:36, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be addressing the other two GARs shortly. I just had to finish work on another song article first – to make sure my head was sufficiently clear to receive incoming information from you, rather than focusing on outputting details in the new article. (All done, so I can flick the switch now!) Thanks, Seabuckthorn – see you on the GAR page(s) … JG66 (talk) 04:16, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No worries! Take your time.
Thank you, JG66, very much for your diligence and care to improve the article and for being so polite, friendly, humble and proactive. Thanks! --Seabuckthorn  05:36, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You're a saint, Seabuckthorn – unofficially, of course(!). JG66 (talk) 06:08, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You're far too kind! --Seabuckthorn  08:17, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
For your excellent reviews on both Leave Home and "Temptations" (song), I am pleased to give you The Premium Reviewer Barnstar since you strictly follow the good article critiera. You've also been awarded The Reviewer Barnstar three times, meaning you definitely qualify for this barnstar. Cheers! CrowzRSA 19:34, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, CrowzRSA, very much for motivating me with this accolade! Most appreciated! Thanks a lot for your extraordinary hard work, care and precision in your contributions! --Seabuckthorn  19:58, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

SW GAC

Hi Seabuckthorn, thought you'd like to know that I've addressed your comments at Talk:Sesame Workshop/GA1. Thanks so much! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 18:47, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks, Christine, very much for writing such excellent articles. --Seabuckthorn  20:34, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey thanks for the quick and comprehensive review of Rocket to Russia. I believe that I fixed the issue in the lead, so if there's anything else don't hesitate to ask :)!!! CrowzRSA 22:54, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks, CrowzRSA, very much once again for your diligence and care. All the best! --Seabuckthorn  02:07, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Can you review an article for me? Kaleidoscopic God (talk) 20:14, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I don't have the time right now, but I wish you the best of luck! --Seabuckthorn  01:25, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 12 February 2014

As reported in various media outlets this week, including The Next Web and The Daily Dot, this past week, Wikimedia Commons and various language Wikipedias are working together to encourage subjects of Wikipedia articles to record a 10-second clip of their voice to be appended to their Wikipedia article.
Software evolution does not always mean that features are being added. It also means that old fat is being trimmed. It is no different for MediaWiki.
In a bold move, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees has announced a major change in policy concerning affiliated groups in the worldwide movement, and FDC funding levels to eligible chapters and thematic organizations over the next two years. Both decisions were published last Tuesday after considerable post-meeting consultation with the FDC and the Affiliations Committee (AffCom). The core of the first decision is
Thirteen articles, three lists, and twenty-five images were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia from 19 January to 1 February.
Two great sporting events, the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics, collide in one week, transforming the top ten into a festival of flying feet, a carnival of colliding caraniums and a bacchanal of bouncing balls, combined to influence Wikipedia's most popular articles last week.
In celebration of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, we revisited the team at WikiProject Russia to learn how the project has changed since our first interview in 2011.

Autopatrolled

Hi Seabuckthorn, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! AdmrBoltz 19:19, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Thanks, AdmrBoltz, very much for your kind gesture. Thanks a lot for motivating me! --Seabuckthorn  05:29, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bath Assembly Rooms

Thanks for your review at Talk:Bath Assembly Rooms/GA1 I've revised the lead, combined some short paras & expanded the PD-art licence. Do you think these are what is needed?— Rod talk 10:32, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Rod, very much for your hard work, care and diligence in writing such great articles. --Seabuckthorn  11:43, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
And thanks for your review which has definitely helped to improve the article.— Rod talk 12:15, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
--Seabuckthorn  13:12, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ramones

Hey I really really appreciate you reviewing these past few Ramones albums, its really speeding up the process getting their studio albums to good topic. I responded to the comments on Talk:Road to Ruin (Ramones album)/GA1.

By the way, if you're interested, you could put a few comments/opinions on the Ramones featured article candidacy. Only if you feel like it though! If you ever want anything reviewed or something, I'll do it for free ;)

Again, thanks!!! CrowzRSA 19:27, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks a lot, CrowzRSA, for your outstanding contributions and your extraordinary diligence. Reading your articles is a pleasure as a reader and an inspiration as a writer. So really, the credit is all yours. I'm merely utilising every opportunity I get to learn from you. --Seabuckthorn  02:03, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, sure, I'll do it. But I'm afraid it'll take some time - a few days. Oh! Thank you! I'll surely need your help when I start contributing as an author. I'd be glad if you'd be my mentor during the writing process. I'd like to consult you whenever I've any doubt as an author. --Seabuckthorn  02:03, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! --Seabuckthorn  02:03, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Reviewer's Barnstar
For your most thorough and painstaking reviews of Charles Allen Thomas and Francis Birch (geophysicist). Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:52, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Wow! Thanks, Hawkeye7, very much for your diligence, care and precision in writing such great articles. --Seabuckthorn  02:05, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA reviews

Thanks for your GA review of Language planning and policy in Singapore. I understand that the article is currently far from meeting the GA criteria, but would appreciate a more thorough review, so I know what specifically needs to be done to improve it. Looking forward to your review of Kelvin Tan, which, unlike the language articles, was actually written by me. --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 15:36, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for correcting me! I agree I should have been more thorough. Apologies. I'll put in more effort in my next review. Thanks! --Seabuckthorn  01:17, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hans Philipp review

I want to praise you for your review style. Very well prepared. Thanks for looking into this. Keep it up. MisterBee1966 (talk) 17:20, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks a lot for motivating me! Most appreciated! Thanks, MisterBee1966, very much for your diligence, care and precision in writing such great articles. --Seabuckthorn  18:46, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 19 February 2014

The Wikimedia Foundation has proposed to modify the Wikimedia projects' Terms of use to specifically ban undisclosed paid editing. ... Dimitris Liourdis, a lawyer in training who moonlights as an administrator on the Greek Wikipedia, is embroiled in a legal dispute with a Greek politician over alleged edits made to his Wikipedia article.
Runa Bhattacharjee has notified the community that the Foundation is ready to turn the Universal Language Selector back on.
WikiProject Countering System Bias aims to combat imbalanced coverage while encouraging neglected cultural perspectives and points of view, both in articles and in the larger Wikipedia community. As you'll see from the varied experiences and motivations of our nine respondents, the biases that the folks at WP CSB tackle run the full gamut of human characteristics and dispositions. The interview that follows unveils many of Wikipedia's greatest shortcomings.
Five articles, seven lists, forty-three pictures, and two portals were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia in the last two weeks.
Valentines Day got a somewhat muted reception this week, overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi and the death of Shirley Temple.

GARs

Thanks for reviewing those three GA noms for me. I'm going to be very busy at work over the next three or four weeks, but I'll have some time in the evenings to respond to comments. If you want to take them one-at-a-time, that might be easier. Your call, though. If you want to do them all at once, I'll try my best to keep up. Thanks again, --Coemgenus (talk) 14:03, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Coemgenus, very much for your diligence, care and precision in writing such great articles. Okay! No worries and no rush! Take your time. It's Saturday 10:30pm for me now. So if you don't mind, I'll post one review by Sunday morning (around 5am I guess). I'll post the remaining two on Monday morning. But really, I'm willing to wait after that as per your convenience. So no worries at all! --Seabuckthorn  17:06, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My thanks as well for the reviews on Marcel Pronovost and Martin Gélinas. Much appreciated! Resolute 00:55, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Resolute, very much for your conscientiousness! --Seabuckthorn  08:52, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Thank you for the GA assessment on the Landing at Anzac Cove article. Drink up and Cheers! Jim Sweeney (talk) 01:04, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Wow! Thanks a lot! Thanks again, Jim, very much for your conscientiousness! Cheers! --Seabuckthorn  08:52, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

YGM

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Replied! Thanks! --Seabuckthorn  08:52, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bomis help

Dear Seabuckthorn,

  1. You previously reviewed and promoted the article Bomis to GA quality.
  2. A user has greatly reduced the size of the Aftermath sect, even though I had already reduced that info in size per your helpful suggestions at the GA Review itself.
  3. I explained at Talk:Bomis#Aftermath_sect_should_remain_in_article_as_per_GA_promoted_quality_version that this info should remain in the article.
  4. Perhaps as GA Reviewer you could also comment there, because I'd like for the article to remain close to the stable version it has been since its promotion to WP:GA quality?

Thank you for your time,

Cirt (talk) 11:34, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I don't have the time right now. Apologies. I hope you don't mind. --Seabuckthorn  12:43, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, please let me know when/if you do have a chance. We both came to a good compromise during the GA Review and the article has since been a stable WP:GA quality page -- I hope to help keep it that way! :) — Cirt (talk) 14:43, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reviews

Thanks for taking the articles, I look forward to the reviews.--WillC 00:21, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks! --Seabuckthorn  00:45, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA reviews

Thanks for quickly and diligently getting the GA reviews for Abbey Road, Mellotron and Rhodes Piano done, and for some good advice on how to improve prose. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:06, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks! Most appreciated! You're doing great work! The prose quality in particular has been fantastic in all your articles. I’m inspired a lot by your conscientiousness. Thanks a lot for writing such excellent articles. All the best, --Seabuckthorn  22:56, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 26 February 2014

About a week ago, the Wikimedia Foundation proposed to modify the Wikimedia projects' terms of use to specifically ban paid editing, by adding a new clause titled "Paid contributions without disclosure". We have asked two users, one in favor of the measure (Smallbones) and one opposed (Pete Forsyth), to contribute their opinions on the matter.
Eight articles, three lists, and nine pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.
This week, we found three Ph.D.s willing to give us a crash course on WikiProject Neuroscience.
Ukraine has been gripped by widespread protests over the past three months. Due to a decision by former president Viktor Yanukovych—at Russia's urging—to abandon integration with the European Union, the country was (and in many ways still is) split between the Europe-favoring Ukrainian-speaking western half and the Russian-speaking east and south. Hundreds have died during the unrest, leaving thousands of family members and friends to bury their loved ones. This week our Wikimedian colleagues in Ukraine are facing that challenge after the death of one of their own.
Following a trend started by Wikimedia Israel, Wikimedia Argentina has published an open letter challenging the recent deletion of hundreds of images from the Commons under its policy on URAA-restored copyrights, relating to the United States' 1994 Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
The 2014 Winter Olympics had more of an impact on the Top 25 than the Top 10, which had to shoulder old stalwarts like the death list, Reddit threads, TV shows and the eternal presence of Facebook; still, with four slots, it's the most searched topic on the list.
The monthly roundup of recent academic research about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, edited jointly with the Wikimedia Research Committee.

GA

Hello, I am really sorry for bothering you, but I was wondering if you could take my GAN BlackBerry Bold 9700. It's alright if you don't have the time or simply don't want to, I understand. :) Prism 19:22, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Okay, no worries, and thank you, Prism, very much for being so humble, polite, friendly and proactive! All the best, --Seabuckthorn  22:56, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, thank you! Was not expecting this at all! Prism 10:28, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
--Seabuckthorn  21:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A brownie for you!

Thank you for reviewing Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix! Happy editing. ComputerJA () 05:02, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Wow! Thanks! Happy editing --Seabuckthorn  21:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for your reviews of my GA nominations (Agapemonites and Stoke sub Hamdon Priory). I didn't expect them to be reviewed so quickly.— Rod talk 08:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks! Most appreciated! Thanks a lot for writing such excellent articles. All the best, --Seabuckthorn  21:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good article nominations

Hey Seabuckthorn, thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to review several of my Good Article nominations! I look forward to working with you throughout the process of getting all these articles up to Good Article status! Thanks again! -- Caponer (talk) 21:51, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks, Caponer, very much for writing such excellent articles. All the best, --Seabuckthorn  21:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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