User talk:Gamaliel
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Apoplectic
You used that word (ARCA), which I don't understand, sorry, English is not my first language. I understand, however, that you worded "absent a substantive statement from the editor in question", and have no idea what that means, either. Andy made a substantive statement. To my observation, he is often misunderstood, - is that a reason to restrict him? - There is no infobox war. Look at Bach, Verdi and many operas, these subjects of the case in 2013. All (but one, primary editor's preference respected) have an infobox, achieved in peace, after discussions without Andy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:07, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- I am glad things have subsided. I am concerned about them starting up again if the Committee takes the wrong step. This doesn't mean I have any specific concerns about particular individuals, it just means I want to be cautious and thorough. I do not feel that a one sentence statement that says basically "I want to be unblocked" is substantive. I'm not looking for any statement in particular, but it should be longer than that. Gamaliel (talk) 17:19, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- Why? The case was a misunderstanding, did you know? It was requested because of too many reverts of infoboxes (I counted 59), but the arbitrators didn't look at that problem. A typical discussion of 2013 was The Rite of Spring. Please read it and check for "disruption". Needless to say, the article has an infobox. To still have any restrictions about infoboxes is outdated. - I try to keep things simple. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:38, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- Why the objection him making a simple statement? Why should we make an exception in this case? The statement is one of the main ways we have to judge the future behavior of an editor. It would be irresponsible of me to consider lifting the sanctions in such a battleground area without this basic step. I'll be honest, people objecting to this basic step is raising a big red flag to me, that there might be more to this case than it appears. If it is really so simple, let's have a statement and be done with it. Gamaliel (talk) 17:44, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- What kind of statement? Did you read the discussion on The Rite of Spring? How many more times should I try to tell you that there is no battleground area? His suggestion was taken. Tell me one edit in that discussion that you think was disruptive. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:32, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- One that addresses why the sanctions should be lifted and what he would do if they were. This is standard and expected in every case. Gamaliel (talk) 18:36, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Starting over, if I may: we had a talk in 2013. You described the edit correctly, the one and only diff in the infoboces case. It wasn't controversial, it was restoring "my" infobox (which had been reverted in an article I created). All this is past. Start over, please, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:24, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- I am very open to the possibility of amending the restrictions if Andy makes a substantive statement. My feelings about the necessity of a statement have nothing to do with my opinions for or against the underlying issue. Gamaliel (talk) 14:45, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
- I still don't know what apoplectic means, but will find out. Miss you, - I praise you as someone who (in Teh Case) can listen and is able to change his mind, - a rare quality. Enjoy what you are doing, - if you return to this place, the cabal of the outcasts might be for you, too. - Best advice I learned: ignore ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:37, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 23 March 2016
- News and notes: Lila Tretikov a Young Global Leader; Wikipediocracy blog post sparks indefinite blocks
- In the media: Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil
- Traffic report: Be weary on the Ides of March
- Editorial: "God damn it, you've got to be kind."
- Featured content: Watch out! A slave trader, a live mascot and a crested serpent awaits!
- Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel article 3 case amended
- Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #120: Status of Wikimania 2016
Impact
Thank you for your impact | |
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in reminding us of "you've got to be kind" in memory of a great spirit! |
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:27, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
ps: see also, writing about music in memory of my friend, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:55, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
ps: the first cry --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I now left a formal dedication, including him, on Requiem (Fauré) which became a GA today. - Waiting for a reply for your DYK nom, btw,
- Gerda Arendt Nice work on that article. I haven't forgotten about the DYK, thank you for being patient. My time is being taken up by ridiculous noticeboard drama. Gamaliel (talk) 14:52, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- If you have so little time, you may have missed reading the dedication in full (which mentions the appreciated collaboration with Tim riley, which I have enjoyed for years, beginning with Messiah. We don't agree on infoboxes, but that doesn't matter. Spread the news: it is possible.) - Your ping interrupting me laughing out loud, hope you can, too, although the first line making me laugh was "and the Arbs in particular are not blessed with any greater insight". - Returning there, - the DYK can wait, and please excuse me for ignoring noticeboards, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:05, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- Actually, i'm pretty neutral on infoboxes. If people want to add them, great, if not, I'm fine with that too. RexxS is absolutely right, we don't have any special insight, we just do the best we can. Please do on ignoring the noticeboards, it really is the most sensible approach to Wikipedia. I try to ignore them entirely when someone isn't complaining about me there. which is more often than I would like. Gamaliel (talk) 15:15, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- I am sorry for you being called to the Great Dismal Swamp often. I was called there once: I am also pretty neutral on infoboxes but say when I think an article would be better with one, such as Bach on 21 March 2013. Years later, they followed. I also like to add one to an article I create, such as Peter Planyavsky. In 2013, it was reverted, twice, - Andy finally restored it, from (at that point) being hidden undisplayed at the bottom at the article. An arbitrator found that edit a reason to vote for banning. His vote was the majority. (My night was awful.) Well, "we just do the best we can" was not enough then, the arb didn't look at diff and history, nor did his colleagues. I believe that - instead of looking back at past mistakes and who made the bigger mistakes, we could look forward, see that an arb installed my workshop version for Beethoven as the community consensus, and forget all that. - See also ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:05, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- DYK today Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106. No infobox by me under my (kafkaesque former) restrictions, but we improved since. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:10, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
- Another GA for GA yesterday ;) - Gott ist mein König, BWV 71. Made a headline in 2013: User talk:Gerda Arendt/Archive 2013#Gott ist mein König, BWV 71. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:28, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- I reviewed an interesting article for DYK, Close case: "... that Judge Guido Calabresi believes close cases lead to slippery slopes?" Think I know one, where a ruling which could have been different (best decline content issues) created a slippery slope ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:02, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- For due process: I mentioned this on the talk of The Quixotic Potato. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
Are you possibly able to do a "check user" on Levazquez76 (talk · contribs)? I believe it is probably the same as the creator of this edit as well as a few of the other recent hopped IPs trying to rewrite that article. If I need to fill out a sockpuppet investigation I'll be happy to do so. Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (talk) 17:17, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Since I'm involved in editing the article I don't think the rules allow me to run it myself. (I'm a new checkuser so I'm still learning.) I'd fill out an investigation request so everything is above board. Gamaliel (talk) 17:39, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- No problem it's here in case you want to add anything or look it over. Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (talk) 18:32, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Seems like the big issue is they may actually be meatpuppets sent from McAdams' blog? Should I note that in the SPI page? Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (talk) 19:22, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Has he written about his Wikipedia article and asked people to come here? If so I can't find the post. Gamaliel (talk) 19:26, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Am I allowed to post here? I apologize for the confusion. I can tell you exactly what I've edited and what I haven't. I've only been here on exactly two dates.Levazquez76 (talk) 21:50, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- The main concern is not who is editing, but the content of the edits. Gamaliel (talk) 22:48, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- That makes sense, however, I was also tagged in an investigation involving my IP address. I'm not sure why.Levazquez76 (talk) 23:08, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- There is some concern that a single person is editing the article from multiple IP addresses and accounts. It's okay to edit however you want to, logged in or not, but if the same person edits the article in different ways and pretends to be different people, it may unduly influence article content. Gamaliel (talk) 23:10, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Totally understand. I only edited on two occasions and was signed in. I apologize for my failure to edit according to policy. I'm trying to figure out how to "request edits" until I can figure out what I'm doing. I do live in the same city as this story, so my use of "per" should have been backed by a link to a news story or the like, instead of what I heard in a live broadcast. Just to be clear, I am not John McAdams. I saw that said somewhere on one of these pages.Levazquez76 (talk) 23:22, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- You can edit Talk:John C. McAdams. You can propose, discuss, or object to changes there. We encourage all editors to use talk pages to engage in those kinds of discussions, and everyone is welcome to comment there. Gamaliel (talk) 23:25, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- How long do the "check users" usually take? I'm just curious as to how long the case will be open. I would like to be cleared so I can change my username. Levazquez76 (talk) 19:33, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
- You can edit Talk:John C. McAdams. You can propose, discuss, or object to changes there. We encourage all editors to use talk pages to engage in those kinds of discussions, and everyone is welcome to comment there. Gamaliel (talk) 23:25, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Totally understand. I only edited on two occasions and was signed in. I apologize for my failure to edit according to policy. I'm trying to figure out how to "request edits" until I can figure out what I'm doing. I do live in the same city as this story, so my use of "per" should have been backed by a link to a news story or the like, instead of what I heard in a live broadcast. Just to be clear, I am not John McAdams. I saw that said somewhere on one of these pages.Levazquez76 (talk) 23:22, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- There is some concern that a single person is editing the article from multiple IP addresses and accounts. It's okay to edit however you want to, logged in or not, but if the same person edits the article in different ways and pretends to be different people, it may unduly influence article content. Gamaliel (talk) 23:10, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- That makes sense, however, I was also tagged in an investigation involving my IP address. I'm not sure why.Levazquez76 (talk) 23:08, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- The main concern is not who is editing, but the content of the edits. Gamaliel (talk) 22:48, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Am I allowed to post here? I apologize for the confusion. I can tell you exactly what I've edited and what I haven't. I've only been here on exactly two dates.Levazquez76 (talk) 21:50, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Has he written about his Wikipedia article and asked people to come here? If so I can't find the post. Gamaliel (talk) 19:26, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Seems like the big issue is they may actually be meatpuppets sent from McAdams' blog? Should I note that in the SPI page? Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (talk) 19:22, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- No problem it's here in case you want to add anything or look it over. Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (talk) 18:32, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost
So I guess The Signpost is one of the best articles on Wikipedia now. GamerPro64 18:05, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hey Gamaliel. How much longer until the newest issue of The Signpost drops? GamerPro64 23:56, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- No idea. We're short on writers and my life is long on drama (see below). Gamaliel (talk) 00:46, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
500/30 Restriction on "Brianna Wu"
Could you lift the 500/30 restriction on Brianna Wu or cite a policy you followed in making your decision? As one of the editors to the article appears to have a conflict of interest with the subject, I would think less invested editors would help scrub a few of the broken links and inconsistent sources. Thanks in advance.--Runescrape (talk) 17:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- What possible conflict of interest could Gamaliel have with Brianna Wu? The page has been the frequent target of scurrilous vandalism by inexperienced and anonymous posters and has been a magnet for trouble. Gamaliel will doubtless give you the chapter and verse on policy.MarkBernstein (talk) 18:00, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- I think he meant one of the other editors currently editing the page? Gamaliel (talk) 18:02, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- I believe they're talking about this. It's a pretty thin complaint. — Strongjam (talk) 22:14, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Do you believe the current state of the article is acceptable?
- I think he meant one of the other editors currently editing the page? Gamaliel (talk) 18:02, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- I will note what I said earlier WRT one claim concerning the subject: Inc. magazine writes "[the subject] left school the first time to start her own video animation company, came back, and dropped out for good in 2001 after getting swept up in the excitement surrounding George W. Bush's election as president." However, the Boston Globe, one of the sources cited by this article, claims the subject is "a graduate of the University of Mississippi". The article presents the latter claim without challenge: "[the subject] later returned to college to finish her degree in investigative journalism".
- In the article's current state, the claim that the subject has a university degree is presented unchallenged, while interviews with the subject contradict this statement. At best this contradiction should be noted in the article, at worst any claim of a degree should be scrubbed until the contradictory articles are somehow resolved.--Runescrape (talk) 22:16, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Based on this discussion I believe the 500/30 restrictions are still needed. You can use the talk page to raise concerns about this article. Thank you for your concern about this article, but in the meantime please direct your efforts towards some of the five million other articles on Wikipedia. Gamaliel (talk) 22:19, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- How would this discussion suggest the "500/30 restrictions are still needed"? I seem to be the only person affected by these restrictions, which you claimed are justified by some conspiratorial reddit post or something? I'm having a bit of trouble following your rationale here.--Runescrape (talk) 22:24, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- A new user focusing on a single topic targeting an existing editor who is often the target of offsite harassment by those interested in the topic area with a frivolous complaint is exactly the type of editing this restriction is designed to prevent. You are welcome to challenge the restriction at WP:AE. I'm sorry you find these restrictions unwarranted but there are five million other articles which you may edit unrestricted. Gamaliel (talk) 22:30, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- So you'd rather not actually provide any concrete evidence then. Very well, I see no point in continuing this conversation. I encourage you to forward whatever evidence of harassment you have collected to the appropriate authorities, as there is no reason why death threats or stalking should be tolerated through any outlet. All the best.--Runescrape (talk) 22:39, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- A new user focusing on a single topic targeting an existing editor who is often the target of offsite harassment by those interested in the topic area with a frivolous complaint is exactly the type of editing this restriction is designed to prevent. You are welcome to challenge the restriction at WP:AE. I'm sorry you find these restrictions unwarranted but there are five million other articles which you may edit unrestricted. Gamaliel (talk) 22:30, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- How would this discussion suggest the "500/30 restrictions are still needed"? I seem to be the only person affected by these restrictions, which you claimed are justified by some conspiratorial reddit post or something? I'm having a bit of trouble following your rationale here.--Runescrape (talk) 22:24, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Based on this discussion I believe the 500/30 restrictions are still needed. You can use the talk page to raise concerns about this article. Thank you for your concern about this article, but in the meantime please direct your efforts towards some of the five million other articles on Wikipedia. Gamaliel (talk) 22:19, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Request
Hello, Gamaliel. Could you please delete the edit summary visible here, which is a personal attack directed at me. Thanks. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 23:23, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- Wow, sorry I missed that when I deleted the other one! The dangers of multitasking.... Gamaliel (talk) 23:32, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Case notice
You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#BLP and the American politician and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. As threaded discussion is not permitted in most arbitration pages please ensure that you make all comments in your own section only. Additionally, the guide to arbitration and the Arbitration Committee's procedures may be of use.
Thanks, NE Ent 23:54, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
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Maunsell Bradhurst Field
I went and looked up the actual letter that Maunsell wrote to the NY Times and this is what the letter states:
- Death in this case was a mere cessation of breathing.The fact had not been ascertained one minute when Dr. GURLEY offered up a prayer. The few persons in the room were all profoundly effected. The President's eyes after death were not, particularly the right one, entirely closed. I closed them myself with my fingers, and one the surgeons brought pennies and placed them on the eyes, and subsequently substituted for them silver half-dollars. In a very short time the jaw commenced slightly falling, although the body was still warm. I called attention to this, and had it immediately tied up with a pocket handkerchief. The expression immediately after death was purely negative, but in fifteen minutes here came over the mouth, the nostrils, and the chin, a smile that seemed almost an effort of life. I had never seen upon the President's face an expression more genial and pleasing.
Anyway, thought you might find it interesting.
- During my research, I also found the same misapprehensions (missing last name, clever editing of the original quoted material) at the Simple WP's article on the assassination. Field's actual letter to the NY Times can be found in its entirety at The House Divided Project at Dickinson College: "Maunsell Bradhurst Field to Editor New York Times, Letter accounting the Passing of President Abraham Lincoln, April 16, 1865". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.81.230 (talk) 18:22, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for the link! This is definitely interesting. I'll put it back in the article if you haven't already. Gamaliel (talk) 18:24, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- FYI, this is the long-term UK Kennedy/Lincoln/Titanic IP, who has a tendency to mix good edits with pointless or just plain wrong edits. I've blocked the IP. They seem to have become more active in recent weeks, using a couple of ISPs. Acroterion (talk) 16:40, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Gamergate involvement
Hello Gamaliel, I see a lot of editors accusing you of being involved on the topic of Gamergate. I've seen that used as a tactic to remove an admin someone he or she doesn't like, but I've seen enough editors say it that it is worth asking the question. How have you interacted with the topic area in the past? Do you see yourself as fully impartial and uninvolved? Do you think your position on the Committee might affect your ability to properly enforce?
I don't know the answer to these and I won't presume to judge, but it may be worth examining if the topic area might benefit from you focusing on other things for a bit. Respectfully, The WordsmithTalk to me 02:25, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- No, Gamaliel is not involved. I'm sure he will correct any mistakes in my comment, but here is a quick response. The gamergaters hate him because he was the only admin who, reluctantly, was willing to monitor the topic and the frequent WP:AE requests. I don't know the current state of play, but in the past there were off-wiki hate pages dedicated to knocking out the half dozen editors who prevented the gamergaters from taking over the topic, and Gamaliel was on such lists. Anyone wanting a quick explanation of what gamergate is about can read the first few paragraphs at the RationalWiki's article. It would be great if more admins were available to monitor the topic but quite a bit of time would be needed to get the backstory. I just glanced at WP:AE and the statements are from the regulars. Johnuniq (talk) 03:09, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not saying that Gamaliel is involved, and i'm not saying that he's done anything wrong whatsoever. Like I said, i've seen the tactic used before with varying success. All i'm saying is that since i'm stepping into an active role and the allegation has been made, I would be negligent if I didn't look into it. As far as getting more admins in to monitor the topic area, I'm fully prepared to carry the flag. I'm just following up on the allegation that was made and asking Gamaliel to ask himself those questions. The WordsmithTalk to me 03:19, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- Understood, due process is good, and thank you. One more point in case you are willing to take a look. There is a strange phenomenon in this topic which I have never seen before, namely that the gamergaters have an astonishing ability to be perfectly civil while repeating previous arguments indefinitely. That is why the few neutral editors sometimes crack and become excessively sarcastic or abusive. The community has no way to handle the situation and the current procedures merely train the participants about how to survive for more civil POV pushing. Johnuniq (talk) 03:53, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- Be careful, you might summon one of them a la Beetlejuice. Gamaliel (talk) 12:26, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- Understood, due process is good, and thank you. One more point in case you are willing to take a look. There is a strange phenomenon in this topic which I have never seen before, namely that the gamergaters have an astonishing ability to be perfectly civil while repeating previous arguments indefinitely. That is why the few neutral editors sometimes crack and become excessively sarcastic or abusive. The community has no way to handle the situation and the current procedures merely train the participants about how to survive for more civil POV pushing. Johnuniq (talk) 03:53, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not saying that Gamaliel is involved, and i'm not saying that he's done anything wrong whatsoever. Like I said, i've seen the tactic used before with varying success. All i'm saying is that since i'm stepping into an active role and the allegation has been made, I would be negligent if I didn't look into it. As far as getting more admins in to monitor the topic area, I'm fully prepared to carry the flag. I'm just following up on the allegation that was made and asking Gamaliel to ask himself those questions. The WordsmithTalk to me 03:19, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- I'll chime in, just so you aren't only hearing from editors looking to ditch their chaperone. I've been following this circus for much longer than I have been registered here, and I don't recall any involvement in the topic by Gamaliel that wasn't in his role as an admin. He has probably dropped some kind of deserved sanction on the bulk of the pro-gamergate crowd, but I'd say that has less to do with his being involved and more to do with his being one of the few admins willing to wade into this mess and put up with the resultant off-wiki shenanigans. As for Gamaliel asking himself those questions, this is not the first time this accusation has been leveled against him...probably by much the same crowd as before. I imagine his response this time will be the same as then. Torven (talk) 03:26, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- I've been policing the Gamergate topic area since it started in August 2014. I don't think being on the committee has anything to do with participating in Gamergate admin actions, as I would recuse myself from GG matters because my admin actions were discussed during the GG arbitration case. I welcome the participation of more administrators in this topic area so I may focus on it less. The less I have to do with Gamergate, the better my life will be. Gamaliel (talk) 11:37, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- In the interest of being fully responsive to The Wordsmith's question, I think it should be indicated that the discussion of your admin actions in the Gamergate case resulted in the committee being split 6 to 8 about whether you needed an official "reminder" about WP:INVOLVED. That motion did not pass, of course, but I think it does give an indication that there were concerns. -Starke Hathaway (talk) 12:04, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- That answer is satisfactory. Given that the accusations were made without evidence, I see no reason to pursue further unless somebody actually provides me with a solid reason. The WordsmithTalk to me 17:55, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- So you think so many editors, including administrators, saying he is involved are all lying, simply because he is skilled at deflecting that accusation, which he hears constantly? By far his biggest level of involvement is with MarkBernstein. If not for Gamaliel, he would have been topic banned long ago. When asked why he allows him to get away with so much and is always defending him, he repeats the same attacks on 'Gamergaters' that Mark does. He believes Marks behavior is justified because they share the same POV in the topic area. This is not my opinion, he has openly admitted this on numerous occasions. I don't know how he could possibly be more involved. 172.6.238.220 (talk) 06:12, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
- See, this is exactly the sort of battleground mentality Mark was sanctioned for. Either express yourself properly and provide factual evidence to AE, or I strongly suggest you drop the stick. Smear campaigns such as this will no longer be tolerated. The WordsmithTalk to me 08:22, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
- He is an admin and on ArbCom, all the while being main admin in the Gamergate topic area and guilty of at least most of the accusations you've read recently. To quote A Few Good Men: "You don't get to that position without knowing how to sidestep a few land mines." He deftly handled your inquiry. He would easily refute any diffs I could provide. I'm not asking you to find him guilty of anything based on what I'm saying. I just ask you, for the good of the project, to at least keep an open mind. Your initial suspicion was correct. There is a lot of smoke for a reason. 2602:30A:C06E:EDC0:4D8F:A54D:4770:EA3D (talk) 16:12, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
- See, this is exactly the sort of battleground mentality Mark was sanctioned for. Either express yourself properly and provide factual evidence to AE, or I strongly suggest you drop the stick. Smear campaigns such as this will no longer be tolerated. The WordsmithTalk to me 08:22, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
- So you think so many editors, including administrators, saying he is involved are all lying, simply because he is skilled at deflecting that accusation, which he hears constantly? By far his biggest level of involvement is with MarkBernstein. If not for Gamaliel, he would have been topic banned long ago. When asked why he allows him to get away with so much and is always defending him, he repeats the same attacks on 'Gamergaters' that Mark does. He believes Marks behavior is justified because they share the same POV in the topic area. This is not my opinion, he has openly admitted this on numerous occasions. I don't know how he could possibly be more involved. 172.6.238.220 (talk) 06:12, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
For my money (which isn't worth much!) Gamaliel has navigated this ridiculously vicious and petty donnybrook as well as humanly possible. Dumuzid (talk) 16:29, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
My opinion here is likely unwanted, but I do feel an obligation. Gamaliel and I have had many disagreements, some of them strenuous, over his handling of Gamergate. He has, in my view, made a number of mistakes, and some of those errors have been costly to the project. He has not always done as much as might have been done to help editors who required assistance; that is the project’s failing, not his alone, but he bears his share. Notwithstanding these disagreements, he has mastered the large and complicated history of Gamergate, a history obfuscated, as Johnnyuniq observes, by the extraordinarily prolific, repetitious, and numbing mountain of text Gamergate has created. He has dealt swiftly and intelligently with a steady stream of delicate and sensitive issues that Gamergate has imposed in the project, any one of which might, if mishandled, have led to disastrous consequences; we may think Gamergate a “petty donnybrook” but for some of its victims, Gamergate has been a life-changing catastrophe. He has been prudent and patient, yet he has also been commendably unwilling to sacrifice decency for the sake of quiet and convenience. Trying to “fix” Gamergate without understanding Gamergate’s schemes and shenanigans (and its broader off-wiki context) led Arbcom to infamous disaster -- a disaster which Gamaliel did try to avert. He has brought a scholar’s mind to bear on the matter and has displayed extraordinary patience and exemplary tolerance in the face of bitter provocation, some of it mine. Yes, there are indeed entire attack pages and lengthy image board threads devoted to the crusade to dislodge Gamaliel from Wikipedia by fair means or foul. He deserves better from the project. MarkBernstein (talk) 17:24, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Wikimedia Highlights from March 2016
- The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists
- New completion suggester helps you find what you need on Wikimedia sites
- Jimmy Wales tells South by Southwest that community is key to Wikipedia’s future
- In brief
The Signpost: 14 April 2016
- News and notes: Denny Vrandečić resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board
- In the media: Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright case; Tex Watson; AI assistants; David Jolly biography
- Featured content: This week's featured content
- Traffic report: A welcome return to pop culture and death
- Arbitration report: The first case of 2016—Wikicology
- Gallery: A history lesson
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-14/Gallery
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-14/Gallery, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-14/Gallery and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-14/Gallery during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Fram (talk) 14:40, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Books & Bytes - Issue 16
Books & Bytes
Issue 16, February-March 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs)
- New donations - science, humanities, and video resources
- Using hashtags in edit summaries - a great way to track a project
- A new cite archive template, a new coordinator, plus conference and Visiting Scholar updates
- Metrics for the Wikipedia Library's last three months
The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:17, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
In general appreciation of your work as both admin and arbitrator.
Ratatosk Jones (talk) 20:04, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Well said
This was a great statement, and I'm glad you released it. Zad68
03:52, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
AfD vote
Hi Gamaliel, I hesitate to even bring this up, but I'm concerned about how your !vote at the Auerbach AfD will be construed. In this comment, you give the impression that your opinion in the AfD might be regarded as an attack on Mr. Auerbach, but having seen your !vote I doubt that anyone could rationally characterize it as an attack. I'm quite confident that you haven't changed your !vote as some kind of shady quid pro quo (with this as quid and this as quo), but without proper context that's exactly how I think it will be characterized by those who wish you ill. Could you perhaps rephrase or expand on (reframe/contextualize) your comments a bit to avoid that negative association? Sorry to trouble you, and thanks in advance.
Keep your chin up, Gamaliel. -Thibbs (talk) 14:43, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
- I find it awfully hard to believe that anyone would think Auerbach and Gamaliel are in cahoots... Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:17, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
- It wouldn't be the first time an unbelievable characterization was made. I'm just saying that it pays to be scrupulous when you find yourself under the microscope. -Thibbs (talk) 22:51, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
- The text is written clearly and I don't see how anyone could misunderstand it. However, I will spell out what it says. There are two editors, say X and Y, who do not get along. X tries to avoid Y because any comment X makes (even something positive) may be seen as poking or meddling. Y also avoids X. X wants to add keep to an AfD regarding Y but does not because that action may be regarded as some kind of "I'm keeping an eye on you" or other weirdness. However, Y makes a comment that gets X off the hook and X does what he wanted to do all along. I guess you are correct to think that malcontents will interpret anything as a sign of evil, but WP:AGF is a policy that must be followed, not a fuzzy essay. Johnuniq (talk) 00:47, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, Johnuniq. I assumed that was Gamaliel's train of thought as well, and I think that your clear explanation should put any unquiet minds to rest. It's a true shame that these days a !vote by X in support of Y would be regarded as an attack rather than an olive branch. Maybe I'm a pessimist, but it seems like AGF is given less and less heed these days. -Thibbs (talk) 02:33, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
- The text is written clearly and I don't see how anyone could misunderstand it. However, I will spell out what it says. There are two editors, say X and Y, who do not get along. X tries to avoid Y because any comment X makes (even something positive) may be seen as poking or meddling. Y also avoids X. X wants to add keep to an AfD regarding Y but does not because that action may be regarded as some kind of "I'm keeping an eye on you" or other weirdness. However, Y makes a comment that gets X off the hook and X does what he wanted to do all along. I guess you are correct to think that malcontents will interpret anything as a sign of evil, but WP:AGF is a policy that must be followed, not a fuzzy essay. Johnuniq (talk) 00:47, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
- It wouldn't be the first time an unbelievable characterization was made. I'm just saying that it pays to be scrupulous when you find yourself under the microscope. -Thibbs (talk) 22:51, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
@Bbb23: Look, you two and I have had our differences regarding politics. But this article is clearly one of the most representative white washing that proves my argument that Wikipedia leans left. There is plenty of criticism of Michael Moore available. Like, boatloads. I've read the article and it's nothing but praise for Michael Moore. There is not a single sentence that criticizes him. The closest it comes is the sentence about calling GW Bush a deserter, but even that spends more text defending his comments than it does explaining the criticism. That, and movies criticizing him aren't even mentioned in the article. This article needs some serious balance.--v/r - TP 18:06, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
- On a related note, I read the article MoveOn.org and I'm certainly satisfied with it's level of criticism with respect to RealClearPolitics. Wish we had that kind of thoroughness in Michael Moore.--v/r - TP 04:05, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
WP policies consulting
First of all, thanks for your response to my WP:RFC here. I found more information regarding the PED use allegations from the New York Times so I think I could created a main page for the documentary, but I don't want to clash with the WP:NPP and give' em tons of explanations as it happened in Talk: Peyton Manning. I'm new creating WP pages so I don't know the more practical way to do it. Snow Rise was helping me but he told me he was very busy and he can't response right now, so I'll look for help anywhere else until he's able to answer. Leo Bonilla (talk) 21:56, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Help talk:Citation Style 1
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Help talk:Citation Style 1. Legobot (talk) 04:26, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
Length of statement at WP:RFAR
Hi Gamaliel, I currently make the length of your statement in this case to be over 1600 words, where the instructions make it clear that "Without exception, statements (including responses to other statements) must be shorter than 500 words". Can you please reduce the length of your statement to be in line with this standard? If the case is accepted, as it looks like it will be, discussion can take place through the evidence and workshop sections. Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:39, 16 April 2016 (UTC).
- @Lankiveil: Are you including in your count the addition that Drmies made on Gamaliel's behalf? Since an Arb added that bit, I don't think it should count against Gamaliel.--v/r - TP 06:16, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
- @TParis: No, just text added directly by Gamaliel themselves. Lankiveil (speak to me) 06:25, 16 April 2016 (UTC).
Hi Gamaliel. With reference to your statement at RFAR this is currently shyowing at over 1600 words in length, please reduce this by 13:00 UTC April 19 otherwise the statement will be reduced as necesscary by a clerk as a clerk action. Clerk actions canot be reverted without the explicit permission of the Arbitration Committee. Amortias (T)(C) 10:21, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Gamaliel, because the Arbitration Committee has authorized the clerks to open the case immediately, the case will be opened with the first 600 words of your statement showing and the remainder hatted. You still have until 13:00, 19 April 2016 (UTC) to modify your statement, and you are explicitly allowed to modify your statement on the main case page until that time. Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 12:58, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
Proposed arbitration temporary injunction
The Arbitration Committee is considering enacting the following temporary injunction with respect to the case request of 10 April 2016:
For the duration of this case DHeyward (talk · contribs) and Gamaliel (talk · contribs) are prohibited from interacting with or discussing each other anywhere on Wikipedia. An exception is granted for the main case page, evidence and workshop pages, but not for any case talk page. This injunction is to be enforced with blocks of up to one week, any blocks made are to be logged on the main case page.
Temporary injunctions may be enacted 24 hours after achieving four net votes. Your comments are welcome at the arbitration case request. For the Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 04:16, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
Gamaliel and others arbitration case opened
You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gamaliel and others. The scope of this case is Gamaliel's recent actions (both administrative and otherwise), especially related to the Signpost April Fools Joke. The case will also examine the conduct of other editors who are directly involved in disputes with Gamaliel. The case is strictly intended to examine user conduct and alleged policy violations and will not examine broader topic areas. The clerks have been instructed to remove evidence which does not meet these requirements. The drafters will add additional parties as required during the case. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gamaliel and others/Evidence.
Please add your evidence by May 2, 2016, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gamaliel and others/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:39, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
Evidence gathering
Gamaliel, I noted this vile attack on yourself and BLP violation by DHeyward in reviewing information on the newly initiated arbitration.[1] (diff [2]). Also, I need both of you guys to choose characters and suggest who else should be represented in my new comic strip for coverage of the arbitration.[3] Cheers.--Milowent • hasspoken 15:12, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Note: it's going to be rather hard for Rob to respond here given the interaction ban. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:00, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #205
- Discussion
- Closed request for comments: Reforming the property creation process, Improve bot policy for data import and data modification
- Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: office hour on IRC (log)
- Past: ISB2016 (slides)
- Past: WWW2016 - Freebase to Wikidata migration (slides)
- Past: CUNY Wikidata intro (slides)
- National Library of Wales: Our Wikidata Visiting Scholar
- New TSRI Project Helps Researchers Build a Biomedical Knowledgebase
- Yle <3 Wikidata - using Wikidata for concept tagging
- Other noteworthy stuff
- ArticlePlaceholder is going live on the first small Wikipedias on May 11th and could use your help
- Wikimedia Commons will get the arbitrary access feature on April 26th
- The Europeana Art History Challenge has started
- Magnus made a handy user-script for duplicating items, for when a new item has similar property values to an existing one. See for instance, this set of edits for a second version of an artwork.
- Listeria now has a status page
- PetScan has now the option "Has no statements" to find items without statements for a category at Wikipedia (sample: en:Category:United States geography stubs) or an entire language version (sample: "sowiki").
- Did you know?
- Newest properties: production statistics, DNZB, PASE name, this zoological name is coordinate with, Australian Geological Provinces Database Identifier, Tate artist identifier, ResearchGate institute ID
- Newest WikiProjects: d:Wikidata:WikiProject Museums
- Query examples: items named after their shape, recent events, assemblies by number of seats, characters portrayed by most actors
- Development
- Query results for the query service are now cached by default for 60 seconds (phabricator:T126730)
- Finishing touches on easier input of geocoordinates and dates (sneak peek)
- Finishing touches on easier manipulation of SPARQL queries (sneak peel - should go live later today)
- Significantly reduced the write access to the database to make sure we're not frying the poor servers unnecessarily
- Getting ArticlePlaceholder ready for first deployment
- More work on first prototype for structured data support for Wikimedia Commons
- Cleaned up icons for selecting rank and value type
- Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
Arbitration temporary injunction enacted
The Arbitration Committee has enacted the following temporary injunction, to expire at the end of the Gamaliel and others arbitration case:
For the duration of this case DHeyward (talk · contribs) and Gamaliel (talk · contribs) are prohibited from interacting with or discussing each other anywhere on Wikipedia. An exception is granted for the main case page, evidence and workshop pages, but not for any case talk page. This injunction is to be enforced with blocks of up to one week, any blocks made are to be logged on the main case page.
For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 15:11, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Page mover
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Page mover. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 April 2016
- Special report: Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot
- Traffic report: Two for the price of one
- Featured content: The double-sized edition
- Arbitration report: Amendments made to the Race and intelligence case
Wikidata weekly summary #206
- Events/Blogs/Press
- Writing a bachelor's thesis at Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
- Europeana Art History Challenge begins
- TED is partnering with the Wikimedia community to add “ideas worth spreading” to Wikimedia projects
- Wikidata meets world literature
- Centralizing content and distributing labor: a community model for curating the very long tail of microbial genomes (conference poster)
- Past: Wikimedia Conference
- Other noteworthy stuff
- SQUID: a new class and property browser for Wikidata (background info)
- Wikidata Graph Builder now can visualize graphs with different node sizes. See for instance, types of artists with number of people, occupied with each subclass item
- List of items that have English, German, and French sitselinks, but no statements
- List of articles on English Wikipedia with a video where the corresponding item has no video
- Listeria bot (the one generating lists on Wikipedia based on Wikidata data) will now begin auto-replacing simple WDQ queries with SPARQL ones
- Magnus is looking for a designer to help with a logo for PetScan
- Arbitrary access for Wikimedia Commons is coming as planned on the 26th
- Wikidata surpassed English Wikipedia in items/articles using files from Wikimedia Commons
- Did you know?
- Newest properties: Danish listed buildings case ID, Models.com client ID, Race time, IAT diver ID, IAT weightlifter ID, IAT triathlete ID, FIS snowboarder ID, FIS Nordic combined skier ID, FIS ski jumper ID, FIS freestyle skier ID, FIS cross-country skier ID, FIS alpine skier ID, D-U-N-S, source of income, budget, BNE journal ID, JudoInside.com ID, ISO 4063 process number, blue-style.com ID, Wrestlingdata person id, Danish protected area ID, Skyscraper Center building complex ID, Research Papers in Economics Series handle, NUTTAB Food Identifier, AUSNUT Food Identifier, CNC film rating, EIRIN film rating, exploitation visa number, production date, Dictionary of Canadian Biography ID, New Zealand Organisms Register ID, Roller Coaster Database ID, Photographers' Identities Catalog ID, PRONOM software identifier, PRONOM file format identifier, Filmiroda rating
- Newest WikiProjects: Olympics
- Query examples: songs with longest melody (source), subjects with most art dedicated to them (source), versions of The Scream (source)
- Development
- There will be some maintenance on the query service in a few hours
- Redesigned the rank selector as well as snak type selector icons (phab:T129033#2217402, gerrit:283968)
- The snak type selector icon also has a tooltip now (gerrit:283945)
- The term table header row as well as language column will now be marked as
<th>
instead of<td>
(gerrit:283395) - Fixed an issue with newline characters in quantity values (phab:T110728)
- Fixed the month-precision time parser ignoring the minus in "January -150" (phab:T132441)
- Continued working on diffing and patching support for new entity types (phab:T132442)
- Continued working on support for creating entities of new types as part of the work for Wikimedia Commons support (phab:T132964)
- Rolled out a little query explanation field to query.wikidata.org to help you better understand a query if you don't understand SPARQL well
- Fixed a bug where the map wouldn't show in the visualization of a query result (phabricator:T132669)
- Fixed issues with the duplicate references gadget (phabricator:T131920)
- Added basic support for more languages to the query service (phabricator:T132756)
- Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
DYK for Herbert L. Packer
On 26 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Herbert L. Packer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Herbert L. Packer proposed two models for the US criminal justice system, crime control and due process, which became influential in criminal policy debates? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herbert L. Packer. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Herbert L. Packer), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:07, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:Princedirtymind.jpeg
Thanks for uploading File:Princedirtymind.jpeg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 11:55, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
Arbitration motion restricting Gamaliel
Per his request, communicated off-wiki to the Committee, Gamaliel is indefinitely restricted from taking any action to enforce any arbitration decision within the GamerGate topic, broadly construed. Any violation of this motion must be reported to WP:ARCA. He may appeal this decision after 12 months to the Arbitration Committee.
- Support: Doug Weller, Courcelles, Opabinia regalis, Drmies, DGG, Kelapstick
- Oppose: Salvio giuliano, Casliber, Callanecc
- Recuse: Gamaliel, GorillaWarfare, Keilana, Kirill Lokshin
For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 21:16, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
- Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Arbitration motion restricting Gamaliel
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gamaliel and others date extensions
The evidence and workshop closing dates and the proposed-decision date have been extended to 6, 13 and 23 May, respectively. For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 17:39, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 2 May 2016
- In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps
- Traffic report: Purple
- Featured content: The best ... from the past two weeks
Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). Legobot (talk) 04:27, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #207
- Discussions
- Events/Blogs/Press
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Commons now has arbitrary access
- Work on ORES to make vandalism fighting easier is progressing well. "Damaging" and "goodfaith" models for Wikidata are now online.
- Wikimind
- New coverage maps have been created (see thumbnails)
- We have new images you can use to indicate your website/app/service is using data from Wikidata. (2 of the files have a problem still. We're working on a fix and will reupload.)
- Did you know?
- Newest properties: Loop ID, sound power, 3DMet ID, locality or place, Index Hepaticarum ID, clearance, ASF KID Cave Tag Number, power consumed, net tonnage, connects with, Czech neighbourhood ID code, longest span, aerodrome reference point, Mercalli intensity scale
- Category reports on without claims by site now link to PetScan's fast "has no statements"-option. A report for your preferred Wikipedia can be added.
- Query examples: software with most versions (source), oldest software (source), map of U1 stations in Berlin (source)
- Development
- Created the first MediaInfo entity through the API (screenshot, a bit more background)
- Substantially reduced server load for item and property displaying (phab:T132662)
- There are currently some issues with the order of latitude/longitude inn coordinates in the query service map visualization. It will be fixed tonight.
- Removed unsupported
sort
anddir
parameters from thewikibase.api.RepoApi
JavaScript module. This may break user JavaScript callinggetEntitiesByPage
(phab:T119856). - Worked on new flyers for institutions that want to cooperate with Wikidata and developers wanting to use our data (will be published on Commons once they're done)
- Moved forward with internationalization of the query service interface (not on translatewiki.net yet but being worked on)
- Worked on making it possible to extend SPARQL queries in simplified natural language version. It will also no longer add query prefixes when editing the query. Those are not live yet.
- Fixed a bug where admins got a blank page when trying to view deleted revisions (phabricator:T132645)
- Investigating issues with bad suggestions for properties when adding new statements (phabricator:T132839)
- Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
Stanley Milgram Jewishness
Hi Gamaliel, I thought you might be interested in sharing your opinion on whether Stanley Milgram is Jewish enough for Wikipedia. There is an RFC on the talk page where some users are bringing up the same issue as before, that he needs to self-identify and be a practicing Jew. Sir Joseph (talk) 22:49, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Clarification and help
Hello User:Gamaliel
You have helped me in the past regarding a topic as seen here [4]. I had in the past socked and I admitted to it and was allowed to resume editing after a long ban from the the site. A now banned user on that talk page struck out all my writing and I was wondering if I can change only my signatures and remove the strike out because the last think you told me was to wait and that was a valid discussion on that talk page. After that you never did follow up and you really did support what I was trying to say back then. I already have approval from an Admin to clear the talk pages of blocks and notices of previous IP's that I have used but I am not sure in this instance for this type of edit. I think that person that clarified that was User:Jpgordon stated that it was okay to blank those talk pages but this is different. I am just reaching out to you because I think I have reached out to Jpgordon quite a bit and you were the last admin for that post above. User:Jpgordon if your available please let me know. Thank you. Swamiblue (talk) 06:47, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Encyclopedias and/or Reference Works
Would you like to support the creation of and/join the proposed Wikiproject for Encyclopedias and/or Reference Works?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 22:43, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Request for comment
Hello I would like to request your comment Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:No religion. Thank you :) Olowe2011 Talk 23:16, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #208
- Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: OpenTechSummit
- Past: CSVConf
- Past: Subscribe7 (slides)
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Our Main Page now has a section for popular items to show you what is trending on Wikidata based on several people editing an item over the last few days
- More constraint templates now generate SPARQL links
- Europeana Art History Challenge is still going on until the end of the month
- Freebase has been shut down
- Wikiversity now has access to the data on Wikidata as well
- The 24,000,000th item was created: Q24000000
- The ArticlePlaceholder will go live on the first Wikipedias on Wednesday (Esperanto, Haitian Creole, Neapolitan Wikipedia)
- Quora: Why isn't Wikimedia Commons using structured data via Wikidata?
- Newest trend on Twitter: annotating books with Wikidata statements ;-)
- Did you know?
- Newest properties: flower color, Megogo ID, via, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID, Belgian Football ID, by-product of, by-product, cardinality of this set, Yandex.Music album ID, Sherdog ID, appears in the heritage monument list, HowLongToBeat identifier, ESR station code, P-number, mouthpiece, MathWorld identifier, PGA Tour ID, LPGA Tour ID, Australasian Pollen and Spore Atlas Code, wavelength, molar volume, vibration, goratings ID, International Sailing Federation ID, Wikidata time precision, fleet or registration number, FIVB beach volleyball player ID, Beach Volleyball Database ID, BVMC person ID
- Query examples: most frequent occupations without a label in a given language, map of places of birth of economists (source), map of all the paintings for which we know a location with the count per location (source), scientists who have worked together but whose Erdős numbers don’t reflect that (source), members of the French National Assembly born out of France (source), mathematical proofs (source), items that depict most things (source)
- Development
- Finished remaining blockers for deploying the ArticlePlaceholder on the first Wikipedias
- More work on initial Commons prototype
- Further work on textual representation of SPARQL queries to allow you to read/edit more of an existing query without having to touch SPARQL
- Show label instead of URI for globes in coordinate diffs - thanks Ricordisamoa! (phabricator:T110193)
- Improve recent changes entries formatting on Wikipedia and co (phabricator:T52893)
- No longer showing a restore link for inaccessible revdel'ed entity revisions - thanks Matěj! (phabricator:T55496)
- Investigated and worked around issues with the suggestions for new statements - needs more work (phabricator:T132839)
- Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.