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"Pay no more than Ceiling Prices", WWII U.S. poster
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This Month in GLAM: October 2017



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  • Australia and New Zealand report: Adding Australian women in research to Wikipedia
  • Brazil report: Integrating Wikimedia projects into the Brazilian National Archives GLAM
  • Bulgaria report: Botevgrad became the first wikitown in Bulgaria
  • France report: Wiki Loves Monuments; Opérations Libres
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  • Italy report: Experts training on GLAM projects
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  • Spain report: Women Writers Day
  • Sweden report: Swedish Performing Arts Agency; Connected Open Heritage; Internetmuseum; More Working life museums
  • UK report: Scotland's Libraries & Hidden Gems
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An optical illusion. Square A is exactly the same shade of grey as Square B. (See Checker shadow illusion.)
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    • Worked on caching constraint check results ( phabricator:T179849) and indicating when constraint check results are cached ( phabricator:T179844)
    • Wikibase code base does not use Composer class autoloading any more ( phabricator:T180067) as another step towards getting rid of our own build process and being more in line with the rest of Wikimedia
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    • Result views in the Wikidata Query Service UI can now be configured with options ( phabricator:T155973, Special:Diff/580233265/596922582)
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39 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start FAMAE ( talk) Add sources
168 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Songs of Love and Hate ( talk) Add sources
154 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Songs from a Room ( talk) Add sources
236 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Samoa national rugby league team ( talk) Cleanup
47 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: B Jeong (surname) ( talk) Cleanup
381 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Tobe Hooper ( talk) Cleanup
61 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Chamblee, Georgia ( talk) Expand
118 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Zwilling J. A. Henckels ( talk) Expand
12 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Darklands (film) ( talk) Expand
255 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Petter Stordalen ( talk) Unencyclopaedic
939 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Tonga national rugby league team ( talk) Unencyclopaedic
218 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Japanese kitchen knives ( talk) Unencyclopaedic
1,092 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C AdWords ( talk) Merge
673 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Targeted advertising ( talk) Merge
394 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Coastal states ( talk) Merge
598 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Magento ( talk) Wikify
82 Quality: Low, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: Start The Dave Clark Five discography ( talk) Wikify
95 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Kirkwood, Atlanta ( talk) Wikify
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Brown Gelly ( talk) Orphan
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Raise Gruppen ( talk) Orphan
12 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Muela (knife manufacturer) ( talk) Orphan
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Selected Poems 1956-1968 ( talk) Stub
88 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Khanjali ( talk) Stub
65 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Bichuwa ( talk) Stub
134 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Electric knife ( talk) Stub
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Agriculture in Saudi Arabia: Agricultural fields in the Wadi As-Sirhan Basin, Saudi Arabia. Taken by astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Wikidata weekly summary #289

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    • Wikidata will get dedicated database resources, and go read-only for 30 minutes on 9th January 2018 ( phabricator:T181645)
    • There were no RDF dumps last week due to problems generating them, investigation is still going on ( phabricator:T181385)
    • Improved the threshold for ORES on Wikidata ( phabricator:T180450)
    • Working on fixing a regression after a change in MediaWiki core that makes edit links show up on diff pages ( phabricator:T181807)
    • More work on persistent editing of statements on Forms of a Lexeme (specifically phabricator:T180467)
    • Improved size of the diff that we sent to Wikipedia and co for changes happening on Wikidata. This is one more needed step towards only showing meaningful edits in the watchlists and recent changes there. ( phabricator:T113468)

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UPabout

Sorry you didn't like my edit of User:Sam Sailor/UPabout. The photo has an extra parameter, making the page show up on Special:LintErrors/bogus-image-options.-- Auric talk 17:20, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Auric, this gave me an opportunity to read WP:PIC and a few other, related pages. AFAICT it's the use of frame that's wrong, and I have removed it. But if that's a correct assumption, why was thumb reported at Special:LintErrors/bogus-image-options as the culprit? If you know, please tell me. Sam Sailor 14:10, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Nothing so precise, just that there was an extra parameter. I wish it was that specific.-- Auric talk 17:15, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2017)

Cover page of the Wikimedia Deutschland 2015 Impact Report
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changing the way all citations are displayed on a page

Thanks for cleaning up Newport Creamery. Best not to impose a preferred citation formatting scheme (or aesthetic form, or however one might describe the citation template format that takes up the maximum possible space in an edit window, i.e.). Pet peeve, sorry. :) I do hope that script doesn't always hijack citation formatting (can't say I've come across it in the past), but perhaps it can undo more easily than going in to manually remove all of the spaces/linebreaks? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 06:11, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

The script should not be blamed for hijacking the formatting, Rhododendrites, the choice of the vertical format was mine. The other possibilities are "crammed" ( Previous revision of Newport Creamery), "horizontal" ( Previous revision of Newport Creamery), and "roomy" ( Previous revision of Newport Creamery). List-defined references can result in a very clean edit window, although I suppose it works best with articles, where the prose size is limited, and that some editors in any case may dislike the scrolling needed. I did not initially use LDRs (per WP:CITEVAR), and they in turn of course could be formatted with any of the four above options using Tidy citations.js ( here LDRs, horizontal). In any case, I'm flexible in these matters: pick the one, that works for you, and I'll be fine with that. Sam Sailor 12:57, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #290

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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2017)

A mechanic at steam pump in an electric power house, 1920, (from a photo study for the WPA).
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Wikidata weekly summary #291

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    • Additional languages for monolingual values got approved by the language committee: ami ( Amis), bnn ( Bunun), fos ( Siraya), ppu ( Papora / Hoanya), pwn ( Paiwan), pyu ( Puyuma), ssf ( Thao), trv ( Seediq / Taroko), uun ( Pazeh) (see gerrit:374052, phab:T144272)
    • More work on caching constraint results so we can enable the constraints checks for all logged-in users by default
    • Fixed a bug when edit links showed up in diff views ( phabricator:T181807)
    • Final step towards being able to store statements on Forms of a Lexeme
    • Disabled RDF support for Lexemes as the mapping isn't defined yet ( phabricator:T182660)
    • Adding some more smart tracking for Lua usage so we better know which properties from an item are used on a Wikipedia article even when the whole item is loaded ( phabricator:T179923)

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A nutrient is a component in foods that an organism uses to survive and grow.
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    • Due to the Christmas and New Year's Eve holidays, no deployment will happen before January 3rd.
    • Monolingual language codes for Old French (fro) and Middle French (frm) added ( phabricator:T181823)
    • Finishing touches on storing statements on Forms
    • No longer checking constraints on the property example statements ( phabricator:T183267)
    • More work on caching constraint check results so we can roll out constraint checking for all logged in users
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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Sam Sailor!!


Hi Sam Sailor, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia! ,
   – Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 13:51, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Dear Dave, I hope you and yours had good days as well. Thank you for your dedication to the English Wikipedia, for your sense of humo(u)r, and for including one who least deserves it on your Christmas card list. Have a Happy 2018. Sam Sailor 00:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi Sam, Family had a great xmas but unfortunately I ended up being poorly on Xmas Eve, Xmas Day and then Boxing Day so yeah it could've been better lol but nah it was lovely thanks and I hope you and yours had a great Crimbo :), Haha thanks!, and thank you for your contributions to the 'pedia and for always being calm when all hell breaks lose , If I didn't like everything in alphabetical order than you'd be the first on my list , Anyway I hope you and yours have a Happy and Healthy New Year and I'm sure I'll bump in to you again somewhere :), Take care mate, – Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 00:54, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
Dave, you wonderful abuser of irony and sarcasm, when you write If I didn't like everything in alphabetical order than you'd be the first on my list I'm tempted to mail you a list of potentially important editors that might be worthy of some salad tossing - alas, I'm not on the list! ;-) Sam Sailor 01:06, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
Nope no abuse of irony and sarcasm here, Sam you're just important here as admins and all that!. – Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 01:54, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
While I may - occasionally - feel as important as a select admin, I sure as hell ain't as important as "all that". I'm a little stitch in the fabric of life, and it's okay. Sam Sailor 02:01, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Good feelings for 2018, Sam Sailor

Thank you for the continuing quality of your edits, Sam Sailor
and for the consideration you have shown to everyone. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 08:15, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Dear Roman, thank you so much, and may I have the good fortune of working with you in the new year? May it be prosperous to us all, online and in real life. Warm regards, Sam Sailor 00:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Seasons' Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 18:06, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Dear Bill, thank you for your greetings. I remember you fondly, and perhaps a better effort on my behalf will have us editing together in the new year, which I hope will be a happy year in your parts of the world. Sam Sailor 00:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

Hello Sam Sailor, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2018.
Happy editing,
Chris Troutman ( talk) 00:24, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

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Dear Chris. Thank you so much for sending me your good wishes for the season, although my editing here leaves a lot to be desired. I hope you, and all who are dear to you have had a pleasant holiday, and I wish you the best of luck and good health in the new year 2018. Sam Sailor 00:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive

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Have a great 2018!

Hi Sam. Hope you're well. This made me laugh today. Hopefully silly season has ended (for now...) Have a good NYE. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 17:14, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Lugnuts, I hope you had a nice one too and that you're still in good shape.
Thanks for the heads-up re Lene Brøndum, I can expand and add a dozen of sources if I have to. Almost any actor who appeared in Matador and since has had a decent career, has been subject to coverage in reliable sources - Brøndum's certainly a familiar face, and she has had a good stage career for 40+ years doing odd/comical supporting roles. Personally I vividly remember her for her Nell in the 1998 production of Endgame at Østre Gasværk Teater, which was Morten Grunwald's farewell production. (I worked with Grunwald in two of his musical productions at Østre Gasværk Teater in the early '90s.)
Why is it users nominate for deletion subject of which they have little clue?
Happy New Year, Lug! Best regards, Sam Sailor 00:30, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

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