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RFC Jewish Chronicle

Thanks for closing the Jewish Chronicle RFC, given the contentious nature and heat of some recent RSN discussions all closes are much appreciated. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 21:53, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, AD. I tried to be very careful, literally put together a spreadsheet. Valereee (talk) 21:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm not surprised, it was a complicated RFC and even if I did closes it would be one I would've avoided. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 22:05, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Valereee I totally agree with your comments regarding the complexity of this RfC, so thanks for your time and efforts on this. Indeed my concerns at interpretation led me to do exactly the same as you did and place the 'votes' in a spreadsheet. It confirms your comment of consensus that the JC was unreliable in PIA areas. However, it also suggests no consensus for the earlier time periods and non PIA areas. This is because a significant number of editors didn't parse periods whilst giving an overall 3 or 4, whilst the others were split between options 1 and 2 for that category. I'm happy to show you my workings on this.

However, without going into those details, you wrote on closure 'The majority of participants thought the designation needed to be much more nuanced than a simple "generally reliable" or "generally unreliable/deprecated", especially with regard to certain topics and with regard to certain time periods' This sentence seems like a good summary, so would a yellow label 'additional considerations' be more accurate than the present green label 'generally reliable' as it is at present? Andromedean (talk) 11:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

I definitely think the color at RSNP should be yellow at this point, and this discussion should be linked in the table, and the close summarized.

Always happy to look at someone else's work! Valereee (talk) 12:12, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Revised, I actually am not familiar enough with criteria for colors, so I'm not going to make assumptions about that. Valereee (talk) 14:25, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

I could post you a link to the google spreadsheet I produced, but I need to make it a bit easier to understand first. Perhaps, later today or tomorrow.

A useful exercise might be to repeat the spreadsheet exercise with another source with a yellow rating as a comparison such as Huffington Post political which has been through a similar exercise.Andromedean (talk) 15:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Here's the spreadsheet. The average option number is in bold. I've additionally calculated it used your method of calling option 4, option 3. The issue of some editors choosing different cut off dates and relying on earlier RfCs complicates things. However, I suggested that earlier RfCs should be judged with special caution due to the discovery of sock puppets in the 2021 RfC. That's an additional reason why I think the views of media experts, IPSO and legal cases should be given weight. The depreciated Daily Mail simply used a note to denote that some editors found it reliable in the past. Andromedean (talk) 08:17, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, looks interesting. I'm not thinking it changes anything about whether the close feels appropriate, but I guess you think it does? Valereee (talk) 11:22, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Valereee It's less to do with the closing comments than the colour label. You said earlier 'I actually am not familiar enough with criteria for colors'. Wikipedia's definition of the green colour legend is

"Generally reliable in its areas of expertise: Editors show consensus that the source is reliable in most cases on subject matters in its areas of expertise. The source has a reputation for fact-checking, accuracy, and error-correction, often in the form of a strong editorial team.

I've little doubt the JC would consider themselves 'experts' on their frequent front page content of Israel, Palestine and the ME. Some Wikipedia editors giving the JC positive reviews, consider 'antisemitism and the Left' another of their front page areas of expertise. Yet the RfC on reliability in this specific area was split (after certain editors were disqualified). Also considering the extent the JC has been criticised by academics and even their own journalists who decided to leave the paper, a green label would appear distinctly odd. Perhaps, the instigator of the last RfC User:Selfstudier who occupied a median position of views on that spreadsheet might wish to comment if this is worth pursuing, or perhaps I need to go to a different board to do this? Andromedean (talk) 12:03, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Definitely wp:rsn, that's where the experts are. Valereee (talk) 12:16, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

I've started it here Andromedean (talk) 14:16, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Obviously, JC should not be 100% green, that would not represent the consensus at all. Perhaps the entry should be split to different colours like some others have been, see Rolling stone or The New York Post for example. Selfstudier (talk) 12:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Per discussion raised here here have updated RSP. [1] Please feel free to improve summary etc. CNC (talk) 15:02, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

MUEW

You've inspired me to create WP:MUEW: "multi-user edit war". Usage example: Now everybody's muewing at that article. Levivich (talk) 21:47, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

hahahahaha...I'm totally using Muewing. Valereee (talk) 22:28, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I like that! I've been a victim of muewing in the past, as well as unintentionally participating in it. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:32, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

hate to see a desysop,

We do seem to be slouching in that direction. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 18:58, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

I hope not. Given their username, they're probably ~75. They've been a sysop for nearly 20 years. They're winding down their contributions, but they still are actively editing, it's not like they're playing the one-edit-a-year game to keep the hat. I'd really hate to see them feel shamed. Valereee (talk) 19:05, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you. The request is already a reason to feel shamed. I miss RexxS. - Different topic: I placed another call for help on my talk page, as you recommended, hours ago, to no avail. Walter Jacob. I feel strongly that he deserves to be mentioned, an American Rabbi whose family escaped Germany, and he initiated and presided the first rabbinic seminary in Central Europe after the Holocaust, in Germany of all places. - Some bright pictures in places, and food further up there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:24, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I know, I get it. More shamed, I guess? Beautiful photos, as usual, thank you for sharing!

I wish RexxS had never run for admin. He wasn't really temperamentally a good fit, and instead of being gone, he'd have remained a great contributor as an editor. I voted for him, and his demeanor as an admin really woke me up to the whole idea of just how crucial temperament is. I mean, obviously anyone can have a bad day, I've certainly had my share.

It looks like every other nom you made in October was posted? I'd call that a win, really. No one seems to be opposing at ITN, can't it just be marked as ready for posting? Valereee (talk) 19:42, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for looking into the photos ;) ... and the RD. The two latest were posted (together) with just one support, without ever marked ready. The marking might help (if only arguing tomorrow if needed) but I'm not the one doing it ;) - These three died within two days, and all were difficult to update, so one had to arrive at the noms page late ... - Usually an admin comes around towards midnight, but Wikipedia's midnight is when I'll sleep. - Completely different topic: blank lines in a threaded discussion confuse the screenreader for the blind. There's an essay on my user page, look for asterisks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:17, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

I did not know that! I wish our software could just automatically optimize everything. Valereee (talk) 20:35, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

I didn't know it either. Trying to get today's cantata ready for GAN, for a change of subject. I wish people would not die when I have the house full of dear company. I would have preferred to have the cantata in shape when the 300th anniversary began, not towards the end ;) - Did you see the film The Pianist - featured in yesterday's story? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

The Pianist was out during my raising toddlers years. I have zero knowledge of anything to do with popular culture from those years. It's like they never happened. I can, however, remember the lyrics to most of the themes from Nickelodeon from that period.

You seem to have an amazing life, Gerda! So full of travel and visitors! Valereee (talk) 11:37, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - Jacob came to the Main page 2 minutes before midnight but they graciously left another one from that day open for further discussion. Relief. - I praised a rich day on my talk, and then learned that Franz Kamphaus died. I saw him in the service on 6 October, which was held up for several minutes for him to arrive, assisted by two people. A blessed soul, I am sure. - I didn't take a pic inside because I was late myself, here's an earlier one of the place partly decorated by disabled people. He always sat second row far right. I was left, fifth or so row. He looked attentive throughout, God's time is the best ... (recorded). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:19, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted Cucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:23, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

I celebrate Halloween in the sense that I put a pumpkin on my porch and buy a bag of candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters. I'm an atheist, but I participate in the more secular Christian holidays. Madrid, I'm sure it's beautiful this time of year! Of course, pretty much everywhere is beautiful in October. Valereee (talk) 16:58, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2024)

Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is: Slow living Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Space Age • Image Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 November 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Request

Can you open yet another thread (I kinda sound stupid but okay) with the response that you pasted? It is the most salient bit of info and is currently buried within replies. TrangaBellam (talk) 14:09, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Also, it appears that Joe lied when he told (and no less in boldface) that We have not shared any user data. He was (and is, even now) technically correct when he made that statement but *sigh*. TrangaBellam (talk) 14:10, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

I don't think we can assume "lied". I sometimes find emails in my wikipedia file that are weeks old and go "Oops". Valereee (talk) 12:59, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

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A couple of inquiries

Hi, Valereee. So, the appeal request resulted in a decline, which I understand and respect, and I again apologize for my not doing my homework on CTOPs. I however have a couple of questions if you don't mind.

Firstly, what exactly is this notice about, and what would I be expected to make a statement about? Again, this is all new to me so I appreciate your patience. Secondly, IOHANNVSVERVS, after I was topic banned, decided to revert a constructive edit I made replacing a meager image of a group of conversing soldiers with that of the Egyptian airstrike on the Old Tel Aviv central bus station, a crucial event of the war and the first major attack by either sides, as well as the one that initiated the large-scale armed conflict as a whole; along with undoing the removal of an article link that was linked twice in the same paragraph, in accordance with MOS:OL. Their reasoning, for the former, is that the edit is an "unilateral change", even though they changed the entirety of the infobox's image layout and inserted multi-image collages on this article, and on others (here and here), in the same manner. After examining WP:TBAN, I don't see anything stating that a productive or beneficent edit made prior to being banned can be reverted without any reasonable grounds. So, am I missing something here? Thanks. Snowstormfigorion (talk) 13:32, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

So, @Snowstormfigorion, first, let's clear up one extremely important thing: You are not allowed to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict anywhere on Wikipedia except your own talk page, where you may discuss the topic ban with an administrator. You are violating your topic ban by coming in here to complain about IO reverting an edit of yours at an article that falls under the topic ban. You are going to need to understand this, and right now, as a topic ban violation is a blockable offense. You should take all those articles off your watch list. Pretend they don't exist.

Let's take this to your talk to discuss the Arbcom notification. Valereee (talk) 13:45, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Again, this is uncharted territory for me, so apologies again. Should I undo this entire section? Snowstormfigorion (talk) 13:53, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

You can strike everything starting with "Secondly", if you like. It'll show other admins you're making a good faith effort to avoid violating the tban. Valereee (talk) 15:01, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2024)

Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is: Stationery Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Slow living • Space Age Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 November 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

November music

story · music · places

For a surprise, a Bach cantata is on the Main page today, where it was last year for the 300th anniversary, and they were too lazy to find something new ;) - Look at my story, and listen to the 3 whole-tone steps and the dialogues of Fear and Hope. - An open letter open to be signed (more info on the talk), - I haven't checked if you did, please ignore then. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

I uploaded more pics, on a mountain in the sun above the fog. - Madeleine Riffaud - remember. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:06, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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Hi I see that you are trying to get my attention, but it doesnt seem like your seeing my message. i apologize for any inconvience ive caused you. i spoke with hey josh man after he moved something to draft space and i asked why since i hadnt thought that i had uploaded it yet. never got a response so i hadnt realized that they arent in the draft space. i thought the links said that the page was not created yet. my fault for not understanding the draft space Drwho407 (talk) 19:46, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Hey, Drwho407! I've answered at your talk, and no worries, we just wanted to get your attention to make sure you knew how to create in draft space. Valereee (talk) 13:15, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

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Hey valereee, thanks for being supportive on the UM situation. Quick question before I go forward, I'd like to tag some sources I think are questionable on the page there, specifically ones that link to shops that appear to sell bootleg material here. Would going through that be a bit too much? I think it would help for context if I want to bring it up on the talk page. Andrzejbanas (talk) 18:01, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Hey, @Andrzejbanas, no thanks necessary, just doing my job. :) I think you could either tag, or tag and if reverted bring it up on the talk page. Either would be completely acceptable. Valereee (talk) 18:17, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Cool. :) Just wanted to clarify that tp not be brash or come off as some drive-by tagging or what not. Excellent, I feel so much better being able to confirm stuff before going way to hog wild. I've also thought that to avoid me endlessly adding on in conversations that if editors want a request from me, that they please ping me. I think that would help me with any clarification and not having me swamp your page with monsters of film yore every week or whatever. :D Thoughts? Andrzejbanas (talk) 18:31, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2024-47

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

• Users of Wikimedia sites will now be warned when they create a redirect to a page that doesn't exist. This will reduce the number of broken redirects to red links in our projects. [9]
• View all 42 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, Pywikibot, which automates work on MediaWiki sites, was upgraded to 9.5.0 on Toolforge. [10]

Updates for technical contributors

• On wikis that use the FlaggedRevs extension, pages created or moved by users with the appropriate permissions are marked as flagged automatically. This feature has not been working recently, and changes fixing it should be deployed this week. Thanks to Daniel and Wargo for working on this. [11][12]

In depth

• There is a new Diff post about Temporary Accounts, available in more than 15 languages. Read it to learn about what Temporary Accounts are, their impact on different groups of users, and the plan to introduce the change on all wikis.

Meetings and events

• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10 2024. The registration for the event will close in mid-April 2025. The Wikimedia Hackathon is an annual gathering that unites the global technical community to collaborate on existing projects and explore new ideas.
• Join the Wikimedia Commons community calls this week to help prioritize support for Commons which will be planned for 2025–2026. The theme will be how content should be organised on Wikimedia Commons. This is an opportunity for volunteers who work on different things to come together and talk about what matters for the future of the project. The calls will take place November 21, 2024, 8:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC.
• A Language community meeting will take place November 29, 16:00 UTC to discuss updates and technical problem-solving.

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:58, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Barnstar for you!

		The Anti-Flame Barnstar
		For closing that discussion about moving wikipedia overseas. It might seem like an odd thing to be grateful for, but it almost certainly was for the best and I appreciate it greatly. Gaismagorm (talk) 11:37, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, @Gaismagorm! Valereee (talk) 12:51, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

No problem! Gaismagorm (talk) 14:15, 25 November 2024 (UTC)