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Someone with an account on the Oxford English Dictionary website

In the dottle article is a malformed reference to an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary online version[1]. Could I get someone who has a subscription to that site to take a look at this malformed reference, check it against the dictionary, and repair the reference? -- Frotz(talk) 08:46, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Also did some minor copyediting. — SMUconlaw (talk) 09:34, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I enjoyed beeing made aware of a word I did not know although I know the physical fact well. Since I do have access to oed.com I unfortunately have some objections to the etymology in the article and have posted a comment on the article talk page. --Best regards from Engelharttalk contr 20:14, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Swedish Wikipedia hits a million

Hi! You might be interested to know that now there's yet another Wikipedia version above the million article mark. It happened late last evening (European time). See article Swedish Wikipedia for update and links to sources. More links and talk are available here and here. The best of wishes.--Paracel63 (talk) 12:38, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And now there's a Wikimedia blog post on the subject. Best of wishes.--Paracel63 (talk) 20:48, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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  • If you are active as a medical editor, come and sign up :)

Cheers, Ocaasi 21:02, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cochrane Library Sign-up (correct link)

My apologies for the incorrect link: You can sign up for Cochrane Collaboration accounts at the COCHRANE sign-up page. Cheers, Ocaasi 21:37, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ads

As I understand it, Wikipedia is supposed to be ad-free. But in the last few days, I get large ads that slide onto close to a half of the content of what I am trying to read or edit on Wikipedia. I assume these are not condoned by Wikipedia, much less coming from it; how-ever, the only site where I get them is Wikipedia (right now, covering the top half of my screen is an ad that starts out "Dermatologist Hate Her." Can any-one clear this up (and away. preferably)? Do I have a worm or is this common to other computers?

When I just clicked on it, it went away only to immediately shortly pop up on the bottom right corner in a smaller version that slid away on its own.Kdammers (talk) 09:48, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is definitely something at your end. First check that you are looking at Wikipedia itself and not a mirror site - the url should start "en.wikipedia.org". Failing that, there's some malware advice at WP:RFAQ#ADS or you could try the Computing reference desk. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:52, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

50 images from the Science Museum collection

Hi

I'm the Wikimedian in Residence for the Natural History Museum and Science Museum in London. The Science Museum have agreed to release 50 of it's images (at a medium resolution) under a Wikimedia compatible license. The 2 websites that the images would be available from are:

I'm hoping this is the start of something larger but could just be a one off so am trying to come up with a most wanted list.

I've started a list of images to release on my talk page, please feel free to add to it, I'd like to get over 50 so if there are any problems we still have a good list.

Mrjohncummings (talk) 12:47, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Real names

As there seems to be a small but growing number of people choosing to use their real names to edit, I've created {{User real name}} to indicate it on your user page if you so wish. — Scott • talk 15:08, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Shop banners / Editor Flash sale June 26/June 27

This is incredibly late notice and I apologize for that. I put it on the central notice calendar (Meta) earlier but that isn't incredibly helpful for everyone here. For those that don't know I have been running the new Wikimedia Shop for the past year or so as it was slowly brought online and I'm now transitioning away from it to move into the Legal and Community Advocacy department because of needs there. The shop itself, and the Editor Giveaways will be moving into the fundraising team where they have a lot more bandwidth to keep it moving forward and to do the giveaways more consistently (rather then me doing it as I had rare time). That transition is expected to happen around the 1st of July. Sadly I was shanghaied into doing much of the technical setup for the current Wikimedia Elections and other LCA tasks and so some of the pieces of the end of my shop time (like this announcement) got away from me. I apologize profusely for that.

The public side of the shop, which does not make much money yet because we want to keep costs low and we don't advertise much, was always intended to subsidize the Editor Giveaways program. We did a push for Wikipedia Day in January with a flash sale for editors (10% off all products, 24 hours with a logged in banner worldwide) which basically brings it down to close to cost after the shipping subsidy we give (max $15 shipping for most orders up to 5-6 lbs anywhere in the world). This was followed the next day by a logged out (Anonymous) banner, for north americans (where the shipping is easiest) to help fund the giveaways.

Before I officially handed the shop off I wanted to go with one last hurrah:

  • I wanted to leave the fundraising team with a good buffer so that they can do auto pilot a bit (they anticipate still doing the giveaways, and in fact should be able to do them far more then I did because of their resources).
  • I wanted to show the slew of brand new products that we had started preparing before I knew I would be transferring (they are not on the shop yet, they will switch out when the sale starts but include new t-shirts, a t-shirt hoodie, kids shirts and a Citation Needed, Wikipedia Sports Scarf (DAMN RIGHT).

The current plan (which may change a bit) is:

  • Logged in only banner, starting around 05:00 UTC June 26th . World wide, logged in English Wikipedia, Fundraising flagged so that those hiding fundraising banners won't see it. Thin banner (thinner then last time) to be as un obtrusive as possible. 24 hour countdown sale 10% off all products except our Timbuk2 bags (which are sadly $150 and sold at cost and so I can't reduce them any more).
  • Logged out only banner, starting around 05:30 UTC June 27th. North America (possibly a couple other countries to test) English Wikipedia, Fundraising flagged so that those hiding fundraising banners won't see it. Again, as thin a banner as we can get.

I'll be keeping an eye on this section, and am reachable by email. Please let me know if there are 'any' questions. Most of the feedback I got the only other time we tested this (it worked well) was very positive, so I'm hopeful it will go well with lessons learnt about banner size etc. However, if there is one thing I've learnt as a member of the community for 7+ years, I'm always learning more. Jalexander--WMF 07:30, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dates changed from 20th/21st to 26th/27th given the short notice and the scarf not being fully ready yet :). Jalexander--WMF 19:06, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Socrates

How do you expect adding sources etc if you lock up an article?Olmav (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 09:12, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please leave a message on the article's talk page, and add the {{Request edit}} {{Edit semi-protected}} tag to your message. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 17:17, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
@Jacklee: - Would {{Edit semi-protected}} be better for User:Olmav to use for Socrates? GoingBatty (talk) 02:22, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, yes, {{Edit semi-protected}} is the right tag to use. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 03:24, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
οκ i ll try to do it -not very easy at my age. THANKS.Olmav (talk)

Saturday 29 June: edit-a-thon about First World War in Belgium

On Saturday 29 June there are several edit-a-thons organized in several countries in Europe with the subject World War I. This World War had Belgium as chess board so it is great to announce an edit-a-thon in Belgium. This event where new and existing users can write and expand articles is held in Leuven (Louvain). The location is KU Leuven - AGORA Leercentrum and is located at the E. Van Evenstraat 4 on 15 minutes walking from Leuven railway station.

What is an edit-a-thon?

An edit-a-thon is a (small) event where people come together and work on articles on a particular topic. Often such edit-a-thon is organized for people relatively new to Wikipedia and held at an organization.

What are the ingredients?

  • A short explanation/presentation about Wikipedia (encyclopaedia), the principles: a neutral point of view, free licensing, no original research, mentioning available sources.
  • Cheatsheets/antisèche/spiekbriefjes
  • Some literature, you may take it to the event and is very welcome
  • An internet connection is present

How can I sign up?

Signing up is needed at wmbe@wikimedia.org

Be welcome! Romaine (talk) 02:31, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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