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Goliath
Ed, could you add a link on the Talk page to the article that's your source? It would make talking about it easier. Thanks. PiCo (talk) 20:31, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
- The sources are in the diff; I've added a link to Google Scholar, which has several more! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:54, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. The main source seems to be the Berginer/Cohen article in Ancient and Near Eastern Studies - I think it's the only one that would be an acceptable source in Wikipedia terms (TED talks aren't). Unfortunately the link is to the precise, and I can't find the article itself, which has some limitations for the way I can discuss it. Anyway, I'll make a comment on the Talk page. Thanks for your cooperation - people tend to get so hot under the collar about Wikipedia, which is pretty silly.PiCo (talk) 07:20, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
- I think we're coming at RS/V from different perspectives. My contention is that there are several sources linking Goliath with acromegaly, so much so that the claims have made it outside academia and into popular media; it would be strange for us to not acknowledge them. A TED talk is perfectly valid in supporting that statement. Your contention is that anyone who isn't a biblical scholar could not possibly be reliable source in the context of the article, something that has no basis in WP:V. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:37, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. The main source seems to be the Berginer/Cohen article in Ancient and Near Eastern Studies - I think it's the only one that would be an acceptable source in Wikipedia terms (TED talks aren't). Unfortunately the link is to the precise, and I can't find the article itself, which has some limitations for the way I can discuss it. Anyway, I'll make a comment on the Talk page. Thanks for your cooperation - people tend to get so hot under the collar about Wikipedia, which is pretty silly.PiCo (talk) 07:20, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
June 2018 GOCE newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News
  Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the February edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low. Requests continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days. Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of Corinne. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed. March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words). April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing on Requests and the last eight articles tagged in August 2017. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words). May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a record low of 716 articles. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words). Coordinator elections: It's election time again. Nominations for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. June blitz: Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Corinne, Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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South Carolina-class battleship scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the South Carolina-class battleship article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 11, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 11, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:27, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the notification, Jimfbleak (and for the copyedit, Dank—I figured this was coming! ;-) ). Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:31, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
- How's it going, Ed? - Dank (push to talk) 03:33, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Dank: It's going well! Thesis is still a work in progress, due to the whole part-time grad school thing, and I can't complain about work. How about you? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 15:22, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
- Grad school used to be cheap, back in the day, and in the humanities, there usually wasn't too much pressure. Things have changed a lot, and it's not so much fun now. I'm doing more with gardening than I used to ... amazing things are happening in plant genetics. John says hi. - Dank (push to talk) 15:53, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
- Regarding WP:ERRORS: sorry, I never do anything with images. Discussion at WT:TFA is always welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 12:43, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Dank: Hi John! Hope you're both doing well. :-) I can't speak for back in the day, but my professors frequently have too much on their plates. Lots of funding cuts. Plants sound interesting and new—you'll have to send me a photo of your garden!
- Re ERRORS, welp. Stephen was quite right to call me out there; he has messaged me in the past, and I was moving a bit too hastily. (TRM, I generally ignore.) I've opened a Phabricator ticket to see if we can depreciate the current hacky method of protecting images on Commons.
- PS I'm surprised anyone thought it was a good idea to use a surprise paparazzi shot on TFA, regardless of chronological distance. (Glad that wasn't you. ;-) ) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:45, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
- I'll write up the gardening stuff sometime, with pictures, and stick it on my userpage. - Dank (push to talk) 18:25, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yes! Would love to read it, or if you'd prefer to be less public, you should have my email address somewhere. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:52, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- It's the gmail one, right? - Dank (push to talk) 01:38, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yup! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:48, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
- It's the gmail one, right? - Dank (push to talk) 01:38, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yes! Would love to read it, or if you'd prefer to be less public, you should have my email address somewhere. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:52, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- I'll write up the gardening stuff sometime, with pictures, and stick it on my userpage. - Dank (push to talk) 18:25, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
- @Dank: It's going well! Thesis is still a work in progress, due to the whole part-time grad school thing, and I can't complain about work. How about you? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 15:22, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
- How's it going, Ed? - Dank (push to talk) 03:33, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 28
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USS A. Childs
Hey
Do you think that USS A. Childs is below level of "this is ok stub"? Always when I check this page its supprise that this article is on en.wiki. PMG (talk) 07:47, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Why isn't this merged into USS Alonzo Child (1857)? Chris857 (talk) 14:50, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yeah, I've just redirected it. Thanks, PMG and Chris857. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:01, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
Facto Post – Issue 13 – 29 May 2018
Facto Post – Issue 13 – 29 May 2018
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Facto Post enters its second year, with a Cambridge Blue (OK, Aquamarine) background, a new logo, but no Cambridge blues. On-topic for the ScienceSource project is a project page here. It contains some case studies on how the WP:MEDRS guideline, for the referencing of articles at all related to human health, is applied in typical discussions. Close to home also, a template, called {{medrs}} for short, is used to express dissatisfaction with particular references. Technology can help with patrolling, and this Petscan query finds over 450 articles where there is at least one use of the template. Of course the template is merely suggesting there is a possible issue with the reliability of a reference. Deciding the truth of the allegation is another matter. This maintenance issue is one example of where ScienceSource aims to help. Where the reference is to a scientific paper, its type of algorithm could give a pass/fail opinion on such references. It could assist patrollers of medical articles, therefore, with the templated references and more generally. There may be more to proper referencing than that, indeed: context, quite what the statement supported by the reference expresses, prominence and weight. For that kind of consideration, case studies can help. But an algorithm might help to clear the backlog. 
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