ANI Experiences survey

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The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative (led by the Safety and Support and Anti-Harassment Tools team) is conducting a survey for en.wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with the Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works - which problems it deals with well, and which problems it struggles with.

The survey should take 10-20 minutes to answer, and your individual responses will not be made public. The survey is delivered through Google Forms. The privacy policy for the survey describes how and when Wikimedia collects, uses, and shares the information we receive from survey participants and can be found here:

If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be mailed to you via Special:Emailuser.

Thank you on behalf of the Support & Safety and Anti-Harassment Tools Teams, Patrick Earley (WMF) talk 18:24, 1 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

 

  Administrator changes

  Joe Roe
  JzG
  EricorbitPercevalThinggTristanbVioletriga

  Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

  Technical news

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous

  • Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

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Hello, King of Hearts. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

17:51, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Onfido

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Hi King of Hearts, I was going to create a page on Onfido (one of a new generation of exciting artificial intelligence software companies coming out of the UK) and noticed you deleted a previous article on this company. The company has been the subject of extensive media coverage including global news sites as well as industry specific media outlets - although the previous page may not have reflected this. Are you happy for me to create a fresh page using a better selection of sources to demonstrate its notability? Thanks! Vcwatcher (talk) 20:27, 7 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Can you please list a few of the sources you intend to use here? -- King of 03:04, 8 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

References include Forbes, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Finextra, CNBC. Are you happy for me to create a page? Vcwatcher (talk) 18:30, 8 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

You have to post specific links to them. -- King of 00:30, 10 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Do you mean here or on the new article sorry? 82.132.239.223 (talk) 14:57, 10 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Here's a few of the more influential business, tech and finance media https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethmacbride/2016/04/30/inside-the-unsexy-but-crucial-world-of-background-checks/#8965db34d2da https://www.computerworld.com/article/3006556/security/attempting-to-make-the-sharing-economy-safer-with-onfido.html http://tech.eu/features/4365/onfido/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/27/onfido-raises-30m-more-for-its-ai-based-identity-verification-technology https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/67660/onfido-targets-the-unbanked-with-machine-learning https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/28/onfido-identity-verification-raises-30-million-microsoft-crane-ventures.html

Vcwatcher (talk) 16:28, 10 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Yes, looks good enough. -- King of 00:22, 11 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

13 years of editing, today

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  Hey, King of Hearts. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
Chris Troutman (talk) 02:42, 10 December 2017 (UTC)Reply
 

17:58, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

December 13: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

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Wednesday December 13, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
 
 

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.

We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.

We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.

After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 145 West 14th Street
(note the new address, a couple of doors down from the former Babycastles location)

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:43, 11 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

P.S. You are also invited to AfroCROWD Street Culture Wikipedia Edit-a-thon and Year End Celebration on Saturday December 16!

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

The Signpost: 18 December 2017

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Anomalocaris (talk) 08:09, 19 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Sunday January 14: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference

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Sunday January 14: Wikipedia Day NYC 2018
 
 

You are invited to join us at Ace Hotel for Wikipedia Day NYC 2018, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of the project's global 16th birthday festivities. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with keynotes, plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions.

And there will be cake.

We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.

10:00am - 6:30 pm at Ace Hotel, 20 West 29th Street in Manhattan

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:41, 27 December 2017 (UTC)Reply