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606   News Corporation (talk) Add sources
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52   First Nigerian Republic (talk)     Add sources
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135   Etruscan mythology (talk)     Cleanup
19   2015 police raids in Turkey (talk)     Cleanup
33   Index of India-related articles (talk)   Expand
96   Orthopraxy (talk)     Expand
25   Eleventh East Asia Summit (talk)         Expand
5   Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (talk)         Unencyclopaedic
64   Magic and religion (talk)       Unencyclopaedic
88   Elyon (talk)       Unencyclopaedic
607   Islam in China (talk) Merge
36   Igala people (talk)           Merge
2,051   New Deal (talk) Merge
1   Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks (talk)           Wikify
530   Estoppel (talk)       Wikify
24   Bob Champion (talk)           Wikify
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0   Dalogyili (talk)           Stub
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The Signpost: 02 December 2015 edit

This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2015) edit

 
Princess Leia with characteristic hairstyle cosplayed.
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Wikimedia Education Newsletter: December 2015 edit

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238   Holy places (talk)     Cleanup
10   Ceremonial pole (talk)     Cleanup
24   Corruption in Romania (talk)         Cleanup
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4   Discrimination in Ghana (talk)         Expand
66   Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (talk)           Expand
96   Universe of The Legend of Zelda (talk)   Unencyclopaedic
493   Day of Ashura (talk) Unencyclopaedic
456   Budget of NASA (talk)   Unencyclopaedic
35   Corruption in Iran (talk)       Merge
137   Human interaction with cats (talk) Merge
549   Arkham Knight (talk)         Merge
268   Melek Taus (talk)         Wikify
372   Machete (talk)   Wikify
377   Friedensreich Hundertwasser (talk)   Wikify
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0   Kpanvo (talk)           Stub
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Wikidata weekly summary #187 edit

Books and Bytes - Issue 14 edit

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Issue 14, October-November 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - Gale, Brill, plus Finnish and Farsi resources
  • Open Access Week recap, and DOIs, Wikipedia, and scholarly citations
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This Month in GLAM: November 2015 edit

 




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The Signpost: 09 December 2015 edit

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2015) edit

 
The word scandal is used a few times in several bibles like Douay–Rheims Bible.
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1   Raja Alang Mosque (talk)       Add sources
955   Tamale (talk)     Add sources
453   Tom Arnold (actor) (talk)         Cleanup
5   E.tv Ghana (talk)           Cleanup
537   Political corruption (talk)   Cleanup
91   2015 Ma–Xi meeting (talk) Expand
304   Where the Red Fern Grows (talk)           Expand
33   Mapuche history (talk) Expand
203   Christianity and Paganism (talk)   Unencyclopaedic
34   Dievturība (talk)       Unencyclopaedic
4,487   Kazakhstan (talk) Unencyclopaedic
50   Academy of sciences (talk)       Merge
102   Melodifestivalen (talk) Merge
118   Norse rituals (talk) Merge
15   2014 in Malaysia (talk)   Wikify
28   National Planning Commission of Nigeria (talk)       Wikify
27   Seventh Moon (talk)           Wikify
33   Silent-Night-Chapel (talk)         Orphan
0   Gbabshe (talk)           Orphan
2   Samuel Ioraer Ortom (talk)           Orphan
29   Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria) (talk)           Stub
19   Mill architecture (talk)         Stub
0   Datooyili (talk)           Stub
1   Chogu (talk)           Stub
11   Manzhouli Xijiao Airport (talk)       Stub
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The Signpost: 16 December 2015 edit

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2015) edit

 
Hors d'oeuvre, also known as an appetizer or starter, is a food item served before the main courses of a meal.
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1,752   Kolkata (talk) Add sources
2,450   Haiti (talk) Add sources
36   Dagomba people (talk)       Add sources
233   Investigative journalism (talk)     Cleanup
210   Jann Wenner (talk)       Cleanup
157   North London derby (talk)   Cleanup
9   Nigerian Federal Ministry of Aviation (talk)       Expand
2,847   Istanbul (talk) Expand
9   Index of Ghana-related articles (talk)     Expand
1,958   Black Friday (shopping) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
113   Chams (talk)   Unencyclopaedic
36   Bolland & Bolland (talk)         Unencyclopaedic
492   History of terrorism (talk) Merge
19   Religious cleansing (talk)           Merge
4,657   Beyoncé (talk) Merge
28   Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (talk)           Wikify
0   Choggu Mmanaayili (talk)           Wikify
280   Sarnath (talk)     Wikify
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0   Nyerizei (talk)           Orphan
0   Gumbehini (talk)           Orphan
6   Nikos Toskas (talk)         Stub
0   Shigu, Ghana (talk)           Stub
233   HTTP 451 (talk)           Stub
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0   Bogkurugu (talk)           Stub
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WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner... edit

Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

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Thank you for taking part in the Community Health learning campaign! edit

 
Community Health learning campaign - Analysis Report of Community Responses
 
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I want to thank you once more for engaging in conversation on the Community Health learning campaign. It took us a while, but we can finally announce the winner of the prize, as well as share the outcomes of this conversation.

You might also be interested in taking part in the 2015 Harassment consultation. This is the first of several planned consultations on this topic, intended to provide a place to discuss ideas, concerns, proposals and possible solutions regarding Wikimedia communities’ harassment-related challenges.

This conversation would not have been the same without you. If you have more ideas, or follow up comments on the findings of the campaign, don't hesitate to leave me a message my talk page.

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VisualEditor News #6—2015 edit

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A new, simpler system for editing will offer a single Edit button. Once the page has opened, you can switch back and forth between visual and wikitext editing.

 
If you prefer having separate edit buttons, then you can set that option in your preferences, either in a pop-up dialog the next time you open the visual editor, or by going to Special:Preferences and choosing the setting that you want:
 

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Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs and expanded the mathematics formula tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages such as Japanese and Arabic, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements edit

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The single edit tab project will combine the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab, like the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398) Initially, the "Edit" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as a cookie for logged-out users and as an account preference for logged-in editors. Logged-in editors will be able to set a default editor in the Editing tab of Special:Preferences in the drop-down menu about "Editing mode:".

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the following Wikipedias in early 2016: Amharic, Buginese, Min Dong, Cree, Manx, Hakka, Armenian, Georgian, Pontic, Serbo-Croatian, Tigrinya, Mingrelian, Zhuang, and Min Nan. (T116523) Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. The developers would like to know how well it works. Please tell them what kind of computer, web browser, and keyboard you are using.

In 2016, the feedback pages for the visual editor on many Wikipedias will be redirected to mediawiki.org. (T92661)

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  • Please try the new system for the single edit tab on test2.wikipedia.org. You can edit while logged out to see how it works for logged-out editors, or you can create a separate account to be able to set your account's preferences. Please share your thoughts about the single edit tab system at the feedback topic on mediawiki.org or sign up for formal user research (type "single edit tab" in the question about other areas you're interested in). The new system has not been finalized, and your feedback can affect the outcome. The team particularly wants your thoughts about the options in Special:Preferences. The current choices in Special:Preferences are:
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The Bugle: Issue CXVII, December 2015 edit

 
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This week's article for improvement (week 53, 2015) edit

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Person of the Year

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37   Culture of Ghana (talk)     Add sources
165   Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar (talk) Add sources
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98   Kente cloth (talk)       Cleanup
802   Oak (talk) Cleanup
19,139   Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (talk) Expand
61   University of Ghana (talk)     Expand
449   Accra (talk) Expand
164   Campaign finance reform in the United States (talk)   Unencyclopaedic
23   Cudjoe (talk)           Unencyclopaedic
63   Ketuanan Melayu (talk) Unencyclopaedic
527   Gene therapy (talk) Merge
88   Ghanaian cedi (talk)   Merge
479   DNA repair (talk) Merge
4   Abolqasem Salavati (talk)         Wikify
266   Reactions to the November 2015 Paris attacks (talk) Wikify
202   Niger–Congo languages (talk)   Wikify
2   CRD-BP (talk)           Orphan
0   Cheshei (talk)           Orphan
0   Tuutingli (talk)           Orphan
0   Banvim (talk)           Stub
1   Dugshegu (talk)           Stub
0   Zagyuri (talk)           Stub
0   Gbalahi (talk)           Stub
1   Kogni (talk)           Stub
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The Signpost: 30 December 2015 edit

2016 edit

 
Happy New Year 2016!
Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels?

Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unneccessary blisters.
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