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Public Domain
Hi Matthewrbowker! I have question regarding the liscence for the "DYK Copy Editting Assignment". We have modified this original work written by Awadewit. Here is the link to the original file: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:DYKCopyeditingAssignment.pdf&page=1 We tried to upload the modified version of this assignment to the Wikimedia Commons, and the liscence for the original file only indicates "Public Domain". We were not sure if this belongs to "The copyright holder published this work with the right Creative Commons license" or not.Thank you!Saehee0908 (talk) 17:54, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
- No, sorry. The Creative Commons license is different from a public domain license. You'll have to tag it as public domain when you re-upload it. ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 23:24, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
WikiCup 2012 October newsletter
The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:
Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
Sasata (submissions)
Grapple X (submissions)
Casliber (submissions)
Muboshgu (submissions)
Miyagawa (submissions)
Ruby2010 (submissions)
Dana Boomer (submissions)
Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.
- The featured article award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for four featured articles in the final round.
- The good article award also goes to Grapple X (submissions), for 19 good articles in the second round.
- The list award goes to Muboshgu (submissions), for three featured lists in the final round.
- The topic award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for three good topics (with around 40 articles) in round 4.
- The did you know award goes to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
- The news award goes to
ThaddeusB (submissions), for 10 in the news items in round 3. - The picture award goes to
Grandiose (submissions), for two featured pictures in round 2. - The reviewer award goes to both Ruby2010 (submissions) (14 reviews in round 1) and Grandiose (submissions) (14 reviews in round 3).
- Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to Cwmhiraeth (submissions).
Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.
Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:33, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
InfoBox
Thanks for your help on infobox. Still I am not able to upload file coz my account is not verified yet? Please do help me in this regard. RB-ASHISH Talk to me 12:23, 1 November 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by RB-AXP (talk • contribs)
- Glad to help. It appears that both of your accounts are autoconfirmed, but that only may have happened recently. Why don't you try to upload the image again? ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 21:08, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 November 2012
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This is not a newsletter
Anyway. You're getting this note because you've participated in discussion and/or asked for updates to either the Article Feedback Tool or Page Curation. This isn't about either of those things, I'm afraid ;p. We've recently started working on yet another project: Echo, a notifications system to augment the watchlist. There's not much information at the moment, because we're still working out the scope and the concepts, but if you're interested in further updates you can sign up here.
In addition, we'll be holding an office hours session at 21:00 UTC on Wednesday, 14 November in #wikimedia-office - hope to see you all there :). I appreciate it's an annoying time for non-Europeans: if you're interested in chatting about the project but can't make it, give me a shout and I can set up another session if there's enough interest in one particular timezone or a skype call if there isn't. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 11:07, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
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AFT5 newsletter
Hey all :). A couple of quick updates (one small, one large)
First, we're continuing to work on some ways to increase the quality of feedback and make it easier to eliminate and deal with non-useful feedback: hopefully I'll have more news for you on this soon :).
Second, we're looking at ways to increase the actual number of users patrolling and take off some of the workload from you lot. Part of this is increasing the prominence of the feedback page, which we're going to try to do with a link at the top of each article to the relevant page. This should be deployed on Tuesday (touch wood!) and we'll be closely monitoring what happens. Let me know if you have any questions or issues :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:24, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Editing of wiki article 'Hall Affair'
Dear Matthew,
Recently, I contributed an article to Wiki originally entitled 'The Hall Affair, Gosport' which I understand you edited down to 'Hall Affair'. Might I respectfully request that the original title be reinstated on the following grounds, please - 1. that as an ordinary noun 'hall' cannot stand alone in the singular without an article, and that by its being preceded by the definite article it takes on the character of a proper noun. The name of the building in question is The Hall, not Hall. after all. 2. The appellation 'The Hall' is a common one for old buildings throughout the UK and that to distinguish it from numerous other examples of the same name. the name of the town be appended to avoid confusion. ie Gosport.
Thank you, and I hope you see the validity of my remarks.
Kind regards.
Peter Bastion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bastions (talk • contribs) 12:01, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 19 November 2012
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- Technology report: Structural reorganisation "not a done deal"
- Featured content: Wikipedia hit by the Streisand effect
- Discussion report: GOOG, MSFT, WMT: the ticker symbol placement question
Editing of wiki article 'Hall Affair'
Dear Matthew,
Recently, I contributed an article to Wiki originally entitled 'The Hall Affair, Gosport' which I understand you edited down to 'Hall Affair'. Might I respectfully request that the original title be reinstated on the following grounds, please - 1. that as an ordinary noun 'hall' cannot stand alone in the singular without an article, and that by its being preceded by the definite article it takes on the character of a proper noun. The name of the building in question is The Hall, not Hall. after all. 2. The appellation 'The Hall' is a common one for old buildings throughout the UK and that to distinguish it from numerous other examples of the same name. the name of the town be appended to avoid confusion. ie Gosport.
Thank you, and I hope you see the validity of my remarks.
Kind regards.
Peter Bastion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bastions (talk • contribs) 12:01, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, Peter!
- I'm sorry, but I haven't been involved with this article (I'm curious - how did you get my name?). The guy you want to talk to is Orangemike (Leave him a new message). He was the one that moved the article, and would be able to explain his reasoning.
- Sorry about the delay replying... please let me know if I can be of any more help. ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 18:46, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
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