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Nomination of Data Propria for deletion

 

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Data Propria is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Data Propria until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. HighKing++ 19:41, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #325

Your GA nomination of Aqua Net

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Aqua Net you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Figfires -- Figfires (talk) 01:03, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Aqua Net

The article Aqua Net you nominated as a good article has failed  ; see Talk:Aqua Net for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. FigfiresSend me a message! 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

  • Hi, please don't be discouraged about your failed GA. My first GA was quick-failed too. I recommend you take a look at other GAs and work your way from there. I'll be happy to help you in anything you might need. MX () 03:03, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #326

Facto Post – Issue 15 – 21 August 2018

Facto Post – Issue 15 – 21 August 2018
 

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Neglected diseases
 
Anti-parasitic drugs being distributed in Côte d'Ivoire
What's a Neglected Disease?, ScienceSource video

To grasp the nettle, there are rare diseases, there are tropical diseases and then there are "neglected diseases". Evidently a rare enough disease is likely to be neglected, but neglected disease these days means a disease not rare, but tropical, and most often infectious or parasitic. Rare diseases as a group are dominated, in contrast, by genetic diseases.

A major aspect of neglect is found in tracking drug discovery. Orphan drugs are those developed to treat rare diseases (rare enough not to have market-driven research), but there is some overlap in practice with the WHO's neglected diseases, where snakebite, a "neglected public health issue", is on the list.

From an encyclopedic point of view, lack of research also may mean lack of high-quality references: the core medical literature differs from primary research, since it operates by aggregating trials. This bibliographic deficit clearly hinders Wikipedia's mission. The ScienceSource project is currently addressing this issue, on Wikidata. Its Wikidata focus list at WD:SSFL is trying to ensure that neglect does not turn into bias in its selection of science papers.

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The Prevention of Genocide

Discussion moved to Talk:The Prevention of Genocide#Notability — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zazpot (talkcontribs) 22:00, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Are we having fun yet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LisaMarieCahill2017 (talkcontribs) 15:06, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #327

Your thread has been archived

 

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W. Samuel Patten

I have removed the level-2 heading / Convicted / as I do not see that supported in any source. Elaborate, please. Sam Sailor 01:29, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

@Sam Sailor: the heading I used was actually "Conviction", but in any case you are quite right. I was conflating a plea of guilt with a finding of guilt. The former happened in Patten's case, but the latter, as far as I know, did not. I am grateful for your careful review of the article, and for your courtesy in leaving this message. Thanks, Zazpot (talk) 01:36, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Fixing link rot

Hello! I noticed you added the {{linkrot}} template to Susan Mary Alsop‎‎. You might be interested in adding ReFill to your bookmarks: by just copying and pasting the article's name, in a few clicks the link rot can be fixed and references improved. It's not always perfect, but often preferable to unsightly maintenance templates. Cheers, --Animalparty! (talk) 23:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

@Animalparty:, I appreciate your good intentions, but please see User:Zazpot#Why_do_I_use_bare_URLs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zazpot (talkcontribs) 01:28, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

  The Original Barnstar
Thank you for the thorough EOMA68 article. Blue.painting (talk) 22:50, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #328

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

 
 

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Wikidata weekly summary #329

Draft:SigSpoof

Hi. I've moved your article to draft space because it does not meet the standard required for inclusion in the encyclopedia, for the following reasons:

  1. The language is confusing and there is not enough context to enable a lay person to understand what SigSpoof is.
  2. The article contains no claim of notability.
  3. Categories have not been added.

Please work on the article in draft to bring it up to standard before submitting for review. Deb (talk) 18:23, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Deb, while I appreciate the notification, I feel your draftification of that article was unfortunate. The draftification does not seem to have followed WP:DRAFTIFY, and it also explicitly lacked consensus. Additionally, the article's subject meets WP:GNG and therefore merits an article. As such, I have restored the article. Zazpot (talk) 20:13, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
Glad to see that, as a result of the draftification and my advice to you, you have made most of the improvements necessary to allow the article to be included. Perhaps you could now add appropriate categories. Being the expert you are on Wikipedia procedure, you will no doubt understand how important that is. Deb (talk) 08:22, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
@Deb: it did not have anything to do with you. Evidently you thought you were being helpful, but as I explained on your talk page, I did not find your approach constructive or considerate. I would be grateful if you would avoid interactions with me on Wikipedia in future, unless you approach them in a manner that upholds all five pillars. Zazpot (talk) 08:42, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Please stop using jargon on pages like SigSpoof. You may think this makes you look clever, but your apparent inability to express yourself in simple English isn't helping anybody. If "spoof" is such a basic word, why does it have a disambiguation page as long as my arm? Deb (talk) 18:51, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

IMO, "spoof", as used in SigSpoof, is not jargon. In any case, I had already addressed that concern in this edit summary and this edit, so your comment above seems to be somewhat excessive.
As for the disambiguation page at Spoof, I am not responsible for it, nor do I entirely agree with its contents or organisation, so asking me to explain its existence or size (why does it have a disambiguation page as long as my arm?) is hardly appropriate. Also, I am unaware of any reliable correlation between the existence of a disambiguation page for a word, and the matter or whether a word is jargon. For example, "drill" is not jargon, in most contexts I am familiar with, but it has a lengthy disambiguation page nonetheless. Zazpot (talk) 19:35, 16 September 2018 (UTC)