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The Content translation tool hasn't been deployed to any Wikipedias. It's still only deployed to beta labs. Note the "beta.wmflabs.org" in the urls in the blog post. Legoktm (talk) 05:44, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

New Yorker archive

I love the New Yorker, but I guess the summer-long "free-for-all" is not so free for all, because I just tried to access the open archive and got stuck at a pay wall here. Jane (talk) 06:42, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

@Jane023: You're correct and The Signpost was not - I've changed the Signpost article accordingly. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 02:28, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks John Broughton, and my apologies to Jane. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:28, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

I also opened a ticket at the New Yorker, so far three replies about the administration of the ticket, but no response about whether their archive is indeed supposed to be open for everybody. Re-reading their announcement, it looks like their archive is behind a paywall for current subscribers, so this summer the current subscribers can access it for free, that's all. Jane (talk) 07:12, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

"Non-subscribers will get a chance to explore The New Yorker fully and freely, just as subscribers always have. Then, in the fall, we move to a second phase, implementing an easier-to-use, logical, metered paywall." Let's wait until August. DS (talk) 19:20, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

My understanding is some articles are still randomly blocked behind a pay-wall; and they may also have a limit to how many can be viewed per day or month (like the NYT method). -- GreenC 22:34, 27 July 2014 (UTC) I got an answer from the ticket I opened, and here it is: "Thank you for your inquiry regarding the Archives. The Archives is still a subscriber based benefit, which has access to issues as far back as 1925. Access to our website is what is free at the moment. The website is updated daily with new articles, information, blogs, cartoons, etc. The Article you are referring to is one that is speaking about the Author only. " So no free archive access (bummer), but access to the website, which is still nice I suppose. 20:56, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

I am pretty sure the free access articles are only those posted on their website from 2007, rather than the full archive from 1925. May be good to amend the story to clarify this. -- Shudde ^talk 11:01, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Tag missing

File:"Konig Albert," Promenade Deck, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers"-LCCN2002720829.jpg, presented at the top, appears to lack a German PD tag, btw. Hchc2009 (talk) 14:18, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Good spot Hchc2009, thanks for mentioning it. As the chromolithographs are almost entirely already in country specific categories, it would be a fairly easy and neat systematic improvement to add local licences for where each original photo was taken, as well as the one for the USA.

 Done This one fixed (PD-old-70 looks sufficient, with the photographer unknown), adding the others to my backlog, non-Germany maybe after Wikimania, as there is quite a lot of stuff to get done. --Fæ (talk) 11:27, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom Media Viewer case

Although there is less than one day left to comment on the evidence page, and less than a week left for any public participation in the workshop page, there have already been calls to desyssop User:Eloquence. The opening salvo was fired by Dennis Brown, who states, "This has a demoralizing effect on the admin corps, knowing we are one hissy fit away from being desysopped by a disgruntled employee." —Neotarf (talk) 15:45, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

GLAM Wiki Toolset demo at Wikimania 2014 in London

For anyone going to the Wikimania conference in London 6-10 August, at wm2014:Submissions/Using the Mass upload tool to copy GLAM collections to Commons there will be a presentation Sunday 11:30 – 12:00 on the toolset. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:46, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Not just that, but there will also be a hackathon session about it, but immediately before the one you mention (which is more of a demonstration) there will also be this presentation: "GLAMwiki Toolset: Bringing the cultural sector and Wikimedia together". Finally, there will also be a Europeana/GLAMwiki Toolset stall in the main foryer of the conference. Wittylama 09:30, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Just a minor clarification, my presentation (Sunday, 11.30) is focussed on the "how" but it is not actually a demonstration. I'm planning on running through real case studies of large uploads that rely on the GWT, along with how common issues that arise when "pre-processing" (structuring the xml input) and "post-processing" (handling with all sorts of house keeping problems). Hopefully the sort of material that gives current and future users and project teams a running start, along with up-front planning of what support and skills they will need, without it becoming a user manual walkthrough (which everyone can do as homework afterwards). --Fæ (talk) 11:49, 4 August 2014 (UTC)