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RfC: usernames in signatures

Whatever became of the RfC you initiated? As someone who uses an abbreviated signature myself about which nobody ever complained in 15 years, i would still support it. ◅ Sebastian 07:25, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

@SebastianHelm: - Don't think anything else came of it. There was a finding of no consensus for the proposals, for better or worse. Don't think I've brought it up since then, and continue to hear occasional confusion from newbies when the person they're trying to contact is a totally different name from the one they see on a talk page. Meh. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:52, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
*Sigh* – i guess that comes with Wikipedia being established now. It was more rewarding for me back in the day when one had a reasonable chance of changing things that hurt newbies. What keeps your spirits up? ◅ Sebastian 16:49, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
@SebastianHelm: We're definitely on a long trajectory towards quality and experience and away from quantity and ease of editing. Wikipedia's serious business now, haven't you heard? :) What keeps my spirits up? There's still a ton of amazing work being done. Most of the new user interaction I've had over the past many years has been off-wiki. We ran an edit-a-thon to improve climate change-related content here in NYC a couple weeks ago which went well. New users removing spam, adding citations, fixing mistakes, etc. People just need more support these days than perhaps they used to, but there are more people interested than ever. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:04, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
No, I haven't heard. I thought all was fine when the WP:DENY of ‘Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense’ was DENYed in 2007. But seriously, you're raising an interesting point when you write that you get a lot of satisfaction from off-wiki interaction. Yes, that's something i miss since i moved away from the US. I had thought with WP being a role model for online cooperation there would remain enough to keep the spirit up, but i was mistaken. Interesting that you write “People just need more support these days”. What kind of support is more needed now? ◅ Sebastian 03:04, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Physical Documents

Your help was much appreciated a few weeks ago, and I hope you won't mind a question. I have hard copies of two articles from the 1980's that appeared in papers that are now defunct. The original author provided these, and I'd like to know if I can reference these. If so, how? Much thanks in advance! PhillyHarold (talk) 21:59, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

@PhillyHarold: Yes, newspapers are usually going to be considered reliable, and whether they're digitized doesn't affect that. You can just use a template like {{cite news}} and fill in as many fields as you can. FYI The Wikipedia Library has resources that may help if you really want to find a digitized version (I have access to Newspapers.com through them, for example). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:52, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
@Rhododendrites: A huge thank you my friend. PhillyHarold (talk) 15:05, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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This Month in GLAM: June 2023



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  • Brazil report: Native Brazilian photographer wins Wiki Loves Folklore Brazil 2023
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  • Netherlands report: A new book, new Wikipedia articles, videos and further images on Africa
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Beginning of pregnancy controversy

I am not "edit warring." I've undone edits performed on a faulty basis. You need to read more closely the explanations for the edits. 1) Your edit removed content other than that you object to and 2) The objections has been addressed and no loner applies.

"However, some methods might have a secondary effect of preventing implantation, thus allowing the embryo to die.[31] Those who define pregnancy from fertilization subsequently may conclude that the agents should be considered abortifacients.[32]"

SOURCE 31: Rebecca Peck; Walter Rella; Julio Tudela; Justo Aznar; Bruno Mozzanega (February 2016). "Does levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive have a post-fertilization effect? A review of its mechanism of action". Linacre Q. 83 (1).
SOURCE 32: DeSanctis, Alexandra (November 4, 2016). "Yes, Some Contraceptives Are Abortifacients". nationalreview.com. National Review.

The objection was to the first statement not having a proper source, and both statements were deleted based on the (correct) sourcing of the second source when the proper edit would have been to add a tag saying that the first statement required a source. Therefore I reverted and added the tag. Subsequently, the tag was replaced with a proper source. SalClements (talk) 16:01, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Oops - I was leaving a message on your talk page while you were writing this. I'll watch for a reply there, but the actual issue at hand is better discussed on the article talk page. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 16:05, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
I'm happy toto discuss this on the article talk page but I don't understand why i shouldn't just undo your revert given that your justification was, "National Review is not a reliable source for medical information" but as you can see, the medical claim has a medical source and the Nat Rev source was concerning what "Those who define pregnancy from fertilization subsequently may conclude," which does not need a medical source. SalClements (talk) 16:20, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
PS: You wrote, "The burden is on those who want to change the status quo to use the talk page (Talk:Beginning of pregnancy controversy) to find consensus for a change once it's disputed." So, shouldn't that mean that Avatar317 is the one with the burden, rather than me? My main issue with what avatar has been doing with his edits is that he removed the portion of the article which has been there at least since 2019 (I didn't go back farther) because he said it's in need of a source. My reversing his edits has been about preventing that removal SalClements (talk) 17:07, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Please see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Beginning_of_pregnancy_controversy#mechanism_of_action SalClements (talk) 18:55, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for following up. I'll take a look at this a bit later. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:08, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

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Hi, if you have a look at Similarweb's site, they explain the creative process by which they produce their data. Unless they are trying to make a simple process look more complicated, it sounds as though they've put a huge amount of effort into this. Their EULA also specifically forbids the use of their data. So there is no doubt whatsoever that Wikipedia's article is a copyvio. They are probably tolerating this because they know better than anyone that we have huge traffic, and are raising their profile enormously. I suspect this is a bit of a wrong situation here. Elemimele (talk) 09:17, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

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Hello there I moved the reference to the Invisible Ships Myth to the Legacy section of the Joseph Banks article because it's too tangential for the short, factual account of the Endeavour voyage. I also slightly changed the wording because the linked article says that Banks'account might be the basis for the myth (it actually contradicts the myth). By the way, I had never heard of the myth before and I found the article fascinating. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 23:16, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

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September 20: Annual Election & Members Meeting

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Annual Election & Members Meeting, with in-person at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, as well as an online-based participation option.

The Members' Meeting is similar to other WikiWednesday meetups, except that its primary function is to elect a new Board of Directors. We will elect five board seats. After being elected, those elected can potentially appoint more seats. We will also have a fun WikiWednesday!

Election info:

  • To run for election or to vote, you must be a dues-paying member of Wikimedia New York City, having renewed in the past 12 months.
  • Voting will be both online, via emailed ballots from the ElectionBuddy service, and in-person.
  • The poll will be open for the 48 hours between 8pm EDT on September 18 and 8pm EDT on September 20.
  • For additional information, please consult the Election FAQ.

Meeting info:

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:01, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Invisible ships

On 12 September 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Invisible ships, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that invisible ships are a myth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Invisible ships. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Invisible ships), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 11,784 views (925.4 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of September 2023 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:30, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

nice 〜 Festucalex • talk 03:59, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

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Sun Oct 1: NYC Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023

October 1: Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon!

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon!, with in-person at Prime Produce Guild Hall in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.

It is being held in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15–Oct 15).

Some past local edit-a-thons touching on this area have included the two editions of Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiArte at MoMA in 2015-16, and the CUNY LaGuardia translat-a-thons held annually since 2018.

Meeting info:

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

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