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Volume 20, Issue 16 — 2024-11-18

News and notes: Open letter to WMF about court case breaks one thousand signatures, big arb case declined, U4C begins accepting cases

In the media: Summons issued for Wikipedia editors by Indian court, "Gaza genocide" RfC close in news, old admin Gwern now big AI guy, and a "spectrum of reluctance" over Australian place names

Recent research: SPINACH: AI help for asking Wikidata "challenging real-world questions"

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Endowment audit reports: FY 2023–2024

Traffic report: Well, let us share with you our knowledge, about the electoral college

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Hydrochloric acid
Sodium sulfate
B-P House
Gilwell Park
Lead(II) nitrate
SA Hong Kong
Baden-Powell
LR VIN codes

Are you still around?

You're missed.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:25, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Chris, Yes, I'm still lurking in the background. Job changes has made me re-assess my priorities, with less Wikipedia as a result. Flattering to learn that I'm missed. Anything special that I can be helpful for? Wim van Dorst (talk) 10:29, 31 October 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Nope, just hadn't seen you around, and so many of our old crew are inactive, just wanted to check and say hi! Written several Dutch Scout articles recently, thought of you.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:02, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

if you'd like...

This user is or was involved in Scouting and Guiding in the Netherlands.

--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, Chris! Wim van Dorst (talk) 13:57, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Scouting Appreciations

chemical scouting

Thank you for quality articles such as Hydrochloric acid and Brownsea Island Scout camp, performed in collaboration, for articles from Clifton (comics) in 2004 to P. B. Nevill in 2014, for uploading illustrations, for project work for chemistry and scouting, - Wim, repeating (from ten years ago): you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A year ago, you were recipient no. 2069 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It was appreciated THEN, and it is appreciated NOW. 185.46.212.156 (talk) 12:26, 18 November 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Thank you today for TFA Baden-Powell House! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, wow! I had missed that. I really think this is a great honour! Wim van Dorst (talk) 14:29, 9 February 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Please help watch tomorrow's TFA about the beginning of scouting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:31, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, again, Gerda!! 19:02, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy note

Heads-up that as part of WP:URFA/2020 I've left some comments on the talk page of Baden-Powell House about its current state. Cheers, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 15:40, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Scouting Featured article review

I have nominated Scouting for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:14, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FAR

I have nominated Hydrochloric acid for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Keres🌕Luna ^edits! 16:41, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Baden-Powell House FAR

Hey, I've opened a featured article review for Baden-Powell House at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Baden-Powell House/archive1. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 17:08, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Hudo (scouting) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Hudo (scouting) 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/Hudo (scouting) 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 until the discussion has finished.

Mathglot (talk) 17:20, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Brownsea Island Scout camp Featured article review

I have nominated Brownsea Island Scout camp for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:50, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Pief (Dabbert character).jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Pief (Dabbert character).jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:04, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks B-bot. I re-entered the picture into the article. Don't know why it was removed. Wim van Dorst (talk) 17:57, 25 February 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here.

Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive.

Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking.

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:28, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:41, 13 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Precious anniversary

Precious
Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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