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15:31, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Restore

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Please restore Pro Beach Hockey to my sandbox. Trackinfo (talk) 20:50, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

 Done: User:Trackinfo/Pro Beach Hockey. -- King of 03:21, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sunday July 9: WikNYC Picnic @ Governors Island

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Sunday July 9, 1-6pm: WikNYC Picnic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" on New York City's green and historic Governors Island, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.

1–6pm - come by any time! Our reserved picnicking area is Grill #5 by Nolan Park in the northern part of Governors Island.
Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner!

We hope to see you there! --Pharos (talk) 11:04, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2017

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

added Happyme22Dragons flight
removed Zad68

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Miscellaneous

  • A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
  • A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
  • Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

15:07, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

broken scripts

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I found User:King_of_Hearts/closecfd.js which is not up to date with current javascript coding conventions. Can you see if you can update it, or otherwise blank the script, or redirect users to a better alternative ? —TheDJ (talkcontribs) 23:29, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wednesday July 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.

We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.

We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.

After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 145 West 14th Street
(note the new address, a couple of doors down from the former Babycastles location)

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 02:37, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The article on Modern SToicism

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Hi there. I'm just getting back to my "Modern Stoicism" artcile from back in Dec/Jan :) You participated in the discussion of it, so that's why I'm writing you. Here is the thing: I sincerely want to get the article back from the "drafts" area into the "regular artciles". The problem is: I don't really know how to improve it. The scholarly side of is clean and clear and I guess there is no problem with that I guess (based on the discussion). What is the problem is that I failed to meet all the Wikipedia standards for a new article. Could you help me out with it? (Here is the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Modern_Stoicism) To be more precise: they say the problem is with the "original research" criterion. But: I've made substantial quotations thorghout the articles, I've referred to many books published by major publishers. What's the problem then? with regards

Stoic Warrior (talk) 00:19, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think a main objection that people have is that the sources don't discuss "modern Stoicism" as a topic in and of itself, as opposed to merely Stoicism which happens to be modern-day. That is why we have an article on modern art but not modern mathematics; although people still use math and are making new discoveries in math today, the concept of "modern math" just doesn't exist in the same way that modern art exists. The term "modern Stoicism" just doesn't come up a lot in reliable sources, so it may be better as a section in Stoicism. -- King of 04:09, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 July 2017

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22:59, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

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Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 03:48, 24 July 2017 (UTC) [reply]
Sunday July 30: Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel

On the last Sunday of every month, the Boardroom at Ace Hotel New York hosts Action Equals History — a unique opportunity for New Yorkers to learn hands-on in a technology training/workshop session about the mechanics, practices and benefits of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. This is an opportunity for all to gather, share and work collectively towards a more robust account of history.

For this month, we'll focus on Wikipedia casual editing, ways to use and develop Wikidata, building better edit-a-thon tools for a variety of different thematic campaigns, and user-testing them with the community. Towards a goal of advancing these tools for wider use with diverse local groups.

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 14:21, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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15:58, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

21:45, 31 July 2017 (UTC)