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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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DYK for Westbourne Terrace

On 22 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Westbourne Terrace, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Westbourne Terrace was one of 19 different "Westbourne" streets that appeared in the London Postal Guide in the nineteenth century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Westbourne Terrace. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Westbourne Terrace), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 29

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Tech News: 2018-35

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • You can now see moved paragraphs in diffs in the mobile view. It also works on all languages in the desktop view. [1]
  • Bureaucrats on all Wikimedia wikis can now remove the interface admin user right. [2]

Problems

  • Some diffs show lines in the wrong order. The developers are working on fixing it. [3]

Changes later this week

  • The message you see when you thank a user will change. This is to make it easier to understand. [4]
  • AWB will stop adding using AWB in the edit summary. Instead it will add a tag that says AWB. [5]
  • Advanced item Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title. [6]
  • Advanced item Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age. [7]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 August. It will be on all wikis from 30 August (calendar).

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  • Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this.

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16:16, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Doug Gurr

On 30 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Doug Gurr, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Doug Gurr, head of Amazon UK, has said that a no-deal Brexit could lead to civil unrest "within two weeks"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Doug Gurr. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Doug Gurr), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Ritchie333 00:01, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

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DYK for Anastasia Soare

On 31 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anastasia Soare, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Anastasia Soare is the "Eyebrow Queen"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anastasia Soare. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Anastasia Soare), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Matilda Etches

On 3 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Matilda Etches, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Matilda Etches's clothes from the 1940s were the first modern fashion items considered "key acquisitions" by London's Victoria and Albert Museum? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Matilda Etches. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Matilda Etches), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-36

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • There is a new user right for users who can edit CSS and JavaScript for the entire wiki. Before this all admins could edit CSS and JavaScript. This was a security risk. This group is called interface administrators. Administrators can delete user CSS and JavaScript pages. [8][9]
  • There will be an A/B test on the Wikipedia mobile website. It starts this week. It tests how we show templates that show information about an article. The test will last two weeks. [10][11]
  • You can now use different CSS rules for different skins when you edit templates. This is because of TemplateStyles. [12]
  • wp10 in ORES is now called articlequality. [13]
  • When you get a new message on your talk page you get a yellow message in the toolbar. The preference to show or not show this has been removed. [14]

Problems

  • UploadWizard had problems with campaigns. Users could not upload files. This has now been fixed. [15]
  • You can get a notification when a link is made to a page you created. This has not worked since June. It was fixed last week. [16]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 September. It will be on all wikis from 6 September (calendar).

Meetings

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16:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Michael Spink Reversal

Wednesday 05/09/18


Dear Edward,

I am getting in touch on behalf of our client Michael Spink at SPINK Property with regards to this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Spink

Michael Spink is Founder and CEO of SPINK Property, a London-based architectural firm https://www.spinkproperty.co.uk/

We handle the communications for the company and as part of our remit we need to update the existing Michael Spink page on Wikipedia.

On Thursday the 30/8 we edited/updated the existing page with factual additions on Michael himself and his company, and unfortunately our additions and amendments were removed and we received the following message from you. Reverted to revision 834425533 by KolbertBot (talk): Michael Spink is independently notable. If you want to, please start Spink as a separate article. (TW))

We need to update the existing page, rather than create another page for the company SPINK, as it will effectively become confusing to have two pages. Spink is also a disambiguation page, so it would be very confusing for wiki visitors to differentiate. Please could you let us know what the next steps are as we are keen to update the existing page as submitted last week.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,

Alex Herlihy Account Executive LUCHFORD

Conradq (talk) 15:13, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

  • Thank you Conradq, The normal process is that paid editors and those with a conflict of interest propose relatively small discreet changes to the article on its talkpage. In this case, Talk:Michael Spink. Such changes should reflect a neutral point of view (WP:NPOV) and be properly sourced citing reliable sources (WP:RS. Please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for more guidance. I have copied your message and my response to Talk:Michael Spink, and any further discussion should be on that page. Edwardx (talk) 10:42, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Asking for help with Point72 Asset Management

Hello, User:Edwardx. I would like to ask you for help with edits on an article where I have a COI. I work for Point72 Asset Management. I've made edits in the past to the article, but that was more than two years ago and the article needs to be updated.

I believe that the rules around COI editing have been strengthened since then, which is why I am reaching out for help. I see that you have edited the article, and others like it. Would you be willing to review the updates for the article and, if you agree that they improve the article, either make the updates or give me the go-ahead to make them? Here they are, with the updates highlighted in italics and including citations to support the edits:


Point72 Asset Management, L.P., is an American hedge fund managing the assets of its founder, Steven A. Cohen, and eligible employees. SAC Capital Advisors was founded in 1992 and converted its investment operations to the Point72 Asset Management family office in 2014.[4] In 2018, the firm reopened to external investors after a two-year ban and began accepting outside capital.[1] As of 2018, Point72 employed approximately 1,200 people. The firm's long/short investment divisions are Point72 Asset Management and EverPoint Asset Management. Cubist Systematic Strategies is its quantitative investing business. Point72 also operated a big data unit, Aperio, which was folded into its Market Intelligence team in 2018. [2] Point72 has its main office in Stamford, Connecticut and there are several satellite offices around the world.[7]

History

[First two paragraphs are fine as is]

In August 2014, founder Steven Cohen replaced many of the management personnel who had operated SAC. Among the changes, he named a new president of Point72, Douglas D. Haynes, and a new chief operating officer, former IBM executive Timothy Shaughnessy.[15][16] Haynes retired in March 2018 and was replaced as president by Cohen.[3]

[last two paragraphs are fine as is]


Thank you in advance for considering my request. AlexReads (talk) 20:14, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Edwardx, wanted to let you know I went ahead and made several factual updates to the Point72 Asset Management article. I would greatly appreciate it if you would review them when you have time and let me know if you approve. I have a few more edits to make and would like to know if you would be able to review them for me.AlexReads (talk) 20:32, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

DYK articles

Hi, I notice you have removed links to footballer from two of my recent DYKs citing WP:OVERLINK. Personally I have no issue with it but, when I started nominating football articles, a discussion was held on the DYK talk page regarding including these links to give a clear indication to the reader on the sport the subject participates in as Football has different meanings around the world. So should I add these back in or do you feel like you would take this further? Kosack (talk) 12:31, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-37

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • When you added or edited a template with the visual editor the input boxes were very big. This has been fixed. The input boxes will now be smaller until you click on them. Then they will change size to fit the text. [18]

Problems

  • Some diffs showed lines in the wrong order. This was fixed last week. [19]
  • Marking a cross-wiki notification as read didn't work every time. The other wiki was not updated. This has now been fixed. [20]
  • <maplink> did not work for a few days. This was because of a bug. This has now been fixed. [21]
  • {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} is used by some templates. For a period edits saved with {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} would save the previous user's name and not your username. This is now fixed. Edits made before the bug was fixed will still be wrong and need to be corrected. [22]
  • When you move a page the title still shows the old page name. The developers are working on fixing this. [23]

Changes later this week

  • Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this.
  • Because of the data centre test there will be no new version of MediaWiki this week. Changes for this week will come next week instead.

Meetings

  • Recurrent item You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 11 Septmber at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
  • Recurrent item Advanced item You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 12 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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22:35, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Please help

I nominated ABeam Consulting for deletion via PROD but a weird thing has happened. The date and time indicating when the seven days would be up has come and passed but the message the article is now eligible for deletion has not popped up like it would normally do. What do I do? Thanks. Lovelylinda1980 (talk) 13:26, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Shiv Pande

On 14 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shiv Pande, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1985, Shiv Pande arranged for a joint India-Pakistan cricket team to play "the rest of the world" in aid of Mother Teresa's charity and the orphans of the Bhopal gas disaster? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shiv Pande. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Shiv Pande), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Training

Edward, what's the best way to find out about your training for organisations? (Middyman (talk) 14:24, 14 September 2018 (UTC))

Nomination of He never married for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article He never married 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/He never married 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. Openlydialectic (talk) 06:30, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
for taking the time and trouble to bring a series of PROMO pages for sundry self-promoting cranks, consultants and wannabes E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:12, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-38

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • The Wikimedia Commons mobile app has a new version. Images uploaded using Nearby are now automatically added to the associated Wikidata item. You can browse other images on Commons. You can see your achievements and your upload statistics. It has also fixed some bugs. [24]
  • Advanced item MediaWiki web requests now have a time limit of 60 seconds for GET requests and 200 seconds for POST requests. [25]

Problems

  • You could not see the menu on the notifications page on the mobile version. This has now been fixed. [26]

Changes later this week

  • Special:AncientPages can hide disambiguation pages. [27]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 September. It will be on all wikis from 20 September (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

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21:58, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018

Hello Edwardx, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.

Project news
As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.
Other
Moving to Draft and Page Mover
  • Some unsuitable new articles can be best reviewed by moving them to the draft space, but reviewers need to do this carefully and sparingly. It is most useful for topics that look like they might have promise, but where the article as written would be unlikely to survive AfD. If the article can be easily fixed, or if the only issue is a lack of sourcing that is easily accessible, tagging or adding sources yourself is preferable. If sources do not appear to be available and the topic does not appear to be notable, tagging for deletion is preferable (PROD/AfD/CSD as appropriate). See additional guidance at WP:DRAFTIFY.
  • If the user moves the draft back to mainspace, or recreates it in mainspace, please do not re-draftify the article (although swapping it to maintain the page history may be advisable in the case of copy-paste moves). AfC is optional except for editors with a clear conflict of interest.
  • Articles that have been created in contravention of our paid-editing-requirements or written from a blatant NPOV perspective, or by authors with a clear COI might also be draftified at discretion.
  • The best tool for draftification is User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js(info). Kindly adapt the text in the dialogue-pop-up as necessary (the default can also be changed like this). Note that if you do not have the Page Mover userright, the redirect from main will be automatically tagged as CSD R2, but in some cases it might be better to make this a redirect to a different page instead.
  • The Page Mover userright can be useful for New Page Reviewers; occasionally page swapping is needed during NPR activities, and it helps avoid excessive R2 nominations which must be processed by admins. Note that the Page Mover userright has higher requirements than the NPR userright, and is generally given to users active at Requested Moves. Only reviewers who are very experienced and are also very active reviewers are likely to be granted it solely for NPP activities.
List of other useful scripts for New Page Reviewing

  • Twinkle provides a lot of the same functionality as the page curation tools, and some reviewers prefer to use the Twinkle tools for some/all tasks. It can be activated simply in the gadgets section of 'preferences'. There are also a lot of options available at the Twinkle preferences panel after you install the gadget.
  • In terms of other gadgets for NPR, HotCat is worth turning on. It allows you to easily add, remove, and change categories on a page, with name suggestions.
  • MoreMenu also adds a bunch of very useful links for diagnosing and fixing page issues.
  • User:Equazcion/ScriptInstaller.js(info): Installing scripts doesn't have to be complicated. Go to your common.js and copy importScript( 'User:Equazcion/ScriptInstaller.js' ); into an empty line, now you can install all other scripts with the click of a button from the script page! (Note you need to be at the ".js" page for the script for the install button to appear, not the information page)
  • User:TheJosh/Scripts/NewPagePatrol.js(info): Creates a scrolling new pages list at the left side of the page. You can change the number of pages shown by adding the following to the next line on your common.js page (immediately after the line importing this script): npp_num_pages=20; (Recommended 20, but you can use any number from 1 to 50).
  • User:Primefac/revdel.js(info): Is requesting revdel complicated and time consuming? This script helps simplify the process. Just have the Copyvio source URL and go to the history page and collect your diff IDs and you can drop them into the script Popups and it will create a revdel request for you.
  • User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js(info): Creates a "Page Curation" link to Special:NewPagesFeed up near your sandbox link.
  • User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/deletionFinder.js: Creates links next to the title of each page which show up if it has been previously deleted or nominated for deletion.
  • User:Evad37/rater.js(info): A fantastic tool for adding WikiProject templates to article talk pages. If you add: rater_autostartNamespaces = 0; to the next line on your common.js, the prompt will pop up automatically if a page has no Wikiproject templates on the talk page (note: this can be a bit annoying if you review redirects or dab pages commonly).

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Omkar Rai

KankP (talk) 10:47, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Edwardx,

Contents of this article (Omkar Rai) asserts importance and of great significance in Indian IT world. This is not a self promotion. I being a native of rural India and IT professional, have seen the efforts on ground and contents of this article is covered widely by established media housed in India.

My humble request to suggest me the improvement on this article as I have started recently to contribute on wikipedia. Thanks. KankP (talk) 10:38, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

KankP, if you genuinely believe this to be the case, then I suggest you find some better references. Edwardx (talk) 10:45, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

KankP (talk) 11:41, 19 September 2018 (UTC) Thanks for the encouragement (talk) . I will definitely look for more references from reliable and authentic sources. Also just to assure Wikipedia community, this piece of work is done on volunteer capacity and as per WP:COI this is a free work.

Contents of this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omkar_Rai) asserts importance and of great significance in Indian IT world. This is not a self promotion and I am not at all professionally/personally associated with this article. I have started contributing and decided to create an article for Dr. Omkar Rai considering his influence and role in Indian IT industry. I have seen the efforts on ground and contents of this article is covered widely by established media housed in India.

This is done on volunteer basis and to contribute towards Wikipedia community.

My humble request to suggest me the improvement on this article as I have started recently to contribute on wikipedia and this is one of the significant article. Thanks.

Sorry, but as a probable paid/COI editor (see WP:COI), I cannot spend my unpaid volunteer time helping you. Edwardx (talk) 11:28, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

KankP (talk) 11:54, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Dear (User:Edwardx) - Article subject is taken from reliable, authentic and prestigious sources which are Times of India/Economic times and others https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/) . This piece of work is done as volunteer work for Wikipedia community. This is one of the significant article from Indian IT world key contributor and I confirm that article is not unambiguously promotional, because I found the article notable enough to be on Wikipedia. Request your consideration and help me on understanding Wikipedia community.

Morten Schjolin

Just a heads up on Morten Schjolin. I declined the speedy because I'm not seeing it as fundamentally advertising. However, I searched for sources to show notability and came up short -- the AfD is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Morten Schjolin ----Fabrictramp | talk to me 20:50, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Fabrictramp. That seems reasonable, as I did hesitate before the speedy nom. Shall vote shortly. Edwardx (talk) 20:58, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-39

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week

  • The preferences form will change to use the standard look. If you see any problems please report them on Phabricator. [28]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 September. It will be on all wikis from 27 September (calendar).

Meetings

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15:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

October 2018 at Women in Red

Please join us... We have four new topics for Women in Red's worldwide online editathons in October!



New: Clubs Science fiction + fantasy STEM The Mediterranean

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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Congratulations

100000 Edits
Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that only 516 editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work!

-- Dolotta (talk) 20:46, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Dolotta. Always nice when someone notices such things! Edwardx (talk) 21:41, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Glad to have you around Edwardx! Happy editing! -- Dolotta (talk) 22:29, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Facto Post – Issue 16 – 30 September 2018

Facto Post – Issue 16 – 30 September 2018
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The science publishing landscape

In an ideal world ... no, bear with your editor for just a minute ... there would be a format for scientific publishing online that was as much a standard as SI units are for the content. Likewise cataloguing publications would not be onerous, because part of the process would be to generate uniform metadata. Without claiming it could be the mythical free lunch, it might be reasonably be argued that sandwiches can be packaged much alike and have barcodes, whatever the fillings.

The best on offer, to stretch the metaphor, is the meal kit option, in the form of XML. Where scientific papers are delivered as XML downloads, you get all the ingredients ready to cook. But have to prepare the actual meal of slow food yourself. See Scholarly HTML for a recent pass at heading off XML with HTML, in other words in the native language of the Web.

The argument from real life is a traditional mixture of frictional forces, vested interests, and the classic irony of the principle of unripe time. On the other hand, discoverability actually diminishes with the prolific progress of science publishing. No, it really doesn't scale. Wikimedia as movement can do something in such cases. We know from open access, we grok the Web, we have our own horse in the HTML race, we have Wikidata and WikiJournal, and we have the chops to act.

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17:34, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Bip Ling

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because Bip Ling is not selling any products, nor has been working for the last 4 years, search google news for reference. She is the first blogger in history to be a successful Model, Actress, Designer and DJ. Which has to be on Wikipedia for historic records.

I am not a family member of Ling, nor her, so I am confused to why you are requesting to delete the page?

See here for all articles about Ling..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n3d5vw http://coveteur.com/2015/01/19/bip-ling-blog/ http://nowgallery.co.uk/events/colourblock-party/ https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/bip-ling-secures-two-major-fashion-campaigns https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6281657/ http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG10523482/Blogger-Bip-Ling-launches-collaboration-with-Pretty-Ballerinas.html https://www.faberge.com/news/bip-ling-wears-faberge-in-st-petersburg-russia-115 https://wayvs.com/2014/02/07/bipping/ https://www.matchesfashion.com/womens/the-style-report/archive/fashion-families-issue-pre-aw14/in-conversation-bip-ling/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/11498878/Tanya-Ling-Making-art-is-a-bit-like-2001-A-Space-Odyssey.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n3d5vw http://pcmusic.boards.net/thread/105?page=50 https://www.topshop.com/blog/2010/11/we-catch-up-with-bip-and-margot http://artwednesday-journal.com/post/5214162958/bip-ling-margot-bowman-the-how http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG11022408/Lessons-from-the-stylish-Bip-Ling-25-blogger.html http://showstudio.com/contributor/bip_ling https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/bip-ling-djs-at-the-john-frieda-party-celebrating-25-years-news-photo/186224757 https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/bip-ling-attends-the-launch-of-new-book-ibiza-rocks-by-news-photo/693906088 https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/who-is-bip-ling-6390926.html https://www.vogue.co.uk/profile/bip-ling https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/it-s-a-ling-thing-meet-the-siblings-storming-theatre-blogging-and-modelling-worlds-9683173.html http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9488233/Play-spot-the-difference-with-Louis-Vuitton.html https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/bip-ling-interview http://www.twinfactory.co.uk/made-by-nike-x-bip-ling/ https://graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/news/bip-ling-empty-wardrobe-tip-upside-put-stuff-10-minutes/ https://www.wmagazine.com/story/bip-lim-instagram-tips http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG11022408/Lessons-from-the-stylish-Bip-Ling-25-blogger.html https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/news/2015040153859/bip-ling-partners-with-people-tree-to-create-charity-t-shirt/ https://www.happysocks.com/uk/bip-ling https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6281657/ https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/adam-green-has-created-an-entire-new-world-for-his-film-adaptation-of-aladdin-and-it-sounds-insane-12005

Thank You,

Ghosh

— Preceding unsigned comment added by M dghosh (talk • contribs) 17:29, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of David Mimran for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article David Mimran 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/David Mimran 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. signed, Rosguill talk 03:12, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Parikshit Lalvani

Hello Edwardx, can you please take a look at Parikshit Lalvani to see if there is anything different then previously deleted version? Thank you. GSS (talk|c|em) 09:04, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

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  2. ^ Foxman, Simone (March 5, 2018). "Steve Cohen revamps Point72 data group after early stumble". Bloomberg.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Matthew (March 17, 2018). "President of Steven Cohen's investment firm quits amid gender bias lawsuit". New York Times.
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