User talk:Ged UK/Archives/2012/May

The Signpost: 30 April 2012

• Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Consultant: Pete Forsyth

• News and notes: Showdown as featured article writer openly solicits commercial opportunities

• Recent research: Barnstars work; Wiktionary assessed; cleanup tags counted; finding expert admins; discussion peaks; Wikipedia citations in academic publications; and more

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• WikiProject report: The Cartographers of WikiProject Maps

• Featured content: Featured content spreads its wings

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 04:30, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 May 2012

• Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Communicator: Phil Gomes

• News and notes: Hong Kong to host Wikimania 2013

• In the news: What does Wikipedia call an expert; and untruths in biographies ... again.

• WikiProject report: Say What?: WikiProject Languages

• Featured content: This week at featured content: How much wood would a Wood Duck chuck if a Wood Duck could chuck wood?

• Arbitration report: Proposed decision in Rich Farmbrough, two open cases

• Technology report: Search gets faster, GSoC gets more detail and 1.20wmf2 gets deployed

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 00:35, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 May 2012

• Special report: Wikimedia and the "seismic shift" towards open-access research publication

• News and notes: Finance debate drags on as editor survey finds Wikipedia too bureaucratic

• WikiProject report: Welcome to Wikipedia with a cup of tea and all your questions answered - at the Teahouse

• Featured content: Featured content is red hot this week

• Arbitration report: R&I Review closed, Rich Farmbrough near closure

• Technology report: Cross-wiki watchlist controversy; and is "go file a bug" really a useful response?

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 22:45, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Unprotect

Hiya Ged! I noticed you've protected Richard Scarry‎ because of persistent vandalism. I would like to request that the protection is lifted so that this person is able to improve the article. Arcandam (talk) 20:05, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I only protected the page about a year ago for one day, it's not protected now. Judging by the comments on that IP's talk page, the reason their edits aren't going through is that they're trying to link to a site on the blacklist. I've not looked at it in detail, but we ideally would need some different sources. GedUK  19:37, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Arcandam (talk) 19:41, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 May 2012

• From the editor: New editor-in-chief

• News and notes: Two new Wikimedia fellows to boost strategies for tackling major issues

• WikiProject report: Trouble in a Galaxy Far, Far Away....

• Featured content: Lemurbaby moves it with Madagascar: Featured content for the week

• Arbitration report: No open arbitration cases pending

• Technology report: On the indestructibility of Wikimedia content

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 02:48, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Help

Hi Ged, sorry to bother you but I have a problem. Basically I need an admin to do a roll back on a user's edit on The Jonathan Ross Show. They've completely messed it up by making lots of edits, most if not all of which is nonsense. Due to the ammount of edits they've made, it'd be difficult for me to undo each one. Kind regards, Mythical Curse (talk) 17:16, 2 May 2012 (UTC).

Sorry, I've been off wiki for a bit. Is this done now? GedUK  11:48, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the incredibly slow reply, i've had exams. Yes, I found another admin that could do it :). Thanks, Mythical Curse (talk) 17:07, 29 May 2012 (UTC).

The Signpost: 28 May 2012

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation endorses open-access petition to the White House; pending changes RfC ends

• Recent research: Supporting interlanguage collaboration; detecting reverts; Wikipedia's discourse, semantic and leadership networks, and Google's Knowledge Graph

• WikiProject report: Experts and enthusiasts at WikiProject Geology

• Featured content: Featured content cuts the cheese

• Arbitration report: Fæ and GoodDay requests for arbitration, changes to evidence word limits

• Technology report: Developer divide wrangles; plus Wikimedia Zero, MediaWiki 1.20wmf4, and IPv6

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 08:09, 30 May 2012 (UTC)