User talk:U5K0/Archive 4

The Signpost: 14 January 2013[edit]

Investigative report: Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat

News and notes: Launch of annual picture competition, new grant scheme

WikiProject report: Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy

Discussion report: Flag Manual of Style; accessibility and equality

Special report: Loss of an Internet genius

Featured content: Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012

Arbitration report: First arbitration case in almost six months

Technology report: Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment

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EdwardsBot (talk) 16:12, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 21 January 2013[edit]

News and notes: Requests for adminship reform moves forward

WikiProject report: Say What? — WikiProject Linguistics

Featured content: Wazzup, G? Delegates and featured topics in review

Arbitration report: Doncram case continues

Technology report: Data centre switchover a tentative success

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EdwardsBot (talk) 00:44, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Extra info on Mali[edit]

Thanks for the great editing on the Mali page. I like the idea of the extra info space on the Mali Talk page. Some of those, even if they will disrupt the narrative or lead to nothing on the main Mali conflict page, may be appropriate right now at the timeline page I just created. Timeline of the Northern Mali conflict (2012-present). The good eye for adding content at the main Mali conflict page could certainly improve that page if you choose to. AbstractIllusions (talk) 03:30, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 January 2013[edit]

In the media: Hoaxes draw media attention

Recent research: Lessons from the research literature on open collaboration; clicks on featured articles; credibility heuristics

WikiProject report: Checkmate! — WikiProject Chess

Discussion report: Administrator conduct and requests

News and notes: Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate

Featured content: Listing off progress from 2012

Arbitration report: Doncram continues

Technology report: Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems

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EdwardsBot (talk) 19:49, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 04 February 2013[edit]

Special report: Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles

News and notes: Article Feedback Tool faces community resistance

WikiProject report: Land of the Midnight Sun

Featured content: Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes

In the media: Star Trek Into Pedantry

Technology report: Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment

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EdwardsBot (talk) 03:27, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven[edit]

Hello again! We have some neat updates about the Teahouse:

We’ve added badges! Teahouse awards is a pilot project to learn how acknowledgement impacts engagement and retention in Teahouse and Wikipedia.

We’ve got a new WikiLove Badge script that makes giving badges quick and easy. You can add it here. You can give out badges to thank helpful hosts, welcome guests, acknowledge great questions and more.

Come join the experiment and let us know what you think!

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here

Thanks again! Ocaasi 02:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 February 2013[edit]

Op-ed: An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia

Featured content: A lousy week

WikiProject report: Just the Facts

In the media: Wikipedia mirroring life in island ownership dispute

News and notes: UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year

Discussion report: WebCite proposal

Technology report: Wikidata client rollout stutters

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EdwardsBot (talk) 09:42, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 February 2013[edit]

WikiProject report: Thank you for flying WikiProject Airlines

Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation declares 'victory' in Wikivoyage lawsuit

In the media: Sue Gardner interviewed by the Australian press

Featured content: Featured content gets schooled

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EdwardsBot (talk) 20:35, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)[edit]

It's been a full year since the Teahouse opened, and as we're reflecting on what's been accomplished, we wanted to celebrate with you.

Teahouse guests and hosts are sharing their stories in a new blog post about the project.

1 year statistics for Teahouse visitors compared to invited non-visitors from the pilot:

Metric	Control group	Teahouse group	Contrast
Average retention (weeks with at least 1 edit)	5.02 weeks	8.57 weeks	1.7x retention
Average number of articles edited	58.7 articles	116.9 edits	2.0x articles edited
Average talk page edits	36.5 edits	85.6 edits	2.4x talk page edits
Average article space edits	129.6 edits	360.4 edits	2.8x article edits
Average total edits (all namespaces)	182.1 edits	532.4 edits	2.9x total edits

Over the past year almost 2000 questions have been asked and answered, 669 editors have introduced themselves, 1670 guests have been served, 867 experienced Wikipedians have participated in the project, and 137 have served as hosts. Read more project analysis in our CSCW 2013 paper

Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

Come by the Teahouse to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)

-- Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 20:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 25 February 2013[edit]

In the media: Ex-WMF trustee creates "Wikipedia Corporate Index" for PR agency

Recent research: Wikipedia not so novel after all, except to UK university lecturers

News and notes: "Very lucky" Picture of the Year

Discussion report: Wikivoyage links; overcategorization

Featured content: Blue birds be bouncin'

WikiProject report: How to measure a WikiProject's workload

Technology report: Wikidata development to be continued indefinitely

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EdwardsBot (talk) 07:12, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 04 March 2013[edit]

Op-ed: We must do more to turn readers into editors

News and notes: Outing of editor causes firestorm

Featured content: Slow week for featured content

WikiProject report: WikiProject Television Stations

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EdwardsBot (talk) 22:50, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 March 2013[edit]

From the editor: Signpost–Wikizine merger

News and notes: Finance committee updates

Featured content: Batman, three birds and a Mercedes

Arbitration report: Doncram case closes; arbitrator resigns

WikiProject report: Setting a precedent

Technology report: Article Feedback reversal

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EdwardsBot (talk) 09:46, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article Feedback deployment[edit]

Hey U5K0; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:54, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]