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The following is an automatically-generated compilation of all talk pages for the Signpost issue dated 2014-05-28. For general Signpost discussion, see Wikipedia talk:Signpost.

Featured content: Zombie fight in the saloon (1,764 bytes · 💬)[edit]

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I'm not alone in the efforts to secure video game screenshots. If I've been successful, it's only because I've been inspired by the examples set by others involved in the effort. People like Czar, Hahnchen, Hahc21, and Masem have been even more successful that I have. The Commons page Historical and commercial video games has a lot of examples of our collective work, especially as you get down to the bottom. Sven Manguard Wha? 16:19, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the mention. commons:Category:Video game files uploaded by czar I'm in an airport, else I'd say more. I have a few big catches to add in the near future. For free culture, czar ♔ 16:23, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Please nominate some of them at WP:FPC - you deserve recognition for your work. =) 86.163.137.56 (talk) 21:41, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've nominated a set, and have my eye on a couple others (though oddly none so far by Sven). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:24, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

News and notes: The English Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion; wiki inventor interviewed on video (4,264 bytes · 💬)[edit]

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  • Congratulations also from Germany - 100 is a great number and maybe I will reach it in some years (have #59 in der German WP) now). Keep going on with articles and contests! -- Achim Raschka (talk) 13:12, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Casliber is a stalwart content creator and one of those editors whose opinions are generally respected by community. And I have little doubt that the two are related. Congratulations on your century! All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 13:43, 1 June 2014 (UTC).
  • Congratulations on this impressive achievement, and thank you for setting such a great example of positive action. Erik Zachte (talk) 17:06, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's an impressive achievement Casliber and a big encouragement for me. I look forward to my first FA, maybe in a month. Congratulation. Mohamed CJ (talk) 19:06, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah thanks All, Mohamed, let me know what you want to send to FAC when you're ready and I'll add some suggestions. Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:05, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Congratulations on your century! What an achievement! Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:09, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Ward Cunningham video is described here as "birthday interview 2014", but on Commons it is dated 2011. Which is correct? – Wdchk (talk) 01:11, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It was recorded in 2011, but was published now on occasion of his 65th birthday. See Victor's blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/26/happy-birthday-ward-cunningham-inventor-of-the-wiki/
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 01:58, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the additional information. I have edited this article, and the video's Commons page, to capture this. – Wdchk (talk) 03:56, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Congrats to Calisber! I'm always impressed by your work. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 14:18, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Congratulations for all your work in various areas. Johnbod (talk) 00:18, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Net neutrality and Wikipedia Zero[edit]

What if the government makes a whitelist of non-profit websites? Every internet provider would be forced to give free access to those websites. --NaBUru38 (talk) 01:13, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Recent research: Predicting which article you will edit next; reader research (1,326 bytes · 💬)[edit]

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  • I would really like to see them predict what I am going to edit in the future (apart from the CSD talk page...). (I might also be interested to see what Google considers suitable advertising to target me with - based on MY search subjects, it could be rather surreal. But I'm going to leave AdBlock Plus turned on and enjoy browsing without all the flashing irrelevant ads for crap that I would not want to buy - I don't buy from ads even if I want something.) I'm damn sure the money spent in this exercise could have been used elsewhere to better effect. Yes, you can predict that someone who only edits football will go on to edit football (unless he gets a new girlfriend who is dominatingly into cross-stitch and Thomas Hardy...). That's hardly rocket science, and is the basis of DUCK blocks on a lot of socks and possibly one or two unfortunate wrong place at wrong time editors. I have doubts about the validity of SuggestBot's suggestions, but haven't signed up or investigated it. But I have even more doubts about this outside thing, and wonder how well they actually know this place. Peridon (talk) 13:19, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Traffic report: Get fitted for flipflops and floppy hats (1,817 bytes · 💬)[edit]

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Why is item #9 (Game of Thrones, season 4) shown as "start" class, when the its talk page shows it as "C" class? (The talk page hasn't been edited for over a month.) -- John Broughton (♫♫) 14:19, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Serendipodous 14:43, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Iggy's ear piece affected performance was on the American version of Dancing, not the Australian version. It's unlikely anything on Australian television could cause a top 10 traffic spike.The-Pope (talk) 15:29, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sorry, assumed it was Aussie because the newspapers who ran it were Aussie. Serendipodous 16:14, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good, no start-class articles with lots of traffic this week.--Seonookim (What I've done so far) (I'm busy here) (Talk with me) 16:29, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, for once the google doodle has hit on an FA. Johnbod (talk) 00:17, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]


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