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Happy New Year 2022
Happy New Year 2022! I put an unblock ticket there. This is our school IP, our principal wants students to create an account in school. Could you please unblock only the account creation? Joe Pig (talk) 07:25, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
How we will see unregistered users
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18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
WP:JUDI
You recently posted a list of URLs which have been usurped mostly by an Indonesian gambling organisation. I had already spotted and listed most of them at WP:JUDI using my existing search methods but some of them I hadn't. Can you tell me how you found them, email is fine if there are BEANS reasons Lyndaship (talk) 16:39, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Lyndaship: Seeing a common term showing up in spambots operations either through COIBot reports or through global abuse filters. Then with my familiarity with spambot operations through years of work here utilising https://global-search.toolforge.org/ and some time and effort. — billinghurst sDrewth 21:19, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Phuture Protocol
I noticed that the Phuture Protocol draft in my sandbox was deleted. Please give advice on what exactly I need to change in the text so as not to violate the rules? I was planning to change the Protocol section anyway, making it more neutral and technical without personal opinion. Is there anything else that needs to be fixed? Unchained7 (talk) 14:03, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Unchained7: It was in the draft namespace and there was multiple things wrong with it: notability, neutrality and sources being primary among it. I would suggest that you head over to WP:Teahouse and step through their processes. — billinghurst sDrewth 20:21, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 January 2022
- Special report: WikiEd course leads to Twitter harassment
Education, deletion and social media can be a volatile mix.
- News and notes: Feedback for Board of Trustees election
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- Interview: CEO Maryana Iskander "four weeks in"
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Over 1,700 U.S. congressmen owned slaves. You can help document this.
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Interview with volunteers at the Unreviewed featured articles 2020 working group.
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The spirit of 2006 is going strong.
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2021
Royals, Freddy and movies.
How many more photos are needed?
- Obituary: Twofingered Typist
Rest in peace.
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The Signpost: 27 February 2022
- From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief
Bye-bye 'bones!
- News and notes: Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine
Plus, the Steward Elections, Leadership Development Task Force and a contest.
Who are the students and how do we assure quality?
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Vive l'encyclopédie libre!
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"The first casualty when war comes is truth".
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- Featured content: Featured Content returns
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- Traffic report: Euphoria, Pamela Anderson, lies and Netflix
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The Signpost: 27 March 2022
- From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
We stand in solidarity with free knowledge.
- News and notes: Of safety and anonymity
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- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera
A Ukrainian Wikipedian volunteers to document the war.
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary
Reporting from on the ground in Ukraine.
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps
Holding up the elephants!
- Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks
For whom do the Bells toil?
- In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff
Lenin did not say "Wow, check out those yachts"!
And other research publications.
- Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond
The thought of cities being destroyed is unbearable.
- Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now
The Discussion Report returns with a diverse mix of community proposals.
- Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon
Plus, Desktop Improvements and a new uploading tool for Commons.
- Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors
Unclear whether storm will make landfall.
- Traffic report: War, what is it good for?
Ukraine, Russia and Anna Sorokin.
- Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine
Things that go "boom" in the night.
The once-seen beauty of Ukraine, in high quality.
- From the archives: Burn, baby burn
A look at when early backups of Wikipedia were recovered.
- Essay: Yes, the sky is blue
There is such thing as over-citing.
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- On the bright side: The bright side of news
Happy-er current events.
Checkuser request
@Billinghurst: Please look at this account User: Itcouldbepossible similar to this blocked account User:Pritam kumar roni das and doing same edits, Thanks 2409:4060:2D9C:CCD:0:0:58C8:FB13 (talk) 20:10, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- Again that same guy from User talk of Ohnoitsjamie Special:Diff/1080622579 and General Notability Special:Diff/1080552987/1080599485. Firefly you might want to look at this. ItcouldbepossibleTalk 03:34, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- Ohnoitsjamie Firefly 3PPYB6 just wanted you all to look here. ItcouldbepossibleTalk 09:37, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Itcouldbepossible—I calculated a rangeblock using Fastily's browser tool. It looks like to stop all this block evasion we have to block at least the /44 range. At this point, I really am getting the suspicion that even Pritam kumar roni das and Shaiksuhana2 are the same person and that we need to merge two sets of SPIs. Just a consideration. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:10, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- Just realized that Billinghurst is not a CheckUser. Way to go, IP user. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:14, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- This is now on WP:SPI. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 14:16, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- 3PPYB6 Blog19 is pretending to be AAhap36. Blog19 is from Bengal and she is from Southern India. You can check their contribution too and even you can match both acc. 2409:4063:6E8E:8A92:BA66:FA55:7630:350D (talk) 16:06, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- AAhap36 filed SPI against blog19 [1] so he is trying to take revenge. 2409:4063:6E8E:8A92:BA66:FA55:7630:350D (talk) 16:10, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- @3PPYB6 Primefac FormalDude Blablubbs Just pinged so many because this is now getting serious. The IP has started requesting a global block to meta. Please see this, this (thought reverted by JavaHurricane), this and also this. Now Primefac or any other admin, I don't know, maybe someone who has spent considerable amount of time here, please help me out in this case. I don't have much contact with people on Meta - Wiki, but if this continues, then I think I would run into serious trouble. Is there really any way of intimating people there, that all this is being made by an LTA to harass me? Where should I write about all this on Meta Wiki? ItcouldbepossibleTalk 02:27, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Itcouldbepossible—Either A): we can request a block of 2409:4060:2080::/43 on Meta, which would catch the harassment but would also rope in a lot of innocent Indians. (A global block does not affect Meta-Wiki, so global blocks don't work.) Or B): Simply deny recognition. If you choose to take B, then note that you'll still be receiving some harassment, but it will stop once the troll figures out there is no food for you to feed it. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 15:32, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
- @3PPYB6 I think blocking off will be better. Then if the troll shifts to another range then we could deny recognition. For requesting a block globally, can you make that on behalf of me? And please let all the experienced checkusers determine the range to be blocked, though I regard you as experienced too, but just to avoid any collateral damage. They will be understanding it better. ItcouldbepossibleTalk 03:22, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Itcouldbepossible—I am literally about as experienced, maybe even less experienced than you are. I joined ~2-3 weeks before you, and have about 30% of your edit count. It might be that I appear more mature than I am, having ~7 months' experience and ~3,600 edits. As for the global block, I'll go to meta and do that now. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 12:58, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Itcouldbepossible—
Done, I've requested it on meta here. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:29, 5 April 2022 (UTC) - @3PPYB6 You editing style and your overall knowledge tells me how much experienced you are. For instance, I couldn't calculate the range to be blocked, but you did. Would you please tell me how? And thanks for requesting the global block on Meta. I will also be mentioning where all the IP made global lock requests for me. Thanks for your overall help. ItcouldbepossibleTalk 16:34, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Itcouldbepossible—I used Fastily's tool at https://ftools.toolforge.org/general/ip-range-calc.html. Also, you are more than welcome.
— 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 16:36, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Itcouldbepossible—I used Fastily's tool at https://ftools.toolforge.org/general/ip-range-calc.html. Also, you are more than welcome.
- @Itcouldbepossible—
- @Itcouldbepossible—I am literally about as experienced, maybe even less experienced than you are. I joined ~2-3 weeks before you, and have about 30% of your edit count. It might be that I appear more mature than I am, having ~7 months' experience and ~3,600 edits. As for the global block, I'll go to meta and do that now. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 12:58, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- @3PPYB6 I think blocking off will be better. Then if the troll shifts to another range then we could deny recognition. For requesting a block globally, can you make that on behalf of me? And please let all the experienced checkusers determine the range to be blocked, though I regard you as experienced too, but just to avoid any collateral damage. They will be understanding it better. ItcouldbepossibleTalk 03:22, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Itcouldbepossible—Either A): we can request a block of 2409:4060:2080::/43 on Meta, which would catch the harassment but would also rope in a lot of innocent Indians. (A global block does not affect Meta-Wiki, so global blocks don't work.) Or B): Simply deny recognition. If you choose to take B, then note that you'll still be receiving some harassment, but it will stop once the troll figures out there is no food for you to feed it. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 15:32, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
- This is now on WP:SPI. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 14:16, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- Just realized that Billinghurst is not a CheckUser. Way to go, IP user. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:14, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Itcouldbepossible—I calculated a rangeblock using Fastily's browser tool. It looks like to stop all this block evasion we have to block at least the /44 range. At this point, I really am getting the suspicion that even Pritam kumar roni das and Shaiksuhana2 are the same person and that we need to merge two sets of SPIs. Just a consideration. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 13:10, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- Ohnoitsjamie Firefly 3PPYB6 just wanted you all to look here. ItcouldbepossibleTalk 09:37, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
New administrator activity requirement
The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.
Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
- Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
- Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period
Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 April 2022
- News and notes: Double trouble
The second case of Wikipedian persecution.
- In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia
What's hot in the media this month.
- Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
Writing Wikipedia, joining the armed forces, and volunteering.
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)
"Our proud Sparta bleeds too."
- Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer
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- Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March
We showcase the best content that Wikipedians offered this past month.
A multi-national encyclopedia tries to move forward.
Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 winners announced.
- Interview: On a war and a map
How a war map predated Wikimedia's map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers
Why not just link to an article to attribute famous photographers?
- Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion
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- News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?
The deceptively simple Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022.
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The Signpost: 29 May 2022
- From the team: A changing of the guard
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Undo
Hello can i ask you to lock a particular page from editing because it's spam editing all the time and I can't do this action, I'm not an administrator Julian134 (talk) 06:31, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 | Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Billinghurst! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 12:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC) |  |
Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 12:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 26 June 2022
- News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks
Office actions to secretly delete stuff when told to? Well, at least not if they're Putin's.
- In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down
Belarusian Mark Bernstein to serve 36 months of "home chemistry" for unapproved posting, Slate covers historically large adminship bid, UBI economist with goofy infobox caption thinks it's funny.
- Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?
A review of Wikipedia's fundraising messages and financial status.
Just three for the history books this month (or not).
Famed FP ace steps up to run main page outfit. Millions tremble in fear, or something.
- Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose
And who can forget the black-breasted buttonquail.
Don't be dumb, says math whiz: avoid the gambler's fallacy. Illustrated for your pleasure.
- Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed
Tables "like to socialize" and "share genes": ooh la la!
- Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?
What's the deal with Anita Forrer, redlinked woman of mystery who saved Schwarzenbach archives?
- News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals
Google and Internet Archive sold on new product, more customers hoped to follow.
Plus editing stampedes for cheery subjects: shootings, deaths, and virus.
- Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter
Lest Southern Hemisphere be forgotten.
Can we offer you a nice crossword in this trying time?
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
| | Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Billinghurst! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 12:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC) | |
Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 12:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 26 June 2022
- News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks
Office actions to secretly delete stuff when told to? Well, at least not if they're Putin's.
- In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down
Belarusian Mark Bernstein to serve 36 months of "home chemistry" for unapproved posting, Slate covers historically large adminship bid, UBI economist with goofy infobox caption thinks it's funny.
- Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?
A review of Wikipedia's fundraising messages and financial status.
Just three for the history books this month (or not).
Famed FP ace steps up to run main page outfit. Millions tremble in fear, or something.
- Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose
And who can forget the black-breasted buttonquail.
Don't be dumb, says math whiz: avoid the gambler's fallacy. Illustrated for your pleasure.
- Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed
Tables "like to socialize" and "share genes": ooh la la!
- Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?
What's the deal with Anita Forrer, redlinked woman of mystery who saved Schwarzenbach archives?
- News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals
Google and Internet Archive sold on new product, more customers hoped to follow.
Plus editing stampedes for cheery subjects: shootings, deaths, and virus.
- Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter
Lest Southern Hemisphere be forgotten.
Can we offer you a nice crossword in this trying time?
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Subject of your block on Wikisource
Hello Billinghurst,
Aargh, I should have read the top of your talk page. I moved my problem to your Meta-Wiki talk page.Augusthorsesdroppings10 (talk) 17:09, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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The Signpost: 1 August 2022
- From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something
The future of stuff? Who knows, but two articles were written by a computer this month.
- News and notes: Information considered harmful
Wikipedia and human rights, publishers and the Internet Archive, Russia and Wikipedia.
- In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap
Real news or silly season?
- Op-Ed: The "recession" affair
IGNORANCE IS NOT STRENGTH.
- Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)
"This year's victory was sad and dull."
Candidate op-eds, open question spaces, and more.
- Community view: Youth culture and notability
Was Minecraft YouTuber a GNG pass in life, or only in death?
- Opinion: Criminals among us
Mass murderers, sex criminals, Ponzi schemers, insider traders, and business people.
- Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement
The last three months of arbitration through the eyes of a GPT-3
- Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country
GPT-3 whips it out.
- Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us
And when is 'today'?
The world shows its messy complexity.
- Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists
More lists expected next month.
- Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot
It doesn't have to be a pain in the butt!
PAC2 explains the item documentation template.
- On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories
Education, climate change, and journalism.
- Essay: How to research an image
Zoom and enhance.
- Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed
And other new research findings.
- Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia
But Commons is a treasure trove.
- Gallery: A backstage pass
All the things about theatre that the general public misses out on.
- From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened
Ten years ago, Russian Wikipedia went dark in protest of new Russian laws. Today...
Strange mysteries of our animal world.
The Signpost: 31 August 2022
- News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere
jimmy@wikipedia.org donate@wikimedia.org (not a typo?) wants a moment of your time.
- Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?
Why the 'Festival Edition' was less than perfect, and what we can do better.
- In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth
But Annie Rauwerda is the real thing!
- Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees
2022 elections, new page patrol, Fox News, Vector 2022, Royal Central and external links
- News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me
Change and stability.
- In focus: Thinking inside the box
All there is to know about userboxen.
- Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...
Sometimes Citation bot is not enough.
- Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now
Plus, the Private Incident Reporting System, and new bots & user scripts!
- Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth
One exterior, one interior.
- Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.
Also includes a campaign to "Suck for Luck".
- Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links
And other new research
- Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come
Because there really is no real theme this month you can grab onto to give a catchy title.
- Essay: Delete the junk!
Some articles aren't worth saving
Edinburgh in August.
- Humour: CommonsComix No. 1
Because the Signpost needs a cartoon.
- From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago
The Signpost looks back on The Signpost: New reports, conceived in a spirit of collaboration, and dedicated to the proposition of information and, uh, more information for all.
Refund
Susovan · ( talk | logs | links | watch ) · [revisions]
- Billinghurst Requesting refund of this page so can make edits on it also want to add reliable sources as of now. 117.226.182.234 (talk) 05:31, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
Not done — billinghurst sDrewth 10:19, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 September 2022
- News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"
Candidates sign off and peel out – Sigalov is on and Peel is in.
Just what is NPP? Why does it need the WMF? Why does it need YOU?
- In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements
Was Katherine Maher a former encyclopedia salesperson?
- Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution
The latest from the Wikimedia Deutschland Movement Strategy & Global Relations Team.
- Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News
Source reliability, NPP, and appearance discussions.
Find out firsthand what our newest admin, ScottishFinnishRadish, does with a chainsaw.
Some Articles for Deletion just drag on.
Suggestion: promote removal of visible copyright signs of images under a CC-BY license.
And other research news.
- Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs
Repeat after me: I solemnly swear not to put "oh my!" in a headline.
- Featured content: Farm-fresh content
This month: A FACBot upgrade, a completed list of lists.
Lo!
- CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse
When Commons gives you a blank space...
- From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022
Yes, again.
Howdy Billinghurst, from YochanonBenMat.
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eMontana
You removed a reference to eMontana from several climbing Wikipedia articles. It is the online version of the main Czech climbing magazine (per this list). Oher climbing magazines often refer to it especially for Adam Ondra, who is Czech. Can you please restore it. Thanks. 78.18.254.195 (talk) 19:43, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Billinghurst, just checking back in on whether you have thought about my comment above? Do you need more information? thanks. 78.18.254.195 (talk) 08:53, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
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A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography
Please stop WP:SPAMMING links to this antique non-RS source! Johnbod (talk) 13:02, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Johnbod: This is a published work of 1857 and each article is directly related to the topic matter, how are you saying that a published work is not to be linked just due to its age? How are you saying that it is not a valid wp:external link. Yes, it is of its time just makes it is what it is and reflects its state of knowledge at the time and is interesting for how one is able to compare the two approaches to encyclopaedic articles. Some of it is well-researched, and arguably others are less so, hence why it is typically more an EL. — billinghurst sDrewth 10:02, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (history). A non-specialized compilation of summary biographies that is 175 years old should not be given as a general EL. If there is a specific point to be made then, fine, make it in the text. Unfortunately far too much of our content on these subjects still relies on EB 1911, which may not be that much better, so the comparison would not be that useful anyway. See Wikipedia:External links. Johnbod (talk) 16:41, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
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