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ARCHIVE PAGE 83: November 2014


The Signpost: 05 November 2014

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"Rachel Feltman, in The Washington Post (November 4), examined research in which a team, mostly from Los Alamos National Laboratory, headed by Kyle Hickman developed a model that enabled them "to successfully predict the 2013-2014 flu season in real time" by employing "an algorithm to link flu-related Wikipedia searches with CDC data from the same time." Apparently when individuals search for information about the flu and its symptoms in Wikipedia when they feel ill, this generates data useful in forecasting the the flu season."
"It is, perhaps, ironic that humanity chose the week of Halloween to finally put its fears to bed. Let's face it: 2014 has been a year of tragedies, conflicts, plagues and pain, and eventually something had to break... Whether we at last came to terms with our limited ability to affect events, shoved those events under the carpet, or just decided to let go and move on, we turned our eye to more positive things, such as sports heroes, hotly anticipated movies, and lifelong learning; two Google doodles appeared in the top 25 for the first time since the beginning of August."

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The Signpost: 12 November 2014

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"Technology media outlets are abuzz after the November 6 unveiling of the Amazon Echo, an Internet-connected voice command device"; "The EUobserver talks (November 4) with Dimitar Dimitrov (User:Dimi z) about the lack of freedom of panorama in some European Union countries and its implications for Wikimedia projects"; "Scott Cantrell, classical music critic for the Dallas Morning News, recounts efforts to verify an uncited claim in the Wikipedia article for the Béla Bartók opera Bluebeard's Castle."
This was very much a week dominated by holidays and pop culture over current events, with new film Interstellar taking the top spot followed by holidays Day of the Dead (#2), Guy Fawkes and his Night (#4 and #5), and Halloween (#8, and its third week on the list). And a foursome of television shows, all return visitors, appear to setting up residence on the greater Top 25: The Walking Dead (#11), American Horror Story: Freak Show (#14), Gotham (#16), and The Flash (#18).
Nine articles, two lists, and 55 featured pictures were promoted during the week of 26 October.
We return to our interview format this week, speaking with the participants of WikiProject Hospitals. This project, formed in 2010, has no Featured content and only three Good articles, yet aided by around 30 hard-working Wikipedians covers a topic that is essential to life.

"Acanthoscurria antillensis"

Hi, i'd like to talk to you about the tarantula from Nevis, a bit of background - can you please email me on sjl197-at-hotmail.com when convenient. Basically, it's not A.antillensis, and may be an obscure endemic species only found on Nevis, therefore an interesting one for a conservation, but there are so little info on these from Nevis - anything is useful. Thanks stuart longhorn

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I love the Wikipedia article 'diverticulum'. I was wondering about the author(s). I know you edited it lately. Do you happen to know something about the authorship of the article, please?

Thank you! My email address timisokan g mail com

Hello timisokan. I am not clear if you are talking about the article Diverticulum (which I had very little to do with), or the article Diverticulum (mollusc), which I had more to do with. In any case it is possible to tell who did what in an article, when you are on that article page, by clicking on the little tab at the top that says "View history". But I should explain that most Wikipedia articles do not have one single author -- they are usually joint efforts with one person starting the article as a short stub, and then many others improving it and adding to it over time. Was there something in particular that you wanted to know? If so you can ask me on here. You don't need to ask me to email you unless you have a personal question. Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 12:02, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
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Re:Thanks for the snail articles

You are most welcome. I can't say that I have a great interest in gastropods in particular... I am fascinated by most forms of marine life! I am currently working on improving the List of marine aquarium invertebrate species, and while browsing around, I found a few places where a new article was needed, so I went ahead and wrote one. As for joining WikiProject Gastropods, well, I can't think of a particular reason not to, so I'd be happy to join! 01:47, 26 November 2014‎ Sarr Cat (talk | contribs)‎

Thursday December 4: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

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Thursday December 4: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share
 

You are invited to join the the Wikimedia NYC community for our upcoming wiki-salon and knowledge-sharing workshop in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.

6:30pm–8pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street

Afterwards at 8pm, we'll walk to a social wiki-dinner together at a neighborhood restaurant (to be decided).

We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 07:11, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 26 November 2014

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Four articles, four lists, eleven pictures, and one topic were promoted.
Numerous media outlets are reporting on a November 14 statement on the website of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library announcing the formation of a Russian "alternative" to Wikipedia, a "regional electronic encyclopedia" dedicated to "Russian regions and the life of the country".
The monthly roundup of research related to Wikimedia.
It's time for this year's edition of the Report looking at possibly our largest wikiproject: Military history. Since our last interview in June 2013, the project has had no break in its huge quest to document everything in their scope, that is, militaries and conflicts of the past. As usual, its participants were eager to answer the questions posed by The Signpost and update us on how they are doing.
Often times in popular culture, a subject will be quite popular among a distinct niche of people or region of the world, but little-known elsewhere -- like a musical artist that is boasted to be "big in Japan". The Traffic Report provides a bevy of examples this week.
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