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Template:Sortfrac[edit]

Patrick, I noticed that you are the creator of the above template. It's currently not working properly. I was wondering if you might be able to give it a look. Thanks! KV5 (Talk • Phils) 21:21, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the example that does not work?--Patrick (talk) 23:06, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of Help:Navigational image[edit]

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Template:Npp[edit]

Hello Patrick. I've noticed that you are the creator of the above mentioned template. Just want to know, does that page have a hidden function or is it just orphaned? Kind regards. Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 03:15, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted it, it was outdated.--Patrick (talk) 06:28, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understand

. Thanks and regards. Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 06:29, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox Dutch municipality/coords and maps[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Timestamp plus x[edit]

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Klassieke Mechanica[edit]

Patrick, bedankt voor het zorgvuldig nalezen van grote delen van mijn tekst. Ik heb soms nogal de neiging om met A in lijn hoofd te zitten en toch B te schrijven. Dit is klaarblijkelijk gebeurd op verscheiden plaatsen van het hoofdstuk over "Centrale kracht", met de verwarring tussen parabool- en hyperbooltakken. --Huibc (talk) 16:45, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graag gedaan. Mijn complimenten voor je boek.

Wat betreft "de som van de twee massa's"[1]: als je die vermenigvuldigt met de gereduceerde massa krijg je het product van de massa's. Ik heb het kort opgeschreven omdat ik dacht dat je de uitleg voor de lezer er zelf bij zou willen zetten. Zeggen wat k moet zijn zo dat het precies klopt heeft mijn voorkeur boven zeggen dat het ongeveer klopt als de ene massa erg klein is, te meer omdat "G maal de som van de twee massa's" zo eenvoudig is.--Patrick (talk) 22:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Je hebt volkomen gelijk. Ik heb er ook mijn Goldstein nog eens op nageslagen. Ik heb het echter nog nergens in die vorm geformuleerd gezien. Groeten, --Huibc (talk) 10:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gravitational potential equations added[edit]

Patrick, you added the following equations to Gravitational potential Thus we get:

V=-{\frac {G}{R}}\int (1+\left({\frac {x}{R}}\right)\ cos(\beta )+\left({\frac {x}{R}}\right)^{2}{\frac {3cos(\beta )^{2}-1}{2}}\ dm+...

=-{\frac {GM}{R}}-{\frac {G}{R^{3}}}\int (\mathbf {R} \cdot \mathbf {x} )dm-{\frac {G}{R}}\int \left({\frac {x}{R}}\right)^{2}{\frac {3cos(\beta )^{2}-1}{2}}dm+...

=-{\frac {GM}{R}}-{\frac {G}{R}}\int \left({\frac {x}{R}}\right)^{2}{\frac {3cos(\beta )^{2}-1}{2}}dm+...

These equations seem to imply that $-{\frac {G}{R^{3}}}\int (\mathbf {R} \cdot \mathbf {x} )dm=0\ .$

I tried but I could not figure out why this is true. Could you explain how you got this result? RHB100 (talk) 23:07, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA reassessment of Burger King[edit]

I have conducted a reassessment of the above article following this request. You are being notified as you have made a number of contributions to the article. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:Burger King/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 03:40, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Lb[edit]

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File:Locmap arnhem.png listed for deletion[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Comp[edit]

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Speedy deletion of Template:Caland Line[edit]

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Thanks. Plastikspork (talk) 18:03, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Standard assumptions in astrodynamics[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Pl[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Mlww[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Wpr[edit]

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Proposed deletion of The Blonde with Bare Breasts[edit]

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Articles for deletion nomination of The Blonde with Bare Breasts[edit]

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To User:Patrick: I made the article better... cleaning up its format and adding some sources... but as it is a new film and does not yet have an English release, it will be neccessary to show Europen coverage in order to assert its notability. I found what I could, but yes... it needs much more. If you think that's enough... fine... but you might wish to request at the deletion discussion that it be userfied to you at User:Patrick/workspace/The Blonde with Bare Breasts for continued work. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 22:26, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Blonde with Bare Breasts[edit]

Godd work on fixing my translations. Thanks. Keep your eyes open for more reviews in newspapers. Hope you like that I have a poster for the article. Best, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 06:49, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I like your additions, thanks!--Patrick (talk) 11:38, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And I found a new review in Variety. Score! Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Lsc11[edit]

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Is LinkSearch case-sensitive[edit]

Hello. Please check this: MediaWiki talk:Linksearch-text#Case-sensitive?, thank you in advance. — AlexSm 15:36, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Changing Template:Xsign to omit blanks[edit]

I have been asked by User:Xeno to remove the blanks from the username data in Template:Xsign. The problem has been the insertion of " " before the username (such as:  XXX7) everywhere in the signature-line, as follows:

<small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User: XXX7| XXX7]] ([[User talk: XXX7|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/ XXX7|contribs]]) 20:48, 29 July 2010 (UTC)</span></small>

The new version will omit all of those codes (of " "). Reply below if you have any other issues about changing that template. Thanks. -Wikid77 (talk) 09:05, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, this was not clear from your comment on Template talk:Xsign.--Patrick (talk) 09:15, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help in the past on this template. There seems to have been some regression ([2])? The 32; bits are back instead of raw spaces. Best regards, –xeno^talk 21:45, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Country data Netherlands/doc[edit]

Hello, take a look at the recent change to Template:Country data Netherlands#Military ensigns (that text was automatically generated). Does this solve your issue of {{navy|Netherlands}} not being documented as such? — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 18:39, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks.--Patrick (talk) 13:54, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Flagc[edit]

What is the point of that? There is no need to link to an image description page from a 22 pixel icon. A flag gallery, for example, will use standard image syntax and thereby provide links to image description pages, but for icon purposes, that doesn't make sense. Further, it directly contradicts WP:ACCESSIBILITY principles, as icons would be read by screen readers like "flag of the Netherlands dot ess vee gee". This is precisely what the standard flag templates avoid through their proper usage. I don't understand what problem you are trying to solve. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 23:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is intended for pages where the flag is information, not just decoration, but where there is only room for a small image. I know there are flag galleries, but this is for pages giving an overview of various info about countries, including the flag. The image description page provides a large version of the image.--Patrick (talk) 00:05, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If your recent edit to List of countries and dependencies by population density is an example of that, then your interpretation is the opposite from consensus usage. Flags have nothing to do whatsoever with the subject matter of that page (population density), but serve solely as a navigation aid to help people find country names. There is strong consensus to remove the links to the image description pages from flag icons, from past discussions on the project talk page etc. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 00:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the name of that page needs to be changed. It gives also the population, the area and the flag.--Patrick (talk) 00:18, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Or, remove the irrelevant flags.... Population and area are used to compute density, so their inclusion makes sense. But in any case, your new template is an "accessibility disaster" to quote an old discussion at WP:WikiProject Flag Template. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 00:25, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In many cases the flags are not really one of the subjects of a page. The "accessibility disaster" was about those pages. For pages giving an overview of various info about countries we should not disable useful functionality. If necessary we can make a separate page without flags.--Patrick (talk) 00:35, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I improved accessibility in accordance with WP:ALT#Captions and nearby text, using alt="flag".--Patrick (talk) 10:14, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The hint that helped[edit]

Thank you for your pointing to the problem & solution at the Village pump (tech), what helped & taught me out of the problem. Please accept this written barnstar. -DePiep (talk) 09:50, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!--Patrick (talk) 10:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Template substitution question[edit]

Hello Patrick. I've been trying to get a template of mine working properly and it seems that you are an expert in template substitution. Would you be able to help me? The template in question is Template:Dab album. I would like to be able to subst: this template and get the resulting wikitext rather than the parser output. Is this possible? Thanks, 28bytes (talk) 08:06, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done.--Patrick (talk) 08:55, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much!! It works perfectly. 28bytes (talk) 09:00, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Elements infoboxes[edit]

Whatever you're doing there (I believe a great improvement), please discuss at WP:ELEMENTS first. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 22:35, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2010 October 23#MediaWiki:History short[edit]

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Thanks.--Patrick (talk) 11:16, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Operation and operator[edit]

Could you explain the reason for your edit of operation (mathematics), please? It seems to me that the two operations on a vector space are addition and scaling, while there are usually infinite number of operators, which are simply maps between vector spaces. — Kallikanzarid^talk 14:48, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Any function is an operation, so a function between vector spaces is a special case.--Patrick (talk) 17:46, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I thought you get an algebraic structure by fixing a few maps from a direct product of a set with itself n times to the set itself and calling them operations, all other maps you don't consider operations. Say you have vector spaces U and V, and then you consider an operator

U\times V\to V

, how is that an operation, on what set is it an operation? I don't like asking it, but do you have a degree in mathematics? — Kallikanzarid^talk 19:03, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am referring to what the article says: Thus, in the most general sense given here, operation is synonymous with function, map.--Patrick (talk) 20:14, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. I don't think that this is a correct definition, I'll look into it. — Kallikanzarid^talk 20:19, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I made some comments at Template talk:Taxonomy/Avialae/skip and Template talk:Infrataxon().--Patrick (talk) 20:07, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Find the target of a redirect?[edit]

Hey, you seem to know a bit about coding, so I figured you might have an answer here. If I want use code to grab the target of a page known to be a redirect, how would I do that? Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 04:33, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See Template talk:Automatic taxobox/Archive 8#Taxon parameter, moved pages.--Patrick (talk) 10:48, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Arbitration report: More workshop proposals in Tree shaping case; further votes in PD of other case

Technology report: 1.18 extension bundling; mobile testers needed; brief news

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The Signpost: 20 June 2011[edit]

News and notes: WMF Board election results; Indian campus ambassadors gear up; Wikimedia UK plans; Malayalam Wikisource CD; brief news

In the news: Wikipedia could become trusted medical resource; neologism controversy; news in brief

WikiProject report: The Elemental WikiProject

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: One case comes to a close; initiator of a new case blocked as sockpuppet

Technology report: Engineering department restructured; "break MediaWiki and be reverted"; news in brief

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The Signpost: 27 June 2011[edit]

News and notes: ArbCom database theft; WikiLove to roll out on the English Wikipedia; brief news

In the news: Russian president uploads to Wikimedia Commons; brief news

WikiProject report: The Continuous Convention: WikiProject Comics

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: Proposed decision for Tree shaping case

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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The Signpost: 4 July 2011[edit]

News and notes: Picture of the Year 2010; data challenge; brief news

In the news: WikiLove roll-out; €25,000 in damages for being removed from Wikipedia; brief news

WikiProject report: The Star-Spangled WikiProject

Featured content: Two newly promoted portals

Arbitration report: Arb resigns while mailing list leaks continue; Motion re: admin

Technology report: June report: Virginia datacenter, parser, user profiles; WikiLove 1.0; brief news

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The Signpost: 11 July 2011[edit]

From the editor: Stepping down

Higher education summit: Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit recap

News and notes: Wikipedians' surfing habits explored, Sloan Foundation renews $3M grant

In the news: Britannica and Wikipedia compared; Putin award criticized; possible journalistic sockpuppeting

WikiProject report: Listening to WikiProject Albums

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: Tree shaping case comes to a close

Technology report: WMF works on its release strategy; secure server problems

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Stepped on your edits[edit]

I don't know what happened, but it appears I stepped on your edits in space debris. Sorry! Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:01, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 July 2011[edit]

News and notes: WMF Annual plan; Article Feedback tool; university outreach; brief news

In the news: Fine art; surreptitious sanitation; the politics of kyriarchic marginalization; brief news

WikiProject report: Earn $$$ free pharm4cy WORK FROM HOME replica watches ViAgRa!!!

Featured content: Historic last launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour; Teddy Roosevelt's threat to behead official; 18th-century London sex manual

Arbitration report: Motion passed to amend 2008 case: topic ban and reminder

Technology report: Code Review backlog almost zero; What is: Subversion?; brief news

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Need some JavaScript help[edit]

Dear Patrick! Please take a look at project:WikiProject User scripts/Requests#partial_link_substitution. I used [3] to manipulate the numerical links following "VIAF" at Gilad Shalit, Anton Sterbling, Richard Wagner (novelist). Thanks for any help in advance. Greetings from Munich
‫·‏לערי ריינהארט‏·‏T‏·‏m‏:‏Th‏·‏T‏·‏email me‏·‏‬ 02:11, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please take a look at [4]. I was not active at bugzilla during last years. Do you mind to open a discussion / a bug report? Thanks in advance!

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The Signpost: 25 July 2011[edit]

Wikimedian in Residence interview: Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science: an interview with Daniel Mietchen

News and notes: Oral citations; the state of global development; a gentler Huggle; brief news

In the news: Open access clash with copyright; rising reader satisfaction; the wiki-correlates of geopolitical instability; brief news

Recent research: Talk page interactions; Wikipedia at the Open Knowledge Conference; Summer of Research

WikiProject report: Musing with WikiProject Philosophy

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: New case opened; hyphens and dashes update; motion

Technology report: Protocol-relative URLs; GSoC updates; bad news for SMW fans; brief news

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The Signpost: 01 August 2011[edit]

News and notes: Wikimania; why Board of Trustees elections attract few votes; brief news

In the news: Consensus of Wikipedia authors questioned about Shakespeare authorship; 10 biggest edit wars on Wikipedia; brief news

Research interview: The Huggle Experiment: interview with the research team

WikiProject report: Little Project, Big Heart — WikiProject Croatia

Featured content: Featured pictures is back in town

Arbitration report: Proposed decision submitted for one case

Technology report: Developers descend on Haifa; wikitech-l discussions; brief news

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Template:Location map Amsterdams metrostation listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Location map Amsterdams metrostation. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Location map Amsterdams metrostation redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). –droll [chat] 20:35, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 08 August 2011[edit]

Wikimania: Seventh annual Wikimedia conference concluded in Haifa, Israel

News and notes: Wikimania a success; board letter controversial; and evidence showing bitten newbies don't stay

In the news: Israeli news focuses on Wikimania; worldwide coverage of contributor decline and gender gap; brief news

WikiProject report: Shooting the breeze with WikiProject Firearms

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: Manipulation of BLPs case opened; one case comes to a close

Technology report: Wikimania technology roundup; brief news

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The Signpost: 15 August 2011[edit]

Women and Wikipedia: New Research, WikiChix

News and notes: Chapter funding and what skeptics and Latter Day Saints have in common

In the news: Wikipedia a "sausage fest", Chicago Wikipedians ("the people you've probably plagiarized"), and other silly season stories

WikiProject report: The Oregonians

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: Abortion case opened, two more still in progress

Technology report: Forks, upload slowness and mobile redirection

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Dictionary[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Tiwd[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Ml[edit]

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Template:Number table sorting[edit]

I noticed that you worked on the current version of {{Number table sorting}} (nts). I have a version that will sort negative numbers correctly in the template's sandbox and some test cases here. I would appropriate any thoughts. I'll watch the template talk page if you want to comment there. It will use more resources but I think it is worth it. If you think it might break some pages then maybe the template could be forked. I've asked MSGJ to comment as well. –droll [chat] 01:28, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have not checked it in detail but it seems fine.--Patrick (talk) 12:39, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 August 2011[edit]

News and notes: Girl Geeks edit while they dine, candidates needed for forthcoming steward elections, image referendum opens

In the news: Journalist regrets not checking citation, PR firms issue advice on how to "survive" Wikipedia (but U.S. Congressman caught red-handed)

WikiProject report: Images in Motion – WikiProject Animation

Featured content: JJ Harrison on avian photography

Arbitration report: After eleven moves, name for islands now under arbitration

Technology report: Engineering report, sprint, and more testers needed

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Invitation to New Orleans developers' meeting[edit]

New Orleans Wikimedia Hackathon

Hi, Patrick. I'd like to invite you to come to the New Orleans Hackathon 2011. It's an opportunity for MediaWiki developers and Wikimedia operations engineers to come together to work on advancing Wikimedia's tools and infrastructure, focusing on Wikimedia Labs (starting with the dev-ops virtualization cluster), and to train and to squash bugs.

The theme of this event: "the infrastructure of innovation". We're going to improve and discuss the Wikimedia Labs projects infrastructure and other stuff that makes it easier for anyone to supercharge Wikimedia with awesomeness. We're going to work on our gadgets/extensions/tools support, authorization/authentication strategy, dev-ops virtualization, and general training and hacking.

It's mostly going to be dev sprints and bugsmashing, with some discussion and workshops. The event is open to anyone who wants to come and contribute, and is an opportunity to spend time with senior MediaWiki developers & ops engineers, write beautiful code, and learn about the latest developments.

If you can make it to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 14-16 October 2011, we'd love to have you. Please add your name to the attendees list. Thanks! Sumanah (talk) 20:23, 24 August 2011 (UTC) (Volunteer Development Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation)[reply]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Datelink[edit]

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The Signpost: 29 August 2011[edit]

News and notes: Abuse filter on all Wikimedia sites; Foundation's report for July; editor survey results

In the news: Wikipedia praised for disaster news coverage, scolded for left-wing bias; brief news

Recent research: Article promotion by collaboration; deleted revisions; Wikipedia's use of open access; readers unimpressed by FAs; swine flu anxiety

Opinion essay: How an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire

WikiProject report: WikiProject Tennis

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: Four existing cases

Technology report: The bugosphere, new mobile site and MediaWiki 1.18 close in on deployment

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Nomination of Status quo for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Status quo is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Status quo until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

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The Signpost: 05 September 2011[edit]

News and notes: 24,000 votes later and community position on image filter still unclear; first index of editor satisfaction appears positive

In the news: Britannica and Wikipedia like "apples and chairs"; should anyone who's anyone get an article?; and why fighting and barriers to editing may be useful after all

WikiProject report: Riding with WikiProject London Transport

Sister projects: Wiki Loves Monuments 2011

Featured content: The best of the week

Opinion essay: The copyright crisis, and why we should care

Arbitration report: BLP case closed; Cirt-Jayen466 nearly there; AUSC reshuffle

Technology report: Pencils down in Google Summer of Code, August analysed and integrated HTTPS support in action

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The Signpost: 12 September 2011[edit]

News and notes: Foundation reports on research, Kenya trip, Mumbai Wikiconference; Canada, Hungary and Estonia; English Wikinews forked

In the news: 9/11 coverage, Wikimedia hypothetically rebranded and Wikipedia golf 2.0

WikiProject report: Politics in the Pacific: WikiProject Australian Politics

Featured content: Wikipedians explain two new featured pictures

Arbitration report: Ohconfucius sanctions removed, Cirt desysopped 6:5 and a call for CU/OS applications

Technology report: What is: agile development? and new mobile site goes live

Opinion essay: The Walrus and the Carpenter

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Wallpaper group list 1[edit]

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The Signpost: 19 September 2011[edit]

From the editor: Changes to The Signpost

News and notes: Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised

In the news: Wikipedia: yesterday's news? Calls for women, doctors, and scholars of humanities; Wales makes Wikimedia work "look easy"

Sister projects: On the Wikinews fork

WikiProject report: Back to school

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: ArbCom narrowly rejects application to open new case

Technology report: MediaWiki 1.18 deployment begins, the alleged "injustice" of WMF engineering policy, and Wikimedians warned of imminent fix to magic word

Popular pages: Article stats for the English Wikipedia in the last year

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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Recent Changes coefficient[edit]

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The Signpost: 26 September 2011[edit]

Opinion essay: The global mission, the image filter and the "German question"

Recent research: Top female Wikipedians, reverted newbies, link spam, social influence on admin votes, Wikipedians' weekends, WikiSym previews

News and notes: WMF strikes down enwiki consensus, academic journal partnerships, and eyebrows raised over minors editing porn-related content

In the news: Sockpuppeting journalist recants, search dominance threatened, new novels replete with Wikipedia references

WikiProject report: A project in overdrive: WikiProject Automobiles

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: "Broadly construed" explained, voting begins on Senkaku Islands case, invitation to comment on CU/OS candidates

Technology report: 1.18 deployment on track, "mythical" Git migration scheduled, editor decline statistics improved

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The Signpost: 3 October 2011[edit]

News and notes: Italian Wikipedia shuts down over new privacy law; Wikimedia Sverige produce short Wikipedia films, Sue Gardner calls for empathy

In the news: QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts fungi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts

WikiProject report: Kia ora WikiProject New Zealand

Featured content: Reviewers praise new featured topic: National treasures of Japan

Arbitration report: Last call for comments on CheckUser and Oversight teams

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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The Signpost: 10 October 2011[edit]

Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians

News and notes: Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised

In the news: Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia's doctor-evangelist

WikiProject report: The World's Oldest People

Featured content: The weird and the disgusting

Arbitration report: Senkaku Islands closes; administrators authorized to place articles on discretionary sanctions

Technology report: 1.18 deployment and HTTPS switchover completed, but developer help now needed with new projects

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The Signpost: 17 October 2011[edit]

News and notes: Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized

In the news: Why Wikipedia survives while others haven't; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out

WikiProject report: History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP

Featured content: Brazil's boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to a new featured topic

Arbitration report: Case requests on ethnic strife and a WikiProject declined, Abortion case stalls but topic bans look to be lightened on amendment

Technology report: WMDE renew investment in Toolserver, first offsite backup programme of Wikimedia begun

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The Signpost: 24 October 2011[edit]

From the editors: A call for contributors

Opinion essay: There is a deadline

Interview: Contracting for the Foundation

In the news: Are Wikipedians reluctant journalists?; Wikipedia:The Musical

WikiProject report: Great WikiProject Logos

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case

Technology report: WMF launches coding challenge, WMDE starts hiring for major new project

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The Signpost: 31 October 2011[edit]

Opinion essay: The monster under the rug

Recent research: WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified

News and notes: German Wikipedia continues image filter protest

In the news: Citizendium on the rocks, Shankbone celebrated, and the week in vandalism

Discussion report: Proposal to return this section from hiatus is successful

WikiProject report: 'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union

Featured content: The best of the week

Arbitration report: Abortion case stalls, request for clarification on Δ, discretionary sanctions streamlined

Technology report: Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked

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The Signpost: 7 November2011[edit]

Special report: A post-mortem on the Indian Education Program pilot

News and notes: Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised

In the news: The Economist assays the encyclopaedia's challenges, Jimbo speaks on net future, and an inclusionist alternative emerges.

Discussion report: Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC

WikiProject report: Booting up with WikiProject Computer Science

Featured content: Slow week for Featured content

Arbitration report: Δ saga returns to arbitration, while the Abortion case stalls for another week

Technology report: Full steam ahead on Visual Editor, the avoidance of lock-breaking and 1.18b1 release

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The Signpost: 14 November 2011[edit]

News and notes: ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released

In the news: Fundraising vs ads redux, WikiConference India nigh, a world lit up with articles

WikiProject report: Having a Conference with WikiProject India

Featured content: Writing featured content: Advice from Sturmvogel 66; Sports, sports, sports!

Arbitration report: Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding

Technology report: Coding Challenge results; Wikimedians to wait and see if Athena really does represent "wisdom, courage and inspiration"

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language template again[edit]

Hi Patrick,

There's still a bug in the template, and it's beyond me.

If there is no iso3 field, then Template:Infobox language/ref seems to set it to the string {{{iso3}}}. It would be nice if it would just return null, but I don't know how to differentiate {{{iso3}}} as a field and {{{iso3}}} as a string. — kwami (talk) 22:33, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]