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Love Island (2015 TV series) series 12
editYou have changed the name of Love Island (2015 TV series) series 11 and this is incorrect.
Love Island: All Stars was a spin-off series and sources refer to it as much. As you can see here ITVX list it completely separate to the main series [1] and sources refer to All Stars as the "first series", just like I'm a Celebrity... South Africa. Please change this back 2A00:23EE:1410:2687:AC4A:543:DE03:F758 (talk) 12:44, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 May 2024
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ITN recognition for Destiny Deacon
editOn 31 May 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Destiny Deacon, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 10:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Your reversion to my edits for Gadigal
editHello there
I have tried to engage you in discussion on the Talk page a couple of times but you have not responded and continue to undo my edits while leaving edit summaries which do not explain why you have reverted sourced information. I have removed unsourced information which has nothing to do with the Gadigal and have replaced it with reliably sourced information. I have explained these changed in detail on the Talk page. Rather than simply revert all my changes could you please discuss this on the article talk page and justify your reversions?
Thank you Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 02:23, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- I didn't undo your edits, I've just been doing copy-edits of your poor edits as you can see from the edit summaries which I assume you haven't read properly; also you do not WP:OWN the article. You're the user who has been reverting my edits whilst not justifying your reversions, its the norm on Wikipedia to keep status quo when a contentious statement needs to be discussed. Happily888 (talk) 02:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, my apologies. The edit history showed a reversion and your edit summary didn't really explain what my "poor editing" was. I notice that you restored the following sentence: "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about 53% of the local Dharug population". The source is diven as Cumston's History of Small Pox in Australia. No page number is given, but I checked the source and it says nothing of the kind. (Apart from the fact that 53% is a pretty precise estimate given that we still have no idea how many Aboriginal people there were in Sydney in 1788.) That's why I changed it to: "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about half of the Sydney Aboriginal population". The source for this is the Sydney Barani website cited. Would you please revert back to my version which is properly sourced. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 03:19, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Please note that you have restored an earlier (2002) version of the Barani website. The most recent version here should be used. Also note that the restored version does not contain sources which confirm the statement: " "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about 53% of the local Dharug population" Would you please use the latest version of the website and my text which is an accurate summary of the relevant part? Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 05:26, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, my apologies. The edit history showed a reversion and your edit summary didn't really explain what my "poor editing" was. I notice that you restored the following sentence: "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about 53% of the local Dharug population". The source is diven as Cumston's History of Small Pox in Australia. No page number is given, but I checked the source and it says nothing of the kind. (Apart from the fact that 53% is a pretty precise estimate given that we still have no idea how many Aboriginal people there were in Sydney in 1788.) That's why I changed it to: "The 1789 smallpox epidemic was estimated to have killed about half of the Sydney Aboriginal population". The source for this is the Sydney Barani website cited. Would you please revert back to my version which is properly sourced. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 03:19, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
Help with editing
editHi, I have seen that you have added an entry to the List of solved missing person cases, good job! I could use some help with adding entries as I have a lot of editing and other things to do, If I give you some entries could you please add them for me. I would be very thankful to get some help. Davidgoodheart (talk) 01:02, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
The Signpost: 8 June 2024
edit- Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
- Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor
- In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
- News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
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WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
editThe third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.
The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 4 July 2024
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Caught's release date fields
editIn the television infobox, either the released field or the first aired and last aired fields need to be used. Currently the article is using released and last aired fields, which places it in the maintenance category of Category:Pages using infobox television with nonstandard dates. If the series has been cancelled, which I cannot find information on that, it only needs to use the released field. If the series is ongoing, it needs to use the first aired and last aired fields, even if all of the first season episodes were released the same day. To avoid an edit war, I will leave it up to you which choice is correct. Aspects (talk) 14:43, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Neither Template:Infobox television nor Template:Infobox television season say to not use the released and last aired fields at the same time. It does however state to not use the first aired field when a series releases all their episodes at the same time. As well as to not use the released and first aired fields at the same time. This seems like a case where either the maintenance category needs to be fixed or a template talk page discussion should occur. Happily888 (talk) 15:09, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
- Can you please not edit my edits on the voice pages. I did that incase people didn't want to click on each individual wikipedia page to find out who each person looks like. It might sound dumb but I'm just letting you know. TypicallyRyan (talk) 05:46, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Please see MOS:IMGSIZE and WP:SENTENCECASE prior to editing galleries in articles. You might also find this short tutorial helpful. Happily888 (talk) 03:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- I already know what I'm doing though, so I don't see the need to remove my edits. TypicallyRyan (talk) 06:35, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Scrap that, I understand now. I don’t mean to be rude or come across as negative. I’ll have a look at the links. TypicallyRyan (talk) 07:22, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Please see MOS:IMGSIZE and WP:SENTENCECASE prior to editing galleries in articles. You might also find this short tutorial helpful. Happily888 (talk) 03:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 July 2024
edit- Discussion report: Internet users flock to Wikipedia to debate its image policy over Trump raised-fist photo
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Technical news
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
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