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Our first double issue in
almost four years, although we will try to return to a monthly schedule henceforth (incidentally, the last double issue saw
Markham's storm petrel at GAN, and this one sees it finally pass FAC).
The
March 2024 GAN Backlog Drive starts today; everyone is welcome to participate and help reduce the backlog of GANs.
The January edition of our
monthly rolling contest was won by Quetzal1964 with 100 points from 40 articles, mainly related to various species of marine fish. simongraham was second with 80 points from 14 articles on jumping spiders.
The February edition saw Quetzal1964 win for the second time in a row, with 114 points from 43 articles. In second place was Snoteleks, with 21 points from 7 seven articles on various unicellular
eukaryotes, including the GA
Telonemia.
January DYKs
... that Dacrytherium, literally meaning 'tear beast', was named after its "
tear-pit"? (3 January)
... that the wood-pasture hypothesis posits that semi-open wood pastures and not primeval forests are the natural vegetation of temperate Europe? (5 January)
... that until April 2023, when the
genusTriassosculda was discovered, the
mantis shrimp fossil record contained a gap of more than a hundred million years? (5 January)
... that although Olga Hartman believed that her
basic research on marine worms had no practical value, it was applied to experimental studies of oysters? (6 January)
... that Oxford ivy grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed? (17 January)
... that S. F. Light(pictured) disliked using his full name? (20 January)
... that the fossil turtle Acherontemys was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"? (26 January)
... that having lived in Central Park for more than a year after becoming homeless, Flaco(pictured) has been accused of being a peeping tom? (19 February)
New Zealand report: WikiProject Te Papa Research Expeditions, wrapping up the Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau local histories project, and the Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large
Poland report: WikiMatejko editing action; The eighth European GLAM Wiki coordinators meet up
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This editor lives in a water deprived environment -
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[Wikidata: Drought in Australia (Q5308635), rainfall deficiency in Australia]
Stub categories - yet more things I didn't know, and thank you for that
Hi Jarrah Tree,
We've both been around a long time, but
here you pointed out something I was quite unaware of.
Thank you again.
(For people who may have this watchlisted, Jarrah Tree was the first user to
welcome me when I had pretty much no idea what Wikipedia was about back in 2007. This sort of
collegial work is what makes me stay here.)
WMF GLAM report: Learn to upload to Commons with OpenRefine and get up to date on the International Museum Day, GLAM CSI, WiLMa Network, and WikiWorkshop
Hi, I notice that you have been updating a lot of Wikiproject banners, which included removing the Military History quality assessment rating. However, the Military History project asked to keep a separate rating to the centralised rating used by other projects. I don't believe there has been consensus to adopt the central rating, so you need to retain the Military History rating, even if it matches the central rating.
From Hill To Shore (
talk)
15:52, 26 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Leonard Mann Copyright Problem
I certainly used the ADB page for my updates of the Leonard Mann page but thought I'd shifted things around enough to be abe to get by, but their edit bots must have hit a limit in terms of the copied phrases. I'll work around it.
I'm not discouraged by this. It's more the endless back-and-for arguments with disruptive editors that get nowhere that used to wear me down. But I'm retired now and have more time to work on stuff. Stay tuned.
Perry Middlemiss (
talk)
20:43, 26 April 2024 (UTC)reply
The newsletter will not be returning to a monthly format (mainly because the author is busy failing every exam imaginable) and is on a bimonthly schedule for the foreseeable future.
The second round of the WikiCup was very competitive, requiring the highest points total to advance since 2014. Two TOL editors, AryKun and Fritzmann2002, advanced to the third round.
The March edition of our
monthly rolling contest was won by simongraham, who amassed 118 points from 21 articles on various species of jumping spider; in second place was Quetzal1964 with 109 points from 53 articles on marine ray-finned fish.
Quetzal1964 and simongraham were also the top two in the April edition, although Quetzal was ahead this time, with 68 points to simongraham's 48. In the annual leaderboard, Quetzal and simongraham are in first and second place respectively, with 291 and 246 points; in third place is Snotoleks, with 76 points.
... that the cherry blossom was used symbolically in Japanese World War II
propaganda, with falling petals representing "young soldiers' sacrifice for the emperor"? (8 March)
... that the Kīlauea lava cricket disappears from a lava field as soon as any plants start to grow there? (13 March)
... that
Julian Assange's lawyer argued that the rules set by the
Ecuadorian embassy requiring Assange to take care of his pet cat Michi were "denigrating"? (13 March)
... that
mule deer sometimes prefer the flavor of one Rocky Mountain juniper tree, like "ice cream", over another? (21 March)
... that the skeleton panda sea squirt was known on the Internet for its skeleton-like appearance years before its formal description? (26 March)
... that only one fruit but several thousand seeds were known when Allenbya collinsonae was named? (26 March)
... that while named for
alliums, the fossil Paleoallium(pictured) was not necessarily directly related to any allium species? (27 March)
... that the extinct genus Mixtotherium, meaning 'mixed beast', has traits of both extinct primates and
hyraxes? (28 March)
... that the fossil fern Dickwhitea was described from a single block of
chert? (28 March)
... that only six years after its 2016 discovery, the Meratus blue flycatcher(pictured) was found being sold in Indonesian songbird markets? (30 March)
... that the spirit liverwort is called such because of its proximity to the Māori afterlife? (31 March)
... that cultures of the fungus Lentinus brumalis have been flown on three different satellites? (31 March)
... that the English herbalist
Nicholas Culpeper claimed that eating alkanet leaves would make a person's spit deadly to serpents? (31 March)
Eufriesea purpurata
Korowai gecko
Paleoallium billgenseli fossil
Male Meratus blue flycatcher
April DYKs
... that despite its name meaning 'unscented', Hypericum × inodorum can smell strongly of goat? (1 April)
... that color-changing cats(artist's impression pictured) could help us communicate with the future? (2 April)
... that the white-tailed jay(example pictured) found in Ecuador and Peru was once thought to have been brought to Mexico by
pre-Columbian trade? (5 April)
@
JarrahTree Hi. Out of curiosity, how does one verify Indigenous identity in an Australian context? In the US and Canada, there are things like tribal rolls, tribal citizenship, etc that can be used to verify whether a person is of Indigenous heritage or not. I've seen news articles about people pretending to be Aboriginal; that's rampant in North America. What criteria determines Indigeneity in Australia, aside from self-identification?
Bohemian Baltimore (
talk)
13:05, 9 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Albania report: International Roma Day Editathon in Albania and Kosovo, 2024
Australia report: New images from Central Australia on Wikimedia Commons, Library Science WikiProject students edit Wikipedia & 1Lib1Ref in Australia and New Zealand
I have so much thank you for your conversation with me.
Did you remember 2 months ago at Feb 27th, 2024? You have congratulated me because I'm a new user at Wikipedia. You know, I thanked you because of your happiest conversation to me? Yeah, actually, thanks.
Arief Azazie Zain (
talk)
06:45, 12 May 2024 (UTC)reply
I noticed from your userpage you also contribute to Trove. I just joined today and am really intrested in Australian history so I think it's a site I'll be spending a lot of time at. Do you think it's worth fixing the transcription for all of the articles I use as sources? I plan on contributing as and when I can but it can take some time (e.g. I barely corrected a quarter of
this article and that took about half an hour). I just wonder if it would be worth taking the extra time routinely for articles referenced on Wikipedia, for example when people are checking references verify what's in the article.
Adam Blacktalk •
contributions16:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)reply
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newspapers published in Kalgoorlie-Boulder until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.
If you have an actual constructive suggestion about improving the article, or the RfC process, feel free to mention it at the appropriate time and place.
Mitch Ames (
talk)
13:45, 16 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Albania report: Summer of Wikivoyage Edit-a-thon in Kruja; Traditional Albanian food photography competition
Brazil report: Open licensing guide from Midiateca Capixaba; Activities in Rio de Janeiro; First batch from LabDOC; New batch from NeuroMat; Hercule Florence photowalk
Czech Republic report: International discussion on the role of media and new GLAM partnership on the horizon
India report: Digitization concludes for Behar Herald and a digitization workshop held for libraries in Maharashtra
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