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More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more: Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...

Discussion report

More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more

By Pine

This is mostly a list of Non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 24 October 2013 linked from subpages of Wikipedia:RfC, recent watchlist notices and SiteNotices. The latter two are in bold. Items that are new to this report are in italics even if they are not new discussions. If an item can be listed under more than one category it is usually listed once only in this report. Clarifications and corrections are appreciated; please leave them in this article's comment box at the bottom of the page.

Style and naming

• The only item in this category is listed in another section of this report.

Policies and guidelines

The Thomas Jefferson Rusk State Office Building in Texas includes elections offices of the Texas Secretary of State. Wikipedians are discussing the upcoming elections for the Arbitration committee, including the selection of the Election Commission.

• Proposal to merge some criteria for speedy deletion
• Promote "Wikipedia:No paid advocacy" to a site policy?
• Promote "Wikipedia:Rough consensus" to a site guideline?
• "...Rules and procedures for the upcoming Arbitration Committee Election, including selection of the Election Commission"

WikiProjects and collaborations

• "Should 'Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages' be given a prominent note at the top indicating that the page itself is not an official policy or guideline?"
• "RFC on the platform of the ArbCom Reform party for the 2013 ArbCom elections"
• Music genre field in infoboxes

Technical issues and templates

• Proposed updates to the sidebar

Proposals

• Include a weekly slot for a featured portal on the Main page?

English Wikipedia notable requests for permissions

(This section will include active RfAs, RfBs, CU/OS appointment requests, and Arbcom elections)

• Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TCN7JM
• Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cerebellum

Meta

The logo of the Wikimedia Research Newsletter. The first Wikimedia Research Hackathon will take place on 9-10 November, 2013.

• "The first Wikimedia Research Hackathon takes place in cities around the world." on 9-10 November 2013
• "The new Evaluation portal launches to support the community in evaluation practices."
• Start Wikireference as a new Wikimedia project?
• Start Wikifiction as a new Wikimedia project?
• Trademark practices
• Scope of the Ombudsman Commission
• Draft Privacy Policy - comments accepted until 15 January 2014

Upcoming online meetings

• "Flow", 24 October 18:00 UTC
• "Inaugural L² (Labs²) Research Hackathon", 9 November 1:00 UTC to 10 November 2:00 UTC
• "Engineering Community Team", 12 November 17:00 UTC
• "Engineering Community Team", 17 December 17:00 UTC

Wikimedia blog posts

The reading room at the Yale Law School Library. Wikimedia Foundation attorney Yana Welinder presented a talk to the Yale Law School Information Society Project. She wrote about her experience in an entry on the Wikimedia Blog.

• "Swedish Museums freely sharing images from their collections"
• "Presenting about Wikipedia to academic audiences"
• "Inspiration from the Wikimedia Affiliates’ coolest projects"
• "Request for proposals: New datacenter in the continental US"
• "Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner’s response to paid advocacy editing and sockpuppetry"
• "Scientific multimedia files get a second life on Wikipedia"
• Join the inaugural Wiki Research Hackathon on November 9"
• "Speaking about free knowledge and the law at Yale ISP"
• "A farewell letter from Jay Walsh, Communications Director"
• "Amical Wikimedia awarded for its contribution to the Internet in Catalan"
• "October report for the Wikisource vision development and online survey"
• "Emily Temple-Wood: A cool Wikipedian on a big mission"
• "'Good Pictures do Matter' – Miha Grmek"
• "A bird’s eye view of 'Wikiproject Sauerland' on German Wikipedia"
• "Prominent wildlife photographer donates images to Wikimedia Commons"
• "Umniah first to launch Wikipedia Zero in Jordan"
• "Scholarships allowed Wikimedians from around the world to attend Wikimania"
• "Wikimedia Highlights, August 2013"
• "Wikimedia Foundation Report, August 2013"
• "Wikimedia Commons, 'a step towards equality and freedom'"
• "A monumental Saturday in Puebla, Mexico"
• "The Hidden Wikipedia: a view from 2022"
• "Wikimedia engineering report, September 2013"

• Inspiration from the Wikimedia Affiliates’ coolest projects
• 
  "Wikimarathon with Amical Wikimedia"
• 
  "Moebius at Ibero 90.9 radio station" in Mexico
• 
  "Rishon LeZion West Aerial View", a photo "taken as part of WikiAir in Israel, in cooperation with The Israeli Association of General Aviation".
• 
  "Upper Cretaceous rock exposure (geological natural monument)", a 3rd place winner photo in the Wiki Loves Earth contest by Wikimedia Ukraine.
• 
  Monthly gathering of Wikipedians in Taipei.

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