Social media/Calendar/2013/7

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July 1-7

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July 1

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Picturing Canada   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:43, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

-Guillaume published. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:43, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WMF Grant   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:52, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

- Sorry not to note earlier, but I made slight edits and published Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:28, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

VisualEditor for logged-in users on enwp   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:05, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sophie's blog post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:05, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

- I might just use the FB one for the tweet as well. It fits and gives more info. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:28, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Will do, thanks! Posting now. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 20:30, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 2

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Amina Duale profile   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:00, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:49, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WMF Grant   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:00, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

-for length, went with this edit: "Wikimedia Foundation grant for this year's Ibero-American Wikimedia Summit in Mexico City, October 12-15: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_MX/Iberoconf_2013" Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:00, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • f/g: The third annual Ibero-American Wikimedia Summit is set for this October 12-15 in Mexico City, thanks to a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation. Delegates from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Italy, México, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela will meet to discuss tools, transparency and how to organize Wikimedia chapters in Latin America and beyond. Read more here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_MX/Iberoconf_2013

Wikipedia Philippines   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 22:38, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 21:37, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Public Art   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:00, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, is 9250 = "roughly 10,000"? Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 21:37, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:13, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, this is not listed on Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement. It seems that it was last week, but someone forgot to remove the template from the article. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:15, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RETWEETS   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:00, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:49, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 21:37, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 3

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WMF Grant   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

-reviewed by Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:28, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
T/I should read "open science", not "open source". Otherwise these LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 14:02, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WMIL blog post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 14:02, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:59, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article does not contain any maintenance or TAFI tags; I suggest we wait until the TAFI team catches up. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 14:02, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
None of the ten current TAFI articles have the template on them. I'd propose proceeding with the message I proposed. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:44, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Template is up. I'm scheduling now Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:59, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Open Help Conference   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 14:02, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WMF has bugs!   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:27, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

T/I is two characters too long - how about just dropping "unintended" (which software problems are intended, anyway?). Otherwise these look OK. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 14:11, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Commons POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:39, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiktionary   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:07, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would add "#Wiktionary" at the end:
"If you have a "panglossian" view of the world, one could argue you are naively or unreasonably optimistic http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Panglossian #Wiktionary"
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 14:11, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RETWEETS

All these LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:08, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 4

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WMF Grant  Done

reviewed Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:19, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Fine, except that this is a national, not a global thing - so we should include the "US". Also, the hashtag is a nice way to reach those folks on Twitter, and on FB/G+ we have a bit of room to be more precise:
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 03:02, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 03:02, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Retweets/dents  Done

July 5

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(moving the following two here, as they didn't get posted yesterday:)

Buenos Aires post   Done

LGTM (on T/I, we could put "legislative editathon" in quotes). Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 03:02, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]


POTD   Done

T/I didn't indicate that the link is to a whole blog post about the image, not just the image itself as usual. Also, it's now yesterday's POTD. So how about:
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:49, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
LGTM, agree better to word it so that it's clearer that it's more then just the image. I think your change does that. Jalexander (talk) 20:56, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done

Lol... looks fine to me. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 15:54, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ivanov profile   Done

How about:
T/I/F/G: A Russian linguist on his work on Wikipedias for smaller languages, such as Ossetian, Lak and Avar: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/05/viatcheslav-ivanov-profile/
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 15:54, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
LGTM, couldn't find a twitter account for him but if he has one I'd love to see that linked. Jalexander (talk) 20:56, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 7

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TAFI

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:49, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 8-14

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July 8

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Collection Days Editathon   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 02:12, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • t/i: The lessons learned from the first Warsaw Collection Days Edit-a-thon: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Collection_Days_edit-a-thon
  • f/g: In this blog post, Wikimedia Sweden's Europeana Awareness Project leader shares the lessons learned from the first "Collection Days" Edit-a-thon in Warsaw, Poland. Wikimedia Sverigehttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Collection_Days_edit-a-thon
I would add "organized by @WikimediaSE and @WikimediaPL" to T/I. Otherwise (apart from the obvious fix in F/G) these LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:58, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Looks OK (didn't fact-check it though). Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:58, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ana Toni announce   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 02:12, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. (Maybe try to link the three organizations on T/I too?) Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:58, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 02:12, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

F/G looks fine, but T/I is above the limit of 140 characters - suggest shortening "English Wikipedia" to "en.Wikipedia" or such.
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:49, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 9

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POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:43, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks OK. To nitpick, I'm not totally sure about "Swiss and Austrian", as the photo seems to be facing (roughly) to the south, i.e. into Italian territory only - he may have meant that he saw the Swiss and Austrian Alps in other directions when standing on that mountaintop. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:38, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Updated Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:43, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:43, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:38, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikisource

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:16, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retweets, replies, etc.

The first two look fine to me. Brandon's answer is not accurate - as we know, there are privacy-friendly versions of these sharing buttons, and these have been in use in various Wikimedia projects for a while, e.g. in all Signpost articles since 2010 (click "[show]" next to "Share this"), or on the English Wikinews. A better explanation is here, although it may not be entirely satisfying for the questioner... Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:28, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine, I'll use that link Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:17, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 10

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Wikisource Vision project update   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:41, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks OK. T/I could use "@Wikisource" and "#OpenAccess". Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 06:06, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 21:44, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well actually, one of the cleanup tags says that the article is too opinionated ("This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay"), so inviting strongly opinionated people to edit it might be counter-productive ;) Suggest a rephrase of the tag instead:
T/I: Too much opinion in "film criticism" - help rewrite Today's Article for Improvement in a more encyclopedic style:
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 06:06, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikisource Featured text   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 21:44, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 06:06, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retweets, replies, etc

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 06:06, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
All seem OK to me, except the next to last one (would be a bit too much advertising for a slightly dodgy-looking service - or am I over-sensitive here?), and the last one perhaps is a bit too insider-like without a public event link (there is one somewhere). Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:44, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Annual Plan

Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:58, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

jawohl. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 11

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Peter's blog post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:35, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 17:14, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:35, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 15:53, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:35, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 15:53, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Budapest blog post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 01:09, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:22, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retweets, replies, sundry

These all look OK to me, except that we should consider crafting a separate message of our own to promote the video of the Legal event once the Commons version is available. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:20, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 12

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WOTD


July 15-21

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July 15

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I like the "evolve" pun, but the TAFI template was removed from the article, and it doesn't have other maintenance templates either; a clearer call to action would be desirable. Perhaps just readd the TAFI template? Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:26, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
To be honest, I'm not sure how the actual TAFI articles for each week are linking up with these social media statuses. If there are 10 articles in each batch and only a couple are picked each week that means there are some great articles that never get attention. I chose some TAFIs from previous weeks that I dont remember seeing having statuses written about them. I think ideally we should reduce the number in each batch from 10 back to 7, so at least we can address each article in a week is we want to.--Coin945 (talk) 04:23, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Tilman, I don't have a problem with moving forward without the template. I think it's fine in this case and would like to acknowledge Coin's work to get it up. I'd propose the text above with the small adjustment I made. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 16:07, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that the people we send there should see a clear call to action in the article itself (yes, you can and should edit this article). That was the TAFI project's rationale for creating that template in the first place, as I understand it. On the SM channels we are targeting inexperienced contributors which need this kind of explicit encouragement even more than Wikipedians who follow the link from en:WP:TAFI (on that point, I think we should be in sync as well, but per Coin's remark that's secondary right now). Do you have any objections to the above suggestion to readd the template to the article before posting the SM messages? Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 17:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have no problem adding the template. You think WP:TAFI will? Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:37, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if they are fine with @wikipedia on Twitter etc stating that this is one of their articles for today, they should be fine with the template in the article, too. And recall that Theopolisme re-started the templating bot for us recently. It won't happen automatically in this case though, if the article is not on the schedule. Coin, would you mind adding the template yourself? (There is a policy for WMF employees that we should not edit the article namespace with our staff accounts.) And then let's go ahead with this one - I agree that although we should aim to aling with the project's schedule, we shouldn't let Coin's work go to waste in this case. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 17:46, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I added the template to Java Man. I agree with you guys. My criticism was with the current system itself. It means we have to cherrypick maybe one or two out of a 10 article batch. But from now on I'll make sure articles match up to when they're in the TAFI schedule. You can always move up another of my suggestions from "this week" to today if you want. By the way, I do think we should establish a #TAFI twitter hashtag (as I mentioned in the TAFI talkpage). Even if it was just added at the very end of both Twitter and Facebook statuses (hashtags on Facebook work now). Great for creating a brand/finding out who's talking about it etc.--60.230.229.112 22:44, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm moving this to the 17th and preparing to publish Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:19, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedian in Brussels blog post   Done by Tbayer (WMF) (talk)

  • T/I: "Our man in Brussels": Wikimedian @dimi_z monitors EU policy issues possibly affecting Wikipedia and free knowledge
  • F/G: Dimitar Dimitrov and other Wikimedians have started to to monitor EU policy developments that could affect Wikipedia and free knowledge.
Fixed small typo. LGTM Matthew (WMF) (talk)!

RT: John Riedl   Done

Matthew agreed with it too - done. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 02:32, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 16

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IBM Watson post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks OK to me, although I would leave out "interwiki references and" - that's too technical and not centrally relevant. And as an alternative suggestion, we could also play up the machine-readability aspect of Wikidata a bit more: ".. to support Wikidata, the free knowledge base making structured data, such as statistical information, readily available to machines and humans alike". Just an idea.
For people with a limited memory like me, it would be preferable to mention Jeopardy! on T/I as well, but I can't find a way to fit it into 140c.
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 17:27, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I updated with your wording, Tilman, and a small edit of my own for readability. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:22, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Surinam Horned Frog   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:53, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 19:45, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:38, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • t/i: The EN Wikipedia #TAFI is Cheers, and what better way to honor this acclaimed sitcom than clicking the edit button. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheers
  • f/g: Today's article for improvement on the English Wikipedia is "Cheers," and what better way to honor this acclaimed sitcom than clicking the edit button (pouring yourself a drink and making jokes entirely optional): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheers
Looks OK. I'm not getting the drinks/jokes joke, but then again never heard about this series until this very moment, so I'm not the target audience ;)
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:50, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's a simple joke based on the term "cheers", as in, the word you say when chinking your wine glasses with a compadre. My original joke had a reference to editors probably drinking a lot... which in retrospect was thankfully removed. :)--Coin945 (talk) 14:04, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retweets, replies, etc.

They all look OK to me, although regarding the UX camp, we could perhaps check first what kind of announcement is planned on our side (if any). Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 20:39, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 17

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TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:52, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

based on discussion above on the 15th, moving here to publish. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:21, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sophie's post   Done
LGTM Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:38, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Commons POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:52, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some tiny punctuation tweaks needed, otherwise OK. But to suggest a different noun for the photographer as well:
  • T/I: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day: Smoo Cave, Second Chamber. Find out more about the spelunker who shot it:
  • F/G: The Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day is of the Second Chamber of Smoo Cave, in Durness/Scotland. Find out more about the shot and the spelunker who took it in this blog post:
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 19:35, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 18

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WMIT blog post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:34, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks OK. Could also write "in" instead of "with", and add a comma before "organized". Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:39, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In the future, feel free to just make your edits directly in the post when they're small like this :) Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:34, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WMF NSA letter   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:34, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, I would like to increase precision a bit - the letter is about information requests in general (it actually doesn't mention PRISM at all). Perhaps tweak it like this (also avoiding the "request" double entendre):
(Also, honor the occasion by using HTTPS instead of HTTP links ;)
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:55, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:31, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:28, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

  • Listed as one of the strangest Talk page exchanges on Wikipedia: (Takeru Kobayashi) He is clearly the greatest competetive eater of all time. Not to start a wiki war but unless someone comes up with a good argument for not including this, I'm changing it--Pbasu 18:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC) It is difficult to use the phrase "of all time" in any claim. It is far more accurate to use "in written history". How do we know there wasn't a greater competitive eater in prehistoric times? --Kainaw (talk) 15:10, 7 November 2006 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi
Doesn't seem like a reasonable DYK, alas. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:28, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 22:24, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Made some changes for readability, character count. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:48, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reteweets, replies, etc

Looks OK. The ULS gallery item is a bit cryptic. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:57, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Riedl post

Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 00:19, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
LGTM. Added @dartar to Tweet Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:29, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 19

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TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:08, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • T/F/G: ZOMG, "Q.E.D." is today's #TAFI. BTW AFAIK GMTA so GBTW ASAP. TIA! :D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q.E.D.
    • (translation: Oh my god, Q.E.D. is today's #TAFI. By the way, as far as I know great minds think alike so get back to work asap. Thankyou in advance!)
I love it! Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:54, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Scheduled for 9 am PT on July 19 Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:08, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The reactions haven't been entirely positive [3]. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:35, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Legal event   Done Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 20:19, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Typo ("attended"), and Mozilla should not be left out. Also, how about some namechecking on Twitter too:
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 17:53, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 00:56, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

  • t/i: S/2004 N 1, a previously unknown moon of Neptune, was discovered by analyzing old photos from the Hubble Telescope: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2004_N_1 #DYK
  • f/g: #DidYouKnow that S/2004 N 1, a previously unknown moon of Neptune, was discovered by Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute in July 2013? He discovered it by analyzing archived photographs of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope from 2004 to 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2004_N_1
LGTM. I'll schedule it. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:31, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Detroit

LGTM. Made a couple small edits. I'll schedule it. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:31, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weather

LGTM. I'll schedule it. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:31, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
LGTM. I'll schedule it. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 17:31, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 20

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Royal Baby

July 21

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July 22-28

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July 22

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TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:56, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 00:57, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD

July 23

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TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:51, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:51, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM MGMT :) Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:38, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Schulenburg blog post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:51, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's SchulenbUUUrg! Otherwise this LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 19:27, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GSOC update   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 06:01, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It would be nice to express more clearly that those are (only the) language related GSoC projects. How about:
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 02:21, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pywikipediabot   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 06:01, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks... factually correct. Let's see how wild Facebook will go about it ;) Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 02:21, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retweets, shares, etc

LGTM looks so much like MGMT to me. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:41, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a bit wary of endorsing/promoting (work on) specific articles, but we might get away with this one. The Signpost ones look fine. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 02:21, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Unlike all the TAFI single articles we're promoting? Matthew (WMF) (talk) 04:30, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I should rephrase: With the TAFIs we promoting a community-wide project whose goal it is to improve WP in general, and those articles were selected by the community under that aspect. When @wikipedia starts to promote individual editor's projects focusing on a specific topic, it could easily be seen as unbalanced. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 15:12, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 24

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TAFI

  • T: Want to make your own Lego brand? Go to Lego Cuusoo. Want to better Wikipedia? Go to the "Lego Cuusoo" article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Cuusoo #TAFI
  • G/F: Want to help make your own Lego brand? Go to Lego Cuusoo. Want to turn today's #TAFI into a Featured Article on English Wikipedia? Go to the "Lego Cuusoo" article and join with other editors to improve it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Cuusoo
The first sentence in each read too much like advertising for Lego, IMHO. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 15:19, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I thought similarly, but the Lego Cuusoo article describes it as just that, you get to make your own Legos based on your own design. In that regard, it doesn't strike me as promotional, but factual. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 16:58, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
How about:
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 19:41, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
-Love it! thanks, Tilman. Will schedule for Saturday. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:44, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:29, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM, although replacing "Wikimedian" for "photographer" might help avoid the misunderstanding that he was working as a professional photographer. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 15:19, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
thanks, amended. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:05, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikisource   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:29, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 15:19, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:29, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

EN Wiktionary   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:29, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 15:19, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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July 25

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Aircel   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Works for me. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 17:38, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mobile Editing   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Made a minor edit; otherwise looks good. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 17:38, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 17:38, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:03, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

the t/i (my guess that's what you meant) seems awkward with the "especially Italian speakers", so I'd skip that section but otherwise looks good. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 20:01, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
ok, updated Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:03, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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These are all fine with me. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 20:01, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 26

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TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:08, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 17:32, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:08, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LOKTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 17:32, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 18:08, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

T/I should read "3rd-party releases of MediaWiki", otherwise fine. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 17:32, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RT about Wikibooks

-Sounds great to me. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:44, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
All three LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 18:07, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
These look good to me. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 23:49, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 27

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TAFI

--reviewed, approved, and scheduled Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:45, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD profile   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:10, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 23:49, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
--scheduled Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:10, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 29-August 4

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July 29

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Memory editathon   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 01:01, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:28, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ACSI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 01:01, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good in principle, but the F/G could be polished a bit, e.g. "For the fourth straight year, Wikipedia ranks first in the ACSI customer satisfaction survey for the "Social Media" category. The 78% positive reviews for Wikipedia are well above the 68% category average: "
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:28, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

T/G/F: Are you ready for your just desserts? Because dessert has just been proclaimed today's #TAFI. Improve it? Pretty please, with a cherry on top..? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert

This one was already featured last month [6]. Also, the TAFI template has since been removed and it's no longer on the current TAFI list. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 07:37, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that should have been removed. Sorry to waste your time. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:20, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 00:59, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retweets   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 02:46, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 07:37, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 30

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WLPA blog post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:20, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WMF FR team changes   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:15, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Frank post   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:20, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:20, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:20, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Listen to Wikipedia   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 19:15, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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July 31

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TAFI   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • t/i: "Sport." What you could be doing rather than sitting at a computer. But since you're here, help expand today's #TAFI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport
  • f/g: Sport. Something you could be doing rather than sitting at a computer reading this. But since you're here, help expand the "Sport" article on English Wikipedia, Today's Article for Improvement. #TAFI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport
LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 20:02, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POTD   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 20:02, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

1000-yen note   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LGTM. How about using HTTPS links for all the above? Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 20:02, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
done. Matthew (WMF) (talk) 20:09, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cooper UX bootcamp   Done Matthew (WMF) (talk) 23:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

All fine in principle, but we should at least indicate the world region where this will take place. How about:
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:22, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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