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Sept 25: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

September 25, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. Wednesday September 25 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Metropolitan New York Library Council (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan (note this month we will be meeting in Midtown Manhattan, not at Babycastles) We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team ~~~~~

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Hello I did add a reference/source to my edit.https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3109809/chinas-aircraft-carrier-killer-missiles-successfully-hit-target 158.223.166.78 (talk) 16:23, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You added an incorrectly formatted external link to a section that does not take external links, with no indication as to what claim it is supposed to be supporting. That's not adding a reference, that's linkspam. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:36, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

annual warrior competition

The sky sword unit is a Chinese special forces unit belonging to the PLAAF Airborne Brigade 158.223.166.78 (talk) 16:42, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You need to provide a properly formatted reference for that claim. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:53, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Swatjester. Thank you for your work on Mako (missile). SunDawn, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Good day! Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia by writing this article. I have marked the article as reviewed. Have a wonderful and blessed day for you and your family!

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|SunDawn}}. Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 10:54, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

People will object

With regard to "people will object just to the re-organizing despite what WP:PGCHANGE and WP:PGBOLD say," I'd change "people" to "one person in particular." Can you say Wikipedia:Status quo stonewalling? - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 16:26, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think the number of people who would do this is quite a few, unfortunately. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 18:26, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thu April 25: WikiNYC Hacking Night

April 25: Hacking Night @ Prime Produce

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for NYC Hacking Night at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct. Meeting info: Thursday, April 25 Hacking Night @ Prime Produce (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Introductions + Hacking) 9:30 pm – 10:00 pm (Showcase) (Prime Produce, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan)

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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The page for Tupac can now be edited by everyone; it wasn't like that before. Previously, only administrators and users with permission could edit it. This rule needs to be reinstated, or it will be edited every day. Pier1999 (talk) 09:40, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Articles are not generally permanently protected; "it will be edited every day" is perfectly fine. Protection is put into place to deal with intractable behavior issues, not to prevent good-faith editing. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 14:53, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, all right. However, a lot has happened in these hours Pier1999 (talk) 14:54, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ActionHeroesAreReal He came back to edit the page without consent, so Human and I had to edit all the time. So an administrator had to close it to avoid the edit war. And this happened because I had addressed the Wikipedia section on vandalism (the one you suggested to Human). Pier1999 (talk) 14:59, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July 19: Wikicurious: Editing Wikipedia for Beginners @ Civic Hall

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for the inaugural event of the beginner-focused Wikicurious series at Civic Hall! All are welcome, and newcomers and aspiring editors are especially encouraged to attend. Registration via Eventbrite is required for building entry, and is also encouraged on the event page on Meta. The Wikicurious series at Civic Hall is supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Wikimedia NYC is an official affiliate and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Meeting info: Date: Friday, July 19, 2024 Time: 3:00–8:00 p.m. Location: Civic Hall 124 East 14th Street, Floor [TBD], New York, NY Equipment: Please bring your own computer. We are not yet able to provide loaner laptops. Eventbrite RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikicurious-editing-wikipedia-for-beginners-tickets-929793225567 RSVP is necessary for building entry

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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

At User talk:Σ. And I didn't understand at all the OP's response to my post. I mean *really* - it didn't make any sense. At all. And now that I think of it I bet they used ChatGPT or some AI tool to write that exceedingly wordy and incredibly nonsensical reply... I thought about posting exactly how to adjust the archiving and maybe tell them the editor who instituted the archiving (because I did a search! SO hard y'know) but then I thought Naw they're experienced, they should know this stuff or at least be able to look it up & learn how. - Shearonink (talk) 14:59, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it was pretty strange. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:08, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your your comment. I am the instigator of the AN/I thread, although because AN/I is semi-protected, I am not able to post there. Perhaps you could carry the following over, as a response to your question? Thanks. Also pinging @Ravenswing: who redoubled your request. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 20:18, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well you can read the long WPM thread, especially the more recent part (starting here), but in essence the complaint is about a continuing violation of policies/guidelines on original research and synthesis, and an unwillingness to adjust in the face of criticism or consensus. Outside of the good summaries by CodeTalker and Imaginatorium just above, I think the clearest indication of the latter problem is captured in this comment. In this series of edits [1] [2] [3] you can see Radlrb repeatedly restored WP:SYNTH content after objection (and while the actual edits on the article are just the two of us, you can see from associated discussions that numerous other editors have endorsed my diagnosis, e.g. [4][5]). The problems are quite widespread, as explained e.g. in this message. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 20:18, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I've seen your name being frequent when looking so I'll ask you. Do you it's a concidence that BMarGlines (files), Junebug3000 (files) and DMA180guy (files) seem to upload the exact same kind of files, with the exact same filename patterns and also edit the same kind of Wikipedia pages related to radio stations? There is Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BMarGlines/Archive which confirmed that BMarGlines and Junebug3000 were unrelated but there is just something that bugs me. They may perhaps all just use the same source and that's why everything is so similar. What do you think? Sockpuppets or just coincidence? FYI BMarGlines is blocked on Commons. Jonteemil (talk) 16:14, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think there is some off-site coordination going on, but I'm not sure it's sockpuppetry. DMA180guy has a different mannerism of speaking than BMarGlines and Junebug3000. My suspicion is that they're all involved together from logopedia, but probably separate individuals. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:53, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, okay. Then I guess I'll just sit tight I guess. Thanks for your response. Jonteemil (talk) 21:41, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there is a another sockpuppet account of a previous user who was blocked weeks ago. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Samirlalas Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 19:43, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Make sure to check out the investigation for this user as this is serious. Thanks. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 20:26, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]