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A barnstar for you!
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:Thank you! And, similarly, thank you for all the work you've done over the many years in this topic area!! <span style="color:#EB0533;">GreenLipstickLesbian</span>π βπ§Έ β 17:01, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
Triple negative
Regarding this edit β: {{tq|I don't think your claim that the community did not respond to legally mandated takedowns seriously is not compatible with the facts of the matter.}} I'm not sure, but I think there's one too many negations for your intended message? (Or perhaps I have the intent backwards.) isaacl (talk) 17:05, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
:@Isaacl Eeek, no, you're completely right Urgh... you know what, someday my fingers and my brain will move in sync.
:At least when I make these sorts of stupid errors in mainspace I manage to recruit new gnomes or re-awaken sleepers. (this one's from yesterday β) Seriously -- I've considered making a wikiproject. Make a typo, recruit a new editor who hates typos. <span style="color:#EB0533;">GreenLipstickLesbian</span>π βπ§Έ β 17:10, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
Women in Red - June 2026
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A kitten for you!
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DCWC call for coordinators
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Hey GreenLipstickLesbian, it's almost that time again! The Developing Countries WikiContest β will be returning for its third year, and the coordinator team is looking for experienced content contributors willing to volunteer. The coordinators are responsible for keeping the contest running and its pages{{mdashb}}including participants' submissions, the points leaderboard, and the list of eligible articles{{mdashb}}updated.
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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 10
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- '''A better way to give credit''': The Wikimedia Attribution Framework and API β makes it simple for developers to fairly credit volunteer contribution. When anyone encounters Wikimedia content, we want them to know that it comes from our projects, and they are invited to participate.
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- '''Incident reporting form''': The Foundation began a trial on English Wikipedia β of the incident reporting form. 60% of unblocked logged-in users see a new Report button, allowing them to report conduct issues.
- '''Encouraging account creation''': Following a successful account creation experiment β, an improved logged-out edit warning message will be deployed to all Wikimedia wikis this week. The change β will only affect logged-out users on mobile web who open an editing session.
- '''Wikimedia Android App''': The Wikipedia Android App is at the Phase 1 β of redesigning its Home Feed. The new feed includes two tabs: ''Community,'' featuring refreshed Explore content, and ''For You,'' with personalized reading recommendations based on reader interests and activity. The ''For You'' feed refreshes daily with updated suggestions.
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The DCWC is back!
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Hey GreenLipstickLesbian, the Developing Countries WikiContest β is back for a third year, and '''sign-ups are now open β'''! The contest will run from 1{{nbsp}}July to 30{{nbsp}}September, and the objective remains the same: improve as many articles relating to developing countries as you can to help fight systemic bias on Wikipedia β.
Thanks to everyone who answered the call for coordinators, and please welcome the new faces on the coordinator team: the 2024 Gold Belt Buckle winner {{user|Generalissima}}; and the record-holder for most India-related submissions in 2024, {{user|Magentic Manifestations}}! Following feedback from last year, adjustments have been made to the scoring rules β; discussion can be found on the contest talk page β.
If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or contact one of the coordinators: {{user|Arconning}}, {{user|Generalissima}}, {{user|Magentic Manifestations}}, {{user|sawyer777}}, or {{user|TechnoSquirrel69}}. <small>(To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list β. Sent via MediaWiki message delivery.)</small> <span class="nowrap">β<span style="color: #0b541f;">'''TechnoSquirrel69'''</span></span> <small>(<span style="color: #0b541f;">'''talk'''</span>)</small> 16:00, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
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Re: Vancouver monument
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I took this photo 17 years ago. I believe that is the planet Venus above the palm tree. I also have a larger set of images of the monument, some of which might be better. Anyway, I think the monument was destroyed when they cleared the area for the new Hilton hotel across the street, but I don't know the full chain of events. It would be interesting to find out who made it and the larger history of the monument but most of that info is in newspaper archives. Thought you would enjoy the pic! Viriditas (talk) 21:49, 21 June 2026 (UTC)
:Oh, this is funny. I just learned someone created an article about the monument in 2015! I will add the image to Captain Vancouver landing site on Maui β. Viriditas (talk) 21:58, 21 June 2026 (UTC)
::You're right; I do enjoy that picture! It's beautiful. I love Thunderbird poles; I find it interesting how popular of a symbol they became of both British Columbia and Southeast Alaska. I can't help but wonder what people, a few hundred years ago, would have thought if they'd seen a Thunderbird under a palm tree in the tropics! I know art historians can sort of get judgy with modern totem poles, because they were commercial and therefore they don't view they as truly authentic and so on, but I love seeing how people change their art to make it survive. There was a Haida artist I keep meaning to write about,https://www.newspapers.com/article/anchorage-daily-news-ptarmigan-totemspe/197253060/ β who got some pushback when made some totem poles for an elementary school that had traditional Haida/Tlingit figures... and Japanese Manga! Which, as anybody who went to elementary school in Anchorage, will tell you is a big thing here. So yeah-- I just love seeing totem poles like these, around the world. Thank you so much for sharing <3
::And I loved reading about the history of the monument; thank you so much for overhauling the page, I learned a lot! <span style="color:#EB0533;">GreenLipstickLesbian</span>π βπ§Έ β 03:58, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
:::A little bit of good news: I found the entire set of images of the old site in my photo archive. I am preparing to process them and upload them at some point this week. As for your 9 August SOS, let me know what I can do to help wrangle the set. Viriditas (talk) 21:48, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 11
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Regarding this comment β: did you mean you were unimpressed by the arguments? I'm having difficulty reconciling your following statements with your being impressed. isaacl (talk) 19:41, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
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Beat you to it this time haha. If you ever want to chat, let me know! Quite a bit has happened since we last spoke. <span style="color:light blue;"><span style="font-size:110%">''Fathoms Below''</span></span> <span style="color:brown;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(talk)</span></span> 09:02, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
:@Fathoms Below Happy white rabbits! (Ill have to be quicker next month) And, yes, we should catch up soon; I know I've been a bit quiet this year, apologies for that. (Meds, everybody: lovely for QOL reasons, except for when they decide that you shouldn't be awake for more than three to four hours lol.) <span style="color:#EB0533;">GreenLipstickLesbian</span>π βπ§Έ β 09:24, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
::Also, my sister *finally* beat Absrad in Godhome, lol. Thank goodness the soundtrack in Hollow Knight is so good. <span style="color:#EB0533;">GreenLipstickLesbian</span>π βπ§Έ β 09:29, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
:::Tell her that I said congrats (if she knows who I am haha)! Hopefully the meds ease up a bit soon since I can understand how much they can knock you down. I'm looking forward to the version of Godhome for Silksong, though your sister will probably knock it out faster than me lol. <span style="color:light blue;"><span style="font-size:110%">''Fathoms Below''</span></span> <span style="color:brown;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(talk)</span></span> 17:54, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 12
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'''Highlights'''
- '''Wikipedia 25''': Wikipedia's 25th birthday was celebrated with various projects designed to grow awareness and support for Wikipedia and the people who make it possible. This includes the virtual birthday event on January 15, which garnered 10,000 live viewers and 15,000 reactions. Find more details on all related projects and results in the program report β.
- '''Sustainable use of Wikimedia infrastructure''': A valid user-agent string will now be required for automated dumps downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org website. Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be blocked. This extends enforcement β of the long standing user-agent policy β. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services will not change.
- '''Increasing account creation''': The experiment β providing direct access to βCreate accountβ and βLog inβ actions on mobile increased account creation by about 20% without negatively affecting edit quality. The feature will now be rolled out to all wikis β on mobile web.
'''Annual Goals Progress on Engage β'''<br/><small>''See also: Growth β Β· Product Safety and Integrity β Β· Tech News β Β· Language and Internationalization β Β· The Wikipedia Library β Β· list of movement events β Β· Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia β''</small>
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- '''Add A Link''': The Foundation deployed Add A Link βΒ as a default-on suggestion within Suggestion Mode β. It is now launched on all wikis to all editors who have opted in to the Suggestion Beta Feature.
- '''Reusing references''': Sub-referencing β, the new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details, was deployed to most small and medium-sized Wikipedia language versions.
- '''Wikifunctions''': Check out the 71 new functions β with implementations to get a taste of what functions have been created.
- '''Range calculator''': The special page Special:RangeCalculator β has been created. It allows users to find an IP range without needing to rely on external tools. Until now, this tool was only available to CheckUsers.
- '''Captcha verification''': Abuse filters that are set to βrequire CAPTCHA verificationβ now also affect users β with the <code>skipcaptcha</code> right, which includes most autoconfirmed users. Bots are exempted. This change only affects edits that trigger an abuse filter.
- '''Latest experiments''': An upcoming experiment β is testing two variations of a "thank you" badge shown to donors after a recent donation to deepen the relationship between donors and the Wikimedia movement. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology β.
- '''Account security on private wikis''': Two-factor authentication β will become mandatory for user accounts on private wikis. This will protect private information from being exposed by an account with a compromised password.
- '''Tech News''': The latest highlights from Tech News week 26 β and 27 β include users will now get a notification when they are blocked or unblocked from editing, or if this block changes. See also the 65 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.
- '''Team Challenges''': The core organizing team for Wikimania is introducing Team Challenges β, a different approach to Wikimania Hackathon. This year, Wikimedians and professionals from other fields will join forces to undertake one of the 2026 technical challenges.
'''Annual Goals Progress on Enable β'''<br/><small>''See also: Research newsletter β Β· WikiLearn News β Β· other newsletters on MediaWiki.org β''</small>
- '''Wikimedia Hackathon''': A look at the 2026 edition of Wikimedia Hackathon β which brought together 216 participants from 29 countries building, collaborating, and shaping the future together.
- '''Wikimedia Hubs''': The Hub Fund β will pause funding for new pilots β in fiscal year 2026β2027 to align with the work on the Ecosystem of Movement Organizations and the Global Resource Distribution Committee. Existing pilots in transition will be offered an additional year of funding.
'''Annual Goals Progress on Protect β'''<br/><small>''See also: Global Advocacy blog β Β· Global Advocacy Newsletter β Β· Policy blog β''</small>
- '''Open Knowledge And Digital Rights''': Wikimedians shared their reflections β on how Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum reinforced the role of our movement within broader digital rights conversations.
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- '''Journalism Award''': Wikimedia Foundation announced β three journalists from Africa as recipients of the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards, β run in partnership with the International Center for Journalists β (ICFJ). The awards celebrate the essential role journalists play in creating well-researched articles that volunteer editors can use as source materials to develop content on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. In total, 320 submissions were received from 40 African countries.
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Benedito Ruy Barbosa
Hi, there are 4 occurrences of "Barbadosa": do they have some significance? Other things being equal I would think they should be changed to "Barbosa", but I don't have the knowledge to do that. PaulBetteridge (talk) 11:26, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
:@PaulBetteridge Good question! The signifigance is: I wrote that section around midnight and I got it into my head that that was how you spelled his name. Goodness knows why! :p Man, I thought I'd Ctrl+f-ed my mispelling, but apparently not. Thanks for flagging, and thanks for the copyedits to the article in general; they are much appreciated. <span style="color:#EB0533;">GreenLipstickLesbian</span>π βπ§Έ β 19:21, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
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