User talk:DungeonSiegeAddict510

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Hello, DungeonSiegeAddict510, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Yay! Someone gave me a WikiHand... er, a welcome message! --The Defender of Light >Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing Inventory 23:59, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

October 2014

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Please read this notification carefully:
A community decision has authorised the use of general sanctions for pages related to the Gamergate controversy.
The details of these sanctions are described here.

General sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimise disruption in controversial topic areas. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to these topics that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behaviour, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. An editor can only be sanctioned after he or she has been made aware that general sanctions are in effect. This notification is meant to inform you that sanctions are authorised in these topic areas, which you have been editing. It is only effective if it is logged here. Before continuing to edit pages in these topic areas, please familiarise yourself with the general sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

This message is informational only and does not imply misconduct regarding your contributions to date.

Acroterion (talk) 01:13, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

uwotm8 --The Defender of Light Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 01:15, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Information icon Please stop using talk pages such as Talk:Gamergate controversy for general discussion of the topic. They are for discussion related to improving the article; not for use as a forum or chat room. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. See here for more information. Thank you. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 03:45, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

kthx --The Defender of Light Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 03:46, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BLP violations

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Stop posting links to various things that allege wrong doing of living persons mentioned on the project without any actual proof. This violates WP:BLP. If you persist in adding this content to Wikipedia, you will likely be blocked.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 06:28, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fine. I do still have the edits in the history though. And since, quite frankly, editing some pages when a few users are lording over it, is to say, quite a pain. Best of luck with that gamergate thing... speaking of... time to write UnNews. --The Defender of Light Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 06:33, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Signature issues

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Presently, your signature violates many of the guidelines set out at WP:Signatures. It does not include your username here and on my end it takes up 5 lines of markup on my screen which is also against guidelines. Please truncate your signature formatting, because I'm fairly certain you're not allowed to use a separate template for it anyway.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 06:38, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Its not getting any shorter than it is now. only shortened it because I have nothing better to do. I want the reference to the DS/DSII class in there. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 07:00, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Also my edit saved at midnight. Your argument is invalid. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 07:01, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You don't call dubs on UTC time. And I still see like 4 lines of signature.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 07:55, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm on a 12~ inch netbook, and i'm seeing 3 lines. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 08:27, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, its one line, now scram. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 08:31, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My god, some people don't seem to be busy enough - they start complaining about other people's signature... yikes! I see exactly five words in the sig, followed by the date. --Maxl (talk) 15:32, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The issue is the length of the signature in the editing window.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:40, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Tell me about it. --Grand Warlock Danzathel Aetherwing >Inventory< 04:32, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You're not allowed to use templates for signatures either and your signature still does not include your screenname "DungeonSiegeAddict510" which it is required to under the signature policy.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:40, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notice

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Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is DungeonSiegeAddict510's signature. Thank you. —Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:55, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • DungeonSiegeAddict510, if you do not alter your signature to follow policy, I will block you from editing. Everyone else on the project has figured out how to conform to this requirement; you need to to. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:00, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Butts. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 23:16, 2 November 2014 (UTC) (does this work)[reply]

Gamergate

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Yes, much better. Striking doesn't remove it but I was also more redactive than necessary out of caution. Thanks for your help.. --DHeyward (talk) 07:33, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I didn't get it at first, but now yeah, I should wait for RS to say something... hopefully. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 07:35, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what is going on in that section. I was just trying to explain why I removed the 4chan ban claim and suggest a couple sources along with quotes from those sources that the editor could use if they wanted to work the claim back in to the article. The 'open arms' quote is from the article not my opinion. — Strongjam (talk) 01:37, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Thing

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You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#GamerGate and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

Thanks, and all that good stuff. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 01:21, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You've got mail!

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Hello, DungeonSiegeAddict510. Please check your email; you've got mail! The subject is Thread link.
Message added 05:08, 10 November 2014 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Tutelary (talk) 05:08, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure Masem is in that thread?

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Which one's him? I'd be disheartened if he's involved - he seemed fairly neutral in all this. Random the Scrambled (?) 05:40, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He was mentioned several times. What I think they wanted to do was pass on sources to him somehow. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 05:45, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that, but was he actively working with them, or were they just preparing to fill his talk page with the links they posted, unbeknownst to him? Random the Scrambled (?) 05:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure, to be honest, I guess I was thinking out loud and didn't realize it... I'll take another look at that thread. --DSA510 Pls No Hate 05:50, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

arbcom

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Stop adding Jimbo to the list. He is not part of the dispute.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:08, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Under what proof is he not involved? He's commented multiple times on this. --DSA510 Pls No H8 21:10, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not an arbitrator or a clerk, but I am an uninvolved administrator. Please don't continue edit-warring. If you must, you can add to you own statement to explain why you think Wales should be a party. But edit-warring is disruptive, and if you continue, I will block you for a short period of time to prevent further disruption (and if I don't, another admin probably will). Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:25, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notification

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Tarc has brought your conduct to the administrator Dreadstar's talk page. See User_talk:Dreadstar. Just a notification, I think it's polite to let people know that they're being discussed somewhere else. Tutelary (talk) 20:22, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Buddy don't let it get to you

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You seem to be getting a bit wound up, I get it, I've been there over this, but It doesn't help and you could get in trouble. Just try and chill out and maybe move on for a bit, it's not worth getting annoyed over, it's protected now so not much is going to happen anyway. Stay happy pal :) HalfHat 20:31, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tensions are high right now... and I'm beginning to suspect foul play at hand. Anyways, I hope some action happens. I just wanna edit my KDE pages :( --DSA510 Pls No H8 21:01, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I understand feeling frustrated, like I said I've been there, but getting mad can only just make things worse. If there really is something going on, there's not a lot either of us could do anyway, certainly not without solid evidence anyway. Maybe just take a brake from the article and work on other things, at least until it opens back up. HalfHat 21:11, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your Comment on GG Talk

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Can you please clarify on your comment in Talk:Gamergate controversy regarding the "smearing"? — Strongjam (talk) 18:35, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Slanted against the pro-gamergate side would work. And again, even if joystiq's thing is accurate, it is very vague, and does not specifically name what the CEO guy was actually talking about, concerning gamergate. --DSA510 Pls No H8 18:37, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please be more careful with your tone then? I thought perhaps you were claiming I was smearing people. Also, the struck-out text with comments about gawker don't seem very helpful, and have the potential to cause disruption. You also accidentally deleted someone else comment in that diff, probably an edit conflict. — Strongjam (talk) 19:16, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Fair. --DSA510 Pls No H8 19:17, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom statement

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If everyone of us was asked to cut back ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]) you have to too. You're at like 1000 words. You don't get to have an exception when the rest of us aren't allowed that either.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 02:01, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A clerk will let you know if your statements needs to be cut back. --DHeyward (talk) 02:05, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He added 6k worth of text to the page after half of the other participants were told by an arbitrator to cut everything back. He needs to cut back like the rest of us, just like Mr. Random needs to stop clerking. And that claim that my edits to Adland need to be looked at is ridiculous.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 02:11, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sanction request

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G'day, I have filed a sanction request in regards to your behavior involving the Gamergate articles [13]--137.111.13.200 (talk) 05:00, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please trim your statement at arbitration case requests

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Hi, DungeonSiegeAddict510. I'm an arbitration clerk, which means I help manage and administer the arbitration process (on behalf of the committee). Thank you for making a statement in an arbitration request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#GamerGate. However, we ask all participants and commentators to limit the size of their initial statements to 500 words. Your statement significantly exceeds this limit. Please reduce the length of your statement when you are next online. If the case is accepted, you will have the opportunity to present more evidence; and concise, factual statements are much more likely to be understood and to influence the decisions of the Arbitrators.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talkcontribslogs) 10:45, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Of course. However I currently only have a phone to work on, so reviewing and trimming is a bit impractical, and would probably nuke half of the statements. Sorry for the inconvenience. --DSA510 Pls No H8 04:19, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note about edit diversity, or lack thereof

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I've stated before. Once the article for gamergate, and related pages become neutral, and stop violating BLP, I'll edit all/most of the KDE articles, which many of are worryingly subpar. Yes, I give off the nature of an SPA, as others have called me, but that is my own innate nature, to focus on one topic of interest, until it is exhausted. Note my contributions already list some edits to KDE pages. As a gesture, once I get on a proper computer, I'll heavily revamp one KDE page, to show I am not just here for gamergate. However, until the aforementioned is resolved, one way or the other, I cannot properly focus on the other articles, when there is one already in my attention. If, I am permitted to stay, I promise you I would help out in other areas of the wiki, but asking me to change how my mind works is, well a bit unreasonable. I'll keep the drama low, if possible. Hopefully that sanction request and doxxing are the only things that anti-gg does to me. --DSA510 Pls No H8 04:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

involved.    Thank you. 

You've got mail!

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Hello, DungeonSiegeAddict510. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Tutelary (talk) 05:24, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Holy crap

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Did they seriously dox you? If so, that's awful. That's the worst thing I've ever had to experience myself on Wikipedia. AND FOR SIMPLY EDITING WIKIPEDIA you are their public enemy #1. This is despicable and nasty and just words can't describe how bad it is. I'm sorry that that's happened and I hope that you are alright, and to report each and every threat to the police in hopes that maybe one of these foul people will get their comeuppance. Seriously, this is not alright. Tutelary (talk) 23:15, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah if that's the case, I'm really really sorry. HalfHat 23:25, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. I've done far worse stuff on uncyc, (which i have apologized for and learnt from), but never was i doxxed... (Someone snagged a photo of me which i didnt know even existed! But they took it down). Yet, trying to play devil's advocate and pushing NPOV, warrants a dox and SWATting threats. If i didn't have a card up my sleeve to play against either side i would never have even considered dipping my toes into this mess, seeing as GNAA, AnonOps, and SA Goonsquad, among others are involved (weird twitter is in on it too). If I get SWATted, I'd play that card. Seeing as the 5's No True Scotsman card works on anti-gg too, it would be fun to see such a suspicious narrative crumble. I'm NEUTRAL, and get doxxed, by someone claiming to be anti-gg. The amount of doublethink and hypocrisy going on is tempting me to go pro, but I'm going to remain neutral, only an observer of pro-gg doings. Honestly, if Ryulong or someone else got doxxed I'd instantly try to help them however possible. I haven't condoned the harassment/bullying involved in this, and I never will. However, as i said in the latest addendum to my statement on ArbCom, and considering how severe actual doxxing could be, I find it... oddly amusing that, through my own research, what could simply be called a third party gathering wikidiffs, is doxxing. I've read the threads, anything close to a dox, is noticably condemned and reported (i hope they do what they say), by the other anonymous posters. I'm sure if /r/GamerGhazi on the antigg side actually helped out in hunting down third party trolls, rather than reflecting the relationship between RationalWiki and Conservapedia with the pro-gg /r/KotakuInAction, there would be less "controversy" in the GamerGate Controversy. To summarize, I, a neutral party observing pro-gg, have been doxxed and threatened by one claiming to represent anti-gg, and I'm ready to make it a phyrric victory for whoever did it's side if this escalates into real life. --DSA510 Pls No H8 23:41, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your going through hell at the moment. I hope you're OK. HalfHat 13:23, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Legal_threats_by_DungeonSiegeAddict510

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You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Legal_threats_by_DungeonSiegeAddict510. Thanks. Avono (talk) 12:42, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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"I can't imagine what 20k+ group of diverse peoples who are fed up with the status quo GamerHate sockpuppets, have to gain from harassing 3 women for 3+ months."

Thank you, you made my day! Racuce (talk) 06:36, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm from uncyc. I do what I can to spice things up. --DSA510 Pls No H8 06:53, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Another kangaroo court request

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KEEP DIGGING YOUR OWN GRAVES :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Really. Please stop with the uncivil comments. Dreadstar 02:15, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Hasteur: did you just forge Dreadstar's signature? Anyways, I'm on break until tomorrow evening. Need to calm down... --DSA510 Pls No H8 03:57, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can see the headlines now

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Wikipedia silences victims of doxxing

I liked the part about the kangaroo court. --DSA510 Pls No H8 22:30, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Good. Now, here's another useful link. Have a look at WP:COLOR and look at the different color pickers, and what they have to say about the colors in your signature: for many visually impaired readers, it is illegible. I'm not all that impaired, and for me it's almost illegible. The relevant requirement is WP:SIGAPP; please adapt it as soon as possible. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 22:00, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your withdrawn accusations

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I'd recommend going around to all the user talk pages you posted notices to and adding that you have withdrawn your accusations. Dreadstar 02:14, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of GS/GG Request for Enforcement request

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I have opened a new request for Enforcement at Wikipedia:General_sanctions/Gamergate/Requests_for_enforcement speicifcally citing your "Kangaroo Courts" AN/I thread and your further expansion in the ArbCom case request page. Your are invited to enter a statement explaining why the enforcement action should be turned down. Hasteur (talk) 03:26, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Self-requested block

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Hi, DSA510. I saw your post on WP:ANI requesting a week-long block (you said ban, but I think you meant block). ANI is not the right place to ask, and most admins won't place self-requested blocks, but there are a few who will. There's a list of them here; I'm on it, as you can see. But perhaps you've had time to change your mind, in view of the posts above? If you still do want a block, you can read my conditions here, and indicate that you accept them, here or on my page, and I'll block you. But only ask for a block from me if you're sure about it, because you won't be unblocked on request. You may want to look at other admins on the list too, because the conditions vary a little. Regards, Bishonen | talk 21:26, 24 November 2014 (UTC).[reply]

I really don't think you'll want that

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Trust me. Last time they were pretty close to banning you. This time, they'll go all out. I wouldn't do it, as the drama boards are essentially ruled by mobs. Count yourself a bit lucky that you got 90 days instead of indefinite. Tutelary (talk) 05:39, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion involving you and 8chan (already closed)

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I should have notified you when I moved MB's post, sorry, but here is the since closed discussion involving you: Wikipedia:General_sanctions/Gamergate/Requests_for_enforcement#RE:_8chan.2C_DungeonSiegeAddict510_and_Loganmac starship.paint ~ regal 05:54, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did an informal AMA on 8chan to see what the fuss was about. --DSA510 Pls No H8 18:15, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate/Evidence. Please add your evidence by December 11, 2014, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Ks0stm (TCGE) 22:27, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 23:39, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your ArbCom heading

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As brought up by Ryulong, you should change your header to "Evidence presented by DungeonSiegeAddict510", and keep a serious tone, you don't want jokes to subtract to any points you're making or get on the wrong side or the Arbitrators. HalfHat 20:21, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please, if you want Arbcom to take you seriously, take the discussion seriously. That last bit seems really unlikely to impress, and it seems kinda POINT-y to me to use the Workshop proposal space like that. 76.64.35.209 (talk) 01:51, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's exactly what a gamerhate supporter would say. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 02:21, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A Dawkins for you

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For amazing contributions to the field of memetics. Bosstopher (talk) 01:34, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gamergate evidence limits

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The arbs are leaning toward a doubling of the usual limits on evidence for this specific case. I am still waiting for final sign-off, but it seems likely that most participants will not need to trim evidence. Three relevant points:

  • Given the substantial increase in limits, the usual acceptance if counts go a bit over will not be granted. Treat the limits as absolute.
  • The limits apply to both direct evidence and rebuttal to others.
  • Despite the increase, it is highly desirable to be as succinct as possible. For the arbitration committee --S Philbrick(Talk) 17:57, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To 8chan

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GARRRRGARRR GARLUM --DSA510 Pls No Bully 04:32, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

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This [14] edit by you from today was a rather clear-cut violation of your current topic ban (from "all edits and all discussions related to the Gamergate controversy") [15]. I also note that on the Arbcom pages, where you are allowed to participate despite your topic ban only by way of exception, and only for the narrow purpose of appealing your sanction, you have been misusing the proceedings for engaging in free debate about the contents of the gamergate issue, and submitted frivolous pseudo-proposals [16].

You are blocked for one week. Fut.Perf. 11:41, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how I violated a topic ban. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 23:56, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@The Devil's Advocate: is removing a BLP violato source, from an article unrelated to gamerhate, really a topic ban violation? I want a second opinion. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 05:49, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't play dumb. It was an edit to a section about 8chan, which is about as closely connected to Gamergate as it gets, and the ref you removed had "Gamergate" right up in its title, so obviously this was an edit related to Gamergate. Whether the ref is problematic in terms of BLP is neither here nor there; if you are topic-banned you are not supposed to edit it but leave it to others to sort out. (And at first sight I certainly don't see anything that obviously marks it as a BLP vio; I also note the ref has been in the main 8chan article and seems not to have been challenged there.) Fut.Perf. 08:40, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request

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That my userpage and talkpage are protected from IPs until I am unbanned. I'm still being threatened, and wouldn't rather like my dox plastered on my userpage and talkpage. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 16:15, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done, for the remaining days of the current block (or did you mean for the full time of your topic ban?) BTW, please rest assured that the recent vandal edit by an IP here was quite unrelated to you; it's some insane person whose harassment target just happens to be me, so he'll just randomly revert me wherever I happen to edit. Fut.Perf. 18:43, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No, just for my block. And I'm worried since the anti-gg people are still threatening me, despite my ban and block. I hope it doesn't escalate... --DSA510 Pls No Bully 23:04, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GamerGate arbitration case: evidence and workshop

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In the interests of making this case more easily manageable, it is likely that we will prune the parties list to limit it to those against whom evidence has been submitted. Therefore, if anyone has anything to add, now is the time to do so.

See the list of parties not included in the evidence as of 8 Dec 14.

Please note that the purpose of the /Evidence page is to provide narrative, context and all the diffs. As diffs can usually be interpreted in various ways, to avoid ambiguity, they should be appended to the allegation that's being made. If the material is private and the detail has been emailed to ArbCom, add [private evidence] instead of diffs.

The /Workshop page builds on evidence. FOFs about individual editors should contain a summary of the allegation made in /Evidence, and diffs to illustrate the allegation. Supplying diffs makes it easier for the subject of the FOF to respond and much easier for arbitrators to see whether your FOF has substance.

No allegations about other editors should be made either in /Evdence or in the /Workshop without supporting diffs. Doing so may expose you to findings of making personal attacks and casting aspersions.

Also, please note that the evidence lengths have been increased from about 1000 words and about 100 diffs for parties and about 500 words and about diffs for non-parties to a maximum of 2000 words and 200 diffs for parties and 1000 words and 100 diffs for non-parties. For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talkcontribslogs) 06:09, 10 December 2014 (UTC) Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk)[reply]

As you are currently blocked and topic banned you may submit evidence by email to the Committee for it to be posted publicly on the evidence page. Callanecc (talkcontribslogs) 06:40, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indefinitely blocked

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Stop icon
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

I have blocked you because since your last block expired, you have done nothing but contribute silliness to arbitration pages. Further, although arbitration pages are excepted from your topic ban, the purpose of that exception is to allow you to contribute to the dispute resolution process, not to re-hash content disputes. Frankly, it seems to me—and I've been observing your conduct for a while—that you are not here to contribute to the encyclopaedia. For the avoidance of doubt, this block is an ordinary admin action, and is not made under the provisions of the community sanctions. Any arb or clerk can lift or modify this block without any deference to me as they see fit. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:28, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

DungeonSiegeAddict510 (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

Just block me from the arbitration process. I don't want any further involvement in gamergate or related matters. I give up on it. Block me from the arbitration process and whatnot, and let me just edit other articles quietly. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 22:54, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

DSA should stay far away from the arbitration proceedings and the GamerGate topic in general for a long time, honestly, but I don't think an indefinite block is warranted. DSA has made some constructive edits unrelated to GamerGate so I think it is wrong to say he is not here to contribute to an encyclopedia.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 01:50, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
DSA, what, precisely, would you like to edit if you were unblocked? This isn't a straight "no", but I'm more than a little bit sceptical, given that less than 15% of your edits are to the mainspace and that, by my back-of-the-envelope maths, about two thirds of your edits are to the GamerGate talk page or noticeboard threads/arbitration pages relating to GamerGate. I need a little convincing that unblocking you is not asking for trouble. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:28, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mostly KDE articles. Maybe other things. I want nothing more to do with gamergate. It's caused me nothing but trouble. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 19:00, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@HJ Mitchell: I'll have a full reason in 6-7 hours. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 15:56, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@HJ Mitchell: I'd basically like to be unbanned to edit the KDE articles and such, since I did promise some people that I'd do that. I want no further involvement with the Gamergate page since, quite frankly, the damage has been done. Instead of deleting it when you had the chance, it was kept up. To what purpose? At least (to my count) 4 editors have been doxxed, if not harassed/threatened like I was, many other pages have turned into battlegrounds, many people have different (mostly negative) views of wikipedia now, among other things. Again, to what purpose? I should have realized this earlier. Anyways, I've already explained the situation to my informant, and made amends with her, so I have no real reason to edit any gg related article. I'll take it all off my watchlist. I don't need to do anything more, and I don't want to do anything more. Have any of my edits to non gg pages been bad/disruptive? Since I neither have obligation, need, or desire to touch gg on wikipedia, I don't think it would be harmful to let me improve KDE articles (among other FOSS things, and maybe random pages). --DSA510 Pls No Bully 00:51, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm late to the party, but I agree with your assessment of the situation—which is precisely why I'm blocking editors who contribute to the problem. I've unblocked you on condition that you avoid anything even remotely connected to GamerGate like the plague. If you don't, I will re-block you. I strongly recommend you focus on the mainspace rather than talk pages and noticeboards/arbitration proceedings. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:50, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I see you've been pestered about this before and I hate to pile on, but since you left a note on my talk page I couldn't help noticing that your colour choice makes it hard to read. #008000 on #800080 (hex values of 'green' and 'purple') has a contrast ratio of 1.8:1 which is well below the acceptable contrast level of 4.5:1. Here is a page with the contrast requirements of various text sizes and a calculator to tell you which colours work (more can be found at WP:COLOR). An idea would be to change 'green' to #0d0 (would look like DSA510) which would give a ratio of 5.1:1. Hope that helps. ekips39 00:25, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks for the tip. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 00:48, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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I legitimately confused the "copy" and "paste" icons (still on a phone). I meant to copy "|programming language = C++ etc..." It was an honest accident. --DSA510 Pls No RE 19:07, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt anyone will raise a stink about it since you self-reverted. I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't posted on your talk page about it. — Strongjam (talk) 19:11, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Yes, editing the 8chan article does violate the agreement; you could have checked the talk page and seen the Gamergate warning notice. I know you're trying to do the right thing so I won't make a big deal of it this time, but please back off. --TS 03:29, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. --DSA510 Pls No RE 03:32, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Any further disruptive or uncivil comments will result in sanctions being placed on you in accordance with the arbitration policy, which may include a ban from the case pages or a block from editing Wikipedia. Callanecc (talkcontribslogs) 01:02, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fiiiiiine. But my point about this should be noted when talking about off site things. --DSA510 Pls No AndN 01:05, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm pretty sure, DSA, that the phrase I used was "like the plague". Not like a common cold, not like the flu, not even like bird flu, like the plague. I won't protest you discussing things on he PD that directly concern you, but everything else ... like. The. Plague. I see you've been making some nice uncontroversial edits to articles. May I suggest you keep that up instead of making me wonder if I made a mistake by unblocking you every time you cross my watchlist? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:26, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
In this event, the plague came to me in form of a notification. I was going to make a hueg rant about something, but I'll keep it short. I previously mentioned I want no part in the song and dance of arbcom. I wanted to clarify about the topic ban. The question about my signature was made in full seriousness, but I wrapped it up in a joke. As for the h8chan bit, while I was still on the page, I thought I'd point out the whole deal about "the hacker known as 8chan" is silly. Anyways, I have a short attention span. I don't care anymore, so long as I don't keep getting notifications about this. Now go away I'm plotting my takeover of Wikipedia with my armies of sockpuppets. --DSA510 Pls No AndN 19:39, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. On your signature, there are three questions you should ask yourself: is it intended to be offensive, could it reasonably be perceived as being offensive, and do the benefit of a quiet life outweigh your desire to keep it how it is? Up to you, my friend. Personally, I like a quiet life, but I think I must have signed a contract when I became an admin that said I couldn't have one. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:25, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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You seem to be of the programming type and seen your name a few times in various places. What do you think of Toy program? It seems to be at best a loose unsourced definition that is not backed up by any independent research. It seems they want to apply it as a definition of 'toy program' when the program is just merely a toy. It doesn't require a new definition and I heard the term once before I've never found it to be in any way an actual definable item of it's own. I was debating tossing it to the curb, think that would pass in general or have you actually seen people use this language before? I've heard the words put together but not as a single definable concept, merely 'program that is a toy', not it's own thing in and of itself. FlossumPossum (talk) 04:07, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@FlossumPossum: it seems to be, the concept falls between a Proof of Concept, and a demo program. Like, something more complex than your standard, state issued glxgears, but not a full blown game, like Cube. I think the concept presented by the article is sound, but I'm sure there's a different term for it. --DSA510 Pls No AndN 16:28, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yah, I've heard someone mention it before but it was never as a concept on it's own. I've only seen it referred to a as program that was a toy not a thing on it's own. It also definitely isn't proof of concept or demo program or anything between as written. It more says it's a single purpose program, while the term practice program exists and is slightly more documented. The way it's written doesn't seem to describe it in my opinion as a topic all of it's own. If someone can find any sort of reference to it anywhere, perhaps it'd belong in another programming related article at best?FlossumPossum (talk) 18:35, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1.1)

(i) The community Gamergate general sanctions are hereby rescinded and are replaced by standard discretionary sanctions, which are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, (a) GamerGate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed.

(ii) All sanctions in force when this remedy is enacted are endorsed and will become standard discretionary sanctions governed by the standard procedure from the moment of enactment.

(iii) Notifications issued under Gamergate general sanctions become alerts for twelve months from the date of enactment of this remedy, then expire. The log of notifications will remain on the Gamergate general sanction page.

(iv) All existing and past sanctions and restrictions placed under Gamergate general sanctions will be transcribed by the arbitration clerks in the central discretionary sanctions log.

(v) Any requests for enforcement that may be open when this remedy is enacted shall proceed, but any remedy that is enacted should be enacted as a discretionary sanction.

(vi) Administrators who have enforced the Gamergate general sanctions are thanked for their work and asked to continue providing administrative assistance enforcing discretionary sanctions and at Arbitration enforcement.

1.2)

Uninvolved administrators are encouraged to monitor the articles covered by discretionary sanctions in this case to ensure compliance. To assist in this, administrators are reminded that:

(i) Accounts with a clear shared agenda may be blocked if they violate the sockpuppetry policy or other applicable policy;

(ii) Accounts whose primary purpose is disruption, violating the policy on biographies of living persons, or making personal attacks may be blocked indefinitely;

(iii) There are special provisions in place to deal with editors who violate the BLP policy;

(iv) The default position for BLPs, particularly for individuals whose noteworthiness is limited to a particular event or topic, is the presumption of privacy for personal matters;

(v) Editors who spread or further publicize existing BLP violations may be blocked;

(vi) Administrators may act on clear BLP violations with page protections, blocks, or warnings even if they have edited the article themselves or are otherwise involved;

(vii) Discretionary sanctions permit full and semi-page protections, including use of pending changes where warranted, and – once an editor has become aware of sanctions for the topic – any other appropriate remedy may be issued without further warning.

The Arbitration Committee thanks those administrators who have been helping to enforce the community general sanctions, and thanks, once again, in advance those who help enforce the remedies adopted in this case.

2.1) Any editor subject to a topic-ban in this decision is indefinitely prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. These restrictions may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case.

4.1) NorthBySouthBaranof (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.

5.1) Ryulong (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.

5.3) Ryulong (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely banned from the English Language Wikipedia. They may request reconsideration of the ban twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

6.2) TaraInDC (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is admonished for treating Wikipedia as if it were a battleground and advised to better conduct themselves.

7.2) Tarc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.

7.3) Tarc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is strongly warned that should future misconduct occur in any topic area, he may be banned from the English Wikipedia by motion of the Arbitration Committee.

8.2) The Devil's Advocate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.

8.3) Subject to the usual exceptions, The Devil's Advocate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is prohibited from making any more than one revert on any one page in any 48-hour period. This applies for all pages on the English Wikipedia, except The Devil's Advocate's own user space. This restriction may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case.

8.4) Subject to the usual exceptions, The Devil's Advocate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely prohibited from editing any administrative or conduct noticeboard (including, not not limited to; AN, AN/I, AN/EW, and AE), except for threads regarding situations that he was directly involved in when they were started. This restriction may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case.

8.5) The Devil's Advocate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is strongly warned that should future misconduct occur in any topic area, he may be banned from the English Wikipedia by motion of the Arbitration Committee. Further, the committee strongly suggests that The Devil's Advocate refrains from editing contentious topic areas in the future.

9) TheRedPenOfDoom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is admonished for treating Wikipedia as if it were a battleground and advised to better conduct themselves.

10.1) The Arbitration Committee endorses the community-imposed topic ban preventing Tutelary (talk · contribs) from editing under the Gamergate general sanctions. This ban is converted to an Arbitration Committee-imposed ban. Tutelary (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.

12) The Arbitration Committee endorses the community-imposed topic bans preventing ArmyLine (talk · contribs), DungeonSiegeAddict510 (talk · contribs), and Xander756 (talk · contribs) from editing under the Gamergate general sanctions. The topic bans for these three editors are converted to indefinite restrictions per the standard topic ban.

13) The Arbitration Committee endorses the community-imposed topic ban preventing Titanium Dragon (talk · contribs) from editing under BLP enforcement. This ban is converted to an Arbitration Committee-imposed ban. Titanium Dragon is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.

14.1) Loganmac (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.

15) Willhesucceed (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely restricted per the standard topic ban.

18) The Arbitration Committee urges that knowledgeable and non-conflicted users not previously involved in editing GamerGate-related articles, especially GamerGate-related biographies of living people, should carefully review them for adherence to Wikipedia policies and address any perceived or discovered deficiencies. This is not a finding that the articles are or are not satisfactory in their present form, but an urging that independent members of the community examine the matter in light of the case.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talkcontribslogs) 00:46, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 January 2015

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Enlighten me -- what is "AndN"? Reply privately if you'd prefer. Thank you. ☺ · Salvidrim! ·  01:37, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If I talk about it, I'd be violating my topic ban. Plus I have to update it anyways since the joke is over. --DSA510 Pls No AndN 01:43, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, really sorry, I swear I hadn't realized you were under a topic ban. Way to stick my foot in my mouth. A thousand apologies. I got my answer elsewhere anyways, I only thought to ask you because of your signature. ☺ · Salvidrim! ·  01:46, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Its fine, anyways I c --DSA510 Pls No AndN 01:59, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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It's time to vandalize all your Dungeon seige articles baby. Strangely actually tried to update in the name of the king 3 but the thing was so awful there litereally is almost no info anywhere. Not even reviews of it rofl. Thanks for sticking up for me btw. FlossumPossum (talk) 05:06, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Media fallout continues from the January 29 decision in the mammoth Gamergate arbitration case.
The American heartland appears to dominate the Report this week, with Chris Kyle leading the Report.
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The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from the Meta-Wiki.
A new Signpost feature.

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That edit summery (minus lenny) was the same summery he used when removing my comments kek --RetΔrtist (разговор) 06:09, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 February 2015

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Edina edit war illustrates disconnect between new and experienced editors; Wikipedia is "astroturf's dream come true"; Canadian government investigating even more Wikipedia editing; academics on Gamergate as "clash of civilizations"?
Two articles, three lists, and twenty five pictures became featured.
Wikipedia presents itself as a repository for the world, and while that is a noble sentiment, it is still true that, Conservapedian complaints notwithstanding, the English language Wikipedia is very often the American Wikipedia, and never has that been more apparent than this week.
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This week, we feature subjects that are about love of all kinds.

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

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Go Phightins! shares his thoughts on admin attrition and the size of the administrative backlog.
The Australian ("Wikipedia not destroying life as we know it", February 11) and Times Higher Education ("Wikipedia should be 'better integrated' into teaching", February 10) reported on a recent study performed at Monash University, titled "Students’ use of Wikipedia as an academic resource – patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness".
The authors of this report inform us that the "goal in the Revision Scoring project is to do the hard work of constructing and maintaining powerful AI so that tool developers don't have to. This cross-lingual, machine learning classifier service for edits will support new wiki tools that require edit quality measures."
Darwin Day is observed annually on February 12 to commemorate the life and work of scientist Charles Darwin. Here is a selection of images of life on the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin made key observations leading to his scientific theory of evolution by natural selection.
This week saw the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (#13 on the Top 25) held on 8 February dominating the traffic chart, as music lovers checked out Sam Smith (#3) picking up four awards, Beck taking album of the year, and performances including Sia (#9), Madonna (#11), and Annie Lennox (#16). But Valentine's Day (#1) proved the perfect time for the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the movie coming in at #5, the book of the same name at #2, and the primary actors at #14 and #15.
Five pictures, six lists, and seventeen pictures were promoted
The most significant item on ArbCom's agenda this fortnight has been the closure of the Wifione case and subsequent fallout, although the fallout from GamerGate continues to linger.

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This is a notice that I made an enforcement request against you concerning your latest edits. See here. PeterTheFourth (talk) 14:51, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

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A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.
Doc James tells us that "The one good thing that has come out of all of this is that Wikipedia’s content passing a major textbook publisher review processes is some external validation of Wikipedia’s quality."
Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.
Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.
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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

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A report from the external research firm Lafayette Practice has declared that the Wikimedia Foundation is the "largest known participatory grantmaking fund." Several concerns have been raised with the report, the phrase being used (participatory grantmaking), the now-former Wikipedia article on that phrase, and an alleged conflict of interest by WMF staff members.
Doc James tells us that "The one good thing that has come out of all of this is that Wikipedia’s content passing a major textbook publisher review processes is some external validation of Wikipedia’s quality."
Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely circulated and commented upon media stories about the encyclopedia recently.
Eleven articles and twenty pictures were promoted in the week covered by this report.
The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme, as well as an article you could help improve. This week, we feature subjects that are "far from home".
An odd juxtaposition this week, as interest in Fifty Shades of Grey coincided with the observance of the Chinese New Year and the annual festival of penance, Ash Wednesday.
A monthly roundup of Wikimedia-related research
This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago.
Editor's note: the Blog will be a recurring Signpost section that will highlight a recent post from the Wikimedia blog, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. This week's installment is written by Philippe Beaudette, the Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy, and focuses on planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement.

March 2015

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To enforce an arbitration decision and for violation of your ArbCom-imposed gamergate topic ban and failure to heed my advice to avoid the area like the plague, you have been blocked from editing for a period of one month. You are welcome to edit once the block expires; however, please note that the repetition of similar behavior may result in a longer block or other sanctions.

If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the guide to appealing blocks (specifically this section) before appealing. Place the following on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Please copy my appeal to the [[WP:AE|arbitration enforcement noticeboard]] or [[WP:AN|administrators' noticeboard]]. Your reason here OR place the reason below this template. ~~~~}}. If you intend to appeal on the arbitration enforcement noticeboard I suggest you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template on your talk page so it can be copied over easily. You may also appeal directly to me (by email), before or instead of appealing on your talk page. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:30, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Reminder to administrators: In May 2014, ArbCom adopted a procedure instructing administrators as follows: "No administrator may modify a sanction placed by another administrator without: (1) the explicit prior affirmative consent of the enforcing administrator; or (2) prior affirmative agreement for the modification at (a) AE or (b) AN or (c) ARCA (see "Important notes" [in the procedure]). Administrators modifying sanctions out of process may at the discretion of the committee be desysopped."

Meh, I'll just make a sock to edit muh KDE articles lololololol. See you in 1 month <3 --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 03:49, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 04 March 2015

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We received a large amount of feedback in our survey indicating that our readers found the idea of contributing to the Signpost difficult due to our opaque internal structure.
The Wikimedia Foundation released their Quarterly Report last week covering the three months October to December of 2014.
Last week, my colleagues on the Signpost produced a news report covering a minor controversy about a report commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation. Written by the staff of The Lafayette Practice, a French research firm, it proclaimed the WMF as a leader in the practice of participatory grantmaking.
The Report this week is dominated by the Academy Awards, taking the top 4 spots and 13 of the Top 25.
In the first of what the author hopes will become a regular feature of the Arbitration report, the Signpost speaks to veteran arbitrator Newyorkbrad, who recently retired from the committee after almost seven years of arbitrating. The Signpost was keen to hear his thoughts on his time on the committee and on the past, present, and future of ArbCom.
Before being indefinitely blocked, User:FergusM1970 made more than 4600 edits on the English Wikipedia, spread over eight years. In the last two years, he was paid to edit several articles for clients that included the Venezuelan energy company Derwick Associates. We spoke with him about his experiences.
Numerous news outlets are reporting that the domain loser.com now redirects to the Wikipedia article for rapper Kanye West. Page views on West's Wikipedia article skyrocketed to almost 250,000 views on March 2, up from less than 19 thousand the previous day.
Two featured articles, four featured lists, and 38 featured pictures were promoted this week..
The Signpost has arranged to mirror Tech news from Meta-Wiki to supplement the long-form tech coverage in our infrequent Technology report..
Black History Month is celebrated annually in the United States in February, to commemorate the history of the African diaspora. For this occasion, Wikipedians worked together to honor black history and to address Wikipedia's multicultural gaps in the encyclopedia, hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons throughout the United States, from February 1 to 28, 2015.

Sockpuppet Investigation

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You are suspected of sock puppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the notes for the suspect, then respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DungeonSiegeAddict510. Thank you. PeterTheFourth (talk) 21:57, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A Missing Semicolon here, I was the one accused of being your sock puppet. Might as well introduce myself, I guess. A Missing Semicolon (talk) 22:15, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pfft. I never use spaces in usernames. Besides, I'd name a sockpuppet something stupid, like epikmastertrole2k15. Ya took it. YA TOOK IT MAN YA TOOK IT ALL. --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 04:45, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Besides im too lazy to make a sock. I'd just edit logged out. And would I really go STRAIGHT back to le gee gee stuff JUST after getting blocked? I am wounded ;-;. Its so that people won't ask me to do things, since I'm a lazy, lazy person. --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 04:50, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Since I'm here, I should also point out the other reason I wouldn't make a sock. Shortly after saying that comment, I realized that whatever poor sap happened to register to edit KDE articles would be attacked by GamerGhazi type persons. My deepest sympathies, @A Missing Semicolon:. --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 18:02, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Eh, everything is fine. While the incident did worsen my view of Wikipedia a fair bit, it's only to be expected if Gamergate really is this controversial as a subject. Hopefully questioning objectivity of articles concerning controversial events will be less negatively received in the future. A Missing Semicolon (talk) 18:09, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Just be careful mang. I got doxed for not toeing the party line hard enough. --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 18:25, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. A Missing Semicolon (talk) 19:27, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@A Missing Semicolon: if you are wondering why people were so quick to believe DungeonSiegeAddict510 was engaging in sock puppetry was because of this post. I am sorry that DungeonSiegeAddict510's comment resulted in you being suspect. I hope he/she is more careful about such comments in the future and comes to understand that such comments will cast suspicion on more than himself/herself. Chillum 19:14, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 March 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation gave the Signpost an advance copy of the results of a survey of English Wikipedia readers regarding Wikimedia fundraising, due for official release today.
The community has arranged a number of commemorative initiatives focused on the gender gap, under the banner "WikiWomen's History Month".
ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.
In an effort to protect and maintain the privacy of Wikipedia's thousands of editors, the Wikimedia Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the United States' National Security Agency, Department of Justice, and the Attorney General.
A dull week, with only three new entries in the top 10; a UFC champion, a Google Doodle and a Hindu festival involving people throwing powder at each other (though that does sound fun).
Six featured articles, three featured lists, and forty featured pictures were promoted this week.
I continue to be excited about the Core Contest because I see it as a way of encouraging the expansion of broad articles that are typically neglected by our article improvement incentives.

The Signpost: 18 March 2015

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We announce with sadness and gratitude that Signpost publication and newsroom manager Pine will be stepping back to focus on other Wikipedia and Wikimedia-related endeavors.
This process is now entering its long-awaited final phase with the upcoming SUL finalization, scheduled for April 15, less than a month away. ... Wikimedia Foundation chief talent and culture officer Gayle Karen Young announced her retirement from the Foundation this week. Young will be replaced in that role by interim chief operating officer Terry Gilbey. According to the Foundation's job description for the title as it was applied in the past, Gilbey will be in charge of "overall administration and business operations of the Wikimedia Foundation."
On March 13, Kelly Weill of Capital New York revealed that numerous Wikipedia edits originated from 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the NYPD. Most of the attention has focused on a number of their edits to articles about incidents of alleged police brutality and controversial police practices.
The publication of the Wikimedia survey findings on fundraising questions came three months after significant concerns were voiced about the design and wording of the December 2014 fundraising banners and e-mails.
Four featured articles, four featured lists, and thirty-five featured pictures were promoted this week.
If not for Kayne West's dubious repeat at #1, the 2015 Cricket World Cup (#2) would have made the top spot, albeit in a generally slow news week.

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The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

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Last week the WMF announced the release of its long-awaited open-access policy.
Once when I was young, growing up in the 1990s, my father pulled his collection of railroad slides out from the basement, set up his projector, and shared a glimpse into American railway history with our family.
Four featured articles, three featured lists, and twenty-two featured pictures were promoted this week.
The Wikipedia Commons annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded, with 6,698 people voting, its largest participation yet.
This week's list is reminiscent of lists from the early days of this project: a preponderance of famous faces, Reddit threads, and Google Doodles.
The authors attempt to answer the question "Who are the most important people of all times?" Their findings clearly show that different Wikipedias give different prominence to different individuals.
A university gives a top Wikipedia editor free and full access to the university library's entire online content—and the Wikipedia editor, who is unpaid and not on campus, then creates and improves Wikipedia articles in a subject area of interest to the institution.

The Signpost, 1 April 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation this week released a State of the WMF report, a 38-page "snapshot" of where it is and where it wants to go in the future.
TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia
Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.
The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) will announce later today that it will begin accepting edits by mail for all of the projects under its scope, including Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons.
The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation this week released a State of the WMF report, a 38-page "snapshot" of where it is and where it wants to go in the future.
TruthRevolt targets another editor; edit stage right; the Nine Best Hoaxes to Have Hit Wikipedia
Six featured articles, first featured lists, and twenty-four featured pictures were promoted this week.
The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) will announce later today that it will begin accepting edits by mail for all of the projects under its scope, including Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons.
The Wikimedia Commons' annual Picture of the Year contest has concluded. The first 53 top-voted entries were disqualified because they were all nude.

The Signpost: 08 April 2015

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Wikipedia has been gravitating towards a vehicle for business and product promotion for too long.
March saw a number of high-level hirings and executive reorganizations in the Wikimedia Foundation.
The venerable CBS news program 60 Minutes profiled Wikipedia and the Wikimedia community.
How appropriate that the theme of Easter week would be resurrection from the dead.
Four featured articles, seven featured lists, and 23 featured pictures were promoted this week.
With Holy Week having recently drawn to a close, it is an apt time to examine WikiProject Christianity, which was created in 2006, and boasts over 200 active members.
The Committee has voted on the 2015 appointments to the Functionary team.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community.

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The Signpost: 15 April 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation's vice president for engineering, Erik Möller, will leave the WMF on April 30.
Time profiles Lila Tretikov, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and paints a grim picture of the challenges faced by Tretikov and the encyclopedia.
Later this month, everyone will be able to use the same user name on every wiki, thanks to Single-User Login.
If it wasn't for Easter, Fast and Furious related articles would have taken the top four spots this week. The latest installment of the movie franchise, Furious 7, tops the chart for the second straight week.
Six featured articles, four featured lists, and fourteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

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A Signpost investigation of the released data has revealed Sony's corporate practices regarding Wikipedia and uncovered what appears to be undisclosed advocacy editing of Wikipedia by Sony employees and possibly by others.
Wikipedia appears to have been drawn into the drama of the upcoming, hotly contested UK general election.
The Affiliates Committee this week announced the organization of a community referral for comment, currently open on the meta-wiki, to address upcoming changes to the way that the Affiliations Committee will review movement-affiliated user-groups in the future.
2015 will see through the biennial community election for the three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made.
Six featured articles and fifteen featured pictures were promoted this week.
Couch potatoes rule this week, as 9 of the top 10 slots were taken by either movies, TV, or sports.
The Gallery is an occasional Signpost feature highlighting quality images and articles from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons based on a particular theme.

The Signpost: 29 April 2015

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Esino Lario is set to host Wikimania 2016, but volunteers and others have raised a host of concerns that raise serious questions about the town's suitability for hosting such a large conference.
The evaluations reveal that in the last three years, WLM has possibly fallen victim to its own success and seen diminishing returns.
David Coburn, a Member of the European Parliament for the Scotland region for the UK Independence Party, was blocked from editing Wikipedia on April 6.
Ten featured articles, nine featured lists, and twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.
Though the continued predominance of movies, TV, and sports noted in last week's report largely continues, three additional topics joined the Top 10 this week.
Reader demand for some topics (e.g. LGBT topics or pages about countries) is poorly satisfied, whereas there is over-abundance of quality on topics of comparatively little interest, such as military history.

The Signpost: 06 May 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation this week announced the winning grantees in March's "Inspire" grant-making campaign.
Seven articles, three lists, and ten pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week. The second round of the WikiCup has ended.
artnet and The Next Web report (May 6) that the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is releasing a hundred images of works in its collection under Creative Commons licences in conjunction with a May 19 editathon.
Elections have begun for five community members of the Funds Dissemination Committee, the Foundation's volunteer body for judging and recommending millions of dollars worth of annual grants to affiliates in the movement. The election lasts just eight days, from Sunday 3 May until 23:59 UTC on Sunday 10 May, so at the time of publication, voters will need to act promptly.
Like colliding ocean liners, rousing entertainment and harsh reality merged ungainly in this week's top 10 list. The much heralded pay-per-view pummeling of Manny Pacquiao by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. dominated the list's top slots, giving this list one of its highest total view counts in months.

The Signpost: 13 May 2015

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Three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation—will be decided by Wikimedians in the election to be held 17–31 May.
This week has been a busy one for the Wikidata project, with nearly simultaneous Wikidata contests, both organized by Wikimedia Sweden, now underway.
Casual viewers may think I've posted the same list twice. But no, readers just happen to be really interested in May 2's Big Fight. In fact, last week was just the weigh-in and the trash talk. This week, the numbers actually increased.
Grant Shapps, who was the co-chairman of the UK's Conservative Party until this week, has been accused of maliciously editing the Wikipedia biographies of his party's rivals.
There is a public misconception of Wikipedia: that any anonymous editor can edit Wikipedia at any time, and cannot be tracked or identified.
Eight articles, one list, and five pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia in a slow week.

The Signpost: 20 May 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation's bi-annual Board of Trustees election is open for voting. Of the ten seats on the board, three are elected representatives of the global Wikimedia community—you.
The article counts of many Wikimedia wikis suddenly changed on 29 March 2015: as the Signpost reported at the time, sixty-five wikis fell below milestones tracked at the Wikimedia News Meta page, and three increased to new milestones.
The list is topped this week by Danish scientist Inge Lehmann, thanks to a Google Doodle celebrating her 127th birthday. Lehmann discovered in 1936 that the Earth has a solid inner core. It is sometimes surprising to realize how recently such basic scientific knowledge of the Earth, which we now take for granted, was discovered.
Wikipedia editors logging in on May 19 found themselves walking into an unexpected amount of anti-vandal work to keep the site in line with its extensive biographies of living persons policy. A plethora of Wikipedia articles related to the United States House Committee on Appropriations, and the fifty-one representatives serving on it, have been hit by a raft of anonymous editors making often vulgar edits referencing "chicken fucker," or more creative combinations: "sexual conduct", "sexual congress", "fornicator", "intimate relations", or "trysts with chickens."
Three articles, seven lists, and seven pictures were featured on the English Wikipedia.
Jimmy Wales and five others accepted the 2015 Dan David Prize at Tel Aviv University on May 17. The prize comes with US$1 million, ten percent of which goes to doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships.
This week, we had the pleasure of interviewing WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology, which has come a long way since our last interview in 2008. Like most projects, it has a long member list, but only a small subset of that group regularly contributes. With 28 featured articles and 58 top-importance start class ones, the project has clearly had some success, but has a ways to go. We talked to three regular project contributors.
The Arbitration Committee has an unusually large case load at present. Although perhaps not on a par with the high-profile, multi-party cases seen towards the end of last year and the beginning of this year, with five open cases the arbitrators are likely to be kept busy for the next several weeks.

The Signpost: 03 June 2015

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The Wikimedia Foundation's volunteer election committee has announced the election results for the three vacant seats on the Board of Trustees. Dariusz Jemielnak, James Heilman, and Denny Vrandečić are set to take up their two-year terms on the Board. They will replace the three incumbents, all of whom stood this time unsuccessfully: Phoebe Ayers, Samuel Klein, and María Sefidari.
Caitlyn Jenner—the American hero of the 1976 Olympics, a film actor, and prominent member of Keeping Up with the Kardashians—may now be the most famous openly transgender person in the world.
Since the dawn of Wikipedia, or at least since 22 December 2005, the template named Persondata has existed.
Two featured articles and ten featured pictures were promoted this week.
Over the past few weeks, developers have been working on improving Wikimedia's performance when users connect to it using SPDY.
Wikipedia appears to be the single most used website for health information globally, exceeding traffic observed at the NIH, WebMD, WHO et al..
More UK government vandalism; legend has it; minding the gender gap
The traffic report is nothing unusual this week, with a Google Doodle for astronaut Sally Ride topping the list, the accidental death of famous mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. at #2, and the normal fare of recent popular American movies and television.

The Signpost: 10 June 2015

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This week saw the publication of the Chapter-wide Financial Trends Report 2013, a now-completed research project that examines the finances and outlays of the 36 movement-affiliated chapters.
"Happy families are all alike," Leo Tolstoy said, "but unhappy families are unhappy after their own fashion."
UK media covers Wikipedia Arbitration case; Lila Tretikov visits Israel.
Four featured articles, two featured lists, one featured topic, and twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.
Today it was announced that Wikimedia sites are going to become HTTPS only, finishing up 10 year effort of rolling out HTTPS.
The Medical Translation Project, an ambitious attempt to improve and translate Wikipedia’s medical content from English into other languages, began in 2012.

The Signpost: 17 June 2015

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The Princess of Asturias Foundation announced that Wikipedia would be the recipient of the 2015 Princess of Asturias award in the category of International Cooperation.
The Arbitration Committee delivered its final decision in a case that reached the attention of the UK national press.
This would end a long-standing tradition in many countries that the skyline and the public scene should belong to everybody.
We need to be ever-diligent in ensuring that articles remain of high quality.
The rollout of HTTPS only has now been completed across all Wikimedia wikis.
We interviewed an Australian veteran who deployed to the region as a peacekeeper and now writes articles on the region's history to help him understand what he encountered there.
A more than usually severe outage Wikimedia Labs occurred after a massive database corruption implosion on June 17.
Six featured articles, seven featured lists, and seven featured pictures were promoted this week.
Author's note: This might be a violation of WP:BEANS; read at your own risk.
It wouldn't be the WikiProject report if we didn't feature an Australian topic once in a while, so this week we're looking at the left side.

The Signpost: 24 June 2015

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Over more than a decade of weekly publication, The Signpost has accumulated an incredibly lengthy and detailed record about the issues, controversies, successes, and failures of the English Wikipedia community and the movement at large.
The Wikimedia Foundation's Language Engineering team plans to introduce Content Translation—a tool that makes it easier to translate Wikipedia articles into different languages—as a beta feature on the English Wikipedia.
During 2009–2011 Google ran the Google Translation Project (GTP), a program utilising paid translators to translate most popular English Wikipedia articles to various Indian language Wikipedias.
Four articles and nine pictures were promoted to featured status this week.
One paper looks at the topic of Wikipedia governance in the context of online social production.
This past week saw the kick-off of the 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus of improving our content platform.
The Board of Trustees is the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made ...
The Hürriyet Daily News reports that the Turkish Wikipedia has posted banners on the top of the encyclopedia to warn users that a number of articles are being blocked by the Turkish government.
After six years of work, a residency in the Canadian Rockies, endless debugging, and more than a little help from my friends, I have made Print Wikipedia.