I apologize for the lateness of this week's email.
I would like to highlight the recognition of the Dehalvi Wikimedia Community User Group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dehalvi_Wikimedia_User_Group and Wikimedia Community User Group Math https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Math. (I wish that I could translate this email's subject line into Urdu. Regrettably, I have doubts regarding the automated translation. I would be appreciative if anyone would like to share a manual translation of the subject line into Urdu.)
I thought that this thread on Wikitech-l was interesting: "Difference between #goal and #epic https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-July/092299.html".
Last week there were at least two notable anniversaries in space exploration. 1. 20 July 1969 was the date that astronauts on the Apollo 11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 spaceflight landed on Earth's moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon. 2. 23 July 1995 was when two astronomers, one of them being an amateur astronomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomer, first discovered Comet Hale–Bopp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp.
I enjoy looking at English Wikipedia featured pictures, including these subcategories of space featured pictures: * Looking out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Looking_out * Understanding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Understanding * Getting there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Getting_there * Looking back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Looking_back * Panorama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Panorama
My guess is that many of us have looked up at the sky at night and thought about the moon, the stars, and the planets. Maybe you have seen shooting stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosmic_Fireball_Falling_Over_ALMA.jpg, comets like Hale–Bopp, or the Milky Way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beneath_the_Milky_Way.jpg. If you have the opportunity to try astronomy or night photography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Astronoomiahuvilised.jpg, I encourage you to do so.
I would like to close this email with two quotes.
First, the famous quote by astronaut Neil Armstrong as he first set foot on the Moon: "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frase_de_Neil_Armstrong.ogg."
Second, a quote by amateur astronomer Thomas Bopp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bopp: " I--I'll never give up looking at the skies. There's so many beautiful things there. And I love to share that with people."
What's making you happy this week? You are welcome to comment in any language
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