Wikipedia-l August 2005

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Probably faked article in 57(!) languages
by Michael Holzt 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

In the german Wikipedia we came accross the article [[de:The_Flowers_Of_Romance]]. While there was a band of this name in the seventies, the article is being used to promote a newly founded band from Estonia which does not seem to have any relation to the original band. Most edits of the article are from an IP in Estonia. Interestingly enough the article has been (more or less) translated into 57 languages: 11:55, 26. Jul 2005 Palica K (interwiki Ergänze: tl, lv, ro, th, rm, pl, no, nn, nl, la, pt, lb, ru, tr, gd, io, ar, ga, ee, gl, id, cs, eo, el, es, eu, an, ca, it, iu, vi, bn, sh, ur, ast, ks, sl, ku, ms, chr, yi, se, nah, sr, oc, hi, hu, bs, bg, sk, fi, ang, br, uk, hr, ht) This seems very fishy and i believe someone is playing a bad game with Wikipedia and most language version have fallen for it (until now). At least in the german wikipedia there is also an article about the alleged front man of the band: [[de:Tony Blackplait]]. It seems that all the facts mentioned in the article (like films) are fabricated, and when searching for that name in google all that came up are other Wikis (where the name has for example been included into an article about Sid Vicious) and mostly wikipedia copies. You might want to check for similiar fake articles in other languages. So i would like to make you aware of this. You might want to check the facts for yourself and maybe delete the article from the various languages. As it seems this article has been classified as a hoax (and deleted) earlier in the englisch wikipedia, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/The_Flowers_Of_Ro… In the meanwhile the article has been recreated in the english wikipedia, see [[en:The Flowers of Romance (band 2)]]. Regards Michael -- It's an insane world, but i'm proud to be a part of it. -- Bill Hicks

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Wikipedia in Neapolitan language
by Sabine Cretella 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Following our discussions on napulitano(a)yahoogroups.com about a possible wikipedia in Neapolitan language I just added the request here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages#Neapolitan Supporters and mother tongue speakers are highly welcome :-) From my side: I speak Neapolitan every day, read it without problems, but have some problems in writing - so: most of all technical support and "clean up"-function for me. Thank you for supporting our project. Ciao, Sabine ___________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it

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Re: [Wikipedia-l] Macedonian name on English Wikipedia
by Boris Lohnzweiger 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hi Milos! At the German WP we have an arbitration committee for such issues. I don't know if anything similar exists at en: but if so that would surely be worth a try. As far as I'm concerned I think Wikipedia should not rename ethnic groups at will. If a people designates itself by a certain name others have to respect that name and not change it at random. This holds especially true if that people represents the majority population of a present-day independant nation. Regards, Boris millosh(a)mutualaid.org, wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org schrieb am 29.08.05 14:02:12: Please, look at articles such as: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonians , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_Slavs , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_denar and similar. Greek nationalists, supported by one Bulgarian nationalist (just to say that Bulgarian Wikipedian community is not nationalist) are forcing naming (modern) Macedonians as "Macedonian Slavs". Even (some) people on English Wikipedia think that they can vote about the name of one ethicity/nation. This is a horror. I urge to all of you to stop that (Greek) nationalist orgy there! Wikipedia is not the place for nationalist propaganda. _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l _________________________________________________________________________ Mit der Gruppen-SMS von WEB.DE FreeMail können Sie eine SMS an alle Freunde gleichzeitig schicken: http://freemail.web.de/features/?mc=021179

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Personal wiki
by James R. Johnson 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

Hi all, Is there a site where I can download and run a wiki on my own computer? Preferably mediawiki, but something that's as easy as Firefox or Media Player to install. Thanks, James

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Wikimedia meeting today
by Angela 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

An open Wikimedia meeting will be held on IRC today. An agenda is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_agenda#August_week_4 - please suggest additions on the talk page. So far, the agenda includes: # Status of Wikicouncil # Wikinews: license and Chinese version # Seed wiki for potential new projects # Possible wiki closures: Simple, Klingon, Sep11, Others...? If you are interested in any of these topics, please come and give your opinion during the meeting. The meeting will be in #wikimedia-meeting. For anyone without an IRC client, I've created a temporary CGI gateway at http://irc.wikicities.com/meeting/ The meeting starts at 20:00 UTC (<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Timezone_conversion>) and should last no more than two hours. Angela.

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The "What links here" function
by Habj 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

At least at Swedish Wikipedia, we have noticed that the function "what links here" doesn't work properly. It misses out lots of links to the page in question, which is a bit annoying. It has been like this since the upgrade to MediaWiki 1.5. Is it like this on all the Wikipedias? Is there info on the progress on the matter somewhere? Has it been fixed on some Wikipedias, and if so, is there something we can install at svwiki to make the function work properly again? Regards /Habj

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Re: What links here?
by Jakob Voss 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Cormac Lawler wrote: > Is there a Kate's tools-like way of counting the number of pages that > link to any given page through the "What links here" function? This > would be useful to see which policy pages are most often cited, for > example. > > Oh, and I mean a *simple* tool for a technologically simple guy like me. That's a very interesting idea! I just posted an answer to my blog: http://wm.sieheauch.de/?p=19 Greetings, Jakob

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creation of wikipedia in kokborok language
by Bonnie Deb Barma 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

please create the wikipedia for the kokborok language. ( the language wikipage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokborok) please guide me on this subject furthur thnx Bonnie

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user pages in default dump
by wmf＠timshell.com 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Is it possible and desirable to exclude user pages from the database dump? So they don't end up on sites like Nazipedia ? Tim

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Re: Change of Interwiki name for Moldovan language
by Wikipedia Romania (Ronline) 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

Node, the Ronline proposal was basically a proposal to *save* the Moldovan Wikipedia with a few compromises. I don't know why you're saying that the result "could've tipped the other way". The other way was the shutting down of the Moldovan Wikipedia. The Ronline proposal basically enabled the Moldovan Wikipedia to go forward, which is why it was voted by all the three users you claim are legitimate (me, you and Dmitriid). Had Gabix been given the right to vote, I am nearly certain he would have voted for the Ronline proposal (instead of the shutting down option). I have observed your arguments with many people on the Moldovan language and Romanian language articles on Wikipedia (and mostly I have chosen not to involve myself) but I think that you need to understand that in a case like this, compromise is necessary. The "chirilica" inclusion *is* necessary and is a reasonable compromise. The only way to have voted against that inclusion was to have voted against the Ronline proposal, in which case the Moldovan Wikipedia would have been shut down. You had the chance to make an amendment even, and yet you didn't. Dmitriid made one (about Wikipedia in romana instead of Wikipedia Romania, I think) and his was voted in. However, as I said on the Moldovan Wikipedia, anyone has the chance to propose a new proposal or call a vote on the existing proposal or model. So, if you're unhappy about the chirilica inclusion, then propose an amendment and put it up for voting. Until that, the Ronline proposal must be fully implemented, because it was voted in, and one of the inclusions must be the chirilica interwiki. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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