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Welcome to the drive!

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Fix a random page lacking sources

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Wikidata weekly summary #617

Women in Red March 2024

Women in Red | March 2024, Volume 10, Issue 3, Numbers 293, 294, 299, 300, 301

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Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

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Celebrate Women – All content gender gap events, in every language Wikipedia, in March 2024
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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 26

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January and February 2024—Issue 026

Tree of Life

Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content
Alpine ibex by LittleJerry Markham's storm petrel by FunkMonk, Jens Lallensack, and Therapyisgood List of primates by PresN List of birds of Alberta by grungaloo Rice by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by RecycledPixels Barley by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Bruxton Chicken by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by DocZach Cereal by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Bruxton Ant mimicry by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun Anopheles by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun Mosquito by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by 20 upper Cherry blossom by Reconrabbit, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Sei whale by 20 upper, reviewed by grungaloo Megaherbivore by 20 upper, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Brown bear by 20 upper, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Indian rhinoceros by 20 upper, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Hypericum hircinum by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by grungaloo Hypericum foliosum by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Hypericum grandifolium by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by Esculenta Boquila by Etriusus, reviewed by Chiswick Chap Aptostichus barackobamai by Etriusus, reviewed by Esculenta Crassispira incrassata by Etriusus, reviewed by 20 upper Punctelia by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth Chrysothrix chlorina by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth Chrysothrix chlorina by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth Ramalina peruviana by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth Menemerus animatus by simongraham, reviewed by Esculenta Afraflacilla braunsi by simongraham, reviewed by grungaloo Nasutoceratops by FunkMonk, reviewed by Jens Lallensack Pseudastacus by Olmagon, reviewed by FunkMonk Angustidontus by Super Dromaeosaurus and Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Amitchell125 Pruemopterus by Super Dromaeosaurus and Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Etriusus Black-billed magpie by grungaloo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack Black-capped chickadee by grungaloo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack Horned sungem by Jens Lallensack, reviewed by grungaloo Flaco (owl) by Rhododendrites, reviewed by Etriusus Telonemia by Snotoleks, reviewed by Esculenta "Pliosaurus" andrewsi by Amirani1746, reviewed by grungaloo Beaver drop by Lightburst, reviewed by Chiswick Chap

Newly nominated content
Horned sungem by Jens Lallensack Tufted jay by grungaloo Nasutoceratops by FunkMonk Maize by Chiswick Chap Cattle by Chiswick Chap Pig by Chiswick Chap Domestic duck by Chiswick Chap Eusociality by Chiswick Chap Fish by Chiswick Chap Barnacle by Chiswick Chap Ochrophyte by Snotoleks Parvilucifera by Snotoleks Thalattoarchon by Amirani1746 Hydropunctaria amphibia by Esculenta Melanohalea by Esculenta Spot test (lichen) by Esculenta Lecideaceae by Esculenta Hypericum × inodorum by Fritzmann2002 Hypericum sect. Androsaemum by Fritzmann2002 Olga Hartman by Viriditas Mixtotherium by PrimalMustelid Enhydriodon by PrimalMustelid Lentinus brumalis by Зэгс ус

News at a glance

Our first double issue in almost four years, although we will try to return to a monthly schedule henceforth (incidentally, the last double issue saw Markham's storm petrel at GAN, and this one sees it finally pass FAC).
A highly competitive first round of the WikiCup sees four Tree of Life editors advance to the second round: MtBotany, Fritzmann2002, Ealdgyth, and AryKun
The March 2024 GAN Backlog Drive starts today; everyone is welcome to participate and help reduce the backlog of GANs.
The January edition of our monthly rolling contest was won by Quetzal1964 with 100 points from 40 articles, mainly related to various species of marine fish. simongraham was second with 80 points from 14 articles on jumping spiders.
The February edition saw Quetzal1964 win for the second time in a row, with 114 points from 43 articles. In second place was Snoteleks, with 21 points from 7 seven articles on various unicellular eukaryotes, including the GA Telonemia.

January DYKs

... that Dacrytherium, literally meaning 'tear beast', was named after its "tear-pit"? (3 January)
... that misidentifications of the crested cuckoo-dove have led to claims that the extinct Choiseul pigeon is still around? (4 January)
... that the wood-pasture hypothesis posits that semi-open wood pastures and not primeval forests are the natural vegetation of temperate Europe? (5 January)
... that until April 2023, when the genus Triassosculda was discovered, the mantis shrimp fossil record contained a gap of more than a hundred million years? (5 January)
... that although Olga Hartman believed that her basic research on marine worms had no practical value, it was applied to experimental studies of oysters? (6 January)
... that Oxford ivy grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed? (17 January)
... that S. F. Light (pictured) disliked using his full name? (20 January)
... that the fossil turtle Acherontemys was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"? (26 January)
... that a species of spider is named after Barack Obama? (27 January)
... that Boquila trifoliolata is the only known plant capable of simultaneously mimicking multiple species? (27 January)
... that Harpegnathos alperti worker ants have black heads and chocolate-colored mandibles? (28 January)
... that all known populations of Epipterygium opararense (example pictured) live within a 5-metre (16 ft) radius in New Zealand? (28 January)
... that female swamp guppies (pictured) show no preference for orange or red coloration during courtship? (29 January)

S. F. Light examining termites
Epipterygium opararense
Gold-morph swamp guppies

February DYKs

... that black-billed magpies are known to eat ticks off deer and other large mammals (example pictured)? (1 February)
... that scientist Adelaida K. Semesi was known as "mama mangroves" due to her specialist knowledge of their ecology? (2 February)
... that for the southern molly, sexual selection favors smaller males because they copulate by sneaking up to females? (2 February)
... that eyelash seaweed may have been made extinct by a single 2016 earthquake? (4 February)
... that conservation in Indonesia had little local support after independence because it was associated with the Dutch colonial period? (5 February)
... that the artiodactyl Ephelcomenus is thought to have been capable of burrowing? (6 February)
... that male mangrove mollies mate sneakily? (14 February)
... that barley was once used as a form of money? (14 February)
... it has been suggested that Crassispira incrassata may be a southern variation of Crassispira bottae and not its own species? (15 February)
... that the shining St John's wort owes its bright colors partly to carotenoid compounds? (18 February)
... that having lived in Central Park for more than a year after becoming homeless, Flaco (pictured) has been accused of being a peeping tom? (19 February)
... that the horned sungem (example pictured) is sometimes a nectar robber? (24 February)
... that the sea slug Bosellia mimetica benefits from photosynthesis? (25 February)
... that almost all members of a flock of tufted jays work together to build a nest? (28 February)
... that the hippocampus of the black-capped chickadee grows in the fall and shrinks in the spring? (29 February)
... that an Indian rhinoceros, sent as a gift to Pope Leo X in 1515, was immortalised as Dürer's Rhinoceros after dying in a shipwreck? (29 February)

Black-billed magpie eating ticks off the back of a cow
Flaco peeping through a window
Horned sungem robbing a flower

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Wikidata weekly summary #618

Books & Bytes – Issue 61

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
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February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

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		This award is given in recognition to Oronsay for collecting 1 point during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:24, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: February 2024

This Month in GLAM – Volume XIV, Issue II, February 2024
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Albania report: One village, One article in Albania and Kosovo Australia report: On tour Brazil report: News from Rio de Janeiro France report: Open Content Observatory letter Italy report: Antarctic Writing Month and GLAM call Kosovo report: One Village, One Article Campaign New Zealand report: WikiProject Te Papa Research Expeditions, wrapping up the Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau local histories project, and the Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large Poland report: WikiMatejko editing action; The eighth European GLAM Wiki coordinators meet up Spain report: SMALL GLAM SLAM Pilot 1 Rapid Grant Sweden report: Working life museums UK report: National Trust, Leeds 2023, and Khalili Foundation USA report: Hacking Night; Seattle Meetups; Denver Huddle; Wikipedia Day LA; San Diego/February 2024; Supreme Court visit Biodiversity Heritage Library report: BHL-Wiki Working Group February Monthly Highlights Wikidata report: Working with catalogues: a Wikidata volunteer’s perspective WMF GLAM report: Updates on OpenRefine training and Wikisource Loves manuscripts Calendar: March's GLAM events
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Wikidata weekly summary #619

Precious anniversary

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@Gerda Arendt, While I was aware that this anniversary was coming up, you dropping by with this recognition is very much appreciated today. Thank you! Oronsay (talk) 18:49, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly Summary #620

Wikidata weekly Summary #621

The Signpost: 29 March 2024

Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year

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Women in Red April 2024

Women in Red | April 2024, Volume 10, Issue 4, Numbers 293, 294, 302, 303, 304

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New: Alphabet run S & T | Gender studies | Health

Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

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Thank you for Margaret Whyte and Lucy Morice edits

I can't believe I used the 'passed away' phrase already!! I am going to have to try hard to remember not to do that :) I was going to make a disambiguation page for Margaret Whyte, but I got part way through the process, while consulting various info pages about them, and stopped because I wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do and I wanted to ask about it. So it was good to see how you just added the link to the other Margaret Whyte page. I am glad I didn't make the page. AdaWoolf (talk) 07:09, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. You are doing a great job. I see the new articles from Australia and also about women nearly every day, so check on a number of things. I generally add hatnotes as I did for Margaret, but when there are too many, like 3 or 4, a dedicated page is better. I am generally reluctant to move the original holder from the page as there may be many incoming links that would all need to be updated. Many thanks for your contributions. Oronsay (talk) 07:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #622

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello Oronsay,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

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WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

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Joseph Falson moved to draftspace

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This Month in GLAM: March 2024

This Month in GLAM – Volume XIV, Issue III, March 2024
Headlines
Albania report: WikiGap Tirana 2024 Australia report: Art+Feminism in Australia Belgium report: Belgian Public domain day and Wiki Loves Heritage awards on March 7 Brazil report: A GLAM focus on Rio de Janeiro; Archivos en vigília Colombia report: Making the public domain visible on Wikidata; In Colombia Women are historical Italy report: GLAM call winner projects Netherlands report: GLAMorousToHTML - a tool to list Wikipedia articles that include images from a given Commons category New Zealand report: Update on Wikidata:WikiProject Te Papa research expeditions and the Wikipedian at Large Poland report: What's up in GLAM-Wiki in Poland in March Sweden report: More photo memories – and the community is helping out; Yearly student project Switzerland report: Swiss GLAM Programme UK report: A small problem with the Ottoman Empire USA report: GLAM CSI and WikiPortraits launch and more meetups Biodiversity Heritage Library report: BHL-Wiki Working Group March monthly highlights Content Partnerships Hub report: GLAMorousToHTML - a tool to list Wikipedia articles that include images from a given Commons category Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: WikiLearn course for OpenRefine on Wikimedia Commons WMF GLAM report: Learn to upload to Commons with OpenRefine and get up to date on the International Museum Day, GLAM CSI, WiLMa Network, and WikiWorkshop Calendar: April's GLAM events
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Names

Hi @Oronsay, I have a question for you about names and page titles.

I have read the WIR Primer section about choosing a name. But I now I am trying to work out the best way to apply it. I am editing a page of a 20th century hockey player and coach whose page is currently called May Campbell. She was born May Pearce, and used that name for her early hockey career playing for her state and the Australian team. She was part of a family that had six hockey playing sisters and they were referred to as the 'Pearce sisters' in the papers. Then she got married in 1943 and the papers started saying 'May Campbell, better known as May Pearce' and then in 1980 when she was made an MBE she was listed as 'Mrs May Emma Campbell' And there is an award named in her honour called the 'May Campbell medal'. There is a redirect for May Pearce, and I created a redirect called May Pearce Campbell.

My questions are:

Do you think the primary page should stay at 'May Campbell' or do you think that 'May Pearce Campbell' is a good option? I would prefer the latter, because I feel like it incorporates the records of her early achievements with her later achievements. But what are your thoughts?
In terms of formatting the starting sentence it is currently:
May Emma Campbell (née Pearce) (2 November 1915 – 16 February 1981) was a...

But should the (née Pearce) be in brackets? I have seen people also link the née, or add the (née pearce) to the bold section. What are your preferences? Would you put the middle name in here?

AdaWoolf (talk) 23:04, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AdaWoolf, MC has occupied that name since 2008. I think the page is fine where it is, particularly now that you have created a redirect from MPC to it. It would be more likely for the article to be moved to MC (hockey), like the MC (rugby union) article. That may happen if another MC gets a bio. Formatting thoughts to follow. Oronsay (talk) 03:33, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay great. Good to know that you also consider how long a page has been under that name, I didn't think about that. Thanks. AdaWoolf (talk) 20:59, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AdaWoolf: I've sent you an email with more thoughts. Oronsay (talk) 00:10, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #622

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

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Wikidata weekly summary #624

Books & Bytes – Issue 62

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
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