The Signpost

Discussion report

Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more

This is mostly a list of Non-article page requests for comment believed to be active on 15 October 2013 linked from subpages of Wikipedia:RfC, recent watchlist notices and SiteNotices. The latter two are in bold. Items that are new to this report are in italics even if they are not new discussions. If an item can be listed under more than one category it is usually listed once only in this report. Clarifications and corrections are appreciated; please leave them in this article's comment box at the bottom of the page.

Style and naming

Policies and guidelines

A police officer writes a traffic ticket. English Wikipedia's discretionary sanctions process is under discussion.

WikiProjects and collaborations

Technical issues and templates

The Ada programming language is named for English mathematician and computer programmer Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, now commonly known as Ada Lovelace. She is often described as the world's first computer programmer. On October 15, Ada Lovelace Day celebrates women in science, engineering, technology and mathematics. Wikimedia notes Ada Lovelace Day with an entry in the Wikimedia Blog profiling veteran English Wikipedia contributor Emily Temple-Wood, and with the promotion of this portrait of Ada Lovelace to featured picture on English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

Proposals

English Wikipedia notable requests for permissions

(This section will include active RfAs, RfBs, CU/OS appointment requests, and Arbcom elections)

Meta

Upcoming online meetings


This photo of the Tivoli Bridge in Sète, France, is the favorite of Wikimedia Commons contributor Christian Ferrer. Ferrer is profiled in a post on the Wikimedia Blog called "Wikimedia Commons, 'a step towards equality and freedom'".

















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