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WikiWorld: "Dr. Seuss" | Wikipedia in the News |
Dispatches: Reviewing non-free images | Features and admins |
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This week, I'd like to thank David Mestel, our contributor for the arbitration report, who will be taking an indefinite break from the Signpost to focus on other things. David has been writing the arbitration report nearly every week since July 2006 (the longest tenure as a feature writer in our history), and his hard work there has been appreciated.
I'll be picking up the feature for next week.
Thanks for reading the Signpost.
— Ral315
This week's WikiWorld comic uses text from " Dr. Seuss". The comic is released under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 license for use on Wikipedia and elsewhere.
Wikipedia depends on collaboration for success (18 September 2008, Daily Trojan)
Professor Robert E. Kraut of Carnegie Mellon University discussed the factors that are involved in the success of online communities, and his own research into the coordination techniques of Wikipedia. Success in an online community can be defined in a number of ways, he said, but to succeed, online communities need to overcome challenges such as a lack of response to posts, recruiting members and welcoming newcomers. Focusing on Wikipedia, Kraut said that Wikipedia articles require "an awful lot of substantial coordination", for example, in planning the article or dealing with disputes. There is explicit coordination (such as through planning and discussing) and implicit coordination (such as through structuring), he said, and the coordination work lies beneath the surface of the article.
Other recent mentions in the online media include:
You may remember that the 11 August 2008 Dispatch discussed the reviewing of "free" images. In this sequel, we discuss the reviewing of "non-free" images. As a refresher, the distinction between "free" and "non-free" is as follows:
"Non-free" images often appear in Wikipedia's best articles. The featured article criteria state that " Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly". Similarly, the good article criteria require that " valid fair use rationales be provided for non-free content".
The Wikimedia Foundation has adopted two positions, among others, that taken together pose a conundrum:
The conundrum is that freely sharing in the sum of all knowledge and developing content under a free license or in the public domain are inherently at odds. There is a huge body of notable and important works whose copyrights remain fully reserved. How, then, can the English Wikipedia best articulate and convey an understanding of such works while still adhering to its Mission of developing content under a free license? Is one more important than the other?
On 23 March 2007, the Foundation passed a licensing policy resolution that allows individual projects to make their own determinations. With the exception of the Wikimedia Commons, projects were given the option of each developing an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP). [1] The English Wikipedia elected to allow the inclusion of "non-free" content. [2] The non-free content criteria (NFCC) serve as its EDP.
Fair use is a provision in US copyright law that, in certain circumstances, limits a copyright holder's exclusive rights to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce a work. Copyright law sets forth:
"... fair use of a copyrighted work, ... for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright" ( 17 USC Sec. 107).
The existence of fair use is what allows the use of "non-free" content to even be an option in the first place; while US fair-use law establishes legality in a technical sense, our NFCC are stricter than the requirements of the law so that Wikipedia's Mission can be pursued worldwide. Merely qualifying as fair use under US law may not be enough to allow the use of an image on Wikipedia. For example, US copyright law allows the fair use of a fully copyrighted photo of the Capitol building, but using it, even in our article on that building, would violate Wikipedia's NFC Criterion 1.
"Non-free" images are, in a sense, simpler to review than "free" images. As there is no burden to prove or support a copyleft license or a public domain claim, knowledge of copyright law is not generally necessary to review "non-free" images. Additionally, the NFCC quite literally function as a checklist of considerations relevant to every "non-free" image. If an image passes all of the criteria, its use is supported. "Free" images do not have such a checklist.
As explained above, the NFCC are a significant departure from statutory fair-use considerations. [3] The NFCC are deliberately more restrictive than fair use for, among others, the following reasons:
A "non-free" image must meet all ten criteria and their sub-criteria.
Several non-free content criteria are universally applicable in that they involve considerations not directly pertaining to an image's use or position in a particular article. These criteria are generally self-explanatory and typically not open to interpretation or subject to disagreement.
2. Respect for commercial opportunities. Non-free content is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
4. Previous publication. Non-free content must have been published or publicly displayed outside Wikipedia.
5. Content. Non-free content meets general Wikipedia content standards and is encyclopedic.
6. Media-specific policy. The material meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
7. One-article minimum. Non-free content is used in at least one article.
9. Restrictions on location. Non-free content is allowed only in articles (not disambiguation pages), and only in article namespace, subject to exemptions.
10. Image description page. The image or media description page contains the following:
A. Attribution of the source of the material and, if different from the source, of the copyright holder. See: Wikipedia:Citing sources#When uploading an image.
B. A copyright tag that indicates which Wikipedia policy provision is claimed to permit the use. For a list of image copyright tags, see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free content.
C. The name of each article (a link to the articles is recommended as well) in which fair use is claimed for the item, and a separate, specific fair-use rationale for each use of the item, as explained at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. The rationale is presented in clear, plain language and is relevant to each use.
Unlike the preceding criteria, an image's satisfaction of the following criteria involves considerations of the way in which it is utilized in a given article and its relationship with the article's other images.
1. No free equivalent. Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose. Where possible, non-free content is transformed into free material instead of using a fair-use defense, or replaced with a freer alternative if one of acceptable quality is available; "acceptable quality" means a quality sufficient to serve the encyclopedic purpose.
3. Minimization:
3A. Minimal usage. Multiple items of non-free content are not used if one item can convey equivalent significant information.
3B. Minimal extent of use. An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice. Low- rather than high-resolution/fidelity/bit rate is used (especially where the original could be used for deliberate copyright infringement). This rule also applies to the copy in the Image: namespace.
8. Significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic.
The use of a "non-free" image requires a justification for its usage be presented on its image description page. This justification is called a "non-free use rationale" or, alternatively, a "fair use rationale". The purpose of the rationale is to articulate how the image meets the NFCC and to assist others in determining the appropriate application of the image. In so doing, the rationale should allow others to determine whether use of the image is indeed appropriate for Wikipedia.
A separate, specific rationale must be provided each time the image is used in an article. Although seemingly redundant, this is necessary as an image should be fulfilling a unique purpose in each article. Image:WW2 Iwo Jima flag raising.jpg, for example, is itself the topic of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima article, while, in the Joe Rosenthal article, it is illustrative of the work for which the topic (Rosenthal) received the Pulitzer Prize - one image, two very different purposes.
The non-free use rationale guideline (WP:FURG), incorporated into the NFCC by reference, requires a rationale to do the following:
Reviewers should check to ensure that the rationale for the relevant article provides statements addressing these components. It is generally advisable to use the {{ Non-free use rationale}} or a topic-specific template, as it provides fields for the necessary components (i.e. a passive prompt to provide the necessary statements) and is more readily accessible than a rationale formatted as a paragraph.
WP:FURG requires a "detailed" and "specific" rationale. NFCC require the rationale to be "presented in clear, plain language and is relevant to each use". Writing a solid rationale, further, is often the best way to demonstrate satisfaction of Criterion 8. A well-written rationale will be explicit and articulate an actual purpose (not just a function, as is too often the case). Consider the following examples:
Three users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process over the last two weeks: Cirt ( nom), Aitias ( nom), and Dougweller ( nom).
Ten bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating over the last two weeks: AnomieBOT ( task request), HerculeBot ( task request), Rick Bot ( task request), SelectionBot ( task request), Sambot ( task request), Plasticbot ( task request), AnomieBOT ( task request), AnomieBOT ( task request), Kaspobot ( task request), and Lightbot ( task request).
Eighteen articles were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks: Alexandra of Denmark ( nom), Fauna of Scotland ( nom), Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway ( nom), Guadalcanal Campaign ( nom), Margaret Fuller ( nom), Bill Brown (cricketer) ( nom), Old Trafford ( nom), Hillsgrove Covered Bridge ( nom), The Great American Bash (2005) ( nom), 2005 Sugar Bowl ( nom), Harry Murray ( nom), Go Man Go ( nom), Group (mathematics) ( nom), Yttrium ( nom), 2002 Atlantic hurricane season ( nom), William Hanna ( nom), Myst IV: Revelation ( nom), and Battle of Goliad ( nom).
Twenty six lists were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks: All-NBA Team ( nom), List of Wolfmother awards ( nom), List of Liverpool F.C. statistics and records ( nom), Nashville Sounds seasons ( nom), List of Olympic records in athletics ( nom), Moons of Jupiter ( nom), List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2001 ( nom), List of Björk awards ( nom), Aston Villa F.C. statistics and records ( nom), List of solar eclipses in the 21st century ( nom), List of Billy Talent awards ( nom), Sunderland A.F.C. seasons ( nom), List of Rage Against the Machine awards ( nom), List of Governors of Alaska ( nom), Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season ( nom), Joel Turner discography ( nom), List of Denver Nuggets head coaches ( nom), List of New York Rangers head coaches ( nom), Mastodon discography ( nom), The O.C. (season 2) ( nom), List of UEFA Super Cup winners ( nom), Los Angeles Lakers seasons ( nom), List of Timbaland awards ( nom), Paul Kelly discography ( nom), List of state highways in Marquette County, Michigan ( nom), and List of awards and nominations received by Ludacris ( nom).
One topic was promoted to featured status over the last two weeks: Guadalcanal Campaign ( nom). Five topics were promoted to good status over the last two weeks: Main asteroid belt ( nom), Gliese 876 ( nom), Upsilon Andromedae ( nom), 47 Ursae Majoris ( nom), and Final Fantasy XII ( nom).
No portals were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks.
The following featured articles were displayed over the last two weeks on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Yellowstone fires of 1988, Chinua Achebe, Warwick Castle, United Airlines Flight 93, Jackie Chan, Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes, Francis Harvey, John Bull, Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang, David Lovering, Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory, Anekantavada, Jena Six, and Alzheimer's disease.
Five articles were delisted over the last two weeks: Ido ( nom), Spoo ( nom), Pilot (House) ( nom), Blues ( nom), and History of Test cricket from 1884 to 1889 ( nom).
Two lists were delisted over the last two weeks: List of Governors of Delaware ( nom) and List of municipalities of Portugal ( nom).
No topics were delisted over the last two weeks.
The following featured pictures were displayed over the last two weeks on the Main Page as picture of the day: Green Violetear, Ambrose Burnside, Gibraltar, Collapse of the World Trade Center, Husband Hill, Playboating, Vindula arsinoe, Parallax, Flagellum, New England Tree Frog, Hurricane Isabel, Kentish Plover, George Armstrong Custer, and Traditional clothing of the Māori.
Twelve sounds were featured over the last two weeks: I'm Just Wild About Harry ( nom), The Right of the People to Rule ( nom), Save A Little Dram For Me ( nom), Por una cabeza ( nom), Suikinkutsu ( nom), Singing sand ( nom), How can they tell that I'm Irish? ( nom), and "Los Cuatro Generales" and "Viva La Quince Brigada" ( nom).
Set of
Charles Gounod's Petite Symphonie pour neuf instruments à vent (Little Symphony for Nine Woodwinds):
Movement I: Adagio, allegro,
Movement II: Andante cantabile,
Movement III: Scherzo (Allegro moderato), and
Movement IV: Finale (Allegretto) (
nom)
Set of Three gospel songs from 1943:
Oh Jonah!,
My Lord Is Writin', and
We are Americans, Praise the Lord (
nom)
No featured pictures were demoted this week.
Sixteen pictures were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks and are shown below.
This is a summary of recent technology and site configuration changes that affect the English Wikipedia. Note that not all changes described here are necessarily live as of press time; the English Wikipedia is currently running version 1.43.0-wmf.13 (8eaf4e5), and changes to the software with a version number higher than that will not yet be active. Configuration changes and changes to interface messages, however, become active immediately.
The Arbitration Committee did not open or close any cases this week, leaving four currently open.
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Volume 4, Issue 38 | 22 September 2008 | About the Signpost |
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( ← Prev) | 2008 archives | ( Next →) |
|
From the editor | |
WikiWorld: "Dr. Seuss" | Wikipedia in the News |
Dispatches: Reviewing non-free images | Features and admins |
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News | The Report on Lengthy Litigation |
| |
Home | Archives | Newsroom | Tip Line | Shortcut : WP:POST/A |
|
This week, I'd like to thank David Mestel, our contributor for the arbitration report, who will be taking an indefinite break from the Signpost to focus on other things. David has been writing the arbitration report nearly every week since July 2006 (the longest tenure as a feature writer in our history), and his hard work there has been appreciated.
I'll be picking up the feature for next week.
Thanks for reading the Signpost.
— Ral315
This week's WikiWorld comic uses text from " Dr. Seuss". The comic is released under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 license for use on Wikipedia and elsewhere.
Wikipedia depends on collaboration for success (18 September 2008, Daily Trojan)
Professor Robert E. Kraut of Carnegie Mellon University discussed the factors that are involved in the success of online communities, and his own research into the coordination techniques of Wikipedia. Success in an online community can be defined in a number of ways, he said, but to succeed, online communities need to overcome challenges such as a lack of response to posts, recruiting members and welcoming newcomers. Focusing on Wikipedia, Kraut said that Wikipedia articles require "an awful lot of substantial coordination", for example, in planning the article or dealing with disputes. There is explicit coordination (such as through planning and discussing) and implicit coordination (such as through structuring), he said, and the coordination work lies beneath the surface of the article.
Other recent mentions in the online media include:
You may remember that the 11 August 2008 Dispatch discussed the reviewing of "free" images. In this sequel, we discuss the reviewing of "non-free" images. As a refresher, the distinction between "free" and "non-free" is as follows:
"Non-free" images often appear in Wikipedia's best articles. The featured article criteria state that " Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly". Similarly, the good article criteria require that " valid fair use rationales be provided for non-free content".
The Wikimedia Foundation has adopted two positions, among others, that taken together pose a conundrum:
The conundrum is that freely sharing in the sum of all knowledge and developing content under a free license or in the public domain are inherently at odds. There is a huge body of notable and important works whose copyrights remain fully reserved. How, then, can the English Wikipedia best articulate and convey an understanding of such works while still adhering to its Mission of developing content under a free license? Is one more important than the other?
On 23 March 2007, the Foundation passed a licensing policy resolution that allows individual projects to make their own determinations. With the exception of the Wikimedia Commons, projects were given the option of each developing an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP). [1] The English Wikipedia elected to allow the inclusion of "non-free" content. [2] The non-free content criteria (NFCC) serve as its EDP.
Fair use is a provision in US copyright law that, in certain circumstances, limits a copyright holder's exclusive rights to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce a work. Copyright law sets forth:
"... fair use of a copyrighted work, ... for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright" ( 17 USC Sec. 107).
The existence of fair use is what allows the use of "non-free" content to even be an option in the first place; while US fair-use law establishes legality in a technical sense, our NFCC are stricter than the requirements of the law so that Wikipedia's Mission can be pursued worldwide. Merely qualifying as fair use under US law may not be enough to allow the use of an image on Wikipedia. For example, US copyright law allows the fair use of a fully copyrighted photo of the Capitol building, but using it, even in our article on that building, would violate Wikipedia's NFC Criterion 1.
"Non-free" images are, in a sense, simpler to review than "free" images. As there is no burden to prove or support a copyleft license or a public domain claim, knowledge of copyright law is not generally necessary to review "non-free" images. Additionally, the NFCC quite literally function as a checklist of considerations relevant to every "non-free" image. If an image passes all of the criteria, its use is supported. "Free" images do not have such a checklist.
As explained above, the NFCC are a significant departure from statutory fair-use considerations. [3] The NFCC are deliberately more restrictive than fair use for, among others, the following reasons:
A "non-free" image must meet all ten criteria and their sub-criteria.
Several non-free content criteria are universally applicable in that they involve considerations not directly pertaining to an image's use or position in a particular article. These criteria are generally self-explanatory and typically not open to interpretation or subject to disagreement.
2. Respect for commercial opportunities. Non-free content is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
4. Previous publication. Non-free content must have been published or publicly displayed outside Wikipedia.
5. Content. Non-free content meets general Wikipedia content standards and is encyclopedic.
6. Media-specific policy. The material meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
7. One-article minimum. Non-free content is used in at least one article.
9. Restrictions on location. Non-free content is allowed only in articles (not disambiguation pages), and only in article namespace, subject to exemptions.
10. Image description page. The image or media description page contains the following:
A. Attribution of the source of the material and, if different from the source, of the copyright holder. See: Wikipedia:Citing sources#When uploading an image.
B. A copyright tag that indicates which Wikipedia policy provision is claimed to permit the use. For a list of image copyright tags, see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free content.
C. The name of each article (a link to the articles is recommended as well) in which fair use is claimed for the item, and a separate, specific fair-use rationale for each use of the item, as explained at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. The rationale is presented in clear, plain language and is relevant to each use.
Unlike the preceding criteria, an image's satisfaction of the following criteria involves considerations of the way in which it is utilized in a given article and its relationship with the article's other images.
1. No free equivalent. Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose. Where possible, non-free content is transformed into free material instead of using a fair-use defense, or replaced with a freer alternative if one of acceptable quality is available; "acceptable quality" means a quality sufficient to serve the encyclopedic purpose.
3. Minimization:
3A. Minimal usage. Multiple items of non-free content are not used if one item can convey equivalent significant information.
3B. Minimal extent of use. An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice. Low- rather than high-resolution/fidelity/bit rate is used (especially where the original could be used for deliberate copyright infringement). This rule also applies to the copy in the Image: namespace.
8. Significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic.
The use of a "non-free" image requires a justification for its usage be presented on its image description page. This justification is called a "non-free use rationale" or, alternatively, a "fair use rationale". The purpose of the rationale is to articulate how the image meets the NFCC and to assist others in determining the appropriate application of the image. In so doing, the rationale should allow others to determine whether use of the image is indeed appropriate for Wikipedia.
A separate, specific rationale must be provided each time the image is used in an article. Although seemingly redundant, this is necessary as an image should be fulfilling a unique purpose in each article. Image:WW2 Iwo Jima flag raising.jpg, for example, is itself the topic of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima article, while, in the Joe Rosenthal article, it is illustrative of the work for which the topic (Rosenthal) received the Pulitzer Prize - one image, two very different purposes.
The non-free use rationale guideline (WP:FURG), incorporated into the NFCC by reference, requires a rationale to do the following:
Reviewers should check to ensure that the rationale for the relevant article provides statements addressing these components. It is generally advisable to use the {{ Non-free use rationale}} or a topic-specific template, as it provides fields for the necessary components (i.e. a passive prompt to provide the necessary statements) and is more readily accessible than a rationale formatted as a paragraph.
WP:FURG requires a "detailed" and "specific" rationale. NFCC require the rationale to be "presented in clear, plain language and is relevant to each use". Writing a solid rationale, further, is often the best way to demonstrate satisfaction of Criterion 8. A well-written rationale will be explicit and articulate an actual purpose (not just a function, as is too often the case). Consider the following examples:
Three users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process over the last two weeks: Cirt ( nom), Aitias ( nom), and Dougweller ( nom).
Ten bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating over the last two weeks: AnomieBOT ( task request), HerculeBot ( task request), Rick Bot ( task request), SelectionBot ( task request), Sambot ( task request), Plasticbot ( task request), AnomieBOT ( task request), AnomieBOT ( task request), Kaspobot ( task request), and Lightbot ( task request).
Eighteen articles were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks: Alexandra of Denmark ( nom), Fauna of Scotland ( nom), Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway ( nom), Guadalcanal Campaign ( nom), Margaret Fuller ( nom), Bill Brown (cricketer) ( nom), Old Trafford ( nom), Hillsgrove Covered Bridge ( nom), The Great American Bash (2005) ( nom), 2005 Sugar Bowl ( nom), Harry Murray ( nom), Go Man Go ( nom), Group (mathematics) ( nom), Yttrium ( nom), 2002 Atlantic hurricane season ( nom), William Hanna ( nom), Myst IV: Revelation ( nom), and Battle of Goliad ( nom).
Twenty six lists were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks: All-NBA Team ( nom), List of Wolfmother awards ( nom), List of Liverpool F.C. statistics and records ( nom), Nashville Sounds seasons ( nom), List of Olympic records in athletics ( nom), Moons of Jupiter ( nom), List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2001 ( nom), List of Björk awards ( nom), Aston Villa F.C. statistics and records ( nom), List of solar eclipses in the 21st century ( nom), List of Billy Talent awards ( nom), Sunderland A.F.C. seasons ( nom), List of Rage Against the Machine awards ( nom), List of Governors of Alaska ( nom), Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season ( nom), Joel Turner discography ( nom), List of Denver Nuggets head coaches ( nom), List of New York Rangers head coaches ( nom), Mastodon discography ( nom), The O.C. (season 2) ( nom), List of UEFA Super Cup winners ( nom), Los Angeles Lakers seasons ( nom), List of Timbaland awards ( nom), Paul Kelly discography ( nom), List of state highways in Marquette County, Michigan ( nom), and List of awards and nominations received by Ludacris ( nom).
One topic was promoted to featured status over the last two weeks: Guadalcanal Campaign ( nom). Five topics were promoted to good status over the last two weeks: Main asteroid belt ( nom), Gliese 876 ( nom), Upsilon Andromedae ( nom), 47 Ursae Majoris ( nom), and Final Fantasy XII ( nom).
No portals were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks.
The following featured articles were displayed over the last two weeks on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Yellowstone fires of 1988, Chinua Achebe, Warwick Castle, United Airlines Flight 93, Jackie Chan, Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes, Francis Harvey, John Bull, Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang, David Lovering, Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory, Anekantavada, Jena Six, and Alzheimer's disease.
Five articles were delisted over the last two weeks: Ido ( nom), Spoo ( nom), Pilot (House) ( nom), Blues ( nom), and History of Test cricket from 1884 to 1889 ( nom).
Two lists were delisted over the last two weeks: List of Governors of Delaware ( nom) and List of municipalities of Portugal ( nom).
No topics were delisted over the last two weeks.
The following featured pictures were displayed over the last two weeks on the Main Page as picture of the day: Green Violetear, Ambrose Burnside, Gibraltar, Collapse of the World Trade Center, Husband Hill, Playboating, Vindula arsinoe, Parallax, Flagellum, New England Tree Frog, Hurricane Isabel, Kentish Plover, George Armstrong Custer, and Traditional clothing of the Māori.
Twelve sounds were featured over the last two weeks: I'm Just Wild About Harry ( nom), The Right of the People to Rule ( nom), Save A Little Dram For Me ( nom), Por una cabeza ( nom), Suikinkutsu ( nom), Singing sand ( nom), How can they tell that I'm Irish? ( nom), and "Los Cuatro Generales" and "Viva La Quince Brigada" ( nom).
Set of
Charles Gounod's Petite Symphonie pour neuf instruments à vent (Little Symphony for Nine Woodwinds):
Movement I: Adagio, allegro,
Movement II: Andante cantabile,
Movement III: Scherzo (Allegro moderato), and
Movement IV: Finale (Allegretto) (
nom)
Set of Three gospel songs from 1943:
Oh Jonah!,
My Lord Is Writin', and
We are Americans, Praise the Lord (
nom)
No featured pictures were demoted this week.
Sixteen pictures were promoted to featured status over the last two weeks and are shown below.
This is a summary of recent technology and site configuration changes that affect the English Wikipedia. Note that not all changes described here are necessarily live as of press time; the English Wikipedia is currently running version 1.43.0-wmf.13 (8eaf4e5), and changes to the software with a version number higher than that will not yet be active. Configuration changes and changes to interface messages, however, become active immediately.
The Arbitration Committee did not open or close any cases this week, leaving four currently open.