Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-11-29/On the bright side

There are many opportunities to discuss bad news, problems, and concerns in the Wikiverse, and I think that having candid discussions about these issues is often important. Many days I spend more time thinking about problems than about what is going well. However, also I think that acknowledging the good side and taking a moment to be appreciative can be valuable.

I encourage you to add your comments about what's making you happy this month to the talk page of this Signpost piece.

Job openings

• Shared by Lydia Pintscher (WMDE): Product Manager for Wikibase
• Shared by Nemo: Biodiversity Heritage Library Program Manager for the Smithsonian Libraries

For your listening enjoyment

Images from Norway

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  From the main page of Norsk Wikipedia: a house martin (Delichon urbicum)
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  From the main page of Nynorsk Wikipedia: the rural area of Folkestad, Volda, Norway

Wikipedia for public good

Approaching a milestone

• English Wikipedia is approaching a total of 6 million articles

New Wikimedia affiliates

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  Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group
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  Wikimedians of Mali User Group

Wiki Loves Monuments national winners

Some of the national winners of the annual Wiki Loves Monuments competition that have been added to this page.

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  Albania
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  Armenia
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  Australia
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  Azerbaijan
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  Bangladesh
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  Bolivia
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  Brazil
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  Canada
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  Croatia
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  Denmark
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  France
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  Germany
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  Greece
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  India
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  Ireland
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  Kosovo
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  Malta
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  Morocco
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  Nepal
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  Nigeria
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  Peru
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  The Philippines
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  Poland
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  Portugal
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  Romania
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  Slovakia
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  Slovenia
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  Spain
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  Sweden
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  Thailand
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  United Kingdom

Humor

Even those who are experienced at public communications worry about making big mistakes. This video (YouTube link), from the British political satire Yes, Prime Minister, shows what happened when the Prime Minister learned that Sir Humphrey, the head of the Home Civil Service, made an indiscreet comment that was recorded by a BBC microphone. I feel some sympathy for Humphrey because occasionally I too say something that I wish that I hadn't!

"The Wait"

This is a short film regarding wildlife photography. The film has scenes of European bison in Romania. The narration is in French, and English subtitles are available. I think that wildlife photographers for Wikimedia Commons will find this film to be relatable. https://vimeo.com/180080686

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  A drawing of a European bison in the Cave of Altamira, Spain. The cave is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1879, amateur archaeologist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola was led by his daughter María to discover the cave's drawings. One study estimates that the oldest drawings were made approximately 36,000 years ago.
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  Bison bonasus sparring in a nursery of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Shebalinsky District, Republic of Altai, Russia.

Milestone on Arabic Wikipedia

Wikimedia Technical Conference reports

• Daily reports by User:DTankersley (WMF)

• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-November/092746.html
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-November/092748.html
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-November/092755.html
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-November/092765.html

• Math report by User:physikerwelt

• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-November/092771.html

English Wikiquote of the day for 10 November 2019

All writers … have an obligation to our readers: it's the obligation to write true things, especially important when we are creating tales of people who do not exist in places that never were — to understand that truth is not in what happens but what it tells us about who we are. Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all.
— Science fiction and fantasy author Neil Gaiman of England

Recent featured media on English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons

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  Replica of a compass rose from a chart of Portuguese cartographer Jorge de Aguiar that was made in the year 1492
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  Two Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow, by Suzuki Harunobu, color woodblock print in the Ukiyo-e style, circa 1767
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  The Roman Baths (Thermae) of Bath Spa, England. Buildings on the site have been created and modified several times from circa 60–70 A.D. onward.
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  Hippopotamus statuette from circa 1961–1878 B.C., during the reigns of Senwosret I to Senwosret II, in Egypt. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Bulletin, this statuette is a "particularly fine example of a type found... among the funerary furnishings of tombs of the Middle Kingdom" and also an exemplary piece of Egyptian faience.

Skillful translations of the sentence "What's making you happy this week?" would be very much appreciated. If you see any inaccuracies in the translations within this article then please {{ping}} User:Pine in the discussion section of this page, or boldly make the correction to the text of the article. Thank you to everyone who has helped with translations so far.

What's making you happy this month? You are welcome to write a comment on the talk page of this Signpost piece.