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Martyb: obfuscated links to @soylentnews to hide from spammers

2019-01-22T13:43:13Z

obfuscated links to @soylentnews to hide from spammers

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	This is a compilation of Suggestions from various users. Think of it like a "wish list". These differ from feature requests in that they are projects that may require a significant amount of time to implement. A system should be developed for selecting from one, and having the community vote on which to tackle.		This is a compilation of Suggestions from various users. Think of it like a "wish list". These differ from feature requests in that they are projects that may require a significant amount of time to implement. A system should be developed for selecting from one, and having the community vote on which to tackle.

	Suggestions can currently be added via suggestions@soylentnews.org, or by typing "~suggest [your suggestion here]" in our IRC rooms (must be identified with NickServ). You can also just add them below (must be signed up / logged into wiki). You should check the [https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode/issues bug tracker on github] for bugs and feature requests, the [[TodoList]], or the respective team page before suggesting something to see if it is already being worked on.		Suggestions can currently be added via suggestions (at) soylentnews.org, or by typing "~suggest [your suggestion here]" in our IRC rooms (must be identified with NickServ). You can also just add them below (must be signed up / logged into wiki). You should check the [https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode/issues bug tracker on github] for bugs and feature requests, the [[TodoList]], or the respective team page before suggesting something to see if it is already being worked on.

	Teams: feel free to draw from the following main and IRC suggestion lists and move to a todo list if you would like to tackle one (please remove from here if you do).		Teams: feel free to draw from the following main and IRC suggestion lists and move to a todo list if you would like to tackle one (please remove from here if you do).

Exec: Suggestions from IRC

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Suggestions from IRC

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	* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)		* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
	* could use some sort of "urgent" or "breaking news" check box for submissions to get attention of editors, so that breaking stories that appear everywhere else almost immediately aren't languishing in the queue for a few days before appearing on SN ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 12:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)		* could use some sort of "urgent" or "breaking news" check box for submissions to get attention of editors, so that breaking stories that appear everywhere else almost immediately aren't languishing in the queue for a few days before appearing on SN ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 12:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
			* maybe a static div at the top with hte mod button instead of having them sprinkled around everywhere, or summin ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 01:13, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Exec: Suggestions from IRC

2015-01-31T12:32:35Z

Suggestions from IRC

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	* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)		* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
	* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)		* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
			* could use some sort of "urgent" or "breaking news" check box for submissions to get attention of editors, so that breaking stories that appear everywhere else almost immediately aren't languishing in the queue for a few days before appearing on SN ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 12:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Crutchy: /* Suggestions from IRC */

2015-01-31T11:22:35Z

Suggestions from IRC

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	* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)		* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
	* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)		* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
	* there's a bit of space junk in SN ~~pages~~. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)		* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Exec: Suggestions from IRC

2015-01-31T11:19:54Z

Suggestions from IRC

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	* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)		* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
	* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)		* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
			* there's a bit of space junk in SN pages. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

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2015-01-26T00:47:10Z

Suggestions from IRC

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	* would be nice to have a comment mode that you can post anon, but view listing of anon comments in profile page (not public obviously). anon in this case wouldn't be truly anon, but just not have username against comment. that way i can troll easier >;-D ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 20:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)		* would be nice to have a comment mode that you can post anon, but view listing of anon comments in profile page (not public obviously). anon in this case wouldn't be truly anon, but just not have username against comment. that way i can troll easier >;-D ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 20:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
	* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)		* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
			* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

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2015-01-17T00:02:36Z

Suggestions from IRC

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	* change the listing of IRC log files so they are listed in reverse chronologicial order (most recent on top). I hate scrolling. :-) ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson\|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 01:25, 13 December 2014 (UTC)		* change the listing of IRC log files so they are listed in reverse chronologicial order (most recent on top). I hate scrolling. :-) ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson\|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 01:25, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
	* would be nice to have a comment mode that you can post anon, but view listing of anon comments in profile page (not public obviously). anon in this case wouldn't be truly anon, but just not have username against comment. that way i can troll easier >;-D ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 20:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)		* would be nice to have a comment mode that you can post anon, but view listing of anon comments in profile page (not public obviously). anon in this case wouldn't be truly anon, but just not have username against comment. that way i can troll easier >;-D ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 20:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
			* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Exec: Suggestions from IRC

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Suggestions from IRC

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	* i meant if clicked 5 times by 5 different logged in users ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* i meant if clicked 5 times by 5 different logged in users ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
	* (separate from current mod system) ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:36, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* (separate from current mod system) ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:36, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
	* change the listing of IRC log files so they are listed in reverse chronologicial order (most recent on top). I hate scrolling. :-) ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson\|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 01:25, 13 December 2014 (UTC)		* change the listing of IRC log files so they are listed in reverse chronologicial order (most recent on top). I hate scrolling. :-) ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson\|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 01:25, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
			* would be nice to have a comment mode that you can post anon, but view listing of anon comments in profile page (not public obviously). anon in this case wouldn't be truly anon, but just not have username against comment. that way i can troll easier >;-D ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 20:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Exec: Suggestions from IRC

2014-12-13T01:25:34Z

Suggestions from IRC

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2014-11-26T08:36:38Z

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	* "spam" link for SN comments that if clicked more than certain amount of times (say 5) by any logged in user, the comment is permanently hidden unless a 'show spam' check box is checked in the view settings ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:34, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* "spam" link for SN comments that if clicked more than certain amount of times (say 5) by any logged in user, the comment is permanently hidden unless a 'show spam' check box is checked in the view settings ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:34, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
	* i meant if clicked 5 times by 5 different logged in users ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* i meant if clicked 5 times by 5 different logged in users ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
			* (separate from current mod system) ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:36, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

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	* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)		* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
	* could use some sort of "urgent" or "breaking news" check box for submissions to get attention of editors, so that breaking stories that appear everywhere else almost immediately aren't languishing in the queue for a few days before appearing on SN ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 12:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)		* could use some sort of "urgent" or "breaking news" check box for submissions to get attention of editors, so that breaking stories that appear everywhere else almost immediately aren't languishing in the queue for a few days before appearing on SN ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 12:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
			* maybe a static div at the top with hte mod button instead of having them sprinkled around everywhere, or summin ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 01:13, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

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	* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)		* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
	* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)		* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
			* could use some sort of "urgent" or "breaking news" check box for submissions to get attention of editors, so that breaking stories that appear everywhere else almost immediately aren't languishing in the queue for a few days before appearing on SN ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 12:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

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	* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)		* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
	* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)		* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
	* there's a bit of space junk in SN ~~pages~~. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)		* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

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	* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)		* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
	* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)		* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
			* there's a bit of space junk in SN pages. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

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	* would be nice to have a comment mode that you can post anon, but view listing of anon comments in profile page (not public obviously). anon in this case wouldn't be truly anon, but just not have username against comment. that way i can troll easier >;-D ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 20:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)		* would be nice to have a comment mode that you can post anon, but view listing of anon comments in profile page (not public obviously). anon in this case wouldn't be truly anon, but just not have username against comment. that way i can troll easier >;-D ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 20:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
	* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)		* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
			* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

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	* if "comments are owned by whoever posted them" does that mean Soylent PBC has the right to publish them? just a comment on licensing ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:40, 22 September 2014 (UTC)		* if "comments are owned by whoever posted them" does that mean Soylent PBC has the right to publish them? just a comment on licensing ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:40, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
	* TheMightyBuzzard make an irc bot for SN api suggestions :D ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 10:58, 22 September 2014 (UTC)		* TheMightyBuzzard make an irc bot for SN api suggestions :D ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 10:58, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
	* 'xkcd of the week' slashbox. perhaps start with random xkcd and adjust if an xkcd has been mentioned in a comment/story/wiki edit/journal/irc chat/etc ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:44, 27 September 2014 (UTC)		* 'xkcd of the week' slashbox. perhaps start with random xkcd and adjust if an xkcd has been mentioned in a comment/story/wiki edit/journal/irc chat/etc ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 00:44, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
	* badges for no. of +5 comments (maybe inc separate funny, informative, etc). badge for no. of successful story submits ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 04:00, 28 September 2014 (UTC)		* badges for no. of +5 comments (maybe inc separate funny, informative, etc). badge for no. of successful story submits ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 04:00, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
	* need a way to submit SoylentNews bugs/issues without having to sign up to github, and also would be handy to have scripty check for similar existing issues and either automagically append or link to related issues ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 05:37, 28 September 2014 (UTC)		* need a way to submit SoylentNews bugs/issues without having to sign up to github, and also would be handy to have scripty check for similar existing issues and either automagically append or link to related issues ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 05:37, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
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	* #twitter feed for soylentil's twitters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 07:56, 22 November 2014 (UTC)		* #twitter feed for soylentil's twitters ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 07:56, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
	* change the IRC logs so the most recent are on the top of the page, not the bottom ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson\|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 00:39, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* change the IRC logs so the most recent are on the top of the page, not the bottom ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson\|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 00:39, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
	* assign an official #soylent bot czar to keep all the bots under control ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson\|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 02:29, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* assign an official #soylent bot czar to keep all the bots under control ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson\|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 02:29, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
	* hand out some moderation powers to trusted people around different timezones so someone is always around to deal with spam ~ [[User:Konomi\|Konomi]] @ 06:21, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* hand out some moderation powers to trusted people around different timezones so someone is always around to deal with spam ~ [[User:Konomi\|Konomi]] @ 06:21, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
	* make mod points expirey time based upon number of articles posted in a given time frame ~ [[User:Konomi\|Konomi]] @ 06:23, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* make mod points expirey time based upon number of articles posted in a given time frame ~ [[User:Konomi\|Konomi]] @ 06:23, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
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	* i meant if clicked 5 times by 5 different logged in users ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* i meant if clicked 5 times by 5 different logged in users ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
	* (separate from current mod system) ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:36, 26 November 2014 (UTC)		* (separate from current mod system) ~ [[User:crutchy\|crutchy]] @ 08:36, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
			* change the listing of IRC log files so they are listed in reverse chronologicial order (most recent on top). I hate scrolling. :-) ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson\|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 01:25, 13 December 2014 (UTC)