*Preface* User:Lucas Werkmeister <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister> started last week's WMYHTW email thread on Wikimedia-l and I was waiting for an Amharic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic_language> translation, so I decided to delay this content from the week of 13 October to the week of 20 October. The Amharic translation was kindly provided by User:ክርስቶስሰምራ <https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%AD%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B6%E1%88%B5%E1%88%B0%E1%88%9D%E1%88%AB> .
*English Wikiquote of the Day for 30 September* "Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk into the language-river. Listen to the ocean, and bring your talky business to an end. Traditional words are just babbling in that presence, and babbling is a substitute for sight." — Rumi <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rumi> *New affiliate recognitions from the Affiliations Committee* - North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North-West_Russia_Wiki-Historians_User_Group> - Wikimedians of Saint Petersburg User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Saint_Petersburg_User_Group> - Wikimedians of Santali Language User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Santali_Language_User_Group> - Wikimedia Stewards User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Stewards_User_Group> *English Wiktionary Words of the Day* "pleach" <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pleach>: (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash. "dojo" <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dojo>: 1. (martial arts) A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training. 2. (by extension) A room or other facility used for other activities, such as meditation or software development. 3. The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (*Misgurnus anguillicaudatus*), a freshwater fish native to East Asia. "orient" <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orient>: 1. (transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward. 2. (transitive, by extension) To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature. 3. (transitive) To direct towards or point at a particular direction. 4. (transitive, reflexive) To determine which direction one is facing. 5. (transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation. 6. (transitive, figuratively) To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group. 7. (intransitive) To change direction to face a certain way. *Images from Commons* - Image 1 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_in_The_Trossachs,_Scotland.jpg>: Sunset in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Lomond_and_The_Trossachs_National_Park> (Scottish Gaelic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language>: *Pàirc Nàiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Tròisichean*), Scotland <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland>. Photo by User:Podzemnik <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Podzemnik>. - Image 2 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knapweed_fritillary_(Melitaea_phoebe)_underside_Bulgaria.jpg>: Knapweed fritillary <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapweed_fritillary> (*Melitaea phoebe*) butterfly, seen in Bulgaria <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria>. Bulgaria declared independence on 5 October 1908. Photo by User:Charlesjsharp <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Charlesjsharp>. - Image 3 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Praha_Spanish_Synagogue_Dome_01.jpg>: The dome of the Spanish Synagogue (Hebrew <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language>: בית הכנסת הספרדי, Czech <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_language>: *Španělská synagoga*, German <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language>: *Spanische Synagoge*) in Josefov <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefov>, Prague <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague>, Czech Republic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic>. Photo by User:Uoaei1 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Uoaei1>. - Image 4 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spanish_Synagogue_in_Prague_inside.jpg>: Another view of the synagogue. Photo by User:Stefan Fadinger <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stefan_Fadinger>. *Product and Technology news* - Desktop Improvements Project Information at mw:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements>. - Documentation regarding using Docker for MediaWiki development started by David Barratt at mw:Docker/Hub <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Docker/Hub>. *Newsletter news* - The final issue of the *Discovery Weekly Update* newsletter was published. <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/discovery/2019-September/001798.html> Thank you to User:CKoerner (WMF) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CKoerner_(WMF)> for writing so many issues of the newsletter. - The *WikiProject India Newsletter* on Wikidata published its first issue <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Newsletter/2019_10_01> . - The *Technical Community Newsletter* published its first issue <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Community_Newsletter/2019/October> . *Off wiki* The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize> was awarded to Abiy Ahmed <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed>, the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia> and a former cyberintelligence <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberintelligence> officer. He helped to resolve a lengthy armed conflict and has made reforms in Ethiopia's government. See https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/abiy-ahmed-ethiopian-prime-minister-wins-2019-nobel-peace-prize. Closing comments Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be appreciated on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations>. Again, thanks to User:ክርስቶስሰምራ <https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%AD%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B6%E1%88%B5%E1%88%B0%E1%88%9D%E1%88%AB> for the Amharic translation. What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week. 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