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Wikidata weekly summary #203

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Policy change

I think you're asking for trouble by making that change. You might ask @Slimvirgin: or @Jytdog: to do it for you.--v/r - TP 04:34, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

archiving Talk:Causality

Dear Editor Pigsonthewing, thank you for attending to archiving of Talk:Causality. Sorry to say, there is a problem. Important live talk comments have been archived prematurely, and antediluvian and undated old comments still remain on the page. This is a serious problem.

I think the best move would be to restore all posts less than a year old, and to archive all earlier ones. I don't know if that is feasible? The undated ones can be difficult to deal with.Chjoaygame (talk) 01:05, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Before archiving, the page was 188,845 bytes long. That's far, far too big, and makes the page difficult for some people to read, and for others to edit. The archiving is now set so that any section which has been edited in the last 30 days remains on the page, so no "live talk comments" are archived. Indeed, the most recent comment archived was made over two months ago. Undated comments should have {{Unsigned}} appended - I've done some, so you can see how it works; as a result, they should be archived within a few hours. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Ted talk template

Nice work on the {{TED talk}}!! Thanks for this. Not sure I am allowed to use it, but it's there for future generations I suppose. Jane (talk) 19:13, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

@Jane023: Thanks. You can certainly use it to replace bare links, which I have also been doing; though I have an open request for a bot to do so en mass. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:32, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Wow that would be really cool! And thanks for letting me know about the link replacement. We just had another art collection here in the Netherlands (Boijmans) update their website and they changed all the links. Jane (talk) 07:09, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Church of Christ the Saviour, Pristina

I restored my revision on account of "regime" being a loaded term, but then I rewrote the passage choosing different language entirely. Concerning the question of "sources" using the term, I opened a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Regime which has had little feedback but is nonetheless open (not pushed into archive yet). I welcome your opinion as I do everyone's though I'd also ask you to consider the points made in the discussion; I was also involved in a related discussion at Talk:Apostrof where you'll see I provided sources that the term is loaded if used as a label and not for its primary meaning. --OJ (talk) 15:31, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

So you did. Stop edit warring, and use the article talk page, as requested. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:37, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-15

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • The visual editor can generate wikicode with image options in your language. Examples of image options are "thumb" or "left". You can ask to change to options in your language in Phabricator. [1][2]
  • Wiktionaries and Wikisources can now use the visual editor. It is an opt-in beta feature. It still needs development to work better with these projects. [3][4]
  • ORES is using new models. Tools that use ORES' predictions can behave strangely. ORES also has a new API. [5]
  • The visual editor now supports classical Greek characters. [6]

Problems

  • There was a bug when you used keyboard arrows in templates in the visual editor. This has now been fixed. [7]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April (calendar).
  • The wikipedia.org portal will get many small bug fixes and improvements. Most will be for the search box and suggested results that were added in March. [8]

Meetings

Future changes

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes. [9]

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20:44, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #204

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

This Month in GLAM: March 2016



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Books & Bytes - Issue 16

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 16, February-March 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - science, humanities, and video resources
  • Using hashtags in edit summaries - a great way to track a project
  • A new cite archive template, a new coordinator, plus conference and Visiting Scholar updates
  • Metrics for the Wikipedia Library's last three months

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2016-04-16 Mitchell Arts Centre

Hi from the Potteries

hello. Zapb8 (talk) 10:49, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Andy, thanks for teaching us about Wikipedia. Bluehanakawa (talk) 10:49, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

HelloAndy

can you buy me a beer. Franfoy (talk) 10:49, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi from Unleash

Hello. Amjames08 (talk) 10:50, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Andy

Really enjoying this Andy. Glenn Jame23 (talk) 10:50, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

New: Template:Authorid

Hi Andy. You might want to check out a template I have made along the lines of what we previously discussed, useful for Orcid as well as various other database. Take a look and tell me what you think. To accommodate it within the citation templates I am going to propose a |authorN-id= parameter. Would you like to join me in that? ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk)

@J. Johnson: I'm happy to participate in discussions. That said, please change the parameter names to match those in, for example {{Authority control}}. And please apply {{Abbr}} to the abbreviations you have used in the display. The template also needs tracking categories, like those used by {{Authority control}}. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:22, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm still working on the categories and such (this is my first ever template!); will take Authority control as a guide. Though I am thinking of holding off a little bit until I am more certain of how stable the template is. But two questions. 1) Re abbreviations, you are suggesting that (e.g.) ORICD should be spelled out? My thinking is that the template documentation is not a general article, so if any editor is not familiar with an abbreviation or such linking to the proper article should suffice. No? 2) I don't believe there is any problem adding the longer names for parameters. I should like to retain the shorter versions. Is there any problem with that? (Ideally I'd like to have parameters work with the minimum characters sufficient to distinguish them, but this doesn't seem to be an option here. So I am okay with duplication.) ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 22:44, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
@J. Johnson: 1) No, I'm saying "O" should be marked as an abbreviation of "ORCID", etc. 2) Longer names should be used, for consistency, and for clarity. Also, there should be non-linking character (even if only a thin-space) between "o" and "s" in you example). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:10, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I put in hair-spaces. As to abbreviations: would a table showing each parameter with the database accessed be sufficient? I am reluctant to not having the single-character parameter names (in the context of this template I think they are clear enough). Is there any objection to retaining those in addition to having the longer named parameters? ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 18:33, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
@Pigsonthewing: I don't understand just how you want to apply {abbr}. You said in the display. Do you mean in the documentation? Or something like o? ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 22:55, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
@J. Johnson: The latter. (No need to ping editors on their own talk pages, BTW) Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:11, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
Yes, but I was wondering if you had overlooked this. Okay, I think I understand about the {abbr/tooltip} thing, and will attempt to add that. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk)

Okay, I can use some help. Adding {{abbr}} to {{authorid}} generates extraneous, non-visible characters, which {{citation}} objects to with error messages. So I jiggered the 'v' option (only) in authorid to use {{abbr/sandbox}}, and in the latter started stripping everything down. Checking {{authorid/testcases}}, 'v' gives no problems (and works), while 'g' shows the problem using {{abbr}}. The problem seems to come from the '#tag'. Any suggestions as to what I should do next? ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 22:55, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I think the non-visible character error will go away over the weekend when the citation module is updated, specifically this madness.
Current Citation template:
  • Einstein, A.{{authorid|v=75121530|g= qc6CJjYAAAAj}}; Poldosky, B.{{authorid|v=43709449}}; Rosen, R.{{authorid|v=105693343}} (May 15, 1935), "Can ... reality be considered complete?", Physical Review, 47 (10): 777–780{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link).
Next week's Citation template:
  • Einstein, A.{{authorid|v=75121530|g= qc6CJjYAAAAj}}; Poldosky, B.{{authorid|v=43709449}}; Rosen, R.{{authorid|v=105693343}} (May 15, 1935), "Can ... reality be considered complete?", Physical Review, 47 (10): 777–780{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link).
Can you hold on for a couple of days? Apologies for butting in if I am misinterpreting your message above. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:00, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
@Jonesey95: Thank you. @J. Johnson: The superscript characters need to be made non-printing, as they'll serve no function on paper. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:44, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
@Jonesey95: Sure, no problem. Will that actually remove the non-visible characters (which I suspect come from "#tag"), or just suppress the error message?
Andy: Would adding 'class="noprint"' to the span suffice? Or should I use {{noprint}}? ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 20:30, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
@J. Johnson: I think the class alone would do it; but I'm no expert. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:48, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
Well, I got "noprint" to co-exist with "plainlinks", and in my test case (Leech River Fault; see "Fairchild") the link goes away in the "printable" version. But still shows up in the pdf. I don't know if that is fixable. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 21:39, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
I don't know how it works; I just know that the error message is gone. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:18, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
Yes, it seems to work fine now. Thanks for whatever you did. I've pulled the testing modifications and put the template into production form. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 20:29, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #205

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Tech News: 2016-16

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • You can filter Special:Log in more detail. You can filter different imports and new users. [10][11]
  • You can use Telnet to read Wikimedia wikis. [12]
  • MediaWiki wikis can handle bigger file uploads. The new limit is 4 GB. [13]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes. [14]
  • There is no new Mediawiki version this week. This is because of the data center test.

Meetings

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20:40, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 8

Newsletter • March / April 2016

This month:

Transclude article requests anywhere on Wikipedia

In the last issue of the WikiProject X Newsletter, I discussed the upcoming Wikipedia Requests system: a central database for outstanding work on Wikipedia. I am pleased to announce Wikipedia Requests is live! Its purpose is to supplement automatically generated lists, such as those from SuggestBot, Reports bot, or Wikidata. It is currently being demonstrated on WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health (which I work on as part of my NIOSH duties) and WikiProject Women scientists.

Adding a request is as simple as filling out a form. Just go to the Add form to add your request. Adding sources will help ensure that your request is fulfilled more quickly. And when a request is fulfilled, simply click "mark as complete" and it will be removed from all the lists it's on. All at the click of a button! (If anyone is concerned, all actions are logged.)

With this new service is a template to transclude these requests: {{Wikipedia Requests}}. It's simple to use: add the template to a page, specifying article=, category=, or wikiproject=, and the list will be transcluded. For example, for requests having to do with all living people, just do {{Wikipedia Requests|category=Living people}}. Use these lists on WikiProjects but also for edit-a-thons where you want a convenient list of things to do on hand. Give it a shot!

Help us build our list!

The value of Wikipedia Requests comes from being a centralized database. The long work to migrating individual lists into this combined list is slowly underway. As of writing, we have 883 open tasks logged in Wikipedia Requests. We need your help building this list.

If you know of a list of missing articles, or of outstanding tasks for existing articles, that you would like to migrate to this new system, head on over to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Requests#Transition project and help out. Doing this will help put your list in front of more eyes—more than just your own WikiProject.

An open database means new tools

WikiProject X maintains a database that associates article talk pages (and draft talk pages) with WikiProjects. This database powers many of the reports that Reports bot generates. However, until very recently, this database was not made available to others who might find its data useful. It's only common sense to open up the database and let others build tools with it.

And indeed: Citation Hunt, the game to add citations to Wikipedia, now lets you filter by WikiProject, using the data from our database.

Are you a tool developer interested in using this? Here are some details: the database resides on Tool Labs with the name s52475__wpx_p. The table that associates WikiProjects with articles and drafts is called projectindex. Pages are stored by talk page title but in the future this should change. Have fun!

On the horizon
  • The work on the CollaborationKit extension continues. The extension will initially focus on reducing template and Lua bloat on WikiProjects (especially our WPX UI demonstration projects), and will from there create custom interfaces for creating and maintaining WikiProjects.
  • The WikiCite meeting will be in Berlin in May. The goal of the meeting is to figure out how to build a bibliographic database for use on the Wikimedia projects. This fits in quite nicely with WikiProject X's work: we want to make it easier for people to find things to work on, and with a powerful, open bibliographic database, we can build recommendations for sources. This feature was requested by the Wikipedia Library back in September, and this meeting is a major next step. We look forward to seeing what comes out of this meeting.


Until next time,

Harej (talk) 01:29, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Impact

Impact
Thank you for your impact
propagating accessibility
with endurance!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 April 2016

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Wikidata weekly summary #206

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Tech News: 2016-17

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

  • Wikimedia tested a new data center last week. This meant that the wikis could be read but not edited for 45 minutes on April 19 and for 20 minutes on April 21. [15]
  • When the data center was tested, new edits were not shown in the recent changes log for 20 minutes. They are in the logs now. You can read more about how to find the edits.
  • Unread notifications were sometimes counted incorrectly. This has now been fixed. [16]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia Commons will have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Commons. This will happen on April 26. [17]
  • It will be easier to choose if you want to watch files you have uploaded with the upload wizard. [18]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 26. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 27. It will be on all wikis from April 28 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on April 26 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The "Save page" button when you edit will be called "Publish" instead. This is to help new editors understand what it does. It already works like this on some wikis. [19]

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21:02, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

ITN recognition for National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi

On 28 April 2016, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 00:07, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Mires and Bogs

Hey there, Pig on Wing:

I saw the template you placed on Mire regarding the conflict with bog. The link to the talk page archive seems to have been removed, making the conversation difficult to follow... Do you want the mire article to retain the tag? If so, can you restore some kind of link to a conversation that editor can pursue? (not that you deleted one! Only that one would be useful!). THANK YOU! KDS4444Talk 10:34, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

@KDS4444: Done. Please de-colour your sig, per MOS:COLOUR. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:38, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
Okay. I didn't realize it was bothersome, but I certainly understand (although it doesn't look like MOS:COLOUR gives any direction or even suggestions on the use of colors in signatures other than to assist the color-blind and on tables— do you think it should, perhaps?). KDS4444 (talk) 20:05, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXI, April 2016

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Alkan

Hi, thanks for adding the auto-archive to Charles-Valentin Alkan, but it somehow seems to have archived the more recent comments and left behind those of several years ago - any way of correcting this? Best, --Smerus (talk) 10:17, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

The bot does not archive undated comments. I've applied some fixes, using {{Unsigned}}; this should all be resolved the next time the bot passes by. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:56, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Brill, very many thanks!.--Smerus (talk) 20:09, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 2 May 2016

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