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Books and Bytes - Issue 12
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The Wikipedia Library
Books & Bytes
Issue 12, May-June 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
- New donations - Taylor & Francis, Science, and three new French-language resources
- Expansion into new languages, including French, Finnish, Turkish, and Farsi
- Spotlight: New partners for the Visiting Scholar program
- American Library Association Annual meeting in San Francisco
The Interior 15:23, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
Rila Monastery Nature Park
[edit]Greetings, Pine! I have recently improved the article about the Rila Monastery Nature Park, which you have copyedited a little than a month ago. I hope that you will be willing to take another look at the article because I am aware that my style of writing is not particularly elegant. If you are interested in the protected areas of Bulgaria, you may also wish to go through the article about the Strandzha Nature Park, which I intend to nominate for a GA or a FA and the only reason I still haven't done so is my English prose. Best regards, --Gligan (talk) 17:31, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Gligan, at the moment I lack the time to do a thorough copyedit of the article. I would like to suggest that you contact the Wikimedians of Bulgaria User Group, which is a Wikimedia affiliate organization. Their members might be willing to help you with that article. I appreciate the nice photos that you added to the article and I nominated the Griffon Vulture image at English Wikipedia Featured Picture candidates. Regards, --Pine✉ 23:58, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
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03:05, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
UW Visiting Scholars
[edit]Hi Pine,
A colleague told me you had asked about (or expressed confusion about) UW's Visiting Scholars position on Wikimedia-l. After I subscribed and responded, I was told it may have actually been the Cascadia list. Having now resolved to reply only to lists I'm already subscribed to, I thought I'd just follow up here :) Did you happen to see the reply? --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:04, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Ryan (Wiki Ed), I didn't get a reply from you in my inbox and there wasn't an email from you waiting in the Cascadia list's moderation queue, so perhaps you sent it to Wikimedia-l and it's held for moderation there. Would you please repost your email here? --Pine✉ 02:52, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, I had sent it to Wikimedia-l based on incorrect information :/ Here's the primary text of the reply:
- Since the Wikipedia Library is growing rapidly and Wiki Ed wanted to dedicate time and resources to grow this program in particular, Wiki Ed will be running Visiting Scholars in the US and Canada. But that hand-off only just happened with the announcements [last] week, with five institutions already ready to go (see posts on the Wiki Ed blog and WMF blog), so I want to try to apologize in advance for what I'm sure will be a few hiccups/areas of confusion.
- Pine, regarding why you weren't in the loop about UW: Though Jake or Alex could probably say more definitively, it looks like the person who signed up to supervise the position, Paul Constantine, was contacted by the OCLC representative working with the Wikipedia Library. She wouldn't likely have known how to find out if Wikipedians are there first. You may want to connect with Paul, but in the future I'd be more than happy to work with you. Since we work with so many universities at Wiki Ed, we're pretty committed to maintaining a database of people we can talk to about this or that at different institutions.
- Then there's the implicit question of why no UW contact was listed for the UW position. I've centralized the application process to have them go through me rather than going directly to the institutional contacts. That way I can do some screening, looking for the kinds of things a non-Wikipedian would have difficulty determining. It's also because I'd like to do more recruitment in the other direction, reaching out to Wikipedians to apply even if there's no open position and/or having conversations with people who want access to research materials. If I'm managing the applications, I can better make those connections. So the reason the contact isn't there is because I wanted to avoid the confusion of having a second email address someone might accidentally send their resume to. Upon reflection, it probably would be a good idea to include the contact's name and maybe a link to their faculty/staff bio.
- --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:40, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, I had sent it to Wikimedia-l based on incorrect information :/ Here's the primary text of the reply:
Meetup to revitalize & prioritize WikiProject Seattle
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Recent changes
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- You cannot use the compact user bar any more. [4]
- You can change your options to see bigger images. [5]
- You can watch short videos about how to use VisualEditor. [6]
- You can now edit pages linked in "what links here" more easily. [7]
Problems
- There was a problem with some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
- There was a problem with the abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error. [8]
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15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
Seeking assistance
[edit]Hi Pine, I saw you're one of the few active members of WP:Finance. I've been working on improving the article for Assurant with the goal of creating a quality article and removing the advert banner. If you've got a minute, would you mind taking a look to see what else needs to be done? Any comments at all would be quite helpful. Thanks!--FacultiesIntact (talk) 02:54, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
- I've responded on the article talk page. --Pine✉ 03:08, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
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Invitation to participate in an interview
[edit]Hi Pine, in the next edition of the Military History Wikiproject's monthly newsletter The Bugle Ian Rose and I are hoping to run a group interview with some of the editors who have worked on military history-themed FPs, and I'd like to invite you to participate. If you have time, I'd appreciate it if you could post responses at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/August 2015/Interview by 14 August. Please let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 11:29, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for your responses Nick-D (talk) 08:44, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
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- The ContentTranslation extension has been updated:
- The error page you see when the sites are not working is now simpler and easier to read. It also shows the Wikimedia logo. [15]
- MediaWiki now supports redirects for CSS pages. [16]
- Bots can't guess captchas unlimited times anymore. [17]
Problems
- There was a problem with thumbnails on wikis with local images on July 24 and 25. It was due to a code error. [18]
- We can't search by file type on Wikimedia wikis now. [19]
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15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- MediaWiki can now hide the signature button when you edit a content page. [20]
- The "Your preferences have been saved" message has changed. You can now see more easily what was saved when you change preferences several times. [21]
- You can now play Ogg video files in some browsers that don't support this format. This solution uses JavaScript and works on desktop browsers only for now. It will work on mobile later. [22]
- You can now use the same tools to edit style in VisualEditor on mobile as in desktop browsers. [23]
- It is now easier to see if there is a JavaScript error in a user or site script. [24]
- JavaScript authors:
- You can no longer use the Sajax library. You can see a list of pages to fix. [25] [26]
- You can no longer use
document.writeon Wikimedia wikis. You can see a list of pages to fix. [27] [28]
- The content translation tool now works better. It is easier to use math, and useless tags are no longer added. [29]
Problems
- More edits have been rejected due to loss of session data lately. This is now fixed. [30]
- Importing a Lua module sometimes didn't work. This is now fixed. [31]
- Text was sometimes lost in the content translation tool. One part of the problem is now fixed. [32]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 13 (calendar).
- UploadWizard is getting a new look. The look of buttons and checkboxes has already changed. This week, UploadWizard gets a new date picker. The other text fields will change soon. [33]
- You can now test VisualEditor on mobile devices of all sizes. [34]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some things in the watchlist will get a new look. [35]
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14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: July 2015
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RFC at image policy
[edit]Hi there! I was made aware of the RfC you opened at WT:IUP by the feedback request service. After reading over the current discussion, I have a suggestion for you.
Individually rebutting every editor who doesn't agree with your proposal is a dangerous habit to get into. It is very easily percieved as trying to bludgeon the process, and actually detracts from the weight of your position. An RfC is not about you trying to change everyone's mind, it's about allowing the members of the community to express their own opinions and a consensus is determined by the closer of the RfC.
At any rate, I don't think you've done anything wrong per se, but please keep this in mind as you are tempted to respond individually to each oppose !vote. –Darkwind (talk) 03:26, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Darkwind. I don't think that responding to two comments from other users is excessive, especially when one of them explicitly included a question. --Pine✉ 18:27, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
GOCE August 2015 newsletter
[edit]Guild of Copy Editors August 2015 Newsletter
  July drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. August blitz: The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis, and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Recent changes
- Many Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Before they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [36] [37] [38]
- Some auto-saving problems and other issues in the Content Translation tool are now fixed. Please report to the Content Translation feedback page if you still have problems. [39]
Problems
- Older gadgets that are not using ResourceLoader are not loading anymore. They need to be updated. [40] [41]
- On August 12 the machine translation servers and the Content Translation tool didn't work. This was fixed on the same day. [42]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 20 (calendar).
- You can soon watch when something is added to or removed from a category. [43]
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16:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Ultraviolet image of the Cygnus Loop Nebula crop.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 19:00, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
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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
- Disambiguation pages are now excluded from the random page function. [44]
Problems
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 27 (calendar).
Meetings
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13:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
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
- VisualEditor will now automatically create a link when you type in or paste an ISBN, PMID, or RFC. [46][47]
- The link editor in VisualEditor is now a bit wider. It's now the same width as the automatic citation tool. [48]
- VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module
ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Useext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.initinstead. [49] - Gadget writers can now use mediawiki.ForeignApi to communicate between different Wikimedia wikis. [50]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 3 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 1 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikidata API will be updated with breaking changes. This will probably happen on September 9. [51]
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21:36, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2015 September newsletter
[edit]The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.
In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far 
Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was 
Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.
The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.- Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.
The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.
Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!
Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:720th Special Tactics Group airmen jump 20071003.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 19:06, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
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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 now mention up to 50 users in a post and they will get a notification. Previously you could notify up to 20 users. [52]
- A new version of the Wikidata Toolkit has been released. It now has Wikibase API support. [53]
- You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [54]
Problems
- There was a problem with Tool Labs due to kernel issues. This has been fixed. [55]
- The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [56][57]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 10 (calendar).
- The maximum character length when you search for something on the Wikimedia wikis is now 300 characters. [58]
- The notifications list has been split into two lists. As a first step, notifications about messages on your user talk page will be placed in the second list. Feedback is requested at the Echo talk page. [59][60]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 8 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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Future changes
- The Wikimedia mailing lists will be moved to a new server and the software will be upgraded. This will happen on September 9 at 14:00 (UTC). The mailing lists will not be working during the move. It can take up to four hours. [61]
- Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [62][63]
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17:29, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Crested myna, Osaka, Japan.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 05:59, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
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POTD notification
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Hi Pine,
Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Louis Pasteur, foto av Félix Nadar Crisco edit.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 28, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-09-28. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:16, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
WMF Affiliates
[edit]I have read both your mailing list messages and VPM message. I could not understand the affiliate thing, but I am eager to join the celebration in all possible ways. Could you give me some details? --Tito Dutta (talk) 10:29, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Tito Dutta. The plan is for Wikimedia affiliate organizations around the world in countries where English is commonly spoken (like Wikimedia UK, Wikimedia Australia, Wikimedia New York, and Wikimedia India) to do a coordinated press release on the day that English Wikipedia reaches 5 million articles. Right now, the ways that you could be most helpful are to get Wikimedia India engaged in the writing of the press release, and if you're interested you could propose a site banner for use on English Wikipedia that will announce the 5 million article milestone and invite users to click on it for more information. --Pine✉ 20:44, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: August 2015
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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 now use the Wikidata query service. [64]
- Belarusian-Taraškievica Wikipedia was moved from be-x-old.wikipedia.org to be-tarask.wikipedia.org. This caused some issues, but most of them were resolved. [65]
- Language preferences might not be changed immediately when you adjust them. Language selection might work slower. Please report any problems. [66][67]
Problems
- There was a problem when editing International Standard Book Numbers in Visual Editor. This has now been fixed. [68]
- The Wikimedia mailing lists should have been upgraded on September 9. It didn't work as planned and will now happen later. [69]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 17 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 15 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- ContentTranslation will show more data on the Special:ContentTranslationStats page. For example, it will show translation trends and information about deleted translations. [70]
- The first version of the translation suggestions feature will be deployed soon. [71]
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16:17, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Ruine Aggstein 02.JPG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:35, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
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Catherine Munros' poem
[edit]How do I get Catherine Munros' poem on my userpage? --I dream of horses (talk to me) (contributions) @ 05:30, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
- @I dream of horses: Do you mean the entire text box, or just the text? You can copy either to your talk page, with appropriate attribution. If you want me to put a copy of the box on your user page, just let me know where you want it and I'll try to copy it there for you. --Pine✉ 14:22, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
- I want the entire text box.
- I can't seem to copy and paste anything from your userpage. I can see your userpage fine, but there's a "create this page" tab instead of "edit this page". You'll have to copy it yourself. Thanks. --I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{Ping|I dream of horses}} to your message. (talk to me) (contributions) @ 05:03, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
- @I dream of horses: my userpage is transcluded from Meta. Try copying from User:CatherineMunro's page. --Pine✉ 18:25, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
Done For a lack of a better place, it's at the bottom of my page. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{Ping|I dream of horses}} to your message. (talk to me) (contributions) @ 20:54, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
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
- There is now an experimental Wikimedia maps service. You can give feedback here. [72][73]
- Last week a few issues with UploadWizard were fixed. Before this was done, UploadWizard would stop you from uploading your files if something went wrong. [74][75][76][77]
- More Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Previously they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [78]
- The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [79]
Problems
- Wikimedia Labs' HTTPS certificate expired for most of Tuesday 15 September. To reach Wikimedia Labs and Tool Labs securely you had to ignore your browser's security error message. There was no risk to data security during this time. [80]
- Last week the notification system was split into two parts. This was temporarily undone because of a bug and performance concerns. It will return to two parts this week. [81][82]
- UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [83]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 23. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 24 (calendar).
- The page move tool has been switched over to the new standard look for forms. [84]
- You can now choose whether to extend a link or not when editing one in VisualEditor. This means it is easier to choose how much of what you type before and after the link is part of it. [85]
- Wikibooks can now use data from Wikidata. [86]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. It will be on September 23 at 17:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can register to the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016 in San Francisco 4–6 January 2016. Gadget, template, bot, and tool developers are welcome as well. Call for participation and travel sponsorship requests are open until 2 October.
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18:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
POTD notification
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Hi Pine,
Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Ada Lovelace portrait.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 13, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-10-13. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:43, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
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
- In UploadWizard, the dialog to see an image preview has been removed. You already see the images in the thumbnails when you upload them. [87]
- UploadWizard dialogs look a bit different now. They have been updated to the new OOUI look. [88]
- You can now edit music scores in VisualEditor. You can add new sheet music scores and get live updates when you edit one. [89]
- When you send an e-mail to another editor using Special:EmailUser, that user will now get a notification on the wiki as well. [90]
- You can now see 500 images when you upload images from Flickr with UploadWizard. Before this change the limit was 50. [91]
- The Wikimedia mailing lists have been upgraded. [92]
- MediaWiki developers spent a day looking at proposed code changes in Gerrit. The goal was to clean up the backlog and give feedback to volunteer developers. [93]
Problems
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 30. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 1 (calendar).
- There will be a new beta feature that allows editors to use Flow on their user talkpage if they want to. Each wiki can decide if they want to enable it. [96]
- The Content Translation tool can give translation suggestions. This feature will now be available in more languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Italian, and Catalan. [97]
Meetings
- You can join the strategy process of the Reading department of Wikimedia Engineering. [98]
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation developers want the community to decide who can use OAuth in the future. You can discuss it on Meta.
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15:15, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia Lab at the UW Research Commons
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What: | Wikipedia Lab |
| When: | Weekly on Mondays, starting 10/5/2015 through 11/30/2015, 4:30pm-6:30pm | |
| Who: | UW students, faculty, and staff; Wikimedians; Seattle community members | |
| Where: | UW Research Commons | |
| Focus: | Women and the Sciences in October and Pacific Northwest in November; weekly topics | |
| Wikipedia Lab at the UW Libraries Research Commons brings together local Wikipedia experts with University of Washington subject specialists and UW community members to learn about editing Wikipedia. Come contribute vital, local, and corrective content to the world's largest online encyclopedia. Come as you are with questions, ideas, or content knowledge to share!
The Wikipedia Lab will run weekly, every Monday, during fall quarter. The Lab has two thematic focuses: Women in the Sciences and the Pacific Northwest. Each week will feature a special collections librarian content specialist and Wikipedian editors. Sponsored by the UW Libraries & Wikimedians User Group | ||
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Books and Bytes - Issue 13
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Books & Bytes
Issue 13, August-September 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
- New donations - EBSCO, IMF, more newspaper archives, and Arabic resources
- Expansion into new languages, including Viet and Catalan
- Spotlight: Elsevier partnership garners controversy, dialogue
- Conferences: PKP, IFLA, upcoming events
The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:30, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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 link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile. [99]
- The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [100]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar).
- UploadWizard will remind users to add a category. [101]
- UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [102]
- A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [103]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikidata requests your input on how to improve the editing of Wikidata's data in other locations, such as Wikipedias.
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18:32, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Movement Wide Finance Report 2014 & Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
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This Month in GLAM: September 2015
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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 database size lists have been updated. These control special page update frequency and which wikis use global abuse filters. [104]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 15 (calendar).
- You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons using the visual editor. When the image is uploaded it will be added to the article you're editing. [105]
- Pages that show citation error messages will automatically be placed in a hidden category. [106]
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 13 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:29, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
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
- Tech News is trying to make reading the newsletter easier. The
icon means the item is in the newsletter every week, but with new dates. The 
icon means the item is mainly relevant for readers with technical knowledge. You can leave feedback on this change. - Timestamps in the protection log will now be in the user's timezone. Previously they would show Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). [107]
Problems
- A problem with MediaWiki made some pages show no content on October 14. This has now been fixed. [108]
- Some templates were misplaced in the Flow description bar. This could make it impossible to click on links. This will be fixed this week. [109]
- The deployment of the new MediaWiki version was stopped on October 14. No new code was deployed for the rest of week. This meant planned changes did not happen. [110]
Changes this week
- Changes that were planned to happen last week will happen this week. [111]
- Wikispecies, Meta and MediaWiki.org will be able to use Wikidata for sitelinks. [112][113][114][115]
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 20 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
October 2015 GOCE newsletter
[edit]| Guild of Copy Editors October 2015 Newsletter
September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. October blitz: The one-week October blitz, targeting requests, has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your barnstar! The month-long November drive, focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to see you there! Thanks again for your support; together, we can improve the encyclopedia! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:54, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).- The first time you use the visual editor, pop-ups will explain why and when you should use the citation and link tools. [116]
- You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons from inside the wikitext editor by clicking "Upload" in the "Insert file" dialog. You will also be able to drag and drop them into an article when using the visual editor. [117][118]
- When you edit a code block in visual editor, you will have the syntax highlighted. [119][120]
- Index and Page namespaces on Wikisource will be defined as content namespaces in
$wgContentNamespaces. [121]
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18:04, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
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