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Books and Bytes - Issue 8

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Books & Bytes
Issue 8, August-September2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

  • TWL now a Wikimedia Foundation program, moves on from grant status
  • Four new donations, including large DeGruyter parntership, pilot with Elsevier
  • New TWL coordinators, Wikimania news, new library platform discussions, Wiki Loves Libraries update, and more
  • Spotlight: "Traveling Through History" - an editor talks about his experiences with a TWL newspaper archive, Newspapers.com

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The Signpost: 08 October 2014

Tech News: 2014-42

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 software changes

Problems

  • 10% of Tool Labs was down on October 7. [3]
  • Tool Labs was also broken on October 11. [4]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf3) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 9 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 14 October, and on all Wikipedias from 16 October (calendar).
  • 5% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [5]

Meetings

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08:54, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 October 2014

Tech News: 2014-43

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. You can read translations.

Recent changes

  • You can test a new system to see math using MathML. Go to your display options and choose "⧼mw math mathml⧽".
  • You can add badges in Wikidata for quality articles and featured lists. [9] [10]

File information cleanup

Problems

  • Developers fixed a security problem. If you use Internet Explorer 6, you won't be able to log in any more. You should use a newer browser. [12]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf4) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 16. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 21, and on all Wikipedias from October 23 (calendar).
  • 10% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [13]
  • If you add the same parameter twice in a template, it now puts the page in a tracking category. [14] [15]

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13:48, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 October 2014

Your GA nomination of California State Route 94

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article California State Route 94 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dough4872 -- Dough4872 (talk) 03:20, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of California State Route 94

The article California State Route 94 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:California State Route 94 for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dough4872 -- Dough4872 (talk) 04:00, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-44

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

  • There was an issue with files from Commons on October 21. You could only see those with names between 140 and 159 characters by visiting Commons itself. [16]
  • There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [17]
  • There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [18]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [19]
  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28, and on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).
  • VisualEditor now uses autovalues for templates if they are in TemplateData. [20] [21] [22]
  • VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [23]
  • VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [24]
  • The rules for plurals in translations changed in some languages. Interface translations are currently not being updated from translatewiki.net; this process will start again on November 6. [25]

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05:20, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of California State Route 94

The article California State Route 94 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:California State Route 94 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dough4872 -- Dough4872 (talk) 00:42, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of California State Route 98

The article California State Route 98 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:California State Route 98 for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dough4872 -- Dough4872 (talk) 03:21, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Wikimania

So I've been hearing about Wikimania 2014... and they are making WikiProject leaflets. Maybe we (the whole project) should make one for USRD. Does that sound good to you? PhilrocMy contribs 16:16, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

... Wikimania was in August. --Rschen7754 01:14, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
...And yes, we had one. –Fredddie™ 01:27, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Sorry! PhilrocMy contribs 12:53, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 October 2014

spi clerk question

Some time back I applied for a clerk trainee position. You and Callenecc declined the application, with a stated reason of my sanction on the area of gun control. [26] Out of curiosity, if that had not been an issue, can you say what your opinion would have been? If my sanction is lifted in the future, do you think the black mark of it would still be a barrier? Gaijin42 (talk) 15:00, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

It's difficult to say without taking a closer look at your editing profile, which I don't have time to do at the moment. A few things I will say though: 1) non-admins do have more obstacles, simply because they can't block and that decreases their usefulness as a clerk, 2) as far as being able to work with others and level of trust, the bar is fairly close to RFA (having a clerk that can't work with other clerks or CUs is a huge drag on the team), and 3) I was sanctioned by ArbCom several years ago, and still was accepted as a clerk, but there were quite a few years that went by between those two events, and I was also an admin. But you would need to demonstrate that the issues that led to the sanction were resolved, and that you wouldn't somehow use your clerk position to unduly benefit your article editing in some way. --Rschen7754 04:56, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-45

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 software changes

Problems

  • There was a bug in VisualEditor with Internet Explorer. It hid tools like the link editor when you opened them. The bug was fixed on Monday. [30]
  • Issues with the new search tool caused geo data code to show up on pages on Monday and Friday. The mobile "nearby" tool was also broken. The problem is now fixed. [31] [32] [33]
  • HHVM caused server issues on Thursday. They are now fixed.

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 4, and on all Wikipedias from November 5 (calendar).
  • Some wikis have icons at the top of a page to show if it is protected or featured. Icons show up using CSS. You can now use the <indicator> tag in these templates instead to add the icons. [34] [35]
  • VisualEditor now tells you if you're editing a re-used reference. This helps you avoid changing it if you just want to add a new one. [36]
  • The icons in VisualEditor's template editor tool for adding more fields are back, along with other fixes. [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]
  • After November 6, all wikis will have the tool to edit TemplateData. [42] [43] [44]

Future changes

  • The new search tool will come to the last wikis in the coming weeks. This includes Wikipedia in French, Chinese, German and English. [45]

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17:28, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (November 2014)

Hello Wikimedians!

The TWL OWL says sign up today :)

The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for, free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for:

  • DeGruyter: 1000 new accounts for English and German-language research. Sign up on one of two language Wikipedias:
  • Fold3: 100 new accounts for American history and military archives
  • Scotland's People: 100 new accounts for Scottish genealogy database
  • British Newspaper Archive: expanded by 100+ accounts for British newspapers
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The Signpost: 05 November 2014

Tech News: 2014-46

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 software changes

  • You may see a new tool on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [46] [47]
  • The MediaWiki API now shows information in a nice format. You can translate it in translatewiki.net. [48]

File information cleanup

Problems

  • Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem. [49]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf7) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11, and on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).
  • You can now use more editing tools for tables in VisualEditor. You can add rows and columns, merge cells, and edit table captions. [50] [51]
  • The style and insert menus in the toolbar of VisualEditor now show fewer tools. This helps you see the most common tasks. You can see all items by clicking "More". [52]
  • The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs. [53]

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15:00, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-47

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

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf8) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 12. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18, and on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).
  • The new search tool ("CirrusSearch") will be on the English Wikipedia from November 19. [54]

Move from Bugzilla to Phabricator

  • The tool to track bugs will change on November 21.
  • You won't be able to add or edit bugs between November 21 and November 24.
  • You can make the change easier for you by creating your account.
  • Bugzilla will be frozen after the change. You will see, edit and report bugs in Phabricator.
  • You can join two IRC chats to learn more about the change. The chats will be on Tuesday, November 18 at 16:00 (UTC) and 23:00 UTC. [55]

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18:28, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

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ArbCom questions

I withdrew from the elections after a health/stress surprise, but I'm still interested in your opinion of me for the role. I realized my personality isn't ready yet for such a stressful role, especially after doing a terrible block while under stress from IRL. If I answer all the questions, can you give an honest evaluation despite withdrawing. I'm planning on being more active on "behind the scenes" work and I am planning on becoming a clerk for the committee for 2015. Thanks Secret account 20:35, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

@Secret: I'd be happy to do so (by email). I probably won't be able to get to it for a day or two (ping me again if I forget) since evaluating the other candidates is a priority though. --Rschen7754 02:40, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Your questions...

Hello Rschen, I have seen your questions on my candidacy page; I just wanted to make sure you saw my statement here. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get to them for a couple of days. I just wanted to apologise for that and to assure you that I am not ignoring you. Salvio Let's talk about it! 11:42, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Not a problem; getting through all the questions will probably take me a few nights anyway. --Rschen7754 14:38, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm not avoiding them on purpose, I just need some more time to answer. I'll try and finish yours in the next 18 hours or so. Thanks. -- Calidum 05:14, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

DangerousPanda arbitation request opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration and have not been listed as a party. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/DangerousPanda. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/DangerousPanda/Evidence. Please add your evidence by 3 December 2014, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/DangerousPanda/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:36, 19 November 2014 (UTC). Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery

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Tech News: 2014-48

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 move from Bugzilla to Phabricator is done. You can now report bugs in Phabricator. [56]

Problems

  • There was a problem when editing tables in VisualEditor. VisualEditor was trying to fix bad values for the colspan or rowspan option. VisualEditor now leaves the bad values to avoid making things worse. This was fixed on November 17. [57]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf9) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 19. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 25, and on all Wikipedias from November 26 (calendar).
  • You will be able to try VisualEditor on many new wikis for the first time. After November 26, VisualEditor will become available on Wikidata, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews wikis. You can find it in your Beta options. [58]
  • VisualEditor now tells you if your edit needs to be approved. [59]
  • You can now use VisualEditor's tools directly when you resume editing after closing the save window. [60]
  • VisualEditor's table editing tools now work better in right-to-left languages. [61] [62]

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19:31, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Re: Your admin status

You can go ahead and remove that (the admin status). :) digital_me (talk) 17:54, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

@Digitalme:  Done and thank you for your service! --Rschen7754 02:49, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 November 2014

Nomination for deletion of Template:Left Behind Characters

Template:Left Behind Characters has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Cerebellum (talk) 16:15, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

SPI

The SPI on Lightbreather was actually suggested by Gorilla Warfare and it may not be nec to publicly release the info but as this was an attempt evade scrutiny and pose as a nuetral commentator arbcom at the very least should be given those results. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 18:05, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

They have CU, and they can run it for themselves if they want. But SPI does not always involve running CU. --Rschen7754 18:06, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
Okie dokie then thanks anyways. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 18:07, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
Can you intervene in this? --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 19:14, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
I am not an arb clerk anymore, so I'd rather let them handle it. --Rschen7754 19:16, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Bridge

Greetings - I've just made some additions to the Hill-to-Hill Bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_to_Hill_Bridge) entry, adding two diagrams and some additional detail on its relationship to PA Route 378. Would you mind taking a look at your convenience? thanks. Jmarquette 03:30, 4 December 2014 (UTC)jmarquette — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmarquette (talk • contribs)

You may want to ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bridges - I don't really know what is expected for bridge articles, sorry! --Rschen7754 05:09, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited California State Route 54, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Expressway. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

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Bad needs-jctint=no tagging

[63] I'll try to find and fix these. --NE2 11:00, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

I've fixed some. The problem with US 259 (and probably others) is that one state uses the templates and the other doesn't. In fact you may have tagged it when Texas was split out. --NE2 12:08, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for going through it. Part of the problem is that =missing was added at least a year after the other options, so stuff that should have been tagged with that was tagged as any of the other three options. --Rschen7754 05:58, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Southern Beltway

Hey thanks for the constructive criticism on why you failed the Good Article Nominee for Pennsylvania Route 576. Whenever I have time I'll continue working on the article and I will consider it for renomination sometime in the future. For your honest opinions, I'm awarding you a barnstar. Thanks! Jgera5 (talk) 15:47, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

The Reviewer Barnstar
For doing your due diligence and honest opinions for failing a Good Article Nominee. Jgera5 (talk) 15:47, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks! I wouldn't get discouraged, it took me a few tries to get it right in the beginning. Feel free to drop by if you have questions, though I don't know much about PA roads. --Rschen7754 05:59, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of California State Route 115

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article California State Route 115 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Biblioworm -- Biblioworm (talk) 05:21, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of California State Route 115

The article California State Route 115 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:California State Route 115 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Biblioworm -- Biblioworm (talk) 16:42, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 December 2014

Libel?

I wasn't aware my "friend" was libeling me now. Could you clarify in an email what you expunged because I clearly didn't catch it earlier.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 11:39, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Also I think I have a mistake up at the sock puppet case I made because I have one for the IP addresses he's used separate from the one on the named account because of the privacy policy just going to get in the way of the IP identification.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 11:46, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Just realized that your reverts aren't showing up in the watch list for some reason.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 12:06, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

I hit the "mark reverts as bot edits" in my rollback script to draw less attention to them. "Libel" was probably a bit of an exaggeration, but the edit summaries were oversighted. --Rschen7754 17:58, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
So what should be done with the SPi case?—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 20:30, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Probably just wait until a clerk/admin/CU gets to it. --Rschen7754 20:47, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Can you rangeblock the IPs as he seems to only be on that /24?—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 23:52, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 Done --Rschen7754 23:56, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-50

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 software changes

  • All users are now getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [64]
  • You can join a video chat about Phabricator on December 11 at 18:00 (UTC). Phabricator is the new tool to report issues. [65]

Problems

  • There was a problem with Phabricator on November 29. It was due to a network issue. [66]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf11) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 10 (calendar). [67]
  • You can now exit VisualEditor by pressing the "Esc" key. [68]
  • It is now easier to use VisualEditor with IMEs. Typing in Malayalam now works better. [69] [70]
  • The new version of OOjs UI fixed many issues with the size and layout of buttons in dialogs. [71] [72] [73]
  • (Lua) You can no longer use mw.text.unstrip to get the HTML from special page transclusion. You can see a list of scripts to fix. [74] [75]

Future changes

  • Starting next week JavaScript tools won't work if they use jQuery Migrate. [76]

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17:11, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 10 December 2014

Steward request: Global username change

Thanks for offering to do a username change at m:SRUC, Rschen. I'd like my old accounts under ComputerGuy to be merged with my current account under SounderBruce. SounderBruce 18:43, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

For the record, [77] shows the two are the same... --Rschen7754 18:48, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 Done for dewiki, simplewiki, enwikinews. --Rschen7754 18:59, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-51

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 software changes

  • You may see a new tool tested on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [78]
  • You can watch a video to learn how to use Phabricator to manage projects. [79]
  • You can test a new version of the Content Translation tool.

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf12) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 17 (calendar). [80]
  • You can now find and replace text in VisualEditor. You can open the tool via the menu, Ctrl+F or Cmd+F. [81]
  • VisualEditor now doesn't change the space at the end of a text that you make bold. [82]
  • The "Apply changes" button in the reference window of VisualEditor is now disabled until you make a change. [83]

Future changes

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16:44, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (December 2014)

Hello Wikimedians!

The TWL OWL says sign up today :)

The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for, free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for:

Other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
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The Signpost: 17 December 2014

Your GA nomination of California State Route 177

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Your GA nomination of California State Route 177

The article California State Route 177 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:California State Route 177 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TheWombatGuru -- TheWombatGuru (talk) 00:41, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-52

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Recent software changes

  • The Technical Operations team is now using Phabricator to track their tasks. The Operations team manages the Wikimedia servers. In the future you will be able to see the tasks that are not private. [88]

Software changes this week

  • There will be no software changes this week and next week. This is because of the end-of-year holidays. The next update of MediaWiki will be on January 6. [89]

Future changes

  • The system that displays citations will change in the future. The new system will not change the style of citations. [90]
  • A new design for VisualEditor will come in January. You can try it now on test wikis. [91]

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16:52, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

The Center Line: Fourth Quarter 2014

Volume 7, Issue 4 • Fourth Quarter 2014 • About the Newsletter
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Seasonal Greets!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015!!!

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Hey! Thanks for globally blocking that IP. Per an email that I just got from the foundation, would you be able to semi-protect my talk page? Perhaps until a week or two after the expiry of the global block? I'm willing to create a sub talk page if needed. Dusti*Let's talk!* 18:24, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Seems someone already did. Unfortunately that won't protect your talk page on the 900 other Wikimedia sites though :( --Rschen7754 18:55, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
I know... idk what else to do? LOL Dusti*Let's talk!* 18:59, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Operahome - Globally banned/blocked is back

I believe you dealt with this user just 9 days back. Found 2-3 more socks and he is creating havoc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Igor_the_facetious_xmas_bunny Legacypac (talk) 14:50, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

I skimmed over all of the discussions and I'm not sure what to make of it. If I get time over the next few days I'll think about it some more. --Rschen7754 05:24, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-01

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16:52, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Freeway exit template

Hello Rschen7754! How are you doing? I noticed the exit list parts in many freeway articles have been replaced with a so called Jctint template (formerly they were simply implemented with standard wiki table). I tried to introduce it into Chinese Wikipedia but it seems that a lot of templates are associated the Jctint and the template structure behind it is way too complex for me to understand. Is there a guideline for me to introduce the whole Jctint template system to another wiki? Thank you! AndyHe829 (talk) 22:07, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

From what I know, I would think that it would be a matter of copying over the module pages (@Happy5214:) I've thought about stuff like this as part of the m:USRD initiative, but then got sidetracked with other matters - maybe this is something that needs to be revisited in the future. --Rschen7754 05:14, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
The three main modules are Module:Jcttop/core, Module:Jctint/core, and Module:Jctbtm. There are dependencies on Module:Arguments and Module:Road data/RJL types. Translate the strings when necessary. The templates all depend on those modules, with {{jcttop/core}}, {{jctint/core}}, and {{jctbtm}} simply calling the respective modules. Most of the other RJL templates just act as wrappers around the first two templates. You probably just need {{jctint}}, {{jcttop}}, {{jctbridge}}, the three module-calling templates, and the modules themselves to start. -happy5214 17:38, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

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Inactive sysops (Tr. wiki)

Hi,

Noumenon and Tembelejderha have no actions and no edits for two years. A few months ago, Noumenons checkuser rights has been removed according to global policy. Could you remove their sysop rights?

Regards.

(I will add this message your talk page on meta wiki too.)
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User Squidward674

Just a heads up that user Squidward674 whom you blocked 3 days ago, is now unblocked and continuing to recreate the same types of articles that got him blocked originally, you may want to monitor the situation. War wizard90 (talk) 04:43, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

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Books and Bytes - Issue 9

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 9, November-December 2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

  • New donations, including real-paper-and-everything books, e-books, science journal databases, and more
  • New TWL coordinators, conference news, a new open-access journal database, summary of library-related WMF grants, and more
  • Spotlight: "Global Impact: The Wikipedia Library and Persian Wikipedia" - a Persian Wikipedia editor talks about their experiences with database access in Iran, writing on the Persian project and the JSTOR partnership

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Patrick674

Appears to be another sock of Squidward674, see here. War wizard90 (talk) 00:51, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of California State Route 54

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article California State Route 54 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dough4872 -- Dough4872 (talk) 02:40, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of California State Route 54

The article California State Route 54 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:California State Route 54 for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dough4872 -- Dough4872 (talk) 03:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

State highways

Hello! In Numbered highways in the United States, state highways appear to be a system that is independent from interstate highways and U.S. routes. I assume state highways refer to those with name "California State Route xxx". However, in all state highway articles, like State highways in California and Texas state highways, interstate highways and U.S. routes are also categorized as the "state highway". I am a little bit confused by this. Could you please let me know some about this? AndyHe829 (talk) 01:55, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

I can only speak to how California handles this; they tell me other states are similar, but I don't know that for sure. According to the official route definitions, there is no difference between an Interstate, a U.S. Route, or a State Route, so technically all of them are state highways, and are generally maintained by Caltrans. The Federal Highway Administration does not maintain roads directly. --Rschen7754 02:21, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Thank you! AndyHe829 (talk) 04:29, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of California State Route 54

The article California State Route 54 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:California State Route 54 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dough4872 -- Dough4872 (talk) 19:41, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-03

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  • Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [92]
  • You can now use the {{!}} magic word instead of Template:!. Many wikis used the template to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the template. [93]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar).
  • A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a ☀ (Sun) character. This is now fixed. [94]
  • The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [95]
  • The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [96] [97] [98]
  • The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [99]

Future changes

  • You can sign up to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [100]

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16:47, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

A summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. I had to squeeze the text down to a little over 1200 characters; was there anything I left out you'd like to see put back in? - Dank (push to talk) 02:56, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Eyeballing it, it looks fine; unfortunately I don't have the time to look more thoroughly. --Rschen7754 03:13, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 03:20, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2015-04

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Problems

  • All JavaScript on Commons was broken for a few minutes on Tuesday. It was because of old code in the HotCat tool. The same problem happened on some Wikipedias on Wednesday. It is now fixed. [103]

Software changes this week

  • There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [104]

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18:13, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2015-05

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16:08, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

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RfC - Helper Script access

An RfC has been opened at RfC to physically restrict access to the Helper Script. You are invited to comment. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 16:27, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-06

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  • There was a security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [109]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 4 (calendar).
  • The "Save page" button in the VisualEditor toolbar is now blue rather than green. This is the same as on the mobile site. [110]
  • You can now edit pages on the draft namespace with VisualEditor on the Russian Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia. You can ask to get VisualEditor for a namespace on your wiki. When your community agrees, ask in Phabricator. [111] [112]

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16:31, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

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