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Wikidata weekly summary #449

Administrators' newsletter – January 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

  • By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
  • Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, BDD, Bradv, CaptainEek, L235, Maxim, Primefac.

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2021)

Hello, StudiesWorld. The article for improvement of the week is:

Lumbersexual

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Pork chop • Fishing industry


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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15:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #450

This Month in GLAM: December 2020





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This Month in GLAM: December 2020





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Read this edition in fullSingle-page

To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2021)

Sani Pass in Mokhotlong, Lesotho is an example of a mountain pass.
Hello, StudiesWorld. The article for improvement of the week is:

Mountain pass

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Lumbersexual • Pork chop


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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Wikidata weekly summary #451

16:09, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Editing news 2021 #1

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Reply tool

Graph of Reply tool and full-page wikitext edit completion rates
Completion rates for comments made with the Reply tool and full-page wikitext editing. Details and limitations are in this report.

The Reply tool is available at most other Wikipedias.

  • The Reply tool has been deployed as an opt-out preference to all editors at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.
  • It is also available as a Beta Feature at almost all Wikipedias except for the English, Russian, and German-language Wikipedias. If it is not available at your wiki, you can request it by following these simple instructions.

Research notes:

  • As of January 2021, more than 3,500 editors have used the Reply tool to post about 70,000 comments.
  • There is preliminary data from the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedia on the Reply tool. Junior Contributors who use the Reply tool are more likely to publish the comments that they start writing than those who use full-page wikitext editing.[10]
  • The Editing and Parsing teams have significantly reduced the number of edits that affect other parts of the page. About 0.3% of edits did this during the last month.[11] Some of the remaining changes are automatic corrections for Special:LintErrors.
  • A large A/B test will start soon.[12] This is part of the process to offer the Reply tool to everyone. During this test, half of all editors at 24 Wikipedias (not including the English Wikipedia) will have the Reply tool automatically enabled, and half will not. Editors at those Wikipeedias can still turn it on or off for their own accounts in Special:Preferences.

New discussion tool

Screenshot of version 1.0 of the New Discussion Tool prototype.

The new tool for starting new discussions (new sections) will join the Discussion tools in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures at the end of January. You can try the tool for yourself.[13] You can leave feedback in this thread or on the talk page.

Next: Notifications

During Talk pages consultation 2019, editors said that it should be easier to know about new activity in conversations they are interested in. The Notifications project is just beginning. What would help you become aware of new comments? What's working with the current system? Which pages at your wiki should the team look at? Please post your advice at mw:Talk:Talk pages project/Notifications.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 01:02, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

This Month in Education: January 2021

This Month in Education

Volume 10 • Issue 1 • January 2021


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In This Issuse

This Month in Education: January 2021

This Month in Education

Volume 10 • Issue 1 • January 2021


ContentsHeadlinesSubscribe


In This Issuse

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2021)

Hello, StudiesWorld. The article for improvement of the week is:

Viral phenomenon

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Mountain pass • Lumbersexual


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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TheWikiWizard-January 2021

Hello, StudiesWorld! Here is the January 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard. Pilot Project, trying a smaller and different style newsletter

  • Here are the events of January!!

Wikipedia News

  • Wikipedia is now 20 years old!! Notice a different logo?
  • There is now more than 1 billion edits on Wikipedia!
  • The Simple English Wikipedia now has more than 180,000 Articles! So close to 200,000!

Humor

  • Did you realize that the word "Humour" has been spelt wrong? I didn't until now! ;)
  • I hope you didn't edit Wikipedia straight on and Missed Christmas...

Notes

  • We are trying out this pilot style newspaper, making it easier for you, and our editors to use. Please let me know what you think about this new 'style' of newspaper!
  • The Wikipedia Ads section will be omitted, to make the flow of this newsletter easier. Discuss this issue here

To change your subscription, or to subscribe click Here. Enjoy this Issue and stay safe! Happy New Year! --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 01:18, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard-January 2021

Hello, StudiesWorld! Here is the January 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard. Pilot Project, trying a smaller and different style newsletter

  • Here are the events of January!!

Wikipedia News

  • Wikipedia is now 20 years old!! Notice a different logo?
  • There is now more than 1 billion edits on Wikipedia!
  • The Simple English Wikipedia now has more than 180,000 Articles! So close to 200,000!

Humor

  • Did you realize that the word "Humour" has been spelt wrong? I didn't until now! ;)
  • I hope you didn't edit Wikipedia straight on and Missed Christmas...

Notes

  • We are trying out this pilot style newspaper, making it easier for you, and our editors to use. Please let me know what you think about this new 'style' of newspaper!
  • The Wikipedia Ads section will be omitted, to make the flow of this newsletter easier. Discuss this issue here

To change your subscription, or to subscribe click Here. Enjoy this Issue and stay safe! Happy New Year! --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 01:18, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 42

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 42, November – December 2020

  • New EBSCO collections now available
  • 1Lib1Ref 2021 underway
  • Library Card input requested
  • Libraries love Wikimedia, too!

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:00, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 42

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 42, November – December 2020

  • New EBSCO collections now available
  • 1Lib1Ref 2021 underway
  • Library Card input requested
  • Libraries love Wikimedia, too!

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:01, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #452

18:30, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

February 2021 at Women in Red

Women in Red | February 2021, Volume 7, Issue 2, Numbers 184, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191


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This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2021)

Hello, StudiesWorld. The article for improvement of the week is:

Lumbersexual

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Viral phenomenon • Mountain pass


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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