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AFT5 newsletter

Hey all; another newsletter.

If you're not already aware, a Request for Comment on the future of the Article Feedback Tool on the English-language Wikipedia is open; any and all comments, regardless of opinion and perspective, are welcome.
Our final round of hand-coding is complete, and the results can be found here; thanks to everyone who took part!
We've made test deployments to the German and French-language projects; if you are aware of any other projects that might like to test out or use the tool, please let me know :).
Developers continue to work on the upgraded version of the feedback page that was discussed during our last office hours session, with a prototype ready for you to play around with in a few weeks.

That's all for now! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:14, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven

Hello again! We have some neat updates about the Teahouse:

We’ve added badges! Teahouse awards is a pilot project to learn how acknowledgement impacts engagement and retention in Teahouse and Wikipedia.

We’ve got a new WikiLove Badge script that makes giving badges quick and easy. You can add it here. You can give out badges to thank helpful hosts, welcome guests, acknowledge great questions and more.

Come join the experiment and let us know what you think!

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Thanks again! Ocaasi 02:24, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

hello there

Not sure were to go or who to ask - but you authored the last Wikipedia:Help Project/Newsletter. I have taken the time to some revamping and creation of an index that could be mentioned in the next news letter.

Wikipedia:Help index new
Template:Help navigation revamped and used on 300+ pages from being on 12 pages and this huge change

There is also a new semi-fake portal for a redirect to Help:Contents now seen on 500+ talk pages by way of the {{Wikipedia Help Project}} template.

..if your not the right person just let me know.Moxy (talk) 04:56, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Moxy! I've definitely noticed the good work you're doing, will give it a mention in the next newsletter. the wub "?!" 16:59, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

Someone mentioned your help page reform project here. I thought you might want to comment. Blue Rasberry (talk) 18:24, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New Article Feedback version available for testing

Hey all.

As promised, we've built a set of improvements to the Article Feedback Tool, which can be tested through the links here. Please do take the opportunity to play around with it, let me know of any bugs, and see what you think :).

A final reminder that the Request for Comment on whether AFT5 should be turned on on Wikipedia (and how) is soon to close; for those of you who have not submitted an opinion or !voted, it can be found here.

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 19:25, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Just sent somebody to Help:Introduction to uploading images and can't help reflecting how wonderful it is. :) Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 15:57, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)

It's been a full year since the Teahouse opened, and as we're reflecting on what's been accomplished, we wanted to celebrate with you.

Teahouse guests and hosts are sharing their stories in a new blog post about the project.

1 year statistics for Teahouse visitors compared to invited non-visitors from the pilot:

Metric	Control group	Teahouse group	Contrast
Average retention (weeks with at least 1 edit)	5.02 weeks	8.57 weeks	1.7x retention
Average number of articles edited	58.7 articles	116.9 edits	2.0x articles edited
Average talk page edits	36.5 edits	85.6 edits	2.4x talk page edits
Average article space edits	129.6 edits	360.4 edits	2.8x article edits
Average total edits (all namespaces)	182.1 edits	532.4 edits	2.9x total edits

Over the past year almost 2000 questions have been asked and answered, 669 editors have introduced themselves, 1670 guests have been served, 867 experienced Wikipedians have participated in the project, and 137 have served as hosts. Read more project analysis in our CSCW 2013 paper

Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

Come by the Teahouse to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)

-- Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 20:42, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Rename request

Please rename Help:Contents/Getting started to Help:Contents/Browse/Getting started

...so that it backlinks to its parent page.

I couldn't do it because the page is protected.

Thank you. The Transhumanist 10:56, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. the wub "?!" 18:55, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. The Transhumanist 09:33, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Erich Maria Remarque

Hi. This article has suffered from a storm of vandals over the last few days. Might be time for some temporary restrictions? Rumiton (talk) 03:40, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, it's been done, thanks. Rumiton (talk) 12:07, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello new friend

I am hesitant in fixing a few recent edit by a user that I think may be upset with one reversal I did recently. I dont want to make the person more upset. Could you....if possible...

Firstly at Help:Contents some things were changed around- I dont care about were the links are just would be nice if the page was all formatted the same... could you fix the nonbolding and full link that is seen for the line - "For a list-style help contents page, see Wikipedia:Help index" to..... "For a list-style help contents page, see the Help index"

Secondly this edit - actually added a link to Help:Contents/Browse 2 times and unlinking the Help:Contents page while leaving the short cut there. Just need to relink Help:Contents with its short cut and all 3 pages will be linked with the proper short cut.Moxy (talk) 10:26, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the next five years – a day workshop on the future of Wikimedia UK

There's a sign up section on the event talk page. If you have a particular preference about work shops you want to attend, you might want to add you name to the relevant lists. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 16:11, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]