User talk:Legoktm/September 2014

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

Recent software changes

  • You can now test a new Beta Feature to see links to other wikis in the sidebar. The links come from Wikidata.
  • You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the linksto: keyword in your search.
  • A redirect to a section now changes the URL in the address bar of your browser. If "Dog" redirects to "Animals#Dog", you now see "Animals#Dog" instead of "Dog#Dog".
  • If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages".

VisualEditor news

  • You can no longer delete required fields in templates.
  • We fixed many Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 11, you will get VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next.
  • VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook.
  • We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X).
  • You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category.

Future software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf19) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 2, and on all Wikipedias on September 4 (calendar).
  • There is a proposal to build a database on Commons for file data. It will make it easier to see the author, license and topics. You can give feedback on this idea. You can also come to the IRC chat on September 3 at 18:00 (UTC) in #wikimedia-office at freenode.
  • You can give feedback on Media Viewer until September 7. You can say what needs to be improved and ask other people to give feedback too.
  • You can test a new version of the tool to show math. It uses MathML. Report bugs in bugzilla.
  • You will no longer be able to upload images from the mobile site.

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07:49, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

that content contributor tool ...

is being bemusedly discussed at User talk:Drmies, thanks to my seeing it mentioned on #wikipedia-en before I had to go to work last night. Did you write it? Could you put the folks there out of their frustration and explain how it works? I saw someone say it takes the inverse ... but not of what :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 19:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

I left a comment there, thanks for the pointer. Legoktm (talk) 07:39, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Authority control, redux

I'm working with a number of editors on non-English Wikipedias, to have {{Authority control}} and its sub-templates and module(s) imported into their projects. A couple are getting errors which they can't resolve (they both speak English, thankfully!). Would you kindly assist them, if I point them here? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:44, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed this last time you posted it here. I might be able to help, but I don't really have time to do so :/. Maybe point them to Wikipedia:Lua_requests or m:Tech? Legoktm (talk) 16:55, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 September 2014

  • Arbitration report: Media viewer case is suspended
    "On 1 September, the Arbitrators voted to suspend the Media Viewer case for 60 days. After the suspension period is up, the case is to be closed unless the committee votes otherwise. The case suspension comes in response to several new initiatives and policies announced by the Wikimedia Foundation that may make the case moot. In the same motion, the committee declared that Eloquence's resignation of the administrator right was "under the cloud" and that he can only regain the right through another RfA."
  • Traffic report: Holding Pattern
    "This week we saw three of the top ten articles remain in place, with the Ice Bucket Challenge at #1, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at #2, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at #5, all for a second straight week..."
  • WikiProject report: Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)
    "This week, the Signpost went out to meet WikiProject Anatomy, dedicated to improving the articles about all our bones, brains, bladders and biceps, and getting them to the high standard expected of a comprehensive encyclopaedia."

Tech News: 2014-37

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

VisualEditor news

  • From Thursday, Internet Explorer 11 users will get VisualEditor. Support for earlier versions is coming next.

Future software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf20) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 9, and on all Wikipedias on September 11 (calendar).
  • You will soon confirm a "Thanks" inline instead of in a dialog.
  • You can read more about the plan to move to Phabricator, a tool that will help people develop the MediaWiki software and report bugs.

Problems

  • There were problems with JavaScript and CSS on Friday, September 5 because of a code error.

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09:33, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Good article stats

Hello,

I was wondering if there was a way to get a list of:

  • Articles that I've worked on to get to GA status
  • Articles that I reviewed for GA status

At the Wikipedia IRC chat I was given the page with the counts for reviews by user and it would be great to see what is included in that list. I was told you would be the person that would know more about this... or if it could be done.

Regarding articles that I've worked on to get to GA status, I realized that might be more difficult. In terms of fields of information - it would seem the nominator could be used, but that could be a self-nomination or really anyone who might have a direct or peripheral involvement.

Do you know if this information is available, or if it would not be too much work to create either of these lists?

By the way, thanks for all that you do as Legobot to manage the communication of nomination status changes, adding the icons, etc.!

Thanks!

Carole

Sorry, Legobot currently doesn't keep track of that information, and I don't really have that much time to write something that would find that information. Maybe try asking at WP:BOTR? Legoktm (talk) 21:51, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
No, it's ok. I found that I can back into the info by performing searches of archives of GA and my talk pages. Thanks anyhow.--CaroleHenson (talk) 22:00, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 September 2014

  • Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready
    Last month, I wrote an open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, inviting others to join me in a simple but important request: roll back the recent actions—both technical and social—by which the Wikimedia Foundation has overruled legitimate decisions of several Wikimedia projects.
  • Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity
    Even though it's not quite 3/4 over, it's safe to say that 2014 will go down as a year of war, mass murder, plane crashes and terrible diseases. While certainly paying it some heed, it's not surprising that Wikipedia viewers tried this week to find any alternative to that litany of tragedy and pain, and their chosen method of escape was, as usual, celebrity.
  • Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue
    The amazing and strange tongue-eating louse replacing a fish's tongue! Because isopods, the subject of a new featured article, are both awesome and really damn weird!
  • WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right
    This week, the Signpost decided to have a look around with WikiProject Check Wikipedia a maintenance project not concerned so much with articles' content, but in all the tiny errors that are to be found scattered within them. Their front page gives a list of things they mainly focus on ...

Tech News: 2014-38

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 can now change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the mw-disambig CSS class.
  • There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names.
  • New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited.

Problems

  • There was a problem with loading images on September 10.

VisualEditor news

  • If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number.
  • The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet.
  • You can now use help buttons in the "Page settings" menu to see what the options are for.

Future software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf21) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 16, and on all Wikipedias on September 18 (calendar).
  • These changes are coming with the new version:
    • If you use Internet Explorer 7, JavaScript will no longer work. JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work in that browser. You should update to a newer browser.

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08:34, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup

WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.

Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.

Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

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SPI

As you previously acted on a Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kauffner SPI, are you able to take a look at this latest one? Is actively editing in several short term discussions RMs/AfDs etc. and removing notifications of the SPI. Thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:21, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Revdel

Hi. Thanks for your revdel at User talk:Mehrab kakar. I did bring it to the IRC channel when I saw it, but was told that policy applied only to those under 13. I couldn't find any relevant policy, but it still seemed wrong to just leave it there, so I did what I did. Is there a policy I should cite next time, or was this just one of those discretionary situations? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:45, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

I've got another similar instance, with a residence address and DOB posted by a 16yo. I tried hailing you on the IRC revdel channel, but I guess you are away. {{Ping}} me if you want the diff and I'll go to the IRC revdel channel. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 19:24, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 September 2014

  • WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland
    As Scotland is deciding its future this week, we thought it might be a good idea to get to know the editors of WikiProject Scotland and talk to them about the project.
  • Featured content: Which is not like the others?
    Four articles, two lists, and 51 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

Tech News: 2014-39

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 problem on the English Wikipedia on September 19. It was due to edits on a template used on many pages.
  • Sites were down for users in the Pacific area around 7:00 UTC on September 20. It was due to a problem in the San Francisco data center.
  • There were two bad bugs messing up articles in some browsers in VisualEditor. We fixed the bugs and updated the sites.

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf22) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 23, and on all Wikipedias on September 25 (calendar).
  • If you have more than 2000 notifications, the oldest ones will be removed.
  • In the "Vector" skin, the icon used for users will show a neutral gender.
  • The VisualEditor template tool now tells you if a required field is missing.
  • The "Cancel" button of the VisualEditor save window is now called "Resume editing". This shows that you can still edit and you won't lose your changes.
  • There are new keyboard shortcuts in VisualEditor. Use Ctrl+Shift+6 for code and Ctrl+Shift+5 for strikethrough.
  • In VisualEditor, you can now see that you are switching to the source editing mode. Before, it was not clear it was happening.

Future site changes

  • You can see a plan for the move to Phabricator. It's the new tool to track bugs. A guided tour will be done via video on September 24.

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09:05, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

OTRS edit filter

I've made a suggestion in the comments for some regex could we might be able to use if you have sometime to review it. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:43, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 September 2014

  • Featured content: Oil paintings galore
    Six articles, four lists, one topic, and 17 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.
  • In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii
    The Hindustan Times speculates (September 18) that politicians and their supporters are "sanitizing" their articles in advance of the 2014 Maharashtra State Assembly election. The Times notes the absence of significant controversies in the articles of particular politicians and the presence of heavily promotional language.
  • Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland
    This could be the beginning of a new era for this list. Until now, decisions to remove suspicious content have been largely educated guesswork. This week though, we have a new collaborator who can shine a light on the origins and patterns, sorting once and for all the webwheat from the cyberchaff.
  • WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time
    A year and a week later, we're with some of the members of WikiProject Good Articles, who wanted to share the news of their upcoming contest within the project, the GA Cup. The aim of this friendly competition, which is held in the same light friendly manner of the WikiCup and the Core Contest, is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed articles at Good article nominations which has been a constant problem for quite a few years for those running the GA process.
  • Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education
    Banning Policy finishes the workshop phase on 23 September. Parties have proposed findings of fact on the topics of the 3RR, the role of Jimbo Wales, and proxying for banned users. A request for arbitration was posted on 20 September about Landmark Worldwide.

Tech News: 2014-40

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

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf1) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar).
  • Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them.
  • You can add an "autovalue" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added.
  • If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it.
  • The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats.

Future changes

  • You can watch a video showing Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. You can also read more about the move from Bugzilla.
  • JavaScript authors: Many old methods will be removed soon. Please check your scripts and gadgets and replace the old methods by the new ones if needed.

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09:44, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

The Center Line: Summer 2014

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