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Portland "Wiknic" 2013!

"WIKNIC" 2013!
You're invited to the upcoming "Wiknic", scheduled for Saturday, June 22.
In typical Wikipedia fashion, you can help decide the location. Details and signup here!

Hope you are able to attend! --Another Believer (Talk) 22:46, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Template:WikiProject United States

Greetings OR and thanks for your contributions. I noticed your talk page edit at Template talk:WikiProject United States to add a GLAM project to the list of supported projects. Unfortunately I had to remove all the GLAM projects from the template so we cannot do that. This was because several editors (some of which don't even participate in WPUS) felt that the WPUS project was overreaching its scope and some of the GLAM projects had content that was too far removed from WPUS (Paintings, artists and other content unrelated to the US). Rather than include only the content that pertained to the US and share that between the 2 projects, the consensus required the removal of the GLAM projects and the cease of support from WPUS. Which also means several of the GLAM projects don't have any active support. Which I feel is unfortunate and you can probably sense my irritation in that decision. Anyway, just wanted to let you know. Take care and happy editing. Kumioko (talk) 16:48, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes Portland 2013!

WIKIPEDIA TAKES PORTLAND 2013!
You're invited to participate in the upcoming "Wikipedia Takes Portland" campaign, to be held during the month of September. The local campaign occurs annually in conjunction with Wikipedia Takes America and Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States. Photographing sites included on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the main focus of Wikipedia Takes Portland. In typical Wikipedia fashion, you can work individually or create a team.
Details and signup here!

--Another Believer (Talk) 15:17, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Libraries 2013

WIKI LOVES LIBRARIES 2013!
You're invited to attend the upcoming "Wiki Loves Libraries" edit-athon. The event will be held from 1–4pm on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Portland Art Museum's Crumpacker Family Library, located on the second floor of the Museum's Mark Building (formerly the Masonic Temple).
The edit-athon will focus on the local arts community (but you can work on other topics as well!). It will also kick off the Oregon Arts Project, an on-wiki initiative to improve coverage of the arts in Oregon. Details and signup here!

FYI. Wish you could be here! --Another Believer (Talk) 15:45, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Just a reminder about this weekend's event, in case you know anyone who might be interested or you wish to contribute online! --Another Believer (Talk) 16:06, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

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Accept reason: Autoblock lifted. --jpgordon::==( o ) 18:14, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

The reason given for METROtrain6's block is that the username is incorrect. This was my fault, but I understand now why the block happened. I created that account because I'm a WiR and I'm doing a training at Queens Public Library tomorrow and many of the people I will be training have a block IP address at their institution. I created that account here, so it could be passed on to someone at the training to begin using. I now understand that I should have never created an account for someone else, but I need my account to be unblocked in order to help facilitate the training tomorrow. Please write back if you have further concerns.OR drohowa (talk) 18:08, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

May I suggest that you read this article? It is the most comprehensive article on the various Guggenheim collections. I think it will help clarify the conversation. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:43, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Conversation continued on Guggenheim talk

Proposed deletion of East Art Map

The article East Art Map has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication of mainstream coverage, fails WP:GNG.

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More biographies are not the answer to such concerns but they are probably part of the solution. If someone can manage to verify a biography then that also would probably result in more journalism about people's projects. I really would like more journalism to cover academia because the existing self-publications and press releases are not a good long-term strategy for outreach. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:03, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Pic at METRO

I've uploaded this to Commons and put it on one of the pages at the Outreach server. Enjoy!

A Wikipedia workshop tailored especially for librarians held at the Metropolitan New York Library Council

-- kosboot (talk) 01:57, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia NYC Meetup! Saturday October 5

Jefferson Market Public Library
 Please join the Wikimedia NYC Meetup on October 5, 2013!
Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach
for education, museums, libraries and planning WikiConference USA.
--Pharos (talk) 21:29, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi!

It was great meeting you yesterday! I'd love to get to know you better, so please let me know if you'd like a museum buddy or something. I used to go to MoMA every Friday until I started going to Occu-Evolve meetings every Friday. --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 21:08, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

When I visited the New York Hall of Science, I thought it seemed too much like a children's museum, even though it wasn't officially. Being broke, there are plenty of NYC museums I still haven't visited. I was in Jacksonville, Florida for 4 months to the day (arrived January 16, 2012; departed-May 15, 2012), of which I was employed for about 3 1/2 months. I visited two museums there (Wikipedia shows that there are nine total). Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is the best--it's kind of a mini Met. Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville was a bit disappointing because their special exhibitions take up almost the entirety of the museum, other than the classroom area (mostly for kids), the auditorium, cafe, and gift shop. They have a permanent collection, but it's kept in storage if it's not related to the special exhibition, presumably at University of North Florida, which runs it. I've been to more art galleries than I can name, but mostly my museum going in NYC has been MoMA, Met, and AMNH, plus some library exhibitions. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is so cool that I know people who have had their weddings there. --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 23:27, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

MLIS event

The best person to contact about this is probably user:Jtmorgan. He is a WMF employee and has close ties to UW. --Pine✉ 18:28, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

GLAM Cafe invitation

Wikipedians are invited to the GLAM Café at the Chemical Heritage Foundation to meet, talk, and edit. We provide the space, the coffee, and the snacks: you provide ideas and enthusiasm! On the second Tuesday of each month, starting November 12, 2013. If you're ever in the area, you'd be welcome!
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Ways to improve Winthrop Kelley Edey

Hi, I'm Sulfurboy. OR drohowa, thanks for creating Winthrop Kelley Edey!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. 2 minor.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Sulfurboy (talk) 19:53, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia NYC Meetup- "Greenwich Village In The 60s" Editathon! Saturday November 2

Jefferson Market Public Library
 Please join Wikipedia "Greenwich Village In The 60s" Editathon on November 2, 2013!
Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach
for Greenwich Village articles on the history and the community.
--Pharos (talk) 21:20, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Matilda Joslyn Gage

It's been a while since I've worked on the Matlida Joslyn Gage article. Perhaps you'd like to contribute something? --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 20:34, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

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Wikimedia LGBT

Hi Dorothy, I just wanted to bring Wikimedia LGBT, a proposed user group and thematic organization that promotes the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT communities, to your attention. I am sure you are so busy with your current projects, but I hope you might be able to direct people to this group if they are interested in LGBT content in any way. Of course, you are also more than welcome to indicate your interest/support, if you wish. Hopefully we can get some LGBT-related GLAM projects up and running in the near future. Best, --Another Believer (Talk) 19:34, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! This organization has 110% of my support and I will pass along the information if they are interested. There are a few LGBT organizations in New York that I've been trying to get interested in Wikipedia that may take to this. The Lesbian Herstory Archives and also the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. Cheers, OR drohowa (talk) 19:46, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Wonderful! Thanks for your support, Dorothy. Would you mind posting a note on the talk page about the organizations you've mentioned (at your earliest convenience, of course)? --Another Believer (Talk) 19:54, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

muumuuhouse.com

muumuuhouse.com is listed on this list for reasons described here. You can request its removal from the list at proposed removals. -- Jreferee (talk) 10:01, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

"Wiki Loves Libraries" edit-athon in Vancouver, WA

WIKI LOVES LIBRARIES 2013!
You are invited to attend the upcoming "Wiki Loves Libraries" edit-athon. The event will be held from 2:30–4:30pm on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the Vancouver Community Library (901 C Street) in Vancouver, Washington. The edit-athon will focus on creating and expanding articles related to Vancouver and Clark County. Details and signup here!

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Consortium WiR

Dear Dorothy,

I just read your interesting article on Wikimedia Blog. I would like to point out that I'm the Wikipedian-in-Residence at Catalan Network of Public Libraries, which include the 368 public libraries in Catalonia. There are40 libraries that have already organized activities (like editathons, workshops, etc.) or created articles about their local area (writers, monuments, ...). Here can find more information. --Davidpar (talk) 11:52, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Editing Wikipedia:GLAM/Mount Holyoke College/Tab header/Spacer

Hello OR drohowa,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Editing Wikipedia:GLAM/Mount Holyoke College/Tab header/Spacer for deletion, because it seems to be a test. Did you know that the Wikipedia Sandbox is available for testing out edits?

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

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Wikimedia NYC Meetup- "Queens Open History Edit-a-Thon" at Queens Library! Friday December 6

Queens Library
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Everyone gather at Queens Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach
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Get your cameras ready! Christmas in Oregon and PDX Pods

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You're invited: Art & Feminism Edit-a-thon

Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - You are invited!
Hi Hexatekin! The first Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in New York City

Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Wikipedians of all experience levels are invited! Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors.
Bring a friend and a laptop! Come one, come all! Learn more here!

WP:Exhibitions

Hi! Well I seem to be the first to take up your invitation. I have to say I'm not sure I see the need for a new wikiproject. Unless they are well supported they are probably better off remaining part of a larger one. I'm a bit dubious about articles about current one-off exhibitions (though I've done at least one myself), and they usually get very few readers, even while the show is on; look at the views (from Dec 12 when he stopped editing it) for the exemplary Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900, now running in London - about 17 a day. Google will nearly always take you to better info & reviews easily enough. Ones from the past that have turned out to be significant are a different matter, as are regular biennials etc. I've worked on a few articles in the category, but it's not something I'm likely to turn into a big part of my editing. Sorry to be discouraging! All the best for the holidays & NY, Johnbod (talk) 22:12, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your comments. I would agree that the traffic for articles about exhibitions is fairly small but I think that they can still be very solid research tools for people interested in museum history, art history etc. and the curation/framing/institutionalization of research and artifacts. In my experience working in GLAM, I also think these articles could be improved dramatically with institutional editing by archives, libraries, and museum collections workers editing for GLAM projects down the line. I was talking to User:DGG recently about expanding the scope of this project to include also articles on conferences, curatorial projects, and events at public events spaces. These articles are being written but because of lack of guidelines, are often at risk for deletion. Perhaps the title of the WikiProject could be expanded to be something like 'WikiProject Curated exhibitions and conferences.' I also think the scientific coverage on Wikipedia would be especially benefited by standards for articles on conferences such as for example Lunar and Planetary Science Conference- because assembling research, ideas, and findings by conference is a way to preserve the evolutions of particular scientific and research communities. User:DGG and I discussed creating a list of potential candidate articles for such a WikiProject. Perhaps I will do that below:

Potential Candidates

Virtual meeting invite

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Cochrane WIR, please apply now

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Nomination of East Art Map for deletion

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Pilsudski Institute

I heard you are helping them out. Thank you, and if you need help from pl speakers, drop by WT:POLAND, we are quite active. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 17:14, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Please ask at WT:POLAND whether any of our members is from NYC (I guess you could also run WP:CATSCAN by members of this project and NYT categories...). Out of the top of my head, no, I don't recall anyone saying they are form NYC, unfortunately. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 17:43, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Saturday: NYC Art And Feminism Wikipedia Editathon

Jefferson Market Public Library
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an event aimed at collaboratively expanding Wikipedia articles covering Art and Feminism, and the biographies of women artists!

There are also regional events that day in Brooklyn, Westchester County, and the Hudson Valley.
--Pharos (talk)

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Reedies are everywhere!

Hi, I was not sure I'd be able to make this month's "GLAMout" but have just signed on. I have an announcement (the Writing Wikipedia Articles course) if there's time -- but probably proposed it too late. Let me know if you can fit it in, and thanks for running this! -Pete (talk) 20:10, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi -- I sent you an email in response to your message on my talk page, but haven't heard back -- no rush, but perhaps it got caught in a spam filter? Hopefully we can find a time to talk soon. I'll be in the Eastern time zone starting next Wednesday which should make that easier! -Pete (talk) 04:14, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Wikiproject:Sundays at Parmer/Tab header/Tab

I have removed the deletion tag. I hope you know what you're doing with those pages :) --BiH (talk) 23:54, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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Parmer

Wouldn't a subpage in the Wikipedia:Meetup space be more appropriate? Just an idea. --NeilN talk to me 15:03, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi, So this is going to be an ongoing project and it is a private invite-only physical event so the organizer doesn't want the notice to go out to the public. Can you help me get the WikiProject page back or will I need to wait for whoever deleted it to put it back?? OR drohowa (talk) 15:33, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I cannot undelete as I'm not an admin. I think Fram's objection is that this project seems to be invite only, contrary to how Wikiprojects are supposed to work. To get around the bureaucracy, maybe create a set of pages in your user space? Or get the organizer to create an account and create pages in her user space? --NeilN talk to me 15:45, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
The thing is the online project itself won't be invite-only. Most WikiProject are only online and that is where the 'open to all' aspect would play into it. As far as I know, WP cannot tell you that you have to invite any wikipedian to any wikipedia event you are hosting. this event is in this woman's house and i think it's understandable why she wouldn't want it to by totally open IRL. It will definitely be open online though! thoughts? OR drohowa (talk) 16:13, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Then I would make a post at WP:AN, requesting the content to be undeleted. State you are organizing a group of contributors meeting in real life focusing on editing topic x but anyone else is free to join the online project. --NeilN talk to me 17:06, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

I restored the page, and then moved it to Wikipedia:Sundays at Parmer/Tab header/Tab. Hope that helps. The problem was, it was at [[Wikiproject:xxxx]] instead of [[Wikipedia:xxxx]] -- since there is no namespace called "Wikiproject", this appeared in the main namespace, as though it were a Wikipedia article. WikiProject pages typically exist in the Wikipedia: namespace. Make sense? Let me know if you want some help setting these pages up. -Pete (talk) 04:21, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

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Upcoming Saturday events - March 1: Harlem History Editathon and March 8: NYU Law Editathon

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Los Angeles GLAM project

Hi! I just saw your message at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/LA. I've done some GLAM work and live in LA. If it's not too late, contact me on my talk page or via email and I can help out! Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Hi. I have filled out the history section of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum article, a project that I had been meaning to get to. As we discussed, the article could now use:

  • 1. Collections: As soon as there are WP articles on the various collections shown in the NY museum, we can create a Collections section that briefly summarizes these, with appropriate cross references to the full articles. Alternatively, you and/or the Guggenheim/GLAM participants could write a section on collections now (it is essential that each paragraph be amply referenced) about the highlights of each collection shown in the NY museum, and the cross references to fuller articles can be added later once those articles are up.
  • 2. Exhibitions - A section containing brief paragraphs about the most important and popular historical exhibitions at the NY museum.
  • 3. Operations/number of visitors/comparisons with other similar museums?
  • 4. Collaborations at the NY museum (we should be able to take much of this info from the Foundation's article)
  • 5. Current projects that have been discussed in the press.

I'll copy this to the Guggenheim Glam page. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:45, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

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Hi drohowa. I also noticed that the "short description" and "longer descriptions" were over the word limit. Is there any chance you could try to edit those fields so they are within the limits please?
Additionaly, we're doing our best to make these leaflets intelligible to non-wikipedians, and we think your leaflet could be confusing for them; try and include a clearer "call to action" - what are some specific ways they could get involved? We think Wikiproject Military History is a good example to follow.
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Hi! Thanks for your clarification. I think that we repurposed the text from another presentation proposal and looking at the others, we are working to make it more straightforward. We will update the leaflet text in the next few days, and possible the logo as well. OR drohowa (talk) 06:32, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
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What is the point of leaving messages on talkpages if you can't be bothered to read any reply? FYI I had undone my mistaken edit on this article before yoy messaged me, as a cursory look at the edit history would have revealed.TheLongTone (talk) 10:15, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for your message. I've been busy organizing some things and have been out of touch with WP talk conversations the past few weeks. I left a response on your talk page. OR drohowa (talk) 06:31, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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THANK YOU for helping to put together a successful WikiConference USA and for attending the LGBT and Cascadia meetups. You deserve much more than a barnstar. :) Another Believer (Talk) 13:05, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
My first barnstar! :)))))))))

Greg Kohs and WikiConference USA

Dear OR drohowa: Is this report accurate: WikiConference USA bans critic from open meeting? If it is accurate do you know if a response from the conference organizers is forthcoming? I won't spend time explaining exactly how upsetting this is and how very bad it looks on its face until the accuracy of the report is confirmed. It looks really bad, though, and I really hope there's a plausible explanation. Note that I'm not asking about the rejection of Kohs's presentation, but only about the allegation that he was barred from an event touted as "open to all participants, regardless of previous level of involvement with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia projects. We welcome the curious, the skeptical, and others wishing to engage in meaningful conversation about the Wikimedia movement in the United States, free culture and digital rights, advocacy and outreach, community building, and technology." I posted the same question on Newyorkbrad's talk page, but he declined to respond substantively. I am also leaving it on the talk pages of the other conference organizers.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 14:45, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride

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Badlands Unlimited

hi dorothy, was wondering if you might be interested in helping me with an article i'm trying to get through the approval process. i noticed you created the printed matter, inc page, and thought perhaps you might be familiar with the article in question (i worked at printed matter for a year). i'm currently in the process of making a page for Badlands Unlimited, an art press focused on contemporary art. you can find the page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Badlands_Unlimited. i'm reaching out to you as you seem to have a lot of experience writing wiki pages, whereas i have little to none. i understand if you are too swamped pursuing topics more befitting your interests, just wanted to ask in case Badlands might fall in that category. as you can see from the page, it's had some issues on the notability front, which is confusing to me as i've listed an abundance of sources from publications of note (new yorker, bomb, dazeddigital, complex, bookforum, frieze, dis, observer to name a few), although i am aware the arts publications industry is very insular. if you are too busy to contribute to editing, any advice on how i might get it up to snuff? or any editors who might help get this page approved? thanks for reading! Matthewyso (talk) 19:23, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News updates

  • Tech News will be presented at the Wikimania 2014 conference in London! If you will be attending the conference, please join us in Auditorium 2 at 14:30 local time on Sunday, August 10.

Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 31. Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, it will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [1]
  • You can now test a new tool to render wiki pages as PDF files. [2] [3] [4]
  • You can now download an update to the archive of Wikimedia Commons files (uploaded up to December 31, 2013). If you have free space on your computer, please help preserve the files. [5]
  • New users using the mobile Commons site now need to make 75 edits before they can upload a file. [6] [7]

VisualEditor news

Future software changes

  • You will soon have a user option to watch pages where you revert edits. [19] [20]
  • All Toolserver data will be deleted in September. If you want to back up your data, contact Toolserver administrators before August 31. [21]
  • Pages in the Translations: namespace on wikis using the Translate extension will no longer be indexed by search engines. [22]

Problems

  • Wikivoyage wikis were broken for about 45 minutes on July 29 due to a configuration problem. [23]
  • Some users were not able to log in on test wikis and MediaWiki.org between July 31 and August 1. The problem is now fixed. [24]

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07:37, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

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2pm–5pm at Yeoryia Studios at Epic Security Building, 2067 Broadway (5th floor).

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Recent software changes

  • Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [25]
  • Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to merge two accounts into one. [26]

VisualEditor news

  • Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14. [27]

Future software changes

  • Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser! [28] [29] [30]
  • If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the log-in page instead of seeing a warning. [31] [32]
  • You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the Translate extension. [33] [34]
  • An IRC meeting to discuss VisualEditor will take place on August 14 at 09:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [35]

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Sunday August 24: Westchester County Edit-a-thon

Please check it out, and sign up if you can come: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Westchester.--Pharos (talk) 12:16, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-34

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Recent software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf17) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 19, and on all Wikipedias on August 21 (calendar).
  • There is a new protection level called superprotection. At the moment, only some Wikimedia Foundation employees have access to it. Administrators can't edit "superprotected" pages. [36] [37] [38]
  • You can now create empty pages directly. A message asks you to confirm that you want to create an empty page. [39] [40]
  • You can search for Wikimedia tools using a new list of tools. [41]
  • You can watch the first videos from Wikimania 2014. Some of them are about technical topics. More videos will come later.

Wikidata

  • After August 19, you can use Wikidata for inter language links on Wikinews. [42]
  • After August 19, you can use Wikidata for badges like "good" or "featured" articles. Next week, you will be able to show the badges in the article sidebar on Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikiquote. [43]

Problems

  • There was an issue with ProofreadPage and WikiEditor on Wikisource wikis. It is now fixed. [44] [45]

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07:17, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Signpost interview

Dorothy, thanks for this. If I'd known your username two days ago I'd have pinged you to ask for review of the minor tweaks I did to the draft. I hope it's all ok. Tony (talk) 06:49, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

It's great, thanks Tony. OR drohowa (talk) 16:43, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-35

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VisualEditor news

  • There was a error when you put your cursor directly after a reference list. It is now fixed. [46]
  • You can now add colors to links in the editor using gadgets. You can do this to see links to redirects or disambiguation pages. [47]
  • If you use Internet Explorer, you will soon be able to use VisualEditor. [48] [49] [50]

Future software changes

  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf18) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 28 (calendar).
  • After August 26, you will have a central JavaScript and CSS page. They will be on Meta-Wiki and will work on all wikis. Read more on the help page. [51]

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09:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as User:OR drohowa/sandbox/Goodiepal, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from , and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Stefan2 (talk) 14:57, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks. Please see the conversation/section on this talk page archived just below, with User:Moonriddengirl. I believe I have now put up the appropriate attribution clause I.E. Copied content from article name for the purpose of revising content for future editing; see that article's history for attribution, and the page has now been restored. Let me know if you have further comments or concerns about this draft page. OR drohowa (talk) 14:18, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-36

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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. [52] [53]
  • You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the linksto: keyword in your search. [54] [55]
  • 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". [56] [57]
  • If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [58]

VisualEditor news

  • You can no longer delete required fields in templates. [59]
  • 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. [60] [61] [62]
  • VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook. [63]
  • We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X). [64]
  • You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category. [65]

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. [66]
  • 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. [67]
  • 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. [68]

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07:49, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Feminist+Queer Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Saturday, September 13, Portland, Oregon

You are invited to the Feminist+Queer Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, to be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 from noon–4pm at the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), located at 1001 SE Division (97202).

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Hi, OR drohowa. :) I have restored your sandbox with attribution to the source. I see that Corensearchbot left you a note some months about how to copy within Wikipedia. This is a requirement any time you copy content from one space to another, even your sandbox I'm afraid. Content on Wikipedia is not public domain, but is liberally licensed for reuse. The license does not apply, however, if you don't meet the terms of the license, which include attribution. Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia will tell you how to do this in the future. If you've copied content between any other pages, please make sure you provide any necessary attribution. If you have any question, you're welcome to stop by my talk page or summon me here, using my username in brackets ([[User:Moonriddengirl]]). Happy editing! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 23:30, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi User:Moonriddengirl. Thank you very much. I believe I have now put up the appropriate attribution clause as well. I.E. Copied content from article name for the purpose of revising content for future editing; see that article's history for attribution. OR drohowa (talk) 14:16, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-37

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VisualEditor news

  • From Thursday, Internet Explorer 11 users will get VisualEditor. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [69] [70] [71]

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. [72]
  • You can read more about the plan to move to Phabricator, a tool that will help people develop the MediaWiki software and report bugs. [73]

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)

Students 4 Best Evidence editing campaign

Hi,

It was good to speak with you today.

Here is the link to the Students 4 Best Evidence editing campaign in September 2014. Education Program:Students 4 Best Evidence/Students 4 Best Evidence, September editing campaign () Spread the word! Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 20:07, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks FloNight! I just retweeted out the link [74] and will stay in touch about the events. :) OR drohowa (talk) 20:12, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

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. [75] [76]
  • 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. [77] [78] [79]
  • 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. [80]

Problems

  • There was a problem with loading images on September 10. [81]

VisualEditor news

  • If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number. [82]
  • The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet. [83] [84]
  • You can now use help buttons in the "Page settings" menu to see what the options are for. [85]

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. [86] [87] [88]

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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. [90] [91]

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.[92] [93]
  • In the "Vector" skin, the icon used for users will show a neutral gender. [94] [95]
  • The VisualEditor template tool now tells you if a required field is missing. [96]
  • 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. [97]
  • There are new keyboard shortcuts in VisualEditor. Use Ctrl+Shift+6 for code and Ctrl+Shift+5 for strikethrough. [98] [99]
  • In VisualEditor, you can now see that you are switching to the source editing mode. Before, it was not clear it was happening. [100]

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. [101]

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09:05, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Medical Translation Newsletter Aug./Sept. 2014

Medical Translation Newsletter
Issue 2, Aug./Sept. 2014
by CFCF

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Feature – Ebola articles

Electron micrograph of an Ebola virus virion

During August we have translated Disease and it is now live in more than 60 different languages! To help us focus on African languages Rubric has donated a large number of articles in languages we haven't previously reached–so a shout out them, and Ian Henderson from Rubric who's joined us here at Wikipedia. We're very happy for our continued collaboration with both Rubric and Translators without Borders!

Just some of our over 60 translations:
New roles and guides!

At Wikimania there were so many enthusiastic people jumping at the chance to help out the Medical Translation Project, but unfortunately not all of them knew how to get started. That is why we've been spending considerable time writing and improving guides! They are finally live, and you can find them at our home-page!

New sign up page!

We're proud to announce a new sign up page at WP:MTSIGNUP! The old page was getting cluttered and didn't allow you to speficy a role. The new page should be easier to sign up to, and easier to navigate so that we can reach you when you're needed!

Style guides for translations

Translations are of both full articles and shorter articles continues. The process where short articles are chosen for translation hasn't been fully transparent. In the coming months we hope to have a first guide, so that anyone who writes medical or health articles knows how to get their articles to a standard where they can be translated! That's why we're currently working on medical good lede criteria! The idea is to have a similar peer review process to good article nominations, but only for ledes.

Some more stats
Further reading


-- CFCF 🍌 (email) 13:09, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

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. [105] [106]
  • 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. [107]
  • If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it. [108] [109]
  • The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats. [110]

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. [111]

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Tech News: 2014-41

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

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf2) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 2 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 7 October, and on all Wikipedias from 9 October (calendar).
  • If you make a code mistake when editing a Lua script, you won't be able to save your edit. [119] [120]
  • We fixed some more Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 10, you will be able to use VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [121]
  • On Thursday, the tool to edit TemplateData will come to 30 more wikis. [122] [123]
  • You can help sort bugs in the Book and PDF export tool on October 8. [124]
  • 1% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [125]

Future changes

  • You can look at the plan of the Mobile team for their future work. [126]
  • More changes to Media Viewer are coming. It will be easier to disable it, and you will see the caption below the image. [127] [128]

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06:10, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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. [131]
  • Tool Labs was also broken on October 11. [132]

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. [133]

Meetings

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08:54, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

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. [137] [138]

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. [140]

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. [141]
  • If you add the same parameter twice in a template, it now puts the page in a tracking category. [142] [143]

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13:48, 20 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. [144]
  • There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [145]
  • There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [146]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [147]
  • 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. [148] [149] [150]
  • VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [151]
  • VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [152]
  • 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. [153]

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05:21, 27 October 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. [157]
  • 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. [158] [159] [160]
  • 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. [161] [162]
  • 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. [163]
  • The icons in VisualEditor's template editor tool for adding more fields are back, along with other fixes. [164] [165] [166] [167] [168]
  • After November 6, all wikis will have the tool to edit TemplateData. [169] [170] [171]

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. [172]

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17:28, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi Babe

Dorothy. Are you still ruling the wikipediverse? Terry Atkinson opens this week at YU. Bonkers. Wish you were here. Just had a friend in LA ask about edit-a-thon today. Put her in touch with all of you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lradon (talk • contribs) 02:46, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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. [173] [174]
  • The MediaWiki API now shows information in a nice format. You can translate it in translatewiki.net. [175]

File information cleanup

Problems

  • Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem. [176]

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. [177] [178]
  • 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". [179]
  • The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs. [180]

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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. [181]

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. [182]

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18:28, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

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Paul Chan (Macanese legislator)

Why did you move the article Paul Chan to Paul Chan (Macanese legislator)? It seems that a move to Paul Chan (Hong Kong legislator) would be a better option, as I see no referrals to Macau in the article. The Banner talk 16:28, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi User:The Banner you were right that the page was erroneously named Paul Chan (Macanese legislator). I have since moved it to: Paul Chan (Hong Kong legislator). I hope that clears everything up. Thanks! OR drohowa (talk) 15:28, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Thank you, nobody is perfect. The Banner talk 21:00, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

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. [183]

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. [184]

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. [185]
  • VisualEditor now tells you if your edit needs to be approved. [186]
  • You can now use VisualEditor's tools directly when you resume editing after closing the save window. [187]
  • VisualEditor's table editing tools now work better in right-to-left languages. [188] [189]

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19:31, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Thursday December 4: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

Thursday December 4: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

You are invited to join the the Wikimedia NYC community for our upcoming wiki-salon and knowledge-sharing workshop in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.

6:30pm–8pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street

Afterwards at 8pm, we'll walk to a social wiki-dinner together at a neighborhood restaurant (to be decided).

We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 07:11, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

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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. [190]
  • You can join a video chat about Phabricator on December 11 at 18:00 (UTC). Phabricator is the new tool to report issues. [191]

Problems

  • There was a problem with Phabricator on November 29. It was due to a network issue. [192]

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). [193]
  • You can now exit VisualEditor by pressing the "Esc" key. [194]
  • It is now easier to use VisualEditor with IMEs. Typing in Malayalam now works better. [195] [196]
  • The new version of OOjs UI fixed many issues with the size and layout of buttons in dialogs. [197] [198] [199]
  • (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. [200] [201]

Future changes

  • Starting next week JavaScript tools won't work if they use jQuery Migrate. [202]

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17:11, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia genealogy project

Just wondering if you have any thoughts re: the idea of WMF hosting a genealogy project. If so, feel free to contribute to this discussion. And apologies if I have made this request before. ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:49, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and Medicine Webcast Wednesday December 10th 2-3:15pm EST */ :I do. Who are you, and what is that in UTC?

please Wiki CRUK John (talk) 17:55, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi User:Wiki CRUK John. That is 7pm UTC. Check the event page for all information! The webcast will also be archived on the Youtube channel listed. Thanks! OR drohowa (talk) 17:58, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
Yes, you didn't give that info there either. Wiki CRUK John (talk) 18:04, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi User:Wiki CRUK John. I'm not sure what your question is but if you want to know more about me, you can check out my userpage. OR drohowa (talk) 20:23, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
No, you just hadn't signed (we met, briefly, at Wikimania). Next time notice of such things in days rather than minutes would be nice. Wiki CRUK John (talk) 21:23, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

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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. [203]
  • You can watch a video to learn how to use Phabricator to manage projects. [204]
  • 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). [205]
  • You can now find and replace text in VisualEditor. You can open the tool via the menu, Ctrl+F or Cmd+F. [206]
  • VisualEditor now doesn't change the space at the end of a text that you make bold. [207]
  • The "Apply changes" button in the reference window of VisualEditor is now disabled until you make a change. [208]

Future changes

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Tech News: 2014-52

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

  • 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. [213]

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. [214]

Future changes

  • The system that displays citations will change in the future. The new system will not change the style of citations. [215]
  • A new design for VisualEditor will come in January. You can try it now on test wikis. [216]

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16:52, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-01

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Software changes

  • There are no technical changes this week.

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16:52, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-03

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

  • Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [217]
  • 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. [218]

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. [219]
  • The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [220]
  • The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [221] [222] [223]
  • The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [224]

Future changes

  • You can sign up to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [225]

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16:47, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Meetup at Purchase College

The Purchase College folks are welcome to contact me again for help at their meetup. Do you know the date(s)? Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 17:28, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon

Thanks for the invite! I'll have to check my calendar on whether I will be able to do it. If I am I'll let you know :) WhisperToMe (talk) 17:49, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-04

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

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. [228]

Software changes this week

  • There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [229]

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Tech News: 2015-05

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Recent software changes

This week

  • There are no software changes this week due to annual meetings. [231]

Future changes

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16:08, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Saturday February 7 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon

Saturday February 7 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon

You are invited to join us at New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for our upcoming editathon, a part of the Black WikiHistory Month campaign (which also includes events in Brooklyn and Westchester!).

12:00pm - 5:00 pm at NYPL Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue), by W 135th St

The Wikipedia training and editathon will take place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, with a reception following in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor of the building at 5:00pm.

We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 06:03, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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Welcome and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kim_Levin.jpg

Hi! First, welcome to the GGTF!

Second, you probably want to send an OTRS email about File:Kim_Levin.jpg. This mean an email to [email protected] as described at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OTRS . It should explain why the image is under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license, and ideally be from the photographer. Once you've sent the email, you want to edit the image and mark it with {{template:OTRS pending}}, which looks like this once it's expanded: {{OTRS pending}} until some OTRS volunteer reads your mail and replaces it with an OTRS received note. See, Commons is very strict about making sure that it only hosts properly released images, and some Commons editor may well happen upon the image, see that it was uploaded by person A - you - who was not the photographer - and still claims that the image is released, without giving evidence, and might confuse you for someone who was just browsing the internet saw a nice photo on a web page somewhere, snarfed it without permission, and uploaded it. Then the image would be deleted for lacking evidence of permission, which would be a shame. --GRuban (talk) 18:10, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-06

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 a security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [234]

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. [235]
  • 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. [236] [237]

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16:31, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2015-07

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

  • MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [239]
  • UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [240]
  • All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [241]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 11 (calendar).
  • You can have one user page for all wikis. Your Meta user page will show if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can test this tool on test wikis. [242] [243] [244]
  • You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [245] [246]
  • It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider. [247]
  • You can read the latest news about VisualEditor. You can now join weekly meetings with developers. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The first meeting is on February 11 at 20:00 (UTC).

Future changes

  • Administrators will soon be able to delete change tags used fewer than 5,000 times. [248]
  • In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [249]

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16:27, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Invitation

Have you heard of the Kaffeeklatsch? It is a test area for women to hear and support each other. The idea came about as a result of a discussion at meta regarding my IdeaLab proposal (yet open) for WikiProject Women.

Now that the klatsch has survived an MfD and WMF legal has said that it does not violate the non discrimination policy,[250] I am looking for women editors who might like to join.

Although I have started a couple of discussions, they are not urgent. For now, the "Please introduce yourself" discussion is more important! I want to take it slow at first and build a small group before trying to address heavy topics or come up with big goals. For now, the klatsch is there as a sort of refuge. I hope you will consider joining, and invite other women editors, too, if you wish. Lightbreather (talk) 22:59, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-08

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 has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
  • On Wednesday your Meta user page will be shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. [251] [252] [253]
  • You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [254]
  • In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [255]
  • The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first.​ [256]

Meetings

  • The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [257]
  • You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [258]
  • You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [259]

Future changes

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17:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you!

Dear Dorothy, Thanks for helping with Wikipedia:Meetup/Ocean City, MD/Wiki Loves Small Museums Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:43, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

👍 Like ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:48, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Mary, it was a great event! OR drohowa (talk) 07:06, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-09

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 has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 25. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 26 (calendar).
  • It is now easier to see template fields in VisualEditor. The fields are bigger. [264]
  • It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [265]
  • Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [266]
  • Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [267]

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.
  • Images in the interface will soon work better in Opera 12. [268]

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16:29, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi

Hi OR drohowa. Thanks for doing this! Muybridge dk (talk) 00:35, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Request for your opinion

Having my first discussion at Talk:Donald R. Brown regarding biographies about African American firsts in desegregating professional schools. Can you or some more experienced person weigh in on this? --Djembayz (talk) 04:48, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Publishing your book

Hi. I just saw your comment, "Hi I created this page to host an essay just quickly as I exported the book. This is for a publishing purpose but I wanted to use the format here. Thanks, and my intention was to delete right away. DH". I'm curious about it, because it's clear from your editing history that you're thoroughly familiar with the use of pages in your user space. In fact, the article you created came from one of them. What did creating an article in the main space allow that you weren't able to do directly from your user space? —Largo Plazo (talk) 22:20, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi User:Randykitty, the difference is that I am trying to take that article and make it into a Wikipedia:Books PDF so I can export it as a PDF that looks like a Wikipedia article so I can them embed the article in an online publication. When you export in WikiBooks, the title has to be a certain way in order for it to properly format in the PDF, hence why I had to title it directly rather than as a userspace draft. I'm still trying to navigate best practices for User Essays on Wikipedia so bear with me, and thanks. OR drohowa (talk) 22:42, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-10

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

  • A Lua function to use Wikidata has changed. You need to update the pages that use it. [269]
  • You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Uzbek and Minangkabau. You need to enable it in your Beta options.
  • You can now hide banners if you don't have an account. [270] [271]

Software changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).
  • You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.
  • Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [272] [273] [274] [275]
  • The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [276]
  • The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [277]

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [278]

Future changes

  • You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [279]

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16:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Portland Oregon (March 7, 2015)

You are invited!

  • Saturday, March 7: Art+Feminism – noon to 5pm
    Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Portland Art Museum's Crumpacker Family Library (Mark Building, 2nd Floor; 1219 SW Park Avenue). Art+Feminism is a campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

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Tech News: 2015-11

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 create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [280] [281]
  • VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [282] [283] [284]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).
  • In VisualEditor the "Edit beta" button is now called "Edit" on the English Wikipedia. [285] [286]
  • The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [287] [288]
  • You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [289] [290]
  • You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools. [291] [292]
  • If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [293]

Future changes

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15:19, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Sunday March 22: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference

Sunday March 22: Wikipedia Day NYC 2015

You are invited to join us at Barnard College for Wikipedia Day NYC 2015, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference for the project's 14th birthday. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions.

We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.

10:00pm - 9:00 pm at Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, by W 118th St

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:58, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

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Hello, Nice meeting you today EvMc (talk) 16:28, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-12

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 servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [296]
  • You can now see lists of bugs about Commons, Wikisource and Wiktionary. [297]
  • It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [298] [299]

Problems

  • Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
  • A puzzle piece icon (icon) now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [300] [301]
  • You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [302] [303]

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [304] [305]
  • You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [306]
  • The final steps of single user login (SUL) will happen in April. You can see the rules to rename accounts. [307]

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15:16, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-13

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 has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
  • The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [308]
  • VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [309] [310] [311]
  • When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [312]

Meetings

  • You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [313]

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15:10, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Fannie Pennington

Sorry for reverting your takedown of the deletion proposal. I wasn't aware of the rules--won't happen again to anyone. Regards Tapered (talk) 02:58, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-14

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 hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [314]
  • You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [315] [316] [317]
  • All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [318]
  • You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [319]
  • VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [320]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
  • VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [321]
  • You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [322]
  • You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [323]
  • You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [324]
  • VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [325] [326] [327] [328]

Meetings

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15:19, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Request for Your Feedback on an IDEA

As it builds off of some of your prior/current work, I'd greatly appreciate your feedback on my Project Idea. I'm hoping that we can begin to more thoroughly characterize our editing community in an effort to extend our reach to underrepresented groups on Wikipedia.Cshanesimpson (talk) 21:35, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-15

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

Problems

  • The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary. [335]
  • Labs was broken several times this week. [336] [337] [338] [339]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
  • You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [340]
  • Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [341] [342]
  • You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [343]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [344]

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15:42, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-16

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

Problems

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
  • Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [350] [351]
  • All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [352]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:41, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

April 29: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday April 29, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our inaugural evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.

After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street

Featuring a keynote talk this month on Lady Librarians & Feminist Epistemologies! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 19:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2015-17

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 was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis. [353]
  • VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [354]
  • You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [355]
  • If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [356]

Problems

  • There was a problem with Labs on Monday. [357]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar).
  • Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [358] [359] [360]
  • If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [361]
  • You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [362]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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15:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Great to see you editing medical articles

Hope you do not mind a few small pointers. We tend to use the words "person" rather than "patient" 99% of the time just to make our text less clinical per WP:MEDMOS. Also this "Mitchell, SL; Kiely, DK; Lipsitz, LA (Feb 10, 1997). "The risk factors and impact on survival of feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment". Archives of internal medicine. 157 (3): 327–32. PMID 9040301." is a primary sources rather than a secondary source. We try to use review articles generally per WP:MEDRS. Excellent seeing you working with Lane. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:01, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi User:Doc James. Thanks for the helpful tips. The level of activity and peer-review that goes on in medical articles is exciting to me after doing work with GLAM content that often has much more modest page views. I'm sure there will be a learning curve, but I'm looking forward to seeing you around the medical pages as I edit here more! OR drohowa (talk) 16:14, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Perfect. I think you can just cite the choosing wisely stuff. These are sort of position statements of these organizations. One does not need to mention the refs that they base their conclusions on inside the ref to them. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:21, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Ok - if it's an awesome paper, I think it makes sense to include as an additional source with the choosing wisely stuff, but what you say also makes sense. P.S. I posted a hello here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine#Hello from User:OR drohowa. OR drohowa (talk) 16:26, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doc James - I'm going to talk with Lane more about our best practices for citing subarticles listed on the choosing wisely pages because I think we might differ about our understanding if they should be cited or no. OR drohowa (talk) 17:42, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-18

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

  • All accounts are now unique and work on all wikis. [365] [366]
  • You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki. [367]
  • There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed. [368]
  • You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. [369]

Problems

  • Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [370]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 29 (calendar).
  • It is now clearer that you can delete several rows and columns when you edit tables in VisualEditor. [371]
  • You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor. [372]
  • You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor. [373]
  • You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready. [374]

Meetings

  • You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 29 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:11, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Pulmonary embolism

Not sure about this text. Looking at the ref and it does not appear to say anything about PE http://www.choosingwisely.org/clinician-lists/american-college-chest-physicians-american-thoracic-society-ct-surveillance-to-evaluate-indeterminate-pulmonary-nodules/


"Clinical practice guidelines dictate the frequency of pulmonary nodule evaluation and surveillance for people at high risk of PE.[1]"

Please advise. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:24, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi User:Doc James. This is the sheet I was using Statement#1. OR drohowa (talk) 19:29, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
Statement number one is not about pulmonary embolism but about pulmonary nodules. Statement 4 is about PE Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:34, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Lung cancer

Hello, OR drohowa. Please comment here. Axl ¤ [Talk] 11:08, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

TWL Questia check-in

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Support request with team editing experiment project

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

Tech News: 2015-19

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 chat with other users in Phabricator. [375]
  • There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [376] [377]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
  • It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [378]

Meetings

  • You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on May 5 at 14:30 (UTC). [379]
  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 6 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8. [380]

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15:18, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Women's Health Information Edit-a-thon: Tuesday, May 12 at OHSU

You are invited!

  • Tuesday, May 12, 2015: Wikipedia Women's Health Information Edit-a-thon – 1 to 4pm
  • Wikipedia Edit-a-thon hosted by OHSU's Center for Women's Health in honor of National Women's Health Week
  • Location: Biomedical Information Communications Center (3280 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239)
  • This edit-a-thon is intended to address some of these important differences and to generally improve women’s health information in key articles and topics. Areas for improvement have been identified in cooperation with WikiProject Medicine. Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

Hope you can make it! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please post to the event page.

hglhjkghkjgjhgOR drohowa (talk) 15:50, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks,

Another Believer

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Tech News: 2015-20

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 make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [381] [382] [383]
  • You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [384]
  • The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes. [385] [386]

Problems

  • There was a problem that caused slow editing. [387]
  • Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [388]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
  • You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon. [389] [390]
  • You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [391]
  • When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [392]
  • When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [393]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:57, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

TWL Questia check-in

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  • When your account expires you can reapply for access at WP:Questia.
  • Remember, if you find this source useful for your Wikipedia work, make sure to include citations with links on Wikipedia: links to partner resources are one of the few ways we can demonstrate usage and demand for accounts to our partners. The greater the linkage, the greater the likelihood a useful partnership will be renewed.
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Finally, we would greatly appreciate if you filled out this short survey. The survey helps us not only better serve you with facilitating this particular partnership, but also helps us discover what other partnerships and services The Wikipedia Library can offer.

Thanks! Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk), on behalf of National Names 2000 10:43, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

June 10: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

Wednesday June 10, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our next evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

This month will also feature on our agenda: recent and upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections.

We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.

After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street

Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 16:58, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2015-21

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

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
  • References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [394]
  • You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [395]
  • The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [396]
  • You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [397] [398]
  • UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file. [399]
  • A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [400]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join a technical meeting in France this week.

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15:32, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-22

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

  • VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [401]
  • Some Labs tools had issues last week. [402] [403]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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16:27, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride!

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!

  • What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
  • When? June 2015
  • How can you help?
    1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
    2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)
    3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.


Thanks, and happy editing!

User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa

Oh, heyyy. :) ---Another Believer (Talk) 05:29, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-23

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

  • Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [405]
  • Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [406]
  • Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [407] [408]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
  • You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [409]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:42, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-24

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 June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [410] [411]
  • If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [412]
  • When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [413]
  • The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [414]

Meetings

Future changes

  • If you have a bot, you may need to fix it. The default continuation mode of the API for action=query will change at the end of June. [416]

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18:18, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-25

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

  • Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [417]
  • Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [418]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

  • Developers are working on a new tool to get and send newsletters. If you read or write a newsletter, share your ideas about it. [420]
  • If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use compat anymore. [421] [422] [423]

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15:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-26

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

  • Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [424] [425]
  • You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [426]

Problems

  • On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [427] [428] [429]
  • On June 16, images were broken for several hours on wikis that use InstantCommons. [430] [431] [432]
  • Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [433] [434] [435]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:24, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

July 8: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday July 8, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

This month will also feature on a review of past and upcoming editathons, including Black Lunch Table Editathon @ MoMA on July 13.

We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.

After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street

Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 05:45, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2015-27

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

  • Long lines in code blocks now look better. [436]
  • You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [437]
  • When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [438]
  • The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [439] [440] [441]
  • You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [442]

Problems

  • JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [443]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
  • You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [444]
  • When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [445]
  • If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [446]
  • Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [447]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future

  • When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [448]

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15:56, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-28

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

  • On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [449]

Problems

  • The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [450]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
  • The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [451] [452]
  • You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [453]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 7 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:13, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library needs you!

We hope The Wikipedia Library has been a useful resource for your work. TWL is expanding rapidly and we need your help!

With only a couple hours per week, you can make a big difference for sharing knowledge. Please sign up and help us in one of these ways:

  • Account coordinators: help distribute free research access
  • Partner coordinators: seek new donations from partners
  • Communications coordinators: share updates in blogs, social media, newsletters and notices
  • Technical coordinators: advise on building tools to support the library's work
  • Outreach coordinators: connect to university libraries, archives, and other GLAMs
  • Research coordinators: run reference services



Send on behalf of The Wikipedia Library using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:31, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-29

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

Problems

  • There was a problem with editing on Thursday. Some tools like bots and VisualEditor were broken on all wikis for 10 minutes. [455]
  • There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [456]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 15. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 16 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join a technical meeting at Wikimania in Mexico City this week. [457]

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15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Janette Becerra for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Janette Becerra is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janette Becerra until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. damiens.rf 18:54, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-30

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 July 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 22. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 23 (calendar).
  • You now see more warnings in the image viewer. They tell you to be careful when using the image, for example if it shows a person. [458]

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 July 21 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Soon you won't be able to use MathJax to display math. [459]

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03:06, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

An apple for you

There is an apple you forgot on the table. Jonas AGX 22:50, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Sunday August 2: WikNYC Picnic

Sunday August 2, 1-7pm: WikNYC Picnic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.

1pm–7pm - come by any time! @ Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance (Prospect Park West and 15th St), immediately on the lawn to your left as you walk through the lovely lotus columns.
Subway: "F" train"F" express train​"G" train to 15th Street – Prospect Park (IND Culver Line)

We hope to see you there! --Pharos (talk) 03:32, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

(Bonus event: WikiWednesday Salon @ Babycastles - Wednedsay, August 19)

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Tech News: 2015-31

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

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. [465]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (calendar).
  • JavaScript authors: You cannot use wgNoticeUserData to get edit counts anymore. [466]

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 July 28 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

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