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Wikidata weekly summary #247

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Doing a trial run of allowing search engines to index a number of ArticlePlaceholder pages on Welsh Wikipedia. If there are no major issues we will enable this for all placeholders.
    • Improving Federation-related after initial tests,
    • Getting ready to deploy automated sitelinks for Wiktionary
    • Further work on the new datatype for geoshapes (phabricator:T57549)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections

Your last chance to nominate yourself or any New Page Reviewer, See Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Coordination. Elections begin Monday 20 February 23:59 UTC. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Hello, I hope you're well. I've made a mess of the cover image over at Chemistry Education Research and Practice. Could you help me to fix? Thanks in advance. Msuxg (talk) 09:51, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Good to hear from you, and to see you're still editing. I'm well, thank you; hope you are too. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:56, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for sorting the size. The thumbnail is looking very fuzzy, but the image I uploaded is of good resolution. Do you know what I've done wrong? Msuxg (talk) 11:34, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Looks OK here; try purging the page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:58, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. I've tried that, and reuploading, but the text still looks very fuzzy compared to the file I uploaded. Msuxg (talk) 09:02, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
I can only suggest you ask on WP:VPT. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:36, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Many thanks, I'll give that a go Msuxg (talk) 11:20, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Now fixed: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Fuzzy_image were most helpful, thanks! Msuxg (talk) 13:37, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
@Msuxg: Where the RSC wholly owns the copyright, you could consider releasing the image under an open licence (as Ms. magazine did). If you don't want to do that for something including the RSC logo, you could release just image in the middle section. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:02, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the middle part the cover image is not owned by the RSC, but rather used under licence. 11:47, 20 February 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Msuxg (talk • contribs)

Wikidata weekly summary #248

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Making final fixes to initial version of Federation (needed to be able to use Wikidata items and properties to describe media on Commons in the future)
    • More work on baseline for Lexeme entity type for Wiktionary support
    • Fixed an error on d:Special:ConstraintReport (phabricator:T158183)
    • Wikidata Query Service got additional servers, the data has been reloaded to fix a number of issues caused by missed updates and an increase of the time-out of 30s is being looked into.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


Tech News: 2017-08

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

Recent changes

Changes this week

  • Page Previews will be updated on 23 February. This fixes many bugs. Page Previews can be turned on as the Beta Feature called Hovercards. [2]
  • There has been a problem where the CSS of gadgets has been loading twice. The Gadgets extension has two new options: type and peers. The type option solves this problem. You can use peers to create gadgets with more than one style module. Read more about type and peers. [3]
  • OAuth will handle blocked users in a more consistent way. [4]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 February. It will be on all wikis from 23 February (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 21 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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19:25, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter No.3

Hello Pigsonthewing,

Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed.

Still a MASSIVE backlog

We now have 805 New Page Reviewers but despite numerous appeals for help, the backlog has NOT been significantly reduced.
If you asked for the New Page Reviewer right, please consider investing a bit of time - every little helps preventing spam and trash entering the mainspace and Google when the 'NO_INDEX' tags expire.

Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:35, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Your feedback matters: Final reminder to take the global Wikimedia survey

Hello! This is a final reminder that the Wikimedia Foundation survey will close on 28 February, 2017 (23:59 UTC). The survey is available in various languages and will take between 20 and 40 minutes. Take the survey now.

If you already took the survey - thank you! We won't bother you again.

About this survey: You can find more information about this project here or you can read the frequently asked questions. This survey is hosted by a third-party service and governed by this privacy statement. If you need additional help, or if you wish to opt-out of future communications about this survey, send an email through EmailUser function to User:EGalvez (WMF) or surveys@wikimedia.org. About the Wikimedia Foundation: The Wikimedia Foundation supports you by working on the software and technology to keep the sites fast, secure, and accessible, as well as supports Wikimedia programs and initiatives to expand access and support free knowledge globally. Thank you! --EGalvez (WMF) (talk) 08:25, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #249

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Continued to finalize the initial version of Federation (needed to be able to use Wikidata items and properties to describe media on Commons in the future)
    • More work on baseline for Lexeme entity type for Wiktionary support

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. These other tasks need a volunteer.

Tech News: 2017-09

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

Problems

  • On 22 February the wikipedia.org portal did not work for an hour. This was because of a problem with a JavaScript file. [5]

Changes this week

  • You will be able to use <chem> to write chemical formulas in the visual editor. Previously this only worked in the wikitext editor. [6]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 March. It will be on all wikis from 2 March (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 28 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • You can soon upload 3D files to Commons. The file formats are AMF and STL. The plan is for this to work later this week but it could be later. [7]
  • The name "Wikipedia" will be more obvious at the top of the page when you read Wikipedia in the mobile view. This is because many readers don't realize they are on Wikipedia. [8][9]

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19:56, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2017

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Wikidata question

Andy, as you know much more about Wikidata than I do, I thought I'd ask you about Q2585338. It is named as "Pseudicius vulpes", but according to the World Spider Catalog, widely accepted as the definitive secondary source for spider taxonomy, in 2016 it was transferred to Orienticius vulpes. (See "Taxon details Orienticius vulpes (Grube, 1861)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-02-28.) Can this be fixed on Wikidata? Peter coxhead (talk) 15:43, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

@Peter coxhead: In principle yes, though in case others disagree, it might be better to propose that first at d:Wikidata talk:WikiProject Taxonomy, or if you do not find that forum conducive to such a change, at d:Wikidata:Project chat. See also d:Wikidata talk:WikiProject Taxonomy for a general overview. On the wider subject, I'd be happy to help you get to grips with Wikidata, online or, as we're local to each other, over coffee. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:10, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Leekfrith torcs

On 1 March 2017, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Leekfrith torcs, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 05:08, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Administrator changes

Amortias • Deckiller • BU Rob13
Ronnotel • Islander • Chamal N • Isomorphic • Keeper76 • Lord Voldemort • Shereth • Bdesham • Pjacobi

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Wikipedia have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
  • Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
  • A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.
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Leekfrith torcs...

Just to say nice work on the Leekfrith torcs article! Good to see it on the main page today. Hchc2009 (talk) 18:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

@Hchc2009: Thank you. You might like to visit its talk page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:53, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Discussion Invitation WikiProject Worcestershire WP:WORCS Barnstar.

Dear Andy Mabbett, Please have a look at WikiProject Wikipedia Awards talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Awards, and if you will see WORCS Barnstar representation, as a good one, explain in couple of phrases — why and give your support. A criticism is welcome as well. Thank you. Regards, Chris Oxford.Chris Oxford (talk) 22:47, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Cheers!

A beer on me!
For getting Leekfrith torcs onto the main space so quickly and clearly spending most of the 28th February tweaking it. Great to see the article here in a good state already. Cheers! Zakhx150 (talk) 08:21, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 10

This month, we discuss the new CollaborationKit extension. Here's an image as a teaser:

23:59, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Hey! I had this discussion with Montanabw concerning an edit I've made which added a manual Interwiki link to another Wiki (in this case, linked Airs above the ground to the section concerning that topic in the Hungarian Wikipedia). She reverted and said I should talk to you about why manual links have proven to be difficult and are not really appreciated anymore. Whilst not being informed about technichal issues, I still believe that for user-friendliness, it is actually quite nice to link to all other articles, although other Wikis may have different syntax. Still, it would be a shame to have thousands of unlinked articles just because they do not have an exact counter-part in any other Wiki... Anyways, I can also see the difficulties (Wikidata being easy to overwatch and make changes to), manual links probably being very hard on maintanance... Still would be very grateful for an explanation from your side. Meanwhile, all the best to you, --Fallen Sheep (talk) 10:25, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

I was pinged in that discussion. The matter now seems resolved. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:43, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #250

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

Tech News: 2017-10

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 changes

  • You can now search on English, French, Hebrew and Greek wikis and find words even if you forget the diacritics. It also works if you use diacritics in your search but the wiki doesn't. [10]
  • When you use the mobile view and click on a link to an article in another language you will see that article in the mobile view. Previously it changed to the desktop view. [11]

Problems

  • Some watchlist gadgets didn't work for a period of time last week. This has now been fixed. [12]
  • Admins who click on "mass delete" on a user's Special:Contributions will be taken directly to a list pages created by that user. It has worked like this before, but not lately. [13]

Changes this week

  • The way you switch between wikitext and the visual editors in the desktop view has changed. It is now a drop-down menu. This is the same as in the mobile view. [14]
  • The "flag the edit in the abuse log" checkbox will be removed from the abuse filter interface. This is because the edits are always flagged in the abuse log. [15]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 March. It will be on all wikis from 9 March (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 7 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Clarification

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23:23, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

The Wikimaps User Group has now been officially recognized!

Let's start discussing the goals for our activities on the user group page. See you there! Cheers, Susannaanas (talk) 10:23, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Transfer of 3 scholarly translations of Quran and Hadiths from Tufts University host, bot?

Hi Andy, @RexxS and I would appreciate your input or guidance on this, because it would be a valuable resource to host as wikisource or wherever appropriate. The University of Southern California used to host the translations, "Template:cite quran" pointed there, but USC archive is dead since January 2017. Tufts hosts all three under Creative Commons license, and it would be a loss if they someday go the USC way for whatever reason. Thanks, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 15:10, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

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