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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2023)
 Conifers encroaching on a meadow in Washington state, United States
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Typography of Apple Inc. (talk) | Wikify |
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Radhi Shenaishil (talk) | Wikify |
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Windows CE 5.0 (talk) | Wikify |
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Green Model Town (talk) | Orphan |
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August Kluckhohn (talk) | Orphan |
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Batriana (talk) | Orphan |
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Rockstar Consortium (talk) | Stub |
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Apple IMC (talk) | Stub |
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Jassim bin Hamad Stadium (talk) | Stub |
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Saad Al-Sheeb (talk) | Stub |
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Japan National Route 148 (talk) | Stub |
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Tech News: 2023-18
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
The content attribution tools Who Wrote That?, XTools Authorship, and XTools Blame now support the French and Italian Wikipedias. More languages will be added in the near future. This is part of the #7 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [1][2][3]- The Video2commons tool has been updated. This fixed several bugs related to YouTube uploads. [4]
- The Special:Preferences page has been redesigned on mobile web. The new design makes it easier to browse the different categories and settings at low screen widths. You can also now access the page via a link in the Settings menu in the mobile web sidebar. [5]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 May. It will be on all wikis from 4 May (calendar).
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.
Arbitration
- The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.
Miscellaneous
- The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.
This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2023)
Hello, K6ka. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Meadow • Nike sweatshops Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 8 May 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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The Signpost: 8 May 2023
- News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU
- In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics
- Recent research: Gender, race and notability in deletion discussions
- Featured content: I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists!
- Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion
- News from the WMF: Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation
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Special wards of Tokyo (talk) | Add sources |
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MacOS Big Sur (talk) | Cleanup |
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Logic Pro (talk) | Merge |
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Great Comet of 371 BC (talk) | Merge |
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Japanese economic miracle (talk) | Wikify |
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Emergency vehicle lighting (talk) | Wikify |
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Criticism of Microsoft Windows (talk) | Wikify |
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Beverly Lynn Bennett (talk) | Orphan |
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Bruno Gaúcho (talk) | Orphan |
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Aurelia Litsner De Fere (talk) | Orphan |
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Shortcuts (app) (talk) | Stub |
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Road signs in Azerbaijan (talk) | Stub |
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Mohamed Mamdouh Shebib (talk) | Stub |
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Michael Spindler (talk) | Stub |
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Western Tokyo (talk) | Stub |
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Tech News: 2023-19
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
- Last week, Community Tech released the first update for providing better diffs, the #1 request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. This update adds legends and tooltips to inline diffs so that users unfamiliar with the blue and yellow highlights can better understand the type of edits made.
- When you close an image that is displayed via MediaViewer, it will now return to the wiki page instead of going back in your browser history. This feature request was voted #65 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [6]
- The SyntaxHighlight extension now supports
wikitextas a selected language. Old alternatives that were used to highlight wikitext, such ashtml5,moin, andhtml+handlebars, can now be replaced. [7] - Preloading text to new pages/sections now supports preloading from localized MediaWiki interface messages. Here is an example at the Czech Wikipedia that uses
preload=MediaWiki:July. [8]
Problems
- Graph Extension update: Foundation developers have completed upgrading the visualization software to Vega5. Existing community graphs based on Vega2 are no longer compatible. Communities need to update local graphs and templates, and shared lua modules like de:Modul:Graph. The Vega Porting guide provides the most comprehensive detail on migration from Vega2 and here is an example migration. Vega5 has currently just been enabled on mediawiki.org to provide a test environment for communities. [9]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 May. It will be on all wikis from 11 May (calendar).
Until now, all new OAuth apps went through manual review. Starting this week, apps using identification-only or basic authorizations will not require review. [10]
Future changes
- During the next year, MediaWiki will stop using IP addresses to identify logged-out users, and will start automatically assigning unique temporary usernames. Read more at IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/Updates. You can join the discussion about the format of the temporary usernames. [11]
- There will be an A/B test on 10 Wikipedias where the Vector 2022 skin is the default skin. Half of logged-in desktop users will see an interface where the different parts of the page are more clearly separated. You can read more. [12][13]
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jquery.tipsywill be removed from the MediaWiki core. This will affect some user scripts. Many lines with.tipsy(can be commented out.OO.ui.PopupWidgetcan be used to keep things working like they are now. You can read more and read about how to find broken scripts. [14]
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Denisovans and Sources our references on talk pages
I was under the general impression this was where we could discuss the article. I don't see any other sourced information on talk. If you require references to sources I can provide links however I believe by explaining it all, you have the information available to see your wrong and I worded in such a way you can see how to improve the article or find the right answers. Also I cannot change the Latin gerund and their gerundatives or the taxonomy of classification because there's to many errors involved. Further does the Nomia or natural list convey the gerund or does the unnatural list or taxonomy a list of undefined things what you wish to see referenced? Shall I stop at every word and explain it right down to the Gerund or to the Nomia like a puddle lake or ocean perhaps outer space or the big bang or a time before the big bang possibly another dimension or God? Perhaps the taxonomy like said mentioned failed classification or information this articles potrayed perhaps the very law of langauge or provide an inventory of the ancient meanings or even modern definitions given by an dictionary or encyclopedia? How do I provide references to something without a gerund. Your denotional value cannot be my notional value rather the denotional value of a taxonomy or classification systems failure isn't the notional value of me pointing out the Nomia if there's no gerund and its lacking any notional value. How can I reference a conseptual philosophy that's negative.If value is its negative gerund two negatives only make a negative or do I have to provide a source specify how taxonomy and classification of language and math differ because you can't understand me so perhaps I need to reference everyword provided references to those and so on until I find the notional value is Infact offered and its denotional is the referenced source because the gerund is actually the words origins I've defined from the source that English didn't exist when neaderthal did so it's Denotional value is the source or reference and it notional what I originally told you shall I continue because I got my pride and my time isn't free your just an object to me? Or do you prefer I offer to gerund or enslave myself to your gerundative and become enslaved? Defamiliarization of what your requesting could be sourced as the notional gerund Verfremden or your attempt to neuter it's notional gerundative and use Nomia and taxonomy to befremden. Here's your reference or source. verfremden:neuter, - fremden, female noted as to have value, fre - free frem-freefemale, den- a member or citizen under the protection of, Fremden a female of value or under protection denoting particular value as free and feminine: to verfremden is to neuter
Befremden: to alienate - to give to something to fremden something of equal to its own value or worth but perhaps a denotation or subtractive value from it. Feminine and freedom as a single thing to alienate freedom and feminine as a combined symbiotic relation to befriend someone takes away from the male female symbiotic relationship to create life. To Befremden one's wife by befriending someone thus neglecting children or to Alienate her from what is only natural like fremden.
The defamiliarization verfremden is to defamiliarize your self of the gerundative using your skills to explain the gerund and it's value to explain a new concept or word without changing the word itself. Based on the value of the gerund you'll not have any gerundative value. As a classification of a source. I ask again sir can you please explain how I did not add something which improved this article and what you require references or sources to or do you prefer I use it's gerund?? 24.36.36.230 (talk) 19:48, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
- Word salad like the one above clearly shows you don't know what Wikipedia is for, is about, or how it works, and you definitely shouldn't be editing here. Also, I had a hunch 209.171.85.218 is also you. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 03:18, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
- Seriously. (Since the IP seems as if it might be a non-native speaker of English and unfamiliar with the term, here is a helpful link for them: Word salad.) General Ization Talk 03:31, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2023)
 An audio production facility
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Windows Native API (talk) | Add sources |
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Shinjuku Gyo-en (talk) | Add sources |
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Lysogeny broth (talk) | Cleanup |
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GitLab (talk) | Cleanup |
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Apple Music Festival (talk) | Cleanup |
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Microsoft Translator (talk) | Expand |
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History of the iPhone (talk) | Expand |
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Puppet Master (film) (talk) | Expand |
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Apple Silentype (talk) | Unencyclopaedic |
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Apple IIc Plus (talk) | Unencyclopaedic |
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PowerBook G3 (talk) | Unencyclopaedic |
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City of Lover (talk) | Merge |
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Humanistic naturalism (talk) | Merge |
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The Grand Challenges in Global Health (talk) | Merge |
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Reckless driving (talk) | Wikify |
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Apple Industrial Design Group (talk) | Wikify |
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Launchd (talk) | Wikify |
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Bo Gabriel Montgomery (talk) | Orphan |
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Case of Schlitte (talk) | Orphan |
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Aberbowlan (talk) | Orphan |
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Compressor (software) (talk) | Stub |
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Salem Al-Hajri (talk) | Stub |
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AppNexus (talk) | Stub |
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Jalal Ahmad (talk) | Stub |
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Marina Tabassum (talk) | Stub |
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Majdi Siddiq (talk) | Stub |
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Tech News: 2023-20
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Citations that are automatically generated based on ISBN are currently broken. This affects citations made with the VisualEditor Automatic tab, and the use of the citoid API in gadgets and user scripts. Work is ongoing to restore this feature. [15]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 May. It will be on all wikis from 18 May (calendar).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Gorontalo Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia, Hakka Chinese Wikipedia, Hawaiian Wikipedia, Fiji Hindi Wikipedia, Croatian Wikipedia, Upper Sorbian Wikipedia, Haitian Creole Wikipedia, Interlingua Wikipedia, Interlingue Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, Iloko Wikipedia, Ingush Wikipedia, Ido Wikipedia, Icelandic Wikipedia, Inuktitut Wikipedia, Jamaican Patois Wikipedia, Javanese Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [16]
Future changes
- There is a recently formed team at the Wikimedia Foundation which will be focusing on experimenting with new tools. Currently they are building a prototype ChatGPT plugin that allows information generated by ChatGPT to be properly attributed to the Wikimedia projects.
- Gadget and userscript developers should replace
jquery.cookiewithmediawiki.cookie. Thejquery.cookielibrary will be removed in ~1 month, and staff developers will run a script to replace any remaining uses at that time. [17]
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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2023)
Hello, K6ka. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Audio editing software • Tableau vivant Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:09, 22 May 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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The Signpost: 22 May 2023
- In the media: History, propaganda and censorship
- Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"
- Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles
- Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs
Tech News: 2023-21
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
- The "recent edits" time period for page watchers is now 30 days. It used to be 180 days. This was a Community Wishlist Survey proposal. [18]
Changes later this week
- An improved impact module will be available at Wikipedias. The impact module is a feature available to newcomers at their personal homepage. It will show their number of edits, how many readers their edited pages have, how many thanks they have received and similar things. It is also accessible by accessing Special:Impact. [19]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 May. It will be on all wikis from 25 May (calendar).
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16:53, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2023)
 Popillia japonica, commonly known as the Japanese Beetle
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Growth team newsletter #26
Welcome to the twenty-sixth newsletter from the Growth team! Help with translations
One million Suggested Edits
We passed the 1 million Suggested edits milestone in late April!
- The Suggested edits feature (AKA Newcomer tasks) increase newcomer activation by ~12%, which flows on through to increased retention. (source)
- Suggested edits increase the number of edits newcomers complete in their first two weeks and have a relatively low revert rate. (source)
- Suggested edits are available on all Wikipedia language editions.
- Newer Suggested edits, like Add a link and Add an image, aren’t yet deployed to all wikis, but these structured tasks further increase the probability that newcomers will make their first edit. (source)
Positive reinforcement
Positive reinforcement aims to encourage newcomers who have visited our homepage and tried Growth features to keep editing.
- The new Impact module was released to Growth pilot wikis in December 2022, and we are now scaling the feature to another ten wikis. [20]
- The Leveling up features are deployed at our pilot wikis.
- The Personalized praise features were deployed at our pilot wikis on May 24. Mentors at pilot wikis will start to receive notifications weekly when they have “praise-worthy” mentees. Mentors can configure their notification preferences or disable these notifications.
Add an image
- We are creating a new section-level variation of the “add an image” task. We have tested the accuracy of suggestions, and the development of this new task is well-underway. [21]
Other updates
- We are progressively releasing Add a link to more wikis. [22]
- After adding Thanks to Recent Changes, Watchlist and Special:Contributions, we investigated Thanks usage on the wikis. There is no evidence that thanks increased after the feature was added on more pages.
- We helped with code review for the 2023 Community Wish to add Notifications for user page edits. [23]
- We have been attending several community events, that we documented in our Growth’s Community events report.
What's next for Growth?
- We shared an overview of Growth annual planning ideas, and have started community discussion about these potential projects. We would love to hear your feedback on these ideas!
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Tech News: 2023-22
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Citations can once again be added automatically from ISBNs, thanks to Zotero's ISBN searches. The current data sources are the Library of Congress (United States), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (French National Library), and K10plus ISBN (German repository). Additional data source searches can be proposed to Zotero. The ISBN labels in the VisualEditor Automatic tab will reappear later this week. [24]
- The page Special:EditWatchlist now has "Check all" options to select all the pages within a namespace. This feature request was voted #161 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [25]
Problems
- For a few days earlier this month, the "Add interlanguage link" item in the Tools menu did not work properly. This has now been fixed. [26]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 May. It will be on all wikis from 1 June (calendar).
- VisualEditor will be switched to a new backend on small and medium wikis this week. Large wikis will follow in the coming weeks. This is part of the effort to move Parsoid into MediaWiki core. The change should have no noticeable effect on users, but if you experience any slow loading or other strangeness when using VisualEditor, please report it on the phabricator ticket linked here. [27]
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