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Wikidata weekly summary #148

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2015)

Turkish cuisine
Hello, Quenhitran.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Cuisine


Previous selections: Backup dancer • Trailer Trash


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Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:26, 9 March 2015 (UTC)Opt-out instructions

15:19, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing my Flynn Rider article and making it such an easy, painless process (no worries about the delay; you did what you could :) Changedforbetter (talk) 17:50, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 March 2015

Wikidata weekly summary #149

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2015)

Hello, Quenhitran.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Dinner


Previous selections: Cuisine • Backup dancer


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Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 03:27, 16 March 2015 (UTC)Opt-out instructions

15:15, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

I didn't edit the page

Hi Quenhitran,

Re: Ash Ketchum

I didn't edit that page. Maybe my account has been compromised? Can you get someone to check that?

Thanks, David.

Dptalbot (talk) 04:21, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dptalbot (talkcontribs) 04:19, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 March 2015

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Wikidata weekly summary #150

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2015)

A antagonist is a character, group of characters, institution, or concept that stands in, or represents, opposition against which the protagonist(s) must contend.
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Antagonist


Previous selections: Dinner • Cuisine


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Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:06, 23 March 2015 (UTC)Opt-out instructions

15:10, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

Wikimedia Highlights from February 2015

Here are the highlights from the Wikimedia blog in February 2015, covering selected activities of the Wikimedia Foundation and other important events from the Wikimedia movement.
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Wikidata weekly summary #151

This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2015)

A man garbage picking through a skip (dumpster)
Hello, Quenhitran.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Garbage picking


Previous selections: Antagonist • Dinner


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Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:08, 30 March 2015 (UTC)Opt-out instructions

15:18, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Your edit on DC vs. Marvel

Your recent edit on DC vs. Marvel restored vandalism. AFAIK Superman has never fought Gareth Bale, a Welsh foodballer. Bale is also not a Marvel character. Don't worry, I fixed it. Please check before you click next time.--Auric talk 12:27, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost, 1 April 2015

Adelaide

Um, I read the sources and Adelaide was founded in 1993. Columbia Pictures Television formed the animation studio for television production. It's not part of Sony Pictures Animation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.93.196.190 (talk) 16:35, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

VisualEditor News #2—2015

Did you know?

With Citoid in VisualEditor, you click the 'book with bookmark' icon and paste in the URL for a reliable source:


Screenshot of Citoid's first dialog


Citoid looks up the source for you and returns the citation results. Click the green "Insert" button to accept its results and add them to the article:


Screenshot of Citoid's initial results


After inserting the citation, you can change it. Select the reference, and click the "Edit" button in the context menu to make changes.


The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on VisualEditor's performance, the Citoid reference service, and support for languages with complex input requirements. Status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. The worklist for April through June is available in Phabricator.

The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, each Wednesday at 11:00 (noon) PDT (18:00 UTC). You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q4 blocker. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the Editing team's Q4 blocker project with the bug. Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal.

Recent improvements

VisualEditor is now substantially faster. In many cases, opening the page in VisualEditor is now faster than opening it in the wikitext editor. The new system has improved the code speed by 37% and network speed by almost 40%.

The Editing team is slowly adding auto-fill features for citations. This is currently available only at the French, Italian, and English Wikipedias. The Citoid service takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. After creating it, you will be able to change or add information to the citation, in the same way that you edit any other pre-existing citation in VisualEditor. Support for ISBNs, PMIDs, and other identifiers is planned. Later, editors will be able to improve precision and reduce the need for manual corrections by contributing to the Citoid service's definitions for each website.

Citoid requires good TemplateData for your citation templates. If you would like to request this feature for your wiki, please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.

The special character inserter has been improved, based upon feedback from active users. After this, VisualEditor was made available to all users of Wikipedias on the Phase 5 list on 30 March. This affected 53 mid-size and smaller Wikipedias, including AfrikaansAzerbaijaniBretonKyrgyzMacedonianMongolianTatar, and Welsh.

Work continues to support languages with complex requirements, such as Korean and Japanese. These languages use input method editors ("IMEs”). Recent improvements to cursoring, backspace, and delete behavior will simplify typing in VisualEditor for these users.

The design for the image selection process is now using a "masonry fit" model. Images in the search results are displayed at the same height but at variable widths, similar to bricks of different sizes in a masonry wall, or the "packed" mode in image galleries. This style helps you find the right image by making it easier to see more details in images.

You can now drag and drop categories to re-arrange their order of appearance ​on the page.

The pop-up window that appears when you click on a reference, image, link, or other element, is called the "context menu". It now displays additional useful information, such as the destination of the link or the image's filename. The team has also added an explicit "Edit" button in the context menu, which helps new editors open the tool to change the item.

Invisible templates are marked by a puzzle piece icon so they can be interacted with. Users also will be able to see and edit HTML anchors now in section headings.

Users of the TemplateData GUI editor can now set a string as an optional text for the 'deprecated' property in addition to boolean value, which lets you tell users of the template what they should do instead (T90734).

Looking ahead

The special character inserter in VisualEditor will soon use the same special character list as the wikitext editor. Admins at each wiki will also have the option of creating a custom section for frequently used characters at the top of the list. Instructions for customizing the list will be posted at mediawiki.org.

The team is discussing a test of VisualEditor with new users, to see whether they have met their goals of making VisualEditor suitable for those editors. The timing is unknown, but might be relatively soon.

Let's work together

  • Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
  • Can you translate from English into any other language? Please check this list to see whether more interface translations are needed for your language. Contact us to get an account if you want to help!
  • The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
  • File requests for language-appropriate "Bold" and "Italic" icons for the character formatting menu in Phabricator.

Subscribe, unsubscribe or change the page where this newsletter is delivered at Meta. If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

-Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk), 17:50, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #2—2015

Did you know?

With Citoid in VisualEditor, you click the 'book with bookmark' icon and paste in the URL for a reliable source:


Screenshot of Citoid's first dialog


Citoid looks up the source for you and returns the citation results. Click the green "Insert" button to accept its results and add them to the article:


Screenshot of Citoid's initial results


After inserting the citation, you can change it. Select the reference, and click the "Edit" button in the context menu to make changes.


The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on VisualEditor's performance, the Citoid reference service, and support for languages with complex input requirements. Status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. The worklist for April through June is available in Phabricator.

The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, each Wednesday at 11:00 (noon) PDT (18:00 UTC). You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q4 blocker. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the Editing team's Q4 blocker project with the bug. Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal.

Recent improvements

VisualEditor is now substantially faster. In many cases, opening the page in VisualEditor is now faster than opening it in the wikitext editor. The new system has improved the code speed by 37% and network speed by almost 40%.

The Editing team is slowly adding auto-fill features for citations. This is currently available only at the French, Italian, and English Wikipedias. The Citoid service takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. After creating it, you will be able to change or add information to the citation, in the same way that you edit any other pre-existing citation in VisualEditor. Support for ISBNs, PMIDs, and other identifiers is planned. Later, editors will be able to improve precision and reduce the need for manual corrections by contributing to the Citoid service's definitions for each website.

Citoid requires good TemplateData for your citation templates. If you would like to request this feature for your wiki, please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.

The special character inserter has been improved, based upon feedback from active users. After this, VisualEditor was made available to all users of Wikipedias on the Phase 5 list on 30 March. This affected 53 mid-size and smaller Wikipedias, including AfrikaansAzerbaijaniBretonKyrgyzMacedonianMongolianTatar, and Welsh.

Work continues to support languages with complex requirements, such as Korean and Japanese. These languages use input method editors ("IMEs”). Recent improvements to cursoring, backspace, and delete behavior will simplify typing in VisualEditor for these users.

The design for the image selection process is now using a "masonry fit" model. Images in the search results are displayed at the same height but at variable widths, similar to bricks of different sizes in a masonry wall, or the "packed" mode in image galleries. This style helps you find the right image by making it easier to see more details in images.

You can now drag and drop categories to re-arrange their order of appearance ​on the page.

The pop-up window that appears when you click on a reference, image, link, or other element, is called the "context menu". It now displays additional useful information, such as the destination of the link or the image's filename. The team has also added an explicit "Edit" button in the context menu, which helps new editors open the tool to change the item.

Invisible templates are marked by a puzzle piece icon so they can be interacted with. Users also will be able to see and edit HTML anchors now in section headings.

Users of the TemplateData GUI editor can now set a string as an optional text for the 'deprecated' property in addition to boolean value, which lets you tell users of the template what they should do instead (T90734).

Looking ahead

The special character inserter in VisualEditor will soon use the same special character list as the wikitext editor. Admins at each wiki will also have the option of creating a custom section for frequently used characters at the top of the list. Instructions for customizing the list will be posted at mediawiki.org.

The team is discussing a test of VisualEditor with new users, to see whether they have met their goals of making VisualEditor suitable for those editors. The timing is unknown, but might be relatively soon.

Let's work together

  • Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
  • Can you translate from English into any other language? Please check this list to see whether more interface translations are needed for your language. Contact us to get an account if you want to help!
  • The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
  • File requests for language-appropriate "Bold" and "Italic" icons for the character formatting menu in Phabricator.

Subscribe, unsubscribe or change the page where this newsletter is delivered at Meta. If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

-Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk), 18:50, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Today's articles for improvement

  • Hello Quenhitran:
This week's voting for TAFI's upcoming weekly collaboration has begun at Week 18 of 2015. Thanks for participating!
Sent by User:Northamerica1000 using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:26, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #152

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2015)

The wheel is one of the most famous and useful inventions in the history of technology
Hello, Quenhitran.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

History of technology


Previous selections: Garbage picking • Antagonist


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Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:14, 6 April 2015 (UTC)Opt-out instructions

Hello Quenhitran,

you removed my addition for the Forerunner 301 about the wraist band and required a source reference. There is no source reference, because I found this out myself. Still it is very useful information for all the people around owning and using the Forerunner 301, as this is the only part that failed during the almost 10 years I own this device.

Please re-insert my contribution again, because sharing useful information is the purpose of Wikipedia.

Thanks,

Peter Lambooy — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeterLambooy (talkcontribs) 07:30, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

15:42, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 April 2015

Wikidata weekly summary #153

Today's articles for improvement

  • Hello Quenhitran:
This week's voting for TAFI's upcoming weekly collaboration has begun at Week 19 of 2015. Thanks for participating!
Sent by User:Northamerica1000 on 12:00, 12 April 2015 (UTC) using Mass message sender.

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2015)

A saxophone is an example of an aerophone.
Hello, Quenhitran.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Aerophone


Previous selections: History of technology • Garbage picking


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Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 01:25, 13 April 2015 (UTC)Opt-out instructions

16:40, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Keeping Wikipedia Expanding Not Shrinking

Delete canvassing bullshit. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 04:55, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Hello User:Quenhitran sorry for disturbing you. The reason I am writing you is we all love Wikipedia and we want it expanding. However there is a discussion going on to delete a notable game article because of biased opinions. I saw that you edited this article: A_Fistful_of_Gun and let it stay for further expansion, update and keep growing Wikipedia. But I am also totally agree with you to let articles stay for improvements and expand Wikipedia. So I believe you are a neutral, professional, objective and who believes in expanding Wikipedia not shrinking it type of person. So I would like you to check out this discussion Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/MonsterMMORPG_(2nd_nomination) and make your comment based on references it has. References are here Talk:MonsterMMORPG. Please feel free to delete my message to you after you read it. Thank you very much have a nice day.176.233.41.152 (talk) 14:42, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 April 2015

Quenhitran, you opened this review over a month ago, but have done nothing with it since. Do you plan to do the review soon? If not, I can arrange to put this back into the reviewing pool with no loss of seniority. Please let me know. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:06, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Oh, I'm sorry, I was working with the review offline but I forgot to post it back here since then :) I'll be back right away with the comments. Thanks for reminding! —ALittleQuenhi (talk to me) 17:27, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #154

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2015)

A satellite image demonstrating the Geography of Niger
Hello, Quenhitran.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Geography of Niger


Previous selections: Aerophone • History of technology


Get involved with the TAFI project! You can...
Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:08, 20 April 2015 (UTC)Opt-out instructions

15:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

Today's articles for improvement

  • Hello Quenhitran:
This week's voting for TAFI's upcoming weekly collaboration has begun at Week 21 of 2015. Thanks for participating!
Sent by Northamerica1000 using mass messaging on 00:44, 26 April 2015 (UTC)