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Wikidata weekly summary #124

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

Tech News: 2014-36

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

Recent software changes

  • You can now test a new Beta Feature to see links to other wikis in the sidebar. The links come from Wikidata. [1] [2]
  • You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the linksto: keyword in your search. [3] [4]
  • 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". [5] [6]
  • If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [7]

VisualEditor news

  • You can no longer delete required fields in templates. [8]
  • 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. [9] [10] [11]
  • VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook. [12]
  • We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X). [13]
  • You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category. [14]

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. [15]
  • 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. [16]
  • 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. [17]

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07:48, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 September 2014

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"On 1 September, the Arbitrators voted to suspend the Media Viewer case for 60 days. After the suspension period is up, the case is to be closed unless the committee votes otherwise. The case suspension comes in response to several new initiatives and policies announced by the Wikimedia Foundation that may make the case moot. In the same motion, the committee declared that Eloquence's resignation of the administrator right was "under the cloud" and that he can only regain the right through another RfA."
Two articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted
Doc James and some collaborators are working on quick detection of copyright violations
"This week we saw three of the top ten articles remain in place, with the Ice Bucket Challenge at #1, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at #2, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at #5, all for a second straight week..."
"This week, the Signpost went out to meet WikiProject Anatomy, dedicated to improving the articles about all our bones, brains, bladders and biceps, and getting them to the high standard expected of a comprehensive encyclopaedia."
The latest roundup of research about Wikimedia

Tech News: 2014-37

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

VisualEditor news

  • From Thursday, Internet Explorer 11 users will get VisualEditor. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [18] [19] [20]

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. [21]
  • You can read more about the plan to move to Phabricator, a tool that will help people develop the MediaWiki software and report bugs. [22]

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)

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Why have I been accused of a copyright violation? I wrote the article myself and did not copy anyone else.. If you are going to accuse me, then why will you not at least have the decency to point out what you thought was a copyright violation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vyoufinder (talk • contribs) 15:56, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

What is all this crap? Can't Wikipedia create a site that uses english or another language? Ridiculous — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vyoufinder (talk • contribs) 16:00, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi Vyoufinder. Your contribution appears to be a closely paraphrased extract from a third party website. Wikipedia does not permit the use of such material per the policy policy explained here. You are welcome to contribute material written in your own words that is correctly sourced to independent reliable sources. Thanks.  Philg88 ♦talk 16:23, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

One of your sandboxes

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FYI, the primary editor of this page in your user space User:Josve05a/Alone has been blocked as the most recent reincarnation of a serial sock puppeteer. [23] -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 20:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Request on 20:35:02, 8 September 2014 for assistance on AfC submission by Pink Floyd 110

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Pink Floyd 110 (talk) 20:35, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Request on 15:48:38, 11 September 2014 for assistance on AfC submission by Leonid2

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Leonid2 (talk) 15:48, 11 September 2014 (UTC)


My page was declined, another received no help, and I received no answers to my questions.

Please respond.

Leonid2

Request on 16:11:31, 11 September 2014 for assistance on AfC submission by Leonid2

Latest comment: 10 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion


I need help to move my page Knowledge Instinct from sandbox to Wiki main. I received an approval of the page but no help about the next step.

On my other page Dynamic Logic I received a suggestion to place it it on another page. I replied, why the suggestion is invalid. I do not here since then.

Leonid2

Leonid2 (talk) 16:11, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

why was my submission declined — Preceding unsigned comment added by 25rahul (talk • contribs) 12:38, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

need help from a great writer josve05a

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Hi, josve05a I am a new writer on wikipedia who is getting inspired by you day by day.and in other word who is trying to be just like you. I have been talking about you in my friend circle about how you did 500+ upload on wikipedia. and by the way great profile pic. i would really really hope you would guide me .Thank you

Yours faithfully (pompeyompeypearson872) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pompeyompeypearson872 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #125

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
 
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Designing my page

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Hi there I really want to design a page about my business bait about it the history, the idea behind it and what we offer and as it grows also grow the page is there a wiki guide for idiots lol that would make it easy to design a nice page with good content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buskie (talk • contribs) 20:47, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 September 2014

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

AfC vs. AfD question

Latest comment: 10 years ago5 comments3 people in discussion

Hi,

I saw that you recreated Kanban Tool via an AfC. I'm fuzzy on the relationship between AfC, deletion review, and other sorts of relevant processes, but could you clarify why it was recreated when it had been deleted by AfD a little more than two months prior? (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kanban Tool). Thanks. --— Rhododendrites talk |  05:55, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Rhododendrites, Josve didn't recreate the article, he only approved it at AfC. AfC is a process by which relatively new editors can create articles and get feedback. Has nothing to do with any deletion process. Article was deleted at AfD previously for lack of references. The old article essentially had one good ref. The new article has a ton of references. However, I haven't looked at them to see if it is enough to pass GNG now. It isn't obvious to someone that a previous AfD has happened, so Josve probably missed it.
Josve, the article has three red warning in the ref section that need to be cleaned up. Should have been done before accepting the AfC. Bgwhite (talk) 07:56, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
Bgwhite & Josve05a - Thanks for the clarification. I really do need to spend more time around AfC to get more familiar with it.
The reason it raised a red flag for me is a few months ago a couple of us noticed a whole lot of articles about Kanban and related topics that appeared to be promotional, many not notable, usually deprodded or otherwise defended by SPAs and people with clear COI issues. So I'm admittedly a little more cynical than I would be otherwise.
I'm looking at the refs now and seeing some familiar ones. The Raju ref, which is duplicated in the list, is a couple sentences of promotional copy in a list of 15 on a website of generally dubious reliability; everything by David Anderson is self-published; Mead is again a small item in a longer list; Moran is self-published but borderline; [I don't have access to these Startup Magazine or Linux Magazine], the Shore Labs refs are written by this company; Github is certainly not a reliable source; [Gibson is another I don't have access to]; Noorani et al. links to Kanban Tool with a referral link (e.g. they're paid for mentioning it); Liles is a primary source (interview); Marczak appears to just be a list.
This doesn't, to me, appear to have solved the issues of the previous one to any noticeable degree. There are a few I don't have access to, of course.
Apologies for using your talk page to discuss the article refs in such detail. It feels more appropriate to discuss it with you first rather than taking it to the article or AfD. --— Rhododendrites talk |  15:09, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
Nominate it for AfD if you want, I review so many AfC's, I don't even remember this one. Currently I'm on a small wikibreak working for the Swedish Social Democratic Party and the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League with the Swedish general election that is holing place today and night. So, I am a little in-active currently, my apologies! Thank you BTW Bgwhite for stalking my talk page. (t) Josve05a (c) 15:22, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
Rhododendrites, the article can be nominated for speed deletion via G4, recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion. However, I'd personally deny it as the article had significantly changed and fixed the problem for which it was deleted. You make a credible case for AfD again. Go with your instincts. Bgwhite (talk) 01:26, 15 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. [24] [25]
  • 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. [26] [27] [28]
  • 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. [29]

Problems

  • There was a problem with loading images on September 10. [30]

VisualEditor news

  • If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number. [31]
  • The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet. [32] [33]
  • You can now use help buttons in the "Page settings" menu to see what the options are for. [34]

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. [35] [36] [37]

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08:34, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Request on 16:27:24, 17 September 2014 for assistance on AfC submission by Vincentdylan

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Hello, Josve05a, you recently declined my article on a book called "First Genesis ...Complete (book)". I think this must have been done last night. I was very surprised that it got reviewed so quickly as it said that it would take a month. I wondered what your reasoning was so that I can better improve the article in hopes that it will be accepted. Did I do something incorrectly? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you.Vincentdylan (talk) 16:37, 17 September 2014 (UTC)Vincentdylan (I am not sure if I signed my post correctly)

Vincentdylan (talk) 16:27, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello Vincentdylan, I will try to explain this as best as I can.
So it hasn't been reviewed, I just "moved the review-box" to the right draft/submission-page.
If you need anymore help, just ask!   (t) Josve05a (c) 17:27, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 September 2014

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The Hürriyet Daily News reports on a series of posts on Twitter from Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ömer Çelik.
As Scotland is deciding its future this week, we thought it might be a good idea to get to know the editors of WikiProject Scotland and talk to them about the project.
A prominent Wikipedia researcher has discovered that the encyclopedia's widely used article traffic statistics are missing out on approximately one-third of total views.
There is no unifying theme we can slap on top article popularity this week.
Four articles, two lists, and 51 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.

Julian Assange

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Hi there, as a recent editor of the page in question, you may wish to contribute to the discussions: ==Merge discussion for Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority ==

 

An article that you have been involved in editing, Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. prat (talk) 15:45, 20 September 2014 (UTC) prat (talk) 15:45, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

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. [39] [40]

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.[41] [42]
  • In the "Vector" skin, the icon used for users will show a neutral gender. [43] [44]
  • The VisualEditor template tool now tells you if a required field is missing. [45]
  • 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. [46]
  • There are new keyboard shortcuts in VisualEditor. Use Ctrl+Shift+6 for code and Ctrl+Shift+5 for strikethrough. [47] [48]
  • In VisualEditor, you can now see that you are switching to the source editing mode. Before, it was not clear it was happening. [49]

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. [50]

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09:04, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

03:02:53, 25 September 2014 review of submission by Toddlaw

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Hi, I revised the article to include multiple references, as recommended by the reviewer.

I also improved the case for notability of the subject, in several ways. I listed more of his works, and also provided evidence that one of his books has been on a best seller for over 80 weeks.

Please re-consider the submission.

Sincerely, Todd Law

Toddlaw (talk) 03:02, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 September 2014

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Six articles, four lists, one topic, and 17 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.
The Hindustan Times speculates (September 18) that politicians and their supporters are "sanitizing" their articles in advance of the 2014 Maharashtra State Assembly election. The Times notes the absence of significant controversies in the articles of particular politicians and the presence of heavily promotional language.
0.75% of Wikipedia birthdates are inaccurate, reported Robert Viseur at WikiSym 2014. Those inaccuracies are "low, although higher than the 0.21% observed for the baseline reference sources". Given that biographies represent 15% of English Wikipedia, the third largest category after "arts" and "culture", their accuracy is important.
This could be the beginning of a new era for this list. Until now, decisions to remove suspicious content have been largely educated guesswork. This week though, we have a new collaborator who can shine a light on the origins and patterns, sorting once and for all the webwheat from the cyberchaff.
A year and a week later, we're with some of the members of WikiProject Good Articles, who wanted to share the news of their upcoming contest within the project, the GA Cup. The aim of this friendly competition, which is held in the same light friendly manner of the WikiCup and the Core Contest, is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed articles at Good article nominations which has been a constant problem for quite a few years for those running the GA process.
Banning Policy finishes the workshop phase on 23 September. Parties have proposed findings of fact on the topics of the 3RR, the role of Jimbo Wales, and proxying for banned users. A request for arbitration was posted on 20 September about Landmark Worldwide.
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