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<center><big>'''Archive for 2016'''</big></center>

== Please comment on [[Talk:Monkey Kingdom#rfc_73E3A54|Talk:Monkey Kingdom]] ==

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== ''The Signpost'': 06 January 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Socialism#rfc_1747275|Talk:Socialism]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/02|Tech News: 2016-02]] ==

Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/02|Translations]] are available.

'''Recent changes'''

* Wikimedia no longer uses visitor statistics from [[w:en:ComScore|comScore]]. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ComScore/Announcement]

* You can make interactive graphs with the [[mw:Extension:Graph|Graph extension]]. There is now a [[mw:Extension:Graph/Interactive Graph Tutorial|tutorial for how to do this]]. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-December/084416.html]

'''Problems'''

* Some pages do not turn in up in categories where they should be. This is because link tables are sometimes not populated. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117332]

'''Changes this week'''

* The [[mw:Extension:Nuke|Nuke extension]] will work with [[mw:Flow|Flow]]. This will make it easier to handle spam in Flow. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115695]

* New file uploads will now be patrollable. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T11501]

* Internet Explorer 8 will no longer have [[w:en:JavaScript|JavaScript]] support. You will [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Compatibility#Basic|still be able to browse and edit Wikipedia]] if you use Internet Explorer 8, but will not be able to use some features. This can be solved by upgrading to a newer version or switching to a different browser. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118303][https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-November/001286.html]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item"> [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=12&month=01&year=2016 12 January at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> URLs in the recent changes IRC feed will no longer be rewritten to unencrypted HTTP. This could be a breaking change for bots dependent on the IRC feed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T122933]

* The edit tabs for the wikitext editor and the visual editor will be combined to one single edit tab. You will be able to choose which one you prefer. If you are not logged in, your choice will be saved as a cookie in your browser. You [[m:Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Newsletter/2015/December|can test the single edit tab]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102398][https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Newsletter/2015/December]

* There is a beta feature that [[mw:Beta Features/Other projects sidebar|adds links to the subject on other Wikimedia projects]]. This works much like the links to for example Wikipedia articles in other languages. It will go out of beta testing and be enabled for everyone in January. Wikis that don't want this can decide to have it disabled. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-December/001305.html][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103102]

* The difference between "alerts" and "messages" notifications is unclear to some. The developers want feedback at [[phab:T123018|the Phabricator task]] or [[mw:Topic:Sw196pvf5vwt6pku|on MediaWiki.org]] so they can make this better. You can give feedback in your language if you can't write in English.

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== ''The Signpost'': 13 January 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:List of best-selling music artists#rfc_18C7B07|Talk:List of best-selling music artists]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:List of best-selling music artists#rfc_18C7B07|this request for comment on '''Talk:List of best-selling music artists''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 00:04, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/03|Tech News: 2016-03]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* You will be able to find or mark bugs and suggestions in [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator|Phabricator]] that are specific for your language or wiki. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91286]

* Notifications have been upgraded with more detailed and easier-to-access information. [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications|See the documentation]]. Cross-wiki notifications will be available soon on the two test wikis. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123570]

'''Changes this week'''

* The visual editor uses the [[mw:Extension:TemplateData|TemplateData extension]] to make editing templates easier. You will now get a warning when you edit a TemplateData form and leave it without saving. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106382]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> MediaWiki will get a new authentication and authorization system called AuthManager. This is planned to happen in a month or two. Some bots will need to change how they log in. Two new and more stable authentication methods will be available now: Owner-only [[mw:Extension:OAuth|OAuth]] credentials and bot passwords. You can [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-January/084501.html read more about the change]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121113]

*<span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.11|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 January. It will be on all Wikipedias from 21 January ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item"> [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=19&month=01&year=2016 19 January at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is governance model. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=22&min=00&sec=0&day=20&month=01&year=2016 20 January at 22:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W03"/> 17:56, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

== WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 6 ==

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<div style="font-size:1.2em; letter-spacing:1px;">'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Newsletter|Newsletter]] • January 2016'''</div>

Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:

<div style="font-size:1.1em;">'''What comes next'''</div>

Some good news: the Wikimedia Foundation has renewed WikiProject X. This means we can continue focusing on making WikiProjects better.

During our first round of work, we created a prototype WikiProject based on two ideas: (1) WikiProjects should clearly present things for people to do, and (2) The content of WikiProjects should be automated as much as possible. We launched pilots, and for the most part it works. But this approach will not work for the long term. While it makes certain aspects of running a WikiProject easier, it makes the maintenance aspects ''harder''.

We are working on a major overhaul that will address these issues. New features will include:

* Creating WikiProjects by simply filling out a form, choosing which reports you want to generate for your project. This will work with existing bots in addition to the [[User:Reports bot|Reports Bot]] reports. (Of course, you can also have sections curated by humans.)

* One-click button to join a WikiProject, with optional notifications.

* Be able to define your WikiProject's scope within the WikiProject itself by listing relevant pages and categories, eliminating the need to tag every talk page with a banner. (You will still be allowed to do that, of course. It just won't be required.)

The end goal is a collaboration tool that can be used by WikiProjects but also by any edit-a-thon or group of people that want to coordinate on improving articles. Though implemented as an extension, the underlying content will be wikitext, meaning that you can continue to use categories, templates, and other features as you normally would.

This will take a lot of work, and we are just getting started. What would you like to see? I invite you to discuss on our [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject X|talk page]].

Until next time,

[[User:Harej|Harej]] ([[User talk:Harej|talk]]) 02:53, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

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== ''The Signpost'': 20 January 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:2015 Chinese stock market crash#rfc_B2AC664|Talk:2015 Chinese stock market crash]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:2015 Chinese stock market crash#rfc_B2AC664|this request for comment on '''Talk:2015 Chinese stock market crash''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:26, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/04|Tech News: 2016-04]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* You can now follow when pages are added or removed from a category on German Wikipedia. The plan is to add it to Wikimedia Commons and other Wikipedias this week. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T9148][https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CategoryMembershipChanges]

* Administrators can hide individual entries of a page with [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. There is now a button to choose "all", "none" or "inverse" in Special:Log. The article history will get the same buttons soon. Wikis that have done this locally with JavaScript will be able to remove that code. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T92230]

'''Changes this week'''

*You will be able to see the references when you preview a section you are editing. This will happen even if there is no <nowiki><references /></nowiki> tag in that section. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T7984]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.12|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 January. It will be on all wikis from 28 January ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=26&month=01&year=2016 26 January at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* There is now an extension called [[mw:Extension:ArticlePlaceholder|ArticlePlaceholder]]. It can automatically generate content on Wikipedia with data from Wikidata if there is no Wikipedia article. It will have a tag to remind the reader it is not an article and ask the reader to create one. The developer is now looking for smaller Wikipedias that want to try the extension. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-January/008004.html]

* The [[m:Special:MyLanguage/OTRS|OTRS]] system will be upgraded. The plan is to do this on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=08&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=02&year=2016 3 February at 08:00 (UTC)]. It will probably take 6 to 8 hours. OTRS will be down during the upgrade. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T74109]

* Users will soon be automatically congratulated when they reach some edit count milestones. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124003]

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== ''The Signpost'': 27 January 2016 ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/05|Tech News: 2016-05]] ==

'''Problems'''

* Sites with a <code>wikimedia.org</code> address were by mistake redirected to the [[wmf:Home|Wikimedia Foundation wiki]] on 26 January. This included Meta and Wikimedia Commons. The mistake was fixed after an hour. [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160126-WikimediaDomainRedirection]

* Some users had problems logging in and out around 22 January. Bots also had problems and edit previews did not work properly. This was because of problems related to the new component SessionManager. It was undone on 23 January. [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160123-SessionManagerRolloutFailure][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123451]

* Because of new problems with SessionManager the latest version of MediaWiki was removed from the Wikimedia wikis again on 31 January. The new version this week will be without SessionManager. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-February/084669.html]

'''Changes this week'''

* The page history will get a help link. This will go to [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Page history|Help:Page history]] on Meta. Wikis can exchange it for a link to their local pages. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124885]

* Notifications will only show part of a page name if it is very long. You will also have another way to mark notifications as read. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123657][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121935]

* The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Language Selector|Universal Language Selector]] input methods are now available with the visual editor. This means many who write in non-Latin scripts can now use the visual editor. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T51569]

* The visual editor will now give you more tools to edit tables. You can move rows and columns in a table and copy parts of tables to make new ones. You can also copy and paste more than one cell at the same time. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88694][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85791][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123826]

* The visual editor has a new warning message when you leave a page you are editing without saving. Non-English wikis might need to translate it. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121754][https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&language=&group=ext-visualeditor-0-all]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.12|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 February. It will be on all wikis from 4 February ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=02&month=02&year=2016 2 February at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is [[phab:E138|expiring watch list entries]]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=22&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=02&year=2016 3 February at 22:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> The <code>rest.wikimedia.org</code> domain will be shut down. This is planned to happen in March. You should use <code>/api/rest_v1/</code> at each individual project domain instead. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-January/084566.html]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W05"/> 21:02, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:Housing in the United Kingdom#rfc_E65166B|Talk:Housing in the United Kingdom]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Housing in the United Kingdom#rfc_E65166B|this request for comment on '''Talk:Housing in the United Kingdom''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:25, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/06|Tech News: 2016-06]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* [[w:en:Syntax highlighting|Syntax highlighting]] support is now available for 53 more computer languages. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-February/084695.html]

* When you get a notification that an edit has been reverted, the notification now quotes part of the edit summary. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121808]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> [[mw:RESTBase|RESTBase]] is now using <code>scrub_wikitext</code> instead of <code>scrubWikitext</code>. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T114620]

'''Changes this week'''

* Wikidata will have a new data type called "math". It will be used for formulas. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124931][https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-February/008140.html]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.13|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 February. It will be on all wikis from 11 February ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=09&month=02&year=2016 9 February at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is [[phab:T114662|per-language URLs for pages of multilingual wikis]]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=22&min=00&sec=0&day=10&month=02&year=2016 10 February at 22:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* Other sites will be able to tell when visitors come from links on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites. They used to be able to do this until we started using [[m:Special:MyLanguage/HTTPS|forced HTTPS]] in June 2015. This is planned to happen on 15 February. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87276][https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_referrer_policy]

* Wikidata will have a new data type called "external-id". It will be used for references to external resources. It will be enabled on February 16. Some properties will be changed to the new data type. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-February/008140.html][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125633][https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore/Identifiers]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W06"/> 18:58, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 03 February 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Erik Buell Racing#rfc_C899761|Talk:Erik Buell Racing]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Erik Buell Racing#rfc_C899761|this request for comment on '''Talk:Erik Buell Racing''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:25, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 10 February 2016 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-02-10}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2016-02-10|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 05:29, 15 February 2016 (UTC) </div></div>

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/07|Tech News: 2016-07]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* You can now edit pages on the mobile site version without JavaScript. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125174]

* You can now use the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Math|Math extension]] to write chemistry formulas. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126272]

'''Problems'''

* A few editors might have been logged in as someone else because of a bug. For security reasons everyone was logged out on 9 February. If you have seen this bug, you [[mw:User talk:Tgr (WMF)/Session pollution|can report it]]. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-February/001345.html][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126069]

'''Changes this week'''

* There is a beta feature that [[mw:Beta Features/Other projects sidebar|adds links to the subject on other Wikimedia projects]]. The plan was to have it leave beta testing and be enabled for everyone in January. It will happen on 16 February instead. Wikis that don't want this can decide to have it disabled. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2015-December/001305.html][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103102]

* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Cross-wiki|Cross-wiki notifications]] will be available as a beta feature on Wikidata, MediaWiki, Commons, and all Hebrew and French wikis on 19 February. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124234]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.14|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 February. It will be on all wikis from 18 February ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=16&month=02&year=2016 16 February at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* The search function on Wikimedia wikis will get a [[mw:Extension:CirrusSearch/CompletionSuggester|completion suggester]] that tries to find the right pages as the user is typing. It will also recognize some typos. This will probably happen in March. It is currently in beta. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126271]

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== ''The Signpost'': 17 February 2016 ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/08|Tech News: 2016-08]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator|Phabricator]] has been upgraded. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120013][https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-February/084841.html]

'''Problems'''

* There was no new MediaWiki version last week. Changes that were planned to happen last week will happen this week instead. This is because of a bug that made saving pages take longer time. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-February/084816.html][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126700]

'''Changes this week'''

* After February 23, you can use Wikidata for inter-language links on Wikiversity. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109675]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=23&month=02&year=2016 23 February at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is [[phab:T125865|Assign RFCs to ArchCom shepherds]]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=22&min=00&sec=0&day=24&month=02&year=2016 24 February at 22:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W08"/> 18:22, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

== WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 7 ==

[[File:WikiProject X icon.svg|left|70px|link=Wikipedia:WikiProject X]]

<div style="font-size:1.2em; letter-spacing:1px;">'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Newsletter|Newsletter]] • February 2016'''</div>

This month:

<div style="font-size:1.1em;">'''One database for Wikipedia requests'''</div>

Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.

In the meantime, we are working on a prototype for a new service we hope to announce soon. The problem: there are requests scattered all across Wikipedia, including requests for new articles and requests for improvements to existing articles. We Wikipedians are very good at coming up with lists of things to do. But once we write these lists, where do they end up? How can we make them useful for all editors—even those who do not browse the missing articles lists, or the particular WikiProjects that have lists?

Introducing '''Wikipedia Requests''', a new tool to centralize the various lists of requests around Wikipedia. Requests will be tagged by category and WikiProject, making it easier to find requests based on what your interests are. Accompanying this service will be a bot that will let you generate reports from this database on any wiki page, including WikiProjects. This means that once a request is filed centrally, it can syndicated all throughout Wikipedia, and once it is fulfilled, it will be marked as "complete" throughout Wikipedia. The idea for this service came about when I saw that it was easy to put together to-do lists based on database queries, but it was harder to do this for human-generated requests when those requests are scattered throughout the wiki, siloed throughout several pages. This should especially be useful for WikiProjects that have overlapping interests.

The newsletter this month is fairly brief; not a lot of news, just checking in to say that we are hard at work and hope to have more for you soon.

Until next time,

[[User:Harej|Harej]] ([[User talk:Harej|talk]]) 01:43, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 24 February 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Israeli lira#rfc_6D34DF0|Talk:Israeli lira]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/09|Tech News: 2016-09]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* Thanks to the [[mw:Extension:Graph|Graph extension]] and [[wikitech:Analytics/PageviewAPI|Pageview API]], we now have [[m:template:Graph:PageViews|<nowiki>{{Graph:PageViews}}</nowiki>]] templates that can show pageviews for any wiki page for any of the wikis. See [[m:Community Tech/Pageview stats tool#Graph extension|the examples]].

* The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Capiunto|Capiunto]] extension is installed on [https://test.wikipedia.org test wiki]. Capiunto provides flexible infobox functionality for [[mw:Extension:Scribunto|Scribunto]] and generates HTML for infobox features such as headers and rows. It is designed for clean and modern infoboxes that are driven by data from Wikidata, easily usable across different language versions, and easily extensible.

* The visual editor now follows the TemplateData <code>format</code> setting announced in November. When you edit or add a use of a template, the wikitext will be laid out in one of the two ways. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111674][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104599]

* The order of parameters and format defined in a template's TemplateData will be now respected. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104599][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111674]

'''Changes this week'''

* On wikis where the visual editor is available in single edit tab mode, red links may open the visual editor instead of the wikitext editor, depending on user preferences. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T55441]

* Anonymous editor warning is now displayed as a warningbox for consistency in both the visual editor and the wikitext editor. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127403]

* [[mw:Parsoid|Parsoid]] has been updated to fit some HTML 5 specifications. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108134]

'''Meetings'''

* Resigning executive director Lila Tretikov is taking questions at [[m:Knowledge_Engine/FAQ|Knowledge Engine FAQ]] regarding the much talked about project. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082470.html]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=01&month=03&year=2016 1 March at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W09"/> 20:12, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:Penny#rfc_E665133|Talk:Penny]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Penny#rfc_E665133|this request for comment on '''Talk:Penny''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:25, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/10|Tech News: 2016-10]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* Files on Wikimedia Commons can now be 2 GB big. The old limit was 1 GB. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76614]

* Welcome notifications now have a different symbol. English Wikipedia already had this one. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T49662]

* The Wikimedia memory cache servers in the [[wikitech:Eqiad cluster|Eqiad cluster]] have now been upgraded to Debian 8 (Jessie). Some users might have had to log in again because of this. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123711]

* It is now easier to categorize images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in the Commons Android app. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126848]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> Bare attributes in tags now parse according to the HTML5 specifications. <code><pages from= to= section=1></code> will parse as <code><pages from="to=" section="1"></code> instead of <code><pages from="" to="" section="1"></code> as it used to. Please use <code><pages from="" to="" section=1></code> or <code><pages section=1></code> instead. This is mostly likely to affect pages on Wikisource projects. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108134]

'''Problems'''

* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator|Phabricator]] has been a bit unstable lately. This should be fixed now. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2016-March/000098.html]

* The PageView API shows wrong data between 23 February and 29 February for pages with special characters in their title. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128295]

* The parsing change mentioned above caused a large number of pages to break, especially on Wikisource. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108134]

* You may see falsely formatted edit links on both mobile and desktop devices. Mobile devices can also show incorrect formatted table of contents. This should be fixed soon. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124356]

* Templates using TemplateData that were edited with the visual editor might have some problems in wikitext mode. This can be fixed by editing and saving the page by using the visual editor without making any changes. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128337]

'''Changes this week'''

* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Cross-wiki|Cross-wiki notifications]] will be enabled as a beta feature on all wikis on 10 March. You will be able to get notifications when something happens on another Wikimedia wiki. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124234]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.16|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* Wikivoyages will get the [[mw:Extension:Kartographer|Kartographer extension]]. Kartographer will allow <code><mapframe></code> and <code><maplink></code> tags in an article to insert an interactive map and overlay it with different markers. You can add ideas and suggestions to the [[mw:Talk:Maps|Maps talk page]]. If you find any bugs, you can report them in [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=kartographer,maps&subscribers=yurik,maxsem Phabricator]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127136]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=08&month=03&year=2016 8 March at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110555]

* The Wikimedia technical operations team plans to do some server work on 22 March. This could cause some problems, for example make it possible to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a short period of time. The date for this might change. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124671]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W10"/> 20:24, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 02 March 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Ford Pinto#rfc_C4C9705|Talk:Ford Pinto]] ==

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== ''The Signpost'': 09 March 2016 ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/11|Tech News: 2016-11]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

*The mobile web interface no longer suggests [[Mw:HiDPI display support|HiDPI thumbnails]]. This is to take up less bandwidth on slow or expensive connections. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119797]

*The search engine on [http://www.wikipedia.org wikipedia.org] has been updated. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_Portal_Improvements]

'''Changes this week'''

*Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, '''you will be able to read but not edit the wikis''' for a short period of time on both 22 March and 24 March. This could be postponed to April 18. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. Because of a test, there will also be a couple of minutes where you can't edit the wikis on 15 March starting 07:00 UTC. You can [[m:Tech/Server switch 2016|read more about the server work]]. There will be more notifications and updates about this.

* Administrators and other users with advanced permissions will need to have an 8-byte long passwords. This change takes place on 15 March. Users with too short passwords will be asked to change password the next time they log in. This was decided in [[m:Requests for comment/Password policy for users with certain advanced permissions|a discussion on Meta]] and is because they can use tools that can hurt the wikis. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-March/001374.html]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.17|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110555]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=15&month=03&year=2016 15 March at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are [[phab:T78639|backlog]] and [[phab:T66214|thumb API]]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=16&month=03&year=2016 16 March at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

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== ''The Signpost'': 16 March 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Ale Resnik#rfc_D0D7A8D|Talk:Ale Resnik]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Ale Resnik#rfc_D0D7A8D|this request for comment on '''Talk:Ale Resnik''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:24, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/12|Tech News: 2016-12]] ==

'''Problems'''

* Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. The Wikimedia Technology department planned to test it this week. This will take place the week of April 18 instead. You can [[m:Tech/Server switch 2016|read more about the server work]]. There will be more notifications and updates about this.

* In Firefox, the visual editor would sometimes just jump down to the bottom of the page when you double-clicked on a table cell. This has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128282]

'''Changes this week'''

* It will now be easier to list IP addresses that don't have to solve [[:w:en:CAPTCHA|CAPTCHAs]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103122]

* You will now be able to mark Echo notifications as unread. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73564]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.18|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=22&month=03&year=2016 22 March at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W12"/> 16:04, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 23 March 2016 ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/13|Tech News: 2016-13]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* MediaWiki [[mw:Manual:Semantic Web|now supports the semantic web standards of Microdata and RDFa 1.0]]. On Wikimedia projects, a configuration change must be requested in order to enable RDFa 1.0. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130034] [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130040]

'''Problems'''

* Adding references with Citoid was broken for approximately 6 hours on 24 March. This was fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130847]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.19|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* You will be able to remove the header and footer style from User language (babel) boxes. This will make it easier to use them with other userboxes. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T33309]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with part of the Architecture committee, which will discuss [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/E152#1558 a few topics]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=30&month=03&year=2016 30 March at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> The Architecture committee has sent a [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-March/085100.html summary of new and ongoing RFC discussions].

'''Future changes'''

* Commons will soon have improved access to Wikidata's data. It will then be possible to access data about any concept on any page on Commons. Assistance with testing this on the beta cluster is appreciated. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Wikidata_support:_getting_arbitrary_access_done]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> Wikibits.js will not be loaded by default anymore starting April 2016. Gadget and script authors should have already updated their code since the previous announcements, but there is another migration path available if needed. See [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-March/085113.html wikitech-l for details].

'''Corrections'''

* Last week Tech News said the new MediaWiki version would come to wikis from 21 March to 23 March. The right dates were 22 March to 24 March.

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Amway#rfc_080D6DF|Talk:Amway]] ==

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== ''The Signpost'': 1 April 2016 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-01}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2016-04-01|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 20:12, 1 April 2016 (UTC) </div></div>

== "Women are everywhere" ==

Hi EllenCT. I'm an editor of the Italian Wikipedia. I'm trying to participate to an IEG with the project "Women are everywhere". You will find the draft at this link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_are_everywhere It would be great if you could have a look at it. I need any kind of suggestion or advice to improve it. Support or endorsement would be fantastic. Many thanks,--[[User:Kenzia|Kenzia]] ([[User talk:Kenzia|talk]]) 12:23, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

:{{Ping|Kenzia}} thank you so much for your kind invitation. Have you seen http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S0038-23532015000300001&script=sci_arttext ? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 07:17, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes EllenCT, i've just seen it, thank you for the information. Grazie,--[[User:Kenzia|Kenzia]] ([[User talk:Kenzia|talk]]) 07:38, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

:{{Ping|EllenCT}} The article http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S0038-23532015000300001&script=sci_arttext is really interesting. "There can be no more excuses". So very true. We must all do something. That's the reason why I'm trying to collaborate with the project https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_are_everywhere I hope to have your support. Sincerely,--[[User:Kenzia|Kenzia]] ([[User talk:Kenzia|talk]]) 08:35, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you EllenCT for your support! Grazie. --[[User:Kenzia|Kenzia]] ([[User talk:Kenzia|talk]]) 12:07, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/14|Tech News: 2016-14]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

*You can filter [[m:Help:Special page#Logs|Special:Log]] in more detail. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T20954]

*Wikimedia wikis have a new way of counting visitors. [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/30/unique-devices-dataset/]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.20|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 6. It will be on all wikis from April 7 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W14"/> 22:13, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:Chrysler#rfc_D71C756|Talk:Chrysler]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Chrysler#rfc_D71C756|this request for comment on '''Talk:Chrysler''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:25, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

== FYI ==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x6IV5yvYU8 Connecticut Fighting For Free And Fair Elections]

Not sure why the 😐 😒 .. you need to stay non-partisan? [[User:Wbm1058|wbm1058]] ([[User talk:Wbm1058|talk]]) 21:27, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

:{{Ping|Wbm1058}} thank you for the informative update! What does, "One can only hope that the ''Signpost'' scoop that he will be the running mate of Donald Trump University is dead wrong" mean? I probably misunderstood you. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 16:35, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

::Just a little [[Before and After]] fun: "Before & After", a common category on the American game shows ''[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' and ''[[Jeopardy!]]''

::You have heard about the [[Trump University]] controversy? A prime example of the issue with education being driven by the primary motivation of making money off the students.

::So I definitely don't want to see Wales endorsing Trump, much less running on his ticket.

::I have little faith that President Hillary would do much more to solve the issue than implement an Obamacare type of band-aid. [[User:Wbm1058|wbm1058]] ([[User talk:Wbm1058|talk]]) 16:48, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

::Oh, and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-01/News and notes]], in case you didn't see that. There's been some controversy around that, too. An un-funny joke disparaging a living person. I have mixed feelings about the man, but this meme about his "small hands" should be put to bed. [[User:Wbm1058|wbm1058]] ([[User talk:Wbm1058|talk]]) 16:55, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/15|Tech News: 2016-15]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* The visual editor can generate wikicode with image options in your language. Examples of image options are "thumb" or "left". You can ask to change to options in your language in Phabricator. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T53852][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T116020]

* Wiktionaries and Wikisources can now use the visual editor. It is an opt-in beta feature. It still needs development to work better with these projects. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48580][https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor/The_visual_editor_at_Wikisources_and_Wiktionaries]

* [[m:Objective Revision Evaluation Service|ORES]] is using new models. Tools that use ORES' predictions can behave strangely. ORES also has a new [[w:en:Application programming interface|API]]. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-April/085258.html]

* The visual editor now supports classical Greek characters. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130535]

'''Problems'''

* There was a bug when you used keyboard arrows in templates in the visual editor. This has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128861]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.21|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* The wikipedia.org portal will get many small bug fixes and improvements. Most will be for the search box and suggested results that were added in March. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130755]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=12&month=04&year=2016 12 April at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the [[mw:Architecture committee|Architecture committee]]. The topics this week are [[phab:T130567|improving transclusion of templates for Parsoid]] and [[phab:T114445|balanced templates]]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=13&month=04&year=2016 13 April at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch_2016]

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== ''The Signpost'': 14 April 2016 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-14}} </div><div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2016-04-14|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 00:46, 14 April 2016 (UTC) </div></div>

== Please comment on [[Talk:John Carter (film)#rfc_AB9C1FF|Talk:John Carter (film)]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:John Carter (film)#rfc_AB9C1FF|this request for comment on '''Talk:John Carter (film)''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:26, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/16|Tech News: 2016-16]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* You can filter [[m:Help:Special page#Logs|Special:Log]] in more detail. You can filter different imports and new users. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109267][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T16334]

* You can use [[w:en:Telnet|Telnet]] to read Wikimedia wikis. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Telnet_gateway]

* MediaWiki wikis can handle bigger file uploads. The new limit is 4 GB. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131895]

'''Changes this week'''

* There is no new Mediawiki version this week. This is because of the data center test.

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=19&month=04&year=2016 April 19 at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is [[phab:T91162|shadow namespaces]]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=30&sec=0&day=20&month=04&year=2016 20 April at 21:30 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

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== WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 8 ==

[[File:WikiProject X icon.svg|left|70px|link=Wikipedia:WikiProject X]]

<div style="font-size:1.2em; letter-spacing:1px;">'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Newsletter|Newsletter]] • March / April 2016'''</div>

This month:

<div style="font-size:1.1em;">'''Transclude article requests anywhere on Wikipedia'''</div>

In the last issue of the WikiProject X Newsletter, I discussed the upcoming Wikipedia Requests system: a central database for outstanding work on Wikipedia. I am pleased to announce '''[https://wpx.wmflabs.org/requests/en Wikipedia Requests]''' is live! Its purpose is to supplement automatically generated lists, such as those from [[User:SuggestBot|SuggestBot]], [[User:Reports bot|Reports bot]], or Wikidata. It is currently being demonstrated on [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health|WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health]] (which I work on as part of my [[WP:NIOSH|NIOSH]] duties) and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists|WikiProject Women scientists]].

Adding a request is as simple as filling out a form. Just go to the [https://wpx.wmflabs.org/requests/en/add Add form] to add your request. Adding sources will help ensure that your request is fulfilled more quickly. And when a request is fulfilled, simply click "mark as complete" and it will be removed from all the lists it's on. All at the click of a button! (If anyone is concerned, all actions are logged.)

With this new service is a template to transclude these requests: {{tl|Wikipedia Requests}}. It's simple to use: add the template to a page, specifying <code>article=</code>, <code>category=</code>, or <code>wikiproject=</code>, and the list will be transcluded. For example, for requests having to do with all living people, just do {{tlx|Wikipedia Requests|2=category=Living people}}. Use these lists on WikiProjects but also for edit-a-thons where you want a convenient list of things to do on hand. Give it a shot!

<div style="font-size:1.1em;">'''Help us build our list!'''</div>

The value of Wikipedia Requests comes from being a centralized database. The long work to migrating individual lists into this combined list is slowly underway. As of writing, we have 883 open tasks logged in Wikipedia Requests. We need your help building this list.

If you know of a list of missing articles, or of outstanding tasks for existing articles, that you would like to migrate to this new system, head on over to [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Requests#Transition project]] and help out. Doing this will help put your list in front of more eyes—more than just your own WikiProject.

<div style="font-size:1.1em;">'''An open database means new tools'''</div>

WikiProject X maintains a database that associates article talk pages (and draft talk pages) with WikiProjects. This database powers many of the reports that [[User:Reports bot|Reports bot]] generates. However, until very recently, this database was not made available to others who might find its data useful. It's only common sense to open up the database and let others build tools with it.

And indeed: '''[https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/en Citation Hunt]''', the game to add citations to Wikipedia, now lets you filter by WikiProject, using the data from our database.

Are you a tool developer interested in using this? Here are some details: the database resides on Tool Labs with the name <code>s52475__wpx_p</code>. The table that associates WikiProjects with articles and drafts is called <code>projectindex</code>. Pages are stored by talk page title but in the future this should change. Have fun!

<div style="font-size:1.1em;">'''On the horizon'''</div>

* The work on the CollaborationKit extension continues. The extension will initially focus on reducing template and Lua bloat on WikiProjects (especially our WPX UI demonstration projects), and will from there create custom interfaces for creating and maintaining WikiProjects.

* The [[meta:WikiCite 2016|WikiCite]] meeting will be in Berlin in May. The goal of the meeting is to figure out how to build a bibliographic database for use on the Wikimedia projects. This fits in quite nicely with WikiProject X's work: we want to make it easier for people to find things to work on, and with a powerful, open bibliographic database, we can build recommendations for sources. This feature was [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111066 requested by the Wikipedia Library] back in September, and this meeting is a major next step. We look forward to seeing what comes out of this meeting.

Until next time,

[[User:Harej|Harej]] ([[User talk:Harej|talk]]) 01:29, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:Biodynamic agriculture#rfc_C91158B|Talk:Biodynamic agriculture]] ==

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== ''The Signpost'': 24 April 2016 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-24}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2016-04-24|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 22:42, 24 April 2016 (UTC) </div></div>

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/17|Tech News: 2016-17]] ==

'''Problems'''

*Wikimedia tested a new data center last week. This meant that the wikis could be read but not edited for 45 minutes on April 19 and for 20 minutes on April 21. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-April/001391.html]

*When the data center was tested, new edits were not shown in the recent changes log for 20 minutes. They are in the logs now. You can [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-April/001393.html read more about how to find the edits].

*Unread notifications were sometimes counted incorrectly. This has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129726]

'''Changes this week'''

* Wikimedia Commons will have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Commons. This will happen on April 26. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Village_pump&diff=prev&oldid=192993817]

* It will be easier to choose if you want to watch files you have uploaded with the upload wizard. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T33313]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/wmf.22|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 26. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 27. It will be on all wikis from April 28 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.27/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=26&month=04&year=2016 April 26 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* The "{{int:savearticle}}" button when you edit will be called "Publish" instead. This is to help new editors understand what it does. It already works like this on some wikis. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131132]

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Monowheel tractor#rfc_D19D525|Talk:Monowheel tractor]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Monowheel tractor#rfc_D19D525|this request for comment on '''Talk:Monowheel tractor''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:24, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 2 May 2016 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-05-02}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2016-05-02|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 03:09, 2 May 2016 (UTC) </div></div>

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/18|Tech News: 2016-18]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

*The visual editor now works when you use Internet Explorer 9. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133094]

'''Problems'''

*There was a security problem with the [[mw:Extension:MobileFrontend|MobileFrontend extension]]. It showed information that had been oversighted. This has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133700]

'''Changes this week'''

* You can now see which notifications are available on a wiki on [[Special:DisplayNotificationsConfiguration]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132127]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.1|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 4. It will be on all wikis from May 5 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "[[phab:T130528|PSR-6 Cache interface in Mediawiki core]]". The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=04&month=05&year=2016 May 4 at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* Pages could be added to new users' watchlists by default when they edit them. New users could also by default get email notifications when pages they watch are edited. This is [[m:Requests for comment/Enable by default some default options for new users|discussed on Meta]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T40796]

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Hilton Worldwide#rfc_B85AD12|Talk:Hilton Worldwide]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/19|Tech News: 2016-19]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* Wikiversities now have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Wikiversity. This happened on May 3. [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Development_plan&diff=326125500&oldid=318553405]

* You can use [http://recommend.wmflabs.org/#Recommend Wikipedia GapFinder] to find missing articles between languages. [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/27/article-recommendation-system/]

* Users are invited to try [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Cross-wiki|Cross-wiki Notifications]] on all wikis. This is the last test session before the release by default, scheduled for May 12th at 23:00 UTC. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117669][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130655]

* You can use [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Keyboard shortcuts|keyboard shortcuts]] to open the visual editor (''meta''+V) or the wikitext editor (''meta''+E) (on certain wikis, even if you have chosen a favorite editor). [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T116406]

* Uploading files bigger than 100 megabytes on Wikimedia Commons required to opt-in in your preferences. This is not necessary anymore. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131496]

* The [[mw:Extension:UploadsLink|UploadsLink]] extension is now available on Wikimedia Commons. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130018]

* Deleting a translation unit page didn't remove the corresponding content from the translation page. This is now solved. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41415]

* Translation suggestions based on Apertium are now available on Mediawiki.org. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133008]

'''Problems'''

* MediaWiki 1.27.0-wmf.23 has been rolled back from Wikimedia wikis, due to a performance issue. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134553]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.1|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 11. It will be on all wikis from May 12 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=10&month=05&year=2016 May 10 at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T113034 Overhaul Interwiki map, unify with Sites and WikiMap]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=11&month=05&year=2016 May 11 at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

* 2017 European hackathon will happen [[mw:Wikimedia Hackathon 2017|on May 19 - 21, in Vienna]] (Austria).

'''Future changes'''

* Today, in categories, a page titled "11" comes before "2". We plan to reorder that: "2" will come before "11". Please [[m:Talk:Community Tech/Numerical sorting in categories|tell the developers]] if the change will cause problems. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T8948]

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== Underreported stories ==

I missed your reply (14:16, 8 May 2016) to my post (18:19, 6 May 2016) until after the discussion was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AJimbo_Wales%2FArchive_207&type=revision&diff=719505838&oldid=719246738 archived] at 02:54, 10 May 2016, to [[User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 207#Underreported stories]], and I found it when I was searching on that page for something else. My reply to your reply is: I do not know what their criteria are. <br>

—[[User:Wavelength|Wavelength]] ([[User talk:Wavelength|talk]]) 03:10, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

== Notice of report to administrators noticeboard ==

I am required to notify you that you will be named in a complaint to the administrators' notice board.[[User:Phmoreno|Phmoreno]] ([[User talk:Phmoreno|talk]]) 12:30, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

:Why do you believe you will not again be subject to [[WP:BOOMERANG]]?[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive888&oldid=673837138#Numerous_problems_with_EllenCT] [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 12:46, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:European Graduate School#rfc_8FE92BF|Talk:European Graduate School]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:European Graduate School#rfc_8FE92BF|this request for comment on '''Talk:European Graduate School''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:23, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/20|Tech News: 2016-20]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* Some image thumbnails now load faster on mobile. They also take up less bandwidth. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T122242]

'''Problems'''

*Last week's MediaWiki version was late on some wikis. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-May/085585.html]

'''Changes this week'''

* [[Special:Notifications]] will have "mark as read" buttons for each day. The non-JavaScript version will get it this week. A JavaScript version will come later. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134204]

*Wikis can now locally decide what wikitext they want the signature button to produce. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T26191]

* A one-time welcome message for users will now be shown in the wikitext editor. This will include existing users. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133800]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.2|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 18. It will be on all wikis from May 19 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are "[[phab:E184|Requirements for change propagation]]". The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=18&month=05&year=2016 May 18 at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

*Using self-closing tags like <code><nowiki><div/></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><span/></nowiki></code> to mean <code><nowiki><div></div></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><span></span></nowiki></code> will not work in the future. Templates and pages that use these tags should be fixed. When [[phab:T134423|Phabricator ticket T134423]] is fixed these tags will parse as <code><nowiki><div></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> instead. This is normal in HTML5. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134423]

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== ''The Signpost'': 17 May 2016 ==

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== Diacritics in article titles: mass creation of redirects from unadorned ASCII? ==

Howdy. Unfortunately our conversation on Jimmy's talk page was archived, so I'll write any interesting thoughts I have here. I was thinking, shouldn't all names with a diacritical equivalent have diacritics in the title? Working out the English transliteration is going to be much easier than working out which diacritics are used when. [[User:Rovingrobert|Rovingrobert]] ([[User talk:Rovingrobert|talk]]) 07:03, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

:Yes, <math>C:title \rightarrow C:url</math>. Ref.: [[Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 71#Diacritics in article titles: mass creation of redirects from unadorned ASCII?]]. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 21:46, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

::I don't feel like I understand [[WP:TSC]] well enough to be able to rebut irate Wikipedians sternly enough. See [[Talk:Bojan Djordjic#Requested move 19 May 2016|this requested move]] as a recent example. [[User:Rovingrobert|Rovingrobert]] ([[User talk:Rovingrobert|talk]]) 08:09, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

::I have recently been involved in unintentional canvassing. As a duty of care, I must inform you that the purpose of my posting the above link was not to votestack, merely to illustrate how much current opinion is stacked against the use of diacritics. [[User:Rovingrobert|Rovingrobert]] ([[User talk:Rovingrobert|talk]]) 07:04, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

:::{{ping|Rovingrobert}} how do you propose to keep from accidentally including offensive terms in automatically generated redirects? I am afraid that problem makes the idea of a bot for WP:TSC unlikely to be successful. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 20:11, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

{{ping|Rich Farmbrough}} would you rather figure out the impolite corner cases[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=720060797&oldid=720060103] or do awesome work [[Wikipedia:Bot requests#What is your favorite JSON manipulator from bpython?|to improve the encyclopedia?]] [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 22:24, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

:The diacritics work is fairly trivial to do, but quite useful, I don't see as a corner case. I do not have a Pinterest account - I don't know what (pin-)point you are making here. I would use Octave to create a graph, or write an SVG directly. All the best: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]] [[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]'',<small> 00:19, 18 May 2016 (UTC).</small><br />

::{{ping|Rich Farmbrough}} how do you propose to keep from accidentally including offensive terms in automatically generated redirects? Forget Pinterest. What is your interest level in making a [[WP:MOSTEDITED]]-style list of the lowest quality popular articles for the WP:BACKLOG? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 20:11, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

:::Do you mean names such as [[Bum-suk]]? I don't think these redirects are a problem, however offensive. They are redirects. We have explicit rules allowing offensive redirects if they are useful. All the best: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]] [[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]'',<small> 23:50, 21 May 2016 (UTC).</small><br />

::::{{ping|Rich Farmbrough}} which rules allow that? I'd be afraid someone's name without diacritics could be the name of an animal. Here's what I have so far: [[Wikipedia:Bot requests#Python help please?]] [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 09:32, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

::::: It's not a diacritics redirect but a transliteration choice in that case. But the same principles apply.

{{Block quote|if a redirect represents an established term that is used in multiple mainstream reliable sources, it should be kept even if non-neutral, as it will facilitate searches on such terms|[[WPRFD]]}}

::::: All the best: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]] [[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]'',<small> 14:00, 22 May 2016 (UTC).</small><br />

::::::{{ping|Rich Farmbrough}} fair enough and fine with me, but what do you need to ask permission to do this? [[WP:BAG]] and an Arbcom remedy amendment, in that order? Don't forget to fill them out in triplicate. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 15:06, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

:::::: {{Smiley|D}} All the best: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]] [[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]'',<small> 00:29, 23 May 2016 (UTC).</small><br />

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/21|Tech News: 2016-21]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* You now see a [[MediaWiki:Restricted-displaytitle|warning message]] on pages that try to use <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[:mw:DISPLAYTITLE|DISPLAYTITLE]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> but it doesn't work because it doesn't match the page's actual title. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T28546]

'''Problems'''

*Commons had problems with server lag. This meant that it took longer time for files to turn up in categories. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135809]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.3|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=24&month=05&year=2016 May 24 at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> All HTTP access to Wikimedia sites and APIs will stop working. Some bots still use HTTP. They will need to use HTTPS instead. This will happen on June 12. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-May/085618.html]

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== Please comment on [[Template talk:Anarchism sidebar#rfc_70F293F|Template talk:Anarchism sidebar]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Template talk:Anarchism sidebar#rfc_70F293F|this request for comment on '''Template talk:Anarchism sidebar''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:24, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

== Administrators' noticeboard ==

[[File:Ambox notice.svg|link=|25px|alt=Information icon]] There is currently a discussion at [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents]] regarding an issue with which you may have been involved.  Thank you. <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Phmoreno|Phmoreno]] ([[User talk:Phmoreno|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Phmoreno|contribs]]) </span></small>

:I deny [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Numerous problems with an editor of Economic stagnation|the allegations]] and have asked for a restriction on Phmoreno's editing. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 22:31, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 28 May 2016 ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/22|Tech News: 2016-22]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> There is now a standard way to get the target of a redirect page from a Lua module. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T68974]

'''Problems'''

*A new way to handle rollback was introduced. It broke some tools and scripts and was reverted. This will be re-planned after review. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88044][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T136375]

*[[m:Special:MyLanguage/CentralNotice|CentralNotice]] didn't work in some older browsers. This has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T136387]

'''Changes this week'''

* When you edit a file or category page with the visual editor the rest of the page will be shown in its normal place. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T58289]

*The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate|Translate extension]] will get an edit summary field. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48924]

*A change to the <code><charinsert></code> feature could break some user scripts. Contact [[mw:User_talk:Bawolff|Bawolff]] if the "click to insert special characters" links in the edit window break on your wiki. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T11424][https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-May/001417.html]

* [[w:en:Elasticsearch|Elasticsearch]] will be upgraded on Wikimedia wikis this week. This should not affect you, but if you have problems with the search function this is probably the reason. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133124]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.4|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Emma Watson#rfc_2676B6D|Talk:Emma Watson]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Emma Watson#rfc_2676B6D|this request for comment on '''Talk:Emma Watson''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:24, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

== Some unsolicited advise ==

Dear Ellen, I believe you know my political views. As an academic, one of my main topics of interest is economic inequality, and I am a firm believer in a universal basic income. I am probably one of a small minority who would support a very high tax on ''unearned income'', a 100% inheritance tax, and a 100% tax on income derived from land. Even though I share your political leanings, I feel that your aggressiveness on Wikipedia is actually detrimental the cause of making sure that Wikipedia is not distorted by the systemic bias that comes from the fact that people who edit Wikipedia are predominately white, male, libertarian, technology users. The work of making sure that Wikipedia presents facts, and and not right-wing bigotry, requires cooperation from a broad coalition of people who want the encyclopedia to reflect scientific facts (which have a well-known liberal bias {smirk}). This work would be easier if we relax a bit, assume good faith from other editors, and try to work towards consensus among people interested in a topic, and work hard towards honestly backing our edits with reliable sources. I feel that your recent interaction with Volunteer Marek was not helping things. Marek is a good guy and a good editor, it's not helpful to turn likely allies into enemies (something Donald Trump can't seem to learn, so hopefully he will lose in a landslide this November {smirk again}). If you would be a little less sure that you know the truth, and be a little bit more willing to listen and compromise, I think you'll contribute a lot more to this encyclopedia. regards, [[User:Lawrencekhoo|LK]] ([[User talk:Lawrencekhoo|talk]]) 02:22, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

:{{reply|Lawrencekhoo}} what is your opinion of [[User:Wnt]]'s comments on [[Talk:Economic growth]]? I have not edited that article this year, but I think Wnt had some very good advice. He pointed out what Marek had deleted, agrees with our policies that actual literature reviews are more reliable than review sections of primary research papers, and provided some very specific advice that I intend to follow. I am also interested in your opinion of James K. Galbraith's assertion that,

:{{cquote|when attempting to make major changes the right strategy is to proceed and to take up the challenge of obstacles or changing circumstances as they arise. That is, after all, what Roosevelt did in the New Deal and what Lyndon Johnson did in the 1960s. Neither one could have proceeded if today’s economists had been around at that time.[http://ineteconomics.org/ideas-papers/blog/forecasting-models-and-sanders-program-controversy]}}

:Do you believe that economists generally underestimate the [http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/pn_15_4.pdf long term trends modulating demand from consumer spending] and [http://brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Blogs/2014/11/25-scott-blog/Median-income-and-change-in-price-of-select-goods-for-blog.jpg?la=en net worth]? Our articles are salted with supply side trickle down nonsense; [[tax incidence]] for example. What do you propose to address the systemic bias to which you refer? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 04:51, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

:: I'm happy to see that you are taking my comments in the spirit they were given in. As for your questions, I think Wnt is editing in good faith, and that what he's saying makes sense. However, it's also pretty obvious that he's not familiar with the literature. But such is the way of wikipedia. It's up to Marek to bring sources to back his statements to convince Wnt. Marek's dismissiveness reflects, to some extent, the fact that he knows the economics literature, and needs to convince people who do not, that what he's saying is right. I'm going to have a talk with Marek, as he needs to be more patient. I think that he's been contributing to the tension lately, and he could stand to be more civil. About the Galbraith quote, some strategies that may work in government, are not necessarily the best strategies to pursue in a collegial environment. Bulldozing things through doesn't really work in Wikipedia. At the end of the day, stuff only sticks if we have managed to convince the other editors that it accurately reflects the literature. [[User:Lawrencekhoo|LK]] ([[User talk:Lawrencekhoo|talk]]) 10:13, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

::: {{reply|Lawrencekhoo}} do you think I should ask about Marek's sources on [[WP:RSN]] before or after taking Wnt's advice to restore the material deleted at [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economic_growth&diff=680535167&oldid=680533450]? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 22:36, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

:::: In a contentious situation, Wikipedia policy and best practice is to refrain from inserting material until there is consensus for inclusion. Whenever things are contentious, as in this case, I would ask on the notice board ''first''. If consensus cannot be reached, even after response from the notice board, then hold a RFC on the issue. [[User:Lawrencekhoo|LK]] ([[User talk:Lawrencekhoo|talk]]) 00:27, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

::::: {{reply|Lawrencekhoo}} my experience observing the RSN is that there aren't enough people responding to keep my [[WP:TAGTEAM]] from getting there first with the usual vapid series of ''pro forma'' rationales without details and with no responses to requests for details. [[User:Wnt]] has already surmised the situation in the way I believe any ''sufficient number'' of generally unbiased Wikipedians familiar with the reliable source criteria would. How about if I replace the deleted material first, and then ask at [[WT:NPOV]] whether the question on the use of review sections of primary research opposed to the consensus of fully [[WP:SECONDARY]] literature reviews reaching a conclusion, which I know is still the situation on the underlying topic, is most appropriate for mention in [[WP:UNDUE]] and/or [[WP:SYSTEMICBIAS]], or on the reliable sources noticeboard, or an RFC? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 01:41, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

:::::: In some respects, Wikipedia is a democracy of those who are present. However, in this case, I feel that you may not be getting the response you would like from the noticeboard, perhaps because the members don't see things the way you do, or they believe that the situation is muddied and hard to comment on. If you are sure that a group of impartial reasonable people would support you, and that [[WP:Local consensus]] does not reflect the views of the community as a whole, then the best thing is to call a RfC, and advertise it on the [[WT:ECON|Economics project talk page]]. If you do not think that a group of impartial reasonable people would support you, then it's best to drop the issue. Over the years, I've come to appreciate the Wikipedia system. More often than not, with our insistence on procedure and on sources, a group of impartial strangers will correctly agree about what reflects the scientific literature. [[User:Lawrencekhoo|LK]] ([[User talk:Lawrencekhoo|talk]]) 03:35, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

::::::: {{re|EllenCT}} I think there's a bit of difference between your emphasis and mine, in that I don't actually object to using literature reviews in primary sources; I simply object to ''removing sources'' that are relevant. I feel like Marek lobbies hard for his particular point of view, and you do try to see yours represented also, and that wouldn't have to be a bad thing, ''if'' everyone sticks to adding more and more sources and viewpoints. To my way of thinking, POV only becomes a problem when people start deleting stuff, and my impression during the short time I looked at the article is that Marek does that more than you. So I think that the most productive thing to get together for your RFC is a list of all the sources that you think are good that have been taken out/reverted at some point in the development of the article. I want all those, plus whatever text it takes to wind a garden path among them. But do note I wouldn't deny Marek the same thing; what I want is a big article studded with facts that lies out multiple disagreeing points of view and explains each one well enough that we know why people say it is right and why they say it is wrong. [[User:Wnt|Wnt]] ([[User talk:Wnt|talk]]) 03:55, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

::::::: {{reply|Lawrencekhoo}} impartial reasonable people support me, and I am sure I could get my opposition to agree with me if they would engage.

::::::: {{re|Wnt}} I agree, simply replacing the deleted material is the best idea, but I feel like I should do something else first. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 05:18, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Please see [[Wikipedia talk:Neutral point of view#Undue use of primary source literature review sections to delete material in Economic growth]]. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 05:45, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

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== Other user's talkpages. ==

Read [[WP:Blanking]] and the accompanying essay [[WP:DRC]]. [[User:Only in death|Only in death does duty end]] ([[User talk:Only in death|talk]]) 12:04, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

This is regarding [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Phmoreno&diff=726468802&oldid=726435672], a warning about [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=726316117]. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 12:35, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

:John placed the warning which was subsequently seen and removed by Phmoreno as is his right on his talkpage. You then reverted the warning back onto their talkpage - you were obviously able to see it had been removed and the revision [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Phmoreno&action=history history] is clear. There are limited items which have to remain on a user's talkpage. Warnings are not one of them per the above links. [[User:Only in death|Only in death does duty end]] ([[User talk:Only in death|talk]]) 12:46, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

::I would feel more comfortable if the warning remained, but I am more interested in improving the encyclopedia than arguing for badges of shame. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 12:54, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

== Notice of Community Sanction ==

I have [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=726664964&oldid=726664853 closed] the ANI thread about you with the following result: '''{{user|EllenCT}} is indefinitely topic banned from all edits and pages related to Economics, broadly construed.''' Formal logging of this restriction can be found [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions&diff=726665432&oldid=724136288 here]. More information can be found at [[Wikipedia:Banning policy]]. <span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:3">[[User:The Wordsmith|'''The Wordsmith''']]</span><sup>[[User talk:The Wordsmith|Talk to me]]</sup> 16:11, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

:I intend to appeal this decision after the close of the two RFCs, in order to apply for mediation if necessary. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 16:46, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

::That is, of course, your right. Also note that I'm considering amending the restriction, specifically removing "pages", because it might be too restrictive with unintended consequences. I'm examining precedent and considering a new wording, and will let you know if I alter it. <span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:3">[[User:The Wordsmith|'''The Wordsmith''']]</span><sup>[[User talk:The Wordsmith|Talk to me]]</sup> 17:01, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

::Note that I have rephrased the restriction as follows: '''{{user|EllenCT}} is indefinitely banned from the topic of economics, broadly construed.''' <span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:3">[[User:The Wordsmith|'''The Wordsmith''']]</span><sup>[[User talk:The Wordsmith|Talk to me]]</sup> 17:33, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

:It's best to start an ArbCom case. While ArbCom is far from ideal, it's better than AN/I. ArbCom will look at behavior issues of all the involved editors, while AN/I tends to focus mainly on a single editor who is the topic of discussion. [[User:Count Iblis|Count Iblis]] ([[User talk:Count Iblis|talk]]) 16:51, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

::AN, not AN/I. Also Arbcom will hear an appeal for imposed sanctions, but they wont hear a request for Arbitration on 'Economics' as that is not covered by [[WP:BANEX]]. So if the plan is to re-argue the content dispute, I would think twice. [[User:Only in death|Only in death does duty end]] ([[User talk:Only in death|talk]]) 19:22, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

:::I would go for a full ArbCom case on Economics, certainly not an appeal of the ban. Because the ban was done by the book, there is little to argue on procedural grounds about that. If there is a problem (I'm not saying there is, but Ellen does think so), it is with the editing of the economics topics, so that's what she'll need to address. [[User:Count Iblis|Count Iblis]] ([[User talk:Count Iblis|talk]]) 19:30, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

::::Thats not an exception under WP:BANEX so would be a violation of the topic ban. This doesnt prevent someone else starting an arbcom case on it, but unless you are appealing the ban, or clarifying the scope, everything else is off the table. [[User:Only in death|Only in death does duty end]] ([[User talk:Only in death|talk]]) 20:03, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

EllenCT, you and I have had our disagreements. Putting those aside, I think you have a lot to offer to the project. Take a wikibreak to digest this including the meaning of a topic ban. If you can understand why this happened and learn from it, there's plenty of work to be done. While I personally have not been subject to the same level of criticism, there was a point where I was getting in too deep and I just stopped editing for a while. Try it, and then come back. Let this one go.[[User:Mattnad|Mattnad]] ([[User talk:Mattnad|talk]]) 23:01, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

== WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 9 ==

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Check out '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Newsletter/Past issues/9|this month's issue]]''' of the WikiProject X newsletter, featuring the first screenshot of our new CollaborationKit software!

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/26|Tech News: 2016-26]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* The [[mw:Extension:ORES|ORES service]] has now moved to [https://ores.wikimedia.org a new location]. This should make it easier to use ORES. The [[mw:ORES review tool|ORES review service]] is now available as a beta feature on Wikidata and Persian Wikipedia. ORES is an artificial intelligence system for Wikimedia wikis to help editors. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiki-research-l/2016-June/005220.html]

* The order of wikis in collapsed cross-wiki notifications was different than when the list was expanded. This is now fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138115]

*A new category for tracking pages with math errors was added: [[:{{ns:category}}:{{MediaWiki:math-tracking-category-error}}]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T49037]

'''Problems'''

*The [[m:Etherpad|Wikimedia Etherpad]] crashed on June 23. Some edits done that day have been lost. They can be found at [https://etherpad-restore.wikimedia.org etherpad-restore.wikimedia.org] for another few days. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138516][https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160623-etherpad]

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* The way to mark notifications as read or unread will be changed to be more clear. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126214]

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'''Future changes'''

* The Collaboration team at the Wikimedia Foundation will look at developing better tools for edit review. This is because research suggests we scare away newcomers who want to help. [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_Review_Improvements]

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* The sorting of Notifications into the two fly-out menus is going to change on July 5 to 7. Bundled notifications should be easier to explore and mark as read individually. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123018][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T114356][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120153]

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== ''The Signpost'': 04 July 2016 ==

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== Meta ping ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/28|Tech News: 2016-28]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* A new image scaler fixed a number of bugs for showing SVG files. Some new problems turned up. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-July/085984.html][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112421][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139543]

* Notifications are grouped by types. They are now counted by number of notifications and not by unread groups. That change may increase the number of notifications displayed. The earlier way of counting was often incorrect. Unread notifications will also be displayed first. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T114356][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139323][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139521]

* [[Special:Notifications]] now has a maximum width for the notifications list on desktop computers. This allows long titles and descriptions to be cut properly. Notifications are now also better parsed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137425][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138433][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139602]

'''Problems'''

* On 5 July Wikimedia Commons had problems and could not be edited for 20 minutes. For a short while after that the recent changes log and some gadgets were not working properly. It affected administrative actions on other projects too. [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160705-commons-replication]

* Users who have multiple unread notifications can mark them as read by visiting [[Special:Notifications]] page on their wiki.

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.10|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 July. It will be on all wikis from 14 July ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=12&month=07&year=2016 12 July at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/29|Tech News: 2016-29]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* Due to the rollback, [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types|new sorting]] of Notifications on the Fly-Out Menus has been deployed with a delay. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123018]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> Due to the rollback, the daily [[wikitech:SWAT deploys|special patch deployment process]] has been changed. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2016-July/000232.html]

* In notifications, "Messages" are now called "{{int:echo-notification-notice-text-only}}". [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139682]

'''Problems'''

* On July 12 all wikis were rolled back to MediaWiki 1.28.0-wmf.8 due to a problem in the log-in system. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2016-July/000229.html][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119736]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.11|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 July. It will be on all wikis from 21 July ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* [[Special:Log]] now has a [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Log|help link]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140013]

* The [[mw:Extension:RevisionSlider|RevisionSlider]] can be tested [http://simple.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures on the beta cluster]. From 22 July, it will be available as a beta feature at: {{int:Project-localized-name-dewiki}}, {{int:Project-localized-name-arwiki}}, {{int:Project-localized-name-hewiki}}

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=19&month=07&year=2016 19 July at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "Devise plan for a cross-wiki watchlist back-end". The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=20&month=07&year=2016 20 July at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126641]

'''Future changes'''

* User scripts and bots can no longer use http:// to edit wiki pages. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T105794][https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-May/085618.html]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> [[:mw:Gerrit|Gerrit]] is going to be updated. Developers are invited to test it. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2016-July/000236.html]

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Accompong#rfc_B00EFD5|Talk:Accompong]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Accompong#rfc_B00EFD5|this request for comment on '''Talk:Accompong''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:24, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 21 July 2016 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-07-21}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2016-07-21|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 13:19, 21 July 2016 (UTC) </div></div>

== AE ==

Thanks for your support at AE. If you provide diffs of {{u|Kingofaces43}} following you around it will bolster your argument. It also would show further evidence of my claims in paragraph 1. --[[User:David Tornheim|David Tornheim]] ([[User talk:David Tornheim|talk]]) 05:06, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

:How could the arbitrators think that is even in dispute? He's gone to such great lengths to try to get me to stop mentioning what he said was the best source about bees and neonics, including repeatedly in front of the arbitrators. I am sure the arbitrators are aware that "casting aspersions" is synonymous with "doubting" per their dictionary definitions. You know who brought that phrase back into the contemporary lexicon? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE4fCcsw6Fs&t=1m5s Louie Gohmert][https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=aspersions&date=1%2F2014%2012m&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B6], our [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVfQCpYocQ bastion of rationality.] [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 05:34, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/30|Tech News: 2016-30]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Maps|Interactive maps]] have been enabled for Meta wiki and the Catalan, Hebrew, and Macedonian Wikipedias. Learn [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer|how to add interactive maps]] to wiki pages.

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> Last week's rollback is now documented. [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160712-EchoCentralAuth/Retrospective]

'''Problems'''

* Sometimes, the visual editor required saving twice. That problem is now fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140574]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.12|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* It is now possible to mark all Notifications as read on [[Special:Notifications]], by clicking on the cog icon. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115528]

* Wikipedia search will now detect the language of your search if 2 or fewer results are found. It will then show results from the matching language Wikipedia, if any relevant article exists. It will start to roll out in 5 languages. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-July/086096.html]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=26&month=07&year=2016 26 July at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "an extension that implements an authenticated key-value store". The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=27&month=07&year=2016 27 July at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/E237]

'''Future changes'''

* The current icon for Notifications "{{int:Echo-notification-notice-text-only}}" (in English "Notices") will be changed from a bubble-speech icon to a tray icon for consistency. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140900]

* [[Special:Notifications]] page code will be changed to be more Mobile friendly. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140687]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W30"/> 19:54, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

== ARCA notice ==

I have filed two actions at [[WP:ARCA]] of which you are named party:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment#Clarification_request:_Genetically_modified_organisms action 1], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment#Clarification_request:_Genetically_modified_organisms_2 action 2]

--[[User:David Tornheim|David Tornheim]] ([[User talk:David Tornheim|talk]]) 04:07, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:Truck#rfc_E721D04|Talk:Truck]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Truck#rfc_E721D04|this request for comment on '''Talk:Truck''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:23, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

==Notice that you are now subject to an arbitration enforcement sanction==

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{{Talkquote|1={{u|EllenCT}} is indefinitely prohibited from discussing the potential motivations of Wikipedia editors, as well as the actions of corporations or persons related to genetically modified organisms, agricultural biotechnology and agricultural chemicals, broadly construed.}}

You have been sanctioned for the reasons enumerated at the [[WP:AE|arbitration]] enforcement request: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FRequests%2FEnforcement&type=revision&diff=731962235&oldid=731961716].

This sanction is imposed in my capacity as an [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Involved admins|uninvolved administrator]] under the authority of the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]]'s decision at [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Genetically modified organisms#Final decision]] and, if applicable, the procedure described at [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions]]. This sanction has been recorded in the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions/Log/2016|log of sanctions]]. If the sanction includes a ban, please read the [[Wikipedia:Banning policy|banning policy]] to ensure you understand what this means. If you do not comply with this sanction, you may be [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] for an extended period, by way of enforcement of this sanction—and you may also be made subject to further sanctions.

You may appeal this sanction using the process described [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions#Appeals and modifications|here]]. I recommend that you use the [[Template:Arbitration enforcement appeal#Usage|arbitration enforcement appeals template]] if you wish to submit an appeal to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard. You may also appeal directly to me (on my talk page), before or instead of appealing to the noticeboard. Even if you appeal this sanction, you remain bound by it until you are notified by an uninvolved administrator that the appeal has been successful. You are also free to contact me on my talk page if anything of the above is unclear to you. [[User:Seraphimblade|Seraphimblade]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Seraphimblade|Talk to me]]</sup></small> 17:42, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

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:is discussion of suspected motivations distinct from discussion of potential motivations? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 20:05, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

:: No. Don't do either of them. If you try to game this sanction, you will face further sanctions such as a block or topic ban. --[[User:Laser_brain|<font color="purple">'''Laser brain'''</font>]] [[User_talk:Laser_brain|<font color="purple">(talk)</font>]] 20:33, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

:::No, there's no difference, and you may not do either. You may certainly still disagree with ''edits'' for some reason or another (neutrality, weight, any of our content policies), and may disagree with or suggest improvement to content, but comment on the ''edit'', not the ''editor''. That's the general expectation in any case, but apparently in your case, that needs to be enforced. You should not be commenting or speculating on other editors' motivations, especially not in a hostile fashion. [[User:Seraphimblade|Seraphimblade]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Seraphimblade|Talk to me]]</sup></small> 21:05, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

::::{{tpw}} {{u|Seraphimblade}} is this basically an enforcement of [[WP:NPA]]? Just curious. '''[[User:Class455fan1|Class455fan1]] ([[User talk:Class455fan1|talk]])''' 14:42, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

:::::Please read the discussion at my talk page. That's why I prefer to keep it at one or the other. [[User:Seraphimblade|Seraphimblade]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Seraphimblade|Talk to me]]</sup></small> 15:01, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

== Free to Speak ==

If for some reason (glances at the section above this) you feel, say, a bit constrained from speaking your mind about an issue on Wikipedia, you might want to try registering over at Wikipediocracy. The site has a more 'laissez-faire' approach to discussions there.<span style="color:red">→</span>''[[User:Stanistani|<b style="color:green">Stani</b>]][[User talk:Stanistani|<b style="color:blue">Stani</b>]]'' 05:16, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

:{{reply|Stanistani}} I read Wikipediocracy frequently, but I can't stand Greg Kohs and the paid editor clique who want to run roughshod over NPOV for their own enrichment to the benefit of corporations, and don't want to participate anywhere they are considered reasonable, let alone as heroes to the even more pernicious "hasten the day" clique who actively try to damage the perceptions of would-be volunteers. I do appreciate the invitation, though, and from what I know of you personally, I have deep respect for you and admiration for your work. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 15:19, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

::I understand your reasons. Thank you for the kind words. Good luck with your endeavors here.<span style="color:red">→</span>''[[User:Stanistani|<b style="color:green">Stani</b>]][[User talk:Stanistani|<b style="color:blue">Stani</b>]]'' 05:09, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

== EOQ Equation ==

It seems so minor it's hardly worth mentioning, but is there some way that you see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EOQ_equation&oldid=732443199 this edit] as not violating your topic ban from Economics? [[User:GoldenRing|GoldenRing]] ([[User talk:GoldenRing|talk]]) 10:30, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

:It's a redirect in an [[operations research]] topic which happens to have the word "economic" in its title, meaning "optimal" in this case. Do you think the article is about economics? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 13:36, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

::Dont be disingenuous. Its a [[Production economics]] article in the Category Production economics, it contains material sourced from the international journal of production economics as well as the journal of economics - from an article titled "Economic Theory and the World of Practice: A Celebration of the (S,s) Model" no less. If you are seriously attempting to argue that this does not fall under 'economics broadly construed' then there is a CIR issue here. [[User:Only in death|Only in death does duty end]] ([[User talk:Only in death|talk]]) 13:49, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

:::Did you even try clicking on your first link? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 15:00, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

::::What the one where the *first line* states "Production theory is the study of production, or the economic process of converting inputs into outputs."? Clearly one of us did. But this is not a discussion, since you are topic banned from discussing economics. This is a warning, if you make further edits in economic-related articles, the first stop will be AE, no matter how minor. [[User:Only in death|Only in death does duty end]] ([[User talk:Only in death|talk]]) 15:39, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

:::::What harm to the encyclopedia do you think I have done such that you feel obligated to construe so broadly and prosecute me? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 16:24, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

::::::You have done enough harm to the encyclopaedia that you've acquired two topic bans in the past few weeks, one from the community and another from AE. Please: Stay away from the areas from which you're banned and don't try to wikilawyer around the edges of them. That's not a discussion, or a warning; it's free advice. [[User:GoldenRing|GoldenRing]] ([[User talk:GoldenRing|talk]]) 13:37, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/31|Tech News: 2016-31]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* A prototype for [[c:Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Structured data|structured data]] on Commons is available now. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data#It.27s_alive.21]

* The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider|RevisionSlider]] beta feature can now be tested on mediawiki.org, German Wikipedia, Arabic Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia.

'''Problems'''

* Renamed users on some wikis were not connected to their account on other wikis between 20 July and 21 July. This has been fixed. [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160721-LocalRenameUserJob]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.13|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=02&month=08&year=2016 2 August at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* The next [[mw:CREDIT showcase|CREDIT showcase]] will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=08&year=2016 3 August at 18:00 (UTC)]. This is to present and comment on new gadgets, small projects and works in progress. See [[mw:CREDIT showcase#Details|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "[[phab:T128351|notifications in core]]". The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=08&year=2016 3 August at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

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== Digital Anthropology research ==

Hello EllenCT, My name is Stephanie Barker and I am a student at the University of Colorado Boulder. I am currently enrolled in a Digital Anthropology class, which attempts to answer how the digital world affects culture and how culture affects the digital world. For my final project I am doing an ethnography on women Wikipedia users and as a member of the WikiProject Women page I was hoping I could ask you some questions about your experiences editing Wikipedia pages. 1. Have you ever been locked into an intense editing war? If yes, please explain the situation to me. 2. How did you become interested in editing Wikipedia pages and did you have any initial fears/hesitations when you started editing pages? 3. Have you ever been a victim of a mass deletion or other vandalism on Wikipedia? If yes, please explain the situation to me. 4. How would you describe your gender? 5. Is there anything else you would like to share with me about your experiences as a Wikipedia editor? I would like you to know that I am only sharing my research with my professor and the other students in my class. If you would like me to send you a copy of my final project, I would be more than happy to! Sincerely,[[User:Stelba90|Stelba90]] ([[User talk:Stelba90|talk]]) 01:25, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

:{{reply|Stelba90}} thank you for your thoughtful questions. Here are my answers: 1. No, editing is never war, just as deaths are not collateral or casual. 2. I realized early on that the most controversial issues correspond to the frontiers of human knowledge. 3. I don't know. 4. As per [[gender]]. 5. Yes, please tell me your own answers to these questions and please post the URL to your project working repository. [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 04:29, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

== DS alert ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:S&P 500 Index#rfc_3E19A25|Talk:S&P 500 Index]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:S&P 500 Index#rfc_3E19A25|this request for comment on '''Talk:S&P 500 Index''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:24, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 04 August 2016 ==

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== ARCA archived ==

A clarification request in which you were involved has been archived at [[Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Genetically modified organisms#Clarification request: Genetically modified organisms (1) (August 2016)]]. For the Arbitration Committee, [[User:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:navy">Mini</span>''''']][[User_talk:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:#8B4513">apolis</span>''''']] 13:53, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

== Second ARCA archived ==

A second clarification request in which you were involved has been archived at [[Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Genetically modified organisms#Clarification request: Genetically modified organisms (2) (August 2016)]]. For the Arbitration Committee, [[User:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:navy">Mini</span>''''']][[User_talk:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:#8B4513">apolis</span>''''']] 14:38, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/32|Tech News: 2016-32]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* In notifications, the icon for {{int:echo-notification-notice-text-only}} has been changed from a speech-bubble icon ([[File:Echo chat icon.svg|17px|link=]]) to a tray icon ([[File:OOjs UI icon tray.svg|18px|link=]]) for consistency. The {{int:echo-notification-alert-text-only}} icon has been redesigned too. The colors have been changed for accessibility. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140900]

'''Problems'''

*If you use the [[mw:Extension:WikEd|wikEd gadget]], changes you made were not kept when you switched from the wikitext editor to the visual editor while you were editing. This has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135747]

'''Changes this week'''

* Wikimedia search will now ignore question marks at the end of the sentences or words you use when you search. Until now the question mark was just a [[w:Wildcard character|wildcard]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133711]

* On Commons, [[mw:Extension:UploadWizard|UploadWizard]] will now be available on mobile, rather than just the old upload form. This should reduce the workload for the community in reviewing images. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97169]

*When you edit with the visual editor a puzzle symbol tells you there is an invisible template in the article. It will now mention the name of the template. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141861]

*The button to read something in another language will move for mobile users. This will happen on 9 August. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129505]

*When someone mentions you and links to your user page you get a notification. You will now get a notification when you mention yourself this way. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138080]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.14|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 August. It will be on all wikis from 11 August ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* A message on Notifications panel will invite users to try [[Special:Notifications]] page. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141414]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=09&month=08&year=2016 August 9 at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

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== Please comment on [[Template talk:Infobox organization#rfc_EC75F2E|Template talk:Infobox organization]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/33|Tech News: 2016-33]] ==

'''Problems'''

*Last week Tech News announced you will get a notification when you mention yourself the same way as if someone else had mentioned you. This caused some problems and will happen later instead. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138080]

* Creating and editing links to sections on other pages on the wiki now works again in the visual editor. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112898]

* For some users, cross-wiki notifications haven't been working properly. The count has been wrong when only cross-wiki notifications were present. The cross-wiki bundle has been showing only the names of wikis and not the actual notifications. This will be fixed soon. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140836][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140327]

'''Changes this week'''

* The login session when you choose "Keep me logged in" will [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/"Keep me logged in" extended to one year|now last a year]]. Previously it was 30 days. This will happen on August 16. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T68699]

* Some [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter|abuse filters]] will have to be updated during the week. This is because a bug will be fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T29987]

*In [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Language Selector/Compact Language Links|compact language links]], two new kinds of languages will be shown in the shorter language list: Languages that are used in the article's text, and languages where the article has a badge like "featured article" or "good article". [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T70071][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T70077]

*The visual editor will be available by default for logged-out editors on Wikipedias that use the Arabic script. It is already default for logged-in editors. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142587]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.15|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 16. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from August 17. It will be on all wikis from August 18 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=16&month=08&year=2016 August 16 at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* Starting the week of August 22 there will be three software deployment windows. They will be at 13:00, 18:00, and 23:00 UTC. This is to have more times when software of the wikis can be updated and make it easier for developers in different parts of the world. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2016-August/000266.html]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W33"/> 19:37, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 18 August 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Paul Singer (businessman)#rfc_E043839|Talk:Paul Singer (businessman)]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/34|Tech News: 2016-34]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

*The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/ORES review tool|ORES review tool]] is now available on Special:Contributions as a beta feature. It can make it easier to find contributions that are probably damaging the wikis. The ORES review tool is available on Wikidata and Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish and Russian Wikipedia. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132371]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> The <code>norm</code> and <code>ccnorm</code> functions have been updated to make it easier to write abuse filters. This also affects the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:TitleBlacklist|TitleBlacklist]] extension. You don't have to transform "I" and "L" to "1", "O" to "0" and "S" to "5" anymore. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T29987#2557227]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> The old pageview data in the "pagecounts-raw" and "pagecounts-all-sites" files is no longer being updated. You can find the [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pageviews/ new pageview data here]. This happened on August 5. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/analytics/2016-August/005339.html]

'''Problems'''

*Some big image files could not be thumbnailed. This has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111815]

* When you moved a page over a redirect it would delete the redirect without saving it in the logs. This has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106119]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.16|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 August. It will be on all wikis from 25 August ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=23&month=08&year=2016 23 August at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* Sometimes when you mention another user they don't get a notification. You will be able to get a notification when you successfully sent out a mention to someone or be told if they did not get a notification. This will be opt-in. You can test this on the [https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page test wiki]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139623][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135717]

* How you add text after an edit conflict might work in a different way in the future. You can test [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Edit_Conflicts#Prototype_ready_for_testing the prototype]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139601]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W34"/> 21:18, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:List of European countries by average wage#rfc_4CCAB89|Talk:List of European countries by average wage]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/35|Tech News: 2016-35]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* Wikimedia mobile sites now [[mw:Reading/Web/Projects/Performance/Lazy loading images|don't load images]] if the user doesn't see them. This is to save mobile data and make the pages load faster. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2016-August/010335.html]

* When you edit a table with the visual editor, pressing <code>Tab</code> in the last cell of a row will take you to the first cell in the next row. Pressing <code>Shift</code> and <code>Tab</code> in the first cell of a row will take you to the last cell in the previous row. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119546]

'''Changes this week'''

* The name of the "<bdi>{{int:Savearticle}}</bdi>" button will change. The button will say [https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translations&namespace=8&message=Publishpage "<bdi>{{int:Publishpage}}</bdi>"] when you create a new page. It will say [https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translations&namespace=8&message=Publishchanges "<bdi>{{int:Publishchanges}}</bdi>"] when you change an existing page. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131132][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139033]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.17|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 August. It will be on all wikis from 1 September ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=30&month=08&year=2016 30 August at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "[[phab:T589|RfC: image and oldimage tables]]". The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=31&month=08&year=2016 31 August at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W35"/> 16:01, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:Donald Trump#rfc_179CF78|Talk:Donald Trump]] ==

The [[WP:Feedback request service|feedback request service]] is asking for participation in [[Talk:Donald Trump#rfc_179CF78|this request for comment on '''Talk:Donald Trump''']].   [[User:Legobot|Legobot]] ([[User talk:Legobot|talk]]) 04:28, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

== Belated reply ==

Busy weekend so I never responded before the convo on Jimbo's page was archived. Not to belabor it but BTI IS sprayed:

https://www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol/bti-mosquito-control

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23082582

In fact that's how it is applied most commonly on large scales. [[User:Capeo|Capeo]] ([[User talk:Capeo|talk]]) 14:35, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

:{{re|Capeo}} why would they not want a time-released form? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 22:22, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

::The time release is simply bricks made from a matrix that is friendly to the bacteria. It dissolves slowly in water releasing fresh, live bacteria as it does so. It's good for larger bodies of contained water but is insufficient for mosquito control on a large scale. It's mostly used, as far as I can tell, for home and businesses that have ponds, holding tanks and the like. Spraying is used because it's the only viable way to treat all the water in large areas. Bear in mind these mosquitos reproduce in 3-4 days and require nothing more than a tiny short lived puddle. [[User:Capeo|Capeo]] ([[User talk:Capeo|talk]]) 23:03, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

:::{{re|Capeo}} the bits are supposed to dissolve slowly too. Did you find anything to suggest that it wasn't originally released in a form that lasted five years in the field? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 01:53, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

::::You seem to be thinking that BTI is a chemical. It's a living bacterium. It doesn't have a "form" just different delivery systems. It dies in sunlight quickly. It always has and always will as its natural habitat is below ground. Looking at the original patent it lived for 44 days in a perfect lab environment. I'm not sure where you get this five year stuff honestly. In the late nineties efforts began to genetically modify it to produce more toxins and be more UV resistant with some good results. It has only gotten MORE effective since its discovery, not less. Just put Bacillus thuringiensis into pubmed, jstor, Google scholar, whatever, and you'll get a pretty good idea of its origins and evolution in use since then. [[User:Capeo|Capeo]] ([[User talk:Capeo|talk]]) 02:47, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

:::::{{re|Capeo}} are you looking at [https://www.google.com/patents/US4166112 US patent 4,166,112]? Where do you see 44 days? [[User:EllenCT|EllenCT]] ([[User talk:EllenCT#top|talk]]) 04:06, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/36|Tech News: 2016-36]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

*Word-level diffs now work in longer paragraphs. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128697]

* Interactive maps now have a frame by default. This is to make them look like other multimedia objects. This affects all Wikivoyages, the Catalan, Hebrew, Macedonian Wikipedias and Meta. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128913]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> When you preview the [[MediaWiki:Captcha-ip-whitelist]] page it will show a validation output of the listed [[:w:en:IP address|IP addresses]] instead of the list of addresses only. This can help you to identify if your whitelist rules will work or not. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129757]

'''Changes this week'''

*You will be able to use <code>[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#<maplink>|<maplink>]]</code> on all Wikipedias. It creates a link to a full screen map. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-August/086391.html][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144062]

*Sometimes when you mention another user they don't get a notification. You will be able to get a notification when you successfully send out a mention to someone or be told if they did not get a notification. This will be opt-in. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144181][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143101]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.18|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 September. It will be on all wikis from 8 September ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=06&month=09&year=2016 6 September at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CheckUser|CheckUser extension]] could work differently in the future. There is a [[mw:Requests for comment/CheckUser requirements|Request for Comments]] to figure out how. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139810]

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== ''The Signpost'': 06 September 2016 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-09-06}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2016-09-06|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 21:44, 6 September 2016 (UTC) </div></div>

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/37|Tech News: 2016-37]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* The Wikimedia Commons app for Android can now show nearby places that need photos. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086429.html]

*<code>[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#<maplink>|<nowiki><maplink></nowiki>]]</code> and <code>[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#<mapframe> usage|<nowiki><mapframe></nowiki>]]</code> can now [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer#GeoShapes external data|use geodata]] from [[:w:en:Open Street Map|Open Street Map]] if Open Street Map has defined a region and given it an ID in Wikidata. You can use this to draw on the map and add information. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134086][https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001469.html]

'''Changes this week'''

* The [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider|RevisionSlider]] will be available as a beta feature on all wikis from 13 September. This will make it easier to navigate between diffs in the page history. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143421]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> A new user right will allow most users to change the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:ChangeContentModel|content model]] of pages. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001468.html][https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001470.html]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.19|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 September. It will be on all wikis from 15 September ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=13&month=09&year=2016 13 September at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* When you search on the Wikimedia wikis in the future you could see results from sister projects in your language. You can [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001466.html read more and discuss how this could work].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W37"/> 18:04, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Automobiles#rfc_DB2A03F|Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Automobiles]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/38|Tech News: 2016-38]] ==

'''Problems'''

*Last week's MediaWiki update was rolled back because of bugs. Creating new accounts did not work between [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=12&min=50&sec=0&day=16&month=09&year=2016 15 September 19:10 UTC] and [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=12&min=50&sec=0&day=16&month=09&year=2016 16 September 12:50 UTC]. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086536.html][https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160915-MediaWiki]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.19|new version]] of MediaWiki will hopefully be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 September. It will be on all wikis from 22 September ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]). This is the version that was meant to go out last week.

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=20&month=09&year=2016 20 September at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is [[phab:T107595|multi-content revisions]]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=21&month=09&year=2016 21 September at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* Wikidata will start working on adding support for Wiktionary. The Wikidata development team is now taking one last look at [[wikidata:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Wiktionary/Development/Proposals/2015-05|the development plan]]. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-September/009541.html]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W38"/> 22:08, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:Ethereum#rfc_18B7742|Talk:Ethereum]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/39|Tech News: 2016-39]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* If your wiki wants [[m:Community Tech/Numerical sorting in categories|numerical sorting in categories]] you can request it after a community decision. See [[m:Community Tech/Numerical sorting in categories/How to request|how to request it]]. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-September/001477.html]

* When you edit text and [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications types#Mentions|mention]] a new username they are notified if you add your signature. Before this only happened under certain conditions. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138938]

* Users are notified if they are [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications types#Mentions|mentioned]] in a section where you add your own signature even if you edit more than one section. Before, users were not notified if you edited more than one section in one edit. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141863]

'''Problems'''

* The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.19|MediaWiki version]] that was supposed to come to the wikis two weeks ago was put on hold again because of new problems. The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.20|MediaWiki version]] after it is now on all wikis. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086564.html][https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086576.html]

'''Changes this week'''

* There will be no new MediaWiki version this week. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-September/086563.html]

'''Meetings'''

* You can join the next office hour with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=16&min=00&sec=0&day=27&month=09&year=2016 September 27 at 16:00 (UTC)]. See [[d:Wikidata:Events#IRC office hours|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> Abandoned tools on [[wikitech:Portal:Tool Labs|Tool Labs]] could be taken over by other developers. There is a new [[m:Requests for comment/Abandoned Labs tools|discussion on Meta]] about this. It will be discussed until 12 October and then voted on. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87730]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W39"/> 18:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

== Hidey ho ==

Hey Ellen, haven't seen you around the Traffic Report in a few months, always enjoyed your participation. Perhaps you've moved on to new areas of interest. Just wanted to say hello Cheers.--'''[[User:Milowent|Milowent]]''' • <small><sup style="position:relative">[[Special:Contributions/Milowent|has]]<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">[[User talk:Milowent|spoken]]</span></sup></small> 12:40, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost:'' 29 September 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:University of Queensland#rfc_037CA42|Talk:University of Queensland]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/40|Tech News: 2016-40]] ==

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.21|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 October. It will be on all wikis from 6 October ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=04&month=10&year=2016 4 October at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> [[w:en:HTML Tidy|Tidy]] will be replaced. Instead the HTML 5 parsing algorithm will be used to clean up bad HTML in wikitext. This [[mw:Parsing/Replacing Tidy|would cause problems]] on a number of wikis. They need to be fixed first. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T89331]

* <code><nowiki><slippymap></nowiki></code> will not work on Wikivoyage after 24 October. You should use <code><nowiki><mapframe></nowiki></code> instead. If you need help to fix this before 24 October you should [[mw:Talk:Maps|ask for it]] as soon as possible. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T136768]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W40"/> 21:30, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:Drury Hotels#rfc_D8F1662|Talk:Drury Hotels]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/41|Tech News: 2016-41]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* You can show [[Special:RecentChanges]] on a page by using <code><nowiki>{{Special:RecentChanges}}</nowiki></code>. You can now use tag filters by using <code><nowiki>{{Special:RecentChanges/tagfilter=tagname}}</nowiki></code>. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142878]

* The notification badge is coloured if you have notifications. When you check the notification the badge will now turn grey on all wikis instead of just the local one. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134855]

* Colours used in the Wikimedia wikis' main interface changed slightly. This is to make them [http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html easier to see] for readers and editors with reduced eyesight. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109915]

'''Changes this week'''

* Hidden HTML comments will be more visible when you edit with the visual editor. <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147089]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.22|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 October. It will be on all wikis from 13 October ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=11&month=10&year=2016 11 October at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week is [[phab:T139300|CREDITS files]]. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=12&month=10&year=2016 12 October at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* Language converter syntax will soon no longer work inside external links. Wikitext like <code><nowiki>http://-{zh-cn:foo.com; zh-hk:bar.com; zh-tw:baz.com}-</nowiki></code> must be replaced. You will have to write <code><nowiki>-{zh-cn: http://foo.com ; zh-hk: http://bar.com ; zh-tw:http://baz.com }-</nowiki></code> instead. This only affects languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such languages are Chinese and Serbian. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons_talk%3AWikiProject_Templates&type=revision&diff=208221135&oldid=168939481]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W41"/> 20:30, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost:'' 14 October 2016 ==

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== Please comment on [[Talk:Gawker Media#rfc_FBE6700|Talk:Gawker Media]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/42|Tech News: 2016-42]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* There is a [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Collaboration/Newsletter|new newsletter]] from the [[mw:Collaboration|Collaboration team]] at the Wikimedia Foundation. It will have more details about for example Flow and notifications. You can [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Collaboration/Newsletter/Issues/October 2016|read the first issue]].

'''Problems'''

* Some users got a warning about Wikipedia's [[w:en:Public key certificate#Certificates and website security|security certificate]] last week. This was because of a problem [[w:en:GlobalSign|GlobalSign]] had. This has now been fixed. Only a small number of users got the warning. [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20161013-GlobalSign]

* Editors couldn't edit semi-protected pages in the [[mw:Wikimedia Apps|Wikipedia app]] for Android. This has now been fixed in the beta version. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132834]

'''Changes this week'''

* There will be no new MediaWiki version this week. [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deployments&oldid=898289]

'''Future changes'''

* The [[mw:Editing|Editing Department]] are working on a new wikitext editor. It will have tools that are in the visual editor but not in the wikitext editor today. You can [[mw:2017 wikitext editor|read more about this]]. This is an early plan and things can change. The old wikitext editor will still exist.

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W42"/> 16:42, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

== Please comment on [[Talk:Clinton Foundation#rfc_211FAD0|Talk:Clinton Foundation]] ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/43|Tech News: 2016-43]] ==

'''Problems'''

*The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter|abuse filters]] had a problem and caught too many edits. This has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148673]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/wmf.23|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from October 26. It will be on all wikis from October 27 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* The "Search" text in the search box will show the name of the project. For example, on Wikipedia it will say "Search Wikipedia". [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144640]

* About a dozen wikis now have [[m:Community Tech/Numerical sorting in categories|numerical sorting in categories]]. If your wiki wants numerical sorting in categories you can [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Community Tech/Numerical sorting in categories/How to request|ask for it]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146675]

* Some wikis that want [[m:Community Tech/Numerical sorting in categories|numerical sorting in categories]] can also ask to use [[w:en:Unicode collation algorithm|UCA]] to sort categories. The biggest difference is that characters with [[w:en:Diacritic|diacritics]] will be sorted together. For example, for most languages Ä will be sorted with A instead of at the end of the alphabet. This is not true for languages that have Ä as a character in their alphabet. Wikis that already use UCA are [[m:Collation|listed on Meta]]. Languages that can use UCA [[mw:Manual:$wgCategoryCollation#Language-specific collations|are listed on MediaWiki.org]]. You [https://ssl.icu-project.org/icu-bin/collation.html can test it].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W43"/> 17:39, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/44|Tech News: 2016-44]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* Now you can include Commons video films with [[c:Commons:Video#Subtitles and closed captioning|subtitles]] in your wiki language. Before you could see translated videos on file page at Commons only. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T122737]

* Search now has [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-searchoptions|an updated preference tab]] to configure the search completion suggester. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148010]

* The visual editor is now available on all wikis using only one language script. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142589]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/wmf.1|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 1<sup>st</sup>. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 2<sup>nd</sup>. It will be on all wikis from November 3<sup>rd</sup> ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* Now you can use autocomplete for page names in "{{int:Templatesandbox-editform-legend}}" field when editing templates. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148324]

* [[Special:NewPages|Special:NewPages]] can now be filtered by page size. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T12817]

'''Future changes'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> New MediaWiki deployments will be now based on MediaWiki 1.29. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-October/086859.html]

'''Miscellaneous'''

* The Wikimedia Foundation's [[mw:Technical Collaboration Guideline|Technical Collaboration Guideline]] is available for community review. [[mw:Talk:Technical Collaboration Guideline|Any feedback welcome]], in any language.

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W44"/> 16:18, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 4 November 2016 ==

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/45|Tech News: 2016-45]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/11/02/victoria-coleman-chief-technology-officer/ Victoria Coleman] is the new [[w:en:Chief technology officer|Chief technology officer]] for the Wikimedia Foundation. [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/11/02/victoria-coleman-chief-technology-officer/]

* First release candidate for MediaWiki 1.28 is now available. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_28/RELEASE-NOTES-1.28]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> <span dir="ltr"><code>.gitreview</code></span> for MediaWiki branches and extensions switched from targeting a specific branch to using <code>track=1</code>. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-October/086900.html]

* Section numbers in Table of Contents boxes will use grey to improve readability. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125317]

'''Changes this week'''

* The [[m:Special:MyLanguage/2016 Community Wishlist Survey|2016 Community Wishlist Survey]] begins on 7 November.

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/wmf.2|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 8th. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 9th. It will be on all wikis from November 10th ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* [[Special:ActiveUsers|Special:ActiveUsers]] will allow users groups selection. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T116354]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=00&day=08&month=11&year=2016 8 November 2016 at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are Image Thumbnail API and allow SVG files uploaded on MediaWiki to have XHTML namespaces. The meeting will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0&day=09&month=11&year=2016 9 November at 21:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:Architecture meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider|RevisionSlider]] will be enabled by default on all beta wikis, on testwiki, testwiki2, mediawikiwiki and de.wikipedia.org. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148646][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149724][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149725]

* Upcoming holidays will impact deployments. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/engineering/2016-November/000331.html The schedule has been published].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W45"/> 23:01, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/46|Tech News: 2016-46]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

*When you edit with the visual editor you can use <code>meta</code> + <code>shift</code> + <code>k</code> to add a reference. The meta key is often the control key or command key. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99299]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/wmf.3|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 16. It will be on all wikis from November 17 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/Roadmap|calendar]]).

*In [[Special:Preferences]] you can choose which language menus and buttons will be in. If there is no translation for that language, MediaWiki has a list of [[mw:Fallback languages|fallback languages]]. A fallback language is a language many will understand better than English. MediaWiki will now use English when there is no Ukrainian translation. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T39314]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=15&month=11&year=2016 15 November at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* [[mw:Help:Magic links|Magic links]] might not work in the future. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-November/001500.html]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W46"/> 19:17, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/47|Tech News: 2016-47]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

* Administrators, bureaucrats, oversighters and checkusers can now use [[w:en:Multi-factor authentication|two-factor authentication]]. This makes their Wikimedia accounts more secure. This can be turned on in [[Special:Preferences]]. There are discussions on how to best turn it on for everyone. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Two-factor_authentication]

*You can now search for file properties. For example you can search for media type, how big a file is or what resolution it has. [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:CirrusSearch#File_properties_search]

*The latest [[m:Collaboration/Newsletter/Issues/2016/11|Collaboration team products newsletter]] has been published. It has more details about their work than Tech News has.

'''Problems'''

* A hacker group is hacking Wikimedia accounts. They can probably do this because users have the same passwords on Wikimedia wikis as on other sites. Please have a password you use only on the Wikimedia wikis and nowhere else. This is especially important for administrators, bureaucrats, oversighters and checkusers. These users can also turn on [[w:en:Multi-factor authentication|two-factor authentication]]. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-November/087008.html]

'''Changes this week'''

*There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

*[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:RevisionSlider|RevisionSlider]] will be a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia. This will happen on 22 November. It will come to other wikis later. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148646][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149995][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150573]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=22&month=11&year=2016 22 November at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

*It will be possible to do cross-wiki search. The developers who work on this are looking for communities that want to test this. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2016-November/001502.html]

*[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Beta Features/Hovercards|Hovercards]] will leave the [[w:en:Software release life cycle#Beta|beta stage]]. The Wikimedia Foundation [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Team|Reading Web]] team wants communities to set Hovercards as a default option for readers who are not logged in. Communities that are interested can say so on the [[mw:Talk: Beta Features/Hovercards|Hovercards talk page]]. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-November/087041.html]

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W47"/> 15:33, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

== [[WP:ACE2016|ArbCom Elections 2016]]: Voting now open! ==

{{Ivmbox|Hello, EllenCT. Voting in the '''[[WP:ACE2016|2016 Arbitration Committee elections]]''' is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The [[WP:ARBCOM|Arbitration Committee]] is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration|Wikipedia arbitration process]]. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose [[WP:BAN|site bans]], [[WP:TBAN|topic bans]], editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy|arbitration policy]] describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2016/Candidates|the candidates' statements]] and submit your choices on '''[[Special:SecurePoll/vote/399|the voting page]]'''. [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

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== ''The Signpost'': 4 November 2016 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-11-26}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2016-11-26|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 09:06, 26 November 2016 (UTC) </div></div>

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/48|Tech News: 2016-48]] ==

'''Changes this week'''

*When someone tries to log in to a blocked account they will be blocked by a [[w:en:HTTP cookie|cookie]]. This means their [[w:en:Web browser|browser]] will be blocked even if they change their [[w:en:IP address|IP address]]. This makes it more difficult for returning vandals. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T5233]

*When you use [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Content translation|Content Translation]] to adapt a template to a new translation it will work differently. You can adapt big templates such as infoboxes. Translators will have control over the template parameters. A first version of this is released this week. It is possible it will not work correctly with all templates. There will be more updates for this soon. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139332]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/wmf.4|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 November. It will be on all wikis from 1 December ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/Roadmap|calendar]]).

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> Gadgets will have a new option called "hidden". This means you can register gadgets that can't be turned on or off from the preferences page. Hiding gadgets was already possible by using <code>[rights=hidden]</code>. You should now use <code>[hidden]</code> instead. <code>[rights=hidden]</code> in old gadgets should be changed to <code>[hidden]</code>. [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets#Options][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T33150]

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=29&month=11&year=2016 29 November at 19:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> [[toollabs:|Tool Labs]] could get two new policies. One would be to be able to [[wikitech:Help:Tool Labs/Abandoned tool policy|adopt tools without an active developer]]. The other would be [[wikitech:Help:Tool Labs/Right to fork policy|a right to fork]]. There is a [[m:Requests for comment/Abandoned Labs tools|request for comment on Meta]].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W48"/> 21:16, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/49|Tech News: 2016-49]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

*You can choose to see users from specific user groups in [[Special:ActiveUsers]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T116354]

*Everyone can now see [[Special:UserRights]]. Previously only those who could change user rights could. Other users got an error message. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T27319]

*[[m:Objective Revision Evaluation Service|ORES]] can now show how likely an edit is to be damaging to the wiki with different colours. This only works for languages that have [[m:Wiki labels|trained ORES]] to recognize damaging edits. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144922]

'''Changes this week'''

*You will now see categories with 0 pages in [[Special:Categories]]. Previously you did not see empty categories there. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T12915]

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/wmf.5|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 December. It will be on all wikis from 8 December ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=06&month=12&year=2016 6 December at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* The [[m:2016 Community Wishlist Survey|2016 Community Wishlist Survey]] will decide what the [[m:Community Tech|Community Tech]] team will work on next year. You vote for wishes on the [[m:2016 Community Wishlist Survey|survey page]] until 12 December. You can see what has happened to last year's wishes on the [[m:2015 Community Wishlist Survey/Results|2015 results page]].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W49"/> 18:07, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/50|Tech News: 2016-50]] ==

'''Recent changes'''

*Users who have Yahoo email addresses could not use [[Special:EmailUser|Special:EmailUser]] to send emails. This has now been fixed. Emails will now come from a @wikimedia.org address. Users who get an email from you will still reply to your email address and be able to see it. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66795]

* You can now see how many categories and pages there are in the categories in [[Special:TrackingCategories|Special:TrackingCategories]]. This is to help you find pages that could need attention. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/321225/]

* Markup colours for reviewed and pending revisions in [[m:Help:Page history|the page history]] and [[Special:SpecialPages|recent changes and logs]] now match [[phab:M82|Wikimedia standard colours]]. The "You have a new message on your talk page" notification will have a slightly different colour. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-December/087151.html]

'''Problems'''

*Because of work on [[m:Community Tech/Cross-wiki watchlist|cross-wiki watchlists]] [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Global rename policy|global renaming]] is not working. The plan is to turn it on again on 16 December. Global renaming was turned off for a while in late November and early December as well. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148242]

'''Changes this week'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/wmf.6|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 December. It will be on all wikis from 15 December ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.29/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> 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 [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=13&month=12&year=2016 December 13 at 20:00 (UTC)]. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W50"/> 19:29, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

==Merry Christmas!==

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'''Hello EllenCT:''' Enjoy the '''[[Christmas and holiday season|holiday season]]''', and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand [[Wikipedia]]. Cheers, '''[[User:Class455|<span style="color: red;">'''Class'''</span><span style="color: green;">'''455'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Class455|<span style="color: orange;">'''Merry Christmas!'''</span>]])''' 16:53, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

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== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/51|Tech News: 2016-51]] ==

'''Tech News'''

* Because of the [[w:en:Christmas and holiday season|holidays]] the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 9 January 2017.

* The writers of the technical newsletter are asking for your opinion. Did you get the information you wanted this year? Did we miss important technical news in 2016? What kind of information was too late? [[m:Talk:Tech/News|Please tell us]]! You can write in your language. Thank you!

'''Recent changes'''

* Administrators and translation administrators can now use [[m:Special:PageLanguage|Special:PageLanguage]] on wikis with the [[m:Translate extension|Translate extension]]. This means you can say what language a page is in. The Translate extension will use that language as the source language when you translate. Previously this was always the wiki's default language. This was usually English. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153209]

* <span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> Wikis connected to Wikidata can now use the parser function <code><nowiki>{{#statements: }}</nowiki></code> to get formatted data. You can also use <code><nowiki>{{#property: }}</nowiki></code> to get raw data. You [https://de.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Statements can see the difference] between the two statements. There are also similar new functions in Lua. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152780]

'''Problems'''

* Some abuse filters for uploaded files have not worked as they should. We don't know exactly which filters didn't work yet. This means some files that filters should have prevented from being uploaded were uploaded to the wikis. MediaWiki.org and Testwiki have been affected since 13 October. Commons and Meta have been affected since 17 October. Other wikis have been affected since 17 November. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153217#2876258]

'''Changes this week'''

* There is no new MediaWiki version this week. There will be no new MediaWiki version next week either.

'''Meetings'''

* <span title="Recurrent item">[[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=]]</span> The next meeting with the VisualEditor team will be on [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20&min=00&sec=0&day=03&month=01&year=2017 3 January at 20:00 (UTC)]. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. See [[mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings|how to join]].

'''Future changes'''

* The [[m:Special:MyLanguage/2016 Community Wishlist Survey|2016 Community Wishlist Survey]] is done. It decides what the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Community Tech|Community Tech team]] will work on during 2017. You can [[m:2016 Community Wishlist Survey/Results|see the results]].

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</div></div> <section end="technews-2016-W51"/> 20:33, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

== ''The Signpost'': 22 December 2016 ==

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-12-22}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2016-12-22|Single-page]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] * [[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 03:04, 22 December 2016 (UTC) </div></div>

==Holiday card==

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|style="font-size:medium; padding: 3 px 3px 0 3px; height: 1em;" | Wishing you a [[Charles Marion Russell|Charlie Russell]] Christmas,</br>{{BASEPAGENAME}}!

|''"Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you</br>That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end</br>And sickness nor sorrow don't find you."</br><small>—C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926.</small> </br>[[User:Montanabw|<font color="006600">Montanabw</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Montanabw|(talk)]]</sup> 23 December 2016 (UTC)