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Editing newsletter 2022 – #1Read this in another language • Subscription list for the multilingual newsletter • Local subscription list  The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at most WMF-hosted wikis. You can join the discussion about this tool for the English Wikipedia is at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Enabling the New Topic Tool by default. You will be able to turn it off in the tool or at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. The Editing team plans to change the appearance of talk pages. These are separate from the changes made by the mw:Desktop improvements project and will appear in both Vector 2010 and Vector 2022. The goal is to add some information and make discussions look visibly different from encyclopedia articles. You can see some ideas at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project#Prototype Ready for Feedback. 23:14, 30 May 2022 (UTC) Books & Bytes – Issue 50
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:45, 1 August 2022 (UTC) Editing news 2022 #2Read this in another language • Subscription list for this multilingual newsletter  The new [subscribe] button notifies people when someone replies to their comments. It helps newcomers get answers to their questions. People reply sooner. You can read the report. The Editing team is turning this tool on for everyone. You will be able to turn it off in your preferences. –Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 00:35, 26 August 2022 (UTC) Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations opening soonNominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:50, 31 August 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 31 August 2022
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting opening soon!Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:25, 14 September 2022 (UTC) Correction to previous election announcementJust a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I (Hog Farm) didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:40, 15 September 2022 (UTC) Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soonVoting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 26 September 2022 (UTC) Books & Bytes – Issue 52
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Albums produced by Natalie Lauren A tag has been placed on Category:Albums produced by Natalie Lauren indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 01:16, 6 January 2023 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Songs produced by BeamA tag has been placed on Category:Songs produced by Beam indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 01:21, 6 January 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 16 January 2023
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Editing news 2023 #1Read this in another language • Subscription list for this newsletter This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:
Talk pages project  The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for Discussion tools. It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Add topic" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.  An A/B test for Discussion tools on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Discussion tools. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site. New Project: Edit Check The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "Publish changes". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more. –Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 9 March 2023
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DYK for Iga ikkiOn 26 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Iga ikki, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that ninja families in Sengoku Japan established self-governing confederacies in Iga and in Kōka, which formed an alliance? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Iga ikki. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Iga ikki), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Aoidh (talk) 12:02, 26 April 2023 (UTC) DYK for Kōka ikkiOn 26 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kōka ikki, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that ninja families in Sengoku Japan established self-governing confederacies in Iga and in Kōka, which formed an alliance? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Iga ikki. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kōka ikki), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Aoidh (talk) 12:02, 26 April 2023 (UTC) DYK for Iga–Kōka allianceOn 26 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Iga–Kōka alliance, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that ninja families in Sengoku Japan established self-governing confederacies in Iga and in Kōka, which formed an alliance? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Iga ikki. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Iga–Kōka alliance), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Aoidh (talk) 12:02, 26 April 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 26 April 2023
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:22, 18 July 2023 (UTC) Category:Rappers from Round Rock has been nominated for mergingCategory:Rappers from Round Rock has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. User:Namiba 20:36, 20 July 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 1 August 2023
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Musicians from Round Rock, TexasA tag has been placed on Category:Musicians from Round Rock, Texas indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. User:Namiba 20:41, 8 August 2023 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Music of Round Rock, TexasA tag has been placed on Category:Music of Round Rock, Texas indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. User:Namiba 20:42, 8 August 2023 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Culture of Round Rock, TexasA tag has been placed on Category:Culture of Round Rock, Texas indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 21:40, 13 August 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 15 August 2023
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations openNominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:04, 2 September 2023 (UTC) Books & Bytes – Issue 58The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Metrics/September 2023Please do not add articles by hand to the WiR stats page. A bot handles this very effectively; humans are most likely to introduce counting errors b/c they're unaware of the counting rules used by the bot. Bottom line: there is no good reason to add articles to these pages by hand. --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:10, 25 September 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 3 October 2023
DYK for Calico CooperOn 14 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Calico Cooper, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sheryl Cooper (pictured) and her daughter Calico beheaded Sheryl's husband in front of a live audience? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sheryl Cooper. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Calico Cooper), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 14 October 2023 (UTC) DYK for Sheryl CooperOn 14 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sheryl Cooper, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sheryl Cooper (pictured) and her daughter Calico beheaded Sheryl's husband in front of a live audience? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sheryl Cooper. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sheryl Cooper), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
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Today: in memoriam Jerome Kohl who said (In Freundschaft): "and I hope that they have met again in the beyond and are making joyous music together" -- |
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