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Tech News: 2015-31

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

Recent changes

• You can now use redirects to link to JavaScript pages. [1]
• You cannot use the compact user bar any more. [2]
• You can change your options to see bigger images. [3]
• You can watch short videos about how to use VisualEditor. [4]
• You can now edit pages linked in "what links here" more easily. [5]

Problems

• There was a problem with some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
• There was a problem with the abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error. [6]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (calendar).
• JavaScript authors: You cannot use wgNoticeUserData to get edit counts anymore. [7]

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 28 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

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High schools and AFD

Generally high schools don't get deleted at AFD. See: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes#Schools: "Most independently accredited degree-awarding institutions and high schools are being kept except when zero independent sources can be found to prove that the institution actually exists." - Since LfT has a high school component all I need to do is prove the high school exists. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:34, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

@WhisperToMe: You can't cite WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES to prove notability. Going to be nominating for AfD. Grognard Extraordinaire Chess (talk) Ping when replying 15:12, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

I want you to observe what happens in this AFD. In fact I can, and will, cite Commonoutcomes, because that is going to be the outcome. Even though there is no policy saying "high schools are automatically notable" what happens is high schools are just about always kept in AFD. Remember that this is a volunteer project, and remember we all have limited resources and time we can devote to this project. When you try to use an AFD that won't result in deletion it uses up time and energy that could have been used for something else. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:43, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Background reading: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_119#Articles_on_Schools_exempt_from_WP:A7 - Now it is true one can technically send any school article to AFD (what should never be done is G7) - What happens is that usually such articles are kept unless there's no evidence the school actually exists or it's something like a small home school with seven students. Please consider what DGG has to say here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British International School Lagos - He explains why most high school articles are kept - it's for a systematic reason to prevent backlogs and time sinks in AFD.

WhisperToMe (talk) 15:06, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Show that it meets the WP:GNG or WP:ORG, because so far, it hasn't. Grognard Extraordinaire Chess (talk) Ping when replying 17:55, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

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TAFI's List of articles

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This Month in Education: July 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2015)

A farmhouse (bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland Hello, Chess. The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections: Farmhouse Music venue Social change Information Age Parable Previous selections: Igloo • Dessert • Kayaking Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 3 August 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Tech News: 2015-32

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

Recent changes

• The ContentTranslation extension has been updated:
  • You can now type in list paragraphs on wikis with right-to-left scripts. [8]
  • Some user interface updates changed how details in the ContentTranslation extension look. [9] [10] [11] [12]
• The error page you see when the sites are not working is now simpler and easier to read. It also shows the Wikimedia logo. [13]
• MediaWiki now supports redirects for CSS pages. [14]
• Bots can't guess captchas unlimited times anymore. [15]

Problems

• There was a problem with thumbnails on wikis with local images on July 24 and 25. It was due to a code error. [16]
• We can't search by file type on Wikimedia wikis now. [17]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 6 (calendar).

Meetings

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The Signpost: 05 August 2015

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TAFI List of articles purge, part II

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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2015)

Berries for sale at a farmers' market Hello, Chess. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Berry Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Farmhouse • Igloo Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:27, 10 August 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Tech News: 2015-33

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

Recent changes

• MediaWiki can now hide the signature button when you edit a content page. [18]
• The "Your preferences have been saved" message has changed. You can now see more easily what was saved when you change preferences several times. [19]
• You can now play Ogg video files in some browsers that don't support this format. This solution uses JavaScript and works on desktop browsers only for now. It will work on mobile later. [20]
• You can now use the same tools to edit style in VisualEditor on mobile as in desktop browsers. [21]
• It is now easier to see if there is a JavaScript error in a user or site script. [22]
• JavaScript authors:
  • You can no longer use the Sajax library. You can see a list of pages to fix. [23] [24]
  • You can no longer use document.write on Wikimedia wikis. You can see a list of pages to fix. [25] [26]
• The content translation tool now works better. It is easier to use math, and useless tags are no longer added. [27]

Problems

• More edits have been rejected due to loss of session data lately. This is now fixed. [28]
• Importing a Lua module sometimes didn't work. This is now fixed. [29]
• Text was sometimes lost in the content translation tool. One part of the problem is now fixed. [30]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 13 (calendar).
• UploadWizard is getting a new look. The look of buttons and checkboxes has already changed. This week, UploadWizard gets a new date picker. The other text fields will change soon. [31]
• You can now test VisualEditor on mobile devices of all sizes. [32]

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Some things in the watchlist will get a new look. [33]

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Wikimedia Highlights from July 2015

Here are the highlights from the Wikimedia blog in July 2015.

• Konkani Wikipedia goes live
• “Becoming involved in making the changes you want to see”: Leigh Thelmadatter
• Wikidata, coming soon to a menu near you
• Wikimedians urge the EU to protect freedom of panorama
• ACLU files amended complaint on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation
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GOCE August 2015 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors August 2015 Newsletter July drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. August blitz: The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis, and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2015)

Three plates of soufflés Hello, Chess. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Soufflé Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Berry • Farmhouse Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:08, 17 August 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Tech News: 2015-34

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

Recent changes

• Many Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Before they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [34] [35] [36]
• Some auto-saving problems and other issues in the Content Translation tool are now fixed. Please report to the Content Translation feedback page if you still have problems. [37]

Problems

• Older gadgets that are not using ResourceLoader are not loading anymore. They need to be updated. [38] [39]
• On August 12 the machine translation servers and the Content Translation tool didn't work. This was fixed on the same day. [40]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 20 (calendar).
• You can soon watch when something is added to or removed from a category. [41]

Meetings

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The Signpost: 19 August 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CXIII, August 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2015)

Blenheim Palace, a famous English historic house Hello, Chess. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Historic house Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Soufflé • Berry Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:12, 24 August 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Tech News: 2015-35

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

Recent changes

• Disambiguation pages are now excluded from the random page function. [42]

Problems

• There was a problem with CAPTCHAs in VisualEditor. This has now been fixed. [43]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 27 (calendar).

Meetings

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2015)

A Old Colony Mennonite family observing the practice of plain dress Hello, Chess. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Plain dress Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Historic house • Soufflé Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:10, 31 August 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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Recent changes

• VisualEditor will now automatically create a link when you type in or paste an ISBN, PMID, or RFC. [44][45]
• The link editor in VisualEditor is now a bit wider. It's now the same width as the automatic citation tool. [46]
• VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Use ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init instead. [47]
• Gadget writers can now use mediawiki.ForeignApi to communicate between different Wikimedia wikis. [48]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 3 (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 1 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The Wikidata API will be updated with breaking changes. This will probably happen on September 9. [49]

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This Month in Education: August 2015

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WikiCup 2015 September newsletter

The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

1. Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
2. Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
3. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
4. Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
5. West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
6. Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
7. Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
8. Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

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