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Welcome to the twenty-first newsletter from the Growth team!
New project: Positive reinforcement
Mockup of the Impact module, redesigned to add Positive reinforcement.
The Growth team started a new project: Positive reinforcement. We want newcomers to understand there is an interest in regularly editing Wikipedia, and we want to improve new editor retention.
We asked users from Arabic, Bangla, Czech and French Wikipedia about their feedback. Some people participated at mediawiki.org as well.
We summarized the initial feedback gathered from these community discussions, along with how we plan to iterate based on that feedback.
The first Positive Reinforcement idea is a redesign of the impact module: incorporating stats, graphs, and other contribution information. This idea received the widest support, and we plan to start our work based on the design illustrated on the side.
"Add a link" available at more wikis ― Add a link feature has been deployed to more wikis: Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Simple English Wikipedia, Swedish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Abkhazian Wikipedia, Achinese Wikipedia, Adyghe Wikipedia, Afrikaans Wikipedia, Akan Wikipedia, Alemannisch Wikipedia, Amharic Wikipedia, Aragonese Wikipedia, Old English Wikipedia, Syriac Wikipedia, Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia, Asturian Wikipedia, Atikamekw Wikipedia, Avaric Wikipedia, Aymara Wikipedia, Azerbaijani Wikipedia, South Azerbaijani Wikipedia. This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure locally how this feature works.
"Add an image" available at more wikis ― Add an image feature will be deployed to more wikis: Greek Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, Chinese Wikipedia. These communities will be able to configure locally how this feature works. [1]
Suggested edits
Selecting topics ― We have created an "AND" filter to the list of topics at Special:Homepage. This way, newcomers can decide to select very specific topics ("Transportation" AND "Asia") or to have a broader selection ("Transportation" OR "Asia"). At the moment this feature is tested at pilot wikis.
Changes for Add a link ― We have built several improvements that came from community discussion and from data analysis. They will be available soon at the wikis.
Algorithm improvements ― The algorithm now avoids recommending links in sections that usually don't have links and for first names. Also, it now limits each article to only having three link suggestions by default (limited to the highest accuracy suggestions of all the available ones in the article).
User experience improvements ― We added a confirmation dialog when a user exits out of suggestion mode prior to making changes. We also improved post-edit dialog experience and allow newcomers to browse through task suggestions from the post-edit dialog.
Community configuration ― We allow communities to set a maximum number of links per article via Special:EditGrowthConfig.
Future change for Add a link feature ― We will suggest underlinked articles in priority. [2]
Patrolling suggested edits ― Some users at Arabic Wikipedia, Spanish Wikipedia, and Russian Wikipedia told us that "Add a link" and "Add an image" edits can be challenging to patrol. We are now brainstorming improvements to help address this challenge. We have already some ideas and we started some work to address this challenge. If you have any thoughts to add about the challenges of reviewing these tasks or how we should improve these tasks further, please let us know, in any language.
Hi, Berrely, sorry to disrupt you again, but since I will be away for the next few days I am going to have to publish this issue today so that the dates aren't missed. I am sorry again for being so quick on this,
A meeting had taken place in regards to Interface of MediaWiki. More information of that meeting can be found here.
Editor's Notes
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hi @Python Drink! The page has been deleted before, if you check the deletion log you can see that it has been repeatedly created, deleted and recreated. The protection log still preserves protections after an article is deleted, for some reason I don't understand but appreciate nonetheless. Sennecaster (Chat) 03:07, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
I can't be the only one that finds this crazy....looks like if an IP address is blocked on here, anyone that edits from such is autoblocked. Well it happened to me. I don't think that makes sense for a registered account with no issues. -- Python Drink (talk) 23:15, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Python Drink, this is a measure taken to prevent abuse. I agree, in some cases I think this includes a lot of collateral damage (I am sometimes affected as well). However, these wide-ranging blocks tend to be used only on open proxies like VPN services. Verizon internet is also partially blocked to its rapid changing of IP addressed. Generally, you'll be fine on your home Wi-Fi. If you're interested in having a read of the policy administrators use when considering where to block IP addressed, see Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses. — Berrely • Talk∕Contribs18:53, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Berrely! Been a while, I hope you're doing well. I've submitted a series of COI requests at Talk:Wheely, where you've previously reviewed and implemented suggestions. Despite using Template:Request edit and seeking editor assistance at WikiProject Transport and WikiProject United Arab Emirates, the requests have gone unanswered and I was wondering if you might be willing to take a look. I've identified specific concerns and proposed replacement text, per this draft page. Alternatively, if you have any recommendations for where I might find editors willing to review, I'm all ears.
