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Editing News #1—2018
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Did you know?
Did you know that you can now use the
visual diff tool
on any page?
Sometimes, it is hard to see important changes in a wikitext diff. This screenshot of a wikitext diff (click to enlarge) shows that the paragraphs have been rearranged, but it does not highlight the removal of a word or the addition of a new sentence.
If you
enable the Beta Feature
for "⧼visualeditor-preference-visualdiffpage-label⧽", you will have a new option. It will give you a new box at the top of every diff page. This box will let you choose either diff system on any edit.
Click the toggle button to switch between visual and wikitext diffs.
In the visual diff, additions, removals, new links, and formatting changes will be highlighted. Other changes, such as changing the size of an image, are described in notes on the side.
This screenshot shows the same edit as the wikitext diff. The visual diff highlights the removal of one word and the addition of a new sentence.
You can read and help translate
the user guide
, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.
Since
the last newsletter
, the
Editing Team
has spent most of their time supporting
the 2017 wikitext editor mode
, which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and improving
the visual diff tool
. Their work board is available
in Phabricator
. You can find links to the work finished each week at
mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings
. Their
current priorities
are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor, and improving the visual diff tool.
Recent changes
The
2017 wikitext editor
is
available as a Beta Feature
on desktop devices. It has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools. The team have been comparing the performance of different editing environments. They have studied how long it takes to open the page and start typing. The study uses data for more than one million edits during December and January. Some changes have been made to improve the speed of the 2017 wikitext editor and the visual editor. Recently, the 2017 wikitext editor opened fastest for most edits, and the 2010 WikiEditor was fastest for some edits. More information will be posted at
mw:Contributors/Projects/Editing performance
The
visual diff tool
was developed for the visual editor. It is now available to all users of the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. When you review your changes, you can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. You can also
enable the new Beta Feature
for "Visual diffs". The Beta Feature lets you use the visual diff tool to view other people's edits on page histories and
Special:RecentChanges
[1]
Wikitext syntax highlighting
is available as a Beta Feature for both
the 2017 wikitext editor
and the 2010 wikitext editor.
[2]
The
citoid service
automatically translates URLs, DOIs, ISBNs, and PubMed id numbers into wikitext citation templates. It is very popular and useful to editors, although it can be a bit tricky to set up.
Your wiki can have this service. Please
read the instructions
. You can
ask the team to help you enable citoid at your wiki
Let's work together
The team will talk about editing tools at an upcoming
Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting
Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and other communities may have the visual editor made available by default to contributors. If your community wants this, then please contact
Dan Garry
The

block can
automatically display long lists of references in columns
on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can
request multi-column support
for your wiki.
[3]
If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the
Translators mailing list
or
directly. We will notify you when the next issue is ready for translation. Спасибо!
Elitre (WMF)
20:56, 2 хәажәкыра 2018 (UTC)
Galicia 15 - 15 Challenge
Wikipedia:Galicia 15 - 15 Challenge
is a public writing competition which will improve improve and translate this list of 15 really important articles into as many languages as possible. Everybody can help in any language to collaborate on writing and/or translating articles related to Galicia. To participate you just need to sign up
here
. Thank you very much.--
Breogan2008
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) 13:06, 12 хәажәкыра 2018 (UTC)
Please help
Dear colleagues, in Armenia, there is a velvet revolution and protests against the incumbent president. Please help with this dissemination of information. Translate
this article
into your language version of Wikipedia. Thanks--
Omicroñ'R
обсуждение
) 18:39, 21 мшаҧы 2018 (UTC)
Time to bring embedded maps (‘mapframe’) to most Wikipedias
Time to bring embedded maps (‘mapframe’) to most Wikipedias
Пожалуйста, помогите перевести на ваш язык
Mapframe
is a feature that enables users to easily display interactive maps right on wiki pages. Currently, most Wikipedias don’t have mapframe. But
fifteen Wikipedias
, along with all the other Wikimedia projects, are using mapframe today to display maps on thousands of pages.
A little background: over the last few months, the Foundation’s
Collaboration team
has been working to improve the stability and user experience of the maps service. In addition, a question about long-term support for the maps service was recently settled, and a small team has been assigned for routine maintenance. Given these developments, bringing the benefits of mapframe to Wikipedias that lack the feature seems both safe and supportable.
Nine Wikipedias
that use a stricter version of Flagged Revisions will not get mapframe in this release.
Maps are a valuable form of visual data that can improve readers’ understanding across a wide range of topics. If you know of any reasons why mapframe shouldn’t be implemented on your Wikipedia, let us know
on the project talk page
. Unless we hear from you, we plan to release mapframe to most Wikipedias in May, 2018. So, if you foresee an issue, please let us hear from you. Otherwise, happy mapping!
CKoerner (WMF)
talk
) 21:38, 24 мшаҧы 2018 (UTC)
Update on page issues on mobile web
Update on page issues on mobile web
Пожалуйста, помогите перевести на ваш язык
Hi everyone. The
Readers web team
has recently begun working on exposing issue templates on the mobile website. Currently, details about issues with page content are generally hidden on the mobile website. This leaves readers unaware of the reliability of the pages they are reading. The goal of this project is to improve awareness of particular issues within an article on the mobile web. We will do this by changing the visual styling of page issues.
So far, we have
drafted a proposal on the design and implementation
of the project. We were also able to run
user testing on the proposed designs
. The tests so far have positive results. Here is a quick summary of what we learned:
The new treatment increases awareness of page issues among participants. This is true particularly when they are in a more evaluative/critical mode.
Page issues make sense to readers and they understand how they work
Readers care about page issues and consider them important
Readers had overwhelmingly positive sentiments towards Wikipedia associated with learning about page issues
Our next step would be to start implementing these changes. We wanted to reach out to you for any concerns, thoughts, and suggestions you might have before beginning development. Please
visit the project page
where we have more information and mockups of how this may look. Please
leave feedback on the talk page
CKoerner (WMF)
talk
) 20:57, 12 рашәара 2018 (UTC)
Enabling a helpful feature for Template editors
Hello.
The team working on TemplateStyles at the Wikimedia Foundation would like to enable TemplateStyles on this wiki.
TemplateStyles is a feature to allow non-administrators to write and manage CSS styles for templates. It allows contributors who edit templates to separate content and presentation. A good web practice that makes it easier to manage the layout of templates. If you don't edit templates, this will not have any impact on your contributions.
TemplateStyles is useful for a few reasons.
It makes it possible for templates to work better on mobile.
It cuts out confusion on where to apply CSS rules.
Editing CSS is currently limited to administrators, which is a major barrier to participation.
All stylesheets must be loaded on all pages (whether they actually use the page or not), which wastes bandwidth and makes debugging style rules more difficult.
You can
learn more about TemplateStyles on MediaWiki.org
Technical documentation is also available
This is an optional feature and no one must use it, but template contributors are encouraged to do so! Please discuss and let us know if there are any concerns. If there are no concerns we will proceed to deploy the feature on the 9th of August.
Thank you.
CKoerner (WMF)
talk
) 21:28, 6 нанҳәа 2018 (UTC)
At this moment there is no any person in our wikipedia who can correctly translate into abkhazian. I just studing this language and know abkhazian little bit. In the future I'll help you, with great pleasure.--
Surprizi
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) 12:38, 7 нанҳәа 2018 (UTC)
Editing News #2—2018
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Did you know?
Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?
Tap on the pencil icon to start editing. The page will probably open in the wikitext editor.
You will see another pencil icon in the toolbar. Tap on that pencil icon to the switch between visual editing and wikitext editing.
Remember to publish your changes when you're done.
You can read and help translate
the user guide
, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.
Since the last newsletter, the
Editing Team
has wrapped up most of their work on the
2017 wikitext editor
and
the visual diff tool
. The team has begun investigating the needs of editors who use mobile devices. Their work board is available
in Phabricator
. Their
current priorities
are fixing bugs and improving mobile editing.
Recent changes
The Editing team has published an
initial report about mobile editing
The Editing team has begun a design study of visual editing on the mobile website. New editors have trouble doing basic tasks on a smartphone, such as adding links to Wikipedia articles. You can
read the report
The Reading team is working on a
separate mobile-based contributions project
The 2006 wikitext editor is
no longer supported
. If you used
that toolbar
, then you will no longer see any toolbar. You may choose another editing tool in your
editing preferences
local gadgets
, or
beta features
The Editing team described the history and status of
VisualEditor
in
this recorded public presentation
(starting at 29 minutes, 30 seconds).
The Language team released
a new version of Content Translation
(CX2) last month, on
International Translation Day
. It integrates the visual editor to support templates, tables, and images. It also produces better wikitext when the translated article is published.
[4]
Let's work together
The Editing team wants to improve visual editing on the mobile website.
Please read
their ideas
and tell the team what you think would help editors who use the mobile site.
The
Community Wishlist Survey
begins next week.
If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the
Translators mailing list
or
directly. We will notify you when the next issue is ready for translation. Спасибо!
Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
14:16, 2 абҵара 2018 (UTC)
Multilingual Shared Templates and Modules
Hello abwiki community, please help translate.
I recently organized a project to share templates and modules between wikis. It allows modules and templates to be “language-neutral”, and store all text translations on Commons. This means that it is enough to copy/paste a template without any changes, and update the translations separately. If someone fixes a bug or adds a new feature in the original module, you can copy/paste it again without any translation work. My bot
DiBabelYurikBot
can help with copying. This way users can spend more time on content, and less time on updating and copying templates. Please see
mw:WP:TNT
for details and ask questions on talk page.
P.S. I am
currently running
for the Wikimedia board. I believe in focusing on content and support of multi-language communities. If you liked my projects like maps, graphs, or this one, I will be happy to receive your support. (any
registered user group
can vote). Thank you! --
Yurik
talk
) 05:32, 11 лаҵара 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata Bridge: edit Wikidata’s data from Wikipedia infoboxes
Sorry for writing this message in English - feel free to help us translating it :)
Hello all,
Many language versions of Wikipedia use the content of
Wikidata
, the centralized knowledge base, to fill out the content of infoboxes. The data is stored in Wikidata and displayed, partially or completely, in the Wikipedia’s language, on the articles.
This feature is used by many template editors, but brought several issues that were raised by communities in various places: not being able to edit the data directly from Wikipedia was one of them.
This is the reason why the
Wikidata Bridge
project started, with the goal of offering a way to Wikipedia editors to edit Wikidata’s data more easily. This will be achieved by an interface, connected to the infobox, that users can access directly from their local wiki.
The project is now at an early stage of development. A lot of
user research
has been done, and will continue to be done through the different phases of the project. The next steps of
development
will be achieved by the development team working at Wikimedia Deutschland, starting now until the end of 2019.
In order to make sure that we’re building a tool that is answering editors’ needs, we’re using agile methods in our development process. We don’t start with a fixed idea of the tool we want to deliver: we will build it together with the editors, based on feedback loops that we will regularly organize. The first version will not necessarily have all of the features you want, but it will keep evolving.
Here’s the planned timeline:
From June to August, we will build the setup and technical groundwork.
From September to November 2019, we will develop the first version of the feature and publish a test system so you can try it and give feedback.
Later on, we will test the feature on a few projects, in collaboration with the communities.
We will first focus on early adopters communities who already implemented a shortcut from their infoboxes to edit Wikidata (for example Russian, Catalan, Basque Wikipedias)
but we also welcome also communities who
volunteer to be part of the first test round
Then we will reach some of the big Wikipedias (French, German, English) in order to see if the project scales and to address their potentially different needs.
Even later, we can consider enabling the feature on all the other projects.
In any case, no deployment or big change will be enforced on the projects without talking to the communities first, and helping the template builders to prepare for the changes they will have to do on the infoboxes’ code.
If you want to get involved, there are several ways to help:
Read and help translating
the documentation pages
Follow the
updates
and participate in
the first feedback loop
Talk about it with your local community
More ideas will be added
on this page
along the way
If you have any questions for the development team, feel free to ask them
on the main talk page
. You can also ask under this message, but if you expect an answer from me, please make sure to ping me.
Thanks for your attention,
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
13:03, 24 рашәара 2019 (UTC)
Editing News #1—July 2019
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Did you know?
Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?
Every article has a pencil icon at the top. Tap on the pencil icon
to start editing.
Edit Cards
This is what the new
Edit Cards for editing links
in the mobile visual editor look like. You can try the prototype here:
📲 Try Edit Cards
Welcome back to the
Editing
newsletter.
Since
the last newsletter
, the team has released two new features for the
mobile visual editor
and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to
make editing on mobile web simpler
Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:
Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?
If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.
Follow these instructions and share your experience:
📲 Try Edit Cards
Recent releases
The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the
mobile site
. The Editing team recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:
Section editing
The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
The team studied this with an A/B test.
This test showed
that contributors who could use section editing were
1% more likely to publish
the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
Loading overlay
The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.
Section editing and the new loading overlay are
now available to everyone
using the mobile visual editor.
New and active projects
This is a list of our most active projects.
Watch
these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.
Edit cards
: This is a clearer way to add and edit links, citations, images, templates, etc. in articles. You can try this feature now.
Go here to see how:
Try Edit Cards
Mobile toolbar refresh
: This project will learn if contributors are more successful when the editing tools are easier to recognize.
Mobile visual editor availability
: This A/B test asks:
Are newer contributors more successful if they use the mobile visual editor?
We are collaborating with
20 Wikipedias
to answer this question.
Usability improvements
: This project will make the mobile visual editor easier to use. The goal is to let contributors stay focused on editing and to feel more confident in the editing tools.
Looking ahead
Wikimania:
Several members of the Editing Team will be attending
Wikimania
in August 2019. They will lead a session about mobile editing in the
Community Growth space
. Talk to the team about how editing can be improved.
Talk Pages:
In the coming months, the Editing Team will begin
improving talk pages
and communication on the wikis.
Learning more
The
VisualEditor on mobile
is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at
Talk:VisualEditor on mobile
PPelberg (WMF)
talk
) &
Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
18:32, 23 ҧхынгәы 2019 (UTC)
Опрос
Чтобы в Абхазскую Википедию не попадало что зря и как зря, предлагаю ввести правила, по которым статьи могут быть включены в Абхазскую Википедию:
Минимальные требования
. Опрос будет длиться 1 недели (до 18:00 UTC 14 октября 2019 года), принять участие могут все зарегистрированные пользователи. При подведении итога будет учитываться результат голосования (соотношение голосов За и Против), аргументация при голосовании, а также реплики в разделах Комментарии.--
Surprizi
обсуждение
) 13:33, 7 жьҭаара 2019 (UTC)
Минимальные требования
Предлагаемый текст правила:
Минимальный размер статьи 1000 байт.
Статья должна быть полностью на абхазском языке (Прим. — допускаются иностранные слова для указания переводов, напр.:
Абиоло́гиа
абырз.
βιολογία
— βίος, биос, "аҧсҭазаара"; λόγος, логос — "ахәыцырҭа")).
Статья должна быть о значимом объекте (Прим. — при условии принятия правила «Критерии значимости»).
Статья не должна содержать явно ложных утверждений
Статья не должна нести вандальный характер.
Статья должна иметь источник.
За
Иақәшаҳаҭуп
Marikuna-115
обсуждение
) 14:12, 7 жьҭаара 2019 (UTC)
Иақәшаҳаҭуп
--
avid
07:11, 8 жьҭаара 2019 (UTC)
Иақәшаҳаҭуп
--
MIKHEILI
обсуждение
) 10:53, 10 жьҭаара 2019 (UTC)
Против
Комментарии
Итог
Результаты голосования.
Правило
Иақәшаҳаҭуп
Иаҿагылоуп
Отметка о принятии
Минимальные требования
Принять
С уточнениями из раздела «Комментарии»
Впоследствии все изменения данного правила следует проводить через форум, и ставить вопрос об этих изменениях с помощью проведения опроса, минимальной длительностью 7 дней, итог определяется большинством проголосовавших.
Опрос признан состоявшимся, все правила приняты. Отныне все новые статьи будут проверяться на соблюдение этих правил, также будут в дальнейшём пересмотрены все уже имеющиеся статьи.--
Surprizi
обсуждение
) 04:25, 20 жьҭаара 2019 (UTC)
Editing News #2 – Mobile editing and talk pages
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Inside this newsletter, the
Editing team
talks about their work on the
mobile visual editor
, on
the new talk pages project
, and at
Wikimania 2019
Help
What talk page interactions do you remember?
Is it a story about how someone helped you to learn something new? Is it a story about how someone helped you get involved in a group? Something else? Whatever your story is, we want to hear it!
Please tell us a story about how you used a talk page.
Please share a link to a memorable discussion, or describe it on the
talk page for this project
The team wants your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.
Talk pages project
The
Talk Pages Consultation
was a global consultation to define better tools for wiki communication. From February through June 2019, more than 500 volunteers on 20 wikis, across 15 languages and multiple projects, came together with members of the Foundation to create a product direction for a set of discussion tools. The
Phase 2 Report
of the Talk Page Consultation was published in August. It summarizes the product direction the team has started to work on, which you can read more about here:
Talk Page Project project page
The team needs and wants your help at this early stage. They are starting to develop the first idea. Please add your name to the
"Getting involved"
section of the project page, if you would like to hear about opportunities to participate.
Mobile visual editor
The Editing team is trying to make it simpler to edit on mobile devices. The team is changing the
visual editor on mobile
. If you have something to say about editing on a mobile device, please leave a message at
Talk:VisualEditor on mobile
Edit Cards
What happens when you click on a link. The new Edit Card is bigger and has more options for editing links.
On 3 September, the Editing team released
version 3 of Edit Cards
. Anyone could use the new version in the mobile visual editor.
There is an
updated design
on the Edit Card for adding and modifying links. There is also a new,
combined workflow for editing a link's display text and target
Feedback: You can try the new Edit Cards by opening the mobile visual editor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the
Edit cards talk page
Toolbar
The editing toolbar is changing in the mobile visual editor. The old system had two different toolbars. Now, all the buttons are together.
Tell the team what you think about the new toolbar
In September, the Editing team updated the mobile visual editor's editing toolbar. Anyone could see these changes in the mobile visual editor.
One toolbar:
All of the editing tools are located in one toolbar. Previously, the toolbar changed when you clicked on different things.
New navigation:
The buttons for moving forward and backward in the edit flow have changed.
Seamless switching:
an
improved workflow
for switching between the visual and wikitext modes.
Feedback: You can try the refreshed toolbar by opening the mobile VisualEditor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the
Toolbar feedback talk page
Wikimania
The Editing Team attended
Wikimania 2019
in Sweden. They led a session on
the mobile visual editor
and a session on
the new talk pages project
. They tested
two
new
features
in the mobile visual editor with contributors. You can read more about what the team did and learned in
the team's report on Wikimania 2019
Looking ahead
Talk Pages Project:
The team is thinking about the first set of proposed changes. The team will be working with a few communities to pilot those changes. The best way to stay informed is by adding your username to the list on the project page:
Getting involved
Testing the mobile visual editor as the default:
The Editing team plans to post results before the end of the calendar year. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist:
VisualEditor as mobile default project page
Measuring the impact of Edit Cards:
This study asks whether the project helped editors add links and citations. The Editing team hopes to share results in November. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist:
Edit Cards project page
PPelberg (WMF)
talk
) &
Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
11:12, 29 жьҭаара 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia Asian Month 2019
Пожалуйста, помогите перевести на ваш язык
Wikipedia Asian Month
is back! We wish you all the best of luck for the contest. The basic guidelines of the contest can be found on your local page of Wikipedia Asian Month. For more information, refer
to our Meta page
for organizers.
Looking forward to meet the next ambassadors for Wikipedia Asian Month 2019!
For additional support for organizing offline event, contact our international team
on wiki
or on email. We would appreciate the translation of this message in the local language by volunteer translators. Thank you!
Wikipedia Asian Month International Team.
MediaWiki message delivery
обсуждение
) 16:57, 31 жьҭаара 2019 (UTC)
Extension of Wikipedia Asian Month contest
In consideration of a week-long internet block in Iran,
Wikipedia Asian Month 2019
contest has been extended for a week past November. The articles submitted till 7th December 2019, 23:59 UTC will be accepted by the fountain tools of the participating wikis.
Please help us translate and spread this message in your local language.
Wikipedia Asian Month International Team
--
MediaWiki message delivery
обсуждение
) 14:16, 27 абҵара 2019 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore
Hello Folks,
Wiki Loves Love is back again in 2020 iteration as
Wiki Loves Folklore
from 1 February, 2020 - 29 February, 2020. Join us to celebrate the local cultural heritage of your region with the theme of folklore in the international photography contest at
Wikimedia Commons
. Images, videos and audios representing different forms of folk cultures and new forms of heritage that haven’t otherwise been documented so far are welcome submissions in Wiki Loves Folklore. Learn more about the contest at
Meta-Wiki
and
Commons
Kind regards,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
Tulsi Bhagat
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) 06:14, 18 ажьырныҳәа 2020 (UTC)
Editing news 2020 #1 – Discussion tools
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This early version of the Reply tool automatically signs and indents comments.
The
Editing team
has been working on
the talk pages project
. The goal of the talk pages project is to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. This project is the result of the
Talk pages consultation 2019
In a future update, the team plans to test a tool for easily linking to another user's name, a rich-text editing option, and other tools.
The team is building a
new tool for replying
to comments now. This early version can sign and indent comments automatically.
Please
test the new Reply tool
On 31 March 2020, the new аҭак ҟаҵатәуп tool was offered as a
Beta Feature
editors at four Wikipedias:
Arabic
Dutch
French
, and
Hungarian
. If your community also wants early access to the new tool, contact
User:Whatamidoing (WMF)
The team is planning some upcoming changes.
Please
review the proposed design
and share your thoughts on the talk page.
The team will test features such as:
an easy way to mention another editor ("pinging"),
a rich-text visual editing option, and
other features identified through user testing or recommended by editors.
To hear more about Editing Team updates, please add your name to the
"Get involved"
section of the project page. You can also watch
these pages:
the main project page
Updates
Replying
, and
User testing
PPelberg (WMF)
talk
) &
Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
19:24, 8 мшаҧы 2020 (UTC)
Дзе
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16:06, 20 лаҵара 2020 (UTC)
Editing news 2020 #2
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The new features include a toolbar.
What do you think should be in the toolbar?
This issue of the
Editing
newsletter includes information the
Talk pages project
, an effort to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily.
Reply tool
: This is available as a Beta Feature at the four partner wikis (Arabic, Dutch, French, and Hungarian Wikipedias). The Beta Feature is called "Инструменты обсуждений". The Beta Feature will get
new features
soon. The new features include writing comments in a new visual editing mode and pinging other users by typing
. You can
test the new features
on the
Beta Cluster
now. Some other wikis will have a chance to try the Beta Feature in the coming months.
New requirements for user signatures
: Soon, users will not be able to save invalid custom signatures in
Special:Preferences
. This will reduce signature spoofing, prevent page corruption, and make new talk page tools more reliable. Most editors will not be affected.
New discussion tool
: The Editing team is beginning work on a simpler process for starting new discussions. You can
see the initial design on the project page
Research on the use of talk pages
: The Editing team worked with the
Wikimedia research team
to study how talk pages help editors improve articles. We learned that new editors who use talk pages make more edits to the main namespace than new editors who don't use talk pages.
Whatamidoing (WMF)
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20:32, 17 рашәара 2020 (UTC)
Editing news 2020 #3
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More than
50 million edits
have been made using the visual editor on desktop.
Seven years ago this month, the
Editing team
offered the visual editor to most Wikipedia editors. Since then, editors have achieved many milestones:
More than
50 million edits
have been made using the visual editor on desktop.
More than
2 million new articles
have been created in the visual editor. More than 600,000 of these new articles were created during 2019.
The visual editor is
increasingly popular
. The proportion of all edits made using the visual editor has increased every year since its introduction.
In 2019,
35% of the edits by newcomers
(logged-in editors with ≤99 edits) used the visual editor. This percentage has
increased every year
Almost
5 million edits on the mobile site
have been made with the visual editor. Most of these edits have been made since the Editing team started improving the
mobile visual editor
in 2018.
On 17 November 2019, the
first edit from outer space
was made in the mobile visual editor. 🚀 👩‍🚀
Editors have made more than
7 million edits in the 2017 wikitext editor
, including starting
600,000 new articles
in it. The
2017 wikitext editor
is VisualEditor's built-in wikitext mode. You can
enable it in your preferences
Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
12:55, 9 ҧхынгәы 2020 (UTC)
Global bot policy proposal: invitation to a Meta discussion
Мшыбзиа!
I apologize for sending a message in English. Пожалуйста, помогите перевести на ваш язык. According to
the list
, your wiki project currently is opted in to the
global bot policy
. Under this policy, bots that fix double redirects or maintain interwiki links are allowed to operate under a global bot flag that is assigned directly by the stewards.
As the Wikimedia projects developed, the need for the current global bot policy decreased, and in the past years, no bots were appointed via that policy. That is mainly given Wikidata were estabilished in 2013, and it is no longer necessary to have dozens of bots that maintain interwiki links.
proposal
was made at Meta-Wiki, which proposes that the stewards will be authorized to determine whether an uncontroversial task may be assigned a global bot flag. The stewards already assign permissions that are more impactful on many wikis, namely,
global sysops
and
global renamers
, and I do not think that trust should be an issue. The stewards will assign the permission only to time-proven bots that are already approved at a number of projects, like
ListeriaBot
By this message, I would like to invite you to comment
in the global RFC
, to voice your opinion about this matter.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Martin Urbanec
ахцәажәара
) 11:49, 24 абҵара 2020 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 is back!
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You are humbly invited to participate in the
Wiki Loves Folklore 2021
an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and
submitting
them in this commons contest.
Please support us in translating the
project page
and a
banner message
to help us spread the word in your native language.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
MediaWiki message delivery
обсуждение
) 13:25, 6 жәабран 2021 (UTC)
Proposal: Set two-letter project shortcuts as alias to project namespace globally
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Hello everyone,
I apologize for posting in English. I would like to inform everyone that I created a new global request for comment (GRFC) at Meta Wiki, which may affect your project:
m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally
In this GRFC, I propose that two-project shortcuts for project names will become a default alias for the project namespace. For instance, on all Wikipedias, WP will be an alias to the Wikipedia: namespace (and similar for other projects). Full list is available in the GRFC.
This is already the case for Wikivoyages, and many individual projects asked for this alias to be implemented. I believe this makes it easier to access the materials in the project namespace, as well as creating shortcuts like
WP:NPOV
, as well as helps new projects to use this feature, without having to figure out how to request site configuration changes first.
As far as I can see, Авикипедиа currently does not have such an alias set. This means that such an alias will be set for you, if the GRFC is accepted by the global community.
I would like to ask all community members to participate in the request for comment at Meta-Wiki, see
m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally
Please feel free to
ask me
if you have any questions about this proposal.
Best regards,
--
Martin Urbanec
talk
14:11, 18 жәабранмза 2021 (UTC)
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Global bot policy changes
Мшыбзиа!
I apologize for sending a message in English. Пожалуйста, помогите перевести на ваш язык. According to
the list
, your wiki project is currently opted in to the
global bot policy
. As such, I want to let you know about some changes that were made after the
global RfC
was closed.
Global bots are now subject to a 2 week discussion, and it'll be publicized via a MassMessage list, available at
Bot policy/New global bot discussion
on Meta. Please subscribe yourself or your wiki if you are interested in new global bots proposals.
For a bot to be considered for approval, it must demonstrate it is welcomed in multiple projects, and a good way to do that is to have the bot flag on at least 5 wikis for a single task.
The bot operator should make sure to adhere to the wiki's preference as related to the use of the bot flag (i.e., if a wiki doesn't want a bot to use the flag as it edits, that should be followed).
Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Thanks for the fish!
talk
contribs
18:48, 6 мшаԥымза 2021 (UTC)
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Wikimania 2021: Individual Program Submissions
Dear all,
Wikimania 2021 will be
hosted virtually
for the first time in the event's 15-year history. Since there is no in-person host, the event is being organized by a diverse group of Wikimedia volunteers that form the
Core Organizing Team
(COT) for Wikimania 2021.
Event Program
- Individuals or a group of individuals can submit their session proposals to be a part of the program. There will be translation support for sessions provided in a number of languages. See more information
here
Below are some links to guide you through;
Program Submissions
Session Submission Guidelines
FAQ
Please note that the deadline for submission is 18th June 2021.
Announcements
- To keep up to date with the developments around Wikimania, the COT sends out weekly updates. You can view them in the Announcement section
here
Office Hour
- If you are left with questions, the COT will be hosting some office hours (in multiple languages), in multiple time-zones, to answer any programming questions that you might have. Details can be found
here.
Best regards,
MediaWiki message delivery
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04:18, 16 рашәарамза 2021 (UTC)
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On behalf of Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team
Editing news 2021 #2
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When newcomers had the Reply tool and tried to post on a talk page, they were more successful at posting a comment. (
Source
Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of
the Reply Tool
. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped
newer editors
communicate on wiki. The second goal was to see whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.
The key results were:
Newer editors who had automatic ("default on") access to the Reply tool were
more likely
to post a comment on a talk page.
The comments that newer editors made with the Reply Tool were also
less likely
to be reverted than the comments that newer editors made with page editing.
These results give the Editing team confidence that the tool is helpful.
Looking ahead
The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.
The next step is to
resolve a technical challenge
. Then, they will deploy the Reply tool first to the
Wikipedias that participated in the study
. After that, they will deploy it, in stages, to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis.
You can turn on "Инструменты обсуждений"
in Beta Features
now. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time in
Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion
Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
14:13, 24 рашәарамза 2021 (UTC)
Request for comment notification
Here is a link to a
RFC on Meta
concerning all Wikimedia projects. Best,
Lionel Scheepmans
обсуждение
00:07, 17 нанҳәамза 2021 (UTC)
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