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Question from Dylanthepickleman (16:23, 23 September 2024)
[edit]Say hello and ask a question. E.g. How do I create a citation? --Dylanthepickleman (talk) 16:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Dylanthepickleman: Hi! Do you actually what to know how to create a citation, or did you just copy and paste the sample text? Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 16:30, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- um... 72.74.45.196 (talk) 21:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- you cant copy and paste the sample text 😬 Dylanthepickleman (talk) 13:01, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- You can; I am just asking if you actually want to know the answer the to question or if you were making sure that the question feature works :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 14:56, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- might be the latter Dylanthepickleman (talk) 15:20, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- also, when I am editing a sample article, there are some words that show up with a red underline, but they are spelled fine as far as I can find.
- Why are they underlined? Dylanthepickleman (talk) 15:21, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- I am not entirely sure why. Sometimes your language is set to a different country's version of English, and that causes things to be considered errors when they are not. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 15:23, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- might be the latter Dylanthepickleman (talk) 15:20, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- You can; I am just asking if you actually want to know the answer the to question or if you were making sure that the question feature works :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 14:56, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Deletion review for Category:Riize
[edit]An editor has asked for a deletion review of Category:Riize. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. RachelTensions (talk) 20:09, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
Do I get paid for any articles --Ceosanya (talk) 20:36, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Ceosanya! Wikipedia is entirely written by volunteers; you do not get paid. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
A racecar for you!
[edit]A racecar for you! | |
Hi HouseBlaster, great to meet you this weekend! Hope you enjoyed your conference experience and got home safe :) Accedietalk to me 15:51, 7 October 2024 (UTC) |
- @Accedie: It was great to meet you, too! I really enjoyed both your keynote and our conversation :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:28, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
Thoma Bravo Co-Founder BLP
[edit]Hi HouseBlaster, back in January, you helped with some edits on the Thoma Bravo company page. I'm working on an article draft for their co-founder, Carl Thoma and would appreciate your input there, as well. If you agree that he is notable, would you mind moving the draft to main space? Thank you, JBarTB (talk) 15:53, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, JBarTB! To request that an article be reviewed, you should add
{{subst:submit}}
(including the brackets) to the top of the article. I don't review drafts on request. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:34, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-41
[edit]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- Communities can now request installation of Automoderator on their wiki. Automoderator is an automated anti-vandalism tool that reverts bad edits based on scores from the new "Revert Risk" machine learning model. You can read details about the necessary steps for installation and configuration. [1]
Updates for editors
- Translators in wikis where the mobile experience of Content Translation is available, can now customize their articles suggestion list from 41 filtering options when using the tool. This topic-based article suggestion feature makes it easy for translators to self-discover relevant articles based on their area of interest and translate them. You can try it with your mobile device. [2]
- View all 12 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- It is now possible for
<syntaxhighlight>
code blocks to offer readers a "Copy" button if thecopy=1
attribute is set on the tag. Thanks to SD0001 for these improvements. [3] - Customized copyright footer messages on all wikis will be updated. The new versions will use wikitext markup instead of requiring editing raw HTML. [4]
- Later this month, temporary accounts will be rolled out on several pilot wikis. The final list of the wikis will be published in the second half of the month. If you maintain any tools, bots, or gadgets on these 11 wikis, and your software is using data about IP addresses or is available for logged-out users, please check if it needs to be updated to work with temporary accounts. Guidance on how to update the code is available.
- Rate limiting has been enabled for the code review tools Gerrit and GitLab to address ongoing issues caused by malicious traffic and scraping. Clients that open too many concurrent connections will be restricted for a few minutes. This rate limiting is managed through nftables firewall rules. For more details, see Wikitech's pages on Firewall, GitLab limits and Gerrit operations.
- Five new wikis have been created:
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:39, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
Administrator Elections: Call for Candidates
[edit]Administrator Elections | Call for Candidates
The administrator elections process has officially started! Interested editors are encouraged to self-nominate or arrange to be nominated by reviewing the instructions at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Call for candidates.
Here is the schedule:
- October 8–14 - Candidate sign-up (we are here)
- October 22–24 - Discussion phase
- October 25–31 - SecurePoll voting phase
Please note the following:
- The requirements to run are identical to RFA—a prospective candidate must be extended confirmed.
- Prospective candidates are advised to become familar with the community's expectations of adminstrators, which are much higher than the minimum requirement of having extended confirmed status. This includes reviewing successful and unsuccessful RFAs, reading the essay Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates, and possibly requesting an optional poll on their chances of passing.
- The process will have a one week call for candidates phase, a one week pause to set up SecurePoll, a three-day period of public discussion, followed by 7 days of no public discussion and a private vote using SecurePoll.
- The outcomes of this process are identical to making requests for adminship. There is no official difference between an administrator appointed through RFA or administrator elections.
- Administrator elections are also a valid means of regaining adminship for de-sysopped editors.
Ask any questions about the process at the talk page. A separate user talk message will be sent to official candidates with additional information about the process.
To avoid sending too many messages, this will be the last mass message sent about administrator elections. If you are interested in the process, please make sure to watchlist the appropriate pages. A watchlist notice will be added when the discussion phase opens, and again when the voting phase opens.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:35, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
No action on CfD closures
[edit]You seem to have a backlog of CfD closures you haven't handled through WP:CFDW or its talk page, such as Category:Cenozoic horses. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:19, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- @LaundryPizza03: Thank you for the note; I'll see what I can do :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:21, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- I came across Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_October_9#Category:Constituencies_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Botswana_(historic) and implemented it myself, as it was fiddly. – Fayenatic London 10:16, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, Fayenatic london! HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:58, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- I came across Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_October_9#Category:Constituencies_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Botswana_(historic) and implemented it myself, as it was fiddly. – Fayenatic London 10:16, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
License change request
[edit]Hi, I got an email from you about changing the license on this image ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Msu-Languagebuilding-seabhcan.JPG) - Happy to change it, but I can't remember how to do that... ... Seabhcan 09:54, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hello Seabhcan! Thank you so so much for your quick response! The easiest way to do this is to simply reply here and say "I intended to release the image under the GFDL". I can take care of the wiki-code bits. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 16:20, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin October Issue 1
[edit]Upcoming and current events and conversations
Talking: 2024 continues
- WikiArabia Conference 2024 will be held in Muscat, Oman, from October 25 to 27.
- WikiConvention francophone 2024 will be held in Québec, Canada, from November 2 to 3.
- AffCom, Case Review Committee (CRC) and the Ombuds commission (OC) are seeking new member applications from October 14.
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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- Tech News: Updates on Dark Mode, Vector 2022 skin, CampaignEvents extension, and more on tech news.
- Translation suggestion: Sign up to participate in the test project, Translation suggestions: Topic-based & Community-defined lists, which will help organisers identify and add relevant content based on high-impact topics to their Wikipedia.
- Wikifunctions: Status updates from September 26.
- Wikipedia Apps: Check out the latest issue of the Apps Quarterly Newsletter!
Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta
- WikiWomen Summit: Event summary at Wikimania 2024.
- Let's Connect: Watch recordings of the session Technology for Language Diversity in Wikimedia.
- WikiLearn: The latest online learning opportunities created by Wikimedians for Wikimedians.
- Indonesia: Training for Indonesian Wikipedia Administrators to Safeguard Knowledge Integrity Ahead of the Regional Elections
Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog
- Mexico: Wikimedia Foundation files amicus brief in Mexico urging continued use of intermediary liability protections for user-generated content in Richter v. Google.
- Paraguay: Wikimedia Foundation to Paraguayan Supreme Court: Do not allow people to abuse the law to suppress legitimate information
- Global: Celebrating a legal victory in Germany against censorship, reflections on Open Culture strategic workshop, and more global advocacy updates.
Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- Board Governance: Update from Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, a proposal to ask for help and co-creation in Movement Charter Mapping Exercise.
Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) · Regards sur l’actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) · Wikimag (fr) · other newsletters:
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Previous editions of this bulletin are on Meta. Let askcacwikimedia.org know if you have any feedback or suggestions for improvement!
MediaWiki message delivery 23:30, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
Messed up CFDW formatting
[edit]I wanted to tell you that the syntax you added to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working concerning the Indian Jain poets categories appears malformed. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 18:56, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you; I will investigate. HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:07, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-42
[edit]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- The Structured Discussion extension (also known as Flow) is starting to be removed. This extension is unmaintained and causes issues. It will be replaced by DiscussionTools, which is used on any regular talk page. A first set of wikis are being contacted. These wikis are invited to stop using Flow, and to move all Flow boards to sub-pages, as archives. At these wikis, a script will move all Flow pages that aren't a sub-page to a sub-page automatically, starting on 22 October 2024. On 28 October 2024, all Flow boards at these wikis will be set in read-only mode. [10][11]
- WMF's Search Platform team is working on making it easier for readers to perform text searches in their language. A change last week on over 30 languages makes it easier to find words with accents and other diacritics. This applies to both full-text search and to types of advanced search such as the hastemplate and incategory keywords. More technical details (including a few other minor search upgrades) are available. [12]
- View all 20 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, EditCheck was installed at Russian Wikipedia, and fixes were made for some missing user interface styles.
Updates for technical contributors
- Editors who use the Toolforge tool Earwig's Copyright Violation Detector will now be required to log in with their Wikimedia account before running checks using the "search engine" option. This change is needed to help prevent external bots from misusing the system. Thanks to Chlod for these improvements. [13]
- Phabricator users can create tickets and add comments on existing tickets via Email again. Sending email to Phabricator has been fixed. [14]
- Some HTML elements in the interface are now wrapped with a
<bdi>
element, to make our HTML output more aligned with Web standards. More changes like this will be coming in future weeks. This change might break some tools that rely on the previous HTML structure of the interface. Note that relying on the HTML structure of the interface is not recommended and might break at any time. [15]
In depth
- The latest monthly MediaWiki Product Insights newsletter is available. This edition includes: updates on Wikimedia's authentication system, research to simplify feature development in the MediaWiki platform, updates on Parser Unification and MathML rollout, and more.
- The latest quarterly Technical Community Newsletter is now available. This edition include: research about improving topic suggestions related to countries, improvements to PHPUnit tests, and more.
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MediaWiki message delivery 21:17, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
Hi
[edit]Hi. I was about to suggest here for "Transgender identity in", based on Catégorie:Transidentité par pays and Categoría:Identidades trans por país . Is it possible to reopen/relist as it was recently closened and not moved yet? --MikutoH talk! 00:54, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- @MikutoH: Ack.
The bot is moving them as I type this (and had already moved some when I started to write this message)The bot has moved the categories, and there is no way to stop the bot while it is currently processing things (besides blocking it, which is a very extreme measure). Reversing and reopening the move would be more work than simply renominating it (User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD will help with a batch nomination). Therefore, I would recommend opening a fresh move request, making it clear why this is taking place immediately after the last one and potentially pinging the participants in the previous discussion. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 01:05, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
Reminder: GA backlog drive
[edit]Hello! Just a reminder that, if you have time, you are welcome to join the GA backlog drive; it runs until the end of October. You are receiving this message because you signed up on the drive page but have not yet listed any reviews. We hope to see you there! Either way, happy editing! —Ganesha811 (talk) 05:49, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
Your draft article, User:JessZoiti/sandbox
[edit]Hello, HouseBlaster. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "sandbox".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 02:42, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
Courtesy vanishing
[edit]In case you should encounter a similar situation again, please note that courtesy vanishing is a courtesy, not a right. Blocked users are not eligible. "A courtesy vanishing may be implemented when a user in good standing decides not to return" (my emphasis). Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 16:23, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you Cabayi for the correction. Apologies for my confusion :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:15, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
Aspersions
[edit]I appreciate your thoroughness against aspersions [16], even when they consist of an unchallenged claim about the difficulty of finding more diffs that exhibit the same pattern of behaviour which I have supported with evidence. I was able to find another one, though [17], but I will look no further because it is time-consuming and also unnerving. However, I would be grateful if you could also remove Elinruby's aspersions against me. That would be fair and due. You will find an (incomplete) list in this edit [18]. Note that in the fourth one in the list (off-Wiki campaign) Elinruby mentions evidence privately submitted to the ArbCom; however, given the private nature of the evidence and the public nature of the accusation, it is aspersions and should be removed, please. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 05:57, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Gitz. Requests like this should be made to the clerk team as a whole, not just an individual. I am going to ask you to move this to either the workshop talk (or, if you wish to be discrete about it, which I would completely understand, by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org). Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 22:11, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- OK, thank you for the suggestion. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 23:11, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 19 October 2024
[edit]- News and notes: One election's end, another election's beginning
- Recent research: "As many as 5%" of new English Wikipedia articles "contain significant AI-generated content", says paper
- In the media: Off to the races! Wikipedia wins!
- Contest: A WikiCup for the Global South
- Traffic report: A scream breaks the still of the night
- Book review: The Editors
- Humour: The Newspaper Editors
- Crossword: Spilled Coffee Mug
Group eponymous template categorization
[edit]Have we a quick way to remove these from their eponymous categories? Pretty much every single one of them is a member of their group's eponymous category and apparently shouldn't be. RachelTensions (talk) 01:59, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi RachelTensions! Unfortunately, I am unaware of a tool that would do something like that. Someone at WP:AWBREQ might have a better idea, but this seems difficult (mostly because you are not looking for the same character sequence in each template, if that makes sense). Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:25, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- Ah yes one of our AWB friends might be able to figure it out, thank you!
- RachelTensions (talk) 02:26, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-43
[edit]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- The Mobile Apps team has released an update to the iOS app's navigation, and it is now available in the latest App store version. The team added a new Profile menu that allows for easy access to editor features like Notifications and Watchlist from the Article view, and brings the "Donate" button into a more accessible place for users who are reading an article. This is the first phase of a larger planned navigation refresh to help the iOS app transition from a primarily reader-focused app, to an app that fully supports reading and editing. The Wikimedia Foundation has added more editing features and support for on-wiki communication based on volunteer requests in recent years.
Updates for editors
- Wikipedia readers can now download a browser extension to experiment with some early ideas on potential features that recommend articles for further reading, automatically summarize articles, and improve search functionality. For more details and to stay updated, check out the Web team's Content Discovery Experiments page and subscribe to their newsletter.
- Later this month, logged-out editors of these 12 wikis will start to have temporary accounts created. The list may slightly change - some wikis may be removed but none will be added. Temporary account is a new type of user account. It enhances the logged-out editors' privacy and makes it easier for community members to communicate with them. If you maintain any tools, bots, or gadgets on these 12 wikis, and your software is using data about IP addresses or is available for logged-out users, please check if it needs to be updated to work with temporary accounts. Guidance on how to update the code is available. Read more about the deployment plan across all wikis.
- View all 33 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the South Ndebele, Pannonian Rusyn, Obolo, Iban and Tai Nüa Wikipedia languages were created last week. [19][20][21][22][23]
- It is now possible to create functions on Wikifunctions using Wikidata lexemes, through the new Wikidata lexeme type launched last week. When you go to one of these functions, the user interface provides a lexeme selector that helps you pick a lexeme from Wikidata that matches the word you type. After hitting run, your selected lexeme is retrieved from Wikidata, transformed into a Wikidata lexeme type, and passed into the selected function. Read more about this in the latest Wikifunctions newsletter.
Updates for technical contributors
- Users of the Wikimedia sites can now format dates more easily in different languages with the new
{{#timef:…}}
parser function. For example,{{#timef:now|date|en}}
will show as "22 October 2024". Previously,{{#time:…}}
could be used to format dates, but this required knowledge of the order of the time and date components and their intervening punctuation.#timef
(or#timefl
for local time) provides access to the standard date formats that MediaWiki uses in its user interface. This may help to simplify some templates on multi-lingual wikis like Commons and Meta. [24][25] - Commons and Meta users can now efficiently retrieve the user's language using
{{USERLANGUAGE}}
instead of using{{int:lang}}
. [26] - The Product and Tech Advisory Council (PTAC) now has its pilot members with representation across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. They will work to address the Movement Strategy's Technology Council initiative of having a co-defined and more resilient technological platform. [27]
In depth
- The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available. It includes: an upcoming Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module, new Community Configuration options, and details on new projects.
- The Wikimedia Foundation is now an official partner of the CVE program, which is an international effort to catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This partnership will allow the Security Team to instantly publish common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) records that are affecting MediaWiki core, extensions, and skins, along with any other code the Foundation is a steward of.
- The Community Wishlist is now testing machine translations for Wishlist content. Volunteers can now read machine-translated versions of wishes and dive into discussions even before translators arrive to translate content.
Meetings and events
- 24 October - Wiki Education Speaker Series Webinar - Open Source Tech: Building the Wiki Education Dashboard, featuring Wikimedia interns and a Web developer in the panel.
- 20–22 December 2024 - Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024 in Odisha, India. A hackathon for community members, including developers, designers and content editors, to build technical solutions that improve contributors' experiences.
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MediaWiki message delivery 20:49, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
Barnstar
[edit]The Admin Elections barnstar | |
Thanks for removing the {{Notice}}s on the candidate pages for the discussion period. I was wondering why my regex in AWB wasn't picking anything up ;-) –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:17, 22 October 2024 (UTC) |
- You are definitely getting this barnstar back at you after this thing is done, Novem Linguae. Thank you for everything you have done to get WP:EFA (which is the superior shortcut) off the ground :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:18, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hey, want a bonus quest? I think we should go through every candidate page and delete =====General comments=====. It's redundant and is making the table of contents at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Discussion phase look meh. Thoughts? :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:36, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Definitely agree. Doing... HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:39, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done, and thank you for the suggestion, Novem Linguae :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:42, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Amazing work. I'm doubling your salary! :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:43, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Whoot! These checks are getting so big ;) HouseBlaster (he/they) 01:10, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Amazing work. I'm doubling your salary! :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:43, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done, and thank you for the suggestion, Novem Linguae :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:42, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Definitely agree. Doing... HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:39, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hey, want a bonus quest? I think we should go through every candidate page and delete =====General comments=====. It's redundant and is making the table of contents at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Discussion phase look meh. Thoughts? :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 00:36, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
Administrator Elections: Discussion phase
[edit]The discussion phase of the October 2024 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:
- October 22–24 - Discussion phase
- October 25–31 - SecurePoll voting phase
- November 1–? - Scrutineering phase
During October 22–24, we will be in the discussion phase. The candidate subpages will open to questions and comments from everyone, in the same style as a request for adminship. You may discuss the candidates at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Discussion phase.
On October 25, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close again to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote tallies cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's tally during the election. The suffrage requirements are different from those at RFA.
Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for an indeterminate amount of time, perhaps a week or two. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose). As this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").
Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:23, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
Growth News, October 2024
[edit]Current work
[edit]Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module
We will add a new module to the Newcomer Homepage that will allow communities to highlight specific events, projects, campaigns, and initiatives. We have released a simple version on beta wikis and we will soon start an A/B test on our pilot wikis. This module will only display on the Newcomer Homepage if communities decide to utilize it, so learn how to configure the Community Updates module, or share your thoughts on the project's talk page.
Constructive activation experimentation
After showcasing early design ideas at Wikimania, we conducted user testing of design prototypes. We now aim to engage communities in further discussions and plan to run a targeted experiment, presenting a structured task within the reading view to logged-in new account holders with zero edits.
This Community Configuration extension was developed to help communities customize wiki features to meet their unique needs. The Growth team is now helping other Wikimedia Foundation teams make their products configurable:
- The Moderation Tools team now provides Community Configuration for Automoderator. (T365046)
- Certain Babel extension settings will be configurable soon. (T328171)
Future work
[edit]As part of the Growth team annual plan, we will continue to investigate ways to increase constructive activation on mobile, while also working with Data Products to move forward A/B testing functionality via the Metrics Platform.
Community events
[edit]- Growth team members presented Community Configuration: Shaping On-Wiki Functionality Together at Wikimania (slides). The session recording is available to watch on YouTube. This session provided an update on the Community Configuration project and introduced details about the upcoming features that communities will soon be able to configure. Representatives from the Moderator Tools, Editing, Web, and Campaigns teams shared their plans for utilizing Community Configuration in the future. Following these presentations, the WMF Growth team's Benoît Evellin and Martin Urbanec answered audience questions.
- Habib Mhenni gave a presentation of how mentorship works at WikiIndaba 2024. The recording is available.
Stay informed
[edit]Growth team weekly updates are available on wiki (in English) if you want to know more about our day-to-day work. If you want to receive more general updates about technical activity happening across the Wikimedia movement (including Growth work), we encourage you to subscribe to Tech News.
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