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Wikidata weekly summary #211

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2016 Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Community Survey

The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has appointed a committee to lead the search for the foundation’s next Executive Director. One of our first tasks is to write the job description of the executive director position, and we are asking for input from the Wikimedia community. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey to help us better understand community and staff expectations for the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director.

Thank you, The Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Steering Committee via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:48, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Talk:Doctor Who (series 9)#Episode Groupings

I would like to invite you to contribute to a discussion on whether or not "The Girl Who Died" and "The Woman Who Lived" and "Heaven Sent" and "Hell Bent" are two-parters. Over the course of 3 weeks and 2 discussions, few editors have contributed, so it would be a great help if you could take the time to contribute. Fan4Life (talk) 17:17, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 June 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXII, May–June 2016

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Wikidata weekly summary #212

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Tech News: 2016-23

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

  • MathML/SVG is now the default <math> rendering mode on Wikimedia projects. [1][2]

Changes this week

  • The history page can tell you if a page on your watchlist was updated since you last visited it. This now works the same way in Vector as in other skins. The change broke local designs on some wikis. This will be fixed this week. [3]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 June. It will be on all wikis from 9 June (calendar).

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20:51, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

2016-06-08 TED

Hello

Hey! How are you? Calaimo26 (talk) 16:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello Andy! TrainRobberGZ (talk) 16:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hi there Andy! Phelana2 (talk) 16:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Andy's Favorite Tea

Kusmi is good Yofreddie (talk) 16:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi Andy, I hope it's not raining on you anymore. Rebekahbarnett (talk) 16:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello, it's me

Are you sick of this Adele song yet? Chelscat (talk) 16:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi Andy! Thanks for training today. Bgjerome (talk) 16:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Long overdue apology

Hi Andy, a long while ago I was pretty darn rude and uncivil towards to polite request to remove the "user online" (I think) template from my user page - although I regretted it immediately, I thought I should personally apologise to you for my behaviour -- samtar talk or stalk 14:31, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

@Samtar: Thank you. Have you removed the template? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:16, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
Yes - I tend to use the {{UserStatus}} template now -- samtar talk or stalk 19:19, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Request for expert help

Hello, Andy,

I found your name on the WikiProject Biography/Science and academia site-- I'm seeking expert help to resolve issues with this section of the bio of Geraldine Richmond. The article has been edited by several editors with COI, and this section added by someone whose userpage just says, "Here to help Geri Richmond." It appears to me to be the type of boilerplate added to a grant proposal. Would you be willing to take a look at the article, please? Many thanks! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:00, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick (and decisive!) response. I'll keep looking for summaries of her research accomplishments in reliable sources. I appreciate your help. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 18:13, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2016



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Wikidata weekly summary #213

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Tech News: 2016-24

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

Changes this week

  • You can filter user contributions to hide minor edits. [9]
  • It will be easier to edit galleries with the visual editor. [10]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar).

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18:41, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

{{CC}} redirect

Hi Andy. I noticed that a redirect you had created from Template:CC to Template:Reply to was only actually transcluded once on Wikipedia (and I changed that single transclusion to use "reply to"). Since there are already 15 or so other aliases, would you have any objection to redirecting this one to Template:Commons category to avoid confusion with {{Cc}}? --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:43, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

@Ahecht: No. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:22, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 June 2016

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Books & Bytes - Issue 17

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Books & Bytes
Issue 17, April-May 2016
by The Interior, Ocaasi, UY Scuti, Sadads, and Nikkimaria

  • New donations this month - a German-language legal resource
  • Wikipedia referals to academic citations - news from CrossRef and WikiCite2016
  • New library stats, WikiCon news, a bot to reveal Open Access versions of citations, and more!

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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Ray Lewis (transport manager) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ray Lewis (transport manager) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ray Lewis (transport manager) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:38, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Politecnico di Milano

it:Progetto:Coordinamento/Scuole/PoliMi

Hello!

Hello Andy! Ciuffini Andrea Francesco (talk) 13:32, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Andy. Giopos2016 (talk) 13:32, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, Andy. Ricky hang (talk) 13:33, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Andy. Rich Skiz (talk) 13:33, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

What's up Jarbest (talk) 13:34, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, Andy. What do you think of the game todayWikiApollo (talk) 13:35, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Andy! Marta Isabella Reina (talk) 13:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

from PoliMi Course. Bgerli (talk) 13:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello. Dr.EOMR (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, Andy Xiaowulina (talk) 13:37, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, Andy giu.natale (talk) 15:44, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Andy! DQ (talk) 15:44, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello

Hello Andy! Pasafr (talk) 14:59, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello Andy. --Sathish.polimi (talk) 10:14, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #214

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Please can I have some help improving the VE template for adding CC licensed text to Wikipedia

Hi Andy

I've been working on improving the documentation and mechanism for people to import openly licensed text into Wikipedia. So as you may know this is the current situation: Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources.

It is somewhat confusing and doesn't really offer any guidance on how to actually reuse text from other sources on Wikipedia. So I've created some clear instructions specifically for reusing UNESCO text as an example.

meta:WikiProject_UNESCO/Create_Biosphere_Reserve_Wikipedia_articles_from_UNESCO_descriptions

I think that Step 3 could be used universally, however the template is still fiddly. The Wikidata mapping is interesting for specific projects but I don't think its really widely applicable.

Here's an example of an article that has been created from UNESCO openly licensed content that includes a nice source attribution notice using the template: Fontainebleau_et_du_Gâtinais

I have been thinking how to make it simpler and have come to the realisation that attributing openly licensed text is basically the same as referencing except you are copying text rather than writing it yourself. Ideally in the long run I think it would be most easy to have a tool on the VE and wikitext editor.

In the mean time would you be able to add some additional fields from the citation tool to the template I'm using? The main ones would be First and Last name, Title, URL, and publisher. I really wish I understood templates more, perhaps I can try and learn at Wikimania this year.

Thanks very much

--John Cummings (talk) 12:49, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

@John Cummings: Happy to take a look at this, but not sure when I'll be able to - perhaps after Wikimania? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:44, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
@Pigsonthewing: wonderful, thanks. --John Cummings (talk) 16:45, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-25

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

  • Notifications were not always marked as read when you followed a link from an email notification. This will now happen. [11]

Changes this week

  • The list of other languages an article is available in will be shorter on small Wikipedias and non-Wikipedia projects. This is to make it easier to find the most relevant languages for each user. You will still be able to see the other languages. [12][13]
  • Alerts (the red badge) will not be automatically marked as read when you open the Notifications popup. [14]
  • When you get several thanks you can see them as one notification. This is instead of one notification for each thanks. [15]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar).

Meetings

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19:14, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 9

Newsletter • May / June 2016

Check out this month's issue of the WikiProject X newsletter, featuring the first screenshot of our new CollaborationKit software!

Harej (talk) 00:23, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikimania

Hello Andy!

Hello from Wikimania! Rph22 (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Ciao Andy

Hi Andy, I'd like to thank you for your attitude and your slowly speaking rate, that helps getting the matters clear.

Mircob (talk) 13:19, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Benvenuto Andy!

I hope to learn to do just what you're doing right now! - phi (talk) 13:19, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello Andy

Hello from Wikimania! Norma.jean (talk) 13:19, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello Andy!

Can I buy you a beer? Zeljko.filipin (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Ciao

Hi! F.lombardo69 (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello wandyyyy

Hello from wikemania. Can I buy you a bear? Kiterg (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Ciriciao

Ciriciao Paololombardi.it (talk) 13:23, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-26

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 ORES service has now moved to a new location. This should make it easier to use ORES. The ORES review service is now available as a beta feature on Wikidata and Persian Wikipedia. ORES is an artificial intelligence system for Wikimedia wikis to help editors. [16]
  • The order of wikis in collapsed cross-wiki notifications was different than when the list was expanded. This is now fixed. [17]
  • A new category for tracking pages with math errors was added: Category:Pages with math errors. [18]

Problems

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 June. It will be on all wikis from 30 June (calendar).
  • The way to mark notifications as read or unread will be changed to be more clear. [21]

Meetings

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

Future changes

  • The Collaboration team at the Wikimedia Foundation will look at developing better tools for edit review. This is because research suggests we scare away newcomers who want to help. [22]
  • An e-mail from the Editing Department explains the technical work that is planned and being researched for the future. Items include better wikitext and visual editing, prompts for edits, language improvements, annotations, and meta-data separation. [23]
  • The sorting of Notifications into the two fly-out menus is going to change on July 5 to 7. Bundled notifications should be easier to explore and mark as read individually. [24][25][26]
  • From 29 June git.wikimedia.org (running Gitblit) will redirect all requests to Phabricator. The vast majority of requests should be correctly redirected. [27]
  • Catalan and Polish Wikipedias will have Wikidata descriptions added to articles in the mobile view by default. This is currently a beta option for the mobile versions. This might come to other wikis later. [28]

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15:42, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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