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Hi 5 albert square,
In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, thecurrent system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user groupNew Page Reviewer has been created.
Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - mostcurrent experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.
Find out more about this exiting new user right now atNew Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)04:28, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
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meta +shift +k to add a reference. The meta key is often the control key or command key.[1]Changes this week
Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 16. It will be on all wikis from November 17 (calendar).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 on15 November at 19:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.Future changes
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19:18, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi 5 albert square.
A new user group,New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin atPERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.
It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are availablehere but very often a friendly custom message works best.
If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us atWT:NPR.(Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk)13:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
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15:33, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Hello, 5 albert square. Voting in the2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.
TheArbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting theWikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to imposesite bans,topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. Thearbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please reviewthe candidates' statements and submit your choices onthe voting page.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
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Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 November. It will be on all wikis from 1 December (calendar).
Gadgets will have a new option called "hidden". This means you can register gadgets that can't be turned on or off from the preferences page. Hiding gadgets was already possible by using[rights=hidden]. You should now use[hidden] instead.[rights=hidden] in old gadgets should be changed to[hidden].[14][15]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 on29 November at 19:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.Future changes
Tool Labs could get two new policies. One would be to be able toadopt tools without an active developer. The other would bea right to fork. There is arequest for comment on Meta.Tech news prepared byTech News writers and posted bybot •Contribute •Translate •Get help •Give feedback •Subscribe or unsubscribe.
21:17, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Thefeedback request service is asking for participation inthis request for comment onWikipedia talk:WikiProject Songs.Legobot (talk)04:25, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
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Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 December. It will be on all wikis from 8 December (calendar).Meetings
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18:07, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News  Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open forelection of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to removeJuly through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme wasRequests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are locatedhere. Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive: The November drive was arecord-breaker! We set out to removeSeptember through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months!We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags fromover 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, addthe GOCE's message box to your Watchlist. 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,Corinne andTdslk. |
MediaWiki message delivery (talk)00:30, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Thefeedback request service is asking for participation inthis request for comment onWikipedia talk:Bot policy.Legobot (talk)04:26, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Welcome back from your vacation. :) Anyway, I just happened to notice that the image in your tmbox is broken and figured I'd point it out to you. (The image is available on Commons, though--File:Plain talk button.jpg or its vector counterpartFile:Talk_box.svg--so it's an easy fix)AddWittyNameHere (talk)23:55, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Like I said, easy to overlook with how small it is. It just happened to catch my eye. You're welcome. Hope you had a fun vacation. :)AddWittyNameHere (talk)00:03, 12 December 2016 (UTC)Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.
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Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 December. It will be on all wikis from 15 December (calendar).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 onDecember 13 at 20:00 (UTC). Seehow to join.Tech news prepared byTech News writers and posted bybot •Contribute •Translate •Get help •Give feedback •Subscribe or unsubscribe.
19:30, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Thefeedback request service is asking for participation inthis request for comment onWikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016.Legobot (talk)04:28, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
