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News and notes:Chapter updates; ACTRIAL News from Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Macedonia, and Wikimedia Israel's; Autoconfirmed article creation trial begins
Global Collaboration team formed in July by merging the Language and Collaboration teams of the Wikimedia Foundation. The team is part of the Contributors department.
The newsletter now includes updates about Content translation. The Global Collaboration team now havean extended report (in English), with more information and data about the different projects we take care of.
Due to vacations andWikimania, no newsletter has been written in August.
Major changes, with possibly an important impact on the wikis, are now marked with the star icon in the newsletter.Let us know if you like it.
Filters for Recent Changes will be deployed by default on all wikis.[1]
Some features for Recent Changes remain on Beta.See the list.
The initial deployment was scheduled for September 26. It has been postponed after October 3 for performance issues.[2]
The filters for Watchlists, as a Beta feature, have been deployed as a Beta feature on Sept. 19.[3]
"User registration" and "experience level" groups have been unified. It is now possible to select only actions from logged-out users or from logged-in users.[4]
Delete action on the list of translations is now more reachable. Now it's possible to open it on click, and easier as well, because active area is bigger.[5]
Content Translation language selector is restyled to be more compact.[6]
Future changes
The translation editor of Content Translation will be replaced by the visual editor. Work is ongoing.[7]
Filters for Watchlists are still on Beta. Please try them andgive feedback before we release it for all users!
Shortcuts to filter Namespaces and Tags are now more visible.[12]
Discovery of the search bar has been improved.[13]
If the Recent Changes page or the Watchlist fails to load or is time-outed, a message is now displayed.[14][15]
The bookmark icon for creating a "Saved filter" is now grayed when it is not possible to save. Before it was not visible. Bookmarking is unavailable when, for example, the current filter set is already saved.[16]
Future changes
Live updates on Recent changes will be moved out of beta and into the standard feature set by the end of the year.[17]
Extension:Translate filters for RecentChanges are going to be integrated to the new filters.[18]
Automatic edit summaries will be filtered as tags.[19]
List items (suggested items and in-progress/published translations) layout restyled to prevent overflows on small screen sizes.
Search results for new translation dialog are now embedded, instead of being displayed in floating menu. Search results remain displayed when tabbed out and can be closed using ESC key.
Missing pages are no longer shown when there is no match for search query. Message informing that there are no results is displayed instead.
Embedded search results enabled to provide users with more translation opportunities. Articles user recently edited (in currently selected source language wiki) are surfaced when there is no input in search bar, with additional info if article is missing in user's currently selected target language.
Long suggestion descriptions are limited to three lines, and the rest is truncated, which is indicated by ellipsis.
Chart data representing user translation statistics in now showing all the months since user's first published translation. Months that went without translation are now displayed in chart as well.
A loading indicator is shown while suggestions are loading.
Button to discard dialog is now shown through the whole process of selecting article to translate.
Some work is ongoing to store Structured Discussions contents from HTML to wikitext. That change will allow some specific templates and magic words to work properly on Structured Discussions.[21]
Some tests are conducted in order to prepare the rewriting of Structured Discussions' interface. That rewriting will have no visible impact on users but it will ease future changes.
News and notes:Cons, cons, cons The first ever Wikidata conference was a con we wanted. Problematic paid editing while in a position of trust: not so much.
In the media:Open knowledge platform as a media institution Wikipedia seen as flawed but important; conservative think-tank fellow wants his say; volunteer in Madison wants to close the gender gap.
Traffic report:Strange and inappropriate Readers intrigued by the Netflix showStranger Things, and by sexual assault allegations.
Featured content:We will remember them War memorials, soldiers, extinct species, and devastating hurricanes are some of the most recently promoted featured content.
Hi. We're into the last five days of theWomen in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!
Hello, Vladimirrizov20. Voting in the2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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.
Featured content:Featured content to finish 2017 Seventeen articles, twenty-nine lists, three pictures and one featured topic were promoted.
In the media:Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more The media discuss online copyright issues, Wikipedia's coverage of the capital of Israel and creation of a "reasonably clean, honest and reliable" work on Earth and in space.
Arbitration report:Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors Evidence phase in Mister Wiki editors case is complete; the community is proposing remedies and the Arbitration committee is slated to make a decision by end of year. Meanwhile, voting has closed on 2017 elections.
Gallery:Wiki loving Winners of the international photo competitions Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments.
The filters are now deployed as a default feature on all wikis on RecentChanges and RecentChangesLinked pages.
The filters are still available as a Beta feature on all wikis on Watchlists. Please try them!
LiveUpdates have been deployed as a default feature for all wikis.
On wikis usingExtension:Translate, translated messages can now be filtered. System messages can be filtered as well, on all wikis.[23]
"View new changes since $1" link is now more prominent, to invite users to use that native feature to update the list of results.[24]
Pagination and time period selectors are now combined and located on the right on left-to-right wikis.[25]
When a user wanted to click outside of the filter menu to close it, it was possible to click on "revert" link by accident. It is not possible anymore.[26]
It is now possible to filter the following events using the Tags menu: Making a page a redirect, Changing redirect target, Changing an existing redirect into a non-redirect, Blanking of the page, Removing more than 90% of a page content, Rolling back an edit.[27]
Some design improvements have been done to Related Changes page to integrate the new filters.[28]
"Save current filter settings" menu and legend overlapped the results. This is now fixed.[29]
Some small design improvements have been done.[30]
Now Content Translation prevents source and target language to be set to same language.[31]
The dialog for selecting article to translate is standardized. It introduces a new component that is used for the selected page on both the "New translation" dialog and the "Suggested pages" list.[32]
More space is given to the language filter, to increase responsiveness and show more language names without truncation.[33]
While searching for a new page to translate, duplicates are not shown anymore for user search input.[34]
Various PHP warnings and JavaScript errors have been fixed.[35][36]
News and notes:Communication is key Two new WMF Communications department leadership appointments; a new way for Wikimedia communities to communicate their capacities.
Arbitration report:Mister Wiki is first arbitration committee decision of 2018 In deciding to de-sysop an admin for efforts to evade discussion and review of paid edits made on behalf of a PR firm, Arbitration Committee doesn't significantly change the rules around paid editing, and leaves it up to the community whether to apply special restrictions to administrators.
Traffic report:The best and worst of 2017 A look back at the most popular articles in a tumultuous and intriguing year.
Further enhancement are made for list (Suggestions/In-progress/Published) items on mobile screens. Long titles no longer overflow or overlap with other interface elements.[48]
Various changes to the "New translation" dialog and the selected page for translation have been made:[49]
Longer titles of selected pages are displayed in smaller. Some space has been added around to increase readability.
Language codes are not truncated by ellipsis anymore. Only full, autonym language names are subject to truncation.
Minimal screen sizes and selected suggestion dialog have been revisited. They are more consistent in responding to screen size changes.
Discard button is no longer shown on small screen sizes.
Language filters no longer render wrong or non-existent language codes.[50]
The "New translation" dialog now shows a loading indicator and doesn't display an error when you change the source language after an unsuccessful research.[51]
Structured discussions now uses the 2017 wikitext editor instead of its old custom one. This works with your preference for wikitext or visual editor.[52][53]
The documentationhas been updated and needs translations updates.
Op-ed:Do editors have the right to be forgotten? Should an editor's block history be a permanent "rap sheet", or does Wikipedia forgiveand forget? A reform initiative has begun.
Collaboration and Language are now going their way separately. Updates about Content Translation are not included in this newsletter anymore. Please refer to the Language report.
The wording when you send a thanks message has changed. Instead ofYes orNo it saysThank andCancel. It is also now easier to understand that all thanks are public.[66]
A notification is now sent to account owner on multiple unsuccessful login attempts.[67]
Problems
Between week 7 and 20 February, when you thanked someone for an edit, the thank went to the latest unthanked edit to that page. It didn't matter which edit you tried to give thanks for. This has been fixed.[68]
Long page titles on Special:Notifications were not truncated. This is now fixed.[69]
You can now press CTRL + ENTER to post a new message.[70]
It wasn't possible to create a description of a Structured discussions board. This has been fixed.[71]
Problems
On wikis using the Beta feature, it is not possible to enable or disable Structured discussion from the Beta page. However, admins cancreate and move the pages.
TheCollaboration team has announced the start of a new project:In-Context Help and Onboarding. The idea is to improve retention of new wiki editors by giving them short tutorials and other training experiences related to, and triggered by, their current activities on the wikis (that’s the “in context” part). The project follows from the conclusions of theNew Editor Experiences research. The work is in its very early stages, butwe’d like to hear from people with ideas on the subject—particularly if you have experience supporting or training new contributors.
It was not possible to opt-in and opt-out Structured discussions on wikis using it as a Beta feature. It is now fixed.[78]
Future changes
The visual editor and 2017 wikitext editor interface is going to change for consistency. The toolbar, dialogs and menus will appear slightly bigger; some icons will look different. Content or functionality will not change. That change will apply to Structured Discussions as well.[79]
Technology report:Timeless skin review by Force Radical. Reviewing a browser skin providing equal emphasis on both content and editing tools simultaneously.
Special report:ACTRIAL wrap-up. Retrospective on article creation trial.
From the editors:The Signpost's presses roll again Following Kudpung's op-ed "Death knell sounding for The Signpost?" in the 29 March issue, user comments encouraged a burst of enthusiasm to keep the newspaper in print.
Signpost:Future directions forThe Signpost How to revive and evolveThe Signpost? Big blue-sky proposals and small concrete proposals from the community and from two regularSignpost contributors.
In focus:Admin reports board under criticism A recent Community Health Initiative survey found only 27% of respondents are happy with the way reports of conflicts between Editors are handled on the Administrators' Incident Noticeboard (ANI).
Special report:ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide New major editing policy starting immediately: creation of articles in mainspace is to be limited to users with confirmed accounts
Op-ed:World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia Wikipedia's myth of the clean Wehrmacht and what you can do about it. Or, how not to be one of "the worst distributors of pro-Nazi perspectives and the Wehrmacht myth".
Discussion report:The future of portals What should we do about Portals? Keep them, delete them, or mark them as historical? Or should they be more closely connected with their WikiProject(s)?
Arbitration report:Managing difficult topics Has an attempt to prevent historical revisionism become a content battleground?
News and notes:Lots of Wikimedia De-recognition of Brazil user groups; brute-force attack on Wikipedia; Wikimedia Conference 2018; and assorted other silly things.
News and notes:Money, milestones, and Wikimania Major grants announced, a new milestone for Afrikaans Wikipedia, a new WMF technical engagement team, an effort to start up a new library, two new admins – or maybe three fewer depending on your math.
Discussion report:Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page Community discussions include style updates to project-wide icons and the main page, procedural questions on royal names and jettisoning unsuitable drafts, and deeper questions of compliance with European privacy laws and the perennial issue of shrinking admin corps.
Featured content:New promotions Enjoy the superb content
Arbitration report:WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed British politics case enters workshop phase and German war effort closes workshop, goes to Arbcom for proposals.
Traffic report:Endgame Two celebrities hang themselves, and the FIFA World Cup is underway
Technology report:Improvements piled on more improvements An AI assistant comes to watchlists; better mobile compatibility; new bots, tools and scripts; and more
Blog:Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey WMF appeals to Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime, and Communications Ahmet Arslan to lift the block of all language versions of Wikipedia for over a year.
Featured content:Wikipedia's best content in images and prose Spanning the gamut from warfare and destruction to pop culture to celebrations of nature and humanity's achievements.
The Collaboration team doesn't longer exists. That team was working on building features that encourage collaboration. This is the latest message for that newsletter.
The Growth Team, formed in July 2018, supports some former Collaboration projects. The Growth Team's main objective is to ease new editors' first steps on wikis, through software changes. You can discover all objectives and missions of the Growth teamon its page.
If you wish to be informed about Growth team's updates about easing new users first steps,you can subscribe to the new list to get updates. The first message from Growth –with a call for feedback on a new project– will be posted in a few days!
If you have questions or you want to share experiences made on your wiki about new users' first steps, please post them onthe team talk page, in any language.
Discussion report:Drafting an interface administrator policy Plus: Simple English Wikipedia stays open, a discussion on draft header templates, bias blind spot by admins offered cash?
Technology report:Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work Citation bot and mapframe enhancements; new licenses for Data space; possible hiccup on 12 September; per-user page, namespace, and upload blocking; and miscellaneous new bots and tools.
Op-ed:Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee Did World Patent Marketing pay to get Wikipedia to include flattering information on their board member, now the Acting United States Attorney General?
News and notes:Some wishes do come true NPP wins the wish list poll; Wikipedia editors will be able to work better at night; new WMF appointments and new arbitrators; and who wants to be an admin?
In the media:Political hijinks Wikipedia says 'ta' to British M.P. and 'buh-bye' to U.S. President's image vandals.
Discussion report:A new record low for RfA Plus: reliable sources, notability, and fallout from the self-blocking software changes.
WikiProject report:Articlegenesis Discovering how new and unregistered users make articles with the members of WikiProject Articles for Creation.
Arbitration report:Year ends with one active case GiantSnowman asked to chill, and other disputes addressed by Arbcom (or not).
Traffic report:Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents The band relinquishes its first place hold; Aquaman is swimming into view for late December.
Essay:Requests for medication When the desire to continue to have the privilege of editing Wikipedia overrides the body's innate desire to choke the living shit out of some bastard who really has it coming.
Technology report:When broken is easily fixed Emergency server switch goes smoothly; technical glitches resolved; a new way to transfer files to Commons.
From the editors:Help wanted (still) This may be too wordy, verbose and loquacious – and possibly redundant – but as you know, it takes others to check our work, and if there were more people in the Newsroom, we'd be able to double check ourselves and produce a better product for our readership; if you think you are up to it, you are welcome to join us and even copyedit the Editor-in-Chief's article intros.
News and notes:Front-page issues for the community Encyclopedias for Deletion; Corinne; scholarships; partial blocks; and administrators headcount.
Discussion report:Talking about talk pages This month's major discussions include a WMF talk page consultation and a proposed current events noticeboard.
Featured content:Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more! Horsemen of the apocalypse all represented in recently promoted content, alongside new life, pretty birds, great music, and other miscellaneous topics.
Traffic report:Binge-watching Netflix shows and TV sports dominate. A US politician breaks into the top 10.
Technology report:Tool labs casters-up Tool labs goes kaput, bots running wild (not really), interface administrators step into the breach, new gadgets and other tech happenings.
Gallery:Signed with pride A gallery of user signatures created by Wikipedians themselves.
News from the WMF:Can machine learning uncover Wikipedia’s missing “citation needed” tags? Wikimedia Foundation data scientists are using machine learning to predict whether—and why—any given sentence on Wikipedia may need a citation in order to help editors identify areas of content violating the verifiability policy.
Interview:Katherine Maher marks 3 years as executive director Maher discusses her tenure as ED, the editing community, harassment and diversity, the WMF's 3-5 year plan, airplane travel, books, and her future.
Technology report:Actors and Bots Database changes, new scripts, Tech News, and more.
Gallery:Unlike the North Face, Wiki Loves Earth Wikimedia photographers surge to contribute to the Wiki Loves Earth campaign even while rogue clothing company The North Face replaces wiki illustrations with advertisements.
News and notes:Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings The oldest surviving Wikipedia edit restored to article history, Wikimania, and the mystery of a disappearing Funds Dissemination Committee.
Special report:Post-Framgate wrapup Summary of actions around a formerly banned former administrator: Arbitration Committee action and withdrawn request for adminship
News and notes:What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages Active administrators and articles achieved are marking milestone metrics, but in diverging directions. Plus, the first time any court has found there exists a constitutional right to read Wikipedia.
Discussion report:December discussions around the wiki Regarding integrity of information presented by Wikipedia, as well as the processes and people who ensure it remains trustworthy.
From the archives:The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?) A look at different approaches taken by Wikipedia's founders in 2002, as seen from the perspective of nine years when it was written; nearly twenty years ago now.
Traffic report:The only thing that matters in the world Going to movies and sport stadiums is history, and readers turn to Wikipedia for crucial medical information and updates.
Opinion:Trusting Everybody to Work Together In an increasingly factious world, Wikipedia's approach to collaboration and trust-building point to a brighter future.
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