Hey folks :)The in other projects sidebar is a feature that adds links to articleson other projects to the sidebar. So for example on the Wikivoyagearticle about Berlin it links to the respective content on Wikipedia,Commons and so on.This works similar to the language links that youalready have in the sidebar of an article. It is intended to make morecontent available to our users and bring our projects closer together.The in other projects sidebar has been around for many months now. Ithas been a beta feature on all wikis and default on a handful. Itcan't stay a beta feature forever and we should decide on its faithnow. I am happy with the reactions we have been getting about it andbelieve it adds significant value for our readers and editors onsmaller projects. I therefor want to enable it on all projects. Thiswill happen in January. The exact date is still being decided.If for some reason your project decides it does not want this featureplease let me know and we'll disable it for you.The ticket for tracking this ishttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103102CheersLydia-- Lydia Pintscher -http://about.me/lydia.pintscherProduct Manager for WikidataWikimedia Deutschland e.V.Tempelhofer Ufer 23-2410963 Berlinwww.wikimedia.deWikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburgunter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch dasFinanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
As part of my Bachelor’s thesis I worked on an extension called“ArticlePlaceholder”https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ArticlePlaceholder over the lastmonths.One of the biggest barriers for accessing the knowledge Wikipedia providesis language.There are many topics that are only covered in few, big Wikipedias. Peoplewho don’t speak any of these languages don’t have access to all theinformation available potentially vital to them.The Article Placeholder extensions aims at smaller Wikipedias to supportthem in increasing access to data available on Wikidata. ArticlePlaceholders are automatically generated content pages in Wikipedia orother mediawiki projects displaying data from Wikidata. They are clearlynot actual articles but an overview of data on a topic which does not havean article yet. The design of the page and its content is under the controlof the local community via Lua and templates but we will provide defaultsso smaller Wikipedias can work with them without having to worry about thetechnical side of it.I have a test setup on Labs with an example for Ada Lovelacehttp://articleplaceholder.wmflabs.org/mediawiki/index.php/Special:AboutTopi…The reader can find these pages by searching for a topic and gets resultsif there is an Item on Wikidata with the respective label and/or alias.The reader would benefit a lot since even if there is no article on a topicyet, they will still have basic information provided in their language. Butit also might increase the numbers of editors due to increased usefulnessof that Wikipedia.We are now looking for the first Wikipedias to support the extension bydeploying it and giving their input. I am still developing the extensionand the first Wikipedias to try it will naturally have a larger say in howit evolves.If your Wikipedia would like to give it a try please let me know. We wouldstart it as a beta feature.Thank you,Lucie (Frimelle)-- Lucie-Aimée KaffeeWorking Student Software DevelopmentWikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 BerlinPhone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0http://wikimedia.deImagine a world in which every single human being can freely share inthe sum of all knowledge.That‘s our commitment.Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburgunter der Nummer 23855 B.Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hi all,The Collaboration team is currently working on a variety ofimprovements and updates to the Notifications (Echo) extension.[1]One task is improving how the many different types of notificationsare sorted, into the two fly-out menus. Your feedback would beespecially appreciated here.TL;DR: Please see this spreadsheet, listing the Current split, and 3alternative groupings:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eVQVbzVhhVejEMnVqRBC98weBnfrnZqcGEx…(or a simplified version, and without the 3rd more complex"Experimental" grouping, athttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123018)The team is currently recommending we start off with the "By urgency"grouping. There is a list of Pros/Cons for each, in the spreadsheet.Please give us feedback, either at phabricator, or athttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Sw196pvf5vwt6pkuDetailed information on the goals and background of this task, isincluded in both the phabricator andmediawiki.org links.Much thanks,Quiddity / Nick[1]https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Notifications#Future_plans_and_requests_for_…-- Nick Wilson (Quiddity)Community LiaisonWikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation has started a consultation about strategicpriorities.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_StrategyThere is a survey with one question and several possibilities for each ofthe main themes: Reach, Community, Knowledge. It is a good chance toinfluence the WMF strategy with your individual voice. I really mean it!Taking the survey took me about 15 minutes and I found the exerciseinteresting.This survey is being promoted across all Wikimedia projects. I'm forwardingthe announcement to this list in order to help assuring that our technicalcommunities are well represented. Please take the survey, and feel freeforwarding this message to whoever might be interested as well.---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Lila Tretikov <lila(a)wikimedia.org>Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 2:37 AMSubject: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Community Consultation on strategicapproachesTo: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Dear Wikimedians,We are excited to have you participate in an important Community Engagementregarding our strategic approaches. This is a major step to help usprioritize the work of the Foundation beginning in July 2016 and runningfor the next 12 to 24 months thereafter into a strategic plan.Throughout 2015 the Foundation has been exploring how to prioritize itswork to best support the movement's goals, set forth, but not yet reached,in the 2010-15 strategic plan.The strategic approaches presented here are based on our vision, strategyconsultations in 2010 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2010-2015>and 2015<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Strategy/Community_consultation>,research on external impacts, and input from staff and a few smallcommunity think groups on key challenges and potential solutions.Timeline: These are our target dates for this process. - January 11: Put up pages for translation (done) - January 18: Launch of community consultation on key questions - February 15: Close of consultation - By February 26: Release synthesis of consultation - By March 4: Publish first draft strategy for commentWe appreciate your time and efforts to help guide the Foundation in itswork to support the movement.Warm regards,Lila_______________________________________________Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/GuidelinesNew messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.orgUnsubscribe:https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,<mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>-- Quim GilEngineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundationhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
Hello,Four months ago new maps were launched athttps://maps.wikimedia.org.Russian, Italian, and other GeoHack language Wikipedias have switched toit, as well as WikiVoyage community. I have been working closely with thecreators of the current mapping projects like WikiMiniAtlas and WIWOSM(Daniel Schwen, Kolossos/Tim Alder, Magnus, Simon Legner, Sylvain, andothers) on trying to merge them together into one platform.I believe our maps are now stable and capable enough to serve all users ofGeoHack, and can really use community's help to migrate it. Migration isvery simple - modify *Template:GeoTemplate* and *MediaWiki:GeoHack.js* aswas done here:*https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:GeoTemplate*https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:GeoHack.jsEventually I am hoping that we won't need to use this complicated approach,once Kartographer extension is finished.EXAMPLE:https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?language=ru&pagename=%D0%9B%D…Please email if you have any questions. Thanks!P.S. You might like my other project - interactive graphs, available on allwiki. Feedback is welcome.https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Demo