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VisualEditor News #4—2015

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Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team have been working on mobile phone support. They have fixed many bugs and improved language support. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving language support and functionality on mobile devices.

Wikimania

The team attended Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City. There they participated in the Hackathon and met with individuals and groups of users. They also made several presentations about VisualEditor and the future of editing.

Following Wikimania, we announced winners for the VisualEditor 2015 Translathon. Our thanks and congratulations to users Halan-tul, Renessaince, जनक राज भट्ट (Janak Bhatta), Vahe Gharakhanyan, Warrakkk, and Eduardogobi.

For interface messages (translated at translatewiki.net), we saw the initiative affecting 42 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 56.5% before the translathon, and 78.2% after (+21.7%). In particular, Sakha improved from 12.2% to 94.2%; Brazilian Portuguese went from 50.6% to 100%; Taraškievica went from 44.9% to 85.3%; Doteli went from 1.3% to 41.2%. Also, while 1.7% of the messages were outdated across all languages before the translathon, the percentage dropped to 0.8% afterwards (-0.9%).

For documentation messages (on mediawiki.org), we saw the initiative affecting 24 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 26.6% before translathon, and 46.9% after (+20.3%).  There were particularly notable achievements for three languages. Armenian improved from 1% to 99%; Swedish, from 21% to 99%, and Brazilian Portuguese, from 34% to 83%. Outdated translations across all languages were reduced from 8.4% before translathon to 4.8% afterwards (-3.6%).

We published some graphs showing the effect of the event on the Translathon page. Thank you to the translators for participating and the translatewiki.net staff for facilitating this initiative.

Recent improvements

Auto-fill features for citations can be enabled on each Wikipedia. The tool uses the citoid service to convert a URL or DOI into a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. You can see an animated GIF of the quick, simple process at mediawiki.org. So far, about a dozen Wikipedias have enabled the auto-citation tool. To enable it for your wiki, follow the instructions at mediawiki.org.

Your wiki can customize the first section of the special character inserter in VisualEditor. Please follow the instructions at mediawiki.org to put the characters you want at the top. 

In other changes, if you need to fill in a CAPTCHA and get it wrong, then you can click to get a new one to complete. VisualEditor can now display and edit Vega-based graphs. If you use the Monobook skin, VisualEditor's appearance is now more consistent with other software.  

Future changes

The team will be changing the appearance of selected links inside VisualEditor. The purpose is to make it easy to see whether your cursor is inside or outside the link. When you select a link, the link label (the words shown on the page) will be enclosed in a faint box. If you place your cursor inside the box, then your changes to the link label will be part of the link. If you place your cursor outside the box, then it will not. This will make it easy to know when new characters will be added to the link and when they will not.

On the English Wikipedia, 10% of newly created accounts are now offered both the visual and the wikitext editors. A recent controlled trial showed no significant difference in survival or productivity for new users in the short term. New users with access to VisualEditor were very slightly less likely to produce results that needed reverting. You can learn more about this by watching a video of the July 2015 Wikimedia Research Showcase. The proportion of new accounts with access to both editing environments will be gradually increased over time. Eventually all new users have the choice between the two editing environments.

Let's work together

  • Share your ideas and ask questions at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback.
  • Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at mw:VisualEditor/IME Testing#What to test if you can help.
  • If your wiki would like VisualEditor enabled on another namespace, you can file a request in Phabricator. Please include a link to a community discussion about the requested change.
  • Please file requests for language-appropriate "Bold" and "Italic" icons for the styling menu in Phabricator.
  • The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
  • The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, usually on Tuesdays at 12:00 (noon) PDT (19:00 UTC). Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q1 blocker, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the main VisualEditor project with the bug.

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact Elitre directly, so that she can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 00:01, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Help

Would you mind taking a look at my username request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple? Thanks The Editor of All Things Wikipedia 《Talk》 05:06, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

TAFI List of articles purge, part II

  • Hello K6ka:
A discussion is occurring at the TAFI talk page regarding the removal of entries from the project's List of articles page. Your input is welcome at the discussion.
Sent by Northamerica1000 using mass messaging on 17:23, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Changing my username

Hello, about a month ago, I changed my username from Khaled Akil to Hallit Aqueel, it still appears on Google search, Would you please check or help me knowing why it is still appears, giving though there is an article for Khaled Akil and the user page is taking it's place in the search result. Thanks Abraham (talk) 08:36, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

@Hallit Aqueeal: I noticed that you initially tried to redirect that page to Khaled Akil, but then chose to blank it instead. Blanking a page does not actually remove the page, and it's possible this is why Google continues to list the page. You can try making it a redirect again, or request that it be deleted using {{db-g7}} --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 11:49, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
@K6ka: I don't have an access to Khaled Akil anymore, because I changed my username and the previous one remained, I edited it and wrote in the blank page the code you gave me {{db-g7}} , do you think it is enough ? and can you please help to remove it ? I don't want it to appear in the Google search, it is taking the article's place. Thank you very much Abraham (talk) 13:42, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Hallit Aqueeal, relax. Adding {{db-g7}} flags the page for deletion and adds the page to a special category, where an administrator patrolling that category can see it, and delete it accordingly. The page has now been deleted, so we must again wait for Google's cache to clear. Sorry that you had to wait this long to get it off the search results page! --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 17:25, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2015)

Berries for sale at a farmers' market
Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Berry

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Farmhouse • Igloo

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:27, 10 August 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Tech News: 2015-33

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

  • MediaWiki can now hide the signature button when you edit a content page. [1]
  • The "Your preferences have been saved" message has changed. You can now see more easily what was saved when you change preferences several times. [2]
  • You can now play Ogg video files in some browsers that don't support this format. This solution uses JavaScript and works on desktop browsers only for now. It will work on mobile later. [3]
  • You can now use the same tools to edit style in VisualEditor on mobile as in desktop browsers. [4]
  • It is now easier to see if there is a JavaScript error in a user or site script. [5]
  • JavaScript authors:
    • You can no longer use the Sajax library. You can see a list of pages to fix. [6] [7]
    • You can no longer use document.write on Wikimedia wikis. You can see a list of pages to fix. [8] [9]
  • The content translation tool now works better. It is easier to use math, and useless tags are no longer added. [10]

Problems

  • More edits have been rejected due to loss of session data lately. This is now fixed. [11]
  • Importing a Lua module sometimes didn't work. This is now fixed. [12]
  • Text was sometimes lost in the content translation tool. One part of the problem is now fixed. [13]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 13 (calendar).
  • UploadWizard is getting a new look. The look of buttons and checkboxes has already changed. This week, UploadWizard gets a new date picker. The other text fields will change soon. [14]
  • You can now test VisualEditor on mobile devices of all sizes. [15]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Some things in the watchlist will get a new look. [16]

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14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Username Usurpation

Could you rake a look at my usurpation please, its been almost a day and i see youre active.Thank You. @K6ka:Wikipenguin 8 (talk) 01:30, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

@Wikipenguin 8: Sorry, I don't perform usurpations, since I don't have the authority to do so. See User:K6ka/Why didn't you rename me?: Lastly, I do not perform username usurpations, although I still clerk them. The authority to usurp an account lies only with a local bureaucrat[1] or a steward. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 02:36, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Oh ok, Im just trying to make a custom signature and stuff and would like an answer sooner than later. Thanks. Wikipenguin 8 (talk) 02:39, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Wait Im confused, I just found you on an official list here [17] as a renamer. It it says you, K6ka, became one just over a month ago so maybe you didnt realize it! But anyway because I guess you really are one, could you take a look at the requests building up because none of the other renamers are close to beinf active. Thanks Wikipenguin 8 (talk) 17:27, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Also, I am thinking of becoming a usernames clerk like you were or you think you still are in a week or so, once I get some more of a grip on what wikipedia is like. From what Ive read, theres no official process to becoming one right you can jump right in. Do you have any suggestions too. I just think that the category just needs so much more attention, especially as I am still waiting for my request. Thanks. Wikipenguin 8 (talk) 17:33, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Wikipenguin 8, I am indeed a global renamer (of course I know that!), but I'm not a bureaucrat or a steward, so while I can technically perform usurpations in practice I don't.
Also, while there is no process or training to become a clerk, clerks do need to familiarize themselves with both the global rename policy and the local English Wikipedia username policy. They should also be knowledgeable enough with wikitext to know how to fix broken markup, and should also know about the global account feature and how it works. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 23:07, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Ohhhh. Ok thanks for the reply, Ill be sure to read up on those. Thanks! Wikipenguin 8 (talk) 23:08, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 August 2015

GOCE August 2015 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors August 2015 Newsletter

July drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

August blitz: The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page. Sign up here!

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, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis, and Pax85.

To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
sent by Jonesey95 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:43, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2015)

Three plates of soufflés
Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Soufflé

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Berry • Farmhouse

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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Tech News: 2015-34

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

  • Many Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Before they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [18] [19] [20]
  • Some auto-saving problems and other issues in the Content Translation tool are now fixed. Please report to the Content Translation feedback page if you still have problems. [21]

Problems

  • Older gadgets that are not using ResourceLoader are not loading anymore. They need to be updated. [22] [23]
  • On August 12 the machine translation servers and the Content Translation tool didn't work. This was fixed on the same day. [24]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 20 (calendar).
  • You can soon watch when something is added to or removed from a category. [25]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 18 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:LimitationsAndrestrictions495656778774/common.js

User:LimitationsAndrestrictions495656778774/common.js, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:LimitationsAndrestrictions495656778774/common.js and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:LimitationsAndrestrictions495656778774/common.js during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. RichT|C|E-Mail 15:11, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 August 2015

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2015)

Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Historic house

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Soufflé • Berry

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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Tech News: 2015-35

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

  • Disambiguation pages are now excluded from the random page function. [26]

Problems

  • There was a problem with CAPTCHAs in VisualEditor. This has now been fixed. [27]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 27 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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13:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 August 2015

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2015)

A Old Colony Mennonite family observing the practice of plain dress
Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Plain dress

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Historic house • Soufflé

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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Tech News: 2015-36

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

  • VisualEditor will now automatically create a link when you type in or paste an ISBN, PMID, or RFC. [28][29]
  • The link editor in VisualEditor is now a bit wider. It's now the same width as the automatic citation tool. [30]
  • VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Use ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init instead. [31]
  • Gadget writers can now use mediawiki.ForeignApi to communicate between different Wikimedia wikis. [32]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 3 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 1 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The Wikidata API will be updated with breaking changes. This will probably happen on September 9. [33]

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21:36, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 September 2015

The statement is very subjective and seems to be rather biased. It is for the reader to make judgements on subejctive or debatable issues. Therefore, please only report objective factual events.

The statement is very subjective and seems to be rather biased. It is for the reader to make judgements on subejctive or debatable issues. Therefore, please only report objective factual events. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.49.175.104 (talk) 19:42, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2015)

Two high divers in mid-air
Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

High diving

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Plain dress • Historic house

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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Tech News: 2015-37

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

  • You can now mention up to 50 users in a post and they will get a notification. Previously you could notify up to 20 users. [34]
  • A new version of the Wikidata Toolkit has been released. It now has Wikibase API support. [35]
  • You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [36]

Problems

  • There was a problem with Tool Labs due to kernel issues. This has been fixed. [37]
  • The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [38][39]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 10 (calendar).
  • The maximum character length when you search for something on the Wikimedia wikis is now 300 characters. [40]
  • The notifications list has been split into two lists. As a first step, notifications about messages on your user talk page will be placed in the second list. Feedback is requested at the Echo talk page. [41][42]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 8 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
  • You can join the Wikitech ambassadors mailing list. The list is for Wikimedians interested in spreading information about Wikimedia technology news. See how to join.

Future changes

  • The Wikimedia mailing lists will be moved to a new server and the software will be upgraded. This will happen on September 9 at 14:00 (UTC). The mailing lists will not be working during the move. It can take up to four hours. [43]
  • Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [44][45]

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17:29, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Machpela cave

the Wikipedia article on the cave has this information: "Israeli authorities have placed restrictions on calling the faithful to prayer by the muezzin of the Ibrahimi mosque. The order was enforced 61 times in October 2014, and 52 times in December of that year. The reason given is that the call to prayer bothers Jewish settlers in the city." I believe it is unbalanced if it doesn't include the information here. I don't want to add it myself because of my partiality. Could you, please? ~~Nate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.250.253 (talk) 02:57, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I changed the legal to not legal because gay marraige is not yet legal in the state of Kentucky. The state law in Kentucky has not been changed to reflect the Supreme Court decision. 99.26.254.130 (talk) 23:52, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

The state law in Kentucky does not allow same sex marriage. Therefore, yes I changed it to do not legal. Please note, that the Supreme Court decision was just that, a decision. It has to be passed through Congress and made state law before it is legal. 23:52, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Revert on EFnet

I don't understand how a lusers output on an IRC search engine translates to actual users on EFnet. Reverting my edit as vandalism makes it seem you have not put forth any thought or research into the area. 2607:B400:B6:3A00:C513:542:206F:F536 (talk) 00:02, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Babylon village

Hello. The demographics content was originally removed from the Babylon village page because the information was actually based on the demographics of the town of Babylon (which has a much higher population), not the village. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dinker022089 (talk • contribs) 03:22, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Edits of Marketing page

[I posted this elsewhere but as a newbie I think it was not the right place... sorry ]

Hi, You undid an edit I'd done of the Marketing page on the basis that I had used the American Marketing Association's definition. I've changed it back but am unsure how to stop it from reverting again as I can see from the Edit history that others have tried to remove the incorrect content without success in the past. I'm a marketing academic in Australasia so an expert in this field but absolutely any introductory marketing textbook would provide a better explanation of marketing than what is/was on the page (and the AMA's definition appears in almost every one of those textbooks).

I'm not a contributor to Wikipedia normally but when I saw how wrong the start of the Marketing page was I had to act. The text that is/was on the page was not about marketing at all. It was about one tiny part of marketing (marketing communications / promotion) so is like defining what a table is by describing one leg. I have enough trouble with my students misunderstanding the field without Wikipedia reinforcing their misunderstandings. I'd welcome your advice on how to edit the page in a way that will 'stick'. Thanks 118.92.163.189 (talk) 10:50, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Before we begin, I'd like to point you to the Introduction page, which will guide you through all the things you need to know about Wikipedia. I'd also like to remind you that we, in fact, have a 'revert limit', called the three revert rule, which promotes discussion such as this one.
Now, I think you've misunderstood the page history on the article in question. Most of the (at least recent) reverts seem to be vandalism reverts. Edits like yours are not considered, and are treated differently, than vandalism.
Secondly, while Wikipedia is generally a good starting point for research, in no way should it be an ending point, and students and teachers alike should not cite Wikipedia as a source. That's not limited to Wikipedia, since Encyclopedia Britannica is often rejected by professors as well.
Thirdly, your edit was also reverted by Bonadea, who mentioned this: We need to present the definition from the point of view of those who are the targets of marketing, not the perpetrators. Marketing is not about filling needs of regular people, it is about companies' needs to sell mo... (cut off at the end). I believe the point here is that the article needs to be written in a neutral point of view, which is usually to include both sides of the argument.
And lastly, here's what I say to many, many editors (even some experienced ones): Unfortunately, Wikipedia doesn't look at editor credentials, and it doesn't give more weight or more authority to those that claim to have the academic credentials. Wikipedia looks at citations to prove its content is true, and not its editors alone.
--I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 11:46, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 September 2015

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2015)

Transection of a human head
Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Head

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: High diving • Plain dress

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

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Tech News: 2015-38

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

  • You can now use the Wikidata query service. [46]
  • Belarusian-Taraškievica Wikipedia was moved from be-x-old.wikipedia.org to be-tarask.wikipedia.org. This caused some issues, but most of them were resolved. [47]
  • Language preferences might not be changed immediately when you adjust them. Language selection might work slower. Please report any problems. [48][49]

Problems

  • There was a problem when editing International Standard Book Numbers in Visual Editor. This has now been fixed. [50]
  • The Wikimedia mailing lists should have been upgraded on September 9. It didn't work as planned and will now happen later. [51]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 17 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 15 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • ContentTranslation will show more data on the Special:ContentTranslationStats page. For example, it will show translation trends and information about deleted translations. [52]
  • The first version of the translation suggestions feature will be deployed soon. [53]

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16:17, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Thisisc4rlvlogger

Hi there, although I agree that Thisisc4rlvlogger is likely a candidate for speedy deletion, I did want to draw to your attention that tagging an article 60 seconds after creation is a bit bitey and doesn't really assume good faith. This, of course, doesn't apply to things like adverts or attack pages, but generally giving a new user 10+ minutes is a good rule of thumb. --Non-Dropframe talk 16:59, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 September 2015

Marvel contest of champion : talk

Hello

You undid a version of the talk page of Marvel Contest of Champion. I was a part of that debat between me and another guy (who did not respect me but old story). With the remove of a guy name Soetermans, it appears that the debat between us was not useful anymore. The information we discussed was just erased on the main page. So, why keep them ? there are other discussion on this page and many unstabilities that the new talk page could be a host. Too much guy edits brutally the main page... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.157.66.190 (talk) 19:51, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Talk pages are archived, not blanked, even if the discussion no longer seems relevant. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 19:55, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Ok, no problem to archive this talk page. I just wanted a page more clear for future debates. How do we proceed ? You do ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.157.66.190 (talk) 19:58, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Just leave it for now. The page is not long or busy enough to warrant regular archival of discussions. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 20:05, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2015)

"Boy on white horse" by Theodor Kittelsen
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Tech News: 2015-39

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

  • There is now an experimental Wikimedia maps service. You can give feedback here. [54][55]
  • Last week a few issues with UploadWizard were fixed. Before this was done, UploadWizard would stop you from uploading your files if something went wrong. [56][57][58][59]
  • More Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Previously they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [60]
  • The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [61]

Problems

  • Wikimedia Labs' HTTPS certificate expired for most of Tuesday 15 September. To reach Wikimedia Labs and Tool Labs securely you had to ignore your browser's security error message. There was no risk to data security during this time. [62]
  • Last week the notification system was split into two parts. This was temporarily undone because of a bug and performance concerns. It will return to two parts this week. [63][64]
  • UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [65]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 23. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 24 (calendar).
  • The page move tool has been switched over to the new standard look for forms. [66]
  • You can now choose whether to extend a link or not when editing one in VisualEditor. This means it is easier to choose how much of what you type before and after the link is part of it. [67]
  • Wikibooks can now use data from Wikidata. [68]

Meetings

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18:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Usurpation request

I made a request in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Usurpations . — Preceding unsigned comment added by NewMutants (talk • contribs) 05:05, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

@NewMutants: Currently there is no official username usurpation policy, but generally only stewards and local bureaucrats may perform usurpations. I am neither, so I don't process usurpation requests. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 11:17, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

On requested clarifications for a name change.

Hello, I made request for a name change from JohnXII to JohnXXII and you answered by saying it was to similar with johnxx11 and asked for a new name, but, Jianhui67 I think, made the change without a problem. My doubt is: Is my account ready to go? Can I start doing translations now or its there something more to clarify/verify?

Thanks.

JohnXXII (talk) 22:46, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

@JohnXXII: Yes, everything is good to go once you've been renamed and all the job queues have finished. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 02:13, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2015)

Personal finance – an example image of personal budget planning software
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Recent changes

  • In UploadWizard, the dialog to see an image preview has been removed. You already see the images in the thumbnails when you upload them. [69]
  • UploadWizard dialogs look a bit different now. They have been updated to the new OOUI look. [70]
  • You can now edit music scores in VisualEditor. You can add new sheet music scores and get live updates when you edit one. [71]
  • When you send an e-mail to another editor using Special:EmailUser, that user will now get a notification on the wiki as well. [72]
  • You can now see 500 images when you upload images from Flickr with UploadWizard. Before this change the limit was 50. [73]
  • The Wikimedia mailing lists have been upgraded. [74]
  • MediaWiki developers spent a day looking at proposed code changes in Gerrit. The goal was to clean up the backlog and give feedback to volunteer developers. [75]

Problems

  • Some visitors had problems reaching the Wikimedia sites for an hour on September 24. [76][77]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 30. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 1 (calendar).
  • There will be a new beta feature that allows editors to use Flow on their user talkpage if they want to. Each wiki can decide if they want to enable it. [78]
  • The Content Translation tool can give translation suggestions. This feature will now be available in more languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Italian, and Catalan. [79]

Meetings

Future changes

  • The Wikimedia Foundation developers want the community to decide who can use OAuth in the future. You can discuss it on Meta.

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15:15, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Libellous to state I was the selling the Jillings report

Who the hell said I was selling the Jillings report on E-bay? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarrenLaverty (talk • contribs) 16:52, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

E-Mail

I have sent a mail. --The Avengers (talk) 15:06, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Untitled

I was do edit but, I think it is come are not checked it is come . I was restore information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.62.89.34 (talk) 16:47, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't understand your comment. Could you please rephrase that? --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 16:51, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 September 2015

Thanks For the Info and Sorry About the Mistakes

Hello K6ka,

I just wanted to thank you for the helpful information and apologize for the post removal/forgetting to sign my messages/not including reasoning for post edits. I actually edited the post/messages multiple times just for the sake of signing it and I didn't even notice the reasoning section at the time. And the post removal was due to someone else accessing my account, they messed up a few other things too. Anyway, they will not be issues in the future and thanks again for the info. - Fwitasfm (talk) 04:35, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2015)

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Using the vandal template

I'm trying to get attention for some of Czar's edits. As they constitute vandalism, I'm sure that seeing an IP edit to you means "yeah, nothing to see here, just warn and move on" but please do read on.

The page Dawn(demo) (Not sure how to link to old versions using [[]] syntax) was without a doubt vandalised, as was the other Nvidia tech demo of the time, they were left with redirects that'd make no sense to people coming from the pages that link there. Like me! I thought I had the wrong tab.

See also Orb3D which I admit isn't a great page, but is a page worth having (see the pages that link there also)

I'm also not sure how to reply to things (evidently) so a quick guide to that would be nice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.204.46 (talk) 17:00, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Refer to WP:Vandalism to see what we call "vandalism" on Wikipedia. Vandalism is all too common a term used by editors when they're unhappy with another editor, but this is an incorrect usage of the term. Also, using the {{Vandal}} template on someone's userpage does absolutely nothing to resolve the issue. Please see WP:Dispute resolution for how we resolve editing disputes. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 17:18, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Can I get notifications when you reply? Also the user has done a lot of questionable edits (look at their contributions) with I'm sure a lot of good. If a vandal is vandalising the page what use it is on the page? As for the semantics of the term, even if his intent was good leaving a redirect to the manufacturer or creator of an otherwise erased page is not good. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.204.46 (talk) 17:33, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
@90.196.204.46: We use the term "vandalism" for someone who is acting in bad faith. We do not use the term "vandalism" for someone who is acting in good faith (see the difference?). In general we assume that people are editing Wikipedia for the purpose of building and improving the project, not harming it. Especially considering that the user in question is an administrator, it would be highly unlikely that they would act in bad faith and intend to harm the project. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 18:18, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

  • The link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile. [81]
  • The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [82]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar).
  • UploadWizard will remind users to add a category. [83]
  • UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [84]
  • A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [85]

Meetings

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18:32, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Adminship

Hi. If you're so sure that you can provide us with some urgently needed help as an admin and are sufficiently qualified, if you read this and then read this and can more or less check all the boxes, you are almost guaranteed a clean run through RfA and a pass with flying colours, and I'll nominate you. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 19:43, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

@Kudpung: Thanks. I've read the former several times already, and while I can say I have a number of boxes checked, there are lots of rough edges, most notably my lack of AfD participation and my so-and-so NPP. I personally want to improve in this area (at the very least) before considering an RFA, even if my activity with the mop in this field is minimal. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 20:35, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Vetbook

Dear K6ka; Kindly you had deleted my article of "Vetbook" which is a non profit organization (www.vetbook.net); The organization is legally operates in Egypt and I have all documents that proves that and states that I am the founder and CEO of such organization and the owner of domain (www.vetbook.net).

Please help; since I had went through too much text on Wikipedia to resolve it however I failed to do.

my Username on Wikipedia is: "Eslamvet" and article name is "Vetbook".

Please help.


Eslamvet (talk) 00:02, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

@Eslamvet: Some clarification:
  1. I did not delete your article, as I am not an administrator. I tagged your article for deletion, but did not actually delete it.
  2. The reason why your article was deleted has nothing to do with what you just told me, as it was deleted for being a blatant copyright violation. Since Wikipedia operates under free licenses, we can't just accept copyrighted work. Everything on Wikipedia needs to be written in your own words. Students are taught about this as well, and simply copy and pasting from a source onto Wikipedia is considered plagiarism. For students, it's an automatic fail; for Wikipedia, it could mean legal trouble.
  3. Again, as I am not an administrator, I can't assist you with undeletion. However, you may file a request at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion to have the article undeleted; however, as the article contains copyrighted content, it may not be undeleted anyway.

--I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 00:54, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Dear; As far as you are not administrator; I will check for that with whom in-charge. However that I would pay your attention that article is simply a description for a non -profit organization which has the same website that information is there. So I am not happy with describing it as copyright violation (And students are taught that....etc.); since I am the founder of such organization and I am the owner of such website. Anyway, Thanks for your prompt response.

Regards... Eslam

Eslamvet (talk) 12:14, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

@Eslamvet: Again, if the content was copied and pasted from elsewhere, Wikipedia simply cannot accept it. Text added to Wikipedia must be under the CC-BY-SA license and the GFDL. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. Because Wikipedia aims to be a 1) Freely accessible and freely reusable source of information, and 2) Freely editable by anyone, it can't accept copyrighted text. Please keep in mind that it doesn't matter what the text is about (This is a very common argument put forth by website owners who have their articles about their own website deleted), but where it came from and the license it was under. Even if the text you added was freely reusable and is compatible with Wikipedia's licenses, please also keep in mind that our articles must be written in an encyclopedic tone and not appear to be promotional, and that they must be written in a neutral point of view (e.g. "Example Inc. is the prime choice for Americans looking for fresh groceries in the Example City area" versus "Example Inc. is an American grocery store chain that primarily serves the Example City area". The former would not be accepted on Wikipedia because it is too promotional. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and is not a means of promotion.) --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 12:58, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor update

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Speedy deletion

Hi, K6ka,
CSD G7 only applies to pages that you yourself have created. Top Ten Channels of India might warrant deletion under a different criteria. Liz Read! Talk! 16:50, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

@Liz: That doesn't appear to be what WP:G7 says, which reads If the sole author blanks a page other than a userspace page, a category page, or any type of talk page, this can be taken as a deletion request. Administrators in the past have accepted G7 added by another user to a page where the author blanked the page. It is taken as a deletion request — nowhere does it say that the person applying the CSD tag must've been the one who created the page. (With the exception of pages in the user namespace) --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 17:05, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
I understood CSD G7, Author requests deletion, or author blanked meaning the author of the article took the action. But you are correct, the author did blank the page so your tagging was valid. As a form of explanation, right before this page, I had just refused a G7 for a user page where a different editor had requested its deletion so that was what was in my mind. I apologize for the confusion. Liz Read! Talk! 17:22, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Andi Sex Gang

Hello, my editing to the Andi Sex Gang (incorrectly titled Andi Sexgang) has been undone due to my not having credentials for the editing? Well check my Facebook page Lara Gaudio and you will see many pictures of me with the person who wants his name spelled correctly as Andi Sex Gang not Andi Sexgang. And everything I wrote on the page today was what he wanted me to write, and what ridiculous reason would you have for removing my updating his most current album name? The page needs numerous updates, corrections and changes but the worst mistake is the name as Sexgang instead of Sex Gang. Check his website andisexgang.com or his FB, Twitter or even ask Andi himself and he will verify all I am saying here. signed by the username you didn't like either, larasexgang since we cannot remember the email that goes with the username officialsexgang. See? You thought I was a person that just appeared to mess up someLarasexgang (talk) 06:29, 10 October 2015 (UTC)body's page or something.

@Larasexgang: Judging by the way you wrote to me, it would seem you haven't read the message I gave you. I reverted your edit because it did not provide a reliable source. Wikipedia needs everything to be properly supported with a citation, and it can't accept original research. This goes especially true for articles about people who are alive or have recently died. What do you mean "not having credentials for the editing"? I don't have any credentials either. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 13:30, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

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Costumed performers from the 2006 Bristol Renaissance Faire
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  • The database size lists have been updated. These control special page update frequency and which wikis use global abuse filters. [86]

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  • You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons using the visual editor. When the image is uploaded it will be added to the article you're editing. [87]
  • Pages that show citation error messages will automatically be placed in a hidden category. [88]

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Username change

That's not a problem and I appreciate you being open-minded. I think the stigma toward cannabis is definitely going away over time, albeit slowly. Thanks AustinCannabisCup2019 (talk) 07:13, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2015)

Ice hockey is an example of a team sport. Pictured is an 1893 ice hockey match at Victoria Rink, Montreal.
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  • Timestamps in the protection log will now be in the user's timezone. Previously they would show Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). [89]

Problems

  • A problem with MediaWiki made some pages show no content on October 14. This has now been fixed. [90]
  • Some templates were misplaced in the Flow description bar. This could make it impossible to click on links. This will be fixed this week. [91]
  • The deployment of the new MediaWiki version was stopped on October 14. No new code was deployed for the rest of week. This meant planned changes did not happen. [92]

Changes this week

  • Changes that were planned to happen last week will happen this week. [93]
  • Wikispecies, Meta and MediaWiki.org will be able to use Wikidata for sitelinks. [94][95][96][97]

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16:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Public Computer

This is a computer owned by a public school, so it would be extremely helpful if you would simply revoke all editing privileges this IP has.

165.24.249.26 (talk) 20:09, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello. I'm not an administrator so I can't revoke editing access from anybody. Also, please note that editing access for IP addresses are only removed temporarily, even and especially for shared ones, since they can affect many users. See Wikipedia:IPs are human too. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 20:13, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Aviana

Hi, i'm administrator in Wikipedia France. This article is a humb who is delate in french version, that's why. Sorry for my english. Sincerraly. Enrevseluj (talk) 16:49, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

@Enrevseluj: French Wikipedia issues do not necessarily apply to the English Wikipedia. An article deleted on another language Wikipedia does not mean it must be deleted on all Wikipedias. It is up to the individual language Wikipedias to decide what to do with the article. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 16:51, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
but, it's not really an article, it's a joke... Sincerraly. --Arroser (talk) 17:02, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
@K6ka:, i know... but it's a hoax...Enrevseluj (talk) 17:03, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Then the article should be nominated for deletion according to our deletion policy, not simply blanked. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 17:07, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

AN/I involving Uncyclopedia

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. I've taken Shalir Salim to AN\I, and I used one of your reverts as evidence. If you have 2 cents to put in, be my guest.--DSA510 Pls No Bully 19:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2015)

Models promoting Zombieland at San Diego Comic-con. A zombie comedy is a horror comedy subgenre that involves zombies.
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Comedy horror

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October 2015 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2015 Newsletter

September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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  • You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons from inside the wikitext editor by clicking "Upload" in the "Insert file" dialog. You will also be able to drag and drop them into an article when using the visual editor. [99][100]
  • When you edit a code block in visual editor, you will have the syntax highlighted. [101][102]
  • Index and Page namespaces on Wikisource will be defined as content namespaces in $wgContentNamespaces. [103]

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18:04, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Lego Dimensions: Cast

if you need any corrections or anymore cast members, go to IMDB. Batman3095 (talk) 13:22, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

@Batman3095: IMDB isn't considered a reliable source, so it can't be used on Wikipedia. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 16:34, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Monica Jones

You removed my edits for the so called 'activist' Monica Jones, but she is a well known racist. Look at her Twitter account if you don't believe me. @tslove602 71.55.65.74 (talk) 16:51, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Face to Face (band)

Thanks for the help on the edit. I accidentally copy and pasted the wrong info. I have corrected the edit and cited my edit.

Thx, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtcohenour (talk • contribs) 17:02, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

VIPoma

Well,I'd like to know if the name of man who studied this syndrome Kener Morrison or Verner Morrison, because Every articles I've read was by Kerner? Please tell me. Thanks for your time. Doc Shalaby (talk) 16:53, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

@Doc Shalaby: The footnote after the "Verner Morrison syndrome" cited this page as a source, where it credits a John V. Verner and Ashton B. Morrison. So "Verner Morrison" would be correct. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 17:07, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Change of username.

I am sure this (MB298) is the username I will stick with. DanielYan (talk) 01:59, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

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Screenshot showing the menu for switching from the wikitext editor to VisualEditor

Click the pencil icon to open the editor for a page. Inside that, use the gear menu in the upper right corner to "Switch to visual editing".

The editing button will remember which editing environment you used last time, and give you the same one next time. The desktop site will be switching to a system similar to this one in the coming months.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs, added new features, and made some small design changes. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages like Japanese and Arabic, making it easier to edit on mobile devices, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

Educational features: The first time you use the visual editor, it now draws your attention to the Link and ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽ tools. When you click on the tools, it explains why you should use them. (T108620) Alongside this, the welcome message for new users has been simplified to make editing more welcoming. (T112354) More in-software educational features are planned.

Links:  It is now easier to understand when you are adding text to a link and when you are typing plain text next to it. (T74108, T91285) The editor now fully supports ISBN, PMID or RFC numbers. (T109498, T110347, T63558)  These "magic links" use a custom link editing tool.

Uploads:  Registered editors can now upload images and other media to Commons while editing. Click the new tab in the "Insert Images and media" tool. You will be guided through the process without having to leave your edit. At the end, the image will be inserted. This tool is limited to one file at a time, owned by the user, and licensed under Commons's standard license. For more complex situations, the tool links to more advanced upload tools. You can also drag the image into the editor. This will be available in the wikitext editor later.

Mobile:  Previously, the visual editor was available on the mobile Wikipedia site only on tablets. Now, editors can use the visual editor on any size of device. (T85630)  Edit conflicts were previously broken on the mobile website. Edit conflicts can now be resolved in both wikitext and visual editors. (T111894) Sometimes templates and similar items could not be deleted on the mobile website. Selecting them caused the on-screen keyboard to hide with some browsers. Now there is a new "Delete" button, so that these things can be removed if the keyboard hides. (T62110) You can also edit table cells in mobile now.

Rich editing tools:  You can now add and edit sheet music in the visual editor. (T112925)  There are separate tabs for advanced options, such as MIDI and Ogg audio files. (T114227 and T113354)  When editing formulæ and other blocks, errors are shown as you edit. It is also possible to edit some types of graphs; adding new ones, and support for new types, will be coming.

On the English Wikipedia, the visual editor is now automatically available to anyone who creates an account. The preference switch was moved to the normal location, under Special:Preferences.

Future changes

You will soon be able to switch from the wikitext to the visual editor after you start editing. (T49779) Previously, you could only switch from the visual editor to the wikitext editor. Bi-directional switching will make possible a single edit tab. (T102398) This project will combine the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab, similar to the system already used on the mobile website. The "Edit" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time.

Let's work together

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Shared IP address

I'm sorry, I have never been to this website. Wrong person maybe? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.245.1.3 (talk) 20:55, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Your IP address is shared by multiple users, see the top of your talk page. As a result, you may receive messages not intended for you. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 21:00, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

My edits to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Ohio

Would you please review my changes to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Ohio ? Your feedback will help me become a better Wikipedian. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dogscatsbirds (talk • contribs) 21:17, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Richie McCaw

I am really really sorry for that. I was going to improve the article, but due to I edited from the phone, there must be some great effect. Yes it is a mistake. Pleasure to hear that you changed it. Thanks so much... Gihan Jayaweera (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:56, November 1, 2015 (UTC)

Good to hear from you

I was glad to get your Halloween greeting. By the way, your continued good work does not go unnoticed. Donner60 (talk) 09:50, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 October 2015

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2015)

Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Allegra Versace

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Tech News: 2015-45

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

  • You can now see how many editors are using a gadget on a wiki on Special:GadgetUsage. [104]
  • If you are using the mobile version of Wikipedia, you can now see Wikidata descriptions under article titles in search results. [105]
  • Editing conflicts are now detected when you edit on a mobile device. Before, this did not work properly on mobile. [106]

Problems

  • On October 26 the Wikimedia sites went down for ten minutes. [107]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 4. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 5 (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

  • A help link will be added to Special:Search. Administrators might have to update the MediaWiki:Search-summary message to avoid two help links. [108]
  • Empty list items could be allowed in the future. If so, this could affect some templates. [109]

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16:43, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:K6ka/Dashboard

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A tag has been placed on User talk:K6ka/Dashboard, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Sorry about Alexander Hamilton

I fixed my changes to the Alexander Hamilton page; it was not constructive and was only made for the sake of a joking reference to the Hamilton musical. I took a screenshot and then removed my edits. Sorry for inconveniencing you, I didn't realize anyone would notice so quickly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.138.86.153 (talk) 17:55, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 November 2015

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2015)

Marie Serneholt at the 48th Guldbagge Awards.
Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Marie Serneholt

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Previous selections: Allegra Versace • Comedy horror

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Wiki Welcome

Thanks for the welcome!

Rufus RenoRufus (talk) 05:14, 9 November 2015 (UTC)--RenoRufus (talk) 05:14, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome!

Thanks for the welcome... I'm mostly using wiki for politics, in the UK and elsewhere. Some great content on here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhont (talk • contribs) 12:16, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

TAFI talk

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Tech News: 2015-46

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

  • Superprotect has been removed. [110]
  • You can now switch between the wikitext editor and the visual editor without saving. You will not lose the changes you have made. [111]
  • JSON dumps of the production search indexes are now available. They can be imported to Elasticsearch. [112]

Problems

  • Some translations for the Thanks and Echo extensions were missing. Translators have been asked to help and this should be solved soon. [113]

Changes this week

  • Thumbnails of 16-bit TIFF files will be displayed properly. Before, this didn't work. [114]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 12 (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 on 10 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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17:18, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Mistake

I don't know where the source came from but that was not a mistake

Wigintonn (talk) 17:50, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Lee Erwin

Hi,

My edit on Lee Erwin (footballer) was genuine and it has been removed.

Thanks.

Aeph24195 (talk) 17:50, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Autoblock appeal

This user's request to have autoblock on their IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.
K6ka (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
127.0.0.1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Block message:

Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "History of Persia". The reason given for History of Persia's block is: "Copyright violations".

Accept reason: Trusted user. This my my first clearing of an autoblock so please let me know if I messed something up. NeilN talk to me 19:20, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Sorry to be of bother. This IP address is a school IP address, and is shared by multiple users. I didn't realize this IP was under an autoblock until I tried to mark a completed request at WP:CHUS as done. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 19:12, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

You made a mistake

"If you think I made a mistake...." Yep. You did. I am cleaning up the Sussex Vampire entry, moving the Firesign Theater comment to the Giant Rat of Sumatra page and putting a "Further" template on that section. I edit as an IP address by choice and have been an editor here for more than 9 years. No offense intended by you, i am sure, and none taken by me. I will continue the work i was doing, and trust you to understand it was not vandalism, even though it resulted in a net loss of 200 characters on the page. Thanks. catherine yronwode, not logged in 75.101.104.17 (talk) 18:59, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I must've misread your changes! Do accept my humble apologies -- it was nothing against you or IP editors. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 19:12, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
No apology necessary! I actually undertook this as part of the revision of the Giant Rat of Sumatra page, due to the discovery of seven new species of giant rats... Please see that page and proofread it, if you would be so kind, Thank you. Sincerely, catherine yronwode, not logged in 75.101.104.17 (talk) 19:52, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Help

I have already requested a new username here but it's been 2 days and I haven't received a response and my entry appears in neither rejected nor completed requests. What is happening. Where do the 'being processed' requests go? Help me out. --IzWeirdTho (talk) 14:37, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

@IzWeirdTho: It appears your request has been rejected for being too similar to an existing username. You should've received an email informing you about the request being declined. You may file another request if you wish. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 15:07, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

RfA

Really, I think you would make a good RfA candidate. I noticed sometime ago that you were a global renamer, so when you left a message on my talk page today (thank you for that, by the way!), I remembered that and thought a person with such a right might be a good candidate for RfA. As you might know, I'm very active in RfA reform and I started the now massive Phase I RfC for RFA2015. I firmly believe that we need more admins, and I did not change my mind at all just because I managed to pass RfA. (There's a good plenty of candidates just as good or even better that didn't pass; it really all depends on who shows up.) Back to the point, I looked into your contributions a bit more, and I was rather impressed with what I saw. Your CSD log looks very good, and the statistics on your participation at AfD seems to show that although you know the policies, you do also think for yourself (e.g., you don't always choose easy AfDs and pile on with the "winning side" just to improve your stats). That's a good trait in an administrator. You also seem to be very active in anti-vandalism. You have about two years of experience and around 15,500 non-automated edits. Obviously, the trust that comes with the global renamer tool would also work in your favor. Your weak point seems to be content creation, though. You would definitely get some opposition for that, but I think there's a considerable chance that your other work would outweigh that in the eyes of the voters. Let me know if you would like me to nom, but you could also ask someone else. I really just wanted you to consider the possibility of running. It would be my first nomination, and in any case I'm not in good repute amongst the anti-RfA-reform crowd (they showed up at my RfA, and not in the support section), so there might be some degree of guilt by association. (The nominator really does matter, you know.) --Biblioworm 00:05, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

@Biblioworm: Thank you for your comments! You're definitely not the first person who has suggested that I run for RFA and offered to nominate me. You are correct in the fact that content creation is a bit lacking, but I do personally think that opposing a candidate solely for lack of content creation even when everything else is fine is absurd.
I am, however, a bit confused at your point about my participation at AFD. "I participate in AFD?" Well, I do, but very rarely, and definitely not enough to stop someone from opposing me for it. Granted, I don't have much interest in working in AFD, so if I got the mop, I won't be seen there very often, if at all.
I've received advice and/or offers from other users about me running for RFA. They're at User_talk:K6ka/Archive_8#Why_aren.27t_you_an_administrator.3F, User_talk:K6ka/Archive_9#Adminship, User_talk:K6ka/Archive_10#Administrator, and User_talk:K6ka/Archive_12#Adminship. I've also received some advice over IRC. My response to every one of them had something to do with RFA being "mean and tough". I am happy to see that there are Wikipedians out there that do realize the need for new administrators and the need to change RFA, which Jimbo describes as being a broken process. While I can't really decide which option is best, I do agree on one thing: RFA needs to be changed. Dramatically. And maybe our mindset on what sysops do as well.
I may consider a nomination sooner or later (Although, I'm not one to make promises!). I'll definitely contact you if I decide to run, and I can certainly ask you for advice (especially considering you've been through the pepper spray and tomatoes, and you're still in one piece). I may or may not pass my first RFA, but I know that, even if I fail, there will always be some Wikipedians out there that will keep me from being discouraged.
Good luck at RFA2015! (It sounds like some sort of international event, doesn't it?) --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 00:48, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Article

Hello, i did an interview with Bob on my radio show and he told me there. I will post the interview to my web page in a day or two and i will include it as a reference.

Thank you.

I have a question, I'm a journalist and I have alot of Canadian Knowledge. Maybe you could help me create a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.202.58.135 (talk) 18:40, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Spontaneous Combustion

The source was Richard Mitchell himself, my uncle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.177.147 (talk) 19:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 November 2015

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2015)

A continuum of goods and services
Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Goods and services

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Marie Serneholt • Allegra Versace

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Give me a reason

I've read the article about the notability, now. Can you give me a reason why do you keep putting a speedy deletion notice for an article i spent a long time building... this is all i get? I just don't understand what you're doing... can you make me understand? explain? AfrcnBeauty23 (talk) 18:02, 16 November 2015 (UTC)afrcnBeauty23

@AfrcnBeauty23: You're not allowed to remove speedy deletion tags from articles that you have created yourself. Also, creating alternate accounts to keep removing those tags is definitely not acceptable, and neither is going to someone else's article to slap CSD tags on them in an act of vengeance. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 18:05, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Here's a thing, I didn't ask you to tell me what am I not allowed to do, or what am I doing to commit vengeance on someone... I'm asking you to give me a reason why do you keep putting a notice on my article, this isn't personal, it's business. I've read the notability article. and as far as I know, I've reached the line... so why are you doing that? what are your reasons? this isn't about you or me.. it's about my article. Maybe just review it again, I'm not forcing you to remove the notice, I'm just asking for a reason so that I would know what to do, and no. this is not an alternate account, just so you know... AfrcnBeauty23 (talk) 18:16, 16 November 2015 (UTC)AfrcnBeauty23

@AfrcnBeauty23: Because it genuinely is not notable. When I Google the subject, I can only find links to social media websites. Anyone can simply create an account on any of those websites to get their identity on the web. That doesn't make them notable for inclusion on Wikipedia. We need some reliable sources to prove that the subject 1) Exists, and 2) Is worth including on Wikipedia. If you want to keep your work, you may find the Drafts namespace to be of benefit. Also, my previous reasoning for re-adding the tag was justified. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 18:22, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Okay then... problem solved right? I knew I should have done this article somewhere else, but thanks, I hade a cool experience here in wiki, as a writer, it improved me... I knew better things, and I knew how to be less childish, speaking of being childish, I'm sorry I slapped a CSD tag on someone else's article just to commit vengeance, I mean it. Okay, I better get going now, my experience here today in wiki as an article writer changed how I see this website, everybody must have been working hard here... thanks again, nice meeting you.. AfrcnBeauty23 (talk) 18:30, 16 November 2015 (UTC)AfrcnBeauty24

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