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Wikidata weekly summary #534
Tech News: 2022-34
00:10, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
"Archway (Disambiguation)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Feedback on Vector (2022) conversation
Hello! As a member of WikiProject Usability, I wanted to draw your attention to a conversation currently underway on WP:VPR (see the beginning of the discussion) around adopting Vector 2022 as the new default skin.
The Web team at the Wikimedia Foundation has been working on Vector 2022 for the past three years, collaborating with the English Wikipedia community as well as other wikis to ensure that the skin performs better qualitatively and quantitatively for readers and communities than the previous Vector skin. The goal of the new skin is to create a more welcoming and easier to use experience for readers and editors across the wiki. For more details, see our new FAQ.
For the past couple of months, we have collected thoughts from the English Wikipedia community on what changes need to be made to the skin prior to it being considered ready for deployment. Our next step would be to start an RfC to assess whether the community considers Vedtor 2022 ready.
Prior to the beginning of the RfC, we wanted to draw your attention to the current conversation and encourage your feedback on the skin.
- The sticky header makes it easier to access tools that editors use often. It decreases scrolling to the top of the page by 16%
- The new table of contents makes it easier to navigate to different sections. Readers and editors jumped between sections 50% more than with the old table of contents
- The new search bar is easier to find and makes it easier to find the correct search result from the list. This increased the amount of searches started by 30% on the wikis we tested on
- The collapsible sidebar allows readers and editors to choose whether they want to see the main menu or not. Our testing shows that this allows people to better focus on their current task - reading with a collapsed menu, or editing with an open menu
- The language switching menu makes it possible to switch languages without scrolling
- The user menu collects all user links in a single place, making it easier to understand what each link does. In testing, 71% of surveyed editors reported positive experiences with the new menu
Thank you, OVasileva (WMF), SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 12:27, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXCVII, August 2022
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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:00, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
Hey Andy, hope you're ok. I decided to write something in your neck of the woods! I feel it lacks something but most of my books only cover it in passing. Can you dig up anything better? Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:47, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
- @HJ Mitchell: Nice one - I would have assumed that an article on such a significant subject already existed. The best works are the three volumes (of four planned - sadly the final one never materialised) by Richard D. Foster. I'll see what else I can dig up. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:26, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #535
Tech News: 2022-35
23:03, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
August thanks
Thank you for improving articles in August! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:23, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Look at the church where I heard VOCES8. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:18, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
Women in Red in September 2022
Women in Red September 2022, Vol 8, Issue 9, Nos 214, 217, 240, 241
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The Signpost: 31 August 2022
- News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere
- Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?
- In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth
- Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees
- News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me
- In focus: Thinking inside the box
- Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...
- Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now
- Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth
- Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.
- Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links
- Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come
- Essay: Delete the junk!
- Humour: CommonsComix No. 1
- From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago
Administrators' newsletter – September 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).
- A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
- An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.
- The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
- The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.
- An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
- The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.
- The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
- Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.
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Hi Andy. I read somewhere that you had recently been in contact with Doug. If both of you are in touch again please give him my warmest regards. I only met him a few times but I know that if I still lived in the Birmingham area, he and I would have been great friends. Thanks. Chris, (Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:57, 4 September 2022 (UTC))
- @Kudpung: Consider it done. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:22, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks enormously, Andy. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:41, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #536
Tech News: 2022-36
23:20, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
This Month in Education: August 2022
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