Wikidata weekly summary #369
Tech News: 2019-25
20:37, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Adventure
It is a fantastic project. How can I get it on My home wiki (Malayalam) How can I translate and implement it into my project. --Ranjithsiji (talk) 14:04, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Ranjithsiji. Others have done it and it's best laid out how here: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Adventure. I have to admit it's not a short and simple process but it can have very cool results! Good luck! Ocaasi t | c 03:27, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
XKCD Philosophy race
What is XKCD Philosophy race? It's a broken link on your userpage. Benjamin (talk) 02:54, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #370
Tech News: 2019-26
17:29, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
Problems with the Wikipedia Adventure
Hi Ocaasi I'm Sophia and I've some queries on the Wikipedia Adventure. I've been stuck at the different levels due to the inability to continue after they prompt me examples like "Click EDIT SOURCE so you can add the summarized content". So I'm unsure of how to go on to the next step since after I click "edit source" there are still no response. Sophiajoanne (talk) 13:16, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
The June 2019 Signpost is out!
- Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia
- News and notes: Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising
- In the media: The disinformation age
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Traffic report: Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters
- Technology report: Actors and Bots
- Special report: Did Fram harass other editors?
- Recent research: What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia
- From the archives: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
- In focus: WikiJournals: A sister project proposal
- Community view: A CEO biography, paid for with taxes
Wikidata weekly summary #371
Tech News: 2019-27
21:23, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #372
Tech News: 2019-28
20:12, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: June 2019
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Books & Bytes Issue 34, May – June 2019
Books & Bytes
Issue 34, May – June 2019
- Partnerships
- #1Lib1Ref
- Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
- Global branches update
- Bytes in brief
French version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!
Read the full newsletter
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Tech News: 2019-29
15:29, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #373
Editing News #1—July 2019
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Did you know?
Welcome back to the Editing newsletter.
Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.
Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:
Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?
If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.
Follow these instructions and share your experience:
Recent releases
The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team has recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:
- Section editing
- The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
- The team studied this with an A/B test. This test showed that contributors who could use section editing were 1% more likely to publish the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
- Loading overlay
- The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.
Section editing and the new loading overlay are now available to everyone using the mobile visual editor.
New and active projects
This is a list of our most active projects. Watch these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.
- Edit cards: This is a clearer way to add and edit links, citations, images, templates, etc. in articles. You can try this feature now. Go here to see how: 📲Try Edit Cards.
- Mobile toolbar refresh: This project will learn if contributors are more successful when the editing tools are easier to recognize.
- Mobile visual editor availability: This A/B test asks: Are newer contributors more successful if they use the mobile visual editor? We are collaborating with 20 Wikipedias to answer this question.
- Usability improvements: This project will make the mobile visual editor easier to use. The goal is to let contributors stay focused on editing and to feel more confident in the editing tools.
Looking ahead
- Wikimania: Several members of the Editing Team will be attending Wikimania in August 2019. They will lead a session about mobile editing in the Community Growth space. Talk to them about how editing can be improved.
- Talk Pages: In the coming months, the Editing Team will begin improving talk pages and communication on the wikis.
Learning more
The VisualEditor on mobile is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.
PPelberg (WMF) (talk) and Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #374
Tech News: 2019-30
13:07, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #375
Tech News: 2019-31
21:42, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 July 2019
- In the media: Politics starts getting rough
- Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban
- Arbitration report: A month of reintegration
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?
- News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way
- Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect
- Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract
- Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things
Tech News: 2019-32
13:24, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #376
This Month in GLAM: July 2019
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Wikidata weekly summary #377
Tech News: 2019-33
18:19, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #378
Tech News: 2019-34
15:21, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #379
The Signpost: 30 August 2019
- News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
- In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
- Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
- Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
- News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
- Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
I get stuck on my user page while playing The Wikipedia Adventure
Hi, I can't finish The Wikipedia Adventure, because i get stuck after going to user page. Monniasza talk 07:18, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #380
Tech News: 2019-36
09:07, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #381
A barnstar for you!
Barnstar of Reliability | |
Thank you for your assiduous eight-year effort developing The Wikipedia Library, a program that provides editors with paywalled and open access resources. Thousands of editors, including me, use the library card platform on a regular basis to find high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed journals and newspaper archives, to improve the reliability of Wikipedia articles. Your work is much appreciated! — Newslinger talk 04:49, 9 September 2019 (UTC) |
- Thank you @Newslinger: I actually haven't received a barnstar in several years (which is appropriate since I was getting paid by WMF to do a lot of work). Which is to say, having left my employer, that this one is really special to me and caps off a near-decade of efforts that have led me back to this community I care so much about. Thanks again! Ocaasi t | c 21:05, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- I just realized that you also created The Wikipedia Adventure, so it's actually double-thanks from me. Good luck on your next project! — Newslinger talk 03:05, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: August 2019
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Another one!
The Special Barnstar | ||
Hi Jake, this is to say thank you for thinking of, creating, and building The Wikipedia Library, which we often take for granted, but before we had it, we were regularly lost without it. It was a big idea and a great idea, and we all have reason to be very grateful that you pursued it and made it happen. All the best, SarahSV (talk) 04:04, 10 September 2019 (UTC) |
- Thank you so much @SlimVirgin: When I conceived of and built TWL it was with tireless, dedicated, diligent editors like you in mind. I am heartened that it's become dependable enough to take for granted. Also... it should get about 10x cooler in the next 6 months as proxy access replaces invidual logins, as access for a large fraction of the sources is bundled together automatically so no signup will be required at all, and as a modern full-text search interface is integrated. I can't wait to see it, even as a spectator :) Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 20:07, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #382
Wikidata weekly summary #383
Structured Data - blogs posted in Wikimedia Space
There are two separate blog entries for Structured Data on Commons posted to Wikimedia Space that are of interest:
- Working with Structured Data on Commons: A Status Report, by Lucas Werkmeister, discusses some ways that editors can work with structured data. Topics include tools that have been written or modified for structured data, in addition to future plans for tools and querying services.
- Structured Data on Commons - A Blog Series, written by me, is a five-part posting that covers the basics of the software and features that were built to make structured data happen. The series is meant to be friendly to those who may have some knowledge of Commons, but may not know much about the structured data project.
Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019
Books & Bytes
Issue 35, July – August 2019
- Wikimania
- We're building something great, but..
- Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
- A Wikibrarian's story
- Bytes in brief
On behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:58, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 15
A final update, for now:
The third grant-funded round of WikiProject X has been completed. Unfortunately, while this round has not resulted in a deployed product, I am not planning to resume working on the project for the foreseeable future. Please see the final report for more information.
Regards,
-— Isarra ༆ 19:24, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 September 2019
- From the editors: Where do we go from here?
- Special report: Post-Framgate wrapup
- Traffic report: Varied and intriguing entries, less Luck, and some retreads
- News from the WMF: How the Wikimedia Foundation is making efforts to go green
- Recent research: Wikipedia's role in assessing credibility of news sources; using wikis against procrastination; OpenSym 2019 report
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?