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VisualEditor newsletter—April 2014

Did you know?

You can use VisualEditor to make redirects. First, remove any unwanted content from the page. Then go to the "Page options" menu (next to "⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cancel⧽") and choose the "Page settings" item. Click the box to "Redirect this page to". In the box, type in the name of the page that you want to redirect this page to.

You can also set or remove categories for the redirect in the "Page options" menu. Read the user guide for more information.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has mostly worked on performance improvements, image settings, and preparation for a simplified citation template tool in its own menu.

In an oft-requested improvement, VisualEditor now displays red links (links to non-existent pages) in the proper color. Links to sister projects and external URLs are still the same blue as local links.
You can now open templates by double-clicking them or by selecting them and pressing Return. This also works for references, images, galleries, mathematical equations, and other "nodes".
VisualEditor has been disabled for pages that were created as translations of other pages using the Translate extension (common at Meta and MediaWiki.org). If a page has been marked for translation, you will see a warning if you try to edit it using VisualEditor.
When you try to edit protected pages with VisualEditor, the full protection notice and most recent log entry are displayed. Blocked users see the standard message for blocked users.
The developers fixed a bug that caused links on sub-pages to point to the wrong location.
The size-changing controls in the advanced settings section of the media or image dialog were simplified further. VisualEditor's media dialog supports more image display styles, like borderless images.
If there is not enough space on your screen to display all of the tabs (for instance, if your browser window is too narrow), the second edit tab will now fold into the drop-down menu (where the "Move" item is currently housed). On the English Wikipedia, this moves the "Edit beta" tab into the menu; on most projects, it moves the "Edit source" tab. This is only enabled in the default Vector skin, not for Monobook users. See this image for an example showing the "Edit source" and "View history" tabs after they moved into the drop-down menu.
After community requests, VisualEditor has been deployed as an opt-in feature at Meta and on the French Wikinews.

Looking ahead: A new, locally controlled menu of citation templates will put citations immediately in front of users. You will soon be able to see the Table of Contents while editing. Support for upright image sizes (preferred for accessibility) is being developed. In-line language setting (dir="rtl") will be offered as a Beta Feature soon. Looking further out, the developers are also working on support for viewing and editing hidden HTML comments. It will be possible to upload images to Commons from inside VisualEditor.

If you have questions or suggestions for future improvements, or if you encounter problems, please let everyone know by posting a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback or by joining the office hours on Monday, 19 May 2014 at 18:00 UTC. If you'd like to get this on your own page, subscribe at Wikipedia:VisualEditor#Newsletter for English Wikipedia only or at meta:VisualEditor/Newsletter for any project. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 20:23, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Library Research Coordinator

Yeah sure, count me in. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 17:17, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

High Beam

Hello, I still have problems to enter to HighBeam. What can I do? --Nicola54 (talk) 17:32, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Nicola54:, will you ping @Nikkimaria:, ask her to check and resend your access code, and troubleshoot from there. If needed, we'll just give you a new code. Best, Jake Ocaasi^{t | c} 17:37, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Nicola54 (talk) 17:40, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail

Hello, I sent this e-mail to wikipedialibrary at gmail on April 20 but haven't received a reply. I want to make sure you received it

I am currently in a MLS program and would like to get more involved with this project if possible. My background is web application development (ColdFusion, javascript, database) and I'd like to pursue tech-focused activities.

In looking at the TWL main page, this is something that I'd really like to be a part of:

Build tools which support research. Developing technology to connect directly with available sources, library search interfaces, citation indexes, and authorized websites makes all this easier.

I have extensive experience editing Wikipedia, though for this project I'd really like to get involved with back-end development.

Thank you!

--CutOffTies (talk) 23:13, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Credo

When I login to Credo, I'm getting a "HTTP Status 403 - Institution '5749' is not authorized to access any titles" error. I haven't seen that issue before. Thanks for any help you might have on this. Thanks. — X96lee15 (talk) 01:43, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @X96lee15:. Can you email me at jorlowitz

gmail.com with the email address you used to register for CREDO. I'll pass this on to them for troubleshooting. Cheers, Ocaasi^{t | c} 17:10, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sent. Thanks — X96lee15 (talk) 17:25, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Adventure

Hi Ocaasi, I played through the full TWA today. It was interesting and I'm glad you made it! I have a question though. There are feedback forms piling up in the Interstellar Lounge. I was thinking it would be a place for newbies to leave comments. When you invite people to take a break would it make sense to send them to the Teahouse instead, or would it make sense to put the feedback forms on a page that's not implicitly a social page? Thanks! --Pine^✉ 07:42, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 April 2014

News and notes: WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal

Traffic report: Going to the Doggs

Breaking: The Foundation's new executive director

WikiProject report: Genetics

Interview: Wikipedia in the Peabody Essex Museum

Featured content: Browsing behaviours

Recent research: Wikipedia predicts flu more accurately than Google

The Cure Award

Hello, I got a message from you telling that I am one of the top 300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia.

Well, I edited very few articles on medical topics, the number of edits can't be more than 100 for sure. But probably it's like 20 or 30. I really hope I am not one of the top 300. Because if I am, then it means Wikipedia is going down fast. But if I'm in the first 300 on Romanian Wikipedia, that's ok. I hope it's a bug in your counter, so here I am to report it. Best regards. — Ark25 (talk) 19:24, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ark. You have made 129000 edits to ro.wikipedia, many of them during 2013 [1]

We have counted every edit made in main space to an ro article that corresponds to an article tagged as part of WPMED on English Wikipedia.

Thus I bet that there is a good chance you reverted that much vandalism on these pages. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:35, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I didn't reverted much at all. — Ark25 (talk) 18:54, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Cure Award

I must admit to embarrassment. I am quite sure that if I had as many medical edits as listed, they were all vandalism reversions. I do write articles and make content contributions and edits, but I almost always do that in the field of history. So I should not have the Cure Award. I believe it would not be of any use to you under the circumstances for me to answer the survey. Sorry, but perhaps it is of some use for you to know that medical articles need to be watched for vandalism and at least a few of the editors are contributing through vandalism reversion rather than through writing substantive content. Donner60 (talk) 19:36, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I also left this message for Doc James, User talk:Jmh649. Donner60 (talk) 19:40, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting vandalism is exceedingly important. Thus you have my appreciation :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:35, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2014-19

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf3) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and all Wikipedias on May 8 (calendar).
The Compact Personal Bar was added as a beta feature to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added as a beta feature to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and to all Wikipedias on May 8. To test it, you can enable it now in your preferences on MediaWiki.org. [2]
It is now easier to disable the CodeEditor tool. [3]

VisualEditor news

External links in VisualEditor are now in the same light blue color as in MediaWiki. [4]
The template tool now tells you if a parameter is obsolete. [5]
You can now add "suggested" parameters in TemplateData; VisualEditor will add them like required ones. [6]
There is a new type for TemplateData parameters: wiki-file-name for file names. [7][8]
Editing formulae in VisualEditor will soon be enabled for all users. [9] [10]
You will soon be able to try a new beta feature to edit text in another language. [11] [12]

Future software changes

MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the Japanese (ja), Portuguese (pt), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 8. Feedback is welcome. [13]
You can help translate about 100 new language names that have been added to our data source. They are used, for example, as hover text for interwiki links. Send an e-mail to Nemo if you want to help.
If you click on a redirect page in your watchlist, you will soon access the redirect itself. [14] [15]

Problems

For about 40 minutes around 00:20 UTC on April 29, there were problems with page loading due to high server load.

Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

07:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

Hello Ocaasi, Doc James and the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation

I hope I can help You with translation of this message. I did translate this message into estonian, but it needs some help from wikipedia administrators, as soon as they answer I can send translated message to You.

one question althougt - quick 5-question survey? does this survey need translation also? (I think not? but to be sure of I ask it anyway)

Mariina 5. mai 2014, kell 10:29 (EEST) alias Простота — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.190.33.48 (talk) 07:33, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your help! I don't think we really have an easy way to translate the form, although people could translate it in their browser using google translate or chrome's browser I think. So, let's leave the survey as is but thanks very much for your offer and your assistance. Ocaasi^{t | c} 14:23, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

Hello Ocaasi!

My translation got some help so now I can send it to You!

Täname, et oled üks Vikipeedia parimaid meditsiinialastest kaastöölistest!

Ravi auhind

2013. aastal kuulusid Sina meditsiiniartiklite 300 parima toimetaja hulka kõikide Vikipeedia keeleversioonide lõikes. Täname Sind, et aitasid Vikipeedia lugejateni tuua tasuta, ülevaatlikku ja asjakohast ning aktuaalset meditsiiniinfot. Me hindame Sind ja Sinu tegemisi meditsiiniartiklite vallas.

Tahaksime teada, milline on meie meditsiiniartiklite parimate toimetajate haridus. Kas oleksid, palun, valmis täitma lühikese (5 küsimusega) küsimustiku? (Palun täida see üksnes juhul, kui said auhinna.)

90.190.33.48 (talk) 15:00, 5 May 2014 (UTC) alias Простота[reply]

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

Thank you for the award. Exactly which articles are considered medical, how do I figure that out?

Also, are there historical records of names that have received awards like in number of edits?

Please respond to my page.

--David Hedlund (talk) 15:52, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @David Hedlund:! Here are the links with data/statistics: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Stats#Editor_numbers. Doc James can tell you more about the process used to identify medical articles, but it has a lot to do with taking the English Wikipedia articles tagged by WikiProject medicine and then combing through the interwiki interlanguage links to find equivalent subjects on other Wikipedias. I believe that's how it was done. Ask James for more details. Cheers and thanks for all your work! Ocaasi^{t | c} 15:55, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I could find my name at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Stats/Top_English_medical_editors_2013

Also, the article says "Note: Number of edits listed is only the number of edits to medical articles tagged as WP:MED" --David Hedlund (talk) 16:22, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know how to list all "medical articles tagged as WP:MED"? --David Hedlund (talk) 16:57, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@David Hedlund:, you can get a table here [16] and the breakdown is also at WP:MED. Ocaasi^{t | c} 17:22, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is the exact recepie to do what I asked for in the page you provided? --David Hedlund (talk) 17:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your spam!

Thank for your spam, but I'm not interested and only a top contributor because I am a vandal fighter. Please don't this spam again. Thanks. JurgenNL (talk) 18:06, 5 May 2014 (UTC) @JurgenNL:, hi! Thanks so much for your work as a vandal fighter. You are a very important protector of our medical content I'm sure, whether you intend to be so or not. Duly noted, however, no more barnstars for you ;) Cheers, Ocaasi^{t | c} 19:05, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The cure Award

Thank you for this feed back. You ask for help to translate this message in local language, so I've made a French translation (may be to late to be usefull, any way) :

	The Cure Award (Le prix des contributions médicales)
	En 2013 vous faites partie du top 300 des contributeurs médicaux de Wikipedia, toutes langues confondues. Merci beaucoup d'aider à apporter au public une information médicale libre, complète, exacte et à jours. Nous vous en somme vraiment reconnaissant pour le travail vital que vous faites!

On aimerait connaître le baguage éducatif de nos éditeurs médicaux. Pourriez-vous s'il vous plais compléter ce formulaire? (a ne remplir que si vous avez reçut ce prix).

Encore merci. :)

Thank you to take care of this cure project. ;) --Smily (talk) 07:47, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]