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The Signpost: 10 February 2016

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Tech News: 2016-07

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 edit pages on the mobile site version without JavaScript. [1]
  • You can now use the Math extension to write chemistry formulas. [2]

Problems

  • A few editors might have been logged in as someone else because of a bug. For security reasons everyone was logged out on 9 February. If you have seen this bug, you can report it. [3][4]

Changes this week

  • There is a beta feature that adds links to the subject on other Wikimedia projects. The plan was to have it leave beta testing and be enabled for everyone in January. It will happen on 16 February instead. Wikis that don't want this can decide to have it disabled. [5][6]
  • Cross-wiki notifications will be available as a beta feature on Wikidata, MediaWiki, Commons, and all Hebrew and French wikis on 19 February. [7]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 February. It will be on all wikis from 18 February (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 16 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The search function on Wikimedia wikis will get a completion suggester that tries to find the right pages as the user is typing. It will also recognize some typos. This will probably happen in March. It is currently in beta. [8]

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16:16, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the changes!

They are lovely. I was about to get some work done on it this morning and lo and behold! A WikiFairy had come around and made the page so much better already. --DrX (talk) 13:28, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Doctorxgc: Oh good, I hoped that would be welcome! I've never been called a WikiFairy before. I love it! Let me know when you move the page to it's permanent home -- I will update the link to it on the WM NYC Event Archive tab.... Looks like amazing work you and @Mozucat: are doing! Xo - Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 14:32, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your contributions

Thank you for participating in the

Black Women's History edit-a-thon

  • February 2016
  • More than 170 articles were created
  • Hosted by Women in Red

(... check out our next event)

--Ipigott (talk) 14:37, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Willie Little

picked this kitten that looks determined and tough. thanks for the editing on Willie Little you did last night, adding the headings, and grant details. I don't know how you stay on top of all of this?!

LisianthusDahlia (talk) 14:24, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@LisianthusDahlia: Thanks for the kitten! Love it! Glad to help out -- I think the Willie Little page needs more TLC but that was all I could do semi-quickly.... He has so much stuff on his website (articles, etc.) that he's done most of the work! Glad you're editing -- let me or Heather know if you need any assistance! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 15:22, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I got two photos of Willie that he is allowing us to use, not sure how to post them on the page.
will definitely be taking Willie Brown out of stub status.LisianthusDahlia (talk) 15:37, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Willie Little that is! I need to stop multitasking.....LisianthusDahlia (talk) 15:38, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@LisianthusDahlia: Ha! I knew what you meant! Funny.... That's great! Uploading pictures is difficult as you need to either claim ownership or Little can publish the images on his website with the correct Creative Commons license -- allowing the photo to be licensed freely. Recommend looking at the graphic on this page here called "What can I upload to Wikimedia Commons." It is super clear and has been one of the only ways that I understood photos on Wikipedia. -- BrillLyle (talk) 15:44, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Use one of the following:
The copyright holder published this work with the right Creative Commons license
* Not all Creative Commons licenses are good for this site. Make sure the copyright holder used one of these licenses.
* Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (legal code)
* Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 (legal code)
* Creative Commons CC0 Waiver (release all rights, like public domain: legal code)

Books & Bytes - Issue 15

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The Signpost: 17 February 2016

Got to send you at least one cookie, after all the batches you've been delivering!

Thanks so much for sending welcome messages to all our new Wikipedia editors for the Ithaca Art + Feminism edit-a-thon project. They feel well organized and are gearing up for action. Merci beaucoup! 

Unionpearl (talk) 01:35, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Unionpearl: Thanks so much for the cookie! Very excited about the upcoming editathons! Let me know if you need anything! Best to you -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 16:05, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2016-08

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

Problems

  • There was no new MediaWiki version last week. Changes that were planned to happen last week will happen this week instead. This is because of a bug that made saving pages take longer time. [11][12]

Changes this week

  • After February 23, you can use Wikidata for inter-language links on Wikiversity. [13]

Meetings

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18:22, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 February 2016

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2016 Art And Feminism Wikipedia Editathon @ CCA

You are invited! - Saturday, March 5 - Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/ArtandFeminism 2016
Arts+Feminism logo
 Please join us at the California College of the Arts' Simpson Library on Saturday March 5, 2016,
for an event aimed at collaboratively expanding Wikipedia articles covering Art and Feminism, and the biographies of women artists!

--Circa73 (talk)

Disambiguation help?

Hi there I'm wondering if you can tell me anything about what exactly the "Disambiguation link notification" message means on my talk page? I can't find the connection to edits I've made. :/ Thanks!--Heathart (talk) 19:37, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Also when you have a moment, do you know why everyone else who logs in (who I'm training) to my computer and browser has the choice to "edit source" or "edit" and my log in just allows me to "edit"(which is souce code only)? --Heathart (talk) 23:42, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Heathart: Yeah, it's in your Preferences, Editing tab, "Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta." I don't use the editor, I use the code one because I am more comfortable with that one and you become a better editor that way -- so unless someone is really bad on the computer I recommend using the regular (not visual editor) option. But do what your comfort level is. Chumps like me will clean up all the potential formatting issues from the visual editor I guess so it doesn't matter at the end of the day. Also recommend syntax highlighting under Gadgets tab, Editing section in your Preferences. It's amazing! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk)

Signing messages

Hello, I've noticed that you have signed your messages on the administrators' noticeboard with three tildes, so they just show your username. Please sign them with four tildes ("~~~~") instead, so they show a timestamp. This is helpful for both humans and computers alike to make it easier to determine when a message was sent, and is also required for pings to work. Graham87 14:56, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Graham87: Apologies, someone just told me about the three tilde thing so I thought it was okay to use. Got it now. Thanks for letting me know. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 18:46, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of tea for you!

You are always so amazingly helpful. thanks! Heathart (talk) 23:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A+F participants

Hi BL, I would think that there should be a better way to add participants than putting the section (out of order) at the bottom of the page... Was there a reason why you rearranged these? There are other editors who can help with templates to do what you want (especially if you plan to use it across dozens of pages) czar 22:12, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Czar It was decided by Michael at A+F Theredproject to okay this implementation -- WHICH HAS BEEN DONE across all the satellite event pages. It is obviously not perfect but seemed to be a functional improvement cf. the prior method. The button works well except for the bug it has that the participants generating at the bottom of the page. So I'm not sure what Michael communicated to the organizers at each event but if people can leave the participants list at the bottom that would really help. This was created by Pharos FYI.
The only suggestion I would make is to put the Registration section directly above Participants in the footer. This might've been a more logical location but I am exhausted from updating the over 120+ event pages so the thought of "fixing" this is not something I can face right now. So yeah I understand your concerns but if you could bear with it's much appreciated.... -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 22:23, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, {{meetupsig}} works and is particularly useful in preventing editconflicts for large in-person editathons, but because of technical limitations it is only able to add names to the very bottom section.--Pharos (talk) 22:27, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi all. The A+F team hasn't had the bandwidth to communicate this to organizers yet. We are planning a few last communications over the next week. TX. --Theredproject (talk) 22:32, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If I have time and am on the page anyway I'm going to move Registration to the bottom. Mozucat just had a VERY successful event where she used that format and it was very brill... See OEB Sign Up -- BrillLyle (talk) 22:37, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Pharos -- Thoughts? -- BrillLyle (talk) 04:08, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Czar, this looks positive, and I'm going to research with you on ways to check logged-in status.--Pharos (talk) 04:23, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2016-09

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

  • Thanks to the Graph extension and Pageview API, we now have {{Graph:PageViews}} templates that can show pageviews for any wiki page for any of the wikis. See the examples.
  • The Capiunto extension is installed on test wiki. Capiunto provides flexible infobox functionality for Scribunto and generates HTML for infobox features such as headers and rows. It is designed for clean and modern infoboxes that are driven by data from Wikidata, easily usable across different language versions, and easily extensible.
  • The visual editor now follows the TemplateData format setting announced in November. When you edit or add a use of a template, the wikitext will be laid out in one of the two ways. [14][15]
  • The order of parameters and format defined in a template's TemplateData will be now respected. [16][17]

Changes this week

  • On wikis where the visual editor is available in single edit tab mode, red links may open the visual editor instead of the wikitext editor, depending on user preferences. [18]
  • Anonymous editor warning is now displayed as a warningbox for consistency in both the visual editor and the wikitext editor. [19]
  • Parsoid has been updated to fit some HTML 5 specifications. [20]

Meetings

  • Resigning executive director Lila Tretikov is taking questions at Knowledge Engine FAQ regarding the much talked about project. [21]
  • 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 1 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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20:12, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your help during the Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Oxford College Library of Emory University!

Vrclibrarian (talk) 23:07, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looking forward to this weekend!

Hi User:BrillLyle. Thanks for the warm welcome. I'll see you at A+F on Saturday! Sev2109 (talk) 03:49, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Sev2109: You're welcome! Let me know if you have any questions.... Definitely say hi if it's not too crazy. Can't wait! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 17:35, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thanks for the warm welcome and guidance! Looking forward to making more and more contributions. :)

Stephliana (talk) 21:46, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday, March 5: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Saturday March 5, 10am-5pm: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

You are invited to join us for the MoMA Art+Feminism edit-a-thon on Saturday, to support the expansion of Wikipedia's coverage of women in the arts.

We encourage both people new to Wikipedia, and people who have experience editing online, or have joined us for past edit-a-thon events.

This is by far our biggest event of the year (over 200 participants in the last edition), and every extra hand counts, so please join and volunteer to help us engage new communities!

10:00am - 5:00pm (drop-in anytime!) at The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at the Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54 Street - between 5th/6th, New York, NY 10019
Please note that this entrance is one block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue.

And bring your interested friends and colleagues!

For those outside of the city, or unable to join on Saturday, check out Art+Feminism regional and global events as well. --Pharos (talk) 21:48, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

Auto-signup on A+F meetup page

Hi there--thanks so much for adding the quick & easy signup button to the Ithaca Art + Feminism meetup page! For some reason, it's adding new users with a bullet point, rather than in numerical order. I'm not sure how to fix this other than going into the code afterward. I've added a few more numbers, but they weren't there when we first encountered the problem. Any advice? Sorry to bother you with this request for help! Unionpearl (talk) 01:32, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Unionpearl - Yes this is a known bug. We don't have a solution at this point -- really sorry for the hassle. I've been going into the pages and changing the bullet to a number and removing the extra space. No fix but if you can bear with -- all of the events are encountering this same issue. Let me know if I can be of any help. Sorry again. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 05:22, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I can fix this, but if you're replacing the template on every page anyway, would you want to use {{meetup participant signup}}? czar 05:52, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Czar Hey I don't think this is something that is fixable -- at least it's not something Pharos was able to fix. If you could hold off doing anything until I check with him that would really help. Unfortunately I don't think your template solves the actual problem with the bullet and space either -- and we'd want to test it in a small beta editathon first I think like we did for the blue button. So if you can hold off until I check with Pharos I'd really appreciate it. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 06:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Plus I'm NOT replacing the template on every page like i've already done 2 times. I am just changing the bullet to a # sign and removing a space. On an as needed basis (some folks are savvy and can do that themselves. I don't want to go through and change to something else at this point until I check with Pharos. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 06:01, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You don't have to do anything you don't want to do, but I think it would make more sense to replace a template once than to change every bullet to a pound sign for each sign-in. Anyway, my template works now. If you use {{Template:Meetup participant signup|type=numbered}}, new sign-ups will use the pound symbol when added to the bottom of the page. I have a demo here if you're interested. czar 06:36, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I really appreciate you trying to find a solution. Unfortunately this solution doesn't work either, as the numbering doesn't increment. That was the issue Pharos found as well. Beside Pharos this is also A+F's call not mine. I am only helping out. And again I have changed the template now two times on over 100 event pages so my preference is to leave it be and allow A+F to reach out to organizers and let them know this is a known issue and that it might require a slight amount of management. As far as your proposal I am also not a huge fan of two buttons. The idea was to have a one button registration. This was Pharos' idea so maybe he can weigh in here to elucidate. Again really appreciate the effort you've made but again want to hold off for now. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 12:28, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
BrillLyle : I updated the Ithaca A+F meetup page with the new numbered signup code. Hope that's OK. Unionpearl (talk) 17:35, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

Hi BrillLyle! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 05:31, Thursday, March 3, 2016 (UTC)

Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 3 Mission 4 Mission 5 Mission 6 Mission 7
Say Hello to the World An Invitation to Earth Small Changes, Big Impact The Neutral Point of View The Veil of Verifiability The Civility Code Looking Good Together

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Thank you :)) May Hachem93 (talk) 17:31, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much May Hachem93! Please customize the Arabic if you want to. I would like to embrace other languages for this initiative -- and your event -- as fully as possible! I had just copied text from your Facebook event page. Best to you! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 17:34, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Sure I will maybe now we are a bit busy monitoring the editing process. But sooner or later this will be done. (y) --May Hachem93 (talk) 22:50, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Very cool! I tried to preserve the Arabic in the URL, tried also (as you can probably tell) to do a wikilink but it wouldn't display. Wonderful work you have done! All the best -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 22:53, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for warm welcome + a user profile question

Hi BrillLyle, I am going to the MoMA edit-a-thon tomorrow, and in preparation I was trying to figure out some of the editing process and also log in to my old profile, which was on Russian wikipedia (ru.wiki). When I logged into en.wiki it looks like an entirely new account was created. Do you know if accounts are separated by language like that? Or are they? And can I edit en.wiki tomorrow under my old profile? ---Thanks a lot!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by False friend (talk • contribs) 17:56, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there False friend. I think that you can have a universal login -- or opt not to. But this is very beyond my skillset. I'd recommend asking the kind folks in the IRC channel for help with this. They are so great over there. They will have a quicker answer than if I dig around and try to figure it out. Let me know if it works, and def say hi tomorrow if you want! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 18:39, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much, Erika, I got a superclear explanation at the help channel. Apparently, every user gets a universal profile = a separate profile for every-language-wiki. Any of the profiles only tracks edits made in the specific language wiki, but all the profiles under my username are mine:) Looking forward to the event tomorrow, and hope I see you there! Maria // False friend (talk) 19:37, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well that makes sense. I sort of thought that but there's a universal login, right? Glad the IRC folks were helpful. I go over there all the time when I get stuck and need help or clarification on stuff. :-) -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 19:54, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for welcoming me!

Hi BrillLyle, thanks for the welcome! I'm at an Art + Feminism edit-a-thon at USF today, learning how to edit for the first time. :) Lettersee (talk) 19:32, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya Lettersee! Welcome! It looks like you have a really cool active event over there. Let me know if you need anything or have any questions! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 19:43, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A pie for you!

Hello! I have a question about adding images to wiki pages. I understand there are copyright laws regarding images, so how would I go about adding a photograph of say Francois Gilot to her wikipedia page?

thanks in advance for your time? Alecia Teaglet (talk) 23:21, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Alecia aka Teaglet! Thanks for the pie!!!
As to your question: If you have a picture of Françoise Gilot that you own, you can upload it to Wikimedia Commons -- the photo and document repository for all of the Wikimedia projects, which includes Wikipedia. If you don't own the picture, or don't have the correct free license for the picture, it can't go up on Wikimedia Commons and/or Wikipedia. I find this graphic here very helpful. Boiled down, if the photo has the correct open Creative Commons license, it can go up on Wikipedia. If it doesn't, it will pretty instantly pulled down. This is why there aren't as many images as would be ideal on Wikipedia. It's not easy. Hope that helps. There's a good Tutorial here. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 23:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Talking to me!

Highlytexturedlibrarian (talk) 02:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC) I'm not sure how to "talk" to you, but I wanted to thank you for the cookies.[reply]

Hi Highlytexturedlibrarian -- you just did it -- you wrote to me on my Talk page.
Glad you liked the cookies. Reach out if you need help or have questions.
I see you were at the wonderful Octavia Spencer event at Spelman. You can be very proud of the work that event produced! It was one of the better events I can remember, and I know that the profs were very jazzed. Great job! :-) -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 02:45, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya!

Thanks for your message and the cookies. Looking forward to learn. Esmeralda000 (talk) 02:46, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Esmeralda000 ! Thanks for saying hi on my talk page. Glad you liked the cookies. Please reach out if you have questions, etc.! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 02:47, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you!

Thank you very much for the welcome message. I am part of a student group who is setting up a page and I have a question. I would to find a student template for my student project. Do you know where to find it? Sitesofversailles (talk) 19:56, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sitesofversailles -- Apologies it was a very busy day today so I am only now seeing your message. Did you get help? -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 04:44, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the cookies!

Hello BrillLyle, thanks so much for the warm welcome and the cookies! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Picklecat (talk • contribs) 21:33, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

HI Picklecat! Hope you had a good event. Please reach out if you need anything! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 04:46, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pattytv

Pattytv (talk) 02:48, 6 March 2016 (UTC)Thanks for the welcome! I'm slowly learning. Thanks for any help you can offer!!![reply]

Hi Pattytv! Thanks for writing. Let me know if you need anything specifically! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 04:46, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you re. Art+Feminism

Just wanted to send you a quick thank you for helping set up and maintain all the various Art+Feminism Meetup pages out there, including Columbus'. It's much appreciated! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 06:53, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi User:SuperHamster! Thanks so much for the kind note. Hope you had a great event! Reach out if you need anything! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 13:30, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Aaaand thank you again! I was about to go through and list contributions myself, when I noticed that someone had already done an excellent job. Curious, did you use any sort of tool to help you compile contributions, or did you go through them by hand? ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 16:44, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi User:SuperHamster! You're welcome.... Hope I didn't overstep -- not my intention at all. To answer your question: Yes, by hand sadly, checking sign in folks' contributions, then often looking at pages listed as outcomes. It's not ideal but the tools don't seem to be able to capture this basic info with any precision, and for me it's very helpful to see how events have gone I can get a glimpse of the engagement the more spider-web the edits are (if that makes any sense). Though I suspect many events are not using the event page as a locus or hub, so work is probably being done that isn't captured. It's a definite challenge. My hope is that by interacting with the "safe space" of the event page and doing the minimal logging in and recording edits that new editors can get more experience editing, even if it's just that minimal recordkeeping stuff. :-) Thanks for the kind words! Much appreciated. -- Erika (Wikimedia NYC) aka BrillLyle (talk) 18:59, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No, you didn't overstep at all! Much appreciated - and you did a more thorough job then I would have :) Keep up the great work! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 23:19, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

another Thank you re. Art+Feminism

Hello from the ICA Boston Art+Feminism meet-up, I'm a first-time trainer and new editor and appreciated your hello and offer to help out! We'll be here until 4pm today. If there is a quick link/any info about signing up new users I'd love to see it- I have been made an account creator, but not sure how to wield this new power! Thanks!! Penellohpee (talk) 15:40, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Penellohpee. I'd be happy to help remotely. You can reach out to me and keep in touch via g-chat if you want, it's no problem: wp.brilllyle
As far as account creator here is the link, on Wikipedia, type in the search string: Special:Create account. I usually check the box "Use a temporary random password and send it to the specified email address". Doing this you just need the case sensitive user name the new editors want and the email to send the registration link. The new folks can make about 6 new registrations at your IP address before I think it auto-locks you out, so you'll definitely need to do this. I have AC rights as well because we do so many editathons here in NYC so you can send me a list of the new editor info and I can assist if you start to get a large queue.
Don't be shy! It's no problem!
I made this emoticon summary for new users for our Twitter -- it might be helpful? :-) -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 15:47, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
⭐️ Your 1st Edits! ⭐️
👩🏻 Register @Wikipedia
💃 Sign In @ Event Page
🙋 User Page: Sentence on YOU
🗣 Add Content Baby Steps!
Citation 📰 Work 📚


Hi BrillLyle Thank you so much! I'll be in touch through the day, and those emoji are inspirational...here we go! Penellohpee (talk) 16:14, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yet ANOTHER Thank you re. Art+Feminism

BrillLyle, Thank you for helping document the work we did on Friday at our meetup. I had started to try to do some of that work, but ran out of time on Friday. Also, if you have any constructive criticism for me about some of the results of our work, do let me know. The feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks again for being such an amazing member of this community! 138.202.1.215 Cmisc (talk) 23:07, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cmisc! Glad to help.... Let me know if you have any specific questions or pages. Will do what I can! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 19:02, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Language question

Hello, a question from a new editor: if you make edits in one language, are they universally accessible via translate, or tied to just one language-version of the page? Can try to rephrase if the question is confusing. Thanks!! Penellohpee (talk) 17:07, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Penellohpee -- A friendly reminder to always start a new section. I don't want to miss your comment! :-)
I think I understand what you are asking. There is a Content translation tool that is in beta and might be helpful, but the way the different languages work on Wikipedia is each encyclopedia (English Wikipedia, Spanish Wikipedia, French Wikipedia) has it's own article. And there's no automatic translation. Here's the list -- which includes the numbers of pages of content on each Wiki: List of Wikipedias. Now I feel like I'm not answering the question. There's no "magic" button.... -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 17:15, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi BrillLyle Thank you- that gets at the answer and is a good reminder about starting sections! Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penellohpee (talk • contribs) 17:21, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Penellohpee -- Oh good! More reminders (great, eh? #oy!).... Indent another colon when responding and don't forget the four tildes (~) at the end of your comment to sign and date! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 17:23, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi User:BrillLyle\BrillLyle learning by doing! The Translation Content Tool is helping, but we keep getting the message "Content issues, repeated attempts to vandalize" and notes the content does not meet Wikipedia English standards. This pops up during editing, before even attempting to post. The editor is removing some words to make the translation make sense and wondered if that caused the flag. Any ideas? Thanks! Penellohpee (talk) 20:30, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Penellohpee -- Sorry just saw your message. I think probably if this issue comes up, approach the translation the way you would a new entry. Work in the sandbox, make the entry as good as you can, and submit it when it meets good levels of Wikipedia editing. I think this applies whether it's a translation or not. I don't have multiple language skills but my impression of translation work -- and especially these translation tools -- is that it's very difficult to do well unless you have experience doing translations IRL. And as I mentioned when I told you about that tool, it's in beta, so it's not going to be perfect. So I would recommend lowering expectations, unfortunately, that this is an easy/quick thing. I really truly believe this is a huge issue -- which you have met and experienced head on. Sorry I don't have more experience with translation work. Hope you were able to reach edits that you were happy with and that will add to the encyclopedia. -- Best, Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 08:33, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

WIR A+F

Hoping you enjoyed the recently-held in-person Art+Feminism meetup,
we cordially invite you continue your participation by joining the
virtual worldwide online event
hosted by Women in Red.
March 2016 (Women's History Month)

(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 19:48, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2016-10

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

  • Files on Wikimedia Commons can now be 2 GB big. The old limit was 1 GB. [22]
  • Welcome notifications now have a different symbol. English Wikipedia already had this one. [23]
  • The Wikimedia memory cache servers in the Eqiad cluster have now been upgraded to Debian 8 (Jessie). Some users might have had to log in again because of this. [24]
  • It is now easier to categorize images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in the Commons Android app. [25]
  • Bare attributes in tags now parse according to the HTML5 specifications. <pages from= to= section=1> will parse as <pages from="to=" section="1"> instead of <pages from="" to="" section="1"> as it used to. Please use <pages from="" to="" section=1> or <pages section=1> instead. This is mostly likely to affect pages on Wikisource projects. [26]

Problems

  • Phabricator has been a bit unstable lately. This should be fixed now. [27]
  • The PageView API shows wrong data between 23 February and 29 February for pages with special characters in their title. [28]
  • The parsing change mentioned above caused a large number of pages to break, especially on Wikisource. [29]
  • You may see falsely formatted edit links on both mobile and desktop devices. Mobile devices can also show incorrect formatted table of contents. This should be fixed soon. [30]
  • Templates using TemplateData that were edited with the visual editor might have some problems in wikitext mode. This can be fixed by editing and saving the page by using the visual editor without making any changes. [31]

Changes this week

  • Cross-wiki notifications will be enabled as a beta feature on all wikis on 10 March. You will be able to get notifications when something happens on another Wikimedia wiki. [32]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March (calendar).
  • Wikivoyages will get the Kartographer extension. Kartographer will allow <mapframe> and <maplink> tags in an article to insert an interactive map and overlay it with different markers. You can add ideas and suggestions to the Maps talk page. If you find any bugs, you can report them in Phabricator. [33]

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 8 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones. [34]
  • The Wikimedia technical operations team plans to do some server work on 22 March. This could cause some problems, for example make it possible to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a short period of time. The date for this might change. [35]

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The Signpost: 02 March 2016

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

San Diego A+F "saving sweep"

If you're just aiming for a SWAG, it may not matter, but I don't see how the improved/created lists in this edit were arrived at.

The only page created during the three hour Wikipedia:Meetup/San Diego/ArtandFeminism 2016 was Draft:Marjorie Nodelman. Everything else that was worked on:

existed long before the meetup. Although Draft:Anne K. Batten and Draft:Edie McKee Harper were on our like-to-improve list, no one actually did. In the hours before the meetup I made enough of an edit to them to postponed G13 and keep them from being deleted for another 6 months. To call them in any way improved by that would cheapen the meaning of the word. Worldbruce (talk) 07:25, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In an effort to capture edits that were made I have been going through the event pages and trusting that the organizers and experienced editors who participated would make sure that if they listed pages as being edited on the event pages that they were indeed edited. If an editor was signed up for the event I checked their User contributions by date stamp and added edits during the time of the editathon. I did not click through and check the edits made. Another team is checking the DRAFTS but mostly for AfD/Speedy deletion to see if there's any salvation of the work. I am relying on both the event organizers and experienced editors who attended the event to see whatever sweep is done and adjust if it is inaccurate. I had hoped that the event organizer for the satellite and the experienced editors would make sure there was an exhaustive list of edits made but very few events did this, which is why I am. This is all being done manually in order to hopefully be as precise as possible. I am a volunteer and receive no compensation for this effort, and am only doing the sweeps in an effort to help support the initiative.
So if there are edits that are not to be counted by all means please make the adjustments. This is not an effort to hoodwink or misrepresent edits somehow. This is an effort to collect information about who attended and who made edits -- something that is typically done as a starting point in gathering event metrics. So please step in and adjust the outcomes of your event. Thanks -- BrillLyle (talk) 12:16, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks, done. Although I've been around Wikipedia for a while, this is the first event I've attended, so I wasn't sure what you were looking for in terms of reporting. Worldbruce (talk) 15:06, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Worldbruce, so much. 100% serious.
As an experienced editor if you have any suggestions on how to capture the edits, please let me know. I am the Secretary of Wikimedia NYC and we put on over 35 events last year, will probably do at least that number again this year. We are trying to figure out the easiest approach to user metrics but it's not a very automated -- or easy process -- so anything you might have to offer would be much appreciated. Right now it's just a manual slog through on Wiki sign ins and going through articles people post they've worked on. So.... :-) -- Best, BrillLyle (talk) 16:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

newbie says hello

Hello,

Thank you for the cookies!

Greetings Seb aka bibboy16 Bibboy16 (talk) 09:56, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bibboy16! Thank you! Let me know if you have any questions on edits! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 16:43, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: February 2016



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March 16: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday March 16, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.

We will also follow up on plans for recent (Art+Feminism!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities.

We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.

We will also vote on nominations for the global Wikimedia Foundation board.

After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 137 West 14th Street

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! (One likely talk this month will be on the Wikidata project.) Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:06, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

Thank you for the welcome

Hello and thank you for the welcome (and cookies!) - have I written this in the correct place?! Still very new to WP - I joined to talk part in the Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Quizfan77 (talk) 18:26, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

PS - I notice you have a To-Do list, I would love to create one for myself - how do I go about this? Quizfan77 (talk) 18:28, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Quizfan77! Yes, excellent work. This is the place to talk to editors, on their talk pages. Well done! Glad you liked the cookies. That always makes me happy, and someone gave them to me, so.... :-)
As far as a To Do List, I created a page in my "namespace" so you would just append "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Quizfan77" to be something like "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Quizfan77/ToDo". Wikipedia is so addictive, my list is MASSIVE at this point. Sort of overwhelming!
Let me know if you have any other questions. And welcome again! -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 19:08, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and a ? about Redirects

varda (talk) has given you a bowl of yoghurt yogurt! Yogurt is delicious and promotes memory improvement, awareness and WikiLove. Hopefully, this treat has added some flavor to your day.

Hi BrillLyle, please accept this bowl of yogurt as a token of thanks for the welcome message (and the cookies). I have a question about redirects. I'm trying to convert a redirect into a new article, but I keep getting redirected to the target. I can't seem to figure out how to edit the redirect page itself. The redirect instructions page tells me to "go to the redirect page by clicking the existing redirect note on the target page", but I can't figure out how to do this without getting redirected! Thanks in advance for your help! varda (talk) 03:58, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the goodness of yogurt by adding {{subst:Yogurt}} to someone's Talk page with a friendly message! Give yogurt out liberally to someone you've had disagreements with in the past, or to a good friend.

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