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The Signpost: 31 December 2014
- News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers
- In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap
- Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation
- Featured content: A bit fruity
- Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide
- Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting
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The Signpost: 07 January 2015
- Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors
- In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints
- Featured content: Kock up
- Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne
The Signpost: 14 January 2015
- Featured content: Citations are needed
- In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors
- News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community
- Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you
- Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie
- WikiProject report: Articles for Creation: the Inside Story
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The Signpost: 21 January 2015
- From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief
- Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost
- Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing
- Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better
- News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections
- In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers
- Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess
- Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens
- Technology report: The future of MediaWiki
DRN case reopened
GA, I've taken the liberty of reopening the Sri Lanka DRN case which you closed. There was additional discussion on one of the editors talk page which was sufficient to satisfy the discussion requirement and we're not particularly picky about where discussion occurs so long as it occurs. No harm, no foul, just thought that you'd want to know. Best regards, and thanks for volunteering at DRN, TransporterMan (TALK) 18:59, 25 January 2015 (UTC) (current DRN coordinator)
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The Signpost: 28 January 2015
- From the editor: An editorial board that includes you
- In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia
- Traffic report: A sea of faces
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- There was a security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [1]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 4 (calendar).
- The "Save page" button in the VisualEditor toolbar is now blue rather than green. This is the same as on the mobile site. [2]
- You can now edit pages on the draft namespace with VisualEditor on the Russian Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia. You can ask to get VisualEditor for a namespace on your wiki. When your community agrees, ask in Phabricator. [3] [4]
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The Signpost: 04 February 2015
- News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia
- Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?
- In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue
- Traffic report: The American Heartland
- Featured content: It's raining men!
- Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate
- WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?
- Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes
- Gallery: Langston Hughes
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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 software changes
- You can now use
{{#lsth: PageName | SectionName }}to transclude a section with its title. [5]
Problems
- MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [6]
- UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [7]
- All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [8]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 11 (calendar).
- You can have one user page for all wikis. Your Meta user page will show if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can test this tool on test wikis. [9] [10] [11]
- You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [12] [13]
- It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider. [14]
- You can read the latest news about VisualEditor. You can now join weekly meetings with developers. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The first meeting is on February 11 at 20:00 (UTC).
Future changes
- Administrators will soon be able to delete change tags used fewer than 5,000 times. [15]
- In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [16]
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The Signpost: 11 February 2015
- From the editors: We want to know what you think!
- News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; another awarded $1 million
- In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?
- Traffic report: Bowled over
- WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled
- Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...
- Gallery: Feel the love
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
- On Wednesday your Meta user page will be shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. [17] [18] [19]
- You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [20]
- In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [21]
- The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first. [22]
Meetings
- The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [23]
- You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [24]
- You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [25]
Future changes
- You can comment on a proposal about abandoned Labs tools.
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The Signpost: 18 February 2015
- Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition
- In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia
- Special report: Revision scoring as a service
- Traffic report: February is for lovers
- Gallery: Darwin Day
- Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish
- Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?