User talk:Cassiopeia/Archive 48
This is an archive of past discussions with User:Cassiopeia. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 45 | Archive 46 | Archive 47 | Archive 48 | Archive 49 | Archive 50 | → | Archive 55 |
NPP School request
Hello, I'm interested in the NPP school. Would you mind taking me as a student? I've finished he CVUA, and now want to expand into NPP. I've read all of the syllabus pages. Hope you'll give this thought. Thanks, Thanoscar21talk, contribs 21:57, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanoscar21, good day, pls provide the link of your CUVA program. Thank you. Cassiopeia(talk) 12:24, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
- Here it is. Thanks for considering, Thanoscar21talk, contribs 17:52, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanoscar21 Good day and thank you for the link. NPPSCHOOL program is a comprehensive program which requires the participant to spend time to read provided material (WP pages) and do the assignments. The project consists of 3 parts with 10 assignments and 1 final exam. It covers notability, sources, tagging, wiki project, subsort, wiki content policies, CSD, PROPS, AfD, communication, review and much more topics. Participant usually takes 3 months to complete the program (it depends how much time you spend on the program). Many participant abandoned the program due to the find they need to spend more time on the assignments/reading material as they anticipate. Once you have complete the program, you would equip with the knowledge to review new pages. I am the trainer for CVUA and NPPSCHOOL, do note that NPPSCHOOL program is a lot harder than that of CUVA and I do expect answers provided need to supported by guidelines, justification of your reason, provide all hist diff for any tagging, article page, editor talk page, reports/discussion pages and any relevant hist diffs. Let me know if you are still interest to join the program after reading the info above. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:32, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
- Cassiopeia, yes, I'm still interested. Thank you for considering, Thanoscar21talk, contribs 21:45, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanoscar21 Good day and thank you for the link. NPPSCHOOL program is a comprehensive program which requires the participant to spend time to read provided material (WP pages) and do the assignments. The project consists of 3 parts with 10 assignments and 1 final exam. It covers notability, sources, tagging, wiki project, subsort, wiki content policies, CSD, PROPS, AfD, communication, review and much more topics. Participant usually takes 3 months to complete the program (it depends how much time you spend on the program). Many participant abandoned the program due to the find they need to spend more time on the assignments/reading material as they anticipate. Once you have complete the program, you would equip with the knowledge to review new pages. I am the trainer for CVUA and NPPSCHOOL, do note that NPPSCHOOL program is a lot harder than that of CUVA and I do expect answers provided need to supported by guidelines, justification of your reason, provide all hist diff for any tagging, article page, editor talk page, reports/discussion pages and any relevant hist diffs. Let me know if you are still interest to join the program after reading the info above. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:32, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanoscar21 Greetings. I have set up the program page for you. For all the assignments, pls provide hist diffs of the articles, reverts, edits, reports, results of the reports, guidilines, talk page messages, and any hist diff that is applicable. Pls provide guidelines where applicable and justify/explain your application or analysis. Pls ping me if you need assistance (here in this program page at the communication section of every assignment). Welcome to NPPS! Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 04:29, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Cassiopeia I edited Nikki Galrani page because there unwanted content. If I making mistake sorry. Eswnav (talk) 03:00, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- Eswnav Good day. Please do not removed sourced content unless you have a very good reason and should be stated in the edit summary and provide Wikipedia guidelines or source where applicable. You have not only deleted sourced content but a huge chunk of it - see here. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 03:06, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- Can you help me? Can you expand Vani Bhojan Wikipedia page like Nikki Galrani page and I understand how to edit. Eswnav (talk) 03:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- Kindly reply me sir Eswnav (talk) 03:20, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- Can you help me? Can you expand Vani Bhojan Wikipedia page like Nikki Galrani page and I understand how to edit. Eswnav (talk) 03:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- Eswnav You need to be specific with your questions as I dont know what you need. Secondly, you need to add additional colon " :" from the previous message thread before you start you message (I have added in for you - see in source edit mode). I suggest you to read all the links in your welcome message on your talk page to understand some basic guidelines and see Help:Wikitext to familiar yourself on Wiki mark up. Lastly (very important) Pls read WP:V and WP:PROVEIT guidelines. After you have read the above links/pages and you still have questions, then pls pop back here with specific questions for I am here to help. Best. Cassiopeia(talk) 03:24, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
New fighters for the Mainspace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Raphael_Pessoa and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Movsar_Evloev are both ready for the mainspace once they finish their fights tonight. HeinzMaster (talk) 14:26, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- HeinzMaster, Good day, pls submit Movsar Evloev for review. thank you. Cassiopeia(talk) 22:22, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- HeinzMaster Done reviewed - Pessoa. Pls submit Evloev. Thank you. Cassiopeia(talk) 23:05, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- HeinzMaster Done reviewed Evloev. Thank you for you contribution. Cassiopeia(talk) 23:53, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- HeinzMaster Done reviewed - Pessoa. Pls submit Evloev. Thank you. Cassiopeia(talk) 23:05, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
August 2020 at Women in Red
Women in Red | August 2020, Volume 6, Issue 8, Numbers 150, 151, 173, 174, 175
|
--Rosiestep (talk) 18:50, 26 July 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging
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
- The Starter kit is now available for wiki communities. This page lists technical resources, tools, and recommendations. These are essential to operate a wiki project. This is mostly useful for smaller wikis where the community has limited experience with this. [1]
- The first features of the Desktop Improvements project are available for logged-in users on all wikis. In order to use them, uncheck Use Legacy Vector in your local or global preferences in section Skin preferences. More improvements are planned. Feedback is welcome.
- On multiple wikis, a UTCLiveClock gadget is available. For wikis that import the gadget directly from mediawiki.org, end users can now choose a different timezone to show instead of UTC.
Problems
- The deployment train for MediaWiki has been blocked this week. [2][3]
- Translation Notification Bot was sending the same message multiple times to every translator. This has been fixed. [4]
- Some users were receiving the same notification multiple times. This has been fixed. [5]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from July 29. It will be on all wikis from JUly 30 (calendar).
Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
13:51, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #426
- Events
- The Wikidata track of the LD4 conference on Linked Data in Libraries takes place on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July. Free, upon registration.
- Seeking feedback on a possible WikiCite@Wikidata's 8th Birthday online conference; and what content/format/timing preferences you have. Please respond to this short survey. [Privacy policy: https://w.wiki/XfN]
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Liam Wyatt on WikiCite and its future plans, ways to get involved, and discussions that are happening in the community, 28 July. Agenda
- Past: Wikidata and Wikibase office hour with a focus on the Query Service, July 21st. Notes of the discussions
- Upcoming video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #14, August 1 Facebook YouTube
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #23, August 2
- Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Croiser des données avec OpenRefine by Ash_Crow (in French, how to match data from inside and outside Wikidata with Open Refine)
- "OBA: An Ontology-Based Framework for Creating REST APIs for Knowledge Graphs"
- Library’s linked-data project gets new grant. "Known as Linked Data for Production, the project is part of a long-term collaboration among Cornell University Library, Stanford Libraries and the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa. Through linked data, information about books and other items in library records will be enhanced by related information from external online sources". By Jose Beduya
- Wikidata Training Workshop 1, by Canadian Arts Presenting Association
- Video: Wikidata Lab XXIV on relative digital positioning (in Portuguese). YouTube
- Video: Women Writers in Review: Integrating special collections into Wikidata. YouTube
- Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - Entity Schemas and Shape Expressions (ShEx) Facebook YouTube
- Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #13 Facebook YouTube
- Tool of the week
- We would love suggestions for tools to include in this section of the weekly summary. Please add your suggestions directly under Status updates/Next#Backlog after checking that the tool isn't already listed.
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikimedia Commons Query Service (WCQS) launches in Beta. This SPARQL endpoint for Structured Data on Commons can federate with Wikidata's Query Service. (Announcement & discussion)
- A new OpenRefine reconciliation service for Wikidata is available. Add it in OpenRefine with
https://wikidata.reconci.link/en/api
or by replacingen
by any other Wikimedia language code.
- Did you know?
- Newest properties:
- General datatypes: pertainym, BTI Governance Index, BTI Status Index, Ofsted inspection rating, distribution map of taxon
- External identifiers: Wiki-Rennes ID, Queensland Biota ID, Australian Weed ID, Encyclopedie berbere ID, Japanese magazine code, Lobbywatch.ch ID of a member of parliament, IVS ID, Svenska Akademiens Ordbok ID, National Registry of Exonerations Case ID, Described and Captioned Media Program producer ID, Český hudební slovník osob a institucí ID, PM20 geo code, PM20 subject code, DATAtourisme ID, OpenCritic critic ID, ASCCEG 2019 ID, SmallGroup ID, ANZSIC 2006 ID, AHECC 2017 ID
- New property proposals to review:
- General datatypes: booking URL, member of lexicon, screen (display) resolution, in pixels, Size comparison diagram, Butcher tableau, related laws and regulations, Water area
- External identifiers: Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID, WISAARD ID, Jisho word id, UK Research and Innovation organisation ID, Opta football player ID, Opta football team ID, Opta football competition ID, Power plant operating licence (Turkey), Árvore de Interesse Público ID, MinDat taxon ID, Dizionario Biografico dei Protestanti in Italia ID, Twitter topics numeric ID, People Australia ID
- Query examples:
- Newest properties:
- Development
- Changed the size of image previews to 1024 in the gallery view of the query service to avoid some images not loading sometimes (phabricator:T258241)
- Added an actual space between the entity title and the name of the fallback language (if any), so that the fallback language isn't selected anymore when double-clicking the entity title for copying (phabricator:T256857)
- Fixed the directionality of text pieces in placeholders that mix LTR and RTL (phabricator:T253812)
- Continued work on first pieces of design system to make coding new features easier in the future
- Continued untangling the code of Wikibase Client and Wikibase Repo to make it easier to develop on them
- Finished first piece of research on how to make it easier to access Wikidata's data for programmers - more work to be done
- Preparing to start coding on the Query Builder to make it easier to create queries without having to know SPARQL
- Finished running the scraper that gets potential new references for unreferenced statements and preparing it for publishing
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
- Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
- Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
- Contribute to a Showcase item.
- Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
- Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
- Help write the next summary!
Re-request CVUA training
User talk:Cassiopeia/Archive 47#Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy I feel a lot better now. So, I want to start the course. ❯❯❯ S A H A 14:29, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- ArnabSaha Good to know you are back and all is better for you now. Please read Notes CVUA and if you still want to join the program after reading the notes, that pls let me know. Thank you. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:14, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- CASSIOPEIA, Done i want to continue. ❯❯❯ S A H A 11:36, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- ArnabSaha I have set up the program page for you. Please Do NOT revert more than 3 times within 24 hours on the same page if the edit you reverted are NOT considered blatantly vandalism for you will be blocked - Please bear in mind. The motto of the Counter Vandalism Unit is Civility – Maturity – Responsibility. Welcome to CUVA. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 11:49, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- Cassiopeia, thanks a lot. ❯❯❯ S A H A 15:03, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- ArnabSaha I have set up the program page for you. Please Do NOT revert more than 3 times within 24 hours on the same page if the edit you reverted are NOT considered blatantly vandalism for you will be blocked - Please bear in mind. The motto of the Counter Vandalism Unit is Civility – Maturity – Responsibility. Welcome to CUVA. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 11:49, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
NPP School
Please enroll me in your NPP School. Minimoto (talk) 14:58, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
- I am waiting for your reply, although I am not meeting requirements but assume that there is no wrong to learn new things such as new page patrolling Minimoto (talk) 11:16, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- Kakima minimoto Good day. You need to have at least 500 (I would suggest 1000) total edits in mainspace to join the program. As per today you have 141 total edits in maispace - see here. I suggest you to complete WP:ADVENTURE program to gain some basic Wikipedia guidelines. Pop back here when you have 500+ total main space edits. Let me know if anything else I could help. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 11:32, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Vandalism & Profanity
Admins please have a close look on Maldivian wikipages that has local language insertions (in latin). I have just corrected one in the page below. Existance Leesaaisath
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolhufushi_(Meemu_Atoll) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leesaaisath (talk • contribs) 17:22, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
My apologies
I removed a country link on the UFC Fight Night 176 page earlier today. You never actually wanted countries to be linked inside the infobox, so I'm sorry for being insensitive and misinterpreting the guidelines. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to lessen your burden here. — 29cwcst (talk) 03:20, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- 29cwcst No worries and I saw you removed the country link for UFN 176 as per MOS:LINK guidlines. I also saw you had corrected the 2020 in UFC of City info - Appreciate it for helping out and thank you for your contribution. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:04, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Cassiopeia: Likewise, but why did you revert my UFC Fight Island 1, 2 and 3 edits? They were event names that were genuinely being used, even by the UFC itself. Here are some URLs to support the point I'm making:
- 29cwcst No worries and I saw you removed the country link for UFN 176 as per MOS:LINK guidlines. I also saw you had corrected the 2020 in UFC of City info - Appreciate it for helping out and thank you for your contribution. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:04, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- https://cagesidepress.com/2020/07/16/ufc-fight-island-1-bonuses-three-fighters-earn-performance-awards/
- https://www.mmamania.com/2020/7/19/21330372/ufc-fight-island-2-results-matches-to-make-for-figueiredo-vs-benavidez-2-main-card-winners
- https://cagesidepress.com/2020/07/26/ufc-fight-island-3-bonuses/
Please explain this to me. — 29cwcst (talk) 02:05, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
- 29cwcst Normally we have only UFN, UFC on ESPN and PPV use to create a page. Island name is new and not sure it will be continued. If you look at the history log, other long term editors have removed the before. If the Yas Island would continue to hold the events due to c19 and many source do use that then you could propose in MMA talk page. Cheers. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Cassiopeia: I don't mean as a title or a redirect, but simply as another event name mentioned/referenced within the article. Even if the Island name is new and might not be continued, I'm going to add them back because those three events were also known by that name. For my sake at least, please don't revert these edits again. — 29cwcst (talk) 03:45, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- 29cwcst If the name is added to the page then a redirect should be done so viewers can search the event in Wikipedia. Cassiopeia(talk) 09:38, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Cassiopeia: Done. I also added a UFC Vegas 5 redirect to UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan as well. — 29cwcst (talk) 00:45, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
- 29cwcst If the name is added to the page then a redirect should be done so viewers can search the event in Wikipedia. Cassiopeia(talk) 09:38, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Cassiopeia: I don't mean as a title or a redirect, but simply as another event name mentioned/referenced within the article. Even if the Island name is new and might not be continued, I'm going to add them back because those three events were also known by that name. For my sake at least, please don't revert these edits again. — 29cwcst (talk) 03:45, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- 29cwcst Normally we have only UFN, UFC on ESPN and PPV use to create a page. Island name is new and not sure it will be continued. If you look at the history log, other long term editors have removed the before. If the Yas Island would continue to hold the events due to c19 and many source do use that then you could propose in MMA talk page. Cheers. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
- 29cwcst Saw and thank you. Stay safe and enjoy the fights tmrw. Cassiopeia(talk) 09:46, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
Khabib Nurmagomedov's relationship with his father
Hey Cassiopeia, was editing Khabib Nurmagomedov's article and I realized that his father Abdulmanap (rest in peace) is pointed out as his trainer. Do you think he should remain there after the tragic incident? Maybe it's a little bit disrespectful to Khabib, as he may still see him as his trainer. What do you think? Personally I'd leave it there. Thank you.PabloLikesToWrestle (talk) 15:18, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
- PabloLikesToWrestle Good day. His passing of his father is already stated at the "Personal life" of Khabib Nurmagomedov page. You can add "also his trainer" in the content if you like. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:04, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Adoption
May I be adopted? I am interested in joining the CVU, but need to learn how to deal with vandalism first. Thanks! Hello world 6 (talk) 04:54, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- Hello world 6 Hi, good day. You need to have at least 200* total edit in the mainspace to jon the program. You have only 53 total edits as per today - see HERE. Come back when you have more than 200 total edits. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:18, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- Ok! I'll tell you when I'm ready! Hello world 6 (talk) 23:44, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- Hello world 6, Yes at the meant time do complete the WP:ADVENTURE program and pop back when you have done so with 200+ mainspace edits. Stay safe. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:35, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 2 August 2020
- Special report: Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
- COI and paid editing: Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
- News and notes: Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
- In the media: Dog days gone bad
- Discussion report: Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
- Featured content: Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
- Traffic report: Now for something completely different
- News from the WMF: New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users
- Obituaries: Hasteur and Brian McNeil
Wikidata weekly summary #427
- Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Wiki13
- Events
- Upcoming: Search Platform Office Hours—August 5th, 2020. This event will be an occasion to talk about the Query Service.
- Upcoming: Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #15, August 8 Facebook, YouTube
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #24, August 9
- Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Wikidata track at the 2020 LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries:
- (30 July) Wikidata Tutorial: Intro to the Basics (by User:Gamaliel)
- (30 July) Advanced Wikidata Tools and Concepts: More Than Just P's and Q's (by User:Mahir256)
- (30 July) Developing a Wikidata Project (by User:Will (Wiki Ed))
- (31 July) VanderBot: Using a Python script to create and update researcher items in Wikidata (by User:Baskaufs)
- (31 July) No bricks without clay: outcomes from the Stanford Wikidata Working Group (by User:Arcadialib)
- (31 July) LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Wikidata Working Hour: Adding References to Wikidata (by User:Chicagohil)
- Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #14 Facebook YouTube
- Video: Lexemes in Wikidata - structured lexicographical data for everyone (by Lydia Pintscher), YouTube
- Video: Wikidata presentation (in Turkish), YouTube
- Why You Should Do NLP Beyond English - Nice article giving some context about why it matters to have Lexemes in Wikidata in many different languages
- Wikidata track at the 2020 LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries:
- Tool of the week
- SQID allows you to analyse, browse and query Wikidata. SQID is inspired by Magnus Manske's Reasonator, but focuses on prominently featuring information about Wikidata classes and properties.
- Did you know?
- Newest properties:
- General datatypes: height of center of mass, road number formatter, Vietnamese middle name, heraldic attitude, traffic sign template image
- External identifiers: Tree of Public Interest ID, Denkmaldatenbank Thurgau ID, DSSTOX compound identifier, South Africa EMIS code, Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID, WISAARD resource ID, Gateway to Research organisation ID, SÚKL code, Science Fiction Awards Database author ID, Power plant operating licence (Turkey)
- New property proposals to review:
- General datatypes: certified as, number of stages, convergence rate, step count, Alternative form, view, version type for works, advertisement copy
- External identifiers: LibraryThing series identifier, Swiss Industrial Heritage ID, TOPCMB ID, Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ID, Sports-Reference.com college basketball school ID, SAT-matrikulo, Signal number, BHF author ID, BHF magazine ID, SPLC Group ID, SPLC Individual ID, Open Civic Data Division Identifiers, RKD thesaurus ID, TCLF ID, Presence compositrices ID of composer, Presence compositrices ID of work
- Query examples:
- Properties and the number of constraint definition statements on them - there are quite a few with 0 constraint definitions
- a graph of MPs and parties in the Swedish Parliament and with whom they worked together with to create motions 2018 SPOILER: >95% is just with people in the same party
- Wealthiest queer people on Wikidata (Source)
- Bubble chart showing the winners of the FA Cup (Source)
- Map of parks in Oslo missing images on Wikidata (Source)
- Commons queries:
- Newest properties:
- Development
- The last week was our quarterly prototyping week. We worked on the following projects. None of them are ready for prime-time yet but we'll continue with them.
- Slices: We've had a lot of requests for accessing dumps of a smaller part of Wikidata's data since rarely anyone needs the complete data in Wikidata. The tricky part is figuring out which part is needed and if any of that can be generalized. We looked into for example how to make dump generation faster so we could potentially produce more smaller dumps that only cover a part of Wikidata's data, either thematically (e.g. humans) or by type of data (e.g. only statements and English labels and aliases but not sitelinks or descriptions).
- REST API: As part of our effort to make it easier to access Wikidata's data for programmers we looked into a REST API. We tried to see if we could cover the existing action API modules in a REST API. We could. We'll take this as input for our ongoing API work now.
- Improving quality ratings through ORES: ORES can judge the quality of an Item automatically. It is currently not very good at it however. We tried a few things to make it more accurate and found some easy wins we'll probably make happen in the next weeks.
- Query manipulator: One of the ways we could potentially improve the load situation of the Wikidata Query Service is by automatically analyzing and then redirecting a bunch of queries to other systems that are more suitable for that particular type of query. The nice thing about that would be that the person/program sending the query wouldn't have to care about it but it'd be done automagically for them. We tried to build such a system and the results look very promising but more work/experimenting is needed, especially together with the WMF Search team.
- The last week was our quarterly prototyping week. We worked on the following projects. None of them are ready for prime-time yet but we'll continue with them.
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
- Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
- Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
- Contribute to a Showcase item.
- Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
- Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
- Help write the next summary!
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
- All queries to the Wikidata Query Service failed between 17:50 and 17:59 UTC on Thursday 23 July. Some queries failed during a longer period. [6]
- Interlanguage links were ordered incorrectly for the past few weeks. This problem was also mentioned in Tech News two weeks ago. The problem is now fixed. [7]
- There is a problem with the global preferences for the "Use Legacy Vector" option. Developers are working on fixing it. [8]
- A bug in the Wikibase extension had disabled the "move" and "create" types of protection in the main (Gallery) namespace on Wikimedia Commons. New protections could not be added, and existing protections were not enforced, allowing some page moves and page creations that should not have been possible. This has now been fixed. [9]
Changes later this week
- The video player will change to be simpler and more modern. This week, the current beta feature will become the video player for everyone on most non-Wikipedia wikis. The old player will be removed. [10]
- Users'
global.js
andglobal.css
pages will now also be loaded on the mobile site. You can read documentation for how to avoid applying styles to the mobile skin. [11] - In the MonoBook skin, the
searchGoButton
identifier is nowsearchButton
. This may affect CSS and JS gadgets. Migration instructions can be found in T255953. This was previously mentioned in issue 27. - Bot operators can use Pywikibot to regularly archive discussions. The behavior when the bot uses
counter
to prevent large archives was changed. [12] - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from August 5. It will be on all wikis from August 6 (calendar).
Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
15:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
CVUA request
Hi Cassiopeia! I'm back again, I have completed the 200 mainspace edits requirement (http://en.wikichecker.com/user/?t=CompassOwl I had to use wikichecker because Xtools had a lag) and reverted a good amount of vandalism in the meantime. So I would like to be accepted in to the CVUA program. Cheers, CompassOwl (talk to me!) 20:37, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
- CompassOwl Hi, good day. You have less than 200 total edits in the mainspace as per THIS. Come back when you have more than 200 total edits. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:16, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- That's because of Xtools' lag(changes newer than two days may not be shown) as it says on the top of that page. If you use another edit counter such as wikichecker you will find that I have more than 200. CompassOwl (talk to me!) 11:12, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- CompassOwl While waiting for xtool to update your current total edits, kindly complete WP:ADVENTURE program to gain some basic Wikipedia guidelines. Pop back here when you have finished. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 11:15, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
- Done with WP:ADVENTURE as can be seen on my userpage. Cheers, CompassOwl (talk to me!) 22:12, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Can I be accepted now or do I still have to wait for Xtools' lag to end? CompassOwl (talk to me!) 11:18, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- CompassOwl Your main space edits still shows lower that 200 - see HERE. When it shows more than 200, please pop back here.Stay safe. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:35, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
- CASSIOPEIA, do you insist on using Xtools? I don't think the lag's going to be fixed anytime soon. I already have 650+ edits, Xtools only show 530. I'm sure in that 120 edits there's 9 mainspace edits. CompassOwl (talk to me!) 17:58, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
- Yes! [13] 209 edits. CompassOwl (talk to me!) 18:10, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
- Can you accept me now? CompassOwl (talk to me!) 16:16, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
- CompassOwl Hello, Your user page indicated you are retired; however, your edit summary indicate otherwise - see here. If you are indeed retired then I would not set up the CUVA program, if not, then pls remove the retirement template from your user page. Thank you. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:36, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
- Can you accept me now? CompassOwl (talk to me!) 16:16, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
- CompassOwl Your main space edits still shows lower that 200 - see HERE. When it shows more than 200, please pop back here.Stay safe. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:35, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
CVU/Academy training request
Hi Cassiopeia, I reached out to you a couple weeks ago regarding joining the CVU Academy [14]. I have since completed my 200 mainspace edits (although you might not be able to see the updated number for a few days due to the lag). I saw you asked another potential trainee above to complete the Wikipedia Adventures, which I have also already done. Would you please be able to train me now? I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance! PinkElixir (talk) 20:03, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- Your edit count is lagging too? :( CompassOwl (talk to me!) 23:19, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- PinkElixir Your main space edits still shows lower that 200 - see HERE. When it shows more than 200, please pop back here.Stay safe. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:35, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
- Hi, again. Hope you are safe and well! My main space edits now show 217. May I please join now? Thank you for your patience in working with me; I greatly appreciate it. PinkElixir (talk) 03:05, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
- PinkElixir Your main space edits still shows lower that 200 - see HERE. When it shows more than 200, please pop back here.Stay safe. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:35, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
- PinkElixir, Good day. I have set up the program page for you. Please make sure you enable WP:Twinkle and know how to provide hist diff - see here Wikipedia:Simplest diff guide. Once you have done the assignment and would like to get it review then ping me on the sub page (at the end of the assignment). I will usually review the assignment a day after you ping me. Do raise any questions of the review if there are any, if not and you are ready to proceed to next assignment then let me know and I will post it accordingly. One thing to note - very important - Do NOT revert more than 3 times within 24 hours on the same page if the edit you reverted are NOT considered blatantly vandalism for you will be blocked. Please bear in mind. Please bear in mind. The motto of the Counter Vandalism Unit is Civility – Maturity – Responsibility. Welcome to CUVA. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:32, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
I'm back
Hi, Cassiopeia, a little while ago I contacted you about NPP School, and you said to wait to enrol until I had completed the CVUA, so as not to break my back with the work. (Discussion here) Well, I am now a CVUA graduate, so I would like to request to join the school. Thanks, WikiMacaroonsCinnamon? 07:50, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
- WikiMacaroons Good day. I have set up the program page for you. Pls note this program is a lot harder and complicated than that off CUVA. Answers/application need to based on guidelines, justification and explanation in dept and lenght is needed and pls provide all hist diffs and links for guidelines, report, talk page, hist log page and anything is applicable.Welcome to NPPS. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:48, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
Steve Garcia
not sure what other sources are needed. His youtube channel uses his real name, USADA testing database clearly indicates his name is Estevan [1] . (part of my reason for including real names on MMA fighters is for people referring to the USADA database for testing info not being able to find them). Outside of USADA and his own social media what do you propose? :D Dimspace (talk) 15:07, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
References
- Dimspace, Good day. We usually use State of Nevada Athletic Commission info - example 1 and example 2. Garcia had a fight in Nevada (Dana White's Contender Series 25 on August 20, 2019) for such you can find in 2019 result page - link here Pdf. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 10:17, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
- Cassiopeia,how the hell did you manage to find that. I went to the commission calendar page yesterday specifically looking for his DWCS stuff and the calendar did not have the results cards for 2019. That was the first place I went to try and source it. Ah well, hes thankfully on there as Estevan M Garcia :D 14:56, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
- I looked via the calendar [1] but all of august 2019 stuff was missing except a few weigh ins and the commission meeting. edit: got it.. man the results pages are so much easier than wading through the calendar. fwiw the only time i tend to worry about real names is for USADA purposes. Where there is a discrepancy between their "fight name" and how they appear in teh usada database as it may help people who are looking for athlete test records. Dimspace (talk) 15:02, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
- Cassiopeia,how the hell did you manage to find that. I went to the commission calendar page yesterday specifically looking for his DWCS stuff and the calendar did not have the results cards for 2019. That was the first place I went to try and source it. Ah well, hes thankfully on there as Estevan M Garcia :D 14:56, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
References
- Dimspace, Good to know you have found the info and thank you for adding the name on the fighter page. I have recorded fighters were and are suspended by USADA in 2019 in UFC, 2020 in UFC and List of current UFC fighters. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 09:54, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Administrator?
Hi greetings, I would like to suggest you to nominate for adminship on Wikipedia. You are a competent user and very active contributor. Admin right will surely help you to enhance your activities especially on CVU, NPP, etc. If you allow, I can nominate you. Thank you.--PATH SLOPU 11:38, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Hello Path slopu. I have previously nominated Cassiopeia back in February for adminship and it failed. See here. I would recommend asking again in a few years' time so you can give them time to address the concerns raised by the opposers and hopefully become a better contributor. I hope this helps. Interstellarity (talk) 11:54, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Interstellarity and Path slopu: Slopu, thank you for suggestion, but I will pass this time as the incident was during my early time in Wikipedia and even after more than 100K edits and years later and I have never done it ever since, unfortunately it was brought it up during RFA. As for the R2, it is as per guidelines stated but some admins didnt like it. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 00:12, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
- So, does that mean you are ready to be nominated again? Thank you. PATH SLOPU 03:08, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Path slopu: In the future. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 09:55, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Interstellarity and Path slopu: Slopu, thank you for suggestion, but I will pass this time as the incident was during my early time in Wikipedia and even after more than 100K edits and years later and I have never done it ever since, unfortunately it was brought it up during RFA. As for the R2, it is as per guidelines stated but some admins didnt like it. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 00:12, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan - 173 or 175?
UFC Fight Night 174 aired a week before the event in question, so the event that followed was supposed to be 175, and in any case not 173. Aside from the UFC decision, the event is recognized in this numbering on the Internet. Accordingly, I suggest omitting the current numbering and leaving only the event title. עו"ש (talk) 20:23, 5 August 2020 (UTC) - The one who changed the numbering and is suspected of vandalism;)
- עו"ש Goo day. UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan is UFC Fight Night 173. When a event is announced there is no healiners is set for such a UFN numbering is need to create the page until the headliners is officially shown in the UFC.com event page. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 09:41, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
New fighters for the Mainspace
With tomorrow's UFC event, these three will be eligible to be added to the mainspace. Cheers
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Wellington_Turman
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Youssef_Zalal
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Maki_Pitolo
HeinzMaster (talk) 02:24, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
- HeinzMaster OK Will review and place them on mainspace trm. thanks for the contribution. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 04:13, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
- HeinzMaster All Done. thank you for your contribution and stay safe. Cassiopeia(talk) 03:25, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
- HeinzMaster OK Will review and place them on mainspace trm. thanks for the contribution. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 04:13, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
TIM MEANS MISSED WEIGHT TOO
YOU REMOVED FACTUAL INFORMATION. TIM MEANS MISSED WEIGHT TOO. DO A BIT OF RESEARCH BEFORE YOU REMOVE THINGS. SOURCE: https://dknation.draftkings.com/ufc-mma-mixed-martial-arts-cards-ppv/2020/8/7/21358880/ufc-fight-night-weigh-ins-who-missed-weight-tim-means-vs-laureano-staropoli-dariush-holtzman — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.52.222.221 (talk) 01:26, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
- 24.52.222.221 Good day. Means was given additional hour to make 171ibs - see [15] - the source is in the body text of the page. Stay safe and best. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (
~~~~
). Cassiopeia(talk) 01:35, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
Investigation into unusual activity on UFC 252
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UFC_252&action=history UFC 252 for past past week or 2. This UFC 252 page suddenly became active more than usual from good faith editors and bad faith. Did someone posted link on another website for them go there or what? Kent Bargo (talk) 19:06, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
- Kent Bargo good day. It is normal the traffic of the page getting busy when (1) the event is closer to the event day (2) the headliner or anticipated matches have been set, (3) sudden change of card/bout for some controversial issues (4) internet meme / some trolling by fighters in the internet (5) during an event (6)a controversial decision / sensational KO of the fight results and etc. Last 2 weeks when DC & Ariel podcast faulty mentioned Duffee & Villante bout and vandalism went through the roof in several pages and I have to place about 100 warning messages on editor talk page. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 11:35, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #428
- Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Hazard-SJ, Gnoeee, Wagino 20100516
- Closed request for adminship: Wiki13 (successful)
- Events
- Past: Wikibase Live Session - August 2020. This session had a few people present on some of their work with modeling GLAM data in Wikibase or Wikidata. (replay)
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Daniel Mietchen and Lane Rasberry about Scholia, a project to present bibliographic information and scholarly profiles of authors and institutions, 11 August. [Agenda]
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #25, August 16
- Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - QuickStatements and Distributed Wikidata games Facebook, YouTube
- Video: Collaboration, contribution and use of Wikidata and Wikipedia by academic libraries (in Greek). YouTube
- Librarians work to broaden Vanderbilt’s research reputation with Wikidata tools. "To speed up the creation of metadata about faculty and their publications, Steven Baskauf, data science and data curation specialist for libraries, developed “VanderBot,” a set of scripts that can read and write to Wikidata, greatly improving the efficiency by which Vanderbilt’s faculty are discoverable through Wikidata".
- Tool of the week
- OSM ↔ Wikidata matcher links Wikidata entries to places in OpenStreetMap.
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- wikidata2df, a Python package for easily turning a Wikidata SPARQL query into a pandas dataframe
- With Wikidata Concept Tree Generator, you can enter any concept and instantly see a visualization of its extended relations. (Source)
- Did you know?
- Newest properties:
- General datatypes: size comparison diagram, view
- External identifiers: Legacy.com newspaper ID, ChemSynthesis ID, Dizionario Biografico dei Protestanti in Italia ID, Maitron des fusillés ID, Fototeka person ID, LibraryThing series ID, TOPCMB ID, Swiss Industrial Heritage ID, Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ID
- New property proposals to review:
- General datatypes: image of entrance, extinction date, notation writer, raga, tala, SMARTS, Editio princeps, recording location
- External identifiers: Sochy a města ID osoby, Sochy a města ID sochy, podvignaroda, Have I Been Pwned breach ID, European Investment Bank project ID, WordNet 3.1 Synset Id, cadastral municipality ID, NPR station ID, NYARC Discovery ID, Nasjonalt skoleregister-ID, ERIC Thesaurus ID, American Folklore Society Ethnographic Thesaurus ID, Trismegistos Texts ID
- Query examples:
- Commons queries:
- Newest properties:
- Development
- finalized designs for the query builder to start coding at the beginning of September
- wrapping up the initial work on the design system so that we can start using the first pieces of it in the query builder development
- working on properly linking redirects in recent changes, watchlist and co (phabricator:T255387)
- addressed remaining security review comments about the Wikidata Bridge so that we can deploy it finally on the first Wikipedia
- fixed a bug where string values had the wrong length limit (phabricator:T259440)
- finishing the work of untangling Wikibase Client and Wikibase Repository extensions to make development easier
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
- Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
- Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
- Contribute to a Showcase item.
- Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
- Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
- Help write the next summary!
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
- FileImporter and FileExporter became standard features on all Wikis during the first week of August. They help you transfer files from local wikis to Wikimedia Commons with the original file information and history intact. [16]
Problems
- The mobile skin displays a message at the bottom of the page about who edited last. This message showed raw wikitext. This has now been fixed. Some messages in Structured Discussions and content translation may still appear as raw wikitext. Developers are working on it. [17]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from August 12. It will be on all wikis from August 13 (calendar).
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 1. This is planned between 13:30 and 15:30 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [18][19]
Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
16:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Grading Assignment 3
Hi Cassiopeia, its been a while since I've submitted assignment 3. Could you get that graded? P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 21:43, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
- P,TO 19104 Thank you for letting me know. Next time, ping me on the program page. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 23:22, 11 August 2020 (UTC)