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Books and Bytes - Issue 13

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The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 13, August-September 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - EBSCO, IMF, more newspaper archives, and Arabic resources
  • Expansion into new languages, including Viet and Catalan
  • Spotlight: Elsevier partnership garners controversy, dialogue
  • Conferences: PKP, IFLA, upcoming events

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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:30, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2nd Annual GA Cup - Round 4

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2015 GA Cup - Round 4

GA Cup competitors and observers: Happy Fall! Get ready, we're about to move into the finals of the second-ever GA Cup!

Monday saw the end of Round 3. Out of the 8 contestants in the semi-finals, 5 have moved to the finals. The semi-finals were competitive. Our semi-finalists reviewed a total of 61 articles, or a grand total of 1,151 points. If you were to lump the top winners from each of the three pools together, it'd be a close horse race; they were within 35 points of each other, which can only mean that the finals will be an exciting race. Tomandjerry211, our top scorer in Round 2, again earned the most points in the semi-finals, with 288 points and 16 articles reviewed. Johanna came in second overall, with 251 points and 13 articles reviewed; Sturmvogel 66 came in third overall, with 221 points and 16 articles. Rounding out our wildcard slots are Zwerg Nase and The Rambling Man. These contestants were very strategic in how they reviewed articles. Like every other round in the history of the GA Cup, success depended upon reviewing oldest-nominated articles. For example, Johanna reviewed 5 articles that were worth the highest possible points. Congrats to all our finalists, and good luck!

Stay tuned to this space for more information about the 2nd GA Cup, including overall statistics and how this competition has affected Wikipedia. We regret to inform you that Dom497, one of our original judges and co-creator of the GA Cup, has stepped down as a judge. Dom, a longtime member of WP:WikiProject Good articles, is responsible for the look of the GA Cup and has been instrumental in its upkeep. We wish him the best as he starts his university education, and are certain that he'll make an impact there as he has in Wikipedia.

The finals started on October 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and will end on Ocober 29 at 23:59:59 UTC with a winner being crowned. Information about the Final can be found here.

Cheers from Figureskatingfan, 3family6 and Jaguar, and MrWooHoo.

To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

The Signpost: 30 September 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2015)

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Hello, Masssly.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Musical composition

Please be bold and help to improve this article!


Previous selections: Personal finance • Scottish mythology


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Wikidata weekly summary #178

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18:33, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor update

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This Month in GLAM: September 2015

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The Signpost: 07 October 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2015)

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Costumed performers from the 2006 Bristol Renaissance Faire
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Wikidata weekly summary #179

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2015

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 8, No. 3 — 3nd Quarter, 2015
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The Bugle: Issue CXV, October 2015

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Full front page of The Bugle
Your Military History Newsletter

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Merger

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Merger of Malshagu and Malishegu agreed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Din-nani1 (talkcontribs) 14:55, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thank you Din-nani1 for your response. I will go ahead, also I will leave you some information on your own talk page about how merging/redirecting works in case it may interest you. Regards —M@sssly 15:52, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, still learning alot from you.Thanks alot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Din-nani1 (talkcontribs) 17:05, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 14 October 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2015)

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Ice hockey is an example of a team sport. Pictured is an 1893 ice hockey match at Victoria Rink, Montreal.
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Wikidata weekly summary #180

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The Signpost: 21 October 2015

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Wikidata weekly summary #181

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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2015)

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Models promoting Zombieland at San Diego Comic-con. A zombie comedy is a horror comedy subgenre that involves zombies.
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Comedy horror

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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 5

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Newsletter • October 2015

Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:

We did it!

In July, we launched five pilot WikiProjects: WikiProjects Cannabis, Evolutionary Biology, Ghana, Hampshire, and Women's Health. We also use the new design, named "WPX UI," on WikiProject Women in Technology, Women in Red, WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health. We are currently looking for projects for the next round of testing. If you are interested, please sign up on the Pilots page.

Shortly after our launch we presented at Wikimania 2015. Our slides are on Wikimedia Commons.

Then after all that work, we went through the process of figuring out whether we accomplished our goal. We reached out to participants on the redesigned WikiProjects, and we asked them to complete a survey. (If you filled out your survey—thank you!) While there are still some issues with the WikiProject tools and the new design, there appears to be general satisfaction (at least among those who responded). The results of the survey and more are documented in our grant report filed with the Wikimedia Foundation.

The work continues!

There is more work that needs to be done, so we have applied for a renewal of our grant. Comments on the proposal are welcome. We would like to improve what we have already started on the English Wikipedia and to also expand to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Why those? Because they are multilingual projects and because there needs to be better coordination across Wikimedia projects. More details are available in the renewal proposal.

How can the Wikimedia Foundation support WikiProjects?

The Wikimedia Developer Summit will be held in San Francisco in January 2016. The recently established Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in investigating what technical support they can provide for WikiProjects, i.e., support beyond just templates and bots. I have plenty of opinions myself, but I want to hear what you think. The session is being planned on Phabricator, the Wikimedia bug tracker. If you are not familiar with Phabricator, you can log in with your Wikipedia username and password through the "Login or Register: MediaWiki" button on the login page. Your feedback can help make editing Wikipedia a better experience.


Until next time,

Harej (talk) 09:03, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

October 2015 GOCE newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors October 2015 Newsletter

September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

October blitz: The one-week October blitz, targeting requests, has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your barnstar!

The month-long November drive, focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to see you there!

Thanks again for your support; together, we can improve the encyclopedia! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis and Pax85.

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182 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Arbor Day (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
46 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start First Nigerian Republic (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Add sources
26 Quality: High, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: GA Bureau of Investigative Journalism (talk) Please add more images Add sources
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Adansi (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Abdullahi Ibrahim (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
163 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Organisation of African Unity (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Cleanup
26 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Arthur Caplan (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
7 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Parish of St Sylvanus, Pokuase (talk) Please add more content Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
3 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: B Discrimination in Ghana (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Expand
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub 2013 in Ghana (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Expand
9 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Social Security and National Insurance Trust (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Expand
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
41 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Arthur Porter (physician) (talk) Please add more images Unencyclopaedic
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19 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Igala people (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
66 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub Biblical infallibility (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Merge
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Learning Quarterly: October 2015

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L&E Newsletter / Volume 2 / Issue 6 / October 2015
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VisualEditor News #5—2015

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Read this in another languageSubscription list for this multilingual newsletter

Did you know?
You can use the visual editor on smartphones and tablets.

Screenshot showing the menu for switching from the wikitext editor to VisualEditor

Click the pencil icon to open the editor for a page. Inside that, use the gear menu in the upper right corner to "Switch to visual editing".

The editing button will remember which editing environment you used last time, and give you the same one next time. The desktop site will be switching to a system similar to this one in the coming months.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs, added new features, and made some small design changes. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages like Japanese and Arabic, making it easier to edit on mobile devices, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

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Educational features: The first time you use the visual editor, it now draws your attention to the Link and ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽ tools. When you click on the tools, it explains why you should use them. (T108620) Alongside this, the welcome message for new users has been simplified to make editing more welcoming. (T112354) More in-software educational features are planned.

Links:  It is now easier to understand when you are adding text to a link and when you are typing plain text next to it. (T74108T91285) The editor now fully supports ISBN, PMID or RFC numbers. (T109498, T110347, T63558)  These "magic links" use a custom link editing tool.

Uploads:  Registered editors can now upload images and other media to Commons while editing. Click the new tab in the "Insert Images and media" tool. You will be guided through the process without having to leave your edit. At the end, the image will be inserted. This tool is limited to one file at a time, owned by the user, and licensed under Commons's standard license. For more complex situations, the tool links to more advanced upload tools. You can also drag the image into the editor. This will be available in the wikitext editor later.

Mobile:  Previously, the visual editor was available on the mobile Wikipedia site only on tablets. Now, editors can use the visual editor on any size of device. (T85630)  Edit conflicts were previously broken on the mobile website. Edit conflicts can now be resolved in both wikitext and visual editors. (T111894) Sometimes templates and similar items could not be deleted on the mobile website. Selecting them caused the on-screen keyboard to hide with some browsers. Now there is a new "Delete" button, so that these things can be removed if the keyboard hides. (T62110) You can also edit table cells in mobile now.

Rich editing tools:  You can now add and edit sheet music in the visual editor. (T112925)  There are separate tabs for advanced options, such as MIDI and Ogg audio files. (T114227 and T113354)  When editing formulæ and other blocks, errors are shown as you edit. It is also possible to edit some types of graphs; adding new ones, and support for new types, will be coming.

On the English Wikipedia, the visual editor is now automatically available to anyone who creates an account. The preference switch was moved to the normal location, under Special:Preferences.

Future changes

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You will soon be able to switch from the wikitext to the visual editor after you start editing. (T49779) Previously, you could only switch from the visual editor to the wikitext editor. Bi-directional switching will make possible a single edit tab. (T102398) This project will combine the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab, similar to the system already used on the mobile website. The "Edit" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time.

Let's work together

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Whatamidoing (WMF) 04:16, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How to save an edit

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Please, how do i save an edit? is it word after word or sentences.Din-nani1 (talk) 22:24, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Din-nani1, you know how to save an edit. I explained it to you in great detail on your talk page.[26] Please don't save it after every word. As I explained, there is no reason to do that. You can actually save at any time you wish. You can write an entire page without needing to save it until you are finished. If you want to see how it looks after saving, don't save, use the Preview, button as I explained. 220 of Borg 03:39, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]