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RFA2024 update: Discussion-only period now open for review

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Women in Red October 2024

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Women in Red | October 2024, Volume 10, Issue 10, Numbers 293, 294, 318, 319, 320


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Your revision of my edit

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Excuse me, I provided sources for an unsourced section and updated it accordingly. I removed routes which were not confirmed by the airlines schedules and added a citation for the sole proven one. I also explained this in the summary. 2001:A61:123F:2E01:346C:C21D:1B78:7521 (talk) 15:37, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, sorry. I couldn't see the summary for a second. Rusty 🐈 15:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Njgjjjy (17:14, 30 September 2024)

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How to publish articles --Njgjjjy (talk) 17:14, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Njgjjjy: See Help:Your first article for more info. Rusty 🐈 04:02, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-40

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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.

Updates for editors

  • Readers of 42 more wikis can now use Dark Mode. If the option is not yet available for logged-out users of your wiki, this is likely because many templates do not yet display well in Dark Mode. Please use the night-mode-checker tool if you are interested in helping to reduce the number of issues. The recommendations page provides guidance on this. Dark Mode is enabled on additional wikis once per month.
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  • For logged-out readers using the Vector 2022 skin, the "donate" link has been moved from a collapsible menu next to the content area into a more prominent top menu, next to "Create an account". This restores the link to the level of prominence it had in the Vector 2010 skin. Learn more about the changes related to donor experiences. [2]
  • The CampaignEvents extension provides tools for organizers to more easily manage events, communicate with participants, and promote their events on the wikis. The extension has been enabled on Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, Swahili Wikipedia, and Meta-Wiki. Chinese Wikipedia has decided to enable the extension, and discussions on the extension are in progress on Spanish Wikipedia and on Wikidata. To learn how to enable the extension on your wiki, you can visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-Wiki.
  • View all 22 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Developers with an account on Wikitech-wiki should check if any action is required for their accounts. The wiki is being changed to use the single-user-login (SUL) system, and other configuration changes. This change will help reduce the overall complexity for the weekly software updates across all our wikis.

In depth

  • The server switch was completed successfully last week with a read-only time of only 2 minutes 46 seconds. This periodic process makes sure that engineers can switch data centers and keep all of the wikis available for readers, even if there are major technical issues. It also gives engineers a chance to do maintenance and upgrades on systems that normally run 24 hours a day, and often helps to reveal weaknesses in the infrastructure. The process involves dozens of software services and hundreds of hardware servers, and requires multiple teams working together. Work over the past few years has reduced the time from 17 minutes down to 2–3 minutes. [3]

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Question from E61Institute on User:E61Institute (23:41, 30 September 2024)

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Hello! I just published a page and I just wonder when I'll be able to see it online? Thanks --E61Institute (talk) 23:41, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@E61Institute: If by "see it online" you mean find it through Google or another search engine, it seems that that you published the article in User space. Use Articles for Creation to create encyclopedia articles. Rusty 🐈 04:01, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Kumud709140 on Draft:Kumud Bihari (17:02, 1 October 2024)

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How do create --Kumud709140 (talk) 17:02, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kumud709140: If you want to create an article about yourself, see Wikipedia:Autobiography. Rusty 🐈 23:03, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).

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Question from Harakeke007 (08:23, 7 October 2024)

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Hello. A wikipedia profile page was set up in my name without prior notification. This came as a surprise and I now need to complete the profile. Currently my academic publications have been directly imported from the (very incomplete) scholia list and I don't know how to format those that should be added so would appreciate guidance. Is it usual for people to set up wikipedia profiles without notifying the subjects? --Harakeke007 (talk) 08:23, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Harakeke007: First of all, I would recommend you to not make edits directly to the page yet - our standards can differ from what you might expect, and it is strongly discouraged for subjects to edit the article directly, for one.
You can suggest edits by going to the talk page of the article, accessible through the "Talk" tab at the top, and get comments from other editors. Rusty 🐈 23:36, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Harakeke007 (20:00, 7 October 2024)

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Hello, as per yesterday's question, I'm puzzled that someone is able to set up a wikipedia profile for a subject without their being notified. My attempts to correct/ edit/ expand upon the profile established for me without forewarning have been removed as they're considered to be a conflict of interest. I have no way of contacting the original author, whose intentions are worthy but whose process seems questionable from the subject's viewpoint. Please advise urgently. --Harakeke007 (talk) 20:00, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Harakeke007: Wikipedia is like an encyclopedia. We summarize what reliable sources say, so if you want to make a change, suggest on the "Talk" tab with some sources please. Rusty 🐈 23:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-41

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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.

Weekly highlight

  • Communities can now request installation of Automoderator on their wiki. Automoderator is an automated anti-vandalism tool that reverts bad edits based on scores from the new "Revert Risk" machine learning model. You can read details about the necessary steps for installation and configuration. [4]

Updates for editors

Updates for technical contributors

  • It is now possible for <syntaxhighlight> code blocks to offer readers a "Copy" button if the copy=1 attribute is set on the tag. Thanks to SD0001 for these improvements. [6]
  • Customized copyright footer messages on all wikis will be updated. The new versions will use wikitext markup instead of requiring editing raw HTML. [7]
  • Advanced item Later this month, temporary accounts will be rolled out on several pilot wikis. The final list of the wikis will be published in the second half of the month. If you maintain any tools, bots, or gadgets on these 11 wikis, and your software is using data about IP addresses or is available for logged-out users, please check if it needs to be updated to work with temporary accounts. Guidance on how to update the code is available.
  • Advanced item Rate limiting has been enabled for the code review tools Gerrit and GitLab to address ongoing issues caused by malicious traffic and scraping. Clients that open too many concurrent connections will be restricted for a few minutes. This rate limiting is managed through nftables firewall rules. For more details, see Wikitech's pages on Firewall, GitLab limits and Gerrit operations.
  • Five new wikis have been created:

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:39, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and...

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@Rusty Cat: I know you're away at school right now. Not sure where you are or what level you're at, but I noticed you edited my userpage. I've been editing since 2007. Been active since 2016. I have my students edit Wikipedia at the University at Albany in New York State. I wanted to let you know that it's NOT usually ok to edit other people's userpage. It's like editing another person's Facebook posts. Instead you make suggestions on their talk page only. But I appreciated you fixing the links about my ancestors and their escape on the Underground Railroad. sheridanford (talk) 21:12, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SheridanFord: I see. You're welcome! Rusty 🐈 14:45, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Wayne dobson actor (00:31, 13 October 2024)

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Can I make a wiki page for myself I'm a up and coming actor from the uk --Wayne dobson actor (talk) 00:31, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wayne dobson actor: Unfortunately, that is not possible. However, a page about you may be created by others if you meet the standards for inclusion. Rusty 🐈 01:24, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-42

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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.

Updates for editors

  • The Structured Discussion extension (also known as Flow) is starting to be removed. This extension is unmaintained and causes issues. It will be replaced by DiscussionTools, which is used on any regular talk page. A first set of wikis are being contacted. These wikis are invited to stop using Flow, and to move all Flow boards to sub-pages, as archives. At these wikis, a script will move all Flow pages that aren't a sub-page to a sub-page automatically, starting on 22 October 2024. On 28 October 2024, all Flow boards at these wikis will be set in read-only mode. [13][14]
  • WMF's Search Platform team is working on making it easier for readers to perform text searches in their language. A change last week on over 30 languages makes it easier to find words with accents and other diacritics. This applies to both full-text search and to types of advanced search such as the hastemplate and incategory keywords. More technical details (including a few other minor search upgrades) are available. [15]
  • View all 20 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, EditCheck was installed at Russian Wikipedia, and fixes were made for some missing user interface styles.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Editors who use the Toolforge tool Earwig's Copyright Violation Detector will now be required to log in with their Wikimedia account before running checks using the "search engine" option. This change is needed to help prevent external bots from misusing the system. Thanks to Chlod for these improvements. [16]
  • Phabricator users can create tickets and add comments on existing tickets via Email again. Sending email to Phabricator has been fixed. [17]
  • Advanced item Some HTML elements in the interface are now wrapped with a <bdi> element, to make our HTML output more aligned with Web standards. More changes like this will be coming in future weeks. This change might break some tools that rely on the previous HTML structure of the interface. Note that relying on the HTML structure of the interface is not recommended and might break at any time. [18]

In depth

  • The latest monthly MediaWiki Product Insights newsletter is available. This edition includes: updates on Wikimedia's authentication system, research to simplify feature development in the MediaWiki platform, updates on Parser Unification and MathML rollout, and more.
  • The latest quarterly Technical Community Newsletter is now available. This edition include: research about improving topic suggestions related to countries, improvements to PHPUnit tests, and more.

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Upcoming expiry of your patroller right

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Question from Kpetere (10:58, 17 October 2024)

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hello how an i start editing my biography --Kpetere (talk) 10:58, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kpetere: Writing about yourself is generally discouraged. But you can start editing through suggested edits in the homepage. Rusty 🐈 13:09, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Maelleduranleau on User:UnkownArchitect/Terence Conran/Maelleduranleau Peer Review (21:26, 17 October 2024)

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Hi, everytime I try to publish my peer review it tells me; No stashed content found for 0/aa2f1679-8735-11ef-b6b8-05180039c600

Can you hepl me ? --Maelleduranleau (talk) 21:26, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maelleduranleau: Sorry, I can't help you, but posting at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) may get you a response. Rusty 🐈 00:21, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Tech News: 2024-43

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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.

Weekly highlight

  • The Mobile Apps team has released an update to the iOS app's navigation, and it is now available in the latest App store version. The team added a new Profile menu that allows for easy access to editor features like Notifications and Watchlist from the Article view, and brings the "Donate" button into a more accessible place for users who are reading an article. This is the first phase of a larger planned navigation refresh to help the iOS app transition from a primarily reader-focused app, to an app that fully supports reading and editing. The Wikimedia Foundation has added more editing features and support for on-wiki communication based on volunteer requests in recent years.
iOS Wikipedia App's profile menu and contents

Updates for editors

  • Wikipedia readers can now download a browser extension to experiment with some early ideas on potential features that recommend articles for further reading, automatically summarize articles, and improve search functionality. For more details and to stay updated, check out the Web team's Content Discovery Experiments page and subscribe to their newsletter.
  • Later this month, logged-out editors of these 12 wikis will start to have temporary accounts created. The list may slightly change - some wikis may be removed but none will be added. Temporary account is a new type of user account. It enhances the logged-out editors' privacy and makes it easier for community members to communicate with them. If you maintain any tools, bots, or gadgets on these 12 wikis, and your software is using data about IP addresses or is available for logged-out users, please check if it needs to be updated to work with temporary accounts. Guidance on how to update the code is available. Read more about the deployment plan across all wikis.
  • View all 33 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the South Ndebele, Pannonian Rusyn, Obolo, Iban and Tai Nüa Wikipedia languages were created last week. [19][20][21][22][23]
  • It is now possible to create functions on Wikifunctions using Wikidata lexemes, through the new Wikidata lexeme type launched last week. When you go to one of these functions, the user interface provides a lexeme selector that helps you pick a lexeme from Wikidata that matches the word you type. After hitting run, your selected lexeme is retrieved from Wikidata, transformed into a Wikidata lexeme type, and passed into the selected function. Read more about this in the latest Wikifunctions newsletter.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Advanced item Users of the Wikimedia sites can now format dates more easily in different languages with the new {{#timef:…}} parser function. For example, {{#timef:now|date|en}} will show as "28 October 2024". Previously, {{#time:…}} could be used to format dates, but this required knowledge of the order of the time and date components and their intervening punctuation. #timef (or #timefl for local time) provides access to the standard date formats that MediaWiki uses in its user interface. This may help to simplify some templates on multi-lingual wikis like Commons and Meta. [24][25]
  • Advanced item Commons and Meta users can now efficiently retrieve the user's language using {{USERLANGUAGE}} instead of using {{int:lang}}. [26]
  • The Product and Tech Advisory Council (PTAC) now has its pilot members with representation across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. They will work to address the Movement Strategy's Technology Council initiative of having a co-defined and more resilient technological platform. [27]

In depth

  • The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available. It includes: an upcoming Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module, new Community Configuration options, and details on new projects.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation is now an official partner of the CVE program, which is an international effort to catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This partnership will allow the Security Team to instantly publish common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) records that are affecting MediaWiki core, extensions, and skins, along with any other code the Foundation is a steward of.
  • The Community Wishlist is now testing machine translations for Wishlist content. Volunteers can now read machine-translated versions of wishes and dive into discussions even before translators arrive to translate content.

Meetings and events

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Growth News, October 2024

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Current work

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Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module

We will add a new module to the Newcomer Homepage that will allow communities to highlight specific events, projects, campaigns, and initiatives. We have released a simple version on beta wikis and we will soon start an A/B test on our pilot wikis. This module will only display on the Newcomer Homepage if communities decide to utilize it, so learn how to configure the Community Updates module, or share your thoughts on the project's talk page.

One design concept aimed to increase constructive activation

Constructive activation experimentation

After showcasing early design ideas at Wikimania, we conducted user testing of design prototypes. We now aim to engage communities in further discussions and plan to run a targeted experiment, presenting a structured task within the reading view to logged-in new account holders with zero edits.

Community Configuration

This Community Configuration extension was developed to help communities customize wiki features to meet their unique needs. The Growth team is now helping other Wikimedia Foundation teams make their products configurable:

  • The Moderation Tools team now provides Community Configuration for Automoderator. (T365046)
  • Certain Babel extension settings will be configurable soon. (T328171)

Future work

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As part of the Growth team annual plan, we will continue to investigate ways to increase constructive activation on mobile, while also working with Data Products to move forward A/B testing functionality via the Metrics Platform.

Community events

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  • Growth team members presented Community Configuration: Shaping On-Wiki Functionality Together at Wikimania (slides). The session recording is available to watch on YouTube. This session provided an update on the Community Configuration project and introduced details about the upcoming features that communities will soon be able to configure. Representatives from the Moderator Tools, Editing, Web, and Campaigns teams shared their plans for utilizing Community Configuration in the future. Following these presentations, the WMF Growth team's Benoît Evellin and Martin Urbanec answered audience questions.
  • Habib Mhenni gave a presentation of how mentorship works at WikiIndaba 2024. The recording is available.

Stay informed

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Your draft article, Draft:EMulate Therapeutics

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Hello, Rusty Cat. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "EMulate Therapeutics".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 23:00, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Davidenkosrg (14:31, 26 October 2024)

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Hello! how could I change from English to Romanian to make it easier for me to edit ? --Davidenkosrg (talk) 14:31, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidenkosrg: If you want to change the language of the Wikipedia interface (like buttons and menus) to Romanian you can do so in your preferences. The articles will still be in English, and you will still have to learn how to edit Wikipedia in English. If you want to edit in Romanian, I would recommend checking out the Romanian version of Wikipedia, which has both the interface and articles in Romanian. Rusty 🐈 15:14, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Davidenkosrg (17:51, 27 October 2024)

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Hello! I can't do it on the Romanian version. can you help me ? --Davidenkosrg (talk) 17:51, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidenkosrg: What problem are you having? What can you not do? Rusty 🐈 19:51, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Librari minish (10:53, 28 October 2024)

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Hi Rusty, I created this account so I could update the European XFEL's company logo of their wiki page since it is quite old. I have uploaded a svg version of the logo in commons, with the proper name. Not sure if I have to take more steps so the changes take effect.

Apologies for such a beginners' question, thanks in advance for your help. --Librari minish (talk) 10:53, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Librari minish: No worries; we all start somewhere. The previous version of the logo in Commons was a png, so you will need to go into the XFEL article on Wikipedia and change the filename from ending in ".png" to ".svg". Rusty 🐈 13:48, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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