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BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected

New Page Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC))

BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected

AfC Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #239

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of User:Coyau. He was a very active editor on Wikidata and the other Wikimedia projects. He will be deeply missed by his friends and family but his great work on open culture will stay. Feel free to browse and share his work. Thanks Guillaume for this message.


  • Events/Press/Blogs
    • Past: Open Gov Partnership conference in Paris, where Ash_Crow and other editors presented Wikidata
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • Development
    • Continued work on Lexeme prototype (phab:T146662), we're discussing some details in the data model (phab:T152019)
    • Continued work on federation basics (phab:T149580)
    • Rework translation/article creation UI (phab:T151858)
    • Creating OOUI mockups as preparation for the dev summit
    • Finishing touches on the extension for automatic generation of inter-wiktionary links (preparatory work for lexicographic data in Wikidata)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

Reference errors on 13 December

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Wikidata weekly summary #240

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

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Wikidata weekly summary #241

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Frances

Could you please hold back for half an hour or so, while I finish writing the page. Two edit conflicts so far, which wastes time.Bmcln1 (talk) 17:33, 27 December 2016 (UTC) Bmcln1Of course. Have you considered using Template:In creation for Frances Garnet Wolseley, 2nd Viscountess Wolseley while you work on it? Mduvekot (talk) 17:43, 27 December 2016 (UTC) I'll look into that, thanks. Nearly done, by the way. Bmcln1 (talk) 18:04, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Mduvekot

Thank you for all you did for this project in 2016, Mduvekot.
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enjoy good health in a

Happy New Year 2017!

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Wikidata weekly summary #242

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • When a {{#statements:…}} property couldn't be resolved, a tracking category will be added (phab:T50799)
    • Rewrote Special:NewItem and all other Special:New… pages to use OOUI error handling (phab:T150205)
    • Getting ready the basic Lexeme prototype (phab:T146662)
    • Continued work on federation basics (phab:T149580)
    • Release version 1.0.0 of the DataTypes component
    • Enjoying the holidays and getting ready for this year's challenges. Hope you do to :)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

suggested changes to Eric Hollreiser Wikipedia entry

Hello. Thanks for the guidance on proper citations, and format, for the new Wikipedia entry on Eric Hollreiser. I believe I've made all the necessary changes. Please let me know if there's anything else I need to do. Appreciate your help, Babingtoncharles (talk) 20:04, 3 January 2017 (UTC) Charles Babington

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thank you for reviewing my new article. Your keen patroller eye is appreciated. Netherzone (talk) 15:38, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Maxinquaye

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Maxinquaye. Legobot (talk) 04:31, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #242

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

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oops

probably should have been csd 7 JarrahTree 14:37, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: Probably. I noted the German article has sources, but they're very good ones. Mduvekot (talk) 14:45, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Explanation

Ok I don't get what you mean. There are other translations of this, I don't see why mine can't exist.

--IAMHELPFUL (talk) 03:45, 10 January 2017 (UTC)IAMHELPFUL

@-IAMHELPFUL: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. We do not provide a place to publish bible translations. If you think there are bible translations on wikipedia, please provide a link to those articles. Mduvekot (talk) 03:50, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Greetings on January 11

Glad you were here this eve! Artchivist1 (talk) 23:13, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Michael,

I like cookies too. My name is Marie-Jo. Archimarie (talk) 23:13, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Black Arts/History Reading Group

Hi Michael, thanks for your offer for support and guidance tonight! I'll stay in touch. Best, Deanna

Please comment on Talk:Unknown Pleasures

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Unknown Pleasures. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #243

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Attended the Wikimedia Developer Summit to talk about a lot of things (including editing Wikidata from Wikipedia directly, back-end work for structured data support for Commons - specifically Multi Content Revisions, ideas for improvements to the query service)
    • Final touches to get ArticlePlaceholder pages ready for search engine indexing
    • Continued working on "federation" – support for multiple Wikibase repositories (phab:T76007)
    • Clickable prototype for client editing is finally in the works!

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

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