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Support request with team editing experiment project

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

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Tech News: 2015-19

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Recent changes

• You can now chat with other users in Phabricator. [1]
• There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [2] [3]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
• It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [4]

Meetings

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• You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8. [6]

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Tech News: 2015-20

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• You can now make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [7] [8] [9]
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Problems

• There was a problem that caused slow editing. [13]
• Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [14]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
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• You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [17]
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• When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [19]

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• You can watch a video about the new graph tool.

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• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
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• The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [22]
• You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [23] [24]
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• A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [26]

Meetings

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Eurovision

Hi, I have nominated Måns win at Eurovision for a mention at ITN. Take a look. Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:48, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Eurovision

Oh sh.... Maybe I should have taken a look at that before i did all those changes. :( I'll revert it. --Rayukk (talk) 11:36, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-22

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Problems

• VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [27]
• Some Labs tools had issues last week. [28] [29]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• You can add your ideas of new tools to help active users like you. [30]

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16:12, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Songs of Europe

Hi, I have expended an article, Songs of Europe (1981 concert), which celebrates another of the Eurovision anniversaries, and linked to it from the ESC main article so it isn't orphan anymore. I now also wanted to add this event to the Eurovision template, but don't know the show's venue to add to the template as I'm looking for sources (there are barely any sources, and no dignified sources on this show on the web from what I saw). I have seen you are experienced with templates and wanted to ask if you can add the show alongside the other anniversaries; if its fine to leave it for now without the venue field. Thank you for your attention. אומנות (talk) 11:25, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Also, if its possible to show-reference the article only as "Songs of Europe", without (1981 concert) - at both the template and the "see main article" reference at the Eurovision Song Contest which I created earlier. That is since the "(1981 concert)" was added to the article title to avoid ambiguity, so it isn't needed to appear within the frame of the ESC article and the ESC template. אומנות (talk) 11:44, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

@אומנות: The only thing I could find from Google is this. -- [[ axg // ✉ ]] 11:58, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

I saw this source sometime ago, though I'm not sure about its based-quality, as the same problem with few other web-articles I saw sometime ago. So for now I worked on improving and expending this existing article. Although, cross referencing some low-medium quality sources also helps, also in regards to the general "Momarkedet" festival which barely has any sources. I may keep working today to cross reference and add. Thank you for your help with the source and of course with the template. אומנות (talk) 13:08, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-23

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Problems

• Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [31]
• Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [32]
• Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [33] [34]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
• You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [35]

Meetings

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Cartoon Network UK and EMEA

If someone you know can access to Cartoon Network Middle East, Africa, Greece and Greek Cyprus channel, can you ask him/her to compare it with Cartoon Network UK and Ireland? If those two carry exactly same schedule at the same time but with minor variation in adverts and promos during break time, then I'll have to direct all the CN EMEA redirects from Cartoon Network to Cartoon Network (UK & Ireland), and put the availability note outside UK and Ireland on the CN UK&IE article. (I'm way outside the Europe so I can't watch them.) JSH-alive/^{talk/cont/mail} 15:07, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2015-24

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [36] [37]
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• The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [40]

Meetings

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• If you have a bot, you may need to fix it. The default continuation mode of the API for action=query will change at the end of June. [42]

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Tech News: 2015-25

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Recent changes

• Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [43]
• Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [44]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).

Meetings

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Tech News: 2015-26

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Recent changes

• Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [50] [51]
• You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [52]

Problems

• On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [53] [54] [55]
• On June 16, images were broken for several hours on wikis that use InstantCommons. [56] [57] [58]
• Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [59] [60] [61]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).

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Tech News: 2015-27

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Recent changes

• Long lines in code blocks now look better. [62]
• You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [63]
• When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [64]
• The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [65] [66] [67]
• You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [68]

Problems

• JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [69]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
• You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [70]
• When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [71]
• If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [72]
• Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [73]

Meetings

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Future

• When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [74]

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Problems

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Future changes

• Soon you won't be able to use MathJax to display math. [85]

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