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Tech News: 2021-24

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

  • Logged-in users on the mobile web can choose to use the advanced mobile mode. They now see categories in a similar way as users on desktop do. This means that some gadgets that have just been for desktop users could work for users of the mobile site too. If your wiki has such gadgets you could decide to turn them on for the mobile site too. Some gadgets probably need to be fixed to look good on mobile. [1]
  • Language links on Wikidata now works for multilingual Wikisource. [2]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

  • In the future we can't show the IP of unregistered editors to everyone. This is because privacy regulations and norms have changed. There is now a rough draft of how showing the IP to those who need to see it could work.
  • German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC. [3]
  • All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 28 June. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [4][5]

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20:25, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Editing news 2021 #2

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Junior contributors comment completion rate across all participating Wikipedias
When newcomers had the Reply tool and tried to post on a talk page, they were more successful at posting a comment. (Source)

Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of the Reply Tool. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped newer editors communicate on wiki. The second goal was to see whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.

The key results were:

  • Newer editors who had automatic ("default on") access to the Reply tool were more likely to post a comment on a talk page.
  • The comments that newer editors made with the Reply Tool were also less likely to be reverted than the comments that newer editors made with page editing.

These results give the Editing team confidence that the tool is helpful.

Looking ahead

The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.

The next step is to resolve a technical challenge. Then, they will deploy the Reply tool first to the Wikipedias that participated in the study. After that, they will deploy it, in stages, to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis.

You can turn on "Discussion Tools" in Beta Features now. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

00:27, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

UFC 263 - Craig vs. Hill

Hello, please direct your attention to Talk:UFC 263 so there can be a proper discussion about the dispute regarding the recent edits. Thanks Savvy10 (talk) 22:02, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Savvy10 I have provide you the reason and Wikipedia guidelines in your talk page. Let's other editors comments on this in event talk page. Cassiopeia(talk) 02:53, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Your excuse of "verifiability" does not hold up in this scenario, given the overwhelming preponderance of sources that contradict your conclusion for the page. The attempts not only by me but by multiple other users to rectify the information is a clear recognition of this. The page as it stands is incomplete and incorrectly sourced, and since you fashion yourself as the sole author of these kinds of pages, it seems that you should provide your input on the actual page in question. Savvy10 (talk) 22:27, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Savvy10 I have commented and 565 UFC events for the past 25 years have used Sherdog as the source. There is other editors commented on the even talk page. Cassiopeia(talk) 03:13, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the actual source used, I believe you should go back over many of your recent pages which are clearly linking to the UFC.com results, as well as many pages that do not reference a source at all. As for this event, it is clear that Sherdog has published information that directly contradicts the media consensus and official decision. It is unfortunate that you cannot provide a better reason for favoring Sherdog over all other sources than "that's how it's done" or "because I said so". Savvy10 (talk) 17:04, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
Savvy10 I believe the issues has been sloved as per talk page. Cassiopeia(talk)

Wikidata weekly summary #473

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • Interlanguage links now work for multilingual Wikisource. phab:T275958
    • User:Nikki/LexemeEntitySuggester.js now supports searching for senses for the translation property.
    • The call for candidates for 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections has begun on June 9. The last date to apply is June 29, 2021.
    • Since the beginning of the month, phabricator tickets about language codes (and names of languages) were reviewed and triaged to better reflect their content and current status. Some work was done to better identify the steps for such changes, highlight and address bottlenecks and system issues. Patches for a few codes were contributed and are being released. Phabricator "Language codes" workboard provides an overview, phab:T284856 attempts to identify maintenance steps and phab:T284276 determine turn-around times. phab:T284808 should finally close a gap in termbox language handeling. A way to better address some or all aspects of changes of language codes applicable to Wikipedia editions still needs to be found. Don't hesitate to request the addition or update of language names (e.g. the name of Dutch in Danish) or missing language codes, notably for monolingual strings (see Help:Monolingual text languages).

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.

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Tech News: 2021-25

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

  • Advanced item The otrs-member group name is now vrt-permissions. This could affect abuse filters. [6]

Problems

  • You will be able to read but not edit German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC. [7]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 June. It will be on all wikis from 24 June (calendar).

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15:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Sunshine

Sunshine!
Hello Cassiopeia! JW 1961 Talk has given you a bit of sunshine to brighten your day! Sunshine promotes WikiLove and hopefully it has made your day better. Spread the sunshine by adding {{subst:User:Meaghan/Sunshine}} to someone else's talk page, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. In addition, you can spread the sunshine to anyone who visits your userpage and/or talk page by adding {{User:Meaghan/Sunshine icon}}. Happy editing! JW 1961 Talk 21:10, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

JW 1961 Talk 21:10, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Joseywales1961 Thank you and good to hear from you. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 23:56, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

New Fighters

Same old, same old, got a nice batch this week

All the best! HeinzMaster (talk) 16:13, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

HeinzMaster  Done. Thank you for your contribution. Cassiopeia(talk) 23:55, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

July 2021 at Women in Red

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Kim Ji Yeon reversal

Hi, I'm curious as to why you undid my revision regarding Ji Yeon Kim's Korean name? Other Korean fighters with similar formatting include Chan Sung Jung, Dong Hyun Kim, Choi Hong-man, Kang Kyung-ho, and Yui Chul Nam. Thanks, and have a nice day. Kztcity (talk) 05:30, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Kztcity Good day. You change the name in the lead section {introduction section) from Ji Yeon Kim to "Kim Ji-yeon". The name in the lead section (bold text) needs to be aligned with the article name. I understand that the last name (family name / surname) in certain countries is place first then follows by first name which is different from the western world that the first name is placed first then follow by the last name. In English Wikipedia, we would go by the most common name called/addressed/stated by the sources (not by only one source by most sources which would be found). Btw, since you have added the local Korean names, kindly provide sources to support the claim. Source can be in any language as long as the sources are intendent and reliable such as from the newspapers. Let me know if anything else I could help. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 05:56, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

UFC on ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige

Hello, how are you? Before making drastic changes as you did with the article above, please gather a discussion on the article's talk page. Your motive is not justified. There was never a "per UFC.com" page. Actually, most sources and event poster are the ones that help us with events and their titles. The fact that it shows as Jung vs. Ige has nothing to do with the event's title. The ufc.com event page shows the fighter's last name regardless. Just take a look at previous TKZ fights or events in which the main event is a rematch or trilogy. If you still believe you are correct, than create a discussion (just like when UFC 249 was cancelled and then rebooked last year). Thanks. Gsfelipe94 (talk) 00:18, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Gsfelipe94 Good day. It is not a drastic changes and you should come to discuss first instead of change the event name. As for all the UFC events, the name always per UFC event web site. For this particular event is Jung and not The Korean Zombie. You can check on the list of ufc event vs UFC event site. (note same as some event state Khabib for other state Nurmagomedov). Cassiopeia(talk) 00:24, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
I'm doing what you should've done in the first place. You changed it twice. Please gather a discussion. If you are correct, others will agree. You use arguments that favor you very often. I'll repeat: the ufc.com event page shows the fighter's last name regardless. Just take a look at previous TKZ fights or events in which the main event is a rematch or trilogy. Remember the Nina Nunes thing in which you disagreed and a discussion was started? The majority agreed with changing the name, but a juror considered it was insufficient and it was kept the same (not worth fighting for those things). Discussions should be made and unilateral moves with no fundamentals should not be done. Gsfelipe94 (talk) 00:31, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
Gsfelipe94 Nunes thing has been closed by admin and I mainly stated my discussion based on Wikipedia guidelines and it has been closed by admin. If admin disagreed with my discussion it would have closed in different results especially majority have different view than I do. I am doing what we normally do, pls go and look at all the UFC events name against Wikipedia UFC event page. What you are doing would subject to future issues because of not being consistent and argument and changing name will be subject to which source we are talking about. It is not a good idea which is something we shared the past. For me not agree with you on certain things should not hold against me on my edits which you have done many times. We should have worked together instead of you fighting with me in many instances. This is sad for mma editors here as we all know many mma editors are so temporary and leave because of no support/not adhere to guidelines/and discussion turn so toxic. Cassiopeia(talk) 00:45, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
I'm not trying to fight here, but you made a one-side move. The UFC has a poster with TKZ vs. Ige, just as all main media does. Not to mention that TKZ is way more recognizable than Jung. As I mentioned, the ufc.com page has several "Jung" on his events and check the Miocic/Ngannou or Poirier/McGregor fights. They would not have a number by their side if your logic was followed. There is common sense here. We should use it wisely. Gsfelipe94 (talk) 01:02, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
Gsfelipe94 It is good to know you are not here to fight for I always collaborate, support and educate other editors and deter editors who vandalize Wikipedia page. I understand you are not please with me as I have voiced my views/votes based on Wikipedia guidelines which contradict to you votes/discussions in the past just like the Nunes page as you mentioned above, which the admin closed the discussion against all the editors' votes, which you included, because I based my discussion on Wikipedia guidelines, and not as mma fans (I watch the fights as a fan) but as I edited the pages as an Wikipedia editor for Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and not a news site.
(1) UFC did not also use the last name for the event name such as
(i) UFC 223. UFC 229, UFC 242, UFC 254 as UFC used "Khabib" instead of "Nurmagomedov";
(ii) UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy, UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje, UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy, UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards, UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros, and UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy as UFC used "Cowboy" instead of "Cerrone" but Cerron vs. Till - see see here and not UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Till.
(iii) So are events headed by Cris Cyborg for the event name UFC used Cyborg and not here last name Venacio.
(2) There are many sources have name the same event in many different name, from UFC on ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige, UFC on ESPN 25, UFC Vegas 29, and UFC on ESPN: Jung vs. Ige. see here - UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige by ESPN, UFC on ESPN 25 by MMA Junkie, ESPN 25 Korean Zombie vs. Ige by Sherdog, UFC on ESPN 25: Jung vs. Ige by MMA decision, UFC Vegas 29 by Blech Report. However, if majority of the sources, kindly provide, indicate ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige then I am Ok with the page name changed but not because it was called The Korean Zombie from the past events or what it is indicated in the poster.
(3) all the PPV event is just by the number as it is the event name, in the past till today, Wikipedia did not change/move the page name to include the headliners and I believe most sources have just stared "UFC ###" and not "UFC ###: YYY vs. ZZZ". Cassiopeia(talk) 02:56, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
Gsfelipe94 pls provide sources as requested above. Cassiopeia(talk) 05:23, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
That's pretty obvious, not sure why you even ask for it. Just google it: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10... :) The focus here is the fighters name. We already have the consensus on naming events based on the broadcast. Do not deviate from the main focus. Gsfelipe94 (talk) 20:03, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Gsfelipe94 In focus, no evidence I have deviate from the topic as you can read from my message above. Providing sources or guidelines and not about feeling are common/requirements to an discussions. Pls do not be defensive but work together in amiable fashion. Btw, thank you for the sources and agreed with the name change. All is good and enjoy the fight. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 19:28, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Counter-Vandalism Unit

Good evening Cassiopeia. I'm Ken. I've been working here in Wikipedia for the past eight and a half months. I would like to graduate from the Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy. I recently asked Girth Summit to take me under his wings, but he said he was busy with some real-life activities. So, will you take me as your student? Waiting for you reply. Thank you. Ken Tony Shall we discuss? 18:47, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Ken Tony Good day. Thank you for interested in participating the CVUA program. Do note there will be lots of reading and assignments in the program. Many participant abandon the program due to they did not anticipate the amount of work they needed to spend to complete the program even I had informed them prior. Let me know if you still want to participate after the information above. If so, then I will set up the program for you. Stay safe. Cassiopeia(talk) 19:35, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
No problem with that. My 2 months vacation started just 1 week ago. So, I'm ready. Ken Tony Shall we discuss? 19:40, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
Ken Tony OK. Will set up the program for you later today as I am going for a run before day break since we are in lockdown here. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 19:47, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
Great. Best wishes. Ken Tony Shall we discuss? 19:50, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
Ken Tony I have set up the program for you. Pls read the communication section and the guidelines prior answering the question. Welcome to CUVA. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:50, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
Saw that. You're welcome. Ken Tony Shall we discuss? 08:51, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

New Fighters

Just one person today.

All the best!HeinzMaster (talk) 16:57, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

HeinzMaster  Done. Stay safe. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:18, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

OSP Appeal

I noticed that you reverted my edit on Ovince Saint Preux with the reason being "if the commission changes it to NC then we add info" however I've seen a few pages with appeals that were denied yet still included. HeelPerfection (talk) 07:59, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

HeelPerfection Hi Heel Perfection, not all sourced info is included in the body texts, especially the "controversy" part. Many fighters grabbed the cage incidents and caused fight situations to different directions, but if referee didnt see it or see it and ignored it, it doesnt mean the fight/the situation is controversy. We all remember, McGregor, have performed 3/4 illegal moves/strike/grab the cage/ kick or knee a ground opponent in the fight with Khabib, as well many eye pokes incidents with other fighters or Sterling, as many ppl thought, he faked the concussion on the fight with Yan etc. and might not all this info is added. We added info when it is relevant to the subject/fight. At this stage, we dont know if the commission would turn the decision so I usually wait until we get the decision from the commission first. If it is overturn then we would added it in with the support of source. If you really want to add the info, pls remove the controversy" part - see WP:NPOV.Stay safe. Cassiopeia(talk) 08:17, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
alrighty thanks HeelPerfection (talk) 16:37, 27 June 2021 (UTC)


HeelPerfection I saw your edit on OSP page. You might want to add "Boser getting back to his feet with the alleged aid of a cage grab" for the reason why OSP is appealing the decision of the fight so the readers would understand the context better. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 04:15, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Oh thanks I forgot to lol. HeelPerfection (talk) 06:18, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
Also I'm not 100% sure if I said it correctly so feel to change up the wording if you like. HeelPerfection (talk) 06:24, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
RafaelHP I changed appeared to alleged, but NEDOCHAN changed it back to appeared. Well, I leave it to him as he is a ESL teacher. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 06:58, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 June 2021

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Wikidata weekly summary #474

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Mismatch Finder: We started building the foundation of the place that will store the mismatches between Wikidata and other databases/catalogs/...
    • Continued work on migrating the checks of regular expressions for constraints from SPARQL to a better solution to take that load off of the SPARQL endpoint (phab:T176312)
    • Made it possible to show language links from multilingual Wikisource to the other language versions of Wikisource (phab:T275958)
    • Added a new constraint type to indicate that a certain Property should only be used on Lexemes with a specific language (phab:T200689)
    • Fixed a weird issue with suggesters popping back up when they shouldn't (phab:T284219)
    • Invalid data will not be handled better in RDF outputs (phab:T285131)
    • Working on lowering the rate limit at which a misbehaving bot can waste new Item IDs to further reduce the percentage of skipped Item IDs (phab:T284538)
    • Working on not suggesting real Item IDs in the API sandbox to avoid accidental edits by people who think it is not making real edits (phab:T219215)
    • Working on reducing the time it takes between entering a value in a new statement and being able to save the statement (phab:T281669)
    • Improved documentation of the usage tracking aspects in API help pages. Usage tracking is an internal mechanism to track which article on Wikipedia etc uses which data from an Item on Wikidata. (phab:T283040)
    • Language codes for monolingual strings "gsw-fr", "ykg", "wya", "osa-latn" were made available: Alsatian, Tundra Yukaghir, Wendat, Osage (phab:T262922, phab:T252198, phab:T283364, phab:T265297)
    • The English name for language code "crh" and the Swedish name for "fa" were corrected (phab:T240350, phab:T281702)
    • Lexeme language codes ha-arab, sux-latn, sux-xsux, gsg, tlh-piqd, tlh-latn, bfi, pwn, enm were added. That is Hausa in Arabic script, Sumerian in cuneiform and Latin-script, German Sign Language, Klingon in pIqaD and Latin script, British Sign Language, Paiwan and Middle English. (phab:T282512, phab:T279557)
    • It was determined that language codes can be activated for Wikidata while being blocked for use on Incubator (phab:T273705), this to avoid projects such as a "British English Wikipedia"
    • Language code "es-419" for Latin American Spanish has been available for labels and descriptions for quite some time (phab:T230786)
    • A possibly confusing Russian mis-translation of the name of the language code for "multiple languages" (mul) is being reviewed (phab:T245927)
    • "en-simple:" can be used instead of "simple:" to link to Simple Wikipedia. Query Services outputs "en-simple", not "simple" for sitelinks to Simple Wikipedia (phab:T283149).
    • There was some discussion about the creation of a language code "en-in" for monolingual strings, but "en-in" as interface language seems to be preferred (phab:T212313)

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.


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Tech News: 2021-26

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

Problems

  • You will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a few minutes on 29 June. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [11][12]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 June. It will be on all wikis from 1 July (calendar).

Future changes

  • Threshold for stub link formatting, thumbnail size and auto-number headings can be set in preferences. They are expensive to maintain and few editors use them. The developers are planning to remove them. Removing them will make pages load faster. You can read more and give feedback.
  • A toolbar will be added to the Reply tool's wikitext source mode. This will make it easier to link to pages and to ping other users. [13][14]

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16:30, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Enrolment in the CUVA Program

Hi, saw that you have an open slot for students enrolling in the Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy and would like to enrol in the program. I’m currently in time zone UCT +2 (SAST). When can I start? TapticInfo (talk) 07:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi Cassiopeia, I was wondering if you are still able to take me through the Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy. You are currently the closest to my time zone. Thanks TapticInfo (talk) 17:25, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
TapticInfo Good day. You have more than 3.7k edits on your short 2 months editing in Wikipedia. Majority of your edits are on SARS or COVID 19 related pages. I have checked on your contribution log, you have no counter vandalism edits of any kind. I understand you have requested many user rights which admin thought you are not ready or of no use presently related to your edits. If you want certain user right by joining the CUVA program, then the program is not suitable for you. This program is for those users who would like to know more about counter vandalism and be a counter vandalism editor for a very long time in Wikipedia. 05:12, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Eurocup

In the "summary" topic, there are no 3rd or 4th places, but that's ok. It's not wrong, but incomplete, but the "Results" topic is wrong.

First, from 1984 onwards, there was no dispute for third place, but that does not mean that they were sorted in alphabetical order.

That doesn't exist in football. If it did, then Atletico Madrid would be Spanish champions, if there were no matches in the Spanish national league.

They should fix this information by placing West Germany and Wales as third placed, respectively in 1988 and 2016.

http://bolanaarea.com/eurocopa_1988.htm

http://bolanaarea.com/eurocopa_2016.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by João Fernandes Santos (talk • contribs) 13:52, July 4, 2021 (UTC)


João Fernandes Santos Hi Joao, Thank you for the message above. However, I dont understand why you write this to me and I dont know which articles the above are for. Please explain. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia(talk) 05:17, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #475

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Discussions
    • Open request for adminship:
  • Events
    • Past:
      • Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #49 - YouTube
    • Upcoming:
      • SPARQL queries live on Twitch in French by Vigneron, July 6 at 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Tool of the week
    • User:Nikki/AnchorLinks.js is a userscript that adds a small link before property labels and statement values on entity pages to provide a clickable/copiable link to that section of the page.
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • A job opening for a fullstack developer to work on integrating Wikidata with expert-curated knowledge on invasion biology
  • Development
    • Mismatch Finder: We continued the work on building the basic store that in the future will hold mismatches between Wikidata's data and other databases/websites/catalogs/... These mismatches will then be used in the Mismatch Finder website and other tools to easily review them.
    • Improved the namespace behavior of the CommonsLink constraint so that it now produces less false positives (phab:T237920)
    • Working on adding a magic word to allow pages to be excluded from Special:UnconnectedPages on Wikipedias and co (phab:T97577)
    • Language names in Scots (sco) were updated (phab:T285076)
    • A task to complete language names in Dutch (nl) is being filled (phab:T231748)
    • A language code for an undetermined Mixtec language is being determined (phab:T155419)

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.


Tech News: 2021-27

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News

  • The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 19 July.

Recent changes

  • AutoWikiBrowser is a tool to make repetitive tasks easier. It now uses JSON. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage has moved to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSON and Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Config. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/Version has moved to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/VersionJSON. The tool will eventually be configured on the wiki so that you don't have to wait until the new version to add templates or regular expression fixes. [15]

Problems

  • InternetArchiveBot helps saving online sources on some wikis. It adds them to Wayback Machine and links to them there. This is so they don't disappear if the page that was linked to is removed. It currently has a problem with linking to the wrong date when it moves pages from archive.is to web.archive.org. [16]

Changes later this week

  • The tool to find, add and remove templates will be updated. This is to make it easier to find and use the right templates. It will come to the first wikis on 7 July. It will come to more wikis later this year. [17][18]
  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

  • Some Wikimedia wikis use Flagged Revisions or pending changes. It hides edits from new and unregistered accounts for readers until they have been patrolled. The auto review action in Flagged Revisions will no longer be logged. All old logs of auto-review will be removed. This is because it creates a lot of logs that are not very useful. [19]

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17:31, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello Cassiopeia:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
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