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Wikidata weekly summary #384

16:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #385

15:35, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: September 2019





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  • Colombia report: The GLAM team from Wikimedia Colombia in OpenConLatAm
  • Finland report: Photographs and events
  • France report: European Heritage Days
  • Indonesia report: Image donation by Indonesian Air Force
  • Italy report: Wikimedia Italia Summer School
  • Sweden report: Open cultural heritage; More libraries in Africa on Wikidata; Global MIL Week 2019 Feature Conference; Kulturhistoria som gymnasiearbete; Wiki Loves Monuments
  • UK report: Oxford, Khalili Collections and Endangered Archives
  • USA report: Hispanic Heritage and Disability Awareness Month
  • Special story: Help the Movement Learn about Content Campaigns & Supporting newcomers in Wikidata training courses!
  • Wikidata report: Tie a knot in your handkerchief
  • WMF GLAM report: GLAM Manager Role Announced!
  • Calendar: October's GLAM events
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Wikidata weekly summary #386

23:55, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Editing News #2 – Mobile editing and talk pages – October 2019

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Inside this newsletter, the Editing team talks about their work on the mobile visual editor, on the new talk pages project, and at Wikimania 2019.

Help

What talk page interactions do you remember? Is it a story about how someone helped you to learn something new? Is it a story about how someone helped you get involved in a group? Something else? Whatever your story is, we want to hear it!

Please tell us a story about how you used a talk page. Please share a link to a memorable discussion, or describe it on the talk page for this project. The team would value your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.

Talk Pages

The Talk Pages Consultation was a global consultation to define better tools for wiki communication. From February through June 2019, more than 500 volunteers on 20 wikis, across 15 languages and multiple projects, came together with members of the Foundation to create a product direction for a set of discussion tools. The Phase 2 Report of the Talk Page Consultation was published in August. It summarizes the product direction the team has started to work on, which you can read more about here: Talk Page Project project page.

The team needs and wants your help at this early stage. They are starting to develop the first idea. Please add your name to the "Getting involved" section of the project page, if you would like to hear about opportunities to participate.

Mobile visual editor

The Editing team is trying to make it simpler to edit on mobile devices. The team is changing the visual editor on mobile. If you have something to say about editing on a mobile device, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

What happens when you click on a link. The new Edit Card is bigger and has more options for editing links.
The editing toolbar is changing in the mobile visual editor. The old system had two different toolbars. Now, all the buttons are together. Tell the team what you think about the new toolbar.
  • In September, the Editing team updated the mobile visual editor's editing toolbar. Anyone could see these changes in the mobile visual editor.
    • One toolbar: All of the editing tools are located in one toolbar. Previously, the toolbar changed when you clicked on different things.
    • New navigation: The buttons for moving forward and backward in the edit flow have changed.
    • Seamless switching: an improved workflow for switching between the visual and wikitext modes.
  • Feedback: You can try the refreshed toolbar by opening the mobile VisualEditor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Toolbar feedback talk page.

Wikimania

The Editing Team attended Wikimania 2019 in Sweden. They led a session on the mobile visual editor and a session on the new talk pages project. They tested two new features in the mobile visual editor with contributors. You can read more about what the team did and learned in the team's report on Wikimania 2019.

Looking ahead

  • Talk Pages Project: The team is thinking about the first set of proposed changes. The team will be working with a few communities to pilot those changes. The best way to stay informed is by adding your username to the list on the project page: Getting involved.
  • Testing the mobile visual editor as the default: The Editing team plans to post results before the end of the calendar year. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: VisualEditor as mobile default project page.
  • Measuring the impact of Edit Cards: The Editing team hopes to share results in November. This study asks whether the project helped editors add links and citations. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: Edit Cards project page.

PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 16:51, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

14:38, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #387

16:16, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #388 & Wikidata Birthday

The Signpost: 31 October 2019

Wikidata weekly summary #389

16:48, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #390

22:03, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: October 2019





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Wikidata weekly summary #391

20:17, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

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Books & Bytes – Issue 36

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16:52, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #392

The Signpost: 29 November 2019

Wikidata weekly summary #393

16:58, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

TWA/Portal and The Wikipedia Adventure

Hey Ocaasi,

What is the point of having both Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure and Wikipedia:TWA/Portal along with their respective talk pages? From what I can see the pages are basically the same and serve the exact same purpose.BrandonXLF (talk) 19:35, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Hey @BrandonXLF: basically one is 'in game' (the portal), and one is 'out game', like the difference between English Wikipedia and Meta-wiki. The portal is supposed to feel in-universe, whereas the base talk page is supposed to be more plain and external to the experience. Hope that helps! Jake Ocaasi t | c 23:13, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
I see. In that case shouldn't Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure be more of a page that explains what TWA is and feel less in-game? Right now it feels just as in-game as the portal as it transcludes the portal right at the top. BrandonXLF (talk) 23:23, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
If consistency was the only goal, sure. But the goal is getting people to play so sending them to a sub-page is harder to find. At the bottom of WP:TWA are links that do indeed explain the game in detail. Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 23:33, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #394

16:38, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Adventure

Hello! In the story page of the The Wikipedia Adventure you are listed as a Participant. Do you know who the developers of the original Wikipedia Adventure are? Jakel181 (talk) 13:48, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

I had talked to Worm That Turned and they pointed me to you! So I will explain further. I am a member of the Scratch Wiki and we are trying to create our own Scratch Wiki Adventure. What extensions did you use to make The Wikipedia Adventure? Thanks Jakel181 (talk) 16:06, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi @Jakel181: that's very exciting. The key extension is called Guided Tours: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GuidedTour. If you need technical help, the main developer was Matt Flaschen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mattflaschen). You can also see how the was implemented on 7 other language versions of Wikipedia: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Adventure. Good luck! If you need to reach me, email is even better: jorlowitz@gmail.com. Cheers, Jake Ocaasi t | c 17:47, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you so much!Jakel181 (talk) 17:52, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi @Ocaasi:, I have one more question, what did you use to create the automatic messages on the users "talk"?Jakel181 (talk) 00:49, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
Hey @Jakel181: that's actually just some fancy Guided Tours code that triggers an edit using the api. You can see the first level's code here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Guidedtour-tour-twa1.js Cheers, Jake Ocaasi t | c 23:10, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! 14:07, 9 December 2019 (UTC) Jakel181 (talk) 18:24, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@Jakel181: speaking of which, here's an index of every page related to TWA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure/Index Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 18:31, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Again! All of this really helps out! :D Jakel181 (talk) 18:33, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: November 2019





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Weekly Summary #395

00:16, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Institute of Democratic Society for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Institute of Democratic Society is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Institute of Democratic Society until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Mitte27 (talk) 11:19, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

20:06, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Belated holiday greetings

Belated holiday greetings. Merry Christmas and happy new year.
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The Signpost: 27 December 2019

Wikidata weekly summary #396

Wikidata weekly summary #397

21:21, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you! Very kind :) Jake Ocaasi t | c 16:57, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: December 2019





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Wikidata weekly summary #398

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