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Do you have the query for User:Polygnotus/Data/FeaturedArticleCounts
[edit]Hey, Do you by chance have the query you used to generate that file? I, @Hey man im josh and @Novem Linguae were discussing the possibility of throwing together a toolforge tool based on citehighlighter and it would be nice to be able to show users the number/a list of similar FA/GA class pages that use similar sources. Sohom (talk) 00:13, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @Sohom Datta:! I didn't use a query. Because there are so few of them I just made API calls overnight. I then extracted the URLs, extracted the domainnames, and did the counting in Java. Is it possible to see that conversation somewhere? Or was it on IRC/Discord? It sounds interesting. I may or may not have some ideas. Polygnotus (talk) 10:11, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Polygnotus: It was a casual conversation in the main English wiki discord channel on the en wiki discord server.
- I've long loved the idea of putting a URL into a web site to see whether Wikipedia interprets it as RS, and that was the focus of the discussion. Novem was open to the idea, but they wanted to see that it was desired by enough people.
- I like the premise of searching and finding "Canada123 is considered reliable source based on WP:CANADA and RSP page." Or something similar. I think it could be a very useful tool, but I'm still working on the idea of how/where to propose it. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:16, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Hey man im josh The first part should be easy to implement thanks to User:Novem_Linguae/Scripts/CiteHighlighter/SourcesJSON.js. Connecting it to a exact RSN discussion or RSP/VG entry might take a bit more work. Sohom (talk) 13:52, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, absolutely. I vaguely mentioned the idea of accepted / trusted volunteers who could add the relevant links. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:53, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Sohom Datta: I still have the code used of course and I'd be happy to run it again. It has been undeleted and moved to User:Polygnotus/Data/FeaturedArticleCounts (it is not very outdated because FAs are pretty rare, back then there were 6538 and currently there are 6566). My conversation with Novem Linguae is here. Novem Linguae added a bunch of them to SourcesJSON. User:Headbomb/unreliable also exists but I haven't really looked at it. GreenC keeps track of basically every URL on Wikipedia IIRC. Polygnotus (talk) 18:27, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Hey man im josh The first part should be easy to implement thanks to User:Novem_Linguae/Scripts/CiteHighlighter/SourcesJSON.js. Connecting it to a exact RSN discussion or RSP/VG entry might take a bit more work. Sohom (talk) 13:52, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Sohom Datta: My idea would be:
- Make a API with 5 endpoints
- voteup
- votedown
- trustedvoteup (which would count for, lets say, +5 votes)
- trustedvotedown (ditto, but -5)
- list
- Make a javascript that:
- adds up and down arrows to each source. Click the up arrow to vote that a source is reliable, down arrow for unreliable.
- colors the source a shade of green or red depending on the amount of amount of up or downvotes if there are more than x up or downvotes
- Shows how many ratings this source has.
- Give the trusted people the ability to authenticate to the API and then rate sources.
- Make a API with 5 endpoints
- I made a list of the top 10.000 most often referenced domains, make a table sorted by number of occurences where people can easily rate them.
- What do you think? Polygnotus (talk) 23:54, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Sohom Datta: My idea would be:
help to have a better wiki page
[edit]Hello @Polygnotus, Thank you in first for the amazing work you do. can you please helpp the community to fix the wiki page of the Italian supermodel Fabio Mancini? I actually don't know how it works and I'm sure you'll work on it better with rules. because someone vandalise always the page with errors.
here the page: Fabio Mancini
thank you a lot 151.72.221.34 (talk) 09:08, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- See User talk:Gråbergs Gråa Sång#help to have a better wiki page. Polygnotus (talk) 17:37, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
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- Starting this week, the standard syntax highlighter will receive new colors that make them compatible in dark mode. This is the first of many changes to come as part of a major upgrade to syntax highlighting. You can learn more about what's to come on the help page. [1][2]
- Editors of wikis using Wikidata will now be notified of only relevant Wikidata changes in their watchlist. This is because the Lua functions
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50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000
[edit]Just to let you know your edit was reverted. Sahaib (talk) 20:19, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, I'll watchlist it. Polygnotus (talk) 20:22, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
A beer for you!
[edit]I've never considered looking at the Spam block list log. Nice WP-fu! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:29, 15 September 2024 (UTC) |
- @Gråbergs Gråa Sång Thank you! It is one of those forgotten log pages that can be quite handy. Polygnotus (talk) 07:34, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:59, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
Barnstar for you
[edit]The Original Barnstar | ||
In acknowledgement of your dedication to the WP mission, and your good humor in the face of aspersions, displayed at Luis Elizondo. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 14:36, 20 September 2024 (UTC) |
- Thank you! Polygnotus (talk) 16:02, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
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