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Administrators' newsletter – July 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).

Administrator changes

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1Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
2Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Guideline and policy news

  • In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.

Technical news

  • The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous


21:23, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

20:12, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Re-submit Article

Hello, I changed a few things and I think the following article classifies for Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduce_(Band) — Preceding unsigned comment added by KodeJ (talkcontribs) 13:47, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

After deleting the article about one of the band members (that one was tagged), I deleted the band article as well. It wasn't tagged, but its appearance was that of a draft rather than an article. I assume the user moved it to article space, but I didn't verify that. There's nothing notable about any of this, and, as far as I'm concerned, the user is here for promotional purposes only. However, I didn't sanction the user.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:34, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

15:29, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Editing News #1—July 2019

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?

Every article has a pencil icon at the top. Tap on the pencil icon to start editing.

Edit Cards

Toolbar with menu opened

This is what the new Edit Cards for editing links in the mobile visual editor look like. You can try the prototype here: 📲 Try Edit Cards.

Welcome back to the Editing newsletter.

Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.

Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:

Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?

If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.

Follow these instructions and share your experience:

📲 Try Edit Cards.

Recent releases

The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team has recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:

  1. Section editing
    • The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
    • The team studied this with an A/B test. This test showed that contributors who could use section editing were 1% more likely to publish the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
  2. Loading overlay
    • The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.

Section editing and the new loading overlay are now available to everyone using the mobile visual editor.

New and active projects

This is a list of our most active projects. Watch these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.

  • Edit cards: This is a clearer way to add and edit links, citations, images, templates, etc. in articles. You can try this feature now. Go here to see how: 📲Try Edit Cards.
  • Mobile toolbar refresh: This project will learn if contributors are more successful when the editing tools are easier to recognize.
  • Mobile visual editor availability: This A/B test asks: Are newer contributors more successful if they use the mobile visual editor? We are collaborating with 20 Wikipedias to answer this question.
  • Usability improvements: This project will make the mobile visual editor easier to use.  The goal is to let contributors stay focused on editing and to feel more confident in the editing tools.

Looking ahead

  • Wikimania: Several members of the Editing Team will be attending Wikimania in August 2019. They will lead a session about mobile editing in the Community Growth space. Talk to them about how editing can be improved.
  • Talk Pages: In the coming months, the Editing Team will begin improving talk pages and communication on the wikis.

Learning more

The VisualEditor on mobile is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

PPelberg (WMF) (talk) and Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:50, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

13:07, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Plastic Picnic Wikipedia Article

Thank you for taking the time to review our page, Draft:Plastic Picnic.

Since the article was originally written, the band has received multiple new write ups in reliable publications, including Complex, Line of Best Fit, and Flaunt Magazine. Additionally, Apple Music's editorial team has included the band's lead single "After You" on their "Best of the Week" playlist. The band also debuted in the Top 200 of the NACC charts with their new record, Vistalite, and have announced a U.S. headlining tour. Would all of these help to make our page qualify for an article? I have sources for all of the above. Also please let me know if any of current sources should be removed to help our chances. Thank you.

Best, Offseasoncreative (talk) 15:50, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Offseasoncreative, it appears that you have not updated the draft? Please do so prior to me re-reviewing. Thank you. --TheSandDoctor Talk 03:54, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

21:42, 29 July 2019 (UTC)