Wikidata weekly summary #276
Tech News: 2017-36
22:14, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
The Signpost: 6 September 2017
- From the editors: What happened at Wikimania?
- News and notes: Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments
- Featured content: Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies
- Traffic report: A fortnight of conflicts
- Special report: Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future
- Recent research: Discussion summarization; Twitter bots tracking government edits; extracting trivia from Wikipedia
- WikiProject report: WikiProject YouTube
- Technology report: Latest tech news
- Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 4 wrap-up
- Humour: Bots
This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2017)
A small pond hockey field
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Calorie • Maya mythology Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 11 September 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Wikidata weekly summary #277
Tech News: 2017-37
19:15, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: August 2017
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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2017)
A spelling error on a road sign
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Pond hockey • Calorie Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 September 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Tech News: 2017-38
15:31, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #278
New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Backlog update:
- The new page backlog is currently at 14304 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a day.
- Currently there are 532 pages in the backlog that were created by non-autoconfirmed users before WP:ACTRIAL. The NPP project is undertaking a drive to clear these pages from the backlog before they hit the 90 day Google index point. Please consider reviewing a few today!
Technology update:
- The Wikimedia Foundation is currently working on creating a new filter for page curation that will allow new page patrollers to filter by extended confirmed status. For more information see: T175225
General project update:
- On 14 September 2017 the English Wikipedia began the autoconfirmed article creation trial. For a six month period, creation of articles in the mainspace of the English Wikipedia will be restricted to users with autoconfirmed status. New users who attempt article creation will now be redirected to a newly designed landing page.
- Before clicking on a reference or external link while reviewing a page, please be careful that the site looks trustworthy. If you have a question about the safety of clicking on a link, it is better not to click on it.
- To keep up with the latest conversation on New Pages Patrol or to ask questions, you can go to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers and add it to your watchlist.
If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:16, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2017)
George Lazenby at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in 2014
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Spelling • Pond hockey Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 25 September 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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The Signpost: 25 September 2017
- News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL
- Humour: Chickenz
- Recent research: Wikipedia articles vs. concepts; Wikipedia usage in Europe
- Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications
- Gallery: Chicken mania
- Traffic report: Fights and frights
- Featured content: Flying high
Tech News: 2017-39
15:59, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2017)
George Lazenby at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in 2014
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Spelling • Pond hockey Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 16:16, 25 September 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Wikidata weekly summary #279
Global Collaboration products newsletter: 2017-09
17:10, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
This Month in Education: September 2017
Volume 6 | Issue 8 | September 2017
This monthly newsletter showcases the Wikipedia Education Program. It focuses on sharing: your ideas, stories, success and challenges. You can see past editions here. You can also volunteer to help publish the newsletter. Join the team! Finally, don't forget to subscribe!
In This Issue
Featured Topic | "Wikipedia – Here and Now": 40 students in the Summer School "I Can – Here and Now" in Bulgaria heard more about Wikipedia | |
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From the Community |
This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2017)
Hello, KGirlTrucker81.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: George Lazenby • Spelling Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 2 October 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).
- Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem
- Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box
- Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
- Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.
- You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.
- Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
- A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
Wikidata weekly summary #280
Tech News: 2017-40
23:25, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2017)
Wikipedia is sometimes criticized for being used as a source of circular reporting.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Hero • George Lazenby Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 9 October 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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This Month in GLAM: September 2017
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Tech News: 2017-41
14:21, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #281
This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2017)
A fire sprinkler with red liquid alcohol in the capsule
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Circular reporting • Hero Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 16 October 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Tech News: 2017-42
15:31, 16 October 2017 (UTC)