विकिपीडिया:चौपाल/पुरालेख 6
Offline Wikipedia
[संपादन करीं]We are working on making an offline distribution system for all Wikipedias of India. Wondering if someone could translate these three sentences into bh? here Doc James (बात करीं) 14:11, 25 दिसंबर 2017 (UTC)
- Doc James: Done. --SM7--बातचीत-- 18:14, 25 दिसंबर 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you User:SM7 :-) Doc James (बात करीं) 23:56, 25 दिसंबर 2017 (UTC)
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- 02 फरवरी 2018 से नीति के रूप में लागू कइल गइल। --SM7--बातचीत-- 09:18, 2 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
पन्ना हटावे के नीति प्रस्ताव
[संपादन करीं]नमस्कार सभके, भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया पर वर्तमान में पन्ना हटावे के नीति स्थानीय रूप से स्थापित करे खाती प्रस्ताव कइल जा रहल बा:
- विकिपीडिया:हटावे के नीति - मूल नीति पन्ना।
- विकिपीडिया:हटावे के प्रक्रिया - हटावे के प्रक्रिया कइसे होखी एकर जानकारी।
- विकिपीडिया:जल्दी से हटावे के पैमाना - कुछ अइसन दसा जिनहन में बिना हटावे खातिर चर्चा के पन्ना हटावल जा सके ला।
- विकिपीडिया:प्रस्ताव द्वारा हटावल - निर्बिबाद रूप से हटावे लायक पन्ना (लेख या फाइल) खाती, जे जल्दी से हटावे के पैमाना में न आवत होखें।
- विकिपीडिया:प्रस्ताव द्वारा जियत लोग के जीवनी हटावल - ऊपर वाली नीति में जीवनी खाती खास ब्यवस्था।
- विकिपीडिया:हटावे खातिर लेख - हटावे खातिर चर्चा के तरीका से लेख कइसे हटावल जाय एकरा खाती जगह, तरीका, आ चर्चा के लॉग देखावे वाला पन्ना।
- विकिपीडिया:रिवीजन हटावल - कौनों बदलाव के पाठ, सारांश आ संपादक के नाँव छिपावे संबंधी नीति।
- विकिपीडिया:ओवरसाइट - एकरे खाती पन्ना बनावल गइल बा, जवना से कि एपर आम सहमति हो सके कि एकरा खाती बैस्विक नीति इहाँ लागू होखी।
- विकिपीडिया:कॉपीराइट उलंघन - जबले इहाँ नया स्थानीय नीति ना बने, अंगरेजी विकिपीडिया के नीति के लागू करे खाती सहमति खातिर।
- विकिपीडिया:हटवले के समीक्षा - सामीक्षा पन्ना, मूल बात हटावे के नीति में लिखल बा, इहाँ मकसद आ तरीका बतावल बा जेकर अनुबाद जल्दिये क लिहल जाई।
आप सभसे अनुरोध बा कि एह नीति सभ के पढ़ीं आ अंगरेजी विकिपीडिया के नीति से तुलना क के देखीं। अगर कवनो सुझाव भा टिप्पणी होखे तब संबंधित नीति के बातचीत पन्ना पर लिखीं। अगर कौनों बिसेस बिरोध न होखे तब एह चर्चा द्वारा एह नीति सभ पर आम सहमती मान के इनहन के लागू क दिहल जाई, ओकरे बाद एह नीति सभ में भाषा सुधार खाती या कड़ी सुधार वगैरह खाती बदलाव कइल जा सके ला बाकी अइसन बदलाव ना कइल जा सके ला जवना से कि मूल अरथ में बदलाव होखे।
आप सभके सुझाव आ टिप्पणी के स्वागत बा। धन्यवाद। --SM7--बातचीत-- 07:57, 6 जनवरी 2018 (UTC)
सहमत ! एकर बहुत जरूरत रहल आ ई काम स्वागत योग्य बा। इहे नाही बल्कि आपके द्वारा ई विकिपीडिया पर कइल गइल सब काम से हम सहमत बानी आ दिल खूब गदगद बा, मन त करत बा करेजवे काढ के दे दीं। Thank you
-- 👤Raju💌 15:32, 13 जनवरी 2018 (UTC)
- सहमत एह नियम के बनावै खातिर आप क जेतना तारीफ कइल जा ऊ कम बा। एह प्रस्ताव के लागू कय देवल में हमरो सहमति बा। -- अजीत कुमार तिवारी बातचीत 02:41, 22 जनवरी 2018 (UTC)
- सहमत - हम भी सहमत बानी। एकरा के जल्दी से लागू कइल जाए। --स (बात करीं) 18:52, 26 जनवरी 2018 (UTC)
Done एह नीति सभ के विकिपीडिया पर लागू घोषित कइल जा रहल बा। आगे से इनहन में मामूली भाषा सुधार आ टाइपो के सुधार वगैरह खाती संपादन कइल जा सकत बा बाकी कौनों अइसन बदलाव ना कइल जा सकत बा जेकरे से मूल अरथ में अंतर आवे। अइसन बदलाव करे खाती भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया मंडली के आम सहमती के जरूरत होखी। --SM7--बातचीत-- 09:18, 2 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
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Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)
[संपादन करीं]Greetings,
It is being planned to organize Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, please fill out the survey form to help the organizers. Your responses will help organizers understand what level of demand there is for the event (how many people in your community think it is important that the event happens). At the end of the day, the participants will turn out to have knowledge to create drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and get to know to how to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria. For more information and link to survey form, please visit Talk:Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India). MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 12:43, 15 जनवरी 2018 (UTC)
Wikigraphists Bootcamp Survey Reminder
[संपादन करीं]Greetings,
As it has already been notified about Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, for training related to creation drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria, please fill the survey form linked from Talk:Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India). It'll help the organizers to assess the needs of the community, and plan accordingly. Please ignore if already done. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 03:03, 21 जनवरी 2018 (UTC)
सभन से अधिक देखल गइल लेख
[संपादन करीं]भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया पर सबसे अधिक बार खोजल गइल 10 लेख सभ। ई लेख सभ के बढ़ावे के चाहत बा:
बुर
भारत
इंटरनेट
योनि
हिमालय
१ मई
आइएसबीएन
गंगा
लाल किला
हवा प्रदूषण
👤Raju💌 02:08, 1 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
- इनहन में भारत के त हम बीछल लेख बनावल चाहत रहलीं, एह से ई पर्याप्त बिस्तार वाला बा। हिमालय आ गंगा वाला लेख बड़ बाने हालाँकि अबहिनो सुधार के गुंजाइश बहुत बा। बाकी के बढ़ावे के काम जेतना जल्दी कइल जाय ओतने हमनी के विकि के फायदा होखी। --SM7--बातचीत-- 05:19, 1 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
- @Raju Babu: जी कुछ सुधार क के अंग्रेजी के Vagina के समकक्ष लेख अब बुर शीर्षक पर रखले बानी जे पहिले बहुअर्थी रहल हऽ। मूल लेख योनि पर रहल आब ई अनुप्रेषण बना दिहल बा। एकरे अलावे 1 मई आ आइएसबीएन लेख डेस्कटॉप पर ढेर देखल जालें। इनहन के फिलहाल छोड़ल जा सके ला। यानी बढ़ावे लायक लेख में जिनहन पर काम करे के जरूरत बा ऊ बाने:
- इनहन पर काम करे के जरूरत ततकाल में बा। आपो सुरू करीं, हमहूँ सहजोग करब। --SM7--बातचीत-- 19:55, 1 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
- SM7 जी, हमार वार्ता पन्ना पर आप द्वारा कइल गइल सहयोग खातिर धन्यवाद! ऊपर दिहल गइल विषय पर हम सहयोग करे खातिर तैयार बानी। 👤Raju💌 04:40, 2 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
- इनहन पर काम करे के जरूरत ततकाल में बा। आपो सुरू करीं, हमहूँ सहजोग करब। --SM7--बातचीत-- 19:55, 1 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
- The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.
- हटावल गइल
गैजेट अंक बदलाव
[संपादन करीं]नमस्ते, इहाँ प्रस्तावित कइल जा रहल बा कि एह गैजेट के भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया से हटा दिहल जाय। वर्तमान में ई हर पन्ना के साथ डिफॉल्ट में लोड होखे ला। जबकि मोबाइल प एह साइट के देखे वाला लोग खाती ई जावास्क्रिप्ट गैजेट पहिलहीं से कौनों फर्क ना पैदा करे वाला बा। अइसन दसा में अगर कौनों खास बिरोध न होखे एकरा के हटा दिहल जाय आ भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया के डिफॉल्ट अंक सिस्टम के साथे चले दिहल जाय। --SM7--बातचीत-- 14:26, 13 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
- Done - पाँच दिन से ज्यादा तक ले कौनों बिरोध भा चर्चा ना होखे पर, हटावल गइल। --SM7--बातचीत-- 07:38, 19 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
- The above discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
International Mother Langage Day and Open Data Day Wikidata Edit-a-thon
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Hello,
We are happy to inform you that a national level Wikidata editing campaign "IMLD-ODD 2018 Wikidata India Edit-a-thon" on content related to India is being organized from from 21 February 2018 to 3 March 2018. This edit-a-thon marks International Mother Language Day and Open Data Day.
Please learn more about this event: here.
Please consider participating in the event, by joining here.
You may get a list of suggested items to work on here.
Please let us know if you have question. -- Titodutta using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 07:12, 21 फरवरी 2018 (UTC)
Editing News #1—2018
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Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has spent most of their time supporting the 2017 wikitext editor mode, which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and improving the visual diff tool. Their work board is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor, and improving the visual diff tool.
Recent changes
[संपादन करीं]- The 2017 wikitext editor is available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices. It has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools. The team have been comparing the performance of different editing environments. They have studied how long it takes to open the page and start typing. The study uses data for more than one million edits during December and January. Some changes have been made to improve the speed of the 2017 wikitext editor and the visual editor. Recently, the 2017 wikitext editor opened fastest for most edits, and the 2010 WikiEditor was fastest for some edits. More information will be posted at mw:Contributors/Projects/Editing performance.
- The visual diff tool was developed for the visual editor. It is now available to all users of the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. When you review your changes, you can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. You can also enable the new Beta Feature for "Visual diffs". The Beta Feature lets you use the visual diff tool to view other people's edits on page histories and Special:RecentChanges. [1]
- Wikitext syntax highlighting is available as a Beta Feature for both the 2017 wikitext editor and the 2010 wikitext editor. [2]
- The citoid service automatically translates URLs, DOIs, ISBNs, and PubMed id numbers into wikitext citation templates. It is very popular and useful to editors, although it can be a bit tricky to set up. Your wiki can have this service. Please read the instructions. You can ask the team to help you enable citoid at your wiki.
Let's work together
[संपादन करीं]- The team will talk about editing tools at an upcoming Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting.
- Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and other communities may have the visual editor made available by default to contributors. If your community wants this, then please contact Dan Garry.
- The
<references />
block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can request multi-column support for your wiki. [3] - If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly. We will notify you when the next issue is ready for translation. Thank you!
20:56, 2 मार्च 2018 (UTC)
Galicia 15 - 15 Challenge
[संपादन करीं]Wikipedia:Galicia 15 - 15 Challenge is a public writing competition which will improve improve and translate this list of 15 really important articles into as many languages as possible. Everybody can help in any language to collaborate on writing and/or translating articles related to Galicia. To participate you just need to sign up here. Thank you very much.--Breogan2008 (बात करीं) 13:43, 12 मार्च 2018 (UTC)
Time to bring embedded maps (‘mapframe’) to most Wikipedias
[संपादन करीं]Time to bring embedded maps (‘mapframe’) to most Wikipedias
Please help translate to your language
Mapframe is a feature that enables users to easily display interactive maps right on wiki pages. Currently, most Wikipedias don’t have mapframe. But fifteen Wikipedias, along with all the other Wikimedia projects, are using mapframe today to display maps on thousands of pages.
A little background: over the last few months, the Foundation’s Collaboration team has been working to improve the stability and user experience of the maps service. In addition, a question about long-term support for the maps service was recently settled, and a small team has been assigned for routine maintenance. Given these developments, bringing the benefits of mapframe to Wikipedias that lack the feature seems both safe and supportable. Nine Wikipedias that use a stricter version of Flagged Revisions will not get mapframe in this release.
Maps are a valuable form of visual data that can improve readers’ understanding across a wide range of topics. If you know of any reasons why mapframe shouldn’t be implemented on your Wikipedia, let us know on the project talk page. Unless we hear from you, we plan to release mapframe to most Wikipedias in May, 2018. So, if you foresee an issue, please let us hear from you. Otherwise, happy mapping!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 21:38, 24 अप्रैल 2018 (UTC)
AdvancedSearch
[संपादन करीं]Birgit Müller (WMDE) 14:45, 7 मई 2018 (UTC)
1 से 1989 तक के साल पर बनल लेख खातिर हचर्चा
[संपादन करीं]1 से 1989 तक के साल पर बनल लेखवन के विकिपीडिया से हटावे खातिर चर्चा सुरू कइल गइल बा। आपन बिचार विकिपीडिया:हटावे खातिर लेख/1 पर दीं। --SM7--बातचीत-- 20:33, 15 मई 2018 (UTC)
New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (May 2018)
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Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to research and tools as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials on the Library Card platform:
- Rock's Backpages – Music articles and interviews from the 1950s onwards - 50 accounts
- Invaluable – Database of more than 50 million auctions and over 500,000 artists - 15 accounts
- Termsoup – Translation tool
Expansions
- Fold3 – Available content has more than doubled, now including new military collections from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Oxford University Press – The Scholarship collection now includes Electronic Enlightenment
- Alexander Street Press – Women and Social Movements Library now available
- Cambridge University Press – Orlando Collection now available
Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Baylor University Press, Loeb Classical Library, Cairn, Gale and Bloomsbury.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 18:03, 30 मई 2018 (UTC)
- You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).
- This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.
Wiki Advanced Training
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Hello,
Wiki Advanced Training is a residential training workshop to be conducted from 29 June to 1 July (Friday to Sunday) at Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. The objectives of the events are:
- To optimize contribution and increase skills of Indic Wikimedians
- To introduce and initiate best practices across Indic Wikimedia projects with reference to Global projects
- Raise awareness towards initiatives such as #1Lib1Ref, TWL and use of scripts, gadgets, and Wikimedia tools.
- Develop capacity across Indic Wikimedians to participate in events the global hackathon, Wikidatacon
Please read more about the workshop and participation process: here
Please let us know if you have a question.--Ananth subray (बात करीं) 17:49, 5 जून 2018 (UTC)
Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India): Applications are open
[संपादन करीं]Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India) to be tentatively held in the last weekend of September 2018. This is going to be a three-day training workshop to equip the participants with the skills to create illustrations and digital drawings in SVG format, using software like Inkscape.
Minimum eligibility criteria to participate is as below:
- Active Wikimedians from India contributing to any Indic language Wikimedia projects.
- At least 1,500 global edits till 30 May 2018.
- At least 500 edits to home-Wikipedia (excluding User-space).
Please apply at the following link before 16th June 2018: Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India) Scholarships.
MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 11:12, 12 जून 2018 (UTC)
Update on page issues on mobile web
[संपादन करीं]Update on page issues on mobile web
Please help translate to your language Hi everyone. The Readers web team has recently begun working on exposing issue templates on the mobile website. Currently, details about issues with page content are generally hidden on the mobile website. This leaves readers unaware of the reliability of the pages they are reading. The goal of this project is to improve awareness of particular issues within an article on the mobile web. We will do this by changing the visual styling of page issues.
So far, we have drafted a proposal on the design and implementation of the project. We were also able to run user testing on the proposed designs. The tests so far have positive results. Here is a quick summary of what we learned:
- The new treatment increases awareness of page issues among participants. This is true particularly when they are in a more evaluative/critical mode.
- Page issues make sense to readers and they understand how they work
- Readers care about page issues and consider them important
- Readers had overwhelmingly positive sentiments towards Wikipedia associated with learning about page issues
Our next step would be to start implementing these changes. We wanted to reach out to you for any concerns, thoughts, and suggestions you might have before beginning development. Please visit the project page where we have more information and mockups of how this may look. Please leave feedback on the talk page.
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 20:58, 12 जून 2018 (UTC)
Global preferences are available
[संपादन करीं]Global preferences are now available, you can set them by visiting your new global preferences page. Visit mediawiki.org for information on how to use them and leave feedback. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk)
19:19, 10 जुलाई 2018 (UTC)
Consultation on the creation of a separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS
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Hi all,
I'm preparing a change in who can edit sitewide CSS/JS pages. (These are pages like MediaWiki:Common.css
and MediaWiki:Vector.js
which are executed in the browser of all readers and editors.) Currently all administrators are able to edit these pages, which poses a serious and unnecessary security risk. Soon, a dedicated, smaller user group will take over this task. Your community will be able to decide who belongs in this group, so this should mean very little change for you. You can find out more and provide feedback at the consultation page on Meta. If you are involved in maintaining CSS/JS code, or policymaking around adminship requests, please give it a look!
Thanks!
Tgr (talk) 08:45, 12 जुलाई 2018 (UTC) (via global message delivery)
New user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS
[संपादन करीं](Please help translate to your language)
Hi all!
To improve the security of our readers and editors, permission handling for CSS/JS pages has changed. (These are pages like MediaWiki:Common.css
and MediaWiki:Vector.js
which contain code that is executed in the browsers of users of the site.)
A new user group, interface-admin
, has been created.
Starting four weeks from now, only members of this group will be able edit CSS/JS pages that they do not own (that is, any page ending with .css
or .js
that is either in the MediaWiki:
namespace or is another user's user subpage).
You can learn more about the motivation behind the change here.
Please add users who need to edit CSS/JS to the new group (this can be done the same way new administrators are added, by stewards or local bureaucrats). This is a dangerous permission; a malicious user or a hacker taking over the account of a careless interface-admin can abuse it in far worse ways than admin permissions could be abused. Please only assign it to users who need it, who are trusted by the community, and who follow common basic password and computer security practices (use strong passwords, do not reuse passwords, use two-factor authentication if possible, do not install software of questionable origin on your machine, use antivirus software if that's a standard thing in your environment).
Thanks!
Tgr (talk) 13:08, 30 जुलाई 2018 (UTC) (via global message delivery)
Enabling a helpful feature for Template editors
[संपादन करीं]Hello.
The team working on TemplateStyles at the Wikimedia Foundation would like to enable TemplateStyles on this wiki.
TemplateStyles is a feature to allow non-administrators to write and manage CSS styles for templates. It allows contributors who edit templates to separate content and presentation. A good web practice that makes it easier to manage the layout of templates. If you don't edit templates, this will not have any impact on your contributions.
TemplateStyles is useful for a few reasons.
- It makes it possible for templates to work better on mobile.
- It cuts out confusion on where to apply CSS rules.
- Editing CSS is currently limited to administrators, which is a major barrier to participation.
- All stylesheets must be loaded on all pages (whether they actually use the page or not), which wastes bandwidth and makes debugging style rules more difficult.
You can learn more about TemplateStyles on MediaWiki.org. Technical documentation is also available.
This is an optional feature and no one must use it, but template contributors are encouraged to do so! Please discuss and let us know if there are any concerns. If there are no concerns we will proceed to deploy the feature on the 9th of August.
Thank you.
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 21:28, 6 अगस्त 2018 (UTC)
Editing of sitewide CSS/JS is only possible for interface administrators from now
[संपादन करीं](Please help translate to your language)
Hi all,
as announced previously, permission handling for CSS/JS pages has changed: only members of the interface-admin
(Interface administrators) group, and a few highly privileged global groups such as stewards, can edit CSS/JS pages that they do not own (that is, any page ending with .css or .js that is either in the MediaWiki: namespace or is another user's user subpage). This is done to improve the security of readers and editors of Wikimedia projects. More information is available at Creation of separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS. If you encounter any unexpected problems, please contact me or file a bug.
Thanks!
Tgr (talk) 12:39, 27 अगस्त 2018 (UTC) (via global message delivery)
विकिपीडिया के वर्तमान लोगो में बदलाव के प्रस्ताव
[संपादन करीं]{Proposal for modifying current Logo of Wikipedia)
नमस्ते, हमनी के वर्तमान लोगो में बदलाव प्रस्तावित कइल जात बा:
- लोगो में नीचे लिखल वाक्य एगो मुक्त ज्ञानकोष के जगह → एगो फ्री ज्ञानकोश कइल जाय
कारन: ऊपर "मुक्त" के "फ्री" से बदले के कारण बा कि फ्री शब्द इहाँ दुअर्थी काम करे ला आजाद भा सोतंत्र के अरथ भी देला आ मुफ्त होखे के अरथ भी देला। भोजपुरी जनता "फ्री" शब्द से भरपूर परिचित बा (हो सके ला आजाद वाला अरथ कुछ कम लोग जानत होखे) एह कारण इहे उचित बा कि एकरा के फ्री रहे दिहल जाय। इस्पेलिंग भी इहे रखे लायक बा - लोग एकरा के फिरी भी पढ़ी।
सदस्य लोग के सुझाव आ राय माँगल जाता। दू हप्ता ले इहाँ चर्चा खुलल बा। ओकरे बाद एह पर जवन निर्णय होखी, लागू कइल जाई। --SM7--बातचीत-- 18:16, 27 अगस्त 2018 (UTC)
Read-only mode for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October
[संपादन करीं]Read this message in another language • Please help translate to your language
The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its secondary data centre. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic to the secondary data center on Wednesday, 12 September 2018. On Wednesday, 10 October 2018, they will switch back to the primary data center.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop when we switch. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday, 12 September and Wednesday, 10 October. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Thursday 13 September and Thursday 11 October).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- There will be code freezes for the weeks of 10 September 2018 and 8 October 2018. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community. /User:Johan(WMF) (talk)
13:33, 6 सितंबर 2018 (UTC)
मुख्य पन्ना पर देखावल जाए वाली अउरी भाषा के विकिपीडिया के कड़ी
[संपादन करीं]एह बारे में एगो प्रस्ताव वार्तालाप:मुख्य पन्ना रखल गइल बा। आपन बिचार दिहल जाय। --SM7--बातचीत-- 18:48, 7 सितंबर 2018 (UTC)
हिन्दी दिवस लेख प्रतियोगिता
[संपादन करीं]नमस्ते सर्वेभ्यः
१४ सितंबर को हिन्दी दिवस है और इसे भारत समेत कई देशों में मनाया जाता है। हिन्दी भारत की आधिकारिक राजभाषा भी है। साथ ही पाकिस्तान, बांग्लादेश, नेपाल आदि एशियाई देश एवं मोरिसश जैसे अफ्रीकी देशों में भी हिन्दी बोली जाती है।
हिन्दी भाषा को बढ़ावा मिले और हिन्दी भाषा के एकमेव ऑनलाइन ज्ञानकोष विकिपीडिया के लेखों में गुणवत्ता युक्त लेखों की वृद्धि हो इस हेतु से हिन्दी विकिपीडिया १४ सितंबर से एक माह तक लेख प्रतियोगिता का आयोजन कर रहा है।
हिन्दी की अन्य भगिनी भाषाएँ जैसे बंगाली, गुजराती, मराठी, पंजाबी, मैथिली, भोजपुरी आदि भाषाओं को जानने वाले सदस्य हिन्दी जानते हैं। उर्दू भी हिन्दी की भगिनी भाषा है और उर्दूभाषी सदस्य भी हिन्दी का अच्छा ज्ञान रखते हैं। देखा गया है कि अन्यभाषी सदस्य हिन्दी से अधिक अंग्रेजी विकि में योगदान देते हैं अथवा हिन्दी के दूसरे प्रकल्पों में अधिक सक्रिय हैं। हमारा प्रयास है कि हिन्दी दिवस के इस अवसर पर हम हिन्दी जानने वालें सदस्यों को हिन्दी विकिपीडिया के साथ जुड़ने का अवसर प्रदान करें।
इस प्रतियोगिता का आरंभ १४ सितंबर से होगा और १ महीने तक लेख बनाये जाएंगे। आप किसी भी विषय पर लेख बना सकते हैं। प्रतियोगिता पूर्ण होने के बाद परिणाम घोषित होगा और विजेताओं को पुरस्कृत किया जाएगा।
- अधिक जानकारी हेतु हिन्दी दिवस लेख प्रतियोगिता पृष्ठ
- प्रतिभागी बनने के लिए आज ही अपना नामांकन करें।
आपके समुदाय से उचित सहयोग की अपेक्षा के साथ।--आर्यावर्त (बात करीं) 04:32, 8 सितंबर 2018 (UTC)
Call for Participation, Wikicamp Nepal 2018
[संपादन करीं]Hi there, Sorry for writing this in English.
We wanted to inform you that Call for Participation for Wikicamp Nepal 2018, which is being held in Lahan, Nepal on November 21–23, 2018 are now being accepted. Call for Participation are open until 30 September 2018, 23:59:59. To learn more about Wikicamp Nepal 2018 Call for Participation, Please visit: m:Wikicamp Nepal 2018/Call for Participation.
To submit for call for participation, please do that this way.
It is highly recommended that presenters review all the material on the Call for Participation page and the associated FAQ before submission. If you have any questions, please contact: wikicampnepal at gmail.com or leave a message at: m:Talk:Wikicamp Nepal 2018/Call for Participation. Please help us spread the word and translate pages, also requested to local sysop to create a Sitenotice about it !
Best regards, Tulsi Bhagat on the behalf of organizing team of Wikicamp Nepal 2018. --MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:31, 8 सितंबर 2018 (UTC)
The GFDL license on Commons
[संपादन करीं]This has been posted here because your wiki allows local file uploads. Please help translate to your language.
Commons will no longer allow uploads of photos, paintings, drawings, audio and video that use the GFDL license and no other license. This starts after 14 October. Textbooks, manuals and logos, diagrams and screenshots from GFDL software manuals that only use the GFDL license are still allowed. Files licensed with both GFDL and an accepted license like Creative Commons BY-SA are still allowed.
There is no time limit to move files from other projects to Commons. The licensing date is all that counts. It doesn't matter when the file was uploaded or created. Every wiki that allows local uploads should check if bots, scripts and templates that are used to move files to Commons need to be updated. Also update your local policy documentation if needed.
The decision to allow files that only have a GFDL license, or not allow them, is a decision all wikis can make for themselves. Your wiki can decide to continue allowing the files that Commons will no longer allow after 14 October. If your wiki decides to continue to allow files after 14 October that Commons will no longer allow those files should not be moved to Commons. — Alexis Jazz, distributed by Johan using MassMessage
18:11, 20 सितंबर 2018 (UTC)
Reminder: No editing for up to an hour on 10 October
[संपादन करीं]Read this message in another language • Please help translate to your language
The Wikimedia Foundation are testing its secondary data center. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
They switched all traffic to the secondary data center 12 September 2018. On Wednesday, 10 October 2018, they will switch back to the primary data center.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while we switch.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday, 10 October. The test will start a bit after 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST). If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. Please share this information with your community. /User:Johan(WMF) (talk)
12:03, 4 अक्टूबर 2018 (UTC)
The Community Wishlist Survey
[संपादन करीं]The Community Wishlist Survey. Please help translate to your language.
Hey everyone,
The Community Wishlist Survey is the process when the Wikimedia communities decide what the Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech should work on over the next year.
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can post technical proposals from now until 11 November. The communities will vote on the proposals between 16 November and 30 November. You can read more on the wishlist survey page.
/User:Johan (WMF)11:05, 30 अक्टूबर 2018 (UTC)
Editing News #2—2018
[संपादन करीं]Read this in another language • Subscription list for this multilingual newsletter
Did you know?
Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has wrapped up most of their work on the 2017 wikitext editor and the visual diff tool. The team has begun investigating the needs of editors who use mobile devices. Their work board is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are fixing bugs and improving mobile editing.
Recent changes
[संपादन करीं]- The Editing team has published an initial report about mobile editing.
- The Editing team has begun a design study of visual editing on the mobile website. New editors have trouble doing basic tasks on a smartphone, such as adding links to Wikipedia articles. You can read the report.
- The Reading team is working on a separate mobile-based contributions project.
- The 2006 wikitext editor is no longer supported. If you used that toolbar, then you will no longer see any toolbar. You may choose another editing tool in your editing preferences, local gadgets, or beta features.
- The Editing team described the history and status of VisualEditor in this recorded public presentation (starting at 29 minutes, 30 seconds).
- The Language team released a new version of Content Translation (CX2) last month, on International Translation Day. It integrates the visual editor to support templates, tables, and images. It also produces better wikitext when the translated article is published. [4]
Let's work together
[संपादन करीं]- The Editing team wants to improve visual editing on the mobile website. Please read their ideas and tell the team what you think would help editors who use the mobile site.
- The Community Wishlist Survey begins next week.
- If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly. We will notify you when the next issue is ready for translation. Thank you!
14:16, 2 नवंबर 2018 (UTC)
Change coming to how certain templates will appear on the mobile web
[संपादन करीं]Change coming to how certain templates will appear on the mobile web
Please help translate to your language
Hello,
In a few weeks the Readers web team will be changing how some templates look on the mobile web site. We will make these templates more noticeable when viewing the article. We ask for your help in updating any templates that don't look correct.
What kind of templates? Specifically templates that notify readers and contributors about issues with the content of an article – the text and information in the article. Examples like Template:Unreferenced or Template:More citations needed. Right now these notifications are hidden behind a link under the title of an article. We will format templates like these (mostly those that use Template:Ambox or message box templates in general) to show a short summary under the page title. You can tap on the "Learn more" link to get more information.
For template editors we have some recommendations on how to make templates that are mobile-friendly and also further documentation on our work so far.
If you have questions about formatting templates for mobile, please leave a note on the project talk page or file a task in Phabricator and we will help you.
Thank you!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 19:34, 13 नवंबर 2018 (UTC)
Community Wishlist Survey vote
[संपादन करीं]The Community Wishlist Survey. Please help translate to your language.
Hey everyone,
The Community Wishlist Survey is the process when the Wikimedia communities decide what the Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech should work on over the next year.
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. The communities have now posted a long list of technical proposals. You can vote on the proposals from now until 30 November. You can read more on the wishlist survey page.
/User:Johan (WMF)18:13, 22 नवंबर 2018 (UTC)
Advanced Search
[संपादन करीं]Johanna Strodt (WMDE) (talk) 10:57, 26 नवंबर 2018 (UTC)
New Wikimedia password policy and requirements
[संपादन करीं]Please help translate to your language
The Wikimedia Foundation security team is implementing a new password policy and requirements. You can learn more about the project on MediaWiki.org.
These new requirements will apply to new accounts and privileged accounts. New accounts will be required to create a password with a minimum length of 8 characters. Privileged accounts will be prompted to update their password to one that is at least 10 characters in length.
These changes are planned to be in effect on December 13th. If you think your work or tools will be affected by this change, please let us know on the talk page.
Thank you!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 20:02, 6 दिसंबर 2018 (UTC)
Invitation from Wiki Loves Love 2019
[संपादन करीं]Please help translate to your language
Love is an important subject for humanity and it is expressed in different cultures and regions in different ways across the world through different gestures, ceremonies, festivals and to document expression of this rich and beautiful emotion, we need your help so we can share and spread the depth of cultures that each region has, the best of how people of that region, celebrate love.
Wiki Loves Love (WLL) is an international photography competition of Wikimedia Commons with the subject love testimonials happening in the month of February.
The primary goal of the competition is to document love testimonials through human cultural diversity such as monuments, ceremonies, snapshot of tender gesture, and miscellaneous objects used as symbol of love; to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopedia Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) projects.
The theme of 2019 iteration is Celebrations, Festivals, Ceremonies and rituals of love.
Sign up your affiliate or individually at Participants page.
To know more about the contest, check out our Commons Page and FAQs
There are several prizes to grab. Hope to see you spreading love this February with Wiki Loves Love!
Kind regards,
Imagine... the sum of all love!
--MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 10:12, 27 दिसंबर 2018 (UTC)
Call for bids to host Train-the-Trainer 2019
[संपादन करीं]Apologies for writing in English, please consider translating the message
Hello everyone,
This year CIS-A2K is seeking expressions of interest from interested communities in India for hosting the Train-the-Trainer 2019.
Train-the-Trainer or TTT is a residential training program which attempts to groom leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community (including English) members. Earlier TTT has been conducted in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
If you're interested in hosting the program, Following are the per-requests to propose a bid:
- Active local community which is willing to support conducting the event
- At least 4 Community members should come together and propose the city. Women Wikimedians in organizing team is highly recommended.
- The city should have at least an International airport.
- Venue and accommodations should be available for the event dates.
- Participants size of TTT is generally between 20-25.
- Venue should have good Internet connectivity and conference space for the above-mentioned size of participants.
- Discussion in the local community.
Please learn more about the Train-the-Trainer program and to submit your proposal please visit this page. Feel free to reach to me for more information or email tito@cis-india.org
Best!
Pavan Santhosh ( MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 05:52, 6 जनवरी 2019 (UTC) )
IMPORTANT: Admin activity review
[संपादन करीं]Hello:
A policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, etc. ) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis with no inactivity policy. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.
We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for more than 2 years):
These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.
However, if you as a community would like to create your own activity review process superseding the global one, want to make another decision about these inactive rights holders, or already have a policy that we missed, then please notify the stewards on Meta-Wiki so that we know not to proceed with the rights review on your wiki.
Thank you. --MarcoAurelio (बात करीं) 15:27, 11 जनवरी 2019 (UTC)
FileExporter beta feature
[संपादन करीं]A new beta feature will soon be released on all wikis: The FileExporter. It allows exports of files from a local wiki to Wikimedia Commons, including their file history and page history. Which files can be exported is defined by each wiki's community: Please check your wiki's configuration file if you want to use this feature.
The FileExporter has already been a beta feature on mediawiki.org, meta.wikimedia, deWP, faWP, arWP, koWP and on wikisource.org. After some functionality was added, it's now becoming a beta feature on all wikis. Deployment is planned for January 16. More information can be found on the project page.
As always, feedback is highly appreciated. If you want to test the FileExporter, please activate it in your user preferences. The best place for feedback is the central talk page. Thank you from Wikimedia Deutschland's Technical Wishes project.
Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 09:41, 14 जनवरी 2019 (UTC)
No editing for 30 minutes 17 January
[संपादन करीं]14:47, 16 जनवरी 2019 (UTC)
Talk to us about talking
[संपादन करीं]The Wikimedia Foundation is planning a global consultation about communication. The goal is to bring Wikimedians and wiki-minded people together to improve tools for communication.
We want all contributors to be able to talk to each other on the wikis, whatever their experience, their skills or their devices.
We are looking for input from as many different parts of the Wikimedia community as possible. It will come from multiple projects, in multiple languages, and with multiple perspectives.
We are currently planning the consultation. We need your help.
We need volunteers to help talk to their communities or user groups.
You can help by hosting a discussion at your wiki. Here's what to do:
- First, sign up your group here.
- Next, create a page (or a section on a Village pump, or an e-mail thread – whatever is natural for your group) to collect information from other people in your group. This is not a vote or decision-making discussion: we are just collecting feedback.
- Then ask people what they think about communication processes. We want to hear stories and other information about how people communicate with each other on and off wiki. Please consider asking these five questions:
- When you want to discuss a topic with your community, what tools work for you, and what problems block you?
- What about talk pages works for newcomers, and what blocks them?
- What do others struggle with in your community about talk pages?
- What do you wish you could do on talk pages, but can't due to the technical limitations?
- What are the important aspects of a "wiki discussion"?
- Finally, please go to Talk pages consultation 2019 on Mediawiki.org and report what you learned from your group. Please include links if the discussion is available to the public.
You can also help build the list of the many different ways people talk to each other.
Not all groups active on wikis or around wikis use the same way to discuss things: it can happen on wiki, on social networks, through external tools... Tell us how your group communicates.
You can read more about the overall process on mediawiki.org. If you have questions or ideas, you can leave feedback about the consultation process in the language you prefer.
Thank you! We're looking forward to talking with you.
Trizek (WMF) 15:00, 21 फरवरी 2019 (UTC)
New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (March 2019)
[संपादन करीं]Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials on the Library Card platform:
- Kinige – Primarily Indian-language ebooks - 10 books per month
- Gale – Times Digital Archive collection added (covering 1785-2013)
- JSTOR – New applications now being taken again
Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Baylor University Press, Taylor & Francis, Cairn, Annual Reviews and Bloomsbury. You can request new partnerships on our Suggestions page.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 17:40, 13 मार्च 2019 (UTC)
- You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).
- This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.
Read-only mode for up to 30 minutes on 11 April
[संपादन करीं]10:56, 8 अप्रैल 2019 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Medium-Term Plan feedback request
[संपादन करीं]Please help translate to your language
New multiwiki system
[संपादन करीं]Hello, kindly translate this message for the community. I would like to introduce a new initiative by Yurik at Multilingual Templates and Modules. The tech and non-tech people from this wikipedia are invited to share their views and facilitate its implementation here. Thanks Capankajsmilyo (बात करीं) 08:19, 25 अप्रैल 2019 (UTC)
Train-the-Trainer 2019 Application open
[संपादन करीं]Apologies for writing in English, please consider translating
Hello,
It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2019 programme organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 31 May, 1 & 2 June 2019.
What is TTT?
Train the Trainer or TTT is a residential training program. The program attempts to groom leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community members. Earlier TTT has been conducted in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Who should apply?
- Any active Wikimedian contributing to any Indic language Wikimedia project (including English) is eligible to apply.
- An editor must have 600+ edits on Zero-namespace till 31 March 2019.
- Anyone who has the interest to conduct offline/real-life Wiki events.
- Note: anyone who has already participated in an earlier iteration of TTT, cannot apply.
Please learn more about this program and apply to participate or encourage the deserving candidates from your community to do so. Regards. -- Tito (CIS-A2K), sent using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 05:07, 26 अप्रैल 2019 (UTC)
Request
[संपादन करीं]Sorry to post in English. Please translate for the community. I would like to grant bot DiBabelYurikBot written by Yurik a bot flag. The bot makes it possible for many wikis to share templates and modules, and helps with the translations. See project page. Capankajsmilyo (बात करीं) 17:30, 26 अप्रैल 2019 (UTC)
Multilingual Shared Templates and Modules
[संपादन करीं]Hello bhowiki community! (Please help translate to your language)
I recently organized a project to share templates and modules between wikis. It allows modules and templates to be “language-neutral”, and store all text translations on Commons. This means that it is enough to copy/paste a template without any changes, and update the translations separately. If someone fixes a bug or adds a new feature in the original module, you can copy/paste it again without any translation work. My bot DiBabelYurikBot can help with copying. This way users can spend more time on content, and less time on updating and copying templates. Please see project page for details and ask questions on talk page.
P.S. I am currently running for the Wikimedia board, focusing on content and support of multi-language communities. If you liked my projects like maps, graphs, or this one, I will be happy to receive your support. (any registered user group can vote). Thank you! --Yurik (talk) 05:50, 11 मई 2019 (UTC)
Wikimedia Education SAARC conference application is now open
[संपादन करीं]Apologies for writing in English, please consider translating
Greetings from CIS-A2K,
The Wikimedia Education SAARC conference will take place on 20-22 June 2019. Wikimedians from Indian, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Afghanistan can apply for the scholarship. This event will take place at Christ University, Bangalore.
Who should apply?
- Any active contributor to a Wikimedia project, or Wikimedia volunteer in any other capacity, from the South Asian subcontinent is eligible to apply
- An editor must have 1000+ edits before 1 May 2019.
- Anyone who has the interest to conduct offline/real-life Wikimedia Education events.
- Activity within the Wikimedia movement will be the main criteria for evaluation. Participation in non-Wikimedia free knowledge, free software, collaborative or educational initiatives, working with institutions is a plus.
Please know more about this program and apply to participate or encourage the deserving candidates from your community to do so. Regards.Ananth (CIS-A2K) using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 13:54, 11 मई 2019 (UTC)
Wikicamp Nepal 2018/19
[संपादन करीं]Hello चौपाल,
Sorry for writing in English.
We are glad, you are the part of WCN2018. So, you are WCNian. Congratulations! \o/
The Wikicamp Nepal team is currently discussing on the value and planning process of Wikicamp Nepal 2018/19, and is open until 31 May 2019. The goals are to (1) build a shared understanding of the value of Wikicamp Nepal to help guide camp planning and evaluation, and (2) gather broad community input on what new form(s) Wikicamp Nepal 2019 could take.
We'd like to hear from you on this multilingual survey form. Select your language and please send us your response!
If you have any question(s), feel free to contact: wikicampnepal[at]gmail.com or leave a message at: Talk:Wikicamp Nepal 2018. Kindly help us spread and translate this message!
Many thanks,
— Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk),
WCN2018 Organizing Team; Message sent using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 04:43, 17 मई 2019 (UTC)
CIS-A2K: 3 Work positions open
[संपादन करीं]Hello,
Greetings for CIS-A2K. We want to inform you that 3 new positions are open at this moment.
- Communication officer: (staff position) The person will work on CIS-A2K's blogs, reports, newsletters, social media activities, and over-all CIS-A2K general communication. The last date of application is 4 June 2019.
- Wikidata consultant: (consultant position), The person will work on CIS-A2K's Wikidata plan, and will support and strengthen Wikidata community in India. The last date of application is 31 May 2019
- Project Tiger co-ordinatorː (consultant position) The person will support Project tiger related communication, documentation and coordination, Chromebook disbursal, internet support etc. The last date of application is 7 June 2019.
For details about these opportunities please see here. -- Tito (CIS-A2K), sent using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 10:02, 22 मई 2019 (UTC)
Wikidata Bridge: edit Wikidata’s data from Wikipedia infoboxes
[संपादन करीं]Sorry for writing this message in English - feel free to help us translating it :)
Hello all,
Many language versions of Wikipedia use the content of Wikidata, the centralized knowledge base, to fill out the content of infoboxes. The data is stored in Wikidata and displayed, partially or completely, in the Wikipedia’s language, on the articles. This feature is used by many template editors, but brought several issues that were raised by communities in various places: not being able to edit the data directly from Wikipedia was one of them.
This is the reason why the Wikidata Bridge project started, with the goal of offering a way to Wikipedia editors to edit Wikidata’s data more easily. This will be achieved by an interface, connected to the infobox, that users can access directly from their local wiki.
The project is now at an early stage of development. A lot of user research has been done, and will continue to be done through the different phases of the project. The next steps of development will be achieved by the development team working at Wikimedia Deutschland, starting now until the end of 2019.
In order to make sure that we’re building a tool that is answering editors’ needs, we’re using agile methods in our development process. We don’t start with a fixed idea of the tool we want to deliver: we will build it together with the editors, based on feedback loops that we will regularly organize. The first version will not necessarily have all of the features you want, but it will keep evolving.
Here’s the planned timeline:
- From June to August, we will build the setup and technical groundwork.
- From September to November 2019, we will develop the first version of the feature and publish a test system so you can try it and give feedback.
- Later on, we will test the feature on a few projects, in collaboration with the communities.
- We will first focus on early adopters communities who already implemented a shortcut from their infoboxes to edit Wikidata (for example Russian, Catalan, Basque Wikipedias)
- but we also welcome also communities who volunteer to be part of the first test round.
- Then we will reach some of the big Wikipedias (French, German, English) in order to see if the project scales and to address their potentially different needs.
- Even later, we can consider enabling the feature on all the other projects.
In any case, no deployment or big change will be enforced on the projects without talking to the communities first, and helping the template builders to prepare for the changes they will have to do on the infoboxes’ code.
If you want to get involved, there are several ways to help:
- Read and help translating the documentation pages
- Follow the updates and participate in the first feedback loop
- Talk about it with your local community
More ideas will be added on this page along the way
If you have any questions for the development team, feel free to ask them on the main talk page. You can also ask under this message, but if you expect an answer from me, please make sure to ping me.
Thanks for your attention, Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 13:03, 24 जून 2019 (UTC)
Indic Wikimedia Campaigns/Contests Survey
[संपादन करीं]Hello fellow Wikimedians,
Apologies for writing in English. Please help me in translating this message to your language.
I am delighted to share a survey that will help us in the building a comprehensive list of campaigns and contests organized by the Indic communities on various Wikimedia projects like Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, Wikipedia, Wikidata etc. We also want to learn what's working in them and what are the areas that needs more support.
If you have organized or participated in any campaign or contest (such as Wiki Loves Monuments type Commons contest, Wikisource Proofreading Contest, Wikidata labelathons, 1lib1ref campaigns etc.), we would like to hear from you.
You can read the Privacy Policy for the Survey here
Please find the link to the Survey at: https://forms(dot)gle/eDWQN5UxTBC9TYB1A
P.S. If you have been involved in multiple campaigns/contests, feel free to submit the form multiple times.
Looking forward to hearing and learning from you.
-- SGill (WMF) sent using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 06:09, 25 जून 2019 (UTC)
Invitation to Contest
[संपादन करीं]Dear Wikipedians! Wikimedia UG Georgia has launched a new contest, the goal of which is to create as many articles as possible in various Wikipedia about the cultural heritage of Georgia. Join the competition, create as many articles in your Wikipedia as possible and win prizes! Timeline: from July 1 to August 31, 2019. For more, please visit contest page. Kindly, --Mehman 97 19:36, 3 जुलाई 2019 (UTC)
Editing News #1—July 2019
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Did you know?
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:
Recent releases
[संपादन करीं]The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:
- 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.
- 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
[संपादन करीं]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
[संपादन करीं]- 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 the team 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
[संपादन करीं]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.
18:32, 23 जुलाई 2019 (UTC)
Update on the consultation about office actions
[संपादन करीं]Hello all,
Last month, the Wikimedia Foundation's Trust & Safety team announced a future consultation about partial and/or temporary office actions. We want to let you know that the draft version of this consultation has now been posted on Meta.
This is a draft. It is not intended to be the consultation itself, which will be posted on Meta likely in early September. Please do not treat this draft as a consultation. Instead, we ask your assistance in forming the final language for the consultation.
For that end, we would like your input over the next couple of weeks about what questions the consultation should ask about partial and temporary Foundation office action bans and how it should be formatted. Please post it on the draft talk page. Our goal is to provide space for the community to discuss all the aspects of these office actions that need to be discussed, and we want to ensure with your feedback that the consultation is presented in the best way to encourage frank and constructive conversation.
Please visit the consultation draft on Meta-wiki and leave your comments on the draft’s talk page about what the consultation should look like and what questions it should ask.
Thank you for your input! -- The Trust & Safety team 08:02, 16 अगस्त 2019 (UTC)
Project Tiger 2.0
[संपादन करीं]Sorry for writing this message in English - feel free to help us translating it
Hello,
We are glad to inform you that Project Tiger 2.0/GLOW is going to start very soon. You know about Project Tiger first iteration where we saw exciting and encouraging participation from different Indian Wikimedia communities. To know about Project Tiger 1.0 please see this page
Like project Tiger 1.0, This iteration will have 2 components
- Infrastructure support - Supporting Wikimedians from India with internet support for 6 months and providing Chrome books.
- Article writing contest - A 3-month article writing contest will be conducted for Indian Wikimedians communities. Following community feedback, we noted some community members wanted the process of article list generation to be improved. In this iteration, there will be at least two lists of articles
- Google-generated list,
- Community suggested a list. Google generated list will be given to the community members before finalising the final list. On the other hand, the community may create a list by discussing among the community over Village pump, Mailing list and similar discussion channels.
Thanks for your attention,
प्रयोगकर्ता:Ananth (CIS-A2K)
Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 13:42, 20 अगस्त 2019 (UTC)
New tools and IP masking
[संपादन करीं]Hey everyone,
The Wikimedia Foundation wants to work on two things that affect how we patrol changes and handle vandalism and harassment. We want to make the tools that are used to handle bad edits better. We also want to get better privacy for unregistered users so their IP addresses are no longer shown to everyone in the world. We would not hide IP addresses until we have better tools for patrolling.
We have an idea of what tools could be working better and how a more limited access to IP addresses would change things, but we need to hear from more wikis. You can read more about the project on Meta and post comments and feedback. Now is when we need to hear from you to be able to give you better tools to handle vandalism, spam and harassment.
You can post in your language if you can't write in English.
Johan (WMF)14:18, 21 अगस्त 2019 (UTC)
Project Tiger important 2.0 updates
[संपादन करीं]Did you know that applications for Chromebooks and Internet stipends under Project Tiger 2.0 are open since 25th August 2019?
We have already received 35 applications as of now from 12 communities. If you are interested to apply, please visit the support page and apply on or before 14 September 2019.
As part of the article writing contest of Project Tiger 2.0, we request each community to create their own list by discussing on the village pump and put it on respective topic list.
We also request you to create a pan India article list which needs to be part of writing contest by voting under each topic here
For any query, feel free to contact us on the talk page 😊
Thanks for your attention
Ananth (CIS-A2K) using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 13:20, 29 अगस्त 2019 (UTC)
Wikimedia movement strategy recommendations India salon
[संपादन करीं]Please translate this message to your language if possible.
Greetings,
You know Strategy Working Groups have published draft recommendations at the beginning of August. On 14-15 September we are organising a strategy salon/conference at Bangalore/Delhi (exact venue to be decided) It'll be a 2 days' residential conference and the event aims to provide a discussion platform for experienced Wikimedians in India to learn, discuss and comment about the draft recommendations. Feedback and discussions will be documented.
If you are a Wikipedian from India, and want to discuss the draft recommendations, or learn more about them, you may apply to participate in the event.
Please have a look at the event page for more details The last date of application is 7 September 2019.
It would be great if you share this information who needs this. For questions, please write on the event talk page, or email me at tito+indiasalon@cis-india.org
Thanks for your attention
Ananth (CIS-A2K) sent through MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 09:15, 2 सितंबर 2019 (UTC)
Project Tiger Article writing contest Update
[संपादन करीं]Sorry for writing this message in English - feel free to help us translating it
Hello all,
We would like to give some of the important updates about Project Tiger 2.0.
- It was informed about the community-generated list for the Article writing contest. The deadline for this has been extended till 30 September 2019 since few communities are working on it.
- We are expecting the Project Tiger 2.0 article writing contest to begin from 10 October 2019 and also there is a need for creating the writing contest page in the local Wiki's if you are interested to help please contact User talk:Nitesh (CIS-A2K) & User talk:SuswethaK(CIS-A2K).
Looking forward to exciting participation this year! Please let us know if you have any doubts.
Thanks for your attention
Ananth (CIS-A2K)
sent by MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 09:40, 27 सितंबर 2019 (UTC)
The consultation on partial and temporary Foundation bans just started
[संपादन करीं]Hello,
In a recent statement, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees requested that staff hold a consultation to "re-evaluat[e] or add community input to the two new office action policy tools (temporary and partial Foundation bans)".
Accordingly, the Foundation's Trust & Safety team invites all Wikimedians to join this consultation and give their feedback from 30 September to 30 October.
How can you help?
- Suggest how partial and temporary Foundation bans should be used, if they should (eg: On all projects, or only on a subset);
- Give ideas about how partial and temporary Foundation bans should ideally implemented, if they should be; and/or
- Propose changes to the existing Office Actions policy on partial and temporary bans.
We offer our thanks in advance for your contributions, and we hope to get as much input as possible from community members during this consultation!
-- Kbrown (WMF) 17:14, 30 सितंबर 2019 (UTC)
GLOW edit-a-thon starts on 10 October 2019
[संपादन करीं]- Excuse us for writing in English, kindly translate the message if possible
Hello everyone,
Hope this message finds you well. Here are some important updates about Project Tiger 2.0/GLOW edit-a-thon.
- The participating communities are requested to create an event page on their Wikipedia (which has been already updated with template link in the last post). Please prepare this local event page before 10 October (i.e. Edit-a-thon starting date)
- All articles will be submitted here under Project Tiger 2.0. Please copy-paste the fountain tool link in the section of submitted articles. Please see the links here on this page.
Regards. -- User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K) and User:SuswethaK(CIS-A2K) (on benhalf of Project Tiger team) using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 19:41, 4 अक्टूबर 2019 (UTC)
Project Tiger 2.0: Article contest jury information
[संपादन करीं]- Excuse us for writing in English, kindly translate the message if possible
Hello everyone,
We want to inform you that Project Tiger 2.0 is going to begin on 10 October. It's crucial to select jury for the writing contest as soon as possible. Jury members will assess the articles.
Please start discussing on your respective village pump and add your name here as a jury for writing contest if you are interested. Thank you. --MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 17:06, 8 अक्टूबर 2019 (UTC)
Feedback wanted on Desktop Improvements project
[संपादन करीं]Please help translate to your language
Hello. The Readers Web team at the WMF will work on some improvements to the desktop interface over the next couple of years. The goal is to increase usability without removing any functionality. We have been inspired by changes made by volunteers, but that currently only exist as local gadgets and user scripts, prototypes, and volunteer-led skins. We would like to begin the process of bringing some of these changes into the default experience on all Wikimedia projects.
We are currently in the research stage of this project and are looking for ideas for improvements, as well as feedback on our current ideas and mockups. So far, we have performed interviews with community members at Wikimania. We have gathered lists of previous volunteer and WMF work in this area. We are examining possible technical approaches for such changes.
We would like individual feedback on the following:
- Identifying focus areas for the project we have not yet discovered
- Expanding the list of existing gadgets and user scripts that are related to providing a better desktop experience. If you can think of some of these from your wiki, please let us know
- Feedback on the ideas and mockups we have collected so far
We would also like to gather a list of wikis that would be interested in being test wikis for this project - these wikis would be the first to receive the updates once we’re ready to start building.
When giving feedback, please consider the following goals of the project:
- Make it easier for readers to focus on the content
- Provide easier access to everyday actions (e.g. search, language switching, editing)
- Put things in logical and useful places
- Increase consistency in the interface with other platforms - mobile web and the apps
- Eliminate clutter
- Plan for future growth
As well as the following constraints:
- Not touching the content - no work will be done in terms of styling templates or to the structure of page contents themselves
- Not removing any functionality - things might move around, but all navigational items and other functionality currently available by default will remain
- No drastic changes to the layout - we're taking an evolutionary approach to the changes and want the site to continue feeling familiar to readers and editors
Please give all feedback (in any language) at mw:Talk:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements
After this round of feedback, we plan on building a prototype of suggested changes based on the feedback we receive. You’ll hear from us again asking for feedback on this prototype.
Thank you! Quiddity (WMF) (talk)
07:18, 16 अक्टूबर 2019 (UTC)
Project Tiger Article writing contest Jury Update
[संपादन करीं]Hello all,
There are some issues that need to be addressed regarding the Juries of the Project Tiger 2.0 article writing contest. Some of the User has shown interest to be a jury and evaluate the articles created as the part of the writing contest. But they don't meet the eligibility criteria. Please discuss this aspect with the community, if the community feel that they have the potential to be a jury then we can go ahead. If not please make a decision on who can be the jury members from your community within two days. The community members can change the juries members in the later stage of the writing contest if the work done is not satisfactory or the jury member is inactive with the proper discussion over the village pump.
Regards,
Project Tiger team at CIS-A2K
Sent through--MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 10:51, 17 अक्टूबर 2019 (UTC)
Beta feature "Reference Previews"
[संपादन करीं]A new beta feature will soon be deployed to your wiki: Reference Previews. As you might guess from the name, this feature gives you a preview of references in the article text. That means, you can look up a reference without jumping down to the bottom of the page.
Reference Previews have already been a beta feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia since April. Now they will become available on more wikis. Deployment is planned for October 24. More information can be found on the project page.
As always, feedback is highly appreciated. If you want to test Reference Previews, please activate the beta feature in your user preferences and let us know what you think. The best place for feedback is the central talk page. We hope the feature will serve you well in your work. Thank you from Wikimedia Deutschland's Technical Wishes project.
-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 09:47, 23 अक्टूबर 2019 (UTC)
Editing News #2 – Mobile editing and talk pages
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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
[संपादन करीं]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 wants your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.
Talk pages project
[संपादन करीं]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
[संपादन करीं]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.
- On 3 September, the Editing team released version 3 of Edit Cards. Anyone could use the new version in the mobile visual editor.
- There is an updated design on the Edit Card for adding and modifying links. There is also a new, combined workflow for editing a link's display text and target.
- Feedback: You can try the new Edit Cards by opening the mobile visual editor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Edit cards talk page.
- 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
[संपादन करीं]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
[संपादन करीं]- 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: This study asks whether the project helped editors add links and citations. The Editing team hopes to share results in November. 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)
11:12, 29 अक्टूबर 2019 (UTC)
Project Tiger update: Let's walk together with Wikipedia Asian Month and WWWW
[संपादन करीं]- Apologies for writing in English, Kindly translate this message if possible.
Greetings!
First of all "Happy Dipavali/Festive season". On behalf of the Project Tiger 2.0 team we have exciting news for all. Thanks for your enthusiastic participation in Project Tiger 2.0. You also know that there is a couple of interesting edit-a-thons around. We are happy to inform that the Project Tiger article list just got bigger.
We'll collaborate on Project Tiger article writing contest with Wikipedia Asian Month 2019 (WAM2019) and Wiki Women for Women Wellbeing 2019 (WWWW-2019). Most communities took part in these events in the previous iterations. Fortunately this year, all three contests are happening at the same time.
Wikipedia Asian Month agenda is to increase Asian content on Wikipedias. There is no requirement for selecting an article from the list provided. Any topic related to Asia can be chosen to write an article in WAM. This contest runs 1 November till 30 November. For more rules and guidelines, you can follow the event page on Meta or local Wikis.
WWWW focus is on increase content related to women's health issues on Indic language Wikipedias. WWWW 2019 will start from 1 November 2019 and will continue till 10 January 2020. A common list of articles will be provided to write on.
In brief: The articles you are submitting for Wikipedia Asian Month or WWWW, you may submit the same articles for Project Tiger also. Articles created under any of these events can be submitted to fountain tool of Project Tiger 2.0. Article creation rule will remain the same for every community. -- sent using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 12:44, 29 अक्टूबर 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia Asian Month 2019
[संपादन करीं]Please help translate to your language
Wikipedia Asian Month is back! We wish you all the best of luck for the contest. The basic guidelines of the contest can be found on your local page of Wikipedia Asian Month. For more information, refer to our Meta page for organizers.
Looking forward to meet the next ambassadors for Wikipedia Asian Month 2019!
For additional support for organizing offline event, contact our international team on wiki or on email. We would appreciate the translation of this message in the local language by volunteer translators. Thank you!
Wikipedia Asian Month International Team.
MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:57, 31 अक्टूबर 2019 (UTC)
Project Tiger 2.0 - Hardware support recipients list
[संपादन करीं]- Excuse us for writing in English, kindly translate the message if possible
Hello everyone,
Thank you all for actively participating and contributing to the writing contest of Project Tiger 2.0. We are very happy to announce the much-awaited results of the hardware support applications. You can see the names of recipients for laptop here and for laptop see here.
78 Wikimedians will be provided with internet stipends and 50 Wikimedians will be provided with laptop support. Laptops will be delivered to all selected recipients and we will email you in person to collect details. Thank you once again.
Regards. -- User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K) and User:SuswethaK(CIS-A2K) (on benhalf of Project Tiger team)
using --MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 07:15, 8 नवंबर 2019 (UTC)
Extension of Wikipedia Asian Month contest
[संपादन करीं]In consideration of a week-long internet block in Iran, Wikipedia Asian Month 2019 contest has been extended for a week past November. The articles submitted till 7th December 2019, 23:59 UTC will be accepted by the fountain tools of the participating wikis.
Please help us translate and spread this message in your local language.
Wikipedia Asian Month International Team
--MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 14:16, 27 नवंबर 2019 (UTC)
[WikiConference India 2020] Invitation to participate in the Community Engagement Survey
[संपादन करीं]This is an invitation to participate in the Community Engagement Survey, which is one of the key requirements for drafting the Conference & Event Grant application for WikiConference India 2020 to the Wikimedia Foundation. The survey will have questions regarding a few demographic details, your experience with Wikimedia, challenges and needs, and your expectations for WCI 2020. The responses will help us to form an initial idea of what is expected out of WCI 2020, and draft the grant application accordingly. Please note that this will not directly influence the specificities of the program, there will be a detailed survey to assess the program needs post-funding decision.
- Please fill the survey at; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7_hpoIKHxGW31RepX_y4QxVqoodsCFOKatMTzxsJ2Vbkd-Q/viewform
- The survey will be open until 23:59 hrs of 22 December 2019.
MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 09:05, 18 दिसंबर 2019 (UTC)
Project Tiger updates - quality of articles
[संपादन करीं]- Excuse us for writing in English, kindly translate the message if possible
Hello everyone,
It has been around 70 days since Project Tiger 2.0 started and we are amazed by the enthusiasm and active participation being shown by all the communities. As much as we celebrate the numbers and statistics, we would like to reinstate that the quality of articles is what matters the most. Project Tiger does not encourage articles that do not have encyclopedic value. Hence we request participants to take care of the quality of the articles submitted. Because Wikipedia is not about winning, it is about users collectively building a reliable encyclopedia.
Many thanks and we hope to see the energy going! (on behalf of Project Tiger team)
sent using --MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:21, 19 दिसंबर 2019 (UTC)