User talk:King of Hearts/Archive/2016/08
Iceland-Serbia edit
I would like to request that the article Iceland–Serbia relations (which you deleted and is currently an redirect) gets undeleted on the grounds that Iceland and Serbia have an free trade agreement through EFTA (see http://www.efta.int/free-trade/free-trade-agreements/serbia ).--Snaevar (talk) 22:09, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- A prototype for structured data on Commons is available now. [1]
- The RevisionSlider beta feature can now be tested on mediawiki.org, German Wikipedia, Arabic Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia.
Problems
- Renamed users on some wikis were not connected to their account on other wikis between 20 July and 21 July. This has been fixed. [2]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 2 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- The next CREDIT showcase will be on 3 August at 18:00 (UTC). This is to present and comment on new gadgets, small projects and works in progress. See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "notifications in core". The meeting will be on 3 August at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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21:48, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 04 August 2016 edit
- News and notes: Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open
- Obituary: Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24
- Traffic report: Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary
- Featured content: Women and Hawaii
- Recent research: Easier navigation via better wikilinks
- Technology report: User script report (January to July 2016, part 1)
02:30, 21 February 2016 King of Hearts (talk | contribs) deleted page Dream Factory Foundation (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dream Factory Foundation closed as delete)[edit source]Lovemore Nyere (talk) 05:45, 5 August 2016 (UTC) edit
02:30, 21 February 2016 King of Hearts (talk | contribs) deleted page Dream Factory Foundation (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dream Factory Foundation closed as delete)[edit source] Hi- I would like to add the page for Dream Factory Foundation. It was deleted based on the understanding that there were not enough notable sources. Since then the works of the foundation were noted in a number of independent sources including: 1. South African Government - http://www.gov.za/speeches/second-annual-dsd-youth-excellence-awards-addressed-mec-fritz-21-jun-2016-0000 2. TFG Club - Foschini Group - http://www.tfgclub.co.za/2015/02/dare-dream/ 3. The Newspaper (Stories that are changing lives) - http://www.thenewspaper.co.za/western-cape-department-of-social-development-ministerial-youth-excellence-awards/ 4. SABC 2 - National broadcaster in South Africa - http://www.hn9.co.za/blogs/tags/dream%20factory 5. My Hands and Heart - http://www.myhandsandheart.org/opp/bmbDUxbgQ7mEnDKSL_rSJw/info 6. http://habitat.org.za/message-of-hope-pelican-park-community-talent-day/ For me this is a proud story of how young black South Africans are making a difference in the lives of the underprivileged. It is a story of defiance in a country overwhelmed by negativity.
I have no doubt in my mind that we world needs such stories and platforms like Wikipedia, whose focus is factual information, should allow entities such as Dream Factory Foundation. Please let me know if this is sufficient to allow the page on Wikipedia. Regards L Nyere — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lnyere (talk • contribs) 13:05, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
The guideline states that there must be "significant coverage in reliable sources." Unfortunately, each of the links you listed mentions the subject only once or a few times, so it is insufficient. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:47, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi King of ♥ ♦ ♣- Please check this radio interview http://iono.fm/e/317163. i am sure this is independent and done by one of the national radio station.
i am sure this covers the notability requirements.
i would also like to know if there is someone else who should look at these links and provide independent advice?
regards, L Nyere
- Interviews are by definition not independent, because they are half produced by the subject. If you still disagree, you may raise an appeal at WP:DRV. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:42, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi King of ♥ ♦ ♣- Following our previous conversations around notability requirements of Dream Factory Foundation, a number of things have happened that improved the situation. First, Dream Factory Foundation was recognised by Google for its work in Africa. See this link for the global recipient of the Google Rise award in 2016 (https://www.google.com/edu/resources/programs/google-rise-awards/#!rise-recipients). Second, the founder of Dream Factory Foundation was recognised for her Philanthropy in Education in 2016, receiving the Inyathelo Award (http://www.inyathelo.org.za/philanthropy-awardees/item/lusanda-gwayi.html) Third, I have the following mentions of the same foundation recently: http://www.teachamantofish.org.uk/pan-african-awards-judges-scoresheet?id=164&s=0 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/City-Vision/chance-to-win-us-scholarship-20170208
My desire is to see this organisation being appreciated for the great work that it is doing. I would appreciate your careful consideration on the notability requirements.
I look forward to your view on listing Dream Factory Foundation on Wikipedia.
Thank you, L Nyere
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- In notifications, the icon for Notices has been changed from a speech-bubble icon (
) to a tray icon (
) for consistency. The Alerts icon has been redesigned too. The colors have been changed for accessibility. [3]
Problems
- If you use the wikEd gadget, changes you made were not kept when you switched from the wikitext editor to the visual editor while you were editing. This has now been fixed. [4]
Changes this week
- Wikimedia search will now ignore question marks at the end of the sentences or words you use when you search. Until now the question mark was just a wildcard. [5]
- On Commons, UploadWizard will now be available on mobile, rather than just the old upload form. This should reduce the workload for the community in reviewing images. [6]
- When you edit with the visual editor a puzzle symbol tells you there is an invisible template in the article. It will now mention the name of the template. [7]
- The button to read something in another language will move for mobile users. This will happen on 9 August. [8]
- When someone mentions you and links to your user page you get a notification. You will now get a notification when you mention yourself this way. [9]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 August. It will be on all wikis from 11 August (calendar).
- A message on Notifications panel will invite users to try Special:Notifications page. [10]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on August 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:41, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
Abuse filters edit
Hi, because of an irritating AbuseFilter bug, we (Kaldari, MusikAnimal and I) are going to do an update next week that will affect some of your filters. We hope we'll fix all affected filters ourselves, but we're of course grateful if you want to help us. The issue is explained here; the current plan is here. In any case, we wanted you to be aware what's happening, and you're very welcome to help out of course. I'm sending you an email with more details. /Johan (WMF) (talk) 12:08, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Last week Tech News announced you will get a notification when you mention yourself the same way as if someone else had mentioned you. This caused some problems and will happen later instead. [11]
- Creating and editing links to sections on other pages on the wiki now works again in the visual editor. [12]
- For some users, cross-wiki notifications haven't been working properly. The count has been wrong when only cross-wiki notifications were present. The cross-wiki bundle has been showing only the names of wikis and not the actual notifications. This will be fixed soon. [13][14]
Changes this week
- The login session when you choose "Keep me logged in" will now last a year. Previously it was 30 days. This will happen on August 16. [15]
- Some abuse filters will have to be updated during the week. This is because a bug will be fixed. [16]
- In compact language links, two new kinds of languages will be shown in the shorter language list: Languages that are used in the article's text, and languages where the article has a badge like "featured article" or "good article". [17][18]
- The visual editor will be available by default for logged-out editors on Wikipedias that use the Arabic script. It is already default for logged-in editors. [19]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 16. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from August 17. It will be on all wikis from August 18 (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on August 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Starting the week of August 22 there will be three software deployment windows. They will be at 13:00, 18:00, and 23:00 UTC. This is to have more times when software of the wikis can be updated and make it easier for developers in different parts of the world. [20]
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19:37, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
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We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 23:19, 16 August 2016 (UTC) P.S. Prep for our chapter elections next month in September (and add your candidacy!): Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Elections | |
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The Signpost: 18 August 2016 edit
- News and notes: Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
- Special report: Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica
- In the media: The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising
- Featured content: Simply the best ... from the last two weeks
- Traffic report: Olympic views
- Technology report: User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)
- Arbitration report: The Michael Hardy case
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The ORES review tool is now available on Special:Contributions as a beta feature. It can make it easier to find contributions that are probably damaging the wikis. The ORES review tool is available on Wikidata and Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish and Russian Wikipedia. [21]
- The
normandccnormfunctions have been updated to make it easier to write abuse filters. This also affects the TitleBlacklist extension. You don't have to transform "I" and "L" to "1", "O" to "0" and "S" to "5" anymore. [22] - The old pageview data in the "pagecounts-raw" and "pagecounts-all-sites" files is no longer being updated. You can find the new pageview data here. This happened on August 5. [23]
Problems
- Some big image files could not be thumbnailed. This has now been fixed. [24]
- When you moved a page over a redirect it would delete the redirect without saving it in the logs. This has now been fixed. [25]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 August. It will be on all wikis from 25 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 23 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Sometimes when you mention another user they don't get a notification. You will be able to get a notification when you successfully sent out a mention to someone or be told if they did not get a notification. This will be opt-in. You can test this on the test wiki. [26][27]
- How you add text after an edit conflict might work in a different way in the future. You can test the prototype. [28]
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21:18, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them. This is to save mobile data and make the pages load faster. [29]
- When you edit a table with the visual editor, pressing
Tabin the last cell of a row will take you to the first cell in the next row. PressingShiftandTabin the first cell of a row will take you to the last cell in the previous row. [30]
Changes this week
- The name of the "Save page" button will change. The button will say "Publish page" when you create a new page. It will say "Publish changes" when you change an existing page. [31][32]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 August. It will be on all wikis from 1 September (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 30 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "RfC: image and oldimage tables". The meeting will be on 31 August at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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16:01, 29 August 2016 (UTC)