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01:21, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
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I have added new citations to both pages and they may not be quite right. Thanks as always T.
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17:28, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
Give a hearty welcome to AmericanAir88, who has adopted working on portals as one of his main purposes on Wikipedia. So far, he has created the following portals:
Way to go!
Evad disappeared from Wikipedia on October 18.
He has been, and will continue to be, sorely missed.
Hopefully, he is okay, on a Caribbean cruise or something.
Portals of the old design, are slowly but surely being converted to the new single-page design.
One factor that has slowed things down is that for many sections, the section header call and section contents call are integrated into a template and buried in a lua module, locking them in on each portal. They have been that way for years.
This means that these sections can't be directly edited like the other sections on the same portal. So, search/replaces affect all the sections except those. So, upgrading headers on these portals, for example, misses the integrated sections and inadvertently results in 2 different header colors.
Before we can continue with the upgrade of these portals, the headers and section contents calls need to be restored to each portal, so that those can be edited in concert with the other sections on the portal, and worked on independently of each other.
This is underway, with a solution implemented on about 1/4 of the affected portals so far. Around 300 of them. The remaining 900 should be done within a couple weeks or so.
We now have banner-shaped pictures included in the introduction sections of 180 portals. The rarity of such pictures has made it difficult to find suitably narrow images for display across the tops of portals.
We have a solution for this, courtesy of FR30799386...
Most pictures are not banner-shaped. But, you can still use them as banners. Here's how:
{{Portal image banner|File:Blueberries .jpg |maxheight=120px |overflow=Hidden }}
Using both maxheight=120px
and overflow=Hidden
produces this:
There are now 4,140 portals, with more being created almost daily. Prior to this project's reboot, portals were created at about the rate of 80 per year. Since April of this year, we've created about 2,600 new portals, or 32.5 years' worth at the old rate.
Of those new portals, about 3/4 of them need links leading to them. Almost all of them are linked to from the category system, but they still need links in article see also sections, at the bottom of navigation templates, and on the main portals list at Portal:Contents/Portals.
Of the 1500 portals created before the reboot, about 300 have been completely converted to the new design so far. About 1100 more have been partially converted, with intros, image slideshows, and associated wikimedia sections getting the most attention.
Discussion has resumed on the portal guidelines.
See ya round the portal system! — The Transhumanist 11:43, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
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19:22, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Can I email you right now? -- Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 22:20, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Can you RD3 something? I will email you... Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 23:14, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
and
Please check new ref - number 125 - Sorry and thanks as usual T.
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23:28, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Keith D. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Please check new ref - IBSN number??? Thanks again from T
Please check new ref's thanks so much. T
Tricky one here - added a large file at top of page - please check if you have the time. Thanks from T (Mike).
2 new requests please
Please check new refs Thanks from T.
Please check new refs. Thanks from T.
There are now 4,180 portals.
Will we break 5,000 by the end of the year?
I know we can. But, that is up to you!
( New portals are created with {{subst:Basic portal start page}}
or
{{subst:bpsp}}
)
Hello everyone! Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice (if it's occurring in your area of the world), and thanks for your work in maintaining, improving, and expanding portals. Cheers, — The Transhumanist 06:51, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
The following portals have been created since the last issue:
Keep 'em coming!
By the way, the above list was generated using this Petscan query. It can be easily modified by changing the date. The data page (under the Output tab) also has options for receiving the data in CSV or tabbed format, which some operating systems automatically load into a spreadsheet program for ease of use, such as copying and pasting the desired column (like page names).
We'll keep it short this issue.
Expect a flood next time. Or the one after that.
Cheerio, — The Transhumanist 07:46, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
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/
to create a new page: /wiki/Page/Subpage
. The subpages would be moved but not the translations. The subpages are no longer automatically be moved. This is to make it safer to move pages.
[11]Changes later this week
__EXPECTUNUSEDCATEGORY__
.
[13]Meetings
Future changes
mw.util.jsMessage()
function was deprecated in 2012. It will be removed next week.
Look for the warning Use of "mw.util.jsMessage" is deprecated
in the JavaScript console to know if you use an affected script or gadget. If you are a gadget maintainer you should check if your JavaScript code contains mw.util.jsMessage
. There is a
migration guide. It explains how to use mw.notify
instead.
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22:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I have added a new citation from a journal in the "Grandparents of Michael Middleton" section. Please check if you have the time. Thanks from T.
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01:38, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
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16:12, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
Please fix up new ref in this article - tricky for me. Thanks T. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.33.45.21 ( talk) 09:17, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Please check refs here - Thanks as always T (Mike)
Hello, Keith D, I noticed that you have made some date correction changes on some of the entries on our project. I was wondering what my students were doing that was incorrect so that we don't have that annoying little change that needs to be made for you to bother with.
Here is one: /info/en/?search=Draft:Mooresville_Times
Blessings, Fr. K.+ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkurowski ( talk • contribs) 23:56, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
|accessdate=
format that included a time element "2018-12-04T19:43:13Z" rather than "2018-12-04". This was a bug in the recent Visual Editor deployment, and was supposed to be fixed 5 December though I have seen instances of this today. See
Help talk:Citation Style 1#accessdate errors. Editors should be able to see the error in the References section with a red error message "Check date values in: |date= (help)".
Keith D (
talk)
00:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)New citation for you check if you have the time please. Thanks as usual T.
Please check all refs. thanks again T.
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17:33, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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01:21, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
and
I have added new citations to both pages and they may not be quite right. Thanks as always T.
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).
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
Changes later this week
Meetings
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17:28, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
Give a hearty welcome to AmericanAir88, who has adopted working on portals as one of his main purposes on Wikipedia. So far, he has created the following portals:
Way to go!
Evad disappeared from Wikipedia on October 18.
He has been, and will continue to be, sorely missed.
Hopefully, he is okay, on a Caribbean cruise or something.
Portals of the old design, are slowly but surely being converted to the new single-page design.
One factor that has slowed things down is that for many sections, the section header call and section contents call are integrated into a template and buried in a lua module, locking them in on each portal. They have been that way for years.
This means that these sections can't be directly edited like the other sections on the same portal. So, search/replaces affect all the sections except those. So, upgrading headers on these portals, for example, misses the integrated sections and inadvertently results in 2 different header colors.
Before we can continue with the upgrade of these portals, the headers and section contents calls need to be restored to each portal, so that those can be edited in concert with the other sections on the portal, and worked on independently of each other.
This is underway, with a solution implemented on about 1/4 of the affected portals so far. Around 300 of them. The remaining 900 should be done within a couple weeks or so.
We now have banner-shaped pictures included in the introduction sections of 180 portals. The rarity of such pictures has made it difficult to find suitably narrow images for display across the tops of portals.
We have a solution for this, courtesy of FR30799386...
Most pictures are not banner-shaped. But, you can still use them as banners. Here's how:
{{Portal image banner|File:Blueberries .jpg |maxheight=120px |overflow=Hidden }}
Using both maxheight=120px
and overflow=Hidden
produces this:
There are now 4,140 portals, with more being created almost daily. Prior to this project's reboot, portals were created at about the rate of 80 per year. Since April of this year, we've created about 2,600 new portals, or 32.5 years' worth at the old rate.
Of those new portals, about 3/4 of them need links leading to them. Almost all of them are linked to from the category system, but they still need links in article see also sections, at the bottom of navigation templates, and on the main portals list at Portal:Contents/Portals.
Of the 1500 portals created before the reboot, about 300 have been completely converted to the new design so far. About 1100 more have been partially converted, with intros, image slideshows, and associated wikimedia sections getting the most attention.
Discussion has resumed on the portal guidelines.
See ya round the portal system! — The Transhumanist 11:43, 11 November 2018 (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.
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19:22, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Can I email you right now? -- Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 22:20, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Can you RD3 something? I will email you... Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 23:14, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
and
Please check new ref - number 125 - Sorry and thanks as usual T.
![]() |
The Admin's Barnstar |
Thanks for your Contributions to Wikipedia! Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 23:42, 12 November 2018 (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
sameAs
data. This is to make it easier to find the right information with a search engine. This changes the
metadata for a wiki page. It doesn't change how the page looks.
[8]Changes later this week
Meetings
Future changes
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23:28, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello, Keith D. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Please check new ref - IBSN number??? Thanks again from T
Please check new ref's thanks so much. T
Tricky one here - added a large file at top of page - please check if you have the time. Thanks from T (Mike).
2 new requests please
Please check new refs Thanks from T.
Please check new refs. Thanks from T.
There are now 4,180 portals.
Will we break 5,000 by the end of the year?
I know we can. But, that is up to you!
( New portals are created with {{subst:Basic portal start page}}
or
{{subst:bpsp}}
)
Hello everyone! Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice (if it's occurring in your area of the world), and thanks for your work in maintaining, improving, and expanding portals. Cheers, — The Transhumanist 06:51, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
The following portals have been created since the last issue:
Keep 'em coming!
By the way, the above list was generated using this Petscan query. It can be easily modified by changing the date. The data page (under the Output tab) also has options for receiving the data in CSV or tabbed format, which some operating systems automatically load into a spreadsheet program for ease of use, such as copying and pasting the desired column (like page names).
We'll keep it short this issue.
Expect a flood next time. Or the one after that.
Cheerio, — The Transhumanist 07:46, 26 November 2018 (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
/
to create a new page: /wiki/Page/Subpage
. The subpages would be moved but not the translations. The subpages are no longer automatically be moved. This is to make it safer to move pages.
[11]Changes later this week
__EXPECTUNUSEDCATEGORY__
.
[13]Meetings
Future changes
mw.util.jsMessage()
function was deprecated in 2012. It will be removed next week.
Look for the warning Use of "mw.util.jsMessage" is deprecated
in the JavaScript console to know if you use an affected script or gadget. If you are a gadget maintainer you should check if your JavaScript code contains mw.util.jsMessage
. There is a
migration guide. It explains how to use mw.notify
instead.
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22:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I have added a new citation from a journal in the "Grandparents of Michael Middleton" section. Please check if you have the time. Thanks from T.
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01:38, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).
Interface administrator changes
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
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16:12, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
Please fix up new ref in this article - tricky for me. Thanks T. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.33.45.21 ( talk) 09:17, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Please check refs here - Thanks as always T (Mike)
Hello, Keith D, I noticed that you have made some date correction changes on some of the entries on our project. I was wondering what my students were doing that was incorrect so that we don't have that annoying little change that needs to be made for you to bother with.
Here is one: /info/en/?search=Draft:Mooresville_Times
Blessings, Fr. K.+ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkurowski ( talk • contribs) 23:56, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
|accessdate=
format that included a time element "2018-12-04T19:43:13Z" rather than "2018-12-04". This was a bug in the recent Visual Editor deployment, and was supposed to be fixed 5 December though I have seen instances of this today. See
Help talk:Citation Style 1#accessdate errors. Editors should be able to see the error in the References section with a red error message "Check date values in: |date= (help)".
Keith D (
talk)
00:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)New citation for you check if you have the time please. Thanks as usual T.
Please check all refs. thanks again T.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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17:33, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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