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Hi, I'm pretty sure /info/en/?search=Google_Search starts off with wrong info. the number of daily searches is very dated (from 2012). It know be now on close to 13.5 billion. see https://duckduckgo.com/traffic and https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/ Best, fmesq -- Fmesq ( talk) 11:58, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
(as of 2012)after it, or, if you have reliable sources, you can be bold and replace the figure with a more up-to-date one. ― Qwerfjkl talk 16:39, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:A-League Men map templates indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 20:52, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
The bot has added {{Short description|None}} to many articles but none it needs to be lower case to work correctly ({{Short description|none}}), particularly with {{ annotated link}}. Compare the following:
I corrected the first. The bot's entry is there at the second. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 18:14, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
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21:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello, please can you advise how to make our page a regular page? It says 'transclusion' and has zero SEO pick up despite having many active links. -- Cinemanolita1 ( talk) 17:56, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
Flora categories, like Flora of Malta are only for native plants. Please check before you add this category to an article! Peter coxhead ( talk) 19:04, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
So I noticed – great work! I fixed a few more that were also in other categories of which Category:Flora of Malta is a subcategory (based on Cat-a-lot's overcategorization check), and some species that I recognized as non-native. As I indicated above, I find myself not very bothered about categorization errors; the entire system is riddled with inconsistencies, as far as I can see, and I'm doubtful as to how useful it is. So that's as much as I'm going to do. Peter coxhead ( talk) 11:01, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
Different case: in the WGSRPD, "Turkey" is not in Europe – the first part of the category description at Category:Flora of Turkey was wrong as was the categorization. "Turkey" means only the part in Western Asia; "European Turkey" has its own flora category. Peter coxhead ( talk) 17:31, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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to find localisation messages, it will now show all possible message keys for navigation tabs such as "View history".
[5]deletelogentry
and deletedhistory
rights through their group memberships. Before, only those with the deleterevision
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22:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
At User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/wikibreak:
window.HourStart = 15
window.HourEnd = 17 // The hour -1, otherwise it will last from 6PM to 6:59PM
{{subst:js|1=User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/wikibreak.js}} // installation text
I believe that the message should've been "otherwise it will last from 3PM to 6:59PM", right? Or am I missing something? Thanks! --- CX Zoom(he/him) ( let's talk| contribs) 15:56, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Welcome to the twentieth newsletter from the Growth team!
The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in Wikimedia projects.
As of February, 300,000 suggested edits have been completed since the feature was first deployed in December 2019.
Add a link is the team's first structured task, deployed in May 2021. It has improved outcomes for newcomers. The team is now working on a second iteration based on community feedback and data analysis. Improvements will include: improved algorithmic suggestions, guardrails to prevent too many similar links to be added, and clearer encouragement for users to continue making edits. After adding these improvements, we will deploy this task to more Wikipedias.
Add an image is the second structured task built by our team. It was deployed in November 2021 to four pilot Wikipedias. This is a more challenging task for newcomers. However, it adds more value to articles (so far, over 1,000 images have been added). We are currently learning from communities and from the data on what is working well and what needs improvements. The project page contains links to interactive prototypes. We are very interested to hear your thoughts on this idea as we build and test the early versions. We will soon deploy this task to more Wikipedias as a test.
"Add a link" and "Add an image" now both have a limitation on how many of these tasks newcomers can do per day. It is meant to discourage careless newcomers from making too many problematic edits.
Over the last two years, the Growth team has focused on building suggested edits: easy tasks for newcomers to start with. We have learned with this experience that these tasks help many newcomers to make their first edits. Now, the team is starting a new project : " positive reinforcement". Its goal is to make newcomers proud of their editing and to make them want to come back for more of them. With the positive reinforcement project, we are considering three kinds of features:
This project is just beginning, and we hope for community thoughts on the direction. We know that things can wrong if we offer the wrong incentives to newcomers, so we want to be careful. Please visit the talk page to help guide the project!
Some wikis have created userboxes that mentors can display on the user pages. If your wiki has one, please link it to Wikidata!
Previously, at most Wikipedias, only 80% of newcomers were getting the Growth features. This was done for experimentation, to have a control group. We have changed this setting. Now 100% of new accounts at all Wikipedias get the Growth features ( except a few, kept as test wikis). We invite communities to update their onboarding documentation and tutorials. Please include the Growth features in it. To help you, we have created an help page that can be translated and adapted to your wiki.
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17:12, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
Would you be willing to change timeline colors for tropical cyclone articles per the consensus achieved at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather#Infobox & Template colors (either by bot or AWB)? I listed the first set below. If you are willing to make these changes I will calculate the RGB values for the other basins and add them + the appropriate categories. Noah Talk 22:25, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:Atlantic Ocean meteorological timelines, Category:Atlantic hurricane seasons, Category:Pacific hurricane seasons, and Category:Pacific hurricane meteorological timelines
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:Pacific typhoon seasons
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons and Category:North Indian Ocean meteorological timelines
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:Southwest Indian Ocean meteorological timelines and Category:South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:Australian region cyclone seasons and Category:Australian region meteorological timelines
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:South Pacific cyclone seasons and Category:South Pacific meteorological timelines
Category: Category:North American winters
Timeline background needs to be changed to the new color for season articles at Category:European windstorms (nothing else besides that)
<timeline>...</timeline>
, along with the title, and save that somewhere. ―
Qwerfjkl
talk
12:38, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
changetags
right from users – so that they can apply change tags to their own actions as they are made, but not change the tags of other actions after the fact anymore – has been deployed.You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
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15:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
hello, how do I find something i want to research -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 16:11, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
search query site:en.wikipedia.org
―
Qwerfjkl
talk
17:18, 22 March 2022 (UTC)are you a bot -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 16:03, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
hello I want to learn everything about flight dynamics but I can't find everything what should I search.
thank you -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 17:41, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
are there groups I can join to learn more about the things I love -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 17:45, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
wow, you must have a really hard job I'd imagine. you must have a good salary and a lot of friends thank you, for the service you provide -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 17:34, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I have added an article in the sandbox. Wonder what I can do in order to get it published? does it go automatically to someone for review? or do I need to add/tag people to comment/advice on it? -- Unbridled.Horse ( talk) 19:58, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
{{
subst:subst}}
to the top of the article to submit it. ―
Qwerfjkl
talk
07:35, 26 March 2022 (UTC)![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 5 | ← | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | Archive 9 | Archive 10 | Archive 11 | → | Archive 15 |
Hi, I'm pretty sure /info/en/?search=Google_Search starts off with wrong info. the number of daily searches is very dated (from 2012). It know be now on close to 13.5 billion. see https://duckduckgo.com/traffic and https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/ Best, fmesq -- Fmesq ( talk) 11:58, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
(as of 2012)after it, or, if you have reliable sources, you can be bold and replace the figure with a more up-to-date one. ― Qwerfjkl talk 16:39, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:A-League Men map templates indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 20:52, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
The bot has added {{Short description|None}} to many articles but none it needs to be lower case to work correctly ({{Short description|none}}), particularly with {{ annotated link}}. Compare the following:
I corrected the first. The bot's entry is there at the second. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 18:14, 5 March 2022 (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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21:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello, please can you advise how to make our page a regular page? It says 'transclusion' and has zero SEO pick up despite having many active links. -- Cinemanolita1 ( talk) 17:56, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
Flora categories, like Flora of Malta are only for native plants. Please check before you add this category to an article! Peter coxhead ( talk) 19:04, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
So I noticed – great work! I fixed a few more that were also in other categories of which Category:Flora of Malta is a subcategory (based on Cat-a-lot's overcategorization check), and some species that I recognized as non-native. As I indicated above, I find myself not very bothered about categorization errors; the entire system is riddled with inconsistencies, as far as I can see, and I'm doubtful as to how useful it is. So that's as much as I'm going to do. Peter coxhead ( talk) 11:01, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
Different case: in the WGSRPD, "Turkey" is not in Europe – the first part of the category description at Category:Flora of Turkey was wrong as was the categorization. "Turkey" means only the part in Western Asia; "European Turkey" has its own flora category. Peter coxhead ( talk) 17:31, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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How i can list my information on wikipedia -- Tanzeer Khan ( talk) 18:35, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on 4 da Gang (disambiguation) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a disambiguation page which either
Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time. Please see the disambiguation page guidelines for more information.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Shhhnotsoloud ( talk) 15:45, 14 March 2022 (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
Problems
Changes later this week
uselang=qqx
to find localisation messages, it will now show all possible message keys for navigation tabs such as "View history".
[5]deletelogentry
and deletedhistory
rights through their group memberships. Before, only those with the deleterevision
right could access this special page.
[6]Future changes
Events
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22:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
At User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/wikibreak:
window.HourStart = 15
window.HourEnd = 17 // The hour -1, otherwise it will last from 6PM to 6:59PM
{{subst:js|1=User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/wikibreak.js}} // installation text
I believe that the message should've been "otherwise it will last from 3PM to 6:59PM", right? Or am I missing something? Thanks! --- CX Zoom(he/him) ( let's talk| contribs) 15:56, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Welcome to the twentieth newsletter from the Growth team!
The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in Wikimedia projects.
As of February, 300,000 suggested edits have been completed since the feature was first deployed in December 2019.
Add a link is the team's first structured task, deployed in May 2021. It has improved outcomes for newcomers. The team is now working on a second iteration based on community feedback and data analysis. Improvements will include: improved algorithmic suggestions, guardrails to prevent too many similar links to be added, and clearer encouragement for users to continue making edits. After adding these improvements, we will deploy this task to more Wikipedias.
Add an image is the second structured task built by our team. It was deployed in November 2021 to four pilot Wikipedias. This is a more challenging task for newcomers. However, it adds more value to articles (so far, over 1,000 images have been added). We are currently learning from communities and from the data on what is working well and what needs improvements. The project page contains links to interactive prototypes. We are very interested to hear your thoughts on this idea as we build and test the early versions. We will soon deploy this task to more Wikipedias as a test.
"Add a link" and "Add an image" now both have a limitation on how many of these tasks newcomers can do per day. It is meant to discourage careless newcomers from making too many problematic edits.
Over the last two years, the Growth team has focused on building suggested edits: easy tasks for newcomers to start with. We have learned with this experience that these tasks help many newcomers to make their first edits. Now, the team is starting a new project : " positive reinforcement". Its goal is to make newcomers proud of their editing and to make them want to come back for more of them. With the positive reinforcement project, we are considering three kinds of features:
This project is just beginning, and we hope for community thoughts on the direction. We know that things can wrong if we offer the wrong incentives to newcomers, so we want to be careful. Please visit the talk page to help guide the project!
Some wikis have created userboxes that mentors can display on the user pages. If your wiki has one, please link it to Wikidata!
Previously, at most Wikipedias, only 80% of newcomers were getting the Growth features. This was done for experimentation, to have a control group. We have changed this setting. Now 100% of new accounts at all Wikipedias get the Growth features ( except a few, kept as test wikis). We invite communities to update their onboarding documentation and tutorials. Please include the Growth features in it. To help you, we have created an help page that can be translated and adapted to your wiki.
Do you have questions about the Growth features? This translatable FAQ contains answers to the most common questions about the Growth team work. We regularly update it.
Interface translations are important for newcomers. Please help for your language, by translating or copyediting interface translations for the Growth features.
Growth team's newsletter prepared by the Growth team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
17:12, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
Would you be willing to change timeline colors for tropical cyclone articles per the consensus achieved at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather#Infobox & Template colors (either by bot or AWB)? I listed the first set below. If you are willing to make these changes I will calculate the RGB values for the other basins and add them + the appropriate categories. Noah Talk 22:25, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:Atlantic Ocean meteorological timelines, Category:Atlantic hurricane seasons, Category:Pacific hurricane seasons, and Category:Pacific hurricane meteorological timelines
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:Pacific typhoon seasons
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons and Category:North Indian Ocean meteorological timelines
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:Southwest Indian Ocean meteorological timelines and Category:South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:Australian region cyclone seasons and Category:Australian region meteorological timelines
For all season-related articles with timelines in the categories (may need to check subcategories): Category:South Pacific cyclone seasons and Category:South Pacific meteorological timelines
Category: Category:North American winters
Timeline background needs to be changed to the new color for season articles at Category:European windstorms (nothing else besides that)
<timeline>...</timeline>
, along with the title, and save that somewhere. ―
Qwerfjkl
talk
12:38, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
changetags
right from users – so that they can apply change tags to their own actions as they are made, but not change the tags of other actions after the fact anymore – has been deployed.You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
New code release schedule for this week
Recent changes
Future changes
Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
15:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
hello, how do I find something i want to research -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 16:11, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
search query site:en.wikipedia.org
―
Qwerfjkl
talk
17:18, 22 March 2022 (UTC)are you a bot -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 16:03, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
hello I want to learn everything about flight dynamics but I can't find everything what should I search.
thank you -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 17:41, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
are there groups I can join to learn more about the things I love -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 17:45, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
wow, you must have a really hard job I'd imagine. you must have a good salary and a lot of friends thank you, for the service you provide -- Wikiip9750n ( talk) 17:34, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
I have added an article in the sandbox. Wonder what I can do in order to get it published? does it go automatically to someone for review? or do I need to add/tag people to comment/advice on it? -- Unbridled.Horse ( talk) 19:58, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
{{
subst:subst}}
to the top of the article to submit it. ―
Qwerfjkl
talk
07:35, 26 March 2022 (UTC)