I'm going to make the suggestion that the lists of sub-genres and related genres in Science fiction be moved to the end of the article.WildWookiee (talk) 16:31, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, I could only answer your questions at Wikipedia_talk:Categories_for_discussion with "I don't know", so I am leaving them to others. Wikipedia:Category_intersection seems to have been written around 2006, so many CfD regulars will like myself not have been around. However looking at the page statistics at https://xtools.wmflabs.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Category_intersection, the two major authors still seem to be editing, so you could ask them. I would recommend a neutral question like what happened to Category intersection, rather than asking why it failed. If they are willing to answer you could try some follow up questions. TSventon (talk) 00:59, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
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For some of the older research see Who Writes Wikipedia?; for the most recent I'm aware of see meta:Research:Value of IP Editing. For research on article creation specifically see meta:Research:Wikipedia article creation; to better understand why WP:ACTRIAL was implemented see WP:MANPP.
It's also important to remember that early Wikipedia was significantly influenced by the larger wiki culture of the 90s which was very hostile to requiring registration, that is when registering was even possible (see e.g. Ward's Wiki or it's later spinoff Meatball). While the old guard have long since been subsumed and few current editors have direct experience from those times, echoes from that formative period persist to this day. 74.73.224.126 (talk) 03:52, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 10:28, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Personally I would like a new Wikipedia:Volunteer_Fire_Department, but I am not sure whether there is much appetite for change .... yet @jayden446 @cactistaccingcrane. I did a rough user journey for WP, and I have been posting ideas one by one, but I don't think there is much interest... yet. The one that shocked me that people thought that merciless was better than dispassionate :-(
My major hope for change would be new editors, but our systems, guidelines, and community nomas stop them from being involved and actively gets rid of 100 k i think per year.:-( workWakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 08:01, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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In re this question, there are more volunteer devs than WMF devs. The WMF devs do more of the work on MediaWiki and core extensions, but that's because a volunteer dev might have a few hours a week (or less), and WMF devs have all day to work on it. If you're interested in seeing details, then https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/graphs/contributors lists the top 100 (by number of separate commits). There are similar lists for each code repository.
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WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.
Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.
You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.
Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).
Reminders
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The New Page Patrol team is sending you this impromptu message to inform you of a steeply rising backlog of articles needing review. If you have any extra time to spare, please consider reviewing one or two articles each day to help lower the backlog. You can start reviewing by visiting Special:NewPagesFeed. Thank you very much for your help.
Reminders:
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
Administrator changes
Novem Linguae
Bureaucrat changes
MBisanz
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
Arbitration
There are new updates for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions! Please, come and read them!
On June 22, we summarised the results of our annual in-person meeting in Delft, The Netherlands.
On June 28, we thanked Cai and Allan for their work and we wished them well for their new endeavours.
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on July 10, at 17:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:02, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 57, May – June 2023
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There are new updates for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions! Please, come and read them!
On July 20, we shared an update on our plans for the initial deployment of Wikifunctions in the next few weeks, what will be possible, and changes to the development in the last few weeks. Also, a request for suggestions on what should be the very first Function to be created in Wikifunctions.
On July 17, we announced a grant from Google.org.
On July 12, we announced a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation.
On July 7, we welcomed a new Director of Product to the team.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 21:38, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we announce that Wikifunctions.org is live (in read-only mode), we welcome a new member of the team, and we announce a new job opening.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 16:02, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
Administrator changes
Firefangledfeathers
Interface administrator changes
Novem Linguae
Technical news
Arbitration
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.
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local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to
note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.
Miscellaneous
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we recap what happened at our sessions at Wikimania 2023, we talk about some new updates regarding our Natural Language Generation special interest group (NLG SIG), and we briefly speak about Denny's most recent keynote speech.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 10:35, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, Denny proposes a call for action for creating morphological paradigms on Wikifunctions.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 19:25, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 58, July – August 2023
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, Denny introduces a discussion about how to represent integers on Wikifunctions and its related challenges.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 08:07, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Wakelamp,
Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!
October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.
PageTriage code upgrades: Upgrades to the PageTriage code, initiated by the NPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by the WMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be found here. As part of this work, the Special:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeed here - it will replace the current version soon.
Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google ScholarorScopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.
Reviewing tip: If you would like like a second opinion on your reviews or simply want another new page reviewer by your side when patrolling, we recommend pair reviewing! This is where two reviewers use Discord voice chat and screen sharing to communicate with each other while reviewing the same article simultaneously. This is a great way to learn and transfer knowledge.
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, Denny introduces a discussion about how to make types easier to use, by discussing serializers and deserializers, and their role in Wikifunctions.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 16:47, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).
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Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.
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Miscellaneous
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss the recent improvements that made it easy to reference arguments in functions.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 13:58, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss our decision of rewriting the evaluator encapsulation service, in order to make it run on WebAssembly.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 13:31, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Wakelamp:
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The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by ageorother categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss our latest technical improvements on Wikifunctions.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on November 13, at 18:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:16, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
Administrator changes
0xDeadbeef Tamzin Dennis Brown
Interface administrator changes
Pppery
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
Arbitration
Miscellaneous
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we finally announce that Wikifunctions is on general availability, and that functions can be run also by non-logged in users!
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on November 13, at 18:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 09:50, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss which new types of functions should we support and the latest changes to the software.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 15:10, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we present two new members of the team, we discuss the latest changes in software, and we announce that Functioneer right will be now assigned by the community.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on December 4, at 18:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:01, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we present the latest blogpost about us on WMF blog, and we invite you to share your feedback at the Wikifunctions' Project chat on the new proposed designs for the Function page.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 19:06, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
WP:ELPOINTS does not provide authority for linking to an external site simply to identify a person. Per WP:BRD you should not have reverted my reversion, but should have opened a discussion on the talk page. Please revert your reversion and if you still want to follow this, open a discussion on the talk page. -- Elphion (talk) 19:10, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
Administrator changes
Beeblebrox → Just Step Sideways
CheckUser changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
Arbitration
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we look back at all the accomplishments that we achieved in 2023 and we thank you all for your help in achieving them. Also, we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
This will be the last newsletter for 2023, so see you again in 2024!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 11:49, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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New year, new scripts. Welcome to the 23rd issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering around 39% of our favorite new and updated user scripts since 24 December 2021. That’s right, we haven’t published in two years! Can you believe it? Did you miss us?
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!
Featured script Updated scripts
Improve a script
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New scriptsDue to budget and procrastination limitations, we've only had time to review the first ~39% of the scripts since last issue. Help us out here! Aaron Liu (talk) 13:24, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
Administrator changes
Dennis Brown
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Arbitration
Miscellaneous
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we introduce our newest and much requested type of function, list. Also, we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on January 8, at 18:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 10:37, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we present you an essay from Denny and we introduce a new section of the newsletter, dedicated to the "function of the week". Also, we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
We also wanted to note that we are in the process of moving the Updates from Meta to Wikifunctions. We'll keep you updated about it.
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:27, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we announce a redesign and rewrite of the Function page and we present our first "function of the week". Also, we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:05, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 60, November – December 2023
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss debugging in implementations and we present our new "function of the week". Also, we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 10:54, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Worm That Turned
CheckUser changes
Wugapodes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
Arbitration
Miscellaneous
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we focus on language functions in Igbo, a language spoken by more than 44 million people in South-Eastern Nigeria. Also, we take a look at the latest software developments.
Starting from this issue, the status updates will be hosted on Wikifunctions, instead of Meta. One more step towards maturation of the project!
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive (on Meta)!
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on February 5, at 18:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 09:14, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
probably not the right place to do this but, when you removed this section on the page for hushpuppi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hushpuppi&diff=prev&oldid=1170062363 it got reversed 10 days later anonymously, and there's a near identical piece for ibrahim magu. these are really confusing passages summarizing academic papers from the same two people and are very out of place. seems to be added originally by Wadada007 72.78.180.9 (talk) 03:10, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss about the results of our last internal planning meeting, whose objective was to define what we will work on in this quarter. Also, we take a look at the latest changes in the team and the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive on Wikifunctions and also on Meta.
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 16:22, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we take a look at the latest software developments, after our monthly "fix-it week", where we work on technical debt and other issues that pile up in our daily work.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive on Wikifunctions and also on Meta.
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we present the new documentation about our function model and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 09:55, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello everyone, and welcome to the 24th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 24 December 2021. Uh-huh, we're finally covering the good ones among the rest! Aren't you excited? Remember to include a link in double brackets to the script's .js page when you install the script, so that we can see who uses the script in WhatLinksHere! The ScriptInstaller gadget automatically does this. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!
Featured script
Newly maintained scriptsAfter earthly attempts at improving the original have failed...
Improve a scriptUnfortunately, this section has remained nearly identical. Help us out here!
Requested scripts
New scripts
Yes, we're just doing 'em as we go now. Thanks for reading through this looong issue, if you did! I'm sure this'll send a record for the longest issue ev-ah. You may need to wait even longer for the last issue, as our reserve of old-y and goodie scripts have ran out... We encourage you to try and do some of the requests or improvement tasks. See you in Summer, hopefully!
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss our progresses with the new natural numbers type, we talk about events we are taking part to, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on March 4, at 18:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 11:40, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss the launch of the new natural numbers type, we talk about events we are taking part to, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 13:58, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss the notion of identity and present our latest document about how we represent it, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 15:27, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss our progresses with the implementation of renderers and parsers for natural numbers, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 14:11, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss our progresses with tests and how it is easier to make them, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:22, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
Arbitration
Miscellaneous
Hello Wakelamp,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.
Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.
Reminders:
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss our latest blog post on Diff, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on April 8, at 22:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 10:23, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss the new API for calling Wikifunctions, we celebrate our first 1,000 functions, and we take a look at the latest software developments. Also, there's a job opening for joining our team!
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive.
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 09:57, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we welcome a new member of the team and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive.
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 17:14, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Nihonjoe
CheckUser changes
Joe Roe
Oversight changes
GeneralNotability
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
Arbitration
Miscellaneous
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss the results of our team meeting held in San Francisco, USA, as well as presenting the objectives that we will pursue in the next months.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive.
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:57, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on May 6, at 17:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Apologies for the reaching out to you with a separate message.
See you at the meeting! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 13:12, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss our first proposal for a new type for enumerations and we take a look at the latest software developments.
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Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:22, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we call on you to help us doing new language functions about numbers and we also take a look at the latest software developments.
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Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 18:01, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we announce our initial enumeration Type, Gregorian calendar months, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
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Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:18, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss the various implications of linguistic functions about singulars and plurals, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
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Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on June 3, at 17:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:17, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Oversight changes
Dreamy Jazz
Guideline and policy news
Technical news
Arbitration
Miscellaneous
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we introduce a new enumeration type, Sign, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
We are also looking for feedback for our next new types. See the announcement at the Project Chat for more information.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 11:59, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we introduce a new enumeration type, this time for the thirteen months of the Igbo calendar, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
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Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 16:21, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we are happy to announce that we introduced another new type, integers, that will increase our coverage of mathematical functions. Moreover, we take a look at the (many!) software developments we introduced in the last week.
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Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 11:07, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we welcome a new member of the team, we ask for feedback about our "About" widget designs, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on July 1, at 17:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 13:20, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we present our objectives and lines of work for this quarter, we remember to give your feedback about our "About" widget designs, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next Volunteers' Corner will be held on July 8, at 17:30 UTC (link to the meeting).
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:59, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
Miscellaneous
There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we discuss our current draft about Type proposals for accessing Lexemes, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 10:21, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 63, May – June 2024
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There is a new update for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!
In this issue, we present you the results of a research about how to integrate Wikifunctions and Wikipedia, and we take a look at the latest software developments.
Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive!
Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 13:33, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
