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126	Measuring GDP (talk)	Orphan
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19	Davinder Singh (talk)	Stub
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Tech News: 2014-01

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

You can now see the text of DjVu and PDF files in search results on wikis testing the new search tool (CirrusSearch). [1] [2]
With the new version of the Wikibase DataModel extension, you can install it outside Wikimedia wikis. [3]

VisualEditor news

Images are now shown inside VisualEditor as HTML5 <figure /> elements. Comments are welcome. [4]
You can now test a basic version of VisualEditor on mobile devices; see this article as an example.

Problems

On December 23, Wikimedia Labs was broken for 4 hours due to an NFS problem. [5]

Future software changes

CirrusSearch will be added as the second search method for Spanish (es), French (fr), Portuguese (pt) and Russian (ru) wikis on December 30. Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies and Wikinews users will also be able to enable it in their Beta Features options.
AbuseFilter log entries will be visible in CheckUser tool reports. [6] [7]
It will soon be possible to search for log entries done by users without an account. [8] [9]
It will no longer be possible to globally hide users with more than 1,000 edits. [10] [11]

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08:40, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 01 January 2014

Traffic report: A year stuck in traffic

In fact, the majority are relatively evenly split between three themes: people of interest, television, and websites.

Arbitration report: Examining the Committee's year

In 2013, the arbitration committee closed 10 cases, 9 amendment requests, and 26 clarification requests.

In the media: Does Wikipedia need a medical disclaimer?

On New Year's Day, an article by Tim Sampson published in The Daily Dot and republished shortly after on Mashable covered the currently ongoing medical disclaimer RfC.

Book review: Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia

Dariusz Jemielniak's book is the newest about Wikipedia, published in Poland in 2013 and with an English edition forthcoming in 2014.

News and notes: The year in review

This was the year in which one journalist described the flagship site, Wikipedia, as "wickedly seductive". It was the year Wikipedia's replacement value was estimated at $6.6bn, its market value at "tens of billions of dollars", and its consumer benefit "hundreds of billions of dollars". But it was also the year in which one commentator forecast the decline of Wikipedia—that the project is in trouble from its shrinking volunteer workforce, skewed coverage, "crushing bureaucracy" and 90 percent male community.

Discussion report: Article incubator, dates and fractions, medical disclaimer

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia and around the Wikimedia movement include...

WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Fifth Edition

The year 2013 has come and gone, adding 50 new WikiProject Reports to our long list of projects we've had the privilege to meet. Last year saw the continuation of our Babel series, featuring WikiProjects from other languages of Wikipedia. We also expanded our selection of special reports, offering readers a growing collection of helpful tips and tools as they participate in WikiProjects.

Featured content: 2013—the trends

Over the past year 1181 pieces of featured content were promoted. The most active of the featured content programs was featured picture candidates (FPC), which promoted an average of 46 pictures a month. This was followed by featured article candidates (FAC; 32.5 a month). Coming in third was featured list candidates (FLC; 18 a month).

Technology report: Looking back on 2013

2013 saw a lot of changes to MediaWiki software and Wikimedia infrastructure.

Tech News: 2014-02

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf9) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 2. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on January 7 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 9 (calendar).
The old note-taking site (Etherpad) was removed on December 30, 2013. You can see most of the documents on the new site. [12]

Problems

On January 2, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage projects were broken for 2 hours due to language cache update issues.
On the same day, it was not possible to edit most wikis for about 30 minutes, due to a database replication problem.

Future software changes

The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added as the default search method for Italian Wikipedia, French Wikisource, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage sites, and as a second search method for the German Wikipedia and all Wikibooks sites on January 6. [13]
Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian Wikipedia users will also be able to enable CirrusSearch in their Beta Features options. [14]
Plural form rules for some languages will be changed. Many translations of the user interface for Belarusian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian and other languages will need to be changed. [15] [16] [17]
You will see a warning when you try to delete a page linked to from other pages. [18] [19]
You will be able to hide redirect pages on the list of protected pages. [20] [21]
You will be able to use keyboard shortcuts in the Translate tool, by pressing Alt+1 and similar key groups. [22] [23]
E-mails sent by MediaWiki will include the name of the site in their From: line. You will be able to change this name on your wiki by editing the MediaWiki:Emailsender page. [24] [25]
Images viewed in the Beta Features media viewer will load faster. [26] [27]

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08:35, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 January 2014

Public Domain Day: Why the year 2019 is so significant

Public Domain Day—January 1, 2014—gives me an opportunity to reflect on this important asset, mandated by the Constitution of the United States.

Traffic report: Tragedy and television

The various maladies that befall humanity got some well-known faces this week: the death of the well-liked actor James Avery topped the list, but Michael Schumacher, who is in a coma after a skiing accident, also drew attention.

Technology report: Gearing up for the Architecture Summit

MediaWiki developers will be meeting in San Francisco on January 23–24 for an Architecture Summit.

News and notes: WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing"

On 8 January, the Wikimedia Foundation notified the Wikimedia-l mailing list that Sarah Stierch, a popular Wikimedian and the Foundation's Program Evaluation Community Coordinator, was no longer an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, as a result of being paid to create articles on the English Wikipedia.

Op-ed: WikiCup competition beginning a new year

At the very start of the new year, 2014's WikiCup—an annual competition which has been held on Wikipedia in various forms since 2007—began.

WikiProject report: Jumping into the television universe

This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Television.

Featured content: A portal to the wonderful world of technology

Twelve articles, three lists, seven pictures, and a portal were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia in the last two weeks.

Tech News: 2014-03

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

You can read a recent blog post about how Tech News is put together, translated and sent to you across wikis each week.

Recent software changes

The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf10) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 9. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 14, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 16 (calendar).
Searching in the File: namespace on Wikimedia Commons may be slow due to a search engine issue. [28]

VisualEditor news

VisualEditor will be added for all users on several Wikipedias on January 13. [29]
You can now add and remove __NOTOC__, __FORCETOC__ and __NOEDITSECTION__ in the page metadata menu. [30] [31] [32]

Problems

For a few hours on January 6, it was not possible to edit pages using the Translate tool on Wikimedia Commons and the Wikimania 2013 wiki, due to a settings error. [33] [34]
For about 20 minutes on January 9, there were problems with CSS and JavaScript due to high server load.

Future software changes

Wikidata will be added to all Wikisource wikis on January 14. [35]
The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added as the second search method for the English Wikipedia on January 13. On Wikibooks and the German Wikipedia, you will also be able to test it by adding it in your Beta Features options.
You will soon be able to export page collections into other formats than PDF. [36]
It will soon be possible to upload groups of photos from Flickr using UploadWizard. [37] [38]
The Wikimedia Foundation has shared a multimedia vision for 2016. You are invited to comment. [39]

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09:33, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 January 2014

News and notes: German chapter asks for "reworking" of Funds Dissemination Committee; should MP4 be allowed on Wikimedia sites?

Wikimedia Germany, the largest national affiliate, has authored an extensive critique of the Funds Dissemination Committee's process for issuing funding recommendations for the various large organizations in the movement.

Technology report: Architecture Summit schedule published

The proposed schedule for the MediaWiki Archicture Summit has been published. The two main plenary sessions will be about HTML templating, and Service-oriented architecture.

Op-ed: Licensed for reuse? Citing open-access sources in Wikipedia articles

It is heavily ironic that two decades after the World Wide Web was started — largely to make it easier to share scholarly research — most of our past and present research publications are still hidden behind paywalls for private profit. The bitter twist is that the vast majority of this research is publicly funded, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars worldwide each year.

In the media: Is Google hurting Wikipedia traffic?; "Wikipedia-Mania" in the New York Times

Wikipedia's recent decline in readership, possibly due to Google's Knowledge Graph. ... Judith Newman in the New York Times asks "What Does Judith Newman Have to Do to Get a Page?"

Traffic report: The Hours are Ours

We now can get a far more accurate picture of which short surges in popularity are likely natural and which are not.

WikiProject report: WikiProject Sociology

This week, we studied human social behavior with the folks at WikiProject Sociology.

Tech News: 2014-04

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 16. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 28, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 30 (calendar).
You can now see relatively recent results on special pages like Special:DoubleRedirects, Special:UncategorizedPages or Special:WantedCategories. They were disabled before because they were very slow. The results are now updated once a month. [40]
As of January 16, you can make and use guided tours on the Asturian, Farsi and Russian Wikipedias. If you want this tool on your wiki, you need to translate it and ask in Bugzilla. [41] [42]
You can give comments on an idea to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [43]
You can watch a video to learn how to report problems in Bugzilla. [44]

VisualEditor news

In the toolbar, the menu to edit the styles (like bold, italic, etc.) now has a down arrow (). The order of the Insert menu has also changed a little.
You can now edit <gallery /> tags with a very basic tool. [45]
You can now see a help page about keyboard shortcuts in the page menu. [46]
When you change categories, you will now see them when you save the page. [47]
When you edit templates, you will now see the parameters in the right order. The ones that you must add have a star (*). [48] [49]
The page will now be saved faster, thanks to a new way of coding the text that sends 40% less text to the servers. [50]
Your wiki can ask to test a new tool to edit TemplateData. [51]

Problems

There was a problem with search on the English and German Wikipedias between January 6 and January 14. You could not see new pages and changes in search results. [52]
There were "pool timeouts" errors on several wikis on January 13; it was caused by a code change that was made to fix another problem. [53]
On January 17, Bugzilla and Wikimedia Labs were broken for about 20 minutes due to network problems. IRC channels with recent changes (irc.wikimedia.org) were broken for about two hours. [54]

Future software changes

If you have removed JavaScript in your web browser, you will soon be able to see the orange bar saying that you have new messages. If you have changed how the bar looks with a gadget, you may need to change the gadget again. [55] [56]
You will soon be able to add a given Flickr user to a blacklist so that their files can't be uploaded using UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons and other wikis. [57]
You will see a warning when you try to delete a page included in at least one other page. [58]
You will so longer see disambiguation pages in Special:LonelyPages. [59] [60]

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10:22, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 January 2014

Book review: Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries from Across the Known Multiverse

A particularly esoteric anthology of speculative fiction, filled with imaginary Wikipedia entries from, as the introduction puts it, "the many Wikipedias across the Multiverse."

News and notes: Modification of WMF protection brought to Arbcom

The Wikimedia Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy's application of pending changes level two on the article Conventional PCI—an action taken under its rarely used office actions policy—has escalated to the Arbitration Committee after an editor upgraded it to full protection.

Featured content: Dr. Watson, I presume

Fifteen articles, nine lists, twenty pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia over the last two weeks.

Special report: The few who write Wikipedia

On 15 January, Wikipedia turned thirteen years old. In that time, this site has grown from a small site that was known to only a select few to one of the most popular websites on the internet. At the same time, recent data suggests that there is a power curve among users, where the comparative few who are writing most of Wikipedia have most of the edits. The result of this is that there is going to be bias in what is created, and how we deal with it as Wikipedians is indicative of the future of the site. Furthermore, this brings up what we have to do in order to combat this bias, as there are many ideas, but the question is whether they will work or not.

Technology report: Architecting the future of MediaWiki

This week we're interviewing Brion Vibber about the then-upcoming Architecture Summit. Brion is a long time Wikipedian, the first employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, and currently the lead software architect working with the mobile team.

In the media: Wikipedia for robots; Wikipedia—a temperamental teenager

An article in USA Today announced that a European-funded project called RoboEarth that is designed to give robots a mechanism by which to access information to dispense.

Traffic report: No show for the Globes

While the 71st Golden Globe Awards, held on 12 January, had an impact on the top 25, their presence was largely absent from the Top 10. With the exception of Best Actor winner Leonardo DiCaprio, the only Golden Globe entrants in the Top 10 are films that would have been there anyway.

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Views/Day	Title	Tagged with…
85	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (talk)	Add sources
39	Class 95FM (talk)	Add sources
80	Workers' Party of Singapore (talk)	Add sources
1,349	Singapore Airlines (talk)	Add sources
101	987FM (talk)	Add sources
6,236	Greece (talk)	Add sources
625	History of Singapore (talk)	Cleanup
61	Temasek Polytechnic (talk)	Cleanup
12	International Institute for Population Sciences (talk)	Cleanup
1	October 2005 in Malaysia and Singapore (talk)	Expand
67	Schibsted (talk)	Expand
659	White privilege (talk)	Expand
103	Primary School Leaving Examination (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
327	Dedicated hosting service (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
41	SipX (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
189	Hokkien dialect (talk)	Merge
57	VisualEditor (talk)	Merge
12	Singaporean general election, 1963 (talk)	Merge
302	Finnish Air Force (talk)	Wikify
1	1988 Speedway Champions Cup (talk)	Wikify
4	1986 Speedway Champions Cup (talk)	Wikify
89	Present continuous (English) (talk)	Orphan
37	Yupptv (talk)	Orphan
1	Jiangxi Science & Technology Teachers' College (talk)	Orphan
40	Michael Snow (attorney) (talk)	Stub
2	Nanchang Institute of Technology (talk)	Stub
22	230 (number) (talk)	Stub
2	Xiushui River (talk)	Stub
1	1994 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship (talk)	Stub
5	Jiuling Mountains (talk)	Stub

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