Diskussion:Haudsiede

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Dat wie in fersin fan my; ik hoopje dat it no wer goed is.--Pyt 21:27, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

3.787

Wil iemand alstublieft een link aan leggen naar een andere friese test-wp Wp/aeres? Ik doe dit liever zelf niet om ruzie en conflicten te voorkomen. Bij voorbaat dank! Petrolov 17:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Ik heb een opmerkinkje over dit artikel: Surrealismus. Die afbeelding doet het niet dus ik meld het maar even. -Markvondeegel 08:43, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Min näie Artikkele un wie hääbe 500 Artikkele! :) --Ooswesthoesbes 22:07, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

näie Artikkele

Hier noch 3 Artikel auf der hochdeutschen Wikipedia, die für Eure Seiten interessant sein könnten. Ich kann es leider nicht übersetzen. Ist ja doll was los bei Euch. Daumensprung, Stockpeilung, Moorwasserspiegel, Scheinlot mfG Wessmann.clp

Logo

Hallo,
ich habe auf Commons ein Logo für Wp/stq hochgeladen: commons:Image:Image-Wplogo.png, wegen dieses Antrags. Ich hoffe, dass das Logo so in Ordnung ist, wenn nicht, einfach ändern :-) --MF-W {a, b} 16:13, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello,
I uploaded a logo for Wp/stq on Commons: commons:Image:Image-Wplogo.png, because of this request. I hope this logo is satisfying, if not, just change :-) --MF-W {a, b} 16:13, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Hääbe iek tonkboar ap ju Frontsiede sät, tougliek mäd ne Orientationskoarte, ju uk noch moal gans unner stoant. Nu is ju Apmoakenge nit goud moor; fielicht konnen do bee Woapen ferswiende? --Pyt 19:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Haudsiede stq.wikipedia.org

Copied from http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/stq 01:37, 12. Jan 2008. Links will be corrected in a minute! --Pyt 16:40, 13. Jan 2008 (UTC)

Glückwünsche

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zur eigenen Wikipedia. Ich wünsche Euch viele gute Artikel. -- Benutzer de:Sebastian Mehlmacher 13. Januar 2008

Wofuul Artikkele?

Iek hääbe NUMBEROFARTICLES anfäld mäd NUMBEROFPAGES, sjuch [1] un [Statistik]. Dät rakt wäil n moor eerelken Iendruk. --Pyt 17:57, 27. Jan 2008 (UTC)

Stuuns häd dusse Wikipedia 559 Sieden. Gröitnis Kening Aldgilles 27. Januoar 08, 19:02 (CET)

Fielicht mouten wie ättergunge, wo do NUMBEROFARTICLES un NUMBEROFPAGES definierd sunt. Sogoar ju ängelske Wikipedia häd fuul moor PAGES as ARTICLES, man jo prunkje mäd ju Taal fon do ARTICLES. --Pyt 18:10, 29. Jan 2008 (UTC)

+ 90?

Hi! What does "+ 90" mean where it says "Op düsse seelter Wikipedia rakt et nu 194 Artikkele ap 479 + 90 Sieden"? Jon Harald Søby 16:49, 11. Feb 2008 (UTC)

Well, when counting the real number of pages, I find 90 more than the official counter presents. Perhaps I do'nt understand the criteria of that counter. --Pyt 21:34, 11. Feb 2008 (UTC)

Intwiske is die Unnerscheed sakked fon 90 tou 34. Iek ferstounde nit, wo.--Pyt 08:53, 24. Feb 2008 (UTC)--Pyt 08:53, 24. Feb 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations with your own Wikipedia, tige lokwinske! -- 130.89.224.139 17:27, 22. Feb 2008 (UTC)

Image:Seelterlound in Europa.png

Sjuch mien Kommentoar ap commons:User talk:Rüdiger Wölk--Pyt 13:40, 3. Jun 2008 (UTC).

This image was a dupe of Image:Seelterlound in Europe.png.

Fielsetierd / Mien Glückwunsch

Nedersaskisch (Zuud-Drèents): Ik binne bliede det d'r now een Seelterfräiske Wikipedia is, zodet 't spectrum van de Friese en Nederduutse talen op Wikipedia wat completer is. Is d'r hier gien algemiene oaverlegbladziede, zoas op de Nedersaksische Wikipedie 't Praotkefee? Det is ja een nuver dink veur oaverleg maank de sprekers van verskillende talen in oeze kontreien.

Plattdüütsch: Ik bün blied, dat dat nu een Seelterfräiske Wikipedia giff, domit dat Spektrum vun de Freesche un Nedderdüütsche Spraken wedder en beeten kompletter is. Giff dat hier keen allgemene Siet, dor wi allens seggen un fragen köönt, wat wi wüllt (also wie dat Praotkefee in de Neddersassische Wikipedie)? Dat schull ja dat Kuntakt mank de Snacker van de Spraken in use Rebeete lichter maken.

Ni'jluuseger 18:49, 23. Jun 2008 (UTC)

Wäilkuumen Ni'jluuseger un Tonk foar din Glukwonsk! Wät is ju Betjuudenge fon din Noome? Ju Siede ju du meenst hat hier Wikipedia:Weerskup. Dät failt noch bloot an n fluch Wucht bääte de Schoanke! --Pyt 19:56, 23. Jun 2008 (UTC)

Uk al moaked! Sjuchst wät n gouden Ienfloud du al hääst! --Pyt 20:56, 23. Jun 2008 (UTC)

Kiek, so helpt wi enanner. Schull dat an’n linken Rand keen Lenk na de Siet 'Weerskup' geven?

Ni’jlusen (Utspraak Nei Lüüsn) is en Dörp in de Provinz Oaveriessel in’n Ossen van de Nedderlannen. Dor kaam ik her. Goedgaon, Ni'jluuseger 21:48, 23. Jun 2008 (UTC)

Artikelsuche

Fäärelaited ätter ju Weerskup (Klik hier)

Ängelsk Wikipedia's 3,000,000th siede

The English Wikipedia recently got its 3 millionth article, about Norwegian actress Beate Eriksen. I thought maybe Seeltersk could make a bigger name for itself by including a translation of her article. You can find other versions of her page below:

(Séo Níƿan Engliscan Ƿicipǽdia níƿliće nóm hire 3 millionoða ȝeƿrit/síde, ymbe Norðisc scéaƿestre Beate Eriksen. Mé þyncþ hit Seeltersk mæȝ hireself má cúþ macian bý beinnende áƿendunge hire ȝeƿrites. Man mæȝ óðru fadunga niðer findan):

• English
• Nederlands
• Eald Englisc (Angelseaxisc)
• Norsk
• Dansk
• Svenska

Thanks! (Þancas!) Wōdenhelm 03:36, 18. Aug 2009 (UTC)

Tonk! Fielicht fint sik wäl. --Pyt 14:10, 18. Aug 2009 (UTC)

Grüess enk Got beinand!

I bin von de Bairn und wünsch enk allss Guete! Mi finddtß unter Sturmibibl und Bairische Buechspraach. --Hellsepp 21:19, 11. Sep 2009 (UTC)

Small request

Hello! I am a Polish wikipedian and I would like to ask you for your help - writing a new article about former Polish President who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 – Lech Wałęsa. I have looked for his biography in your Wikipedia but without success. Polish Wikipedians will be grateful for your help. Thank you so much in advance! PS you can find the English version of the article here. Best wishes from Poland, Patrol110 09:42, 13. Nov 2009 (UTC)

Just added Lech Wałęsa. --Pyt 10:45, 25. Nov 2009 (UTC)

Ynterwiki's

Dy links fan de Haudside nei de Yrske en Konryske Wikipedia's soenen weihelle wurde moatte: dy talen hawwe echt te wennich mei it Seeltersk te krijen. Ynstee dêrfan soe ik derfoar pleite wolle om links te meitsjen nei de Alemannyske en Beierske Wikipedia's as "oare talen yn Dútsklân". Steinbach 16:34, 21. Nov 2009 (UTC)

Kornisk is wichtich as Biespil fon ne näibelieuwede Sproake. Irisk kuud beeter ärsät wäide fon Schottisk-Gälisk as Biespil fon uk ne gans litje Sproake. --Pyt 00:07, 22. Nov 2009 (UTC)

Näie Version mäd Bielde fon ju Wiek

Goud Äiwend. Iek häbbe juust ne näie Version foar ju Haudsiede moaked: Haudsiede/näie. Wät toankt Jou deeruur? Fielicht konnen ju Faawen noch n bitje annerd wäde. Gröitnis --Tlustulimu 22:44, 3. Jan 2010 (UTC)Iek häbbe n poor Failer begjuchted. --Tlustulimu 13:29, 4. Jan 2010 (UTC)

Foar

• --Kening Aldgilles 08:50, 8. Jan 2010 (UTC)

Foar--Heinz 14:39, 8. Jan 2010 (UTC)

• --Geoffrey 21:52, 8. Jan 2010 (UTC)

Kommentar

Iek bän innerdoat foar, man two litje Seeken kuuden noch beeter moaked wäide: Juu Faawe fon doo Kisten skuul eenegaidelk weese (an bäästen wieren ätter mien Meenenge ljoacht jeel, blau af gries) un juu Waiwiesenge "Un dän Noome dan jädden mäldje ap Diskussion." is uunnöödich: Dät moaket daach naan un wäl dät wiete mai, kricht unner "Geschichte" gans automatisk ne Lieste fon aal doo Skrieuwere, doo an n Artikkel meeoarbaided häbe.--Heinz 14:45, 8. Jan 2010 (UTC)

Gouden Äiwend, Heinz. Iek häbbe juust moal do Faawen in die Kasten eenegaidelk moaked un die uurfloudich Roome in ju lääste Kaste ferstoped. Din twäiden Koomentar begriepe iek nit so gans. Iek häbbe die Sats "Un dän Noome dan jädden mäldje ap Diskussion." ja nit schriewen, sunnerje uut ju aktuälle Version uurnomen. Gröitnis --Tlustulimu 20:17, 8. Jan 2010 (UTC)

Also hääbe iek ju dan tou Haudsiede moaked. Insteede foar "Un dän Noome dan jädden mäldje ap Diskussion." kuud me fielicht sowät schrieuwe as "Tonk uut Noome fon aal uur Bruukere." --Pyt 06:49, 9. Jan 2010 (UTC)

Tonk die, Pyt, foar ju Annerenge fon ju Haudsiede. Nu is ju saterfräiske Wikipedia al een Jier oold. Gröitnis --Tlustulimu 21:28, 12. Jan 2010 (UTC)

Wo kann ich diese Sprache lernen?

Wo kann ich diese Sprache lernen? Bitte aufschreiben einen Link zu einer Webseite. Waar kan ik deze taal leren? Alstublieft schrijven een link te een website. Hƿǣr cann ic ðās sprǣce leornian? Bidde ic ðæt mann ƿrīte hlencan tō ƿebbsīdan. Gott wisst 01:19, 23. Dez 2010 (UTC)

Þū meaht hīe hēr leornian. Mē biþ hēo īeðe. Wōdenhelm 06:53, 23. Dez 2010 (UTC)

Ich habe die Sprache auf eine andere Weise gelernt, ich hatte eine Grammatik und eine Deutsch - Saterfriesische Wörterliste zur Verfügung und habe mit diesen Hilfsmitteln aus Grammatik und Wörtern Wikipedia-Artikel zusammengebastelt. Wenn etwas falsch war, haben es andere verbessert und mir den Fehler erklärt. Mit der Zeit musste ich immer weniger in Grammatik und Wörterliste nachschauen und kann die Sprache mittlerweile ohne große Probleme sprechen, wie sich bei Aufenthalten im Saterlande herausgestellt hat. Ich habe das Saterfriesische auch bereits ein bisschen selbst weiter erforscht. --Heinz 19:29, 7. Jan 2011 (UTC)

Vielen Dank. Das ist eine gute Seite! Gott wisst 20:19, 16. Jan 2011 (UTC)

Haudsiede

Moin,

Ik hääbe ju Haudsiede annerd. Ju waas oold un dät roate neen Uursicht moor. Ik toanke, jie seegen dät uk so. Wan jie ljauer ju oolde Siede wieruume hääben, dan kon iek dät fonsäärm annerje. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles 14:44, 19. Jun 2011 (UTC)

Haudsiede

Moin,

Ik hääbe ju Haudsiede annerd. Ju waas oold un dät roate neen Uursicht moor. Ik toanke, jie seegen dät uk so. Wan jie ljauer ju oolde Siede wieruume hääben, dan kon iek dät fonsäärm annerje. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles 14:44, 19. Jun 2011 (UTC)

Sjucht goud uut!--Heinz 12:14, 20. Jun 2011 (UTC)

Moin,

Ju näie Haudsiede (un Portoal) is nu wuddelk kloor. Ap ju oolde hääbe wie grääsich ful Links häiwed. Dät waas dän Gruund foar ju näie Haudsiede. Do Besäikere moaste tou loange säike uum ju Information tou kriegen. Ju oolde Haudsiede seech - pardon my French - uut as Strunt. Also, tou ful Information (neen Uursicht) un tou ful Ferwiesengen (läip gestaltet). Iek hoopje, dät is nu n bitje beeter. Fielicht hääbe iek noch wät ferjeeten ap ju näie Haudsiede, dan konnen jie dät hier eenfach apskrieuwen un dan konnen wie dät bebaale. Ap ju oolde Websiede weeren uk ful Näisseeken. Dät konnen wie altied moakje, man Wikipedia skäl n Enzyklopädie weesen un neen Saitenge. Mäd fjuntelke Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles 17:27, 20. Jun 2011 (UTC)

Haudsiede 2

Ju Haudsiede fon n 21. Juni lät mie wuudelk beeter. Nu is dät n düütelken Iengong tou ju Enzyklopädie, as dät weese schäl.

Wät mie nu daach failt, is ju Ferdüütelkenge in uur Sproaken (Foarloage:HS-Interwiki un Foarloage:HS-Seelterfräisk usw.). Dät failt aan uk mädunner, wan me Sieden in uunbekoande litje Sproaken anträft.

Deertou hääbe iek nu n apaaten Iengong moaked truch Foarloage: Interwiki. Dät is stuur, deerfoar n Anroupwoud tou fienden, man mie lät Interwiki wäil düütelk nouch. Dan kuuden wie dät bääte Weerskup in dän Kop fon ju Haudsiede sätte. Wät meene jie deerfon? --Pyt 15:16, 27. Aug 2011 (UTC)

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Je, dät hieden wie al moal un ik fiende dät uk gjucht goud, ik hääbe dät särm uk al n poar moal bruuked. In ju Gebruuksaanwiesenge stound dät uurigens uk noch fon fröier, as dät noch unnen ap ju Haudsiede tou fiende waas. Dät mout dan uk moal aanpassed wäide.

Fillicht moute wie uk ap ju Haudsiede, so as in uur Wikipedien, wier n diräkten Iengoung moakje, uum n näien Artikkel tou skrieuwe. Foar näie Benutsere is dät äächt swoar uut tou fiende. Gröitnis, --Bernd 16:28, 27. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Do sproaken in ju Foarloage: Interwiki stounde uk aal links appe haudsiede. Ju lieste fon litje Wikipedia's kon nit wichtich weesen, wan ju siede tou n lääste moal in 2008 aktualisiert wuuden is! Buppedäm stounde do litje Wikipedia's uk aal in ju ganse lieste fon aal do Wikipedia's (älke dai aktuel). Dät is also djuure ruumte ap uus haudsiede un 'total unnötig' wan wie jusälge information tjo moal appe haudsiede hääbe. Skällen wie dan bloot moal ju information uur dät Seelterfräisk deerbie sätte? Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles 20:26, 27. Aug 2011 (UTC)

So as iek dät foarhääbe, bruuke wie ap ju Haudsiede bloot ne Ferbiendenge ätter Foarloage: Interwiki. Deerbie is dan uk foar mie ju Information uur dät Seelterske dät Wichtichste. Do foar uus wichtichste Wikipedien stounde wuddelk al links, bloot is deer ju Organisation wät uurs un failt n Link ätter aal Sproaken. --Pyt 20:36, 27. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Konne wie dan nich gans links buppe Aktuälle Geböärnisse wäächnieme, dät wäd je nooit bruuked. Dan hääbe wie deer ja ne Riege Ruumte wunnen.--Bernd 20:46, 27. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Mäd ju foarlage: interwiki wäd ju haudsiede hoast dubbeld so loange. Wie skällen daach ne gouden uursicht ap ju haudsiede hääbe, deermäd do besäikere ju information licht fiende konnen. Ju ferwiesenge ätter ju lieste mäd aal sproaken konnen wie uk links deelsätte, so as ap ju ängelske Wikipedia. Gans unner ap ju haudsiede hääben wie dan ruumte foar ju algemeene info uur dät seelterfräisk in uur sproaken. Wät do Aktuälle Geböärnisse angungt bän iek Bernd sien meenenge uk. Wie benutsje do 'Aktuälle Geböärnisse' eegentelk goarnit. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles 22:26, 27. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Ju Info uur Seelterfräisk in uur Sproaken äärskient mie uk wichtich un dät wier ja goud, wan dät unner ap ju HS stuud, där kon mon jä ap n poor uur Sproaken truchklikje. Dät is ja eentelk do twaddde Hälfte fon Pyt siene Forloage un uk jä gans uursichtelk. Un as do ängelske dät hääbe mad alle Sproaken gans links sjucht jä uk goud uut. --Bernd 22:51, 27. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Noa Kening, iek wüül Interwiki bloot anroupe konne; dät duur foar mie uk Wikipedia:Interwiki heete. Uurigens is deerfon foar mie uk ju Information uur dät Seelterske in uur Sproaken dät Wichtichtste. Ju Steede fon 'Aktuälle Geböärnisse' kuuden wie dan ärsätte truch ‘Suchen auf deutsch’ (wichtich foar seelter Bruukere do der nit juust wieten, wo me n Woud ap Seeltersk skrift un deertou gjucht leerriek foar ‘froamde’ Bruukere. --Pyt 06:43, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Moin Pyt un Bernd. Iek oarbaidje ljauer ap Wikipedia's, do professionell sunt. Disse diskussionen gungen an mie foarbie. Ju Wikipedia wäd eensichoartich wan jie moakje, wät jie hier wollen. Iek moakje deer nit moor mäd. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles 08:31, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Iek hääbe ju haudsiede nu gjucht informativ un uursichtelk moaked. Gnau wät jie wollen. Bitte schön und tschüss. --Kening Aldgilles 08:53, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

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Moin mädnunner, wät hääbe wie nu? Dät is nu jä wuddelk Fandalisme ap ju Haudsiede. Häbbe wie ne Demokratie af n diktatorisk System hier? Wät skälle wie mäd ne Diskussionsiede, wan n Fräisenkening fon buppe härap alles bestimme wol und dät gemeene Foulk mout parierje?

Pyt, koast du do Annerengen wier touräch sätte? Dan konne wie ap demokratiske Manier uurlääse, wät wie aanerje wolle. --Bernd 10:27, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Iek hääbe bloot dät moaked, wät in do fergeene mounde fräiged wuuden is. So sjucht dät dan uut. Wolt du dät uurs hääbe? Pyt sien interwiki, dien näis, do systeemtäkste, un dät portoal sunt nu aal deer. Dät waas nit mien wonsk, man dät wät du un Pyt wonsked hääbe. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles 10:42, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Pyt un Bernd, dät hääbe iek däälich moal two uuren ap ju haudsiede sät: Benutser:Kening Aldgilles/Wierk2. Dät wieren jou wonsken. Wenn ich nichts gegen eure Vorschläge gemacht hätte, dan seech ju haudsiede so uut. Iek bän bliede, dät Bernd dät uk as fandalisme sjucht. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles 10:58, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Dät loont daach nit, hier fierder tou diskutierje. Wät tou Diskussion stuud, wier gans wäd uurs. Fillicht is mien Seelterk so slucht, dät dät alles ferkiert ferstounden wäid. Ik hääbe blood n poor Moal n extra-Link ounfräiegd, dät kostest blood ne gans bitje Ruumte un moaked ju Haudsiede informatiefer. Mon as ik al kweeden hääbe, bie ne Demokratie häärd uk ne Diskussion därbie. Wan dät al tou fuul is, kon ik dät uk nit annerje. Wan dät hier tou striederäien uutoardet, wol ik ljauwer mäd min Wieuwmoansske un uuse fluggen Huunde spazieren gunge. Un beeter foar ju Gesuundichgäid is dät uk --Bernd 11:09, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Un noch wät, Wikipedia skäl daach truch alle Meeoarbeidere beeter wäide, dan heerd dät daach dertou, dät do uk kweede durfe, wan se n Wonsk hääbe. Wan dan immer ju Wonske wächsmieten wäide duurt dät nit loange, dat där nüms moar wät fraiged. Wolle wie dät?

Wie bruuke nöödich wiern Link ap do Woudeliesten, do Koastere fräige dät al wier wäil do Bäidene ju nu nit moor fiende. Dan gunge se fluks ap ju Düütske Siede, wät do oawers nit skälle. Uuse Wikipedy is daach foar allen foar do Seelter. Wäl kiekt deer uurs ap? Dät sunt daach

• do poar Seelter, do Seeltersk leese konne,
• do Bäidene in dän Unnegjucht in do hoogere Klassen,
• n poar do hier wäächleeken sunt,
• fillicht noch n poar, do fröier ätter Amerikoa uutwonnert sunt un do ju oolde Sproake noch in ju Familien behoalden hääbe.

Foar düüse Ljuude is ju Wikipedy wichtich un ap düüse Ljuude mout ju Wikipedy aanpased wäide.

Bie ju groote Wikipedien is dät uurs, wäl ängels kon, kiekt ap ju ängelske, däl frantsöösk kon, kiekt ap ju frantsööske, wäl düütsk kon, kiekt ap ju düütske.--Bernd 11:29, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Uum wäkke skoule gungt et? Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles 12:29, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Do hääbe mäd min Suun boald, ik fräige him wan hie uur 2 Wieken uut n Urlaub wier touräch is, mon dät sunt blood do haageren Jiergonge.

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Ik mout nu n 3 Wieken Pause moakje in Ferband mäd n Projäkt bie miene Oarbeid.

Wan ik touken Jier ap Rante gunge wol ik sjo, af ik noch poor moor fiende kon, do hier meemmoakje wolle. Dan bruuke ik hier in Seelterlound nit moor alles sälwen ätterfräigje un dan hieden bie ne Diskussion uk n poor moor Meenenge. Gröitnis, --Bernd 14:54, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Haudsiede3

Iek slo foar, älk moaket ne Siede as t.B. Wikipedia:HaudsiedeA, B, C, D as hie dät sjucht. Fielicht sunt wie dan fuul tichter bienunner as wie nu meene. --Pyt 16:42, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Fillicht is dät n gouden Förslag fon Pyt, dan kon älk sjo, wo dät meent is un wo dät uutsjucht. Hier wol daach nüms ju flugge Haudsiede fon Kening wie kaputt moakje, oawers wan där fillicht wät bäter af informatiefer kon, moud mon dääruur daach baale. Ik hääbe naaan Gjuchte foar ju komplätte Haudsiede, däruum moakje ik där nu ne litje Annerenge diräkt ap ju Haudsiede. Wan dät nit goud is, kon mon dät jä fluks wier tourääch sätte un alles is wier bie't Oolde.

Där wäd nu blood ju Rubriek Näis n bittje uurs apmoaked un n diräkten Tougoang foar näie Artikkele deerbie sätted. Dit wieren miene Wonske - moor nit.!Gröitnis, --Bernd 21:39, 28. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Ik hääbe deer nu n poor litje Annerenge in ju Rubrik Näis moaked. Wan dät so goud is, kon deer fillicht dan aan fon do Administratore buppe ju Riege Seeltersk heere un sjo n näie Boalke moakje mäd dän Täkst Seeltersk heere un sjo, so apmoaket as dän Boalke Näis?? Dät sjucht dan flugger uut. Gröitnis, --Bernd 20:57, 29. Aug 2011 (UTC)

Ju näie Siede Wikipedia:Information rakt nu aal Information, ju der nit moor paasede in ju näie düütelke Anloage fon de Haudsiede. Iek nieme oun, dät so aal Wonske fereend sunt. Of dät dan aal juust ap ju Wiese skäl, ko wie leeter bekiekje. --Pyt 09:40, 20. Sep 2011 (UTC)

Umfrage über diese Wikipedia

Guten Tag, es tut mir leid, dass ich auf Deutsch schreibe, ich kann leider kein Saterfriesisch, nur Hochdeutsch und Plattdeutsch. Ich hoffe, ihr nehmt es mir nicht übel. Mein Anliegen ist folgendes: Ich studiere Linguistik in Bremen und besuche gerade ein Seminar zum Thema Sprachenausbau (bei Frau Stolz, falls ihr sie kennt, sie macht sehr viel für Saterfriesisch) und wollte als Abschlussreferat etwas über Wikipedias Beitrag zum Sprachenausbau von Ausbausprachen halten. Sprachenausbau ist ein Vorgang, bei dem eine Sprache quasi modernisiert wird, der Wortschatz quasi erweitert wird durch moderne Begriffe und Ideen. Daher wollte ich bei ausbauenden Sprachen anfragen, was die User 1. darüber denken, welchen Beitrag die Wikipedia zu ihrer eigenen Sprache, also hier Saterfriesisch, inne hat und 2. wie und nach welchen Kriterien ihr versucht, neue Wörter zu schaffen. (Könntet ihr mir auch mitteilen, ob ihr hier eine Seite habt, auf der ihr solche Neuschöpfungen diskutiert?) Ich würde mich echt freuen, wenn sich hier einige Meinungen sammeln würden. Vielen Dank und schönen Tag noch ;) Zylbath 16:01, 13. Sep 2011 (UTC)

Lieber Zylbath, über diesem Gegenstand gibt es hier eine Seite Sproakuutbau, wo etwas von der Problematik skizziert ist. Selber folge ich die Praxiz des Lesebouk foar Seelterlound, das viel übersetztes Material enthält. Dabei hat man zu entscheiden zwischen einerseits möglichst konsequenter Anwendung von saterschen Formen, auch in Zusammensetzungen, und andererseits Zuvorkommen unverständlicher oder lächerlicher Bildungen.

Aber schon in den Aufzeichnungen des 19. Jahrhundert begegnen ziemlich gewagte Formen, wobei vielleicht mitgespielt hat, dass die Saterländischen Schiffern/Händlern ihre Sprache als Geheimsprache (Stilkene Sproake) benutzt haben.

Eine umfassende Studie dieser Frage im Falle des Saterfriesischen fehlt noch. --Pyt 19:07, 13. Sep 2011 (UTC)

Vielen Dank für deine Antwort. ;) Und wie handhabt ihr hier Wörter, die zum Beispiel aus wissenschaftlichen Fachsprachen kommt, oder die bisher einfach nicht in der Sprache vorgekommen sind und auch noch nicht ersonnen wurden? Habt ihr dazu eine Diskussionsseite? Wie händelt ihr das halt allgemein mit Neologismen? Was glaubt ihr, wie groß ist euer Anteil daran, die Sprache im Allgemeinen auszubauen? Zylbath 19:46, 13. Sep 2011 (UTC)

Wichtig ist, dass man verstanden wird. Ich würde deshalb die im Deutschen gängliche Terminologie handhaben, mit Einbringen saterfriesischer Eigenheiten, wo das anwendbar ist.

Also Effizienz, Rechtslinguistik, Abstraktionsgrad, Fachsprache, Eigentum, relativieren aus de:Juristische Fachsprache als Beispiel werden zu bzw. Effizienz, Gjuchtslinguistik, Abstraktionsgroad, Fäksproake, Oaindum, relativierje.

Probleme geben deutschsprache Fachwörter wie unverzüglich. Da muss man wählen zwischen das mehr verständliche *uunfersüügelk und das konsequentere *uunfertoagelk.

Und beziehungsweise sollte eigentlich *beluukengswiese heissen, was dann auch wieder nicht ganz unverständlich ist, wenn man weiss, dass ziehen auf Saterfriesisch luuke heisst.

Inwieweit solches in die gesprochene Sprache gelangt, wird stark davon abhängen, wo oft so eine Seite benutzt wird. Vorallem sich sonst nicht vorfindende Seiten, z.B. solche die sich spezifisch mit Sachen des Saterlandes beschäftigen, könnten m.E. grossen Einfluss haben. --Pyt 14:43, 14. Sep 2011 (UTC)

Für Saterfriesisch braucht man ein gewisses Sprachgefühl. Man kann z. B. für deutsche Wörter einige morphologische Regeln verwenden. Man schaut erst welche Pre- und Suffixen man ins Saterfriesischen übersetzen kann. Dann kann man sich noch überlegen wie man bestimmte Silben übersetzen kann. Neologismen werden manchmal übersetzt, aber nicht immer. Wenn, dann gucken wir oft wie solche Wörter in die deutsche Sprache übersetzt worden sind. Siehe auch: Lieste mäd Seelterfräiske Computer-Begriepe. Ist das eine Antwort auf deine Frage? --Kening Aldgilles 11:19, 15. Sep 2011 (UTC)

Enzyklopedie

Ju Oudeelenge Enzyklopedie (gjuchts buppe) is tou littik; do Ljude wollen fluks sjo wier jo wai mouten, uurs säike jo hier nit fääre. Deertou is ju Iendeelenge nit logisk: Geographie is uk ne Wietenskup en Sproake heert deels tou Wietenskup. Beeter kuud me ätter mien Meenenge dan wier ne grattere Lieste ienfiere, as wie se eer hieden. Fon deer kon me dan deertou ätter Portoale foar do Sunnergebiete waiwiesed wäide, as nu bie Geographie. Wät meene Jie deertou? --Pyt (Diskussion) 17:50, 31. Moa 2012 (UTC)

Ju Haudsiede is noch nit kloor. Deer skällen leeter noch moor Portoale kuume, man eerst wan wie uk moor Sieden uur bestimde Themen hääbe. Ju oolde Haudsiede waas nit fuul beeter, deer weeren Ferbiendengen ätter Artikkele mäd two of tjo Sätse. Nu kricht ju Haudsiede eendelk ju Struktuur, wäkke in do maaste Wikipedia's aal ferweendet is. Iek toanke, foar so ne litje Wikipedia sjucht ju Haudsiede nu gjucht goud uut. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles (Diskussion) 23:22, 31. Moa 2012 (UTC)

Wie wollen Geduld äiwe. Bit sowied noch ätter Gans-Inhoold waiwiesd. --Pyt (Diskussion) 08:39, 1. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Dät is ne goude Löösenge. Leeter konnen wie dät noch annerje. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles (Diskussion) 11:22, 1. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Gans-Inhoold? Stound deer aal wät wie hääbe? Noa, dät stound deer nit. Also weeruum heet dät dan 'gans'? Dät is eenfach nit gjucht un skäl uurs heete. Un dan noch 'Information', wäkke Information kriege do Ljuude deer? Information uur Sproaken, ne Gebruuksanwiesenge? Of is Information eenfach ne Soomelsiede? Bitte, moakje fon ju Haudsiede neen Schrottplatz. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles (Diskussion) 12:38, 3. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Äiwendräid is naan Mäddenräid. Dät rakt fuul Internetsieden, do der gans fluch uutsjo, man wier die Bruuker sin Wai nit oun fiende kon. Dät is wät wie toufoarkuume skällen. Iek bän deermäd ienfersteen dät dät Woud Gans-Inhoold toufuul ferspräkt un hääbe dät deeruum annerd tou Inhoold. --Pyt (Diskussion) 14:20, 3. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Iek wol jädden n Föörsleek moakje un tou Diskussion stalle, wo wie dät fillicht uurs un düüdliker benoome konnen:

Information ärsätte truch: Info foar Bruuker

Inhoold ärsätte truch: Uursicht-Haudthemas

Gr. --Bernd (Diskussion) 20:38, 3. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Info foar Bruuker -> is dät nit Gebruuksanwiesenge? Dät hääbe wie aal. Deeruum bruuke wie ju Ferwiesenge nit (ätter mien Meenenge). Un Haudthemas kuume leeter, do Sieden unner Inhoold sunt Sieden un neen Themas. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles (Diskussion) 16:09, 4. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Wan dät hier deerum gungt, gjuchte Noomen tou fiende: Älk Bäiden kricht n Noome, un do konne wie uk sicher fiende. Mien Försleek was fillicht nit so goud.

Dät stimt, Gebruuksanwiesenge hääbe wie al. Gjucht nuumen is ju Information je ne Info uur Seeltersk in ferskeedene Sproaken, so as do Noudfräisen dät uk unner ap ju Haudsiede hääbe. Dät fiende iek uk goud, so wäide Froamde n bitje uur Seeltersk un Seelterlound wies. Un dät Woud INFO betjuud je foar do Ljuude, dät do deer wät wies wäide konnen wan do deer kiekje.

Un deer unner Inhoold sunt je Uutsoachte Sieden tou fiende, do hääbe do Noudfräisen uk gjuchts ap ju Haudsiede.

Fiellicht konne wie dät eerste Moal uumebenoome bit ju Haudsiede gans kloar is? Iek meene, do two Links reeke moor Info ap ju Haudsiede un moakje uus flugge Haudsiede nit kaputt. Wäl ne uur Meeninge häd, kon dät jädden kweede. Mäd uus poar Ljuude hier koone wie sicher n gouden Kompromiss fiende. Gr. --Bernd (Diskussion) 18:24, 4. Jun 2012 (UTC)

'Uutsoachte Sieden' heert sik beeter an, un dät sunt et uk. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles (Diskussion) 18:49, 4. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Iek hääbe do two Seeken eerste Moal voorloopig annerjed. Jädden wier touräächsätte, wan dät nit goud is. Gr.--Bernd (Diskussion) 19:56, 4. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Enzyklopedie 2

Ljoowe seelter Wikipedioanere,
Iek hääbe noch moal wier ättertoacht uur uus Haudsiede un koom dan tou dät Foulgjende.
1 Wikipedia is ne Enzyklopedie un wan wäl uus Haudsiede apsäkt, is dät uum enzyklopediske Information.
2 Deeruum skuul ju Haudsiede eegentelk bloot n Portoal tou ju ganse seelter Wikipedia weese, dan dät is ju Haudseeke.
3 Bie uur Wikipedien is dät ap ju Haudsiede ferskeeden iengjucht. Ap tichtste bie mien 'Ideoal' kumt ju holloundske (nl) mäd sun 50 Sunnergebiete in 5 Haudgruppen. Dät sjucht daach wät uurauelk uut (frr häd dätsälge wier flugger). Deerjuun häd ju düütske (de) bloot 8 Ferbiendengen tou Haudgebiete un dan noch tou 4 ferskeeden iengjuchte Indexe as 'Artikel nach Themen'. Uungefeer dätsälge fint sik bie en, fr un uk fy.
4 Me skuul ounnieme, dät do groote Wikipedien gjucht hieruur ättertoacht hääbe un dät me him ap bääste foulgje kon. Deerbie skuul me daach ju Enzyklopedie nit in ju gjuchte Spalte wächstopje, man düütelk buppe uur bee Spalten, as bi de. Un deerbie skuul ju Ferbiendenge ätter Uutsoachte Sieden äntwikkeld wäide tou Artikkele ätter Themen.
Wät meene jie deertou? --Pyt (Diskussion) 19:33, 5. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Gouden Dai mädnunnner,

iek finde ju nl-Haudsiede uk aan fon do fluchste, mon mäd uur 1.000.000 Artikkele un 223 Portoale un Subportoale kon me natüürlik moor moakje as wie mäd 2.300 Artikkele und 10 Portoale. Do hääbe 4 Haudgruppen un deerunner son'n 50 fon hiere Portoale ap ju Haudsiede.

Juustso hääbe wie dät uk mäd do 3 Haudgruppen und do 10 Portoale deerbie. Dät wäd alles gratter, wan wie moor Artikkele un Portoale hääbe, mon dät gungt nit so gauw mäd uus poar Autoren. Ap do Portoalsieden sunt dan fluks alle Sieden uur dät Themoa tou fiende. Ap de: is dät uk so, dät me uur do Haudgruppen ätter do Portoale un dan ätter do Artikkele kuumt.

Bie do Uutsoachte Sieden kon me fillicht n poar fon do Sieden fluks deerbie ap ju Haudsiede sätte, so as t.B. Seeltersk, Fryslan, Fräiske Sproake un noch poar uur Sieden. Wan deer nüms wäd juun häd, kon iek je moal probierje, wo dät uutsjucht. Bie frr: hääbe do naan Portoale un deerum stounde deer do Gruppen mäd wäkke uutsoachte Artikkele ap ju Haudsiede.

Gjucht goud is die Artikkelindex ap nl: [2]. Deer kon me fluks aal Artikkele fon älke Boutsteewe fiende. Fillicht konne wie dät ätter uuse Wikipedia uurdreege?

Älk een häd sicher ne uur Foarstellnge uur dän Apbau. Mon mäd uus poar Ljuude skäl dät sicher muugelk weese, n gouden Kompromiss tou fiende.

Gröitnis, --Bernd (Diskussion) 12:05, 6. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Iek toanke, wie mouten ju Ferwaltenge an dät Stadium anpaasje, in dät wie juust sunt:

Eer wie uus ju Oarderenge fon ju Wikipedia fertüütelje, mout toufäärme so gjucht wät tou't Oarderjen deer weese, nämelk n systematisk apbauden Inhoold. Bit nu tou waas dät je so, dät älkunaan skrieuwen häd, wät hie wüül, un deertruch is ju Wikipedia riek wuden oun Spesjoalwieten, man dät aalmeene, dät stoant deer nit so oane. Wie häbe eenige goude Artikkele - man wie häbe fuul, do skuulen goud wäide, un sunt bloot heel kuut. Un foar eenige wichtige Seeken häbe wie noch naan Artikkel. Deeruum min Foarsleek, in Wiki-Projekte tou wierkjen, as dät toun Deel uk in grattere Wikipedien däin wude. Dät sunt Ljuude, do häbe sik t.B. foarnuumen, tou älk Täärp in Düütsklound aan Artikkel tou skrieuwen - un dan häbe do dät däin. Ätter dät System konnen wie wierkje. Iek slo foar, wie moakje uus Jiersploane, wier älkunaan apskrift, wäkke Artikkele wie ätter sien Meenenge näi ferfoatje skuulen un uk, wäkke wie noch fääre uutbaue skuulen. Un die Jiersploan mout dan ärfäld wäide. Iek toanke, dät wie ap düsse Wiese in een poor Jiere do grootste Glieuwen in uus Wikipedia ticht kriege wollen.

Wan uus Inhoold dan een stoatelke Grööte häd, dan konnen wie in Seelterlound Rekloame moakje. Dwo wie dät eer, dan nieme do Ljuude uus nit iedenst. Bernd, so fier as iek weet, lieuwest du in Seelterlound. Dät ferspreeden fon ju Rekloame waas dan dien Seeke. Plakoate präntjen, un aal sowät, dät kon iek uk, wan't uurs neemens wol. Dan mouten wie uk deer uur ätter toanke, wo wie ju Oarderenge fon ju Wikipedia räägelje, deermäd do Ljuude, do dät bruuke, sik tou gjuchte fiende. Man nu, eer wie Rekloame moaked häbe, wäl koant ju Siede? Nit fuul, leeuwe iek. Wan iek in Seelterlound unnerwaiens bän, un mäd do Ljuude baale, dan sjo iek, dät do maaste dät nit wiete, dät dät een Wikipedia ap Seeltersk rakt.

Aan alphabetisken Index rakt dät uurigens ap älke Wikipedia, dät is een fon do Spesjoalsieden, do automatisk existierje. Iek weet nit, wääruume do Holloundere deer noch een sunnerde Projektsiede foar moaked häbe. Iek hoolde dän alphabetiske Index uk nit foar so wichtich, as aan Index, die ätter Themen oarderd is, un deertou tjoont je al dät Kategoriensystem, mäd Hälpe fon dät me sik fon do aalmeene Kategorien aaltied deel ätter do allerspesjoalste Kategorien klikje kon. Bloot mout me dät wiete, un deertou rakt dät ju Bruuksounwiesenge, un ju mout ap een prominente Steede stounde, dät älken hier sjucht. Af wie ferlinkje fluks ap do wichtichste Kategorien, dät gungt so fier as iek weet so, dät me in dän Wältäkst fon dän Link noch n Dubbelpunkt roane skrift, wan me dät uurs moaket, wäd ju biträffende Siede dan säärm in ju Kategorie stat. Man dät gungt so: Kategorie:Biologie - kieket man in dän Wältäkst, wo iek dät moaked häbe!

Sunt jie mäd mien Foarsleeke ienfersteen? Wan jee, dan wol iek fluks mäd do Jiersploane biginne.

Gröitnis, Heinz (Diskussion) 21:12, 6. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Dät häd die Heinz deer fluch skrieuwen, mon dät sünt Woanskfoarstallenge. Wikipedia is n Wierk fon Fräiwilligers, deer kon mon nüms ferplichtje, n Jierploan tou moakje un dän ientouhoolden. Fersäiked moal, hier in Seelterlound Fräiwillers tou fiende. Wo fuul konne hier wäil Seeltersk skrieuwe? Fillicht 10 Mon af 20 Mon? Moor wierskienelk nit. - Do dät kuuden, t.B. do Koastere af do Ljuude ap de Meente, do wolle dät alle nit. Iek hääbe al ferskeedene Ljuude fräiged - nüms wol meemoakje - do masten gunge ljauwer in ne Weerskup af fierje af hääbe Sälskup in n Fereen. Dät is wäil ju Mentalität fon do Ljuude hier. Aan do een maol in't Jier n litjen Biedraag skrieuwt hälped uus nit fuul. Wie bruuke Ljuude so as do bie fy: (Wäästfräisen), do dän gansen Dai blood skrieuwe. Dät sunt deer uk nit fuul Ljuude, mon do hääbe nu al 25.000 Artikkele. Alles hoanged deerfon ou, af hier do Ljuude meemoakje wolle. Gr. --Bernd (Diskussion) 21:47, 6. Jun 2012 (UTC)

So, deer is wier fuul bie hääruutkeemen! Die TEST fon Bernd saach goud uut, man iek hääbe dät man ieuwen blouked, nu is dät wäil wier wäch. Deeran kuud me noch Kategorien bietouföigje, as uk ap de [[3]], dan dät is n goud System dät dät al rakt un uk wäil toun Säiken meend is. Sicher waas dät ap bääste, wan wie dät aal systematisk uutoarbaideden, man wie mouten deermäd reekenje, dät dät Ljoowesoarbaid is. Man älk kon dät foar sien Gebiet dwo, as Heinz dät so fluch foar Biologie wiest.

Nu al is dät so, dät älk maast bestimde Gebiete betjoont, foar mie t.B. Sproake, materielle Kultuur, Technik, Physik, anorganiske Chemie. Deer kon älk also ounfange, man deerbuute rakt et dan uk sicher Dingere do apmoal aktuell of interessant sunt. Ne gans stromme Organisation wierket sik oawers foar sun litje Wikipedia wäil nit uut.

N alphabetisken Artikkelindex [[4]] is fluch, man uk gefoorelk: wan deer man een Artikkel failt, dan meent die Bruuker: dät rakt et nit. Fuul sicherer lät mie ju automatiske Säike gjuchts buppe ap ju Haudsiede.--Pyt (Diskussion) 08:53, 7. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Oach, hier stoant die TEST fon Bernd as iek him jäärsene blouked hiede, also uur ju ganse Bratte. Un dan fielicht wät kuuter un mäd Symbole, as bie ju düütske. Un iek sjo, dät 'Kategorien' der al oane stoant. --Pyt (Diskussion) 14:04, 7. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Fonsäärm konnen wie neemens twinge, dät hie sik ätter aan Jiersploan gjuchtet. Man dät is daach een sinfulle Idee, un wääruume skällen do Bruukere deer nit fräiwillich an meewierkje? Un tou do Seeken, do apmoal aktuell af interessant sunt, kon me je uk Artikkele skrieuwe. Dät me do Artikkele uut dän Jiersploan skrift, dät hat je nit, dät me ap uurswäkke fertichtje mout. Wät Bernd kwäd, dät tou min Ljuude in Seelterlound Seeltersk skrieuwe un leese, deer häd hie wäil gjucht, man dät is je dät, wät wie uurje wollen! Je moor dät ap Seeltersk tou leesen rakt, je moor wäd ju Seelterske Literatuur iedenst nuumen. Je moor in uus Wikipedia stoant, je moor wäd uus Wikipedia iedenst nuumen. (Fonsäärm skuulen wie bie aal ju Moite uum Quantität ju Qualität nit ferjeete!) Un wan wie uus goud organisierje, konnen wie deer uk mäd fjauer Ljuude wät uut moakje.

Iek skrieuwe also min Foarsleek fon n Jiersploan ap Wikipedia:Foarsleek fon aan Jiersploan. Wäl deer meemoakje wol, die kon deer meemoakje, wäl dät nit wol, die däd dät ieuwen nit.

Gröitnis, Heinz (Diskussion) 17:42, 7. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Dät sjucht mäd dän Jiersploan goud uut. Sowät hääbe wie uk aal, kiekje moal bie Wikipedia:Artikkele do't in älke Wikipedia reeke skäl. Ju Lieste konnen wie uk fääre uutbaue. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles (Diskussion) 06:03, 8. Jun 2012 (UTC)

So as Kening al skrift hääbe wie unner dät Wikipedia-Portoal al Wikipedia:Artikkele do't in älke Wikipedia reeke skäl. Deer hääbe wie uk noch Wikipedia:Wonskede Artikkele. Un dan moute wie nit ferjiete, dät in gans fuul Artikkele noch fuul in .rood stound, wier wie uk noch do Artikkele foar skrieuwe moute. Touhoope mäd Heinz sien Wikipedia:Foarsleek fon aan Jiersploan hääbe wie eerste moal oarich wät tou moakje. Gr.--Bernd (Diskussion) 07:17, 8. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Also: genouch tou dwoon! Goud, dat dät so moal ap de Riege keemen is. --Pyt (Diskussion) 07:34, 8. Jun 2012 (UTC)

Pro7 Video

http://www.prosieben.de/tv/galileo/videos/clip/1971415-deutschland-deine-seltensten-dinge-1.3390137 -Chris 20:01, 6. Okt 2012 (UTC)

Bitje uurs

Moin,

Iek hääbe ju Haudsiede n bitje annerd. Nu sjucht et wier so uut as ju wäästfräiske Wikipedia. Iek toanke, nu is HS-Enzyklopädie n bitje uursichtelker. Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles (Diskussion) 12:46, 28. Dez 2012 (UTC)

Interwikis

Leew frinjer,
wan jam ei jo hunerten faan wikipedias üüb a Haudsiede haa wel, do skriiw {{Noexternallanglinks}}
iin uun det sidj Haudsiede
Hartelk gröötnis --Murma174 (Diskussion) 21:31, 27. Apr 2013 (UTC)

Tonk, Murna,
Man iek kon nit fiende, wo jie dat in ju noudfräiske Wikipedia moaked häabe. --Pyt (Diskussion) 17:33, 30. Apr 2013 (UTC)
Daach man eenfach anwoand. Un jee, dät gungt goud! Noch moal Tonk! --Pyt (Diskussion) 07:24, 1. Moa 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor coming to this wiki

Hello. Please excuse the English. I would be grateful if you can translate this message!

VisualEditor is coming to this project on December 2nd. VisualEditor is software in development to allow people to edit pages in MediaWiki without needing to learn wikitext syntax (like typing [[ and ]] to link to another page). It is already available and in use on some Wikipedia projects. Please see mw:Help:VisualEditor/FAQ for more information.

When this software arrives, you will have the option to use it or to use the current wikitext editor. When you press “edit”, you will get the new VisualEditor software. To use the wikitext editor, you can press “edit source”. For more information about how to use VisualEditor, see mw:Help:VisualEditor/User guide.

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If you have time, please test the new editor before it is deployed. This would let us know about any serious issues specific to this Wikipedia before the rollout. To enable VisualEditor now, go to your “Preferences”, select “Editing” and select “Enable VisualEditor”.

We would also appreciate help with translation with the pages about VisualEditor here and on MediaWiki.org, and its user interface. See VisualEditor TranslationCentral for general information. To translate the user interface, start by creating an account at TranslateWiki. Once your account request is approved, all you need to do is select your language from this list. This will give you a list of individual lines and paragraphs. The English original will be on one side, with the option to “edit” on the other. Pressing “edit” will open an edit window where you can work.

The User Guide is another important document. To translate this, simply go to the MediaWiki.org page, and select “translate this page”. Your language should be available from the drop-down menu on the right. If you want to help with translations and would like to talk about how, please leave a message for me on my talk page.

Thank you, and happy editing! --JEissfeldt (WMF) (Diskussion) 19:36, 15. Nov 2013 (UTC)

Grote Skoule fon't Seelterlound

Diese Wikipedia braucht ein Artikel fuer Schulzentrum Saterland. Wōdenhelm (Diskussion) 01:45, 23. Dez 2013 (UTC)

Vielen Dank. Ich habe die Seite zum Teil ins Saterfriesische übersetzt (Grote Skoule fon't Seelterlound). Gröitnis --Kening Aldgilles (Diskussion) 11:17, 23. Dez 2013 (UTC)

Bielde fon ju Wiek

Hallo. Ich habe gerade die fehlenende Vorlagen für Bielde fon ju Wiek erstellt. Wer kann mal die deutschen Texte in Foarloage:Bielde fon ju Wiek/2014/Beschrieuwenge ins Saterfriesische übersetzten? Gruß --Tlustulimu (Diskussion) 11:09, 20. Feb 2014 (UTC)

Changes to the default site typography coming soon

This week, the typography on Wikimedia sites will be updated for all readers and editors who use the default "Vector" skin. This change will involve new serif fonts for some headings, small tweaks to body content fonts, text size, text color, and spacing between elements. The schedule is:

• April 1st: non-Wikipedia projects will see this change live
• April 3rd: Wikipedias will see this change live

This change is very similar to the "Typography Update" Beta Feature that has been available on Wikimedia projects since November 2013. After several rounds of testing and with feedback from the community, this Beta Feature will be disabled and successful aspects enabled in the default site appearance. Users who are logged in may still choose to use another skin, or alter their personal CSS, if they prefer a different appearance. Local common CSS styles will also apply as normal, for issues with local styles and scripts that impact all users.

For more information:

• Summary of changes and FAQ
• Discussion page for feedback or questions
• Post on blog.wikimedia.org

-- Steven Walling (Product Manager) on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation's User Experience Design team

Media Viewer

Greetings, my apologies for writing in English.

I wanted to let you know that Media Viewer will be released to this wiki in the coming weeks. Media Viewer allows readers of Wikimedia projects to have an enhanced view of files without having to visit the file page, but with more detail than a thumbnail. You can try Media Viewer out now by turning it on in your Beta Features. If you do not enjoy Media Viewer or if it interferes with your work after it is turned on you will be able to disable Media Viewer as well in your preferences. I invite you to share what you think about Media Viewer and how it can be made better in the future.

Thank you for your time. - Keegan (WMF) 21:29, 23. Moa 2014 (UTC)

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Using only UploadWizard for uploads

Hello! Sorry for writing in English. It was noted that on this wiki upload is not fully functional for users, who will experience a very difficult and/or illegal uploading. In fact, the licenses/copyright tags dropdown is empty, making it hard or impossible to comply with copyright requirements during upload itself.

Presumably, you don't have interest nor energies to have hundreds templates with the now required HTML, even less a local EDP. I propose to have

• local "Hoochleede" restricted to the "Administratore" group (for emergency uploads) and
• the sidebar point to commons:Special:UploadWizard,

so that you can avoid local maintenance and all users can have a functioning, easy upload interface in their own language. All registered users can upload on Commons and existing files will not be affected.

All this will get done around 2014-07-03.

1. If you disagree with the proposal, just remove your wiki from the list. Remember also to create MediaWiki:Licenses locally with any content (see a simple example), or uploads will be soon disabled anyway by MediaWiki itself (starting in version 1.24wmf11).
2. To make the UploadWizard even better, please tell your experience and ideas on commons:Commons:Upload Wizard feedback.

Nemo 13:09, 19. Jun 2014 (UTC)

Media Viewer is now live on this wiki

Media Viewer lets you see images in larger size

Greetings— and sorry for writing in English, please translate if it will help your community,

The Wikimedia Foundation's Multimedia team is happy to announce that Media Viewer was just released on this site today.

Media Viewer displays images in larger size when you click on their thumbnails, to provide a better viewing experience. Users can now view images faster and more clearly, without having to jump to separate pages — and its user interface is more intuitive, offering easy access to full-resolution images and information, with links to the file repository for editing. The tool has been tested extensively across all Wikimedia wikis over the past six months as a Beta Feature and has been released to the largest Wikipedias, all language Wikisources, and the English Wikivoyage already.

If you do not like this feature, you can easily turn it off by clicking on "Disable Media Viewer" at the bottom of the screen, pulling up the information panel (or in your your preferences) whether you have an account or not. Learn more in this Media Viewer Help page.

Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about Media Viewer. You are invited to share your feedback in this discussion on MediaWiki.org in any language, to help improve this feature. You are also welcome to take this quick survey in English, en français, o español.

We hope you enjoy Media Viewer. Many thanks to all the community members who helped make it possible. - Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 21:54, 19. Jun 2014 (UTC)

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VisualEditor global newsletter—June 2014

This is a one-time mailing to projects that may need this information. Future newsletters will be available as opt-in only. To receive future newsletters (about one per month), please add your page to the subscribers' list at m:VisualEditor/Newsletter. You're welcome to translate to your language.

Did you know?

The character formatting menu, or "Text gestalten" menu lets you set bold, italic, and other text styles. "Clear formatting" removes all text styles and removes links to other pages.

Do you think that clear formatting should remove links? Are there changes you would like to see for this menu? Share your opinion at MediaWiki.org.

The user guide has information about how to use VisualEditor.

The VisualEditor team is mostly working to fix bugs, improve performance, reduce technical debt, and other infrastructure needs. You can find on Mediawiki.org weekly updates detailing recent work.

• They have moved the "Tastaturkürzel" link out of the "Seitenoptionen" menu, into the "Hilfe" menu. Within dialog boxes, buttons are now more accessible (via the Tab key) from the keyboard.
• You can now see the target of the link when you click on it, without having to open the inspector.
• The team also expanded TemplateData: You can now add a parameter type  "date" for dates and times in the ISO 8601 format, and  "boolean" for values which are true or false. Also, templates that redirect to other templates (like {{citeweb}} → {{cite web}}) now get the TemplateData of their target (bug 50964). You can test TemplateData by editing mw:Template:Sandbox/doc.
• Category: and File: pages now display their contents correctly after saving an edit (bug 65349, bug 64239)
• They have also improved reference editing: You should no longer be able to add empty citations with VisualEditor (bug 64715), as with references. When you edit a reference, you can now empty it and click the "use an existing reference" button to replace it with another reference instead. 
• It is now possible to edit inline images with VisualEditor. Remember that inline images cannot display captions, so existing captions get removed. Many other bugs related to images were also fixed.
• You can now add and edit {{DISPLAYTITLE}} and __DISAMBIG__ in the "Seitenoptionen" menu, rounding out the full set of page options currently planned.
• The tool to insert special characters is now wider and simpler.

Looking ahead

The VisualEditor team has posted a draft of their goals for the next fiscal year. You can read them and suggest changes on MediaWiki.org.

The team posts details about planned work on VisualEditor's roadmap. You will soon be able to drag-and-drop text as well as images. If you drag an image to a new place, it won't let you place it in the middle of a paragraph. All dialog boxes and windows will be simplified based on user testing and feedback. The VisualEditor team plans to add autofill features for citations. Your ideas about making referencing quick and easy are still wanted. Support for upright image sizes is being developed. The designers are also working on support for viewing and editing hidden HTML comments and adding rows and columns to tables.

Supporting your wiki

Please read VisualEditor/Citation tool for information on configuring the new citation template menu, labeled "⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽". This menu will not appear unless it has been configured on your wiki.

If you speak a language other than English, we need your help with translating the user guide. The guide is out of date or incomplete for many languages, and what's on your wiki may not be the most recent translation. Please contact us if you need help getting started with translation work on MediaWiki.org.

VisualEditor can be made available to most non-Wikipedia projects. If your community would like to test VisualEditor, please contact product manager James Forrester or file an enhancement request in Bugzilla.

Please share your questions, suggestions, or problems by posting a note at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback or by joining the office hours on Saturday, 19 July 2014 at 21:00 UTC (daytime for the Americas and Pacific Islands) or on Thursday, 14 August 2014 at 9:00 UTC (daytime for Europe, Middle East, Asia).

If you'd like to get this newsletter on your own page (about once a month), please subscribe at Meta (or at w:en:Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Newsletter for English Wikipedia only). Thank you! --Elitre (WMF), 22:33, 25. Jun 2014 (UTC)

Updates related to VisualEditor

Please help translate this message in your language. Thanks :)

Hi, everybody. This is a reminder that we invite you to discuss VisualEditor's recent development and plans ahead during the next office hours with James Forrester (Product Manager):

• Thursday, August 14, 9:00 UTC;
• Thursday, September 18, 16:00 UTC.

If you are not able to attend but have a question for James, you can leave your question at mediawiki.org or on my talk page by the day before, and I will try to get a response. We plan to continue these monthly sessions as long as there is community interest, and to announce them through the VisualEditor global newsletter as well (please subscribe your talk page there to get the latest news about the software).

Most of the VisualEditor team will be at Wikimania in London in August! You'll be able to meet the developers during the Hackaton or at the following sessions:

• VisualEditor — helping users edit more easily, Saturday, August 9;
• VisualEditor — engineering against the odds, Sunday, August 10.

WMF community liaisons will share a booth with community advocates at the Community Village and look forward to talking to you there. Thanks for your attention! --User:Elitre (WMF) 16:02, 31. Jul 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor global newsletter—July and August 2014

The VisualEditor team is currently working mostly to fix bugs, improve performance, reduce technical debt, and other infrastructure needs. You can find on Mediawiki.org weekly updates detailing recent work.

Dialog boxes in VisualEditor have been re-designed to use action words instead of icons. This has increased the number of items that need to be translated. The user guide is also being updated.

The biggest visible change since the last newsletter was to the dialog boxes. The design for each dialog box and window was simplified. The most commonly needed buttons are now at the top. Based on user feedback, the buttons are now labeled with simple words (like "Cancel" or "Done") instead of potentially confusing icons (like "<" or "X"). Many of the buttons to edit links, images, and other items now also show the linked page, image name, or other useful information when you click on them.

• Hidden HTML comments (notes visible to editors, but not to readers) can now be read, edited, inserted, and removed. A small icon (a white exclamation mark on a dot) marks the location of each comments. You can click on the icon to see the comment.
• You can now drag and drop text and templates as well as images. A new placement line makes it much easier to see where you are dropping the item. Images can no longer be dropped into the middle of paragraphs.
• All references and footnotes (<ref> tags) are now made through the "⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽" menu, including the "⧼visualeditor-dialogbutton-reference-tooltip⧽" (manual formatting) footnotes and the ability to re-use an existing citation, both of which were previously accessible only through the "Einfügen" menu. The "⧼visualeditor-dialogbutton-referencelist-tooltip⧽" is still added via the "Einfügen" menu.
• When you add an image or other media file, you are now prompted to add an image caption immediately. You can also replace an image whilst keeping the original caption and other settings.
• All tablet users visiting the mobile web version of Wikipedias will be able to opt-in to a version of VisualEditor from 14 August. You can test the new tool by choosing the beta version of the mobile view in the Settings menu.
• The link tool has a new "Open" button that will open a linked page in another tab so you can make sure a link is the right one.
• The "Cancel" button in the toolbar has been removed based on user testing. To cancel any edit, you can leave the page by clicking the Read tab, the back button in your browser, or closing the browser window without saving your changes.

Looking ahead

The team posts details about planned work on the VisualEditor roadmap. The VisualEditor team plans to add auto-fill features for citations soon. Your ideas about making referencing quick and easy are still wanted. Support for upright image sizes is being developed. The designers are also working on support for adding rows and columns to tables. Work to support Internet Explorer is ongoing.

Feedback opportunities

The Editing team will be making two presentations this weekend at Wikimania in London. The first is with product manager James Forrester and developer Trevor Parscal on Saturday at 16:30. The second is with developers Roan Kattouw and Trevor Parscal on Sunday at 12:30. There is a VisualEditor Translation Sprint going on during Wikimania; whether you're in London or not, any contributions are welcome!

Please share your questions, suggestions, or problems by posting a note at the VisualEditor feedback page or by joining the office hours discussion on Thursday, 14 August 2014 at 09:00 UTC (daytime for Europe, Middle East and Asia) or on Thursday, 18 September 2014 at 16:00 UTC (daytime for the Americas; evening for Europe).

If you'd like to get this newsletter on your own page (about once a month), please subscribe at w:en:Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Newsletter for English Wikipedia only or at Meta for any project. Thank you! --Elitre (WMF), 14:40, 9. Aug 2014 (UTC)

Letter petitioning WMF to reverse recent decisions

The Wikimedia Foundation recently created a new feature, "superprotect" status. The purpose is to prevent pages from being edited by elected administrators -- but permitting WMF staff to edit them. It has been put to use in only one case: to protect the deployment of the Media Viewer software on German Wikipedia, in defiance of a clear decision of that community to disable the feature by default, unless users decide to enable it.

If you oppose these actions, please add your name to this letter. If you know non-Wikimedians who support our vision for the free sharing of knowledge, and would like to add their names to the list, please ask them to sign an identical version of the letter on change.org.

• Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer
• Letter on change.org

-- JurgenNL (talk) 17:35, 21. Aug 2014 (UTC)

Process ideas for software development

’’My apologies for writing in English.’’

Hello,

I am notifying you that a brainstorming session has been started on Meta to help the Wikimedia Foundation increase and better affect community participation in software development across all wiki projects. Basically, how can you be more involved in helping to create features on Wikimedia projects? We are inviting all interested users to voice their ideas on how communities can be more involved and informed in the product development process at the Wikimedia Foundation. It would be very appreciated if you could translate this message to help inform your local communities as well.

I and the rest of my team welcome you to participate. We hope to see you on Meta.

Kind regards, -- Rdicerb (WMF) talk 22:15, 21. Aug 2014 (UTC)

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Grants to improve your project

Apologies for English. Please help translate this message.

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to 30th. Your idea could improve Wikimedia projects with a new tool or gadget, a better process to support community-building on your wiki, research on an important issue, or something else we haven't thought of yet. Whether you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your own project development time in addition to hiring others to help you.

• Submit your proposal
• Get help: In IdeaLab or an upcoming Hangout session MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 16:52, 2. Sep 2014 (UTC)

Woudebouke

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Aah, iek tonkje die. Deer hied iek ook ap kuume konne, t spied mie. Iek wist nit dät et hier ook ne Woudelieste rakt. Ju Lieste is ächt uutfüürelk. Dan mout iek dät Leere noch nit apreeke. :) Wan iek Tied hääbe, wäide iek wier seeltersk leere un fielicht hier Artikkel skrieuwe. Zylbath (Diskussion) 20:29, 4. Sep 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #8—2014

Did you know?

TemplateData is a separate program that organizes information about the parameters that can be used in a template. VisualEditor reads that data, and uses it to populate its simplified template dialogs.

With the new TemplateData editor, it is easier to add information about parameters, because the ones you need to use are pre-loaded.

See the help page for TemplateData for more information about adding TemplateData. The user guide has information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing team has reduced technical debt, simplified some workflows for template and citation editing, made major progress on Internet Explorer support, and fixed over 125 bugs and requests. Several performance improvements were made, especially to the system around re-using references and reference lists. Weekly updates are posted on Mediawiki.org.

There were three issues that required urgent fixes: a deployment error that meant that many buttons didn't work correctly (bugs 69856 and 69864), a problem with edit conflicts that left the editor with nowhere to go (bug 69150), and a problem in Internet Explorer 11 that replaced some categories with a link to the system message MediaWiki:Badtitletext (bug 70894) when you saved. The developers apologize for the disruption, and thank the people who reported these problems quickly.

Increased support for devices and browsers

Internet Explorer 10 and 11 users now have access to VisualEditor. This means that about 5% of Wikimedia's users will now get an "Edit" tab alongside the existing "Edit source" tab. Support for Internet Explorer 9 is planned for the future.

Tablet users browsing the site's mobile mode now have the option of using a mobile-specific form of VisualEditor. More editing tools, and availability of VisualEditor on smartphones, is planned for the future. The mobile version of VisualEditor was tweaked to show the context menu for citations instead of basic references (bug 68897). A bug that broke the editor in iOS was corrected and released early (bug 68949). For mobile tablet users, three bugs related to scrolling were fixed (bug 66697, bug 68828, bug 69630). You can use VisualEditor on the mobile version of Wikipedia from your tablet by clicking on the cog in the top-right when editing a page and choosing which editor to use.

TemplateData editor

The tool for editing TemplateData has been deployed to 30 more Wikipedias this week. Other Wikipedias and some other projects may receive access next month. This tool makes it easier to add TemplateData to the template's documentation. When the tool is enabled, it will add a button above every editing window for a template (including documentation subpages). To use it, edit the template page or a subpage, and then click the "Vorlagendaten verwalten" button at the top. Read the help page for TemplateData. You can test the TemplateData editor in a sandbox at Mediawiki.org. Remember that TemplateData should be placed either on a documentation subpage or on the template page itself. Only one block of TemplateData will be used per template.

Other changes

Several interface messages and labels were changed to be simpler, clearer, or shorter, based on feedback from translators and editors. The formatting of dialogs was changed, and more changes to the appearance will be coming soon, when VisualEditor implements the new MediaWiki theme from Design. (A preview of the theme is available on Labs for developers.) The team also made some improvements for users of the Monobook skin that improved the size of text in toolbars and fixed selections that overlapped menus.

VisualEditor-MediaWiki now supplies the mw-redirect and mw-disambig class on links to redirects and disambiguation pages, so that user gadgets that colour in these types of links can be created.

Templates' fields can be marked as 'required' in TemplateData. If a parameter is marked as required, then you cannot delete that field when you add a new template or edit an existing one (bug 60358).

Language support improved by making annotations use bi-directional isolation (so they display correctly with cursoring behaviour as expected) and by fixing a bug that crashed VisualEditor when trying to edit a page with a dir attribute but no lang set (bug 69955).

Looking ahead

The team posts details about planned work on the VisualEditor roadmap. The VisualEditor team plans to add auto-fill features for citations soon, perhaps in late October.

The team is also working on support for adding rows and columns to tables, and early work for this may appear within the month. Please comment on the design at Mediawiki.org.

In the future, real-time collaborative editing may be possible in VisualEditor. Some early preparatory work for this was recently done.

Supporting your wiki

At Wikimania, several developers gave presentations about VisualEditor. A translation sprint focused on improving access to VisualEditor was supported by many people. Deryck Chan was the top translator. Special honors also go to संजीव कुमार (Sanjeev Kumar), Robby, Takot, Bachounda, Bjankuloski06 and Ата. A summary of the work achieved by the translation community is available. Thank you all for your work.

This was the first translatable VisualEditor newsletter, so thanks to everybody who made this possible! If it hasn't been delivered in your language, and you'd like to help with translations in the future, please subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact Elitre (WMF), so that you will be notified when the next issue is due.

VisualEditor can be made available to most non-Wikipedia projects. If your community would like to test VisualEditor, please contact product manager James Forrester or file an enhancement request in Bugzilla.

Please join the office hours on Saturday, 18 October 2014 at 18:00 UTC (daytime for the Americas; evening for Africa and Europe) and on Wednesday, 19 November at 16:00 UTC on IRC.

Give feedback on VisualEditor at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback. Subscribe or unsubscribe at Meta. Thank you! —Elitre (WMF)

09:49, 13. Okt 2014 (UTC)

Meta RfCs on two new global groups

Hello all,

There are currently requests for comment open on meta to create two new global groups. The first is a group for members of the OTRS permissions queue, which would grant them autopatrolled rights on all wikis except those who opt-out. That proposal can be found at m:Requests for comment/Creation of a global OTRS-permissions user group. The second is a group for Wikimedia Commons admins and OTRS agents to view deleted file pages through the 'viewdeletedfile' right on all wikis except those who opt-out. The second proposal can be found at m:Requests for comment/Global file deletion review.

We would like to hear what you think on both proposals. Both are in English; if you wanted to translate them into your native language that would also be appreciated.

It is possible for individual projects to opt-out, so that users in those groups do not have any additional rights on those projects. To do this please start a local discussion, and if there is consensus you can request to opt-out of either or both at m:Stewards' noticeboard.

Thanks and regards, Ajraddatz (talk) 18:04, 26. Okt 2014 (UTC)

Global AbuseFilter

Hello,

AbuseFilter is a MediaWiki extension used to detect likely abusive behavior patterns, like pattern vandalism and spam. In 2013, Global AbuseFilters were enabled on a limited set of wikis including Meta-Wiki, MediaWiki.org, Wikispecies and (in early 2014) all the "small wikis". Recently, global abuse filters were enabled on "medium sized wikis" as well. These filters are currently managed by stewards on Meta-Wiki and have shown to be very effective in preventing mass spam attacks across Wikimedia projects. However, there is currently no policy on how the global AbuseFilters will be managed although there are proposals. There is an ongoing request for comment on policy governing the use of the global AbuseFilters. In the meantime, specific wikis can opt out of using the global AbuseFilter. These wikis can simply add a request to this list on Meta-Wiki. More details can be found on this page at Meta-Wiki. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on m:Talk:Global AbuseFilter.

Thanks,

PiRSquared17, Glaisher

— 17:34, 14. Nov 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #9—2014

Did you know?

VisualEditor is also available on the mobile version of Wikipedia. Log in and click the pencil icon to open the page you want to edit. Click on the gear-shaped settings button in the upper-right corner to pick which editor to use. Choose "⧼Mobile-frontend-editor-visual-editor⧽" to use VisualEditor, or "⧼Mobile-frontend-editor-source-editor⧽" to use the wikitext editor.

It will remember whether you used wikitext or VisualEditor, and use the same editor the next time you edit an article.

The user guide has information about how to use VisualEditor. Not all features are available on the mobile website.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and requests, and worked on support for editing tables and for using non-Latin languages. Their weekly updates are posted on Mediawiki.org. Informal notes from the recent quarterly review were posted on Meta.

Recent improvements

Basic support for inserting tables and changing the number of rows and columns in them was just introduced to Wikipedias. Advanced features, like dragging columns to different places, will be added later.

To help editors find the most important items more quickly, some items in the toolbar menus are now hidden behind a "Mehr" item, such as "Unterstreichen" in the styling menu.

The French Wikipedia should see better search results for links, templates, and media because the new search engine was turned on for everyone there. This change is expected at the Chinese and German Wikipedias this week, and the following week at the English Wikipedia.

The "pawn" system has been mostly replaced. Bugs in this system sometimes added a chess pawn character to wikitext. The replacement provides better support for non-Latin languages, with full support hopefully coming soon.

VisualEditor is now provided to editors who use Internet Explorer 10 or 11 on desktop and mobile devices. Internet Explorer 9 is not supported yet.

The keyboard shortcuts for items in the toolbar menus are now shown in the menus.

VisualEditor will replace the existing design with a new theme from the User Experience/Design group. The appearance of dialog boxes has already changed in the mobile version. The appearance on desktops will change soon. You are welcome to compare the old "Apex" design and the new "MediaWiki" theme which will replace it.

Several bugs were fixed for internal and external links. Improvements to MediaWiki's search solved an annoying problem: If you searched for the full name of the page or file that you wanted to link, sometimes the search engine could not find the page. A link inside a template to a local page that does not exist will now show red, exactly as it does when reading the page. Due to an error, for about two weeks this also affected all external links inside templates. Opening an auto-numbered link node like [5] with the keyboard used to open the wrong link tool. These problems have all been fixed.

TemplateData

The tool for quickly editing TemplateData has been deployed to all Wikimedia Foundation wikis on Thursday, 6 November. This tool was already available on the biggest 40 Wikipedias, and now all wikis will have access to it. This tool makes it easier to add TemplateData to the template's documentation. When the tool is enabled, it will add a button above every editing window for a template (including documentation subpages). To use it, edit the template or a subpage, and then click the "Vorlagendaten verwalten" button at the top. Read the help page for TemplateData to learn more about it. You can test the TemplateData editor in a sandbox at Mediawiki.org. Remember that TemplateData should be placed either on a documentation subpage or on the template page itself. Only one block of TemplateData will be used per template.

You can use the new autovalue setting to pre-load a value into a template. This can be used to substitute dates, as in this example, or to add the most common value for that parameter. The autovalue can be overridden by the editor, by typing something else in the field.

In TemplateData, you may define a parameter as "required". The template dialog box in VisualEditor will warn editors if they leave a "required" parameter empty, and they will not be able to delete that parameter. If the template can function without this parameter, then please mark it as "vorgeschlagen" or "optional" in TemplateData instead.

Looking ahead

The VisualEditor team plans to add auto-fill features for citations soon. The appearance of the media search dialog will improve, to make picking between possible images easier and more visual. The team posts details about planned work on the VisualEditor roadmap.

The user guide is being updated to add information about editing tables. The translations of the user guide for most languages except Spanish, French, and Dutch are significantly out of date. Please help complete the current translations for users who speak your language. Talk to us if you need help exporting the translated guide to your wiki.

You can influence VisualEditor's design! Tell the VisualEditor team what you want changed during the office hours via IRC. The next sessions are on Wednesday, 19 November at 16:00 UTC and on Wednesday 7 January 2015 at 22:00 UTC. You can also share your ideas at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.

Also, user experience researcher Abbey Ripstra is looking for editors to show her how they edit Wikipedia. Please sign up for the research program if you would like to hear about opportunities.

If you would like to help with translations of this newsletter, please subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Subscribe or unsubscribe at Meta. Thank you! —Elitre (WMF)

23:29, 14. Nov 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #10—2014

Did you know?

Basic table editing is now available in VisualEditor. You can add and remove rows and columns from tables at the click of a button.

The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on table editing and performance. Their weekly status reports are posted on mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.

VisualEditor was deployed to several hundred remaining wikis as an opt-in beta feature at the end of November, except for most Wiktionaries (which depend heavily upon templates) and all Wikisources (which await integration with ProofreadPage).

Recent improvements

Basic support for editing tables is now available. You can add and delete tables, add and remove rows and columns, set or remove a caption for a table, and merge cells together. To change the contents of a cell, double-click inside it. More features will be added in the coming months. In addition, VisualEditor now ignores broken, invalid rowspan and colspan elements, instead of trying to repair them.

You can now use find and replace in VisualEditor, reachable through the tool menu or by pressing ^ Ctrl+F or ⌘ Cmd+F.

You can now create and edit simple <blockquote> paragraphs for quoting and indenting content. This changes a "Absatz" into a "Blockzitat".

Some new keyboard sequences can be used to format content. At the start of the line, typing "* " will make the line a bullet list; "1." or "#" will make it a numbered list; "==" will make it a section heading; ": " will make it a blockquote. If you didn't mean to use these tools, you can press undo to undo the formatting change.

There are also two other keyboard sequences: "[[" for opening the link tool, and "{{" for opening the template tool, to help experienced editors. The existing standard keyboard shortcuts, like ^ Ctrl+K to open the link editor, still work.

If you add a category that has been redirected, then VisualEditor now adds its target. Categories without description pages show up as red.

You can again create and edit galleries as wikitext code.

Looking ahead

The current VisualEditor design will be replaced with a new theme designed by the User Experience group. The new theme will be visible for desktop systems at mediawiki.org in late December and on other sites in early January. (You can see a developer preview of the old "Apex" theme and the new "MediaWiki" one which will replace it.)

The Editing team plans to add auto-fill features for citations in January.

Planned changes to the media search dialog will make choosing between possible images easier.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• Translations of the user guide for most languages are outdated. Only Ukrainian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Dutch translations are nearly current. Please help complete the current translations for users who speak your language.
• Talk to the Editing team during the office hours via IRC. The next session is on Wednesday, 7 January 2015 at 22:00 UTC.
• File requests for language-appropriate "Fett" and "Kursiv" icons for the character formatting menu in Phabricator.
• The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
• If you would like to help with translations of this newsletter, please subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Subscribe or unsubscribe at Meta. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

18:59, 26. Dez 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #1—2015

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on VisualEditor's appearance, the coming Citoid reference service, and support for languages with complex input requirements. Status reports are posted on mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.

The Wikimedia Foundation has named its top priorities for this quarter (January to March). The first priority is making VisualEditor ready for deployment by default to all new users and logged-out users at the remaining large Wikipedias. You can help identify these requirements. There will be weekly triage meetings which will be open to volunteers beginning Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 12:00 (noon) PST (20:00 UTC). Tell Vice President of Engineering Damon Sicore, Product Manager James Forrester and other team members which bugs and features are most important to you. The decisions made at these meetings will determine what work is necessary for this quarter's goal of making VisualEditor ready for deployment to new users. The presence of volunteers who enjoy contributing MediaWiki code is particularly appreciated. Information about how to join the meeting will be posted at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal shortly before the meeting begins.

Due to some breaking changes in MobileFrontend and VisualEditor, VisualEditor was not working correctly on the mobile site for a couple of days in early January. The teams apologize for the problem.

Recent improvements

The new design for VisualEditor aligns with MediaWiki's Front-End Standards as led by the Design team. Several new versions of the OOjs UI library have also been released, and these also affect the appearance of VisualEditor and other MediaWiki software extensions. Most changes were minor, like changing the text size and the amount of white space in some windows. Buttons are consistently color-coded to indicate whether the action:

• starts a new task, like opening the Seite speichern dialog: blue ,
• takes a constructive action, like inserting a citation: green ,
• might remove or lose your work, like removing a link: red , or
• is neutral, like opening a link in a new browser window: gray .

The TemplateData editor has been completely re-written to use a different design based on the same OOjs UI system as VisualEditor. (T67815, T73746.) This change fixed a couple of existing bugs and improved usability. (T73077, T73078.)

Search and replace in long documents is now faster. It does not highlight every occurrence if there are more than 100 on-screen at once.(T78234.)

Editors at the Hebrew and Russian Wikipedia requested the ability to use VisualEditor in the "Article Incubator" or drafts namespace. (T86688, T87027.) If your community would like VisualEditor enabled on another namespace on your wiki, then you can file a request in Phabricator. Please include a link to a community discussion about the requested change.

Looking ahead

The Editing team will soon add auto-fill features for citations. The Citoid service takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. After creating it, you will be able to change or add information to the citation, in the same way that you edit any other pre-existing citation in VisualEditor. Support for ISBNs, PMIDs, and other identifiers is planned. Later, editors will be able to contribute to the Citoid service's definitions for each website, to improve precision and reduce the need for manual corrections.

We will need editors to help test the new design of the special character inserter, especially if you speak Welsh, Breton, or another language that uses diacritics or special characters extensively. The new version should be available for testing next week. Please contact User:Whatamidoing (WMF) if you would like to be notified when the new version is available. After the special character tool is completed, VisualEditor will be deployed to all users at Phase 5 Wikipedias. This will affect about 50 mid-size and smaller Wikipedias, including Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Breton, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tatar, and Welsh. The date for this change has not been determined.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• Please help complete translations of the user guide for users who speak your language.
• Join the weekly bug triage meetings beginning Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 12:00 (noon) PST (20:00 UTC); information about how to join the meeting will be posted at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal shortly before the meeting begins, and you can also contact James F. to learn more about this initiative.
• Talk to the Editing team during the office hours via IRC. The next session is on Thursday, 19 February 2015 at 19:00 UTC.
• Subscribe or unsubscribe at Meta. If you would like to help with translations of this newsletter, please subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

18:30, 5. Feb 2015 (UTC)

[Global proposal] m.Wikipedia.org: (aal) Sieden beoarbaidje

MediaWiki mobile

Hi, this message is to let you know that, on domains like stq.m.wikipedia.org, unregistered users cannot edit. At the Wikimedia Forum, where global configuration changes are normally discussed, a few dozens users propose to restore normal editing permissions on all mobile sites. Please read and comment!

Thanks and sorry for writing in English, Nemo 22:32, 1. Mee 2015 (UTC)

Inspire Campaign: Improving diversity, improving content

This March, we’re organizing an Inspire Campaign to encourage and support new ideas for improving gender diversity on Wikimedia projects. Less than 20% of Wikimedia contributors are women, and many important topics are still missing in our content. We invite all Wikimedians to participate. If you have an idea that could help address this problem, please get involved today! The campaign runs until March 31.

All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive, positive feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your skills and experience may help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign and help this project better represent the world’s knowledge!

• Inspire Campaign main page

(Sorry for the English - please translate this message!) MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 20:02, 4. Mee 2015 (UTC)

SUL finalization update

Hi all,apologies for writing in English, please read this page for important information and an update involving SUL finalization, scheduled to take place in one month. Thanks. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 19:45, 13. Mee 2015 (UTC)

Stewards confirmation rules

Hello, I made a proposal on Meta to change the rules for the steward confirmations. Currently consensus to remove is required for a steward to lose his status, however I think it's fairer to the community if every steward needed the consensus to keep. As this is an issue that affects all WMF wikis, I'm sending this notification to let people know & be able to participate. Best regards, --MF-W 16:12, 10. Apr 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #2—2015

Did you know?

With Citoid in VisualEditor, you click the 'book with bookmark' icon and paste in the URL for a reliable source:

Citoid looks up the source for you and returns the citation results. Click the green "Insert" button to accept its results and add them to the article:

After inserting the citation, you can change it. Select the reference, and click the "Edit" button in the context menu to make changes.

The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on VisualEditor's performance, the Citoid reference service, and support for languages with complex input requirements. Status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. The worklist for April through June is available in Phabricator.

The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, each Wednesday at 11:00 (noon) PDT (18:00 UTC). You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q4 blocker. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the Editing team's Q4 blocker project with the bug. Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal.

Recent improvements

VisualEditor is now substantially faster. In many cases, opening the page in VisualEditor is now faster than opening it in the wikitext editor. The new system has improved the code speed by 37% and network speed by almost 40%.

The Editing team is slowly adding auto-fill features for citations. This is currently available only at the French, Italian, and English Wikipedias. The Citoid service takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. After creating it, you will be able to change or add information to the citation, in the same way that you edit any other pre-existing citation in VisualEditor. Support for ISBNs, PMIDs, and other identifiers is planned. Later, editors will be able to improve precision and reduce the need for manual corrections by contributing to the Citoid service's definitions for each website.

Citoid requires good TemplateData for your citation templates. If you would like to request this feature for your wiki, please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.

The special character inserter has been improved, based upon feedback from active users. After this, VisualEditor was made available to all users of Wikipedias on the Phase 5 list on 30 March. This affected 53 mid-size and smaller Wikipedias, including Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Breton, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tatar, and Welsh.

Work continues to support languages with complex requirements, such as Korean and Japanese. These languages use input method editors ("IMEs”). Recent improvements to cursoring, backspace, and delete behavior will simplify typing in VisualEditor for these users.

The design for the image selection process is now using a "masonry fit" model. Images in the search results are displayed at the same height but at variable widths, similar to bricks of different sizes in a masonry wall, or the "packed" mode in image galleries. This style helps you find the right image by making it easier to see more details in images.

You can now drag and drop categories to re-arrange their order of appearance ​on the page.

The pop-up window that appears when you click on a reference, image, link, or other element, is called the "context menu". It now displays additional useful information, such as the destination of the link or the image's filename. The team has also added an explicit "Edit" button in the context menu, which helps new editors open the tool to change the item.

Invisible templates are marked by a puzzle piece icon so they can be interacted with. Users also will be able to see and edit HTML anchors now in section headings.

Users of the TemplateData GUI editor can now set a string as an optional text for the 'deprecated' property in addition to boolean value, which lets you tell users of the template what they should do instead. (T90734)

Looking ahead

The special character inserter in VisualEditor will soon use the same special character list as the wikitext editor. Admins at each wiki will also have the option of creating a custom section for frequently used characters at the top of the list. Instructions for customizing the list will be posted at mediawiki.org.

The team is discussing a test of VisualEditor with new users at the English Wikipedia, to see whether they have met their goals of making VisualEditor suitable for those editors. The timing is unknown, but might be relatively soon. (T90666)

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• Can you translate from English into any other language? Please check this list to see whether more interface translations are needed for your language. Contact us to get an account if you want to help!
• The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
• File requests for language-appropriate "Fett" and "Kursiv" icons for the character formatting menu in Phabricator.

Subscribe, unsubscribe or change the page where this newsletter is delivered at Meta. If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

19:48, 10. Apr 2015 (UTC)

Nominations are being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Greetings,

I am pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year the Board and the FDC Staff are looking for a diverse set of candidates from regions and projects that are traditionally under-represented on the board and in the movement as well as candidates with experience in technology, product or finance. To this end they have published letters describing what they think is needed and, recognizing that those who know the community the best are the community themselves, the election committee is accepting nominations for community members you think should run and will reach out to those nominated to provide them with information about the job and the election process.

This year, elections are being held for the following roles:

Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. There are three positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the board elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud
The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC Ombudsperson elections page.

The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 20 to 23:59 UTC May 5 for the Board and from 00:00 UTCApril 20 to 23:59 UTC April 30 for the FDC and FDC Ombudsperson. This year, we are accepting both self-nominations and nominations of others. More information on this election and the nomination process can be found on the 2015 Wikimedia elections page on Meta-Wiki.

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections -at- wikimedia.org

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, 05:03, 21 April 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections 2015

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson will continue during the voting. Nominations for the Board of Trustees will be accepted until 23:59 UTC May 5.

The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions on the committee being filled.

The FDC Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 3 to 23:59 UTC May 10. Click here to vote. Questions and discussion with the candidates will continue during that time. Click here to ask the FDC candidates a question. Click here to ask the FDC Ombudsperson candidates a question. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 FDC election page, the 2015 FDC Ombudsperson election page, and the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 03:45, 4 May 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections 2015

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Board will continue during the voting.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 17 to 23:59 UTC May 31. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 17:20, 17 May 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Pywikibot compat will no longer be supported - Please migrate to pywikibot core

Sorry for English, I hope someone translates this.
Pywikibot (then "Pywikipediabot") was started back in 2002. In 2007 a new branch (formerly known as "rewrite", now called "core") was started from scratch using the MediaWiki API. The developers of Pywikibot have decided to stop supporting the compat version of Pywikibot due to bad performance and architectural errors that make it hard to update, compared to core. If you are using pywikibot compat it is likely your code will break due to upcoming MediaWiki API changes (e.g. T101524). It is highly recommended you migrate to the core framework. There is a migration guide, and please contact us if you have any problem.

There is an upcoming MediaWiki API breaking change that compat will not be updated for. If your bot's name is in this list, your bot will most likely break.

Thank you,
The Pywikibot development team, 19:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Pywikibot compat will no longer be supported - Please migrate to pywikibot core

Sorry for English, I hope someone translates this.
Pywikibot (then "Pywikipediabot") was started back in 2002. In 2007 a new branch (formerly known as "rewrite", now called "core") was started from scratch using the MediaWiki API. The developers of Pywikibot have decided to stop supporting the compat version of Pywikibot due to bad performance and architectural errors that make it hard to update, compared to core. If you are using pywikibot compat it is likely your code will break due to upcoming MediaWiki API changes (e.g. T101524). It is highly recommended you migrate to the core framework. There is a migration guide, and please contact us if you have any problem.

There is an upcoming MediaWiki API breaking change that compat will not be updated for. If your bot's name is in this list, your bot will most likely break.

Thank you,
The Pywikibot development team, 19:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #3—2015

Did you know?

When you click on a link to an article, you now see more information:

The link tool has been re-designed:

There are separate tabs for linking to internal and external pages. The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has created new interfaces for the link and citation tools and fixed many bugs and changed some elements of the design. Some of these bugs affected users of VisualEditor on mobile devices. Status reports are posted on mediawiki.org. The worklist for April through June is available in Phabricator.

A test of VisualEditor's effect on new editors at the English Wikipedia has just completed the first phase. During this test, half of newly registered editors had VisualEditor automatically enabled, and half did not. The main goal of the study is to learn which group was more likely to save an edit and to make productive, unreverted edits. Initial results will be posted at Meta later this month.

Recent improvements

Auto-fill features for citations are available at a few Wikipedias through the citoid service. Citoid takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. If Citoid is enabled on your wiki, then the design of the citation workflow changed during May. All citations are now created inside a single tool. Inside that tool, choose the tab you want (⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-auto⧽, ⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-manual⧽, or ⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-reuse⧽). The cite button is now labeled with the word "⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽" rather than a book icon, and the autofill citation dialog now has a more meaningful label, "⧼Citoid-citeFromIDDialog-lookup-button⧽", for the submit button.

The link tool has been redesigned based on feedback from Wikipedia editors and user testing. It now has two separate sections: one for links to articles and one for external links. When you select a link, its pop-up context menu shows the name of the linked page, a thumbnail image from the linked page, Wikidata's description, and appropriate icons for disambiguation pages, redirect pages and empty pages (where applicable). Search results have been reduced to the first five pages. Several bugs were fixed, including a dark highlight that appeared over the first match in the link inspector. (T98085)

The special character inserter in VisualEditor now uses the same special character list as the wikitext editor. Admins at each wiki can also create a custom section for frequently used characters at the top of the list. Please read the instructions for customizing the list at mediawiki.org. Also, there is now a tooltip to describing each character in the special character inserter. (T70425)

Several improvements have been made to templates. When you search for a template to insert, the list of results now contains descriptions of the templates. The parameter list inside the template dialog now remains open after inserting a parameter from the list, so that users don’t need to click on "Weitere Informationen hinzufügen" each time they want to add another parameter. (T95696) The team added a new property for TemplateData, "Beispiel", for template parameters. This optional, translatable property will show up when there is text describing how to use that parameter. (T53049)

The design of the main toolbar and several other elements have changed slightly, to be consistent with the MediaWiki theme. In the Vector skin, individual items in the menu are separated visually by pale gray bars. Buttons and menus on the toolbar can now contain both an icon and a text label, rather than just one or the other. This new design feature is being used for the cite button on wikis where the Citoid service is enabled.

The team has released a long-desired improvement to the handling of non-existent images. If a non-existent image is linked in an article, then it is now visible in VisualEditor and can be selected, edited, replaced, or removed.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, usually on Wednesday at 12:00 (noon) PDT (19:00 UTC). Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q4 blocker, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the VisualEditor Q4 blocker project with the bug.
• If your Wikivoyage, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, or other community wants to have VisualEditor made available by default to contributors, then please contact James Forrester.
• If you would like to request the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki, please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.
• The team is planning the second VisualEditor-related "translathon" for July. Please follow this task on Phabricator for details and updates! Announcements will follow in due course.

Subscribe, unsubscribe or change the page where this newsletter is delivered at Meta. If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

10:44, 13. Jun 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #3—2015

Did you know?

When you click on a link to an article, you now see more information:

The link tool has been re-designed:

There are separate tabs for linking to internal and external pages. The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has created new interfaces for the link and citation tools and fixed many bugs and changed some elements of the design. Some of these bugs affected users of VisualEditor on mobile devices. Status reports are posted on mediawiki.org. The worklist for April through June is available in Phabricator.

A test of VisualEditor's effect on new editors at the English Wikipedia has just completed the first phase. During this test, half of newly registered editors had VisualEditor automatically enabled, and half did not. The main goal of the study is to learn which group was more likely to save an edit and to make productive, unreverted edits. Initial results will be posted at Meta later this month.

Recent improvements

Auto-fill features for citations are available at a few Wikipedias through the citoid service. Citoid takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. If Citoid is enabled on your wiki, then the design of the citation workflow changed during May. All citations are now created inside a single tool. Inside that tool, choose the tab you want (⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-auto⧽, ⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-manual⧽, or ⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-reuse⧽). The cite button is now labeled with the word "⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽" rather than a book icon, and the autofill citation dialog now has a more meaningful label, "⧼Citoid-citeFromIDDialog-lookup-button⧽", for the submit button.

The link tool has been redesigned based on feedback from Wikipedia editors and user testing. It now has two separate sections: one for links to articles and one for external links. When you select a link, its pop-up context menu shows the name of the linked page, a thumbnail image from the linked page, Wikidata's description, and appropriate icons for disambiguation pages, redirect pages and empty pages (where applicable). Search results have been reduced to the first five pages. Several bugs were fixed, including a dark highlight that appeared over the first match in the link inspector. (T98085)

The special character inserter in VisualEditor now uses the same special character list as the wikitext editor. Admins at each wiki can also create a custom section for frequently used characters at the top of the list. Please read the instructions for customizing the list at mediawiki.org. Also, there is now a tooltip to describing each character in the special character inserter. (T70425)

Several improvements have been made to templates. When you search for a template to insert, the list of results now contains descriptions of the templates. The parameter list inside the template dialog now remains open after inserting a parameter from the list, so that users don’t need to click on "Weitere Informationen hinzufügen" each time they want to add another parameter. (T95696) The team added a new property for TemplateData, "Beispiel", for template parameters. This optional, translatable property will show up when there is text describing how to use that parameter. (T53049)

The design of the main toolbar and several other elements have changed slightly, to be consistent with the MediaWiki theme. In the Vector skin, individual items in the menu are separated visually by pale gray bars. Buttons and menus on the toolbar can now contain both an icon and a text label, rather than just one or the other. This new design feature is being used for the cite button on wikis where the Citoid service is enabled.

The team has released a long-desired improvement to the handling of non-existent images. If a non-existent image is linked in an article, then it is now visible in VisualEditor and can be selected, edited, replaced, or removed.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, usually on Wednesday at 12:00 (noon) PDT (19:00 UTC). Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q4 blocker, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the VisualEditor Q4 blocker project with the bug.
• If your Wikivoyage, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, or other community wants to have VisualEditor made available by default to contributors, then please contact James Forrester.
• If you would like to request the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki, please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.
• The team is planning the second VisualEditor-related "translathon" for July. Please follow this task on Phabricator for details and updates! Announcements will follow in due course.

Subscribe, unsubscribe or change the page where this newsletter is delivered at Meta. If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

12:16, 13. Jun 2015 (UTC)

Content Translation beta feature is now available

Mediendatei abspielen

How to use Content Translation - a short video (English)

Hello, Content Translation has now been enabled as an opt-in beta feature on the Saterland Frisian Wikipedia. To start translating:

1. Please enable the Beta feature in your preferences by checking the box for Content Translation.
2. Visit the page Special:ContentTranslation or to your contributions page to open the tool.
3. Click on the blue button to create a new translation.
4. A dialog will be displayed. In the From section select the language of the original article and the article name, and the language you would like to translate to. Also add the title of the new article (or the original title will be inserted) and click on Translate to begin. Your language preferences will be remembered for the next time.
5. You will see a screen consisting of three columns. The left column contains the text of the source language and the middle column is for the translated text. Using the right column you can perform several actions such as insert source text, remove the inserted text source text, add or remove links etc.
6. After you translate the article, you can publish it directly as a new page on the Saterland Frisian Wikipedia by using the publish button that appears. In case the article gets created by another user while you were translating, you will see an option to save the newly published translation under your user namespace.
7. The number of published pages can be seen on the Content Translation stats page.

Since this is the first time we have installed the tool on this Wikipedia, there are chances that there may be some problems or service disruptions which we are not yet aware of. We will be monitoring the usage to check for any failures or issues, but please do let us know on the Content Translation talk page or through Phabricator if you spot any problems that prevent you from using the tool. For more information, please read the information available in the User Guide. Our announcement is written only in English, and we would really appreciate if this message can be translated to reach more users of this Wikipedia. Thank you. On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation's Language Engineering Team:--Runa Bhattacharjee (Diskussion) 16:01, 18. Jun 2015 (UTC)

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Apologies for writing in English.

Hi everyone.

Over the last few years, the Wikimedia Foundation has been working towards enabling HTTPS by default for all users, including unregistered ones, for better privacy and security for both readers and editors. This has taken a long time, as there were different aspects to take into account. Our servers haven't been ready to handle it. The Wikimedia Foundation has had to balance sometimes conflicting goals.

Forced HTTPS has just been implemented on all Wikimedia projects. Some of you might already be aware of this, as a few Wikipedia language versions were converted to HTTPS last week and the then affected communities were notified.

Most of Wikimedia editors shouldn't be affected at all. If you edit as registered user, you've probably already had to log in through HTTPS. We'll keep an eye on this to make sure everything is working as it should. Do get in touch with us if you have any problems after this change or contact me if you have any other questions.

/Johan (WMF)

22:01, 19. Jun 2015 (UTC)

HTTPS

Apologies for writing in English.

Hi everyone.

Over the last few years, the Wikimedia Foundation has been working towards enabling HTTPS by default for all users, including unregistered ones, for better privacy and security for both readers and editors. This has taken a long time, as there were different aspects to take into account. Our servers haven't been ready to handle it. The Wikimedia Foundation has had to balance sometimes conflicting goals.

Forced HTTPS has just been implemented on all Wikimedia projects. Some of you might already be aware of this, as a few Wikipedia language versions were converted to HTTPS last week and the then affected communities were notified.

Most of Wikimedia editors shouldn't be affected at all. If you edit as registered user, you've probably already had to log in through HTTPS. We'll keep an eye on this to make sure everything is working as it should. Do get in touch with us if you have any problems after this change or contact me if you have any other questions.

/Johan (WMF)

01:49, 20. Jun 2015 (UTC)

Proposal to create PNG thumbnails of static GIF images

The thumbnail of this gif is of really bad quality.

How a PNG thumb of this GIF would look like

There is a proposal at the Commons Village Pump requesting feedback about the thumbnails of static GIF images: It states that static GIF files should have their thumbnails created in PNG. The advantages of PNG over GIF would be visible especially with GIF images using an alpha channel. (compare the thumbnails on the side)

This change would affect all wikis, so if you support/oppose or want to give general feedback/concerns, please post them to the proposal page. Thank you. --McZusatz (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 05:08, 24. Jul 2015 (UTC)

Proposal to create PNG thumbnails of static GIF images

The thumbnail of this gif is of really bad quality.

How a PNG thumb of this GIF would look like

There is a proposal at the Commons Village Pump requesting feedback about the thumbnails of static GIF images: It states that static GIF files should have their thumbnails created in PNG. The advantages of PNG over GIF would be visible especially with GIF images using an alpha channel. (compare the thumbnails on the side)

This change would affect all wikis, so if you support/oppose or want to give general feedback/concerns, please post them to the proposal page. Thank you. --McZusatz (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 06:48, 24. Jul 2015 (UTC)

What does a Healthy Community look like to you?

Hi,
The Community Engagement department at the Wikimedia Foundation has launched a new learning campaign. The WMF wants to record community impressions about what makes a healthy online community. Share your views and/or create a drawing and take a chance to win a Wikimania 2016 scholarship! Join the WMF as we begin a conversation about Community Health. Contribute a drawing or answer the questions on the campaign's page.

Why get involved?

The world is changing. The way we relate to knowledge is transforming. As the next billion people come online, the Wikimedia movement is working to bring more users on the wiki projects. The way we interact and collaborate online are key to building sustainable projects. How accessible are Wikimedia projects to newcomers today? Are we helping each other learn?
Share your views on this matter that affects us all!
We invite everyone to take part in this learning campaign. Wikimedia Foundation will distribute one Wikimania Scholarship 2016 among those participants who are eligible.

More information

• All participants must have a registered user of at least one month antiquity on any Wikimedia project before the starting date of the campaign.
• All eligible contributions must be done until August 23, 2015 at 23:59 UTC
• Wiki link: Community Health learning campaign
• URL https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Community_Health_learning_campaign
• Contact: María Cruz / Twitter: Foarloage:@WikiEval #CommunityHealth / email: evalFoarloage:@wikimediaFoarloage:Dotorg

Happy editing!

MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 23:42, 31. Jul 2015 (UTC)

What does a Healthy Community look like to you?

Hi,
The Community Engagement department at the Wikimedia Foundation has launched a new learning campaign. The WMF wants to record community impressions about what makes a healthy online community. Share your views and/or create a drawing and take a chance to win a Wikimania 2016 scholarship! Join the WMF as we begin a conversation about Community Health. Contribute a drawing or answer the questions on the campaign's page.

Why get involved?

The world is changing. The way we relate to knowledge is transforming. As the next billion people come online, the Wikimedia movement is working to bring more users on the wiki projects. The way we interact and collaborate online are key to building sustainable projects. How accessible are Wikimedia projects to newcomers today? Are we helping each other learn?
Share your views on this matter that affects us all!
We invite everyone to take part in this learning campaign. Wikimedia Foundation will distribute one Wikimania Scholarship 2016 among those participants who are eligible.

More information

• All participants must have a registered user of at least one month antiquity on any Wikimedia project before the starting date of the campaign.
• All eligible contributions must be done until August 23, 2015 at 23:59 UTC
• Wiki link: Community Health learning campaign
• URL https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Community_Health_learning_campaign
• Contact: María Cruz / Twitter: Foarloage:@WikiEval #CommunityHealth / email: evalFoarloage:@wikimediaFoarloage:Dotorg

Happy editing!

MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 02:20, 1. Aug 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata: Access to data from arbitrary items is coming

(Sorry for writing in English)

When using data from Wikidata on Wikipedia and other sister projects, there is currently a limitation in place that hinders some use cases: data can only be accessed from the corresponding item. So, for example, the Wikipedia article about Berlin can only get data from the Wikidata item about Berlin but not from the item about Germany. This had technical reasons. We are now removing this limitation. It is already done for many projects. Your project is one of the next ones. We will roll out this feature here on August 12.

We invite you to play around with this new feature if you are one of the people who have been waiting for this for a long time. If you have technical issues/questions with this you can come to d:Wikidata:Contact the development team.

A note of caution: Please be careful with how many items you use for a single page. If it is too many pages, loading might get slow. We will have to see how the feature behaves in production to see where we need to tweak and how.

How to use it, once it is enabled:

• Parser function: {{#property:P36|from=Q183}} to get the capital from the item about Germany
• Lua: see mw:Extension:Wikibase Client/Lua

Cheers Lydia Pintscher MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 17:46, 3. Aug 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata: Access to data from arbitrary items is here

(Sorry for writing in English)

Hi everyone,

As I have previously announced here we have now enabled the arbitrary access feature here. This means from now on you can make use of data from any Wikidata item in any article here. Before you could for example only access data about Berlin in the article about Berlin. If you want to find out more or have questions please come to d:Wikidata:Arbitrary access. I hope this will open up great possibilities for you and make your work easier. Cheers Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 13:32, 12. Aug 2015 (UTC)

Online Woudebouk

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Moin, Zylbath. Deertou hääbe iek biedrain un deer skuul fielicht noch ne ganse Satsuursättenge bietou kuume. Dätsälge Materioal fint sik nu uk truch Wikipedia:Hälpe bie ju seelter Sproake.Pyt (Diskussion) 12:30, 17. Aug 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #4—2015

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Did you know?

You can add quotations marks before and after a title or phrase with a single click.

Select the relevant text. Find the correct quotations marks in the special character inserter tool (marked as Ω in the toolbar).

Click the button. VisualEditor will add the quotation marks on either side of the text you selected.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team have been working on mobile phone support. They have fixed many bugs and improved language support. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving language support and functionality on mobile devices.

Wikimania

The team attended Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City. There they participated in the Hackathon and met with individuals and groups of users. They also made several presentations about VisualEditor and the future of editing.

Following Wikimania, we announced winners for the VisualEditor 2015 Translathon. Our thanks and congratulations to users Halan-tul, Renessaince, जनक राज भट्ट (Janak Bhatta), Vahe Gharakhanyan, Warrakkk, and Eduardogobi.

For interface messages (translated at translatewiki.net), we saw the initiative affecting 42 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 56.5% before the translathon, and 78.2% after (+21.7%). In particular, Sakha improved from 12.2% to 94.2%; Brazilian Portuguese went from 50.6% to 100%; Taraškievica went from 44.9% to 85.3%; Doteli went from 1.3% to 41.2%. Also, while 1.7% of the messages were outdated across all languages before the translathon, the percentage dropped to 0.8% afterwards (-0.9%).

For documentation messages (on mediawiki.org), we saw the initiative affecting 24 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 26.6% before translathon, and 46.9% after (+20.3%). There were particularly notable achievements for three languages. Armenian improved from 1% to 99%; Swedish, from 21% to 99%, and Brazilian Portuguese, from 34% to 83%. Outdated translations across all languages were reduced from 8.4% before translathon to 4.8% afterwards (-3.6%).

We published some graphs showing the effect of the event on the Translathon page. We thank the translators for participating and the translatewiki.net staff for facilitating this initiative.

Recent improvements

Auto-fill features for citations can be enabled on each Wikipedia. The tool uses the citoid service to convert a URL or DOI into a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. You can see an animated GIF of the quick, simple process at mediawiki.org. So far, about a dozen Wikipedias have enabled the auto-citation tool. To enable it for your wiki, follow the instructions at mediawiki.org.

Your wiki can customize the first section of the special character inserter in VisualEditor. Please follow the instructions at mediawiki.org to put the characters you want at the top. In other changes, if you need to fill in a CAPTCHA and get it wrong, then you can click to get a new one to complete. VisualEditor can now display and edit Vega-based graphs. If you use the Monobook skin, VisualEditor's appearance is now more consistent with other software.

Future changes

The team will be changing the appearance of selected links inside VisualEditor. The purpose is to make it easy to see whether your cursor is inside or outside the link. When you select a link, the link label (the words shown on the page) will be enclosed in a faint box. If you place your cursor inside the box, then your changes to the link label will be part of the link. If you place your cursor outside the box, then it will not. This will make it easy to know when new characters will be added to the link and when they will not.

On the English Wikipedia, 10% of newly created accounts are now offered both the visual and the wikitext editors. A recent controlled trial showed no significant difference in survival or productivity for new users in the short term. New users with access to VisualEditor were very slightly less likely to produce results that needed reverting. You can learn more about this by watching a video of the July 2015 Wikimedia Research Showcase. The proportion of new accounts with access to both editing environments will be gradually increased over time. Eventually all new users have the choice between the two editing environments.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback. This feedback page is now using Flow instead of LiquidThreads.
• Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at mediawiki.org if you can help.
• If your wiki would like VisualEditor enabled on another namespace, you can file a request in Phabricator. Please include a link to a community discussion about the requested change.
• Please file requests for language-appropriate "Fett" and "Kursiv" icons for the styling menu in Phabricator.
• The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
• The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, usually on Tuesdays at 12:00 (noon) PDT (19:00 UTC). Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q1 blocker, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the main VisualEditor project with the bug.

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

—Elitre (WMF), 22:28, 14. Aug 2015 (UTC)

How can we improve Wikimedia grants to support you better?

My apologies for posting this message in English. Please help translate it if you can.

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can reimagine Wikimedia Foundation grants, to better support people and ideas in your Wikimedia project. Ways to participate:

• Respond to questions on the discussion page of the idea.
• Join a small group conversation.
• Learn more about this consultation.

Feedback is welcome in any language.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation.

(Opt-out Instructions) This message was sent by I JethroBT (WMF) through MediaWiki message delivery. 00:57, 19. Aug 2015 (UTC)

Introducing the Wikimedia public policy site

Hi all,

We are excited to introduce a new Wikimedia Public Policy site. The site includes resources and position statements on access, copyright, censorship, intermediary liability, and privacy. The site explains how good public policy supports the Wikimedia projects, editors, and mission.

Visit the public policy portal: https://policy.wikimedia.org/

Please help translate the statements on Meta Wiki. You can read more on the Wikimedia blog.

Thanks,

Yana and Stephen (Talk) 18:13, 2. Sep 2015 (UTC)

(Sent with the Global message delivery system)

Open call for Individual Engagement Grants

My apologies for posting this message in English. Please help translate it if you can.

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals until September 29th to fund new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental ideas that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), Individual Engagement Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

• Submit a grant request
• Get help with your proposal in IdeaLab or an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants

Thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation. 20:52, 4. Sep 2015 (UTC)

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Only one week left for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

(Apologies for using English below, please help translate if you are able.)

There is still one week left to submit Individual Engagement Grant (IEG) proposals before the September 29th deadline. If you have ideas for new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant request.

• Submit a grant request
• Get help with your proposal in IdeaLab
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources 21:01, 22. Sep 2015 (UTC)

Reimagining WMF grants report

(My apologies for using English here, please help translate if you are able.)

Last month, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the structure of WMF grant programs. Thanks to the 200+ people who participated! A report on what we learned and changed based on this consultation is now available.

Come read about the findings and next steps as WMF’s Community Resources team begins to implement changes based on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on the outcomes discussion page.

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 16:56, 28. Sep 2015 (UTC)

Reimagining WMF grants report

(My apologies for using English here, please help translate if you are able.)

Last month, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the structure of WMF grant programs. Thanks to the 200+ people who participated! A report on what we learned and changed based on this consultation is now available.

Come read about the findings and next steps as WMF’s Community Resources team begins to implement changes based on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on the outcomes discussion page.

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 19:47, 28. Sep 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #5—2015

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Did you know?

You can use the visual editor on smartphones and tablets.

Click the pencil icon to open the editor for a page. Inside that, use the gear menu in the upper right corner to "Zur visuellen Bearbeitung wechseln".

The editing button will remember which editing environment you used last time, and give you the same one next time. The desktop site will be switching to a system similar to this one in the coming months.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs, added new features, and made some small design changes. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages like Japanese and Arabic, making it easier to edit on mobile devices, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

Educational features: The first time ever you use the visual editor, it now draws your attention to the Link and ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽ tools. When you click on the tools, it explains why you should use them. (T108620) Alongside this, the welcome message for new users has been simplified to make editing more welcoming. (T112354) More in-software educational features are planned.

Links: It is now easier to understand when you are adding text to a link and when you are typing plain text next to it. (T74108, T91285) The editor now fully supports ISBN, PMID or RFC numbers. (T109498, T110347, T63558) These "magic links" use a custom link editing tool.

Uploads: Registered editors can now upload images and other media to Commons while editing. Click the new tab in the "Einfügen Medien" tool. You will be guided through the process without having to leave your edit. At the end, the image will be inserted. This tool is limited to one file at a time, owned by the user, and licensed under Commons's standard license. For more complex situations, the tool links to more advanced upload tools. You can also drag the image into the editor. This will be available in the wikitext editor later.

Mobile: Previously, the visual editor was available on the mobile Wikipedia site only on tablets. Now, editors can use it on all devices regardless of size if they wish. (T85630) Edit conflicts were previously broken on the mobile website. Edit conflicts can now be resolved in both wikitext and visual editors. (T111894) Sometimes templates and similar items could not be deleted on the mobile website. Selecting them caused the on-screen keyboard to hide with some browsers. Now there is a new "Löschen" button, so that these things can be removed if the keyboard hides. (T62110) You can also edit table cells in mobile now.

Rich editing tools: You can now add and edit sheet music in the visual editor. (T112925) There are separate tabs for advanced options, such as MIDI and Ogg audio files. (T114227, T113354) When editing formulæ and other blocks, errors are shown as you edit. It is also possible to edit some types of graphs; adding new ones, and support for new types, will be coming.

On the English Wikipedia, the visual editor is now automatically available to anyone who creates an account. The preference switch was moved to the normal location, under Special:Preferences.

Future changes

You will soon be able to switch from the wikitext to the visual editor after you start editing. (T49779) Previously, you could only switch from the visual editor to the wikitext editor. Bi-directional switching will make possible a single edit tab. (T102398) This project will combine the "Beoarbaidje" and "Quelltext bearbeiten" tabs into a single "Beoarbaidje" tab, similar to the system already used on the mobile website. The "Beoarbaidje" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at VisualEditor/Feedback. This feedback page uses Flow for discussions.
• Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).
• Local admins can set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki. If you need help, then please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.
• The weekly task triage meetings are open to volunteers. Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the main VisualEditor project with the bug.

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

—Elitre (WMF), 18:18, 30. Okt 2015 (UTC)

Community Wishlist Survey

Hi everyone! Apologies for posting in English. Translations are very welcome.

The Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is focused on building improved curation and moderation tools for experienced Wikimedia contributors. We're now starting a Community Wishlist Survey to find the most useful projects that we can work on.

For phase 1 of the survey, we're inviting all active contributors to submit brief proposals, explaining the project that you'd like us to work on, and why it's important. Phase 1 will last for 2 weeks. In phase 2, we'll ask you to vote on the proposals. Afterwards, we'll analyze the top 10 proposals and create a prioritized wishlist.

While most of this process will be conducted in English, we're inviting people from any Wikimedia wiki to submit proposals. We'll also invite volunteer translators to help translate proposals into English.

Your proposal should include: the problem that you want to solve, who would benefit, and a proposed solution, if you have one. You can submit your proposal on the Community Wishlist Survey page, using the entry field and the big blue button. We will be accepting proposals for 2 weeks, ending on November 23.

We're looking forward to hearing your ideas!

Community Tech Team via MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 21:58, 9. Nov 2015 (UTC)

Wikimania 2016 scholarships ambassadors needed

Hello! Wikimania 2016 scholarships will soon be open; by the end of the week we'll form the committee and we need your help, see Scholarship committee for details.

If you want to carefully review nearly a thousand applications in January, you might be a perfect committee member. Otherwise, you can volunteer as "ambassador": you will observe all the committee activities, ensure that people from your language or project manage to apply for a scholarship, translate scholarship applications written in your language to English and so on. Ambassadors are allowed to ask for a scholarship, unlike committee members.

Wikimania 2016 scholarships subteam 10:49, 10. Nov 2015 (UTC)

Harassment consultation

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The Community Advocacy team the Wikimedia Foundation has opened a consultation on the topic of harassment on Meta. The consultation period is intended to run for one month from today, November 16, and end on December 17. Please share your thoughts there on harassment-related issues facing our communities and potential solutions. (Note: this consultation is not intended to evaluate specific cases of harassment, but rather to discuss the problem of harassment itself.)

• Harassment consultation 2015

Regards, Community Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation

Your input requested on the proposed #FreeBassel banner campaign

This is a message regarding the proposed 2015 Free Bassel banner. Translations are available.

Hi everyone,

This is to inform all Wikimedia contributors that a straw poll seeking your involvement has just been started on Meta-Wiki.

As some of your might be aware, a small group of Wikimedia volunteers have proposed a banner campaign informing Wikipedia readers about the urgent situation of our fellow Wikipedian, open source software developer and Creative Commons activist, Bassel Khartabil. An exemplary banner and an explanatory page have now been prepared, and translated into about half a dozen languages by volunteer translators.

We are seeking your involvement to decide if the global Wikimedia community approves starting a banner campaign asking Wikipedia readers to call on the Syrian government to release Bassel from prison. We understand that a campaign like this would be unprecedented in Wikipedia's history, which is why we're seeking the widest possible consensus among the community.

Given Bassel's urgent situation and the resulting tight schedule, we ask everyone to get involved with the poll and the discussion to the widest possible extent, and to promote it among your communities as soon as possible.

(Apologies for writing in English; please kindly translate this message into your own language.)

Thank you for your participation!

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 21:47, 25 November 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Community Wishlist Survey

Hi everyone! Apologies for posting this in English. Translations are very welcome.

We're beginning the second part of the Community Tech team's Community Wishlist Survey, and we're inviting all active contributors to vote on the proposals that have been submitted.

Thanks to you and other Wikimedia contributors, 111 proposals were submitted to the team. We've split the proposals into categories, and now it's time to vote! You can vote for any proposal listed on the pages, using the {{Support}} tag. Feel free to add comments pro or con, but only support votes will be counted. The voting period will be 2 weeks, ending on December 14.

The proposals with the most support votes will be the team's top priority backlog to investigate and address. Thank you for participating, and we're looking forward to hearing what you think!

Community Tech via

MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 14:38, 1. Dez 2015 (UTC)

Get involved in Wikipedia 15!

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

As many of you know, January 15 is Wikipedia’s 15th Birthday!

People around the world are getting involved in the celebration and have started adding their events on Meta Page. While we are celebrating Wikipedia's birthday, we hope that all projects and affiliates will be able to utilize this celebration to raise awareness of our community's efforts.

Haven’t started planning? Don’t worry, there’s lots of ways to get involved. Here are some ideas:

• Join/host an event. We already have more than 80, and hope to have many more.
• Talk to local press. In the past 15 years, Wikipedia has accomplished extraordinary things. We’ve made a handy summary of milestones and encourage you to add your own. More resources, including a press release template and resources on working with the media, are also available.
• Design a Wikipedia 15 logo. In place of a single icon for Wikipedia 15, we’re making dozens. Add your own with something fun and representative of your community. Just use the visual guide so they share a common sensibility.
• Share a message on social media. Tell the world what Wikipedia means to you, and add #wikipedia15 to the post. We might re-tweet or share your message!

Everything is linked on the Wikipedia 15 Meta page. You’ll find a set of ten data visualization works that you can show at your events, and a list of all the Wikipedia 15 logos that community members have already designed.

If you have any questions, please contact Zachary McCune or Joe Sutherland.

Thanks and Happy nearly Wikipedia 15!
-The Wikimedia Foundation Communications team

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery, 20:58, 18. Dez 2015 (UTC) • Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen • Hälpe

VisualEditor News #6—2015

Did you know?

A new, simpler system for editing will offer a single Edit button. Once the page has opened, you can switch back and forth between visual and wikitext editing.

If you prefer having separate edit buttons, then you can set that option in your preferences, either in a pop-up dialog the next time you open the visual editor, or by going to Special:Preferences and choosing the setting that you want:

The current plan is for the default setting to have the Edit button open the editing environment you used most recently.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

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Since the last newsletter, the visual editor team has fixed many bugs and expanded the mathematics formula tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages such as Japanese and Arabic, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

You can switch from the wikitext editor to the visual editor after you start editing. The LaTeX mathematics formula editor has been significantly expanded. (T118616) You can see the formula as you change the LaTeX code. You can click buttons to insert the correct LaTeX code for many symbols.

Future changes

The single edit tab project will combine the "Beoarbaidje" and "Quelltext bearbeiten" tabs into a single "Beoarbaidje" tab, like the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398, T58337) Initially, the "Beoarbaidje" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as a cookie for logged-out users and as an account preference for logged-in editors. Logged-in editors will be able to set a default editor in the Beoarbaidje tab of Special:Preferences in the drop-down menu about "Bearbeitungsmodus:".

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the following Wikipedias in early 2016: Amharic, Buginese, Min Dong, Cree, Manx, Hakka, Armenian, Georgian, Pontic, Serbo-Croatian, Tigrinya, Mingrelian, Zhuang, and Min Nan. (T116523) Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. The developers would like to know how well it works. Please tell them what kind of computer, web browser, and keyboard you are using.

In 2016, the feedback pages for the visual editor on many Wikipedias will be redirected to mediawiki.org. (T92661)

Testing opportunities

• Please try the new system for the single edit tab on test2.wikipedia.org. You can edit while logged out to see how it works for logged-out editors, or you can create a separate account to be able to set your account's preferences. Please share your thoughts about the single edit tab system at the feedback topic on mediawiki.org or sign up for formal user research (type "single edit tab" in the question about other areas you're interested in). The new system has not been finalized, and your feedback can affect the outcome. The team particularly wants your thoughts about the options in Special:Preferences. The current choices in Special:Preferences are:
  • Den zuletzt genutzten Editor merken und anbieten,
  • Den visuellen Editor anbieten, falls möglich,
  • Den Quelltext-Editor anbieten, and
  • Beide Editoren anbieten. (This is the current state for people already using the visual editor. None of these options will be visible if you have disabled the visual editor in your preferences at that wiki.)
• Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Danke!

Elitre (WMF), 00:06, 25. Dez 2015 (UTC)

Wikimania 2016 Scholarships - Deadline soon!

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A reminder - applications for scholarships for Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy, are closing soon! Please get your applications in by January 9th. To apply, visit the page below:

• Wikimania 2016 Scholarships

Patrick Earley (WMF) via MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 01:49, 5. Jan 2016 (UTC)

2016 WMF Strategy consultation

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Hello, all.

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has launched a consultation to help create and prioritize WMF strategy beginning July 2016 and for the 12 to 24 months thereafter. This consultation will be open, on Meta, from 18 January to 26 February, after which the Foundation will also use these ideas to help inform its Annual Plan. (More on our timeline can be found on that Meta page.)

Your input is welcome (and greatly desired) at the Meta discussion, 2016 Strategy/Community consultation.

Apologies for English, where this is posted on a non-English project. We thought it was more important to get the consultation translated as much as possible, and good headway has been made there in some languages. There is still much to do, however! We created m:2016 Strategy/Translations to try to help coordinate what needs translation and what progress is being made. :)

If you have questions, please reach out to me on my talk page or on the strategy consultation's talk page or by email to mdennis@wikimedia.org.

I hope you'll join us! Maggie Dennis via MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 19:06, 18. Jan 2016 (UTC)

Server switch 2016

The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its newest data center in Dallas. This will make sure Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to conduct a planned test. This test will show whether they can reliably switch from one data center to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

They will switch all traffic to the new data center on Tuesday, 19 April.
On Thursday, 21 April, they will switch back to the primary data center.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop during those two switches. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for approximately 15 to 30 minutes on Tuesday, 19 April and Thursday, 21 April, starting at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT).

If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped.

Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.

• There will be a code freeze for the week of 18 April.

No non-essential code deployments will take place.

This test was originally planned to take place on March 22. April 19th and 21st are the new dates. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. They will post any changes on that schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community. /User:Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 22:07, 17. Apr 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia to the Moon

Hello! Sorry that this is in English only, but we are using village pump messaging in order to reach as many language communities as possible. Wrong page? Please fix it here.

This is an invitation to all Wikipedians: Wikimedia Deutschland has been given data space to include Wikipedia content in an upcoming mission to the Moon. (No joke!) We have launched a community discussion about how to do that, because we feel that this is for the global community of editors. Please, join the discussion on Meta-Wiki (and translate this invitation to your language community)! Best, Moon team at Wikimedia Deutschland 15:35, 21. Apr 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia to the Moon: voting has begun

Hello, after six weeks of community discussion about Wikipedia to the Moon, there are now 10 different proposals for content for the mission. Starting today, you can vote for them on Meta-Wiki, and decide what we will work on: a Wikipedia canon, different lists, the Moon in 300 languages, an astronomy editathon, featured articles, articles about technology, endangered things, or DNA-related topics. You can even vote against community involvement. Voting is open until 24 June. Sorry that this message is again in English only, but we are using village pumps to reach as many communities as possible, so that everyone knows they can vote. Best, Moon team at Wikimedia Deutschland 15:31, 10. Jun 2016 (UTC)

Compact Links coming soon to this wiki

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Screenshot of Compact Language Links interlanguage list

Hello, I wanted to give a heads up about an upcoming feature for this wiki which you may seen already in latest issue of Tech News. Compact Language Links has been available as a beta-feature on all Wikimedia wikis since 2014. With compact language links enabled, users are shown a much shorter list of languages on the interlanguage link section of an article (see image). This will be enabled as a feature in the coming week for all users, which can be turned on or off using a preference setting. We look forward to your feedback and please do let us know if you have any questions. Details about Compact Language Links can be read in the project documentation.

This message could only be written in English. We will really appreciate if this message can be translated for other users of this wiki. Thank you. On behalf of the Wikimedia Language team:--Runa Bhattacharjee (Diskussion) 14:07, 24. Jun 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia to the Moon: invitation to edit

Three weeks ago, you were invited to vote on how to take Wikipedia articles to the Moon. Community voting is over and the winning idea is to send all ‘’featured articles and lists’’ to the Moon. This decision means that, starting today, Wikipedians from all language communities are warmly invited to intensively work on their best articles and lists, and submit them to Wikipedia to the Moon. The central site to coordinate between communities will be Meta-Wiki. You will find an overview and more information there. Hopefully, we will be able to represent as many languages as possible, to show Wikipedia’s diversity. Please feel kindly invited to edit on behalf of your community and tell us about your work on featured content!

Best, Moon team at Wikimedia Deutschland 14:10, 1. Jul 2016 (UTC)

Editing News #2—2016

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Did you know?

It's quick and easy to insert a references list.

Place the cursor where you want to display the references list (usually at the bottom of the page). Open the "Einfügen" menu and click the "Einzelnachweisliste" icon (three books).

If you are using several groups of references, which is relatively rare, you will have the opportunity to specify the group. If you do that, then only the references that belong to the specified group will be displayed in this list of references. Finally, click "Einfügen" in the dialog to insert the Einzelnachweisliste. This list will change as you add more footnotes to the page.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for Arabic and Indic scripts, and adapting the visual editor to the needs of the Wikivoyages and Wikisources.

Recent changes

The visual editor is now available to all users at most Wikivoyages. It was also enabled for all contributors at the French Wikinews.

The single edit tab feature combines the "Beoarbaidje" and "Quelltext bearbeiten" tabs into a single "Beoarbaidje" tab. It has been deployed to several Wikipedias, including Hungarian, Polish, English and Japanese Wikipedias, as well as to all Wikivoyages. At these wikis, you can change your settings for this feature in the "Beoarbaidje" tab of Special:Preferences. The team is now reviewing the feedback and considering ways to improve the design before rolling it out to more people.

Future changes

The "Siede spiekerje" button will say "Seite veröffentlichen". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next few months. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including: Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, Assamese, Aramaic and others.

The team is working with the volunteer developers who power Wikisource to provide the visual editor there, for opt-in testing right now and eventually for all users. (T138966)

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. It will look like the visual editor, and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices around September 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

Let's work together

• Do you teach new editors how to use the visual editor? Did you help set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki? Have you written or imported TemplateData for your most important citation templates? Would you be willing to help new editors and small communities with the visual editor? Please sign up for the new VisualEditor Community Taskforce.
• Learn how to improve the "automagical" citoid referencing system in the visual editor, by creating Zotero translators for popular sources in your language! Watch the Tech Talk by Sebastian Karcher for more information.

If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Danke!

m:User:Elitre (WMF), 17:20, 3. Jul 2016 (UTC)

Open call for Project Grants

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Greetings! The Project Grants program is accepting proposals from July 1st to August 2nd to fund new tools, research, offline outreach (including editathon series, workshops, etc), online organizing (including contests), and other experiments that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers.

Whether you need a small or large amount of funds, Project Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

• Submit a grant request or draft your proposal in IdeaLab
• Get help with your proposal in an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants or Project and Event Grants

Also accepting candidates to join the Project Grants Committee through July 15.

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 15:25, 5. Jul 2016 (UTC)

Aaste

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Save/Publish

The Editing team is planning to change the name of the “Siede spiekerje” button to “Seite veröffentlichen” and “Änderungen veröffentlichen”. “Seite veröffentlichen” will be used when you create a new page. “Änderungen veröffentlichen” will be used when you change an existing page. The names will be consistent in all editing environments.[6][7]

This change will probably happen during the week of 30 August 2016. The change will be announced in Tech News when it happens.

If you are fluent in a language other than English, please check the status of translations at translatewiki.net for “Seite veröffentlichen” and “Änderungen veröffentlichen”.

The main reason for this change is to avoid confusion for new editors. Repeated user research studies with new editors have shown that some new editors believed that “Siede spiekerje” would save a private copy of a new page in their accounts, rather than permanently publishing their changes on the web. It is important for this part of the user interface to be clear, since it is difficult to remove public information after it is published. We believe that the confusion caused by the “Siede spiekerje” button increases the workload for experienced editors, who have to clean up the information that people unintentionally disclose, and report it to the functionaries and stewards to suppress it. Clarifying what the button does will reduce this problem.

Beyond that, the goal is to make all the wikis and languages more consistent, and some wikis made this change many years ago. The Legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation supports this change. Making the edit interface easier to understand will make it easier to handle licensing and privacy questions that may arise.

Any help pages or other basic documentation about how to edit pages will also need to be updated, on-wiki and elsewhere. On wiki pages, you can use the wikitext codes {{int:Publishpage}} and {{int:Publishchanges}} to display the new labels in the user's preferred language. For the language settings in your account preferences, these wikitext codes produce “Seite veröffentlichen” and “Änderungen veröffentlichen”.

Please share this news with community members who teach new editors and with others who may be interested.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:03, 9. Aug 2016 (UTC)

RevisionSlider

From September 13th on, RevisionSlider will be available as a beta feature in your wiki. The RevisionSlider adds a slider view to the diff page, so that you can easily move between revisions. The feature fulfills a wish from the German Community’s Technical Wishlist. Everyone is invited to test the feature and we hope that it will serve you well in your work!

Birgit Müller (WMDE) 15:08, 12. Sep 2016 (UTC)

Grants to improve your project

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Greetings! The Project Grants program is currently accepting proposals for funding. There is just over a week left to submit before the October 11 deadline. If you have ideas for software, offline outreach, research, online community organizing, or other projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant request.

• Submit a grant request
• Get help: In IdeaLab or an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants or Project and Event Grants

I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 20:11, 30. Sep 2016 (UTC)

Creative Commons 4.0

Hello! I'm writing from the Wikimedia Foundation to invite you to give your feedback on a proposed move from CC BY-SA 3.0 to a CC BY-SA 4.0 license across all Wikimedia projects. The consultation will run from October 5 to November 8, and we hope to receive a wide range of viewpoints and opinions. Please, if you are interested, take part in the discussion on Meta-Wiki.

Apologies that this message is only in English. This message can be read and translated in more languages here. Joe Sutherland (talk) 01:34, 6. Okt 2016 (UTC)

Editing News #3—2016

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can easily re-arrange columns and rows in the visual editor?

Select a cell in the column or row that you want to move. Click the arrow at the start of that row or column to open the dropdown menu (shown). Choose either "Move before" or "Move after" to move the column, or "Move above" or "Move below" to move the row.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has mainly worked on a new wikitext editor. They have also released some small features and the new map editing tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the list of work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, releasing the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature, and improving language support.

Recent changes

• You can now set text as small or big.[8]
• Invisible templates have been shown as a puzzle icon. Now, the name of the invisible template is displayed next to the puzzle icon.[9] A similar feature will display the first part of hidden HTML comments.[10]
• Categories are displayed at the bottom of each page. If you click on the categories, the dialog for editing categories will open.[11]
• At many wikis, you can now add maps to pages. Go to the Insert menu and choose the "Maps" item. The Discovery department is adding more features to this area, like geoshapes. You can read more at mediawiki.org.[12]
• The "Save" button now says "Save page" when you create a page, and "Save changes" when you change an existing page.[13] In the future, the "Siede spiekerje" button will say "Seite veröffentlichen". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.
• Image galleries now use a visual mode for editing. You can see thumbnails of the images, add new files, remove unwanted images, rearrange the images by dragging and dropping, and add captions for each image. Use the "Options" tab to set the gallery's display mode, image sizes, and add a title for the gallery.[14]

Future changes

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining 10 "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next month. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including Thai, Burmese and Aramaic.

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. The 2017 wikitext editor will look like the visual editor and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices in October 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

Let's work together

• Do you teach new editors how to use the visual editor? Did you help set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki? Have you written or imported TemplateData for your most important citation templates? Would you be willing to help new editors and small communities with the visual editor? Please sign up for the new VisualEditor Community Taskforce.

• If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Danke!

—Elitre (WMF)

17:50, 15. Okt 2016 (UTC)

Password reset

I apologise that this message is in English. ⧼Centralnotice-shared-help-translate⧽

We are having a problem with attackers taking over wiki accounts with privileged user rights (for example, admins, bureaucrats, oversighters, checkusers). It appears that this may be because of weak or reused passwords.

Community members are working along with members of multiple teams at the Wikimedia Foundation to address this issue.

In the meantime, we ask that everyone takes a look at the passwords they have chosen for their wiki accounts. If you know that you've chosen a weak password, or if you've chosen a password that you are using somewhere else, please change those passwords.

Select strong passwords – eight or more characters long, and containing letters, numbers, and punctuation. Joe Sutherland (Diskussion) / MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 23:59, 13. Nov 2016 (UTC)

Adding to the above section (Password reset)

Please accept my apologies - that first line should read "Help with translations!". Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) / MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 00:11, 14. Nov 2016 (UTC)

New way to edit wikitext

Summary: There's a new opt-in Beta Feature of a wikitext mode for the visual editor. Please go try it out.

We in the Wikimedia Foundation's Editing department are responsible for making editing better for all our editors, new and experienced alike. We've been slowly improving the visual editor based on feedback, user tests, and feature requests. However, that doesn't work for all our user needs: whether you need to edit a wikitext talk page, create a template, or fix some broken reference syntax, sometimes you need to use wikitext, and many experienced editors prefer it.

Consequently, we've planned a "wikitext mode" for the visual editor for a long time. It provides as much of the visual editor's features as possible, for those times that you need or want wikitext. It has the same user interface as the visual editor, including the same toolbar across the top with the same buttons. It provides access to the citoid service for formatting citations, integrated search options for inserting images, and the ability to add new templates in a simple dialog. Like in the visual editor, if you paste in formatted text copied from another page, then formatting (such as bolding) will automatically be converted into wikitext.

All wikis now have access to this mode as a Beta Feature. When enabled, it replaces your existing wikitext editor everywhere. If you don't like it, you can reverse this at any time by turning off the Beta Feature in your preferences. We don't want to surprise anyone, so it's strictly an opt-in-only Beta Feature. It won't switch on automatically for anyone, even if you have previously checked the box to "Automatisch alle neuen Beta-Funktionen aktivieren".

The new wikitext edit mode is based on the visual editor, so it requires JavaScript (as does the current wikitext editor). It doesn't work with gadgets that have only been designed for the older one (and vice versa), so some users will miss gadgets they find important. We're happy to work with gadget authors to help them update their code to work with both editors. We're not planning to get rid of the current main wikitext editor on desktop in the foreseeable future. We're also not going to remove the existing ability to edit plain wikitext without JavaScript. Finally, though it should go without saying, if you prefer to continue using the current wikitext editor, then you may so do.

This is an early version, and we'd love to know what you think so we can make it better. Please leave feedback about the new mode on the feedback page. You may write comments in any language. Thank you.

James Forrester (Product Manager, Editing department, Wikimedia Foundation) --19:31, 14. Dez 2016 (UTC)

Review of initial updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.

This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve. We hope to design an inclusive process that makes space for everyone: editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, donors, technology platforms, institutional partners, and people we have yet to reach. There will be multiple ways to participate including on-wiki, in private spaces, and in-person meetings. You are warmly invited to join and make your voice heard.

The immediate goal is to have a strategic direction by Wikimania 2017 to help frame a discussion on how we work together toward that strategic direction.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Beginning with this message, monthly reviews of these updates will be sent to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a review of the updates that have been sent so far:

• Update 1 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (15 December 2016)
  • Introduction to process and information about budget spending resolution to support it
• Update 2 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (23 December 2016)
  • Start of search for Lead Architect for movement strategy process
• Update 3 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (8 January 2017)
  • Plans for strategy sessions at upcoming Wikimedia Conference 2017
• Update 4 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (11 January 2017)
  • Introduction of williamsworks
• Update 5 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 February 2017)
  • The core movement strategy team, team tracks being developed, introduction of the Community Process Steering Committee, discussions at WikiIndaba conference 2017 and the Wikimedia movement affiliates executive directors gathering in Switzerland
• Update 6 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (10 February 2017)
  • Tracks A & B process prototypes and providing feedback, updates on development of all four Tracks

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, 20:31, 15. Feb 2017 (UTC) • Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen • Get help

Overview #2 of updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

As we mentioned last month, the Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Each month, we are sending overviews of these updates to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a overview of the updates that have been sent since our message last month:

• Update 7 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (16 February 2017)
  • Development of documentation for Tracks A & B
• Update 8 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (24 February 2017)
  • Introduction of Track Leads for all four audience tracks
• Update 9 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 March 2017)
  • Seeking feedback on documents being used to help facilitate upcoming community discussions

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, 19:43, 9. Mee 2017 (UTC) • Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen • Get help

We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)

This message, "We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)", was sent through multiple channels by Gregory Varnum on 15 and 16 of March 2017 to village pumps, affiliate talk pages, movement mailing lists, and MassMessage groups. A similar message was sent by Nicole Ebber to organized groups and their mailing lists on 15 of March 2017. This version of the message is available for translation and documentation purposes

Dear Wikimedians/Wikipedians:

Today we are starting a broad discussion to define Wikimedia's future role in the world and develop a collaborative strategy to fulfill that role. You are warmly invited to join the conversation.

There are many ways to participate, by joining an existing conversation or starting your own:

Track A (organized groups): Discussions with your affiliate, committee or other organized group (these are groups that support the Wikimedia movement).

Track B (individual contributors): On Meta or your local language or project wiki.

This is the first of three conversations, and it will run between now and April 15. The purpose of cycle 1 is to discuss the future of the movement and generate major themes around potential directions. What do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?

We welcome you, as we create this conversation together, and look forward to broad and diverse participation from all parts of our movement.

• Find out more about the movement strategy process
• Learn more about volunteering to be a Discussion Coordinator

Sincerely,

Nicole Ebber (Track A Lead), Jaime Anstee (Track B Lead), & the engagement support teams

05:10, 18. Mee 2017 (UTC)

Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

Please accept our apologies for cross-posting this message. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections.

The Board of Trustees (Board) is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. More information about this role can be found on Meta-Wiki. Please read the letter from the Board of Trustees calling for candidates.

The candidacy submission phase will last from April 7 (00:00 UTC) to April 20 (23:59 UTC).

We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates from April 7 to April 20. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki.

Once the questions submission period has ended on April 20, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to beginning on April 21.

The goal of this process is to fill the three community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The election results will be used by the Board itself to select its new members.

The full schedule for the Board elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.

• April 7 (00:00 UTC) – April 20 (23:59 UTC) – Board nominations
• April 7 – April 20 – Board candidates questions submission period
• April 21 – April 30 – Board candidates answer questions
• May 1 – May 14 – Board voting period
• May 15–19 – Board vote checking
• May 20 – Board result announcement goal

In addition to the Board elections, we will also soon be holding elections for the following roles:

• Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
  • There are five positions being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

• Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson (Ombuds)
  • One position is being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

Please note that this year the Board of Trustees elections will be held before the FDC and Ombuds elections. Candidates who are not elected to the Board are explicitly permitted and encouraged to submit themselves as candidates to the FDC or Ombuds positions after the results of the Board elections are announced.

More information on this year's elections can be found on Meta-Wiki. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the election talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-electionswikimedia.org.

On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, 03:37, 7. Apr 2017 (UTC) • Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen • Get help

Read-only mode for 20 to 30 minutes on 19 April and 3 May

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The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its secondary data center in Dallas. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to conduct a planned test. This test will show whether they can reliably switch from one data center to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

They will switch all traffic to the secondary data center on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. On Wednesday, 3 May 2017, they will switch back to the primary data center.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop during those two switches. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for approximately 20 to 30 minutes on Wednesday, 19 April and Wednesday, 3 May. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Thursday 20 April and Thursday 4 May).
• If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
• There will be code freezes for the weeks of 17 April 2017 and 1 May 2017. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.

This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community. /User:Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 17:33, 11. Apr 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata description editing in the Wikipedia Android app

Wikidata description editing is a new experiment being rolled out on the Wikipedia app for Android. While this primarily impacts Wikidata, the changes are also addressing a concern about the mobile versions of Wikipedia, so that mobile users will be able to edit directly the descriptions shown under the title of the page and in the search results.

We began by rolling out this feature several weeks ago to a pilot group of Wikipedias (Russian, Hebrew, and Catalan), and have seen very positive results including numerous quality contributions in the form of new and updated descriptions, and a low rate of vandalism.

We are now ready for the next phase of rolling out this feature, which is to enable it in a few days for all Wikipedias except the top ten by usage within the app (i.e. except English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish, and Chinese). We will enable the feature for those languages instead at some point in the future, as we closely monitor user engagement with our expanded set of pilot communities. As always, if have any concerns, please reach out to us on wiki at the talk page for this project or by email at reading@wikimedia.org. Thanks!

-DBrant (WMF) 08:41, 14. Apr 2017 (UTC)

New Page previews feature

New Page previews feature

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Hello,

The Reading web team at the Wikimedia Foundation has been working to enable Page previews, a beta feature known previously as Hovercards, as opt-in behavior for logged-in users and the default behavior for logged-out users across Wikipedia projects. Page previews provide a preview of any linked article, giving readers a quick understanding of a related article without leaving the current page. For this project, we are expecting to collect feedback over the following few weeks and tentatively enable the feature in early May, 2017.

A quick note on the implementation:

• For logged-in users who are not currently testing out the beta feature, Page previews will be off by default. Users may turn them on from their user preferences page.
• For logged-out users, the feature will be on by default. Users may disable it at any time by selecting the setting cog available in each preview.
• For users of the Navigation popups gadget, you will not be able to turn on the Page previews feature while using navigational popups. If you would like to try out the Page preview feature, make sure to first turn Navigation popups off prior to turning Page previews on.

You can read more about the feature and the tests we used to evaluate performance, try it out by enabling it from the beta features page, and leave feedback or questions on the talk page.

Thank you, MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 16:52, 19. Apr 2017 (UTC)

Voting has begun in 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2017 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 1 to 23:59 UTC May 14. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2017 Board of Trustees election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation

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19:14, 3. Moa 2017 (UTC)

Beta Feature Two Column Edit Conflict View

From May 9, the Two Column Edit Conflict View will be available as a beta feature on all wikis. The Two Column Edit Conflict View is a new interface for the edit conflict resolution page. It highlights differences between the editor's and the conflicting changes to make it easy to copy and paste pieces of the text and resolve the conflict. The feature fulfils a request for a more user-friendly edit conflict resolution from the German Community’s Technical Wishlist. Everyone is invited to test the feature and we hope that it will serve you well!

Birgit Müller (WMDE) 14:41, 8. Moa 2017 (UTC)

Editing News #1—2017

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can review your changes visually?

When you are finished editing the page, type your edit summary and then choose "Überprüfe deine Änderungen".

In visual mode, you will see additions, removals, new links, and formatting highlighted. Other changes, such as changing the size of an image, are described in notes on the side.

Click the toggle button to switch between visual and wikitext diffs.

The wikitext diff is the same diff tool that is used in the wikitext editors and in the page history. You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has spent most of their time supporting the 2017 wikitext editor mode which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and adding the new visual diff tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature, and improving the visual diff tool.

Recent changes

• A new wikitext editing mode is available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices. The 2017 wikitext editor has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools. Go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures to enable the Neuer Wikitext-Modus.
• A new visual diff tool is available in VisualEditor's visual mode. You can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. More features will be added to this later. In the future, this tool may be integrated into other MediaWiki components. [15]
• The team have added multi-column support for lists of footnotes. The <references /> block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can request multi-column support for your wiki. [16]
• You can now use your web browser's function to switch typing direction in the new wikitext mode. This is particularly helpful for RTL language users like Urdu or Hebrew who have to write JavaScript or CSS. You can use Command+Shift+X or Control+Shift+X to trigger this. [17]
• The way to switch between the visual editing mode and the wikitext editing mode is now consistent. There is a drop-down menu that shows the two options. This is now the same in desktop and mobile web editing, and inside things that embed editing, such as Flow. [18]
• The Kategorien item has been moved to the top of the Seitenoptionen menu (from clicking on the "hamburger" icon) for quicker access. [19] There is also now a "Templates used on this page" feature there. [20]
• You can now create <chem> tags (sometimes used as <ce>) for chemical formulas inside the visual editor. [21]
• Tables can be set as collapsed or un-collapsed. [22]
• The Sonderzeichen menu now includes characters for Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics and angle quotation marks (‹› and ⟨⟩) . The team thanks the volunteer developer, Tpt. [23]
• A bug caused some section edit conflicts to blank the rest of the page. This has been fixed. The team are sorry for the disruption. [24]
• There is a new keyboard shortcut for citations: Control+Shift+K on a PC, or Command+Shift+K on a Mac. It is based on the keyboard shortcut for making links, which is Control+K or Command+K respectively. [25]

Future changes

• The team is working on a syntax highlighting tool. It will highlight matching pairs of <ref> tags and other types of wikitext syntax. You will be able to turn it on and off. It will first become available in VisualEditor's built-in wikitext mode, maybe late in 2017. [26]
• The kind of button used to Foarbekiek wiese, Annerengen wiese, and finish an edit will change in all WMF-supported wikitext editors. The new buttons will use OOjs UI. The buttons will be larger, brighter, and easier to read. The labels will remain the same. You can test the new button by editing a page and adding &ooui=1 to the end of the URL, like this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Sandbox?action=edit&ooui=1 The old appearance will no longer be possible, even with local CSS changes. [27]
• The outdated 2006 wikitext editor will be removed later this year. It is used by approximately 0.03% of active editors. See a list of editing tools on mediawiki.org if you are uncertain which one you use. [28]
• If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Danke!

—Elitre (WMF)

18:06, 12. Moa 2017 (UTC)

RevisionSlider

RevisionSlider will be available as a default feature for all users on all wikis from May 17. The RevisionSlider adds a slider view to the diff page so that you can easily move between revisions. The slider view is collapsed by default, and will load by clicking on it. It can also be turned off entirely in the user preferences. RevisionSlider has been a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia for 6 months and a beta feature on all wikis for 8 months. The feature fulfills a wish from the German Community’s Technical Wishlist. Thanks to everyone who tested RevisionSlider and gave valuable feedback to improve the feature! We hope that RevisionSlider will continue to serve you well in your work.

Birgit Müller (WMDE) 14:44, 16. Moa 2017 (UTC)

Join the next cycle of Wikimedia movement strategy discussions (underway until June 12)

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The Wikimedia movement strategy core team and working groups have completed reviewing the more than 1800 thematic statements we received from the first discussion. They have identified 5 themes that were consistent across all the conversations - each with their own set of sub-themes. These are not the final themes, just an initial working draft of the core concepts.

You are invited to join the online and offline discussions taking place on these 5 themes. This round of discussions will take place between now and June 12th. You can discuss as many as you like; we ask you to participate in the ones that are most (or least) important to you.

Here are the five themes, each has a page on Meta-Wiki with more information about the theme and how to participate in that theme's discussion:

• Healthy, Inclusive Communities
• The Augmented Age
• A Truly Global Movement
• The Most Respected Source of Knowledge
• Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem

On the movement strategy portal on Meta-Wiki, you can find more information about each of these themes, their discussions, and how to participate.

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21:09, 16. Moa 2017 (UTC)

Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections

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On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, we are pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee and Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson elections. Please read the letter from the Wikimedia Foundation calling for candidates at on the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation elections portal.

Funds Dissemination Committee
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson
The Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC Ombudsperson elections page.

The candidacy submission phase will last until May 28 (23:59 UTC).

We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates until May 28. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki. Once the questions submission period has ended on May 28, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to.

The goal of this process is to fill the five community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee and the community-selected ombudsperson. The election results will be used by the Board itself to make the appointments.

The full schedule for the FDC elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.

• May 15 (00:00 UTC) – May 28 (23:59 UTC) – Nominations
• May 15 – May 28 – Candidates questions submission period
• May 29 – June 2 – Candidates answer questions
• June 3 – June 11 – Voting period
• June 12–14 – Vote checking
• June 15 – Goal date for announcing election results

More information on this year's elections can be found at the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation elections portal.

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-electionswikimedia.org.

On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation

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21:06, 23. Moa 2017 (UTC)

Accessible editing buttons

The MediaWiki developers have been slowly improving the accessibility of the user interface. The next step in this transition will change the appearance of some buttons and may break some outdated (non-updated or unmaintained) user scripts and gadgets.

You can see and use the old and new versions now. Most editors will only notice that some buttons are slightly larger and have different colors.

• Comparison of old and new styles
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  Buttons before the change

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  Buttons after the change

However, this change also affects some user scripts and gadgets. Unfortunately, some of them may not work well in the new system. If you maintain any user scripts or gadgets that are used for editing, please see mw:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons for information on how to test and fix your scripts. Outdated scripts can be tested and fixed now.

This change will probably reach this wiki on Tuesday, 18 July 2017. Please leave a note at mw:Talk:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons if you need help.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 22:23, 10. Jul 2017 (UTC)

Page Previews (Hovercards) update

Hello,

A quick update on the progress of enabling Page Previews (previously named Hovercards) on this project. Page Previews provide a preview of any linked article, giving readers a quick understanding of a related article without leaving the current page. As mentioned in December we're preparing to remove the feature from Beta and make it the default behavior for logged-out users. We have recently made a large update to the code which fixes most outstanding bugs.

Due to some issues with our instrumentation, we delayed our deployment by a few months. We are finally ready to deploy the feature. Page Previews will be off by default and available in the user preferences page for logged-in users the week of July 24th. The feature will be on by default for current beta users and logged-out users. If you would like to preview the feature, you can enable it as a beta feature. For more information see Page Previews. Questions can be left on the talk page in your preferred language.

Thank you again.

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 22:32, 20. Jul 2017 (UTC)