User talk:JJBers/Archive 4

ANI notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. StephenTS42 (talk) 15:29, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Incorrect entries on popular pages bot config
Hello there! I saw you added some task forces to the popular pages bot config. Thank you for doing that. I wanted to point out that the "Name" field for these should be "U.S. Roads/" because the bot derives it's config from a database which names projects like this to avoid problems when multiple projects have similarly named task forces. So if you could fix that edit and prefix the "Name" field values with "U.S. Roads/", it'd be so awesome. Thank you. Feel free to reach out if you want help fixing it or in general to help out with the project. :) -- NKohli (WMF) (talk) 00:48, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * It would be wonderful if you could fix it, but if you can't, I'll fix it tomorrow. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  02:40, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I haven't got time to fix it right now. I can do it later today or tomorrow if you can't. -- NKohli (WMF) (talk) 17:00, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I've undone the edit as you broke the existing reports too for task forces that already had them. Please take better care in the future. --Rschen7754 18:16, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Alright, I fixed it. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  18:33, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

July 2017
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring and violating the three-revert rule, as you did at West Haven, Connecticut. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Favonian (talk) 16:15, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Extension of TBAN
I have closed the ANI case regarding your recent conduct at the Westport page, and have extended your TBAN to all pages relating to Connecticut, broadly construed, for a period of six months. If you have any further questions or clarifications, please let me know either here or on my talk page. Primefac (talk) 16:36, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Does this start now, or is it from the original TBAN back in June. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  16:53, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Starts now, ends 22 Jan 2018. Primefac (talk) 16:58, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  16:59, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Is there any place to go to request a modification to my TBAN (not in time)? &mdash; JJ Be  rs  16:02, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
 * What sort of modifications were you thinking of? Primefac (talk) 19:50, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The fact that Connecticut is really too broad. He's currently editing pages about the Military, which I have no interest in. So I'm requesting my TBAN to be changed to just pages about Places in Connecticut (meaning I'm allowed to mention them, just not edit their pages). &mdash; JJ Be  rs  20:11, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Just in case you aren't watching.... &mdash; JJ Be  rs  00:16, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * So, just to clarify, because he is sticking to the terms of the TBAN, you want to lighten your restrictions? That seems rather backwards. Primefac (talk) 21:05, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late response, but I think it would be fine if the same was applied to him. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  17:50, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest
Hi. Thankyou for your participation in the challenge series or/and contests. In November The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There will be over $4000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. If this would appeal to you and you think you'd be interested in contributing new articles on women during this month for your region or wherever please sign up in the participants section. The articles done may also count towards the ongoing challenge. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate and raise money to buy books about women for others to use, this is also fine. Help would also be appreciated in drawing up the lists of missing articles. If you think of any missing articles please add them to the sub lists by continent at Missing articles. Thankyou, and if taking part, good luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:58, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your offer, but I'm still taking a WikiBreak for now. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  18:31, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Coordinates
These values cannot be correct. The number of minutes must be less than 60. Alex1 (talk) 10:05, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out, but I can't fix it right now. &mdash; JJ Be  rs  21:50, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Fixed, the old numbers appeared to be correct. Alex1 (talk) 23:15, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

 * Thanks! &mdash; JJ Be  rs  22:12, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Your signature
Please be aware that your signature uses deprecated    tags, which are causing  Obsolete HTML tags  lint errors. You are encouraged to change
 * : & mdash;  JJ    Be    rs

to
 * : & mdash;  JJ    Be   rs

— Anomalocaris ( talk ) 19:58, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Corrected! & mdash;  JJ    Be   rs   03:25, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! — Anomalocaris ( talk ) 07:57, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Also, if you have not already done so, would you please change your other  signature from
 * : & mdash;  JJ    Be    rs

to
 * : & mdash;  JJ    Be   rs

— Anomalocaris ( talk ) 20:16, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Now corrected again. & mdash;  JJ    Be   rs   13:34, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! — Anomalocaris ( talk ) 19:22, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject North America/The North America Destubathon
Wikipedia:WikiProject North America/The North America Destubathon, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject North America/The North America Destubathon  and please be sure to  sign your comments  with four tildes ( &lt;nowiki&gt;&mdash; JJ  Be rs  17:43, 5 April 2018 (UTC)&lt;/nowiki&gt; ). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject North America/The North America Destubathon  during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. -- Another Believer    ( Talk )  17:04, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Editing News #1—2018
 Read this in another language  •  Subscription list for the English Wikipedia  •  Subscription list for the multilingual edition   ''' Did you know? ''' Did you know that you can now use the  visual diff tool  on any page? Sometimes, it is hard to see important changes in a wikitext diff. This screenshot of a wikitext diff (click to enlarge) shows that the paragraphs have been rearranged, but it does not highlight the removal of a word or the addition of a new sentence. If you enable the Beta Feature  for "  ", you will have a new option. It will give you a new box at the top of every diff page. This box will let you choose either diff system on any edit. Click the toggle button to switch between visual and wikitext diffs. In the visual diff, additions, removals, new links, and formatting changes will be highlighted. Other changes, such as changing the size of an image, are described in notes on the side. This screenshot shows the same edit as the wikitext diff. The visual diff highlights the removal of one word and the addition of a new sentence. An arrow indicates that the paragraph changed location. 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  Editing 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 improving  the visual diff tool. Their work board is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the work finished each week at VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities  are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor, and improving the visual diff tool.

Recent changes

 * The   2017 wikitext editor    is  available as a Beta Feature  on desktop devices.  It has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools.  The team have been comparing the performance of different editing environments.  They have studied how long it takes to open the page and start typing.  The study uses data for more than one million edits during December and January.  Some changes have been made to improve the speed of the 2017 wikitext editor and the visual editor.  Recently, the 2017 wikitext editor opened fastest for most edits, and the 2010 WikiEditor was fastest for some edits.  More information will be posted at  Contributors/Projects/Editing performance.
 * The   visual diff tool    was developed for the visual editor.  It is now available to all users of the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor.  When you review your changes, you can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs.  You can also  enable the new Beta Feature  for "Visual diffs".  The Beta Feature lets you use the visual diff tool to view other people's edits on page histories and  Special:RecentChanges.
 * Wikitext syntax highlighting is available as a Beta Feature for both  the 2017 wikitext editor  and the 2010 wikitext editor.
 * The citoid service  automatically translates URLs, DOIs, ISBNs, and PubMed id numbers into wikitext citation templates.  This tool has been used at the English Wikipedia for a long time.  It is very popular and useful to editors, although it can be tricky for admins to set up.   Other wikis can have this service, too.  Please read the instructions . You can  ask the team to help you enable citoid at your wiki.

Let's work together
— User:Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk ) 23:14, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The team is planning a presentation about editing tools for an upcoming Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting.
 * Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and other communities may have the visual editor made available by default to contributors.  If your community wants this, then please contact Dan Garry.
 * The    block can  automatically display long lists of references in columns  on wide screens.  This makes footnotes easier to read.  This has already been enabled at the English Wikipedia.  If you want columns for a long list of footnotes on this wiki, you can use either     or the plain (no parameters)     template.  If you edit a different wiki, you can  request multi-column support  for your wiki.
 * 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. We will notify you when the next issue is ready for translation. Thank you!

Happy Birthday

 * Thank You! &mdash; JJ Be rs  01:02, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Mentioned
Hello JJBers. Your name was mentioned in this talk thread. Perhaps you want to join the discussion and give your opinion. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 14:52, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Councils of governments in Connecticut
Clearly you're not familiar with this. Take the time to read about it before reverting any of my edits regarding efforts to consolidate these pages. Thanks.--AirportExpert (talk) 18:05, 18 October 2018 (UTC)AirportExpert

Council of Governments State Website:

https://www.ct.gov/opm/cwp/view.asp?q=383046
 * I see that, but that doesn't make a article notable at all. &mdash; JJ Be rs  18:06, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Official regions recognized by the state are indeed notable. Please stop interfering with my efforts to improve coverage of this.--AirportExpert (talk) 18:09, 18 October 2018 (UTC)AirportExpert
 * No, it doesn't. We don't need articles on every single region just because the state says they exist. Many of these already overlap with much more notable regions, plus there is next to no coverage mentioning the regions which didn't exist beforehand. &mdash; JJ Be rs  18:12, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Instead of edit warring, create a proposal on Wikiproject Connecticut to combine these regions.--AirportExpert (talk) 18:14, 18 October 2018 (UTC)AirportExpert
 * I'm not edit warring. I've only edited one page and that was only once. Please stop lying. &mdash; JJ Be rs  18:15, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm referring to your edits on Western Connecticut, another similar page.--AirportExpert (talk) 18:18, 18 October 2018 (UTC)AirportExpert
 * I've made a total of 2 reverts over the course of 2 weeks. That's not a edit war. &mdash; JJ Be rs  18:20, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I never explicitly said it was, but it seems like it could become one if you continue to revert these edits. Open a discussion regarding this instead.--AirportExpert (talk) 18:22, 18 October 2018 (UTC)AirportExpert
 * Look, I appreciate your efforts to improve Wikipedia coverage of Connecticut. You clearly devote a lot of time to improving related pages. I'm not looking to cause a dispute over this, I just think there are better ways to go about achieving the end result of this. I'd be happy to help you and work together on this task, but we need to at least have a consensus as to what the end-goal is.--AirportExpert (talk) 18:31, 18 October 2018 (UTC)AirportExpert
 * I'm just trying to fix redundant and very similar region pages into their more notable pages. &mdash; JJ Be rs  19:03, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

CT page reverts
Hello JJBers, I request that you and AirportExpert come to the WPCT talk page to discuss the recent spate of editing-and-reverting across various CT pages. I hope that you will come. Markvs88 (talk) 19:11, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Editing News #2—2018
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Did you know?

Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?

Tap on the pencil icon to start editing. The page will probably open in the wikitext editor.

You will see another pencil icon in the toolbar. Tap on that pencil icon to the switch between visual editing and wikitext editing.



Remember to publish your changes when you're done.

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 Editing Team has wrapped up most of their work on the 2017 wikitext editor and the visual diff tool. The team has begun investigating the needs of editors who use mobile devices. Their work board is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are fixing bugs and improving mobile editing.

Recent changes

 * The Editing team has published an initial report about mobile editing.
 * The Editing team has begun a design study of visual editing on the mobile website. New editors have trouble doing basic tasks on a smartphone, such as adding links to Wikipedia articles.  You can read the report.
 * The Reading team is working on a separate mobile-based contributions project.
 * The 2006 wikitext editor is no longer supported. If you used that toolbar, then you will no longer see any toolbar.  You may choose another editing tool in your editing preferences, local gadgets, or beta features.
 * The Editing team described the history and status of VisualEditor in this recorded public presentation (starting at 29 minutes, 30 seconds).
 * The Language team released a new version of Content Translation (CX2) last month, on International Translation Day. It integrates the visual editor to support templates, tables, and images.  It also produces better wikitext when the translated article is published.

Let's work together

 * The Editing team wants to improve visual editing on the mobile website.  Please read their ideas and tell the team what you think would help editors who use the mobile site.
 * The Community Wishlist Survey begins next week.
 * 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.  We will notify you when the next issue is ready for translation.

— Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 17:11, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

permission to use photograph
CT Main Street Center is requesting permission to use the JJBers photograph "Downtown Willimantic, Connecticut during 3rd Thursday" for our 2019 VIBRANT MAIN STREETS awards celebration in Willimantic. Use will be for the printed and emailed invitation (to aprox 2000 people in CT), and on the cover of our program booklet. Not having used the CC-BY-SA-4.0 before, I don't understand what the protocol is for permissions and photo credit. Please clarify, and let me know if we may use this photo. Thank you. 50.235.202.2 (talk) 20:10, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure, you can use the photo as long as you credit me by "JJBers/CC-4.0". &mdash; JJ Be rs  00:40, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Editing News #1—July 2019
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Did you know?

Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?

Every article has a pencil icon at the top. Tap on the pencil icon to start editing.

 Edit Cards 



This is what the new Edit Cards for editing links in the mobile visual editor look like. You can try the prototype here: 📲 Try Edit Cards.

Welcome back to the Editing newsletter.

Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.

Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:

Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?

If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.

Follow these instructions and share your experience:

📲 Try Edit Cards.

Recent releases
The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team has recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:


 * 1) Section editing
 * 2) * The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
 * 3) * The team studied this with an A/B test. This test showed that contributors who could use section editing were 1% more likely to publish the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
 * 4) Loading overlay
 * 5) * The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.

Section editing and the new loading overlay are now available to everyone using the mobile visual editor.

New and active projects
This is a list of our most active projects. Watch these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.


 * Edit cards: This is a clearer way to add and edit links, citations, images, templates, etc. in articles. You can try this feature now.  Go here to see how: 📲Try Edit Cards.
 * Mobile toolbar refresh: This project will learn if contributors are more successful when the editing tools are easier to recognize.
 * Mobile visual editor availability: This A/B test asks: Are newer contributors more successful if they use the mobile visual editor?  We are collaborating with 20 Wikipedias to answer this question.
 * Usability improvements: This project will make the mobile visual editor easier to use.  The goal is to let contributors stay focused on editing and to feel more confident in the editing tools.

Looking ahead

 * Wikimania: Several members of the Editing Team will be attending Wikimania in August 2019.  They will lead a session about mobile editing in the Community Growth space.  Talk to them about how editing can be improved.
 * Talk Pages: In the coming months, the Editing Team will begin improving talk pages and communication on the wikis.

Learning more
The VisualEditor on mobile is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

PPelberg (WMF) (talk) and Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Editing News #2 – Mobile editing and talk pages – October 2019
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Inside this newsletter, the Editing team talks about their work on the mobile visual editor, on the new talk pages project, and at Wikimania 2019.

Help
What talk page interactions do you remember? Is it a story about how someone helped you to learn something new? Is it a story about how someone helped you get involved in a group? Something else? Whatever your story is, we want to hear it!

Please tell us a story about how you used a talk page. Please share a link to a memorable discussion, or describe it on the talk page for this project. The team would value your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.

Talk Pages
The Talk Pages Consultation was a global consultation to define better tools for wiki communication. From February through June 2019, more than 500 volunteers on 20 wikis, across 15 languages and multiple projects, came together with members of the Foundation to create a product direction for a set of discussion tools. The Phase 2 Report of the Talk Page Consultation was published in August. It summarizes the product direction the team has started to work on, which you can read more about here: Talk Page Project project page.

The team needs and wants your help at this early stage. They are starting to develop the first idea. Please add your name to the "Getting involved" section of the project page, if you would like to hear about opportunities to participate.

Mobile visual editor
The Editing team is trying to make it simpler to edit on mobile devices. The team is changing the visual editor on mobile. If you have something to say about editing on a mobile device, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

Edit Cards



 * On 3 September, the Editing team released version 3 of Edit Cards. Anyone could use the new version in the mobile visual editor.
 * There is an updated design on the Edit Card for adding and modifying links. There is also a new, combined workflow for editing a link's display text and target.
 * Feedback: You can try the new Edit Cards by opening the mobile visual editor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Edit cards talk page.

Toolbar



 * In September, the Editing team updated the mobile visual editor's editing toolbar. Anyone could see these changes in the mobile visual editor.
 * One toolbar: All of the editing tools are located in one toolbar. Previously, the toolbar changed when you clicked on different things.
 * New navigation: The buttons for moving forward and backward in the edit flow have changed.
 * Seamless switching: an improved workflow for switching between the visual and wikitext modes.
 * Feedback: You can try the refreshed toolbar by opening the mobile VisualEditor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Toolbar feedback talk page.

Wikimania
The Editing Team attended Wikimania 2019 in Sweden. They led a session on the mobile visual editor and a session on the new talk pages project. They tested two new features in the mobile visual editor with contributors. You can read more about what the team did and learned in the team's report on Wikimania 2019.

Looking ahead

 * Talk Pages Project: The team is thinking about the first set of proposed changes.  The team will be working with a few communities to pilot those changes. The best way to stay informed is by adding your username to the list on the project page: Getting involved.
 * Testing the mobile visual editor as the default: The Editing team plans to post results before the end of the calendar year. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: VisualEditor as mobile default project page.
 * Measuring the impact of Edit Cards: The Editing team hopes to share results in November.  This study asks whether the project helped editors add links and citations.  The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: Edit Cards project page.

– PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 16:51, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

"Eaht" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Eaht. Since you had some involvement with the Eaht redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. — Searingjet (talk) 18:38, 25 November 2019 (UTC) ==Happy First Edit Day!==  Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 08:21, 30 January 2020 (UTC) ==MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Xaosflux/Requests for adminship/Wikipe-tan== Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Xaosflux/Requests for adminship/Wikipe-tan, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Xaosflux/Requests for adminship/Wikipe-tan and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Xaosflux/Requests for adminship/Wikipe-tan during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 16:09, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #1 – Discussion tools
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The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. The goal of the talk pages project is to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. This project is the result of the Talk pages consultation 2019.



The team is building a new tool for replying to comments now. This early version can sign and indent comments automatically. Please test the new Reply tool.


 * On 31 March 2020, the new tool was offered as a Beta Feature editors at four Wikipedias:  Arabic, Dutch, French, and Hungarian.  If your community also wants early access to the new tool, contact User:Whatamidoing (WMF).
 * The team is planning some upcoming changes. Please review the proposed design and share your thoughts on the talk page.  The team will test features such as:
 * an easy way to mention another editor ("pinging"),
 * a rich-text visual editing option, and
 * other features identified through user testing or recommended by editors.

To hear more about Editing Team updates, please add your name to the "Get involved"  section of the project page. You can also watch these pages: the main project page, Updates, Replying, and User testing.

– PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 15:45, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #2 – Quick updates
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This edition of the Editing newsletter includes information the Talk pages project, an effort to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. The central project page is on MediaWiki.org.


 * Reply tool : This is available as a Beta Feature at the four partner wikis (Arabic, Dutch, French, and Hungarian Wikipedias). The Beta Feature will get new features soon.  The new features include writing comments in a new visual editing mode and pinging other users by typing  . You can test the new features on the Beta Cluster.  Some other wikis will have a chance to try the Beta Feature in the coming months.
 * New requirements for user signatures : Soon, users will not be able to save invalid custom signatures in Special:Preferences. This will reduce signature spoofing, prevent page corruption, and make new talk page tools more reliable.  Most editors will not be affected.
 * New discussion tool : The Editing team is beginning work on a simpler process for starting new discussions.   You can see the initial design on the project page.
 * Research on the use of talk pages : The Editing team worked with the Wikimedia research team to study how talk pages help editors improve articles.  We learned that new editors who use talk pages make more edits to the main namespace than new editors who don't use talk pages.

– Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:11, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
 Happy Birthday! Have a very happy birthday on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:23, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #3


Seven years ago this week, the Editing team made the visual editor available by default to all logged-in editors using the desktop site at the English Wikipedia. Here's what happened since its introduction:


 * The 50 millionth edit using the visual editor on desktop was made this year. More than 10 million edits have been made here at the English Wikipedia.
 * More than 2 million new articles have been created in the visual editor. More than 600,000 of these new articles were created during 2019.
 * Almost 5 million edits on the mobile site have been made with the visual editor. Most of these edits have been made since the Editing team started improving the mobile visual editor in 2018.
 * The proportion of all edits made using the visual editor has been increasing every year.
 * Editors have made more than 7 million edits in the 2017 wikitext editor, including starting 600,000 new articles in it. The 2017 wikitext editor is VisualEditor's built-in wikitext mode.  You can enable it in your preferences.
 * On 17 November 2019, the first edit from outer space was made in the mobile visual editor.
 * In 2019, 35% of the edits by newcomers, and half of their first edits, were made using the visual editor. This percentage has been increasing every year since the tool became available.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 02:05, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Template:Cite EB1911
Thank you for this edit: Revision as of 13:08, 25 June 2018 to the Wikipedia article Norwalk, Connecticut. I am working my way through edits which link to EB1911 articles on Wiksource that do not use the custom template template:Cite EB1911. I have noticed several instances where an editor has used the common templte to create the link even though the rest of the article uses "cs1" templates such as  rather than "cs2". I am guessing that this a a style choice that you have been making as I have seen several others filled in using parameters with a similar layout and content.

I want to request that in future you use the custom template to link to a Wikisource article one simply fills in the name of the wikisource article using the wstitle as I did with this edit (adding volume and page number) and the template fills in the rest. It will also handle all the other cs1 parametes including mode if you wish to change the presentation from cs1 to cs2.

So for example: produces:

If you use the template it automatically places the Wikipedia article into some maintenance categories that are useful for editors who maintain the links between Wikipedia and Wikisource.

-- PBS (talk) 14:40, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #4
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Reply tool


The Reply tool  has been available as a Beta Feature at the Arabic, Dutch, French and Hungarian Wikipedias since 31 March 2020. The first analysis showed positive results.


 * More than 300 editors used the Reply tool at these four Wikipedias. They  posted more than 7,400 replies during the study period.
 * Of the people who posted a comment with the Reply tool, about 70% of them used the tool multiple times. About 60% of them used it on multiple days.
 * Comments from Wikipedia editors are positive. One said, أعتقد أن الأداة تقدم فائدة ملحوظة؛ فهي تختصر الوقت لتقديم رد بدلًا من التنقل بالفأرة إلى وصلة تعديل القسم أو الصفحة، التي تكون بعيدة عن التعليق الأخير في الغالب، ويصل المساهم لصندوق التعديل بسرعة باستخدام الأداة.  ("I think the tool has a significant impact; it saves time to reply while the classic way is to move with a mouse to the Edit link to edit the section or the page which is generally far away from the comment. And the user reaches to the edit box so quickly to use the Reply tool.")

The Editing team released the Reply tool as a Beta Feature at eight other Wikipedias in early August. Those Wikipedias are in the Chinese, Czech, Georgian, Serbian, Sorani Kurdish, Swedish, Catalan, and Korean languages. If you would like to use the Reply tool at your wiki, please tell User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF).

The Reply tool is still in active development. Per request from the Dutch Wikipedia and other editors, you will be able to customize the edit summary. (The default edit summary is "Reply".) A "ping" feature is available in the Reply tool's visual editing mode. This feature searches for usernames. Per request from the Arabic Wikipedia, each wiki will be able to set its own preferred symbol for pinging editors. Per request from editors at the Japanese and Hungarian Wikipedias, each wiki can define a preferred signature prefix in the page MediaWiki:Discussiontools-signature-prefix. For example, some languages omit spaces before signatures. Other communities want to add a dash or a non-breaking space.

New requirements for user signatures

 * The new requirements for custom user signatures began on 6 July 2020. If you try to create a custom signature that does not meet the requirements, you will get an error message.
 * Existing custom signatures that do not meet the new requirements will be unaffected temporarily . Eventually, all custom signatures will need to meet the new requirements. You can check your signature and see lists of active editors whose custom signatures need to be corrected.  Volunteers have been contacting editors who need to change their custom signatures.  If you need to change your custom signature, then please read the help page.

Next: New discussion tool
Next, the team will be working on a tool for quickly and easily starting a new discussion section to a talk page. To follow the development of this new tool, please put the New Discussion Tool project page on your watchlist.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:48, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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Reply tool
The Reply tool  is available at most other Wikipedias.


 * The Reply tool has been deployed as an opt-out preference to all editors at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.
 * It is also available as a Beta Feature at almost all Wikipedias except for the English, Russian, and German-language Wikipedias. If it is not available at your wiki, you can request it by following these simple instructions.

Research notes:


 * As of January 2021, more than 3,500 editors have used the Reply tool to post about 70,000 comments.
 * There is preliminary data from the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedia on the Reply tool. Junior Contributors who use the Reply tool are more likely to publish the comments that they start writing than those who use full-page wikitext editing.
 * The Editing and Parsing teams have significantly reduced the number of edits that affect other parts of the page. About 0.3% of edits did this during the last month. Some of the remaining changes are automatic corrections for Special:LintErrors.
 * Венов_дијаграм.svg A large A/B test will start soon. This is part of the process to offer the Reply tool to everyone.  During this test, half of all editors at 24 Wikipedias (not including the English Wikipedia) will have the Reply tool automatically enabled, and half will not. Editors at those Wikipeedias can still turn it on or off for their own accounts in Special:Preferences.

New discussion tool
The new tool for starting new discussions (new sections) will join the Discussion tools in Special:Preferences at the end of January. You can try the tool for yourself. You can leave feedback in this thread or on the talk page.

Next: Notifications
During Talk pages consultation 2019, editors said that it should be easier to know about new activity in conversations they are interested in. The Notifications project is just beginning. What would help you become aware of new comments? What's working with the current system? Which pages at your wiki should the team look at? Please post your advice at mw:Talk:Talk pages project/Notifications.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 01:02, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

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Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of the Reply Tool. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped newer editors communicate on wiki. The second goal was to see whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.

The key results were:


 * Newer editors who had automatic ("default on") access to the Reply tool were more likely to post a comment on a talk page.
 * The comments that newer editors made with the Reply Tool were also less likely to be reverted than the comments that newer editors made with page editing.

These results give the Editing team confidence that the tool is helpful.

Looking ahead

The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.

The next step is to resolve a technical challenge. Then, they will deploy the Reply tool first to the Wikipedias that participated in the study. After that, they will deploy it, in stages, to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis.

You can turn on "Discussion Tools" in Beta Features now. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time in Special:Preferences.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

00:27, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

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The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at most WMF-hosted wikis. You can join the discussion about this tool for the English Wikipedia is at Village pump (proposals). You will be able to turn it off in the tool or at Special:Preferences.

The Editing team plans to change the appearance of talk pages. These are separate from the changes made by the Desktop improvements project and will appear in both Vector 2010 and Vector 2022. The goal is to add some information and make discussions look visibly different from encyclopedia articles. You can see some ideas at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project.

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23:14, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

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The new [] button notifies people when someone replies to their comments. It helps newcomers get answers to their questions. People reply sooner. You can read the report. The Editing team is turning this tool on for everyone. You will be able to turn it off in your preferences.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF)) 00:35, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

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