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Upcoming changes to wikitext parsing
Hello,

There will be some changes to the way wikitext is parsed during the next few weeks. It will affect all namespaces. You can see a list of pages that may display incorrectly at Special:LintErrors. Since most of the easy problems have already been solved at the English Wikipedia, I am specifically contacting tech-savvy editors such as yourself with this one-time message, in the hope that you will be able to investigate the remaining high-priority pages during the next month.

There are approximately 10,000 articles (and many more non-article pages) with high-priority errors. The most important ones are the articles with misnested tags and table problems. Some of these involve templates, such as infoboxes, or the way the template is used in the article. In some cases, the "error" is a minor, unimportant difference in the visual appearance. In other cases, the results are undesirable. You can see a before-and-after comparison of any article by adding ?action=parsermigration-edit to the end of a link, like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Foss?action=parsermigration-edit (which shows a difference in how infobox ship is parsed).

If you are interested in helping with this project, please see Linter. There are also some basic instructions (and links to even more information) at https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2018-April/001836.html You can also leave a note at WT:Linter if you have questions.

Thank you for all the good things you do for the English Wikipedia. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:18, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-17
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * All Wikipedias now have Page Previews.
 * The iOS and Android apps now have synced reading lists. This means you can save articles to a private list that can be seen on your other devices if you use the apps.
 * The icons in the 2010 wikitext editor have changed.
 * The visual editor and the 2017 wikitext ask you to write an edit summary after you press . This button now also shows an ellipsis. This is to show that pressing   is not the last step.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 April. It will be on all wikis from 26 April (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 24 April at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 25 April at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * will come to most Wikipedias in May. This means that you can put interactive maps in the articles. Nine Wikipedias that use a strict version of flagged revisions will not get this feature in May.
 * The rollback function could change. This was a German community request. All editors with rollback rights can leave feedback on the proposed solution. The last day to leave feedback is 4 May (UTC).

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  18:16, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #309
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Events
 * Past: Wikimedia Conference in Berlin
 * Wikidata meetup
 * how to train new Wikidata trainers
 * Structured Data on Commons and GLAM pilots session
 * Wikibase workshop in Antwerp, Belgium, April 23-25
 * WikiWorkshop, a forum bringing together researchers exploring all aspects the Wikimedia projects, in Lyon, April 24th. Seven papers related to Wikidata will be presented.
 * Wikidata meetup in Zurich, Switzerland, April 25th
 * DDJ Monaco: Wikidata for digital Journalists; Open-Source-Treffen: SPARQL-Workshop, Munich, April 25 and 27


 * Press, articles, blog posts
 * Old Periodicals, a New Datatype and Spiderfied Query Results in Wikidata by Simon Cobb (National Library of Wales)
 * Wikimedia and The Met: A Shared Digital Vision by Katherine Maher and Loic Tallon


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Wikidata:Tools has been reorganized and updated, thanks to Pasleim! Feel free to help keeping this page up to date.
 * Wikidata:List of properties has also been reorganized and updated.
 * Lexicographical data on Wikidata will start at the end of May. Some property proposals are already discussed
 * A rate limit for edits and page creation has been set up
 * Please give feedback on a first proposal on GLAM metadata and ontology mapping for Structured Data on Commons. This feedback round runs until 4 May.


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: fastest lap, cabinet, patronym or matronym for this person, modified version of, unit symbol, wind speed, operating temperature, non-operating temperature, service life, French standard size for oil paintings, boiler pressure, presented in
 * External identifiers: IRMNG taxon ID, Handball Bundesliga ID, e-teatr.pl ID, DOAB publisher ID, ILI ID, World of Physics identifier, Flanders Arts Institute person ID, JAAF ID, Polish Athletics Federation ID, Römpp online ID, Russian Athletics ID, Athletics Canada ID, NVE lake ID, Norsk biografisk leksikon ID, Norsk kunstnerleksikon ID, Store medisinske leksikon ID, Adult Film Database film ID, Yahoo Answers category, Pschyrembel Online ID, FIPS string code for US states, FIPS numeric code for US states, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID, USGS-ANSS event page, ARRS race ID, HanCinema drama ID, ISC event ID, road number (Estonia), Heritage of Portuguese Influence ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: Commercialized from, synonym, translation, antonym, demonym of, item for this sense, pronunciation variety, grammatical gender, grammatical number, etymology, person, areas affected, award category, nature of statement, donation platform, has grammatical gender, has grammatical person, Phonetic pronunciation, medical finding model, landmass, accessed from, research measurement, hyperonym, hyponym, meronym, holonym, troponym
 * External identifiers: Swedish Literature Bank, Logainm ID, Wikipedia glossary entry, Réunion des musées nationaux id, Il mondo dei doppiatori ID, FIS speed skier ID, cryptocurrency address, New Zealand Gazetteer ID, Bridge number, HanCinema film, Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID


 * Scarcely used properties created >3 months:
 * Indian Financial System Code (P4635), RCR number (P4645), partition type identifier (P4654), partition table type (P4653), Wiki Aves bird ID (P4664), Buenos Aires legislator ID (P4667), Sjukvårdsrådgivningen Category ID (P4670), tabular software version (P4669), constraint scope (P4680), GEMS Code (P4695)
 * Query examples:
 * Historical monuments in Wales (source)
 * Software titles ranked by the number of dependencies listed for them (source)
 * National parks around the world (source)
 * Narrative locations of TV series and episodes (source)
 * Newest database reports: Sports equipment: balls

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
 * Development
 * Track the number of constraints by type (T191891)
 * Include thumbnails in image statements (T46727)
 * Install Query Service on Factgrid (T189863)
 * Page creation and edit rates (T184948)
 * Implement unit constraint (T164372)
 * Implement no bounds constraint (T170610)
 * Started working on the constraint violation type to restrict to indicate that certain properties can only be used on items or lexemes (T164744)
 * Creating a Docker container for QuickStatements (T192079)
 * Removed hardcoded demo data in Wikibase Lexeme (T188899)
 * New data type for linking to Forms (T165579)


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Suggested and open tasks!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item.
 * Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Help write the next summary!

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 08:15, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 April 2018
 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:49, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

 * please help translate this message into your local language via meta

Thanks again :-) --  Doc James  along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:01, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #310
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Events
 * Past:
 * Wikibase workshop in Antwerp, Belgium, April 23-25
 * Phabricator workboard
 * Wikibase registry
 * WikiWorkshop, a forum bringing together researchers exploring all aspects of the Wikimedia projects
 * Wikidata meetup in Zurich, Switzerland, April 25th
 * DDJ Monaco: Wikidata for digital Journalists; Open-Source-Treffen: SPARQL-Workshop, Munich, April 25 and 27
 * Daten in Wikidata einbringen (Bringing data into Wikidata) - Hands-on tutorial within the DINI KIM Workshop 2018
 * Upcoming:
 * Wikidata workshop in Köln, Germany, on May 5th and 6th
 * Wikidata workshop in Vienna, Austria, on May 5th
 * Wikidata workshop in Pardubice, Czech Republic, on May 5th


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * New badge available for sitelinks: good list
 * Sitelinks for the new Ingush Wikipedia (inhwiki) can be added
 * Support for the second new Gorontalo Wikipedia (gorwiki) is here
 * Articles of the third new Lingua Franca Nova Wikipedia (lfnwiki) may be connected
 * A Wikidata Telegram group has been created by volunteers
 * Constraint Summary script is showing the total amount of constraints reports on the top of an item page
 * Contexto is a Wordpress plugin displaying Wikidata info in a hovercard. See demo, you can also let feedback to the developer
 * Sixth months before Wikidata's sixth birthday: you can organize a local event


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: fault, member of the crew of, nature of statement
 * External identifiers: Logainm ID, IAFD film ID, Il mondo dei doppiatori ID, Réunion des musées nationaux ID, Swedish Literature Bank AuthorID, FIS speed skier ID, New Zealand Gazetteer place ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: crop, date of first attestation, place of first attestation, Wikidata property example for lexemes, Wikidata property example for forms, Wikidata property example for senses, false-friend, demonym (Lexeme), Allaboutjazz musician ID, homonym, paronym, streetViewUrl, constraint, WikiCFP eventID, WikiCFP conference series ID, Mascot of, program committee member, applies to name, values for this type, items for this type, Maintained by Wikiproject, Amateur Radio Callsign
 * External identifiers: Ontario public library ID, Italian School ID, TFRRS athlete ID, Linux Game Database properties, Swedish Literature Bank book ID, ICAA film catalogue ID, Stepwell Atlas ID, OnsOranje player ID, OnsOranje tournament ID, OnsOranje match ID


 * Infrequently used properties created >3 months:
 * Historic Place Names of Wales ID (P4697), American Art Collaborative object ID (P4692), Arquivo Arq ID (P4694), Argentine deputy ID (P4693), HATVP person ID (P4703), Ent'revues ID (P4706), VOGRIPA ID (P4708), Rugby Canada ID (P4707), title page number (P4714), Conseil de Presse Luxembourg journalist ID (P4698)
 * Query examples:
 * Timeline of Wikibase instances and WikidataCon events (federated query)
 * User-friendly list of news articles by Kim Wall, as linked from the German and English Wikipedia (based on work of fnielsen)
 * Places of birth of the European Parliament members (source)
 * Obelisks in Rome (source)
 * Artists from Cameroon and their places of birth (source)
 * Place of birth of people with an ORCID ID (source)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Metro%20stations%20in%20Milano%20by%20date%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22layer%22%3A%22%3FdateBin%22%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%20%3FminDate%20%3FdateBin%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%28%0A%20%20%20%20IF%28%28YEAR%28%3FminDate%29%29%20%3C%201970%2C%20%22%3C%201970%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%28YEAR%28%3FminDate%29%29%20%3C%201980%2C%20%221970%20-%201979%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%28YEAR%28%3FminDate%29%29%20%3C%201990%2C%20%221980%20-%201989%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%28YEAR%28%3FminDate%29%29%20%3C%202000%2C%20%221990%20-%201999%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%28YEAR%28%3FminDate%29%29%20%3C%202010%2C%20%222000%20-%202009%22%2C%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%222010%2B%22%29%29%29%29%29%20%0A%20%20%20AS%20%3FdateBin%29%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%28MIN%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3FminDate%29%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ735559.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1619%20%3Fd1.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fd2.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28IF%28BOUND%28%3Fd1%29%2C%20%3Fd1%2C%20%3Fd2%29%20AS%20%3Fdate%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FminDate History of Milano metro stations on a map] (source)
 * Number of versions, editions and translations by language of work (source)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
 * Development
 * More work on the internal API for Wikibase-Lexeme (T190906)
 * Fix some errors happening when editing Lexemes (T192766, T192264)
 * Use language code validation for forms representations (T193010, T193011)
 * Add badge for good lists to Wikidata (T190976)
 * Fix bugs regarding the thumbnails on media statements (T192910, T192601, T192869)
 * Investigate on dispatch lag problems (T193349)
 * Fix a bug on the watchlist on Wikipedia (T192673)


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Suggested and open tasks!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item.
 * Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Help write the next summary!

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 13:44, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-18
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * The parameter for unpatrolled edits in recent changes filters changed name. You might need to update saved filters and links.

Problems
 * Octicons-tools.svg We are migrating wikis from Tidy to Remex. Because of a bug the 250 wikis which do not yet use Remex were switched on 23 April. This is two months early. This meant that pages with broken wikitext showed wrongly to readers. The bug was undone the next day. You can help fix broken wikitext to avoid this problem when your wiki switches. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018. You can follow the process on Phabricator.

Changes later this week
 * You will be able use CodeMirror in the 2017 wikitext editor on all wikis. CodeMirror helps with syntax highlighting. It has previously been a beta feature and only available on wikis with scripts that are written from left to right.
 * When an administrator blocks someone they will have a calendar they can use to choose when the block ends. This is to make it easier to pick a specific date.
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can soon turn on the Performance Inspector in the section in your preferences. It shows information about the performance of pages. This could be the size of modules in the page, how many CSS selectors are defined on the page and how many are used, or the size of the images on the page. This tool is intended to help editors fix pages that load slowly.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a new abuse filter function called . You can use it to check if its first argument is equal  to any of the following ones. For example you can use it to check if the page's namespace is amongst a given set of values in a more compact way than you could earlier. You can read more on mediawiki.org.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 May. It will be on all wikis from 3 May (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 May at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 2 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The Wikimedia Cloud Services team is working on a new project called Toolhub. The goal is to make it easier for Wikimedians to discover software tools they can use. You can leave feedback on the talk page or email jhare@undefinedwikimedia.org to leave private feedback.
 * Octicons-tools.svg All wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in all namespaces will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 2 May. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Wikibooks wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in the main namespace will switch on 9 May. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  16:18, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you ...
... for improving article quality in April! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:16, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg None
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news
 * The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
 * A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news
 * AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new  function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
 * When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
 * The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
 * There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.

Obituaries
 * (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:05, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Lost

 * http://www.derelictlondon.com/music-history-landmarks.html
 * https://www.theguardian.com/travel/1999/jul/03/london.unitedkingdom
 * http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/n4_finsbury_sirgeorgerobey.html
 * https://www.discogs.com/Black-Easter-Live-At-The-Sir-George-Robey-Pub-London-82/release/4916805

Music not lost. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:37, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

ps: + a book, https://books.google.de/books?id=k-4SrdUPNFoC&pg=PA357&lpg=PA357

How about an article? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:39, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of 1Lib1Ref for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1Lib1Ref is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/1Lib1Ref until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ~ Winged Blades Godric 11:36, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Category West Midlands listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Category West Midlands. Since you had some involvement with the Category West Midlands redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. UnitedStatesian (talk) 16:55, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #311
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments:
 * Sort identifier statements on items that are instances of human
 * Make "developer" and "programmer" properties clearer


 * Events
 * Wikidata and GLAM workshop day in the context of the EuropeanaTech Conference, Rotterdam, Monday 14 May 2018
 * Wikidata access methods, slides by Dan Scott


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * More than 850 living people' articles from the English Wikipedia which have date of death or place of death on their Wikidata item: manual checks needed. You can also check Category:P570 missing in Wikipedia
 * Florian will be improving Wikidata support in the Wikipedia plugin for OpenStreetMap's JOSM editor, for the Google Summer of Code 2018
 * Prssanna Desai will work on improvements for the Query Service during Google Summer of Code


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: Deutsche Bahn station category, has grammatical gender, has grammatical person, Wikimedia outline, assistant director, island of location, possible medical findings, suggests the existence of, has evaluation, evaluation of, greater than, less than
 * External identifiers: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID, Behind The Voice Actors character ID, HanCinema film ID, Italian School ID, Directory of Open Access Journals ID, LGDB game ID, LGDB emulator ID, LGDB tool ID, LGDB engine ID, TFRRS athlete ID, All About Jazz musician ID, Ontario public library ID, Swedish Literature Bank book ID, WikiCFP event ID, WikiCFP conference series ID, ICAA film catalogue ID, Stepwell Atlas ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: IMDA rating, is program committee member of, officialized by, KAVI rating, topographic map, child monotypic taxon, Köppens klimaklassifisering, Möllendorff transliteration, attested, geographic center, season of club or team, sports competition competed at, factorizsation, coastline, forest cover, vehicles per capita, audio transcription
 * External identifiers: e-MEC entry, Norwegian war sailor register ship ID, Thesaurus For Graphic Materials, GNOME Wiki ID, Israel Film Fund ID, The New Fund for Cinema and Television (Israel) ID, Cinema Project ID, Chinese Political Elites Database ID, Israeli Movie Testimonial Database Person ID, Israeli Movie Testimonial Database Movie ID, JMA Seismic Intensity Database ID, Portale della Canzone italiana IDs, Trustpilot company ID, Ester ID, Dictionary of Swedish Translators


 * Properties lacking use created > 3 months:
 * Sign@l journal ID (P4726), INRAN Italian Food ID (P4729), produced sound (P4733), IBM code page ID (P4734), IBM graphic character global ID (P4736), Line Music album ID (P4748), Line Music artist ID (P4747), is proceedings from (P4745), National Historic Ships certificate no. (P4750), Manus Online ID (P4752)
 * Deleted properties: Réunion des musées nationaux ID (P5100)
 * Query examples:
 * Map of birth places of authors in the Portuguese Wikisource
 * Video games that are set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe by game mode (source)
 * Timeline of Programming Languages (source)
 * Timeline of people named Karl born in Karlsruhe (source)


 * Development
 * Allow continuing Wikidata entity dumps (T193688)
 * Make sure Wikidata entity dump scripts run for a short amount of time (T190513)
 * Add monolingual language code shy (T184783)
 * More work on preparing QuickStatements to be run by other parties (T193606, T192079, T192365)
 * Expand references with constraint violations (T177970)
 * Improving validation of Form representations on WikibaseLexeme (T193011)
 * Fixing a bug that replaces a representation by another (T192264)
 * Enable finding forms using wbsearchentities API (T191981)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Suggested and open tasks!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item.
 * Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Help write the next summary!

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 14:10, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-19
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * The Wikimedia Commons mobile app has a new version. It is now easier to find nearby places that need pictures. It helps you with direct uploads and title and category suggestions. The app only works on Android phones.

Problems
 * Octicons-tools.svg The abuse filters had a problem with blocks where you had changed how long they last. It used the default length everywhere. This was in late April. Abuse filter users should make sure the right block length is used and change them if needed. This is only for filters where how long blocks last had been changed.

Changes later this week
 * The advanced search function beta feature will be on all Wikimedia wikis. It makes it easier to use some of the special search functions that most editors don't know exist.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 May. It will be on all wikis from 10 May (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 8 May at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
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ticket#2018051010004961
Hello Pigsonthewing, can you please take care of this ticket. Thank you <span style="font-family:monospace;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;color:hsl(205, 98%, 55%);">GSS (talk |c|em ) 06:46, 11 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm not a OTRS user. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see, then can you please remove the category Wikipedia OTRS volunteers from your userpage so it won't create misunderstanding in the future and please check you email. Thank you <span style="font-family:monospace;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;color:hsl(205, 98%, 55%);">GSS (talk |c|em ) 09:05, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLIV, May 2018
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:00, 12 May 2018 (UTC)