User talk:Tom Morris/Archive 40

Tech News: 2014-35
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VisualEditor news
 * There was a error when you put your cursor directly after a reference list. It is now fixed.
 * You can now add colors to links in the editor using gadgets. You can do this to see links to redirects or disambiguation pages.
 * If you use Internet Explorer, you will soon be able to use VisualEditor.

Future software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf18) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 28 (calendar).
 * After August 26, you will have a central JavaScript and CSS page. They will be on Meta-Wiki and will work on all wikis. Read more on the help page.

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What a dump
Hi...I'd like to try 'n help with this cleanup especially since two of the pages that I created are listed. I hope you don't mind if I ask you for some help as I work on these. Cheers. Pjefts (talk) 15:53, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Pjefts: sure. Happy to (try and) help. —Tom Morris (talk) 11:24, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup
Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:29, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #124
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; John F. Lewis 00:18, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * past: OpenSym
 * upcoming: IRC office hour about structured data for Wikimedia Commons
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * New Main Page and other new features
 * Breaking changes for gadgets
 * Badges support via Wikidata has been rolled out to Wikipedia and other sister projects. If the icons shown are not the ones your project would like please request a change here.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: NIEA building ID, Cadw Building ID, color index, absolute magnitude
 * Development
 * Deployed more new stuff \o/ (in other projects sidebar; new internal serialization format; showing badges on the Wikipedias and other sister projects; Special:GoToLinkedPage)
 * Added a new “item-redirect” permission
 * Continuous work and reviews for the new JavaScript user interface
 * DataModel 1.0 will be more strict when adding Claims or Statements to Entities. Quite some tests needed to be made compatible
 * Adopted to recent API changes (getPossibleErrors and others got dropped)
 * Replaced hundreds of class name aliases in the code with the actual class names
 * Attended OpenSym
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item

Tech News: 2014-36
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes
 * You can now test a new Beta Feature to see links to other wikis in the sidebar. The links come from Wikidata.
 * You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the  keyword in your search.
 * A redirect to a section now changes the URL in the address bar of your browser. If "Dog" redirects to "Animals#Dog", you now see "Animals#Dog" instead of "Dog#Dog".
 * If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo_(Notifications)/status#2014-08-monthly]

VisualEditor news
 * You can no longer delete required fields in templates.
 * We fixed many Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 11, you will get VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next.
 * VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook.
 * We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X).
 * You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category.

Future software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf19) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 2, and on all Wikipedias on September 4 (calendar).
 * There is a proposal to build a database on Commons for file data. It will make it easier to see the author, license and topics. You can give feedback on this idea. You can also come to the IRC chat on September 3 at 18:00 (UTC) in  at freenode.
 * You can give feedback on Media Viewer until September 7. You can say what needs to be improved and ask other people to give feedback too.
 * You can test a new version of the tool to show math. It uses MathML. Report bugs in bugzilla.
 * You will no longer be able to upload images from the mobile site.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seth Moulton
Hi Tom,

I see that you were an admin involved in the deletion decision at Articles_for_deletion/Seth_Moulton. I wasn't involved in the previous page, and do not know its contents. However, I have created a new draft page on this topic, User:Rustavo/Seth Moulton, which I believe satisfies both WP:GNG and WP:POLITICIAN, which were the original concerns that led to the deletion. The new draft article is extensively cited, with links to articles in national media, including NPR, CNN, MSNBC, and TIME magazine, local media including the Boston Globe and Boston Magazine (both feature-length pieces on the subject), and an Acadamy Award-nominated documentary in which the subject was extensively interviewed. Please let me know if you agree that it would be appropriate to re-create this page.

Thanks,

-Rustavo, 1 September 2014

Tom, I have also  been contacted by. I am  currently  reviewing  the draft  and its sources but  my  first  impressions are that it may  not  meet crieria for inclusion and may, in  view of the forthcoming  election, be possibly promotional. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:58, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Whisperback
02:44, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-37
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

VisualEditor news
 * From Thursday, Internet Explorer 11 users will get VisualEditor. Support for earlier versions is coming next.

Future software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf20) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 9, and on all Wikipedias on September 11 (calendar).
 * You will soon confirm a "Thanks" inline instead of in a dialog.
 * You can read more about the plan to move to Phabricator, a tool that will help people develop the MediaWiki software and report bugs.

Problems
 * There were problems with JavaScript and CSS on Friday, September 5 because of a code error.

Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  09:33, 8 September 2014 (UTC)