User talk:WikiWikiWayne/Archive 20

A WikiConNA barnstar for you!

 * Thank you, . How lovely. I am truly humbled and it was an honor to work under you and y'all. You can count on me for 2017. For logistical reasons, I hope we return to the same venue next year. Please give me a heads up ping when I can assist. Cheers!  07:59, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #239
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.  It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of User:Coyau. He was a very active editor on Wikidata and the other Wikimedia projects. He will be deeply missed by his friends and family but his great work on open culture will stay. Feel free to browse and share his work. Thanks Guillaume for this message.


 * Discussions
 * New development input: Avoiding breaking gadgets when developing UI
 * Closed request for comments: Data quality framework for Wikidata
 * Wishlist at What government data is of best interest?


 * Events/Press/Blogs
 * Past: Open Gov Partnership conference in Paris, where Ash_Crow and other editors presented Wikidata


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Have a look at PAWS, a tool to create Wikidata bots (and a cheat sheet from WikidataFacts)
 * Item Q 28 000 000 is about to be created.


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties: CNC film rating (Romania), Wilderness.net ID, CORDIS Project ID, JTWC tropical cyclone ID, Butterflies and Moths of North America ID, Guide of the French Church person ID, Guide of the French Church structure ID, heart rate, Järviwiki ID, LittleSis organisation ID, Surman ID, Verkhovna Rada MP id, Consolidated code of the electronic catalog of libraries of Belarus, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters member ID, LittleSis people ID, minimum frequency of audible sound


 * Query examples:
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23%20Query%20Find%20in%20WikiData%20people%20with%20Place%20of%20Burial%20Q252312%20Norra%20Begravningsplatsen%0A%23%20Show%20Wikitree%20ID%2C%20Find%20A%20Grave%20ID%20and%20if%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%20exist%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3FgroupLabel%20%28%3FgroupLabel%20as%20%3Flayer%29%20%3Farticle%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%20%3FpersonDescription%20%20%3Fgraveplot%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fpic%20%3FpicGrave%20%3FWikiTree%20%3FFindAGrave%7B%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP119%20wd%3AQ252312%3B%20%23Place%20of%20burial%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP119%20%5B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP965%20%3Fgraveplot%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%5D.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP2949%20%3FWikiTreeID%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20WikiTree%20profile%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP535%20%3FFindAGraveID%20.%7D%20%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20FindAGrave%20ID%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20an%20illustration%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP1442%20%3FpicGrave%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%20%20%20BIND%20%28URI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findagrave.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Ffg.cgi%3Fpage%3Dgr%26df%3Dall%26GRid%3D%22%2C%3FFindAGraveID%29%29%20AS%20%3FFindAGrave%29%0A%20%20%20BIND%20%28URI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikitree.com%2Fwiki%22%2C%3FWikiTreeID%29%29%20AS%20%3FWikiTree%29%20%20%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22sv%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Fgroup%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20Occupation%20in%20Layer%0A%0A%7D%20%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%22sv%22%7D%0A%20%7D%0AOrder%20by%20%3FpersonLabel Map of people buried in the cemetery of Norra Begravningsplatsen] (Stockholm, Sweden)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%23%23%20%C5%92uvres%20du%20mus%C3%A9e%20Saint-Raymond%20sur%20Wikidata%0A%0APREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FinstanceLabel%20%20%3FNumInventaire%20%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.culture.gouv.fr%2Fpublic%2Fmistral%2Fjoconde_fr%3FACTION%3DCHERCHER%26FIELD_1%3DREF%26VALUE_1%3D%22%2C%3FIDJoconde%29%20as%20%3FJoconde%29%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ1376%20%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Item%20ayant%20en%20collection%20%28P195%29%20le%20mus%C3%A9e%20Saint-Raymond%20%28Q1376%29%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Finstance%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Nature%20de%20l%27item%20%28P31%29%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%7BSELECT%20%3Fitem%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%20%3Finv%3B%20separator%3D%22%3B%22%29%20as%20%3FNumInventaire%29%20%20%23%20Num%C3%A9ros%20d%27inventaire%20%28P214%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP217%20%3Finv%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%7DGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP347%20%3FIDJoconde.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Identifiant%20Joconde%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7BSELECT%20%3Fitem%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimg%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%20%20%23%20Fichier%20image%20sur%20Wikimedia%20Commons%20%28P18%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%7DGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7Bbd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%7D%0A%7DORDER%20BY%20%3Fitem Works of Musée Saint-Raymond (Toulouse, France) on Wikidata] (source)
 * Communes of France named after a river
 * People awarded by a Theater World Award in 2016
 * Upcoming creative works: films, TV series, video games… (source)
 * Number of demonstrations per country (source)
 * Newest database reports: Spanish-language films without an article in Spanish Wikipedia


 * Development
 * Continued work on Lexeme prototype (T146662), we're discussing some details in the data model (T152019)
 * Continued work on federation basics (T149580)
 * Rework translation/article creation UI (T151858)
 * Creating OOUI mockups as preparation for the dev summit
 * Finishing touches on the extension for automatic generation of inter-wiktionary links (preparatory work for lexicographic data in Wikidata)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Help with one of the bot requests
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.

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Tech News: 2016-50
 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
 * Users who have Yahoo email addresses could not use Special:EmailUser to send emails. This has now been fixed. Emails will now come from a @wikimedia.org address. Users who get an email from you will still reply to your email address and be able to see it.
 * You can now see how many categories and pages there are in the categories in Special:TrackingCategories. This is to help you find pages that could need attention.
 * Markup colours for reviewed and pending revisions in the page history and recent changes and logs now match Wikimedia standard colours. The "You have a new message on your talk page" notification will have a slightly different colour.

Problems
 * Because of work on cross-wiki watchlists global renaming is not working. The plan is to turn it on again on 16 December. Global renaming was turned off for a while in late November and early December as well.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 December. It will be on all wikis from 15 December (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on December 13 at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  19:29, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon series: Everybody is invited this Wednesday evening at 6
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki and open-source enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Before and after the brief presentation we allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks.

In addition, this month we will have:
 * a brief presentation from (Jim Heaphy) about the Wikipedia Teahouse
 * spontaneous lightning talks from the floor
 * community announcements from the floor

For details and to RSVP see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, December 2016

See you soon! and | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

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P.S. Any help spreading the word through social media or other avenues is most welcome! We plan to announce this on various sites and invite various groups; if you would like to join in, check our meta planning page, and please note any announcements you are sending out: Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco

Please feel free to add to, refine, reorganize or edit the above linked page: it is a wiki!

We need more helpers and organizers, so if you see a need, please jump in, or talk to us about it! You can add your username to the meta page where appropriate, or create a new role! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:44, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Tahiti rail
Hello, Checkingfax -- Yesterday, I finished copy-editing Tahiti rail. It was quite well written to begin with, so I made only a few small copy-edits. I left a few comments at User talk:FunkMonk. I don't know what to say in reply to FunkMonk's reply to my point about the block quote. I agree that block quotes are normally indented from the left margin, with the indentation formed automatically by the template, but I think these block quote paragraphs are too far from the left margin, leaving too much white space under the image of the bird. What do you think? Can an adjustment be made so that the two paragraphs are not so far from the left margin? I kind of like the left-hand placement of the image. It balances the right-hand placement of a similar image at the beginning of the article. But I don't know what to do, other than making the image much smaller, which I don't think FunkMonk would like. Do you have any ideas? – Corinne (talk) 14:53, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, were you talking about the white space under the image? I've been wondering about that too, but it has been much worse earlier. I personally don't have a problem with the indent on the left between the image and the text. FunkMonk (talk) 15:40, 30 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, FunkMonk, I was referring to the space under the image and to the left of the two paragraphs of the quote. It is a big white area. I think it's too big, but, other than moving the image, I don't know how to fix it. – Corinne (talk) 01:43, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, and . I jiggered the images and introduced a hack within the quote template to make the text wrap nicely around the image. Let me know how it resonates with you. Cheers!   08:41, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hmm, though I appreciate the effort, I must say I prefer the previous layout, with alternating images, and both the birds facing the text. Looks overcrowded to me now, and I'd rather have a little white space than that. FunkMonk (talk) 09:56, 8 December 2016 (UTC)


 * FunkMonk I moved the image to the left by just changing it from thumb right to thumb left (thumb right is the default, I think, even if you don't write "right", but you have to specify "left"). The block quote starts before the text starts to wrap around the image, but I think that's all right. The colon at the end of the preceding paragraph makes it clear where the quote starts. What do you think? – Corinne (talk) 15:50, 8 December 2016 (UTC) P.S. Thank you, Checkingfax, for your help with this.  – Corinne (talk) 15:51, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok, I thought the right alignment was part of the fix. So looks fine to me now. FunkMonk (talk) 15:56, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, and . Now there is little evidence of a blockquote when viewed in desktop mode. I took one more stab at making a proper blockquote. Cheers!   01:15, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I assume the large wall of white space was unintentional? FunkMonk (talk) 09:50, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, . No, it is a byproduct of the left aligned image within the blockquote. Cheers!  10:44, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hehe, ok, because I think wanted less white space to begin with. Too intrusive now, I think, but I wonder what Corinne feels. FunkMonk (talk) 13:12, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * If you don't mind, I'd like to ask the opinion of experienced copy-editor Miniapolis. Miniapolis, does a block quote actually have to look like a block, or like a brick? We've been trying to format a block quote that appears pretty close to an image that we'd like to keep at the left (to balance a similar image on the right). Which looks better to you, the two-paragraph block quote wrapping around the image (the way I left it) or as two actual blocks of text, but leaving a band of white space after the previous paragraph? (Before, when we started this, the white space was at the left margin, under the image. Now, the white space is between two paragraphs, just before the first paragraph of the quote.) – Corinne (talk) 15:54, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I removed the wall of white space until a more attractive solution can be found, the article is currently at FAC. FunkMonk (talk) 15:32, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Collaboration products newsletter: 2016-12
Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Notifications, Flow and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.

What's new?

A decision has been made about how the Recent Changes filtering scheme will affect current ORES beta feature users. When this new filtering system rolls out as part of the beta, it will replace the current ORES display on the Recent Changes page. That means the automatic color coding, the red “r” symbol and the “hide probably good edits” filter will go away, to be replaced by the new, more nuanced set of filters and user-defined color coding. All other pages that have ORES features, like Watchlist and Related Changes, will remain as they are now for ORES beta users. We think those pages could also benefit from the new filtering system. But we'll wait to see how users react to the beta test—and make any necessary changes—before we start spreading the new UI around. That's the plan as it currently stands. As always, please let us know if you have any thoughts, in any language.

Edit Review Improvements [ More information • Help pages ]

Recent changes
 * Translation icon cropped.svg The Filters for Special:RecentChanges description page is now finished and ready for translation.
 * On wikis that use ORES, new colors have been chosen for damaging changes displayed on a list of changes.

Notifications [ More information • Help pages ]

Problems
 * Sometimes, after marking an important number of cross-wiki notifications as read, the counter remained at 1. This is now fixed.

Flow [ More information • Help pages ]

Recent changes
 * Due to a bug, it was not possible to activate Flow on user talk pages as a Beta feature. This is possible again for wikis that have that feature.
 * Flow boards can be moved without constraints. However, this requires the move-Flow-board right.

Miscellaneous
 * The MoodBar extension has been removed from all wikis.

Collaboration team's newsletter prepared by the Collaboration team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. 10:08, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #240
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 


 * Discussions
 * Voting on Make family member properties gender neutral: replacement of mother/father with a new "parent" properties
 * Switch Wikidata entities from http to https: T153563


 * Events/Press/Blogs
 * Blog post about the Wikidata workshop at Code for Germany (de)
 * Wikidata people will be at the Chaos Communication Congress (Hamburg, December 27th-30th) on the Open Knowledge Assembly stand


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Basque language Wikipedia develops a most prominent basque and worlwide person born/death in this day for all the day related articles. For example, eu:Abenduaren 19. It also displays interesting red links for people born and dead that day that are not represented in eu:wp.
 * WDQ about to be shut down (you can add sub-tasks for remaining uses to T153439)
 * SQID now supports PrimarySources
 * Project Grants program will fund 12 community-led projects, several of them directly related to Wikidata
 * Citoid, a script for editing references that can automatically populate parts of the reference, is now available for testing!
 * New parser function has been enabled
 * Histropedia added new features to the Wikidata query timeline


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties: Yle Areena ID, Leopoldina member ID, Protected areas of Canada ID, Saxon Academy of Sciences member ID, Clergy of the Church of England database ID, Catalogus Professorum Lipsiensis ID, FINA Athlete ID, Klosterdatenbank, Saccharomyces Genome Database ID, Nederlands Soortenregister ID, The Vogue List ID, coextensive with


 * Query examples:
 * Timeline of the Christmas movies (source)
 * All Theatre World Award winners, in a timeline with pictures (source)
 * Birthplaces of people buried in Norra Begravningsplatsen (source)
 * Planets, their moons, and the things they are named after (source)
 * Items with no father or no mother (source)
 * [http://histropedia.com/showcase/wikidata-viewer.html?query=%23People%20born%20on%20christmas%20day%0ASELECT%20?personItem%20?person%20?personDescription%20?date%20?Country_of_citizenship%20?Occupation%20?Gender%20?image%20?rank%20(if(BOUND(?personDescription),%20CONCAT(?person,%27%20(%27,?personDescription,%27)%27),%20?person)%20as%20?title)%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%7B%0ASELECT%20?personItem%20?date%20?countryItem%20?occupationItem%20?genderItem%0A(SAMPLE(?image)%20as%20?image)%0A(COUNT(DISTINCT%20?article)%20as%20?rank)%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%09%0A?personItem%20wdt:P569%20?date%20.%0A?personItem%20wdt:P18%20?image%20.%0A?personItem%20wdt:P21%20?genderItem%20.%0A?personItem%20wdt:P106%20?occupationItem%20.%0A?personItem%20wdt:P27%20?countryItem%20.%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20?article%20schema:about%20?personItem%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(SUBSTR(STR(?article),12,19)%20%3D%20%22wikipedia.org/wiki/%22)%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%0AFILTER%20(datatype(?date)%20%3D%20xsd:dateTime%20&&%20month(?date)%20%3D%2012%20&&%20day(?date)%20%3D%2025)%09%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20?personItem%20?date%20?countryItem%20?occupationItem%20?genderItem%0A%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7B%0Abd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%27en%27%20.%0A?personItem%20schema:description%20?personDescription%20.%0A?personItem%20rdfs:label%20?person%20.%0A?countryItem%20rdfs:label%20?Country_of_citizenship%20.%0A?occupationItem%20rdfs:label%20?Occupation%20.%0A?genderItem%20rdfs:label%20?Gender%20.%0A%7D%0A%7D%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC(?rank)&url=personItem&title=title&from=date&imageUrl=image&colourCodeBy=Country_of_citizenship&threshold=1&filterBy=Gender,Occupation&view=timeline People born on Christmas day] (source)
 * Newest external tools: “short author name” resolver tool
 * Newest database reports: hospital lists
 * Development
 * Statements will soon be ordered as specified in MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties (T150788)
 * Getting ready the basic Lexeme prototype (T146662), we're discussing some details in the data model (T152019)
 * Continued work on federation basics (T149580)
 * We removed the page property, old entries will not be updated any more (T146792)
 * Removed a visible jump while an entity page loads (325924)
 * Fixed a formatting issue in which the geo coordinate formatter may output "60 seconds" (T153429)
 * Fixed a bug in Special:NewProperty where it was not possible to provide the property type as part of the URL (327496)
 * Working on a major rewrite of Special:EntitiesWithoutLabel/Description, one of many steps to phase numeric entity IDs out (T140891)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:19, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Help with one of the bot requests
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.

Tech News: 2016-51
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News
 * Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 9 January 2017.
 * The writers of the technical newsletter are asking for your opinion. Did you get the information you wanted this year? Did we miss important technical news in 2016? What kind of information was too late? Please tell us! You can write in your language. Thank you!

Recent changes
 * Administrators and translation administrators can now use Special:PageLanguage on wikis with the Translate extension. This means you can say what language a page is in. The Translate extension will use that language as the source language when you translate. Previously this was always the wiki's default language. This was usually English.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikis connected to Wikidata can now use the parser function  to get formatted data. You can also use   to get raw data. You can see the difference between the two statements. There are also similar new functions in Lua.

Problems
 * Some abuse filters for uploaded files have not worked as they should. We don't know exactly which filters didn't work yet. This means some files that filters should have prevented from being uploaded were uploaded to the wikis. MediaWiki.org and Testwiki have been affected since 13 October. Commons and Meta have been affected since 17 October. Other wikis have been affected since 17 November.

Changes this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week. There will be no new MediaWiki version next week either.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg The next meeting with the VisualEditor team will be on 3 January at 20:00 (UTC). During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. See how to join.

Future changes
 * The 2016 Community Wishlist Survey is done. It decides what the Community Tech team will work on during 2017. You can see the results.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  20:33, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Reminder invitation to the December Bay Area WikiSalon
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi, everybody.

We are excited to remind you of the ninth in the Bay Area WikiSalon series that is coming up this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.


 * Details (RSVP suggested) here (RSVP helps us know how much food and drink to bring in)

What is a WikiSalon? A monthly safe and inclusive meatspace event conducted in organized chaos and we all clean up the mess afterwards. Livestream links for the presentation are available during presentation months, and will be forthcoming for those of you that cannot attend. December is a presentation month. Hope to see you there! (and ) - co-organizers Any last minute questions or suggestions? Please ping or email Ben or me. | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 December 2016
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Archived link for December Bay Area WikiSalon
Hi, y'all. In case you missed it and want to watch the archive reel; the topic was The Wikipedia Teahouse and the presenter was well respected Wikimedian Jim Heaphy [[User:Cullen328]]


 * [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeJim1n2uiY Archive link] (also includes intro, announcements, and a lightning talk)


 * Details about Bay Area WikiSalon for December here

The full title of Jim's presentation was: Welcoming and Helping New Editors: A Month at the Wikipedia Teahouse: an overview of the Teahouse and an analysis of over 300 Teahouse conversations during the month of August, 2016

Jim gave a longer version of this presentation in October at [//wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page WikiConference North America 2016] in San Diego, California.

Cheers! Co-organizer - and co-organizer  | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

PS: Mark your calendars now for Sunday, January 15 at 2 p.m. which will be Wikipedia's 16th Birthday party hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon! Details to follow soon. If you want to help plan it, get in touch with us ASAP! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:43, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #241
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.  Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 13:29, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Upcoming: 33C3
 * Scaling OpenStreetMap with Wikidata knowledge
 * Scraping data from Wikipedia using Wikidata
 * Using cbimport to import Wikibase data to JSON documents
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Linked data fragment enabled on the Query Service
 * Quora topic IDs have been added to Mix'n'match
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: Belvedere artist ID, Calflora ID, basic unit of settlement code (Czech/Slovak), Google Play Store ID, Quora topic ID, end period, start period
 * Query examples:
 * List of heads of state by Erdős number (source)
 * Airports named after people (source)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23%20Query%20Find%20in%20WikiData%20people%20with%20Place%20of%20Burial%20Q252312%20Norra%20Begravningsplatsen%0A%23%20that%20has%20no%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3FgroupLabel%20%28%3FgroupLabel%20as%20%3Flayer%29%20%3Farticle%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%20%3FpersonDescription%20%20%3Fgraveplot%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fpic%20%3FpicGrave%20%3FWikiTree%20%3FFindAGrave%7B%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP119%20wd%3AQ252312%3B%20%23Place%20of%20burial%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP119%20%5B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP965%20%3Fgraveplot%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%5D.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP535%20%3FFindAGraveID%20.%7D%20%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20FindAGrave%20ID%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20an%20illustration%0A%20%20%20minus%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP1442%20%3FpicGrave%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%20%20%20BIND%20%28URI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findagrave.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Ffg.cgi%3Fpage%3Dgr%26df%3Dall%26GRid%3D%22%2C%3FFindAGraveID%29%29%20AS%20%3FFindAGrave%29%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22sv%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgroup%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20Gender%20in%20Layer%0A%0A%7D%20%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%22sv%22%7D%0A%20%7D%0AOrder%20by%20%3FpersonLabel Graves with no grave pictures of people buried in Norra Begravningsplatsen] ([https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Query%20Find%20in%20WikiData%20people%20with%20Place%20of%20Burial%20Q252312%20Norra%20Begravningsplatsen%0A%23%20that%20has%20no%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3FgroupLabel%20%28%3FgroupLabel%20as%20%3Flayer%29%20%3Farticle%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%20%3FpersonDescription%20%20%3Fgraveplot%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fpic%20%3FpicGrave%20%3FWikiTree%20%3FFindAGrave%7B%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP119%20wd%3AQ252312%3B%20%23Place%20of%20burial%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP119%20%5B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP965%20%3Fgraveplot%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%5D.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP535%20%3FFindAGraveID%20.%7D%20%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20FindAGrave%20ID%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20an%20illustration%0A%20%20%20minus%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP1442%20%3FpicGrave%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%20%20%20BIND%20%28URI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findagrave.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Ffg.cgi%3Fpage%3Dgr%26df%3Dall%26GRid%3D%22%2C%3FFindAGraveID%29%29%20AS%20%3FFindAGrave%29%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22sv%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgroup%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20Gender%20in%20Layer%0A%0A%7D%20%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%22sv%22%7D%0A%20%7D%0AOrder%20by%20%3FpersonLabel source])
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23%20Query%20Find%20in%20WikiData%20people%20with%20Place%20of%20Burial%20Q252312%20Norra%20Begravningsplatsen%0A%23%20that%20has%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3FgroupLabel%20%28%3FgroupLabel%20as%20%3Flayer%29%20%3Farticle%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%20%3FpersonDescription%20%20%3Fgraveplot%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fpic%20%3FpicGrave%20%3FWikiTree%20%3FFindAGrave%7B%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP119%20wd%3AQ252312%3B%20%23Place%20of%20burial%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP119%20%5B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP965%20%3Fgraveplot%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%5D.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP535%20%3FFindAGraveID%20.%7D%20%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20FindAGrave%20ID%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20an%20illustration%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP1442%20%3FpicGrave%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%20%20%20BIND%20%28URI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findagrave.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Ffg.cgi%3Fpage%3Dgr%26df%3Dall%26GRid%3D%22%2C%3FFindAGraveID%29%29%20AS%20%3FFindAGrave%29%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22sv%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgroup%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20Gender%20in%20Layer%0A%0A%7D%20%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%22sv%22%7D%0A%20%7D%0AOrder%20by%20%3FpersonLabel Graves with grave pictures of people buried in Norra Begravningsplatsen] ([https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Query%20Find%20in%20WikiData%20people%20with%20Place%20of%20Burial%20Q252312%20Norra%20Begravningsplatsen%0A%23%20that%20has%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3FgroupLabel%20%28%3FgroupLabel%20as%20%3Flayer%29%20%3Farticle%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%20%3FpersonDescription%20%20%3Fgraveplot%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fpic%20%3FpicGrave%20%3FWikiTree%20%3FFindAGrave%7B%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP119%20wd%3AQ252312%3B%20%23Place%20of%20burial%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP119%20%5B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP965%20%3Fgraveplot%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%5D.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP535%20%3FFindAGraveID%20.%7D%20%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20FindAGrave%20ID%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20an%20illustration%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP1442%20%3FpicGrave%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%20%20%20BIND%20%28URI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findagrave.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Ffg.cgi%3Fpage%3Dgr%26df%3Dall%26GRid%3D%22%2C%3FFindAGraveID%29%29%20AS%20%3FFindAGrave%29%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22sv%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgroup%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20Gender%20in%20Layer%0A%0A%7D%20%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%22sv%22%7D%0A%20%7D%0AOrder%20by%20%3FpersonLabel source])
 * Solidays occurring today (source)
 * Streets in Paris named after current countries (source)
 * Streets in Paris named after battles (source)
 * Wikipedia articles (in any language) of paintings by painter (source)
 * Sovereign state flags with no red, white, or blue (source)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AScatterChart%0ASELECT%20%28MIN%28%3Fage%29%20AS%20%3FminAge%29%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fcomposition%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%3Fcomposer%20%3FcomposerLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%23%20find%20only%20compositions%20with%20a%20single%20composer%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcomposition%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcomposition%20wdt%3AP86%20%3Fcomposer.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcomposition%0A%20%20%20%20HAVING%28COUNT%28%3Fcomposer%29%20%3D%201%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fcomposition%20wdt%3AP86%20%3Fcomposer%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP571%2Fpsv%3AP571%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fdate%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3FdatePrecision%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FdatePrecision%20%3E%3D%209%29.%20%23%20filter%20out%20sub-year%20precision%0A%20%20%3Fcomposer%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP569%2Fpsv%3AP569%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fborn%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3FbornPrecision%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FbornPrecision%20%3E%3D%209%29.%0A%20%20BIND%28FLOOR%28%28%3Fdate%20-%20%3Fborn%29%2F365.2425%29%20AS%20%3Fage%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fcomposer%20%3FcomposerLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FminAge Graph of number of compositions over age at first composition] (source)
 * Development
 * Worked more on the first entity type (Lexeme) for Wiktionary support
 * Worked more on federation in order to allow using Wikidata items and properties to describe images on Commons in the future
 * Fixed a bug with getLabelWithLang returning the wrong language (T152241)
 * Fixed an issue where some coordinate values displayed 60 seconds instead of rounding to 1 minute (T153429)
 * Adjusted language for simple English sitelinks (T152915)
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals - proposals needing attention

January 2017 at Women in Red
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