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The most important non-talk namespaces have one or more centralized pages (or entry points) from which a user can find their way around more easily. These pages link to the most important pages, which in turn eventually lead, in an evolving organized way to the rest of the pages in the namespace. Here are the entry points for the namespaces which have them (note that a namespace's entry points can reside on other namespaces):

• Main namespace: Main Page, List of basic topics, List of topic lists, all Portals (see Portal:Browse), the entire category system (see Category:Contents and Wikipedia:Browse), Wikipedia:Browse by overview, and Wikipedia:Quick index.
• Wikipedia namespace: Wikipedia:Community Portal, Help:Contents, Wikipedia:Department directory, Wikipedia:Shortcuts.
• Help namespace: Help:Contents

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Tech News: 2024-43

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

Weekly highlight

• The Mobile Apps team has released an update to the iOS app's navigation, and it is now available in the latest App store version. The team added a new Profile menu that allows for easy access to editor features like Notifications and Watchlist from the Article view, and brings the "Donate" button into a more accessible place for users who are reading an article. This is the first phase of a larger planned navigation refresh to help the iOS app transition from a primarily reader-focused app, to an app that fully supports reading and editing. The Wikimedia Foundation has added more editing features and support for on-wiki communication based on volunteer requests in recent years.

iOS Wikipedia App's profile menu and contents

Updates for editors

• Wikipedia readers can now download a browser extension to experiment with some early ideas on potential features that recommend articles for further reading, automatically summarize articles, and improve search functionality. For more details and to stay updated, check out the Web team's Content Discovery Experiments page and subscribe to their newsletter.
• Later this month, logged-out editors of these 12 wikis will start to have temporary accounts created. The list may slightly change - some wikis may be removed but none will be added. Temporary account is a new type of user account. It enhances the logged-out editors' privacy and makes it easier for community members to communicate with them. If you maintain any tools, bots, or gadgets on these 12 wikis, and your software is using data about IP addresses or is available for logged-out users, please check if it needs to be updated to work with temporary accounts. Guidance on how to update the code is available. Read more about the deployment plan across all wikis.
• View all 33 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the South Ndebele, Pannonian Rusyn, Obolo, Iban and Tai Nüa Wikipedia languages were created last week. [1][2][3][4][5]
• It is now possible to create functions on Wikifunctions using Wikidata lexemes, through the new Wikidata lexeme type launched last week. When you go to one of these functions, the user interface provides a lexeme selector that helps you pick a lexeme from Wikidata that matches the word you type. After hitting run, your selected lexeme is retrieved from Wikidata, transformed into a Wikidata lexeme type, and passed into the selected function. Read more about this in the latest Wikifunctions newsletter.

Updates for technical contributors

• Users of the Wikimedia sites can now format dates more easily in different languages with the new {{#timef:…}} parser function. For example, {{#timef:now|date|en}} will show as "30 October 2024". Previously, {{#time:…}} could be used to format dates, but this required knowledge of the order of the time and date components and their intervening punctuation. #timef (or #timefl for local time) provides access to the standard date formats that MediaWiki uses in its user interface. This may help to simplify some templates on multi-lingual wikis like Commons and Meta. [6][7]
• Commons and Meta users can now efficiently retrieve the user's language using {{USERLANGUAGE}} instead of using {{int:lang}}. [8]
• The Product and Tech Advisory Council (PTAC) now has its pilot members with representation across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. They will work to address the Movement Strategy's Technology Council initiative of having a co-defined and more resilient technological platform. [9]

In depth

• The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available. It includes: an upcoming Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module, new Community Configuration options, and details on new projects.
• The Wikimedia Foundation is now an official partner of the CVE program, which is an international effort to catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This partnership will allow the Security Team to instantly publish common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) records that are affecting MediaWiki core, extensions, and skins, along with any other code the Foundation is a steward of.
• The Community Wishlist is now testing machine translations for Wishlist content. Volunteers can now read machine-translated versions of wishes and dive into discussions even before translators arrive to translate content.

Meetings and events

• 24 October - Wiki Education Speaker Series Webinar - Open Source Tech: Building the Wiki Education Dashboard, featuring Wikimedia interns and a Web developer in the panel.
• 20–22 December 2024 - Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024 in Odisha, India. A hackathon for community members, including developers, designers and content editors, to build technical solutions that improve contributors' experiences.

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MediaWiki message delivery 20:49, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Question from Sean J. Prescott (11:53, 23 October 2024)

Hello, how do I create a citation? --Sean J. Prescott (talk) 11:53, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Sean J. Prescott Good day! When citing web sources on Wikipedia, it's best to use Template:Citeweb, and for books, use Template:Citebook. You can also enable the Wikipedia:VisualEditor to add citations easily to articles. With VisualEditor, simply copy and paste the URL into the citation box and click "create." However, if the author's name isn't in the usual place (typically the top left corner of the article), VisualEditor might not capture it, and you'll need to add it manually.

I recommend going through WP:TWA (The Wikipedia Adventure) and exploring the tutorial sections of the "Welcome message", which can be found in the top left corner of your Talk page. This will help you get familiar with fundamental guidelines and helpful instructions.

Feel free to ask if you have any further questions! Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 22:12, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Important: Please update user script installation

Hi there, you currently have a user script installed from Anne drew Andrew and Drew. Several weeks ago, I changed my username to Anne drew, and unfortunately, due to an issue with script redirects, the scripts you have installed under my old username no longer function.

To fix this, please update your JavaScript pages (Special:MyPage/common.js or Special:MyPage/skin.js) by replacing all instances of Anne drew Andrew and Drew with Anne drew.

If any of this is unclear, please ping Anne drew for help. I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding!

Thanks – Anne drew

You are receiving this message because you have installed one of Anne drew's user scripts. If you'd like to stop receiving notifications, you can unsubscribe here.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:11, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Anne drew Good day and thank you for informing the above. I could not able to save the changes (your user name) on my common.js as there is not button on the page for me to save the edit (It has been happening on other pages for at least a 6 weeks now which I presume there were some changes editing page by some script or format - I dont know but it has been difficult for me at time to edit). Could you pls do it of the changes in my common.js? Thanks in advance. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 23:31, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Hey Cassiopeia, unfortunately I can't edit your JavaScript pages for security reasons. That will require an interface administrator if you are unable to do so. I can't explain the issue you're having with the save button - perhaps try asking at WP:VPT.

I will request help from an interface administrator to update your JavaScript page below:

Could you please update Cassiopeia's JavaScript page by replacing every instance of Anne drew Andrew and Drew with Anne drew? Much appreciated – Anne drew 01:05, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Anne drew I have tried to replace the name above but as I mentioned before, there is not save/publish button anywhere for me to click. I will seek interface administrator for help. Thank you for responding so quickly. Stay safe and have good weekend. Cassiopeia talk 01:09, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done Izno (talk) 17:35, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Izno Thank you so much! Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 22:51, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

CVUA

Hi there @Cassiopeia! I'm a fairly new editor active in recent changes patrol who wishes to learn more about counter vandalism in CVUA. If you are still accepting new students I would be excited to have you as my trainer. VolatileAnomaly (talk) 22:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Stosseled

I'm afraid I don't have time, but the user who's gone on the offensive re Sherdog looks to be to be sleeper account of a banned user sockpuppet. I will have a look through previous banned editors who have done the same thing and try to find a pattern but I won't have time for ANI etc. NEDOCHAN (talk) 17:30, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Justinw303&target=Justinw303&offset=20220925184200 NEDOCHAN (talk) 20:02, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

@NEDOCHAN and Nswix: Thank you for informing. Stay safe and best. Editor only edits a few times a year. We leave it. Cassiopeia talk 22:44, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #551

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the
week leading up to 2024-10-28. Missed the previous one? See issue #650

Discussions

• Closed request for adminship: Addshore (successful) - Welcome back, Adam!
• New request for comments: Discussion about remove notability for ceb-Wiki

Events

• Wikidata's 12th Birthday is almost here! Let’s celebrate together and make it unforgettable! 🎂 Join in for events happening across the globe in October & November -- there's something for everyone! Here’s how you can be part of the fun.
  • Find a local event and connect with fellow Wikidata enthusiasts!
  • Give a birthday gift to the community -- whether it's a cool new tool or something fun!
  • Join our big online celebration on October 29th -- don’t miss out! Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday
  • Join the special Wikidata Query-party tomorrow and win some branded Wikidata socks! 🎉
• The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is taking a break from our new project series format this coming Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter) to celebrate Hallowe'en! We'll be celebrating Spooky Season with a WitchyData Working Hour! Following on Christa Strickler's recent project series, we will continue building proficiency with the Mix'n'match tool, but with a ghoulish twist. Join the fall fun by updating your Zoom background or even coming in costume. BYOC (bring your own candy). Event page: Wikidata:WikiProject LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group/Wikidata Working Hours/2024-October-29 Wikidata Working Hour

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

• Blogs: Wikidata celebrates 12. Birthday – These are the coolest queries from 112 million entries (in German) - "Wikidata, the world's largest free knowledge base, celebrates the 12th of October. Birthday. The open data graph for structured knowledge collects facts about numerous terms (items). Meanwhile, Wikidata includes an impressive 112 million items – and many more facts! On the occasion of Wikidata's birthday, we put the collected knowledge to the test and present the most exciting 12 queries that were created from it."
• Videos
  • 2024 Wikidata Cross-Domain Forum 2024 (in Chinese)
  • Wikidata Day NYC 2024 @ Pratt
  • Mapping the Accused Witches of Scotland in place and time
  • What is Wikibase and what is it used for? (in Spanish)
  • Introduction to Wikidata - Wikidata Days 2024 (First day) (in Spanish)
  • Is there a system to capture data in Wikidata automatically? (in Spanish)

Tool of the week

• Lexica – A mobile-friendly tool that simplifies micro contributions to lexicographical data on Wikidata, making various editing tasks accessible and intuitive for contributors of all experience levels. This tool is developed by the WMDE Wikidata Software Collaboration team in Indonesia. Try Lexica through this link: https://lexica-tool.toolforge.org/

Other Noteworthy Stuff

• The Global Open Initiative Foundation is building an open-source web app for Supreme Court cases in Ghana. We are looking for volunteers in the following roles: Frontend Developers, Backend Developers, Wikidata/SPARQL Experts, UI/UX Designers, Quality Assurance (QA) Testers, and Legal Professionals. Join us by sendind your resume and a brief description of your expertise to globalopeninitiativegmail.com

Newest properties and property proposals to review

• Newest General datatypes:
  • characteristic of ((qualifier only) statement value is a characteristic, quality, property, or state of this qualifier value)
  • has kanji reading (phonetic reading or pronunciation of the kanji)
  • publication type of scholarly work (type of this scholarly work (e.g. “systematic review”, “proceedings”, etc.))
  • leased to (person or organisation that holds or was granted a lease on the subject)
  • magazine capacity (number of projectiles or objects in the magazine feeding a weapon or tool)
• Newest External identifiers: GameReactor company ID, Latgales dati person ID, ‎FantLab artist ID, RedBA Granada authority ID, ‎NWIS site ID, MetalTabs.com band ID, Koha Kütüphane ID, HA! artwork ID, France television program ID, Radio France program ID, Grand Est inventory ID, Norwegian Media Authority's film rating ID, Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia ID, ‎Münzkabinett ID, MyWaifuList character ID, ‎Kramerius of Czech Digital Library UUID, ‎European Parliament document ID, ‎Western Australian Biographical Index, beniabbandonati (detailed sheet) ID, beniabbandonati (summary sheet) ID, Biblioteka Nauki article ID, Biblioteka Nauki journal ID, Biblioteka Nauki book ID, Biblioteka Nauki publisher ID, PNM Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom person ID, DDB person (GND) ID, CIRDOC publication ID, CIRDOC author ID, BAHRA ID, ‎AniSearch person ID, Dwelly entry ID, Rate Your Music track ID, Spirit of Metal band ID, Madelen person ID, Babelio subject ID, Indo-Tibetan Lexical Resource ID, World Historical Gazetteer place ID, VG247 series ID, ITTF PTT ID, Lega Serie A player ID, Push Square series ID, LWW journal ID, Diccionario biográfico de Castilla-La Mancha ID, Enciclopedia bresciana ID, A digital concordance of the R̥gveda ID, Inathèque document ID, TEES ID, DVIDS unit ID, Korean Basketball League player ID, Acervo de Literatura Digital Mato-Grossense person ID, Acervo de Literatura Digital Mato-Grossense work of art ID, ‎Atatürk Ansiklopedisi ID, Cihai encyclopedia entry ID, ‎eHLFL ID, Songkick area ID, DDB institution ID, Enciclopedia medica ID, Sapere.it Italian Dictionary ID, Steam tag ID, L'Équipe basketball team ID, AELC author ID, TF1 info topic ID, RTL topic ID, Actu.fr topic ID, FAO fungal entity ID, France Info topic ID, KISTI institute ID, Israel Railways station number, Digital LIMC ID, TDK lexeme ID, Yandex Maps organization ID
• New General datatypes property proposals to review:
  • chemical formula (Description of chemical compound giving element symbols and counts)
  • mode of reproduction (ways for living organisms to propagate or produce their offsprings)
  • health points (health or armor points of this video game, board game or role-playing game character)
  • damage (damage value of this video game weapon, ability or character)
  • Mummy of a person (mummy of a person)
  • WPBSA com player ID (Identifier for an athlete on the main website of WPBSA)
  • JLPT level (difficulty of word by the level of JLPT)
  • beer style (Classification of a beer based on its style)
  • has forks (Notable software forks of this software)
  • Monument Counter ID (Digital memorial for women killed by violence)
  • most populous settlement (city, town, or other settlement with the largest population in this area (country, state, county, continent, etc.))
  • Eurotopics ID (A database containing data on European media.)
  • rubrique d'une installation classée pour la protection de l'environnement (Industrial or agricultural operations generating risks to health and the environment are regulated in France. The various risks are organized into headings in the nomenclature of installations classified for environmental protection. The dangers, pollution and nuisances of each operation are listed by public authorities.)
  • prototypical syntactic role of argument (qualifier for {{P|9971}} indicating the most basic/fundamental syntactic position of that argument for that verb sense (that is, when the argument structure is not subject to any alternations))
  • operating cost (ongoing recurring cost for operating or using an object)
  • effective life of asset (duration of time which an object/asset is expected to be used before needing to be disposed of or replaced)
  • Toki Pona headnoun (Toki Pona common noun for which the name serves as a proper modifier)
• New External identifier property proposals to review: case id (mainland China), BioMed Central journal ID, Identifiant L'Humanité d’un sujet, Cihai dictionary entry ID, Duocet Wiki of Plants ID, vardnica.aizpute.lv ID, Department of Defense Identification Code, dtf.ru person ID, Identifiant Libération d’un sujet, NLI Newspaper Collection ID, obastan.com dictionary IDs, graphclasses.org ID, identifiant L'Équipe d'un basketteur, Journalistikon.de-ID, NRW-Archivportal-ID, Taiwan Railways station number, Taiwan Professional Basketball League ID, Damehåndbolddatabasen ID, Identifiant Les Inrockuptibles d'un sujet, Spirit of Metal IDs, Finlandssvenska bebyggelsenamn ID, VK track ID, GERS ID, European Legislation Identifier, Danbooru tag, Health Facility Registry ID, GamersGlobal genre, Innovating Knowledge manuscript ID, PublicationsList author ID, Alexander Keiller Museum ID, Archivportal-D-ID, Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative, FID performing arts agent GND ID, Бессмертный полк ID, ITV News topic ID, FightTime fighters ID, Timenote.info Person ID, Thai railway station identifier, Dictionary of affixes used in Czech ID

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

• Query examples:
  • Languages with more than one writing system
  • Map of all the libraries in the world present on Wikidata
• Newest WikiProjects: Psychology - This project aims to improve items related to psychology (Q9418).
• Showcase Items: Loomio (Q15975673): decision-making software to assist groups with collaborative decision-making processes
• Showcase Lexemes: کھاوَݨ / ਖਾਵਣ (L680110) mean to "eat" in in Urdu

Development

• Vector 2022: We are continuing to make Wikidata Items pages work in dark-mode (phab:T369385)
• EntitySchemas: We are continuing to work on making it possible to search for an EntitySchema by its label or alias when making a statement linking to an EntitySchema
• Wikibase REST API:
  • We discussed what will constitute breaking changes for the API (phab:T357775)
  • We are working on the endpoint for creating Properties (phab:T342992)

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.

Weekly Tasks

• Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
• Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above.
• Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities in one or two sentences.
• 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!

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