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TemplateParametersTool

Hello, is there a problem with the TemplateParametersTool as the output is still showing May results? Keith D (talk) 19:35, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

@Keith D: The data extract that the tool uses is slow to be produced by Wikipedia. enwiki is being processed right now. Should be ready in a couple of hours. --Bamyers99 (talk) 20:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. Keith D (talk) 22:01, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

July

I see that June was produced on (about) the 9th. Is this the expected schedule? Wikipedia:WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities just discovered this tool and we are *very* excited at using it to sort out usages of Template:Infobox Fraternity. I know it arrives when it arrives. (And thank you for creating this!)Naraht (talk) 21:09, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

@Naraht: The process has to wait for a giant file with all of the articles in it to be produced by Wikipedia. The file is called pages-articles.xml and is about 21.0 GB. The current file creation progress can be found at enwiki dump progress. The Template bot tool checks the file creation progress every hour, and automatically extracts the template info when the file is complete. --Bamyers99 (talk) 21:55, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. On a question in terms of usage. If a template occurs 787 times and one parameter is used 786 times, any suggestions on finding the one? We can certainly alter the template and cause the missing one to show up in a maintenance Category that we create for that parameter, but if there is an easier way using your tool.Naraht (talk) 23:34, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

@Naraht: If a parameter has a "Required" or "Suggested" Status in the TemplateData configuration on the templates documentation page, then a "missing" link will be displayed for that parameter in the report. --Bamyers99 (talk) 00:11, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you.Naraht (talk) 16:57, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Is CleanupWorklistBot stalled?

CleanupWorklistBot has apparently not run yet. I have usually seen its results by now as it's Tuesday afternoon. Do you know if it's stuck or something? Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 19:43, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

@StefenTower: I received an email when it failed, but I did not read it closely and assumed it was for another bot with a similar name that runs every hour and can handle failures. I restarted the Cleanup bot and it has finished. --Bamyers99 (talk) 00:51, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Great, thanks! Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 00:55, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:28, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Category added

Yesterday I deleted the category Statistical Mechanics from the page Maxwell construction because the article has nothing to do with statistical mechanics, but later you added it back. Is this because every page needs a category? If so the category should be Thermodynamics not Statistical Mechanics. Should I change it? Will you? Airman72 (talk) 14:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

@Airman72: I didn't know it was an intentional category deletion. I come across a number of unintentional category deletions. Every article needs to be categorized per WP:CATSPECIFIC. I have changed it to Thermodynamics. --Bamyers99 (talk) 17:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Airman72 (talk) 19:38, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

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• Stewards can now globally block accounts. Before the change only IP addresses and IP ranges could be blocked globally. Global account blocks are useful when the blocked user should not be logged out. Global locks (a similar tool logging the user out of their account) are unaffected by this change. The new global account block feature is related to the Temporary Accounts project, which is a new type of user account that replaces IP addresses of unregistered editors that are no longer made public.
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• Wikimedia contributors and GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) organisations can now learn and measure the impact Wikimedia Commons is having towards creating quality encyclopedic content using the Commons Impact Metrics analytics dashboard. The dashboard offers organizations analytics on things like monthly edits in a category, the most viewed files, and which Wikimedia articles are using Commons images. As a result of these new data dumps, GLAM organisation can more reliably measure their return on investment for programs bringing content into the digital Commons. [4]

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• Editors using the Visual Editor in languages that use non-Latin characters for numbers, such as Hindi, Manipuri and Eastern Arabic, may notice some changes in the formatting of reference numbers. This is a side effect of preparing a new sub-referencing feature, and will also allow fixing some general numbering issues in Visual Editor. If you notice any related problems on your wiki, please share details at the project talkpage.

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• Some logged-in editors were briefly unable to edit or load pages last week. These errors were mainly due to the addition of new linter rules which led to caching problems. Fixes have been applied and investigations are continuing.
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• There are new features and improvements to Phabricator from the Release Engineering and Collaboration Services teams, and some volunteers, including: the search systems, the new task creation system, the login systems, the translation setup which has resulted in support for more languages (thanks to Pppery), and fixes for many edge-case errors. You can read details about these and other improvements in this summary.
• There is an update on the Charts project. The team has decided which visualization library to use, which chart types to start focusing on, and where to store chart definitions.
• One new wiki has been created: a Wikivoyage in Czech (voy:cs:) [5]

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• There is a new Wikimedia Foundation data center in São Paulo, Brazil which helps to reduce load times.
• There is new user research on problems with the process of uploading images.
• Commons Impact Metrics are now available via data dumps and API.
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:08, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

TemplateParametersTool question

I have some (maybe many) questions about this amazing tool of which I only minutes ago became aware. To start, I would love to know how far back the data collection goes and if it's possible to access said data? Relatedly, is it possible to see the total number of articles with template parameters (of any kind) and to track that number over time? I would be happy to email these and other questions if that's preferable. NASAvegas (talk) 23:42, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

@NASAvegas: There is no historical data. It does not track total articles with template parameters. It only looks at templates that have Wikipedia:TemplateData defined. --Bamyers99 (talk) 23:58, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Do you know if that general template data is available anywhere? I'm curious if there's been an increase in the number of articles that have been flagged as having content issues. NASAvegas (talk) 16:41, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

@NASAvegas: The doc page of a template has the TemplateData embedded in it as a JSON object. Example: Template:Infobox_lighthouse/doc#TemplateData. Given your low number of edits [6], why the sudden interest in these topics? --Bamyers99 (talk) 18:46, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm interested in the data as a potential research topic. (And I'm generally more interested in researching Wikipedia than editing Wikipedia, although I would think 100+ edits is a relatively *high* number as most people make zero.)

I confess to not knowing what a JSON object is or how that helps me arrive at usage figures. I see that on some Template pages (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:BLP_primary_sources) you can see a number ("This template is used on approximately 6,000 pages"), which is apparently produced via this Link Count tool. Again, I'm just wondering if there's a tool available that could tell me how many articles have template parameters of any kind and if that number has substantially changed over time. (Apologies if I'm using terminology incorrectly here.) NASAvegas (talk) 19:16, 1 August 2024 (UTC)