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Editing News #2—2016

Editing News #2—2016 Read this in another languageSubscription list for this multilingual newsletter

 
Did you know?

It's quick and easy to insert a references list.

 

Place the cursor where you want to display the references list (usually at the bottom of the page). Open the "Insert" menu and click the "References list" icon (three books).

If you are using several groups of references, which is relatively rare, you will have the opportunity to specify the group. If you do that, then only the references that belong to the specified group will be displayed in this list of references.

Finally, click "Insert" in the dialog to insert the References list. This list will change as you add more footnotes to the page.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has fixed many bugs. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for Arabic and Indic scripts, and adapting the visual editor to the needs of the Wikivoyages and Wikisources.

Recent changes

The visual editor is now available to all users at most Wikivoyages. It was also enabled for all contributors at the French Wikinews.

The single edit tab feature combines the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab. It has been deployed to several Wikipedias, including Hungarian, Polish, English and Japanese Wikipedias, as well as to all Wikivoyages. At these wikis, you can change your settings for this feature in the "Editing" tab of Special:Preferences. The team is now reviewing the feedback and considering ways to improve the design before rolling it out to more people.

Future changes

The "Save page" button will say "Publish page". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next few months. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including: Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, Assamese, Aramaic and others.

The team is working with the volunteer developers who power Wikisource to provide the visual editor there, for opt-in testing right now and eventually for all users. (T138966)

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. It will look like the visual editor, and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices around September 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

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Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk), 21:09, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News
 

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter.

June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC).

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News
 

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2016 GOCE newsletter.

>>> Sign up for the September Drive, already in progress! <<<

July Drive: The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove April, May, and June 2015 from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added July 2015 (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever.

August Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was sports-related articles in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk.

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18:04, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of {{Persondata}}

Hi Lor,

I'm the bot who is deleting {{Persondata}}. I noticed your edit on User:Lor/sandbox in which you added {{Persondata}}. This template is deprecated and deleted. Please stop adding {{Persondata}}. In case you want to support the Persondata project you can help with the migration of the dataset to Wikidata at KasparBot's tool. See Wikipedia:Persondata or contact my operator T.seppelt in case you have any questions.

Thank you very much, -- KasparBot (talk) 01:00, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

18:55:27, 2 August 2016 review of submission by Ustod



Hello. I warmly welcome those who really matter can help in compiling stati.Ya wide appeal to people of noble heart and soul. Unfortunately they are less than the writing "well-wishers", for which it is easier to destroy than to build. The problem is that my client Composer ,who's compositions have been published in five countries and performed in 28 countries. Wikipedia contains articles about him in three languages. For almost a few years, we have a problem to publish information (ready-made) in English. language. The problem in the technical intricacies . Please we ask you to assist in the care, not "hack at the root," and add a good mark on an article or help. Thank you for understanding.

"You're fast af mate"

You're fast af mate 72.239.33.152 (talk) 04:01, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

22:09, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

"This is Sumit Sharma"

Hi, Lor

This is Sumit Sharma, managing director. Digital marketing coaching Academy is a trademark of our company premium Digital Projects Pvt Ltd.

The information that I had submitted was regarding our academic course overview, it's not intended for promoting something. If you think, you can edit accordingly or you can delete the article, if you can't accept it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.255.199.133 (talk) 04:59, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Draft review

Thanks for the feedback. Added added notable refs where Pistono is primary subject. Please check "Media Appearances", there are several TV and radio specials where he is profiled. Omnipodin (talk) 12:41, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

yeah it was i mistake i did while trying to edit the article and i'm really sorry

I was trying to add some additional info but i messed up trying to do so — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodj (talkcontribs) 01:13, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Thank you.

Just wanted to say thanks for reviewing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramakrishnan_Murthy, and fixing my references. ^_^ Aruna Sankaranarayanan 15:44, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

Barnstar moved Here

Thank you :) LorTalk 23:24, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Draft:Peter Atkins (author)‎

Dear Lor

Thank you for taking the time to review my draft on Peter Atkins (author)‎ here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Peter_Atkins_(author)

I have added a few more citations and expanded the article somewhat. Peter Atkins is notable by wiki standards. He is the author of The Wishmaster which was made into the popular movie franchise Wishmaster. He also wrote the screenplays for Hellraiser II, III, and IV.

I hope you would take the time to review my revisions?

Thank you.

WendigoUK (talk) 17:10, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Can you please help me with this submission

Hi

Can you please help me with this submission as am official person representing the Vazandar Movie social submission. Let me know if you required any document for the same.

Drafted Page : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Vazandar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143bhadu (talkcontribs) 10:21, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143bhadu (talkcontribs) 10:20, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

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