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A beer for you!

To thank you for your efficient work processing hundreds of JSTOR applications in such a short time. And cheers for your birthday! Madalibi (talk) 09:07, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Chug, chug, chug. That hit the spot. Cheers! The Interior (Talk) 14:43, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Oh yikes, I didn't even notice until I looked at the history that I mucked up your perfect backlog resolution with my request! I won't beer you with a request pending because I don't believe in bribery, but I'm not above flattery--to that end, you've done a great job managing the page so far. :) Protonk (talk) 16:43, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

No worries, us library types love a good backlog, and feel a bit empty when it's been cleared! The Interior (Talk) 17:41, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

this isn't jumping the gun (as I assume there's some bit fiddling to be done adding accounts on the JSTOR end), but what are the steps after acceptance for getting an account? Do I get an email? Also, do you mind if (once I'm enlightened on steps past #3) I add the appropriate actions to Wikipedia:JSTOR#To_get_access? Thanks. Protonk (talk) 17:57, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, there's still a bit of fiddling. I now have to email a form to everyone, they fill out the form, and this populates a spreadsheet with usernames and email addresses. Our contacts at JSTOR have access to the spreadsheet; they do the mailing of logins from there. Any clarification you can add to the instructions would be great. The Interior (Talk) 18:02, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Cool beans. Once I get an account set up over there I'll try and document the process or at least make a note of "what to expect when you're expecting (science)". Protonk (talk) 18:05, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Libraries and Wikipedia

Hi Patrick, I live in Victoria and work for the BC Libraries Coop. I am interested in doing more stuff in BC to get libraries engaged with wikipedia. Wondering if you'd ever be up to grab a coffee or beer when I am in Vancouver, would love to get your perspective as someone who's been at this much longer than I. Cheers, Scott Leslie Nessman (talk) 15:27, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Scott, great to hear from you! Timing is perfect - I just got back from the ALA annual in Las Vegas. My colleague Jake and I, with help from some great people at OCLC (who are really excited about the WP/Library interface) ran an edit-a-thon, did a presentation, and chatted with a lot of great people. There are some great potential projects. Let's definitely meet up, let me know when you're in town next. The Interior (Talk) 16:22, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Butting in. Better yet, why don't you come to Victoria and grab a beer with both of us? I'm steps from the downtown library. Easy peasy :)--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 17:21, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Well, hey, that's not a bad plan either. Maybe later in August? (I'm going to WikiMania in early August!) The Interior (Talk) 17:43, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome to our little bit of paradise any time. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 17:51, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-30

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

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 22, and to all Wikipedias on July 24 (calendar).
• CirrusSearch was removed as the primary search method from Wikimedia Commons and the Spanish (es) Wikipedia due to a high server load. The plan to enable it on the Dutch (nl), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias was also postponed to a later date. [1] [2] [3]
• The tool that stores information about languages (CLDR) was updated to its latest version. You can still help translate language names into your own language so they can be used in the sidebar and other places. [4]
• Translation memory for newly translatable pages should now offer more suggestions. [5] [6]
• A tool to convert MediaWiki pages to LaTeX is now available on Tool Labs. [7]

VisualEditor news

• Tablet users visiting the mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will be able to use a special version of VisualEditor starting on July 31. You can test the new tool by choosing the beta version of the mobile view in the Settings menu. Feedback is welcome. [8]
• All windows in VisualEditor have now a new design. Main action buttons will always be located in the top bar and will use simple words rather than icons. [9]
• You can now easily open links inside the link editor, for example to see their target. [10]
• Several bugs related to the positioning of the cursor around some items (like images and references) were fixed last week. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Future software changes

• It will soon be possible to watch individual discussions in the Topic namespace rather than whole pages for talk pages using Flow. [17]
• You can give comments about the new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [18]
• An IRC meeting to organize Pywikibot bugs will take place from July 24 to July 27 on the channel #pywikibot on freenode. [19]
• A request for comments on how to improve MediaWiki API was re-started on MediaWiki.org. Your feedback is welcome.

Problems

• Mailing lists were broken for about 16 hours between July 14 and July 15 due to a server problem. [20]

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07:42, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR Account update

This is not a nag, I promise. :)

I read your update on the accounts and felt that it might be a good step in the process once you have accepted a request here to send an email via the Wikipedia mail system to say "Hey, we got your request, some wheels are turning in the background to make it happen. Stay tuned." That way you can give some prompting to an editor that their request has been received and immediately find editors without email enabled. Does that make sense? Protonk (talk) 21:58, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

There's definitely some more infrastructure to built into the Wikipedia Library's processes. I'll talk to Ocaasi and Madman about getting something like that set up, especially for a big batch of accounts for something that is as desirable as JSTOR. We've been focusing on getting new partners, and some of the process stuff isn't scaling well now that we do have a good crop of donations, and expanded numbers with our older partners. The Interior (Talk) 22:25, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

If you want help with that you can email me and I'll see if there's any way i can help. Maybe help some of that infrastructure scale better. Protonk (talk) 22:39, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Jstor

My Name was moved to the approved list on th 16th, but I have not received any information on how to register. I;m assuming there was an email that went astray, if so, please resend it. Thank you. Edward321 (talk) 04:46, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Got the emal now. Thank you. Edward321 (talk) 13:42, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR email

Hey, I received an email from you (via MadmanBot) last night about getting access to JSTOR via WMF, but I already have that access.

I figured it'd be rude not to let you know, at least :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 09:07, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I got the same message, even though I too am already registered — unless that expired recently? (I didn't look yet this morning.) Just checking that it isn't some malicious code that somehow got a hold of addresses… MeegsC (talk) 11:07, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

No, these are legit emails. When JSTOR upped our number of accounts, they deactivated the old accounts as of the 15th of this month. So even if you had prior access, you need to complete the form to continue your access. OwenBlacker, you already have access through another avenue? The Interior (Talk) 16:10, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I definitely don't have access through anywhere else; maybe they just messed up disabling my access or something. I've filled in the form, in any case. Thank you, anyway :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 18:33, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-31

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

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 29, and to all Wikipedias on July 31 (calendar).
• You can now download the latest version of the anti-vandalism tool Huggle.

VisualEditor news

• You can now create, edit, and view HTML comments in VisualEditor. [21] [22]
• The cancel button in VisualEditor toolbar has been removed. You can still use the Read tab and the Back button in your browser to cancel your edit. [23]
• If you try to use a template which has no suggested or required parameters in TemplateData, you will now be asked to add the parameters. [24] [25]
• You will no longer be able to edit a page if you can't create it, for example on pages protected against recreation. [26] [27]

Future software changes

• You will soon be able to filter Meta-Wiki's user rights log by wiki and user. [28] [29]
• Wikidata will soon be able to store data about article status, for example "good article" or "featured article". If your wiki has highlighted content, please make sure it is on Wikidata's list. [30]
• It will soon be possible to directly create empty pages, for example in the user namespace. [31] [32]

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08:09, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

I've emailed you

Hello, The Interior. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.— Sunciviclee (talk) 11:46, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR

I got the JSTOR email to fill out a web form, but have not heard back since, how long does it take to process? — xaosflux ^Talk 23:11, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Xaosflux, it's in JSTOR's hands now, but it should just be a matter of days. If I get more info, I'll let you know. The Interior (Talk) 23:13, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy reply, just making sure I didn't miss a step. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:21, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Like xaosflux, I received the email via MadmanBot on July 22 (6 days ago) and I completed the Google Docs form immediately, but (so far) have heard nothing further. Taking the liberty of adding to this conversation (rather than adding a new heading) to let you know there may be a significant backlog somewhere. Dwpaul ^Talk 01:51, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Dwpaul. JSTOR is doing their best to get these out - you should have a JSTOR email soon ... The Interior (Talk) 19:07, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

• Update on original signups: "Hi, Jake – No problem, I’ve asked the Support staff to update the original accounts to be valid through 8/15. I’ll let you know as soon as that is done – should be within minutes/hours. With the program extension/expansion, all of the editors will retain their original accounts with all of their saved citations. They will just have to click through a new link and log in with their existing account username and password. At that time, their accounts will be updated with the new expiration date in 2015. Even if we were to cancel the program access at some point in the future, they will still retain their MyJSTOR accounts and access to saved citation lists, even though they would not be able to access the full-text content." --JSTOR Ocaasi ^{t | c} 20:01, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

ventura

Thanks for the protection. I noticed you commented on that user Jessessar's page, If I had the mop he would be blocked already. 100% of the edits are those BLP violations some of which are pretty plainly not just knowing about sourcing etc. Gaijin42 (talk) 02:21, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

No problem, I was just reading about the case in the news. I'll keep an eye on that account. The Interior (Talk) 02:25, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank You for the Warm Welcome

and the cookies. KatieBU (talk) 18:36, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome, Katie. Looks like a neat class you are setting up. Need helpers? The Interior (Talk) 21:09, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

I may take you up on that. I'll get back with you. Thanks. KatieBU (talk) 21:30, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Patrick, I'm back and saying Yes, it would be great if you would be willing to serve as an volunteer for the course. The course is interdisciplinary, focusing on economics and library science/information studies. I suspect most of the students will choose to work on economics topics but it would be great to have a librarian commenting on their work. KatieBU (talk) 19:37, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

JStor access

Hello:

I would like to have JStor access to help in my Wikipedia editing. The instructions on how to do it are not clear to me, but it seems I should contact You. So that is what I am doing. I am also supposed to "contact JStor," but I don't know how I am supposed to go about doing that. any help there would be appreciated.Kdammers (talk) 06:09, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

@Kdammers: JSTOR has all the information from our end and should be emailing the codes this week. Cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 12:47, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

JStor (again, sorry)

Thanks for the approval of my request for Jstor access. I would love to use it but can't yet because I haven't received an email with info to enable me to register. Thanks in anticipation. Jodosma (talk) 07:34, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

@Jodosma: JSTOR has all the information from our end and should be emailing the codes this week. Cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 12:48, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Yet another week has gone by and still no email. Is there a problem? There are a lot of similar comments to mine on this page. Perhaps JSTOR is having second thoughts?Jodosma (talk) 07:54, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Jodosma, the other activation emails from JSTOR went out last week - I will double check with Ocaasi that you were on the list, but in the meantime, check your junk mail folders just in case. The Interior (Talk) 16:48, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

It's two weeks since I last checked in here. I'm sorry to say that I still have not received any email from or about JSTOR. Jodosma (talk) 11:51, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Jodosma, let's do this manually. Email me at earleypathotmail.com with the account you want to use, and I will manually add it to our spreadsheet. (you'll be happy to hear that we're strategising a completely new and better way to do signups, unfortunately, it won't be ready for while :() The Interior (Talk) 19:27, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

What are you talking about accounts for? I won't be emailing anyone about it. I made a request for access to JSTOR via Wikipedia. Either give me access or tell me I'm excluded. I'm not getting into some conversation with somebody about it. It's been too long now since I made my first request and I have become tired of it. Put up or Shut up. Jodosma (talk) 19:40, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR needs an email address (this is what I meant by account) to send a login and temp password to you. I need you to tell me what that address is so I can give it to them, no conversation needed. I can understand you are unhappy with the process, but please do not get abusive with me. The Interior (Talk) 19:46, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Jodosma, JSTOR has the account codes. They require us to collect email addresses so they can send out access to you. We emailed a form for you to enter your email, but for some reason you did not get it. Thus, the most direct way for us to get you your free account is for you to email myself or The Interior directly so we can then add your email to our list and send it to JSTOR. That is how this works. Your tone, on the other hand, does not work. It is not ok speak to other editors like that, particularly to someone who has put in many hours helping to set up these partnerships. They are, in case you forgot, donations, and we are, in case you forgot, editors and people like yourself. So if you can't remain civil despite our doing our best to get you your account, then it's best that you not participate with the Library's offerings. Cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 20:53, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Sorry about my attitude, I don't normally get so testy; think I had one too many yesterday. I have my email enabled on my preferences page so didn't think anything else would be required. I'll send the email as The Interior requested in a few minutes. Jodosma (talk) 07:24, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

No worries, Jodosma - we'll get this to you, thanks for the email and note. The Interior (Talk) 16:43, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

I have found this whole procedure very disappointing. Please take me off the list of applicants. Jodosma (talk) 17:01, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Very well, done. The Interior (Talk) 17:19, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-32

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

Tech News updates

• Tech News will be presented at the Wikimania 2014 conference in London! If you will be attending the conference, please join us in Auditorium 2 at 14:30 local time on Sunday, August 10.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 31. Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, it will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [33]
• You can now test a new tool to render wiki pages as PDF files. [34] [35] [36]
• You can now download an update to the archive of Wikimedia Commons files (uploaded up to December 31, 2013). If you have free space on your computer, please help preserve the files. [37]
• New users using the mobile Commons site now need to make 75 edits before they can upload a file. [38] [39]

VisualEditor news

• You will no longer see an edit confirmation message after making a null edit with VisualEditor. [40] [41]
• VisualEditor will no longer change underscores to spaces in category sort keys. [42]
• Many bugs that resulted in inserting the pawn and snowman symbols were fixed last week. [43] [44] [45] [46]
• Several bugs related to the use of references were also fixed. [47] [48] [49] [50]

Future software changes

• You will soon have a user option to watch pages where you revert edits. [51] [52]
• All Toolserver data will be deleted in September. If you want to back up your data, contact Toolserver administrators before August 31. [53]
• Pages in the Translations: namespace on wikis using the Translate extension will no longer be indexed by search engines. [54]

Problems

• Wikivoyage wikis were broken for about 45 minutes on July 29 due to a configuration problem. [55]
• Some users were not able to log in on test wikis and MediaWiki.org between July 31 and August 1. The problem is now fixed. [56]

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07:37, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

WP:JSTOR access

Hello, WP:The Wikipedia Library has record of you being approved for access to JSTOR through the TWL partnership described at WP:JSTOR . You should have recieved a Wikipedia email User:The Interior or User:Ocaasi sent several weeks ago with instructions for access, including a link to a form collecting information relevant to that access. Please find that email, and follow those instructions. If you were not approved, did not recieve the email, or are having some other concern or question, please respond to this message at Wikipedia talk:JSTOR/Approved. Thanks much, Sadads (talk) 21:21, 5 August 2014 (UTC) Note: You are recieving this message from an semi-automatically generated list. If you think you were incorrectly contacted, make sure to note that at Wikipedia talk:JSTOR/Approved.

What if I apply with alt account

Hello The Interior, I saw you quite active at WP:JSTOR. I have a question before I ask for an account. I have 3000+ edits from my old account Jim Cartar (talk · contribs) which I can't use now due to some personal reasons. I'm editing from this alternate account which don't have 1000 edits. So, can I apply from this account with reference to my older account?? Thanks, Jim Carter (from public cyber) 13:24, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Jim Carter - Public, I'll happily count contributions under a previous account as part of your total. No problem. The Interior (Talk) 17:27, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR access seems to be taking forever.....

Hi: I'd applied a while ago and then heard back from you. Then have received a couple of emails from them asking for confirmation of email address and wiki "handle". Then nothing......"all's dark and comfortless......" Hope you can do something. 17:46, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

It is taking forever :(. I'm travelling at present, but trying to get to the bottom of it. We will bring light and comfort, v.v., don't worry. The Interior (Talk) 14:36, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

I got my confirmation email this morning. I am in! Thank you. -- Diannaa (talk) 15:03, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Received my confirmation this morning as well. Thanks. Viva-Verdi (talk) 16:35, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Very happy to hear, thanks both for letting me know. The Interior (Talk) 16:53, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Discussion notes

This is just to record that we have spoken (generally inconclusively) about the following things at Wikimania:

• Hosting 3D printer files on Wikimedia Commons (note: Paul Sohi of Makeversity, at the 3D printing table suggested that we check out Thingiverse.com, which already has a large repository of PD and CC licensed 3D forms, like this brilliant Geneva mechanism).
• Hosting 3D object rendering/walkthrough files which allow a user to view an object from all angles, or to move through a virtual space (like this 3D walkthrough of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History).
• Intuitive category redirecting, so that an editor who adds Category:Bostoners to a page would actually create Category:People from Boston, Massachusetts.

Let me know if I've forgotten anything. Cheers! bd2412 T 12:19, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

By the way, is there a userbox for "This user has attended Wikimania" for the various Wikimanias? I'm owed two. Cheers again! bd2412 T 12:23, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

That's what my addled brain is recalling BD2412, but something else may surface. As for wikimania userboxes, haven't seen one yet. Hope you had fun at the zoo! The Interior (Talk) 15:45, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

The zoo was enjoyable. Re: userboxes, if no one else does, I'll craft a scinitillating "I went to Wikimania and all I got was this lousy userbox" selection. If your brain becomes too addled, I can suggest some excellent degaussing programs for it. Cheers again! bd2412 T 21:39, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

I have created userboxes like this:

This user attended Wikimania 2014 in London, United Kingdom.

for all Wikimanias from 2005 through 2025 (obviously, at Template:Userbox Wikimania 2005 through Template:Userbox Wikimania 2025. They are pretty ugly, so feel free to pretty 'em up any way you like. bd2412 T 15:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Nice work, BD. Now how to let the attendees know about them? I guess step one is ... use it myself! The Interior (Talk) 13:39, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! bd2412 T 16:01, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Etherpad

Hi! I got stolen away from the library meet up, are you going to put the notes from the meet up on etherpad? Regards Profoss (talk) 14:08, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Here they are Profoss, not terribly detailed though. Wikipedia:TWL/WikimaniaMeetup 2014. Good to meet you, The Interior (Talk) 15:43, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Mount Polley disaster

Hi, you're in a better position to watch this article, I don't have time to work on its expansion though did find a lot of coverage/commentary which I've added links to on Talk:Mount Polley mine disaster. I know the St'at'imc lined the Fraser at the Bridge River Fishing Grounds the other day, as I belong to the local "Idle Know More" FB group, which gets interesting (I know many of them), as a vigil for the salmon and also watching for signs of the pollution...which should be hitting there right about now. I know Sage Birchwater, also correspond with him on FB regularly so will ask him to scrounge up a public domain image; a map is also needed, I'll add a mapreq template to the talkpage.Skookum1 (talk) 02:53, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

I may be too angry about this to work on that page, at least for a few more days. I did a lot of treeplanting in the area, and swam in/drank from Q. Lake many times. I would prefer that if Mr. Kynoch feels he could drink the water from the tailings pond safely, he should do so publicly. The Interior (Talk) 20:58, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-33

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

• Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [57]
• Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to merge two accounts into one. [58]

VisualEditor news

• Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14. [59]

Future software changes

• Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser! [60] [61] [62]
• If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the log-in page instead of seeing a warning. [63] [64]
• You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the Translate extension. [65] [66]
• An IRC meeting to discuss VisualEditor will take place on August 14 at 09:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [67]

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07:43, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

GLAM project - first contact!

Hi! I'm brand-new to editing on Wikipedia, and I'm keen to start out adding reference links to online sources available on my institution's website. I've read an account from User:WilliamDigiCol about the hiccups he ran into when he started editing, and I'd like to avoid making the same mistakes (if only to conserve effort, if nothing else). At this point, I've only been given internal permission to add links to digitized publications, so adding images may be possible in the future but is not part of my current project. Also, I've read a ton of the Wikipedia help and markup pages, which was totally overwhelming, so I just added a two or three links to get a feel for it. Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed? I'd be thankful for any guidance you may have! The Raven's Librarian (talk) 15:41, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Well, a warm welcome, The Raven's Librarian! There are some pitfalls when editing on behalf of your institution, there's no question. But there are also very constructive ways you can go about it. I'm travelling in Iceland this week, and don't have much time. Could we chat next week? It may be more efficient to jump on a video chat if you're okay with that. Great to hear from you, The Interior (Talk) 22:59, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

There's no rush, so enjoy Iceland! Maybe we could Skype when you are back? Thanks for the reply, and if you have other resources to suggest, I'd love to hear! The Raven's Librarian (talk) 12:40, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

The Raven's Librarian, how does Thursday sound to you? Friday works as well. My Skype account is "earleypat". Look forward to chatting, The Interior (Talk) 13:38, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Thursday sounds good to me, how is 2pm EDT for you? The Raven's Librarian (talk) 14:36, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Perfect - it's in my calendar. Talk to you soon! The Interior (Talk) 14:41, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

User:The Interior, skype is no longer an option, is there another way we can discuss this? I'm in a heavily-controlled environment, and can't install the program!The Raven's Librarian (talk) 17:10, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Hmm, as far as real-time, there's Google Hangouts for Gmail users, but that also requires installation. There's IRC, but I kinda don't like it, not the fastest typer on the planet. I can email my phone number, otherwise we could reschedule to a time when you're on a unit where you can install. The Interior (Talk) 17:20, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR account

Hello The Interior. While some users have stated getting JSTOR confirmation [68] [69], I have not received any confirmation yet. Could you please check that my name is included? 4nn1l2 (talk) 10:37, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

P.S. I have checked my Spam folder several times. There's still nothing! 4nn1l2 (talk) 21:09, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Seems The Interior is still on holiday. Dear User:Ocaasi, Could you please help me? 4nn1l2 (talk) 23:26, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

4nn1l2, I'm back. Working on getting your account figured out today, will update. The Interior (Talk) 13:36, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-34

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

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf17) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 19, and on all Wikipedias on August 21 (calendar).
• There is a new protection level called superprotection. At the moment, only some Wikimedia Foundation employees have access to it. Administrators can't edit "superprotected" pages. [70] [71] [72]
• You can now create empty pages directly. A message asks you to confirm that you want to create an empty page. [73] [74]
• You can search for Wikimedia tools using a new list of tools. [75]
• You can watch the first videos from Wikimania 2014. Some of them are about technical topics. More videos will come later.

Wikidata

• After August 19, you can use Wikidata for inter language links on Wikinews. [76]
• After August 19, you can use Wikidata for badges like "good" or "featured" articles. Next week, you will be able to show the badges in the article sidebar on Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikiquote. [77]

Problems

• There was an issue with ProofreadPage and WikiEditor on Wikisource wikis. It is now fixed. [78] [79]

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07:17, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	I used my new JSTOR access in anger for the first time today - it's fantastic. Just wanted to drop by and say thank you for your hard work organising that project. Hope you enjoyed Wikimania! Yunshui 雲水 13:19, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

In anger? I hope it was righteous anger! I had a great time in London, madness, but fun. Were you there as well? The Interior (Talk) 13:43, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

No, sadly; I was at a week-long aikido course. In some ways I'd rather have been listening to Jimbo bemoaning the media's preoccupation with monkeys, but I opted to spend my time being repeatedly thrown on my head instead. Glad those of you that did make it had fun, however. Yunshui ^雲_水 14:10, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Hey, there's something to be said for masochism. Getting on an airplane is a form of masochism for me. Next year - Mexico City! You'll have to make it down for that, The Interior (Talk) 15:18, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-35

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

• There was a error when you put your cursor directly after a reference list. It is now fixed. [80]
• You can now add colors to links in the editor using gadgets. You can do this to see links to redirects or disambiguation pages. [81]
• If you use Internet Explorer, you will soon be able to use VisualEditor. [82] [83] [84]

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. [85]

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09:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR

• Hi The Interior, you had moved my name into approved list for JSTOR accounts few days back, but so far I have not received any correspondence. Could you kindly check if there is any technical problem. Thank you. --Vigyani_talk^{ਯੋਗਦਾਨ} 07:47, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

• Hi. You added my name to the Approved List on 19 August. My WP account has an approved e-mail address but I've not had any e-mail either. How long is a reasonable time to wait? Many thanks for all your efforts. Pelarmian (talk) 09:46, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

• I, User:Reid,iain james, was granted JSTOR access on the 19th, yet even today I have received nothing. Is this normal, is my name not on the list, or what is happening? Thanks for your reply, IJReid (talk) 13:56, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

• Thanks for approving my account on JSTOR. I have the same issue as above; haven't received any email from you with login details. Do please communicate the same. Thanks. Wifione ^Message 07:57, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Vigyani, Pelarmian, IJReid, Wifione, I've just posted an update at WT:JSTOR - in short, expect some emails in the coming week. Apologies for the delay. The Interior (Talk) 17:51, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Eh, no problem, we all have to take time off (according to the discussion at the top of this page; cheers to canadians!!). IJReid (talk) 21:59, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. No Problem. --Vigyani_talk^{ਯੋਗਦਾਨ} 01:38, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

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. [86] [87]
• You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the linksto: keyword in your search. [88] [89]
• 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". [90] [91]
• If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [92]

VisualEditor news

• You can no longer delete required fields in templates. [93]
• 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. [94] [95] [96]
• VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook. [97]
• We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X). [98]
• You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category. [99]

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 #wikimedia-office at freenode. [100]
• 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. [101]
• 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. [102]

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07:49, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR update

Hi The Interior, I waited for two weeks, but no news yet :-( 4nn1l2 (talk) 12:45, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

4nn1l2, you are on the list I sent to JSTOR today, but I've sent you an email to confirm your address - your username is prone to typos! The Interior (Talk) 23:22, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello again The Interior. just wanted to inform you that I responded to your email. Thanks again and apologies for all the troubles I made for you. 4nn1l2 (talk) 15:30, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

No troubles at all, 4nn1l2, I'm just glad we fixed the error. Thanks for the quick reply. The Interior (Talk) 15:42, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Bummer

This sad news will result in me dusting off my Criterion Collection Berlin Alexanderplatz box set this weekend. I can't remember if you're a Fassbinder fan, but I though it was worth mentioning. You rarely see faces like Gottfried's in today's films! --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 18:18, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

I do love Fassbender, and I do remember him, though vaguely. I binge watched that series quite a while ago, when my video store was Limelight on Alma. The owner was very helpful in making sure I had my daily fix of weird cinema. I'm trying to find a clip of him, but failing. He had quite the schnozz, in addition to being a cool actor, I recall. I may have to dust off some of my bootleg VHS library here. (thanks, Limelight!) The Interior (Talk) 23:21, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

WP:JSTOR

I'm not sure if non-enwiki edits counts as "You have a minimum of 1000 edits to the encyclopedia", but if it is possible, I would like to have an account, adding kowiki contribs.

Footnotes

Thanks, — Revi_complaint? 15:55, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Revi, the 1000 edit count is for all Wikimedia projects, it could include sister sites as well. So you are qualified! I will happily add you to the list, but do you mind making an application at WP:JSTOR, just for record-keeping/transparency? Also, I have two favours to ask. I realize that the Wikipedia Library has few if any Korean-language materials, but ko.wiki has bilingual editors. Could you make a post to ko.wiki letting editors know about the Library/Journal access? And second, do you know of anyone (or maybe yourself) on ko.wiki who would be interested in setting up a Korean Wikipedia Library? The Interior (Talk) 20:00, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

1. I made request on that page.
2. I'll make a post soon :)
3. Hmm, I'm interested in creating one, but I'm not good at outreach skills. So I'll find others ;p — Revi_complaint? 00:39, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Note: YGM. — Revi_complaint? 09:52, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

I signed up for JSTOR some time ago ( maybe three weeks?), but I never got a message giving me access. Can any-one tell me what happened? Kdammers (talk)

Kdammers, send me an email at earleypathotmail.com, and I'll add you to our next list. I'm guessing our form email got caught in your spam filter, or something :( The Interior (Talk) 22:42, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Patrick Earley, I had received email from you one week back for filling a short form. How much time it takes after that to setup the account ? --Vigyani_talk^{ਯੋਗਦਾਨ} 03:10, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

@Vigyani:, access emails should be going out tomorrow. The Interior (Talk) 15:45, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. --Vigyani_talk^{ਯੋਗਦਾਨ} 15:47, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Same question from me. Got the answer. Thanks. Wifione ^Message 15:03, 12 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. [103] [104] [105]

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. [106]
• You can read more about the plan to move to Phabricator, a tool that will help people develop the MediaWiki software and report bugs. [107]

Problems

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

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09:33, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Got JSTOR access

		A plate of Jalebi for you
		Here is a plate of Jalebi for you. Jalebi is a sweet popular in countries of the Indian Subcontinent, specially in India, Pakistan, Bangaldesh. Hope you'll like it. I just activated my JSTOR account. Thank you for your efforts Thank you. Vigyanitalkਯੋਗਦਾਨ 23:04, 12 September 2014 (UTC) For more Indian dishes, visit the Kitchen of WikiProject India.

You are very welcome, Vigyani, and thank you for the Jalebi. We have some very good South Asian food here in Vancouver, but I'm sure it doesn't compare to the real thing! I hope the account is useful for your work. The Interior (Talk) 23:17, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR is useful

Hey, just wanted to let you know that I've been (productively) using my JSTOR access to review some good article nominees. It's been very helpful and I'm glad you've taken on the (sometimes frustrating) project of shepherding people through the accounts process. Also if you're in Vancouver, Aphrodite is a killer restaurant. Been there twice and I loved it both times. Protonk (talk) 14:43, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Cheers, @Protonk:, I'll have to check out Aphrodite, I don't go down to that part of town much, but there's no shortage of good eating in that zone. On another note, you mentioned you might be interested in helping the Library along through some of its technological growing pains - we've started a doc (very rough at this point) outlining some of the wishlist for a platform, tentatively called "Library Card". The draft is here: Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Platform. Any thoughts, additions or critiques would be welcome. The Interior (Talk) 22:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Does JSTOR support oauth or are they on track to do so in the future? Protonk (talk) 22:59, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Left some comments/questions. Protonk (talk) 23:09, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Hey, JSTOR is really awesome! I ultimately managed to sign up and I'm using it now to write a good article on Persian Wikipedia. Just wanted to say thank you for shepherding me through the account process :-) 4nn1l2 (talk) 17:32, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

That makes me smile, 4nn1l2. Happy editing! The Interior (Talk) 22:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-38

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 software changes

• You can now change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the mw-disambig CSS class. [108] [109]
• There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names. [110] [111] [112]
• New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited. [113]

Problems

• There was a problem with loading images on September 10. [114]

VisualEditor news

• If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number. [115]
• The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet. [116] [117]
• You can now use help buttons in the "Page settings" menu to see what the options are for. [118]

Future software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf21) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 16, and on all Wikipedias on September 18 (calendar).
• These changes are coming with the new version:
  • If you use Internet Explorer 7, JavaScript will no longer work. JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work in that browser. You should update to a newer browser. [119] [120] [121]

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08:34, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

JSTOR access

Thanks for coordinating the JSTOR access process. I see that my request was approved over the summer, but I must have missed the memo on how to activate my account. Could you kindly point me in the right direction? Thank you, Newyorkbrad (talk) 01:26, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) After this you will receive an email from The Interior using wiki email system, which will ask you to fill a form and supply any of your email IDs. That email ID will be forwarded to JSTOR, and they will send you instructions to create any account. @The Interior:, I think lots of people want to know the same and it may be useful to put this information somewhere on the top of your talk page or on main JSTOR page. --Vigyani_talk^{ਯੋਗਦਾਨ} 03:48, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Newyorkbrad, you're on my list of folks who didn't reply to the form email. Some of them found their way into spam folders, so that may be the case with you. If you email me at earleypathotmail.com, I'll add you manually, and you'll be in Batch Three. Vigyani, you are right - we have a template together with instructions that we are going to add, and we are scrapping this dysfunctional system as soon as we can. The Interior (Talk) 17:28, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

I've sent you an e-mail. Please let me know if you don't get it. Thanks again for your help. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:51, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-39

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 software changes

• You can test a new Beta Feature called HHVM. It should make editing faster. Please report bugs if you see them. [122]

Problems

• There was a problem on the English Wikipedia on September 19. It was due to edits on a template used on many pages.
• Sites were down for users in the Pacific area around 7:00 UTC on September 20. It was due to a problem in the San Francisco data center.
• There were two bad bugs messing up articles in some browsers in VisualEditor. We fixed the bugs and updated the sites. [123] [124]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf22) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 23, and on all Wikipedias on September 25 (calendar).
• If you have more than 2000 notifications, the oldest ones will be removed.[125] [126]
• In the "Vector" skin, the icon used for users will show a neutral gender. [127] [128]
• The VisualEditor template tool now tells you if a required field is missing. [129]
• The "Cancel" button of the VisualEditor save window is now called "Resume editing". This shows that you can still edit and you won't lose your changes. [130]
• There are new keyboard shortcuts in VisualEditor. Use Ctrl+Shift+6 for code and Ctrl+Shift+5 for strikethrough. [131] [132]
• In VisualEditor, you can now see that you are switching to the source editing mode. Before, it was not clear it was happening. [133]

Future site changes

• You can see a plan for the move to Phabricator. It's the new tool to track bugs. A guided tour will be done via video on September 24. [134]

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09:05, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

FYI

FYI: [135]. CC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.79.80.126 (talk) 15:14, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-40

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 software changes

• On Commons, you can now see what files are most used across all wikis. You can also see the same list for deleted or uncreated files. [136] [137]
• There are now many more translations for language names. [138]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf1) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar).
• Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them. [139] [140]
• You can add an "autovalue" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added. [141]
• If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it. [142] [143]
• The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats. [144]

Future changes

• You can watch a video showing Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. You can also read more about the move from Bugzilla.
• JavaScript authors: Many old methods will be removed soon. Please check your scripts and gadgets and replace the old methods by the new ones if needed. [145]

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09:44, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-41

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

• You can use the phab: and phabricator: interwikis to link to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org. [146] [147]
• Some wikis have a template to track bugs in Bugzilla. You should update it to work with Phabricator. You can look at the one on mediawiki.org to see how. [148] [149]
• You can look at Special:MediaStatistics to see what kind of files are on your wiki. [150]
• A new tool can now create thumbnails of large TIFF images. This concerns files larger than 50 megapixels. These thumbnails are also sharpened. You can comment on Commons. [151]
• The Media Viewer tool has a clearer link to the file page. It also has buttons to download, share and embed the file. You can enlarge images by clicking on them. [152]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf2) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 2 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 7 October, and on all Wikipedias from 9 October (calendar).
• If you make a code mistake when editing a Lua script, you won't be able to save your edit. [153] [154]
• We fixed some more Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 10, you will be able to use VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [155]
• On Thursday, the tool to edit TemplateData will come to 30 more wikis. [156] [157]
• You can help sort bugs in the Book and PDF export tool on October 8. [158]
• 1% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [159]

Future changes

• You can look at the plan of the Mobile team for their future work. [160]
• More changes to Media Viewer are coming. It will be easier to disable it, and you will see the caption below the image. [161] [162]

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06:10, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-42

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 software changes

• You can now log into Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. Create your account and add your Bugzilla email address. We are copying the bugs from Bugzilla. Bugzilla is still open. [163] [164]
• You will now get the VisualEditor newsletter in your language if someone has translated it. You can add translations. You can know about the next translations by joining the translators list or asking Elitre (WMF).

Problems

• 10% of Tool Labs was down on October 7. [165]
• Tool Labs was also broken on October 11. [166]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf3) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 9 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 14 October, and on all Wikipedias from 16 October (calendar).
• 5% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [167]

Meetings

• You can join a meeting with Language developers on October 15, 2014 at 17:00 (UTC). [168]
• There is a proposal to organize file pages better. It would use the same tools as Wikidata. You can join a meeting about it on October 16, 2014 at 18:00 (UTC). [169]
• You can join a meeting about VisualEditor on October 18, 2014 at 18:00 (UTC). [170]

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08:54, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

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