[Wikimedia-l] Re: Mopping with the tap open

[Clover Moss]

Oh sorry, I didn't realize someone else had already beat me to linking to
it! Apologies for the duplicate material.

On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 7:03 PM  wrote:

> Hello
>
> Some wikis have added the requirement to add citations at the edit summary
> step. But it is clearly too late in the process, as users just want to
> publish. Some users will add citations as a second step, but it might be
> too late, as the edit has a great chance of being reverted meanwhile.
>
> You might be interested in the Editing team's current project, Edit check <
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_check>.
>
> This project aims to provide in-context help by checking on the edit. The
> first iteration is "Reference Check": if a user adds a paragraph with zero
> source, they are encouraged to add one. We are currently testing it at 22
> Wikipedias, to verify if the prompt to add citations is not blocking users.
>
> You can test it at your wiki using an URL parameter:
> 1. Edit any article in the main namespace using the VisualEditor.
> 2. Add =1 to the URL in your browser. -- For example in Dutch, as
> Romaine started the thread:
> https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zon=edit=1
> 3. Reload the page with the new URL.
> 4. Create a new paragraph, that is at least 50 characters long without
> adding a citation
> 5. Press the Publish… Notice the prompt that appears
> 6. Test is completed, don't save your edit unless you know what you are
> doing.
>
> All edits are tagged, so that you can find them in Recent Changes or in
> your Watchlist. If a user selects "no" after the prompt, they have to
> select a reason why. That reason is tagged as well, easing experienced
> users' work on patrolling and improving these edits.
>
> We will soon add a message if the added citation is listed on
> MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist or MediaWiki:BlockedExternalDomains.json.
>
> As Edit Check only checks the first paragraph added, the next iteration
> will be to add multi-Reference checks. We are currently working on the
> design for multi-checks.
>
> Of course, Edit Check is not limited to adding citations. We can imagine
> other ways to close the tap. Your suggestions are welcomed, as are your
> questions.
>
> Thank you,
> --
> Benoît Evellin - Trizek_(WMF) (he/him)
> Community Relations Specialist
> Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Mopping with the tap open

[Clover Moss]

Hi Romaine. You might be interested to learn about an ongoing project
called Edit Check [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_check].

On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 8:59 AM Romaine Wiki  wrote:

> In the past days, a new Wikipedia contributor edited Wikipedia and made a
> great contribution, except... This user added zero sources, and the article
> in what the edit was made was about a living person. So the verifiability
> is a problem and in conflict with the policy Biographies of living persons.
> This was just one example of thousands that have to be dealt with every day
> in Wikimedia. And every day the community tries to maintain the quality of
> Wikipedia and has to deal with this kind of edits.
>
> I asked myself the question: why did this new contributor not add any
> sources?
>
> I logged out, went to an article and clicked edit. Made some modifications
> (in the Visual Editor), and then clicked Publish changes. In the steps I
> took to edit the article, I got nowhere a message that Wikipedia wants to
> have sources for the information I added. Nowhere!
>
> I hope that every experienced user by now understands the importance of
> adding sources. But we cannot expect from new contributors to already know
> this. They need to be informed that adding sources is needed. They do not
> go first read the manual of Wikipedia with all the help and project pages,
> they just start editing right away. They think, link in many other
> platforms, that if they do something wrong, they get a message while
> editing/uploading/etc.
>
> For some strange reason, if you edit Wikipedia, you get no notification at
> all that you need to add sources, even while this is one of the most
> important pillars of Wikipedia. The result is that a lot of work of these
> new contributors gets lost, because the information is removed from the
> articles because of a lack of sources. If those new users would have got a
> message in the Visual Editor during the editing, a lot more contributions
> would be able to stay in Wikipedia, less new contributors would get
> demotivated, and it would reduce the workload of existing users who do the
> maintenance every day.
>
> As with the influx of edits without sources nothing is done, the Dutch
> expression "mopping with the tap open" (Dutch: dweilen met de kraan open)
> applies here.
>
> Romaine
>
>
>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Post-Wikimania Covid cases

[Clover Moss]

I didn't attend but I'd imagine any event with international attendees
would have a  increased chance of spreading covid, even if certain measures
were taken to prevent that from happening.

On Fri, Sept 8, 2023, 10:47 a.m. Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know if there's something statistically significant, but when I
> returned home, some of my friends were with COVID, and not me. It would be
> difficult to know if Wikimania affected people, or simply there's a spike
> worldwide.
>
> Take care
>
> Galder
> --
> *From:* Andreas Kolbe 
> *Sent:* Friday, September 8, 2023 4:43 PM
> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List 
> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Post-Wikimania Covid cases
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've heard from a couple of Wikimania attendees that they got ill with
> Covid after Wikimania Singapore.
>
> Just wondering – are those exceptional cases, or did this happen to a
> substantial number of participants?
>
> Best,
> Andreas
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: WikiYouthCon Update

[Clover Moss]

Anyways, I forgot to do the survey last time. If you're still looking for
participants, I'd consider it.

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 1:05 a.m. Clover Moss 
wrote:

> For people who don't follow the list as often as I do, it's this
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/WTXHJKXSVNF3YERD2WZ5FBS2SXSJ2OOE/
> thread I was vaguely remembering. I thought I might've been too old at 20
> to actually attend the conference.
>
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 1:02 a.m. Clover Moss 
> wrote:
>
>> This is the same conference as mentioned in the last email awhile ago,
>> right? If it is, I think it's important to mention that the age group is 18
>> to 35, unless that's changed. As I said at the time, my past self (I was 16
>> when I started editing) would've been surprised and disappointed that a
>> conference specifically aimed at youths didn't include me but did include
>> people much older.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 5:58 a.m. James Popoola 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>>
>>> The Wikimedia Youth Conference 2023 scheduled to be held in Spain in
>>> September will be the first youth conference in the movement.
>>>
>>>
>>> The conference grant team is eager to provide all relevant support in
>>> order to ensure that the conference is successful. But in order to do this,
>>> more time other than what is available will be needed. Therefore, they did
>>> recommend that the conference be moved to 2024 in order to avail more time
>>> to work on addressing relevant needs where possible.
>>>
>>>
>>> We are therefore advised to keep our preparations still going. We also
>>> understand that we could use this additional time to strategize more on the
>>> conference planning.
>>>
>>>
>>> We know that we had made a call for the conference subcommittees. We
>>> will reach out to the selected applicants to explain how the engagement
>>> could look like given this circumstance.
>>>
>>>
>>> Beyond that, we will still be working on the conference design and
>>> planning. We hope to keep you informed of all the updates as they come.
>>>
>>>
>>> We are happy to answer any questions or concerns.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> James Popoola
>>>
>>> On behalf of the WikiYouthCon COT.
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>> James Popoola
>>> President, Wikimedia Fan Club University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
>>> Co-founder, Wiki Loves SDGs Nigeria & TCD Africa
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>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:James_Moore200>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: WikiYouthCon Update

[Clover Moss]

For people who don't follow the list as often as I do, it's this
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/WTXHJKXSVNF3YERD2WZ5FBS2SXSJ2OOE/
thread I was vaguely remembering. I thought I might've been too old at 20
to actually attend the conference.

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 1:02 a.m. Clover Moss 
wrote:

> This is the same conference as mentioned in the last email awhile ago,
> right? If it is, I think it's important to mention that the age group is 18
> to 35, unless that's changed. As I said at the time, my past self (I was 16
> when I started editing) would've been surprised and disappointed that a
> conference specifically aimed at youths didn't include me but did include
> people much older.
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 5:58 a.m. James Popoola 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>>
>> The Wikimedia Youth Conference 2023 scheduled to be held in Spain in
>> September will be the first youth conference in the movement.
>>
>>
>> The conference grant team is eager to provide all relevant support in
>> order to ensure that the conference is successful. But in order to do this,
>> more time other than what is available will be needed. Therefore, they did
>> recommend that the conference be moved to 2024 in order to avail more time
>> to work on addressing relevant needs where possible.
>>
>>
>> We are therefore advised to keep our preparations still going. We also
>> understand that we could use this additional time to strategize more on the
>> conference planning.
>>
>>
>> We know that we had made a call for the conference subcommittees. We will
>> reach out to the selected applicants to explain how the engagement could
>> look like given this circumstance.
>>
>>
>> Beyond that, we will still be working on the conference design and
>> planning. We hope to keep you informed of all the updates as they come.
>>
>>
>> We are happy to answer any questions or concerns.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> James Popoola
>>
>> On behalf of the WikiYouthCon COT.
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> James Popoola
>> President, Wikimedia Fan Club University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
>> Co-founder, Wiki Loves SDGs Nigeria & TCD Africa
>> Instagram <http://instagram.com/TheJamesPopoola> | Facebook
>> <https://www.facebook.com/jamespopoola247> | Twitter
>> <http://twitter.com/TheJamesPopoola> | Linkedin
>> <http://linkedin.com/in/JamesPopoola> |Website
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:James_Moore200>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: WikiYouthCon Update

[Clover Moss]

This is the same conference as mentioned in the last email awhile ago,
right? If it is, I think it's important to mention that the age group is 18
to 35, unless that's changed. As I said at the time, my past self (I was 16
when I started editing) would've been surprised and disappointed that a
conference specifically aimed at youths didn't include me but did include
people much older.

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 5:58 a.m. James Popoola 
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
>
> The Wikimedia Youth Conference 2023 scheduled to be held in Spain in
> September will be the first youth conference in the movement.
>
>
> The conference grant team is eager to provide all relevant support in
> order to ensure that the conference is successful. But in order to do this,
> more time other than what is available will be needed. Therefore, they did
> recommend that the conference be moved to 2024 in order to avail more time
> to work on addressing relevant needs where possible.
>
>
> We are therefore advised to keep our preparations still going. We also
> understand that we could use this additional time to strategize more on the
> conference planning.
>
>
> We know that we had made a call for the conference subcommittees. We will
> reach out to the selected applicants to explain how the engagement could
> look like given this circumstance.
>
>
> Beyond that, we will still be working on the conference design and
> planning. We hope to keep you informed of all the updates as they come.
>
>
> We are happy to answer any questions or concerns.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> James Popoola
>
> On behalf of the WikiYouthCon COT.
> --
> Best regards,
> James Popoola
> President, Wikimedia Fan Club University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
> Co-founder, Wiki Loves SDGs Nigeria & TCD Africa
> Instagram  | Facebook
>  | Twitter
>  | Linkedin
>  |Website
> 
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

[Clover Moss]

Anyways, ArbCom has opened (reopened?) the Holocaust in Poland case, likely
due to this journal article.

On Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 6:10 a.m. Ndahiro Derrick Alter <
ndahiroder...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't be surprised that much, after seeing the same distortion happening
> where the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi
> <https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/tutsigenocide#:~:text=On%207%20April%2C%20UNESCO%20commemorates,the%20Hutu%20extremist%2Dled%20government.>
>  is
> termed as the Rwandan genocide
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide>, a statement used by
> deniers.
>
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 at 03:36, Clover Moss 
> wrote:
>
>> Piotrus and Volunteer Marek, among others, are Wikipedians mentioned in
>> the above article. I contacted those two individuals because I felt it was
>> fair for them to be aware that people were discussing them in an off wiki
>> venue. Anyways, Piotrus said that I could share their response:
>> Thank you for the information, but I am unsure how to find that
>> particular discussion. I am aware of the general context (the article),
>> which is being discussed in some places on Wikipedia. My quick comment on
>> it is that this article contains numerous errors and inaccuracies (mixed
>> with an occasional fair point or critique, nothing is white and black), and
>> seems significantly based on data provided to the researches by a very
>> tainted source, i.e. globally banned user Icewhiz, who was first topic
>> banned the Polish-Jewish topic area by ArbCom, then site banned from
>> Wikimedia Projects for harassment of myself, Volunteer Marek and others.
>> You are welcome to post my above message there through a direct quote.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 12:38 p.m.  wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I would like to bring this scholarly article to your urgent attention:
>>> Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust (
>>> https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939)
>>> Even though it's title is somewhat suspicious it describes a very specific
>>> problem on English Wikipedia which is tragic and unacceptable. I'm happy to
>>> help any way I can to solve this but I hope that admins will act on this as
>>> soon as possible.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Adam
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

[Clover Moss]

Piotrus and Volunteer Marek, among others, are Wikipedians mentioned in the
above article. I contacted those two individuals because I felt it was fair
for them to be aware that people were discussing them in an off wiki venue.
Anyways, Piotrus said that I could share their response:
Thank you for the information, but I am unsure how to find that particular
discussion. I am aware of the general context (the article), which is being
discussed in some places on Wikipedia. My quick comment on it is that this
article contains numerous errors and inaccuracies (mixed with an occasional
fair point or critique, nothing is white and black), and seems
significantly based on data provided to the researches by a very tainted
source, i.e. globally banned user Icewhiz, who was first topic banned the
Polish-Jewish topic area by ArbCom, then site banned from Wikimedia
Projects for harassment of myself, Volunteer Marek and others. You are
welcome to post my above message there through a direct quote.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 12:38 p.m.  wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I would like to bring this scholarly article to your urgent attention:
> Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust (
> https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939) Even
> though it's title is somewhat suspicious it describes a very specific
> problem on English Wikipedia which is tragic and unacceptable. I'm happy to
> help any way I can to solve this but I hope that admins will act on this as
> soon as possible.
>
> Best wishes,
> Adam
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: 2023 Wikimedia Youth Conference: Engagement Survey

[Clover Moss]

At what point are you considered too old for this? The page that was linked
didn't make that clear on my initial read-through. I'm 20, but "youth" can
often be a more vague term. I've also been a Wikipedian since I was 16, if
that matters.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 5:05 AM Wiki Vibrance  wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> WikiVibrance 
> is planning to organize a Wikimedia Youth Conference in 2023 in Alicante,
> Spain.[1]
>
> We are conducting an engagement survey to understand how we can design
> relevant programs for in-person participation. The survey output will help
> in knowing more about the needs of the youth in the movement and those
> interested in youth development.
>
> Please fill in the survey on or before January 20, 2023 and help us share
> in communities you belong to. The link to the survey is here
> 
> .[2]
>
> We can’t wait to receive your response.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> James Popoola
>
> On behalf of the WikiVibrance Core Team
>
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_WikiVibrance_Project
> [2]
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Foundation Trust & Safety action in the MENA Region

[Clover Moss]

That's actually the first thing I did when I saw the email, as I wasn't
previously familar with the term.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 3:22 PM Neurodivergent Netizen <
idoh.idreamofhor...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Of course Wikipedia has an article on it. :-) It refers to “the Middle
> East and North Africa.”
> From,
> I dream of horses
> She/her
>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 6, 2022, at 12:01 PM, Nathan  wrote:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MENA?wprov=sfla1
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 2:59 PM Neurodivergent Netizen <
> idoh.idreamofhor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can you tell us what MENA stands for?
>>
>> From,
>> I dream of horses
>> She/her
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2022, at 8:28 AM, Wikimedia Trust and Safety 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> On December 6th 2022, the Foundation undertook 16 global bans to users
>> who were engaging in conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia projects in
>> the MENA region. While we are  unable to discuss Foundation office actions
>> in detail due to legal limitations and for the safety of our communities,
>> we would like to speak a little more to this situation as it involves the
>> safety and security of all of us.
>>
>> As Wikimedia projects have risen in prominence across the world, it has
>> attracted increasing attention of those who would like to control the
>> information published on it, for political or other reasons. Community
>> members have addressed concerns of this sort for many years, but sometimes
>> volunteers who intervene in such cases may themselves face retaliation for
>> their actions. The Foundation does its best to support volunteers in such
>> cases, in order to preserve their safety.
>>
>> In January of 2022, the Foundation began an investigation into alleged
>> conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia projects in the MENA region. In
>> that investigation, we were able to confirm that a number of users with
>> close connections with external parties were editing the platform in a
>> coordinated fashion to advance the aim of those parties. These connections
>> are a source of serious concern for the safety of our users that go beyond
>> the capacity of the local language project communities targeted to
>> address.  Due to the gravity of this situation, and in order to keep our
>> users and the projects safe, the Foundation issued these 16 global bans.
>>
>> Such actions can be distressing to those who know individuals involved
>> and to those who don’t. They can cause volunteers to mistrust each other
>> and to mistrust the Foundation and to be unsure if they can safely
>> contribute. We are unable to share more details about this situation due to
>> the reasons mentioned above, but we want to assure you that the Foundation
>> will continue to explore various ways to keep everyone safe and free to
>> contribute to the projects. We want to thank those community members across
>> the globe who address such situations every day and encourage all of you to
>> consider how to be safe in your volunteer activities. We recognize that as
>> we move forward, we will need to work with our communities to find a global
>> process to navigate safety challenges that allow such situations to be
>> dealt with as transparently as possible while also prioritising avoiding
>> risk to the safety of our users.
>>
>> For anyone who feels unsafe on Wikimedia projects we encourage you to use
>> the local community processes or to contact us for assistance. The
>> Foundation and the community will work together, or in parallel, to enhance
>> the safety of all users whenever necessary with whatever means we can.
>>
>> To contact the Trust & Safety team please email  c...@wikimedia.or
>> g.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Small joy of the day: Txikipedia

[Clover Moss]

I don't disagree with trying to make language more understandable in
general, though. If there was a children's version, it might be useful for
things like math articles. I remember looking up stuff like the quadratic
formula when I was in high school, seeing way more advanced mathematics
than I was used to and just giving up that Wikipedia could be a useful
resource for that. Obviously Wikipedia isn't the end-all be-all for
everything and it shouldn't be (obviously it wasn't meant to help me with
homework either), but I do agree with the general principle expressed that
WereSpielChequers that Wikipedia should be written for a general audience
and that's what considered inappropriate is variable depending on your life
circumstances.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 9:57 AM WereSpielChequers <
werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm curious as to what level of reading skill you are writing this for and
> also what level of understanding/adulthood.
>
> I see these as two different issues and both are likely to vary sharply
> especially between different countries with very different education
> systems.
>
> A childrens' encyclopaedia written for nine year olds would surely be very
> different than one written for thirteen year olds. And content that parents
> of fourteen year olds thought was age inappropriate in Alabama might be
> thought appropriate or even bowdlerised by parents of ten year olds in
> London.
>
> In other words, are you sure that one single childrens' encyclopaedia is
> the answer to either the problem of reading age or age appropriate content?
>
> Where I think that Wikipedia could and should change re this is in our use
> of jargon. To my mind a "general interest" english language encyclopaedia
> should be written in plain English. I suspect other language versions have
> similar issues.  Perhaps if we focussed more on this we would make it
> easier for those who wish to create childrens' versions.
>
> Regards
>
> WSC
>
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 at 13:03, 
> wrote:
>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:13:33 -0700
>> From: Neurodivergent Netizen 
>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Small joy of the day: Txikipedia
>> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
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>> >> That wouldn't be a wise choice that WMF host such a wiki if it brings
>> the risk of being legaly attacked on that ground, even for bad reasons and
>> unsuccessfully, whereas it never happened to Vikidia in 15 years (and very
>> few kind of bad buzz like "look what they teach to the children").
>>
>> And of course, any WMF-affiliated wiki would be more at-risk simply
>> because of the association with the more well-known Wikipedia.
>>
>> > The document is not really public yet. :-)
>>
>> I think I can wait until it’s public and proofread. :-)
>>
>> From,
>> I dream of horses
>> She/her
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 22, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Ziko van Dijk  wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> > At the moment I am working on a document that extensively explains how
>> > we work on the Klexikon. If someone is interested, please send me a
>> > private message. The document is not really public yet. :-)
>> > Kind regards
>> > Ziko
>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Klexikon
>> >
>> > Am Mi., 22. Juni 2022 um 19:27 Uhr schrieb Mathias Damour
>> > :
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> De: "Neurodivergent Netizen" 
>> >> I think a particular hurdle for a standalone WMF-affiliated kidipedia
>> project is the COPPA, and other similar laws both in the US and elsewhere
>> that could potentially increase civil liability. Another hurdle is that
>> America is very aware, perhaps overly aware, of the potential safety risks
>> when children are involved in websites. Then you add in the fact that kids
>> are likely to continue editing Wikipedia instead of Kidipedia, and it’s not
>> worth the extra effort.  This effort would include hiring/reassigning staff
>> so you can have a team of people for just Kidipedia, along with the
>> background checks and identity verification needed. None of that are
>> obstacles that aren’t in the way of kids editing the existing projects.
>> >>
>> >> I predict a WMF-affiliated kidipedia would largely be abandoned quite
>> quickly.
>> >>
>> >> You are probably 

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Small joy of the day: Txikipedia

[Clover Moss]

Also children are individuals, just like adults. There's vastly different
levels of maturity and interest and that shouldn't be limited based on your
age, outside of extreme situations that are actually relevant to age. 12
year old me would've felt very patronized by something like this. I also
don't like the potential implications, because this could go the route of
removing content that any parent finds objectionable from being accessible.
I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and part of the reason I lost my faith
was being able to find information about other perspectives (e.g. LGBT+
rights, atheism, blood transfusions, etc).

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 9:57 AM WereSpielChequers <
werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm curious as to what level of reading skill you are writing this for and
> also what level of understanding/adulthood.
>
> I see these as two different issues and both are likely to vary sharply
> especially between different countries with very different education
> systems.
>
> A childrens' encyclopaedia written for nine year olds would surely be very
> different than one written for thirteen year olds. And content that parents
> of fourteen year olds thought was age inappropriate in Alabama might be
> thought appropriate or even bowdlerised by parents of ten year olds in
> London.
>
> In other words, are you sure that one single childrens' encyclopaedia is
> the answer to either the problem of reading age or age appropriate content?
>
> Where I think that Wikipedia could and should change re this is in our use
> of jargon. To my mind a "general interest" english language encyclopaedia
> should be written in plain English. I suspect other language versions have
> similar issues.  Perhaps if we focussed more on this we would make it
> easier for those who wish to create childrens' versions.
>
> Regards
>
> WSC
>
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 at 13:03, 
> wrote:
>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:13:33 -0700
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>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Small joy of the day: Txikipedia
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>>
>> >> That wouldn't be a wise choice that WMF host such a wiki if it brings
>> the risk of being legaly attacked on that ground, even for bad reasons and
>> unsuccessfully, whereas it never happened to Vikidia in 15 years (and very
>> few kind of bad buzz like "look what they teach to the children").
>>
>> And of course, any WMF-affiliated wiki would be more at-risk simply
>> because of the association with the more well-known Wikipedia.
>>
>> > The document is not really public yet. :-)
>>
>> I think I can wait until it’s public and proofread. :-)
>>
>> From,
>> I dream of horses
>> She/her
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 22, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Ziko van Dijk  wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> > At the moment I am working on a document that extensively explains how
>> > we work on the Klexikon. If someone is interested, please send me a
>> > private message. The document is not really public yet. :-)
>> > Kind regards
>> > Ziko
>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Klexikon
>> >
>> > Am Mi., 22. Juni 2022 um 19:27 Uhr schrieb Mathias Damour
>> > :
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> De: "Neurodivergent Netizen" 
>> >> I think a particular hurdle for a standalone WMF-affiliated kidipedia
>> project is the COPPA, and other similar laws both in the US and elsewhere
>> that could potentially increase civil liability. Another hurdle is that
>> America is very aware, perhaps overly aware, of the potential safety risks
>> when children are involved in websites. Then you add in the fact that kids
>> are likely to continue editing Wikipedia instead of Kidipedia, and it’s not
>> worth the extra effort.  This effort would include hiring/reassigning staff
>> so you can have a team of people for just Kidipedia, along with the
>> background checks and identity verification needed. None of that are
>> obstacles that aren’t in the way of kids editing the existing projects.
>> >>
>> >> I predict a WMF-affiliated kidipedia would largely be abandoned quite
>> quickly.
>> >>
>> >> You are probably right. I would say COPPA may not be the biggest
>> hurdle, yet the british "UK Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group

[Clover moss]

... and congratulations to all the members of this user group!

On Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 8:28 PM Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight <
rosiestep.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
>
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> [1] Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group [2] as a Wikimedia
> User Group. The group aims to increase the collaboration between the
> members and other organizations outside of Wikimedia who are interested in
> sharing the knowledge, to create meetups, contests and other activities
> related to the Kazakh language.
>
>
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
>
> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>
>
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Community_of_Kazakh_language_User_Group
>
> [2]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_of_Kazakh_language_User_Group
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[Wikimedia-l] Cosa ti rende felice questa settimana?/What’s Making You Happy This Week? (Week of 22 March 2020)

[Clover moss]

* Main content *
There's been a lot that's made me happy this week. However, I realize that
right now is a difficult time for a lot of people. Before I write about
anything else, I would like to thank the real world heroes out there. I
think that no words can accurately describe the cumulative effort and
sacrifices that so many people are making everyday. I would especially like
to thank doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. I would like to
thank people who provide shelter and food to other people in need. I want
to thank the countless parents that are doing everything they can. I want
to thank caregivers for what they do everyday. I extend my sympathies to
anyone who is going through a really difficult time right now, because so
many people are facing struggles that I can't even begin to imagine.

Sometimes, it's the small and seemingly inconsequential moments that can
really matter. For me, that's been doing my best to do what I can. Living
in those moments of joy where I find them. This week, that involved lots of
oatmeal and tea, taking a brief walk outside to feel the wind, and reading
for hours on end. I have also listened to music. If anyone is curious, I
absolutely adore _My Favorite Things_[1] from _The Sound of Music_[2]. I
think I gravitated towards it because even though life can be scary
sometimes, remembering your favourite things can help get you through that.


I've also spent time on Wikipedia, and there are a lot of good things
happening on-wiki. There's a new WikiProject dedicated to Wikipedia's
coverage of COVID-19 and the ongoing pandemic: WikiProject COVID-19[3].
There are so many editors actively contributing there, and it's
heartwarming to see this kind of intense collaboration and dedication. The
ramifications of these actions have a very real impact on the real world.
It's amazing that so many people are doing their best to help others. I'm
thankful for that, and to everyone who tries to make the world a better
place.

* Gallery *
Oatmeal with blueberries[4]
Stack of books[5]
Logo for WikiProject COVID-19[6]

* Closing comments *
What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any
language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.

Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be
appreciated on Meta at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations. Thanks to
User:Ruthven [7] for the Italian translation.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favorite_Things_(song)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_COVID-19

[4]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porridge_oats_with_blueberries_and_cinnamon.jpg

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stack_of_Books.jpg

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SARS-CoV-2_(Wikimedia_colors).svg

[7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ruthven


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[Wikimedia-l] Vad gläder dig den här veckan? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 8 March 2020)

[Clover moss]

There is a lot that is making me happy this week. I'm happy that I'm back
to contributing to "On The Bright Side" and the "What's Making You Happy
This Week?" threads again because it's something I look forward to. It's
nice to think and reflect upon the positivity across the Wikimedia
movement. I'm also thankful to Pine for helping me send this email in plain
text formatting.

This week, I read an interesting article from Wired entitled "Wikipedia Is
The Last Best Place On The Internet". A link to the article can be found
here: [1]. I really enjoyed reading this, and I agree that Wikipedia really
has come a long way since 2007. The extent of Wikipedia's influence has
grown considerably and has had such an impact on the world today that I
really couldn't even imagine what the world would be like without it.

I am looking forward to the start of the Wikigap Challenge [2], which is
taking place on March 8, 2020. This challenge is receiving help from the UN
Human Rights Office [3] which is incredible and not something that happens
everyday. However, it seems like there's always something interesting going
on when I check Wikimedia-l, and that's thanks to the dedicated efforts of
countless editors.

Here's a photo of the launch of Wikigap 2020 in Naga City,
Philippines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WikiGap_PH_2020_launch.jpg.
The photo is by User:Filipinayzd. [4]

What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any language.
You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.

Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be
appreciated on Meta at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations. Thanks
to User:Julle [5] and User:Vesihiisi [6] for the Swedish translation.

[1]
https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-online-encyclopedia-best-place-internet/
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikigap_Challenge
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights
[4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Filipinayzd
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Julle
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vesihiisi

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Treatment of newbies with mild CoI

[Clover moss]

Sometimes, instead of patrolling recent changes for vandalism, I'll change
the filter to "good faith edits" and "unregistered". A lot of edits made
under IP addresses are constructive, and I send out welcomes that way. I
also check my watchlist and welcome people. I like using the thank button
as well, and give wikilove (to new and experienced editors). I find that
reachng out to a newbie with a personal message along the lines of "you're
doing a good work and I noticed that" is usually fairly well-recieved.

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 1:03 PM Paulo Santos Perneta 
wrote:

> As a rule, (at least) in Wikipedia, with very rare exceptions,  established
> communities of editors treat newbies as unwelcome invaders.
> No idea how to solve that, since it's a problem related to the nature of
> humane beings, not something technical.
> But the result is a very low rate of retention, indeed - and increasingly
> reduced diversity and cultural richness, which eventually ends up reflected
> on content. At some point those established editors also start preying at
> other established editors, specially when newbies are not available. The
> environment is awful and toxic in general.
>
> For outreach activities to have at least a minimal rate of success, the
> participants need to have some kind of protection shield, such as some
> privileged contact with established editors willing to help them.
> Otherwise, edithatons and other outreach activities are basically sending
> lambs to the slaughterhouse. As for newbies that come to Wikipedia by
> themselves, they are generally on their own.
>
> Best,
> Paulo
>
> Aron Demian  escreveu no dia domingo, 23/02/2020
> à(s) 23:30:
>
> > On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 22:35, Andy Mabbett 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I have just come across a case on en.Wikipedia where the daughter of
> > > an article subject added details of his funeral (his death in 1984,w
> > > as already recorded) and his view about an indent in his life.
> >
> > [...]
> > >
> > As well as being reverted, she now has three templates on her talk
> > > page; two warning her of a CoI, and sandwiching one notifying her of a
> > > discussion about her on the COI noticeboard. These total 4094
> > > characters or 665 words.
> > >
> >
> > This is a topic that's seldom discussed and somewhat taboo in certain
> > areas, therefore not many people are aware of what experiences many
> > newcomers have. These events go generally unnoticed, but if you were
> > wondering why editor retention is a constant issue, the pattern that lies
> > behind this single case you brought to our attention is a top reason.
> >
> > I've tried to help in a similar case of a footballer unknown in
> > English-speaking countries. She was repeatedly reverted without the edits
> > being evaluated or the rules being explained. She never returned and I
> was
> > frowned upon by the admin, who was involved, for trying to help.
> >
> > I've noticed this "shoot first, ask later" pattern in many cases, not
> just
> > with newcomers. Unfortunately, this is all too common and a contributing
> > factor to the toxicity.
> >
> > I've noticed the following issues:
> > 1) The general unwelcoming treatment of newcomers: "noobs" are considered
> > lacking the proper understanding and necessary knowledge, unless they
> jump
> > right into RC patrolling, which is not the sign of a new editor.
> > 2) The lack of protection given to newcomers:  "You have no rights" being
> > explicitly said to one newcomer, that I recall.
> > 3) Preferential treatment and authority bias: the experienced/established
> > user is "trusted", thus must be right, therefore unwelcoming - and often
> > hostile - conduct is not considered uncivil or it's "not actionable".
> > 4) The excessively vilifying application of the most frowned-upon rules
> > such as COI, socking. Editors tagged as such are treated the same
> > regardless of the effect of their actions and whether that has caused any
> > damage, which can scale from none to introducing bias to many articles
> for
> > years.
> >
> > Currently, there is no effort to mitigate these issues, to improve the
> > policies and community practices. It's also a problem that while the
> > "biting newbies" and "civility" policies are very well written, these are
> > almost never applied and definitely not in the protection of newcomers.
> By
> > that I don't mean these should always result in sanctions, but that the
> > community - and primarily who get involved with handling disputes -
> should
> > take these seriously, approach with a neutral mindset and remind the
> > editors about our policies, but that almost never happens and such
> > complaints are either ignored or blindly decided in favor of the editor
> > with more supporters, enabling the abuse of newcomers.
> >
> > Tl;dr:  newcomers don't enjoy the safety net created by editors who know
> > and care for each other and the community processes are not set up to
> > create a welcoming and/or safe environment, 

[Wikimedia-l] Шта вас чини срећним ове недеље?/What’s Making You Happy This Week? (Week of 26 Jan 2020)

[Clover moss]

From Clovermoss and Pine, writing together for this week:
Thanks to User:Dungodung  for
the Serbian translation of What's making you happy this week?

English Wikipedia passed the 6 million article milestone. Determining the
exact 6 millionth article is challenging. A community discussion

narrowed the list to a few likely possibilities. There is no tool that
currently exists that can determine which article is the 6 millionth. One
difficulty in determining the winner is that articles are moved and deleted
while others are being created.

On the 18:59 timestamp on 23 February 2020, 15 articles were submitted:
Auto-trolling , Castle Folds
, Mysore Sand Sculpture Museum
, Egon Hartmann
, Kalashree Seashell Museum
, Giovanni Ricci
(mathematician)
, Enno Dirksen
, Giovanni Prodi
, David Notkin
, A. Nico Habermann Award
, Videniškiai
, Lidia Kulikovski
, Maria Elise Turner Lauder
, Andrei Bolocan
, and Raymonde Verlinden
.


The community decided to celebrate the article for  Maria Elise Turner
Lauder , who was a
Canadian philanthropist and writer. The article was created by
User:Rosiestep .

Rosiestep is well known in the community. She joined Wikipedia in 2007 and
was elected an administrator in 2009. She is an co-organizer for WikiConference
North America 
and WikiProject Women in Red
, and is
a member of the Affiliations Committee
. On her user page,
she shares that her academic degrees include a Bachelor of Science
 and a Master of
Business Administration
. She can
communicate in English, Spanish, French, and Serbian.

Maria Elise Turner Lauder (1833-1922), was a Canadian teacher, linguist,
and author. She wrote under the pen name Toofie Lauder, and was also known
as Maria Elise Turner de Touffe Lauder. Lauder spoke several languages
fluently, including Greek and Latin. Lauder was a linguist and she taught
at Whitby Ladies' College
. She was a
prominent member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
.Lauder
travelled extensively and formed friendships with many notable individuals.
She received the honour of a private audience with Queen Margherita
. Lauder and her son were
also presented to the papal court of Pope Leo XIII
. Her travelling experiences
inspired the authorship of three books: My First Visit to England (1865), In
Europe (1877), and Legends and Tales of the Harz Mountains (1881). Lauder
also published other works during her lifetime, including songs and verse.
Her other works include Evergreen Leaves: Being Notes From My Travel Book
(1884), and At Last (1894).

Related images

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   Maria Elise Turner Lauder
   

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   The Wikipedia logo with the banner celebrating 6 million articles
   
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   The logo 
of WikiProject
   Women in Red 
   -

   User:Rosiestep


   


Remembering a public servant

Jim Lehrer, seen in 2011

Quote from Jim
Lehrer , who was a United States
Marine Corps 
veteran, an author, a longtime news anchor
 of PBS NewsHour

[Wikimedia-l] Co sprawia, że jesteś szczęśliwy w tym tygodniu? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 19 Jan 2019)

[Clover moss]

From Clovermoss

(Link to the 2019 Wiki Loves Monuments winning photograph

that was taken by User:Marian Naworksi
.)

This week, I learned about Wiki Loves Monuments
. The wording kind of
sounded familiar at first, but I wasn't sure why. I didn't really know what
Wiki Loves Monuments was and now I'm thankful that I do. A lot goes into a
good photograph and really good photographs have a way of striking me with
awe in a way that's hard to describe with words.

There were 25 announcements for the top winners and the winner was
announced on January 14th. I love the way the sunlight shines in through
the windows - it seems surreal, and it's almost like I'm standing there
myself. I don't know what the temperature would be like inside the church,
but I felt slightly cold looking at it. I'd imagine there isn't any heating
currently in the building because it's abandoned, although maybe I'm
thinking too much about details like that?

From User:Pine

The 15th of January is the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
, who was a civil
rights  leader in the United
States. Every year, the first Monday after his birthday is a U.S. national
holiday . English
Wikiquote selected a quote from him as its Quote of the Day for 15 January
2020 .
Although my memories of this are vague, I think that my elementary school
used the holiday as an occasion for students to learn about history. I am
thankful for my teachers who taught us civics
 and the responsibilities of
citizenship  in a republic
.

Closing comments

What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any
language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.

Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be
appreciated on Meta
. Thanks to
Google Translate for the Polish translation.


Best wishes,

Clovermoss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clovermoss) and
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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[Wikimedia-l] Qu’est-ce qui vous rend heureux cette semaine? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 12 Jan 2019)

[Clover moss]

From Clovermoss

I'm thankful this week for discovering an interesting task force: Women in
Green . The goals of this task
force involves creating GA-class articles on women and women's works. One
of the goals for this year is 20 new GAs. I've known about Women in Red
 for
awhile now, and I'm thankful for the work everyone has put into both Women
in Green and Women in Red. I'm amazed at the hard work that went into the
creation of 14,480 articles for January-July 2019, and I'm looking forward
to updated statistics for WiR for August-December 2019.

Related images

   -

   "The Inter-Allied Women's Conference (also known as the Suffragist
   Conference of the Allied Countries and the United States) opened in Paris
   on 10 February 1919. A parallel conference to the Paris Peace Conference,
   it was convened to introduce women's issues to the peace process following
   the end of the First World War."
   

   The English Wikipedia article about the conference is a featured article
   , and is
   listed in the Showcase for Wikiproject Women in Red
   .
   (The quoted text is from the article
   ; see
   that page's history for attribution.)
   -

   The logo for Women in Red
   
   -

   The logo for Women in Green
   


From User:Pine

This week marks the 19th anniversary of the launch of Wikipedia. I would
like to highlight a 2019 editorial by Tim Berners-Lee
, the creator of the world
wide web , that was published
in The New York Times . The
title of the editorial is, "I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We
Can Fix It." Berners-Lee writes, "I wanted the web to serve humanity. It’s
not too late to live up to that promise... I had hoped that 30 years from
its creation, we would be using the web foremost for the purpose of serving
humanity. Projects like Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap and the world of open
source software are the kinds of constructive tools that I hoped would flow
from the web." Berners-Lee goes on to advocate for making improvements to
the Web. I invite you to read the entire editorial
.


Related images

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   A 
   toast  in Lisbon, Portugal
   
   -

   The world's first web server
   
   -

   A
   
cluster
   diagram  of websites’
   relations to Wikipedia in 2004
   -

   The current Wikipedia logo
   
   -

   The current OpenStreetMap logo
   
   -

   Tim Berners-Lee announcing the launch
   
   of the World Wide Web Foundation
   
   -

   Web servers
   

   of the Wikimedia Foundation
   


Closing comments

What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any
language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.

Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be
appreciated on Meta
. Thanks to
User:Pols12 , an IP editor
, and
User:Salvidrim!  for the
French translation.


Best wishes,

Clovermoss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clovermoss) and

Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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[Wikimedia-l] 今週の嬉しいことは何ですか？/ What's making you happy this week? (Week of 5 January 2020)

[Clover moss]

Hello colleagues,
I'm Clovermoss, and I'm sending out the email thread this week.
* From Clovermoss *
I have smiled several times this week, and I'm thankful for that. I'm
thankful for the start of another year and another decade. I have observed
and participated in a lot of WikiLove between editors wishing each other a
happy new year. I'm excited for what 2020 will bring, as I'm anticipating
some important milestones being reached this year in my life.

I saw an interesting thread on the mailing list

about
an astronaut editing Wikipedia from the ISS
, and I'm thankful that my curiousity
about Earth and beyond has been piqued. I was one of those kids who used to
dream about being an astronaut. I still think of that career path as
fascinating, although not one I am likely to take myself. I admire people
who follow their dreams, whatever those dreams happen to be.

* From Pine *
 "Email from the Analytics mailing list: "Introducing statistics for media
files

".

Hi everybody,

Just in time for the holidays, we're announcing the addition of Media
Requests to our metrics catalog. Over the last few months we've been
working on a dataset offering request numbers for every single image,
audio, video and document in the Wiki universe, since 2015.

This means we have 3 new metrics available in the Analytics Query Service:

* Media requests per referrer: e.g. how many images, audio, videos... have
been accessed from English Wikipedia in the last month? '''73 billion for
November.'''
* Media requests per file: e.g. how many hits did [[Christmas
tree#/media/File:Yggdrasil.jpg|this cool painting]] get in November? The
answer is 483,791 hits.
* Top files by media requests: e.g. what was the most popular video
yesterday, December 22nd? Fred Rogers testifying before the Senate
Subcommittee on Communications. Fun! You can check out the top 1000 media
files for any month or day, for any media type.

Media requests is, in terms of absolute numbers, a huge dataset, so the per
file and top metrics are still being loaded with data all the way to 2015.
We expect this loading to finish in mid January.

You can read more about this in Wikitech. As usual if you have any
questions about the dataset or the new metrics please send them our way
here on the list or via Phabricator.

Happy holidays!

Francisco + the A team
''Francisco Dans (él, he, 彼)''
Software Engineer, Analytics Team
Wikimedia Foundation


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