[Wikimedia-l] Re: Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

[Sohom Datta]

>
> Has anyone tried telling the Google Search Console to index all the
> Wikisource language domains? Presumably a Foundation sysadmin would
> need to add the ownership verification tokens to do so:
> https://search.google.com/search-console/welcome


This has already been done for a while.


> for what I've read, it suffices to generate a sitemap file with MediaWiki
> and how to submit it to Google. There is a script for
> that: generateSitemap.php.
>
Once done, the sitemap has to be updated regularly in order to include the
> new pages.


I did look into this, but it seems like we do not generate sitemaps for any
sites right now ? The closest I got was
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198965 which mentions that we did
generate them around 2018 and hosted them on sitemaps.wikimedia.org,
however they were recently (in Jun 2023) deleted due to the sitemaps being
out of date and not helping our SEO rankings for Wikipedia.

Also while digging this up right now, I came across
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332101#8898869 which assumes that Google
uses a RCFeed/EventStreams API provided by the Wikimedia Foundation to
index pages. Is this true in the case of Wikisource, could it be possible
that they (Google) might not be using this for Wikisource and/or Wikisource
pages are getting filtered out (on Wikimedia Foundation's end) due to some
configuration error ?

Regards,
Sohom Datta
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On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 8:59 PM Amir Sarabadani  wrote:

> See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607#8846296 and onwards
>
> Am Di., 1. Aug. 2023 um 17:27 Uhr schrieb Lauren Worden <
> laurenworde...@gmail.com>:
>
>> Has anyone tried telling the Google Search Console to index all the
>> Wikisource language domains? Presumably a Foundation sysadmin would
>> need to add the ownership verification tokens to do so:
>> https://search.google.com/search-console/welcome
>>
>> -LW
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 7:53 AM Dušan Kreheľ 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hm.
>> >
>> > Page: La akonca (1888) (be.wikisource.org)
>> > Created day with the last modification: 17:26, 7 July 2023‎ CEST
>> > Indexed by Google: 7. júl 2023 18:21:14 UTC
>> >
>> > Not indexed: https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/Alkahol_(1913)
>> >
>> >
>> > 2023-08-01 8:47 GMT+02:00, Bodhisattwa :
>> > > Hello all,
>> > >
>> > > Apologies for cross-posting.
>> > >
>> > > For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any
>> > > Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which
>> practically
>> > > means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which are being
>> > > created in these years, are not searchable on Google and hence largely
>> > > remain invisible on the web.
>> > >
>> > > This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the
>> > > existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our
>> past
>> > > and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM
>> partners and
>> > > any potential new editors. We already have a very low awareness and
>> > > visibility about Wikisource among general internet users due to lack
>> of
>> > > organized support in these years but the invisibility on Google search
>> > > engine could become the last nail in our coffin, unless it is fixed
>> soon.
>> > >
>> > > There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December
>> 2022 -
>> > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.
>> > >
>> > > Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work
>> upon?
>> > > Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs some
>> very
>> > > basic care, after all.
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Bodhisattwa
>> > > (Bengali Wikisource volunteer)
>> > >
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

[Amir Sarabadani]

See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607#8846296 and onwards

Am Di., 1. Aug. 2023 um 17:27 Uhr schrieb Lauren Worden <
laurenworde...@gmail.com>:

> Has anyone tried telling the Google Search Console to index all the
> Wikisource language domains? Presumably a Foundation sysadmin would
> need to add the ownership verification tokens to do so:
> https://search.google.com/search-console/welcome
>
> -LW
>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 7:53 AM Dušan Kreheľ  wrote:
> >
> > Hm.
> >
> > Page: La akonca (1888) (be.wikisource.org)
> > Created day with the last modification: 17:26, 7 July 2023‎ CEST
> > Indexed by Google: 7. júl 2023 18:21:14 UTC
> >
> > Not indexed: https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/Alkahol_(1913)
> >
> >
> > 2023-08-01 8:47 GMT+02:00, Bodhisattwa :
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Apologies for cross-posting.
> > >
> > > For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any
> > > Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which
> practically
> > > means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which are being
> > > created in these years, are not searchable on Google and hence largely
> > > remain invisible on the web.
> > >
> > > This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the
> > > existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our
> past
> > > and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM
> partners and
> > > any potential new editors. We already have a very low awareness and
> > > visibility about Wikisource among general internet users due to lack of
> > > organized support in these years but the invisibility on Google search
> > > engine could become the last nail in our coffin, unless it is fixed
> soon.
> > >
> > > There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December
> 2022 -
> > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.
> > >
> > > Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work
> upon?
> > > Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs some
> very
> > > basic care, after all.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bodhisattwa
> > > (Bengali Wikisource volunteer)
> > >
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

[Lauren Worden]

Has anyone tried telling the Google Search Console to index all the
Wikisource language domains? Presumably a Foundation sysadmin would
need to add the ownership verification tokens to do so:
https://search.google.com/search-console/welcome

-LW

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 7:53 AM Dušan Kreheľ  wrote:
>
> Hm.
>
> Page: La akonca (1888) (be.wikisource.org)
> Created day with the last modification: 17:26, 7 July 2023‎ CEST
> Indexed by Google: 7. júl 2023 18:21:14 UTC
>
> Not indexed: https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/Alkahol_(1913)
>
>
> 2023-08-01 8:47 GMT+02:00, Bodhisattwa :
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Apologies for cross-posting.
> >
> > For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any
> > Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which practically
> > means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which are being
> > created in these years, are not searchable on Google and hence largely
> > remain invisible on the web.
> >
> > This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the
> > existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our past
> > and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM partners and
> > any potential new editors. We already have a very low awareness and
> > visibility about Wikisource among general internet users due to lack of
> > organized support in these years but the invisibility on Google search
> > engine could become the last nail in our coffin, unless it is fixed soon.
> >
> > There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December 2022 -
> > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.
> >
> > Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work upon?
> > Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs some very
> > basic care, after all.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bodhisattwa
> > (Bengali Wikisource volunteer)
> >
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

[Dušan Kreheľ]

Hm.

Page: La akonca (1888) (be.wikisource.org)
Created day with the last modification: 17:26, 7 July 2023‎ CEST
Indexed by Google: 7. júl 2023 18:21:14 UTC

Not indexed: https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/Alkahol_(1913)


2023-08-01 8:47 GMT+02:00, Bodhisattwa :
> Hello all,
>
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any
> Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which practically
> means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which are being
> created in these years, are not searchable on Google and hence largely
> remain invisible on the web.
>
> This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the
> existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our past
> and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM partners and
> any potential new editors. We already have a very low awareness and
> visibility about Wikisource among general internet users due to lack of
> organized support in these years but the invisibility on Google search
> engine could become the last nail in our coffin, unless it is fixed soon.
>
> There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December 2022 -
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.
>
> Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work upon?
> Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs some very
> basic care, after all.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (Bengali Wikisource volunteer)
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing streak? Find out!

[Gnangarra]

oh I need an edit button

the fact they dont edit everyday does devalue their effort either.


should say "the fact they dont edit everyday* doesnt *devalue their effort
either."

On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 at 22:36, Gnangarra  wrote:

> I think sometimes we do get too wrapped up in the numbers because we can
> count them, and compare them, as a measure this is ever so slightly better
> than edit counts. Let's be honest, anyone who can survive multiple weeks on
> en.wp probably deserves a medal depending on the topics they haunt.
>
> Looking at my own I see some streaks are interrupted by swapping between
> projects and back again. Then as others mentioned before interruptions by
> travel a lot of which has been to support, promote, encourage newcomers, or
> do affiliate related work that isn't marked in machine readable boxes.  I
> would say there are many people who have similar commitments, the fact they
> dont edit everyday does devalue their effort either.
>
> Lets enjoy the novelty value, let's value the effort it takes to have a
> long streak while remembering it's taken a lot of dedicated people over 20
> odd years to get to where we are, and the movement will need many more
> dedicated people well into the future.
>
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 at 22:11, Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:
>
>> Indeed I believe my last break of an edit streak was when I was on a
>> plane / connection without wifi for more than 24h (going from Europe to
>> Japan). I normally edit every day since I have joined (15-ish years now),
>> but I am not so much addicted to edit-count so that I would plan my travel
>> taking this into account or pay for the internet during the flight when I
>> do not need it otherwise. Still, nice to have these streaks having been
>> acknowledged sometimes.
>>
>> Best
>> Yaroslav
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:19 PM Peter Southwood <
>> peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>>
>>> This is a bit like edit counts, in that it indicates nothing about the
>>> value of the edits. In a way it is impressive that someone is so dedicated,
>>> but all the guy at the top of the list needs to do to crash and burn is a
>>> couple of days of inability to edit for reasons out of their control, so
>>> some luck is involved.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Yaroslav Blanter [mailto:ymb...@gmail.com]
>>> *Sent:* 28 July 2023 18:56
>>> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List
>>> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing
>>> streak? Find out!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, interesting, I am apparently a human #19 in the list.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Yaroslav
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l <
>>> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Bon dia / Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there any available tool to precisely count how many days in a row a
>>> Wikimedian from a specifif project has been editing? The source that is
>>> linked in the Diffs page (
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_active_user_editing_streaks)is
>>> only within the English Wikipedia…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone checked that there is no other user in the rest of the
>>> other projects (hundreds of them) with a similar or better streak, so that
>>> the sentence “the Wikimedian with the longest editing streak” is fully
>>> accurate regarding both language and Wikimedia project?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gràcies! / Thank you!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Xavier Dengra
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> El dv, 28 jul., 2023 a 17:15, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska <
>>> nszaf...@wikimedia.org> va escriure:
>>>
>>> *Read in عربي, bahasa Indonesia, français, Deutsch, español, Kiswahili,
>>> and Polish **on Diff
>>> .
>>> *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Johnny Au has been
>>> editing every single day since November 11, 2007, which makes him the
>>> Wikimedian with the longest editing streak. That's more than 15 years or -
>>> more precisely - 5733 days of continuous editing!
>>>
>>>
>>> Each day Johnny checks his extensive watchlist, which includes articles
>>> related to his beloved hometown Toronto. From local sports teams and art
>>> galleries, to Toronto transit system – Johnny is passionate about all
>>> things Toronto-related, and carefully watches over Wikipedia articles about
>>> it. He specializes in minor, maintenance edits: correcting spelling and
>>> language, reverting vandalisms, adding images and correcting mistakes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The daily habit of editing and the pure love for Wikipedia, and passion
>>> for free knowledge, is what keeps him going. When asked about advice to
>>> share with other editors, he says: *Never give up. Fight the good
>>> fight. We must fight against misinformation and disinformation.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Learn more about Johnny, his work (and this one time when his editing
>>> streak almost 

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing streak? Find out!

[Gnangarra]

I think sometimes we do get too wrapped up in the numbers because we can
count them, and compare them, as a measure this is ever so slightly better
than edit counts. Let's be honest, anyone who can survive multiple weeks on
en.wp probably deserves a medal depending on the topics they haunt.

Looking at my own I see some streaks are interrupted by swapping between
projects and back again. Then as others mentioned before interruptions by
travel a lot of which has been to support, promote, encourage newcomers, or
do affiliate related work that isn't marked in machine readable boxes.  I
would say there are many people who have similar commitments, the fact they
dont edit everyday does devalue their effort either.

Lets enjoy the novelty value, let's value the effort it takes to have a
long streak while remembering it's taken a lot of dedicated people over 20
odd years to get to where we are, and the movement will need many more
dedicated people well into the future.

On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 at 22:11, Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:

> Indeed I believe my last break of an edit streak was when I was on a plane
> / connection without wifi for more than 24h (going from Europe to Japan). I
> normally edit every day since I have joined (15-ish years now), but I am
> not so much addicted to edit-count so that I would plan my travel taking
> this into account or pay for the internet during the flight when I do not
> need it otherwise. Still, nice to have these streaks having been
> acknowledged sometimes.
>
> Best
> Yaroslav
>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:19 PM Peter Southwood <
> peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>
>> This is a bit like edit counts, in that it indicates nothing about the
>> value of the edits. In a way it is impressive that someone is so dedicated,
>> but all the guy at the top of the list needs to do to crash and burn is a
>> couple of days of inability to edit for reasons out of their control, so
>> some luck is involved.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Yaroslav Blanter [mailto:ymb...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* 28 July 2023 18:56
>> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List
>> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing
>> streak? Find out!
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, interesting, I am apparently a human #19 in the list.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Yaroslav
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l <
>> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>> Bon dia / Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there any available tool to precisely count how many days in a row a
>> Wikimedian from a specifif project has been editing? The source that is
>> linked in the Diffs page (
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_active_user_editing_streaks)is
>> only within the English Wikipedia…
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone checked that there is no other user in the rest of the
>> other projects (hundreds of them) with a similar or better streak, so that
>> the sentence “the Wikimedian with the longest editing streak” is fully
>> accurate regarding both language and Wikimedia project?
>>
>>
>>
>> Gràcies! / Thank you!
>>
>>
>>
>> Xavier Dengra
>>
>>
>>
>> El dv, 28 jul., 2023 a 17:15, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska <
>> nszaf...@wikimedia.org> va escriure:
>>
>> *Read in عربي, bahasa Indonesia, français, Deutsch, español, Kiswahili,
>> and Polish **on Diff
>> .
>> *
>>
>>
>>
>> Johnny Au has been editing
>> every single day since November 11, 2007, which makes him the Wikimedian
>> with the longest editing streak. That's more than 15 years or - more
>> precisely - 5733 days of continuous editing!
>>
>>
>> Each day Johnny checks his extensive watchlist, which includes articles
>> related to his beloved hometown Toronto. From local sports teams and art
>> galleries, to Toronto transit system – Johnny is passionate about all
>> things Toronto-related, and carefully watches over Wikipedia articles about
>> it. He specializes in minor, maintenance edits: correcting spelling and
>> language, reverting vandalisms, adding images and correcting mistakes.
>>
>>
>>
>> The daily habit of editing and the pure love for Wikipedia, and passion
>> for free knowledge, is what keeps him going. When asked about advice to
>> share with other editors, he says: *Never give up. Fight the good fight.
>> We must fight against misinformation and disinformation.*
>>
>>
>>
>> Learn more about Johnny, his work (and this one time when his editing
>> streak almost broke!) on Diff
>> or
>> on Meta
>> ,
>> as we WikiCelebrate
>> his
>> incredible dedication to free 

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing streak? Find out!

[Yaroslav Blanter]

Indeed I believe my last break of an edit streak was when I was on a plane
/ connection without wifi for more than 24h (going from Europe to Japan). I
normally edit every day since I have joined (15-ish years now), but I am
not so much addicted to edit-count so that I would plan my travel taking
this into account or pay for the internet during the flight when I do not
need it otherwise. Still, nice to have these streaks having been
acknowledged sometimes.

Best
Yaroslav

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:19 PM Peter Southwood <
peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote:

> This is a bit like edit counts, in that it indicates nothing about the
> value of the edits. In a way it is impressive that someone is so dedicated,
> but all the guy at the top of the list needs to do to crash and burn is a
> couple of days of inability to edit for reasons out of their control, so
> some luck is involved.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> *From:* Yaroslav Blanter [mailto:ymb...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 28 July 2023 18:56
> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing
> streak? Find out!
>
>
>
> Thanks, interesting, I am apparently a human #19 in the list.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Yaroslav
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l <
> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> Bon dia / Hi,
>
>
>
> Is there any available tool to precisely count how many days in a row a
> Wikimedian from a specifif project has been editing? The source that is
> linked in the Diffs page (
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_active_user_editing_streaks)is
> only within the English Wikipedia…
>
>
>
> Has anyone checked that there is no other user in the rest of the
> other projects (hundreds of them) with a similar or better streak, so that
> the sentence “the Wikimedian with the longest editing streak” is fully
> accurate regarding both language and Wikimedia project?
>
>
>
> Gràcies! / Thank you!
>
>
>
> Xavier Dengra
>
>
>
> El dv, 28 jul., 2023 a 17:15, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska <
> nszaf...@wikimedia.org> va escriure:
>
> *Read in عربي, bahasa Indonesia, français, Deutsch, español, Kiswahili,
> and Polish **on Diff
> .
> *
>
>
>
> Johnny Au has been editing
> every single day since November 11, 2007, which makes him the Wikimedian
> with the longest editing streak. That's more than 15 years or - more
> precisely - 5733 days of continuous editing!
>
>
> Each day Johnny checks his extensive watchlist, which includes articles
> related to his beloved hometown Toronto. From local sports teams and art
> galleries, to Toronto transit system – Johnny is passionate about all
> things Toronto-related, and carefully watches over Wikipedia articles about
> it. He specializes in minor, maintenance edits: correcting spelling and
> language, reverting vandalisms, adding images and correcting mistakes.
>
>
>
> The daily habit of editing and the pure love for Wikipedia, and passion
> for free knowledge, is what keeps him going. When asked about advice to
> share with other editors, he says: *Never give up. Fight the good fight.
> We must fight against misinformation and disinformation.*
>
>
>
> Learn more about Johnny, his work (and this one time when his editing
> streak almost broke!) on Diff
> or
> on Meta
> ,
> as we WikiCelebrate
> his
> incredible dedication to free knowledge. You can also leave some kind words
> for Johnny on the meta page
> 
> and congratulate him on his amazing achievement!
>
>
>
> Johnny is one of the great people that have contributed so much to
> bringing us to where we are today, and continue to do so. Each month we
> WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the amazing community,
> the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to write about the people
> celebrated each month. If you know them, share some wiki love. If there’s
> an outstanding Wikimedian that you think should be celebrated, recommend
> them .
>
>
>
> Happy celebrating!
>
> Natalia and Mehrdad
>
>
>
> --
>
> *Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska* (she/her)
> Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region)
> Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikisource-l] Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

[Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga]

As Ilario points out, our Wikisource and Wiktionary are heavily relating on gadgets, divs, css, templates... We can't blame the community: they do what they can with a practically abandonware software.We need to discuss this, because sister projects need way more attention.BestGalder2023(e)ko abu. 1(a) 17:24 erabiltzaileak hau idatzi du (Ilario valdelli ):To better index, you must follow as much as possible structured page.

More gadget you use, more unreadable is the pages to the machines.

Try to have a blind person reading the Wikisource pages with their own 
tools. Will it be difficult for them? Found the problem.

You want to create pages which are more user friendly? But you do it for 
people having eyes. Machines doesn't have eyes.

KInd regards

On 01/08/2023 08:47, Bodhisattwa wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any 
> Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which 
> practically means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which 
> are being created in these years, are not searchable on Google and 
> hence largely remain invisible on the web.
>
> This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the 
> existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our 
> past and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM 
> partners and any potential new editors. We already have a very low 
> awareness and visibility about Wikisource among general internet users 
> due to lack of organized support in these years but the invisibility 
> on Google search engine could become the last nail in our coffin, 
> unless it is fixed soon.
>
> There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December 
> 2022 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.
>
> Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work 
> upon? Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs 
> some very basic care, after all.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (Bengali Wikisource volunteer)
>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing streak? Find out!

[Peter Southwood]

This is a bit like edit counts, in that it indicates nothing about the value of 
the edits. In a way it is impressive that someone is so dedicated, but all the 
guy at the top of the list needs to do to crash and burn is a couple of days of 
inability to edit for reasons out of their control, so some luck is involved. 

Cheers,

Peter

 

From: Yaroslav Blanter [mailto:ymb...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 28 July 2023 18:56
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Who is the editor with the longest editing streak? 
Find out!

 

Thanks, interesting, I am apparently a human #19 in the list.

 

Best

Yaroslav

 

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l 
 wrote:

Bon dia / Hi,

 

Is there any available tool to precisely count how many days in a row a 
Wikimedian from a specifif project has been editing? The source that is linked 
in the Diffs page 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Longest_active_user_editing_streaks)is
 only within the English Wikipedia…

 

Has anyone checked that there is no other user in the rest of the other 
projects (hundreds of them) with a similar or better streak, so that the 
sentence “the Wikimedian with the longest editing streak” is fully accurate 
regarding both language and Wikimedia project?

 

Gràcies! / Thank you!

 

Xavier Dengra 

 

El dv, 28 jul., 2023 a 17:15, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska 
 va escriure:

Read in عربي, bahasa Indonesia, français, Deutsch, español, Kiswahili, and 
Polish on Diff 

 . 

 

Johnny Au   has been editing 
every single day since November 11, 2007, which makes him the Wikimedian with 
the longest editing streak. That's more than 15 years or - more precisely - 
5733 days of continuous editing! 


Each day Johnny checks his extensive watchlist, which includes articles related 
to his beloved hometown Toronto. From local sports teams and art galleries, to 
Toronto transit system – Johnny is passionate about all things Toronto-related, 
and carefully watches over Wikipedia articles about it. He specializes in 
minor, maintenance edits: correcting spelling and language, reverting 
vandalisms, adding images and correcting mistakes.

 

The daily habit of editing and the pure love for Wikipedia, and passion for 
free knowledge, is what keeps him going. When asked about advice to share with 
other editors, he says: Never give up. Fight the good fight. We must fight 
against misinformation and disinformation.

 

Learn more about Johnny, his work (and this one time when his editing streak 
almost broke!) on Diff  

 or on Meta 
 , as 
we WikiCelebrate  
 his incredible 
dedication to free knowledge. You can also leave some kind words for Johnny on 
the meta page 
  and 
congratulate him on his amazing achievement!

 

Johnny is one of the great people that have contributed so much to bringing us 
to where we are today, and continue to do so. Each month we WikiCelebrate a 
different Wikimedian, acknowledging the amazing community, the pillars of our 
movement. We warmly invite you to write about the people celebrated each month. 
If you know them, share some wiki love. If there’s an outstanding Wikimedian 
that you think should be celebrated, recommend them 
 .

 

Happy celebrating!

Natalia and Mehrdad

 

-- 


  

 

Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska (she/her)
Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region)
  Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia-I] CfA Wikimedian in Residence Webinar on Utilising the Pet Scan Tool

[Bukola James]

Dear Wikimedians,

We are delighted to announce our CfA Wikimedian in Residence Bi-Weekly
Webinar, taking place this August with the esteemed Mohammed Hijjawi. In
this exciting session, we will be focusing on "*Utilising the Pet Scan Tool
for identifying Wikipedia articles in need of translation or expansion."*

During this interactive webinar, Mohammed Hijjawi will share his expertise
in utilizing the powerful Pet Scan Tool, which can be a game-changer for
Wikimedia program organisers and contributors. The tool streamlines the
process of locating articles that require translation or expansion,
facilitating cross-language collaboration and enhancing Wikipedia's
multilingual content.


   - Date: Thursday, 3rd August  2023
   - Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm WAT (1:00 pm - 2:30 pm UTC)
   - Registration Link:https://w.wiki/7AY9

Whether you are a seasoned contributor or just starting your journey, this
session will provide valuable insights and strategies for curating a list
of articles to edit.

We encourage you to share this invitation with your fellow Wikimedia
enthusiasts and contributors. Together, let's continue to strengthen our
community and advance the mission of Wikimedia.

If you have any questions or need further information, please don't
hesitate to reach out to me

Best regards,
Bukola James 
Community Coordinator,
Code for Africa  (Knowledge Team/ WiRs
Initiatives)
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikisource-l] Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

[Ilario valdelli]

To better index, you must follow as much as possible structured page.

More gadget you use, more unreadable is the pages to the machines.

Try to have a blind person reading the Wikisource pages with their own 
tools. Will it be difficult for them? Found the problem.


You want to create pages which are more user friendly? But you do it for 
people having eyes. Machines doesn't have eyes.


KInd regards

On 01/08/2023 08:47, Bodhisattwa wrote:

Hello all,

Apologies for cross-posting.

For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any 
Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which 
practically means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which 
are being created in these years, are not searchable on Google and 
hence largely remain invisible on the web.


This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the 
existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our 
past and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM 
partners and any potential new editors. We already have a very low 
awareness and visibility about Wikisource among general internet users 
due to lack of organized support in these years but the invisibility 
on Google search engine could become the last nail in our coffin, 
unless it is fixed soon.


There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December 
2022 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.


Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work 
upon? Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs 
some very basic care, after all.


Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(Bengali Wikisource volunteer)


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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

[Butch Bustria]

Hi Everyone,

I think this is a good opportunity to discuss with Google's Search Team
here in Singapore in 2 weeks time.

You can register at Wikimania pre-Conference at this link:

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Related_events/Mind_The_Gap


Kind regards,

Butch



On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 5:13 PM James Heilman  wrote:

> Am having the same issue with Google poorly indexing MDWiki.org. I have
> personally switched my default browser to duckduckgo as they index much
> better. The two folks at Google who used to support their collaborations
> with Wikipedia are no longer with the company. Not sure if they have been
> replaced by anyone.
>
> James
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:51 AM Bodhisattwa 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Apologies for cross-posting.
>>
>> For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any
>> Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which practically
>> means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which are being
>> created in these years, are not searchable on Google and hence largely
>> remain invisible on the web.
>>
>> This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the
>> existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our past
>> and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM partners and
>> any potential new editors. We already have a very low awareness and
>> visibility about Wikisource among general internet users due to lack of
>> organized support in these years but the invisibility on Google search
>> engine could become the last nail in our coffin, unless it is fixed soon.
>>
>> There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December 2022 -
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.
>>
>> Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work upon?
>> Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs some very
>> basic care, after all.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> (Bengali Wikisource volunteer)
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

[James Heilman]

Am having the same issue with Google poorly indexing MDWiki.org. I have
personally switched my default browser to duckduckgo as they index much
better. The two folks at Google who used to support their collaborations
with Wikipedia are no longer with the company. Not sure if they have been
replaced by anyone.

James


On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:51 AM Bodhisattwa 
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any
> Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which practically
> means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which are being
> created in these years, are not searchable on Google and hence largely
> remain invisible on the web.
>
> This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the
> existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our past
> and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM partners and
> any potential new editors. We already have a very low awareness and
> visibility about Wikisource among general internet users due to lack of
> organized support in these years but the invisibility on Google search
> engine could become the last nail in our coffin, unless it is fixed soon.
>
> There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December 2022 -
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.
>
> Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work upon?
> Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs some very
> basic care, after all.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (Bengali Wikisource volunteer)
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello all,

Apologies for cross-posting.

For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any
Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which practically
means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which are being
created in these years, are not searchable on Google and hence largely
remain invisible on the web.

This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the
existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our past
and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM partners and
any potential new editors. We already have a very low awareness and
visibility about Wikisource among general internet users due to lack of
organized support in these years but the invisibility on Google search
engine could become the last nail in our coffin, unless it is fixed soon.

There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December 2022 -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.

Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work upon?
Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs some very
basic care, after all.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(Bengali Wikisource volunteer)
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