On 21 August 2014 17:08, Isarra Yos wrote:
> Man, I forgot how over the top some projects get
> with their navigation templates.
Perhaps the answer is to refactor them as separate pages to which
mobile (and even desktop) pages can use a single link?
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>
> Well, one can dream...
>
> Magnus
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Andy Mabbett
> wrote:
>
>> On 21 August 2014 17:08, Isarra Yos wrote:
>>
>> > Man, I forgot how over the top some projects get
>> &
On 2 September 2014 10:40, Martijn Hoekstra wrote:
> All this together is sufficient to assert we have a template problem.
...or to assert that we have a problem with new products being written
that cope well with a theoretical ideal, but not with their real-world
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consensus (to return the familiar orange bar, at least while other
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On 11 May 2013 15:36, MZMcBride wrote:
> Yeah, I think you're right. It seems to be part of a larger pattern.
+ Withdrawal of the ability to use WMF logos/ wordmarks in community
projects, such as QRpedia.
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On 13 May 2013 18:01, Oliver Keyes wrote:
>.You bring
> up Echo; yes, we didn't bring the Orange Bar back. But we spent a lot of
> cycles coming up with alternatives, running them past people, with many
> editors and many staffers actively engaged in the process. We had
> designers, developers, p
nd track all data of lakes in all Europe.
>
> The articles are generated by AWB and with some manual effort to take care
> of text in existing articles and a major effort taking care of all with the
> same name (Little lake, Black lake etc)
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On May 22, 2013 8:07 AM, "Lodewijk" wrote:
> I think what is even more helpful to people, is to avoid abbreviations as
> much as possible, or explain them. For example:
> * Up-Goer 5 (but there was a link next to it - w
On 30 May 2013 03:36, Sarah Stierch wrote:
> Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults learning how
> to speak English.
And for people with a learning disability.
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We'd should ask the NSA if they'd like a Wikipedian-in-Residence.
Think of the citations we could add to BLPs!
On Jun 10, 2013 2:17 AM, "Liam Wyatt" wrote:
> This is a simple question with a potentially very complicated answer.
>
> What, if any, are the implications of the PRISM scandal for
> PRISM
From @ShammaBoyarin on Twitter: "Its not as if the NSA were mass
downloading articles from JSTOR."
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e of choice.
Incidentally, when mapping on OSM, it's always a good idea to include
a Wikipedia (or Wikidata) link for eligible objects.
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f geocoded articles, after all) and pass them to Google., or
indeed another KML-compatible service.
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On 25 August 2013 23:33, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>> this is one point where WMF _may_ be able to help,
>
> We already have Special:Nearby
I've started a discussion on en.Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Nearby_.26_repl
On 25 August 2013 18:39, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>> Considering this for finding a Wikipedia layer on maps, I do not know any.
>> But I do know there is an open source alternative, just like Wikipedia, but
>> then for maps, OpenStreetMap.
>
> OSM won't do something
pedia &
WMF, but probably not the chapter).
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300, please, if not too late - just seen the latest booking stats ;-)
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On Aug 28, 2013 12:29 PM, "Richard Symonds" <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> I will get some in the post to you today Andy.
On 30 August 2013 12:48, Richard Nevell wrote:
> Andy, about 230 flyers are in the post and on their way to you.
Thank you. The organisers have kindly agreed to include them in the
delegate packs (which I'll be stuffing on Thursday).
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If I "watch" a category in Wikipedia or anther project, I'm notified
when the category page changes, but not when an item is added to or
removed from a category.
Is there a tool which performs this function?
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* Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
* Oxford English Dictionary
* Oxford Reference Online
* Times Digital Archive - complete from 1785 - 1985
and more besides. But not JSTOR.
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We currently have none for Australian paralympic athletes (though
contributions from anyone who is the subject of a Wikipedia article
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works, especially
outside the existing Wikimedia community
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Oddly, I seem to have missed the response, also.
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-advertised consultation is held
(advertised in the manner of the recent discussion on logos and
branding), we wont know the views of the community at large, rather
than those who have an axe to grind. We won't know, for instance,
whether the amendment goes too far, or not far enoug
On 14 December 2013 15:55, MZMcBride wrote:
> Andy Mabbett wrote:
>>until a widely-advertised consultation is held
>>(advertised in the manner of the recent discussion on logos and
>>branding), we wont know the views of the community at large, rather
>>than tho
:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Mechanical_Curator_collection
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least, I would have liked the opportunity to debate whether to accept
it. I hope that the next tome such an release is being considered, we
will be in a better position to facilitate the former.
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On 20 December 2013 18:45, Nathan wrote:
> 2) Who are the officers / trustees of Cultural Outreach Ltd and how are
> they chosen?
See https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Cultural_Outreach_Limited
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Here's an interesting article:
Rapunzel and the Ivory Tower: How Open Access Will
Save the Humanities (from Themselves)
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1302.2013.865977
in which Wikipedia is discussed.
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dia will no longer be freely and openly
available for anyone to use, as it has been from inception. I hope
that's not the case, but would be grateful for assurances.
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old logo.
>>
>> I think the article(s) in question might be key to this, and not what
>> the file names are.
>
>
> Does unlinking them reduce their pagerank?
I would be against degrading the usefulness of our articles in an
attempt to influence Google
s to maintain a non trading status for Cultural
> Outreach which keeps legal fees to a minimum.
>
> QRpedia is and will remain free for use by anyone, without any need for an
> agreement or approval from WMUK.
>
> Michael
>
>> On 21 Dec 2013, at 14:25, Andy Mabbett w
protest.
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d Adrian Lester,
with many more uploaded and awaiting templating:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:BBC_voice_samples
Volunteers are beavering away, finding more sound clips to upload.
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On 18 January 2014 11:29, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> The "Speakerthon" event is in progress at New Broadcasting House in London
Everything is gong well. If people want to help from home (or the
pub), then the files in:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:BBC_voice_sample
On 28 September 2012 23:00, Michael Peel wrote:
> Please note that I have been requesting an urgent correction to this
> statement since 21:17 today (it is now 23:00), without receiving any response
> from the WMF.
Correcting what, exactly?
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(such as administrators), certain additional fields (such
> as the number of page watchers) will be displayed.
Why is this for admins only?
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On 20 November 2012 22:09, Filip Maljkovic wrote:
> I'm writing to inform you that Wikimedia Serbia has opened an office in
> Belgrade
Congratulations!
> Our employee is Mile Kiš, our General Secretary
You're in safe hands, then.
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I'm seeing a significant number of OTRS tickets along the lines of:
I was looking at Wikipedia and a big orange banner popped up
asking for donation> Is this for real, or is it a scam?
Can anything be done about this?
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On 28 November 2012 14:27, Philippe Beaudette wrote:
> I'm pretty sure we have an OTRS template about it. :)
I haven't been able to find one in English, that responds to the question above.
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On 28 November 2012 15:58, Victor Grigas wrote:
> Ps Andy, you are in it :)
... briefly.
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On 28 November 2012 19:50, ENWP Pine wrote:
> "Based on an analysis of a sample of 1390 editors with known political
> affiliation – either US Democrat or Republican..."
I detect a systematic bias...
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I would suggest piggy-backing this on OSM's annual State of the Map' event.
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On Nov 28, 2012 2:49 AM, "Erik Moeller" wrote:
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Erik Moeller
> Date: Tue, Nov
On Nov 30, 2012 5:00 PM, "Tom Morris" wrote:
>
> On Friday, 30 November 2012 at 11:41, Richard Symonds wrote:
> > I think WMUK might be able to host something, (possibly) - especially if
> > Tom Morris is around to help!
>
>
> Seriously though, London would be a good place to have a Wikimedia
map
y exist for that purpose.
The English guidance for people translating from other language
Wikipedias /into/ English is at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation>.
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Hopefully he will enforce the patent.
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> Anyone in IT knows that there's such a thing as "charity scale", where
> you get paid less because you're working for a nonprofit in exchange
> for less stress and/or doing actual good in the world.`
&quo
I started something on [[WP:RIP]].
On Jan 13, 2013 12:45 AM, "Jay Walsh" wrote:
> > > Official statement from the family:
> > >
> > > http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/**post/40373383323/official-**
> > > statement-from-the-family-and-**partner-of<
> >
> http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/40373383323/offic
Splendidly done. I'm mobile all day; could someone add a link to that, from
the relevant section of [[WP: RIP]], please?
On Jan 13, 2013 6:45 AM, "Tilman Bayer" wrote:
> The blog post it out now:
>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 201
essentially complete coverage of all fungi and birds.
For bird species, you may wish to replicate and deploy this
en.Wikipedia template:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Xeno-canto_species
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> There's a timezone other than UTC?
Only in summer. HTH.
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Considering mixing my elephant (in corner) and worm (can of) metaphors...
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;ve just had our first recording in French - but we need many more.
Do you know anyone who has an article about them? Do you know of tools
that would simplify the process of making ogg files, open licensing
them, and uploading them to Commons? How can we include more speakers
of other languages?
or
> whatever) to your computer, and then figure out how to make it into an open
> license.
People could use AudioBoo, for example, if it had a Flickr-like way
for uploaders to open-license a recoding. I'ive reached out to them
suggesting that, with no luck yet.
I'm also looking
lained in the blog post to which I linked
If you don't want to do it, then of course, don't.
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> it yet. And I hate my recorded voice. O_o
Who doesn't ;-) I'm sure your recording will be worth waiting for.
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On 5 March 2013 17:21, Nathan wrote:
> I can't see the deleted article, but I bet it was basically orphaned
What were its page view stats? (I'm mobile. So can't easily check)
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On 10 March 2013 18:18, Bence Damokos wrote:
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> You can see the proposal at:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikivoyage_Association
That and its talk page do not seem very current (last updated 12
January and, apart form a single post, 17 December last year,
respectively).
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On 19 April 2013 09:14, Mathieu Stumpf wrote:
> And it's seems that even on the legal ground they may be issues regarding
> the Term Of Use of most popular social media (see Matthew Roth message in
> this thread).
Matthew discusses the reposting of images, not URLs.
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ccess to Wikipedia,
including the ability to edit fully protected pages – have been
imprisoned since they were arrested on the same day in September
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> Can ChatGPT be used as a reliable source and, if yes, how would the citation
> look like?
I asked Google Bard "who is Andy Mabbett" the other day. In three
short paragraphs, there were five serious mistakes, including t
kipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Colour_contrast
Likewise, File:GC structure (1).jpg, which is an image of text, has no
alt attribute. Please fix that, too.
[1] Caption correctly applied, here:
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On Fri, 4 Aug 2023, 03:15 Butch Bustria, wrote:
> ...the master copy of the schedule...
Is this session really only two minutes long?
https://pretalx.com/wm2023/schedule/#2023-08-16
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Justapedia
>
It's laughable, as the logo [1] that (inadvertently,?) shows
"disinformation" and "lies" being given equal weight with "information" in
determining "truth" suggests.
But this [2] hints a
I just learned that a Wikimedian, Hiba Abu Nada, was one of the
casualties in Gaza. She was 32, and died on 20 October, during an
airstrike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiba_Abu_Nada
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d I
wonder if it would benefit the movement for the Foundation to ask
Flickr to make the feature available for non-Pro users, who wish to
make their images freely reusable? Do WMF have a suitable contact at
Flickr?
Who at WMF should I talk with about this?
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On Wed, 6 Mar 2024, 23:16 Željko Blaće, wrote:
> Hi George - would you be able to help with this?
> (I came across same issue but for lower amoun
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 at 23:13, Fiona Romeo wrote:
> I agree that it would be good to make it easier for Flickr photographers to
> relicense their images for use on our projects. I can raise this through our
> collaboration with the Flickr Foundation.
Thank you. I've replied off-l
> sources for the information I added.
English Wikipedia has a notice to this effect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Editpage-head-copy-warn
Discussion about improving it (and some objections to it) is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Editpage-head-copy-wa
On Sun, 31 Mar 2024, 08:15 Asad Jogi, wrote:
This problem is also reported by me on phabricator
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329264
I get "Access Denied: Restricted Task
You do not have permission to view this object." at that URL.
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check compliance with WCAG [1]? Or
performance in screen-readers [2]?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Content_Accessibility_Guidelines
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_reader
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