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DYK for Bear (novel)

On 21 February 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bear (novel), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Marian Engel's 1976 novel Bear has been called "the most controversial novel ever written in Canada"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bear (novel). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Just sayin' hi

Thanks for the note over at signpost suggestions. FWIW, my dad is from Telkwa, near Smithers. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 01:40, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Cool! I've got cousins working up there. Haven't visited myself - been as far west as Houston, and to Prince Rupert, but not between. Have you spent much time up there? It's nice country. You should ask your dad if he has any photos - the article needs one! The Interior (Talk) 02:54, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Jstor

Hello. Im in round one of the approved accounts and I havent recived any email. Yoav Nachtailer (talk) 09:59, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Yoav Nachtailer, that's no good. You're definitely on the list. Check your spam/junk folder, but I will email JSTOR about your account first thing Monday morning. The Interior (Talk) 18:49, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

I've checked it, its not there either. Thank you for helping me. Yoav Nachtailer (talk) 20:39, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Hey, any news? Yoav Nachtailer (talk) 19:05, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Few BC municipal articles?

I don't live in your part of the world but I traveled somewhat nearby in August 2013. I finally got around to uploading the images now and I see that I have photographs from some tiny communities which don't have articles yet on the stretch of BC95 that I took from the US border to Golden, BC. I'm wondering if you would be willing to start articles for Parson, Castledale and Brisco, BC? The way that municipalities are organized in your part of the world is very different than it is around here. Royalbroil 04:23, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Parso, Castledale and Brisco, like several hundred other places, aren't municipalities. Not sure what your pics are of, exactly, but that area is called the East Kootenay and has a Wikimedia Commons category: here. Only three items in it. From Columbia Lake northwards to Golden, while still part of the East Kootenay, that area is called the Columbia Valley. Your pics may fit in Kootenays (there is no separate East Kootenay article) or Columbia Valley or if of mountains, Purcell Mountains or Canadian Rockies.Skookum1 (talk) 04:36, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Starter stubs can be begun with information found on the BC Names Office search page. See also List of settlements in British Columbia, which redirects somewhere now, maybe List of communities in British Columbia. There are different categories of locations, and municipalities are relatively few and far between in BC history, other than regional districts; many places were company towns, or just ranches or homesteads that have placenames i.e. are places.Skookum1 (talk) 04:42, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! It has been very helpful. I didn't understand the precise wording of community names in your area. I visited the upper corner of the United States (Maine) last year and communities are organized very differently there too - if a community is named Plymouth then there's often a East Plymouth and Plymouth Notch nearby. I put up an article (with images) at Brisco, British Columbia and I want to work on Castledale, British Columbia / Parson, British Columbia next. Royalbroil 02:10, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

situations like Plymouth do occur in BC e.g. West/North Vancouver, or Kelowna/West Kelowna but generally they're rare; often there are places that share the same name, or formerly did, very far apart e.g. Fraser Mills/Lamming Mills; many are named for settlers or postmaster, sometimes re railway-based names they're for company managers or investors, or concocted by realty developers past and present.....there's no consistent pattern, and many aren't in BC Names, also.Skookum1 (talk) 06:03, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Royalbroil, thanks for starting those, I can add some info over the weekend. (sorry for the late reply, very busy). Our jurisdictions are confusing even to us - we have various administrative divisions for forestry, wildlife, fisheries, electoral areas, regional districts, municipalities, unincorporated settlements, non-official metro areas, Indian reserves, even "resort municipalities"! Many which overlap. It's great! The Wild West of geography. The Interior (Talk) 16:51, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 10

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Books & Bytes
Issue 10, January-February 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

• New donations - ProjectMUSE, Dynamed, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and Women Writers Online
• New TWL coordinator, conference news, and a new guide and template for archivists
• TWL moves into the new Community Engagement department, quarterly review

Read the full newsletter

further to previous

. keyboard wifi key missing, will inbox you.Skookum1 (talk) 07:09, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Skookum1, as I've said before, I've become really concerned about your entanglement with WhisperToMe. I have read the discussions, and, to be honest, I find many of your positions overblown, and some even cruel (i.e. your scathing critiques on grammar and very granular local detail). What's the end game here? If you honestly feel that WtM has competence issues (which I'm not sure of at all), you need to get consensus for that, or back off a bit. Otherwise, it will come down to sanctions. Is it not possible to let go here? The Interior (Talk) 16:57, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Copy editor deserves a high five, not a high colonic

	The constant grammarian
	Thanks for cleaning up the semi-colon at Owney (dog) File:Cordialgreetings1x pix.gif Cheers 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:58, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Ha! and thanks. Colon jokes are fundamental! (got a little sad reading about poor Owney's demise, but I guess he had an interesting run of it) The Interior (Talk) 21:09, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

I hope you enjoyed Owney. While I know I can't "own" it, it is one of my children. Be sure to download the U.S. Postal Service e-book. It's really good! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:14, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

• Rees, Jerry; Schwartz, Stephen Michael (2011). "Owney: Tales from the Rails" (E-book). National Postal Museum Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 26, 2012. Free children's ebook narrated and sung by Trace Adkins. Free children's ebook narrated and sung by Trace Adkins 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:16, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

• Charming! The Interior (Talk) 16:57, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

JSTOR email

I was approved on the first of February this year, yet I haven't received any email since. I guessed it was delay on their part but I want to confirm from you about what's happening. Yes, I have checked the spam folder as well, nothing, no email for JSTOR. If you could help a bit? Ethically 15:55, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Ethically, you are part of the fifth round of applications, which haven't been processed yet by JSTOR. I'll post to WT:JSTOR when the emails go out. Sorry for the long waiting period. The Interior (Talk) 16:59, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Help!

Hi Patrick.

Don't have your email. Don't know how to message you.

Have written draft of Helga Pakasaar and don't know how to move it to SUBMIT.

You have my biz card. Could you pls call or email me.

thanks Carolyn CeeVanArt (talk) 22:08, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

CeeVanArt, I'll take a look! I'll send you an email so you have mine. The Interior (Talk) 22:19, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Hooks

Eleanor Cripps Kennedy

• ...that Kennedy led a clothing club during the grasshopper plagues?
• ...that The Duchess appealed to Louis Riel?
• ...that after the Sioux forced Kennedy to stay in Manitoba, she imported its second piano?
• ...etc?

Nikkimaria (talk) 23:33, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

I like the grasshoppers! The Interior (Talk) 23:43, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-11

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

Recent changes

• You can now create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter.
• VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).
• In VisualEditor the "Edit " button is now called "Edit" on the English Misplaced Pages.
• The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs.
• You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading.
• You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools.
• If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself.

Future changes

• You can get help to become a developer. You can learn more on the Google Summer of Code and Outreachy pages.
• You will soon be able to read technical reports in Phabricator.

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15:19, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Invitation

Hello, The Interior,

The Editing team is asking very experienced editors like you for your help with VisualEditor. The team has a list of top-priority problems, but they also want to hear about small problems. These problems may make editing less fun, take too much of your time, or be as annoying as a paper cut. The Editing team wants to hear about and fix these small things, too. 

You can share your thoughts by clicking this link. You may respond to this quick, simple, anonymous survey in your own language. If you take the survey, then you agree your responses may be used in accordance with these terms. This survey is powered by Qualtrics and their use of your information is governed by their privacy policy.

More information (including a translateable list of the questions) is posted on wiki at mw:VisualEditor/Survey 2015. If you have questions, or prefer to respond on-wiki, then please leave a message on the survey's talk page.

Thank you, Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 20:09, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Skookum

I have no problems with the block. You have good judgement. I hope you do not mind that I posted here. It is, if you approve of course, a genuine consideration. It is also a probe. I want to see how he responds to the post. And, if he accepts, and you accept, I would like to see how he conducts himself. Plus, it is a last ditch effort at AGF. By AGF, I mean that really, maybe, the mix of his strong feelings towards certain subjects, and his editing articles on those subjects, causes a chemical reaction and produces a wiki-explosion. Maybe he would be just fine editing less hot subjects. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:09, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

In my experience, Anna, Skookum1 works fine on his own, and when working with people he feels respect him. The problems arise when someone disagrees with him. I don't believe it's topic related so much as related to clashes of personalities. (I've watched him get in fights over things as charged as federal elections, and as tame and apolitical as rivers). But, if you are willing to work with him, I have no problem with that at all. I think you have good judgement as well :) However, I think it's very important that he not engage with WhisperToMe at all in the future. That dynamic is thoroughly poisoned, IMO. Best, The Interior (Talk) 14:05, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello, my friend. :) So, not the topic, but rather interaction means risk of clashing. Okay. I agree. Points:

• Misplaced Pages is usually all about interaction.
• Skookum can only exist here as a lone wolf.
• Some types of editing mean seldom crossing paths with others.
• Blocks are preventative. We cannot punish him for his attacks. We just want him to stop.
• All agree that when the block expires, small chance he will change his ways.
• Some call for indef.
• We have nothing to lose now, but a possible gain -- a long shot. I like long shots. Ninety percent of the time, we have to click a button and call it a loss. Ten percent of the time, Misplaced Pages makes out nicely. Risk of failure, but at no cost.

So, instead of a block, maybe we should consider offering: Block lifted. He agrees to become a lone wolf. He can dig up images, add infoboxes, format per MOS, add categories, etc. Heck, there are plenty of editors who build this thing with little or no interaction with others. If he cannot help himself, and gets into even one dispute, right or wrong, he's blocked, by me. Period. Thoughts? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:41, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm all for it, Anna. Usually, there are so few editors working on British Columbia stuff, one couldn't get in a fight if one tried! Talk about tumbleweeds. And it would be great to get more work done on the many articles that need it. But we need to hear from Skookum1. He's been very opposed to working under any restrictions in the past, and, if I recall, took a voluntary break a while ago rather than discuss it. I'd love to have the knowledgeable, helpful, funny Skookum1 back, but, to be honest, I haven't seen that editor in a while. Things have gotten very angry. Things can change too, of course, and I'd be very happy to see it. If he's okay with your suggestions, I certainly am. The Interior (Talk) 02:47, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

BC stuff is indeed tumbleweedy. However, all this may be moot. Skookum's silence is deafening. I do hope he comes back, and as the Skookum we like. I bet he's a really nice person. He's passionate. That's a good thing, as long as it doesn't manifest itself in attacks. All the best. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm a bit worried that we haven't heard from him. BTW, Nice work on the lighthouses list, I see you've got one of my pics in there! I think I have one of two more from the Inside Passage, lemme check the hard drives ... The Interior (Talk) 17:03, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

This is none of my business but seeing this editor at ANI so many times over the past two years, this generous offer seems incredibly optimistic. I've never encountered a noncombative Snookum but one who, rather than discussing problems, posts block after block of text, going into repetitive diatribes about the faults of those he objects to. I know he has contributed a lot, content-wise, but he is so easily provoked, I can't see him working on articles without coming into conflict with someone. I think it is admirable though that you are offering him one last, last chance as you are setting up yourselves as his monitors, an unenviable assignment. Liz 21:15, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Liz. Actually, this offer is not optimistic at all. It is realistic: It has a small chance, but carries almost no cost. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:16, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Your lighthouse image? Wow. Small wikiworld. I'll check to see which one. Nice. I love image contribs. An image really tells the tale. That reminds me. Someone once said: "Small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it." :) And for some reason, all this reminded me of 9 O'Clock Gun. (I like the ESSO part.) :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:16, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-12

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

Recent changes

• The servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images.
• You can now see lists of bugs about Commons, Wikisource and Wiktionary.
• It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki.

Problems

• Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
• A puzzle piece icon () now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates.
• You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData.

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta.
• You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis.
• The final steps of single user login (SUL) will happen in April. You can see the rules to rename accounts.

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15:15, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-13

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

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
• The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page.
• VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor.
• When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it.

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system.

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15:10, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-14

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

Recent changes

• You can now hide site banners even if you don't have an account.
• You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Misplaced Pages. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki.
• All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser.
• You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly.
• VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
• VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias.
• You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account.
• You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Misplaced Pages. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles.
• You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page.
• VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more.

Meetings

• You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on IRC on March 31 at 16:00 (UTC).
• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:19, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

JSTOR approval

Hello. You removed my name from the JSTOR application page with an edit summary that said it was being moved to the approved page, but I don't see my name there. It appears that there may have been an editing mix up with the user above me. Can you tell me what my status is? Thanks! --Briancua (talk) 17:47, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Mine also. There were a number of approved requests that were deleted, instead of being moved to Misplaced Pages:JSTOR/Approved. So what does this mean? I got no notification and would have never known without searching the request page History. Are we now in limbo? — Maile (talk) 17:01, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, Briancua, — Maile , I distinctly remember saving the approved accounts edit, don't know what happened there. Will fix that. Both of you are approved, and so look for an email this week. Sorry for the confusion, was travelling all day yesterday, and missed the mistake. The Interior (Talk) 17:52, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm not sure if BrianCUA has gotten anything yet, but I have not. Any idea when it will come? Thanks. --BrianCUA (talk) 00:39, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Briancua, I haven't gotten anything, either. Guess the waiting is whenever someone gets around to it. — Maile (talk) 12:39, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

BrianCUA, — Maile , I'll inquire. In the past, it can take longer than expected, but the accounts do come through. I'll do an update for everyone at WT:JSTOR when I hear back. The Interior (Talk) 14:41, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

I got an email from you about a week ago and filled out the form, but still don't have log in information. Any idea how long that takes? Thanks for your help with this. --BrianCUA (talk) 14:33, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused too, when can I expect the email? I would wait patiently but I'm concerned that the email will go to Spam or not even arrive and then I'll never know. — Jeraphine Gryphon  16:00, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Jeraphine Gryphon, BrianCUA, — Maile , still stuck in limbo, working on it. Communications are bad. :( Jeraphine, I will post to WT:JSTOR when the emails go out. Sorry for the delays. The Interior (Talk) 16:35, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

That's okay, thanks. I can wait patiently now. :p — Jeraphine Gryphon  16:39, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

All, if you need a specific article while we are waiting, let me know, and I can email it to you. The Interior (Talk) 16:40, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

• The Interior, I got your email with the Google sign-up link two weeks ago on April 10, and filled it out immediately. Nothing else has happened. Do you think it will be much longer? — Maile (talk) 21:59, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

• — Maile , really hoped JSTOR would do the mailout out last Friday, but it looks like not. They said they would do so early this week if it didn't happen on Friday. If I don't hear anything by tomorrow, I'll follow up. But it should be very soon. Sorry for the delay, The Interior (Talk) 20:23, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

• OK, thanks. So far, nothing as of today. — Maile (talk) 21:59, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

• The Interior Still nothing. — Maile (talk) 14:40, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

• I got the access just now. Thanks. — Maile (talk) 20:56, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-15

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

Recent changes

• You can join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs.
• You can read the last monthly report. In the future you can read team reports every three months. You can see current work on the roadmap.
• The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month.
• You can use a new version of the Misplaced Pages app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends.

Problems

• The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary.
• Labs was broken several times this week.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
• You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor.
• Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed.
• You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people.

Meetings

• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis.

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15:42, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-15

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

Recent changes

• You can join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs.
• You can read the last monthly report. In the future you can read team reports every three months. You can see current work on the roadmap.
• The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month.
• You can use a new version of the Misplaced Pages app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends.

Problems

• The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary.
• Labs was broken several times this week.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
• You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor.
• Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed.
• You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people.

Meetings

• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis.

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16:42, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you very much for the music barnstar! -Myxomatosis57 (talk) 17:20, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

JSTOR

Hi Patrick—I'm listed as having it, No. 55 in the July 2014 tranche. But no email, so I don't know how to get access. Tony (talk) 15:33, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Tsk, sorry to bother you. I finally dug up an email from them. Thanks for organising. Tony (talk) 15:47, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Cheers, Tony, glad you sorted it out. Let me know if you have any trouble getting in. The Interior (Talk) 16:37, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

• Did I ever get access? No sign of an email 8-( Andy Dingley (talk) 15:08, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

• Andy, as far as I can tell, you didn't fill out the email form (may have gotten lost in your spam folder). Can you email me at earleypathotmail.com and I will get your address into the next mailout? The Interior (Talk) 16:08, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks, email sent Andy Dingley (talk) 16:49, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

• Cheers, got it. The Interior (Talk) 16:57, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

• Andy, haven't forgotten about you, you'll be in the next Round, hopefully going out in the next week or two. The Interior (Talk) 20:48, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Andy Dingley (talk) 21:15, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-16

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

Recent changes

• You can read the latest news about VisualEditor.
• You can now use the new translation tool on 22 Wikipedias. You now see the tool the first time you create a new page.
• The list of bad user names on your wiki no longer works. The global list replaces it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta.

Problems

• Some wikis had issues on Wednesday.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
• Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis.
• All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias.

Meetings

• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:41, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-17

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

Recent changes

• There was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis.
• VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis.
• You can get the new version of the Misplaced Pages app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends.
• If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet.

Problems

• There was a problem with Labs on Monday.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar).
• Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis.
• If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference.
• You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData.

Meetings

• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• You will soon be able to add and remove tags on edits.

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15:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Precious again

librarian
Thank you for expanding our knowledge about the interior of libraries and books, and for silent support and understanding, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Three years ago, you were the 105th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:09, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda! Hope all is well with you! The Interior (Talk) 16:09, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

"All" would be saying too much, see my talk ;) - but I am fine, stubbornly staying while others give up or are at least frustrated, - had my most successful DYK yesterday, DYK? - How about you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Library for Misplaced Pages ES

I talked about Misplaced Pages Library on GLAM Wiki Conference with Sadad. He told me that you are hosting a conversation about this other spanish wikipedians. In Wikimedia ES we are exploring the possibility of developing Misplaced Pages Library-ES. We may contact... Tramullas (talk) 10:56, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-18

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

Recent changes

• All accounts are now unique and work on all wikis.
• You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki.
• There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed.
• You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language.

Problems

• Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 22. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from April 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 29 (calendar).
• It is now clearer that you can delete several rows and columns when you edit tables in VisualEditor.
• You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor.
• You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor.
• You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready.

Meetings

• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 29 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:11, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Support request with team editing experiment project

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Misplaced Pages about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Misplaced Pages community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Misplaced Pages everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

Tech News: 2015-19

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

Recent changes

• You can now chat with other users in Phabricator.
• There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
• It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page.

Meetings

• You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on May 5 at 14:30 (UTC).
• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 6 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8.

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15:16, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

142.28.209.76

Thanks for blocking that IP vandal. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 21:02, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

A guy saved by Jesus, no problem! And thank you for the reversions. The Interior (Talk) 21:07, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

ALA Annual in SF

The latest library newsletter mentioned that "We are preparing to have a booth at ALA in San Francisco, host an editathon and give a talk." I live just an hour's drive north of San Francisco, and I've available during all the days (except Sunday) of the conference. I'd be happy to help out with the editathon and/or the booth. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 23:37, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Excellent John! The talk is on the Sunday, so unfortunately you'll miss that. But we've got the Editathon on Friday afternoon at the WMF office, and we'd love to have you on hand at the booth whenever you're available. I'll get you more details as things come together. Look forward to meeting you in person! The Interior (Talk) 23:49, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi John. I'd love your presence at the Friday editathon and you can also join us Friday evening for the opening gala at the exhibit hall in Moscone center, as well as Saturday at our booth in Moscone. If you want to be a part of that venue I will happily add you as one of the Misplaced Pages Library exhibitors (you need a badge to enter the exhibit hall). If you're interested in that part of it, will you email me at jorlowitzwikimedia.org with the username you'd like me to register you with (there's no cost, of course). Hope to see you soon! Best, Jake Ocaasi 02:02, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

@Ocaasi: Jake - I'm interested in both events on Friday, and helping at the booth on Saturday. I've emailed you, as requested. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:22, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

JSTOR

I was accepted last year, and if my memory serves, I filled out the email form and have login access. My question is, when I want to read certain pages of an article, I am still required to pay for the access, although I have free access to abstracts and searches. Is that how it's supposed to work, or have I done something incorrectly? Atsme☯ 14:55, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

I received access just recently, though a lot, and I mean a LOT, of articles are still behind a paywall. I was so disappointed I thought I'd come back here like, "nevermind, I don't want this, thanks", but looking around more it does seem like I have more access than I did before. Maybe. Not completely sure though what the difference is. — Jeraphine Gryphon  16:25, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Jeraphine Gryphon, Atsme, first, the bad news - there are two current limitations on the content with JSTOR. The first is the books content, and the second is the "moving wall" of recently published titles. There's a post on JSTOR talk that outlines this, but I should put that on the main page. (will do this weekend once the yard is cleaned up.) The good news is that we are trying to get at least the books content added - talking to JSTOR about that. Atsme, you should be able to access full text for archive journals - one way to be sure you're linked up with the Misplaced Pages account is to look in the right margin for the "Your access to JSTOR provided by JSTOR, in collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation" text. If you are in, one way to avoid abstract-only and restricted results is to select the "Include only content I can access" button in the search window. All that said, there could be an issue with your accounts. Let's test - search "Fraser River" in the advanced search with the "Include only content I can access" button ticked. First result should be "The Fraser River Humbug: Americans and Gold in the British Pacific Northwest", Robert E. Ficken. Let me know whether you can access that full-text. The Interior (Talk) 16:52, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Works for me. — Jeraphine Gryphon  17:41, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Hmmm...I don't see anything in the right margin that says "Your access to JSTOR provided by JSTOR, in collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation". All I have is login info in a box in the top right corner. I'm allowed to keep up to 3 items on my "shelf" and have to wait 14 days before they can be removed. I'm using the most recent Safari browser on a Mac. Atsme☯ 19:28, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

The access lasts for one year, did that year pass already? — Jeraphine Gryphon  06:33, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Not yet, but it's getting close. Atsme☯ 20:29, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

All accounts should be good until December 2015, they were just extended. Atsme, it doesn't sound like you are signed in. Search your inbox for the email from JSTOR, and try loggin in using those instructions. If you can't find that email, or your login isn't getting you the Misplaced Pages access, we'll have to touch base with JSTOR this week and see what the issue is. The Interior (Talk) 20:46, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, TI. I cannot find that email. I did not do a good job archiving last year, but am much better at it now. Atsme☯ 20:55, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

No worries, my archives are a mess. Will look into your account this week Atsme. The Interior (Talk) 21:30, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

I'm on. Thank you so much for your help and time. Atsme 22:38, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-20

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

Recent changes

• You can now make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor.
• You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community.
• The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes.

Problems

• There was a problem that caused slow editing.
• Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
• You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon.
• You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons.
• When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link.
• When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match.

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:54, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-21

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

Recent changes

• You can watch a video about the new graph tool.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
• References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page.
• You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works.
• The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons.
• You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday.
• UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file.
• A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Misplaced Pages on Thursday.

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join a technical meeting in France this week.

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15:29, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-22

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

Problems

• VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses.
• Some Labs tools had issues last week.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• You can add your ideas of new tools to help active users like you.

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16:26, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-23

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

Problems

• Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error.
• Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday.
• Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
• You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday.

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:43, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-24

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

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar).
• If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools.
• When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool.
• The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons.

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on June 10 at 14:30 (UTC).

Future changes

• If you have a bot, you may need to fix it. The default continuation mode of the API for action=query will change at the end of June.

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17:03, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Alexander Zaldostanov

On 9 June 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alexander Zaldostanov, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Russian biker and political activist Alexander Zaldostanov is a former surgeon? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Zaldostanov. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:17, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-25

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

Recent changes

• Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool.
• Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Misplaced Pages wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. It will be on June 19 at 16:00 (UTC).

Future changes

• Developers are working on a new tool to get and send newsletters. If you read or write a newsletter, share your ideas about it.
• If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use compat anymore.

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15:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Re: Skookum1

Skookum has returned from his three month block and started right back up with the same battleground behavior, incivility, personal attacks, and general rudeness, just as before. I think an "unblock" review is called for here to prevent further disruption. Viriditas (talk) 03:05, 17 June 2015 (UTC)