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== Administrators' newsletter – February 2019 ==
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).
Administrator changes
Enterprisey •
JJMC89
BorgQueen
Harro5 •
Jenks24 •
Graft •
R. Baley
Interface administrator changes
Enterprisey
Guideline and policy news
A
request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the
activity requirements for administrators.
Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent
request for comment has amended the
blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
A
request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating
The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.
Technical news
A
discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of
Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (
permalink ). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at
WP:PERM , where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.
Miscellaneous
Voting in the
2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The
confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically
check your eligibility to vote.
A new
IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be
identified .
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Did you know?
Newest
properties :
General datatypes:
affiliation string ,
RightsStatement status according to source website ,
trading name ,
Alexander–Briggs notation
External identifiers:
DIZIE ID ,
football.odessa.ua person ID ,
sport-strana.ru article ID ,
Homosaurus ID ,
funk channel ID ,
GEOFON earthquake ID ,
Georgian National Filmography ID ,
infosport.ru person ID ,
ManualsLib brand ID ,
MusicBrainz event ID ,
LGD local body code ,
HAER ID ,
Hymnary hymnal ID ,
Hymnary instance ID ,
Hymnary tune ID ,
Global Species ID ,
Amsterdam code
New
property proposals to review:
General datatypes:
does not have quality (2) ,
Den Digitale Byport-ID ,
expression of ,
calendar feed url ,
Total goals in career ,
Strepsiptera database species ID ,
Brentidae of the world species ID ,
Illustrated catalog of Tessaratomidae species ID ,
WBCHSE code
External identifiers:
Douban Book ID ,
Douban Musician ID ,
Douban Author ID ,
Douban Music ID ,
Douban Drama ID ,
Douban Game ID ,
Douban Read Author ID ,
Douban Read eBook ID ,
Douban Site Name ,
Douban Username ,
Zhihu username ,
Bilibili user ID ,
QQ number ,
Bilibili video ID ,
Bilibili bangumi ID ,
Bilibili tag ID ,
Mtime movie ID ,
Mtime people ID ,
Dictionary of Anhui Writers ID ,
Fuzhou Architecture Heritage ID ,
Eventa Servo ID ,
Rocks Backpages author ID ,
Rocks Backpages artist ID ,
Rocks Backpages publication ID ,
Hulu movie ID ,
Hulu series ID ,
Democracy Club ID ,
ISA ID ,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Schutzgebiete-ID ,
DALFAN ID ,
GameFAQs franchise ID ,
CABB player ID ,
castingvideos ID ,
Bildarchiv, Herder-Institut ,
IEEEXplore document ID ,
IEEEXplore author ID ,
Antarctica NZ Digital Asset Manager ,
Pacific Coast Architecture Database building ID ,
Twitter user ID ,
Australian Antarctic Data Center ,
Enciclopedia delle donne ID
Deleted properties :
P1112 (Pokédex number)
Query examples:
Once stuff has stayed around long enough,
citogenesis can take hold, and it can be hard to undo the damage from all the misinformation that has crept into permanently published "reliable sources". A lot of times, it's easier to remove a fact altogether than to try to get it corrected, when there's not a good source to back up the correct information. What happens quite often is that the only person who recognizes misinformation in an article is someone who can't fix it himself due to a COI.
MW131tester (
talk )
04:44, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
reply
Very true, see for example the claim that Tale of Two Cities is the top selling novel of all time, which has resurfaced on Wikipedia on several occasions.
All the best:
Rich
Farmbrough ,
16:55, 10 February 2019 (UTC) .
reply
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Did you know?
Newest
properties :
General datatypes:
day of regular release ,
Euler characteristic ,
has lyrics ,
maintenance method ,
CBFC rating ,
does not have quality
External identifiers:
Code of Natura 2000/FFH habitat ,
Douban Author ID ,
Douban Book ID ,
Douban Drama ID ,
Douban Game ID ,
Douban Music ID ,
Douban Musician ID ,
Douban Read Author ID ,
Douban Read eBook ID ,
Douban Site Name ,
Douban Username ,
Zhihu username ,
Bilibili bangumi ID ,
Bilibili tag ID ,
Bilibili username ,
Bilibili video ID ,
Eventa Servo ID ,
Mtime movie ID ,
QQ number ,
Swedish Organization Number ,
Rock's Backpages artist ID ,
Rock's Backpages author ID ,
Rock's Backpages publication ID ,
Mtime people ID ,
Democracy Club ID ,
Hulu movie ID ,
Hulu series ID ,
ISA ID ,
Fuzhou Architecture Heritage ID ,
DALFAN ID ,
Den Digitale Byport ID ,
GameFAQs franchise ID ,
NMSRCP reference number ,
Swiss Films ID ,
CABB player ID ,
castingvideos ID ,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern protected area ID ,
IEEEXplore author ID ,
IEEEXplore document ID ,
Strepsiptera database species ID ,
Image Archive, Herder-Institut ,
WBCHSE code ,
Antarctica NZ Digital Asset Manager ,
Brentidae of the world species ID ,
Pacific Coast Architecture Database building ID ,
Illustrated catalog of Tessaratomidae species ID
New
property proposals to review:
General datatypes:
creator name string ,
Literate population ,
Illiterate population ,
designated survivor ,
stall speed ,
maintain ,
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID ,
solar eclipse type ,
student organization of
External identifiers:
BibliotecaVirtualAndalucia authority ID ,
BIDICAM authority ID ,
BVPH authority ID ,
CCBAE ID ,
identifiant sur l'annuaire du service public ,
Joan Miró Online Image Bank ID ,
ISTC No. ,
KSI player ID ,
Board Game Atlas ID ,
LSE article ID ,
JWF Wrestlers Database ,
Georgian National Filmography ID for Persons ,
Eliseu Visconti Project ID ,
Indian census area code (1991) ,
AICTE Permanent ID ,
German School ID ,
DOGC ID ,
DoBIH Number
Query examples:
Development
Working on the "in more languages" and "all entered languages" parts of the termbox on mobile
Working on making undo, revert, edit summaries and more work for Shape Expressions
Fixed an error when detecting the same label and description in another Item (
phabricator:T194770 , thanks Matěj)
Making Lemma input on Lexeme pages save your input when you press enter (
phabricator:T206140 )
Making QuickStatements work more easily for other Docker-powered Wikibase instances (
phabricator:T205606 )
Worked more on making Federation work for making Statements on Wikimedia Commons (
phabricator:T214557 )
Working on stripping whitespaces at the beginning and end of Glosses when saving them (
phabricator:T212019 )
Looking into adding more signals to ORES' vandalism detection model so we can detect bad edits more accurately (
phabricator:T194737 )
Preventing a redirect of an Entity onto itself (
phabricator:T214775 )
Fixed an issue with adding sitelinks from Wikimedia Commons (
phabricator:T213975 )
Unified the separators between language and lexical category in different places (
phabricator:T201808 )
You entered a fact about
73775 . It's actually about 73774, and needs a citation. I believe it to accurate, but I tagged it for importance. —
Arthur Rubin
(talk)
11:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
reply
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Did you know?
Newest
properties :
General datatypes:
drag coefficient ,
illiterate population ,
literate population ,
non-free artwork image URL ,
taxon author citation ,
total goals in career ,
stall speed
External identifiers:
Enciclopedia delle donne ID ,
Joan Miró Online Image Bank ID ,
BIDICAM authority ID ,
Board Game Atlas ID ,
BVPH authority ID ,
CCBAE publication ID ,
ISTC No. ,
KSI player ID ,
Biblioteca Virtual Andalucía authority ID ,
Georgian National Filmography ID for Persons ,
JWF Wrestlers Database person ID ,
Indian census area code (1991) ,
Lithuanian Sport Encyclopedia (LSE) article ID ,
Eliseu Visconti Project ID ,
UN/CEFACT common code
New
property proposals to review:
General datatypes:
ScaleNet ID ,
Lokalhistoriewiki article ,
Identifiant itch.io ,
approach angle ,
departure angle ,
ride height ,
type of front suspensions ,
type of rear suspensions ,
Football Money League rank ,
is model of ,
constraint clarification ,
has phenotype ,
observed in ,
replacement property ,
evidenční číslo domu ,
Stack Exchange site
External identifiers:
WhoSampled artist ,
äriregister ,
ISO 639-3 Change Request ID ,
Queerly Represent Me identifier ,
V.League player ID ,
Martindale-Hubbell profile ,
Google Play Movies & TV id ,
Fondation Maeght ID ,
identifiant d'un jeu de données sur data.gouv.fr ,
BHL part ID ,
ETS Designated Institution code ,
Gateway to Research Project ID ,
Yandex.Music label ID ,
Yandex.Music genre ID
Query examples:
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here . If you want to help, you can also have a look at
the tasks needing a volunteer .
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect
Template:Cleanup-Html . Since you had some involvement with the Template:Cleanup-Html redirect, you might want to participate in
the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. --
Beland (
talk )
19:23, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
reply
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
If you're using Wikidata's data dumps, you may want to give feedback on a potential change about when those dumps are generated (
ticket )
Some games and tools developed during the
Wikidata hackathon in Ulm :
If you're developing new tools or hear about new tools, please add them to
Wikidata:Tools so other people can find them :)
Did you know?
Newest
properties :
General datatypes:
expression of ,
provisional house number in the Czech Republic ,
has role in modeling ,
observed in ,
has phenotype ,
type of front suspension ,
type of rear suspension
External identifiers:
AICTE Permanent ID ,
DOGC ID ,
DoBIH Number ,
ScaleNet ID ,
WhoSampled artist ID ,
Business Registry code (Estonia) ,
ISO 639-3 Change Request ID ,
Lokalhistoriewiki article ,
Crew united person ID ,
Fondation Maeght artist ID ,
data.gouv.fr dataset ID ,
V.League men's player ID ,
V.League women's player ID
New
property proposals to review:
General datatypes:
Total assists in career ,
Total points in career ,
Career plus-minus rating ,
Penalty minutes in career ,
Total power play goals in career ,
Total power play assists in career ,
Total shots in career ,
MeSH Descriptor ,
Former street name
External identifiers:
NZ On Screen person ID ,
NZ On Screen work ID ,
Brazilian Electoral Unit ID ,
Catálogo de Patrimonio Cultural de Castilla-La Mancha ID ,
PCAD firm ID ,
Inventário dos Monumentos RJ ID ,
SICRIS researcher ID ,
Physics History Network ID ,
Sachsen-Anhalt Schutzgebiete-ID ,
Amis du Louvre ID ,
Nationation Wrestling Hall of Fame d'un lutteur ,
Brillant Wiki ID ,
Official Charts artist ID ,
Nationation Wrestling Hall of Fame d'une équipe universitaire ,
Dimensions.guide ID ,
SensaCine movie ID ,
SensaCine series ID ,
Bilibili channel ID
Query examples:
Development
Updated some icons with the new WikimediaUI icon set (
phab:T209259 )
Fixed an issue that was causing occasional failures when creating new Items (
phab:T194299 )
Investigated Wikidata Tours not loading correctly (
phab:T215919 )
Adjusted spacing between Sense ID, bar and Gloss (
phab:T215502 )
Fixing a long time issue with introducing new data types in production (
phab:T216728 )
Fixing docs for backup of wikibase container images (
phab:T214941 )
Making undo, rollback and restore work on schema content pages (
phab:T214399 )
Improving edit summaries for schema content pages (
phab:T213724 )
Tightening up the process for editing "identifying information" for Schemas (
phab:T214466 )
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here . If you want to help, you can also have a look at
the tasks needing a volunteer .
Template:Ootaxa by year has been
nominated for deletion . You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page . –
Jonesey95 (
talk )
21:36, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
reply
Rather the categories have been replaced by "Parataxa" cats. All the best:
Rich
Farmbrough ,
21:58, 27 February 2019 (UTC) .
reply
Template:Alpha prefix pages has been
nominated for deletion . You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page .
Zack mann (
Talk to me /
What I been doing )
23:47, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
reply
Template:Rounding has been
nominated for deletion . You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page .
Zack mann (
Talk to me /
What I been doing )
18:24, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
reply