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Alternative medicine is covered by discretionary sanctions under WP:ARBPS

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Wikidata weekly summary #232

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.


Wikidata celebrates its 4th anniversary on October 29th. Around this date, a lot of events will happen online and offline.

Birthday events

Editors all around the world organize meetups to celebrate the birthday. You can join one of them or create an event in your own town!

Online

A lot of surprises, stories and presents will be shared between October 29th and November 4th. Check the project chat or the mailing-list every day to see what happens!

You can also participate by posting a story (more info here), a tweet with #WikidataBirthday, let a message or a present on the birthday page.

If you're participating to Wikidata's birthday, you can add this template to your user page.



  • Development
    • Fixed a rounding error in the geo coordinate formatter (see GitHub). Thanks, 0x686578!
    • Improvements to technical error messages, e.g. "illegal value" when editing a Commons media statement (phabricator:T141880).
    • Continued working on a new parser function to get rich, formatted statements.
    • Continued working on making entity usage information visible to users.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


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Tech News: 2016-43

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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

  • The abuse filters had a problem and caught too many edits. This has now been fixed. [1]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from October 26. It will be on all wikis from October 27 (calendar).
  • The "Search" text in the search box will show the name of the project. For example, on Wikipedia it will say "Search Wikipedia". [2]
  • About a dozen wikis now have numerical sorting in categories. If your wiki wants numerical sorting in categories you can ask for it. [3]
  • Some wikis that want numerical sorting in categories can also ask to use UCA to sort categories. The biggest difference is that characters with diacritics will be sorted together. For example, for most languages Ä will be sorted with A instead of at the end of the alphabet. This is not true for languages that have Ä as a character in their alphabet. Wikis that already use UCA are listed on Meta. Languages that can use UCA are listed on MediaWiki.org. You can test it.

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17:39, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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Ego-dystonic sexual orientation

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Carl!

Today you added Template:NPOV to Ego-dystonic sexual orientation. As that template's documentation indicates, you should add a message to the article's Talk page letting folks know what the concern is. Given particularly that there is no current conversation going on on the talk page (there hasn't been a discussion post in over a year), it's unclear what the concerns are. So if you could go back and raise your concerns in some text, I'd appreciate it! --Nat Gertler (talk) 22:21, 27 October 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-10-27T22:21:00.000Z","author":"NatGertler","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-NatGertler-2016-10-27T22:21:00.000Z-Ego-dystonic_sexual_orientation","replies":[],"displayName":"Nat Gertler"}}-->

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Brain waves

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Template:Brain waves has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 21:14, 28 October 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-10-28T21:14:00.000Z","author":"Frietjes","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Frietjes-2016-10-28T21:14:00.000Z-Nomination_for_deletion_of_Template:Brain_waves","replies":[]}}-->

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your behavior has been reported

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here 176.221.76.3 (talk) 17:55, 29 October 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-10-29T17:55:00.000Z","author":"176.221.76.3","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-176.221.76.3-2016-10-29T17:55:00.000Z-your_behavior_has_been_reported","replies":[]}}-->

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Your habitual dishonesty, hypocrisy and aggressive editing behaviour.

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Please refrain in future from making ridiculously false comments and claiming they are clearly supported by the arbitration decision when they are not. You seem to simply make stuff up to suit your obsessive personal agenda. Your editing behaviour is blatantly dishonest, hypocritical and aggressive. Afterwriting (talk) 10:05, 30 October 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-10-30T10:05:00.000Z","author":"Afterwriting","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Afterwriting-2016-10-30T10:05:00.000Z-Your_habitual_dishonesty,_hypocrisy_and_aggressive_editing_behaviour.","replies":[]}}-->

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Bullying of other editors

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You need to stop repeatedly bullying other editors as you have now done again with "The Banner". Your behaviour is a pathetic disgrace. Afterwriting (talk) 11:28, 30 October 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-10-30T11:28:00.000Z","author":"Afterwriting","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Afterwriting-2016-10-30T11:28:00.000Z-Bullying_of_other_editors","replies":["c-CFCF-2016-10-30T12:18:00.000Z-Afterwriting-2016-10-30T11:28:00.000Z"]}}-->

I am more than happy to be called a disgrace if it is in the face of promoting pseudoscience. Carl Fredrik 💌 📧 12:18, 30 October 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-10-30T12:18:00.000Z","author":"CFCF","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-CFCF-2016-10-30T12:18:00.000Z-Afterwriting-2016-10-30T11:28:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"Carl Fredrik"}}-->
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Wikidata weekly summary #233

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

The birthday week started and already a lot of events happened, presents have been shared, stories have been told! Here's what you may have missed:

The birthday party is not finished yet, every day until November 4th you will discover new presents and stories. Follow the project chat or the mailing-list or #Wikidatabirthday to get the news!

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.

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Tech News: 2016-44

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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

  • Now you can include Commons video films with subtitles in your wiki language. Before you could see translated videos on file page at Commons only. [4]
  • Search now has an updated preference tab to configure the search completion suggester. [5]
  • The visual editor is now available on all wikis using only one language script. [6]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 1st. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 2nd. It will be on all wikis from November 3rd (calendar).
  • Now you can use autocomplete for page names in "Preview page with this template (what's this?)" field when editing templates. [7]
  • Special:NewPages can now be filtered by page size. [8]

Future changes

  • New MediaWiki deployments will be now based on MediaWiki 1.29. [9]

Miscellaneous

Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

16:18, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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Invitation to "target countries" discussion

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Hello, CFCF! You can help the product team at the Wikimedia Foundation create a new list of countries and metrics to replace the "global south" concept in our process with something more relevant. Interested? Learn more about this discussion and share your perspective. (This message is available in more languages.) Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 01:51, 1 November 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-11-01T01:51:00.000Z","author":"JSutherland (WMF)","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-JSutherland_(WMF)-2016-11-01T01:51:00.000Z-Invitation_to_\"target_countries\"_discussion","replies":[],"displayName":"Joe Sutherland (WMF)"}}-->

Books and Bytes - Issue 19

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The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 19, September–October 2016
by Nikkimaria, Sadads and UY Scuti

  • New and expanded donations - Foreign Affairs, Open Edition, and many more
  • New Library Card Platform and Conference news
  • Spotlight: Fixing one million broken links

Read the full newsletter



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Are you sure you are Swedish?

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because they say here you tend to be inclusive  :) 178.222.109.211 (talk) 18:46, 1 November 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-11-01T18:46:00.000Z","author":"178.222.109.211","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-178.222.109.211-2016-11-01T18:46:00.000Z-Are_you_sure_you_are_Swedish?","replies":["c-CFCF-2016-11-01T22:14:00.000Z-178.222.109.211-2016-11-01T18:46:00.000Z"]}}-->

Haha, and we think the German's are crazy ;). For example: [10] Carl Fredrik 💌 📧 22:14, 1 November 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-11-01T22:14:00.000Z","author":"CFCF","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-CFCF-2016-11-01T22:14:00.000Z-178.222.109.211-2016-11-01T18:46:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"Carl Fredrik"}}-->
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Invitation to Asian Women Month

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Hi there! As you may know, this November is Asian Women Month, hosted by Wikipedia Asian Month and WikiWomen In Red. Our goal is to encourage coverage of Asian women in order to help overcome the Asian content gender gap. Asian Women Month observes the rules of Wikipedia Asian Month. You will receive a special Asian Women Month barnstar if you create four articles in accordance with the rules for the event, as well as a postcard sent from an Asian community! Thanks for your consideration. Read more here! -Rimmel.Edits Talk 20:04, 3 November 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-11-03T20:04:00.000Z","author":"Rimmel.Edits","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Rimmel.Edits-2016-11-03T20:04:00.000Z-Invitation_to_Asian_Women_Month","replies":[],"displayName":"Rimmel"}}-->

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The Signpost: 4 November 2016

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Objectivity of lead

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Normally the lead begins by describing the subject of the article objectively. Normative evaluations are generally placed at the close of the lead or in the body of the article as critical reception. Does this not make sense? In the case of Anthroposophy's lead, the question of it being considered pseudoscience is already covered in the lead's closing paragraph. To mention this twice is overkill, and to mention it in the first sentence (worse -- without attribution) is really not appropriate.

It might be worth comparing Encyclopedia Britannica's treatment of the theme. Clean Copytalk 21:21, 4 November 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-11-04T21:21:00.000Z","author":"Clean Copy","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Clean_Copy-2016-11-04T21:21:00.000Z-Objectivity_of_lead","replies":[]}}-->

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Chiropractic

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See: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Something fishy?? Negative labelling on Chiropractic. A request for clarification. The Banner talk 21:25, 4 November 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-11-04T21:25:00.000Z","author":"The Banner","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-The_Banner-2016-11-04T21:25:00.000Z-Chiropractic","replies":[],"displayName":"The\u00a0Banner"}}-->

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Reference errors on 4 November

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What was wrong

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With this[11]? It is a new condition but there are now lots of good sources. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:11, 6 November 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-11-06T19:11:00.000Z","author":"Doc James","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Doc_James-2016-11-06T19:11:00.000Z-What_was_wrong","replies":["c-CFCF-2016-11-06T20:21:00.000Z-Doc_James-2016-11-06T19:11:00.000Z"]}}-->

Doc James—I may have been a little quick, or even have tagged the wrong article. I removed the notice, thanks for the heads up. Carl Fredrik 💌 📧 20:21, 6 November 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-11-06T20:21:00.000Z","author":"CFCF","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-CFCF-2016-11-06T20:21:00.000Z-Doc_James-2016-11-06T19:11:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"Carl Fredrik"}}-->