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16:52, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Mit

hey madguy i'm Mit. A 14 years old boy from Gujarat,India.That's my mother language Gujarati that you have noticed.I'm a big fan of einstein's theories and want to write down the theory of relativity.But I can't do it.If you have some suggetions,please sand it.Thank you.And my English is not so nice ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mit N. Patel (talkcontribs) 17:04, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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Full protection

I think it is best we request full protection page due to constant edit warring with the same user on Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 19). What do you think? Callmemirela (talk) 17:21, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Looks like a good idea. After all, they're using different IP addresses. MadGuy7023 (talk) 17:28, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
I will request once the edit warring restarts after the current protection is over. Callmemirela (talk) 20:45, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

something

ok,ok,I was just kidding on that. sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zach1281515 (talkcontribs) 23:31, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

my article

i very much enjoyed my article there bud you hurt my feelings :'( i worked very hard on making that and you gone and changed it i really i thought it made the article more fun to read but no you really hurt me dude reaaaaal bad :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.81.82.160 (talk) 19:27, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Sorry madman — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.94.75.61 (talk) 11:16, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

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16:47, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

FYI

I think you just reported yourself at AIV. Possibly it is a cut and paste error but I thought I would let you know ASAP so you can fix it. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 19:49, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

I just sorted it out thanks. wp:HG did it! MadGuy7023 (talk) 19:49, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Good deal. I am glad that the person harassing you got blocked :-)!! MarnetteD|Talk 19:51, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
I know. MadGuy7023 (talk) 19:52, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

our website offers flipkart discount deals

our website offers flipkart discount deals so we added as extarnal link so that if somebody wants they can avail discount from our website thanks !! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cpanetwork (talkcontribs) 22:13, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Principality of Catalonia

I'm trying to change some little mistakes about the term "Cortes", because this name is in Spanish language and it's historically innacurate to refer the "Corts" (in Catalan) in this language, and not exist a tradition in English about this name in Spanish if we want to talk about the Courts of Catalonia or Valencia, so i'm traslate the name in English, like in the article Catalan Courts. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.59.118.177 (talk) 22:20, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

List of fictional drugs deletion

Good morning, I saw that you deleted my addition of the drug Bang to the list of fictional drugs. This drug seems to meet the criteria for inclusion on the list. It is a named fictional drug that has its properties detailed in a well-known story by a famous author. In addition, it is important to the plot of the book. The story implies that it was originally intended to be medicinal, but if you'd prefer I can place it in the Recreational section instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.192.54.103 (talk) 14:45, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

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Reason for content removal from ambala page

content that was removed because content was highly seen as marketing material rather than information for visitors of page the institutes that was cited on the page was solely private properties promoting their business on Wikipedia violating norms

Please help in improving page,with your efforts

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.89.26.108 (talk) 14:45, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi, This is regarding the pade I created David RPO, which was been deleted. So, I wanted to know why was it deleted as I am new to wikipedia and like to know the criteria to create a page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srinivasprabhu933 (talkcontribs) 20:52, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi, This is about the page I created David RPO which was deleted, As I am new to Wikipedia I wanted to know the criteria t create a page. srini (talk) 21:01, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

There's no need to put your message on here twice. Just once is enough. Anyway, I tagged that page for speedy deletion because there was content on the page that appeared to be written like an advert. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. Someone else appears to have found out that some (or all) of the text on the page was copied directly from a website. Because Wikipedia text can be freely distributed, having copyrighted text is not allowed. The page was deleted for both those reasons.
I noticed you asked the same question about the criteria to create a page at the Teahouse. The people who responded there gave some good responses. I would have pointed you to the Article Wizard anyway. MadGuy7023 (talk) 11:49, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

MadGuy7023bot

The person doing the vandalism has also created the account MadGuy7023bot. I have blocked the account, and will delete the page that they created. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billinghurst (talkcontribs) 23:09, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

I was actually the person who reported them on wp:uaa for the obvious reason. MadGuy7023 (talk) 23:14, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
Saw that subsequently. I was working from the Wikimedia global account feeds as we were seeing issues xwiki (vandal known xwiki as "Vhaslhv"). We stewards have done some more major thwacking, and shared some notes, and hopefully can hold this off for a period of time). I will flag this for your local CU. — billinghurst sDrewth 23:27, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Reply

I checked your edit summary on the revert of my boo-boo. I did inadvertently save an earlier version of the page. Please accept my apologies. --StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 23:32, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

16:08, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

No More Deletion for Dancing with the Stars (Lebanese season 3)!

Please no more deletion for Dancing with the Stars (Lebanese season 3). I mean it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThorpLove (talkcontribs) 22:49, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

If you can explain why it should not be deleted then hopefully it will not. MadGuy7023 (talk) 22:59, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

sorry

i am sorry for any inconvenience. i made a dumb decision because i was bored. i hope i didn't cause any trouble. thank you. i won't do it again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.138.130.127 (talk) 15:54, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, MadGuy7023. Thank you for bringing your edit to my revision to A Boy Named Charlie Brown to my attention; I apologize for adding something not constructive. But it WAS accurate, right?

Cheers....

Hyde — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.46.65.33 (talk) 03:26, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

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sorry

sorry im an idiot that was pretty stupid and immature. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spikeymcl (talkcontribs) 22:37, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Halfway Festival

Hi. Could you explain why did you sign my page as patrolled one? Could you tell me what I should correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mala0czarna (talkcontribs) 23:32, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

You should look at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. MadGuy7023 (talk) 23:49, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

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I apologise for the edit on Matteo Ricci. It was being used as an example to not trust what you find on wikipedia and show that anything can be edited. I shall cease making edits for such purposes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 3lit3f0x (talkcontribs) 22:24, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

well

you did make a mistake sir change it back — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unknownperson123456 (talkcontribs) 23:12, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Why? MadGuy7023 (talk) 23:27, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

I was asking frosty a question — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tdogemery (talkcontribs) 23:10, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Don't ask questions to other people in articles so that everyone can see it. Ask them on their talk page. MadGuy7023 (talk) 23:17, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks, my little brother got on my account and edited it, sorry if it caused you any trouble — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jster131 (talkcontribs) 21:16, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you sooo much for fixing my userpage! Kitty 56 (talk) 22:32, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

17:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

hi

I deleted content because my content was earlier rejected and since I am new to wikipedia I am just making sure I start with some content and then build from there. My wiki page is on Sanjib Sahoo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikicontributorTH (talkcontribs) 23:14, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Michael Henderson quote

Hi, if you follow the link, you will see Henderson/Miles Davis is misquoted in this Wiki. It's a legendary quote among musicians so I wouldn't know why it had to be altered. Hence reverting it is unclear to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avantgardener (talkcontribs) 11:10, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.248.218.162 (talk) 23:25, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

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Michael Henderson quote

So, would you please revert to my changes? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avantgardener (talkcontribs) 18:36, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Why should be canceled or must have a consent an article that every nation has? the article still needs to be completed, with numerous art historical references, and current data, sales trends, and many other details. 79.50.122.82 (talk) 17:19, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

I suggest you put that on the page Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Real estate in Italy. You should put your reasoning why it should not be deleted on that page, instead of removing the AfD template from the page. MadGuy7023 (talk) 17:28, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

16:28, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

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i will 360 noscope tyou skrub u wut m8 i noscope edit all i want i am spoderman i changed for a good reason south africa has ebloa i tri to spred awerness for the ebloa i eat it and it needs to be warned i am no violationing to change my edits back u shrek skrublotrd — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rafidzaman (talkcontribs) 15:04, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

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why?

But this information was wrong, Simonetta Vespucci was not a hooker! So why not correct this? This needs to be corrected by someone. It is an incorrect information, and it is not right to give the wrong picture of someone innocent, surely we need to correct this, no? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.184.196 (talk) 17:35, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

If the information is not correct you should discuss this with other editors on the article's talk page. MadGuy7023 (talk) 21:42, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

16:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi I'm Salem, and the edits that some user has made was false or somewhat "fanfic" writing towards the pages, and I was only trying to erase the vandalism. Some user named [[63]] is putting false info on some of the BGC pages.

The edit that you restored.....is the vandalism that he created.

Reply back, — Preceding unsigned comment added by SalemCrow101 (talkcontribs) 22:09, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

OK, first of all, all talk page messages must be put at the bottom, not the top. That's why I moved your's down here. Anyway, there are some sources in the content that you removed. Of course, sources are required here otherwise we can't prove information is correct. Because I'm not familiar with that TV show, I don't know how correct the information is. If you feel that the user's edits need looking at, you can always report them to WP:ANI, although I would not recommend this unless the user is actually being disruptive. If you remove content from those pages again, please explain why in the edit summary otherwise your edit may be reverted again. MadGuy7023 (talk) 20:27, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Pegida page

It is NOT ISLAMOPHOBIC. I want that disgusting Islamophobic template removed from Pegida's page. Islamophobia doesn't exists. You as a rational person should be ashamed of yourself for supporting muslims and their disgusting religion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesmark1903 (talkcontribs) 03:06, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

I only reverted your edit because you removed an entire page's content. Removing all content from templates is not going to help in any way, because on the pages the template is being used on it will not show. And what's the point of thinking I support muslims if the only reason for the revert is because you blank a page without explaining why? Pages should not be blank - other people could have reverted your edit for the same reason if I didn't see it. MadGuy7023 (talk) 18:24, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

PEGIDA Islamophobia template

I will be removing Islamophobia template from PEGIDA's wiki page. PEGIDA is NOT Islamophobic. Islamophobia isn't real. PEGIDA is a patriotic and anti-islamization organization. Note: - Being opposed to Islamization and Islam are very different things. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesmark1903 (talkcontribs) 08:56, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

You mean this page? To remove the template from that page you need to remove {{islamophobia}} from it. You will have to explain why though in the edit summary. By the way, I'm not opposed to anything - the only reason why blankings are reverted is because if pages are blank it confuses readers. This is why they can be revereted by anyone. MadGuy7023 (talk) 10:48, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

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Small change in wiki page schooluniforms.

Hey i made a small change on the page schooluniforms, i have a book at home of : Dr Alfred Vogel, and he claims that girls get more colds in winter cause of womanclothings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Vogel. Regards, Edwin Emanuel Posse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.93.27.237 (talk) 23:45, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

User Page History

Hi,

Is it allowed for admins to remove information that can be used to identify people from a person's user page's history. I had such stuff there but have since removed it. It's still in the history though. Transcendence (talk) 20:06, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I know. I saw a request once on an administrator's talk page and they did it. I'm not an administrator so I can't delete revisions from a page history, but I'm sure any admin will do it if you ask them on their talk page. You can also request for the page to be deleted by putting {{db-u1}} on it and then after an administrator deletes it you can ask them to restore only the latest edit. MadGuy7023 (talk) 16:38, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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WikiProject Eurovision Newsletter - Issue 46

Issue 46
Headlines
  • Australia join the Eurovision family and will compete in Vienna.
  • • Project members urged to familiarise themselves with WP:BLP policies.
  • • Project templates have been revamped and renamed.
  • • Registration for the next Project Eurovision Cup opens.
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Unassessed articles 0 52
Good articles 21 0
A-class articles 1 0
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Number of members 99 6

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This newsletter was delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk), on behalf of WikiProject Eurovision 10:12, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

ok, i wont do it ever again, i thought i only saw it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.153.74 (talk) 19:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

I did not mean to

I left the page and when I came back I was editing it. Thank you for reverting it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.94.238.31 (talk) 21:35, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

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15:10, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

I am number four

I forgot to add a reason to what I did with the plot. Sorry about that. I was getting rid of the part where it told the entire story and not just the main details. The point of a summary is to give the reader a taste of what is going to happen. Make them question what will happen next. Make them want to know more. If they know the whole story there is no point in them reading the book or watching the movie (that had about 5 things in common with the book. One of those things being the title.) Sorry for any misunderstanding. If my changes weren't wanted at all it is fine that you have changed them back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yolanter (talkcontribs) 19:43, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

False info?

It's not false, it's stated on his official twitter page.

https://twitter.com/mrjamesmay — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.78.146 (talk) 20:13, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

I can't see any tweets on his Twitter profile that say it. MadGuy7023 (talk) 20:20, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Australian Survivor-2015 revival

I removed that section because there is not a single source and no confirmation on a revival. It is misleading to readers and doesn't belong on wikipedia. Speculation is for forum boards not on a page which is supposed to present facts. Please remove the section to allow wikipedia to maintain integrity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.3.161.72 (talk) 09:57, 26 March 2015‎ (UTC)

The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

Error on One Direction article (my account is too new to correct it)

In the first sentence of the One Direction article, which I saw you were supervising, it says the band is "comprised of" its four current members, which isn't grammatically correct.

Could you please change it to

One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London that comprises Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.

or

One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.

Thanks.

Uselesscrab (talk) 18:26, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

@Uselesscrab: I can't edit that page at this time because it has protection that only allows administrators to edit it, and I am not one. It also looks like its talk page is protected but this is so that only autoconfirmed users can edit it, meaning you can't edit it but I can. I have posted a request on that page referring to this. MadGuy7023 (talk) 21:45, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@Uselesscrab: Update: The Admin only protection on the article has now expired but no-one responded to the edit request on the 1D talk page until it expired, so they didn't do it. I have changed it to "composed of", hope that is OK with you. MadGuy7023 (talk) 16:59, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

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WikiProject Eurovision Cup - April 2015

WikiProject Eurovision Cup
EuroCup II

Dear Project Member

The winner of the first Project Eurovision Cup is Jjj1238, who achieved an outstanding 108 points. Androptrnt finished in second place with 30 points, and Moldova96 in third with 15 points.

The second contest has begun, with participants from the first contest automatically registered. The EuroCup II will run from 1 April to 30 June, to allow people to get articles reviewed for GA or FA status. The aim of the competition is to help improve many of the articles within Project Eurovision that would have been otherwise left neglected, by carrying out as many objectives as possible. The more objectives you do, the more points you will earn. So have you got what it takes to be crowned winner of the next Project Eurovision Cup? Project members who wish to participate have until 18 April to sign up.

The Project Cup judges, Wesley Mouse and CT Cooper, wish you all the best of luck.

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VisualEditor News #3—2015

Did you know?

When you click on a link to an article, you now see more information:

Screenshot showing the link tool's context menu


The link tool has been re-designed:

Screenshot of the link inspector


There are separate tabs for linking to internal and external pages.

The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has created new interfaces for the link and citation tools, as well as fixing many bugs and changing some elements of the design. Some of these bugs affected users of VisualEditor on mobile devices. Status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. The worklist for April through June is available in Phabricator.

A test of VisualEditor's effect on new editors at the English Wikipedia has just completed the first phase. During this test, half of newly registered editors had VisualEditor automatically enabled, and half did not. The main goal of the study is to learn which group was more likely to save an edit and to make productive, unreverted edits. Initial results will be posted at Meta later this month.

Recent improvements

Auto-fill features for citations are available at a few Wikipedias through the citoid service. Citoid takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. If Citoid is enabled on your wiki, then the design of the citation workflow changed during May. All citations are now created inside a single tool. Inside that tool, choose the tab you want (⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-auto⧽, ⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-manual⧽, or ⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-reuse⧽). The cite button is now labeled with the word "⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽" rather than a book icon, and the autofill citation dialog now has a more meaningful label, "⧼Citoid-citeFromIDDialog-lookup-button⧽", for the submit button.

The link tool has been redesigned based on feedback from Wikipedia editors and user testing. It now has two separate sections: one for links to articles and one for external links. When you select a link, its pop-up context menu shows the name of the linked page, a thumbnail image from the linked page, Wikidata's description, and/or appropriate icons for disambiguation pages, redirect pages and empty pages. Search results have been reduced to the first five pages. Several bugs were fixed, including a dark highlight that appeared over the first match in the link inspector (T98085).  

The special character inserter in VisualEditor now uses the same special character list as the wikitext editor. Admins at each wiki can also create a custom section for frequently used characters at the top of the list. Please read the instructions for customizing the list at mediawiki.org. Also, there is now a tooltip to describing each character in the special character inserter (T70425).

Several improvements have been made to templates. When you search for a template to insert, the list of results now contains descriptions of the templates. The parameter list inside the template dialog now remains open after inserting a parameter from the list, so that users don’t need to click on "⧼visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-add-param⧽" each time they want to add another parameter (T95696). The team added a new property for TemplateData, "Example", for template parameters. This optional, translatable property will show up when there is text describing how to use that parameter (T53049).

The design of the main toolbar and several other elements have changed slightly, to be consistent with the MediaWiki theme. In the Vector skin, individual items in the menu are separated visually by pale gray bars. Buttons and menus on the toolbar can now contain both an icon and a text label, rather than just one or the other. This new design feature is being used for the cite button on wikis where the Citoid service is enabled.

The team has released a long-desired improvement to the handling of non-existent images. If a non-existent image is linked in an article, then it is now visible in VisualEditor and can be selected, edited, replaced, or removed.

Let's work together

  • Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
  • The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, each Wednesday at 12:00 (noon) PDT (19:00 UTC). Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q4 blocker. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the Editing team's Q4 blocker project with the bug.
  • If your Wikivoyage, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, or other community wants to have VisualEditor made available by default to contributors, then please contact James Forrester.
  • If you would like to request the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki, please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.

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The winner of the second Project Eurovision Cup is Moldova98, who achieved a score of 54 points. Androptrnt finished in second place once again with 40 points, and Sims2aholic8 in third with 16 points.

The third edition has begun and will run from 1 July to 30 September, allowing participants a reasonable amount of time to have their articles which they may have nominated for GA or FA status, to be reviewed. The aim of the competition is to help improve many of the articles within Project Eurovision that would have been otherwise left neglected, by carrying out as many objectives as possible. The more objectives you do, the more points you will earn. So have you got what it takes to be crowned winner of the next Project Eurovision Cup? Project members who wish to participate can now register or de-register at any time by clicking here.

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VisualEditor News #4—2015

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Did you know?

You can add quotations marks before and after a title or phrase with a single click.

Select the relevant text. Find the correct quotations marks in the special character inserter tool (marked as Ω in the toolbar).

Screenshot showing the special character tool, selected text, and the special character that will be inserted


Click the button. VisualEditor will add the quotation marks on either side of the text you selected.

Screenshot showing the special character tool and the same text after the special character has been inserted


You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team have been working on mobile phone support. They have fixed many bugs and improved language support. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving language support and functionality on mobile devices.

Wikimania

The team attended Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City. There they participated in the Hackathon and met with individuals and groups of users. They also made several presentations about VisualEditor and the future of editing.

Following Wikimania, we announced winners for the VisualEditor 2015 Translathon. Our thanks and congratulations to users Halan-tul, Renessaince, जनक राज भट्ट (Janak Bhatta), Vahe Gharakhanyan, Warrakkk, and Eduardogobi.

For interface messages (translated at translatewiki.net), we saw the initiative affecting 42 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 56.5% before the translathon, and 78.2% after (+21.7%). In particular, Sakha improved from 12.2% to 94.2%; Brazilian Portuguese went from 50.6% to 100%; Taraškievica went from 44.9% to 85.3%; Doteli went from 1.3% to 41.2%. Also, while 1.7% of the messages were outdated across all languages before the translathon, the percentage dropped to 0.8% afterwards (-0.9%).

For documentation messages (on mediawiki.org), we saw the initiative affecting 24 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 26.6% before translathon, and 46.9% after (+20.3%).  There were particularly notable achievements for three languages. Armenian improved from 1% to 99%; Swedish, from 21% to 99%, and Brazilian Portuguese, from 34% to 83%. Outdated translations across all languages were reduced from 8.4% before translathon to 4.8% afterwards (-3.6%).

We published some graphs showing the effect of the event on the Translathon page. Thank you to the translators for participating and the translatewiki.net staff for facilitating this initiative.

Recent improvements

Auto-fill features for citations can be enabled on each Wikipedia. The tool uses the citoid service to convert a URL or DOI into a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. You can see an animated GIF of the quick, simple process at mediawiki.org. So far, about a dozen Wikipedias have enabled the auto-citation tool. To enable it for your wiki, follow the instructions at mediawiki.org.

Your wiki can customize the first section of the special character inserter in VisualEditor. Please follow the instructions at mediawiki.org to put the characters you want at the top. 

In other changes, if you need to fill in a CAPTCHA and get it wrong, then you can click to get a new one to complete. VisualEditor can now display and edit Vega-based graphs. If you use the Monobook skin, VisualEditor's appearance is now more consistent with other software.  

Future changes

The team will be changing the appearance of selected links inside VisualEditor. The purpose is to make it easy to see whether your cursor is inside or outside the link. When you select a link, the link label (the words shown on the page) will be enclosed in a faint box. If you place your cursor inside the box, then your changes to the link label will be part of the link. If you place your cursor outside the box, then it will not. This will make it easy to know when new characters will be added to the link and when they will not.

On the English Wikipedia, 10% of newly created accounts are now offered both the visual and the wikitext editors. A recent controlled trial showed no significant difference in survival or productivity for new users in the short term. New users with access to VisualEditor were very slightly less likely to produce results that needed reverting. You can learn more about this by watching a video of the July 2015 Wikimedia Research Showcase. The proportion of new accounts with access to both editing environments will be gradually increased over time. Eventually all new users have the choice between the two editing environments.

Let's work together

  • Share your ideas and ask questions at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback.
  • Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at mw:VisualEditor/IME Testing#What to test if you can help.
  • If your wiki would like VisualEditor enabled on another namespace, you can file a request in Phabricator. Please include a link to a community discussion about the requested change.
  • Please file requests for language-appropriate "Bold" and "Italic" icons for the styling menu in Phabricator.
  • The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
  • The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, usually on Tuesdays at 12:00 (noon) PDT (19:00 UTC). Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q1 blocker, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the main VisualEditor project with the bug.

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VisualEditor News #5—2015

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You can use the visual editor on smartphones and tablets.

Screenshot showing the menu for switching from the wikitext editor to VisualEditor

Click the pencil icon to open the editor for a page. Inside that, use the gear menu in the upper right corner to "Switch to visual editing".

The editing button will remember which editing environment you used last time, and give you the same one next time. The desktop site will be switching to a system similar to this one in the coming months.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs, added new features, and made some small design changes. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages like Japanese and Arabic, making it easier to edit on mobile devices, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

Educational features: The first time you use the visual editor, it now draws your attention to the Link and ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽ tools. When you click on the tools, it explains why you should use them. (T108620) Alongside this, the welcome message for new users has been simplified to make editing more welcoming. (T112354) More in-software educational features are planned.

Links:  It is now easier to understand when you are adding text to a link and when you are typing plain text next to it. (T74108T91285) The editor now fully supports ISBN, PMID or RFC numbers. (T109498, T110347, T63558)  These "magic links" use a custom link editing tool.

Uploads:  Registered editors can now upload images and other media to Commons while editing. Click the new tab in the "Insert Images and media" tool. You will be guided through the process without having to leave your edit. At the end, the image will be inserted. This tool is limited to one file at a time, owned by the user, and licensed under Commons's standard license. For more complex situations, the tool links to more advanced upload tools. You can also drag the image into the editor. This will be available in the wikitext editor later.

Mobile:  Previously, the visual editor was available on the mobile Wikipedia site only on tablets. Now, editors can use the visual editor on any size of device. (T85630)  Edit conflicts were previously broken on the mobile website. Edit conflicts can now be resolved in both wikitext and visual editors. (T111894) Sometimes templates and similar items could not be deleted on the mobile website. Selecting them caused the on-screen keyboard to hide with some browsers. Now there is a new "Delete" button, so that these things can be removed if the keyboard hides. (T62110) You can also edit table cells in mobile now.

Rich editing tools:  You can now add and edit sheet music in the visual editor. (T112925)  There are separate tabs for advanced options, such as MIDI and Ogg audio files. (T114227 and T113354)  When editing formulæ and other blocks, errors are shown as you edit. It is also possible to edit some types of graphs; adding new ones, and support for new types, will be coming.

On the English Wikipedia, the visual editor is now automatically available to anyone who creates an account. The preference switch was moved to the normal location, under Special:Preferences.

Future changes

You will soon be able to switch from the wikitext to the visual editor after you start editing. (T49779) Previously, you could only switch from the visual editor to the wikitext editor. Bi-directional switching will make possible a single edit tab. (T102398) This project will combine the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab, similar to the system already used on the mobile website. The "Edit" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time.

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