Dear Friends & Wikipedians, Celebrate the world's biggest sporting festival on Wikipedia. The Rio Olympics Edit-a-Ton aims to pay tribute to Indian athletes and sportsperson who represent India at Olympics. Please find more details here. Looking forward to your participation. Thank you Abhinav619 sent using MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 04:28, 29 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2016 (UTC)[ਜਵਾਬ]
Request for Autoconfirmed Protection of Main Page
It seems that the Main Page was blanked and replaced with some other content by a user today. This glaring fault lasted for almost nine hours before I reverted it. I would request that the Administrators apply Page Protection to the Main page so that only Autoconfirmed users can edit it. --Tow (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 00:45, 7 ਅਗਸਤ 2016 (UTC)[ਜਵਾਬ]
The Editing team is planning to change the name of the “ਸਫ਼ਾ ਸਾਂਭੋ” button to “ਸਫ਼ਾ ਛਾਪੋ” and “ਤਬਦੀਲੀਆਂ ਸਾਂਭੋ”. “ਸਫ਼ਾ ਛਾਪੋ” will be used when you create a new page. “ਤਬਦੀਲੀਆਂ ਸਾਂਭੋ” will be used when you change an existing page. The names will be consistent in all editing environments.[1][2]
This change will probably happen during the week of 30 August 2016. The change will be announced in Tech News when it happens.
If you are fluent in a language other than English, please check the status of translations at translatewiki.net for “ਸਫ਼ਾ ਛਾਪੋ” and “ਤਬਦੀਲੀਆਂ ਸਾਂਭੋ”.
The main reason for this change is to avoid confusion for new editors. Repeated user research studies with new editors have shown that some new editors believed that “ਸਫ਼ਾ ਸਾਂਭੋ” would save a private copy of a new page in their accounts, rather than permanently publishing their changes on the web. It is important for this part of the user interface to be clear, since it is difficult to remove public information after it is published. We believe that the confusion caused by the “ਸਫ਼ਾ ਸਾਂਭੋ” button increases the workload for experienced editors, who have to clean up the information that people unintentionally disclose, and report it to the functionaries and stewards to suppress it. Clarifying what the button does will reduce this problem.
Beyond that, the goal is to make all the wikis and languages more consistent, and some wikis made this change many years ago. The Legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation supports this change. Making the edit interface easier to understand will make it easier to handle licensing and privacy questions that may arise.
Any help pages or other basic documentation about how to edit pages will also need to be updated, on-wiki and elsewhere. On wiki pages, you can use the wikitext codes {{int:Publishpage}} and {{int:Publishchanges}} to display the new labels in the user's preferred language. For the language settings in your account preferences, these wikitext codes produce “ਸਫ਼ਾ ਛਾਪੋ” and “ਤਬਦੀਲੀਆਂ ਸਾਂਭੋ”.
Please share this news with community members who teach new editors and with others who may be interested.
I was told at the very beginning that Wikipedia doesn't pay for editing. So I did editing with my own happiness. I was invited for some physics articles, so I did what I was requested to. Now my economic situation is poor but I don't want any help to provide any help from Wikipedia administration. Once I asked to help some way but soon I realized they do not need me. They need crowd of new editors who will do their contribution and then leave like me and some other old editors. And then more new comers will be invited with the help of workshops, meetings or conferences in the name of development . However I like the aim of Wikipedia which provides free encyclopedia to public , in what manner it doesn't matter. Wikipedia is not responsible for my own poorness.
--param munde (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 13:10, 13 ਅਗਸਤ 2016 (UTC)[ਜਵਾਬ]
While India struggled to win medals, ending its tally with just two medals, there had been some spectacular performances. Abhinav Bindra, Jitu Rai were only marginally short at conceiving medals, while Saina-Bopana reached till the Bronze medal match, Depika Kumari lost to the world's best. At the most, Indian Hockey contingent reached the knock-out stage after so many years.
As per previous announcements earlier this year, the visual editor (ਵਿਜ਼ੁਅਲ ਐਡੀਟਰ) will be enabled at this Wikipedia in some days. It allows people to edit articles as if they were using a typical word processor. Here's a quick explanation of what is going to happen: you can find a more detailed one, with pictures, at mediawiki.org.
What's changing?
In the new system, you get a single edit tab which follows your preferences, and that therefore will launch the wikitext editor or the visual editor depending on which one you opened the last (Remember my last editor). This applies to everyone who edited recently, including anonymous users.
How do I switch to the other editor then?
Buttons on the toolbars of both editors were added months ago so that you can switch from one to the other every time you want to, without losing your changes and without having to save first. The button, located on the right side of the toolbar, looks like square brackets ([[ ]]) in the visual editor, and like a pencil () in the wikitext editor.
Are there other options available?
Yes. You can choose whether you want:
Always give me the visual editor if possible (if you temporarily switch to the wikitext editor through the button on the toolbar, the system won't remember it; also, it only applies to namespaces where the visual editor is available).
Always give me the source editor (if you temporarily switch to the visual editor through the button on the toolbar, the system won't remember it)
Show me both editor tabs (a system in place at multiple wikis since 2013. You are familiar with this option if you have been using the visual editor here.)
Please note: all the users will always have the opportunity to switch to the other editor via buttons on the toolbars, for occasional edits.
How do I set my preference?
If you want to try or to stay in the new system: you don't need to do anything.
If you had explicitly disabled the visual editor in the past and want to keep it disabled: you don't need to do anything.
All the registered users have a dropdown menu in the Editing tab of their Preferences (ਸੋਧ ਜਾਰੀ --> Editing mode:), where they can choose from. This only needs to be done once. Don't forget to save ;)
Users with the visual editor disabled need to re-enable it if they're interested in accessing that menu!
People who use the visual editor regularly will see a pop-up (only once after the single edit tab system is introduced), and they can choose their favorite setting there. Of course, they can change their mind at any time just like the others, and pick a different setting from their Preferences.
Anonymous users who have used the visual editor recently will also be able to choose which editor they want to edit with.
Reminder: all the users will always have the opportunity to switch to the other editor via buttons on the toolbars, for occasional edits.
Final remarks
Please spread the word about this major change in any way that you deem appropriate for this community, by linking to this announcement elsewhere, putting up a site notice, etc. Please note it will affect all the registered users at first, and after some days it will reach logged-out contributors as well if no major technical issues have arisen. Satdeep Gill, Parveer Grewal, Guglani: given your experience with this language and this community, I appreciate your support in making sure everyone here is aware of this change. Don't hesitate to ask questions, I'll be around for a while to help!
Please do let us know about any anomalies you think you're experiencing, and do post any other feedback below. I'd like to thank everyone who works to make the transition easier for this community, and whoever will help me processing feedback in your language.
Hello, CIS-A2K has published their newsletter for the months of July 2016. The edition includes details about these topics:
Event announcement: Tools orientation session for Telugu Wikimedians of Hyderabad
Programme reports of outreach, education programmes and community engagement programmes
Ongoing event: India at Rio Olympics 2016 edit-a-thon.
Program reports: Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles, Training-the-trainer programme and MediaWiki training at Pune
Greetings from Wikimedia India! Wiki Loves Monuments in India is an upcoming photo competition, part of the bigger Wiki Loves Monuments 2016. We welcome you all to be part of it, as participants and as volunteers. The aim of the contest is to ask the general public—readers and users of Wikipedia, photographers, hobbyists, etc.—to take pictures of cultural heritage monuments and upload them to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and its sister projects. This in turn would lead to creation of new articles along with development of new articles in Indian languages.
New Wikipedia Library accounts available now (August 2016)
Hello Wikimedians!
The TWL OWL says sign up today!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to published research as part of our publisher donation program. You can now sign up for new accounts and research materials from:
Nomos – Primarily German-language publisher of law and social sciences books and journals - 25 accounts
World Scientific – Scientific, technical, and medical journals - 50 accounts
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 18:38, 30 ਅਗਸਤ 2016 (UTC)
You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language! Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).
Hello again. This message is only available in English at this time: ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਰਜਮਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ. ਧੰਨਵਾਦ!
In the wikitext editor, the pencil icon allows you to switch to the visual editor.
In the visual editor, the [[ ]] (square brackets) icon allows you to switch to the wikitext editor. Please note that the button will soon say ਸਫ਼ਾ ਛਾਪੋ or ਤਬਦੀਲੀਆਂ ਸਾਂਭੋ, due to an unrelated change.
As some of you have noticed, this Wikipedia now has the visual editor (ਵਿਜ਼ੁਅਲ ਐਡੀਟਰ) enabled for all registered users. The rollout to logged-out users will likely happen in a week or so.
For an explanation of how the editing system now works and how to choose/go back to your favorite setting, please see my previous announcement above. If you wish to change your editing system preferences now, this can be done from this link to your Preferences --> ਸੋਧ ਜਾਰੀ --> Editing mode:.
All edits using the visual editor will be tagged with "ਵਿਜ਼ੁਅਲ ਐਡਿਟ" in recent changes, watchlists, and page histories. To access the User Guide for the visual editor, click on the "(?)" icon in its toolbar.
Please let us know if you find any problems. You can report issues directly in Phabricator, the new bug tracking system or on at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback; by all means, feel free to also ping or contact me directly if you prefer.
In case of emergency (like an unexpected bug causing widespread problems), please contact James Forrester, the product manager, at jforrester@wikimedia.org or on IRC in the #mediawiki-visualeditor channel.
PS: Are you seeing interface messages that are not in this wiki's language? Please fix this by providing translations here. Translations may be also provided for the user guide. Please contact me if you want guidance in contributing translations!
Just a heads-up that rollout of the visual editor on this wiki is now complete. Please refer to my previous messages for details. You can read the "checklist" that was written to help communities like yours in their process of adapting the visual editor to their customs and needs. Best, Elitre (WMF)18:27, 6 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2016 (UTC)[ਜਵਾਬ]
From September 13th on, RevisionSlider will be available as a beta feature in your wiki. The RevisionSlider adds a slider view to the diff page, so that you can easily move between revisions. The feature fulfills a wish from the German Community’s Technical Wishlist. Everyone is invited to test the feature and we hope that it will serve you well in your work!
Hello, CIS-A2K has published their newsletter for the months of August 2016. The edition includes details about these topics:
Event announcement: Tools orientation session for Telugu Wikimedians of Hyderabad
Programme reports of outreach, education programmes and community engagement programmes
Ongoing event: India at Rio Olympics 2016 edit-a-thon.
Program reports: Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles, Training-the-trainer programme and MediaWiki training at Pune
Greetings! The Project Grants program is currently accepting proposals for funding. There is just over a week left to submit before the October 11 deadline. If you have ideas for software, offline outreach, research, online community organizing, or other projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant request.
Hello! I'm writing from the Wikimedia Foundation to invite you to give your feedback on a proposed move from CC BY-SA 3.0 to a CC BY-SA 4.0 license across all Wikimedia projects. The consultation will run from October 5 to November 8, and we hope to receive a wide range of viewpoints and opinions. Please, if you are interested, take part in the discussion on Meta-Wiki.
