Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous/archives/2022/June



2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates closed

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

The 2022 Board of Trustees election Call for Candidates has now closed. This Call led 12 candidates from the community to submit their applications. Learn more about the 2022 Board of Trustees candidates.

The Analysis Committee will now consider the candidates’ applications with the skills and criteria provided by the Board. The trustees seek certain skills and competencies to improve the capacity of the Board. After the Analysis Committee completes their review, the ratings of each candidate will be published. These ratings are for informational purposes only.

For more information about the 2022 Board election, you may find the timeline, voting information and other ways to get involved on Meta-wiki.

Thank you for your support,

Movement Strategy and Governance on behalf of the Elections Committee and the Board of Trustees
--SOyeyele (WMF) (talk) 13:58, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No category:stalking ?

there are many articles about stalking here, but I cannot find a category for stalking. Is it under a different name? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 20:22, 25 May 2022‎

@Ottawahitech: I don’t think there is one. Feel free to create one. [24Cr][talk] 12:55, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It would have been easier for me to create categories if I could use hotcat. But it seems that this ability is reserved only for users who are admins on Wikinews? Ottawahitech (talk) 13:59, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-23

02:46, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-24

16:58, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins confidence vote

I see that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins confidence vote has been moved to the disputed queue, but see no indication of what the dispute is all about. Can someone please help me understand? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 18:37, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Read the talk page. JJLiu112 (talk) 20:31, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a reason DaBaby Levitating remix losing US radio audiences after the rapper's comments on HIV/AIDS has cascading protection enabled? Ixfd64 (talk) 00:10, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ixfd64: No idea but I’ve removed it. [24Cr][talk] 12:38, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please remove the cascading protection from Taylor Swift's Evermore records biggest sales week of the year as it returns to No 1 on album chart as well?
I'd like to make some changes to Template:Infobox/lookup/Music, which is affected by the cascading protection. Thanks again! --Ixfd64 (talk) 16:24, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Ixfd64: Done. [24Cr][talk] 17:48, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-25

20:18, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Would invisible comments help expedite the review process?

It is my understanding that reviewing an article can take some time because the reviewer has to check all the sources. I imagine the process is complicated by the fact that we don't use inline citations like on Wikipedia. So this made me wonder: would it be useful to put sources in HTML comments?

Although the comments would be invisible to normal readers, reviewers would be able to use them to check the source of each statement. --Ixfd64 (talk) 22:16, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting point. I also wonder if Wikinews has guidelines for reviewers, and if so can someone please provide a link, thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 18:32, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Ixfd64: Apologies for the delayed response. Invisible comments help the reviewer immensely. If the comments just say exactly where in the source the information is from, it saves the reviewer having to look through each source for each piece of information. I know it shifts the onus to the article writers but it is a method I use professionally in my paid employment. I’m sure there are people who can zoom through a thousand words with photographic memories and light-speed scanning but I’m not one of those people. Even if have read a source, I’m still going to need to go back several times to check if I read something there. The shortest articles (150-200 words with two sources) are very easy to review (may be half an hour). However, if it is 1,000+ words with potentially a dozen sources and no hidden comments, a reviewer could be looking at 2-3 hours of checking. So, yes, please do add the hidden comments after every piece of information and help cut the reviewing time. [24Cr][talk] 12:41, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the information. This is very good to know! --Ixfd64 (talk) 16:16, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Ottawahitech: I’m not sure if there are specific guidelines on hidden comments but we have WN:Reviewing articles as the main policy and some other out of date pages. Other policies and guidelines also play a part, such as WN:NPOV. The general expectation of potential new reviewers has been to "learn on the job", i.e. if you can regularly craft articles that pass review, then you’ve probably got a good grasp of the reviewing process. [24Cr][talk] 12:53, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Desktop Improvements update

Making this the new default

Hello. I wanted to give you an update about the Desktop Improvements project, which the Wikimedia Foundation Web team has been working on for the past few years. Our work is almost finished! 🎉

We would love to see these improvements become the default for readers and editors across all wikis. In the coming weeks, we will begin conversations on more wikis, including yours. 🗓️ We will gladly read your suggestions!

The goals of the project are to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. The project consists of a series of feature improvements which make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, use article tabs and the user menu, and more. The improvements are already visible by default for readers and editors on more than 30 wikis, including Wikipedias in French, Portuguese, and Persian.

The changes apply to the Vector skin only, although it will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Monobook or Timeless users will not notice any changes.

The newest features
  • Table of contents - our version is easier to reach, gain context of the page, and navigate throughout the page without needing to scroll. It is currently tested across our pilot wikis. It is also available for editors who have opted into the Vector 2022 skin.
  • Page tools - now, there are two types of links in the sidebar. There are actions and tools for individual pages (like Related changes) and links of the wiki-wide nature (like Recent changes). We are going to separate these into two intuitive menus.
How to enable/disable the improvements
 
Global preferences
  • It is possible to opt-in individually in the appearance tab within the preferences by selecting "Vector (2022)". Also, it is possible to opt-in on all wikis using the global preferences.
  • On wikis where the changes are visible by default for all, logged-in users can always opt-out to the Legacy Vector. There is an easily accessible link in the sidebar of the new Vector.
Learn more and join our events

If you would like to follow the progress of our project, you can subscribe to our newsletter. You can read the pages of the project, check our FAQ, write on the project talk page, and join an online meeting with us.

Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 16:59, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-26

20:02, 27 June 2022 (UTC)