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Leef luuj, ich höb toch meh weer 'ns e nuuj arsjief aangemaak, went dees paasj begós waal erg lank te waere :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 5 dec 2014 21:44 (CET)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (December 2014)

Apologies for writing in English, please help translate this into your local language. 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 sign up for new accounts and research materials from:

• Elsevier - science and medicine journals and books
• Royal Society of Chemistry - chemistry journals
• Pelican Books - ebook monographs
• Public Catalogue Foundation- art books

Other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team.18 dec 2014 01:22 (CET)

You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).

This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.

VisualEditor News #10—2014

Did you know?

Basic table editing is now available in VisualEditor. You can add and remove rows and columns from tables at the click of a button.

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

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on table editing and performance. Their weekly status reports are posted on mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.

VisualEditor was deployed to several hundred remaining wikis as an opt-in beta feature at the end of November, except for most Wiktionaries (which depend heavily upon templates) and all Wikisources (which await integration with ProofreadPage).

Recent improvements

Basic support for editing tables is now available. You can add and delete tables, add and remove rows and columns, set or remove a caption for a table, and merge cells together. To change the contents of a cell, double-click inside it. More features will be added in the coming months. In addition, VisualEditor now ignores broken, invalid rowspan and colspan elements, instead of trying to repair them.

You can now use find and replace in VisualEditor, reachable through the tool menu or by pressing ^ Ctrl+F or ⌘ Cmd+F.

You can now create and edit simple <blockquote> paragraphs for quoting and indenting content. This changes a "Alinea" into a "Blokcitaat".

Some new keyboard sequences can be used to format content. At the start of the line, typing "* " will make the line a bullet list; "1." or "#" will make it a numbered list; "==" will make it a section heading; ": " will make it a blockquote. If you didn't mean to use these tools, you can press undo to undo the formatting change.

There are also two other keyboard sequences: "[[" for opening the link tool, and "{{" for opening the template tool, to help experienced editors. The existing standard keyboard shortcuts, like ^ Ctrl+K to open the link editor, still work.

If you add a category that has been redirected, then VisualEditor now adds its target. Categories without description pages show up as red.

You can again create and edit galleries as wikitext code.

Looking ahead

The current VisualEditor design will be replaced with a new theme designed by the User Experience group. The new theme will be visible for desktop systems at mediawiki.org in late December and on other sites in early January. (You can see a developer preview of the old "Apex" theme and the new "MediaWiki" one which will replace it.)

The Editing team plans to add auto-fill features for citations in January.

Planned changes to the media search dialog will make choosing between possible images easier.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• Translations of the user guide for most languages are outdated. Only Ukrainian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Dutch translations are nearly current. Please help complete the current translations for users who speak your language.
• Talk to the Editing team during the office hours via IRC. The next session is on Wednesday, 7 January 2015 at 22:00 UTC.
• File requests for language-appropriate "Vèt" and "Sjuuns" icons for the character formatting menu in Phabricator.
• The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
• If you would like to help with translations of this newsletter, please subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Subscribe or unsubscribe at Meta. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

26 dec 2014 20:00 (CET)

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review

Hello. A new policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, etc) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on smaller wikis. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.

We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for more than 2 years):

1. Pahles (bureaucrat, administrator)

These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.

However, if you as a community would like to create your own activity review process superseding the global one, want to make another decision about these inactive rights holders, or already have a policy that we missed, then please notify the stewards on Meta-Wiki so that we know not to proceed with the rights review on your wiki. Thanks, Rschen7754 15 jan 2015 06:52 (CET)

Dat is noe weer perceis 'tzelfde wie lèsten augustus. De stewards sjijne neet good mètein of mèt hun bots te communicere. V'r höbbe toen us beleid geformuleerd en 't hun ouch dudelek gezag. Iech höb ze daan ouch vertèld veur ziech estebleef neet mie mèt dit oonderwerp te meuje. Steinbach (euverlègk) 20 jan 2015 00:20 (CET)

Update: zjus nao 't poste gaof 'nen aandere steward al touw tot dit 'n vergissing waor. Steinbach (euverlègk) 20 jan 2015 00:20 (CET)

Inderdaad, steitj dudelik ónger Tröktrèkke van adminrechte. Nag mer e regelke toegeveug euver inactiviteit. Ich haop det ze bie meta in 't vervolg d'raan dinke. Ich höb meta juus efkes róndjbekeke, mer ich zeen nörges 'n paasj worop steitj det v'r 'n eige beleid höbbe, dus ich bön benuudj... --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 20 jan 2015 11:22 (CET)

Gevónje. Zuut t'r neet good oet vrees ich :P --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 20 jan 2015 11:25 (CET)

Limburgse tv-zender wil Wikipedianen in de uitzending

Een Limburgse tv-zender wil maandag (19/1) aan het eind van de middag een paar actieve Wikipedianen uit hun regio interviewen. Wie zou willen en kan maandag rond 17:00 u in Maastricht zijn? Neem even contact met mij op. rientjes[at]wikimedia[punt]nl. SRientjes (euverlègk) 17 jan 2015 09:22 (CET)

Moch 't uuch intrèssere: 't program is oetgestèld nao mörge (dinsdag). Daan zien Taketa en iech te zien in Avondgasten op L1! Steinbach (euverlègk) 19 jan 2015 14:09 (CET)

Succes! Mesjien kump 't nog ter sjpraoke: in 't Veldekejaorbook 2014, dat waarsjienlik volgende maond oetkump, sjteit 'n artikel (van miech) euver de Limburgse wikipedia die 10 jaor besjteit. Hie-in weurt besjreve wat tot noe bereik ies, wae vrnl verantwoordelik ies veur de artikele, 'n lies mèt dialekte die ziech al profileerde en die dat dus nog neet dege. 'nen Oproop aan Veldeke-lede um ouch te sjrieve, aan te völle in hun eige dialek enz.enz. Mèt veurbeelde en illustraties van 'n aantal lemma's, de begrippe redirect en verdudelikingspagina, die zoa belangriek zint in 'n sjtreektaal mèt zoaväöl versjillende dialekte en sjpellinge. De hoeveelheid sjtreek- en ander tale woa-in gesjreve weurt en die ziech onderin linke. En... uniek, allein 't logo van de Limburgse wikipedia dreug 'ne carnavalssjteek mèt de drie vastelaovesdaag ;)--Aelske (euverlègk) 19 jan 2015 15:25 (CET)

Bedankt dat jullie dit willen doen. Heel veel succes! SRientjes (euverlègk) 19 jan 2015 16:41 (CET)

Hieël sjiek! Wètj g'r ouch wie laat 't wuuertj oetgezónje? Den perbeer ich ouch te kieke :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 19 jan 2015 18:40 (CET)

Merci allemaol! :) @Owtb: de mins vaan L1 dee miech zjus belde, zag tot 't um tien veur zès begint. Steinbach (euverlègk) 19 jan 2015 18:42 (CET)

Danke Steinbach. Daoveur versjuuf ich 't aete waal e paar menuut :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 19 jan 2015 19:03 (CET)

Good gedaon Steinbach! Ich höb 't juus gekeke. Ze hawwen 't dich waal lestig gemaak mitte corruptie è :P Ich haop det v'r door dees promotie in eder geval get mieë luuj kriege die oos artikele laeze. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 20 jan 2015 18:47 (CET)

Toevallig han 'ch 't ooch gezieë! Prima!--Mergelsberg (euverlègk) 20 jan 2015 21:36 (CET)

Merci geer allebei! Jaomer genoog höb iech neet de gelegenheid gehad veur te benaodrökke tot Limbörgers oet alle heuk vaan de provincie hendeg welkom zien es bijdragers... N'importe of 't sjäöp of geite zien. :) Steinbach (euverlègk) 20 jan 2015 22:47 (CET)

Es eine vaan uuch 't heet gemis: g'r kint 't program hei trökzien. Steinbach (euverlègk) 20 jan 2015 23:01 (CET)

VisualEditor News #1—2015

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on VisualEditor's appearance, the coming Citoid reference service, and support for languages with complex input requirements. Status reports are posted on mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.

The Wikimedia Foundation has named its top priorities for this quarter (January to March). The first priority is making VisualEditor ready for deployment by default to all new users and logged-out users at the remaining large Wikipedias. You can help identify these requirements. There will be weekly triage meetings which will be open to volunteers beginning Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 12:00 (noon) PST (20:00 UTC). Tell Vice President of Engineering Damon Sicore, Product Manager James Forrester and other team members which bugs and features are most important to you. The decisions made at these meetings will determine what work is necessary for this quarter's goal of making VisualEditor ready for deployment to new users. The presence of volunteers who enjoy contributing MediaWiki code is particularly appreciated. Information about how to join the meeting will be posted at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal shortly before the meeting begins.

Due to some breaking changes in MobileFrontend and VisualEditor, VisualEditor was not working correctly on the mobile site for a couple of days in early January. The teams apologize for the problem.

Recent improvements

The new design for VisualEditor aligns with MediaWiki's Front-End Standards as led by the Design team. Several new versions of the OOjs UI library have also been released, and these also affect the appearance of VisualEditor and other MediaWiki software extensions. Most changes were minor, like changing the text size and the amount of white space in some windows. Buttons are consistently color-coded to indicate whether the action:

• starts a new task, like opening the ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-savedialog⧽ dialog: blue ,
• takes a constructive action, like inserting a citation: green ,
• might remove or lose your work, like removing a link: red , or
• is neutral, like opening a link in a new browser window: gray .

The TemplateData editor has been completely re-written to use a different design based on the same OOjs UI system as VisualEditor. (T67815, T73746.) This change fixed a couple of existing bugs and improved usability. (T73077, T73078.)

Search and replace in long documents is now faster. It does not highlight every occurrence if there are more than 100 on-screen at once.(T78234.)

Editors at the Hebrew and Russian Wikipedia requested the ability to use VisualEditor in the "Article Incubator" or drafts namespace. (T86688, T87027.) If your community would like VisualEditor enabled on another namespace on your wiki, then you can file a request in Phabricator. Please include a link to a community discussion about the requested change.

Looking ahead

The Editing team will soon add auto-fill features for citations. The Citoid service takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. After creating it, you will be able to change or add information to the citation, in the same way that you edit any other pre-existing citation in VisualEditor. Support for ISBNs, PMIDs, and other identifiers is planned. Later, editors will be able to contribute to the Citoid service's definitions for each website, to improve precision and reduce the need for manual corrections.

We will need editors to help test the new design of the special character inserter, especially if you speak Welsh, Breton, or another language that uses diacritics or special characters extensively. The new version should be available for testing next week. Please contact User:Whatamidoing (WMF) if you would like to be notified when the new version is available. After the special character tool is completed, VisualEditor will be deployed to all users at Phase 5 Wikipedias. This will affect about 50 mid-size and smaller Wikipedias, including Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Breton, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tatar, and Welsh. The date for this change has not been determined.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• Please help complete translations of the user guide for users who speak your language.
• Join the weekly bug triage meetings beginning Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 12:00 (noon) PST (20:00 UTC); information about how to join the meeting will be posted at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal shortly before the meeting begins, and you can also contact James F. to learn more about this initiative.
• Talk to the Editing team during the office hours via IRC. The next session is on Thursday, 19 February 2015 at 19:00 UTC.
• Subscribe or unsubscribe at Meta. If you would like to help with translations of this newsletter, please subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

5 fib 2015 19:30 (CET)

[Global proposal] m.Wikipedia.org: (alle) Pagina's bewerke

MediaWiki mobile

Hi, this message is to let you know that, on domains like li.m.wikipedia.org, unregistered users cannot edit. At the Wikimedia Forum, where global configuration changes are normally discussed, a few dozens users propose to restore normal editing permissions on all mobile sites. Please read and comment!

Thanks and sorry for writing in English, Nemo 1 mrt 2015 23:32 (CET)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (March 2015)

Apologies for writing in English, please help translate this into your local language. 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 sign up for new accounts and research materials from:

• Project MUSE — humanities and social science books and journals
• DynaMed — clinical reference tool for medical topics
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society — pharmaceutical information and practice resources
• Women Writers Online — a digital humanities database focused on women's literature
• Newspapers.com — American newspapers database w/ Open Access opportunities (expansion of accounts)

Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 2 mrt 2015 22:14 (CET)

Help us coordinate Wikipedia Library's distribution of accounts, communication of access opportunities and more! Please join our team at our new coordinator page.

This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.

Inspire Campaign: Improving diversity, improving content

This March, we’re organizing an Inspire Campaign to encourage and support new ideas for improving gender diversity on Wikimedia projects. Less than 20% of Wikimedia contributors are women, and many important topics are still missing in our content. We invite all Wikimedians to participate. If you have an idea that could help address this problem, please get involved today! The campaign runs until March 31.

All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive, positive feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your skills and experience may help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign and help this project better represent the world’s knowledge!

• Inspire Campaign main page

(Sorry for the English - please translate this message!) MediaWiki message delivery (euverlègk) 4 mrt 2015 21:02 (CET)

SUL finalization update

Hi all,apologies for writing in English, please read this page for important information and an update involving SUL finalization, scheduled to take place in one month. Thanks. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 13 mrt 2015 20:45 (CET)

Wist je dat

Sorry dat ik jullie even stoor voor iets waar we jullie niet al te veel tijd voor willen vragen. Op de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia bedenken we momenteel in het Wist je dat-project nieuwe weetjes voor op de voorpagina. We denken dat het leuk kan zijn, om uit elke taalregio in Nederland en Vlaanderen twee of drie weetjes te krijgen (minder of meer vinden we ook goed). Daar zouden namelijk hele interessante uit kunnen voortkomen, zo is onze gedachte. Die hoeven niet per se over taal te gaan, maar kunnen over van alles en nog wat gaan waar er juist lokaal kennis over is. Om de hulp in aantallen doen we het niet, want het project loopt goed en we denken over een week of zeven à tien klaar te zijn. Hopelijk wordt het idee sympathiek opgevat. In ieder geval bedankt voor de tijd en eventueel voor de moeite. Heel veel succes gewenst met deze taalversie van Wikipedia! Met vriendelijke groet, Ymnes (euverlègk) 17 mrt 2015 17:54 (CET)

Kiek mer 'ns op 't Veurblaad ónger 't köpke "Wis te al, dat...". Dao steitj van al en nag mieë. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 17 mrt 2015 18:04 (CET)

Bedankt voor de tip. De eerste is er al van overgenomen. Schroom ook zelf niet om voor te stellen. Zelf vind ik het Limburgs nogal lastig om te verstaan. Ymnes (euverlègk) 17 mrt 2015 18:46 (CET)

Ich zal 'ns róndjkieke veur waat ich taengekóm. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 17 mrt 2015 18:51 (CET)

Dat zou mooi zijn. Van alle kroegen in de regiotalen waarin ik deze oproep plaatste, kwamen de reacties alleen uit het Nedersaksisch (toch mooi vijf stuks!). Het hoeft overigens niet over taal te gaan. Ook geschiedenis, kunst, enz. enz., wat een mens maar bezighoudt. Dat was eigenlijk ook de opzet van mijn oproep. Prettig weekend! Ymnes (euverlègk) 11 apr 2015 09:22 (CEST)

User:OwtbBot

Leef luuj, ich höb beslaote miene botaccount te gebroeke es ich van te veure weit det ich väöl redireks gaon aanmake, zodet de RC neet raak euverspeuldj. Dees bewirkinge zeen puur handjmaesig. Veur klein redirekwirkzaamheje gebroek ich waal nag gewuuen mienen houfgebroeker, went anges is 't mich te väöl wirk mit in- en oetlogge. Ich num aan det g'r hie gei bezwaor taenge höb :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 22 mrt 2015 10:18 (CET)

Wikimania Mexico

Je kunt een beurs aanvragen voor Wikimania Mexico. Ad Huikeshoven (euverlègk) 22 mrt 2015 21:43 (CET)

Stewards confirmation rules

Hello, I made a proposal on Meta to change the rules for the steward confirmations. Currently consensus to remove is required for a steward to lose his status, however I think it's fairer to the community if every steward needed the consensus to keep. As this is an issue that affects all WMF wikis, I'm sending this notification to let people know & be able to participate. Best regards, --MF-W 10 apr 2015 18:13 (CEST)

VisualEditor News #2—2015

Did you know?

With Citoid in VisualEditor, you click the 'book with bookmark' icon and paste in the URL for a reliable source:

Citoid looks up the source for you and returns the citation results. Click the green "Insert" button to accept its results and add them to the article:

After inserting the citation, you can change it. Select the reference, and click the "Edit" button in the context menu to make changes.

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

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on VisualEditor's performance, the Citoid reference service, and support for languages with complex input requirements. Status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. The worklist for April through June is available in Phabricator.

The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, each Wednesday at 11:00 (noon) PDT (18:00 UTC). 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. Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal.

Recent improvements

VisualEditor is now substantially faster. In many cases, opening the page in VisualEditor is now faster than opening it in the wikitext editor. The new system has improved the code speed by 37% and network speed by almost 40%.

The Editing team is slowly adding auto-fill features for citations. This is currently available only at the French, Italian, and English Wikipedias. The Citoid service takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. After creating it, you will be able to change or add information to the citation, in the same way that you edit any other pre-existing citation in VisualEditor. Support for ISBNs, PMIDs, and other identifiers is planned. Later, editors will be able to improve precision and reduce the need for manual corrections by contributing to the Citoid service's definitions for each website.

Citoid requires good TemplateData for your citation templates. If you would like to request this 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.

The special character inserter has been improved, based upon feedback from active users. After this, VisualEditor was made available to all users of Wikipedias on the Phase 5 list on 30 March. This affected 53 mid-size and smaller Wikipedias, including Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Breton, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tatar, and Welsh.

Work continues to support languages with complex requirements, such as Korean and Japanese. These languages use input method editors ("IMEs”). Recent improvements to cursoring, backspace, and delete behavior will simplify typing in VisualEditor for these users.

The design for the image selection process is now using a "masonry fit" model. Images in the search results are displayed at the same height but at variable widths, similar to bricks of different sizes in a masonry wall, or the "packed" mode in image galleries. This style helps you find the right image by making it easier to see more details in images.

You can now drag and drop categories to re-arrange their order of appearance ​on the page.

The pop-up window that appears when you click on a reference, image, link, or other element, is called the "context menu". It now displays additional useful information, such as the destination of the link or the image's filename. The team has also added an explicit "Edit" button in the context menu, which helps new editors open the tool to change the item.

Invisible templates are marked by a puzzle piece icon so they can be interacted with. Users also will be able to see and edit HTML anchors now in section headings.

Users of the TemplateData GUI editor can now set a string as an optional text for the 'deprecated' property in addition to boolean value, which lets you tell users of the template what they should do instead. (T90734)

Looking ahead

The special character inserter in VisualEditor will soon use the same special character list as the wikitext editor. Admins at each wiki will also have the option of creating a custom section for frequently used characters at the top of the list. Instructions for customizing the list will be posted at mediawiki.org.

The team is discussing a test of VisualEditor with new users at the English Wikipedia, to see whether they have met their goals of making VisualEditor suitable for those editors. The timing is unknown, but might be relatively soon. (T90666)

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• Can you translate from English into any other language? Please check this list to see whether more interface translations are needed for your language. Contact us to get an account if you want to help!
• The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
• File requests for language-appropriate "Vèt" and "Sjuuns" icons for the character formatting menu in Phabricator.

Subscribe, unsubscribe or change the page where this newsletter is delivered at Meta. If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

10 apr 2015 21:48 (CEST)

Nominations are being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Greetings,

I am pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year the Board and the FDC Staff are looking for a diverse set of candidates from regions and projects that are traditionally under-represented on the board and in the movement as well as candidates with experience in technology, product or finance. To this end they have published letters describing what they think is needed and, recognizing that those who know the community the best are the community themselves, the election committee is accepting nominations for community members you think should run and will reach out to those nominated to provide them with information about the job and the election process.

This year, elections are being held for the following roles:

Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. There are three positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the board elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud
The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC Ombudsperson elections page.

The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 20 to 23:59 UTC May 5 for the Board and from 00:00 UTCApril 20 to 23:59 UTC April 30 for the FDC and FDC Ombudsperson. This year, we are accepting both self-nominations and nominations of others. More information on this election and the nomination process can be found on the 2015 Wikimedia elections page on Meta-Wiki.

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections -at- wikimedia.org

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, 05:03, 21 April 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

WMNL Nieuws

Dit Nederlandstalige bericht is geplaatst in De Kroeg of soortgelijke pagina op de projecten Wikipedia, WikiWoordenboek, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Commons en Wikidata in de bestaande taalversies Nederlands, Fries, Limburgs, Nedersaksisch en Zeeuws van deze projecten. Dit bericht is in de eerste plaats bedoeld voor mensen die in Nederland wonen.
Voel je vrij om dit Nederlandstalige bericht te vertalen in het Fries, Limburgs, Nedersaksisch of Zeeuws. De Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland ondersteunt onder andere het werk van de vrijwilligers die op Wikipedia of een van de zusterprojecten daarvan actief zijn.

Community

• De Koning reikt op woensdag 25 november 2015 de Erasmusprijs uit aan een Wikipediaan.
• De Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland is dit jaar op zaterdag 28 november 2015.

Bestuur

• De Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland (WMNL) heeft een nieuw bestuur. [1]
• Het jaarverslag 2014 is gepubliceerd. [2]
• Het bestuur van WMNL start binnenkort consultatie voor meerjarenplan 2016-2020. [3]
• Het bestuur van WMNL start binnenkort consultatie voor jaarplan 2016. [4]

Leden vrijstelling van geldelijke contributie voor actieve bewerkers Wikimedia-projecte

• Draag je actief bij aan Wikipedia of zusterprojecten dan kun je vrijstelling van contributie krijgen. [5]

Ad Huikeshoven (euverlègk) 28 apr 2015 21:55 (CEST)

Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections 2015

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson will continue during the voting. Nominations for the Board of Trustees will be accepted until 23:59 UTC May 5.

The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions on the committee being filled.

The FDC Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 3 to 23:59 UTC May 10. Click here to vote. Questions and discussion with the candidates will continue during that time. Click here to ask the FDC candidates a question. Click here to ask the FDC Ombudsperson candidates a question. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 FDC election page, the 2015 FDC Ombudsperson election page, and the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

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New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (May 2015)

Apologies for writing in English, please help translate this into your local language. Hello Wikimedians!

The TWL OWL says sign up today!

Today The Wikipedia Library announces signups for more free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials from:

• MIT Press Journals — scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences (200 accounts)
• Loeb Classical Library — Harvard University Press versions of Classical Greek and Latin literature with commentary and annotation (25 accounts)
• RIPM — music periodicals published between 1760 and 1966 (20 accounts)
• Sage Stats — social science data for geographies within the United States (10 accounts)
• HeinOnline — an extensive legal research database, including 2000 law-related journals as well as international legal history materials (25 accounts)

Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Project MUSE, JSTOR, DeGruyter, Newspapers.com and British Newspaper Archive. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 5 mei 2015 00:12 (CEST)

We need your help! Help coordinate Wikipedia Library's account distribution and global development! Please join our team at Global our new coordinator signup.

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Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections 2015

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Board will continue during the voting.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 17 to 23:59 UTC May 31. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

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Content Translation beta-feature is now available

Hello, Content Translation has now been enabled as an opt-in beta feature on this Wikipedia. To start translating, enable the beta feature and go to Special:ContentTranslation or to your contributions page and create a new translation by selecting the source language, the article name and target language. If the article already exists then a warning will be displayed. After you translate the article, you can publish it directly as a new page on the Wikipedia. In case the article gets created by another user while you were translating, you will see an option to save the newly published translation under your user namespace. The number of published pages can be seen on the Content Translation stats page.

Since, this is the first time we have installed the tool on this Wikipedia, there are chances that there may be some problems or service disruptions which we are not yet aware of. We will be monitoring the usage to check for any failures or issues, but please do let us know on the Content Translation talk page or through Phabricator if you spot any problems that prevent you from using the tool. For more information, please read about how to use the tool. You can also view a short screencast on how to use Content Translation. My apologies for writing this announcement only in English. Please feel free to translate this message for wider distribution. Thank you. --Runab WMF (euverlègk) 18 mei 2015 18:16 (CEST)

Aafwezigheid

Alderieës mien veróntsjöljiginge veur mien aafwezigheid d'n aafgeloupen tied. Ich höb 't memènteel nag hieël drök mitte scriptie veur mien studie, mer es alles good geit kóntj g'r mich euver 'n maondj weer trögk verwachte :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 27 mei 2015 09:08 (CEST)

Aoh, dao hooftse diech neet veur te verexcusere. Es eine vaan us 't aofgeloupe jaor hel bezeg is gewees, bistiech 't wel. Succes mèt dien scriptie. Zègk ins, geit ze mesjiens euver 't Limbörgs? :) Steinbach (euverlègk) 27 mei 2015 09:59 (CEST)

Danke :) Jao, kós ouch bao neet anges è ;) Ich vergeliek de toeane van 't Mofers mitte lettergreepstructuur van 't Älvdalska. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 27 mei 2015 19:47 (CEST)

Pywikibot compat will no longer be supported - Please migrate to pywikibot core

Sorry for English, I hope someone translates this.
Pywikibot (then "Pywikipediabot") was started back in 2002. In 2007 a new branch (formerly known as "rewrite", now called "core") was started from scratch using the MediaWiki API. The developers of Pywikibot have decided to stop supporting the compat version of Pywikibot due to bad performance and architectural errors that make it hard to update, compared to core. If you are using pywikibot compat it is likely your code will break due to upcoming MediaWiki API changes (e.g. T101524). It is highly recommended you migrate to the core framework. There is a migration guide, and please contact us if you have any problem.

There is an upcoming MediaWiki API breaking change that compat will not be updated for. If your bot's name is in this list, your bot will most likely break.

Thank you,
The Pywikibot development team, 19:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Bijwonen uitreiking Erasmusprijs

Excuses voor het Nederlands. Mijn Limburgs is niet toereikend helaas.
Gefeliciteerd met de Erasmusprijs! Op woensdag 25 november 2015 reikt de Koning de Erasmusprijs uit aan vertegenwoordigers van de internationale Wikipediagemeenschap. Het winnen van de Erasmusprijs is een erkenning voor het werk van alle Wikipedianen wereldwijd.
Tijdens de uitreiking van de Erasmusprijs kan een afvaardiging van Wikipedia-bewerkers aanwezig zijn als toeschouwer. De Stichting Praemium Erasmianum (SPE) heeft aan de Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland (WMNL) gevraagd om een lijst van zestig in Nederland of België woonachtige Wikipedianen. We willen de hulp van de Wikipedia-gemeenschap inroepen bij het vaststellen van deze lijst. Op basis van welke criteria moet worden bepaald welke Wikipedianen door de SPE kunnen worden uitgenodigd? Reageer op: Wikipedia:Uitreiking Erasmusprijs. FrankTMeijer (euverlègk) 10 jun 2015 22:15 (CEST)

VisualEditor News #3—2015

Did you know?

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

The link tool has been re-designed:

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 and fixed many bugs and changed 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 appropriate icons for disambiguation pages, redirect pages and empty pages (where applicable). 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, "Voorbeeld", 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, usually on Wednesday 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 Q4 blocker, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the VisualEditor 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.
• The team is planning the second VisualEditor-related "translathon" for July. Please follow this task on Phabricator for details and updates! Announcements will follow in due course.

Subscribe, unsubscribe or change the page where this newsletter is delivered at Meta. If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

13 jun 2015 12:44 (CEST)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (June 2015)

Hello Wikimedians!

The TWL OWL says sign up today!

Today The Wikipedia Library announces signups for more free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials from:

• Taylor & Francis — academic publisher of journals. The pilot includes two subject collections: Arts & Humanities and Biological, Environment & Earth Sciences. (30 accounts)
• World Bank eLibrary — digital platform containing all books, working papers, and journal articles published by the World Bank from the 1990s to the present. (100 accounts)
• AAAS — general interest science publisher, who publishes the journal Science among other sources (50 accounts)

New French-Language Branch!

• Érudit (en Francais) — Érudit is a French-Canadian scholarly aggregator primarily, humanities and social sciences, and contains sources in both English and French. Signups on both English and French Wikipedia (50 accounts).
• Cairn.info (en Francais) — Cairn.info is a Switzerland based online web portal of scholarly materials in the humanities and social sciences. Most sources are in French, but some also in English. Signups on both English and French Wikipedia (100 accounts).
• L'Harmattan — French language publisher across a wide range of non-fiction and fiction, with a strong selection of francophone African materials (1000 accounts).

Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including an expansion of accounts for Royal Society journals and remaining accounts on Project MUSE, JSTOR, DeGruyter, Highbeam Newspapers.com and British Newspaper Archive. If you have suggestions for journals or databases we should seek access to make a request! Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 22:08, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

We need your help! Help coordinate Wikipedia Library's account distribution and global development! Please join our team at our new coordinator signup.

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HTTPS

Apologies for writing in English.

Hi everyone.

Over the last few years, the Wikimedia Foundation has been working towards enabling HTTPS by default for all users, including unregistered ones, for better privacy and security for both readers and editors. This has taken a long time, as there were different aspects to take into account. Our servers haven't been ready to handle it. The Wikimedia Foundation has had to balance sometimes conflicting goals.

Forced HTTPS has just been implemented on all Wikimedia projects. Some of you might already be aware of this, as a few Wikipedia language versions were converted to HTTPS last week and the then affected communities were notified.

Most of Wikimedia editors shouldn't be affected at all. If you edit as registered user, you've probably already had to log in through HTTPS. We'll keep an eye on this to make sure everything is working as it should. Do get in touch with us if you have any problems after this change or contact me if you have any other questions.

/Johan (WMF)

20 jun 2015 00:01 (CEST)

WCN

Beste mensen, er is weer een oproep sprekers voor de WCN. De Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland vindt op zaterdag 28 november 2015 plaats, op de bekende locatie Meeting Plaza in Utrecht. Het is dé gelegenheid om over Wikipedia, vrije kennis en onze andere onderwerpen te praten. We zullen in het programma weer verschillende tracks in het programma hebben, en gaan mensen mét 'wiki-achtergrond' maar ook zónder aantrekken. Dus - als je een idee hebt, mail graag naar het adres in de oproep. Ziko (euverlègk)

Bijwonen uitreiking Erasmusprijs - inschrijving geopend

Twee weken geleden hebben we via de kroeg jullie hulp gevraagd bij het samenstellen van de uitnodigingslijst voor de uitreiking van de Erasmusprijs. Hartelijk dank voor jullie zeer welkome inbreng in de discussie. De inschrijving voor de feestelijke opening is inmiddels geopend. Iedereen die wil kan zich aanmelden via een openbare inschrijflijst of via Wikipedia e-mail. Zie voor meer informatie de projectpagina. Hartelijke groet FrankTMeijer (euverlègk) 23 jun 2015 21:13 (CEST)

Actuele artikele

Gooiemörrege, ederein! Iech kin mie zoe rappelere tot 't e sjabloon op wikipedia gief dat zeet tot 'n artikel actueel is en daorum nog dèks vaan inhajd zal veraandere. Iech weit evels nimmie de naom vaan dit sjabloon en dus wie iech 't in 't artikel kin zètte ('t geit hei um d'n Islamitische Staot (in Irak enne Levant).--Ortjens (euverlègk) 24 jun 2015 10:32 (CEST)

Zoeget gief 't op en: en nl:, meh vaan zoe'n sjabloon op li: weit iech niks. Steinbach (euverlègk) 24 jun 2015 14:07 (CEST)

Ouch bie mie weite guuef 't gei sjebloean veur actueel artikele. 't Steit dich netuurlik waal ummer vrie zoeaget aan te make :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 24 jun 2015 18:00 (CEST)

Bedoels dit sjabloon? https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjabloon:Wio Mergelsberg (euverlègk) 25 jun 2015 15:26 (CEST)

Mehnein, Ortjens heet 't euver 'n sjabloon is vrouwelek! wie dees, boeste mèt aongiefs tot 'n artikel geit euver 'n doorgoonde gebäörtenis en tot d'n inhaajd naovenant gaw kin veraandere (meh ouch: mesjiens neet gans mie klop mèt de lèste oontwikkelinge). Steinbach (euverlègk) 25 jun 2015 18:09 (CEST)

@'t sjebloean: Van Dale vindj 't allebei good en ich höb nag noeatj einen in Limbörg euver "deze sjebloean" huuere kallen of 't mós al 'ne Marokkaan zeen :P --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 26 jun 2015 08:57 (CEST)

Merci veur alle hölp. Höb 't sjabloon aongemaak mèt daank aon de ópmaak vaan 't wio-sjabloon en de teks vaan Steinbach: Sjabloon:Actueel. Deen teks is evels op 't Mestreechs gesjreve, dus es iemes häöm wil veraandere in 't AGL, be my guest.--Ortjens (euverlègk) 2 jul 2015 19:26 (CEST)

Proposal to create PNG thumbnails of static GIF images

The thumbnail of this gif is of really bad quality.

How a PNG thumb of this GIF would look like

There is a proposal at the Commons Village Pump requesting feedback about the thumbnails of static GIF images: It states that static GIF files should have their thumbnails created in PNG. The advantages of PNG over GIF would be visible especially with GIF images using an alpha channel. (compare the thumbnails on the side)

This change would affect all wikis, so if you support/oppose or want to give general feedback/concerns, please post them to the proposal page. Thank you. --McZusatz (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (euverlègk) 24 jul 2015 07:07 (CEST)

What does a Healthy Community look like to you?

Hi,
The Community Engagement department at the Wikimedia Foundation has launched a new learning campaign. The WMF wants to record community impressions about what makes a healthy online community. Share your views and/or create a drawing and take a chance to win a Wikimania 2016 scholarship! Join the WMF as we begin a conversation about Community Health. Contribute a drawing or answer the questions on the campaign's page.

Why get involved?

The world is changing. The way we relate to knowledge is transforming. As the next billion people come online, the Wikimedia movement is working to bring more users on the wiki projects. The way we interact and collaborate online are key to building sustainable projects. How accessible are Wikimedia projects to newcomers today? Are we helping each other learn?
Share your views on this matter that affects us all!
We invite everyone to take part in this learning campaign. Wikimedia Foundation will distribute one Wikimania Scholarship 2016 among those participants who are eligible.

More information

• All participants must have a registered user of at least one month antiquity on any Wikimedia project before the starting date of the campaign.
• All eligible contributions must be done until August 23, 2015 at 23:59 UTC
• Wiki link: Community Health learning campaign
• URL https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Community_Health_learning_campaign
• Contact: María Cruz / Twitter: Sjabloon:@WikiEval #CommunityHealth / email: evalSjabloon:@wikimediaSjabloon:Dotorg

Happy editing!

MediaWiki message delivery (euverlègk) 1 aug 2015 01:42 (CEST)

Wikidata: Access to data from arbitrary items is coming

(Sorry for writing in English)

When using data from Wikidata on Wikipedia and other sister projects, there is currently a limitation in place that hinders some use cases: data can only be accessed from the corresponding item. So, for example, the Wikipedia article about Berlin can only get data from the Wikidata item about Berlin but not from the item about Germany. This had technical reasons. We are now removing this limitation. It is already done for many projects. Your project is one of the next ones. We will roll out this feature here on August 12.

We invite you to play around with this new feature if you are one of the people who have been waiting for this for a long time. If you have technical issues/questions with this you can come to d:Wikidata:Contact the development team.

A note of caution: Please be careful with how many items you use for a single page. If it is too many pages, loading might get slow. We will have to see how the feature behaves in production to see where we need to tweak and how.

How to use it, once it is enabled:

• Parser function: {{#property:P36|from=Q183}} to get the capital from the item about Germany
• Lua: see mw:Extension:Wikibase Client/Lua

Cheers Lydia Pintscher MediaWiki message delivery (euverlègk) 3 aug 2015 19:46 (CEST)

Wikidata: Access to data from arbitrary items is here

(Sorry for writing in English)

Hi everyone,

As I have previously announced here we have now enabled the arbitrary access feature here. This means from now on you can make use of data from any Wikidata item in any article here. Before you could for example only access data about Berlin in the article about Berlin. If you want to find out more or have questions please come to d:Wikidata:Arbitrary access. I hope this will open up great possibilities for you and make your work easier. Cheers Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 12 aug 2015 15:32 (CEST)

Fout bij koppelinge touwveuge vaan aander taole

Daag allemaol. D'r geit get verkierd bij 't koppele vaan eus artikele nao aander taole sinds vendaog. Dit gilt in eder geval veur miech. Zoedrao iech mien nuiste artikel wilde linke mèt aander taole, zag de site tot iech neet stoond aongemèld bij de centrale gegevensrepository. Wie iech dat perbeerde te doen, leet de centrale gegevensrepository miech weite tot iech al in gelogd waor. Vervolges kós iech obbenuits mien artikel neet koppele mèt aander taole. Weit iemes wat d'r aon de hand is?--Ortjens (euverlègk) 13 aug 2015 14:52 (CEST)

Iech höb zoezjus de link veur diech touwgeveug; bij miech wèrk alles normaal. Gaank aanders direk nao Wikidata, mel diech aof en tenao weer aon; mesjiens hölp dat. Steinbach (euverlègk) 13 aug 2015 15:06 (CEST)

Niks sjijnt te helpe, mer toch bedaank veur de hölp. Iech krijg neet miene kans um te inlogge op Wikidata. Es iech miech perbeer in te logge op Wikidata, sjik heer miech automatisch weer door nao de hoofpagina mèt 't beriech: You are centrally logged in. Reload the page to apply your user settings. Vervolges, es iech de site vernui, zeen iech tot d'r niks is veraanderd en iech nog altied neet bin ingelog. Ouch es iech daan weer perbeer 'nen taol touw te voge bij 'n artikel gelök 't neet.--Ortjens (euverlègk) 13 aug 2015 15:13 (CEST)

Daan geef 't aon op Bugzilla. Mesjiens kinne ze dao 't probleem al. Steinbach (euverlègk) 13 aug 2015 16:31 (CEST)

Week vaan de kwaliteit

Leef lui, de 10.000 steit veur de deur. V'r zien zelfs evekes treuver gewees, door die intösse gewisde jaore-spam. Gefeliciteerd aon us eige, en zeker aon Ortjens en Ooswesthoesbes: die zien de lèste tied e stök actiever gewees es iech.

Mèt dees mielpaol in 't veuroetziech wèl iech eve veurstèlle tot v'r eve get minder hel goon loupe en mie de deepte ingoon. In plaots vaan massaol korte artikele aon te make zouw 't sjiek zien es v'r lang artikele aonlagte, bestoonde artikele get oetbreide (of actualisere, neet te vergete!) en zeker neet op de lèste plaots: get wio's aofmake. Es v'r de 10.000 hole, zal dat jummers oetgebreid weure vermeld: in de Hollandse Kaffee, in de sociaol media, bij Veldeke, etc. Daan is 't beter es v'r e groet aontal gedege artikele kinne tuine. Es iemes tien kier op "Willekäörig artikel" duit en tien kier e geografisch stumpke te zien krijg, daan zal 'r wel dinke vaan "o, iech snap al wie die 10.000 artikele tot stand zien gekoume." Meh es iemes in de "Recènte verangeringe" loert en 'r zuut us bezeg mèt allemaol gooj artikele, daan krijg 'r 'nen aanderen indrök.

Liek uuch dit get? Steinbach (euverlègk) 14 aug 2015 13:08 (CEST)

Gans mit èns. Ich zal de Noorse gemèndjes efkes op pauze zètte en de kómmendjen tied e paar lang, nuuj artikelen aanmaken en ouch Elfdaals perbere aaf te make. Al mót ich zègke det 't wersjienlik neet geit lökke de willekäörige artikele te verbaetere, went den mótte v'r nag hieël väöl aaj pagina's oetbreie. Positief: d'n Hóllenjer duit 't nag ummer väöl slechter es ós oppe willekäörige; de aafgeloupe vief kliks woren allein meh get biologiestumpkes van ein à twieë regels. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 14 aug 2015 17:46 (CEST)

Nein, 't zal idd lesteg weure um de kans op e laank artikel wezelek te verhoege. Meh 't is wel fijn um get tegeneuver de bulk vaan stumpkes te zètte. En dat vaan d'n Hollender klop ouch wel; laote v'r dat mer zoe hawwe daan! :) Steinbach (euverlègk) 14 aug 2015 19:37 (CEST)

Ouch iech bin 't d'r mèt eins. Iech zal veur noe eve de Noordriens-Wesfaalse gemeintes stop zitte. Iech gaon daan weer wijer mèt d'n Islamitische Staot, en bin daonao vaan plan um 'n hendeg oetgebreid artikel te make vaan Noordrien-Wesfale en oetindelek ouch Duitsland. Veur de res kin iech eve niks belaove. Mer dat lieket miech wel veur noe genóg veur 'n week.--Ortjens (euverlègk) 14 aug 2015 22:09 (CEST)

't Is mesjiens 'n ideeke óm alvas e lieske same te stèlle veur artikele die v'r eventueel kinnen aanprieze. Ich höb alvas get oete sterartikele gehaoldj. Ich haop det v'r dees maondj dao nag e paar nuuj of vernuudje artikele bie kinne plaatse (zeker get lokaals!) :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 15 aug 2015 21:18 (CEST)

Jao, good idee. Gere zaw iech get mie aondach wille besteije aon de actueel artikele. D'n Islamitische Staot zal zekere mörrege veerdeg zien. Mer daonao wil iech 'n hendeg oetgebreid artikel make vaan de Eurocrisis, Euromaidan en de Krimcrisis. Miech liek 't 'n hiel good idee um 'n rubriek op 't veurblaad te make vaan actueel artikele, zoe tot veer inderdaad de indrök geve vaan 'n modern encyclopedie. Wat iech veur miech zoog is 'n klein introductie vaan 't oetgeleech artikel (wat nao mien meining zaw mótte neerkomme op 't meis actuele artikel) um dao oonder ouch op ein reigel de aander actueel artikele te besjrieve. --Ortjens (euverlègk) 16 aug 2015 20:54 (CEST)- Ortjens

Waat v'r ouch kinne doon is "Wis te al, dat..." vervange door e köpke "In 't nuujs". Det köpke mót den waal op 'n apaart sjabloean staon zodet edere gebroeker det kan bewirke. Ich bön zelf al e tiedje 'nt dinke 't veurblaad óm te goeaje. Ich zal 'ns kieke of ich 'ne veurzat kan gaeve. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 17 aug 2015 11:05 (CEST)

Sjiek idee! Mót iech wel zègke tot iech daan nog ummertouw gere zaw zien tot in die kolom de actueel beriechte (Sjabloon:Actueel) weure oetgeliech. Die betuige naomelek vaan kwaliteit, get nuitsberiechte doen dat aamper. Al höb iech d'r niks op tege um die ouch d'r op te zètte as geer dat wil. Mer wat betref nuitsberiechte mótte veer dus zeker weite tot iemes zeker eine kier in de vief daog die nuitsberiechte bijhilt, en weit neet of dat noe zoe realistisch is. Dao-in tege kinne actueel beriechte 'ne langeren tied mèt. 't Arabisch Veurjaor is nog altied vaan groet belang in 't Midde Ooste. D'n Islamitische Staot greuit nog ummertouw in mach.--Ortjens (euverlègk) 17 aug 2015 12:42 (CEST)

Dao höbs se waal geliek. Mesjiens is e köpke "Actueel" mit waal 'ne link nao In 't nuujs den baeter :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 17 aug 2015 12:49 (CEST)

Jao! En zoedrao iemes weer zin krijg um in 't nuujs bij te hawwe, verzinne v'r wel weer get!----Ortjens (euverlègk) 18 aug 2015 01:05 (CEST)84.30.84.92 18 aug 2015 00:20 (CEST)

• Wikipedia:Sjterartikel: Donau, F.K. de Velbrück, Historie va Cyprus, Katwijks, Kestieël Mofert, Kleverlands, Nederland, Popmuziek, Rotterdam, Vakwerkhoes, Vastelaovend in Nederlands Limburg, Wilhelm II van Duutsjlandj, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Actueel artikele: Arabisch Veurjaor, Islamitische Staot en Valkebergse zedezaak
• Limbörg-gerilleteerdje artikele: Toeanen in 't Limbörgs
• Recènte artikele: Zieëhónj

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De boomkikker kump in "de Dort" veur.

Ut is veur mich alweer lang geleje det ich d'r gewaes bun,maar ich hub de baumkikker mit eige eug gezeen. Ein sjoon beesje.dae kin geniete van de werme zon op sien vel. Daodoor leup zien lichaamstemperatuur op en veult et beesje zich gelukkig.

Toet zover mien berichtgeving euver dit beesje in "de Groene Taille".

mit eine vreuntjelikke groet van Marco Pellegrino

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10.000

Ich höb vandaag efkes get gaas gegaove zodet neet ein of anger jaorartikel 't geit waere. Paragogische sjwa is oos 10.000e artikel! Ederein gefeliciteerdj! :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 31 aug 2015 15:33 (CEST)

Ook gefeliciteerd met jullie 10.000e artikel namens de 'Wes-Vlaomse Wikipedia'...;).--Zeisterre (euverlègk) 1 sep 2015 12:14 (CEST)

Gefeliciteerd Owtb! 't Kump diech zeker touw, mèt de hel inspanninge dieste diech de lèste jaore gedoon höbs! Is 't al in de Nederlandse Kroeg gezag? En wèt De Limburger of L1 al devaan? Steinbach (euverlègk) 1 sep 2015 16:13 (CEST)

Danke, mer ouch zeker aan de res. Es ich hie allein had gezaete woor ich d'r zoea klaor mit gewaes ;) Bie mie weite wètj nag nemes 't, behauve vls.wikipedia den. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 1 sep 2015 16:51 (CEST)

Congratulations from Alemannic Wikipedia! --Holder (euverlègk) 1 sep 2015 17:49 (CEST)

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Iech lees 't artikel noe pas. E bitteke goon oto-citere heh! :P (Mehnein, sjiek joonk, 't is ech good!)

Iech höb zoezjus e stök in d'n Hollandse Kaffee gezat. Later kom iech wel mèt e peersberiech veur De Limburger, L1 en 't Belang van Limburg. Hej iech eigelek al väöl ieder wèlle doen, meh iech waor örges aanders nujeg. Veur noe welteröste. Steinbach (euverlègk) 1 sep 2015 23:47 (CEST)

Hahah, mer jao ;) E sjoean stökske des se höbs gesjreve in De Kroeg. V'r höbbe nag tied. Die 10.000 waat v'r höbbe loupen ós neet eweg ;) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 2 sep 2015 00:26 (CEST)

Mesjiens det v'r trouwes ouch nag sites wie limburgsedialecten.nl kinne inlichte. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 2 sep 2015 10:56 (CEST)

Geweldige prestatie! Gefeliciteerd namens de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia :). Ik was van plan reeds om een andere reden de het Limburgs Dagblad en Dagblad de Limburger te benaderen (uitreiking Erasmusprijs) en zal dit ook meteen erbij melden. L1 mag iemand anders doen. Mvg, Taketa (euverlègk) 2 sep 2015 21:17 (CEST)

Dat is geweldig sjiek!--Mergelsberg (euverlègk) 6 sep 2015 09:33 (CEST)

Iech höb zoezjus mèt eine mins vaan De Limburger gebeld. Es 't mètzit, steit 't mörge in de gezèt, aanders later. Steinbach (euverlègk) 6 sep 2015 17:02 (CEST)

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Op Facebook

Op de Facebookpagina van Veldeke-Limburg sjteit de mètdeiling dat de Limburgse Wikipedia 10.000 artikele haet. Dat beriech ies op einen daag door miè es 2400 luuj bekeke! Veldeke Belsj Limburg Facebook haet dat beriech gedeild en ouch de FB-pagina Kal Plat vroog de luuj um te sjrieve. [[6]], [[7]], [[8]]. Bin benuujd!--Aelske (euverlègk) 5 sep 2015 22:38 (CEST)

Ich zoog 't! Sjiek!--Mergelsberg (euverlègk) 6 sep 2015 09:29 (CEST)

Regiolekbiedraag

Weer zóllen hie inne toekóms ummer mieë mit te make kriege. Gebroekers die neet in ein specefiek dialek sjrieve, mer in e gemingk dialek (regiolek). Es veurbild zów ich gaer ‎Stephan 0796 wille aandrage. Zien biedraag zeen gesjreve in 'n mingeling tösse 't Haerles en 't Vinloos. Veur noe höbbe v'r kónstant "Heëlesj" d'rbaove gezatte, meh det klop örges toch neet. Wuuertj 't mesjiens neet 'ns tied veur e sjebloean "Regiolek"? --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 10 sep 2015 14:40 (CEST)

Nein, want zoe regiolek is in feite ummer 'ne misjmasj vaan invlood oet alle heuk. En daorum zelfs veur lui oet dezelfde plaots versjèllend. Zoe sjabloon debove zeet dus niks. In ieder gevalle wie dit höb iech ummer beslote um niks bove 't artikel te zètte. De taol is daan neet heileg: edereine kin get aon 't artikel touwveuge in zien eige dialek.

't Feit tot Stephan ummer "Heëlesj" bove zien artikele zèt, zouw wel ins kinne beteikene tot 'r 't leefste zuver Heerlens zouw sjrieve. In dat geval zouw me häöm daobij mote assistere. Steinbach (euverlègk) 10 sep 2015 15:26 (CEST)

Ich mót bekènne det ich 't zelf heel irritant vinj es nieks baoven 'n artikel steit, mit oetzunjering van jaortalle en lieste. Eventueel zówwe v'r waal veur misjmasj kinne gebroeke, went feitelik steit zón artikel den ouch in versjillige dialekte.

Det litste waat se zaes dao zitj waal get in. Wie zówwe v'r 'm hie den mit kinne helpe? --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 10 sep 2015 16:41 (CEST)

Neet ech, tot 't hei 'ne "riechtegen" Heerleneer gief (of iemes mèt 'nen Heerlesen dictionair). 't Aongeve vaan e specifiek (Veldeke-)dialek is 'n idee wat zoewiezoe op de lang termien veur perbleme zaw gaon zörge, veural vaan de nao-oorlogse ginneratie gief 't bijnao niemes mie die 'n bepaold dialek zuver, zoonder invlooj vaan boete-aof, kin spreke (laote v'r neet vergete tot bekans niemes mie in Heerlen Limbörgs sprik, in degeen die dat nog doen spreke 't dèks slech, väöl slechter es Stephan; dus dao kump de iewege taolkundege vraog: Wat is riechteg Heerles, es de meiste Heerlenere 't neet riechteg spreke?) De Mestreechtenere, puriste tot ze zien, vörme mesjiens 'n oetzundering dao in. Mien Mestreechs is evels ouch beïnvlood door 't Nederlands (de "mien en miene" fout maak iech hendeg dèks, en vaan miene leeftied, ca. 16-26 maak bijnao ederein die fout) en mien mam is Valkebergs dus dat heet ouch vas en zeker zien invlooj gehad. Mer gein haor op miene kop tot iech mien dialek gaon veraandere in misjmasj of Mestreechs beïnvloojd door Hollands en Valkebergs. Euver 't algemein zien Stephans artikele gans Heerles, boe-in hoegoet kin weure gesproke vaan liechte noordeleke invlood. Sommege dinger kinne veer euvereges ouch zelf corrigere, wie Stephans ich nao iech (wat miech trouwes ierder 'n spellingsfout lieket, in Vinlo spreke ze neet vaan ich mer vaan ik). Kortum, es 't aontal gebrukers geit greuie, en laote v'r dat meh hope, daan gaon d'r ummertouw mie Limbörgers komme die 'n zeker dialek spreke mèt invlooje vaan aandere dialekte en staanderttaole (veural die vaan mien ginneratie). Evels identificere ouch de jong, "beïnvloojde" Limbörgers ziech bekans altied mèt e specifiek dialek en kump die identificatie bijnao altied groofweeg euverein mèt hun vocabulaire. Es 't daan iemes gief dee 't dialek zuverder meint te spreke is dat interessante stof veur discussie en in zoen discussie gilt natuurlek gewoen: wat Veldeke zeet, is riechteg. Iech hoop tot ederein ziech kin vinde in mien opinie!--Ortjens (euverlègk) 12 sep 2015 19:07 (CEST)

Ich bön 't d'r neet gans mit èns. In zeker richting bewaege de dialekte toch nao ein specefiek dialek haer, wie 't Hertes, Zjwaams richting 't Remunjs; 't Häörs, Rogkels richting e gemeinsjappelik Leudaals, etc. In dit val geit 't specefiek óm 'n mingeling tösse twieë angeszins ónverwantje dialekte, 't Heëlesj en 't Vinloos, mit e zeker Hóllesj substraot (aafwaezigheid van umlaut in wirkwaord etc).

Waal höbs se geliek det "zuver dialek" gans get anges is. Waat is zuver? 't Mofers van de 50+ generatie, det van 't 90+? Det kans se neet zègke. Alle dialekte höbbe zoea häör eige speelruumdje en det vingk ouch waal e deil van dit perbleem op.

Den 't litste. Kan ich toete conclusie kómme det v'r Stephan zie Heëlesj mótte verbaetere door 'm get tips te gaeve? --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 13 sep 2015 19:32 (CEST)

Taolkundege oontwikkelinge kinne natuurlek dèks neet objectief weure oetgelach, dus iech dink tot veer neet hove te wachte totdat veer 't allemaol eins zien euver de Wikipedia-hawwing op Limbörgse dialekte. Wel dink iech tot 't perbleem hei is tot de Limbörgstaolege Wikipedia d'r bewös veur heet gekoze um veur "zuver dialekte" te gaon, en daomèt dus "volges 't beukske". In dee kin me dus wel zègke wat "zuver Limbörgs" is volges Wikipedia en dat is meistens gesproke door de awwer lui (iech dink daan inderdaad aon 60+). Wat iech evels 't belangriekste vin is tot Stephan:

1. Ziech identificeert mèt Heerles
2. 't Dialek wat heer gebruuk vaan alle "staandertdialekte" 't meis euvereinkump mèt Heerles
3. Evels wel ope mót staon veur verbeteringe vaan zien grammatica en spèllings; immers, es heer Heerles meint de spreke, mót heer ouch ope staon veur correcties um zien taolgebruuk daodwèrkelek riechteg Heerles te kriege

Veer kinne häöm op väöl gebeeje helpe. Mer op zoen mominte zaw 'nen Heerleneer wel te pas kinne komme!

--Ortjens (euverlègk) 14 sep 2015 15:58 (CEST)

Dao kin ich mich op zich waal in vinje :) Zelf behieërsj ich 't Heëlesj aevel ouch neet. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 14 sep 2015 18:43 (CEST)

De Limburger

Ich zoog juus 't artikel "Mijlpaal 'Wikipedia op z'n Limburgs'" inne Limburger staon. Sjoean óm te zeen det v'r mieër es allein 'n stumpke höbbe gekrege inne gezèt. En ouch sjoean óm e stökske Mofers te laeze :P Weeróm mien complimente aan Steinbach dae de PR-sectie van oos oetgaaf reprizzenteertj :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 12 sep 2015 18:47 (CEST)

Sjiek um te hure!--Ortjens (euverlègk) 12 sep 2015 19:10 (CEST)

Sjiek! Iech höb' t dink neet, want De Limburger is hei in "'t Noorde" neet te koup. Wee kin 't miech sjikke? Steinbach (euverlègk) 14 sep 2015 17:01 (CEST)

Ich zal 't dich efkes inscanne en opsjikke. Ich num aan des se nag ummer 't zelvendje e-mailadres höbs. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 14 sep 2015 18:42 (CEST)

New Wikipedia Library Database Access (September 2015)

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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 sign up for new accounts and research materials from:

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• Al Manhal - an Arabic and English database with a wide range of sources, largely focused on or published in the Middle East (60 accounts)
• Jamalon - an Arabic book distributor, who is providing targeted book delivery to volunteers (50 editors)

Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including expanded accounts for Elsevier ScienceDirect, British Medical Journal and Dynamed and additional accounts for Project MUSE, DeGruyter, Newspapers.com, Highbeam and HeinOnline. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
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Only one week left for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

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There is still one week left to submit Individual Engagement Grant (IEG) proposals before the September 29th deadline. If you have ideas for new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental 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.

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I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources 22 sep 2015 23:01 (CEST)

Reimagining WMF grants report

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Last month, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the structure of WMF grant programs. Thanks to the 200+ people who participated! A report on what we learned and changed based on this consultation is now available.

Come read about the findings and next steps as WMF’s Community Resources team begins to implement changes based on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on the outcomes discussion page.

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 28 sep 2015 18:56 (CEST)

Artikele per dialek

Gebroeker Taalkóndige haet oeatj in jannewarie 2007 'ns e lieske gemaak mitte meiste artikele per dialekte (top tieën). Ich höb mich 'ns de vrieheid genómme det weer 'ns te doon. d'n Tössestandj veur oktoeaber 2015 is:

1.    Gesjreve in 't Mestreechs: 814 artikele 2.    Gesjreve in 't Valkebergs: 725 artikele 3.    Gesjreve in 't Kinders: 114 artikele 4.    Gesjreve in 't Norbiks: 45 artikele 5.    Gesjreve in 't Nuts: 40 artikele 6/7. Gesjreve in 't Moferts: 25 artikele 6/7. Gesjreve in 't Sjènnes: 25 artikele 8.    Gesjreve in 't Vieleter: 14 artikele 9.    Gesjreve in 't Meersjes: 13 artikele 10.  Gesjreve in 't Ieëpesj: 9 artikele

Gesjreve in 't Mestreechs: 2.776 artikele Gesjreve in 't Mofers: 1.842 artikele Gesjreve in 't Valkebergs: 1.030 artikele Gesjreve in 't Norbiks: 786 artikele Gesjreve in 't Remunjs: 469 artikele Gesjreve in 't Gelaens: 420 artikele Gesjreve in 't Oeals: 167 artikele Gesjreve in 't Kinders: 108 artikele Gesjreve in 't Nuts: 94 artikele Gesjreve in 't Venloos: 83 artikele

Waat drek opvèltj is det Mestreech ziene veursprónk wiejer haet vergruuetj t'n opzich vanne anger dialekte. Vanne oearsprunkelike lies staon nag zès dialekte d'rin; de veer aafvallers zeen allemaol Zuud-Limbörgse dörpkes. Wiejer kónne v'r zeen det ènjelik get mieë diversiteit is gekómme: mit naam de Midde-Limbörgse dialekte zeen flink ómhoeaggesjaote, mer in ozen top tieën staon noe ouch Noord-Limbörgs (Venloos) en Belsj (Kinders). Jaomer is waal det v'r nag gein Duutsje, Kleverlandjse of Ripuarische dialekte innen top höbbe staon; mer ouch dees dialekte zeen v'r inmiddels al 'n paar pagina's riek! --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 2 okt 2015 19:49 (CEST)

V'r mótte efkes gaon naodinke

Ich mót ieërlik bekènne det ich de biedraag van Stephan hieël erg op pries stèl, meh de kwaliteit is gewuuen ech te lieëg... De aafgeloupe daag bön ich kónstant in miene vriejen tied bezig gewaes mit 't verbaetere van basaal foute (grammatica wie "aje luuj" > "aaj luuj" etc.) en raar spèllinge "lìgk" en "aofstánd" > "ligk" en "aafsjtand". Ich bön efkes ieërlik d'rin det ich dit allein neet aankan. Es emes anges zich gerope veultj óm mich hie-in te helpe: hieël gaer!

Anges zów ich gaer vanoet de gemeinsjap 'ne gezameliken aanpak wille zeen. De artikele kónnen inne hujige vorm gewuuen neet blieve staon. Veer höbbe oeatj aafgespraoke det v'r ein spèlling aanhaje (Veldeke/AGL) en den mótte v'r ós ouch dao-aan haje. Es emes Stephan wiltj helpe mit zien Haerles, den huuer ich 't gaer. Mer ich bön ieërlik es ich zègk det ich 't neet zelf aankan zónger daobie mien eige interesses op dees encyclopedie oet 't oug te verlere. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 9 okt 2015 20:25 (CEST)

De höbs geliek! Iech zal vaanaof noe ouch gaon controlere. Dat heet me ouch bij miech gedoon wie iech zjus bij Wikipedia kaom, is ouch neet zoe gek tot 'ne 17jaorege neet altied eve korrek is. Iech publiceer zoe dadelek get in 't euverlègk vaan de Veurpagina, kins diech dao ouch eve nao loere? --Ortjens (euverlègk) 11 okt 2015 16:32 (CEST)

Ich han dao d'r tied neet vör mae wat 'ch zeen is neet zoe good. Ich bèn d'r ooch väör dat me loeter in z'n ege Plat sjrieft tenzij me aantuënt dat me e ander Plat richtig sjrieft!--Mergelsberg (euverlègk) 11 okt 2015 16:38 (CEST)

VisualEditor News #5—2015

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Did you know?

You can use the visual editor on smartphones and tablets.

Click the pencil icon to open the editor for a page. Inside that, use the gear menu in the upper right corner to "Omschakelen naar visueel bewerken".

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 ever 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. (T74108, T91285) 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 "Veug in Afbeeldingen en 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 it on all devices regardless of size if they wish. (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 "Sjaf eweg" 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, 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 "Bewirk" and "Bewirk brónteks" tabs into a single "Bewirk" tab, similar to the system already used on the mobile website. The "Bewirk" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at VisualEditor/Feedback. This feedback page uses Flow for discussions.
• 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 What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).
• Local admins can set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki. If you need help, then please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.
• The weekly task triage meetings are open to volunteers. 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, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the main VisualEditor project with the bug.

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

—Elitre (WMF), 30 okt 2015 19:17 (CET)

Community Wishlist Survey

Hi everyone! Apologies for posting in English. Translations are very welcome.

The Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is focused on building improved curation and moderation tools for experienced Wikimedia contributors. We're now starting a Community Wishlist Survey to find the most useful projects that we can work on.

For phase 1 of the survey, we're inviting all active contributors to submit brief proposals, explaining the project that you'd like us to work on, and why it's important. Phase 1 will last for 2 weeks. In phase 2, we'll ask you to vote on the proposals. Afterwards, we'll analyze the top 10 proposals and create a prioritized wishlist.

While most of this process will be conducted in English, we're inviting people from any Wikimedia wiki to submit proposals. We'll also invite volunteer translators to help translate proposals into English.

Your proposal should include: the problem that you want to solve, who would benefit, and a proposed solution, if you have one. You can submit your proposal on the Community Wishlist Survey page, using the entry field and the big blue button. We will be accepting proposals for 2 weeks, ending on November 23.

We're looking forward to hearing your ideas!

Community Tech Team via MediaWiki message delivery (euverlègk) 9 nov 2015 22:57 (CET)

Wikimania 2016 scholarships ambassadors needed

Hello! Wikimania 2016 scholarships will soon be open; by the end of the week we'll form the committee and we need your help, see Scholarship committee for details.

If you want to carefully review nearly a thousand applications in January, you might be a perfect committee member. Otherwise, you can volunteer as "ambassador": you will observe all the committee activities, ensure that people from your language or project manage to apply for a scholarship, translate scholarship applications written in your language to English and so on. Ambassadors are allowed to ask for a scholarship, unlike committee members.

Wikimania 2016 scholarships subteam 10 nov 2015 11:47 (CET)

Wikiproject Erasmusprijswinnaars

Beste allemaal,

Wikipedia heeft de Erasmusprijs 2015 gewonnen. Deze prijs wordt jaarlijks uitgereikt aan personen of instellingen die een uitzonderlijke bijdrage hebben geleverd aan cultuur, samenleving, of sociale wetenschappen. De koning van Nederland reikt op 25 november de prijs uit. Dit zal media aandacht opleveren en hopelijk nieuwe vrijwilligers opleveren. Voor de uitreiking willen we graag artikels over vorige winnaars van de Erasmusprijs schrijven en verbeteren. Alle 80 winnaars zouden voldoende relevant moeten zijn voor een artikel.

Doe ook mee met het project, en help ons om artikels te schrijven voor onze mede-laureaten.

Met vriendelijke groet, FrankTMeijer en Taketa (euverlègk) 11 nov 2015 18:44 (CET)

Ich zal dao binnekórt 'ns haer gaon kieke. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 12 nov 2015 12:38 (CET)

Erasmuspries Leuk dat je meedoet :). -- Taketa (euverlègk) 12 nov 2015 18:04 (CET)

Harassment consultation

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The Community Advocacy team the Wikimedia Foundation has opened a consultation on the topic of harassment on Meta. The consultation period is intended to run for one month from today, November 16, and end on December 17. Please share your thoughts there on harassment-related issues facing our communities and potential solutions. (Note: this consultation is not intended to evaluate specific cases of harassment, but rather to discuss the problem of harassment itself.)

• Harassment consultation 2015

Regards, Community Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation

Cyrillisch

Daag lui! Inderdaad, 't geit euver 't ieweg perbleem vaan 't romanizere vaan neet-Latiense sjrijfwiezes. Veur zoewiet iech weit heet Steinbach 't eine kier dao euver gehad wat betröf de romanizering vaan 't Arabisch sjrif. Iech höb 't noe eve allein euver 't Cyrillisch sjrif. Zoe weurt de sjriever Aleksandr Puškin op versjèllende menere gesjreve: op 't Nederlands Aleksander Sergejevitsj Poesjkin, Duits Alexander Sergejewitsch Puschkin, Frans Alexandre Sergueïevitch Pouchkine en Ingels Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. Iech höb hei tot noe touw d'r veur gekoze 't internationaal gebruukde, en in de Europese weitesjap gehanteerde, ISO 9 alfabet touw te passe. Veer aander reies wiezoe iech veur dat alfabet wil gaon: ten ierste is 't veur ederein begriepbaar en zölle d'r dus gein misverstande oonstaon tösse Belzje, Nederlandse en Duitse gebruukers, ten twiede is dit ouch 't alfabet wat Rösland hanteerd en iech vin 't persoenlek meh gek tot veer nog ummertouw naome vaan lui vertaole (terwijl 't land zelf ein bepaolde nationale sjrijfwieze heet erkind), ten daarde zaw 't fijn zien es veer roontelum Rössische en aander Cyrillische naome ein spellingsaofspraok höbbe op dees Wikipedia, dat zörg veur zoe min meugelek verwarring, en ten veerde is ISO 9 't einegste sjrijfsysteem wat eder Cyrillisch lètter vervaank mèt ein specifieke Latiense lètter: dat wil zègke, op de Franse, Duitse en Nederlandse spellingswieze weure lètters soms aanders geromaniseerd aofhenkelek vaan de oetspraok, en tegeliek gebruke dees drei spellingswiezes - same mèt de Ingelse - dèks twie Latiense lètters veur ein Cyrillische lètter (in aander wäörd, 't ISO 9 systeem kump 't meis euverein mèt 't wèrkelek alfabet). Es geer 't hei mèt eins zeet zal iech d'r veur zörge tot ISO 9 hei gehanteerd weurt/blijf en zal iech de romanizering vaan dit systeem ouch op 't artikel vaan Rössisch plaotse. Natuurlek zal iech bij persoene en plaotse mèt 'nen originele Cyrillische naom altied redirects aonmake vaan de Nederlandse, Franse, Ingelse en Duitse sjrijfwieze. Wat ouch veur ziech spreek zien plaotse die sömpelweeg 'ne gansen aandere naom höbbe op 't Limbörgs: 't blijf natuurlek Moskou, neet Moskva.--Ortjens (euverlègk) 22 nov 2015 22:25 (CET)

Eigentlik maak 't mich neet zoeaväöl oet. Es in eder val inderdaad meh waal redireks vanoete "mekkelike" (sj, oe etc.) spèlling bestaon nao de anger spèlling (š, u). Op zich höb ich dao dus nieks op taenge :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 23 nov 2015 11:27 (CET)

Daag lui. Sorry tot iech zoe laat reageer, meh iech bin 't neet mèt Ortjens ins. Iech wèl tot v'r de Nederlandse transcriptie gebruke. Ierstens zien veer gein encyclopedie vaan slaviste; edere neet-Slavis zal "Saxarov" es "Saksarof" oetspreke, en tot 'n ë "jo" moot weure kin 'r ziech ouch neet bedinke. Hendeg verwarrend allemaol. 't Kos lui al zoeväöl meujte um Limbörgs te leze, de moos ze neet zoonder noedzaak ouch nog barrières opwerpe um Oos-Slavische naome te leze. Wijers is dit gaaroet neet gebrukelek. Tenzij iech miech hendeg verdaol, gebruuk gein aander Wikipedia die spelling; alle taole in 't Latiens alfabet gebruke gewoen 'n op hun eige taol gebaseerde transcriptie. En tot slot: aanders es bij 't Arabisch gief 't bij 't transcribere vaan 't Russisch ouch gein groete probleme of meiningsversjèlle. Hoegoet zuuste nog wel ins iemes 't Ingels systeem gebruke ipv 't Nederlands (wat iech dus zouw aofraoje). Dus: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Steinbach (euverlègk) 27 nov 2015 16:07 (CET)

Op zich haet Steinbach waal örges geliek. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 29 nov 2015 12:16 (CET)

Your input requested on the proposed #FreeBassel banner campaign

This is a message regarding the proposed 2015 Free Bassel banner. Translations are available.

Hi everyone,

This is to inform all Wikimedia contributors that a straw poll seeking your involvement has just been started on Meta-Wiki.

As some of your might be aware, a small group of Wikimedia volunteers have proposed a banner campaign informing Wikipedia readers about the urgent situation of our fellow Wikipedian, open source software developer and Creative Commons activist, Bassel Khartabil. An exemplary banner and an explanatory page have now been prepared, and translated into about half a dozen languages by volunteer translators.

We are seeking your involvement to decide if the global Wikimedia community approves starting a banner campaign asking Wikipedia readers to call on the Syrian government to release Bassel from prison. We understand that a campaign like this would be unprecedented in Wikipedia's history, which is why we're seeking the widest possible consensus among the community.

Given Bassel's urgent situation and the resulting tight schedule, we ask everyone to get involved with the poll and the discussion to the widest possible extent, and to promote it among your communities as soon as possible.

(Apologies for writing in English; please kindly translate this message into your own language.)

Thank you for your participation!

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 21:47, 25 November 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Wikimediaconferentie 28 november

Leef lui,

Iech hej dit mesjiens wel ieder mage vertèlle, want noe is 't te laat um uuch nog nao Utrech te trèkke. Meh good: iech höb d'n ier um zaoterdag, eigelek dus al vaandaog, op de Wikimediaconferentie in Utrecht te spreke euver wie 't touwgeit op Wikipedia's in striektaole. Natuurlek kump ouch de Limbörgse Wikipedia aon bod. De conferentie huurt bij e groeter program dees week roond de oetreiking vaan d'n Erasmuspries. Iech zal d'n teks dink iech nog wel online zètte. Steinbach (euverlègk) 28 nov 2015 01:00 (CET)

Zèt mer online. Ich bön benuudj! --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 29 nov 2015 12:15 (CET)

Community Wishlist Survey

Hi everyone! Apologies for posting this in English. Translations are very welcome.

We're beginning the second part of the Community Tech team's Community Wishlist Survey, and we're inviting all active contributors to vote on the proposals that have been submitted.

Thanks to you and other Wikimedia contributors, 111 proposals were submitted to the team. We've split the proposals into categories, and now it's time to vote! You can vote for any proposal listed on the pages, using the {{Support}} tag. Feel free to add comments pro or con, but only support votes will be counted. The voting period will be 2 weeks, ending on December 14.

The proposals with the most support votes will be the team's top priority backlog to investigate and address. Thank you for participating, and we're looking forward to hearing what you think!

Community Tech via

MediaWiki message delivery (euverlègk) 1 dec 2015 18:26 (CET)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (December 2015)

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 sign up for new accounts and research materials from:

• Gale - multidisciplinary periodicals, newspapers, and reference sources - 10 accounts
• Brill - academic e-books and journals in English, Dutch, and other languages - 25 accounts
• Finnish Literature Society (in Finnish)
• Magiran (in Farsi) - scientific journal articles - 100 articles
• Civilica (in Farsi) - Iranian journal articles, seminars, and conferences - 50 accounts

Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including EBSCO, DeGruyter, and Newspaperarchive.com. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 01:01, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

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Get involved in Wikipedia 15!

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

As many of you know, January 15 is Wikipedia’s 15th Birthday!

People around the world are getting involved in the celebration and have started adding their events on Meta Page. While we are celebrating Wikipedia's birthday, we hope that all projects and affiliates will be able to utilize this celebration to raise awareness of our community's efforts.

Haven’t started planning? Don’t worry, there’s lots of ways to get involved. Here are some ideas:

• Join/host an event. We already have more than 80, and hope to have many more.
• Talk to local press. In the past 15 years, Wikipedia has accomplished extraordinary things. We’ve made a handy summary of milestones and encourage you to add your own. More resources, including a press release template and resources on working with the media, are also available.
• Design a Wikipedia 15 logo. In place of a single icon for Wikipedia 15, we’re making dozens. Add your own with something fun and representative of your community. Just use the visual guide so they share a common sensibility.
• Share a message on social media. Tell the world what Wikipedia means to you, and add #wikipedia15 to the post. We might re-tweet or share your message!

Everything is linked on the Wikipedia 15 Meta page. You’ll find a set of ten data visualization works that you can show at your events, and a list of all the Wikipedia 15 logos that community members have already designed.

If you have any questions, please contact Zachary McCune or Joe Sutherland.

Thanks and Happy nearly Wikipedia 15!
-The Wikimedia Foundation Communications team

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery, 18 dec 2015 21:59 (CET) • Help mit 't euverzètte nao dien spraok • Hölp

VisualEditor News #6—2015

Did you know?

A new, simpler system for editing will offer a single Edit button. Once the page has opened, you can switch back and forth between visual and wikitext editing.

If you prefer having separate edit buttons, then you can set that option in your preferences, either in a pop-up dialog the next time you open the visual editor, or by going to Special:Preferences and choosing the setting that you want:

The current plan is for the default setting to have the Edit button open the editing environment you used most recently.

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

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Since the last newsletter, the visual editor team has fixed many bugs and expanded the mathematics formula tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages such as Japanese and Arabic, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

You can switch from the wikitext editor to the visual editor after you start editing. The LaTeX mathematics formula editor has been significantly expanded. (T118616) You can see the formula as you change the LaTeX code. You can click buttons to insert the correct LaTeX code for many symbols.

Future changes

The single edit tab project will combine the "Bewirk" and "Bewirk brónteks" tabs into a single "Bewirk" tab, like the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398, T58337) Initially, the "Bewirk" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as a cookie for logged-out users and as an account preference for logged-in editors. Logged-in editors will be able to set a default editor in the Aafmeitinge tèksveld tab of Special:Preferences in the drop-down menu about "Bewerkingsmodus:".

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the following Wikipedias in early 2016: Amharic, Buginese, Min Dong, Cree, Manx, Hakka, Armenian, Georgian, Pontic, Serbo-Croatian, Tigrinya, Mingrelian, Zhuang, and Min Nan. (T116523) Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. The developers would like to know how well it works. Please tell them what kind of computer, web browser, and keyboard you are using.

In 2016, the feedback pages for the visual editor on many Wikipedias will be redirected to mediawiki.org. (T92661)

Testing opportunities

• Please try the new system for the single edit tab on test2.wikipedia.org. You can edit while logged out to see how it works for logged-out editors, or you can create a separate account to be able to set your account's preferences. Please share your thoughts about the single edit tab system at the feedback topic on mediawiki.org or sign up for formal user research (type "single edit tab" in the question about other areas you're interested in). The new system has not been finalized, and your feedback can affect the outcome. The team particularly wants your thoughts about the options in Special:Preferences. The current choices in Special:Preferences are:
  • Laatste tekstverwerker onthouden,
  • Waar mogelijk de visuele tekstverwerker gebruiken,
  • Altijd wikitekst bewerken, and
  • Beide bewerkingstabbladen weergeven. (This is the current state for people already using the visual editor. None of these options will be visible if you have disabled the visual editor in your preferences at that wiki.)
• 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 What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Danke!

Elitre (WMF), 25 dec 2015 01:06 (CET)

Zalig nuujjaor!

Leef luuj, e zalig nuujjaor! Laote v'r in 2016 de gooj wirke van aafgeloupe jaor doorzètte en nag väöl sjoean en oetgebrèdje artikele d'rbie kriege! :) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 1 jan 2016 12:50 (CET)

Geer kunt op ós reëkene! Óch e zalig nüjjoar va mich geweunsj :) SCV (euverlègk) 1 jan 2016 15:36 (CET)

Waat is de tusjesjtand va 't aatal pazjina's per dialek? Ich hant e aaw lies gezieë (i dees kaffee, zieë kopke: artikele per dialekt), oeë-i sjtóng dat 't Masjtrichs beivuurbild 834 pazjina's hat en 't Mofers meh 40, meh ich weet dat 't aatal pazjina's in die dialekte 't haards is gegruujd i 2015. Bin benüjd, wil ich meh zagke! :) SCV (euverlègk) 1 jan 2016 15:46 (CET)

Jao, iech gaon miech in drei dimensies inzètte! Mie artikele mèt mie lengde en mie deepde. Al höb iech daoveur ouch de veerde dimensie veur nujeg: mie tied. En deen tied höb iech deils nujeg veur 't promotie-oonderzeuk wat iech dit jaor wèl beginne... Steinbach (euverlègk) 2 jan 2016 13:05 (CET)

@SCV: 't Köpke Artikele per dialek hiebaoven oppe paasj guuef 'nen tössestandj waer veur oktoeaber (inmiddels) vergange jaor. Mestreechs stèk nag ummer mit kop en sjóljer baove de res oet :)

@Steinbach: Det is 'n kwestie van prioritere. Waat is noe wichtiger, de Limbörgse Wikipedia of die promoosje-óngerzeuk? ;) --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 2 jan 2016 13:56 (CET)

Haha, Masjtrich blieft in mieërder dimensies de groeëtste ;) Vergeët neet tot se 'ne Heëlesje konkurrant has (Joke) :P

Wikimania 2016 Scholarships - Deadline soon!

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A reminder - applications for scholarships for Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy, are closing soon! Please get your applications in by January 9th. To apply, visit the page below:

• Wikimania 2016 Scholarships

Patrick Earley (WMF) via MediaWiki message delivery (euverlègk) 5 jan 2016 02:49 (CET)

Gemeintes

Ich bön d'r zojuus achter gekómme det nag gein inkel gemèndje in Nederlandj is gecategoriseerdj. Ich zal binnekórt via OwtbBot dees cats toeveuge en eventueel ouch de veurmaolige gemèndjes de pervinsje d'rbie zètte. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 15 jan 2016 12:53 (CET)

Klop, dat dege v'r ummer mèt 't {GeimeintesProvincieX}-sjabloon. Aon dat sjabloon maakde v'r 'n categorie vas, mèt 'nen includonly-tag. Steinbach (euverlègk) 15 jan 2016 19:42 (CET)

Mmm, det begriep ich. Wo v'r den op mótte litte is of det sjabloean ouch steit op gewaeze gemèndjes. Anges blieve die gemèndjes óngecategoriseerdj. Ómdet v'r ummer 'n dialekcat d'rónger höbbe staon, kómme artikele noeats terech op Speciaal:Óngecategoriseerde pagina's. --OosWesThoesBes (euverlègk) 16 jan 2016 12:31 (CET)

2016 WMF Strategy consultation

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Hello, all.

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has launched a consultation to help create and prioritize WMF strategy beginning July 2016 and for the 12 to 24 months thereafter. This consultation will be open, on Meta, from 18 January to 26 February, after which the Foundation will also use these ideas to help inform its Annual Plan. (More on our timeline can be found on that Meta page.)

Your input is welcome (and greatly desired) at the Meta discussion, 2016 Strategy/Community consultation.

Apologies for English, where this is posted on a non-English project. We thought it was more important to get the consultation translated as much as possible, and good headway has been made there in some languages. There is still much to do, however! We created m:2016 Strategy/Translations to try to help coordinate what needs translation and what progress is being made. :)

If you have questions, please reach out to me on my talk page or on the strategy consultation's talk page or by email to mdennis@wikimedia.org.

I hope you'll join us! Maggie Dennis via MediaWiki message delivery (euverlègk) 18 jan 2016 20:06 (CET)

Limburgish is missing

Limburgish is missing from this page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/There_is_also_a_Wikipedia_in_your_language
More than 100 languages are now listed.
Thank you, Varlaam (euverlègk) 1 fib 2016 05:28 (CET)

Thanks very much for your help! Varlaam (euverlègk) 4 fib 2016 06:29 (CET)

VisualEditor News #1—2016

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Did you know?

Among experienced editors, the visual editor's table editing is one of the most popular features.

If you select the top of a column or the end of a row, you can quickly insert and remove columns and rows.

Now, you can also rearrange columns and rows. Click "Move before" or "Move after" to swap the column or row with its neighbor.

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. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Indic, and Han scripts, and improving the single edit tab interface.

Recent changes

You can switch from the wikitext editor to the visual editor after you start editing. This function is available to nearly all editors at most wikis except the Wiktionaries and Wikisources.

Many local feedback pages for the visual editor have been redirected to mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.

You can now re-arrange columns and rows in tables, as well as copying a row, column or any other selection of cells and pasting it in a new location.

The formula editor has two options: you can choose "Quick edit" to see and change only the LaTeX code, or "Edit" to use the full tool. The full tool offers immediate preview and an extensive list of symbols.

Future changes

The single edit tab project will combine the "Bewirk" and "Bewirk brónteks" tabs into a single "Bewirk" tab. This is similar to the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398) Initially, the "Bewirk" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as an account preference for logged-in editors, and as a cookie for logged-out users. Logged-in editors will have these options in the Aafmeitinge tèksveld tab of Special:Preferences:

• Laatste tekstverwerker onthouden,
• Waar mogelijk de visuele tekstverwerker gebruiken,
• Altijd wikitekst bewerken, and
• Beide bewerkingstabbladen weergeven. (This is the state for people using the visual editor now.)

The visual editor uses the same search engine as Special:Search to find links and files. This search will get better at detecting typos and spelling mistakes soon. These improvements to search will appear in the visual editor as well.

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at most "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next few months. This will affect the following languages, amongst others: Japanese, Korean, Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Thai, Aramaic.

Let's work together

• Please try out the newest version of the single edit tab on test2.wikipedia.org. You may need to restore the default preferences (at the bottom of test2wiki:Special:Preferences) to see the initial prompt for options. Were you able to find a preference setting that will work for your own editing? Did you see the large preferences dialog box when you started editing an article there?
• Can you read and type in Korean, Arabic, Japanese, Indic, or Han scripts? Does typing in these languages feels natural in the visual editor? Language engineer David Chan needs to know. Please see the instructions at mw:VisualEditor/IME Testing#What to test if you can help. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org.
• Learn how to improve the "automagical" citoid referencing system in the visual editor, by creating Zotero translators for popular sources in your language! Join the Tech Talk about "Automated citations in Wikipedia: Citoid and the technology behind it" with Sebastian Karcher on 29 February 2016.

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Danke!

Elitre (WMF), 26 fib 2016 22:21 (CET)

Wikimania 2016: call for posters, discussions and trainings

Hi people,
the calls for posters, discussions and trainings for Wikimania 2016 are officially opened, you can find all the relevant links on the conference wiki:

https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions

The calls will be closed on March 20.

Posters will be reviewed just to make sure that there aren't things which are too much out of scope. Since we have a whole village we will surely find places to attach them, even if we they will be a lot!

Discussions will be managed by a guiding committee who will work on the wiki to meld all the proposals and suggestions.

Trainings will be reviewed by the programme committee. Please note that we request that each training has at least 3-5 interested attendees in order to be put in the programme.

By the beginning of April we will have a first list of all the accepted proposals.

If you have questions we suggest you to ask them on the discussion pages on wiki, so that everyone will be able to see them (and their answers, of course).

We are looking forward to read your ideas! --Yiyi (euverlègk) 29 fib 2016 16:39 (CET)

Completion suggestor

Updates to wiki search auto completion are arriving 10 March

Hello!

Help mit 't euverzètte nao dien spraok. Danke!

The completion suggester beta feature will become the default at the first group of wikis on Thursday, 10 March. This initial rollout will start with some of the smaller wikis to ensure the change happens in an organized way. The remaining wikis will receive the update on Wednesday, 16 March. This update brings three major improvements to search. Improved search result ordering, a tolerance for a small number of spelling errors, and suggests fewer typos.

Since December 2015, 19,000 editors have already opted into the completion suggester beta feature. Contributors are encouraged to try out the feature ahead of the release. Please share any comments on the Completion Suggester discussion page in any language.

To learn more about the work of the Discovery department and other improvements to search, please check out the Wikimedia blog. Read about CirrusSearch, the MediaWiki extension that makes wiki search possible.

- User:CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 7 mrt 2016 23:09 (CET)

Reisbeurzen voor deelname aan Wikimania 2016

Wikimania, de jaarlijkse bijeenkomst van de wereldwijde Wikimedia-beweging, is dit jaar van 24 tot 26 juni in Esino Lario, Italië. Wikimedia Nederland stelt weer reisbeurzen ter beschikking voor actieve leden van de gemeenschap. Meer informatie over aanvraag en toekenning van deze reisbeurzen is te vinden op deze pagina. Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland (euverlègk) 15 mrt 2016 13:31 (CET)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (March 2016)

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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 sign up for access to research materials from:

• Cambridge University Press - a major publisher of academic journals and e-books in a variety of subject areas. Access includes both Cambridge Journals Online and Cambridge Books. 25 accounts.
• Alexander Street Academic Video Online - a large academic video collection good for a wide range of subjects, including news programs (such as PBS and BBC), music and theatre, lectures and demonstrations, and documentaries. 25 accounts.
• Baylor University Press - a publisher of academic e-books primarily in religious studies and the humanities. 50 accounts.
• Future Science Group - a publisher of medical, biotechnological and scientific research. 30 accounts.
• Annual Reviews - a publisher of review articles in the biomedical sciences. 100 accounts.
• Miramar Ship Index - an index to ships and their histories since the early 19th century. 30 accounts.

Non-English

• Noormags - Farsi-language aggregator of academic and professional journals and magazines. 30 accounts.
• Kotobna - Arabic-language ebook publishing platform. 20 accounts.

Expansions

• Gale - aggregator of newspapers, magazines and journals. 50 accounts.
• Elsevier ScienceDirect - an academic publishing company that publishes medical and scientific literature. 100 accounts.

Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Project MUSE, De Gruyter, EBSCO, Newspapers.com and British Newspaper Archive. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 17 mrt 2016 21:30 (CET)

You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).

This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.

Closure of Limburgish Wikibooks

There is a request for closing this project. You can comment here. --Doostdar (euverlègk) 21 mrt 2016 08:44 (CET)

Open Call for Individual Engagement Grants

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Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is accepting proposals until April 12th to fund new tools, research, outreach efforts, and other experiments that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), IEGs can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

• Submit a grant request or draft your proposal in IdeaLab
• Get help with your proposal in an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 31 mrt 2016 17:47 (CEST)

Server switch 2016

The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its newest data center in Dallas. This will make sure Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to conduct a planned test. This test will show whether they can reliably switch from one data center to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

They will switch all traffic to the new data center on Tuesday, 19 April.
On Thursday, 21 April, they will switch back to the primary data center.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop during those two switches. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for approximately 15 to 30 minutes on Tuesday, 19 April and Thursday, 21 April, starting at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT).

If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped.

Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.

• There will be a code freeze for the week of 18 April.

No non-essential code deployments will take place.

This test was originally planned to take place on March 22. April 19th and 21st are the new dates. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. They will post any changes on that schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community. /User:Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 17 apr 2016 23:07 (CEST)

Wikipedia to the Moon

Hello! Sorry that this is in English only, but we are using village pump messaging in order to reach as many language communities as possible. Wrong page? Please fix it here.

This is an invitation to all Wikipedians: Wikimedia Deutschland has been given data space to include Wikipedia content in an upcoming mission to the Moon. (No joke!) We have launched a community discussion about how to do that, because we feel that this is for the global community of editors. Please, join the discussion on Meta-Wiki (and translate this invitation to your language community)! Best, Moon team at Wikimedia Deutschland 21 apr 2016 17:35 (CEST)