Wikipedia:Community Portal

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• en: Requests for the bot flag should be made on this page. This wiki uses the standard bot policy, and allows global bots and automatic approval of certain types of bots. Other bots should apply below, and then request access from a steward if there is no objection.

connectivity project

Hallo, my name is Anastasiya Lvova, I'm "duty" in Connectivity project. The essence of the "Connectivity" project is to study and enhance the coherence of Wikipedia, or, in other words, to improve hypertext navigation between articles. The project deals with deadends, isolated articles, non-categorized articles, transitivity of the category tree, etc.

We want to work with your language version, but we need configured MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage for it (with direct links to template namespace pages, for example, ru:MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage/de:MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage/fr:MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage). Is it possible to set it up for our usage?

thanks in advance, Lvova 17:51, 13 Eyesilimela 2010 (UTC)

Bot flag requests

Techbot

I request the bot flag for Alexbot:

Operator:en:User:Techman224

Programming Language:Pywikipedia SVN

Functions:Interwiki(+autonomous),

The bot has been running on the and Wikipedias. Thank you. Techman224 23:09, 17 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

Done on Meta.--Jusjih 00:15, 31 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

Purbo T

Hi, I'd like to request a bot flag for Purbo_T (contributions)

• Operator: User:Purodha = ksh:User:Purodha (b'crat @ ksh)
• Function: interwiki link maintenance
• Operation: manually-assisted mode, occasionally in automatic or autonomous mode, starting mostly from the Wikipedia of Ripuarian languages
• Software: pywikipediabot framework updated daily from svn to latest version
• Already has bot flag on: aa, am, ar, be-x-old, bn, bo, bug, bxr, cdo, co, crh, de, dsb, dz, ee, eo, fa, fi,fj, fr, gv, hr, hsb, ht, ig, is, ja, jbo, ksh, ku, kv, lbe, lg, lmo, lo,lt, ml, mr, nds, new, nl, nn, nov, or, os, pms, simple, stq, sv, tg, to, ts, ty, vec, vi, vls, vo, yi, za, zea, zh-classical, more pending.
• Generally, there is cumulated data on the bot (sorry, due to current technical problems at the toolserver, the data is partially not up to date, and may be inaccessible for short periods of time)

Thank you! --Purodha Blissenbach 12:16, 12 Eyo Mdumba 2008 (UTC)

Already done. —Pathoschild 09:24:08, 13 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

Alexbot

I request the bot flag for Alexbot:

Operator:zh:User:Alexsh

Programming Language:Pywikipedia SVN

Functions:Interwiki(+autonomous), double redirect fix, featured article interwiki link.

Other languages:All statistics in here

Thank you--Alexsh 12:27, 26 Eyo Mdumba 2008 (UTC)

Not done; a local bot flag is no longer needed. This is a global bot, and this wiki recently enabled global bots. —Pathoschild 09:24:44, 13 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

WOPR

• Bot operator: User:White Cat (Commons:User:White Cat) - En-N, Tr-4, Ja-1
• List of botflags on other projects: Bot has a flag on wikimedia (meta,commons) wikipedia (ar, az, de, en, es, et, fr, is, ja, ku, nn, no, ru, sr, tr, uz, simple) (See: m:User:White Cat#Bots)
• Purpose: Interwiki linking, double redirect fixing, commons delinking (for cases where commonsdelinker fails)

-- Cat ^chi? 12:03, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. —Pathoschild 09:27:20, 13 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

SpBot

Hello. I would like to get a bot-flag on this wiki.

• Operator: de:User:Euku
• Purpose: Interwiki links: It adds/modifies/deletes interwiki links.
• Software: pywikipediabot framework via SVN
• Already has bot flag on: 51 Wikipedias, for example: ar, bn, ca, cs, de, en, es, eu, da, fr, he, hu, it, pl, ro, ru, sq, tr. (on German Wikipedia since 2006, with >67.000 edits), look at details

Thank you! --Euku 07:48, 3 Eyesilimela 2008 (UTC)

Already done. —Pathoschild 09:27:44, 13 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

CarsracBot

Hello. I would like to get a bot-flag on this wiki.

• Operator: nl:User:Carsrac
• Purpose: Interwiki links: It adds/modifies/deletes interwiki links.
• Software: pywikipediabot framework via SVN
• Already has bot flag on: als, en, nap, nl, ru, sq, to, tr, vec. For complete list see this alternative page)

thanks CarsracBot 17:35, 21 Eyesilimela 2008 (UTC)

Not done; a local bot flag is no longer needed. This is a global bot, and this wiki recently enabled global bots. —Pathoschild 09:28:10, 13 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

Synthebot

Dear all, this is to request a bot flag for Synthebot. Its technical information is summarized below.

• Operator: Julian Mendez
• Automatic or Manually Assisted: mostly automatic in autonomous mode; sometimes manually assisted to solve interwiki conflicts
• Programming Language(s): pywikipedia (source code)
• Function Summary: interwiki links
• Already has a bot flag on: global bot running on more than 200 wikipedias.

Further technical information is available on its main page. Thank you in advance. Regards, --Julian 18:01, 10 Eyo Mnga 2008 (UTC)

Not done; a local bot flag is no longer needed. This is a global bot, and this wiki recently enabled global bots. —Pathoschild 09:28:21, 13 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

HiW-Bot

Bot  : HiW-Bot

• Operator  : Hedwig in Washington
• Automatic or Manually Assisted : automatic
• Programming Language(s)  : Python (pywikipedia), daily update
• Function Summary  : Interwiki, Internationalization by removing chaos in Babel-Category so it can be used properly and easy.
• Already has a bot flag (Y/N)  : Yes: 44 Wikis so far, others pending. see here
• Function Details  : just using the standard interwiki.py

I humbly request bot status on this wiki in order to update Interwiki, and improve Internationalization by removing chaos in Babel so it can be used properly and easy by everyone.

Thank you for consideration! --Hedwig in Washington 21:03, 19 Eyo Msintsi 2011 (UTC)

Merged from Talk:Iphepha Elingundoqo

Ingxoxo Zabantu

1. Inkqubela kwiXhosapedia
2. Iindaba

Qaphela: Siyacela kwingxoxo zethu sigxininise imiba esemqoka kweliKhasi. Ekuhambeni siyathemba sizakwengeza neKhasi leeNdaba. Masizame ukuba sakhe amagama amatsha xa igama lilitsha ngengxa yenkqubela yobuGcisa okanye iNtetha yezinye ilwimi, nazo masiziwole sizijike sizongeze ukuze isiXhosa sande. I-Xhosapedia ikholo lonto.

Main Page should be protected

Hello. The Main Page shouldn't be free. Please protect it because of vandalism. --ku:Bangin / de:Bangin 11:45, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

It has now been protected from anonymous users. --Jose77 04:05, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Translation

I request translations for the interface.

• All pages => Amanqaku onke
• Inqaba => Inqaku
• My page => Inqaku lam
• Language: => Ulwimi:

--58.179.203.212 09:56, 5 Eye Thupha 2007 (UTC)

I request more translations for the interface.

• User page => Iphepha lomsebenzisi
• Cancel => Rhoxisa

--202.138.7.78 11:08, 16 Eye Nkanga 2007 (UTC)

Molweni, ingaba sivumelekile ukuba senze utshintsho kule sayithi?? [Msindisi Sam] IYunivesithi iRhodes nayo emva kwexesha elide ithe yanazo izifundo zabo bantetho isisiXhosa. Zininzi izinto onokuzifunda kweliziko lemfundo ephakamileyo apha kwisebe leeLwimi zesiNtu.

Vote for Administrators

If you want someone to become an administrator or you wish to become an administrator, then please place your name Here. --Jose77 04:07, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

The village pump

Could someome be so kind and move my contribution to your "village pump" and also, could someone please add a link to your village pump on meta ? Thanks, GerardM 11:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Bot policy

Hello. To facilitate steward granting of bot access, I suggest implementing the standard bot policy on this wiki. This will involve creating a redirect to this page from Project:Bot policy, and adding a line at the top noting that it is used here. In particular, this policy allows automatic acceptance of known interlanguage linking bots (if this page says that is acceptable), which form the vast majority of such requests.

Please read the text at m:Bot policy before commenting. If you object, please say so; it will be implemented in one week if there is no objection, since it is particularly written to streamline bot requests on wikis with little or no community interested in bot access requests. CarsracBot 17:44, 21 Eyesilimela 2008 (UTC)

Implemented. —Pathoschild 09:23:20, 13 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

Bot policy

Hello. To facilitate steward granting of bot access, I suggest implementing the standard bot policy on this wiki. In particular, this policy allows stewards to automatically flag known interlanguage linking bots (if this page says that is acceptable), which form the vast majority of such requests. The policy also enables global bots on this wiki (if this page says that is acceptable), which are trusted bots that will be given bot access on every wiki that allows global bots.

This policy makes bot access requesting much easier for local users, operators, and stewards. To implement it we only need to create a redirect to this page from Project:Bot policy, and add a line at the top noting that it is used here. Please read the text at m:Bot policy before commenting. If you object, please say so; I hope to implement in one week if there is no objection, since it is particularly written to streamline bot requests on wikis with little or no community interested in bot access requests. --Luckas Blade 20:43, 2 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

Implemented. —Pathoschild 09:23:20, 13 Eyo Kwindla 2009 (UTC)

The LocalisationUpdate extension has gone live

The LocalisationUpdate extension is now enabled for all Wikimedia projects. From now on new localisations that become available in SVN will become available to your project within 24 hours. Your localisations get into SVN from translatewiki.net typically within a day and at worst in two days. This is a huge improvement from the old practice where the localisations became available with new software. This could take weeks, even months.

The localisations done by our community at translatewiki.net are committed to SVN typically every day. When the system messages in English are the same as the local messages, they will now be inserted in a file and are available for use in all our projects in a timely manner

What this means for you

Local messages have an impact on the performance of our system. It is best when messages are as much as possible part of the system messages. In order to remove unnecessary duplication, all the messages that have a local localisation and are exactly the same as the system message will be removed. What we ask you to do is to compare and proof read the messages in translatewiki.net and the local messages. You can then either remove local messages when the translatewiki.net message is to be preferred or, you can update the message at translatewiki.net.

Messages that are specific to your project will have to stay as they are. You do want to check if the format and the variables of the message are still the same.

Why localise at translatewiki.net

When you localise at translatewiki.net, your messages will be used in all Wikimedia projects and eventually in all MediaWiki based projects. This is how we provide the standard support for your language. When messages change, at translatewiki.net you will be prompted to revisit your translations. Localising is more efficient because we have innovated the process to make you more efficient; there is text explaining about messages and we have applied AJAX technology to reduce the number of clicks you have to make.

Translatewiki.net update

• Currently 4.13% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.07% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at translatewiki.net. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 21:32, 30 Eyo Msintsi 2009 (UTC)
• Currently 4.10% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.07% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at translatewiki.net. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 18:43, 1 Eye Nkanga 2009 (UTC)
• Currently 4.19% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.07% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at translatewiki.net. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 14:36, 14 Eyo Mnga 2009 (UTC)
• Currently 4.17% of the MediaWiki messages and 0.07% of the messages of the extensions used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects have been localised. Please help us help your language by localising and proof reading at translatewiki.net. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 14:43, 25 EyoMqungu 2010 (UTC)

• PS Please help us complete the most wanted messages..
• At this moment 397 messages of the "most used" messages are left to translate. These are the messages that readers and editors are most likely to see. Thanks, GerardM

How can we improve the usability for your language

We expect that with the implementation of LocalisationUpdate the usability of MediaWiki for your language will improve. We are now ready to look at other aspects of usability for your language as well. There are two questions we would like you to answer: Are there issues with the new functionality of the Usability Initiative Does MediaWiki support your language properly

The best way to answer the first question is to visit the translatewiki.net. Change the language to your language, select the “vector” skin and add the advanced tool bar in in the preferences and check out the new functionality. And make some changes in your user page. When there is a need to improve on the localisation, please make the necessary changess . It should update your localisation straight away. We would like you to report each issue individually at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability_issues.

When there are problems with the support of MediaWiki for your language, we really want to know about this. It is best to report each issue separately. In this way there will be no large mass of issues to resolve but we can address each issue on its own. Consider issues with the display of characters, the presentation of your script, the position of the side bar, the combination of text with other languages, scripts. It is best to try this in an environment like the prototype wiki as it provides you with a clean, basic and up to date environment. The prototype wiki is available for five languages but you can select any of them, change the preferences to your language and test out MediaWiki for your language.

We would like you to report each issue individually at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Languageissues. The issues you raise will all be assessed. It is important to keep each issue separate, because this will make it easier to understand the issues and find solutions.

PS This text has been approved by Naoko, Brion and Siebrand. Thanks, GerardM 21:32, 30 Eyo Msintsi 2009 (UTC)

Small request

Hello! I am a Polish wikipedian and I would like to ask you for your help - writing a new article about former Polish President who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 – Lech Wałęsa. I have looked for his biography in your Wikipedia but without success. Polish Wikipedians will be grateful for your help. Thank you so much in advance! PS you can find the English version of the article here. Best wishes from Poland, Patrol110 16:54, 26 Eyo Mnga 2009 (UTC)

Wikimania Scholarships

The call for applications for Wikimania Scholarships to attend Wikimania 2010 in Gdansk, Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel, accommodations, and registration at the conference. To apply, visit the Wikimania 2010 scholarships information page, click the secure link available there, and fill out the form to apply. For additional information, please visit the Scholarships information and FAQ pages:

• Scholarships
• Scholarships FAQ

Yours very truly, Cary Bass
Volunteer Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation

Localized logo

Hello!

The Wikimedia Foundation recently updated the official Wikipedia globe. We realize that a lot of projects have never had a localized logo in their native language, so we are making sure that we create logos for every Wikipedia project that we have. The only issue is: we can't figure out what should be on your localized logo. :-)

Could you please provide a translation for the following?

• Wikipedia
• The Free Encyclopedia

Please put the translation on my Meta talk page. Thank you! Cbrown1023 ingxoxo 00:58, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Shosholoza-Questions

Hello from German Wikipedia. I work on a better article about the song de:Shosholoza. I Have a few questions.

• What is the difference between uMzantsi Afrika and eMzantsi Afrika?
• What means Iyehe? --Fg68at 23:49, 9 Eyesilimela 2010 (UTC)

- uMzantsi Afrika means "South Africa", while eMzantsi Afrika means "in South Africa" (I am not a mother tongue speaker though!)

Photo request: South African Airways HQ

Hello! I have a photo request asking for an image of Airways Park, the South African Airways head office on the grounds of OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, so the South African Airways article can have photos of the airline's head office.

This Google Maps View shows where the building is, and what it looks like. You can use a similar camera angle, as long as you capture the SAA logo on the building somehow.

Thank you, WhisperToMe 00:53, 27 Eyesilimela 2010 (UTC)

• The request has been fulfilled:
  • File:SAA-Airways Park-002.jpg
  • File:SAA-Airways Park-001.jpg
• Some further information will be below. WhisperToMe 03:52, 7 Eyo Mdumba 2011 (UTC)

Fundraising time is around the corner!

Hello Wikimedians, my name is Deniz and I am working for the Wikimedia Foundation during the 2010 Fundraiser. My job is to be the liaison between the isiXhosa community and the Foundation. This year's fundraiser is intended to be a collaborative and global effort, we recognize that banner messages that perform well in the United States don't necessarily translate well, or appeal to international audiences.

I'm contacting you as I am currently looking for translators who are willing to contribute to this project, helping to translate and localize messages into isiXhosa and suggesting messages that would appeal to isiXhosa readers on the Fundraising Meta Page. We've started the setup on meta for both banner submission, statistical analysis, and grouping volunteers together.
Use the talk pages on meta, talk to your local communities, talk to others, talk to us, and add your feedback to the proposed messages as well! I look forward to working with you during this year's fundraiser.

Please translate this message into isiXhosa if you can and post it below.--Dgultekin 17:02, 10 Eyo Msintsi 2010 (UTC)

Fundraising 2010: Beat Jimmy Challenge

The Fundraising Committee is issuing all interested community members a challenge: we want you to beat Jimmy. The appeal from Jimmy Wales and the corresponding banner have been tested head-to-head with other successful banners, and the results are clear: it's our best performing message... by a lot. This year we have a lofty fundraising goal; we need all of our banners to bring in donations like the Jimmy Appeal, but no one wants to keep the Jimmy banner up for two months. We want to run donor quotes, and other wonderful ideas, but we have to have banners that work as well as or better than the Jimmy appeal.

We've just released the highlights from a donor focus group, and the results of our donor survey. With one month to the launch of the fundraiser, the messages we test must be driven by data from our tests and surveys - we can no longer rely on instinct alone.

We've redesigned our fundraising meta pages with the Jimmy challenge; check out the survey results and propose/discuss banners that reflect these findings. Add the banners you think will 'beat Jimmy' here to be tested Tuesday October 12 against Jimmy. -Dgultekin 00:08, 7 Eye Dwarha 2010 (UTC)

Xhosa terminology discussions

Hello, I'm Rotsee at Swedish Wikipedia, and I'm currently writing on a blog post about vocabulary domains in languages seldom used in academic or official contexts. I am curious to know if there are any interesting discussions going on at this Wikipedia around for instance what words to use for foreign concepts? Any article discussions that might be interesting to follow? Best regards, Leo Wallentin

Article request

Would someone mind starting an article on South African Airways?

Also it would be nice to have a Xhosa translation for the description of this image: File:SAA-Airways Park-002.jpg

Thanks, WhisperToMe 03:52, 7 Eyo Mdumba 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia in Tatar

Dear friends, may I ask you to add a hyperlink to our Tatar Wikipedia (http://tt.wikipedia.org) to yourr Front page. Tatars - are turkic nation living in Tatarstan Republic, second biggest nation in Russian Federation. hope to hear from you soon. sincerely yours, Muhtac 21:43, 20 Eyo Kwindla 2011 (UTC)

Terms of Use update

I apologize that you are receiving this message in English. Please help translate it.

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is discussing changes to its Terms of Use. The discussion can be found at Talk:Terms of use. Everyone is invited to join in. Because the new version of Terms of use is not in final form, we are not able to present official translations of it. Volunteers are welcome to translate it, as German volunteers have done at m:Terms of use (de), but we ask that you note at the top that the translation is unofficial and may become outdated as the English version is changed. The translation request can be found at m:Translation requests/WMF/Terms of Use 2 -- Maggie Dennis, Community Liaison 02:30, 27 Eye Dwarha 2011 (UTC)

Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants

I apologize that you are receiving this message in English. Please help translate it.

• Do you want to help attract new contributors to Wikimedia projects?
• Do you want to improve retention of our existing editors?
• Do you want to strengthen our community by diversifying its base and increasing the overall number of excellent participants around the world?

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking Community Fellows and project ideas for the Community Fellowship Program. A Fellowship is a temporary position at the Wikimedia Foundation in order to work on a specific project or set of projects. Submissions for 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia projects. If interested, please submit a project idea or apply to be a fellow by January 15, 2012. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships for more information.

Thanks!

--Siko Bouterse, Head of Community Fellowships, Wikimedia Foundation 03:11, 22 Eyo Mnga 2011 (UTC)

Distributed via Global message delivery. (Wrong page? Fix here.)

Announcing Wikipedia 1.19 beta

Wikimedia Foundation is getting ready to push out 1.19 to all the WMF-hosted wikis. As we finish wrapping up our code review, you can test the new version right now on beta.wmflabs.org. For more information, please read the release notes or the start of the final announcement.

The following are the areas that you will probably be most interested in:

• Faster loading of javascript files makes dependency tracking more important.
• New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
• The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
• Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
• Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
• Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
• The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).
• More gender support (for instance in logs and user lists).
• Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
• Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
• Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.

Report any problems on the labs beta wiki and we'll work to address them before they software is released to the production wikis.

Note that this cluster does have SUL but it is not integrated with SUL in production, so you'll need to create another account. You should avoid using the same password as you use here. — Global message delivery 16:40, 15 EyoMqungu 2012 (UTC)

MediaWiki 1.19

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to upgrade MediaWiki (the software powering this wiki) to its latest version this month. You can help to test it before it is enabled, to avoid disruption and breakage. More information is available in the full announcement. Thank you for your understanding.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system (wrong page? You can fix it.). 15:23, 12 Eyo Mdumba 2012 (UTC)

Language support group for Xhosa

The Wikimedia Foundation has brought together a new team of developers who are dedicated to language support. This team is to support all the languages and consequently it is not realistic to expect that the team members can provide proper support for your language. It is for this reason that we are looking for volunteers who will make up a language support team.

This language support team will be asked to provide us with information about their language. Such information may need to be provided either to us or on a website that we will indicate to you. Another activity will be to test software that will likely have an effect on the running of the MediaWiki software. We are looking for people who clearly identify their ability. Formal knowledge is definitely appreciated.

As much of the activity will be concentrated on translatewiki.net, it will be a plus when team members know how to localise at translatewiki.net.
Thanks, Gmeijssen 10:05, 15 Eyo Mdumba 2012 (UTC)

Babel extension

The babel extension is used by people who want to indicate their proficiency in a language. Sadly, this extension has not yet been localised fo the Xhosa language. Would you be so kind and help us by localising this extension for us? Thanks, Gmeijssen 10:07, 15 Eyo Mdumba 2012 (UTC)