위키백과:마을 펌프(제안)/아카이브 176

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영문 위키백과 20주년 기념일

안녕, 1월 15일이 이틀 뒤야.위키백과:20이 메타로 리디렉션된 것 같아.여기서 기념할 계획이 있는가? --NaBUru38 (대화) 20:36, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]

이날 로고를 바꾸자는 얘기가 오갔지만 별다른 설득력을 얻지 못해 결국 무산됐다.그 외에도, 위키에서 그것에 대해 별로 수다스러운 일이 없었다. Wug·a·po·des 21:43, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
적어도 뭔가 해야 할 것 같은데...~ HAL333 22:20, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
그럼, 이 오길 바라자. Wug·a·po·des 22:40, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 아래 RfC를 시작해 준 Wugapodes에 감사한다.그 날짜에 로고를 클릭하는 사람들은 메인 페이지가 아닌 다른 곳으로 갈까?만약 그렇다면, 우리에겐 제대로 된 목표가 있는가?WP:아리스, 확실히 준비가 되어 있지 않지만, 우리가 독자들에게 편집에 도전하도록 지시하기 위해 이 문제를 둘러싼 소동들을 이용할 수 있다면 좋을 것 같아.또 다른 생각은 배너 고지를 가지고 있거나, 아니면 10억 번째 편집본을 묶는 것이다.하지만 우리는 짧은 시간대에 있다.{{u Sdkb}}} 23:32, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
어쩌면 위키백과의 역사?"기분 좋은" 정도로 잘 쓰여진지는 모르겠지만...~ HAL333 23:42, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
2018년부터 '업데이트 필요' 배너가 상위에 있었던 점을 감안하면, 프로브는 아니다.보통 때처럼 메인 페이지로 이동하면 되겠지만, 파일 같은 배너 중 하나의 변형된 배너를 삽입하면 된다.위키피디아 20 표지 색종이 파란색.png 메인 페이지.하지만 그것은 만약 어디에 있다면 현수막을 클릭하는 사람들을 어디로 가리킬 것인가에 대한 문제를 여전히 남길 것이다.어쩌면 내가 내 작품에 대해 호의적인 편견을 갖고 있는 것일 수도 있지만, 도움말 외에 다른 내향적인 프로젝트 페이지는 정말 떠오르지 않는다.위키피디아에 대한 소개는 정말 준비되었을 것이다.{{u Sdkb}}talk00:31, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
그것도 괜찮다.~ HAL333 01:12, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
@Sdkb: 기념일 배너가 있는 메인 페이지 버전과 연결하자는 당신의 제안은 마음에 드는데, 이것이 너무 기술적이어서 제때에 성공하지 못할까?도움에 대해 확신할 수 없다.위키피디아의 소개는, 이미 기부에 관심이 있는 사람들을 위한 것이기 때문이다.단지 여기서 아이디어를 가지고 놀지만, 나는 항상 '위키피아의 영향' 비디오의 팬이었다. 이 비디오는 접근 가능하고 영감을 주는 개요를 제공한다. 만약 그것이 어떻게든 연결될 수 있다면.만약 이 제안들 중 실용적이지 않다면 나는 일반적인 메인 페이지 링크가 가장 좋다고 생각한다.Jr8825Talk 12:02, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
Jr8825, 메인 페이지 배너는 기술적으로 그렇게 어렵지 않을 것이다; 나는 어려운 문제가 단지 합의를 이끌어내는 것이라고 생각한다.나도 그 비디오가 마음에 드는데, 배너로 연결해도 괜찮을 것 같아.이상적으로는 자동 작동 방식을 원하겠지만, 아아, 그건 불가능할 수도 있다.실험할 시간 좀 줘...{{u Sdkb}}talk 13:17, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
@Jr8825: 사용자:Sdkb/sandbox/Wikipedia:20주년 기념일은 당신이 상상하는 것과 비슷한 모양인가?(모바일 디스플레이를 완전히 작동시키려면 CSS 전문가의 주의가 필요하다.)그것을 설명하기 위해서, 우리는 이런 으로 메인 페이지에 배너를 붙였고, 그것을 클릭하면 페이지가 나오게 될 것이다.{{u Sdkb}}talk 14:29, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
시간이 너무 촉박하니까 내가 먼저 가서 아래 섹션을 만들었어.우리는 사람들이 어떻게 생각하는지 볼 것이다; 성공한다면 좋을 것이다. 그리고 최악의 시나리오는 그냥 평범한 메인페이지에 갇히게 된다.{{u Sdkb}}15:25, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]

아래에는 꽤 많은 적극적인 참여가 있는 것 같다.로고가 무엇을 선택했든 간에, 나는 로고가 하루 이상 있어야 한다고 믿는다. - 그것을 일주일 동안 보관해야 한다.빌헬름 텔 DCCXLVI 02:03, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 그것을 지지할 것이다.600만개의 기사 배너 로고가 일주일 정도 남아있던 기억이 난다.~ HAL333 02:20, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 하루보다 더 오래 버티면 괜찮을 것 같아.{{u Sdkb}}talk15:02, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
    한 달만 있으면 괜찮을 거야.Xaosflux 15:44, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
    일주일에서 2주일 정도면 괜찮을 것 같아.한 달은 더 번뜩이는 옵션(D)으로 지칠지도 모른다 — 이어비히talk 19:21, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
    2주 정도면 잘 될 거야.~ HAL333 23:08, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • @Sdkb: WMF는 [1]에 설치된 멋진 사이트를 가지고 있다. 나는 지금 믿을 수 없을 정도로 얇게 퍼져 있다. 하지만 당신은 그것을 확인하여 그것이 배너에 대한 가치 있는 목표인지 확인해 보는 것이 좋을 것이다. Wug·a·po·des 23:13, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
    우가포드, 오 와우, 그 메타에 대해 이렇게 생각하는게 바보같아.위키피디아 20은 전부였고 재단 사이트를 확인할 생각도 하지 않았다.그것은 우리가 창조할 수 있는 그 어떤 것보다도 훨씬 더 전문적이다(아, 예상대로라면, 편집보다는 기부를 시키는 데 더 중점을 두는 것이 나의 유일한 요점이며, 후자를 향한 유일한 길은 찻집과의 작은 연결고리일 뿐이다).아래의 논의는 불행히도 현수막이 어떻게 생겼어야 하는지에 대한 의견의 불일치에 부딪히고 있는데, 이 늦은 시간에 아마 아무것도 없을 것이다. 하지만 우리가 어떻게든 그것을 지나갈 방법을 찾는다면, WMF 페이지를 가리키는 것이 가는 길처럼 보인다.{{u Sdkb}}}talk 23:37, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
    나는 WP:20일에 그것을 사용하는 것으로 전환하기 위해 새로운 비디오를 얻으려고 노력하고 있지만, WMF는 극도로 답답하게 아직 그것을 하원의원에 올려놓지 않은 것 같다.{{u Sdkb}}{{u Sdkb}} 02:04, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]

20주년 로고 변경 제안

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

위키백과 창립 20주년을 기념해 한시적으로 로고를 바꿔야 할까? Wug·a·po·des 22:40, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]

RfC 형식

짧은 시간 때문에, 이 RfC는 24시간 동안만 실행될 것이다.단축된 시간대에 적정한 참여를 보장하기 위해, 행정고시판, 중앙집중식토론고시, 마을펌프 등에 안내문을 남겨두었다.

원래 RfC에서 제안한 파일:WP20 EnWiki20 SimplifiedLogo.svg.편집자의 관심으로 인해 아래에 다른 옵션이 추가되었으며 문자로 레이블이 지정된다.기본 설정의 순위를 가장 낮게 지정하고, 반대하는 옵션은 나열하지 마십시오.

제안된 이미지
The Wikipedia globe with "20 years of Wikipedia" below
최소 변경 사항
A stylized Wikipedia globe with "20 years of Wikipedia" below
B WMF 캠페인 스타일로
A black banner with "Wikipedia 20 years of contributions by people like you"
C 위키백과 10 캠페인에 영감을 받아
A four panel image with a woman reading a book, a computer, a cell phone, and the wikipedia globe above the text "20 years of Wikipedia"
D WMF 캠페인 스타일의 첫 반복
실행

자세한 내용은 mw:설명서:FAQ#How_do_I_change_the_logo?이상적으로는 서버 관리자가 서버 구성을 업데이트할 수 있지만 MediaWiki에 대한 편집을 통해 변경사항을 달성할 수도 있다.common.css

조사
  • 제안자로서의 지원. Wug·a·po·des 22:40, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 이상 머리를 쓰지 마라.레비비치harass/hound22:41, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
    (핑해줘서 고마워, 아자!)그 순서는 A, C, B, D를 선호한다.레비비치 hound/ 23:22, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원하면 안 되는 이유M 임티아즈 (토크 · 기여) 22:52, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
    A는 나의 투표다.M 임티아즈 (토크 · 기여) 00:06, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원, 물론이지, 왜 안 되지?바나몽드 (토크) 22:53, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
    {{rpp}}}이미지에 대한 이의 없음, D > C > B > A. 바나몽드(토크) 23:28, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 옵션 C, 때가 되었다.세계의 즐거움Talk 22:53, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 다른 제안이 없는 경우 조건부 지원options since added.나는 그것보다 더 과감한 것이 더 좋겠지만(그것이 거의 눈에 띄지 않을 것 같음) 아무것도 아닌 것을, 확실히 인수할 것이다.우리 다른 제안 좀 할 수 있을까?{{u Sdkb}} 22:55, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 - 물론이지, 왜 안 되지?비욘드 마이 켄 (토크) 22:56, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
    • 후속 조치: 이러한 선택 사항 중에서 나는 여전히 원래 게시된 옵션 A를 선호한다.나머지는 너무 야만적이거나 아마추어처럼 보이거나 너무 많은 공간을 차지한다.나는 깨끗하고 직업적으로 보이는 원문의 절제된 표현이 더 좋다.위키피디아는 아마추어 수준을 넘어섰고, 우리는 인터넷 상의 즉각적인 정보의 초기 원천인 지금의 우리 자신을 제시해야 한다.비욘드 마이 켄 (토크) 01:19, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 조건부 지원, Sdkb와 같은 추론.Tayi Arajakate 22:57, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 조건부 지원, Sdkb. davidwr/(talk)/(contracts)/(contracts) 22:58, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC) 옵션 A는 다른 것들보다 낫지만, 없는 것보다 낫다. davidwr/(talk)/(contracts) 23:28, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 관심이 있으므로 다른 옵션을 설정하는 방법을 참고하십시오.잠깐만. Wug·a·po·des 23:00, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지지 A - 나는 그것이 너무 화려하거나 화려하지 않다는 사실을 선호한다.20년 동안 '페디아'를 건설한 멋진 기념일이다.마넷D 토크 23:01, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 만약 우리가 600만개의 기사를 기념했다면, 20년은 왜 안 되었을까?~ HAL333 23:03, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 나는 만화 산 20이 그려진 번쩍이는 위키피디아 로고를 원하며, 배경에는 애니메이션 불꽃(특히 노란색과 빨간색, 녹색은 내 것이 아니다)을 원해.실현. --qedk (t c) 23:03, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • Sdkb당 조건부 지원.요크셔라드 ✿ 23(talk):04, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 --Enos733 (대화) 23:09, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
로고 기본 설정은 옵션 A에 이어 옵션 D에 해당된다.기념일을 위해 로고를 변경해야 한다. --Enos733 (토크) 17:58, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • Follow up(팔로우업) RfC는 이러한 첫 번째 코멘트 이후 변경되었다.지지를 나타내는 이들은 옵션 A — Wug·a·po·des 23:12, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답하라]에만 댓글을 달았다.
  • Since we only have 24 hours for the RFC, am pinging the users above who commented before options were added: @Levivich, M Imtiaz, Vanamonde93, Enjoyer of World, Sdkb, Beyond My Ken, Tayi Arajakate, Davidwr, MarnetteD, HAL333, QEDK, YorkshireLad, and Enos733: Aza24 (talk) 23:19, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • 옵션 D.가장 생동감이 넘치지만 여전히 프로페셔널해 보인다.{{u Sdkb}}} 23:21, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • Sdkb의 경우 옵션 D:활력이 넘치지만 프로페셔널하다.뒤이어:B,C,A.는 거의 눈에 띄지 않는다.B는...괜찮아. 하지만 뭐라고 쓰여있는지 보기엔 좀 힘들어.C는 좀 이상한 것 같다.선장이크 ek 23:26, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 A는 일관되고 우아한 스타일로 포인트를 만든다.B와 D는 너무 만화적이고 멋있어 보인다.그리고 C는 독자층이 상당히 다를 수 있는 경우, 독자층이 기고자와 같다고 가정하기 때문에 상당히 부정확할 위험이 있다.Andrew🐉 (대화) 23:29, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D, B, C, A. A는 너무 미묘해 보이고, C는 어쩌면 네 면면도 너무 미묘해 보인다.고마워, 아자24!요크셔라드 ✿ 23(talk):31, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D.옵션 A도 없는 것보다는 낫다.나는 C에 반대한다 - 그것은 Cards Against Humanity 카드처럼 보인다; 그것은 너무 크고 검은 배경은 좋지 않다.power~enwiki (π, ν) 23:32, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
벡터의 옵션 D
  • 옵션 D: 여기 벡터에 대한 모형이 있다.나는 그것이 너무 바쁘거나 색채가 풍부할 것이라고 생각했지만, 내 생각에 그것은 그것을 맥락에서 본다.다른 20주년 콘텐츠에 적합한 브랜드.두 번째 선택: A, 그 다음 B.C아니라, 우리가 뭔가를 항의하는 것 같아. 아니면 누군가가 죽었어.이어비히talk 23:34, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
    • 재미있는 조롱.혹시 영상과 텍스트의 간격을 조금 더 늘려야 할까?미루는 Reader (대화) 08:09, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
      그래, 네 말이 맞을지도 몰라.현재의 로고가 어떻게 보이는지, 그리고 "20년 동안"의 중심을 적절히 잡을 수 있는 충분한 공간을 우리에게 줄 수 있도록 조금 더 패드를 붙이시겠습니까?불행히도 시간이 없다.Ping Wugapodes.이어비히talk 19:16, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
      우리가 말하는 A와 D의 최종 디자인 작업을 한다.UTC 20:00까지 게시해야 함 — Wug·a·po·des 19:48, 2021년 1월 14일(UTC)[응답]
  • D C B A ~ ToBeFree (토크) 23:38, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 B 그럼 D, C, A. B와 D의 디자인이 마음에 드는데 D가 너무 바빠.~ HAL333 23:39, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D – C에 이어, 나는 어떤 WMF 페이지에서 처음 보았을 때부터 D의 스타일을 좋아했다. 다른 사람들이 그렇게 하지 않을까 걱정하면서 관심을 끌어야 한다.A와 B는 기념일이나 기념일이라기엔 너무 싱거워 보인다.아자24 (대화) 23:40, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 A: 아마도 옵션 B.C는 끔찍하다.D가 지저분하다 — 고스트인The Machine 23:43, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 C, 비정통적인 의견 확실해네 얼굴에서, 그래.그러나 그것은 누구나 기고가 될 수 있다는 사실에 주목하게 한다. 그것은 우리가 더 많은 인식을 필요로 하는 것이고 나는 그것의 미학을 좋아한다.타이이 아라자카테 23:50, 2021년 1월 13일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 A 또는 C, 만만한 B 또는 D. --에어랜드(토크) 23:52, 2021년 1월 13일(UTC)[응답]
  • A, 그 다음 D.B나 C가 아님 — xaosflux 00:05, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D -FASTYLY 00:25, 2021년 1월 14일(UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D를 선택한 다음 옵션 A를 선택하십시오.하지만 로고가 언급할 수 있을지 궁금해서 편집이 10억 건에 달했다."20년, 10억 편집"은 훨씬 더 거창하게 들린다.오비너스 (토크) 00:30, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • A, C를 선호하지만 아무 것도 하지 않는 것보다는 이 중 어느 것이든 좋다.-gadfium 00:37, 2021년 1월 14일(UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D(그 다음 A).나는 이 일을 언제까지나 하고 싶지는 않지만, 하루 동안은 근사하고 펀치(하지만 친근함)가 좋다.--엘미대(토크·기여) 00:40, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 오비누스가 제안한 "20년, 10억 편집" 캡틴이 정말 마음에 든다.이크 ek 01:10, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
포토샵 기술을 가진 누군가가 확실한 선두주자 옵션 D를 수정하여 작품 아래에 그것을 읽을 수 있을까?~ HAL333
여기 옵션 A를 위한 것인데, 나는 위키백과 부분이 조금 더 늘어날 수 있다고 생각한다.오비너스 (토크) 02:35, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
나는 지금 잉크케이프와는 멀리 떨어져 있지만, 만약 우리가 20년과 10억의 편집을 모두 가질 예정이라면, 나는 그것들이 끝나기 보다는 위키피디아 텍스트 마크 밑에 들어가기를 권하고 싶다.본질적으로, "자유 백과사전" 부분을 "위키피디아\n20년, 10억 편집"과 같은 것으로 다시 만드는 것이다.또 다른 옵션은 "20년 이상"을 기준치 이상으로 유지하고 아래의 "100억 이상 편집"을 작은 상한으로 하는 것이다. Wug·a·po·des 02:46, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
좋은 생각이야!나는 그래픽 디자인에 배경이 없어서 간격이 최적이 아닐 수도 있지만, 비슷한 것을 오른쪽에 붙였다.아마도 누군가가 "자유 백과사전" 글꼴을 사용하여 하나를 만들 수 있을 것이다.오비너스 (토크) 03:02, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
우가포드의 제안, 대략.
"위키피디아" 위의 텍스트를 가지고 있는 것이 훨씬 더 좋아 보인다.~ HAL333 03:18, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
지금은 좀 바쁘기 때문에 다른 누군가가 다른 옵션/와가포드의 두 번째 아이디어에 대해 유사한 것들을 만들 수 있을 것이다.오비너스 (토크) 04:09, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
나는 문자표를 조롱했다.바로 여기야.이것은 C를 제외한 로고가 선택되는 모든 로고에 넣을 수 있지만, 어쨌든 그것은 가능성이 희박하다. Wug·a·po·des 04:23, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
위키백과 20억번째 편집을 기념하는 텍스트 표시
  • A 또는 C를 지지하십시오. A를 선호하십시오.B 옵션에는 넘어진 5처럼 보이는 엽기적인 숫자 '2'가 있다.B와 D 옵션 모두 위키백과나 다른 위키미디어 프로젝트와는 전혀 어울리지 않기 때문에 도처에 완전한 리브랜드를 하지 않는 한 너무 이상하다.Jonsey95 (대화) 01:13, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • D > C > A > B > 아무것도. – Teratix 01:20, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • D, C: 현재 D를 지원하고 있으며, C가 근소한 차이로 2위를 달리고 있다.C는 전할 최고의 메시지를 가지고 있고, 그것은 정말 품위 있어 보이지만, 너무 엄숙하다 - 아마도 최근에 죽은 사람을 위한 추모의 깃발처럼 보이지 않게 하기 위해 검은 배경에 50%의 불투명 글리프 또는 색의 얼룩을 가지고 있을 것이다.빌헬름 텔 DCCXLVI 01:32, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
논평: 오비누스가 제안한 것처럼, 우리는 10억 개의 편집에 대한 것을 언급해야 한다.어떻게 안 할 수 있지?다른 어떤 것 못지않게 대단한 이정표인데, 10억 번째 편집자 자체가 어떤 반달이라기보다는 아만티오 디 니콜라오 경에 의한 것이었다...빌헬름 텔 DCCXLVI 02:12, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • A 또는 D를 지원하십시오.나의 유일한 강한 반대는 옵션 C에 대한 것인데, 그것은 너무 크고 파괴적일 수 있다.만약 우리 모두가 동의할 수 없다면, 나는 A로 가는 것을 제안한다. 왜냐하면 그것은 매우 미미하기 때문에 많은 사람들이 눈치채지 못할 것이기 때문이다.20년은 긴 시간이다...이 이정표를 어떤 식으로든 광고해야 할 것 같아! — 2021년 1월 14일(UTC) 뮤지크애니멀 01:56[응답]
  • A'를 지지하다.그렇다, 20년은 인정해야 할 벤치마크지만, 나는 세계사에서 지금 이 순간 극적인 축하의 변화가 적절하다고 생각하지 않는다.컬런328 2021년 1월 14일 02:30 (UTC) 토론하자[응답하라]
축하하는 것은 재미있고, 전 세계가 매일 더 밝게 보이기 시작한다.백신이 나왔고 경제가 서서히 회복세를 보이기 시작했다.우수성을 추구하는 20년, 편집 10억년은 분명히 축하를 필요로 한다.빌헬름 텔 DCCXLVI 05:01, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 일반적으로 첫 번째 선택은 옵션 A, 두 번째 선택 옵션 D가 지원된다.그러나 제시된 다른 옵션에는 이의가 없다.BD2412 T 02:59, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • A는 괜찮지만 D를 지지하십시오.나는 또한 20년 동안 10억의 수정 단어들을 지지한다.다른 두 사람과는 반대야.Best, Barkeep49 (대화) 03:19, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지지 A, 여기서는 미니멀리즘이 최선이다. - 부시 레인저 03:40, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 부시 관리인 A를 지지하십시오.물론 10억 개에 대한 언급도 지지한다.더블 샤프(토크) 04:16, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • A 또는 D에 대한 지원.1997kB (대화) 04:56, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 첫 번째 선택은 우가포드의 제안, 두 번째는 옵션 A, 세 번째는 옵션 D와 B. --판다케콕9 (토크) 05:02, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지지 D 휴게소 보기.B와 C를 반대한다.A는 너무 싱거워 보여 tbh도 눈에 띄지 않을 것 같다.D는 흥분되지만 지저분하지는 않다.미루는 Reader (대화) 05:55, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 처음에는 너무 지저분할 줄 알았지만 벡터에서는 멋져 보이는 지원 D.A을(를) 백업으로.Vaticidalpropet (대화) 05:58, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 D에 이어 A에 이어signed, 로스길 06:00, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 서포트 A D에 이어 D A.또한 20년 10억의 Asartea 07 Contribs:51, 2021년 1월 14일(UTC) 수정 문구 지원[응답]
  • 아무거나 지원하라: A, B, C, D. 그냥 어떻게 좀 해봐.GenQuest 07:59, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 아무거나 지원하되 A는 첫 번째 선택으로. --미치광이(채널 2) 08:11, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 옵션 D —DJ (대화기여) 09:06, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 설명:나는 많은 옵션 A!voters가 그 변화가 얼마나 미묘할지를 놓치고 있다고 생각한다.당신이 알고 있는 토론의 맥락에서 그것을 지나치게 크게 보는 것과 완전히 관련이 없는 것을 위해 위키피디아를 검색하는 것은 별개의 일이다.만약 우리가 우리 자신 이외의 누군가가 (그리고 나는 우리가 이렇게 의미 있는 기념일을 위해 한다고 생각한다) 알아차리기를 원한다면, 우리는 더 과감한 선택을 해야 한다.{{u Sdkb}}} 09:30, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지지 C에 이어 A A As C가 많은 사랑을 받고 있는 것 같지 않은데, 만약 그것이 이기지 못한다면 A를 나의 투표로 생각해줘.나는 비카투니 옵션을 선호한다. 20년 안에 위키피디아가 성인화 단계에 접어들었다;) 노즈백베어 (토크) 10:18, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 D, 그 다음 A.D는 꽤 멋져 보인다.마리오점프83! 2021년 1월 14일 11시 16분 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 D, 그 다음 A.Jr8825Talk 11:31, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지지하다.선호: D 또는 B.A는 놓치기 너무 쉽다.– 조 (대화) 11시 59분, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 서포트 A D는 좀 어수선하고 만화가 되어 보이고, A. B는 좀 더 단순하고 미니멀한 형태가 못생겨 보이고, C는 그냥 텍스트가 되는 것이 좋다.
  • 지원 A가 가장 전문적으로 보이는..메인페이지의 만화나 그 문제에 대한 어떤 페이지에서도 아이를 멀리하자.--Moxy 🍁 14:20, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 생각에 지원 D 옵션 D는 다른 것보다 더 멋져 보인다.댄라우드 (대화) 15:03, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • A를 지원하되, 일시적이어서는 안 되지만, 몇 주 동안 메인 로고에 대한 대체 로고가 되어야 한다...IMO--Ozzie10aaa (대화) 16:38, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 D - 다른 옵션과 비교했을 때, 실제로 축하를 느낀다.D는 거리의 활기찬 벽화를 연상시킨다.알타멜 (대화) 16:51, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 서포트 A, C – B, D는 아마추어처럼 보인다.dhtwiki (대화) 19:47, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답하라]
  • 제안서 중 하나를 선택하는 것을 강력히 지지하며(현재 의견 일치가 있는 것 같기는 하지만) C, D, B, A 순으로 했으면 한다.C는 단순하지만 생각을 불러일으키며 사람들에게 참여에 대해 생각하게 할 수 있다. D는 아름다우며 사람들이 위키피디아를 어떻게 사용하는지, 그리고 왜, B는 멋져 보이고 관심을 끌며, A는 우리가 과거에 사용했던 배너 테마와 비슷하고 논란의 여지가 없다.빌로프 (대화) 19:56, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
    단지 강조하자면, 그것은 A에 대한 D의 강력한 지지다.1 bn 편집도 언급하는 것을 지지한다.빌로프 (대화) 22:04, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 나는 그 순서대로 C, D, B, A를 지지한다.우리는 논란의 여지가 없을 정도로 덜 중요한 이벤트들을 위해 더 과감한 로고를 해왔고, 나는 C가 WP 20에게 정말 잘 어울린다고 생각한다. 베스트, 케빈L (L235 · t · c알트) 20:22, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 반대하지만, 만약 반대한다면, A는 괜찮아 보인다.'자유 백과사전' 부분을 잊지 말고 보관해라.고마워요.마이크 필 (토크) 20:27, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 나는 이 모든 것이 몇 주 전에 논의되고 기각되었다고 생각했다.마이크 필의 말에 동의해, 변화를 반대하지만, 변화가 있으려면 A가 가장 좋아 보여.--위활트 (대화) 20:43, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • A. 나머지 두 사람에 대한 전문성이 부족하다는 데 동의했다.특히 이 일을 하루보다 더 오래 방치할 경우. --Izno (대화) 20:44, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 아무거지지하십시오.이것은 알아볼 만한 이정표다.는 또한 로고의 일부로서 "10억 편집" 메시지를 지지할 것이다.피톤코더(토크 기여) 21:23, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 제안서 지원:특별히 투표하지 않는 것.Pythoncoder처럼 나도 일반적으로 그 제안을 방해한다.해보자. --Titodutta (대화) 22:16, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

메인 페이지 배너

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

에서는 메인 페이지에 배너를 두고 편집에 대한 추가 정보와 격려가 담긴 페이지를 만드는 것에 대해 논의한다.나는 그것이 어떻게 보일 수 있는지 대략적인 모의실험을 해 보았다.폭이 제대로 작동하려면 기술적인 주의가 좀 필요한데, 좀 더 정제된 것이 없어서 미안한데, 지금 너무 짧은 시간대에 있어서 여기에 내놓고 싶다.메인 페이지는 이와 같은 배너를 추가하기 위해 변경될 것이며, 이것은 비디오와 함께페이지와 더 많은 읽기/학습 연결로 이어질 것이다(또한, 아직 몇 가지 기술적인 수정이 필요하며, 채택될 경우 위키피디아:20주년 기념으로 이동될 것이다).이런 일을 하는 것에 대한 일반적인 지지가 있는가?{{u Sdkb}}15:22, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 배너가 너무 커서 6MM 기사에 대해 했던 것처럼 덜 거슬리는 것을 선호한다고 생각한다(예:또한 페이지 맨 위에 뉴욕 지역을 위한 거대한 CN 배너가 이미 있으며 위키피디아에 게시되어 있음을 기억하십시오.Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2021. — xaosfluxTalk 15:48, 2021년 1월 14일(UTC)[응답]
Xaosflux, 배너는 약간 작을 수 있지만, 이것은 위키백과의 20주년 기념일이고, 나는 큰 무언가가 2021년 1월 14일 Asartea 15 Contribs:52, (UTC)[응답]이 적절할 것이라고 생각한다.
@Asartea:나는 이것이 이미 로고를 특별하게 스타일링하는 것 외에 더해질 것이라고 추측하고 있다. 그래서 나는 로고를 더 크게 만들지 말 것을 제안하는 것이다.Xaosflux 16:06, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
메인 페이지 배너 및 Asartea 15 Contribs:53, 2021년 1월 14일(UTC) 페이지 지원[응답]
지원 좋은 아이디어 ....위와 같은 옵션을 몇 개 더 통합할 수 있을까?만화가 유행하는 세계 만화가 유행하는 동안 순탄치 않은 표정인지 확실하지 않다.내 생각에는 좀 더 학구적으로 보여야 할 것 같아.--Moxy: 16:01, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답하라]
Moxy, 내가 로고를 빨리 읽는 것을 고려하면 D가 이 배너를 이길 것이라는 것을 암시하는 것 같다.더 많은 학문적 배너와 로고가 충돌할 수도 있다.Asartea 16 Contribs:08, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
D가 이긴다는 데 동의한다....내 손녀딸들의 스티커처럼 생긴 것이 슬픈 얼굴을 모니터한다.색상 블라인드 친화 버전이라도 구할 수 있을까?--Moxy 🍁 00:08, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 참고: 일반적인 WMF 모금 감사 캠페인 대신 WP20을 지원하는 배너 캠페인이 계획되어 있으며, 이전 주요 기념일에 진행되었던 것과 유사한 형식을 따를 것이다.Seddon 18:21, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
Seddon, 알고 보니 좋네.내일 출시를 계획하지 않는 한 이 일에 방해가 될지는 잘 모르겠다.모금과 편집자 모집의 목적도 다르다.{{u Sdkb}}} 18:32, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 ~ HAL333 19:37, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 나는 제안된 배너를 지지하지 않는다.나는 6m의 기사처럼 우리의 평상시 배너를 지지한다."위키피디아가 10억 편집으로 20번째 생일을 맞이한다"거나 하는 것. --Izno (토크) 20:46, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답하라]
    나는 이즈노의 말에 동의해, 백만번째 기사 기념행사에서처럼 일반적인 메인 페이지 배너 스타일을 하자.Mz7 (대화) 23:18, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
    없는 것보다는 낫다고 생각한다는 말로 분명히 밝혀야 하고, 그저 평범한 배너 스타일을 선호할 뿐, 배너가 있는 것을 아예 막고 싶지는 않다.Mz7 (대화) 00:00, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원, 배너가 아니라 페이지 아이콘이 있는 게 좀 이상하다.이것의 형식에 대해서, 나는 무엇이 적절한지 잘 모르지만 그래픽 스타일의 형식을 지지한다.
에드 토크!✨ 23:48, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 아무것도 아닌 것에 대해 "뭔가" 하는 것에 대한 저항이 지금까지 가장 적은 것 같다. 템플릿에서 스타일링을 벗어남.Main_Page_banner - 특정 랜딩 페이지가 있는 굵은 콜 투 액션(call to action)을 포함한 몇 가지 텍스트로 합의할 수 있는가?Xaosflux 00:57, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • Xaosflux, "x백만 기사" 메시지의 수정 버전을 사용하는 것이 가장 간단한가?예를 들어. 영어 위키피디아가 20번째 생일을 맞이하고 있다! 백과사전의 지속적인 개선에 참여할 수 있는 방법을 알아보십시오.샘-2727 (대화) 01:07, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 템플릿을 통해 일반 배너를 추가했다.메인 페이지 배너, 랜딩 페이지는 위키백과:20주년 기념.나는 적어도 이 선호에 약간은 관여하고 있지만, 처음에는 "아무것도 없는 것보다는 낫다"는 신중해 보이는 것 같다 - 배너에 대한 추가 개선 논의는 여기서 계속하는 것보다 더 환영할 만하며, 만약 그들이 이것이 더 많은 논의 없이 어긋난다고 생각한다면 어떤 관리도 나를 되돌리는 것을 환영할 것이다.XaosfluxTalk 02:33, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
    Xaosflux, 우리가 뭔가를 할 수 있어서 기뻐.하지만 내가 위에서 언급한 기술적인 문제는 아무도 다루지 않았기 때문에, 그것은 현재 특이한 해상도로 모바일이나 스크린에서 형편없이 작동한다.가능한 한 빨리 CSS에 능숙한 사람을 시켜서 그런 것들을 처리하게 할 수 있을까?{{u Sdkb}}}talk 12:33, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
    @Sdkb:좀 더 구체적으로 말해줄래?배너에는 적어도 다른 페이지 내용 못지않게 벡터/모노북/미네르바/시간 없는 매우 작고 큰 해상도로 모바일 사이트(en.m.wikipeida)의 미네르바를 통해 내게 표시되는 것 같다.현수막 그 자체를 말하는 것인가, 아니면 랜딩 페이지(위키피디아:20주년) 그 자체를 말하는 것인가(나는 분명히 어떤 작품을 쓸 수 있다고 생각하지만 나는 그 페이지와 아무런 관련이 없었다.XaosfluxTalk 18:02, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
    Xaosflux, 나는 랜딩 페이지를 언급하고 있었다.브랜던XLF가 급습하여 문제를 해결하였으므로, 우리는 지금 준비가 되었다. (그가 모바일용 CSS 문제를 해결하는데 도움을 준 것은 처음이 아니다. 대단히 감사하다!){{u Sdkb}}} 18:05, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

현재 현수막의 본문은 영어 위키피디아20번째 생일을 맞이하고 있다고 말한다.위키피디아 20주년 기념으로 바꿔야 할 것 같아!영어 위키백과와 위키백과의 창간도 마찬가지였고, 위키백과 전체를 창간하는 것이 더 큰 행사인 만큼 이를 축하하는 것이다.게다가 더 깨끗할 뿐이지.그리고 나는 이 배너가 이미 위키백과에 위키링크를 포함하고 있는 영구 배너 바로 아래에 나타날 때 위키링크는 필요하지 않다고 생각한다.{{u Sdkb}} 12:42, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]

Xaosflux, 당신이 실행한 이후로 이 문제에 대해 당신에게 예의주시하고 있다. 당신은 언어를 바꿀 의향이 있는가?{{u Sdkb}}}talk 18:07, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
다듬기 완료 템플릿:기본 페이지 배너.Xaosflux 18:15, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

로그아웃된 페이지에 가면 WMF 페이지로 연결되는 다소 어리석은 20년 기념이라는 꼬리표가 붙은 현수막을 보게 된다.메타에는 아무 것도 없는 것 같다.센트럴 노티스, 이게 어디서 왔는지 아는 사람 있어?{{u Sdkb}}{{u Sdkb}} 01:07, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]

@Sdkb: 그건 안 보이는데, "20년을 만들어줘서 고마워..기초 사이트에 자바스크립트 이스트레그(syg....)가 있는 ". 지금 보고 있는 요소를 검사하여 더 많은 정보를 제공할 수 있는가?이것도 데스크톱, 모바일, 모바일 앱에 있는 거야?XaosfluxTalk 01:55, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]
@Sdkb: 좋아, CN에서도 나오는 것 같군(예: 메타:MediaWiki:Centralnotice-템플릿-WP20 test1 Cake20 I see the text) - 이 모든 것이 사용자에 의해 관리되고 있다고 생각함:Seddon (WMF).xaosflux 02:02, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]
내가 원래 보고 있던 변종
변경된(전류) 변종
Xaosflux, 내가 방금 페이지를 다시 로드하려고 했을 때, 텍스트가 바뀌어서 지금 우리는 같은 것을 보고 있다.스크린샷 부착.소스 코드에 대해 알고 싶은 것이 있으면 요소 검사 시 무엇을 찾아야 하는지 말만 하십시오.
주요 이슈는 이것들이 메인 페이지에 있는 우리의 배너를 복제하여 약간의 중복성을 만든다는 것이다.매우 긴급한 문제는 아니지만, 완전히 이상적이지는 않다.{{u Sdkb}}{{talku Sdkb}} 02:09, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]
@Sdkb: 그들은 순환할 CN이 몇 개 있고, 또한 그들이 항상 보여주지 못하게 하는 인상적인 식단을 가지고 있다고 생각한다. 그리고 그들은 단지 MP만이 아니라 모든 페이지에 보여진다 - 그것 때문에 우리의 MP 배너를 제거해야 한다고 생각하지 않는다.XaosfluxTalk 02:13, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]
응, 괜찮은 것 같아.중복을 없애기 위해 메인페이지의 CN 배너를 억압하는 것이 좋을지도 모르지만, 나는 강한 느낌이 들지 않는다.{{u Sdkb}}{{u Sdkb}} 02:21, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

이러한 배너는 실제로 장기간으로 설계되지 않았으며, 조만간 더욱 미묘한 사이트 로고로 변경될 때 (A)를 철회하거나 (B) 표준 사이트 로고로 되돌릴 때 (B)를 철회할 것을 제안한다.어떤 감정이라도 있어?Xaosflux 19:48, 2021년 1월 20일 (UTC)[응답]

이의 제기를 제외하고 A가 발생할 때마다 이 문제를 해결하겠다(진행은 다른 섹션 참조).Xaosflux 11:20, 2021년 1월 22일 (UTC)[응답]
템플릿에서 제거됨:기본 페이지 배너.xaosflux 16:21, 2021년 1월 22일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

평화 노벨상 후보 위키미디어 푸딩 캠페인을 시작하는 것은 어떨까?

노벨상 후보자들은 2월 1일부터 조사를 받게 될 것이다. 아직 시간이 남아 있고 이것이 바람직한 모멘텀이 될 수 있을 것이다!리칭가 (대화) 15:47, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]

  • 그런 것은 철저하게 기획하고 고려해야 할 것이다.우리가 내일까지 발사 준비를 할 가능성은 없다.{{u Sdkb}} 16:16, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 나는 리칭가--Ozzie10aaa (대화) 17:57, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답하라]에 동의한다.
  • 이것은 매우 깊이 생각해보고, 철저하게 연구하며, 만약 그것이 첫 번째 시프트라도 통과될 희망이 있다면, 매우 강력하고 세밀한 공천을 준비해야 할 것이다.또 다른 고려사항은 특정 인물만이 공천을 할 수 있고 여전히 훨씬 더 많은 지명자들로부터 매년 200명 정도의 다른 지명자들이 있다는 것이다.[2] 간단히 말해서 올해는 아니다.Thryduulf (대화) 22:36, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답하라]
  • 올해는 우리가 못 이기는 걸로 봐서는 공천이 무해할 것 같다.확실히 우리는 그들이 원한다면 어떤 자격을 갖춘 지명자가 우리를 지명하는 것을 막을 수 없다.BD2412 T 23:33, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]

다른 프로젝트에서

다른 프로젝트에서 내가 주목한 계획들을 메모하고 싶었어.FrWikipedia는 w:fr:에서 동일한 옵션(옵션 C 제외)에 대해 논의하고 있다.위키백과:Le Bistro du jour#Tote Express d'un logo timpaire pour 20 and du projet.CsWikipedia는 w:cs:에서 B, D와 같은 예술 스타일의 로고를 선택했다.위키백과:포드 리퍼우#20. 나로제니 위키피디아.아마도 이것을 고려하기에는 너무 늦었지만, 만약 사람들이 다른 프로젝트들과 일치하는데 관심이 있다면, 그것은 볼 가치가 있다. — Wug·a·po·des 20:04, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]

이미지를 마무리하는 중

옵션 A의 최종 초안
옵션 D의 최종 초안

토론으로 볼 때 주요 후보는 A와 D(결국 어느 쪽이 합의점을 갖고 있는지 알아내야 할 것)로 10억 편집 이정표를 기념하는 데 관심이 쏠린다.배치 준비를 위해 피드백을 바탕으로 이 두 이미지를 완성했다.UTC 자정 전에 고쳐야 할 다른 문제가 있다면 알려줘 — Wug·a·po·des 20:14, 2021년 1월 14일(UTC)[응답]

워그, 자정까지 몇 시간밖에 안 남았고 월요일 전까지 마지막 배치 기간도 남았는데 이걸 닫을 수 있는 사람이 준비됐나?그리고 IRC의 시스템 관리자에게 연락해서 IRC(또는 다른 CR)가 패치를 검토하도록 하고 자산은 괜찮아 보이도록 하는 것이 좋을 것 같다. 내 생각엔 여유 공간이 별로 없기 때문이다.늑장부리는 Reader (대화) 20:21, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
#위키메디아-오퍼레이션을 잡담했는데 때가 되면 준비가 된 것 같다.피드백을 보니, 처음 생각했던 것만큼 배치 윈도우가 빡빡하지 않아서 (1톤은 아니지만) 조금 여유가 있는 것 같아.Mz7은 IRC에 그들이 문을 닫을 용의가 있다고 말했다. Wug·a·po·des 21:06, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
"20년 동안의" 텍스트는 퍼즐 글러브 아래에서 적절히 중심을 잡아야 하는데, 완전히 비난받아 보이고 약간은 프로답답지 못한 것 같다. -- AxG / 21:28, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
@AxG: 여기 예를 올렸는데 별로 좋아 보이진 않네.작은 글씨체와 이탤릭체 문자 사이에 더 많은 흰 공간을 남기면서도 "W"와 "A"의 비대칭 너비 때문에 여전히 다소 중심을 벗어나 보인다.— Wug·a·po·des 21:50, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
나는 중심 텍스트가 조금 더 좋아 보인다.{{u Sdkb}}} 23:42, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
나는 동의하지 않는다.비중심의 텍스트는 나를 괴롭히지 않는다. ~ HAL333 22:43, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
Wug·a·po·des, 최종 배치된 로고는 MonoBook의 하단에 컷오프되어 있다.Talk(토크)의 의견 참조:메인 페이지.펜스&윈도우 23:33, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
Seddon과 IRC에서 같이 작업하고 있어나도 거기에 메시지를 남길게. Wug·a·po·des 23:35, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]

기간

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

  • @Mz7:끝내줘서 고마워.선호하는 기간에 대한 결론이 있는가?위에서는 그것이 하루보다 더 길기를 바라는 욕망이 있는 것 같지만, 정확히 얼마나 길어야 하는지에 대해서는 확고한 합의가 이루어지지 않고 있다.{{u Sdkb}}talk 22:37, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
    @Sdkb: 불행히도 위의 논의는 어떤 로고를 사용할 것인가에만 초점을 맞추었기 때문에 선호하는 기간에 대한 결론은 없다.나는 "당신이 옳다고 생각하는 것을 하라"고 말하고 싶지만, 만약 당신이 결정적인 대답을 원한다면, 더 많은 논의가 필요하다.Mz7 (대화) 22:40, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
    I was expecting we might have another "24-hour RfC" on when to remove when it seemed the mood was for changing it back, but perhaps starting an RfC now on duration might be best, closing ad hoc when it's been almost the period of time that has the most agreement. (I'd like a week but I am but one mortal.) — Bilorv (talk) 22:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[답장]
  • FYI, 우리의 정상적인 배치 절차에 따르면, 빠르면 화요일까지 배치가 있을 수 없다. (월요일은 미국의 공휴일이라 주변에 사람이 거의 없다.)Jdforrester (WMF) (대화) 23:26, 2021년 1월 14일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 이런 일이 그렇게 자주 있는 것은 아니니, 나는 한 달까지는 아무 일이나 할 수 있다.Xaosflux 00:54, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 2주가 적당할 것 같다.~ HAL333 01:26, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
    • 나는 또한 훨씬 더 긴 기간(최대 1년) 동안 옵션 A를 사용하는 것을 지지한다.충분히 미묘하다.~ HAL333 02:54, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 은 특별한 업적이므로 아마도 1년 동안 이 상태로 있어야 할 것이다(그러나 나는 옵션 A로 바꿀 것이다)--Ozzie10aaa (토크) 02:22, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 오리지널 로고의 변형으로 바뀌지 않는 한 15일을 넘어서는 안 된다.위키미디아가 고른 것이든 위키피디아 브랜드와 거의 어울리지 않는, 숨막히게 촌스러운 로고를 설치한 RfC가 있었다.니흘러스 02:24, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 2주에서 1개월까지는 적당할 것 같다.나는 24시간을 절대 반대한다.오하나Talk page 유나이티드 03:00 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • IMHO, 현재의 로고(옵션 D)는 한 달 내내 사용하기에는 너무 산만하고 시끄럽다.한편, 처음 24시간 이후에 보다 미묘한 옵션(예: 옵션 A) 중 하나를 사용했다면 한 달 내내 로고를 올려도 괜찮을 것이다. 72.209.60.95 (대화) 03:15, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 현재의 로고(D)가 장기간 사용하기에 적합하지 않다는 위의 IP와, 15일(또는 곧)이 충분히 길어질 것이라는 니흘루스의 의견에 동의한다.두 번 또는 한 달은 너무 길다.2021년 남은 기간 동안 옵션 A(원래 선택)를 교체하는 것은 반대하지 않지만, 일반 로고와는 조금 다른 조정 사항이기 때문이다.그리고 나서 우리는 2022년에 보통 로고로 돌아가곤 했다.비욘드 마이 켄 (토크) 04:31, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 나는 약간 과격한 제안이 있다. 옵션 D를 3일에서 1주일 사이에 유지하고, 옵션 A를 2022년 1월 15일까지 1년 동안 유지하라.빌헬름 텔 DCCXLVI 04:52, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D가 옵션 A보다 훨씬 멋있기 때문에 나는 옵션 D, 그 다음 옵션 A를 순서대로 선호했지만, 나는 그것이 얼마나 추한지 오늘까지 깨닫지 못했다.나는 옵션 D가 잠시 사용되어야 하고, 그 후 2022년까지 남은 기간 동안 옵션 A가 사용되어야 한다는 것에 동의한다.마리오점프83! 2021년 1월 15일 04:57 (UTC)[응답]
  • 20년 동안 20일 동안.Brightgalrs (/braɪtˈɡl.ərˌs/)[ᴛ] 05:02, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 나는 우리의 20년 남은 기간 동안 옵션 A로 바꾸는 것이 좋긴 하지만 옵션 D가 장기 로고는 좋은 옵션이 아니라는 것에 동의한다.배치를 할 사람을 찾을 수 있는 한 어느 쪽도 시행하는 것이 어렵지 않을 것이다.그래도 이번 주말까지는 할 수 있을 거야. Wug·a·po·des 05:12, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 멋진 농담으로 D 하루만...A를 해당 월에 사용한다.--Moxy 🍁 05:25, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 나도 조금 있다가 A로 바꾸는 생각이 좋아.기껏해야 며칠에서 일주일 이상 D를 지킬 필요는 없을 것 같다.남은 달 동안 또는 그 이상 동안 A로 전환하십시오.이어비히 05:57, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 20시간이면 충분할 것이다: 이 모든 색깔들과 더 오래 유지할 필요가 거의 없기 때문에, 사람들은 우리가 정말로 이 기회에 많은 관심을 가지고 있다는 것을 이해했을 것이다.로고 파일:WP20 EnWiki20 SimplifiedLogo.svg는 더 긴 기간 동안 괜찮다.네모 06:58, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D의 일주일을 넘지 않는다. 얼마나 긴 축하행사가 진행될지는 모르겠지만 그때까지는 끝내야 한다. power~enwiki (π, ν) 07:00, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 20일 정도면 괜찮을 것 같아.—DJ (대화기여) 09:18, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 고통스러울 정도로 밝은 우리 로고가 일주일 이상 안 되면(장타자 잘 치지 말고, 크게 튀기면 괜찮다), 72시간이 더 나을 것이다.단 하루만.위의 몇 가지 로고와 같이, 나는 좀 더 차분한 "A" 로고를 2-4주 정도 쓰면 행복할 것이다.노즈백베어 (토크) 09:50, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 20일 정도면 괜찮을 것 같아.나는 전체 기간동안 D를 보관할것이다.이후 일정 기간 동안 원본 로고 또는 옵션 A로 되돌릴 것인지에 대한 의견 없음.늑장부리는 Reader (대화) 10:25, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 단 하루만 좋은 것 같은데, 꼭 더 오래 유지해야 한다면 남은 시간 동안 (A)로 바꾸는 게 좋을 것 같아.그리고, '자유 백과사전'으로 돌아가도 될까?우리는 10억개의 편집에서 아직 1,000개의 요소를 가지고 있고, 단지 1억개 정도 밖에 되지 않는다.고마워요.마이크 필 (토크) 10:54, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 10억의 정의는 두 가지 이상이다.우리의 기사를 보라.브릿맥스 (대화) 11시 17분, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답하라]
    • @Britishmax: 정확해, 그래서 그 단어를 사용하지 않는 것이 가장 좋은 거야.고마워요.마이크 필(토크) 11시 37분, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
      • 좋은 지적이야.브릿맥스 (대화) 11시 39분, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
        • 10억으로 백만이라는 것은 영국의 변종이라고 되어 있지만, 내 영국인 자신은 단 한 사람도 IRL을 그렇게 사용하는 것을 들어본 이 없고, 뉴스나 책 등은 그런 식으로 사용하는 것이 아니다.나라마다 다르겠지만 여기서 사용할 수 있을 만큼 우세한 것 같아.어느 시점에서는 지역적인 선택을 해야 한다.아직 아무도 "100 크로어"를 제안하지 않았는데, 그것은 우리 독자들 중 수백만 (수십 라크)이 가장 자연스럽다고 생각할 것이다.빌로프 (대화) 15:16, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
          • 나는 영국 출신이지만 '억만'을 들을 때마다 실제로 어떤 의미가 있는지 다시 한번 확인해야 한다.크로레/라흐의 좋은 예.번호로만 주거나 표준 태그라인으로 돌아가 문제를 피하는 것이 어떨까?고마워요.마이크 필(토크) 18:05, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
          • 그렇다면 나는 빌로프, 네가 나보다 어리다고 의심한다.내가 1960년대와 1970년대에 영국에서 학교를 다닐 때 '억'은 영국식 영어로 100만이라는 것을 분명히 의미했지만, 1990년대에 내 아이들이 학교에 다닐 때쯤에는 더 흔한 의미가 1억이 되었다.우리 중 몇몇은 아직 살아있고 온라인 백과사전을 읽고 있기 때문에, 가능하다면 모호함은 피해야 한다.필 브리저 (대화) 18:47, 2021년 1월 18일 (UTC)[응답]
            • 물론 억만이라는 용어에 대한 '올바른' 이해는 실로 백만이다.우리 모두는 이것을 알고 있다.슬프게도, 우리 고향의 우리는 전 성직자들의 사용으로 인해 지나치게 압박을 받고 있어서 10억에 대한 그들의 이해를 십억에 이르는 경향이 있다.우리는 그들이 틀렸다는 것을 알고 있지만, 사용법이 사방으로 퍼지고 있다.그러므로 "억"은 어떤 사람들에게는 혼란스러운 용어가 될 것 같다.하지만 나는 이 경우 대부분의 사람들이 10억이라는 단어를 실제 숫자로 내면화하지 않고 위키피디아가 "많은" 편집을 했다는 것을 받아들일 것이라고 추측한다.정말 그것으로 충분하다.우리는 많은 일을 했고, 그것에 대해 정당하게 행복했고, 그것은 좋은 일이다 - 고스트인The Machine 20:32, 2021년 1월 18일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 하루에서 며칠 정도, 정확한 사이트에 있는지 사용자들을 혼란스럽게 하는 경향이 있다고 생각한다.알란스코트워커 (대화) 13:12, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 1주일은 내게 합리적인 것 같다.나의 대략적인 감각은 대부분의 사람들이 적어도 그렇게 자주 위키피디아를 방문한다는 것이다. 그래서 그렇게 오랫동안 위키피디아를 유지하면 모든 사람들이 그것을 볼 수 있는 기회를 얻을 수 있을 것이다.그 이상의 것은 그냥 지칠 뿐이다.{{u Sdkb}} 13:32, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 앞으로 영구적으로 사용해도 나는 개의치 않을 것이다.사이트에 새로운 색상을 추가해 회색과 흰색의 단조로움을 깨뜨린다. --캘리덤 15:35, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 인간적으로 가능한 한 짧게.임호 이건 혐오스러운 일이고, 나도 그만큼 말하려고 이 페이지를 찾아온 거야.'20년'을 기념하고 싶다면 화환 같은 곳에 20이라는 숫자를 넣어라, 내가 이것을 보았을 때, 내 첫 번째 생각은 위키미디아가 마침내 구글에 품절되었다는 것이었다.이 "실리콘 밸리" 예술 스타일은 영혼이 없는 만큼 미적으로 추악하다.어쩌면 위키미디아가 드디어 소매에 이런 스타일을 입게 되는 것만이 어울리겠지만, 적어도 나에게는 축하 분위기를 제시하지는 않는다. --dab (19:18, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 아이콘은 최소 시간 동안 작동해야 한다.여러 명이 그렇게 제안하고 있는 것 같으니까, A옵션은 월 20일 휴식 시간이 적당하다고 생각한다. --Izno (토크) 19:45, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 주말에 D를 업으로 두고 월요일에 A로 전환한다.Mjroot (대화) 20:15, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D는 오늘(실행된 시점부터 24시간, 그 시점까지) 하루 종일 깨어 있어야 한다.내 생각에 옵션 A가 훨씬 더 낫고, 나는 그것을 2주 동안 볼 용의가 있다.나는 한 달 내내 바보같이 느껴지고, 1년은 더 그렇게 느껴져.고세이 (대화) 21:30, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 가능한 한 빨리 A로 전환하십시오.D는 추하고, 유명하지 않으며, (많은 비미국 진보주의자들에게) 여성 억압의 상징이 되기도 한다.미쳤어. 롤로(토크) 22:10, 2021년 1월 15일 (UTC)[응답하라]
  • 사이트 전체 1일 / 1주일 기본 페이지.장기적이라면 A로 전환하십시오.이것은 축하하는 사람들과 일하는 사람들 모두에게 좋은 타협이다.충심으로, 역사 DMZ 00:22, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 이 일이 오래 지속되지 않기를 바란다.그래, 다른 선택지에 투표할 기회를 놓쳤지. 하지만 난 아마 그 어떤 것에도 투표하지 않았을 거야.솔직히 어떤 기기(전화, 데스크탑, 태블릿 등)를 사용하느냐에 따라 네 개의 이미지(사실상 1개) 중 하나를 클릭할 수 있는 기능이라고 처음 생각했다.dab이 지적한 바와 같이, 이러한 cutsy-primary-colors 미학으로는 그다지 잘 되지 않는다.---sluzelin talk 00:31, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D는 2일이라고 하고, 그 다음 옵션 A로 바꿔서 20일 동안 그대로 두도록 한다. 판다케콕9 (대화) 03:21, 2021년 1월 16일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 편집자가 모두 옵션 A변경하고 1년 동안 떠나는 것에 동의할 것이라는 의견이 8개 정도 있다(적어도 한 달은 더 시사하는 바가 몇 개 더 있다, 또한 대다수가 옵션 A를 선호한다는 상기 게시물을 읽음으로써 느낌을 얻는다).Ozzie10aaa (대화) 01:29, 2021년 1월 17일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 위키피디아는 독자들을 위한 것이다.대부분의 독자들은 그것이 기념일이라는 것에 신경 쓰지 않을 수 없었고, 기념일 로고의 시각적 손길이 산만하다.위키피디아는 기고자들을 위한 것이다.그것의 기고자들은 장난스러운 퍼즐 공으로 사이트에 기고하는데 몇 년을 보냈다.이것을 "가능한 한 빨리"에 대한 또 다른 투표로 간주하라. (옵션 A는 괜찮지만, 많은 독자들은 "10억 편집"이 무엇을 의미하는지조차 알지 못할 것이라고 생각한다.그래, 위키피디아가 만들어지는 과정은 축하할 일이긴 하지만, 결국 사람들은 자신이 찾는 정보가 여기에 있는지, 그것이 맞는지에만 신경을 쓴다.) -- Zanimum (대화) 15:32, 2021년 1월 17일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 오늘보다 더 길어질 거면 훨씬 더 폭넓은 논의가 필요하다.나는 현재의 현수막에 대해 10 대 1의 투표를 예상한다.나에게 이것은 완전히 대표되는 토론 없이 사이트 전체에서 변경을 하는 것에 대한 주의사항이다. DGG (토크) 18:42, 2021년 1월 17일 (UTC)[응답]
  • UTC 1월 19일 0:00부터 옵션 A로 전환하고 해당 달의 나머지 기간 동안 옵션 A를 유지하십시오.Some1 (대화) 23:55, 2021년 1월 17일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 내 생각에, 그것을 무너뜨릴 시간이다.~48시간(최소한 하나의 시간대에서 위키백과의 생일이었던 기간)이면 충분히 길었을 것이다. --에어랜드(토크) 00:02, 2021년 1월 18일(UTC)[응답]
내일 00시에 받아 적는 게 좋을 것 같아.그만해.--위활트(대화) 01:41, 2021년 1월 18일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 D는 끔찍하다(단 1표 '대세'로 받아들여진다), 빨리 사라질수록 좋다(어제 너무 늦었다).파블로 (대화) 06:16, 2021년 1월 18일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 이미지의 요소들을 놓고 고민하던 중 즉시 제거하십시오.
스트라이크 1: 네 장의 사진은 공식 자료에서 나온 것으로 되어 있지만, 그 중 세 장만 그렇게 하고 있다 – 왼쪽 아래에 있는 휴대전화는 그 세트의 일부가 아니며, 대신에 이것은 모바일 사용을 나타내기 위한 것이다.
스트라이크 2: 왼쪽 이미지위키피디아가 아닌 위키다양성을 상징하도록 되어 있다.다른 프로젝트에 사용할 아이콘을 사용하는 것은 꽤 잘못된 것 같다.
스트라이크 3: 행사 요점을 상징하기 위해 만들어진 아이콘은 하나도 포함되지 않았다 – 케이크, 불꽃놀이, 심지어 숫자 20도 포함되지 않았다.
Andrew🐉 (대화) 11:36, 2021년 1월 18일 (UTC)[응답]
가능한 한 빨리 A전환하십시오.A를 2주 더 방치 — GhostInThe Machine 11:48, 2021년 1월 18일 (UTC)[응답]
  • A전환하거나 Remove I!voted for D가 하루 동안 실행된다는 가정 하에 D를 위해 예약한 경우, 사이트 방문자가 이를 알아차릴 수 있을 만큼 충분히 불안했기 때문이다.중, 장기에 머물기에는 너무 화려하다는 데 동의한다.요크셔라드 ✿ 12(talk):02, 2021년 1월 18일 (UTC)[응답]
D는 충분히 오랫동안 켜져 있었다. A로의 전환은 좀 더 빨리, 또는 원래의 것으로 돌아가라.A가 한 달 정도 계속 켜져 있는지 여부에 대해서는 특별히 염려하지 않는다.····피터 사우스우드 : 15:52, 2021년 1월 18일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 옵션 A가 일정 기간(월~년) 머문다면 A I am OK로 전환. --Enos733 (대화) 16:14, 2021년 1월 18일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 가능한 한 빨리 A전환하십시오.현재 로고는 최대 일주일간 스페셜로 멋지지만, 만약 우리가 장기간의 무언가를 하고 싶다면 A나 오리지널로 가라. JackFromRedsburg (대화 기여) 00:52, 2021년 1월 19일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 도 A로 바꿔야 할 만큼 현재의 로고가 오래되었다고 생각한다.케빈L (일명 L235 · t · c) 09:03, 2021년 1월 19일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 나는 더 이상 여기서 편집하지 않지만, 이런 기념행사를 하기에 한 이 충분한 것 같아.나는 옵션 D를 실제로 좋아하는 몇 안 되는 사람들 중 한 명이다. 특별한 날이기 때문이다. 하지만 만약 합의가 그러한 결론에 도달한다면 옵션 A는 괜찮다. 게스리드 (대화) 14:29, 2021년 1월 19일 (UTC)[응답]
  • Keep D until tomorrow (21st) and then switch to A and keep it until 15th April. -- CptViraj (talk) 14:02, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Duration next steps

I voted above, so need someone else to review next steps on the duration - seems like this is moving towards at least a "Change to special Logo A" soon (possibly during this weeks deployment) - though there were some concerns in another sections about the ambiguity of "billion" that may need to be addressed if we want that in the logo as well. So long as this is the next step, we've got time to determine how long "option A" will stay up once it is there, so determining that shouldn't block the switch to it if that is going to be the next step. — xaosflux Talk 16:18, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • would agree w/ above editor as to next step (option A asap), as seems to be the majority of editors above...(as to duration 8 editors have indicated a year, and several others about a month; since this is an achievement which will not happen again, 1 Billion, why not keep it up between a few months to a year, I guess we can vote only on duration)--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 18:37, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Huh? Option D is still here. What's going on? ---Sluzzelintalk 01:03, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
GET OPTION A UP, Pronto!Mjroots (talk) 08:50, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nearly everyone working on this is a volunteer, and speaking for myself I can't exactly take another day off work to wrangle all of the stakeholders again. If swapping the logo immediately is important to you, be bold and do it; nothing I did required advanced permissions. Log on to #wikimedia-operations and ask someone to deploy option A, and if it helps point them to change 656268, patch set 1, which has option A prepped already. You can also ask an interface administrator to temporarily deploy option A using css (see MediaWiki manual) while waiting for ops to deploy the config change. Wug·a·po·des 23:14, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Wugapodes: I don't think there is any "pressing need" to rush the change - and also until someone actually closes the RfC above we should be blocked on community consensus. — xaosflux Talk 01:07, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • two weeks? (per pure math of the above 'duration' per editor it would seem at the least a month, if not more?)...update 'option D' is still up after two days??(22/1/21)--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 19:36, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • FYI, there have been some technical issues with this, workarounds being looked in to at WP:IANB in the meantime. — xaosfluxTalk 14:52, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've now put this up. Please holler if anything looks busted or needs tweaking. ~ Amory (utc) 16:09, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

margin overlap problem (resolved)

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Resolved
Margin increased in site css files. — xaosflux Talk 00:59, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Guys, right now this looks like this on my main page:

Wikipedia 20-yr problem.png

"OVER ONE BILLION EDITS" is cut off, and "Navigation" overlaps. It's like this on other pages also. Please fix. Cheers! BD2412 T 23:44, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see this has already been raised above. BD2412 T 23:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@BD2412: this should be all patched in now, let us know if it isn't working for you please. — xaosfluxTalk 00:50, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's good enough. The overlap is gone, and the "OVER ONE BILLION EDITS" is all there, although it seems a bit sharp at the bottom. BD2412 T 00:53, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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image text accessibility problem

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Can we fix the color combination in the 4th image....as of now not visible to color blind readers.--Moxy 🍁 00:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Moxy: We can try. What color combination would look better for color blind users? You can see the palate at meta:Wikipedia 20/Resources#How to customize the mark but feel free to pick whatever colors you think look best. Wug·a·po·des 05:47, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Accessible Colour Contrast.--Moxy🍁 06:04, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Moxy: this seems stalled, someone will have to want to work on this before the "duration" discussion decides to remove it -- feel free to mock up a new logo if you would like, but it's not a matter of just uploading it to deploy it to code either. — xaosflux Talk 00:04, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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New image feedback

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Take this for what it's worth to you, coming from an editor who mostly just does drive-by edits here and there and who's not really part of the "meta-community"... but the new temporary image is so garish it actually motivated me to try and find a place to discuss it. :) I find the colors distract from the article texts, and the overall "aesthetic" sort of reminds me of K-12 sites from 20 years ago. The drawings themselves are competently-executed, it's just really out of place in what has traditionally been a greyscale, unobtrusive area. I appreciate that someone put some time and energy into it and that at least several people seem to have figured it was okay enough to win the above vote, but... man... oof. Anyway, feel free to refactor or move this to wherever people are discussing the image post-implementation, not calling for anyone's head here, just felt like I had to speak out! WonnE66 (talk) 01:23, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • I concur with the above. It's really distracting when trying to read articles. 72.209.60.95 (talk) 01:29, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I feel that going off-script is warranted for celebrating 20 years. I'm glad you found your way here to share your opinion though. To 20 more years! Brightgalrs (/braɪtˈɡæl.ərˌɛs/)[ᴛ] 03:35, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A HORSE
(as determined by consensus)
  • I am sorry to say that the new image -- which I dearly hope is only temporary -- is truly, truly awful. I'm afraid this is one of those times when consensus really wasn't the best method to arrive at a good result. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:54, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Beyond My Ken: yes, temporary #Duration above is discussing how temporary. — xaosflux Talk 04:21, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, it looks like clip art from Windows 95. Ceoil (talk) 15:34, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question: Is it a known issue that when you go to "page information pages" (e.g. for the main page) it still shows the old logo? (Xaosflux or other user with technical knowledge) Sam-2727 (talk) 05:53, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Sam-2727, your cache has likely not updated. You can try purging your browser cache to fix it. Nihlus 06:07, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Nihlus, Thanks that worked Sam-2727 (talk) 14:28, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment It should read "more than 1 billion edits" not "over one billion edits". LugnutsFire Walk with Me 09:18, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Lugnuts, I agree ("more than" is better grammar, and I think "1" looks cleaner). I thought about bringing it up earlier but decided not to since I didn't want to risk derailing anything. {{u Sdkb}}talk 12:37, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    (Also, is anyone else super reminded of the McDonalds tagline haha?) {{u Sdkb}} talk 12:44, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • It seems symbolic not of 20 years ago, but 40: it brought back a memory of CGA graphics. DGG ( talk ) 18:12, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I never thought I would be so motivated to go out of my way to complain about a new (albeit temporary) logo, but here I am. I agree with BMK; it really is dreadful.--WaltCip-(talk) 20:40, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Improve tooltip for red links

If a red link is supposed to indicate that an article on that subject is needed, and is not supposed to be used for anything else, and should be removed if misused, why is the only thing you see when you place the cursor over that word "the article does not exist". Why doesn't it say "article needed"? Imagine being a living person whose name is red-linked and all you see is "the article does not exist"! Wikipedia can be so confusing when it comes to living people. Sometimes we really care about how they are treated. Could we get that tooltip (cursor message) changed?

Proposal: Change the red link tooltip to read "Article needed". --SergeWoodzing (talk) 17:22, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hmm, interesting suggestion. Two questions that come to mind are: (1) Would we be concerned about erroneous overuse of red links (which, like it or not, happens) leading to the software encouraging the creation of non-notable articles? (2) Is there potential for confusion by moving away from the straightforward "page does not exist" to something else? Also, we'd need to refine a bit, since redlinks exist beyond just mainspace; for instance, I'm looking at a red link to Template:Editnotices/Group/Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) from my current edit window, an example of a page that doesn't exist and probably shouldn't exist. We'd have to handle circumstances like that before moving forward with this sort of proposal. {{u Sdkb}} talk 17:37, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: the tooltip adds (page does not exist) to the name. Page, not article. CapnZapp (talk) 18:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think the description should remain literal, rather than assuming that every dangling link indicates a page is needed. isaacl (talk) 19:00, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Much less that every red link is for an "article". — xaosflux Talk 19:05, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Imagine being a living person whose name is red-linked and all you see is "the article does not exist"!" Okay, I'm imagining it. My reaction? So? It simply means that no one has written about me at this time. Is that supposed to bother me? --Khajidha (talk) 01:23, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To add on to what others are saying, I've occasionally seen red links for articles that have been AfDed. Needless to say, those are almost definitely not needed.- Novov T C 08:07, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • in practice, ti appears whenever the article is not there for any reason: this may be because the article is needed, but it an also appear because the article has never been &should never be written because it would be inappropriate to do so for any one of a variety of reasons, or because of a typographical difference or mis-spelling. In the first case, the correct way to deal with it is to write the article; in the second, to either leave it alone or remove the link, in the third case to make a redirect if it's likely to be more than just idiosyncratic. Perhaps might do well to have more specificity--but considering the possibility of misuse and confusion, we might do just a swell to let things be, and leave it to the judgment of the editor encountering the link. DGG ( talk ) 11:06, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Red links, ugh. They're even using them in citations. What would it hurt to simply do away with them? If you're taking time to redlink, just create the article. We've got enough delegators on WP as it is when coupled with format tagging, etc.[citation needed]Atsme💬📧 15:50, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Back in the day, there was actually a rule that when creating an article, you should deliberately and obviously leave something unfinished. The idea was that it was an invitation to others to join in. I don't think anyone saw it as an attempt to boss people around. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:11, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RFC at WP:POLITICS

See here for RFC on US party nominee succession boxes in US political bios. GoodDay (talk) 21:02, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Replace hyphen with en-dash in Wikipedia browser tab name – MediaWiki:Pagetitle

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HTML tag <title> defines the text, which web browsers usually use to label tabs. The <title> tag on English Wikipedia is controlled through the page MediaWiki:Pagetitle (see mw:Manual:Interface/Pagetitle for details). English Wikipedia uses the default $1 - {{SITENAME}}, where $1 is replaced by the full page name, magic word {{SITENAME}} is substituted to "Wikipedia", and they are separated by a spaced hyphen. For example, this page has <title>Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) - Wikipedia</title>. Different wikis use different separators. Examples (note that wiki-local internationalization preferences affect the page title—use incognito/private tab to see actual tab name):

MediaWiki:Pagetitle on different wikis
Wiki Separator Example of <title>
English Wikipedia hyphen Earth - Wikipedia
German Wikipedia en-dash Erde – Wikipedia
Spanish Wikipedia hyphen Tierra - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
French Wikipedia em-dash Terre — Wikipédia
Russian Wikipedia em-dash Земля — Википедия
Chinese Wikipedia hyphen 地球 - 维基百科,自由的百科全书
Wikimedia Commons hyphen Earth - Wikimedia Commons
MediaWiki's own wiki hyphen Help:Editing pages - MediaWiki

I propose replacing the hyphen at English Wikipedia's MediaWiki:Pagetitle with an en-dash, which is a more appropriate separator—see MOS:ENDASH. — andrybak (talk) 16:29, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't think this is necessary, and keep in mind would only change for users with the English interface language set (everyone else will still get the system default). — xaosflux Talk 18:29, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per MOS:ENDASH. This seems like a pretty simple grammar fix (albeit with a huge scale), so I'm not sure it needs a giant discussion here, but I'm also not sure where else the discussion would've been hosted, so I can see why you brought it here. To speak to Xaosflux's point, this shouldn't be something that only applies to English, so if we can figure out how to apply it to all languages, that'd be even better. {{u Sdkb}}talk 22:56, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Shouldn't the punctuation on each project conform to its own language and MOS? The MOS on enwiki would certainly indicate that an en dash, not a hyphen, should be used here, but an em dash or hyphen may be correct in other languages. A centralized discussion on Meta would be a good place to confirm that each project's tab punctuation adheres to its own MOS. Armadillopteryx 00:46, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Meh for en.wiki; they're all just horizontal lines. 99% of users have never noticed, and of that 1%, 96% won't care. None of our business for all other wikis. I assume I'm misunderstanding Sdkb's comment; you aren't suggesting that the result of a discussion here should affect all other wikis? --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:29, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Floquenbeam: From what Xaosflux said above, it seems that a fix might only apply to the English Wikipedia with the English language interface set, not all language interfaces. We control all language interfaces on English Wikipedia. As for other Wikipedias, it might be nice to standardize among those, but that discussion would probably have to be held somewhere on Meta. {{u Sdkb}}talk 23:35, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    It's very likely you know more than me about this. But "We control all language interfaces on English Wikipedia" doesn't sound right at all. I think I must be missing a subtlety or distinction or term of art? Anyway, it isn't important that I understand. As long as you're not saying we should make changes for, say, es.wiki or Commons too - which it looks like you're not saying - then we're good. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:42, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    In Special:Preferences you can set your language. If unset or set to a language that doesn't have a locally created MediaWiki page, there is a default MediaWiki page used. Killiondude (talk) 00:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    MediaWiki has a framework to support translations into different languages in its own user interface messages, as described by Killiondude, which is what Sdkb is describing regarding having control over all language interfaces on English Wikipedia. It has been long recommended for users not to change their preferences to another language, though, as a lot (most? all?) of customized messages have not been translated (and as I recall, even specifying a country-specific English variant, like en-uk, will cause a fallback to the default message, thereby losing the customization). isaacl (talk) 00:36, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Killiondude and Isaacl: actually it seems that if a custom message is set but not translated, the custom message is used. At least in the sidebar - go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth?uselang=de (an en.wp page but with the interface language set to German). The second item in the "contribute"/"Mitmachen" section is the custom English "Learn to edit" in both English and German interfaces rather than the default "Introduction" / "Einführung". Thryduulf (talk) 01:41, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    You can see what impact changing the interface language would have by appending ?uselang=xx (where xx is the language code you want to use) to the URL (or &uselang=xx if the URL already contains a ?). For example go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth?uselang=de to see an English Wikipedia article with the interface language in German. The article text remains in English, but all the tabs, sidebar links, etc. are in German. Thryduulf (talk) 01:41, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    It took you all more effort than it was probably worth, but I finally understand. Thanks everyone for the patient explanations, sorry everyone for being technologically incompetent, and sorry User:Sdkb for momentarily implying you might have been saying something crazy. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:26, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    No worries at all! {{u Sdkb}} talk 19:31, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support this change on enwiki (and other English-language projects) per MOS:ENDASH; projects in other languages should make sure the dash (or hyphen) used conforms to their own MOS. Armadillopteryx 00:46, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: previous relevant discussion: Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 135 § Proposal: Amend page title element to remove "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". — andrybak (talk) 01:08, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support, hyphens are not used for this purpose, WP:NDASH. Nixinova T C 02:23, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. It's a tiny, tiny thing...but honestly, I would be happy to see it happen.—Neil Shah-Quinn (talk) 15:11, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on enwiki per Armadillopteryx. 〈 Forbes72 Talk 〉 16:28, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: should an RFC be opened to gather more feedback? — andrybak (talk) 16:01, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – It shouldn't be a question that our interface should generally conform to the MOS absent any reason to the contrary. 207.161.86.162 (talk) 03:26, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Tentative support, but I am wonder whether there is a technical reason that hyphens in page titles are so common, even for sites with strict style manuals. For example, both the New York Times and the BBC have hyphens in their page titles. Indeed, it looks like every site in my browser bookmarks that has equivalent punctuation has a hyphen (except that my university's Blackboard Learn site has both a hyphen and an en dash in the title, which looks quite ugly now that I have noticed it). Any thoughts about why that might be? blameless 21:01, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • Withdrawing my support per the below and continued investigation. It was said above that "hyphens are not used for this purpose"--I am certainly a descriptivist, and I would say that hyphens are used for this purpose for purely internet-based instances of language (such as browser tabs) that are entirely separate from prose content, for the sake of consistency and reliability across browsers and character sets. Neutral. blameless 19:26, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose or replace with pipe. Browser tabs have limited horizontal space, and the only effect of this proposal is to waste a bit more of it. Perhaps this is why it is so common to use a hyphen or a pipe rather than an en-dash or em-dash. ST47 (talk) 21:29, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    ST47, I'd have thought that the pipe would take up less space than an endash. I've tested in Firefox and Chromium in Ubuntu. In Firefox the pipe takes up more space than endash (font Noto Sans 10pt). In Chromium both take up the same amount of space (I couldn't figure out which font is used). — andrybak (talk) 23:06, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • My browser (Firefox on Debian) follows our page title (and every other page title) with " - Mozilla Firefox" so using a dash or pipe would make my browser title look weird. Is that enough to oppose? I don't know, but clearly hyphens are pretty standard separators in how browsers display page titles. Additionally, it's probably better that our page titles are ASCII-compliant, and this change would move us away from that. This could affect page downloads or distribution on offline hardware. My main concern is that we gain pretty much no benefit, but there might be hidden problems it introduces. Wug·a·po·des 23:55, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Meh Not worth the trouble for all the reasons Wugapodes mentioned. Probably nothing will break, but the benefit is so small it's not worth doing. The hyphen-minus is also the standard window title element separator on every non-Apple platform. An en/em dash will take up more space, which is undesirable. Switching to pipes would change the visual style, and I'm not a fan of that idea either (the hyphen-minus is the most common <title> separator anyway. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 00:27, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Browser has limited space. Also, the proposal text doesn't clearly say which Hyphen#In_computing is currently used. Hyphen-minus is ASCII. If it currently is ASCII, then stay with ASCII for less interference with third party systems. TerraCyprus (talk) 23:26, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Sticking to ASCII is about 3 decades out of date, and is in general too limiting, even for English. Dicklyon (talk) 21:56, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    TerraCyprus, regarding If it currently is ASCII, then stay with ASCII for less interference with third party systems. tag <title> already contains dashes and much more of the Unicode. E.g. Ágústa Þorsteinsdóttir, 燒酒. — andrybak (talk) 16:59, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Meh (Is Meh a valid voting option?) The title is also used for bookmarks, and so the site suffix has some value there, but I generally edit the titles to make sense to me and normally remove the suffix. Most of the time the tab is too narrow to display all of the article title, so the "- Wikipedia" site suffix is lost anyway. Personally, I would delete the site suffix from the titles as the icon at the start is enough to identify the tab, but I do suspect that would be seen as a step too far — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 11:59, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Meh because I'm not sure I'll ever encounter a Wikipedia debate that warrants "meh" as much as this one. I'm sympathetic to both sides, but would probably favor the character that can be entered with one tap of the keystroke and is easily identified by non-native English speakers who don't even know what an en- or em-dash is. On the other hand no one's really going to be typing this on their own. Also, what were French and Russian Wikipedias thinking when they instituted the em-dash? -- FuzheadoTalk 20:46, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Fuzheado, Russian Wikipedia's MOS is based mostly on current Russian grammar and typography practices. Same is probably true for the French Wikipedia. — andrybak (talk) 07:49, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I have requested closure of this discussion at WP:ANRFC. — andrybak (talk) 18:25, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The use of the hyphen here is an old "lazyism" from pre-MOS:DASH days. Should have been corrected a long time ago. SMcCandlish ¢ 😼 03:49, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support –definitely. It's professional English, and apart from being in accordance with the major style guides (including ours), it's slightly easier to read. I don't care if other languages want to stick with their shabby little hyphens. Tony (talk) 09:34, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, Support the hyphen is a lazy substitute for the intended punctuation, a dash of some sort. The spaced en dash is a good choice. Those who won't notice the difference won't be bothered. Dicklyon (talk) 06:58, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. It's a very minor thing, but we may as well follow proper professional usage. Alkari (?), 10 December 2020, 04:29 UTC
  • Oppose Pretty much what Floq said. I don't have a real "side" as far as the actual issue, because, like most people, to me the distinction is essentially meaningless.(Please, please don't feel compelled to explain to me how very important it is) So, the only concern here is "will this break anything?" And it seems that a few people here are concerned that it might. So, very, very little benefit (arguably none at all) and some risk, so that's a no for me. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:04, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. I found myself on both sides while writing this comment, but settled in support. The MOS is clear that an en-dash is preferred over a hyphen as a separator here. The most cogent objection is that the en-dash may cause certain technical issues, and there's a lesser point that it takes up more space. However, this same reasoning would apply to our many articles that are titled with – or — instead of -, or indeed any other non-ASCII characters, which all show up in the <title> tag. And yet, MOS:DASH has been in place for article titles for many, many years with no apparent problems. The fact that dewiki, frwiki, and ruwiki all use some form of dash also supports this point. We can always revert the change if we find out about some unexpected side effect. — The Earwig talk 06:11, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose If it works, don't fix it. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:00, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Why so many people have this thing for a character that's not standard and cannot be typed is beyond me. It's constantly forced down our throats for no reason. - The BushrangerOne ping only 07:20, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    The Bushranger, regarding a character that's [...] cannot be typed. On Windows, it can be typed using the ⊞ Win+. menu (under Ω tab), on macOS it is ⌥ Option+-, on most Linux distributions it is Alt+-+-+. (via XCompose feature), on Android and iOS most keyboard apps support it on long press of the hyphen -. On Wikipedia, the en-dash can be inserted using both the editor toolbar (Special Characters > Symbols) and CharInsert extension (first character in the "Insert" group)—both UIs are enabled by default. Also, there is HTML entity &ndash;. — andrybak (talk) 16:44, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    And it doesn't matter anyway in this context. Bushranger's "utility" argument is inapplicable to something that is simply part of the interface display. SMcCandlish ¢ 😼 22:50, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per MOS:ENDASH resp. Sdkb and particularly 207.161.86.162 and SMcCandlish, who both expressed my view very succinctly. Similar to The Earwig, I was wavering for some of the same reasons, but above all because of GhostInTheMachine's statement. However, my support was strenghened when I saw that a significant portion of the Oppose votes were because of a fear that something could break, which is absurd IMO given andrybak's point that the title already often contains non-ascii characters. ◅ Sebastian 20:38, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. It's small change but conforms better to English style guides. I don't see how typing it is such a problem. This is not a change that implies the need of manually entering the character, and MOS:ENDASH already mandates it for a lot of content. --MarioGom (talk) 14:25, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, per the MOS & correct punctuation. Cavalryman (talk) 04:23, 6 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]
  • Support it's hard to take a side here, and indeed I don't take either with much confidence. But as a small change that better conforms with MOS and standard English, I think we may as well. Aza24 (talk) 01:39, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't think MOS applies to page titles. Most sites - massive, big, and small - use a hyphen in page titles. English Wikipedia would be sticking out like a sore thumb. Keep the hyphen. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 16:40, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MOS:ENDASH. Personally, I was quite getting used to this. MarioJump83! 04:32, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Proposal: Adding more links in the sidebar in mobile view

I think that the mobile view should have more links directing users to appropriate places. I think one link that should be added is a help link and tutorial. I will create specific sections to try to propose and hopefully get community support for the idea. I am now editing in mobile view more than desktop view now and hopefully these changes will help Wikipedia become a more user-friendly site in the future. Interstellarity (talk) 16:57, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add a help link in the sidebar linking to Help:Contents

  1. Support as proposer. Interstellarity (talk) 16:57, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add a tutorial link linking to Help:Introduction

  1. Support as proposer. Interstellarity (talk) 16:57, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Question....I don't see any sidebar in mobile view..do you mean the top banner? Also is the tutorial accessible to you in mobile view? --Moxy🍁 17:09, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I’m talking the hamburger menu in mobile view to clarify. Interstellarity (talk) 17:24, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh and I forgot to answer your second question. I had no problems with viewing tutorial on my mobile device. Interstellarity (talk) 18:44, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

General discussion

I find mobile extremely complex, since there's not just one mobile version—there's the mobile web browser, the mobile web browser in advanced mode, the Android app, the iPhone app, and possibly others I'm forgetting. I agree that it'd be good to have some discussion about which links from the desktop left sidebar to include on the mobile version, but without knowing exactly what's currently there for the different mobile versions or what the space/design considerations are, it's hard to make judgements about specific changes. {{u Sdkb}} talk 03:08, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RfC: Should we have Support/Oppose/etc. survey convenience templates?

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Should we have survey convenience templates? Mike Peel (talk) 22:07, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

While WP:NOTVOTE is really important, we have a lot of discussions/debates (like this one) that people Support/Oppose and comment on. A lot of the Wikimedia projects use templates like {{Support}}, {{Oppose}} etc. to help with this, often also including a symbol. These templates were deleted here back in 2005, mostly because people objected to the inclusion of the symbol.

In this RfC I propose restoring these templates but without the symbol. This would mean that editors could use {{Support}} rather than '''Support''', but it would look the same. It would not be compulsory to use one or the other, and of course the !vote should be accompanied by a rationale regardless. The templates would simply be a convenience for editors that are used to using the other syntax, and would avoid a lot of follow-up edits to fix formatting after trying to use the templates instead of the bold formatting (which I at least frequently do, either after saving or in preview!). Their use would have negligible impact on server load (another concern from 2005), but could easily be bot-substituted (by batches every day/week/month) if that really is still a concern.

(These templates have been frequently recreated since their deletion, to the extent that it is a perennial request (the difference with this !vote is that it's to meet cross-wiki expectations, and I'm not proposing to use icons). I originally took this to WP:DRV last month as per the latest deletion/protection edit summaries, but an RfC was recommended instead.)

Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 22:07, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Survey (survey convenience templates)

  • {{Support}} as proposer. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 22:07, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose As I would typically say in TfD, insufficient complexity of markup to warrant a template. I completely fail to see the point of creating a template whose content is its name with three apostrophes prepended and appended, when that is only two characters longer than typing the wikitext out in the first place. * Pppery * it has begun... 22:27, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Pppery: It's not about the number of characters, it's about the time it takes to remember the syntax, and that the syntax shouldn't depend on which Wikimedia project you are using. The human cost is much more than the syntax cost. It's the same as {{tq}} vs. this alternative way of writing it. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 22:38, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would prefer to type “ {{Support}}” rather than “'''Support'''” because the “'” character is not on the iPad keyboard. {{Support}} could be made to auto-subst. Oppose cut or gaudy pictures. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:05, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • my iPad allows me to type a '. Switch the keyboard to punctuation, then press and hold the ‘ key. The pop up menu offers you 4 differs types of quote symbol — GhostInTheMachinetalk to me 23:36, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • That was a nice trick to learn! Thank you. Unfortunately, it is very tedious to do the six times. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:34, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • or just type Oppose, select the word and click the B on the editing toolbar — GhostInTheMachinetalk to me 23:48, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yeah that works. Unfortunately, the toolbar is above the fold. I wish it could be moved to below the editing window. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:34, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • Or you could just try convincing people using words instead of syntax. —Cryptic 06:39, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
          • I like the simple bold of the lede word of the !vote. Do you dislike that low level of syntax? This !vote bolding culture underlies the working of https://afdstats.toolforge.org/, which is sometimes a nice tool. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:00, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • One possible work around is to use iOS's text replacement feature (Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Text replacement). You can choose any sequence of characters to be replaced by another. For example, you could choose bqq to turn into ''' (three single quotes.) isaacl (talk) 20:23, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Sorry but no. I understand that moving between projects is a mental pain (I struggle with the equivalent of {{tl xxx}} at Commons) but hiding simple syntax does not help the project. Some projects appear more focused on a vote count, and that idea should not be encouraged here. Johnuniq (talk) 23:08, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Johnuniq's comments, especially about hiding syntax. We should not be encouraging anything that gives the impression that votes are more important than the rationale accompanying them. Thryduulf (talk) 23:14, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thryduulf: How exactly does the existance of a convenience template give that impression, please? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:07, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Mike Peel: the existence of a template, regardless of the formatting it outputs, elevates the importance of that output - if it wasn't important then why would anybody make a template for it? Why would any template be kept if it wasn't adding something of value? Experienced editors will unlikely gain this impression, but that is not necessarily true of those who are new to Wikipedia or who have a limited understanding of how XfD discussions work (if there wasn't an impression they are votes then we wouldn't need boilerplates like {{not a vote}}). Thryduulf (talk) 23:57, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I disagree with that thinking, I don't think having the template would give any more weight to a new user's thinking that they can !vote than seeing a list of bold-formatted support/oppose votes that they could copy/paste would. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 09:30, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose what would the Support template expand to, other than Support in bold? — GhostInTheMachinetalk to me 23:45, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • I would have the string {{Support}} auto-change and substitute to '''Support'''. I would find it useful, for the same end result. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:34, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak support I don't think it unreasonable request--no reason to make anyone's editing harder and it sounds like there are a few people it would help. That said, the help is minor and the worries about a slippery slope to voting aren't utterly trivial. So a small thing that helps people now vs. a very unlikely thing (but not impossible) that might hurt the culture down the road? I'm gently leaning toward the short-term gains being worth the improbable long-term risk. Hobit (talk) 04:32, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Johnuniq ~ HAL333 04:45, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak Support If we can have {{Agree}} and {{Disagree}} why not Support or Oppose? RudolfRed (talk) 05:03, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Like this: {{agree 1=Support}} → Support . Now, how to lose the gaudy green tick? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:55, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • {{strong}}? {{strong Support}} → Support. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:06, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • Does it substitute? {{subst:strong Support}} → Support. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:46, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • <strong {{#if: role="{{{role}}}"}} {{#if: class="{{{class}}}"}} {{#if: id="{{{id}}}"}} {{#if: style="{{{style}}}"}} {{#if: title="{{{title}}}"}}>Support</strong>. Oh dear, that's a mess of wikimarkup, isn't it. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:48, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Usually I eschew starting my comment with a bolded word, precisely to place emphasis on discussion over voting. Assuming the community is truly dedicated to making decisions through discussion, I do not favour having templates that give more prominence to votes. isaacl (talk) 07:18, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Isaacl: the opposite is that there are so many words in a section that prefacing the section with a bold helps you know what to expect, especially in confusingly worded arguments you know better what they're trying to get at. eg when closing RfCs I don't necessarily close based on vote, but knowing a binary yes/no before a comment helps follow the comment and get a general feel of where the discussion lies. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 19:20, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I wrote something similar once about how knowing where an argument is heading can help provide context and thus improve understanding. Nonetheless, it can be done with a thesis sentence, rather than a single bolded word. I appreciate many people like starting with a single bolded word. I believe, though, that it puts more emphasis on voting and tabulation of votes versus discussion. isaacl (talk) 19:28, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    User:Isaacl, you are assuming that others find it as easy to read or write a thesis sentence as you do. E.g. people with dyslexia, ESL, inexperience with writing topic sentences) I personally struggle to summarise positions into a sentence for many reasons. It was also helpful to me as a new editor that there's a format which people are generally using to help me feel able to engage with discussions. --Xurizuri (talk) 11:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    If someone can't, that's OK. Starting with "I support the proposal," is fine. If we're trying to encourage discussion amongst those who have opted to contribute to a writing project, though, I think it's reasonable to aspire for participants to craft a concise explanation of their viewpoint. Though it'll likely remain an ideal, it's a good target to aim for. isaacl (talk) 17:00, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    The practice became widespread because editors felt it worked best. It has persisted because editors continue to feel it works best (for the most part, although many surely do it because they see others doing it). To my mind, there is no higher principle than that, and there is something to be said for consistency in formatting (some handle the variation better than others, and I'm in the latter group). But whether to use a bolded first word and whether to create templates for it are separate and independent questions. ―Mandruss 18:42, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, as I said, I appreciate many people like to start their response with a bolded word. isaacl (talk) 01:01, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'll support such templates, not because I'd use them myself, but I see no justification for preventing other people from using them. When instructions are given for how to participate in XFD discussions, a summary word in bold is suggested.[3][4][5][6][7] On the rare occasions when I take part in such discussions on other wikis I have to go round searching other people's comments for the appropriate syntax so I can sympathise with the difficulties of occasional !voters here. Thincat (talk) 09:48, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This is a good example of the failure to understand the cost of complexity in terms of barrier to entry. Multiple ways to accomplish the same thing is unnecessary complexity, unjustified by the perceived need to let every editor "have it their way" (apparently because they are unpaid). Anyway, the template syntax is no less prone to typing error than the markup. In the worst case the editor can omit the bolding and it may be fixed by another editor per TPO. To the extent that is not done, a few very rare cases of unbolded !votes are not a significant problem. ―Mandruss 11:29, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • OPPOSE - The goal is simply to highlight what your opinion is. There are lots of ways to do this. As demonstrated here, ALL-CAPS works too. Blueboar (talk) 14:16, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • To disincentivise plain voting, we could adopt these templates, but ensure they only output an empty string :) – Uanfala (talk) 16:56, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This is NOT a problem. No SOLUTION is necessary. GenQuest "scribble" 22:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - per User:GenQuest and User:Mandruss (and probably a few others that I agree with for other points). Or, if you wish for greater detail, why would we decrease inconsistency between multiple projects by increasing inconsistency in one project? Having the same method for producing bold "oppose" and "support" as is used for making other things bold throughout Wikipedia is beneficial to the general run of users on Wikipedia.--Khajidha (talk) 00:33, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Minimal implementation cost, minimal burden on other users, and well-defined use case. Thincat put it well. I understand the instinctual "no voting templates!" response, but there's no icon and no emphasis on the opinion. It would be a good idea to brainstorm ways to enforce current community norms around !voting if these templates are created, though. Enterprisey (talk!) 00:52, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sure. If there are no icons, {{Support}} and {{Oppose}} become shortcuts for wiki markup. As with SmokeyJoe I use an iPad to edit Wikipedia, and typing {{Support}} would be slightly better for me than '''Support'''. I also agree on what Thincat and Enterprisey said. GMX (on the go) 16:00, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • {{Support}} The cognitive dissonance of people typing '''Oppose''' in this discussion is remarkable. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:19, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • As one of the several people who have explained why a template producing the same output as '''Oppose''' is not desirable I find this ad hominem to be in rather bad taste. Thryduulf (talk) 20:40, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Thryduulf: Andy has a point here about how people comment regardless of the existence of the template, it's not an ad hominem. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:07, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • Effectively calling everyone idiots, without explaining why they're being called idiots, sort of looks like an ad hominem, doesn't it? – Uanfala (talk) 21:45, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • @Mike Peel: if Andy has a point other than insulting the intelligence of people with a different opinion on these templates to him then I am at a loss as to what it is. I can't prove it, obviously, but the impression I get is that he has read only the bolded words (which would be rather ironic for this discussion). Thryduulf (talk) 23:57, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • Competent editors can see that Andy's comment was 100% insult and 0% argument, and therefore a "not-not-vote" of no consequence. A competent closer, if there is a closer, would simply discard it. ―Mandruss 16:10, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak support I would not use it, but why not have such a template if it makes it easier for some? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:52, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Tends to encourage voting rather than discussion aimed at generating a consensus. Solution looking for a problem. Stifle (talk) 09:56, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • OPPOSE per Thryduulf, isaacl and Stifle. Those who can't write bold should use the workarounds mentioned above, address their shortcomings (which would help in a far wider range of applicability) or simply write all caps, as Blueboar suggested. ◅ Sebastian 11:17, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Johnuniq, Mandruss and GenQuest - This really is a solution looking for a problem. I appreciate Commons etc use {{Support}} however we're not Commons, Every project has their own way of doings things and "'''Support'''" is our way of doing things. Personally I use "'''Support'''" on all projects as it's what I'm used too (unless it looks out of place which I then change it after (ie with RFAs etc)). –Davey2010Talk 11:30, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: trivial implementation, no disruption of previous practices, no migration cost, aligns well with other Wikimedia projects, probably slightly less chance of unbalanced markers (e.g. 2x2 vs 3x3). --MarioGom (talk) 14:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • As much as I myself mostly start comments with a bold oppose text, I don't think this a template necessary. Firstly, per there being a wide range of commonly used !vote strings and having a template for each is a massive overkill. Will we be needing {{Option 2}} for Option 2 or something? This proposal fails to list (even as example) the actual templates, there are surely more than the two mentioned. And having only a few of these will just create extra differences in markup. I would want to see some statistics of the commonly bolded terms in discussion first. Furthermore, the non-existent complexity of the output does not warrant a template, it is unnecessarily convoluting what is a simple text message, nor is having (even more) templates in text helpful when it's literally default bold syntax. Then there's grammar -- what if I want it lowercase or add other words that need bolding? These just feel like ballot checkboxes rather than a summary of the opinion to follow. Finally, pretty sure this will just make using visual editor way more complicated needing to insert a template when one could have clicked/tapped bold like is standard in every other text editor. — HELLKNOWZTALK 14:39, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    This is a good point - the common recommendations at current discussions are: "allow recreation", "containerize"/"containerise", "convert to an article"/"write an article", "delete", "disambiguate", "draftify", "dual merge", "endorse", "keep", "listfy", "merge", "move", "oppose", "overturn", "purge", "redirect", "refine", "relist", "rename", "rename", "restore", "retarget", "reverse merge", "revert", "setindexify", "soft redirect", "split", "subst", "support", "upmerge", "userfy", "wrap"/"wrapperify" and "wrong venue". Then you have modifiers like "all", "don't", "for now", "in principle", "leaning", "speedy", "strong", "weak" and "without prejudice" and non-recommendation bolds like "comment", "note", "question" and "update". Covering all these would need between 40 and 50 templates. Thryduulf (talk) 13:09, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thryduulf: We're only talking about the most common uses of such templates, which are also used on other wikis, like those mentioned in the proposal. There's a latin phrase you could use to explain your comment if you want, though. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 22:04, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    These are the the recommendations used multiple times in a current discussion and/or in multiple current discussions on en.wp (AfD, RfD, CfD, TfD, MfD, DRV, MRV and RM; although there were none exclusive to MfD). To be useful to editors at en.wp they will need to cover the !votes they will commonly make otherwise they will frequently have to use the standard ''' markup which negates the whole point of having templates in the first place. What other wikis do is not relevant to discussions on the English Wikipedia. Thryduulf (talk) 00:43, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why not I would never use them, but that doesn't mean that others wouldn't find them useful. Most of the oppose votes are people who have no personal use for them. Why is this even a vote? The OP could have saved themselves some trouble by just creating them. I am struggling to figure out why we needed to even have this discussion/vote. --Jayron32 15:43, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    No trouble would have been saved by doing that, because (a) the templates are salted and (b) I would have tagged than as {{db-g4}} if I had noticed them being recreated. We would have ended up here anyway after a few more rounds of bureaucracy. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:47, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    It's quite apparent that this is controversial. Sure, people often slip in new templates that would be controversial if discussed beforehand, but I don't consider that good faith practice. Editors are less likely to challenge by WP:TFD because it's such a hassle (and, for some, because they aren't aware of TfD or don't have the time to learn how to use it correctly). If the creation of a template were as easily challenged as an ordinary edit, standard BRD process would work fine, but that is unfortunately not the case. I commend the proposer for "discussing first" in this case, despite the fact that it likely would have been easier to get forgiveness than permission. ―Mandruss 16:38, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My primary concern is that templates (in general) too often shift from being “optional” to being “preferred” ... and then to “expected” and finally to essentially “mandatory”. I know this is not the intent here, but I have seen this shift occur too many times with other templates to be comfortable with it now. Blueboar (talk) 17:03, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Blueboar: Definitely not the intent here. I can't say that this won't happen, but if it does, then presumably it would be accompanied by discussions that you and others (including myself) could object to. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:58, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My experience with “template creep” is that there often isn’t any discussion in which to state an objection. So I am objecting NOW, while I have a chance to do so. Blueboar (talk) 22:25, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Orz... can we have "Strong Meh" as well? But really we already have Template:Done/See_also and we also don't have a problem with people actually typing "Support" so I really don't care if a template does it as well, however I don't want to see a proliferation of media like File:Symbol confirmed.svg on every discussion, less concerned if it is stylized text (even check marks that are not image files). — xaosfluxTalk 17:22, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Even without images, we can still run into problems with a page's transclusion limit which could end up breaking the village pumps or ANI where there are lots of proposals with lots of bolded !votes. Not worth the trouble just to save two keystrokes. I'm also worried about what Blueboar points out with templates going from "optional"->"preferred"->"required" over time. In this case, it would threaten to undermine the already weak "discussion-not-vote" consensus process which worries me per WP:NOTAVOTE and meatball:VotingIsEvil. Wug·a·po·des 22:20, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    We could always have a bot auto-subst them (although it would clutter the page history). Enterprisey (talk!) 08:54, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Enterprisey: I suggested that in the proposal. I could code up a bot to do so if needed. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:58, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I left it vague, but to be clear, I think that's a worse idea for precisely the reason Enterprisey hints at. The last thing I want is a WP:COSMETICBOT roaming around making non-visible changes to markup and cluttering discussion diffs just to help powerusers save 2 keystrokes. It would probably also make people think they themselves ought to be substituting it which actually costs them 4 keystrokes compared to just using bare markup. Wug·a·po·des 02:23, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support without the icon and with substitution to avoid transclusion limit. As other projects have implemented it, I have found myself trying the template before realize that here doesn't work. Alexcalamaro (talk) 23:59, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • O - or a bold S is simple enough or better yet, separate the sections like we do at RfA. Atsme💬📧 15:30, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Atsme: Great, let's support more options for commenting, like this proposed template? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:58, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: or alternatively doing it properly, Hell no. I despise bolded words as a substitute to discussion and the lack of nuance of just going support or oppose is not to be encouraged. SpartazHumbug! 19:58, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Spartaz: But you just used bold words in your comment? This proposal is for a convenience template to make it easier for other editors to comment, not a substitute. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:58, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The convenience factor does not outweigh the barrier to newcomer participation created by use of excessive templates in simple discussions. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:19, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I support anyone making and using almost any template, and the creation of templates rarely requires a vote or discussion. I must be misunderstanding something here. As noted above, we already have {{agree}} and {{meh}} which are similar templates that people can use or ignore. Why the opposition? No one is proposing to force or require the use of this template, so most people would either not know it exists or not care. Other Wikimedia projects like Commons use these templates, so it is understandable to me that if some people want to use it, then they might look for it across projects. In 2005 the template was deleted for use of images, but no one is proposing that right now. To a typical reader they would not know a template is being used at all.
I think the point of this discussion is that this template has been deleted ~10 times since 2005 because of prior use of images, but I see no harm or cost in having the template available for those who want to use it now. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:25, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • {{weak strongest possible oppose}} Majavah (talk!) 18:51, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: (1) It's not that hard to type the non-templated equivalent (2) It encourages !voting without !vote rationale, (3) It only increases the number of templates transcluded on discussion pages. Thanks! Plastikspork―Œ(talk) 20:03, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Plastikspork, you don't ever edit from a smartphone, right? We have editors above who say that it actually is "that hard" for them to type straight apostrophes ('). I think we can trust them that they struggle with this. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:21, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Then type in all caps (as suggested above), which is even easier than finding the {} symbols. Thanks! Plastikspork―Œ(talk) 23:30, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    That's a good point. On my bog-standard Android keyboard ' is on the first page of symbols, { and } are on the second page. Additionally, when editing using the Wikipedia Android app there is a single button that automatically inserts the markup for bold text, there is no equivalent for templates. Unless iOS works very differently (I own no Apple products so can't check) then it seems very likely that templates being easier to insert than bold markup for smartphone users looks fallacious. Thryduulf (talk) 14:01, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thryduulf: Checking on an iphone (in a text application not in a Wikipedia app), ' is on the first page and { is on the second, but if I enter ' then the characters go back to the alphabet, while if I enter { then it stays on the second page, so it's easier to add a second {. Does android behave the same? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:31, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I just tried editing in the Wikipedia app on iPhone, and I see the same keyboard behavior there. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:33, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    If there is a consensus to try to make it easier to enter bold or italic text without using a straight single quote, then I'd prefer it be done in a generic way for all text, not just specific words. Let's extend wikitext markup in some way, for example. Maybe something like @‘’’, @’’’, and other combinations of typographical quotes can be supported. isaacl (talk) 17:01, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is a textbook example of a solution looking for a problem. – Teratix 14:23, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed. It's quite sad to see the amount of attention this is getting, while much more significant issues get crickets. {{u Sdkb}}talk 15:21, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a simple solution to a problem I and others encounter regularly. I know others don't have this problem, but I am surprised at how many have gone out of their way to oppose this. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 16:06, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Mike Peel, perhaps we are not simply going out of our way, but instead many more people than expected felt strongly about this. (Similarly, User:Sdkb perhaps what you feel is significant is not the same as for others.) That does however not mean that its not a real problem, but perhaps instead that this is not the best solution. Personally, I wish I could have a panel of formatting/template shortcuts that I could customise to address a related problem I have with often forgetting specific template names (even if I use them regularly). --Xurizuri (talk) 11:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Xurizuri, significance is not some wishy-washy subjective value. Yes, assessments differ, but there are objectively things that have a big impact on readers and things that don't. The size of this discussion is perfectly indicative of our worst navel-gazey tendencies. {{u Sdkb}} talk 12:37, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above. Likely to encourage voting behavior which would not harmonize well with enwp's consensus-based culture. -FASTILY 01:04, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose because this method of bolding is very simple. As someone that recently began editing, the vast numbers of templates have frankly been barriers to me engaging with some parts of WP thus far, particularly when there's no immediately obvious consistency in when people use one method or the other. And trying to remember all the templates and their parameters, and type them out correctly, is one of the biggest barriers from editing resulting from my ADHD that I've had. I would greatly prefer to not have more of either of those issues. The bolding and italicising are, to me, the simplest/easiest type of formatting we've got and making that more confusing is frankly not worth it. --Xurizuri (talk) 11:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • If the arguments about how very difficult it is to type straight apostrophes with a smartphone were being made in good faith, this would be a discussion about undeleting Template:Bold. —Cryptic 15:54, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Restored from archive as the RfC is still active. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 12:57, 22 January 2021 (UTC))[reply]
  • Oppose as a solution in search of a problem, and seconding Cryptic on the matter of bolding templates. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 04:59, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per SmokeyJoe's comments. On Apple mobile devices such as iPhones or iPads, it defaults to ‘, and a good half-second press is needed for ', which is very tedious and seemingly time consuming, much more than typing {{}}. This would solve all the mistakes when mobile editors try to bold text. Using <b></b> isn't any better, as you would need to switch from the default keyboard to the symbols keyboard for the "<", then go back to the default for "b", then go back for ">", then back to default for text, then rinse and repeat with an additional "/". D🐶ggy54321 (let's chat!) 04:25, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Delete Gadget and Gadget Definition namespaces

The Gadget and Gadget Definition namespaces are unused, have never been used, and have confusing documentation at Wikipedia:Gadget due to having never been used. Apparently, all relevant gadgets are in MediaWiki-space (for example, MediaWiki:Gadget-Twinkle.js). Considering this, there is no reason to keep the namespaces around.

Somewhat relevant:

If after five years nothing has happened, I doubt anything will happen with the namespace in the future. Elliot321 (talk contribs) 20:25, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

.mw-advancedSearch-namespace-2300, .mw-advancedSearch-namespace-2301, .mw-advancedSearch-namespace-2302, .mw-advancedSearch-namespace-2303 {display:none !important;} 
  • Strong support, especially gadget definition, which is literally comprised in a single page: MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition. JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 21:12, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not sure what you mean by this. That page is where the current gadgets are defined, so would be unaffected by this change. What would be removed are the namespaces above, which are currently entirely unused, but in theory would be by the future gadget reorganization. ~ Amory (utc) 22:44, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Amorymeltzer, what I mean is that the gadget definition namespace is entirely useless, because what it would be supposed to contain is in that single page. JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 18:19, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please note that I requested gadgets improvements, including parts of Gadgets 2.0, in the most recent community wishlist, see m:Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Bots and gadgets/Gadgets improvements. This may be addressed by the community tech team in the coming year. --DannyS712 (talk) 05:22, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I'll withdraw this proposal if there's actual work on gadgets. I don't have a gripe with the namespace, I just didn't get the impression it was ever going to be used at this point. Elliot321 (talk contribs) 07:56, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I’m still yet to see many valid usages of this namespace as an article title, other than one popular redirect example, possibly two. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 08:15, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I see it has been added to the RfC list. Can someone clarify if it within the domain of community consensus to even remove the namespace / gadget, and if so is it even a good idea if that Wishlist proposal will happen? If no to either, then RfC is likely a waste of time. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 18:41, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I think it falls under WP:CONEXCEPT. --Izno (talk) 19:32, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @ProcrastinatingReader: As I understand it, adding or removing a namespace is something that only developers can implement, and they will (again AIUI) only do so in two circumstances (1) where it is (no longer) required for a new (or removed) software feature, or (2) clear community consensus. Regarding the Wishlist proposal, it is almost impossible to predict which of the proposals will be actually be worked on beyond investigating in more detail what that work would entail and what resource is required. If there is no clear indication on Phabricator after about 3 months then I'd say to ask for an update, but before that point it's unlikely to be worthwhile even asking. Thryduulf (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support* *unless there's work on the namespace, as DannyS712 indicted might be coming. ~Gwennie🐈💬📋⦆ 22:00, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not clear on what the point of this RfC is. There's only one page in any of these namespaces (i.e. Gadget:Invention, Travel, & Adventure), and AFAIK, it cannot be modified or deleted by anyone on enwiki without at least steward--if not sysadmin--intervention (which itself is why it exists, as a one-off hack). Is the intent to establish a consensus first, and then open a phab ticket or something to ask for the removal of the namespace by developers, using this RfC as evidence of consensus? I think that would be a platform-wide change, wouldn't it? If so, wouldn't we need more than just enwiki to agree with that before the devs would even begin to listen? I ask because we've been here before, last year, and nothing came of it, and I'm not sure what this RfC would change about that. Writ Keeper 17:42, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Writ Keeper, if that's the case then should this be a Meta RfC? JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 23:06, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Writ Keeper and JJPMaster: I don't think that removing these namespaces would be a platform-wide change given that different wikis can have different namespaces, although it's possible it might be. If it is possible, the developers will not remove the namespace here without evidence of consensus to do so. If it isn't consensus to remove it only on en.wp would be evidence of a good reason to start a discussion on meta. Thryduulf (talk) 12:05, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thryduulf: Generally speaking, yes different wikis can have different namespaces. But my understanding--which is limited for sure--is that these aren't just extra namespaces the way Draft is. The Gadget: and Gadget definition: namespaces are reserved by the Gadgets 2.0 extension, so I think removing the namespaces would require a code change for that extension, which would impact all wikis.
    My point isn't ultimately about whether this should be here or on Meta, although that is a pending question. My point is that--again, based on my limited knowledge and unlike a normal modification of namespaces--this is a non-trivial code change that will impact all wikis, not just enwiki, and it's one that the devs have already repeatedly refused to do. (Why we even have a half-finished extension on a production site is another question entirely, but...) I don't think this RfC is formulated in a way that people know what they're asking for, and as such, I don't think it'll go anywhere, even if we get a consensus. Writ Keeper 14:41, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Never used, only use I have seen is Gadget:Invention, Travel, & Adventure, which is only in that namespace because of the format of the subject title. SemiHypercube 13:44, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Having this sort of thing around contributes to complexity and confusion and, as mentioned, this namespace is only used once. I have always wondered what the point of this namespace was / is and can see now others are in the same boat. With respect to our jurisprudence I think it's perfectly fine to indicate that locally on EN WP we don't see this namespace being useful, and further discussion can happen at a larger venue. Many such technical changes have arisen from discussions locally that indicate the feeling of editors, even if there may need to be other discussions elsewhere. --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:03, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support, not a single page in those namespaces other than Gadget:Invention, Travel, & Adventure and the talk page, which isn't even a real gadget. All gadgets, as far as I know, are, in fact, in the MediaWiki namespace. 54nd60x (talk) 07:55, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Additional comment: Unlike the Education Program namespace, which had talk pages (why it was installed back in 2018,) there are no real gadget (definition) talk pages on this wiki, which is another reason why I think it should be deleted. 54nd60x (talk) 09:21, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • See User:54nd60x/common.css, add that to your common.css if you want to hide the gadget/gadget definition namespaces. 54nd60x (talk) 09:21, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • The current version [8] only hides it at Special:Search. This hides it in some other places but not all, and maybe not in all browsers:
          option[value="2300"], option[value="2301"], option[value="2302"], option[value="2303"] {display: none !important;} 
          PrimeHunter (talk) 14:11, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. It has been several years, and there do not seem to be any concrete plans to do the work which would use this namespace. If there are plans, I'm happy to keep it, but otherwise there's no sense in the extra complexity and confusion it causes by having it appear in every namespace selector. the wub "?!" 18:15, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question — How much is the namespace costing us? — GhostInTheMachinetalk to me 22:10, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support As I wrote in the last of the above list of links, the movement to use the gadget namespace has been stalled with no sign of progress for over 4 years, so there's no reason to expect it to happen [...] in the near future. This namespace's existence is causing periodic problems, for no apparent benefit. * Pppery *it has begun... 23:14, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    How often do we need to create articles whose names begin with the seven characters "Gadget:"? There's one documented instance, mentioned above. So, that one aside, which other potential articles is this causing problems for? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:46, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Okay, here's my hat: oppose. This namespace is not harming anything, the periodic discussions notwithstanding. The discussions themselves take more time than the actual namespace takes from anyone else. A single page hanging out in the wrong place also isn't breaking the wiki. That we're having this conversation when this is basically a WP:CONEXCEPT question is asinine. Go home, live with it, wait until the namespace is actually used. It's not hard to ignore it, people. Put something on WP:Namespace if it isn't there. --Izno (talk) 07:25, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's unclear to me whether this is proposal to temporarily remove these namespaces until Gadgets 2.0 is ready or a request to permanently remove them. If it's the latter, that's a non-starter, if it's the former then I'd ask exactly what the issue is in having them around, albeit unused, given that they will be used...eventually. For context, I was one of the most recent people (like 4-5 years ago) working on Gadgets 2.0 whenever we could find time (usually once a year at the Wikimania hackathon). I do believe that every editor actually wants Gadgets 2.0 to happen, though most won't care and won't notice. Gadgets will be slightly faster and gadget authors will get access to more features. So...if the problem is that these namespaces are sitting unused, I think the best solution/use of time is to find some more technically minded folks who would be interested in contributing to the Gadgets extension and work towards getting 2.0 ready for users, so we can populate those namespaces. Legoktm (talk) 08:00, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think moving away from Gerrit will be a boon for code contributions. Moving the code into GitHub would’ve probably helped too, though I guess that’s a non-starter. But there’s still the issue of getting code reviews. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 10:46, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      If code review is what's stopping people or getting set up with Gerrit I'm always happy to help with that. Legoktm (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    When I originally opened this, I was unaware that there was still work being done on Gadgets 2.0. I'm obviously not opposed to that - I was under the impression that these namespaces were long-abandoned. Elliot321 (talkcontribs) 17:26, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    To be clear, no one is currently working on Gadgets 2.0 as far as I know. But eventually, I hope. (I won't make any promises or even suggestions because I already told people we'd have Gadgets 2.0 by 2017 and well, here we are.) Legoktm (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Strong support: Have never been used, unlikely to be used in the future. If there’s no benefit of this namespace and it’s causing problems for any page, I think the namespaces should very well be deleted. 54nd60x (talk) 01:35, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose any en-wiki specific development hacks to remove namespaces 2300-2303. That would just result in some barely/un-supported technical debt that will likely break down in the future. Strong Oppose any display hacks to try to "hide" this locally, that will certainly break down and be inconsistent across platforms/browsers/etc. Neutral on if the results of this are just to petition the devs to globally remove these namespaces from all/all-wmf projects. — xaosflux Talk 13:58, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Xaosflux: What do you mean by "some barely/un-supported technical debt that will likely break down in the future?" These namespaces have never been used on this wiki, aren't likely to be used in the future, and cause too many problems for the page Gadget:Invention, Travel, & Adventure. There are no archives to keep - unlike the Education Program namespace. I don't see any benefit in keeping these namespaces as they are currently unused and have never been used, and cause so many problems for every edit request to Gadget:Invention, Travel, & Adventure. I know that one page hanging out in the wrong place may not be that big of deal, but that's not the only problem readers face. There are problems in Special:Search as well. 54nd60x (talk) 14:29, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@54nd60x: these namespaces are deployed to the 700+ WMF integrated projects, so making some special one-off configuration that is only for the English Wikipedia would mean an exception that has to be cared for indefinitely by the developers. — xaosflux Talk 15:08, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, if it wasn't clear. The request is a non-starter; it's something we as a community can't do, and the people who can won't. Given that there is a sum total of one page across the entire enwiki that's affected by it (a redirect that does not require ongoing editing or maintenance), I don't see the benefit in a massive effort to change their minds. This is by far too much effort for not enough payoff for the wiki; I'd almost call it a solution in search of a problem. Writ Keeper 14:50, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Amusing how all this discussion and still the only repeated example above is one article, this gadget movie, not a particularly popular article by any metric either, nor do I think any readers care. I’m getting the feel that people just have an axe to grind with WMF/dev actions, tbh. There are far bigger problems, community caused, that nobody seems to care about doing anything about. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 15:56, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If my opinion wasn't clear enough, the reason I want to delete these namespaces isn't because of that one article, but because they have never been used and won't likely to be used in the future. So there's no use in keeping these namespaces if they are not used and won't be used. But @Xaosflux: was right, that the gadget and gadget definition namespaces are used on just about every wiki, so uninstalling those namespaces on enwiki would mean that an exception would have to be cared for indefinitely by the developers. Only Wikimedia Vote Wiki and Wikimedia Login Wiki I know of don't have these namespaces. 54nd60x (talk) 01:15, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New template (a new way) to track how many times an article is listed at Portal:Current events

So Wikipedia has a template that is able to track daily page views and that template can be placed on any article when it is relevant or wanted by the community. I am proposing to create a template that can track the number of times and/or the dates when an article is listed on the Portal:Current events.

This would allow people to know when an article was relevant in the international/national news and this would also allow for people to know when an article most likely had a major update of content.

For example, Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory was created during the first set of allegations. The article saw a massive spike in the number of views and number of edits. The number of edits/vandalism was so big that active arbitration remedies were placed on the article. After about a week, the articles edits died to almost none and a 23 day long request for a copy-edit took place. During those 23 days, only 4 edits were made to the article. About two weeks later, the article was back in the US national news, so the article had tons of new content being added.

Another example is the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting happened in 2012. Of course it was a major thing in the international news, so it saw major content for the week or two that it was in the news. The article was slowly updated, but on December 12, 2019, the article was in the news against due to a trial. The article had 8 edits during that week alone, when it was getting maybe 4 edits a month.

Some articles never see the Portal:Current events, and some may only see it once. For example, 2019 Bagram Airfield attack only saw the portal 1 time and that was on the day of the attack.

If this is added, people could fairly easily find the dates when the article had new content added. It would also allow people to know how many times (or how many days in a row) the article was of importance in the world (or national importance).

Elijahandskip (talk) 15:11, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That'd be good, providing it's easy to use & clear to understand.
Some major events which should be on CE never are, although I don't know how to solve that problem. Jim Michael (talk) 15:37, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My mind is thinking of a copy/paste type template with some fill in spots that the editor adds, so it would be easy to use. Elijahandskip (talk) 17:37, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is a great idea.~~ 🌀𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝕮𝖞𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖈 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖆🌀 17:58, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This is just more talk page cruft. When there are multiple discussions elsewhere about reducing how much Stuff is at the top of talk pages, this is not a socially-feasible proposal. Certainly not as its own template. Going beyond that, I doubt Portal:Current events drives much if any traffic at all. --Izno (talk) 20:41, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Izno: according to that daily page views, it gets about 60,000 views daily.Elijahandskip (talk) 21:03, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Drives" is a key word in context. --Izno (talk) 21:12, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Why wouldn't it drive traffic? Many people read what's happened recently & click on the links to find out more. Jim Michael (talk) 22:48, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
But compared to the number of people coming in via Google, social media etc. it's likely insignificant. We need fewer templates cluttering up talk pages, not more. If for some reason you want to check when something was on the portal, it's easy to do via Special:WhatLinksHere/Biden–Ukraine_conspiracy_theory and filter to the Portal namespace. the wub"?!" 23:07, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Being very honest, I am a 2 year Wikipedia editor and I have never seen that before. Highly unlikely 99% of that 60,000 even know what that is. But I would guess maybe 75% of them would click on the articles and maybe 30% of them would click the talk page of that article. That is at least a few thousand up to 10k. Elijahandskip (talk) 23:30, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Besides 75% click-through from the portal being very unlikely, you're significantly overestimating readers' interest in talk pages as well. The number of views of the talk page is about 2% that of the article [9]. the wub "?!" 00:59, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The featured article two days ago, The Holocaust in Slovakia, had a gracious 60k views. That's 1 in 100 clickthroughs from the main page, which gets 6-7 million (which is fairly high for recent TFAs). Let's assume that a secondary portal, though linked prominently with its own 60k pageviews, has a similar clickthrough. That's 600 pageviews a day from the one page.
No thank you to a new template. --Izno (talk) 06:40, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A stronger argument is not that it drives traffic, but correlates with it—as in the examples given by the OP. It could still be useful for someone trying to work out what made the pageviews/edits spike. But I think this would be better as a tool of some kind than a talk page banner (even one minimized by default). "Track when page X was linked on page Y" would work for this use case (Y = Portal:Current events) and might plausibly be useful in other situations too. — Bilorv (talk) 20:55, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

An idea is to make it similar to how the ITN recognition that is placed on talk pages. Elijahandskip (talk) 22:21, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some countries aren't even protected!

While I was searching about Burma, I then went to Israel. It was "Extended-Confirmed". Then I went to the Malta page and it didn't have any protection! There should be a policy that all countries MUST have at least some protection on their articles.

Avishai11 (talk) 23:59, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Avishai11, articles are protected only when it's truly necessary. You can learn more at WP:PP. Schazjmd (talk) 00:04, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) @Avishai11: We do not pre-emptively protect pages; we apply protection when it is necessary to do so - persistent vandalism, for example. What kind of edits are you thinking of that protection would have prevented? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 00:08, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Avishai11, like most Israel-Palestine related articles, the Israel article has Extended confirmed protection because of ArbCom enforcement. You can read about that here - WP:A/I/PIA. As for other country articles, they can be protected individually if they have persistent disruption. Otherwise it is not necessary. AVSmalnad77 talk 05:35, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Should Cewbot remove interlanguage link templates once local articles exist?

This task ([[10]]) destroys the information about which other wikis have relevant articles about the subject. For instance, if the article is created, and then one week later is deleted again, the {{ill}} link is gone and the work of the editor who originally placed it there is lost.

The reason for this odd behavior has been that the bot is computationally intensive. Now, the bot was recently given the ability to bypass this load. The idea is that an editor adds display=force to the {{Interlanguage link}} when the English article exists. The template will then render as a regular blue link but retain the information about other wikis, so if that article is deleted, an editor can simply turn off the display= parameter again. Of course, the bot itself should be this editor.

Another reason brought up is that {{ill}} create clutter in the editing window, but I see nothing worse than when you have a load of references interspersed in running text.

One argument is also that Cewbot waits one week before removing the {{ill}} links. But articles quite often take more than one week to go through PROD or AfD.

So should Cewbot remove interlanguage link templates once local articles exist?

I say there's gotta be a better solution that doesn't destroy the work of editors. CapnZapp (talk) 10:47, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I should add that I brought this up at the bot's talk page but was shut down twice and told the Bot Noticeboard was a more appropriate place to have this discussion. Then that discussion was shut down and I was told to go to the Village Pump. So far I've complied, but this is the end of the line.
User talk:Kanashimi/Archive 1#Task 1 Convert interlanguage link templates with local article to wikilinks
Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Should_Cewbot_remove_interlanguage_link_templates_once_local_articles_exist?
CapnZapp (talk) 10:51, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • To answer the question in the headline, absolutely. --Izno (talk) 19:25, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I wonder whether the conversion could be logged somewhere. Maybe a note on the edited article's talk page ("I changed {{il French}} to Local" – please revert if Local gets deleted)? Maybe a note on the possibly-to-be-deleted article's talk page ("If you delete this, please go revert this edit by the bot")? Maybe a central log, which any interested editors could scan it for red links later? WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:38, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Forum shopping is not OK. That said, perhaps the bot could run this task every month rather than every week to reduce the chances of article creations being subsequently deleted. Or better, the deleting admins could restore the interlanguage links while they are deleting the article. In general, it's better to link to a local language article where it exists, though. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:13, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Mike Peel:, CapnZapp was directed here by the BAG. No one at WP:BOTN supported stopping Cewbot, because no one saw any consensus to stop it. This RFC is a legitimate attempt as checking if C has C'd. There's also the possibility that while Cewbot still has a general consensus to do its task, the community finds its preferable to tweak certain behaviour. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 05:18, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks for the background, I've struck that part of my comment. It still sounds like waiting a bit longer, or perhaps checking for deletion tags in the article to be linked to, would be an improvement. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 18:54, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes it should. I also don't see any reason to change its one week delay, especially if it removal of {{ill}} is halted during an ongoing AFD/PROD discussion. Having logs could be a good idea though. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 05:18, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
What does especially if it removal of {{ill}} is halted mean, Headbomb? It can very easily be more than just a week before an article even starts the PROD or AfD process, so arguing the bot respects that process (if indeed that is the case?) seems insufficient... CapnZapp (talk) 11:01, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Articles may be deleted at any point, from seconds, to days, to weeks, to years after their creation. That something might potentially be deleted is not a valid argument against suspending basic maintenance tasks. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:17, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes Pointless wikitext makes editing the article more difficult. Having {{ill}} in some articles but plain wikilinks in others invites hapless gnomes to go round "fixing" one or the other. I don't think logs are warranted: just another unloved maintenance page to be ignored. All that is needed is an edit summary spelling out what was done (not each link) so it could be found in article history or the bot's contributions. Perhaps the bot could wait longer than a week from page creation. Johnuniq (talk) 06:06, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm arguing the wikitext isn't pointless. It was useful info added before the local article was created and this usefulness is exactly the same after it gets deleted. Having {{ill}} in some articles but plain wikilinks in others is just a hypothetical I'm having trouble taking in good faith. What has your conspiracies against "wiki gnomes" to do with my question and my arguments, Johnuniq? What do you mean by "plain wikilinks" in this context (I haven't mentioned any)? All that is needed is an edit summary spelling out what was done (not each link) so it could be found in article history or the bot's contributions. You appear to miss one step of reasoning - why would anyone think to check the edit summaries when the bot leaves no trace of anything to find - unless there's say, an editor comment of some kind: "here was once useful interlanguage links, check the page history for details"? I will note I haven't asked for any logs, so we're in agreement there. As of yet I haven't seen a single editor arguing why the bot should wait such a desperately short time, so, yes, waiting more than a week seems like one easy step to take, whatever else we agree on. CapnZapp (talk) 11:09, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    One article might have a plain link such as [[Example]] while another has {{ill Example de}}. Johnuniq (talk) 00:27, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes As per the comment above, pointless wikitext should be removed. Editing is difficult enough already for new editors. What would be the point of a log? How would it advance the project? Peter coxhead (talk) 07:33, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, that comment doesn't explain or justify why the wikitext is "pointless". (I invite you to be the first to actually start the argument, Peter coxhead) Personally, I don't find {{ill}} templates more difficult than a jumble of references/citations where it can be quite tricky to find the actual article text among the sea of reference parameters, and you don't see any bots obsessively messing around with them... I am not asking for a log, I am asking for a discussion wherein we don't just take cewbot for granted, but arrive at alternatives that don't erase information volunteered by editors. Cheers CapnZapp (talk) 11:13, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@CapnZapp: if there's no article here, then {{ill}} is of some value. Once there is an article here, it isn't. The links to other language wikis are then provided via Wikidata. Yes, full references in text are also confusing, especially to new editors, which is why I always prefer the list-defined approach with the minimum reference in the text. But the argument that X is confusing so it doesn't matter if Y is as well isn't, in my view, convincing. We should remove as much complexity as possible. Peter coxhead (talk) 11:30, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes. I struggle to think of a situation in which we'd need to retain an ill when a local article exists. If the article in the other language is better, just tag the English page with {{Expand language}}, which is plenty enough of a signal to readers that they might want to just use Google Translate. And if the article in English is created and then deleted as not notable, then it shouldn't have an ill as an ill is just a type of redlink and non-notable pages shouldn't be redlinked. {{u Sdkb}} talk 16:40, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
To ease your struggle, I started the very first talk section with If an article is created, but later deleted (perhaps a person article that's deemed not notable enough), the ill link is lost and we have a red link instead. saying the bot actually destroys input added by editors (the existence of the foreign-language wiki article). Regards, CapnZapp (talk) 11:21, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Let me respond to Mike Peel in a more prominent place since this is important. It has been very hard indeed to actually get a discussion started where people look at the bot's job critically and were we discuss alternatives that still accomplish what the bot set out to do but in a way that does not actively destroy the work of editors. I have mainly had to battle editors who focus solely not just on shunting the discussion elsewhere like a hot potato but actively shutting it down before arguments were even considered. Here seems to be the only place where there's nowhere else to point, so I look forward to an open-minded discussion which does not avoid the greater issue. With that in mind, thank you for striking that part of your comment, and thanks to Headbomb for highlighting the struggle to even start the discussion. CapnZapp (talk) 11:27, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Yes The question contains an unstated supposition that "the work of editors" is somehow sacrosanct and "destroying" it is axiomatically a "bad thing". I don't believe this idea has any merit at all. In any case an "ill" link is intended to only be a temporary "patch" to cover a supposed hole in the 'pedia. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:10, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes. Removing an obsolete {{ILL}}, is helpful, and deletion of the article is not the expected/common path. The week delay should cover almost all speedy deletes, and that delay could be increased if we want to catch a higher number of AFD/PRODs. However we should not halt this useful work and obviously not permanently retain ILLs, just because an article might eventually be deleted. Alsee (talk) 02:20, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes – good idea and would certainly be an example of a bot doing helpful "edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually". Can see no reason why we'd want the ill links to stick around. Aza24 (talk) 07:18, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Two takeaways: 1. If the bot updates wikidata thereby retaining the information otherwise lost, that'd be sufficient. 2. Several posters have qualified their response by saying a longer waiting time could be useful. What would then be a more reasonable length of time for the bot to wait? Three months? More? Less? CapnZapp (talk) 09:22, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Question. If {{ill Example simple}} and [[Example]] both result in Example/Example.. then isn't this a cosmetic bot task? –MJL Talk 03:57, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    With the parameters in your example, {{ill Example simple}} incurs the cost of one "expensive parser function" since it checks for the existence of the Example page on the English Wikipedia. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 04:05, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    A cosmetic bot task is one that makes a change which has no effect on reader-facing aspects of the encyclopaedia. So, yes, this is cosmetic. Thryduulf (talk) 11:15, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, but it does have an effect on reader-facing aspects of Wikipedia if removing an expensive parser function call will cause the formerly-501st expensive parser function call on that page to succeed instead of "failing because it was the 501st" and produce different output to the user. Therefore, it is not necessarily a cosmetic bot when used on pages that are already over the limit. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:54, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, it is effectively not a cosmetic change if it removes Template:Interlanguage link then the en-wiki page is deleted or changed into a redirect. Had the bot NOT run, the interlanguage link template would've shown a link to the other-language page as soon as the en-wiki target was deleted or changed into a redirect. So, I guess technically it's a cosmetic change at the time the bot is run, but it is effectively a non-cosmetic change in that if the bot runs AFTER the en-wiki link is deleted or changed into a redirect, the bot will skip it and the end result will be different for the reader. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:58, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bot to remove year of birth/death categories when the claim is removed from the article body

This proposal is related to an open bot approval request (BattyBot 53). AWB, as part of its current genfixes, will add birth/death categories (like Category:1980 births) to biographies that contain a birth/death statement in the article body (either the lead sentence or the infobox, I think). However, it seems no process exists to remove the categories if the corresponding statement is later removed from the article. An example of this problem is at Advaitha (actress): [11] adds an uncited date of birth, [12] (automated) adds the corresponding category, and [13] removes the date of birth as unsourced, but misses the category and it is left unsupported by the article, until manually removed by me much later.

I'm wondering if there is support for a bot to automatically remove these categories in this type of situation. Some additional thoughts, open questions, and potential objections:

  • The bot should only remove the category if a birth/death claim formerly existed in the article and was removed, not if the category was added without a corresponding claim ever being present. (This would lead to the bot directly reverting a manual edit, which is not my intention.)
  • To prevent edit warring, the bot should not remove a category from the same article multiple times, and could wait for some grace period (a day? a week?) before removing in case the removal of the claim itself was mistaken/vandalism.
  • Should the bot replace the category with Category:Year of birth missing or a related category, or just remove it?
  • "This would just result in multiple bot edits when there could be none. My watchlist and I hate bots with a passion." Yes, fair. The current situation, though, appears to be that these categories get added and are not always maintained. It is also possible that the category was originally added by a human, so this is not always a case of "bots reverting bots", but a bot cleaning up something a human missed.
  • "Not a good bot task, too situational." Perhaps. The bot could log these issues and not directly action them. Would anyone bother to check the log? Part of the justification for this proposal is to avoid unsourced BLP information, on which I believe we should err on the side of removal.
  • "The category should be automatically handled by the infobox/Wikidata, so there aren't multiple places to maintain this information." Maybe? This is a very different proposal. Not every article has an infobox, and not every {{Infobox person}} is in the lead section of a biography. There is frequent opposition to using Wikidata for this due to lack of review/quality sourcing.
  • "The category system is terrible." Yes, but this is a non sequitur. The category system exists and we must maintain it, particularly for BLPs.

Thanks. — The Earwigtalk⟩ 16:29, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • My first thought is that this is a good idea, but as you say it needs workshopping a bit before implementation. For example, how will it cope if a duplicate year of birth/death statement is added and then removed, or the statement is changed without being removed (e.g. Born 1986 changed to Born 1987)? If it adds any categories it should be ones that are flagged as needing human review (perhaps "year of birth possibly missing" or something) - especially for deaths (we don't want living people in year of death missing cats). The bot will need to cope with people changing e.g. "born 1930" to "1930–2021" in a variety of formats. How will it cope with the year of birth/death being removed from the prose or infobox but not both? Maybe an edit filer for year of birth/death removed would be a good first and/or additional step? Thryduulf (talk) 02:30, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks Thryduulf, this is helpful. My original idea was to simply check whether the claimed year of birth/death is present in the page text or infobox at all, except for the category itself. It would be prone to false negatives, but seemed like a safe starting point for detecting situations where the category is completely unsupported. Of course, you are right to bring up the case where the year changes; I would be less comfortable about a bot doing something in that situation, but removing the category wouldn't be strictly improper? (I don't think I'd want the bot to change the category to the new birth year without human review.) Your comment on adding categories makes me think that it would be best to not add any due to uncertainty—a "year of birth possibly missing" category does not seem especially useful. I know there has been some prior discussion about the (lack of) utility of these. An edit filter is a good suggestion, but it might be difficult to build a useful one. I will think more about this. — The Earwigtalk⟩ 08:44, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Warn new editors before putting in a date-of-birth less than 18 years ago

Lately I've found and reported more than a handful of minors posting their own year-of-birth or that of a family member, or people creating drafts about non-notable teenagers complete with real name and date-of-birth.

I propose an edit filter for non-(auto)confirmed editors that that would throw up a warning recommending that the editor read Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion, Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors, and WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY before publishing anything that looked like a date of birth 5-17 years ago. This wouldn't prevent publication, but it would at least put some "friction" in the process giving the editor a chance to think about it. For obvious reasons, the filter should be set to "private" and edits that are saved anyway should be flagged for review by someone with visibility to that edit filter, as a fair number of them would likely need to be immediately WP:REVDELed away and referred to WP:OVERSIGHT.

I wanted to get feedback on the idea here before making a more formal proposal on Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) or Wikipedia:Edit_filter/Requested in case there's some good reason NOT to proceed.

It's not part of this proposal (first things first) but a similar proposal to flag new editors putting up email addresses or social-media links on user- and draft- pages and new-ish pages in other namespaces would also help cut down on naive users posting things that have to be cleaned up later. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 03:06, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... in what context? Edit filters are not magical. --Izno (talk) 04:41, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Moreover, this seems better for WP:VPI since you don't know what you want exactly. --Izno (talk) 04:43, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose we could flag new articles with Category:2004 births or later, but I doubt that editors unsophisticated enough to attempt to make articles on themselves or their family members of that age are adding birth categories. BD2412 T 06:20, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's impossible to make an edit filter totally private. The username and page title will always be visible. Are you sure you want to make a handy list of minor editors? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 06:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure I do NOT want such a list, at least not one that is visible to the public or unprivileged editors. I had forgotten about the limitations of the privacy features of the edit filter log. From re-reading the edit filter documentation, it looks like this is not currently possible in en-wiki. That said, in principle it looks like the edit filter extension could be "cloned" so there could be two independent groups of edit filters, one that is very locked-down to the point that its logs were invisible to most editors. That said, it's not the simple undertaking I envisioned, which makes my suggestion impractical at least in the short term. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:15, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, please move this to VPI. {{u Sdkb}} talk 14:53, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Many non-notable people (most of them young) have created articles about themselves or non-notable people whom they personally know. Even more have added their births to year and day articles. I can't work out a way to prevent this while not preventing articles & additions being made which are useful & justified. Jim Michael (talk) 15:40, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The birthdatescammers!

Proof https://i.pinimg.com/originals/87/86/66/878666a2074787830017c0981de58e10.jpg --2A01:C23:7033:1D00:115B:35E7:3490:2E47 (talk) 13:02, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal: Add notable people when browsing Wikipedia in the WP:Contents page such as in WP:Contents/Overviews

All of the links in the contents seem to cover every part of the encyclopedia. The only part that seems to be missing is listing notable people like Jesus, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, and Aristotle. All of the links with the exeption of meta's articles every Wikipedia should have and the vital articles list notable people. Please let me know what your thoughts are regarding this. I want to help improve browsing Wikipedia for people who prefer not to do a search. Interstellarity (talk) 19:16, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Who says that someone's historical impact or fame (which I can only assume is the basis for the five figures you list) correlates with what people want to read on Wikipedia? Look at the page views for Trump compared these people [14] last year; I doubt he would be included in the list of Jesus, Leonardo, Aristotle etc. yet he receives significantly more attention from readers. I could understand having a most viewed articles section for the day or week (mobile already has something like this) but trying to create a list of people we're guessing readers consider the most "notable" seems impossibly arbitrary and serves no real purpose. Aza24 (talk) 23:46, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia as fact-checker

Hey, my name is Joey.

I think Wikipedia is great and would like to try to contribute to its success in the future.

Wikipedia is full of facts, making it a great place for research. It is also highly monitored, making it trustworthy. I think Wikipedia could fill another, in my opinion much needed, position in our modern society. Nowadays people have the option to post whatever they please on social media. I feel like a fact-checker, like the one Twitter recently implemented, is highly needed. I think Wikipedia could fill that role. The digital engineers behind the site could develop a system that would be able to check videos, text and images for how factually true it is. Then Wikipedia could strive to have a fact-check button implemented on every social media platform.

I think this is something that is indefinitely going to happen in the future and I think that Wikipedia would be the perfect organization to make it happen.

Thanks for listening to my idea. Greetings, Joey — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1c04:3f14:6d00:5091:fa99:3bbc:f338 (talkcontribs) 13:09, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Joey, please read about how Wikipedia is not a reliable source, or in other words, not trustworthy. We don't deal in truth, but in what can be verified. 331dot (talk) 08:03, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The problem is that a fact checking system like twitter’s would likely violate our WP:No original research policy.
All we can do is ensure that our information is accurate, based on what reliable sources tell us. And sometimes, the reliable sources disagree. When this happens, our WP:Neutral point of view policy says we can not choose between them, but must present what the various reliable sources say (even if we, as individuals, think one side of the disagreement may be wrong). Blueboar (talk) 14:31, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The English Wikipedia is already being used as a source of ground truth for fact checkers (including automated systems). If you are interested this subject, see Diego's talk at mw:Wikimedia Research/Showcase#December 2020. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 05:18, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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see newer version down below

Recently the logo was temporarily changed to.....see image at right. In this case I'm proposing adding back 'The Free Encyclopedia' however with '20 Years over one Billion edits' the idea is that it is a milestone and hence would give even more credibility to the movement as its indicating how many years its been helping readers, and how many edits have been done--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 19:15, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Coffeeandcrumbs, Valereee, and Armadillopteryx: who have very recent feedback on this on Talk:Main Page that I'm going to point to here. — xaosfluxTalk 19:45, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
thank you(it could be 'more than')--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 19:49, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as proposer--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 16:47, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Pretty much every reader knows that Wikipedia is a very popular and well-established website, so we don't need to use up the most valuable space in our layout (since people begin reading at upper left) to remind them of that fact. I'd rather we keep using the official tagline ("the free encyclopedia"), which at least says something about our editorial philosophy. {{u Sdkb}} talk 05:10, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
what I propose is this same logo with "The Free Encyclopedia" as usual on it--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:51, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ozzie10aaaa, if you're proposing a logo change at VPR, it's preferable to have an actual logo file in hand, so that this sort of confusion doesn't happen. You could request that at the WP:Graphics lab if you don't know how to make it yourself. Without knowing where exactly you'd want to place each piece of text, I have to continue to oppose, although if you came back with a file and it looks better than I expect it to, there's a slight chance I'd change my mind. {{u Sdkb}}talk 07:28, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
ok its hereModified logo.png (Im not very good at images but you get the general idea)--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:26, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Until February 15th and then bring back the normal logo in march unless the WMF opposes this idea and wants us to keep using the normal logo before the 15th 🌸 1.Ayana 🌸 (talk) 11:27, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We should stick with this one for a while more. Pretty notable milestone. Someone should really ping all of the editors who contributed to the previous discussion on this. ~ HAL333 02:54, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
HAL333 did you vote 'oppose' if your saying We should stick with this one for a while more. Pretty notable milestone....--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 20:28, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The back and forth logo changes are probably confusing to the average reader who notices. Though, I guess that is quite representative of Wikipedia’s consensus building process, so perhaps a good thing to showcase. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 08:59, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  • note this discussion was closed too soon as what was being discussed was merging to a new logo for a non-specific time..."the logo has been changed back" is not a valid reason to close as there are ongoing discussions on the matter(as seen above)...IMO--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 18:11, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

mergers @ AfD (yes, again)

Yes, I know it's a perennial proposal, and yes I've read over quite a few discussions in the past and yes I do feel times are different now. Mergers often stay open exorbitantly long times . This is not practical, and the system of proposed mergers is clearly struggling with low participation and interest (not to suggest that other areas aren't). It is more effective and efficient to nominate an article for deletion if you want it to be merged. Like it or not, that would seem to be a fact at this point based on my highly unscientific day-to-day life. See, for instance, 1 and 2, where unanimous consensuses were reached in a week-- this would usually take months to a year or more if you followed the 'correct' way of proposing a merge. Currently, some users will !vote "keep: a merger should be discussed elsewhere" and I'd argue that more often than not no discussion happens elsewhere.

I'm not suggesting completely folding PROPMERGE into AfD and I'm not suggesting necessarily renaming AfD to articles for discussion, I just think it past time that we seriously consider making 'merge' a valid option to start an AfD for. Is AfD exactly booming with participants? no, but I'd argue it's higher visibility than proposing a merger, the format works just as well better, and I highly doubt the number of new merges would overwhelm the system. We could always do a trial for X months and reassess... Cheers, Eddie891 Talk Work 23:22, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • To clarify I'm suggesting that we make merge an acceptable proposal to suggest when opening an AfD, but leave Proposed mergers as a functional place where people can still file proposals if they either feel that system would work better (perhaps for a sufficiently high traffic article) or if the AfD is closed as no consensus (but, of course, not 'keep' or 'delete). This would allow most merger suggestions to get more discussion (because of higher visibility) and closed faster (time limit of AfD) and may also have the benefit of more controversial Proposed mergers getting more attention because there are more manageable amounts. Eddie891 Talk Work 23:38, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Eddie891, I agree (as I hope everyone does) that the merge proposal system is clearly broken and needs some sort of reform. I'll leave it to others more familiar to decide whether folding it into AfD is the best approach, but I'm down to try something, and worst case scenario it fails and we return to the status quo.
    Since this is a developed, actionable proposal, you might want to move it to WP:VPR, as the idea lab isn't a place for !voting. {{u Sdkb}} talk 03:18, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think we should redirect RMergers to AFD and be done with it. (Regardless of that opinion, we should also make it doubly clear somewhere on WP:Deletion policy and/or WP:ATA and/or WP:AFD/AI that not-votes like "AFD is not for merging" get kicked to the curb.) --Izno (talk) 03:58, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Unless someone provides a good reason for the bureaucracy that is having completely separate and non-overlapping (by policy, if not practice) procedures for merging versus deletion versus draftication versus etc of articles, I agree completely that AfD should serve as a central point of discussion for any article that people feel should not be an article - be that "it should be a redirect" or "it should be merged" or "it's too soon so draftify". -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 04:09, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have concerns about the actual execution as well as diluting AfD participation with large numbers of merge articles. While the discussion and closing don't take too long, merging requires a lot of execution effort. I don't do AfDs that have a merge close likely result since I don't want to merge them, and without someone agreeing to do it (say, the nom), it risks the close of discussions without actual merging being carried out on a reasonable timescale. Nosebagbear (talk) 10:15, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Even in that scenario though, you still get a decision and anyone can act without sitting in ambiguity. And that decision is timely, and it's visible on the article that the article is long in the tooth. RFM is like AFC except it can be years rather than months before you know. --Izno (talk) 18:28, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    What plays the biggest role in diluting AFD is when users go on large nominating sprees of 20+ articles in a single day. So far in january there have been 200 proposed mergers, or about seven a day. I don't see adding those to the 100+ AFDs regularly nominated each day as holding the potential for overwhelming that process. Eddie891 Talk Work 18:35, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Eddie891: I wouldn't say that reasoning is entirely cast-iron. You'd like this change because it would make it easier to get merges to happen, presumably encouraging more. That would logically bump up the figures far more than the 7/day (which would be notable, but certainly tolerable). If it didn't bump it up, then the change would probably not be worth making. Nosebagbear (talk) 10:35, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have been editing WP since 2006... and I didn’t know a separate Merger process even existed! It certainly was not advertised widely (When was it created?) I have no problem dealing with contentious merger proposals through AFD. Why do we need two separate bureaucracies? Blueboar (talk) 13:19, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Probably because it's listed somewhere in PEREN. :^) --Izno (talk) 18:28, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • It seems unlikely that any experienced editor has not seen and attended a merge discussion such as this or that. I am reminded of M. Jourdain who is surprised to learn that he has been speaking prose all his life, without knowing it! Andrew🐉(talk) 09:37, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: The general Articles to be Merged backlog is now below 12 months (this used to be 2.5+ years), and the AfD resulting in Decision to Merge backlog is again below 90 days and rapidly being reduced. Just so you know. Anyone who wishes to help out, you now have the links to do so. X-) Regards, GenQuest "scribble" 18:50, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment, I have similar concerns to Nosebagbear but I see merit in the idea that likely contested nominations could be nominated at AfD with the nominator proposing a merger. I would however oppose anything that would prevent editors from conducting bold mergers/redirects (obviously bold deletion is unavailable to most of us, for good reason), if contested they could then be formally nominated (as is currently the case). Cavalryman (talk) 11:50, 29 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]
  • I've never really understood why they're separate. If anyone wishes to only watch for deletion discussions or only watch for merger proposals, that can be handled via one of the several ways we already organize AfDs. AfDs don't get lost in talk page archives, are more centralized, and have a structure that can already result in merger. I say take this opportunity to reduce our number of complicated processes. Or perhaps try it out for a while? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 02:42, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Let us count the ways:
  1. Mergers are inherently unproductive because they just move content from one page to another with low value-added
  2. Mergers can mostly be done by anyone using ordinary editing tools, just as anyone can add, remove or move a section in an article
  3. Deletion however is a specially restricted function because it makes the content inaccessible and is not easy to revert
  4. AfD exists primarily for deletion, providing the clear consensus required for admins to use this specially restricted function
  5. AfD is moribund too because it's no fun looking at junk
  6. The longer the AfD list, the less likely that people will look through it and so participation will decline further
  7. Already we see lots of AfD discussions being relisted again and again for lack of participation
  8. AfD tends to attract zealots who tend to vote delete as a knee-jerk reflex, without regard to the merits of the topic and its potential
  9. The proposal therefore risks turning mergers into deletions and content will be lost
  10. There are technical limits on the size of the daily AfD logs due to their heavy use of templates
  11. The AfD process doesn't scale - neither technically nor in its human factors
  12. The proper place to get attention for mergers would be projects staffed by subject-matter experts
  13. But projects are dying too
  14. The main reason that everything is dying is excessive assholery, battleground behaviour, busywork and conflict
  15. We need to focus on fostering collaboration, cooperation and content creation rather than finding new and better ways to annoy each other
Andrew🐉(talk) 08:21, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with merging merges into AFD. One place to discuss what happens to a stand alone page (delete, draftify, merge, etc) seems to make the most sense and will avoid the duplication of effort and dilution of attention that happens now with multiple processes. Levivich harass/hound 15:15, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support folding it into AfD Didn't even know WP:PROPMERGE existed (note, most merge discussions I've closed on WP:ANRFC didn't use such a process either but were just regular talk page discussions). Looks like a useless process to me. Personally I'd have taken "blank-and-redirect" type merges into AfD anyway. It's a centralised venue which achieves conclusive outcomes, whereas many talk page discussions take far more weeks and still end up with minimal participation. I dislike that some admins refuse to acknowledge merge consensus imo, with the rationale that AfD isn't for merges, even if the AfD reached a consensus for merge. That part seems to be dependent on the closing admin (some allow it, others don't and say "can be discussed elsewhere", from what I've seen). ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 16:06, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The only place where such a discussion will get any attention at all is AfD--though participation is lower than it should be, it's still the best-attended of such processes. Since merge has in the past been used as a surreptitious method of deletion by calling it a merge, but not actually merging anything substantial, it makes sense. We should probably specify that the action in such discussions if there is no participation is not the soft delete we use for articles, but merge, as undisputed. Both are easily reversible if challenged. As Levivich says, the virtue of AfD is that if disputed, it comes to a conclusion. Yes, AfD tends to attract people who try to find reasons to vote delete, but it also attracts those who seek every possibility for keep. Those in each party have always been sure they were a struggling minority. I'm not sure how that would translate into merges--each side sometimes suggests it to find a compromise solution. Merges are not unconstructive--they move the information, but they remove the often extensive duplication and all the overhead associated with being a separate article.~~
  • No, AfD often does not come to a conclusion. Many times, AfDs are closed as no consensus. Or a supposed consensus doesn't stick. For example, today I closed an AfD. Notice that there had been 8 previous discussions! And notice that no-one suggested merger of the subject into Kennedy family, even though this was an obvious alternative. AfD encourages the adversial extremism of Keep/Delete rather than more complicated compromises. Andrew🐉(talk) 23:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Eddie891, As a regular at AfD, I have no problem with a merge result, nor with a nominator proposing merge as one of the alternatives. And you are right that merge discussions are much slower. However, we should not just convert merges into AfD discussions as obviously the process is for deletions, not merges. What we need instead is an AfD like process, where merges are listed in a central directory, sorted, and gain more visibility than they do currently. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus reply here 11:57, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't understand why we have so many policies for merging, AFD, Prod it is just mad. New users find it difficult, and I have been on and off Wikipedia for several years and still finding stuff because it's not the easiest of layouts. I stated on a previous AFD policy that I think Prod should be done away with, and Merger should be integrated into the AFD policy and process, making it simpler for users to find and discuss. I know Andrew has commented about poor quality of some mergers, but this should be made part of AFD process i.e. If editors decide a concensus to merge, then it should be then left open to discuss level of merger. Davidstewartharvey (talk) 16:03, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Color code http and https links differently

Should we indicate by color code whether a link to a website has an SSL certificate? For example, Wikipedia shows a box/arrow that is blue. That's good because it is https. However, a site like CI, which has no SSL certificate and connects as http has the same color (blue) box/arrow. I suggest we turn that red. Charles Juvon (talk) 00:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think they could be coded to display a lock to show it is a secure connection. I remember seeing this on FANDOM. Aasim (talk) 04:27, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know what you two are talking about; I'm using Firefox 52 (yeah, I know) on Vista (can't help it) with the Modern skin, and I see a yellow lock next to the blue link for Wikipedia, and a blue box with an arrow coming out of it next to the blue link for CI. If I saw a red link, it would make me think a wiki target didn't exist, so it'd be confusing. IOW, for me, the "problem" is already solved. Ergo, no, we don't need to add an unexpected color to our hyperlinks. JohnFromPinckney (talk) 06:29, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
JohnFromPinckney, Modern is not a maintained skin beyond what it takes for it to function from a PHP perspective. Don't use it if you want to have a good representation of what most people see today. (I am minded to hunt down the relevant CSS and have it removed if it still displays as such.) --Izno (talk) 15:29, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the tip, Izno. But: how am I supposed to know that? I was using Vector, but several things (Alerts, Notifications, show/hide on collapsed items) stopped working, so I tried one of the four other skins in my Preferences list. Modern didn't exhibit any of those problems, so I thought I was up to date. And besides: "Modern". IYKWIM.
And now, it seems that my obsolete skin is more functional (in terms of http/https icons) that what other WP users use. So I'm totally confused. JohnFromPinckney (talk) 15:49, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
JohnFromPinckney, to answer the question in your edit summary, Modern has been a skin for at least a decade and offhand I believe it predates Vector. The name "Modern" is just a 'pretty' name. --Izno (talk) 15:59, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm calling my lawyer to see about suing for false advertising. I require a remedy for the mental anguish I've endured... JohnFromPinckney (talk) 16:03, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh rats, here I was hoping I wouldn't need to block you for using Firefox 52 on Vista. C'est la vie. --Izno (talk) 16:08, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Don't block me for using Vista; it's not my fault and, trust me, I'm suffering enough. You should block me for WP:THREAT. ;-) JohnFromPinckney (talk) 16:20, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Enforcing actual policy? Sounds like bologna. --Izno (talk) 16:29, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I do not anticipate a change here. The previous differentiating "lock" for HTTPS was removed because they had become noise to most people (most sites were migrating or had been migrated to HTTPS by that time). They were removed in 1.23/1.24, nearly 7 years ago. It would be just as noisy for us to add something to unsecured links. Moreover, some websites do not keep up their actual certificates, so at best we are linking to something with HTTPS in the scheme but which we can only guess as being secured. Bad idea overall.--Izno (talk) 15:29, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Charles Juvon: You can change it for yourself only. This is the CSS rule to put in Special:MyPage/common.css:
/* Blue padlock for secure links */ #bodyContent a.external[href ^="https://"] {   background: url(//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Lock_icon_blue.gif) center right no-repeat; } 
With this rule, links to https: sites will get a blue padlock, links to http: sites will retain the arrow-out-of-box icon. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:39, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We should prefer HTTPS links, but it's not important enough to the average reader to justify the extra visual clutter. It would be better to have some sort of bot or userscript that can change/highlight HTTP links for editors who opt-in (if it doesn't already exist). – Joe(talk) 16:46, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For most common/big sites, MediaWiki does an automatic transform of HTTP to HTTPS since a year or two ago. There is additionally a bot for that to change the wikitext. RR above provides the perhaps-desired CSS for indicating which are secure; one could change it trivially for the reverse case. --Izno (talk) 17:10, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you all for considering my proposal and discussing it in such an informed manner. Special thanks to @Redrose64: for the CSS rule. I remain concerned about our readership. Most know not to click a link in spam email, but they might not expect WP to send them off to a bad site. There is another issue: Recently, I obtained an SSL certificate for my personal website. I had to remove every single http link in my site to obtain a certificate. So, I assume, there is an exception for large well known sites like WP. Is that correct? Charles Juvon (talk) 17:32, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's not a requirement to get an SSL/TLS certificate for anyone... where did you get it from? How could it possibly be enforced? Anyway, something like 10% of major websites still use HTTP, so it's not intrinsically dangerous to follow a link to one. Wikipedia itself has enforced HTTPS for years and I don't think it's our responsibility to point out that other websites don't; most people using a modern browser will already see a warning. – Joe (talk) 10:42, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Joe. No need for Wikipedia to provide this clutter. This is a problem for browsers. Lack of TLS isn't inherently dangerous anyway. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 00:18, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Joe Roe: I am not at SSL expert, but I definitely had to remove all http links from a Yahoo Business website as per their policy. Our own article on TLS is rather complicated, and it references many sources including this. Perhaps one can conclude that individual web hosting services are setting policy. Charles Juvon (talk) 17:45, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Charles Juvon: nothing in the document you linked to says anything about need to remove HTTP links to obtain a certificate. It says nothing about the requirements to obtain a certificate at all. All it says is that if you use HTTP resources on your site, browsers and other tools may warn that your site is insecure or has mixed content. Note that despite some confusing wording, this refers to resources only i.e. files that need to be loaded to render the page e.g. images (with <img> or whatever), fonts, scripts. It doesn't refer to hyperlinks (<a href> etc) on a website to other pages or websites. (I.E. Other sites or pages that may be loaded by the end user clicking on them, but which aren't loaded to render page.) Also, the very fact they mention this means it's possible to obtain a certificate even with insecure resources, let alone links. Otherwise you could never have a mixed content site. Nil Einne (talk) 17:23, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Topic blocks to complement topic bans

Now that we have the capability of blocking editors from editing specific articles, is there a way that we can bundle together all articles within a specific topic area (e.g. post-1992 American politics, COVID-19, Beyoncé) so that an editor who has been topic-banned from editing in those areas could in fact be blocked from editing pages deemed to fall within those areas? BD2412 T 21:19, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thought about this before, and imo it seems to be technically infeasible. There's no special way to determine whether an article is really within the AP2 editing area. There are talk page DS notices ({{Ds/talk notice}}), but anyone can place that so relying on it would be problematic (eg I'd be able to place that notice on a random article to block people from editing it. highly likely to be abused). Of course, this assumes that the page blocking functionality could work with categories or templates, which it can't. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 21:26, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Another problem is articles that include both content under the ban and content not under the ban. For example, the article for any year since 1992 is going to include both AP2 and non-AP2 content. signed, Rosguilltalk 21:30, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I had two thoughts for specific approaches. One would be by the category tree where the Tban is specific to something like a country or a musical artist. The other would be to manually construct a list on a protected page in project space and reference it. An actual block on editing would likely only apply to pages squarely within the Tban. BD2412 T 22:18, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the DS notice is an issue - if someone places those maliciously, it just gets reverted (obviously if someone topic-banned hit an invalid one they would immediately raise the issue on WP:ANI or WP:AE or wherever is appropriate) and the user who placed it sanctioned if the maliciousness is self-evident. It's generally clear-cut so it wouldn't be an issue. The issue with articles that contain things both inside and outside the topic area is harder to deal with, though. --Aquillion (talk) 21:52, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I believe there was an RFc before pblocks were implemented discussing this and "category" style pblocks being too easy to game...CUPIDICAE💕 22:31, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    See m:Community health initiative/Partial blocks#Category blocks for more information about that approach. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 05:47, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    The issue with category blocks is really twofold. Anyone can add them, anyone can remove them. Which de facto gives anyone the ability to block certain users (eg I can add American Politics to this page. It might be quickly reverted, but still). The third issue is that the idea of a protected page / admin list may be infeasible. I’m not sure admins could really maintain their own list. Maybe they could get a category list at a given time, skim check it over and then add it to the protected page, which will at least be mostly complete. But mostly I’m not sure this is a problem. I mean, topic ban evasion isn’t hard to identify. People are usually quick to report each other to AE for even the slightest violations. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 06:39, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • As touched on above, this is a nice idea on paper but would just create more issues. ~ HAL333 22:18, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • It would need to be done on a case-by-case basis and would require a code change, but it is do-able. One way to do it would be to get rid of the low limit on page blocks, which I think is 10 or something like that. If this were a very high number - say 5000 - then in most cases it would be easy enough to generate a "snapshot in time" list of pages from categories, manually filter out the obvious "false positives," then page-block the person from all of those pages. This would make for very long block logs though, but it is do-able. It won't work for "mixed content" pages though, where the topic-ban, even "broadly construed," only covers part but nowhere near all of the content of a given page. I don't see any easy way to enforce that in software without over-kill. It also would do nothing about pages that aren't properly categorized or which don't exist yet, but which are covered by the topic-ban. Bottom line: I think it's a good idea, if you accept the limits involved and don't consider it a magic bullet to enforce topic-bans. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 22:29, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I haven't been directly involved in any of the partial-block work, but from what I've overheard, being able to partial-block someone from 5,000 pages is unlikely to be acceptable to Ops for performance/database reasons. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:40, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a reply button on all talk pages.

I believe this will help many beginner editors. When you click it you just type a message and then it automatically puts your signature. SoyokoAnis 19:21, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is part of the WP:Talk pages project. There's an ongoing discussion about experiences using the tool here. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 19:23, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's an excellent suggestion that everybody wants. In addition to the Talk pages project tool linked to above, there is a script, User:Enterprisey/reply-link, that you can install. Levivichharass/hound 21:13, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Which doesn't allow an edit summary, so I don't use it. Doug Wellertalk 19:58, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It can be configured to allow an edit summary to be entered. isaacl (talk) 23:06, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Almost nobody actually types meaningful manual edit summaries on talk page edits, and even the editors who use the edit summary option the most on talk pages will use pointless edit summaries such as c (meaning "comment") on occasion. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:50, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sure; I was just addressing Doug Weller's issue. Looking at that editor's contributions made me think that admins are probably more likely to use edit summaries on user talk pages in order to explain their actions. isaacl (talk) 22:33, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adding more information in templates

Dear editors and others of Wikipedia. Forgive me for I am new to this site. I have enjoyed using Wikipedia for as long as I can remember. However, after visiting the site so many times, I feel that somethings are missing. For those who don't have time to read every single piece of information on some historical or current leader. politician, etc, etc. They don't know how to get this information. I propose a couple of ideas for the templates.

Ideas

What I am proposing is this.

Tenet: Progressive, Neutral or Conservative

With this, users and those visiting the site can learn what their favorite historical or current leaders' tenet is.

For example. These are just a couple of historical individuals to give you an idea.

Progressive: Oda Nobunaga, Qin Shi Huang, Date Masamune and Cao Cao.

Those who wish to move forward towards a better future and life.

Neutral: Sun Quan, Sanada Yukimura, Zhang Liao, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Those who wish to join neither side whether it be a conflict, war, religious matter, etc, etc.

Conservative: Adolf Hitler, Takeda Shingen, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

Those who wish to stay in the past and protect old traditions.

Ideals: Ambition, Fame, Talent, Family, Determination, Mastery, Greed, or Justice.

Fame: Those who wish to obtain as much glory and status as possible.

Ambition: Those who have big ideas for the future and the world.

Talent: Those who wish to show their talent and make themselves known.

Greed: Those who wish to achieve everything they want by any means.

Determination: Those who wish to achieve their goals with any opportunity that comes or is available.

Family: Those who goals are solely to ensure that their family, clan, business, etc, etc, stays strong and endures.

Justice: Those who wish to make sure evil does not prevail and to protect those whom they love.

Mastery: Those who wish to continue to prefect their craft whether they are a swordsman, priest, blacksmith, merchant, etc, etc.

With this, users and those visiting the site can learn what their favorite historical or current leaders ideals are.

Fame: Shimazu Yoshihiro and Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Talent: Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Kuroda Yoshitaka.

Greed: Dong Zhuo, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Matsunaga Hisahide and Lu Bu.

Justice: Sanada Yukimura, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun.

This give you an idea.

Tier: C, B, A or S.

With this, users and those visiting the site can learn what their favorite historical or current leaders tier.

S: Cao Cao, Oda Nobunaga, Zhang Liao, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Zhuge Liang, Qin Shi Huang, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

A: Kuroda Yoshitaka, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Akechi Mitsuhide and Shimazu Iehisa.

This gives you an idea.

Rebellious: 1 ~ 15

14: Date Masamune and Ōtomo Sōrin.

13: Miyoshi Nagayoshi.

12: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Kuroda Yoshitaka.

11: Imagawa Yoshimoto.

This gives you an idea.

If these ideas are added to templates, it should help users and newcomers learn must faster and more efficiently on what or who they wish to learn about. It doesn't have to just apply on people, but policies, groups, organizations or whatever it can be applied to.

This is what I propose to help Wikipedia help those who want to known this type of information is essential to any avid leader or newcomer. Like with everything, Wikipedia must move forward. If not, those who do not are doomed to fail. That is all I have to propose at the moment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azuchi1579 (talkcontribs) 10:34, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why would need this? There's a search bar. And what templates are you talking about? Lettlerhellocontribs 20:56, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It would be a gargantuan task to class all article subjects according to their ideals without violating WP:NPOV; managing the inevitable editwarring and POV-pushing would require ten times more effort, to say nothing of the complaints and lawsuits from article subjects angry that they've been classified as "greedy" or put in the same tier as Hitler. I couldn't think of a better way to drive Wikipedia into the ground. – Teratix 04:52, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'll do my best not to bite here– but Wikipedia can't appeal to the lowest common denominator. Our apologies if you can't read the whole article, but usually, if the political beliefs of someone are notable, they'll be included in the lead or a relevant section. Also, this would be impossible to do without violating WP:NPOV. theleekycauldron (talkcontribs) (they/them) 23:41, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of an RFC

Users may be interested in the RFC at Wikipedia talk:Page mover/delete-redirect § RFC on granting delete-redirect to page movers. Thanks, -- DannyS712 (talk) 23:29, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Science Photo Competition 2021 Russia targeting CentralNotice banner

On Marth 1, the «Science Photo Competition 2021» started, traditionally the photo marathon is being held jointly with the Nauka television channel, it will be interesting. We invite everyone who is interested in science and who is able to hold a camera in their hands. The rules of the contest are very simple, prizes have a place to be! Colleagues, to attract external participants, we proposed a banner of the competition through CentralNotice. JukoFF (talk) 11:43, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New speedy delete criterion (Not for Wikipedia)

This AfD could have been resolved earlier if there was this criterion. It was clearly not for Wikipedia, and it was a WP:SNOW anyway. The text should read as follows:

Ax. Not for Wikipedia.

Pages which qualify under Not for Wikipedia as not for Wikipedia. (templates)

-or something to that effect. This should be numbered A12. Please consider this, as it will help avoid future unnecessary AfDs like that. AnotherEditor144 talk contribs 21:56, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just let the process work out. It will be gone within a week. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:18, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Clearly not for Wikipedia is far too broad and subjective for a speedy deletion criteria. I'm a little more sympathetic to AFD snow as a speedy deletion criteria, except for the issue that sometimes it can be a while before someone comes along and does the legwork to find spources and save an article. ϢereSpielChequers 22:45, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I of course also agree that "not for Wikipedia" is much too broad and subjective for CSD. As for SNOW, it can't be a CSD because then future iterations of the article wouldn't be G4-eligible. Perhaps a better idea would be to create some sort of "requested SNOW closure" category (perhaps populated via a template) to notify administrators that a SNOW close had been requested. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Wouldn't that require making WP:SNOW a guideline first? Adam9007 (talk) 23:09, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Snowball closes are authorized by WP:XFD, which is a guideline. I thus think that a requested SNOW close category would be valid, although the details would probably still need to be fleshed out. (WP:SNOW probably should be a guideline, for what it's worth, although I don't think it's necessary for our purposes.) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:25, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok. Let's go to Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion and sort this out. AnotherEditor144 talk contribs 07:33, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • (edit conflict) This is a frequently suggested criterion for speedy deletion, indeed so much that it is point one at WP:NOTCSD. Also, for future reference, the correct location to proposed speedy deletion criteria is Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion. Thryduulf (talk) 23:01, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok. AnotherEditor144 talk contribs 07:28, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • So should this maybe be moved to the talk for the CSD page? Foxnpichu (talk) 14:22, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Only if someone has a proposal for something different to what has been suggested and rejected countless times before. Also don't bother unless it meets all four of the criteria at WP:NEWCSD. Thryduulf (talk) 15:14, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • I wonder whether what's needed is actually to change CSD's name, from "speedy deletion" – everyone wants bad articles to be removed quickly, so if CSD doesn't have the right criteria to fit the page I want to get rid of, then we should just expand the list some more – to something like "undiscussed deletion". WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:42, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • Interesting idea. Ideally a new name would include something to indicate that it is an exception to the standard process for exceptional situations not something that's just for "things one or more editors dislike". Thryduulf (talk) 12:31, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
          • That’s the problem. If an article seriously needs deletion, it is best to delete it immediately. Foxnpichu (talk) 23:05, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
            • Well, then, how about "Article for Immediate Removal" (or Deletion, etc.)? GenQuest "scribble" 17:39, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CentralNotice proposal for International Women's Day

A proposal has been made to run a CentralNotice banner for both anonymous and logged-in users from March 1-10 for International Women's Day, highlighting gender gap issues. The proposal is at m:CentralNotice/Request/Int. Womens day 2021. --Yair rand (talk) 11:36, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm only a man, but can somebody tell me when International Women's Day is? You know, a date? Neither of those two links tell me when this damned thing is supposed to be. I guess all the women already know it, but if we're all supposed to celebrate it, or it's supposed to mean something, why is it kept such a big secret? JohnFromPinckney (talk) 02:09, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
International Women's Day is 8 March. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:25, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe the reason all the women already know when it is, is because they tried clicking the links, or reading the first sentence of International Women's Day. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Levivich harass/hound 02:29, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If you don't fancy Google, then there is this nifty online encyclopaedia that has articles about things like this and much more. It's called Wikipedia, you might even have heard of it? Anyway, you can find their article at International Women's Day, and in the very first sentence it says International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March every year around the world. it's got a citation and everything! Thryduulf (talk) 02:32, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, friends, thanks for providing the actual date along with the snide remarks. I was 98.3% sure somebody was going say, "but it's right there in big <color> letters!", and I had just completely overlooked it. And yes, I could have googled, or looked directly for a WP article on International Women's Day, but I foolishly followed the provided link to International Women's Day, thinking (sort of on autopilot) that that must be it.
And while it's good and right that International Women's Day (the unlinked one) included the date, I still think two other pages which make a big deal out of "International Women's Day" would at least mention when it is. You know, for us ignorant people who might learn something. I know when Christmas Day and the Fourth of July and New Years Day are, but I haven't learned IWD yet. Or maybe I'll know it now.JohnFromPinckney (talk) 04:20, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Second link in the OP, top of the page: One global banner for International Womens day 2021, available for all gender gap activities around the 8th of March.Levivichharass/hound 04:27, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, now I see it. Still took me a whole minute, even with your directions. Thanks. JohnFromPinckney (talk) 04:36, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. As a man, I'm proud you even asked for directions. Levivich harass/hound 05:52, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
International Men's Day is 19th of November. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 21:51, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, shoot, everybody knows that. Minor, finicky detail: I didn't know there even was a International Men's Day. JohnFromPinckney (talk) 22:47, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Opposed - WP should not engage in advocacy - no matter how noble the cause. Just spend the day improving articles about women. Blueboar (talk) 15:33, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This is not advocating for a cause, this is a notice bringing to our attention several events aimed at filling in gaps in the encyclopedia. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:35, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Reiterating support for this central notice. You may disagree with advocacy, but worth noting English Wikipedia in general has done advocacy e.g. Wikipedia:SOPA initiative, and while not community sanctioned, the Wikimedia Foundation sued NSA. This event itself is not advocacy and most concretely is a call to improve content on Wikipedia. Shushugah (talk) 15:49, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I try to avoid where possible much celebration of such days, because they often serve as excuses to ignore relevant issues for the rest of the year, but if this encourages people to take part in events that aim to improve Wikipedia then I see no reason to oppose it. It is not advocacy, as in telling people what they should think, which I do oppose. Phil Bridger (talk) 16:32, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I believe that the actual proposal for the banner has been made on meta. The original post by Yair rand above contains a link. Probably editors wanting to express support/oppose opinions should do so there, not here. Nsk92 (talk) 18:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cite book display: contributors/contribution should FOLLOW author/title, not precede them

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Here I'm editing Carl Marzani#Published by Marzani & Munsell. The entry of concern displays as

  • King, Jr, Martin Luther; Nelson, Truman (1962). Foreword. Negroes with Guns. By Williams, Robert F. New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 340047.

Only on Wikipedia does the citation give top billing to the author of the Foreword. That's not good, please fix it, so that the entry appears like this:

  • Williams, Robert F. (1962). Negroes with Guns. with Foreword by Martin Luther King, Jr; Truman Nelson. New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 340047.

Even better, since the "Foreword" is actually two separate essays by King & one by Nelson, it would be best to have contribution1, contribution2 and contribution3 as parameters. Larry Koenigsberg (talk) 18:38, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please raise this at Help talk:Citation Style 1 which is where citation template issues are discussed. Peter coxhead (talk) 19:33, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Raised at Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 75#Cite book display: contributors/contribution should FOLLOW author/title, not precede them. Larry Koenigsberg (talk) 21:50, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.