[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue -1 -- 31 December 2014

2015-01-02 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-31/Recent_research Featured content: A bit fruity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-31/Featured_

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Daniel Mietchen
Great news, Emily - congratulations! Looking forward to see NIOSH materials flow into Wikimedia projects, and to interactions between both communities. d. -- http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/institution/mitarbeiter/mietchen-daniel/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Public

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Steven Zhang
Congrats I'm really happy for you :-) Steve Zhang Sent from my iPhone > On 3 Jan 2015, at 8:56 am, Keilana wrote: > > Sort of - Ebola is definitely an occupational health hazard for health care > people! ;) And of course, I always appreciate advice! > > I'm the second US Federal WIR as far as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Keilana
Sort of - Ebola is definitely an occupational health hazard for health care people! ;) And of course, I always appreciate advice! I'm the second US Federal WIR as far as I can tell - Dominic was the first, and, unless someone has been very under-the-radar (or I've had my head under a rock), NIOSH

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 2 January 2015 at 21:00, Keilana wrote: > I am excited to announce that I am starting today as the > Wikipedian-in-Residence for NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational > Safety and Health, a subsidiary of the CDC. Congratulations! CDC - does that make you the Wikipedian in Residence f

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Heather Walls
Congratulations Emily! That sounds amazing. On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Keilana wrote: > Dear Wikimedia Community, > > I am excited to announce that I am starting today as the > Wikipedian-in-Residence for NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational > Safety and Health, a subsidiary of th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Keilana
Dear Vishnu, That is exactly the kind of impact we are hoping to have! Thank you! -Emily On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Vishnu wrote: > Dear Emily, > > Congratulations! > > OSH is a major concern in countries like India, especially when it is > linked to the livelihoods of millions of people

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Vishnu
Dear Emily, Congratulations! OSH is a major concern in countries like India, especially when it is linked to the livelihoods of millions of people who work in the informal sector with little safeguards. With grossly inadequate regulation and monitoring, free and open knowledge about OSH issue

[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Keilana
Dear Wikimedia Community, I am excited to announce that I am starting today as the Wikipedian-in-Residence for NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a subsidiary of the CDC. NIOSH is a research institution dedicated to the prevention of illness and injury related to wor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template "URL to diff"

2015-01-02 Thread Ricordisamoa
Il 02/01/2015 12:45, Andy Mabbett ha scritto: On 2 January 2015 at 10:46, Ricordisamoa wrote: Honestly, I don't think it is easier to type {{subst:url to diff}} than [[Special:Diff]]. It's not a matter of which is eaier to type. It's a matter of which is the easier way for non techncial editr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template "URL to diff"

2015-01-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 2 January 2015 at 10:46, Ricordisamoa wrote: > Honestly, I don't think it is easier to type {{subst:url to diff}} than > [[Special:Diff]]. It's not a matter of which is eaier to type. It's a matter of which is the easier way for non techncial editrs to convert the URL in their clipboard to so

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template "URL to diff"

2015-01-02 Thread
On 2 Jan 2015 11:18, "Andy Mabbett" wrote: > > does anyone know if we have a way of centralising templates > > that are likely to be useful or recommended for all wikis? > > I think sharing Lua modules, rather than the actual templates, may be better. As far as I am aware we have no recommended c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template "URL to diff"

2015-01-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 2 January 2015 at 10:18, Fæ wrote: > I would be cautious of changing URLs to templates for larger reports. [...] Fair points, but there are 12842 transclusions of "{{Diff}}" on en.WP; this template will make life easier for the people who use it. > I have had to remove templates from pages wh

[Wikimedia-l] $55 million raised in 2014

2015-01-02 Thread James Salsman
Happy new year: http://i.imgur.com/faPsI9J.jpg Source: http://frdata.wikimedia.org/yeardata-day-vs-ytdsum.csv I don't mind the banners, although I am still saddened that several hundred editor-submitted banners which remain untested from six years ago, when the observed variance in the performanc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template "URL to diff"

2015-01-02 Thread Ricordisamoa
Il 02/01/2015 10:30, Andy Mabbett ha scritto: A new, Lua based template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Url_to_diff has been made (at my request) for teh English Wikipedia. Given a URL like: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28technical%29&d

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template "URL to diff"

2015-01-02 Thread
A useful feature, thanks Andy, and the developer who knocked it out. ☺ I would be cautious of changing URLs to templates for larger reports. For example I have created lists of diff's when matching edit histories against a pattern. I have had to remove templates from pages where they run into the

[Wikimedia-l] New template "URL to diff"

2015-01-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
A new, Lua based template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Url_to_diff has been made (at my request) for teh English Wikipedia. Given a URL like: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28technical%29&diff=640631079&oldid=640620995 and label text (say