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"Template:Use Birtish English" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect Template:Use Birtish English has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 October 22 § Template:Use Birtish English until a consensus is reached. from Piperium (chit-chat, i did that) at 06:30, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #703

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the
week leading up to 2025-10-27. Missed the previous one? See issue #702.

Discussions

Events

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    • SPARQL workshop (in German): "From Zero to SPARQL. Eine Einführung in die Abfrage von Wissensgraphen (Schwerpunkt Wikidata)", 4 Nov 2025, 10-13, free and open to all, online via Zoom. more information and registration
    • The scholarship deadline for Wikimania 2026 is approaching fast: 31st of October. Apply today if you want to attend on a scholarship.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Nemo is a new Wikidata query tool by User:Markus Krötzsch the tool can answer queries, extracts subsets, and perform analyses in ways that SPARQL alone can't. It also lets you combine Wikidata with other data sources.

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • Wikidata in Wikipedia and co:
    • We worked on making Wikidata change summaries in recent changes and watchlist on the other Wikimedia projects more understandable by adding icons. This will be rolled out soon (phab:T397258)
    • We continued the improvements to the Databox module (phab:T400322, phab:T400318)
  • Mobile statement editing: We continued working on editing references (phab:T405236) and did clean-ups for the beta release (phab:T405743)
  • GraphQL: We continued work on including labels of linked entities in responses
  • Dumps: We are looking into why dump generation is slower than it should be recently

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

Weekly Tasks

Tech News: 2025-44

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

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Updates for editors

  • The Wikipedia iOS app has launched an A/B/C test of improvements made to the tabbed browsing feature for select regions and languages. The test, named “More dynamic tabs”, explores new tab experiences and includes “Did you know” and “Because you read” article recommendations. You can read more on the project page.
  • Autoconfirmed users on small and medium wikis with the CampaignEvents extension can now use Event Registration without the Event Organizer right. This feature lets organizers enable registration, manage participants, and lets users register with one click instead of signing event pages.
  • Recurrent item View all 31 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue of flashing colors when holding or pressing the arrow keys under the dark mode settings in Vector 2022 has been fixed. [18]

Updates for technical contributors

  • The CampaignEvents extension will be deployed to all remaining wikis during the week of 17 November 2025. The extension currently includes three features: Event Registration, Collaboration List, and Invitation List. For this rollout, Invitation List will not be enabled on Wikifunctions and MediaWiki unless requested by those communities. Visit the deployment page to learn more.
  • The SwaggerUI-based REST sandbox experience is now live on all wiki projects. The sandbox can be accessed through the Special:RestSandbox page. Please report any issues to the MediaWiki Interfaces team board, or join the discussion on the project launch page. [19]
  • Transform endpoints with a trailing slash path in the MediaWiki REST API are now marked as deprecated. They will remain functional during this time, but removal is expected by the end of January 2026. All API users currently calling them are encouraged to transition to the non-trailing slash versions. Both endpoint variations can be found and tested using the REST Sandbox. See the MediaWiki REST API Deprecation page for more detailed information about the API deprecation policies and procedures.
  • A dedicated changelog now exists for the MediaWiki REST API. The changelog provides an overview of these changes, making it easier for developers to keep track of improvements and iterations. Announcements will also continue to flow through the standard communication channels, including Tech News and email distribution lists, but can now be more easily referenced from a central location. If you have feedback about the style, structure, or content of this changelog, please join the discussion.
  • Administrators can delete the tracking category which was previously added by the JsonConfig extension, as it is no longer used. See the categories linked from Q130635582. It is OK if there are still pages listed in the category as that is just a caching issue, and they will be automatically cleared out the next time each page is edited. [20]
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:28, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

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Please remove <br /> from your signature. It breaks the page every time someone replies to your comment, as in here and here. Nardog (talk) 13:50, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In what way does it break the page? All the best: Rich Farmbrough 15:12, 28 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]
Can you see the :<br /> and ::::<br /> in the diffs provided? It looks broken to me — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:15, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh so there's a bug in the Discussion Tool? And it showed up in a conversation about a bug in the Discussion Tool? All the best: Rich Farmbrough 15:30, 28 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]
That should take care of it. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 15:35, 28 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]
Lets test to see if it has. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 15:36, 28 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]
And do a regression test. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 15:36, 28 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]
What do you need the <br /> for? Nardog (talk) 23:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If there is a comment on one line like this. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 15:36, 28 October 2025 (UTC). And a reply on the next line like this. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 16:51, 29 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

How often does that occur? Replies normally get indented by one colon relative to the previous comment. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:56, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Occasionally. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 08:57, 31 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]
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