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- Trying to contact JarrahTree 02:52, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
- I think this can be safely deleted due to a recent reshuffle of content. AlphaLemur (talk) 06:27, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
- I will try with or without help to populate the category, despite the reshuffle - the reshuffle was to increase possible spread/coverage - deletion only reduces the possibility. JarrahTree 07:43, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
- @JarrahTree: I'm not sure I understand the reason for needing the year-based categories. I guess you're suggesting doing something similar to Category:Wikipedia meetups in Perth, but even there the year subcategories have less than a handful of pages in each. I'd suggest that there's no need for the same structure to be created for the Australia-wide meetings (especially now that they're to be managed at Meta and not on English Wikipedia). Sam Wilson 01:45, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- Fair enough - but going straight to meta seemed a bit of a jump - I do think more than just a redirect would be of some use - I am not arguing for any extra structure work here - more an explanation somewhere - aka paper trail - as it stands there is nothing for the curious JarrahTree 01:48, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- @JarrahTree: I'm not sure I understand the reason for needing the year-based categories. I guess you're suggesting doing something similar to Category:Wikipedia meetups in Perth, but even there the year subcategories have less than a handful of pages in each. I'd suggest that there's no need for the same structure to be created for the Australia-wide meetings (especially now that they're to be managed at Meta and not on English Wikipedia). Sam Wilson 01:45, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- I will try with or without help to populate the category, despite the reshuffle - the reshuffle was to increase possible spread/coverage - deletion only reduces the possibility. JarrahTree 07:43, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi there, AlphaLemur, and welcome to Women in Red, although I see you had included the WIR user tag on your user page soon after you started editing. And thanks for creating two interesting biographies of Australian women. I hope there will be many more. If you have not already done so, you might find it useful to look through some of our essays, perhaps starting with the Primer. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 12:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! I had a little nudge from Oronsay :) AlphaLemur (talk) 00:43, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]The Growth team released Community Configuration at all Wikipedias. You can access it at Special:CommunityConfiguration.
This new special page replaces Special:EditGrowthConfig. For now, all Growth features can be configured using Community Configuration. Configuration for AutoModerator (T365046) and other features will be available in the future.
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[edit]ygm JarrahTree 12:52, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- thanks - fixed :) AlphaLemur (talk) 12:56, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
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This Community Configuration extension was developed to help communities customize wiki features to meet their unique needs. The Growth team is now helping other Wikimedia Foundation teams make their products configurable:
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[edit]As part of the Growth team annual plan, we will continue to investigate ways to increase constructive activation on mobile, while also working with Data Products to move forward A/B testing functionality via the Metrics Platform.
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[edit]Hello, shocking news! Thanks for making a start on his obituary at Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/2024. Re this edit of yours, I think the text you removed is important information for his Wikipedia obituary but my edit before yours put it in an odd place ... so I've re-added it in a better location. I hope that's OK. Graham87 (talk) 09:10, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Graham87, no worries at all, and thanks for adding to it. such unexpected news :( AlphaLemur (talk) 09:14, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- As a Wikimedia Australia member, I also made these changes to the tribute (also see this edit summary), which I carried over on the enwiki obituary. I've actually helped out with quite a few obituaries on here before and uncovered the deaths of a few Wikipedia editors, most notably this terrible case. Graham87 (talk) 15:41, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]A quarterly update from the Growth team on our work to improve the new editor experience.
This year, the Growth team is exploring ways to help more new account holders start editing—and do so constructively, meaning their edits are not reverted. Our latest experiments include:
- Gradual rollout of "Add a Link" at English Wikipedia – We are gradually introducing the "Add a Link" structured task to newcomers at English Wikipedia (T386029). This serves as a natural A/B test to measure its impact on activation, retention, and revert rates (T382603). Previous experiments on pilot wikis showed that "Add a Link" increases newcomer participation, particularly by helping them make constructive (non-reverted) edits.
- Testing in-article suggestions for first-time editors – Many new account holders want to contribute but don’t know where to start. To help, we’re piloting a feature that surfaces structured task suggestions directly in an article’s read view for brand-new editors (T385343). These suggestions will appear for logged-in users with no edits, providing a clear, simple way to begin contributing that is surfaced while they read.
Newcomers often struggle to find their place in Wikipedia’s collaborative environment. While experienced editors easily discover events like edit-a-thons and writing campaigns, newcomers often miss out.
- To bridge this gap, we launched the Community Updates module for the Newcomer Homepage. This module is disabled by default, allowing Community Admins to decide how (or if) to use it.
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Community Configuration is now available across all wikis, including non-Wikipedia projects (T383910). Community Configuration allows admins to customize various features like Growth features and Automoderator for their communities, and more recently the Babel extension now allows admins to modify configuration:
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- Upcoming configurable features – Projects exploring community configuration options include: Incident Reporting System (T374113) and Cite backlinks (T378807).
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Growth News #34
[edit]A quarterly update from the Growth team on our work to improve the new editor experience.
Mentoring new editors
[edit]In February, Mentorship was successfully rolled out to 100% of newcomers on English Wikipedia. Following this milestone, we collaborated with Spanish Wikipedia to expand Mentorship coverage to 70% of new accounts, with plans to reach 85% soon unless concerns are raised by mentors. (T394867)
“Add a Link” Task – Iteration and Experimentation
[edit]Our efforts to improve and scale the “Add a Link” structured task continued across multiple fronts:
- Community Feedback & Model Improvements: We’ve responded to community concerns with targeted changes:
- Restricting access to newer accounts (T393688)
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- Allowing communities to limit “Add a Link” to newcomers (T393771)
- The model used to suggest the links was improved to ease its training (T388258)
- English Wikipedia rollout and A/B test: We increased the rollout to 20% of newcomers, with analysis underway. Preliminary data suggests this feature makes new account holders more likely to complete an unreverted edit. (T386029, T382603)
- Surfacing Structured Tasks: An experiment where we show “add a link” suggestions to newly registered users while they are reading an article is running on pilot wikis (French, Persian, Indonesian, Portuguese, Egyptian Arabic). Initial results are under analysis. (T386029)
Newcomer Engagement Features
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- Confirmation email: We are exploring ways to simplify and improve the initial account confirmation email newly registered users receive. (T215665)
Community Configuration Enhancements
[edit]Communities can now manage which namespaces are eligible for Event Registration via Community Configuration. (T385341)
Annual Planning
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[edit]English Wikipedia gets "Add a Link" Structured Task
[edit]We released the "Add a Link" Structured Task to 100% of accounts at English Wikipedia on Tuesday, September 2nd (before then it was available to 20% of accounts).
Growth features for Wikidata
[edit]After examining if the Growth features and Mentorship could be adapted to Wikidata, we activated the Growth features on Beta Wikidata to allow for testing and discussion (T400937). Although some features, like Suggested Edits, are Wikipedia-specific, the Growth team designed most features to be more wiki-agnostic.
Work in progress
[edit]Revise Tone Structured Task
[edit]The Growth team is making progress on the technical architecture, onboarding design, and early user testing. We are targeting an A/B test before the end of this year, with constructive edits by newcomers as the primary success metric.
Add a link to more wikis
[edit]The machine learning team has been working on a new model that can suggest links to more languages, including Urdu, Chinese, and Japanese Wikipedias. We are starting to release the “Add a Link” feature to Wikipedias that weren’t supported by the previous model.
Add a link, which can be configured by the community locally, increases the chance that a new contributor will make their first edit and then continue to participate in Wikipedia.
Research
[edit]The Growth team is involved in several research initiatives to help guide our future work:
Progression System – We have published initial findings from interviews with 10 English and French Wikipedia newcomers. The research examined motivations, challenges, and feedback on a prototype system intended to help editors build confidence, develop skills, and contribute more constructively over time.
Mobile Web Editing Research – This project combines quantitative and qualitative data, community feedback, and user journey analysis to identify possible ways to enhance the mobile editing experience.
Newcomers Survey – This project surveys successful newcomers on English Wikipedia to understand their early editing experiences, tool use, and community interactions.
Community events
[edit]The Growth team participated in several community events to listen, share, and collaborate on improving newcomer experiences across Wikimedia projects.
Wikimania - Organizers as key partners to support newcomers' growth in our movement
This session invited organizers to share how they introduce newcomers to Growth features and the challenges they encounter. The discussion focused on common newcomer questions and opportunities to strengthen collaboration in supporting new editors.
Wikimania - Lightning Talk: Structured Tasks
This talk demonstrated how Structured Tasks help newcomers take their first successful steps on Wikipedia. It shared impact data, community configurations, and a demo of “Add a Link,” illustrating how these tasks make editing more accessible and sustainable, particularly for mobile contributors.
Wikimania - Building a Sustainable Future for Wikimedia Contributors
With active editor numbers declining, the Contributors Strategy aims to create a clearer, more engaging path for participation. This session, led by the WMF Contributors group with involvement from the Editing, Growth, Moderator Tools, and Connection (formerly Campaigns) teams, highlighted efforts to streamline contributor experiences, offer structured and mobile-friendly workflows, and foster meaningful engagement. Participants learned about ongoing initiatives and shared feedback to help shape a more inclusive and sustainable future for Wikimedia contributors.
CEE Meeting - Retaining beginners and improving content moderation: an inclusive and sustainable future for Wikipedia contributors
Many communities face a decline in volunteer engagement. Newcomers often leave soon after joining, while experienced editors struggle to manage increasingly complex workflows and overwhelming backlogs. We presented the Contributors Strategy and the different features and workflows that can help communities to address these challenges. We listened to the specific needs of the CEE communities to help guide the Contributors teams' work.
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- Thanks for the pick up Zackmann08 and for correcting the mistake. it is good to know that I would have seen the error highlighted in preview as I wasn't aware of this feature. thanks again! AlphaLemur (talk) 20:47, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
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May 2026
[edit] Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to Emma Hough Hobbs when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Just because you specify |some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The |some_param= must be defined in the template. You can look at the documentation for the template you are using but it is also helpful to use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and ensure that the values you have added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. Note I have likely fixed the error by now so check the history of the page to see how it was fixed. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance.
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[edit] Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to Mary Packer Harris when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Just because you specify |some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The |some_param= must be defined in the template. You can look at the documentation for the template you are using but it is also helpful to use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and ensure that the values you have added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. Note I have likely fixed the error by now so check the history of the page to see how it was fixed. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance.
Thank you. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 00:09, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
- Can I ask, what tool are you using to generate your infoboxes?
|nationality=is not a valid parameter and I'm trying to track down the source of this. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 00:09, 17 June 2026 (UTC) - Thanks for the pickup @Zackmann08. I have local plain text notes saved of the fields for infoboxes, and I just copy them to populate them. I did not realise that Nationality is no longer used. I will update my notes. Thanks again. AlphaLemur (talk) 00:14, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
- Of course! yea
|nationality=was deprecated and removed a while ago. Keep the good work up! Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 00:16, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
- Of course! yea
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- Thank you @Diannaa. I have attempted a rewrite at Talk:Antonio Dattilo Rubbo/Temp, and I have also run it through https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&oldid=1362312489&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1
I will notify the community on the talk page as instructed. AlphaLemur (talk) 03:56, 3 July 2026 (UTC)- Thanks. I will look at it tomorrow. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 04:23, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
- All done. Thanks for taking the time to do that.— Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:33, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks @Diannaa I will alter the way I go about expanding articles and be more diligent in my checking. AlphaLemur (talk) 22:58, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
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