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Commons bot that should warn us about photos nominated for deletion is not working

It's important for you all to know about this! See c:Commons:Village pump/Technical#Bot no longer working to warn Wikivoyage about nominations for deletion? It would appear that the only solution at this point is for one of us to monitor c:Commons:Deletion requests at all times. It's a big job, and this is a big problem, because it's a return to the status quo ante, when we had a slew of thumbnails emptied without any notice. I became aware of the problem due to this deletion. I've resumed looking at deletion requests, starting with the earliest date that still has open deletion requests, and I've gotten up to c:Commons:Deletion requests/2024/07/14, but it's a huge job and not one I'll be able to do by myself. If there are other volunteers, maybe we should create an Expedition, so as to keep each other up to date on which days of deletion requests we have already looked through. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:18, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh gosh, not a repeat of 2021 again. A bot for this would be very nice; what exactly happened to it? --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 01:25, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

This is linked from the thread. Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:29, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

@MusikAnimal, is your team working on that Phab task? It's marked as high priority, but nobody's assigned to it. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:51, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm very sorry for the extremely long delay in reviving this bot! The engineer who wrote it left the Foundation years ago, so we were at a lost when it died last year. Anyway I think at this point there's only a few issues left. I will see what I can get done this week. Thanks for the ping. — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:40, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Super! Thank you very much. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:19, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! That is very much appreciated, MusikAnimal :-). --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 22:32, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@MusikAnimal: By any chance, do you have any updates as to how this is going? TIA, --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 07:18, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Return of travel blogs?

Reading How I Added Maps to my Travel Posts, I was reminded that one of the features of Wikitravel when it was first founded was travel blog-style posts by users was a feature of the site. It was phased out and eventually deleted there and never ported over here, but has there been a community discussion about this, including bringing it back or how it could be made useful here? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:58, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Article has way too many listings, should be broken up

Old towns. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:21, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Previous discussion at Talk:Old_towns#Remove_markers_/_split? & following section. Pashley (talk) 14:00, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Why are our official inserted maps broken?

This has been reported to me by some students, and confirmed by me, see my sandbox User:Hanyangprofessor2/sandbox.

The maps inserted from Insert->Map in visual editor do not display location pins.

I.e. this is good code

{{Mapframe|39.95|116.35|zoom=10|width=650|layer=M}}

and this is bad code

<mapframe latitude="39.95" longitude="116.35" zoom="10" width="650" height="418" />

What's wrong? The layer is missing in the bad code, which perhaps could be the answer, but there is no way I can see to enable that parameter. Right now, I am telling my students to copy a map from another article it works in and adjust GPS coordinates manually, but it is a bit annoying that our official, nice, user-friendly way of inserting maps is effectively broken. Hanyangprofessor2 (talk) 05:51, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Someone with more technical knowledge about the Mapframe template and element can probably add some nuance here, but I'll attempt to explain this issue to the best of my ability.

The element (<mapframe/>) is one of the ingredients for rendering the template ({{Mapframe}}) and its functionality. Other ingredients include Module:map, which adds understanding of GeoJSON data. That processing of GeoJSON data is what makes markers (location pins) render on the map. It's not being called into action through the element - only through the template.

The layer not being defined doesn't play a role here.

On a sidenote, I can't seem to replicate the issue myself - that is, spawning the element instead of the template through the visual editor. As for fixes, you should be able to force the usage of {{Mapframe}} in the visual editor by using Insert → Template and selecting Template:Mapframe through there though.

I hope this helps. ― Wauteurz (talk) 11:54, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

I assumed something like that, but in my reading of Mediawikiwiki:Help:Extension:Kartographer, the <mapframe> element indeed does render markers, if those are given as geoJSON – and Module:Marker seems to indeed produce geoJSON code. Does the element require the code to be included as content of the element itself? –LPfi (talk) 14:18, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Anyway, using the template would be the right solution. –LPfi (talk) 14:21, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

@LPfi: That does seem to be the case, yes! If you have a look at #GeoJSON in the source editor, the mapframe element is started, raw GeoJSON data is inserted, and the mapframe is closed again. Using <mapframe/> as in the sandbox above, opens and closes the element without giving it opportunity to look for GeoJSON data to display. From what I can tell, the element also cannot work without being properly closed, and cannot look beyond its own extent for usable GeoJSON data (i.e., all markers have to be embedded within the mapframe element).

In summary: <mapframe/> shouldn't be used in articles, as {{Mapframe}} contains essential parts for gathering map markers that the element itself does not have.
― Wauteurz (talk) 21:44, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Wauteurz, if you use Insert > Map in the visual editor, then it inserts the <mapframe> element directly, rather than the template. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:01, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Interesting. I tried both inserting a map and inserting a template through the Visual Editor. When I moved that edit into the source editor, that would convert to {{Mapframe}} in both cases. I didn't publish any edits for my testing though, so that might be a possible lead as to what's going wrong?

Regardless, this bug requires fixing. Having both the element and template used alongside each other in articles will likely just pose problems further down the road, even if it were to work correctly now. I'm not sure where bugs for the Visual Editor should be reported though? ― Wauteurz (talk) 21:23, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

This would be a feature request, which you can file in phab: Add "VisualEditor" as a tag. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:35, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Wouldn't the fix be as simple as having VE insert the template, and not the element? Hanyangprofessor2 (talk) 06:35, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

I think you'd actually have VE make it locally configurable, so that local admins could tell it whether to prefer a template and which template to prefer. But even simple feature requests are still feature requests. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:36, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

About districts (and students)

User:Hanyangprofessor2, I'm sorry I don't know the answer to this question, but while we're waiting for a more technically savvy person to come along and address it, could you please ask your students not to create new district articles for city districts without starting a discussion on the relevant talk (discussion) page and gaining a consensus that they are needed, not to edit pages like Wikivoyage:Small city article template and Template:Smallcity skeleton, and also explain that we don't give articles or redirects titles that are in non-Roman scripts? We all know there's a learning curve and appreciate your students' efforts, but knowing these things will help them avoid hassles. Thanks a lot!

Best,

Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:28, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Ikan Kekek Thanks, I will be revising the assignment now to include this. That said, I think we are way too strict on districts. I mean, I live next to Seoul, most of its districts are larger than your average town or city. A lot of my students are puzzled why we don't have articles on them and I can't really explain it to them. Ex. Hyehwa. Not that I am opposed to redirecting and merger, if there is little content. Oh, and as for foreign language redirects, I don't see why we don't like them, but they are just unavoidable accidents - a lot of students use automated translation in their browsers (at least one published article today in Chinese...). I am afraid there is not much I can do except moving the articles to correct names when such an error happens (it should not be too often). Btw, Jinshazhou (K) error was probably due to "Fat finger" and mobile interface (I do require students to bring a laptop, but some still bring tablets, sigh). Piotrus (talk) 08:47, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Seoul has 11 district articles. If that were to be changed, someone would have to change the map, create new maps for new and changed districts, and a whole lot of listings would need to be moved by someone who knows which of the current and new districts they are in. If we were to allow people to unilaterally change the district structure of articles, it would create a huge mess. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:37, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

I am not happy with what I think is semi-arbitrary grouping of some districts, but for now I think we can just work on expanding the existing articles and see if and when they get too big and need more splits. Piotrus (talk) 04:11, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Do feel free to propose a specific new district structure for Seoul in Talk:Seoul. That's how these kinds of things get started in the first place and changed later. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:16, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

For China in particular, districts are problematic. Chinese users often add articles for the official administrative districts, which in general do not work well as WV districts; see Talk:Fuzhou#Districts? for an example. Also, there's often an ambiguity between city & prefecture; do we need one article, one plus a redirect, or two? I'd say usually just one for the city, but some cases are more complicated; see Talk:Dengfeng for example. Pashley (talk) 12:45, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Pashley Yeah, it's confusing for me, I have students write about city, then add listings for some stuff that seems pretty far away. I guess they are confused about city & prefecture issue too, and I am not sure what to do here. Piotrus (talk) 04:12, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

I don't know how to explain it to students, but normally you could check the region article for what articles there are, and check whether the city described in yours or one in an already existing other article would be a more convenient base for visiting an attraction. If some such city is a realistic base, then we include the sight there, regardless of whether it is "in" the city (whatever that's taken to mean).

Of course, sometimes you want to create new articles to accommodate your points of interest, and then the question arises, whether a place is worth an article and what area the new article should cover. That's often tricky if the official boundaries don't make sense for Wikivoyage.

–LPfi (talk) 14:33, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Duplicate IDs

Special:LintErrors/duplicate-ids shows many pages on enwikivoyage with duplicate `id` attributes. I think I've tracked this down to Template:Listing, which contains both an explicit invocation of {{anchor|{{{wikidata}}}}} but also includes Template:Marker, which has its own invocation of {{anchor|{{{wikidata}}}}}. I think one of those anchors should be removed, and/or Template:Marker should take a "noanchor" option to have it skip the redundant anchor. I don't have edit rights to those templates, though. Could an admin take a look at fixing those templates? CAnanian (WMF) (talk) 19:27, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

As {{marker}} is also used by itself, I suppose the id code cannot be removed from there without significant breakage. Thus it seems that just removing it from {{listing}} would be the cleanest solution (leave an HTML comment, in case things are changed at some point).

What about the "alt" parameter? I think it used to work as (create an) anchor, but that seems to have been broken at some point. As name and alt often are reversed (typically the native name moved to alt) or name changed (when a different translation is taken into use), having both as anchor is quite important.

–LPfi (talk) 07:26, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

FYI: One of the site's co-founders has a new venture

User:Evan co-founded Wikitravel and launched the Social Web Foundation yesterday. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:36, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

FYI: Why Some People Are Paying to Be Left on a Desert Island—Alone

https://www.afar.com/magazine/docastaway-sends-travelers-to-deserted-islands-on-purpose

This one is pretty neat and shockingly affordable, all things considered. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:53, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Filter problem

@Hanyangprofessor2: We apparently have a problem with filter 36 ("Article/Wikivoyage blanking by unregistered/new user"), see Special:AbuseLog/75595: A new user creates an article by inserting the appropriate template, saves, and then tries to remove the commentary, which triggers this filter, as the page shrinks a lot. I'm proposing a solution at the filter, but I don't have time to look in to it right now.

In the meantime, a solution is to insert enough content in the edit that removes the commentary (or newer to save the page before the commentary is removed).

It seems the last such disallowed edit was on Monday, and I hope the affected editors (just a few, I think) have found their ways around it.

–LPfi (talk) 10:45, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

The size of the images with thumb and no px is wrong

Tracked in Phabricator ^(?)
Task T375981

I noticed that the images in an article generated with [[file:filename.jpg|thumb|caption]] (no px value) results in a much bigger result than my 120px preference. However, when I'm viewing the result (Using the "Show preview" button) while editing, the size is correct. FredTC (talk) 07:24, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

@FredTC, in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering, what's your skin setting in the first section? And you have 120px set in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering-files? Do you have anything set in Special:GlobalPreferences#mw-prefsection-rendering-files ? WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:43, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

@WhatamIdoing, My skin is "Vector legacy (2010)", but for this problem I also tried it with "Vector (2022)". The problem occurred with both skins. I have 120px at "Thumbnail size". The problem also occurred at nl:Wikivoyage, but not at Wikipedia. I have nothing set at "Global preferences". FredTC (talk) 06:56, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

What's the "correct" size? I think it is better that when editing, you see images at the size people with default settings will see. Your personal preferences should not affect what image size you choose when editing. –LPfi (talk) 09:28, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

@LPfi: I think the idea of having image sizes as for users with default settings and not logged-in users, would be a good idea. So, that is exactly the opposite of the situation now. --FredTC (talk) 04:02, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

When I have this [[file:filename.jpg|thumb|caption]] image, it displays incorrect like a [[file:filename.jpg|thumb|220px|caption]] when I read pages, having "Thumbnail size" set at 120px. When I edit such a page and use the "Show preview" button, [[file:filename.jpg|thumb|caption]], displays correct like a [[file:filename.jpg|thumb|120px|caption]]. Correct displaying also happens when I compare versions using "View history". I think 220px is the size that is used for not logged-in users. The problem started happening just 1 or 2 days ago. --FredTC (talk) 10:12, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

It was probably Wednesday's update. Ladsgroup, do you know what team this would be? (Your work account hasn't been here, so I'm pinging your volunteer one.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:39, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

That Wednesday is now 3 weeks ago. It is still not working correct. Using the "Switch to legacy parser" link makes it OK. So, the new Parsoid parser must be the problem. FredTC (talk) 12:03, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

@WhatamIdoing and @LPfi This is very very likely because of Parsoid for read project. I'd say create a ticket and tag "content transformers" team and Parsoid. Ladsgroup (talk) 11:28, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Done Thanks for the advice. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:25, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Recall that we agreed to change the default to 300px. This Phabricator request T357943 has stalled. Grahamsands (talk) 20:42, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Linking phab:T357943 for recordkeeping. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 22:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

'Wikidata item' link is moving. Find out where...

Apologies for cross-posting in English. Please consider translating this message.

Tracked in Phabricator ^(?)
Task T66315

Hello everyone, a small change will soon be coming to the user-interface of your Wikimedia project. The Wikidata item sitelink currently found under the General section of the Tools sidebar menu will move into the In Other Projects section.

We would like the Wiki communities feedback so please let us know or ask questions on the Discussion page before we enable the change which can take place October 4 2024, circa 15:00 UTC+2. More information can be found on the project page.

We welcome your feedback and questions.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:57, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Danny Benjafield (WMDE), thanks for this note. This site still uses the old Vector skin. There are currently two links in the sidebar:

1. "Tools": Wikidata item to d:Special:EntityPage/Q16503
2. "In other projects": Wikidata to d:Wikidata:Project chat

Will both of those links now be in the same section, or is the plan to remove one of those links? WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:49, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

There hasn't been any link to the wikidata item in "in other projects" on most pages. Project pages are special in that there may be an equivalent on Wikidata, in addition to the item page.

I think "in other projects" for this page should link to the Wikidata project chat, but according to Wikidata policies (cf Commons categories), I assume it will link to the item, unless we get two Wikidata entries in that section.

–LPfi (talk) 09:40, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

I think there should be two links on nearly all pages in the mainspace, as well as many templates and help pages. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:40, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello @WhatamIdoing, both of those links will move into the new section (In Other Projects). A ticket on this topic can be found on our workboard (Phabricator: T372566) and we will be investigating if any further work to differentiate those 2 links is required. -Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 12:46, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

That sounds okay to me. As long as we've got both links available, I think we'll learn which one does the thing we need. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:35, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Connecticut regions

Hi, everyone! There's a discussion about changing the regional structure we use for Connecticut on the Talk:Connecticut page. So far, only two people are taking part, probably because no-one else knew about it. We need more opinions and thoughts, so please have a look at the discussion so far and leave a comment. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:40, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Redirects

What redirects do we want? There is a user (or several, but I think it is the same person) who creates redirects to neighbourhoods, landmarks and POIs in Finland. I cannot find any policy page on the matter and Wikivoyage:How to redirect a page gives little guidance.

Helsinki Central Station and Asematunneli are not in line with what we normally use redirects for, and a high-volume contributor who doesn't discuss such counter-practice actions makes me feel uncomfortable. (Asematunneli doesn't even seem to be mentioned on the target page, only in Helsinki#Buy).

The neighbourhood redirects (Sörnäinen, Vuosaari) are probably useful (although a search for the name should turn up the relevant article), arguable in line with practice, and they cause little harm as long as they are unique. However, if they set a precedent and we get redirects for ambiguous names, possibly to an obscure place instead of the well-known one, we might have a problem.

I think I have seen redirects also to individual attractions (well-known domestically, but not internationally), but I cannot find any such for Finland now.

–LPfi (talk) 11:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

The Helsinki ones have been added by an anonymous user using different IPs. I left a notice on their talk page a few hours ago, and vaguely remember that someone - possibly you - did the same some time ago.

Redirects can be used for individual sights that are really famous such as the Eiffel Tower, but not for stuff like Helsinki railway station let alone the underground shopping and restaurant area Asematunneli connecting the station to nearby retail buildings. --Ypsilon (talk) 14:01, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

There is some guidance at two places in Wikivoyage:What_is_an_article?:

If an attraction or an event is really famous, and travellers may not know the city or region it is in, then create an article with the attraction name as title, but make it a redirect to the appropriate destination article, and put the actual description of the attraction in the destination article. For example, Taj Mahal redirects to Agra and Burning Man redirects to Black Rock City.

Redirects are also used for extremely well-known attractions; for example The Alhambra redirects to Granada#The Alhambra.

It does not sound to me like the attractions mentioned here merit this sort of redirect. Pashley (talk) 14:46, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

If a redirect might help someone find the relevant article, especially if it points to the correct part of an article (that train station, for example, points to Helsinki/Central#Get in), then I'd be inclined to keep it, and maybe even to encourage their creation. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:03, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm with WhatamIdoing on this, also per WP:CHEAP. It can't exactly hurt to have redirects for railway stations and major landmarks if it helps travellers. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 21:35, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

I am hesitant to change long-standing practice without some serious consideration of the effects. Redirects are cheap, but their names might not be – cheap redirects can pollute the namespace. Should Waterloo railway station point to Waterloo#By train or London/South Bank#By rail, or, God forbid, Austin#By train (Austin used to be called Waterloo) or Kitchener#Kitchener Railway Station (close to Waterloo, Ontario). The editor who creates a redirect might not come to think of the more well-known places of the same name. Such a redirect is cheap resource-wise, but may cause harm by leading readers astray. A search on the phrase turns up the four mentioned articles within the first half-dozen results, giving some context for the reader to choose the relevant one.

A search on "Helsinki railway station" or "Asematunneli" gives Helsinki as one of the first three results, and a click on By train or a search for Asematunneli gets you to the right place in that article. Pointing to the right district (Helsinki/Central, not a far-fetched guess) from where the place is mentioned wouldn't be harder than creating the redirect, and would help also those readers who try to navigate via the city article.

–LPfi (talk) 14:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

When there's genuine opportunity for confusion (e.g., rail stations with identical names), then those should be disambiguation pages, no? WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:18, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes, they should. The problem is that it may take a long time until some established user notices the problem. How often does one of us type "Waterloo" in the search box to find any of those stations? –LPfi (talk) 19:58, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

(indent) No, we should not create disambiguation pages for train stations nor should we be creating redirects for train stations. That's not something that has ever been encouraged. If redirects are "cheap", not creating them at all is even cheaper. The search engine is a feature not a bug, and the search engine proved to work for searching this station. We should not be creating redirects for every station, attraction, restaurant, etc. in every city. That's a lot of time wasted to solve a non-existent problem. In my experience, our redirects are more burdensome than useful and should be used sparingly. Stations, attractions, restaurants, etc searches should be left to the search engine. ChubbyWimbus (talk) 11:00, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

I find the arguments made by LPfi, Pashley and ChubbyWimbus to be the most convincing. Let's not use redirects where the search engine is doing its job. A redirect takes the reader to one article, which may not be the right one; a search gives the reader a list of choices so they can choose the article they are looking for. Ground Zero (talk) 11:51, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Readers are unlikely to be looking for a train station without having some idea of where it is. Who says "I want to go to Waterloo Station in England" without knowing that it is in London? On the other hand "I want to go to the Taj Mahal in India" is much more likely. So train station redirects are generally not of much use. AlasdairW (talk) 21:57, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

What is important, but often neglected, is to provide links to the appropriate districts (ideally to the listings) in "huge city" articles, for important POIs, such as stations mentioned in Get in and famous sights. Similarly, the appropriate articles should be pointed to where individual attractions are mentioned in region and country articles. Sometimes a search works, but not for "Grand Hotel" or "Notre Dame" (a possible more specific name may not be known by the reader, or not mentioned in the article). –LPfi (talk) 09:41, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Alasdair, I agree that people will mostly know that Waterloo Station is in London, but:

• They might want to type "Waterloo Station" in the search bar, and automatically end up in the right place (or on a short dab page instead of a list of 260 search results).
• They probably won't know that "Waterloo Station in London" means going to London/South Bank#Q795691, which is why we've had a redirect from London Waterloo since 2017.

WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:15, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

If you type "Waterloo Station London", the first result is the district. Users should not expect to "automatically end up in the right place" by searching for random listings. We don't do that for listings. This goes back to the search being a FEATURE and not a bug. The first search result showing the correct article should not be viewed as a "problem". It's the optimal result. ChubbyWimbus (talk) 12:54, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

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Topics chosen and being edited by my students

The list should be mostly complete (not all students have chosen the topic, despite the deadline for the choice having passed over a week ago...). Feel free to watchlist those (as they will likely see some newbie mistakes). If you make changes/fixes, it is good to explain them in an edit summary so that the student can learn (I encourage my students to review the history of those pages and read edit summaries).

• Aletai
• Andong
• Burqin
• Dangjin
• Danyang
• Dazu
• dongying
• Emeishan
• Fuding
• Garzê
• Gonjiam District of Gwangju (Gyeonggi) and merged and redirected to that article.
• Hanzhong
• Hongseong
• Jincheng
• Jining_(Shandong)
• Jishou
• Libo County
• Luzhou
• Menghai
• Mohe
• Nonsan
• Pocheon
• Pu'er
• Putian
• Pyeongtaek
• Ruili
• Sanmenxia
• Seoul/East
• Seoul/North
• Shangrao
• Siheung
• Suqian
• wuhai
• Yanbian
• Yancheng
• Yangjiang
• Yangju
• Yecheon
• Yuzhou
• Zibo

Hanyangprofessor2 (talk) 07:48, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

謝謝 for the heads up. For those who don't know, you can temporarily add pages to your watchlist, so the watching expires after x days. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:21, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

@Piotrus: If only we could have timed your students' writing to coincide with the Wikipedia Asian Month - Wikivoyage Special Edition! OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 02:54, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Chongqing districting

Hi, everyone! I'm not up to pinging a bunch of people right now, so I'm just posting here: we need to discuss districting for that city, and we will need a map that shows the agreed-upon districts. So far, a new user has unilaterally created two more district articles for the city, and that kind of piecemeal districting is not the way this site is supposed to work. There is also ongoing discussion about the best way to district Chengdu. I think it's reasonable to have discussions about any very big Chinese city with lots of things to list and coherent sections, as long as there are knowledgeable people and volunteers who are happy to add useful content. I've been to China twice but not too recently and only to several cities. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:07, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

I haven't been to China to know how Chongqing should be districted, but if these were unilaterally created, shouldn't we speedy merge them for the time being? --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 06:42, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Go ahead, if you like. Dazu and Yuzhong, both started by new user User:Wuwenhao19960507. But I would suggest only hiding and not overwriting (=deleting) the content if you do redirects. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:47, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

If you really want to take this policy to its logical end, though, unilaterally created district articles for Chengdu will also have to be redirected. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:48, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Dazu is not a new article. It has existed on this site for almost two decades. Wuwenhao19960507 did not create it. Moreover, it's outside the main urban. area, which is why it is listed on the Chongqing (municipality) page. I oppose merging Dazu but support merging Yuzhong (though I believe central Chongqing should be districtified eventually). STW932 (talk) 07:38, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

You're right. Sorry, I didn't realize I was looking at only the latest page of the history. Dazu shouldn't be merged. Only Yuzhong is new. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:46, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

I don't know enough about Chongqing to do any of the merges, to be fair. I'd rather abstain. SHB2000 (t | c | m) 09:20, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Me, too. Besides, this isn't an emergency. If it takes a day (or a week) to figure it out, then that's okay. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:41, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

It's not an emergency; it just needs discussion and agreement. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:16, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

I'd say places in the municipality but outside the central urban area -- Qijiang, Qianjiang, Dazu & maybe others later -- are fine as separate articles. We should keep Chongqing (municipality) or (I think better) move it to Chongqing Municipality.

The Chongqing article is a good candidate for districting & Yuzhong looks to me like a good candidate for one of the districts. Pashley (talk) 17:59, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Please share your thoughts on Talk:Chongqing. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:35, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Hello everyone, I was born in Yuzhong District, Chongqing. Initially, I wanted to edit the page about my hometown, Yuzhong District, but I couldn't find it in the administrative divisions. As this is my first time editing on Wikipedia, I thought creating a new page for an area would be simple. However, I quickly realized it was more complex than I expected. So, instead, I decided to edit the existing travel guide for Dazu District.

I would like to share that Chongqing currently has 26 districts, 8 counties, and 4 autonomous counties. Editing every administrative region would involve handling a massive amount of data. While I would love to do that, time and personal capacity limit me. Therefore, I've chosen to focus on Dazu District, particularly highlighting it as a World Heritage site and offering detailed information for visitors from all over the world.

I removed some outdated information about Dazu because it has been six years since the last update, and much of the content was no longer accurate. For example, ticket prices have changed, and transportation methods have evolved with the addition of new stations. Over the next two months, I will devote my efforts to thoroughly editing the page on Dazu. First, I’ve visited this place many times, and second, it truly deserves to be explored by people from every country. Wuwenhao19960507 (talk) 00:37, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for work on Dazu. I visited Dazu in October last year and I hope to do some editing on that page myself when I have time. STW932 (talk) 05:44, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Wuwenhao19960507, for your work to update that page. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:34, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Yet another merge/redirect needed

This one is straightforward, but I really can't handle all this work by myself: Gonjiam is part of Gwangju (Gyeonggi) city and needs to be moved and redirected there. I just merged and redirected Munseom to Seogwipo. A stub about an island that may be misnamed might need deletion, rather than anything else. See User talk:Xisuux#Moon Island for that one. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:10, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Looking at Special:LonelyPages, which lists pages with no links from other articles, I find several more that likely need merging & redirecting. Pashley (talk) 21:21, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Worth looking at. In the meantime, I started Wikivoyage:Votes for deletion#Moon Island. Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:16, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Meanwhile, I did make the merge from Gonjiam to Gwangju (Gyeonggi). Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:39, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Special:AbuseFilter/48

A technically savvy admin should please go to Special:AbuseFilter/48. Thanks! Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:50, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

I've responded, though we should probably discuss this at Special:AbuseFilter/52. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 07:21, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Durga Puja

Although we have mentioned the Durga Puja festival at Hinduism, India, Kolkata#Do, I think it is not enough, as Durga Puja is a large event in Kolkata, and an ICH since 2022. While WV:EA restricts creating event articles that are not international, it gives some exceptions in case-by-case basis, like Vivid Sydney. Even if Durga Puja does not qualify as a separate event article, maybe its notable venues can be listed in individual districts. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 11:16, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

It looks like WV:EA is applicable for events in a given year only, not for event topics. We have Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup articles as travel topics. So we can have Durga Puja as a separate travel topic, especially as it is not limited to one city, although the Kolkata one is the most famous. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 11:28, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

[edit conflict] A UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (I had to look the initialism up). According to the linked Wikivoyage:Event articles, the main criterium is about whether it would overwhelm the city article. I assume this festival could. I also assume that those who want to experience it are better served by an article than having the event split over many district articles. I suppose many of the venues are worth individual listings (read: interesting also at other times), while some aren't. Hoe to handle that without duplicating information or making less important venues stand out in the event article, I don't know. LPfi (talk) 11:29, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I think WV:EA is applicable for events in a given year only, like Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 (both Olympics), and not for articles like Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup. My proposed article would be similar to the latter, with listings to individual venues in Kolkata, as well as listings to other cities where the festival is notable. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 11:34, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

There should also be advice to eat, drink, sleep, stay safe, stay healthy, etc. as the streets to the venues are narrow and can be heavily crowded, especially at night. There are also issues with women's clothing, where you have to avoid revealing dresses while visiting the venues. This can be covered under the Respect section. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 11:47, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I think there is room for more than one travel topic on huge Hindu festivals and pilgrimages. Please go ahead and start the article. Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:10, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I agree. This would be an excellent travel topic article. I look forward to reading it. Ground Zero (talk) 16:36, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I'll start the article tomorrow, according to my local time. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 16:53, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

@LPfi, Ikan Kekek, Ground Zero: I have started Durga Puja for some days, with my experience and the help of Wikipedia articles. Feel free to expand it if you know more about the festival. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 15:35, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Super! I really don't know much about the holiday, myself. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:03, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Preliminary results of the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

Hello all,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election. Close to 6000 community members from more than 180 wiki projects have voted.

The following four candidates were the most voted:

1. Christel Steigenberger
2. Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz
3. Victoria Doronina
4. Lorenzo Losa

While these candidates have been ranked through the vote, they still need to be appointed to the Board of Trustees. They need to pass a successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the Bylaws. New trustees will be appointed at the next Board meeting in December 2024.

Learn more about the results on Meta-Wiki.

Best regards,

The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

MPossoupe_(WMF) 08:26, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees

Each year, typically from October through December, several of the movement’s committees seek new volunteers.

Read more about the committees on their Meta-wiki pages:

• Affiliations Committee (AffCom)
• Ombuds commission (OC)
• Case Review Committee (CRC)

Applications for the committees open on 16 October 2024. Applications for the Affiliations Committee close on 18 November 2024, and applications for the Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on 2 December 2024. Learn how to apply by visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki. Post to the talk page or email cst@wikimedia.org with any questions you may have.

For the Committee Support team,

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 23:08, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Click for a full screen dynamic map... with the Parsoid parser

Clicking the pictogram at the upper right corner of the article, displays a map wit lat=0 and long=0. When switching to the legacy parser, the correct map is shown. FredTC (talk) 10:24, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Pinging @CAnanian (WMF). WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:09, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Destinations not updating

I posted a question couple days ago but not hearing anything because presumably it's a low-traffic page. I have created new city/town pages since December 2023 but none of them appears in the dynamic map of the Destinations page. How often does the Destinations dynamic map get updated? And does it require manual update? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 15:40, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

It looks like any article since the end of 2021 or the start of 2022 isn't on that map, from what I gather. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 00:38, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Pinging Atsirlin and Andyrom75 from the list of tool maintainers for that page. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:11, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

I think that poimap2 is deprecated and replaced by the Kartographer based maps. -- Alexander (talk) 19:51, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Last time I took a look at it, I've noticed that the script fail to elaborate the en:voy database, due to its size, while it keep on working on it:voy. Due to lack of time I'm not able to fix it, and also for Listing Editor fix, after it has been rewritten by @Jdlrobson, I rely on his spare time for the support. Andyrom75 (talk) 11:08, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikivoyage 12 planning

Hey everyone! Wikimedia Small Projects and the Wikipedia Asian Month User Group are teaming up again to throw a contest to celebrate Wikivoyage's 12th anniversary with the Wikimedia family. As part of Wikipedia Asian Month, we’re excited to kick off something special called Wikivoyage Asian Month from November 20 to January 20, where we’ll focus on improving or creating content about Asian destinations.

You can find all the contest details on this page. Just like with the Wikivoyage 10 contest, each community needs to have at least three judges and can decide if they want to stick to the global scoring criteria or come up with their own (just keep in mind that local criteria can’t be lower than the global ones). It’d be great to whip up a list of top places to create or enhance.

This year, we also want to include other communities, like frwikivoyage, itwikivoyage, ruwikivoyage, dewikivoyage, jawikivoyage, and zhwikivoyage. If anyone who speaks those languages could help promote this initiative, that would be awesome!

Feel free to hit me up with any questions you have about it. Let’s use this discussion space to figure out what method to go with (WAM usually uses Fontaine, so we might want to stick with that).

Best, Galahad (sasageyo!)^(esvoy) 05:39, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

I'll be available this summer (southern) and am more than happy to volunteer as a judge if it's needed. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 05:40, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

@Galahad, do you have someone lined up to create a CentralNotice banner? As I recall, that was the biggest hurdle last time.

Based on prior experience, especially the amount of time involved for judges, I think that we need to have very few categories, and only automated criteria (e.g., the tools automatically count up the number of edits, and judges manually subtract out any identified bad edits). WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:14, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Past experience suggests that purely automatic criteria is a bad idea. It is Ok to use automatic qualifying criteria, but prizes should only be given at the judges discretion. We have had contests in past where the same 1000 bytes (eg detailing the mobile phone operators) have been added to tens of articles. We don't want "1 point for each 2000 bytes added to an existing article" to result in loads of articles getting the same boilerplate text. AlasdairW (talk) 22:02, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

I strongly agree with AlasdairW on this. Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:06, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

+2 – most of our problem expeditions stem from a broad automatic criteria. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 00:19, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

I also don't want to see "1 point for each 2000 bytes added". I would like to see automatic (or nearly automatic) criteria like "Most number of unreverted edits" or "Most number of days edited" or "Most listings updated" (the latter being detectable through the "Updated listing for..." edit summary, though it'd be nice to have the Special:Tags system tag the use of the listing editor).

And I would like the list of criteria to be short, so the judges don't have to check 20 different things. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:36, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Merely updating a listing is not necessarily good, if it's done in order to tout, involves adding default address info, makes it more encyclopedic, etc., etc. I oppose any automatic criteria. The judges need to take the time to personally review everything. Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:23, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

I can assist with zhwikivoyage and judge. I think we can use the same criteria as the edit-a-thon in 2018. You can only get 1 point per article, not the "1 point per 2000 bytes added". And disqualify copying & pasting the same content across different pages. These rules should eliminate the boilerplate text problem. Recognizing that some of the contents can be out-of-date, removing inaccurate information should also count (but I am not sure if any tools can be used to count "subtraction" as improvement automatically). OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 22:15, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

I like the rules for the edit-a-thon 2018. But if it is to be held globally, the byte count should be changed (or removed) for different languages because of both an issue of byte count per character (ex. each Japanese characters have three bytes) and an enrichment issue for existing articles.

Also, I think it would be difficult to count minor corrections and subtractions; it would be easier to judge to focus only on the addition and creation of articles.

BTW: I can help judge on jawikivoyage though it is a small community if the contest is held there as well. It would be exciting if we could attract users from jawiki, where many users participate... Tmv (talk) 13:01, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

@WhatamIdoing: I can ping some admins to prioritize the banner request.

@OhanaUnited & @Tmv thanks! Please can you translate the message I posted and preferably ping me so I can provide assistance.

When it comes to global criteria, each community has the freedom to establish local criteria that suit their unique needs—this flexibility is what makes the contest so great! Ideally, we want to keep the criteria consistent, simply adjusting the requirements as necessary. It’s also crucial to leverage the content gap criterion to help prioritize our efforts; for instance, in eswikivoyage, we’re focusing on boosting our coverage of Japan destinations. Best, Galahad (sasageyo!)^(esvoy) 01:00, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

You need someone with translation rights to mark the page eligible for translation. Otherwise we can't translate the message on Meta. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 02:06, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

No harm in asking a TA to mark it for translation (even us ordinary Meta admins cannot do this). --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 02:19, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

I think there isn't any major technical problem with the byte count for Japanese: Japanese characters use more bytes but also convey more meaning (Russian would have the problem). Anyway, isn't the competition language specific? The more severe problem of encouraging fluff remains. –LPfi (talk) 10:05, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Creation of stub articles has been a problem. If article creation is to be counted, then I think there should be a requirement of the article reaching usable status. Adding listings (appropriate ones with sufficient information) to articles seems to be among the most important tasks; although perhaps only those in bottom-level destination articles with a lack of them in the section concerned should be counted. –LPfi (talk) 10:12, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

You're obliquely making an important point: templated listings in non-bottom-level articles are usually problematic and should not be rewarded. That said, I think that any useful listings put in the right place should be appreciated and credited, not only those on otherwise blank pages. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:16, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Maybe I could suggest the removal of points for incorrectly formatted articles such as the example you brought up? (e.g., -5 points for each templated listing in a region article where it is not supposed to belong) It would have definitely helped for the Nigeria and Africa Expeditions were this a thing. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 11:14, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

I think there shouldn't be punishments for good-faith edits; not giving points for possibly problematic edits, good or not, instead directs participants toward those that are easy to judge. By counting only the first listings in a section, we'd avoid long lists in big cities.

If there already are 3, 5 or 9 eat listings, adding another grill kiosk helps little; better add the first or third listing to some badly underdeveloped city article. Whether that grill kiosk is worth listing is a matter of judgement, which takes judges' time and can create frustration for the participant who added it in good faith.

–LPfi (talk) 11:51, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

If you're suggesting a full hard-cap on points for listings (such as 9 for cities/parks in buy, eat, drink and sleep), I am all for that, as that avoids the listing copypasta we saw in the Africa Expedition. That said I don't think we should have one for see or do which I think is implied. SHB2000 (t | c | m) 11:54, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

I did think about eat/drink/sleep, and you are right that there can be many more relevant see/do listings. There can still be a problem of long lists: adding all churches in Helsinki (taking info from the congregation pages, where it is readily available) shouldn't give more points than adding three listings to each of a dozen articles. There could be a cap at three similar listings or some such. –LPfi (talk) 15:31, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, true; I don't remember which expedition (or if it was with a specific editor), but there was one that added loads of boring municipal parks which would have the same intended consequence. Similarly, we also need to have provisions to ensure that listings such as WV:BORING (fast food joints) don't get additional points unless proven otherwise. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 21:40, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm in favor of adding a municipal park to pretty much every article; a free place to get some sunshine and exercise is useful for anyone with jetlag, and a playground is good for anyone traveling with little kids. I have fond memories of stopping at little city parks during family road trips when I was a kid. However, I don't think we need "loads of" them in any article, and probably not even three, unless they're very different (e.g., municipal playground vs municipal swimming pool vs municipal bike path). WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:44, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Sure, and more than one if they're particularly nice. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:57, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

I am too – they're a great place to unwind at the end of a day; I only have an issue with excessive municipal parks. SHB2000 (t | c | m) 02:31, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

The global page is already set for translation. With just 25 days to go, it’d be great to get the local pages ready with the judges and local criteria (or decide if you wanna stick with the global criteria). Best, Galahad (sasageyo!)^(esvoy) 00:15, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Graffiti wall on Wikivoyage?

I know this may not be important, but when will the Graffiti wall page be reopened for experimenting? RockTransport (talk) 17:03, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Wikivoyage:Graffiti wall —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:14, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

If I read this correctly, it would be in about 15 hours. --Ypsilon (talk) 18:14, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! RockTransport (talk) 18:55, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@RockTransport: You should now be able to edit the graffiti wall (I've given you confirmed perms for a week). --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 21:20, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Why is the graffiti wall semi-protected? Of all the pages on Wikivoyage, that's probably the one where vandalism matters the least. It's also important for it to be open to edits from new editors, who may want to use it as they're getting the hang of how to edit. —Granger (talk · contribs) 00:39, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Spam ≠ vandalism. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 01:06, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

What I can see, there has come spam only from two IP addresses in the last month, and vandalism from a couple more. We should be able to handle that by revert+block. Although the policy doesn't seem to explicitly allow blocking in these cases – I see no evidence that the edits were from bots, and ordinary touts should be handled with {{tout}}, not by blocking – but I think it is consistent with our practice. –LPfi (talk) 06:12, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

I really did not think we needed to be having this discussion, but here we go:

• Mx Granger claimed that it was semi-protected because of vandalism – yes, vandalism. Most types of vandalism have no issue, but this was an IP user trying very hard to spam their link into their graffiti wall.
• You claim this could be handled by blocks, but blocking does nothing since they used three (not two as you claimed) IP addresses within a 32-hour period meaning the blocks are useless. The IP then continues under a different address.

And all of this, mind you, was handled by me manually confirming RockTransport for a week meaning they can edit the page while it is still protected. Was this...not an option that came to mind? (even though I brought it up at #c-SHB2000-20241019212000-RockTransport-20241019185500)

I don't think it's worth my time arguing when the two of you bring up deliberately incorrect information because you have an issue with the protections. This seems like you both are looking for a problem in search of a resolved issue. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 06:49, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

I followed these incidents, rolled back one of the spam edits, I do believe, and fully vouch for SHB2000's account. Out-of-control spam is a good reason to at least temporarily restrict use of the graffiti wall. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:47, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

[edit conflict] Please! I didn't deliberately bring up false information. I'm sorry if I wasn't careful enough in analysing the history, but I really tried to search for the massive spamming (ah! there were two different .61s!). Still, two or three in 32 hours isn't that big a difference. –LPfi (talk) 08:54, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

If you think this spamming was too intense to be handled by revert-and-block, then I'd expect a discussion on that. Thanks IK for your post. I just have to trust your assessment, it seems. Still, the issue doesn't go away by giving one user the needed rights. Attempts to edit a locked page doesn't show up anywhere that I know, so other newcomers will still be hampered, if any happen to try the Graffiti wall during the locking. –LPfi (talk) 09:00, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for being honest and admitting, LPfi. I'll admit I was somewhat frustrated at the time, but glad we cleared things in the air. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 09:07, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

I don't think we need to permanently restrict edits on that page. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:02, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

The only reason to would be some unblockable spambot permanently targeting it for frequent edits that cannot be caught by a filter. I see that scenario as quite far-fetched. The question is about the threshold for semi-protecting pages, and whether half-an-hour protections would suffice. –LPfi (talk) 10:31, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

For sure, which is why it's only protected until today. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 10:46, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I did not "bring up deliberately incorrect information" and would appreciate not being accused of it. Thanks for the answer to my question, but I would prefer if we can keep Wikivoyage fun and tone down the hostility. —Granger (talk · contribs) 22:15, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

It's your responsibility to check what you add is in fact correct in discussion (spam and vandalism are handled very differently); if you can't take responsibility for that, that's frankly your issue, not anyone else's. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 02:45, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Curious (don't kill me) why we don't just have WP's per user sandbox? Brycehughes (talk) 03:21, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

@Brycehughes: Do you mean something where a link to your personalised sandbox appears in the top right corner? That's not actually that bad of an idea for new users. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 03:24, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Do we have a personalised sandbox to link to?? Brycehughes (talk) 03:29, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

I mean the WP sandbox is just a link to Special:MyPage/sandbox. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 03:32, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

When I first joined this website years ago from en.wp I thought the weirdest thing was that they don't have a sandbox where I can practice my edits. Yeah I think it'd be really beneficial to have a link to the "sandbox" for new users. I think there is some verbage somewhere however that says we don't have a sandbox – I remember that. Brycehughes (talk) 03:38, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

For sure; for those who don't love a redlink in their header the option to just create it blank always exists. --SHB2000 (t | c | m) 03:58, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Adding the link might be beneficial, but is spam in userspace any less problematic than spam on the graffiti wall? Neither should turn up unexpectedly in search results – do they? Whether the link would be beneficial for other reasons should be a separate discussion (and no, personally I wouldn't like that bluelink either). –LPfi (talk) 14:29, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

'Wikidata item' link is moving, finally.

Hello everyone, I previously wrote on the 27th September to advise that the Wikidata item sitelink will change places in the sidebar menu, moving from the General section into the In Other Projects section. The scheduled rollout date of 04.10.2024 was delayed due to a necessary request for Mobile/MinervaNeue skin. I am happy to inform that the global rollout can now proceed and will occur later today, 22.10.2024 at 15:00 UTC-2. Please let us know if you notice any problems or bugs after this change. There should be no need for null-edits or purging cache for the changes to occur. Kind regards, -Danny Benjafield (WMDE) 11:29, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Kitikmeot Region navigation breadcrumbs

I'm trying to get {{IsPartOf}} to work after updating Nunavut regions. The breadcrumbs work on Gjoa Haven, but not Cambridge Bay or Kugluktuk despite all using the same template. Can someone troubleshoot? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 13:33, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Another strange thing is that the breadcrumbs show up correctly in the preview (when using source editing). It might be a parser issue. Anyway, I think I managed to force a workaround by using an underscore (_) instead of a space in the region name in the template. Please check if the issue is resolved for you too. Daggerstab (talk) 14:36, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Yes that fixes the issue. Very strange indeed. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 15:38, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikivoyage at a competition

Hello there. Me and my friends are taking part in a science (STEM) competition and we would like to set up a stand for Wikivoyage (and our other project) as part of our whole project during this event. I was thinking how you could help us (ideas etc.) in doing so. Many thanks. -- RockTransport (talk) 15:54, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Welcome, @RockTransport. I'm not sure what your idea means in practice. Is this an in-person event? WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:20, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it is an in-person event, and it is part of outreach, so we can get more contributors. There will be a multitude of well-known people attending this event. RockTransport (talk) 16:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

It would be something like this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_stands. Additionally, there will also be another project as well that we are exhibiting. RockTransport (talk) 16:23, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

We have had travel guides in the past for events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup, and for conferences like Wikimania, so i think what you are propiding woukd be in scope. Here is one example. If you get it started, and put a link here, experienced editors will assist with formatting and making sure it compares with Wikivoyage policies. You would be responsible for content, however. Ground Zero (talk) 16:41, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

I think a physical stand at an event is being proposed. Does this need a page? What may be useful is a 2-3 paragraph guide to Wikivoyage that can be printed and displayed on the stand. Do we have a page that could be printed as a WV poster? I assume that the "other project" is another WMF wiki and not another venture that we would need to question whether it is compatible. If there is some idea of the location of this event, some improvements could be made to the local pages. AlasdairW (talk) 18:00, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry Ground Zero, but this is not what I am referring to. What I'm referring to is starting up a stand at that event and talking about why you should edit on Wikivoyage etc. RockTransport (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I misunderstood. Sorry for my interruption. Carry on.... Ground Zero (talk) 18:44, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Will you be there the whole time? Will you have wifi access? Can you have more than one computer/display screen? WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:52, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

We will be there the whole time and we may have Wi-fi access. I'm not too sure about the display screens though. We are unveiling the technology behind it so it is in line with the technology part. RockTransport (talk) 06:16, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

If you have a display screen (even if it's just a laptop), you can play a slideshow/video that shows how to edit, with occasional messages about why to contribute. (I would suggest making those messages as simple and basic as possible.) The advantage of a slideshow is that it can run even when you're busy with something else.

If you have time to talk to people, you could ask people to suggest changes, and show them how you do it (i.e., in your own account, or in a specially created account for the event that you use). For example, you can ask people "Here's the article for Ourtown. When you have visitors, where do you take them?" or "What have we gotten wrong in this article?"

When is your event? If it's weeks or months from now, we might be able to mail you some stickers to give away. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:45, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

After making a decision, I have decided to change my mind and I will not use Wikivoyage during this event. Thanks though! RockTransport (talk) 18:07, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Okay. Watching two stands was sounding like a lot of work and logistics to me. Maybe keep the idea in mind for another year. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:09, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Stage stations

I'm just putting this out here for a potential travel topic. In the past, when people had to ride horses to travel long distances, there would be places where they could change horses to continue the journey once their horse got tired. With such an article we could cover both the caravanserai of the Middle East and North Africa, and the shukuba of Japan. There are also a few such places in China that have been preserved, and I think the U.S. may have some such sites as well. The dog2 (talk) 02:25, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

The U.S. absolutely had them, and there are some existing stagehouse inns and restaurants at some of the places on stagecoach routes where people and horses got refreshments and rest. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:38, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

King's Road (Finland) mentions a number of inns that have survived in some form. I suppose they served a role similar to the stage stations (by letting passengers rest), although the system I know about here was a farmhand driving horses of the farm to the next farm in the system – I don't know whether the inns represent the same period. w:Coaching inn says those performed the same functions as the American w:stage stations. w:Stagecoach seems to concentrate on England, but mentions several other countries. Also w:Mail coach is probably relevant. I suppose there is a host of Wikipedia articles also on the eastern systems. –LPfi (talk) 14:30, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

For Japan there is a Wikipedia article on Shukuba (宿場), which was the Japanese equivalent during the Edo Period. In Chinese, they are called 驛站 (yìzhàn), and some of the ones in China have been preserved to the present day. There is not much information on them in English, but there are travel articles in Chinese about some of those you can visit. If we create such an article, we need to think about what to call it. "Stage station" is one name, but you may also encounter "relay station" or "post station". The dog2 (talk) 15:11, 25 October 2024 (UTC)