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VisualEditor News #1—2016



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Now, you can also rearrange columns and rows. Click "Move before" or "Move after" to swap the column or row with its neighbor.

You can read and help translate the user guide ↗, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.
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Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team ↗ has fixed many bugs. Their workboard is available in Phabricator ↗. Their current priorities ↗ are improving support for Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Indic, and Han scripts, and improving the single edit tab interface.

Recent changes


You can '''switch from the wikitext editor to the visual editor''' after you start editing. This function is available to nearly all editors at most wikis except the Wiktionaries and Wikisources.

Many local '''feedback pages''' for the visual editor have been redirected to :mw:VisualEditor/Feedback ↗.

You can now re-arrange columns and rows in '''tables''', as well as copying a row, column or any other selection of cells and pasting it in a new location.

The '''formula editor''' has two options: you can choose "Quick edit" to see and change only the LaTeX code, or "Edit" to use the full tool. The full tool offers immediate preview and an extensive list of symbols.

Future changes


The '''single edit tab ↗''' project will combine the "{{int:vector-view-edit}}" and "{{int:visualeditor-ca-editsource}}" tabs into a single "{{int:vector-view-edit}}" tab. This is similar to the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398 ↗) Initially, the "{{int:vector-view-edit}}" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as an account preference for logged-in editors, and as a cookie for logged-out users. Logged-in editors will have these options in the {{int:prefs-editing}} tab of Special:Preferences ↗:
The visual editor uses the same search engine as Special:Search ↗ to find links and files. This search will get better at detecting typos and spelling mistakes soon. These improvements to search will appear in the visual editor as well.

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at most "Phase 6" Wikipedias ↗ during the next few months. The developers would like to know how well the visual editor works in your language. They particularly want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org ↗. This will affect the following languages: '''Japanese''' ↗,
'''Korean''' ↗,
'''Urdu''' ↗,
'''Persian''' ↗,
'''Arabic''' ↗,
'''Tamil''' ↗,
'''Marathi''' ↗,
'''Malayalam''' ↗,
'''Hindi''' ↗,
'''Bengali''' ↗,
'''Assamese''' ↗,
'''Thai''' ↗,
'''Aramaic''' ↗ and others.

Let's work together



If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list ↗ or contact us ↗ directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thanks!

– Whatamidoing (WMF) 17:47, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
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Do you want one Edit tab, or two? It's your choice



{{multiple image|align = right|direction = vertical|width = 200|header = How to switch between editing environments|header_align=center|image1 = VisualEditor toolbar Page options - Switch to wikitext - Save.png|alt1 = Part of the toolbar in the visual editor|caption1 = Click the ↗ to switch to the wikitext editor.|image2 = VisualEditor bi-directional switching pencil icon in wikitext.png|alt2 = Part of the toolbar in the wikitext editor|caption2 = Click the pencil icon to switch to the visual editor.|caption_align=center}}The editing interface will be changed soon. When that happens, editors who currently see two editing tabs – "Edit" and "Edit source" – will start seeing one edit tab instead. The single edit tab has been popular at other Wikipedias. When this is deployed here, you may be offered the opportunity to choose your preferred appearance and behavior the next time you click the Edit button. You will also be able to change your settings in the Editing section of Special:Preferences ↗.

You can choose one or two edit tabs. If you chose one edit tab, then you can switch between the two editing environments by clicking the buttons in the toolbar (shown in the screenshots). See Help:VisualEditor/User guide#Switching between the visual and wikitext editors ↗ for more information and screenshots.

There is more information about this interface change at :mw:VisualEditor/Single edit tab ↗. If you have questions, suggestions, or problems to report, then please leave a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback ↗.

Whatamidoing (WMF) 19:22, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
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Editing News #2—2016



Editing News #2—2016
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It's quick and easy to insert a references list.
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Place the cursor where you want to display the references list (usually at the bottom of the page). Open the "{{int:visualeditor-toolbar-insert}}" menu and click the "{{int:cite-ve-dialogbutton-referenceslist-tooltip}}" icon (three books).

If you are using several groups of references, which is relatively rare, you will have the opportunity to specify the group. If you do that, then only the references that belong to the specified group will be displayed in this list of references.

Finally, click "{{int:visualeditor-dialog-action-insert}}" in the dialog to insert the {{int:cite-ve-dialogbutton-referenceslist-tooltip}}. This list will change as you add more footnotes to the page.

You can read and help translate the user guide ↗, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.
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Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team ↗ has fixed many bugs. Their workboard is available in Phabricator ↗. Their current priorities ↗ are improving support for Arabic and Indic scripts, and adapting the visual editor to the needs of the Wikivoyages and Wikisources.

Recent changes


The visual editor is now available to all users at most Wikivoyages ↗. It was also enabled for all contributors at the French Wikinews.

The '''single edit tab ↗''' feature combines the "{{int:vector-view-edit}}" and "{{int:visualeditor-ca-editsource}}" tabs into a single "{{int:vector-view-edit}}" tab. It has been deployed to several Wikipedias, including Hungarian, Polish, English and Japanese Wikipedias, as well as to all Wikivoyages. At these wikis, you can change your settings for this feature in the "{{int:prefs-editing}}" tab of Special:Preferences ↗. The team is now reviewing the feedback and considering ways to improve the design before rolling it out to more people.

Future changes


The "{{int:Savearticle}}" button will say "{{int:Publishpage}}". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta ↗.

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining "Phase 6" Wikipedias ↗ during the next few months. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org ↗. This will affect several languages, including: '''Arabic''' ↗, '''Hindi''' ↗, '''Thai''' ↗, '''Tamil''' ↗, '''Marathi''' ↗, '''Malayalam''' ↗, '''Urdu''' ↗, '''Persian''' ↗, '''Bengali''' ↗, '''Assamese''' ↗, '''Aramaic''' ↗ and others.

The team is working with the volunteer developers who power Wikisource to provide the visual editor there, for opt-in testing right now and eventually for all users. (T138966 ↗)

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. It will look like the visual editor, and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices around September 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list ↗.

Let's work together



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Editing News #3—2016



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Did you know that you can easily re-arrange columns and rows in the visual editor?

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Select a cell in the column or row that you want to move. Click the arrow at the start of that row or column to open the dropdown menu (shown). Choose either "Move before" or "Move after" to move the column, or "Move above" or "Move below" to move the row.

You can read and help translate the user guide ↗, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.
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Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team ↗ has mainly worked on a new wikitext editor. They have also released some small features and the new map editing tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator ↗. You can find links to the list of work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings ↗. Their current priorities ↗ are fixing bugs, releasing the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature ↗, and improving language support.

Recent changes


Future changes


The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining 10 "Phase 6" Wikipedias ↗ during the next month. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org ↗. This will affect several languages, including '''Thai''' ↗, '''Burmese''' ↗ and '''Aramaic''' ↗.

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. The 2017 wikitext editor ↗ will look like the visual editor and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices in October 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list ↗.

Let's work together


Do you teach new editors how to use the visual editor? Did you help set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki ↗? Have you written or imported TemplateData ↗ for your most important citation templates? <mark>Would you be willing to help new editors and small communities with the visual editor? Please sign up for the new '''VisualEditor Community Taskforce''' ↗.</mark>

If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list ↗ or contact us ↗ directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:18, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
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Editing News #1—2017



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Did you know that you can review your changes visually?

alt=Screenshot showing some changes to an article. Most changes are highlighted with text formatting.|center|frameless|245x245px ↗When you are finished editing the page, type your edit summary and then choose "{{int:visualeditor-savedialog-label-review}}".
In visual mode, you will see additions, removals, new links, and formatting highlighted. Other changes, such as changing the size of an image, are described in notes on the side.

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Click the toggle button to switch between visual and wikitext diffs.

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The wikitext diff is the same diff tool that is used in the wikitext editors and in the page history.

You can read and help translate the user guide ↗, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.
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Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team ↗ has spent most of their time supporting the 2017 wikitext editor mode ↗ which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and adding the new visual diff tool ↗. Their workboard is available in Phabricator ↗. You can find links to the work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings ↗. Their current priorities ↗ are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature ↗, and improving the visual diff tool.

Recent changes



A '''new wikitext editing mode''' is available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices. The 2017 wikitext editor ↗ has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools. Go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures ↗ to enable the {{int:Visualeditor-preference-newwikitexteditor-label}}.

A new '''visual diff tool ↗''' is available in VisualEditor's visual mode. You can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. More features will be added to this later. In the future, this tool may be integrated into other MediaWiki components. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143350 ↗

The team have added multi-column support for lists of footnotes ↗. The <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can '''request multi-column support''' ↗ for your wiki. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T33597 ↗

Other changes:

Future changes



If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list ↗ or contact us ↗ directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. {{int:Feedback-thanks-title}} User:Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 19:18, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
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Editing News #1—2018



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Did you know that you can now use the visual diff tool ↗ on any page?

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Sometimes, it is hard to see important changes in a wikitext diff. This screenshot of a wikitext diff (click to enlarge) shows that the paragraphs have been rearranged, but it does not highlight the removal of a word or the addition of a new sentence.

If you enable the Beta Feature ↗ for "{{Int:visualeditor-preference-visualdiffpage-label}}", you will have a new option. It will give you a new box at the top of every diff page. This box will let you choose either diff system on any edit.

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Click the toggle button to switch between visual and wikitext diffs.

In the visual diff, additions, removals, new links, and formatting changes will be highlighted. Other changes, such as changing the size of an image, are described in notes on the side.

alt=Screenshot showing the same changes to an article. Most changes are highlighted with text formatting.|center|frameless|250px ↗

This screenshot shows the same edit as the wikitext diff. The visual diff highlights the removal of one word and the addition of a new sentence. An arrow indicates that the paragraph changed location.

You can read and help translate the user guide ↗, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.
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Since the last newsletter ↗, the Editing Team ↗ has spent most of their time supporting the 2017 wikitext editor mode ↗, which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and improving the visual diff tool ↗. Their work board is available in Phabricator ↗. You can find links to the work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings ↗. Their current priorities ↗ are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor, and improving the visual diff tool.

Recent changes



Let's work together



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Editing News #2—2018



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Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?
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Tap on the pencil icon to start editing. The page will probably open in the wikitext editor.

You will see another pencil icon in the toolbar. Tap on that pencil icon to the switch between visual editing and wikitext editing.

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Remember to publish your changes when you're done.

You can read and help translate the user guide ↗, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.
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Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team ↗ has wrapped up most of their work on the 2017 wikitext editor ↗ and the visual diff tool ↗. The team has begun investigating the needs of editors who use mobile devices. Their work board is available in Phabricator ↗. Their current priorities ↗ are fixing bugs and improving mobile editing.

Recent changes



Let's work together



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Editing News #1—July 2019



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Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?

Every article has a pencil icon at the top. Tap on the pencil icon frameless|16x16px ↗ to start editing.

'''<big>Edit Cards</big>'''

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This is what the new '''Edit Cards for editing links''' in the mobile visual editor look like. You can try the prototype here: '''📲 Try Edit Cards ↗.'''
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Welcome back to the Editing ↗ newsletter.

Since the last newsletter ↗, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor ↗ and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler. ↗

Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:

'''Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?'''

If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.

''Follow these instructions and share your experience:''

'''📲 Try Edit Cards ↗.'''

Recent releases


The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site ↗. The Editing team has recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:

# Section editing ↗
#* The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
#* The team studied this with an A/B test. This test showed ↗ that contributors who could use section editing were '''1% more likely to publish''' the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
# Loading overlay ↗
#* The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.

Section editing and the new loading overlay are '''now available to everyone''' using the mobile visual editor.

New and active projects


This is a list of our most active projects. Watch ↗ these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.


Looking ahead




Learning more


The VisualEditor on mobile ↗ is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile ↗.

PPelberg (WMF) ↗ (talk ↗) and Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
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Editing News #2 – Mobile editing and talk pages – October 2019



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Inside this newsletter, the Editing team ↗ talks about their work on the mobile visual editor ↗, on the new talk pages project ↗, and at Wikimania 2019 ↗.

Help


'''What talk page interactions do you remember?''' Is it a story about how someone helped you to learn something new? Is it a story about how someone helped you get involved in a group? Something else? Whatever your story is, we want to hear it!

Please tell us a story about how you used a talk page. <mark>Please share a link to a memorable discussion, or describe it on the '''talk page for this project ↗'''.</mark> The team would value your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.

Talk Pages


The Talk Pages Consultation ↗ was a global consultation to define better tools for wiki communication. From February through June 2019, more than 500 volunteers on 20 wikis, across 15 languages and multiple projects, came together with members of the Foundation to create a product direction for a set of discussion tools. The Phase 2 Report ↗ of the Talk Page Consultation was published in August. It summarizes the product direction the team has started to work on, which you can read more about here: Talk Page Project project page ↗.

The team needs and wants your help at this early stage. They are starting to develop the first idea. Please add your name to the '''"Getting involved"''' ↗ section of the project page, if you would like to hear about opportunities to participate.

Mobile visual editor


The Editing team is trying to make it simpler to edit on mobile devices. The team is changing the visual editor on mobile ↗. If you have something to say about editing on a mobile device, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile ↗.

= Edit Cards ↗ =


thumb|486x486px|What happens when you click on a link. The new Edit Card is bigger and has more options for editing links. ↗


= Toolbar ↗ =


thumb|486x486px|The editing toolbar is changing in the mobile visual editor. The old system had two different toolbars. Now, all the buttons are together. :mw:Topic:V79x6zm8n6i4nb56|Tell the team what you think about the new toolbar ↗. ↗


Wikimania


The Editing Team attended Wikimania 2019 ↗ in Sweden. They led a session on the mobile visual editor ↗ and a session on the new talk pages project ↗. They tested two ↗ new features ↗ in the mobile visual editor with contributors. You can read more about what the team did and learned in the team's report on Wikimania 2019 ↗.

Looking ahead




– PPelberg (WMF) ↗ (talk ↗) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk ↗) 16:51, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
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Editing news 2020 #1 – Discussion tools



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thumb|300px|alt=Screenshot showing what the Reply tool looks like|This early version of the Reply tool automatically signs and indents comments. ↗

The Editing team ↗ has been working on the talk pages project ↗. The goal of the talk pages project is to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. This project is the result of the Talk pages consultation 2019 ↗.

thumb|300px|alt=Reply tool improved with edit tool buttons|In a future update, the team plans to test a tool for easily linking to another user's name, a rich-text editing option, and other tools. ↗

The team is building a new tool for replying ↗ to comments now. This early version can sign and indent comments automatically. <strong>Please test the new Reply tool ↗.</strong>


To hear more about Editing Team updates, please add your name to the <strong>"Get involved"</strong> ↗ section of the project page. You can also watch frameless|16px ↗ these pages: the main project page ↗, Updates ↗, Replying ↗, and User testing ↗.

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Editing news 2020 #2 – Quick updates



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This edition of the Editing ↗ newsletter includes information the Wikipedia:Talk pages project ↗, an effort to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. The central project page is on MediaWiki.org. ↗


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Editing news 2020 #3



thumb|On 16 March 2020, the '''50 millionth edit''' was made using the visual editor on desktop.|400px ↗

Seven years ago this week, the Editing team ↗ made the visual editor available by default to all logged-in editors using the desktop site at the English Wikipedia. Here's what happened since its introduction:


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Editing news 2020 #4



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Reply tool


thumb|333px|The number of comments posted with the Reply Tool from March through June 2020. People used the Reply Tool to post over <strong>7,400 comments</strong> with the tool. ↗

The <strong>Reply tool</strong> ↗ has been available as a Beta Feature ↗ at the Arabic, Dutch, French and Hungarian Wikipedias since 31 March 2020. The first analysis showed positive results ↗.


The Editing team released the Reply tool as a Beta Feature at eight other Wikipedias in early August. Those Wikipedias are in the Chinese, Czech, Georgian, Serbian, Sorani Kurdish, Swedish, Catalan, and Korean languages. If you would like to use the Reply tool at your wiki, please tell User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF).

The Reply tool is still in active development. Per request from the Dutch Wikipedia and other editors, you will be able to customize the edit summary ↗. (The default edit summary is "Reply".) A "ping" feature is available in the Reply tool's visual editing mode. This feature searches for usernames. Per request from the Arabic Wikipedia, each wiki will be able to set its own preferred symbol ↗ for pinging editors. Per request from editors at the Japanese and Hungarian Wikipedias, each wiki can define a preferred signature prefix ↗ in the page MediaWiki:Discussiontools-signature-prefix ↗. For example, some languages omit spaces before signatures. Other communities want to add a dash or a non-breaking space.

New requirements for user signatures




Next: New discussion tool



Next, the team will be working on a tool for quickly and easily starting a new discussion section to a talk page. To follow the development of this new tool, please put the New Discussion Tool ↗ project page on your watchlist.

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Editing news 2021 #1



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Reply tool


[[File:Junior Contributor Reply Tool and full page edit completion rate.png|alt=Graph of Reply tool and full-page wikitext edit completion rates|thumb|300px|Completion rates for comments made with the Reply tool and full-page wikitext editing. Details and limitations are in this report ↗.]]
The <strong>Reply tool</strong> ↗ is available at most other Wikipedias.


<strong>Research notes:</strong>


New discussion tool


thumb|380px|Screenshot of version 1.0 of the mw:Talk_pages_project/New_discussion|New Discussion Tool ↗ prototype. ↗
The new tool for starting new discussions ↗ (new sections) will join the Discussion tools in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures ↗ at the end of January. You can try the tool for yourself.https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/wikis/3e14959a196db0f7b0c32a35c99dc0fc/w/index.php/Project:Teahouse ↗ You can leave feedback in this thread ↗ or on the talk page.

Next: Notifications


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During Talk pages consultation 2019 ↗, editors said ↗ that it should be easier to know about new activity in conversations they are interested in. The Notifications ↗ project is just beginning. What would help you become aware of new comments? What's working with the current system? Which pages at your wiki should the team look at? Please post your advice at mw:Talk:Talk pages project/Notifications ↗.

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Editing news 2021 #2



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[[File:Reply Tool A-B test comment completion.png|alt=Junior contributors comment completion rate across all participating Wikipedias|thumb|296x296px|When newcomers had the Reply tool and tried to post on a talk page, they were more successful at posting a comment. (Source ↗)]]

Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of the Reply Tool ↗. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped newer editors ↗ communicate on wiki. The second goal was to see whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.

The key results were:


These results give the Editing team confidence that the tool is helpful.

'''Looking ahead'''

The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.

The next step is to resolve a technical challenge ↗. Then, they will deploy the Reply tool first to the Wikipedias that participated in the study ↗. After that, they will deploy it, in stages, to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis.

You can turn on "Discussion Tools" in Beta Features ↗ now. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion ↗.

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The '''New topic tool''' ↗ helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report ↗. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at most WMF-hosted wikis. You can join the discussion about this tool for the English Wikipedia is at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Enabling the New Topic Tool by default ↗. You will be able to turn it off in the tool or at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion ↗.

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'''Talk pages project'''
alt=Screenshot showing the talk page design changes that are currently available as beta features at all Wikimedia wikis. These features include information about the number of people and comments within each discussion.|thumb|300px|Some of the upcoming changes ↗

The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project ↗. Nearly all new features ↗ are available now in the Beta Feature for {{int:discussiontools-preference-label}} ↗.

It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "{{int:skin-action-addsection}}" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion ↗. Please tell them what you think ↗.

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:Monthly dew point data and monthly temperature data. You can use the monthly values and the time warp feature to get the aggregated values. Toran107 (talk) 17:38, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

please make sure you add "name" to weather box templates



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I see you're adding a bunch of {{tlx|Weather box}} templates to articles. Please ensure you set the {{para|name}} parameter on these so that the v/t/e links show up so that people can easily edit the tables when they are transcluded. See, for instance, my fixing of your {{tlx|White Rock weatherbox}} template here ↗. —Joeyconnick (talk) 18:50, 22 February 2026 (UTC)