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Stefan Kühn | 6 Sep 2008 19:56
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WikiProject Check Wikipedia

Hello,

I have create a new WikiProject. "Check Wikipedia" will help to clean 
the syntax of Wikipedia and to find some other errors. And this in many 
languages (at the moment de, en, fr, nds, nl, ru).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Check_Wikipedia

I wrote a script in perl. The script scan every new dump and create a 
list of articles with errors. Daily the script scan all articles from 
this list again and create some different lists for the users.

At the moment the script is in version 0.1 alpha. This mean there are 
some bugs. :-) I have also the script limited by 2000 errors.

The project was inspired by
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax.

And the system is not new. I have use the basic script for the 
controlling of the persondata in the German Wikipedia.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Personendaten/Wartung/Fehlerliste
So we have eliminated over 20000 errors in the last months.

Thank you for your attention
Stefan Kühn (sk)
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Richard Davis | 12 Sep 2008 13:05
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can I have two printing style sheets?

I'd like to have two style sheets for printing for my academic wiki.

One would be double spaced print, the other would be single spaced and
perhaps with some other differences.

Can I have two separate style sheets and then select the one I need at
point of printing? Any ideas, anyone?

Richard Davis
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Platonides | 17 Sep 2008 23:26
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Re: can I have two printing style sheets?

Richard Davis wrote:
> I'd like to have two style sheets for printing for my academic wiki.
> 
> One would be double spaced print, the other would be single spaced and
> perhaps with some other differences.
> 
> Can I have two separate style sheets and then select the one I need at
> point of printing? Any ideas, anyone?
> 
> Richard Davis

I don't think so, perhaps if you have alternative stylesheets, you can 
choose between their media print rules.
It's more an issue about what your browser supports.
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Cary Bass | 18 Sep 2008 00:20
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Re: can I have two printing style sheets?


Richard Davis wrote:
> I'd like to have two style sheets for printing for my academic wiki.
>
> One would be double spaced print, the other would be single spaced and
> perhaps with some other differences.
>
> Can I have two separate style sheets and then select the one I need at
> point of printing? Any ideas, anyone?
>
>
> Richard Davis

While I'm not versed enough to explain how to customize the code that
goes into making the html headers on mediawiki, if you know how, all you
have to do is make sure each page inserts HTML like the following:

<link rel="alternate stylesheet"
href="/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:alternate1.css"  type="text/css"
      title="Alternate">

is a way to define an alternate stylesheet to use at rendering.  That
way you can select your alternate stylesheet from your browser window.

There are other ways to change a stylesheet using javascript or direct
commands like, loading a page as so:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CSS&useskin=modern>

Of course, this has nothing to do with this mailing list in particular,
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Cary Bass | 18 Sep 2008 00:21
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Oops


I just released a bunch of old postings held in moderation, looking at
the senders (but not the dates).  I'm sure all these threads are gone.
Sorry to everyone.

--
Cary
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mizusumashi（みずすまし） | 20 Sep 2008 14:14
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the press release of NTT Resonant Company in Japan

Hi. I'm mizusumashi, and my home wiki is Japanese Wikipedia.

In the press release of NTT Resonant Company in Japan on April 18, 2006,
they announced that they cooperated with Wikipedia to provide web　service:
http://help.goo.ne.jp/info/detail/619/
(Japanese web site)

Are there any information about this by WMF? Can I read it?

Sorry for my poor English. Thank you.

----
  mizusumashi
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Amir E. Aharoni | 21 Sep 2008 15:21
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interwiki conflicts discussion

Hello everyone,

Interwiki conflicts are a pain.

Bot operators receive warnings about them, but often do not fix them,
probably because they are reluctant to tamper manually with projects
in languages that they don't know. The result is that groups of
interwiki-linked articles remain unmaintained.

One technical solution that may ease this pain is Nikola Smolenski's
"Interlanguage" extension. The central hub for its discussion is this
page in meta:
* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/A_newer_look_at_the_interlanguage_link

Being very eager about interlanguage linking, i decided to Be Bold and
opened a MediaZilla request to enable this extension in Wikimedia
projects. It is supposed to be discussed on wikitech-l.

However, this is only a partial solution. Enabling this extension will
make resolving conflicts technically easier, but it still must be done
by a human editor. I am studying linguistics and i have a pretty good
intuition for guessing the content of Wikipedia articles in languages
that i don't know, so i often make thorough fixes in interwiki
conflicts across different Wikipedias. Automatic translation sometimes
helps, too. However, i cannot really know all languages and i cannot
be familiar with all the different policies and cultures of different
projects. Finally, it's way too much work for me to complete all by
myself.

Therefor, a culture of discussing this between Wikipedias needs to
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sekani nyangulu | 22 Sep 2008 09:45
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Re: interwiki conflicts discussion


please unsubscribe me> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:21:13 +0200> From:
amir.aharoni@...> To:
wikipedia-l@...> Subject: [Wikipedia-l]
interwiki conflicts discussion> > Hello everyone,> > Interwiki conflicts are a pain.> > Bot operators
receive warnings about them, but often do not fix them,> probably because they are reluctant to tamper
manually with projects> in languages that they don't know. The result is that groups of>
interwiki-linked articles remain unmaintained.> > One technical solution that may ease this pain is
Nikola Smolenski's> "Interlanguage" extension. The central hub for its discussion is this> page in
meta:> * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/A_newer_look_at_the_interlanguage_link> > Being very
eager about interlanguage linking, i decided to Be Bold and> o
 pened a MediaZilla request to enable this extension in Wikimedia> projects. It is supposed to be discussed
on wikitech-l.> > However, this is only a partial solution. Enabling this extension will> make resolving
conflicts technically easier, but it still must be done> by a human editor. I am studying linguistics and i
have a pretty good> intuition for guessing the content of Wikipedia articles in languages> that i don't
know, so i often make thorough fixes in interwiki> conflicts across different Wikipedias. Automatic
translation sometimes> helps, too. However, i cannot really know all languages and i cannot> be familiar
with all the different policies and cultures of different> projects. Finally, it's way too much work for
me to complete all by> myself.> > Therefor, a culture of discuss
 ing this between Wikipedias needs to> develop somehow. (Other Wikimedia projects can participate in
this,> too; i am familiar mostly with Wikipedia.)> > In another Being-Bold initiative, i started this
page in meta:> * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_synchronization> > It's a very
preliminary and experimental page. I have many more ideas> about it, but it's a start.> > You are already
welcome to comment on the case that i opened there,> "Black box"; comments from French speakers are
particularly needed.> You are also welcome to add cases of your own. You are welcome to> write a bot that
will automate the implementation of the discussion> outcomes. Etc.> > I hope that a new era of interwiki
links is beginning.> > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni> > heb: http://haharoni.wordpress.com | en
 g: http://aharoni.wordpress.com> cat: http://aprenent.wordpress.com | rus:
http://amire80.livejournal.com> > "We're living in pieces,> I want to live in peace." - T. Moore> >
_______________________________________________> Wikipedia-l mailing list>
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Susie Williams | 22 Sep 2008 13:31
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Re: interwiki conflicts discussion

Please unsubscribe me.

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please unsubscribe me> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:21:13 +0200> From:
amir.aharoni@...> To:
wikipedia-l@...> Subject:
[Wikipedia-l] interwiki conflicts discussion> > Hello everyone,> > Interwiki
conflicts are a pain.> > Bot operators receive warnings about them, but
often do not fix them,> probably because they are reluctant to tamper
manually with projects> in languages that they don't know. The result is
that groups of> interwiki-linked articles remain unmaintained.> > One
technical solution that may ease this pain is Nikola Smolenski's>
"Interlanguage" extension. The central hub for its discussion is this> page
in meta:> *
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/A_newer_look_at_the_interlanguage_link> >
Being very eager about interlanguage linking, i decided to Be Bold and>
opened a MediaZilla request to enable this extension in Wikimedia> projects.
It is supposed to be discussed on wikitech-l.> > However, this is only a
partial solution. Enabling this extension will> make resolving conflicts
technically easier, but it still must be done> by a human editor. I am
studying linguistics and i have a pretty good> intuition for guessing the
content of Wikipedia articles in languages> that i don't know, so i often
make thorough fixes in interwiki> conflicts across different Wikipedias.
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Cary Bass | 22 Sep 2008 21:00
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Save this email!


I have unsubscribed these two users.  For everyone else:

If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to or
from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your subscription
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Thanks, Cary

sekani nyangulu wrote:
> please unsubscribe me> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:21:13 +0200> From:
amir.aharoni@...> To:
wikipedia-l@...> Subject: [Wikipedia-l]
interwiki conflicts discussion> > Hello everyone,> > Interwiki conflicts are a pain.> > Bot operators
receive warnings about them, but often do not fix them,> probably because they are reluctant to tamper
manually with projects> in languages that they don't know. The result is that groups of>
interwiki-linked articles remain unmaintained.> > One technical solution that may ease this pain is
Nikola Smolenski's> "Interlanguage" extension. The central hub for its discussion is this> page in
meta:> * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/A_newer_look_at_the_interlanguage_link> > Being very
eager about interlanguage linking, i decided to Be Bold and>
  opened a MediaZilla request to enable this extension in Wikimedia> projects. It is supposed to be
discussed on wikitech-l.> > However, this is only a partial solution. Enabling this extensi
on will> make resolving conflicts technically easier, but it still must be done> by a human editor. I am
studying linguistics and i have a pretty good> intuition for guessing the content of Wikipedia articles
in languages> that i don't know, so i often make thorough fixes in interwiki> conflicts across different
Wikipedias. Automatic translation sometimes> helps, too. However, i cannot really know all languages
and i cannot> be familiar with all the different policies and cultures of different> projects. Finally,
it's way too much work for me to complete all by> myself.> > Therefor, a culture of discussing this between
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