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[edit]Yesterday I deleted the category Statistical Mechanics from the page Maxwell construction because the article has nothing to do with statistical mechanics, but later you added it back. Is this because every page needs a category? If so the category should be Thermodynamics not Statistical Mechanics. Should I change it? Will you? Airman72 (talk) 14:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Airman72: I didn't know it was an intentional category deletion. I come across a number of unintentional category deletions. Every article needs to be categorized per WP:CATSPECIFIC. I have changed it to Thermodynamics. --Bamyers99 (talk) 17:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you Airman72 (talk) 19:38, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2024-31
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- Editors using the Visual Editor in languages that use non-Latin characters for numbers, such as Hindi, Manipuri and Eastern Arabic, may notice some changes in the formatting of reference numbers. This is a side effect of preparing a new sub-referencing feature, and will also allow fixing some general numbering issues in Visual Editor. If you notice any related problems on your wiki, please share details at the project talkpage.
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TemplateParametersTool question
[edit]I have some (maybe many) questions about this amazing tool of which I only minutes ago became aware. To start, I would love to know how far back the data collection goes and if it's possible to access said data? Relatedly, is it possible to see the total number of articles with template parameters (of any kind) and to track that number over time? I would be happy to email these and other questions if that's preferable. NASAvegas (talk) 23:42, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- @NASAvegas: There is no historical data. It does not track total articles with template parameters. It only looks at templates that have Wikipedia:TemplateData defined. --Bamyers99 (talk) 23:58, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- Do you know if that general template data is available anywhere? I'm curious if there's been an increase in the number of articles that have been flagged as having content issues. NASAvegas (talk) 16:41, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- @NASAvegas: The doc page of a template has the TemplateData embedded in it as a JSON object. Example: Template:Infobox_lighthouse/doc#TemplateData. Given your low number of edits [5], why the sudden interest in these topics? --Bamyers99 (talk) 18:46, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- I'm interested in the data as a potential research topic. (And I'm generally more interested in researching Wikipedia than editing Wikipedia, although I would think 100+ edits is a relatively *high* number as most people make zero.)
- I confess to not knowing what a JSON object is or how that helps me arrive at usage figures. I see that on some Template pages (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:BLP_primary_sources) you can see a number ("This template is used on approximately 6,000 pages"), which is apparently produced via this Link Count tool. Again, I'm just wondering if there's a tool available that could tell me how many articles have template parameters of any kind and if that number has substantially changed over time. (Apologies if I'm using terminology incorrectly here.) NASAvegas (talk) 19:16, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- @NASAvegas: Earlier you mentioned "articles having content issues". Are you asking about cleanup templates? I have another report (Cleanup Listings) that lists articles that need cleaning up. It is grouped by WikiProject (user group). It has historical data. Example: United States. Otherwise you can ask at the Wikipedia:Village pump. --Bamyers99 (talk) 23:26, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the information! Really appreciate it. NASAvegas (talk) 00:19, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- @NASAvegas: Earlier you mentioned "articles having content issues". Are you asking about cleanup templates? I have another report (Cleanup Listings) that lists articles that need cleaning up. It is grouped by WikiProject (user group). It has historical data. Example: United States. Otherwise you can ask at the Wikipedia:Village pump. --Bamyers99 (talk) 23:26, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- @NASAvegas: The doc page of a template has the TemplateData embedded in it as a JSON object. Example: Template:Infobox_lighthouse/doc#TemplateData. Given your low number of edits [5], why the sudden interest in these topics? --Bamyers99 (talk) 18:46, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Do you know if that general template data is available anywhere? I'm curious if there's been an increase in the number of articles that have been flagged as having content issues. NASAvegas (talk) 16:41, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-32
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- Two new parser functions will be available this week:
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Expressways in the Netherlands
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