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== VisualEditor newsletter—September and October 2014 ==

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[[File:VisualEditor-logo.svg|200px|center]][[File:TemplateData GUI editor with two parameters.png|alt=|centre|frameless|230x230px]]'''Did you know?'''  
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TemplateData is a separate program that organizes information about the parameters that can be used in a template.  VisualEditor reads that data, and uses it to populate its simplified template dialogs.

With the new TemplateData editor, it is easier to add information about parameters, because the ones you need to use are pre-loaded. 

See [[mediawikiwiki:Help:TemplateData|the help page for TemplateData]] for more information about adding TemplateData.  [[:mw:VisualEditor/User guide|The user guide]] has information about how to use VisualEditor.
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Since the last newsletter, the [[mediawikiwiki:VisualEditor|Editing]] team has reduced technical debt, simplified some workflows for template and citation editing, made major progress on Internet Explorer support, and fixed [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=349619&order=priority%252Cbug_severity&product=VisualEditor&query_format=advanced&resolution=FIXED&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-08-14&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-08-21&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-08-28&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-09-04&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-09-11&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-09-18&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-09-25&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-10-02 over 125 bugs and requests]. Several performance improvements were made, especially to the system around re-using references and reference lists.  Weekly updates are posted [[mediawikiwiki:VisualEditor/status|on Mediawiki.org]]. 

There were three issues that required urgent fixes: a deployment error that meant that many buttons didn't work correctly (bugs [[bugzilla:69856|69856]] and [[bugzilla:69864|69864]]), a problem with edit conflicts that left the editor with nowhere to go ([[bugzilla:69150|bug 69150]]), and a problem in Internet Explorer 11 that caused replaced some categories with a link to the system message, [[MediaWiki:Badtitletext]] ([[bugzilla:70894|bug 70894]]) when you saved. The developers apologize for the disruption, and thank the people who reported these problems quickly.
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=== Increased support for devices and browsers ===
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'''Internet Explorer 10 and 11 users now have access to VisualEditor'''. This means that about 5% of Wikimedia's users will now get an "Edit" tab alongside the existing "Edit source" tab.  Support for Internet Explorer 9 is planned for the future.

'''Tablet users''' browsing the site's mobile mode now have the option of using a mobile-specific form of VisualEditor. More editing tools, and availability of VisualEditor on smartphones, is planned for the future. The '''mobile version of VisualEditor''' was tweaked to show the context menu for citations instead of basic references ([[bugzilla:68897|bug 68897]]).  A bug that broke the editor in iOS was corrected and released early ([[bugzilla:68949|bug 68949]]). For mobile tablet users, three bugs related to scrolling were fixed ([[bugzilla:66697|bug 66697]], [[bugzilla:68828|bug 68828]], [[bugzilla:69630|bug 69630]]). You can use VisualEditor on the mobile version of Wikipedia from your tablet by clicking on the cog in the top-right when editing a page and choosing which editor to use.
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=== TemplateData editor ===
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'''A tool for editing [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:TemplateData|TemplateData]] will be deployed to more Wikipedias soon.'''  Other Wikipedias and some other projects may receive access next month.  This tool makes it easier to add TemplateData to the template's documentation.  When the tool is enabled, it will add a button above every editing window for a template (including documentation subpages).  To use it, edit the template or a subpage, and then click the "{{int:templatedata-editbutton}}" button at the top.  Read [[mediawikiwiki:Help:TemplateData|the help page for TemplateData]].  You can test the TemplateData editor [[mediawikiwiki:Template:Sandbox/doc|in a sandbox at Mediawiki.org]].  Remember that TemplateData should be placed either on a documentation subpage '''''or''''' on the template page itself.  Only one block of TemplateData will be used per template.
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=== Other changes ===
Several interface '''messages and labels were changed''' to be simpler, clearer, or shorter, based on feedback from translators and editors. The formatting of dialogs was changed, and more changes to the appearance will be coming soon, when VisualEditor implements the new MediaWiki theme from Design.  (A preview of the theme is [[toollabs:oojs-ui/oojs-ui/demos/index.html#widgets-mediawiki-vector-ltr|available on Labs]] for developers.)  The team also made some improvements for users of the '''Monobook''' skin that improved the size of text in toolbars and fixed selections that overlapped menus.

VisualEditor-MediaWiki now supplies the <kbd><code>mw-redirect</code></kbd> or <kbd><code>mw-disambig</code></kbd> class on '''links to redirects and disambiguation pages''', so that user gadgets that colour in these in types of links can be created.

'''Templates' fields can be marked as '<kbd>required</kbd>' '''in TemplateData.  If a parameter is marked as required, then you cannot delete that field when you add a new template or edit an existing one ([[bugzilla:60358|bug 60358]]). 

Language support improved by making annotations use bi-directional isolation (so they display correctly with cursoring behaviour as expected) and by fixing a bug that crashed VisualEditor when trying to edit a page with a <kbd><code>dir</code></kbd> attribute but no <kbd><code>lang</code></kbd> set ([[bugzilla:69955|bug 69955]]).

=== Looking ahead ===
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The team posts details about planned work on the [[mediawikiwiki:VisualEditor/Roadmap|VisualEditor roadmap]].  The VisualEditor team [[mediawikiwiki:Cite-from-id|plans to add '''auto-fill features''']] '''for citations''' soon, perhaps in late October.        

The team is also working on support for '''adding rows and columns to tables''', and early work for this may appear within the month.  <mark>Please comment on the design [[:mw:VisualEditor/Design/Table_editor#Design_Workflow for comments|at Mediawiki.org]].</mark>

In the future, real-time collaborative editing may be possible in VisualEditor.  Some early preparatory work for this was recently done.    
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=== Supporting your wiki ===
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At Wikimania, several developers gave presentations about VisualEditor.  A translation sprint focused on improving access to VisualEditor was supported by many people.  '''Deryck Chan''' was the top translator.  Special honors also go to '''संजीव कुमार (Sanjeev Kumar)''', '''Robby''', '''Takot''', '''Bachounda''', '''Bjankuloski06''' and '''Ата'''.  A summary of the work achieved by the translation community has been [[mediawikiwiki:VisualEditor/Translathon#Highlights_from_the_Translathon|posted here]].  Thank you all for your work.      

VisualEditor can be made available to most non-Wikipedia projects.  If your community would like to test VisualEditor, please contact product manager [[m:User talk:Jdforrester (WMF)|James Forrester]] or file an [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=VisualEditor&component=General enhancement request in Bugzilla].    

Please join the [[:m:IRC office hours|office hours]] on Saturday, 18 October 2014 at [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18&min=00&sec=0&day=18&month=10&year=2014 18:00 UTC] (daytime for the Americas; evening for Africa and Europe) and on Wednesday, 19 November at [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=VisualEditor+office+hour+for+November&iso=20141119T16&p1=1440 16:00 UTC] on [[:w:IRC|IRC]].

''Give feedback on VisualEditor at [[mediawikiwiki:VisualEditor/Feedback|mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.]]  Subscribe or unsubscribe at [[:m:VisualEditor/Newsletter|Meta]]. To help with translations, please subscribe to the [[mail:translators-l|Translators mailing list]] or contact [[:m:User talk:Elitre (WMF)|Elitre at Meta]].  Thank you!''

— [[User:Whatamidoing (WMF)|Whatamidoing (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF)#top|talk]]) 00:11, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
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== Happy Adminship The wub ==

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|align="left" width="100%"|<font color=black>Wishing <b>[[User:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]</b> a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the [[WP:BDC|<span style="color:blue;">Wikipedia Birthday Committee!</span>]] Have a great day! [[User:Vatsan34|Vatsan34]] ([[User talk:Vatsan34|talk]]) 06:01, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
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== WikiCup 2014: The results ==

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The 2014 WikiCup champion is {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Godot13}}, who flew the flag of the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Cwmhiraeth}}, 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Casliber}}, WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Godot13}} wins the prize for '''first place''' and the '''FP prize''' for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Cwmhiraeth}} wins the prize for '''second place''' and the '''DYK prize''' for 65 did you knows in the final round.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Casliber}} wins the prize for '''third place''' and the '''FA prize''' for four featured articles in the final round.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Czar}} wins the prize for '''fourth place'''
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Sturmvogel 66}} wins a '''final 8''' prize.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Bloom6132}} wins a '''final 8''' prize.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|12george1}} wins a '''final 8''' prize.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|ChrisGualtieri}} wins the '''GA prize''' for 27 good articles in round 2 and the '''review prize''' for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Caponer}} wins the '''FL prize''' for three featured lists in round 2.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Sven Manguard}} wins the '''FPo prize''' his work on featured portals.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|Figureskatingfan}} wins the '''topic prize''' for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant5|ThaddeusB}} wins the '''news prize''' for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to '''[[Wikipedia:WikiCup/2015 signups|sign up]]''' for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also '''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring#Straw polls: 2014-2015|open]]''', and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send]].</small> {{user|J Milburn}} {{user|The ed17}} and {{user|Miyagawa}} 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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== VisualEditor newsletter—November 2014 ==

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[[File:VisualEditor-logo.svg|200px|center]][[File:VisualEditor - moble tablet switching.png|alt=Screenshot on an iPad, showing how to switch from one editor to the other|centre|frameless|230x230px]]'''Did you know?'''  
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr">VisualEditor is also available on the mobile version of Wikipedia.  Login and click the pencil icon to open the page you want to edit.  Click on the gear-shaped settings in the upper-right corner, to pick which editor to use.  Choose "Edit" to use VisualEditor, or "Edit source" to use the wikitext editor.</span>  

<span lang="en" dir="ltr">It will remember whether you used wikitext or VisualEditor, and use the same editor the next time you edit an article.</span>  

[[:mw:VisualEditor/User guide|<span lang="en" dir="ltr">The user guide</span>]]<span lang="en" dir="ltr"> has information about how to use VisualEditor.  Not all features are available in Mobile Web.</span>
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr">Since the last newsletter, the [[mediawikiwiki:VisualEditor|Editing Team]] has fixed many [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=355757&product=VisualEditor&query_format=advanced&resolution=FIXED&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-10-09&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-10-16&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-10-23%20%281.25wmf5%29&target_milestone=VE-deploy-2014-10-29%20%281.25wmf6%29 bugs and requests], and worked on support for editing tables and for using non-Latin languages. Their weekly updates are posted [[mediawikiwiki:VisualEditor/status|on Mediawiki.org]].  Informal notes from the recent quarterly review were posted [[m:WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/Editing/October_2014|on Meta]].</span> 
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=== <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Recent improvements</span> ===
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr">The French Wikipedia should see '''better search results''' for links, templates, and media because the [[:mw:Help:CirrusSearch|new search engine]] was turned on for everyone there.  This change is expected at the Chinese and German Wikipedias next week, and eventually at the English Wikipedia.</span> 

<span lang="en" dir="ltr">The "pawn" system has been mostly replaced.  Bugs in this system sometimes added a chess pawn character to wikitext. The replacement provides better support for '''non-Latin languages''', with full support hopefully coming soon.</span> 

<span lang="en" dir="ltr">VisualEditor is now provided to editors who use '''Internet Explorer''' 10 or 11 on desktop and mobile devices. Internet Explorer 9 is not supported yet.</span>

<span lang="en" dir="ltr">The keyboard shortcuts for items in the toolbar's menus are now shown in the menus.  VisualEditor will replace the existing design with a new theme from the [[mediawikiwiki:Design|User Experience / Design group]]. The appearance of dialogs has already changed in one Mobile version.  The appearance on desktops will change soon.  (You can see a developer preview of [[toollabs:oojs-ui/oojs-ui/demos/index.html#widgets-apex-vector-ltr|the old "Apex" design]] and [[toollabs:oojs-ui/oojs-ui/demos/index.html#widgets-mediawiki-vector-ltr|the new "MediaWiki" theme]] which will replace it.)</span>

<span lang="en" dir="ltr">Several bugs were fixed for internal and external links.  Improvements to MediaWiki's search solved an annoying problem:  If you searched for the full name of the page or file that you wanted to link, sometimes the search program could not find the page.  A link inside a template, to a local page that does not exist, will now show red, exactly as it does when reading the page.  Due to a error, for about two weeks this also affected all external links inside templates.  Opening an auto-numbered link node like [http://example.com] with the keyboard used to open the wrong link tool.  These problems have all been fixed.</span>
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=== <span lang="en" dir="ltr">TemplateData</span> ===
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'''<span lang="en" dir="ltr">The tool for quickly editing [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:TemplateData|TemplateData]] will be deployed to all Wikimedia Foundation wikis on Thursday, 6 November.</span>'''<span lang="en" dir="ltr">  This tool is already available on the biggest 40 Wikipedias, and now all wikis will have access to it.  This tool makes it easier to add TemplateData to the template's documentation.  When the tool is enabled, it will add a button above every editing window for a template (including documentation subpages).  To use it, edit the template or a subpage, and then click the "{{int:templatedata-editbutton}}" button at the top.  Read [[mediawikiwiki:Help:TemplateData|the help page for TemplateData]].  You can test the TemplateData editor [[mediawikiwiki:Template:Sandbox/doc|in a sandbox at Mediawiki.org]].  Remember that TemplateData should be placed either on a documentation subpage '''''or''''' on the template page itself.  Only one block of TemplateData will be used per template.</span>

<span lang="en" dir="ltr">You can use the '''new autovalue setting''' to pre-load a value into a template.  This can be used to substitute dates, as in [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?diff=632356794&oldid=632356402 this example], or to add the most common response for that parameter.  The autovalue can be easily overridden by the editor, by typing something else in the field.</span>

<span lang="en" dir="ltr">In TemplateData, you may '''define a parameter as "required"'''.  The template dialog in VisualEditor will warn editors if they leave a "required" parameter empty, and they will not be able to delete that parameter.  If the template can function without this parameter, then please mark it as "suggested" or "optional" in TemplateData instead.</span>
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=== <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Looking ahead</span> ===
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr">Basic support for '''inserting tables '''and changing the number of rows and columns in tables will appear next Wednesday. Advanced features, like dragging columns to different places, will be possible later. The VisualEditor team [[mediawikiwiki:Cite-from-id|plans to add '''auto-fill features''']] '''for citations''' soon.  To help editors find the most important items more quickly, some items in the toolbar menus will be hidden behind a "More" item, such as "underlining" in the styling menu.  The appearance of the media search dialog will improve, to make picking between possible images easier and more visual. The team posts details about planned work on the [[mediawikiwiki:VisualEditor/Roadmap|VisualEditor roadmap]].</span>        

<span lang="en" dir="ltr">The [[mediawikiwiki:Help:VisualEditor/User_guide|user guide]] will be updated soon to add information about editing tables.  The translations for most languages except Spanish, French, and Dutch are significantly out of date.  <mark>Please help [https://www.mediawiki.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Help%3AVisualEditor%2FUser+guide&language=&action=page&filter= complete the current translations]</mark> for users who speak your language.  [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Whatamidoing_(WMF)&action=edit&section=new Talk to us] if you need help exporting the translated guide to your wiki.</span>        
    
</div>'''<span lang="en" dir="ltr">You can influence VisualEditor's design</span>'''<span lang="en" dir="ltr">.  Tell the VisualEditor team what you want changed during the [[:m:IRC office hours|office hours]] via [[:en:IRC|IRC]]. The next sessions are on Wednesday, 19 November at [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=VisualEditor+office+hour+for+November&iso=20141119T16&p1=1440 16:00 UTC] and on Wednesday 7 January 2015 at [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=22&min=00&sec=0&day=7&month=1&year=2015 22:00 UTC].  You can also share your ideas at [[mediawikiwiki:VisualEditor/Feedback|mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.]]</span><div class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr">
<span lang="en" dir="ltr">Also, '''user experience researcher''' [[:mw:User:ARipstra (WMF)|Abbey Ripstra]] is looking for editors to show her how they edit Wikipedia.  Please [https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_6R04ammTX8uoJFP sign up for the research program] if you would like to hear about opportunities.</span>      

<span lang="en" dir="ltr">If you would like to help with translations of this newsletter, please subscribe to the [[mail:translators-l|Translators mailing list]]<nowiki/> or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready.  Subscribe or unsubscribe at [[Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Newsletter]]. Thank you!</span>
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== WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner... ==

Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to '''[[Wikipedia:WikiCup/2015 signups|sign up]]'''. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

*We would like to announce that Josh ([[User:J Milburn|J Milburn]]) and Ed ([[User:The ed17|The ed17]]), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
*In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason ([[User:Sturmvogel 66|Sturmvogel 66]]) and Christine ([[User:Figureskatingfan|Figureskatingfan]]), who are joining Brian ([[User:Miyagawa|Miyagawa]]) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup|GA Cup]], which she now co-runs.
*The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring]] and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on [[Wikipedia talk:WikiCup]], on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. <small>You are receiving this message because you are listed on [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send]].</small> [[User:J Milburn|J Milburn]] ([[User talk:J Milburn|talk]]), [[User:The ed17|The ed17]] ([[User talk:The ed17|talk]]), [[User:Miyagawa|Miyagawa]] ([[User talk:Miyagawa|talk]]), [[User:Sturmvogel 66|Sturmvogel 66]] ([[User talk:Sturmvogel 66|talk]]) and [[User:Figureskatingfan|Figureskatingfan]] ([[User talk:Figureskatingfan|talk]]) 18:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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== VisualEditor newsletter—December 2014 ==

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'''Did you know?'''  
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Basic table editing is now available in VisualEditor.  You can add and remove rows and columns from existing tables at the click of a button.

[[:mw:VisualEditor/User guide|The user guide]] has more information about how to use VisualEditor.
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Since the last newsletter, the [[mw:VisualEditor|Editing Team]] has fixed many bugs and worked on table editing and performance. Their weekly status reports are posted [[mw:VisualEditor/status|on Mediawiki.org]]. Upcoming plans are posted at the [[mw:VisualEditor/Roadmap|VisualEditor roadmap]].   

'''VisualEditor was deployed to several hundred remaining wikis''' as an opt-in [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures|beta feature]] at the end of November, except for most Wiktionaries (which depend heavily upon templates) and all Wikisources (which await integration with [[mw:Extension:Proofread Page|ProofreadPage]]).   

=== Recent improvements ===
Basic support for '''editing tables''' is available.  You can insert new tables, add and remove rows and columns, set or remove a caption for a table, and merge cells together.  To change the contents of a cell, double-click inside it.  More features will be added in the coming months.  In addition, VisualEditor now ignores broken, invalid <code>rowspan</code> and <code>colspan</code> elements, instead of trying to repair them.

You can now use '''find and replace''' in VisualEditor, reachable through the tool menu or by pressing <kbd>⌃ Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd> or <kbd>⌘ Cmd</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd>.

You can now create and edit simple <code class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><nowiki><blockquote></nowiki></code> paragraphs for quoting and indenting content. This changes a "{{Int:Visualeditor-formatdropdown-format-paragraph}}" into a "{{Int:Visualeditor-formatdropdown-format-blockquote}}".

Some '''new keyboard sequences''' can be used to format content. At the start of the line, typing "<kbd>* </kbd> " will make the line a bullet list; "<kbd>1. </kbd> " or "<kbd># </kbd>" will make it a numbered list; "<kbd>==</kbd>" will make it a section heading; "<kbd>: </kbd>" will make it a blockquote. If you didn't mean to use these tools, you can press undo to undo the formatting change. There are also two other keyboard sequences: "<kbd>[[</kbd>" for opening the link tool, and "<kbd><nowiki>{{</nowiki></kbd>" for opening the template tool, to help experienced editors. The existing standard keyboard shortcuts, like <kbd>⌃ Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> to open the link editor, still work. 

If you add a category that has been redirected, then VisualEditor now adds its target. Categories without description pages show up as red.

You can again create and edit '''galleries''' as wikitext code.

=== Looking ahead ===
VisualEditor will replace the existing design with a '''new theme''' designed by the [[mw:Design|User Experience group]]. The new theme will be visible for desktop systems at MediaWiki.org in late December and at other sites early January. (You can see a developer preview of [[toollabs:oojs-ui/oojs-ui/demos/index.html#widgets-apex-vector-ltr|the old "Apex" theme]] and [[toollabs:oojs-ui/oojs-ui/demos/index.html#widgets-mediawiki-vector-ltr|the new "MediaWiki" one]] which will replace it.)        

The Editing team [[mw:Cite-from-id|plans to add '''auto-fill features''']] '''for citations''' in January. Planned changes to the media search dialog will make choosing between possible images easier.

=== Help ===
* Share your ideas and ask questions at [[mw:VisualEditor/Feedback|mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.]]
* Translations of the [[mw:Help:VisualEditor/User_guide|user guide]] for most languages are oudated. Ukrainian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Dutch translators are nearly current.  Please help [https://www.mediawiki.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Help%3AVisualEditor%2FUser+guide&language=&action=page&filter= complete the current translations] for users who speak your language. 
* Talk to the Editing team during the [[:m:IRC office hours|office hours]] via [[:en:IRC|IRC]]. The next session is on Wednesday, 7 January 2015 at [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=22&min=00&sec=0&day=7&month=1&year=2015 22:00 UTC].  
* File requests for language-appropriate "{{Int:visualeditor-annotationbutton-bold-tooltip}}" and "{{Int:visualeditor-annotationbutton-italic-tooltip}}" icons for the character formatting menu [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=PHID-PROJ-dafezmpv6huxg3taml24 in Phabricator].
* The design research team wants to see how real editors work.  Please [https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_6R04ammTX8uoJFP sign up for their research program].
If you would like to help with translations of this newsletter, please subscribe to the [[mail:translators-l|Translators mailing list]] or [https://meta.wikimedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Elitre_(WMF)&action=edit&section=new  contact us] directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready.  Subscribe or unsubscribe at [[:m:VisualEditor/Newsletter|Meta]]. 

Thank you! [[User:Whatamidoing (WMF)|WhatamIdoing (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF)|talk]])  23:37, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
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