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This page is an archive for Community Wishlist Survey 2021 proposals that won't go on to the voting phase. Proposals may be archived for various reasons, including: the proposal is too vague, the idea is technically unfeasible, the problem has already been solved, an existing product team is already working on it, the proposal is a social/community change rather than a technical one, or the proposal is asking to remove features that WMF product teams have built.

Only members of the Community Tech or Community Relations teams should move proposals into or out of the Archive. If your proposal has been archived and there's still time before the voting phase starts, please continue the discussion on your proposal! You may be able to fix a problem with the proposal, and get it back in the survey. Once the voting phase starts on December 8, 2020, we can't move any proposals out of the Archive.

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Add the special characters menu on the mobile visual editor

Request withdrawn Withdrawn by proposer (too many proposals)

  • Problem: The mobile browser version of the visual editor does not have the special characters menu of the full visual editor.
  • Who would benefit: Mobile visual editors.
  • Proposed solution: Add the special characters menu.
  • More comments:
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  • Proposer: Keepcalmandchill (talk) 04:26, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Editing infos about hurricanes

NoN Unclear / incomplete proposal

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  • Proposer: Jayscott294 (talk) 01:56, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Add Better Bots

NoN Lacks a clear problem statement

  • Problem: We need better bots
  • Who would benefit: Bots
  • Proposed solution: Try to work on making bots more like actual users
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  • Proposer: AlexCruz289 (talk) 02:28, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

The right category for the photos

Withdrawn by proposer (too many proposals)

  • Problem: Linking the right category during the upload of a photo is not evident for all commonors. It will be ore easy to have a button in the category page to invite users to upload photos directly to the same category.
  • Who would benefit: any user navigating through photos and catgeories
  • Proposed solution: a new button in the category page to invite users to upload more photos into the category.
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  • Proposer: Yamen (talk) 13:24, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

wikidata downloading

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  • Proposer: فرید وجدی (talk) 07:59, 23 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

we need to download wikidata for our organizational wiki. thanks a lot mobile:09381899129

  • @فرید وجدی: Database dumps and other forms of Wikidata export are available via d:Wikidata:Database download. I don't think there's any technical/software proposal here, so I'll archive it. If you have a specific proposal to make regarding downloading, please edit this and we can unarchive it. Thanks! —Sam Wilson 09:52, 23 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Adding "shark", "environment", etc. to the stub type

NoN Proposes change that does not require engineering 한국어: 토막글 종류에 "상어", "환경" 등 추가하기

  • Problem: There are fewer types of stubs.
한국어: 토막글 종류가 적습니다.
  • Who would benefit: Editors
한국어: 편집자
  • Proposed solution: You can increase the stub type.
한국어: 토막글 종류를 늘리면 됩니다.

Discussion

  • If I understand this correctly, your local community (ko.wikipedia) can add more stub types as desired. This does not require any engineering. MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 18:45, 30 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

grouping, labelling, tagging in watchlists

NoN Unclear/incomplete proposal

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  • Proposer: Hungquoctruong (talk) 00:05, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

From OSM to Wikidata

Withdrawn by proposer (too many proposals)

  • Problem: Many information are available on OpenStreetMap that can be imported into Wikidata and therefore benefit from the work done by OSM community. Currently it's very hard to export data from OSM and import it into Wikidata: besides the problem of licence that probably can be sorted it requires technical skills to export the data.
  • Who would benefit: All
  • Proposed solution: a tool to input a filter (e.g. schools in a specific town/country) and then export data that will be imported into Wikidata.
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  • Proposer: Yamen (talk) 13:33, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Allow viewing page history in the mobile app

NoN Proposes an existing feature

  • Problem: The mobile app has no option of viweing the edit history for a page.
  • Who would benefit: Mobile users.
  • Proposed solution: Allow page history to be viewable on mobile.
  • More comments: I really don't see any reason why the mobile would not include such a key function for editing.
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  • Proposer: Keepcalmandchill (talk) 03:51, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

CORRECTION: I'm wrong, please withdraw this proposal Keepcalmandchill (talk) 03:52, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem. For the record keeping I'm going to archive this rather than delete the page. Best, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 04:20, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Expiratory entries in watchlists

NoN Proposes existing feature

  • Problem: I don't want to watch a page for the entirety of the universe.
  • Who would benefit: Anyone with the same problem
  • Proposed solution: Next to "watchlist" you can check a box if you want it to be automatically removed from your watchlist at a certain point in time.
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  • Proposer: HeartGlow30797 (talk) 14:43, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Create a mobile app

NoN Proposes an existing feature

  • Problem:
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  • Proposed solution: wikipedia should have a app so that it will be easy and faster to use because so many people don't know about wikipedia because it a website not a app so let make to app so billions of people will have access to it on a moblie app just like google
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  • Proposer: JEFFERY WASHINGTON OMOCARO (talk) 21:40, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • @JEFFERY WASHINGTON OMOCARO: There is an app, available for Android and iPhone. I'm archiving this proposal as it proposes an existing feature. Please clarify if I'm missing something. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 21:58, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Have our own dictionary but with words that are not found in google dictionary

NoN Proposes existing project espoñol: Tener nuestro propio diccionario pero con palabras que no se encuentran en google diccionario

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  • Proposer: Artupitis (talk) 02:05, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

COmo lo dije en el titulo

wikt:? — Draceane talkcontrib. 21:52, 29 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A new style for the webpage

NoN Unclear/incomplete proposal

  • Problem: The webpage is very old.
  • Proposed solution: A new more mdern style.
  • Proposer: Fredrich Mauro (talk) 00:08, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • Hi Fredrich Mauro! Could you elaborate on the technical problem you're seeing? This proposal as written presents not a problem, but an opinion. What specifically about the mobile web site is old, and how do you envision it being fixed? We need you to be more clear so that voters know what they're voting for. You can learn more by reviewing our documentation on the proposal phase. I'm going to archive this proposal for the time being, but we can move it back once it's more clear. Thanks for participating, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 00:37, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Moving categories

NoN Requires community consensus

  • Problem: The non-mover and non-admin users are not allowed to move categories. Sometimes, they may wish to move a category to a new category due to error in category name or wrong category.
  • Who would benefit: All users.
  • Proposed solution: Let autoconfirmed and extended confirmed users to move categories.
  • More comments: All what's above.
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  • Proposer: Empire AS (talk) 07:06, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Any Valid Information.

NoN Does not propose a technical change

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  • Proposer: EJY257 (talk) 01:08, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

I want anyone to add their valid information at any Wikipedia pages. As long as their valid from any sources at all. If some users doesn't believe it's true. Then, that specific editor must provide their evidence from any valid source at all. So, then they can be added and not removed. So, can you accept then implement this suggestion? Please reply.

Please review the documentation before creating anymore proposals. Thank you, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 01:19, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Requests or Suggestions

  • Proposed solution: La place de position du bandeau d'informations internes serait plus adaptée ailleurs sur la page, en bas ou sous une autre forme, pour libérer le haut qu'il serait préférable de réserver au titre.
  • Proposer: Jeanlouis11170 (talk) 20:47, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • @Jeanlouis11170: Parlez-vous de la bannière CentralNotice? Il est intentionnellement au sommet pour s'assurer que les gens le voient. MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 16:40, 28 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @Jeanlouis11170: Merci d'avoir soumis ce souhait! Nous archivons ce souhait car nous ne contrôlons pas le placement de telles bannières. C'est une question et une décision communautaires - pas une question technique. Mais merci encore pour votre soumission! IFried (WMF) (talk) 20:40, 3 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Enable visual editing on the mobile app

Request withdrawn Withdrawn by proposer (too many proposals)

  • Problem: Visual editing is not possible on the mobile app.
  • Who would benefit: Mobile and visual editors
  • Proposed solution: Add visual editing as a feature of the mobile app.
  • More comments: Both the mobile app and visual editing are intended to make it easier to edit. But why haven't these two great things been incorporated into one?
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  • Proposer: Keepcalmandchill (talk) 04:06, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • I thought there were some ongoing tests. Have you checked if there is an option for this?--Strainu (talk) 11:59, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nope, not on the beta app. Keepcalmandchill (talk) 12:52, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Keepcalmandchill and @Strainu, the mw:Mobile visual editor is available to editors using a web browser (click the button shown in this screenshot), but not in the apps. Because of technical differences, I understand that it would have to be "a" visual editor, and not the same software that's used when you edit in a web browser. Creating the software would probably be a multi-year project. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 01:32, 2 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Zoom article editing event creation link

NoN Requires community consensus

  • Problem: People lack opportunities to connect with others doing meaningful, factual things.
  • Who would benefit: Anyone looking to join others to make a difference. Democracies that depend on constituencies living in reality.
  • Proposed solution: On every article page, create a button that enables the user to create a Zoom virtual event for people to collaborate to improve that article. The event is then listed in a common event calendar searchable by date and article subject area.
  • More comments:
  • Proposer: John 14:23 (talk) 05:20, 27 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • @John 14:23: Thanks for your proposal. It would be up to the community to agree on the process and technologies to use for this type of problem. I am going to archive this proposal. Thank you again for participating in this survey! Harumi Monroy 00:14, 04 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Any Valid Informations.

NoN Does not propose a technical change

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  • Proposer: EJY257 (talk) 16:34, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Anyone who provides a valid information from any kinds of sources can be added or edited to the Wikipedia pages. As long as they;re true information. So, can you forward then accept then implement it? Please reply. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by EJY257 (talk)

Similar to your other proposal, this seems to be about changing the content of articles, which is something that is not done through the Community Wishlist Survey. Please seek assistance from your local wiki, if needed. You can learn more about the Survey by reading our documentation. Thanks, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 20:54, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Traduceri Notițe

NoN Outside the scope of Community Tech

  • Problemă: Imposibilitatea editării notelor și traducerii automate a template-urilor.
  • Cine ar beneficia: Toți editorii wiki + vizitatorii paginilor deoarece ar crește gradul de corectitudine.
  • Soluția propusă: Repararea acestora.
  • Mai multe comentarii: -
  • Ticket Phabricator:
  • Propunător: Dairrow (talk) 18:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discuție

Give reason when reverting edits

Original title: Every edit done by me was reverted by someone without knowing the fact whether I added the value to article or not, Such monopoly should be stopped for betterment of Wikipedia. NoN Proposes a social/policy/licensing change rather than a technical feature

  • Problem: Edits on Wikipedia are reverted by auditors, that discourages the editors for further edits.
  • Who would benefit:
  • Proposed solution: Every edit's revert should be given a reason so that the editor's feelings does not get hurt.
  • More comments:
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  • Proposer: Darshan Singh knl (talk) 11:07, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • This is up to your local community to decide. We cannot change social behavior through the Survey, sorry. Thanks for participating, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 19:58, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No unregistered users

NoN Proposes a social/legal change rather than a technical feature

  • Problem: un usuario me desconosido tenia nombre tenia numeros 185.228.231.160
  • Who would benefit: a todos los usuarios que respetan la edicion y reglas de wikipedia
  • Proposed solution: no los usuarios sin nombre.
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  • Proposer: Jorge Blanco dragon (talk) 06:54, 26 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • Requiring account registration goes against the founding principles of Wikimedia. As such I'm archiving this proposal. Thanks for participating.
español: Requerir el registro de una cuenta va en contra de los principios fundacionales de Wikimedia. Como tal, estoy archivando esta propuesta. Gracias por participar, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 19:47, 30 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Add dark mode for desktop website.

NoN Declined in a previous survey

  • Problem: No Dark mode for web app (PC)
  • Who would benefit: The readers as your eyes dont
  • Proposed solution: Add dark mod in the settings (Web Wikipedia)
  • More comments: None, thank you
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  • Proposer: Unieo: Mikhail's Unieo (talk) 05:21, 23 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

All As "Edit" Only.

NoN Does not propose a technical change

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  • Proposer: EJY257 (talk) 16:47, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

All of the Wikipedia pages will have the "Edit" button. There won't be anymore "View Source" button anymore in the future. So, anyone can edit and/ add any valid information at all or any Wikipedia pages. So, can you forward then accept then implement this suggestion? Please reply. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by EJY257 (talk)

Hi EJY257! It sounds like you're asking all pages to be unprotected. The protection of pages is up to local administrators. The Community Wishlist Survey is for proposing technical changes and new features. We do not handle administrative duties of wikis. For this reason I'm archiving this proposal, but thanks for participating nonetheless! MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 20:50, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Admins

NoN Proposes social change and/or opinion

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  • Proposer: Konstantine Gunin (talk) 09:27, 26 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Wikipedia administrators should be scientists and specialists, not gamers with inflated subjective self-importance and violating the Wikipedia Rules. They consider themselves the masters of Wikipedia, although banging on the keyboard quickly is just a skill. Konstantine Gunin (talk) 09:27, 26 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • That's not a technical issue. tufor (talk) 12:24, 26 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Thanks for participating in the survey, but this meant for requesting technical improvements. Your proposal is better fit for local venues on your wiki. Thanks, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 14:34, 26 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Adding a reference

NoN Not a proposal

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  • Proposer: OSUnderwood (talk) 09:49, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

I wish somehow someone will add the following to the References section of the Wikipedia article on Louis Harold Gray. It’s clear from my bungled efforts that I can’t do it. Thanks. That’s all. O Underwood

Wynchank, Sinclair (2017). Louis Harold Gray, FRS: A Founding Father of Radiobiology. London, England: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-43396-7. OSUnderwood (talk) 09:49, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please edit the article directly or request edits be made on the talk page. This is the Community Wishlist Survey. We don't make content changes through this process. MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 19:56, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Add more links on the pages of Wikipedia

NoN Does not require engineering resources / out of scope

  • Problem: There are not enough links on the encyclopedia pages. Please consider adding more links
  • Who would benefit: The Users
  • Proposed solution: The Users should add more links like links of the meanings of words that are difficult.
  • More comments:
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  • Proposer: Saregamapadhanisa (talk) 09:30, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • What technical problem are you trying to solve? Anyone can add wikilinks to articles. Stryn (talk) 14:24, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • As noted above, anyone can add links to articles. Please add them wherever you see they are needed! I'm going to archive this proposal because it does not require any engineering resources. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 17:13, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

text to speech

NoN Proposes existing solution

  • Problem: More than 95% of the content in Wikipedia is in text format and needs to be read.
  • Who would benefit: Almost everyone! However, people with poor vision will benefit the most.
  • Proposed solution: Almost all cloud providers offer Text to Speech conversion API. In addition, there are many free libraries are available that do Text to Speech.
  • More comments:
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  • Proposer: Ssathya (talk) 21:51, 19 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Take a look to mw:Extension:Wikispeech -Theklan (talk) 09:34, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Ssathya: Thank you for submitting your proposal! I will decline this proposal for now since there is an existing solution. Please take a look at mw:Extension:Wikispeech. We can bring your proposal back if the extension does not solve your problem. Thank you again. Harumi Monroy 22:01, 25 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Searching of words in the page

  • Problem:
  • Who would benefit:
  • Proposed solution: There should be an option by which we can search for a keyword we are looking for in the page. This helps us in saving time.
  • More comments:
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  • Proposer: Excellenc1 02:50, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • I think most of browsers have this already [1] Patsagorn Y. (Talk) 04:44, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Press control+f, your browser almost certainly has such a feature. Ido66667 (talk) 04:48, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • you can use this by control+f en any navegator web o in a cellphone in the three points
  • If you are using a computer with MacOS, you can find a keyword/phrase by pressing command (⌘) + F. Thanks, EDG 543 (message me) 15:05, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Quién se beneficiaría

NoN Lacks a clear problem statement

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  • Proposer: Gussy2 (talk) 21:53, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

la sintaxis de las entradas podría ser más limpia y más similar al resultado final. Mi meta es mejorar wikipedia para ser una pagina que podamos buscar cualquier cosa y encontrar resultados verdaderos no como brainly.lat porque hay uno puede hacer cualquier cosa con preguntas y respuestas. Les dejo mi propuesta: pueden mejorar mejor calidad , no errores, una portada limpia. Mi meta es poder desarollar una mejor pagina que se pueda utilizar bien

Dynamic Spidergram

NoN Unclear / incomplete proposal

  • Problem: Insufficient visual navigation
  • Who would benefit: Any visualizer
  • Proposed solution: Create a dynamic spidergram of "topics" ("entries"), like those found on this page "https://www.visualthesaurus.com/"
  • More comments: Users will actually see how different topics are connected
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Abolhassan.Tajfar (talk) 17:01, 23 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • @Abolhassan.Tajfar: Could you elaborate a little more? What "topics" are you talking about? Wikipedia articles? How do you envision this visualization working? Perhaps an external tool, where you enter an article and it shows articles that are connected to it? MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 19:34, 25 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    As we have not heard back from you, I'm going to archive this proposal. Thanks, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 21:42, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Add a tutorial

  • Problem: For people who want to make their own documentary on something but they are new to it and want to add things, but they don't know how to.
  • Who would benefit: It would benefit beginners and people who don't know how to edit.
  • Proposed solution: Like on the programming on khan academy, there should be videos explaining how to do something, while at the same time you can interact with it.
  • More comments: I understand there are youtube videos of this but if you like editing at school, I think it's a great solution.
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  • Proposer: Apersonthing3000 (talk · contribs) 23:47, 22 November 2020

Discussion

  • @Apersonthing3000: Thanks for the proposal! This sounds like a great idea, but it's a content-editing project, rather than something that requires technical software development work, and as such is out of scope for the wishlist. Commons supports the uploading of videos, and they can be displayed wherever required on the wikis. As this is a non-technical proposal, I'll archive it. —Sam Wilson 07:50, 23 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

College Football Template

NoN Proposes a social change rather than a technical feature

  • Problem: When editing the page of an American football coach the colors of his or her teams are always displayed (even college teams) throughout the NFL player or coach template, however when it comes to the college football template it will not show any NFL team colors throughout
  • Who would benefit:
  • Proposed solution: I propose that the 32 NFL teams are added to the college football template, for when a college coach spend a year or two in the NFL
  • More comments:
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  • Proposer: Bigmike2346 (talk) 23:49, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • @Bigmike2346: Hi! This does not require engineering resources from developers. Simply update the template yourself as desired or contact maintainers of that template to make the changes for you. For this reason I'm going to archive this proposal. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 00:04, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Recommendation for Survey instructions

NoN Not a technical proposal

  • Problème:
  • Qui en bénéficierait:
  • Solution proposée: Ce point fondamental doit être mis au tout début de la présentation/page : "La proposition doit concerner une modification technique et non une politique ou une modification sociale"
  • Autres commentaires:
  • Tâches sur Phabricator:
  • Proposant: Tifroumi (talk) 14:44, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • Translation: This fundamental point must be put at the very beginning of the presentation / page: "The proposal must relate to a technical modification and not a policy or a social modification". Quite frankly I agree! We can add something like this to the edit intro. Thanks for the suggestion, though for future reference you can use the talk page for this rather than create a proposal. MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 19:51, 30 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Allow watermarks on photos if requested by the content owner.

NoN Proposes existing solution

  • Problem: I have lost original work (Kodachrome transparancies) but would still like to use my photos here.
  • Who would benefit: People in my position who have digitized work but are missing original content.
  • Proposed solution: 1. Change policy to allow usage; or 2. Supply a watermark-removal service.
  • More comments:
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  • Proposer: BrettA343 (talk) 23:52, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • There is a community watermark removal service at the graphics lab. --Slashme (talk) 22:11, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @BrettA343: Thanks for your proposal. Since there is an existing service to this problem, I am going to archive this proposal. We can bring back this proposal if graphics lab does not solve your problem. Thanks again! Harumi Monroy 01:03, 25 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wikipedia Live Videos

NoN Proposal is very broad, out of scope, and may require consensus

  • Problem: We should be able to see live footage of things (ex: Hurricanes, tropical storms, tornados, e.t.c ).
  • Who would benefit: Users and Editors.
  • Proposed solution: Make Live footage.
  • More comments:
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  • Proposer: Avishai11 (talk) 17:15, 19 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • There is no infrastructure to allow for live video feeds, and I'm afraid inventing this may be too out of scope for this survey. Regardless, we don't have reporters on the ground working for us, rather content is written by volunteers based on previously released sources. Live video feeds could also be abused; e.g. start with a video of the tornado and turn into something inappropriate. For this reason it may require broader consensus before implementing this technology. As such I'm going to archive this proposal, but thank you for participating in the survey! MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 20:42, 19 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Antworten auf Diskussionen via mobiler Webseite

  • Problem: Wenn man auf einer Diskussionsseite in mobiler Ansicht antwortet und sich nicht im Wikitext-Modus befindet, dann werden Antworten nicht eingerückt, sprich der zusätzliche Doppelpunkt wird nicht gesetzt. Dieser Bug dürfte sich vermutlich schnell lösen lassen.
  • Who would benefit:
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  • Proposer: --Smarti (talk) 18:06, 16 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • This doesn't seem like an issue for CommTech for multiple reasons, 1) it is not a feature request or significantly old bug and 2) the discussion tools team is working on topics like this one already. --Izno (talk) 22:06, 16 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Is it a guess or do know it for sure, they are working on it? --Smarti (talk) 23:51, 16 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I think I randomly found the correct ticket.

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T267813

תרגום - לא ניתן לתרגם פרקים ולהעביר אותם לערך קיים בעזרת ויקיפדיה תרגומים

NoN On roadmap of another team

  • בעיה:
  • מי ירוויח מההצעה:
  • הצעת פתרון:
  • הערות נוספות:
  • כרטיסים בפאבריקטור:
  • מציע: 2020ITBN (talk) 20:16, 24 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • If I understand correctly, this suggestion is the same as what the upcoming Section translation feature of the ContentTranslation extension will do. This project is already in development, so it doesn't have to compete in the wishlist vote :) --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 18:45, 26 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Thank you Amire80! In that case, I will archive this proposal as it's already on the road map for another team. Thanks to all for participating in the survey! MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 06:07, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Механизм удаления аккаунтов

  • В Википедии и других википроектах много неактивных участников и бессрочников,аккаунты которых не имеют смысла.Предлагаю для решения это проблемы создать механизм удаления аккаунтов:
  • Дополнительные комментарии:
  • Ссылка на задачу в Фабрикаторе:
  • 'Создал: GAZ1979 (talk) 17:12, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Обсуждение

  • Why are you worried about how many inactive accounts there are? --Izno (talk) 00:51, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • The mechanism to delete the accounts is to vanish them. I'm going to archive this proposal. Thanks for participating, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 17:15, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

More access to things

NoN Incomplete / unclear proposal Magyar: több hozzáférés dolgokhoz

  • Problem: little access to things
    Magyar: kevés hozzáférés dolgokhoz
  • Who would benefit: Hungarian accesses
    Magyar: magyar hozzáférések
  • Proposed solution:---
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Koch1991 (talk) 17:14, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • @Koch1991: Thanks for your proposal. Could you please elaborate further on what you want to achieve? As it stands there isn't enough information here to act on. Thanks! (Sorry for posting in English.) Sam Wilson 02:02, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I'm going to archive this proposal for the time being. Once the problem statement is made more clear we can move it back. Thanks for participating in the survey.

    Magyar: Egyelőre archiválni fogom ezt a javaslatot. Amint a problémameghatározás világosabbá válik, visszahelyezhetjük. Köszönjük, hogy részt vett a felmérésben. MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 23:32, 19 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Suivi que d'une partie d'un article

  • Problème: Pouvoir suivre qu'une partie d'un article
  • Qui en bénéficierait: Tous les utilisateurs de Wikipédia
  • Solution proposée: Ajouter un lien de suivi au niveaux des sections de l'article
  • Autres commentaires: Sur des articles très long et souvent modifiés par les contributeurs, il est nécessaire de visualiser toutes les modifications effectuées les unes après les autres, afin de visualiser les changements intervenus dans les sections qui m'intéressent.
  • Tâches sur Phabricator:
  • Proposant: --13:47, 25 November 2020 (UTC)Thierry74 (talk)

Discussion

Video tutorials

NoN Does not propose a technical change

  • Problem: It is often very complicated for new users to edit or contribute despite the plethora of information that exists.
    (fr): Il est souvent très compliqué pour les nouveaux utilisateurs de comment éditer ou contribuer malgré la pléthore d'information qui existe.
  • Proposed solution: To help them quickly identify this, it would be appropriate to make video tutorials that show how to contribute in all languages and this automatically on the home page of new users.
    (fr): Pour les aider à cerner rapidement cela, il serait opportun de faire des tutoriels vidéos qui montrent comment contribuer dans toutes les langues et ce automatiquement sur la page d'accueil des nouveaux utilisateurs.
  • Proposer: --Ross.Patrick (talk) 06:09, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • What technical problem will CommTech solve to fix this? --Izno (talk) 04:38, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • This doesn't seem to be a technical proposal so I'm going to archive it. No engineering resources are needed to create instructional videos. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 16:45, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Rechtschreibprüfung (D)

NoN See Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Editing/Spellchecker

  • Problem:
  • Wem würde dieser Wunsch helfen:
  • Lösungsvorschlag:
  • Weitere Kommentare:
  • Phabricator-Tickets:
  • Antragsteller: DaubiKo (talk) 18:34, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Diskussion

Dark Mode

NoN Declined in a previous survey

  • Problem: Wikipedia does always have white theme
  • Who would benefit: Everyone that want to save their eyes
  • Proposed solution: Create Dark Mode on whole Wikipedia page
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Kindle Uzer (talk) 15:53, 19 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • This was the #2 wish in the 2019 survey. We investigated and even began work, and as much as we wanted to finish it we unfortunately had to stop due to some technical challenges and conflicts with the Desktop Improvements project. You can learn more by reading our status report. This is not to say dark mode won't happen some day; I think it definitely will, but I'm afraid it won't be from Community Tech. As such I'm going to decline this proposal. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 02:18, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Editing through wikipedia mobile app

NoN Proposes existing feature

  • Problem: The Wikipedia app on google play is read-only. Users are not able to contribute by editing. Editing through mobile web browser is trouble to many people.
  • Who would benefit: The Wikipedia mobile app users
  • Proposed solution: Editing feature in the mobile app.
  • More comments: Editing through mobile web browser is trouble to many people. It would be better if editing feature is also available in the app.
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Huzaifa abedeen (talk) 03:35, 25 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • @Huzaifa abedeen: You should be able to edit, even without an account. There should be a pencil icon on the right-hand side of each section of a page, just like there is on mobile web. Perhaps you're using an older version of the app? MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 03:51, 25 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

one-click removal from the watchlist

NoN Proposes existing feature

  • Problem: If you see a page on a watchlist you no longer want to watch it takes a 3 mouse clicks to remove it (click on the page, click to remove from the watchlist, click to return to the watchlist, plus time to find where you were)
  • Who would benefit: people who want to control their watchlist
  • Proposed solution: add a link "[remove from watchlist]" next to each item to allow quick removal
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Jarekt (talk) 21:47, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • In Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-watchlist, there is "Add direct unwatch/watch markers (×/+) to watched pages with changes (JavaScript required for toggle functionality)". Doesn't this work for you? --Matěj Suchánek (talk) 13:09, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @Jarekt: Thank you for submitting your proposal! I will decline this proposal for now since there is an existing solution "Add direct unwatch/watch markers (×/+) to watched pages with changes (JavaScript required for toggle functionality)". Once you have enabled this feature, you'll see the quick removal links in Special:Watchlist. Thank you again for your participation in this survey. Harumi Monroy 21:15, 23 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Enlaces rojos

NoN Unclear/incomplete proposal

  • Problema:
  • A quiénes beneficiaría:
  • Solución propuesta:
  • Más comentarios:
  • Informes de Phabricator:
  • Proponente: Dr.Mas20 (talk) 15:08, 19 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discusión

Mi idea es rapida y sencilla aunque no se podria llevar a la practica es crear bots para identificar enlaces rojos utiles de aquellos que no lo son y eliminar los que no lo son y poner enlaces rojos para paginas que si se podrían crear nuevas paginas utiles para la comunidad y los lectores anonimos,esto benefeciaria a ciertos articulos en todos los idiomas llenos de estos enlaces faltos de utilidad y pondria estos enlaces posibilitando la creacion de nuevos articulos utiles para tod@s esa es mi idea para mejorar wikipedia protente Dr.Mas20

ejercicios para desarrollar en medio de un articulo

NoN Proposes existing solution

  • Problema: comprensión de explicaciones en algunos temas, por ejemplo matemáticas, idiomas, alimentación, programación, etc..
  • A quiénes beneficiaría: principalmente a estudiantes y personas con curiosidad sobre un el tema.
  • Solución propuesta: añadir ejercicios dinámicos en el articulo después de la explicación, de manera que el lector pueda intentar resolverlo y pueda confirmar la solución una vez realizado el intento, y así poder conocer por si mismo su comprensión de lo explicado.
  • Más comentarios: pienso que simplemente se pueden añadir ejercicios de algunos libros de texto o de otras páginas web.
  • Informes de Phabricator:
  • Proponente: Dairo Quintero Vargas.

Discusión

Wikipedia API

NoN Unclear proposal

  • Problem: it isn't too easy to develop new bots for Wikipedia.
  • Who would benefit: the community, the readers, the editors and the programmers.
  • Proposed solution: creating a Wikipedia Developer Platform just like Twitter has a Twitter Development. Creating an API that gives easy access to Wikipedia.
  • More comments: No more comments.
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Albin Schmitt (talk) 22:57, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • Hi Albin Schmitt! Could you elaborate on the problem, and what you mean by "developer platform"? There are many APIs available now, see mw:API:Main page and mw:API:REST API. Additionally, there are a wealth of frameworks to ease the use of APIs. Some require little knowledge beyond the programming language that is used. mw:Manual:Creating a bot goes into much more detail. As it stands now this proposal is very broad. Thanks, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 23:08, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Since we have not heard back from you, I'm going to archive this proposal. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 17:22, 3 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Single out the content translation module

Withdrawn by proposer (too many proposals)

  • Problem: Content translation module needs to be activated in beta features per wiki, and is definitely problematic considering the code to be the same across multiple languages. Also, this is limited to Wikipedia when the module can be used in multiple occasions (e.g. wikiversity)
  • Who would benefit: Anyone who would need to use this module + wikipedia(and other projects') event participants
  • Proposed solution: Turn the current translation module into a standalone website/product (i.e. translate.wikimedia.org), and let it import pages from any Wikimedia sites and export it at any sites' user namespace
  • More comments: I suppose the whole thing needs to be manually checked considering the whole controversy behind the "bad translation" thing due to bad moderation that can be done(external force nonexistent). Thus, I suggest turning off the export to mainspace and restrict it to only export on user namespace unless the community had a thereshold to open it.
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: 1233 （T / C） 06:01, 19 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Wikiübergreifende Beobachtungsliste

NoN In Entwicklung

  • Problem: Wenn man Seiten in verschiedenen Wikis beobachtet (WikiCommons, Wikidata, en.wikipedia, de.wikipedia usw), fällt es schwer, den Überblick über alle Beobachtungslisten zu behalten.
  • Wem würde dieser Wunsch helfen: Benutzern, die in mehreren Wikis tätig sind.
  • Lösungsvorschlag: Eine Gesamt-Beobachtungsliste, in der die Änderungen von beobachteten Seiten aus allen Wikis zusammengefasst wird.
  • Weitere Kommentare:
  • Phabricator-Tickets:
  • Antragsteller: Grullab (talk) 10:58, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Diskussion

Rich search suggestions for desktop

  • Problem: Search on the mobile website displays suggestions that include the Short Description and a thumbnail image. The search on the desktop website does not.
  • Who would benefit: All users of the desktop website
  • Proposed solution: Update the search on the desktop website to display the same rich suggestions as the search on the mobile website.
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 17:09, 25 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

This is already being worked on as part of the Desktop Improvements project. the wub "?!" 17:33, 30 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

GhostInTheMachine, hello and thank you for submitting this proposal! Since this is already being worked on as part of the Desktop Improvements project, we will be archiving this wish. You can follow this feature request via the Desktop Improvements project. Thank you! IFried (WMF) (talk) 00:08, 3 December 2020 (UTC) Reply[reply]

Centralization of templates

NoN Outside the scope of Community Tech

  • Problem: Projects use similar templates but without joining the efforts of its developers in the different languages and above all this system is preventing the harmonization of the content. Although Wikidata has made it possible to do a some links, it is rare to align with templates from other projects.
  • Who would benefit: Everyone, especially developers and translators.
  • Proposed solution: Create a common meta space where all templates would be centralized and used independently of the project.
  • More comments: This has to be one of the biggest challenges of the projects for the years to come. Centralizing templates would allow the different language versions to evolve more jointly. This will also greatly facilitate translations. Without forgetting the concerns on licenses when copying the templates to another project.
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Baidax (talk) 16:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • This is effectively global templates, which we'd love to make a reality, but unfortunately is far too much out of scope for our team. Sorry! Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 22:27, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Return to default table sorting

NoN Proposes existing feature

  • Problem: When sorting wikitable sortable, the sorting order is changed by the selected column. If there is no numbered column (e.g. 1-2-3-4…), a page reload is the only way to return to the default sorting.
  • Who would benefit: Readers
  • Proposed solution: Add a button to the corner of the table that would reset the table to the default sorting.
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: — Draceane talkcontrib. 21:34, 29 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Add more machine translators to the translation editor

NoN Proposes existing feature and financial/licensing change

  • Problem: The only machine translator available is the Google one, which is imperfect in many ways (can't handle dates very well, for example).
  • Who would benefit: Translators.
  • Proposed solution: Add more translation software options, such as Bing or Yandex translators.
  • More comments: This is of course not relevant to English Wikipedia. But it would be important for other languages, especially since Google Translate is most useful in English translation.
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: HappyMihilist (talk) 16:09, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • Yandex is already available! I wonder why haven't you noticed it :) . For some other languages we have other engines, like Apertium. Bing will perhaps be available in the future, but it's more a question of licensing and business than engineering. See mw:Help:Content translation/Translating/Initial machine translation. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 18:53, 26 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Thanks Amir! Per above I'm going to archive this proposal because it proposes an existing feature. We were worried about the licensing part too, which I'm afraid is not something Community Tech can help with. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 16:03, 28 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ブロック期間。

NoN Proposes a social/policy change rather than a technical feature

  • 問題点: 明らかに間違っていることを書く者、嫌がらせをする者はブロックし、少なくとも数ヶ月か半年か.....長期間利用できないようにするのがいいと思います。wikipediaさんが現在どれだけの期間、利用できなくなるのかあまり調べていませんが。気になったので書かせていただきます。こういう人たちにいちいちかまうのは、かなり時間を無駄にしていると思いますので。ブロックすることを決めているのは一部の方々だと思いますが。その方々が不憫です。
  • 誰の役に立つか: ブロックすることを決めている方々。
  • 提案された決議:
  • その他のコメント:
  • Phabricator チケット:
  • 提案者: Taroukotarou (talk) 21:24, 17 November 2020 (UTC)TaroukotarouReply[reply]

議論

  • This proposal seems to be political or asks to change social behaviour on one or more projects. The Wishlist Survey is for requesting technical changes and improvements to the software you use. We can't help with the issue you speak of here. Regards, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 17:22, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

CommunityCare

NoN Proposes a social/policy change rather than a technical feature

  • Problem: Die deutschsprachige Wikipedia verliert seit Jahren engagierte User. Diese werden völlig alleine gelassen und ihnen kann unter dem aktuellen Gruppendruck nicht einmal mehr von Freunden und Kollegen Hilfe angeboten werden.
  • Wem würde dieser Wunsch helfen: Es geht darum, dass das editieren wiederum Spass macht und das Grundprinzip von NPOV wiederum zur vollten Geltung gebracht werden kann.
  • Lösungsvorschlag: In Sperrverfahren bekommen die ausgeschlossenen AUTOMATISCH eine (professionelle, WMDE, WMAT, WMDE finanzierte (Wikimedia 2030 Ziel: Inklusion) und mit entsprechenden Kompetenzen ausgestattet) "Pflichtverteidigung" zur Seite gestellt.
  • Weitere Kommentare: Wir haben bei WikiDienstag.ch eine Definition zu #CommunityCare entwickelt, welche 3 Punkte umfasst:
  1. To be a Party Host and
  2. To be a Traffic Cop (Not Police Officer).
  3. Always be a Full-time Enabler

Diskussion

  • This doesn't seem to propose any technical changes, and is more about social problems specifically at German Wikipedia. I'm afraid Community Tech can't help here. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 17:19, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Disallow IP editing on Meta

NoN Requires community consensus and/or legal approval

  • Problem: Currently IPs are allowed to edit on Meta as well as on other WMF projects. One could make a case for allowing IP editing on content building WMF projects where some editors occasionally want to make a few edits without registering an account. But nobody comes to edit here on Meta without knowing exactly what they are doing. The practice of allowing IPs to edit on Meta only serves to enable sockpuppetry, block evasion and straightforward vandalism.
  • Who would benefit: Everybody.
  • Proposed solution: We should require mandatory account registration for editing on Meta. Or, at a minimum, have a rule that IPs are not allowed to participate in any Meta RfCs and other polls.
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Nsk92 (talk) 21:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • This is just a configuration change. No engineering is required for this to happen, so it doesn't need to go through the wishlist. All it needs is community consensus and possibly also approval from WMF legal. If you wanted to disallow contribs from IPs to RfCs, that can probably be achieved using AbuseFilter, but again it would need consensus. For these reasons I'm going to archive this proposal. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 21:28, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanking unregistered users

NoN Needs consensus / conflicts with privacy enhancement project

  • Problem: Not being able to thank an unregistered user
español: No poder agradecerle a un Usuario No Registrado.
  • Who would benefit: Unregistered users
español: Los usuarios No Registrados.

Discusión

español: De hecho, no se llegó a un consenso sobre cómo manejar esto en el pasado. Independientemente, no deberíamos intentar implementarlo en este momento porque entra en conflicto con IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation. Por eso voy a archivar esta propuesta, ¡pero gracias por participar en la encuesta! MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 22:51, 23 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dark theme

NoN Declined in a previous survey

  • Problem: there is no dark theme
  • Who would benefit: at least half of the people
  • Proposed solution: make an option for dark theme
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Kibryn Crow (talk) 11:28, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

[User: PittsburghPlays] - Definitely a feature they should add. Been waiting for years!

  • This was the #2 wish in the 2019 survey. We investigated and even began work, and as much as we wanted to finish it we unfortunately had to stop due to some technical challenges and conflicts with the Desktop Improvements project. You can learn more by reading our status report. This is not to say dark mode won't happen some day; I think it definitely will, but I'm afraid it won't be from Community Tech. As such I'm going to decline this proposal. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 02:18, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sandbox shortcut in Simple English, Yoruba Wikipedia,Meta with others

NoN Proposes an existing feature

  • Problem: Provision of sandbox sidebar in simple English Yoruba Wikipedia Meta and others
  • Who would benefit: All users will benefit due they will be able to navigate around easily to their sandbox.
  • Proposed solution: Addition of sandbox in the sidebar.
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Tbiw (talk) 21:58, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

The sidebar can be customised per-wiki by editing MediaWiki:Sidebar. A more general suggestion that may be relevant is Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Miscellaneous/Customizable sidebar. H78c67c (talk) 07:09, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There's already mw:Extension:SandboxLink which adds a link to the current user's sandbox to the personal tools menu (same menu that has links to user/user talk pages and preferences, for example) that can be enabled on any wiki that requests it. Majavah (talk!) 07:56, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • As others have pointed out, this is an existing feature, so I'm going to archive this proposal. Thanks for participating in the survey! MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 00:42, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

В Википедии добавить кнопочку для гуглоперевода статьи.

  • Проблема: не все статьи есть на родном языке, много времени уходит чтобы перевести
  • Кто выиграет: читатели
  • Предлагаемое решение: встроить автоперевод - добавить кнопочку для гуглоперевода статьи
  • Дополнительные комментарии:
  • Ссылка на задачу в Фабрикаторе:
  • Предложил(а): denis_73 (talk) 20:37, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Обсуждение

В каждом броузере уже есть такая функция. Воспользуйтесь ей. SSneg (talk) 21:39, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
denis_73, Спасибо, что отправили это желание! Мы храним это желание, потому что оно выходит за рамки. Однако мы рекомендуем вам взглянуть на это. Вам может быть интересно: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation IFried (WMF) (talk) 21:12, 3 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Make wiki easier for most people

NoN Proposal too broad / out of scope

  • Problem: A lot of things are complicated and nerdy requiring a lot of knowlegde about the system
  • Who would benefit:
  • Proposed solution: A user interface which is more friendly to people who do not know a lot about all the nerdy stuff. Clean up clutter, less is more. Cleaner menues, better visuals.
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Raven rs (talk) 01:16, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • Hi Raven rs! While I think many people will agree there is a learning curve to MediaWiki, this proposal does not do much beyond broadly stating the problem. In the Wishlist Survey, we ask you to present specific problems and (ideally) specific solutions that can be tackled reasonably by our team. This proposal as written is much too broad. Redesigning the whole system does not fit within our scope. You can learn more about the survey by reading the documentation. For now I'm going to archive this proposal, but if you have more specific and smaller ideas to improve MediaWiki, please clarify and we can move your proposal back. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 04:04, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

سلام

Bonjour et ne sois pas fatigué Apprenez du code à utiliser qui est très important

Autorize OpenDocument import

NoN Requires community consensus

  • Problem: Actually, it's autorized to import : tiff, tif, png, gif, jpg, jpeg, webp, xcf, mid, ogg, ogv, svg, djvu, stl, oga, flac, opus, wav, webm, mp3, midi, mpg, mpeg.
  • Who would benefit: All
  • Proposed solution: WikiCommons could autorize OpenDocument filetype.
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: ComputerHotline (talk) 07:46, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

See c:Commons:Project_scope#PDF for the policy. On Wikisource PDF and DjVu is used only from scans and then the text improved. There is no need for that with OpenDocument. Also in the policy it states that text only files are not permitted (you would copy the text to an wikipage, if it is out of copyright, in that case).--Snaevar (talk) 23:12, 28 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • It appears this is mostly a matter of gaining consensus, so I'm going to archive this proposal. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 22:19, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Remove (very) old entries from the block log

NoN Requires community consensus

  • Problem: At face-value a user's block log can be used to the detriment of on an editor.
  • Who would benefit: Everyone to avoid time-sinks debating the behaviour of an editor who made mistakes in the past, but has improved.
  • Proposed solution: Much like penalty points for driving (in the UK), older blocks should be expunged from the log after a sufficient amount of time has passed (5, 8, 10 years??)
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Lugnuts (talk) 14:57, 28 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • What do you mean by expunge? AFAIK, there's a restriction on deleting a log entry for it to not exist at all. --Minorax (talk) 15:07, 28 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Administrators can hide log entries. You have to discuss the wish in your local community. Technically nothing can be done here.--𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 15:10, 28 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I don't think it's possible to automatically hide old log entries right now, but it seems extremely unlikely this would get implemented as it's contrary to the open principles of MediaWiki. Regardless, each community would have to make that decision for themselves. I'm going to archive this proposal as needs consensus. Thanks for participating, nonetheless! MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 15:42, 28 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

searching categories on commons

NoN Same as Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Categories/Display categories before pages

  • Problem: When typing to search field in comons, suggester suggest names of files and galleries, but not categories. ALso after search there are in results on the first place galeeries and then files. Categories are on the n-th page, when there are more than 20 results
  • Who would benefit: All users who search images for known thema with more images
  • Proposed solution: add option to include categories in basic search
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: JAn Dudík (talk) 21:29, 24 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • Possibly this is just something that needs a change of the default configuration. At the moment you have to click on 'search categories' to see the category search results; that could become the default, or a mix of categories/files/galleries could be the default. Searching categories should work a lot better now that the infobox is in so many categories (particularly for multilingual search). Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 08:32, 27 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Categories are included in the default search, they just come last so you may never see them. Display categories before pages seems to propose the same thing, so I'm going to archive this wish in favour of that one. Hope this is okay :) MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 01:00, 3 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Einspruchsmittel gegen Administratorwillkür

NoN Proposes a social/policy change rather than a technical feature

  • Administratoren agieren selbstherrlich wie Gutsherren und kleine Könige, gegen ihre Entscheidungen sind keine Einspruchsmöglichkeiten und Rechtsmittel vorhanden:
  • Allen einfchen Mitgliedern außerhalb der Wiki-Hierarchie:
  • Strafmaßnahmen durch Administratoren und andere Funktionsträger mit erweiterten Rechten bewirken die Einblendung einer »Einspruch«Schaltfläche. Die Einsprüche werden direkt zu einem in jedem Wiki zu schaffenden Gremium weitergeleitet, das personell nicht mit der Administratorenhieraerchie verbunden ist. Der Wechsel von Personen zwischen beiden Gremien wird konsequent ausgeschlossen. Administratoren werden zusätzlich rechenschaftspflichtig, ihre Amtszeit und Wiederwählbarkeit wird begrenzt. Die Einsprüche werden in der Sprache des Gemaßregelten abgehandelt. Unbefristete Maßregelungen werden abgeschafft. Administratoren, die ihre erweiterten Rechte missbrauchen, riskieren ihrerseits eine Sperrung, in schweren oder wiederholten Fällen den Ausschluss. Maßnahmen gegen Administratoren werden öffentlich gemacht.:
  • Weitere Kommentare:
  • Phabricator-Tickets:
  • Antragsteller: Falk2 (talk) 12:27, 29 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Diskussion

  • This does not appear to propose a technical change, which is what the Wishlist Survey is for. Please raise your concerns with your local community instead. Thanks for participating, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 17:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

accents for foreign languages and names

NoN Proposed existing feature

  • Problem: When typing in names that have various types of accents over individual letters, there is no simple way to get an accent.
  • Who would benefit: Newer editors creating or expanding pages.
  • Proposed solution: Create a choice of symbols. In Microsoft word I can just go to symbols and there are many accents to choose from. In microsoft word I can go to "symbols" and choose from many.
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: ~SallystantonsaundersSallysstantonsaunders (talk)

Discussion

  • @Sallysstantonsaunders: In the classic wikitext editor (which you appear to be using), there's a "Special characters" link in the toolbar. In VisualEditor or the 2017 wikitext editor, this is available via the "Ω" button in the toolbar. Are these not working for you? MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 05:16, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • @Sallysstantonsaunders: Since we have not heard back from you, I'm going to archive this proposal for the time being as there appear to be existing solutions for this. If we have misunderstood you, please clarify and we can move the proposal back. This will need to be fixed in time for voting on December 8. Thanks for participating, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 19:30, 24 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Not very fancy, never the less very well delivering: Type or insert the character in Word, and copy/paste does the job.T.vanschaik (talk) 00:20, 23 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Searching for the intersection of articles

NoN Proposes existing solution

  • Problem: Trying to find articles that share or don't share a relationship (articles sharing category A and category B; articles linking to both article A and article B; articles using template A and template B; articles using category A, category B, but not category C; etc.).
  • Who would benefit: Those exploring/browsing wikipedia, but also those looking for inconsistencies or gaps across defined topic areas, categories, and pages without appropriately assigned topic areas/categories.
  • Proposed solution: Method to see attributes of an article and/or attributes of a second article, select/deselect these attributes, and allow the user to search for articles with similar intersections (an 'intersection' meaning containing the same selected and deselected attributes). I believe Advanced Search allows for this in some ways, but not in such a manner where it self-populates the attributes of an article for you in order to assist the user in query building further.
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Engineerchange (talk) 05:10, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

Name people without accounts "Guests"

NoN Already in progress

  • Problem: If you are not logged in, and you try to edit a page, it says that it will share your IP address. Not only is this annoying, but it is invasive for privacy.
  • Who would benefit: Anyone who is edits and does not have a account
  • Proposed solution: Name people without accounts "Guest", then a unique number. This will remove the problem as it will not share the IP addresses, and it allows moderators to track down vandalism with the number.
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: BCM28 (talk) 15:37, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • See IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation. Research has been done to investigate various methods of hiding IP addresses and their impacts, and simply identifying all IP users as “Guests” is a nightmare for all volunteers doing anti-vandalism work. The current proposal in that project is an unique and human-readable user name like “Anonymous 12345”. H78c67c (talk) 16:06, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • As H78c67c points out above, this is already in progress with IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation. I don't know that "Guest" accounts will be created, but IPs will largely be unexposed to the public. I'm going to archive this proposal the relevant work is already underway and/or in planning by another team. Thanks for participating in the survey! MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 17:58, 17 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OCR tool

NoN Already in road map for Community Tech team

Discussion

Contributions from under-resourced countries

NoN Proposes a social/policy change rather than a technical feature

  • Problem: Many countries have limited resources available to support creating and improving articles on Wikipedia, with few newspapers and the like having archives readily available online, etc.
  • Who would benefit: Any one trying to contribute from most of the world.
  • Proposed solution: After I have spent many hours crafting an article from the meagre resources available, DO NOT delete it or object to it or anything like that, just because it does not meet the extreme standards of the very few massively rich countries with infinite resources available online for free. This is why Wikipedia is so heavily biased towards content about well-resourced countries. Otherwise, it is completely pointless that I waste my time trying to improve Wikipedia. Of course, it will be fantastic if instead of complaining about the lack of references, you were to fund the Wikipedia contributors to go and seek out the needed references in the paper-based archives in countries lacking massive online archives of everything.
  • More comments:
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  • Proposer: Drackles (talk) 22:13, 26 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • Wrong venue: This is about a policy/social change, not a technical wish. ToBeFree (talk) 23:29, 29 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What is the right venue?

  • As noted above, the survey is for technical wishes. Please raise your concerns with your local community instead. Thanks, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 19:03, 2 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dark color theme

NoN Declined in a previous survey

Wikibooks project in French with dark color theme.
  • Problem: Colors of wikimedia projects are white or near white, which on long view time causes damage to eyes, and consume more energy on laptop.
  • Who would benefit: Everyone
  • Proposed solution: Add a preference to activate a dark color theme for desktop/laptop computer.
  • More comments: This preference should activate an alternative stylesheet with dark colors for every wiki elements. And colors used in pages and templates should use alpha components to appear differently on white and dark background color.
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer:  ◄ David L • talk ► 08:05, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • This was the #2 wish in the 2019 survey. We investigated and even began work, and as much as we wanted to finish it we unfortunately had to stop due to some technical challenges and conflicts with the Desktop Improvements project. You can learn more by reading our status report. This is not to say dark mode won't happen some day; I think it definitely will, but I'm afraid it won't be from Community Tech. As such I'm going to decline this proposal. Thanks for participating in the survey, MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 20:04, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

To be able to delete small sized articles

  • Problem: Whenever I move an article, old page redirects to the renamed article. And if old and new names of the page are unrelated, we have to delete the old one. It is frustrating to consult a authorized person everytime we do this. It would be good if at least extended confirmed users could delete small sized pages.
  • Who would benefit: User who don't have extensive authorities and therefore cannot delete pages.
  • Proposed solution: Users who have at least some experience should be able to delete small sized pages.
  • More comments:
  • Phabricator tickets:
  • Proposer: Visnelma (talk) 23:23, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discussion

  • Visnelma it sounds like you are requesting the existing Page Mover userright. That lets someone move a page without leaving a redirect behind. Different wikis may have different policies on it, but I believe this userright can generally be granted by admins.
    A request to "delete small pages" isn't going to be acceptable for several reasons, most notably because any page can be made "small" with a simple edit. Alsee (talk) 07:31, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @Visnelma: As Alsee mentions, English Wikipedia's 'Page Mover' user group answers the use case you describe. It can be added to your wiki by first achieving local consensus and then requesting the configuration change. Does this satisfy your wish? MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 15:25, 28 November 2020 (UTC)