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==Tagging censored Youtube videos==
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== Requested features ==
Is it possible to create a tag (like {{who}}{{cn}} etc) to mark pages with deleted Youtube videos? I have a feeling half the videos here are gone. Presuming creating a tag isn't a big job, of course. And is there a point to have this tag? Are the videos replaceable at all, or have most of them gone down the memory hole for ever? Most of them don't have a name that can be searched other places.
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* (Old) - "Export to PDF" (like [[Wikipedia]] has) could be good. I printed one of these pages once, and it came with a lot of unneeded fluff.
[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 11:17, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
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* 2019 - Property:MaybeConstitutes - Not yet implemeted, to interpret '?' in the constitutes argument
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* 2019 September - [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor VisualEditor] - To ease the learning curve or new editors -- [[User:Sirjamesgray]]
:These templates are indeed easy to make. I just made <nowiki>{{nla}}</nowiki> for this purpose, which renders as {{nla}}. It is good practice to have such a tag. It might also be helpful to know by when they were deleted. What do you think about adding a date parameter, e.g. <nowiki>{{nla|12 April 2021}}</nowiki>?
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** 2021 Jul - any news on this VisualEditor upgrade? If need be, I'd be happy to temporarily take on admin permissions to install it myself and then turn in my admin badge thereafter. -- [[User:Sirjamesgray]]
  
:: With [[Corbettreport]] deleted from [[Youtube]] there will indeed be many videos not active anymore. To look it up, you can just take the video code as we have it here: <nowiki>|code= yuC_4mGTs98</nowiki> and put that code on any YT video URL that still works, like: <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzVd7XCTu28</nowiki>. That URL is what you would use to see it on YT, which is also an URL that you can use to look it up on archive.org. Sometimes it does save the video in low quality as well, but in most of the times you can at least get the name. There are at times also longer URLs that use some stuff at the end that is not actually required, but as long as you just want to get the video name from one of the "video boxes" here, this is how it should work. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 20:12, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
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*Adding the possibility of linking to https://militarist-monitor.org/, like to Sourcewatch, Powerbase, Spartacus etc in the metadata section.[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 23:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)---
 
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: This shouldn't be hard. Are there any other recommended sites that you (or any other editors) think are worthy of this option? -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 23:17, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
:::I've found one deleted Youtube video on archive.org ([[Klaus Eberwein]]), but they can't be embedded or downloaded. But a good emergency solution to find the name of the video.
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:: I come across [http://archive.today/2021.01.08-152740/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalSecurity.org GlobalSecurity.org], which is helpful at times, just a suggestion, not entirely sure about their content -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 15:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 
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:::GlobalSecurity.org is good, has much information from the military perspective, rather grass roots.<ref>https://www.globalsecurity.org/index.html</ref> -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 00:39, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
:::What about a bit more dramatic name for the tag, such as 'deleted by Youtube', 'memory-holed by Youtube' or 'censored by Youtube'; and yes, having a date parameter is useful. [[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 23:24, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 
 
 
::::I did think of this, but {{nla}} is more inclusive, since the uploaders may have deleted the videos themselves. If you know that it was censored, I could easily add that. I'll now add a date argument. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 16:14, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 
 
 
==Social media accounts==
 
After realizing [[User:Peter]](?) was managing the Reddit and Twitter accounts, I visited the pages and discovered we aren't using them anymore? If that's correct, imho - although I do myself only very seldom post or talk on social media but do "lurk" daily - someone should be managing these accounts and promote our best articles there. Google is gonna censor us in some way soon, the business insider article hints it I believe, I've followed some of my own articles that became top 150 ranked Wikispooks articles and I suspect some of my articles "are safe" to report on, explaining their rise to top google results, while other more popular ones from Terje for example are "deranked", similar to [[ISGPs]] censorship. We can't just rely on other independent media to keep linking to our pages. Younger audiences use social media. Just look at the new Netflix documentary on TWA Flight 800, it caused a massive surge in discussions for the missile theory.
 
  
Second, "social media is toxic and our userbase/we shouldn't be using it." It is toxic if you let it intoxicate you. I'd happily take over those accounts and upload some links from time to time if this idea gains traction. --[[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 06:04, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
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* 2020 February - I have no idea what kind of work is involved to enable this, but since deletion on Youtube is getting so severe, being able to use some more video platforms would be great. Especially [[Bitchute]], which is established now in terms of capacity, security, reliability and which has a free-thought approach that is fair enough. Also to consider: [[Mike Adams]] [[Brighteon]], which is younger but much in the same direction - [[Vimeo]], since it has not the strongest monitoring and will allow HD content - also [[Dailymotion]] [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 15:53, 4 February 2020 (UTC) || "[[archive.org]]" I forgot, another viable source for video hosting [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 10:05, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
  
What about a clean break from legacy social media and go over to [[Gab]] or [https://telegram.org/ Telegram], which have so far not been affected by censorship? The Wikispooks social media offensive will need a total restart anyway (no follower base), so we might as well start from a more promising foundation.
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* <s>Can webp be enabled for picture upload? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 22:45, 13 April 2021 (UTC)</s> Done, sorry for the slow response. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 21:57, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]])---
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:Thanks. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 04:06, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
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:: It took some time, but now I tried, -> https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Jacob_Dreizin.webp , the picture is there, but 'preview' gives error message. Same on the article site, same error message appears. FI -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 23:30, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
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::: I see the problem and tried to fix it. Is it now working OK? -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:30, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
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:::: Now is good. Thanks again. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 18:50, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
  
: I'd happily support that tactic as well, although I do believe combining using legacy and "new" media can benefit us as many people probably won't visit Gab or Telegram 'cause of the enemy images about them formed by commercial media.  --[[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 20:04, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
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* February 2022 - In [[template:place]], "|locations" might be improved, where smaller places get shown in bigger ones - [[Cernobbio]] nested in [[Lombardy]] nested in [[Italy]] nested in [[Europe]]. Or "subplaces" could be shown in the bigger entity, [[Cernobbio]] nested in [[Lombardy]].
: Btw, do you have any ideas about what types of engagement we should be using on those platforms in case we would be re-opening them [[User:Terje]]? --[[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 23:41, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
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:: I see the general principle. Currently locations are a comma-separated (flat) list. Slickest of all would be to process that in a consistent way, e.g. small area, medium area, large area, but that might take a lot of work. I'll have a think... -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 19:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
  
::I agree, social media can bring recognition. But should be managed by someone who can put the time into it (maybe shared at times if too much?). It makes sense to leave all legacy now I think. Everything here makes you an untouchable anyway (look at some recent [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDbSvEZka6GGiTxrkmiU5FIZIe7vjWbUi videos at Vice] to see it is getting ever more intense). An account there can and will get nuked at some point - so not worth putting time into it.<p>Where to go? Some do avoid Gab since it's userbase is associated with the Bowers shooting, but they stand by free speech, which is good. [[Parler]] has it's issues (see the comments by GAB on the [[Parler]] page here). Telegram, if I remember correctly, was set up by the ousted CEO of VK, when the feds of Russia have taken over there. I remember something that they are using servers of Facebook (cant say if that was valid or not, could also be nonsense). VK could work, Minds too. How many social media accounts overall should be opened (maybe at least two?)? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 02:14, 1 March 2021 (UTC)  
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* Is there a way to make the internal Wikispooks search not case sensitive, or give it option to select? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 16:50, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
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:Sometimes it works (all lower case), sometimes not, I don't understand the system, searched for mp3's only one comes up while there are some more .. (?) -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 02:42, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
  
::: Hmmm good points... Interesting, so we're split on continuing legacy media, but there are concerns as to which new media to use. I planned to follow Corbett's "strategy", with an engagement difference: I wanted to lightly and playfully react to others as many companies are doing that nowadays instead of the "long/outspoken political statements" most folks get banned for. I'll take care of the 2 legacy accounts if this goes ahead so that others don't have to bother. After the concerns raised here, I'll message Robin with the additional request to open up accounts on new uncensored social media as well and get back to everyone on which, how to time-manage and use those. --[[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 04:19, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
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* Shall there be a regular site for [[Tony Gosling]]? - [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 03:31, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
  
Go for it with the new social media channels. I suspect there might be a bit of moving from service to service as the censorship intensifies, even with the new social media companies. If Robin sets up one or more accounts (Telegram?) and has the master key, it would be natural to share the posting responsibility on social media between the regular Wikispooks contributors.
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*When people search for things on Wikispooks using the "search" box, they normally need the exact spelling to get any results. This is unlike Wikipedia and Google, which will autocorrect the spelling or give them a relevant search result anyway. Many people may not be aware of this, and mistakenly think we don't have an article on that subject. I suggest adding a short caveat to that effect when people get "There were no results matching the query." - something like " Be aware that the Wikispooks search requires exact spelling. What you are looking for might still be here try again with different search words."
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[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 04:44, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
  
: How is it going? If [https://unlimitedhangout.com/community-draft/ this] is set up like a forum, it could be <s>might be a could</s> a point to start as well. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 13:57, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
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* Documents like this [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Document:Echelon_News_April_2000] are harder to read since the text spans almost the complete monitor left to right. I tend to give all documents borders as I did with some of mine already. Any input from @all? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 17:27, 28 July 2023 (UTC) 
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:: @all doesn't work so afaik I tag like this [[User:Robin]]. I think it's alright now, most web developers have this problem. Developing a site working for most people is difficult. Only thing I wanna add is mobile maybe should have priority as most readers use their phone here. But documents aren't really well viewed, so... I'm indifferent to this for the short team. I'm much more focused on my unanswered question I asked our "core group". [[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 19:42, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
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:::Now I think probably not so important, you can activate the Reader in Firefox and some other browsers, works well. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 21:50, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
  
I've set up a Telegram account https://t.me/Wikispooks - but haven't a clue on how to use it. I'll experiment the next few weeks, and keep you updated. [[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 07:58, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
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* The |ON_constitutes= parameter is hard to understand when you are new to the site. Does: "Officially termed" or "Officially" as text before makes sense? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 13:28, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
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: [[user:sunvalley]], yes, officially the SMWQ manual says
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"Many Wikispooks pages begin with an Official Narrative section. This reflects not a high degree of credibility in the official narrative, but rather the fact that: Most events have a certain number of indisputable facts which are generally (but not always) accounted for by the official narrative = The official narrative serves as a starting point for the ensuing discussion, just as an introductory "Background" section often sets the scene for articles about people by giving some basic facts" (2021 D.C Riots for example, people rioted by fighting with police and entered the building. That we saw on their own livestreams. Who initiated it and who led them with which purpose is for the "concerns" section). So in general, yes, it means how Wikipedia and/or the [[ccm]] see it = as they follow government-mandated and requested (official and official opposition) explanation. So... [[MH370]] is an "accident" per ON_CON, but a deep event in "our" cons.
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"[[Fact checking]]" is officially "journalism" or even investigative journalism, but propaganda and Orwellian language as ccm obfuscates ''the more damaging facts'' nowadays just slightly in most cases to control the narrative. So officially termed or officially does make it sense (as long as ''that'' is what the leading explanation of the concept/term/idea the ccm/wikipedia is.).
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But for now we can't really change it without changing half the SMWQ/wiki, add to that that many CCM also use the term (sometimes without the official replacing it with a subject) which means we don't really have to explain the term on the site and users are familiar, which will help the site grow. So, I'd advise to just go with "official narrative" for the time being. [[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 14:34, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
  
:We're trying to also get the old accounts, but so far I've heard nothing from [[User:Robin]] yet, and as we'd need to link all of our accounts on the main page we'd need his help as well, he did sign off on just opening new accounts in the meanwhile. So I've opened up a (new) Twitter account [https://twitter.com/SpooksWiki], a Gab account [https://gab.com/Wikispooksofficial], and a (new) Reddit account [u/WikispooksOfficial], I've communicated the passwords of all accounts to both of you. Feel free to contribute, if you wish. I'm still setting up security systems to protect the accounts but they're decently safe to use for now. --[[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 16:26, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
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=== SMWQ ===
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* <s>Quote subjects could be visible, so that editors can discover typos. Presently it is impossible to discover even big/small letter typos that make the link invalid.</s>
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: This is deliberately hidden, in order not to distract. The onus is on editors to check subjects when they add them. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 19:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
  
==Wish for a 2020 End of Year Summary==
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=== Cleaner Imports from Wikipedia===
If Robin has time and the inclination, it would be nice with a summary of what has happened on Wikispooks in 2020. Suggestions: Peter's retirement, increased or decreased traffic, increase in database size and quality, censorship and attacks, posts with most interest, which subject areas in general have more interest, Wikispooks finances, any possibility to increase database speed (on some days, like yesterday, it is so slow as to be impossible to read or edit for me), how to recruit and keep quality editors, the long term view of keeping it the site active, 'famous' writers linking to Wikispooks in articles, etc. etc.
 
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== Software ==
 
===Webp===
 
Can webp be enabled for picture upload? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 22:45, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 
 
 
==Wish for Cleaner Imports from Wikipedia==
 
 
*If references in Wikipedia were more compatible with Wikispooks, it would allow for neater and faster imports of whole paragraphs. At the moment, when importing I have to go through the references one by one to remove "{{cite web" etc, which all Wikipedia references have, to avoid the error message "Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "CSS")", which makes the whole Wikispooks page look unprofessional.
 
*If references in Wikipedia were more compatible with Wikispooks, it would allow for neater and faster imports of whole paragraphs. At the moment, when importing I have to go through the references one by one to remove "{{cite web" etc, which all Wikipedia references have, to avoid the error message "Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "CSS")", which makes the whole Wikispooks page look unprofessional.
 
[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 23:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)---
 
[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 23:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)---
 
: Do we have any mediawiki experts (extant or aspiring) who would like to look into this? I wonder whether a simple re-write of (or just a close look at) [[Template:Cite web]] might help? I do remember looking into this and failing to fathom it. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 14:18, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 
: Do we have any mediawiki experts (extant or aspiring) who would like to look into this? I wonder whether a simple re-write of (or just a close look at) [[Template:Cite web]] might help? I do remember looking into this and failing to fathom it. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 14:18, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
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Not that removing <nowiki>{{cite and }}</nowiki> from copy and pastes outta wikipedia is a huge burden or like I have any idea what the heck im talking about but i was looking here<ref>https://wikispooks.com/wiki/User:AgentTorange/common.css#common.css]</ref> and here<ref>[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css] for clues. </ref>sup d &mdash; [[User:AgentTorange#My_Key| my key]]  01:43, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
  
 
I'm technically illiterate, but I've noticed Wikipedia likes <nowiki><ref</nowiki> and <nowiki>/></nowiki> to open and close many references. If they could be accepted here equally to <nowiki><ref></nowiki> and <nowiki></ref></nowiki> it might help get rid of some of the very ugly <nowiki>Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag errors</nowiki> that are scarring this site.
 
I'm technically illiterate, but I've noticed Wikipedia likes <nowiki><ref</nowiki> and <nowiki>/></nowiki> to open and close many references. If they could be accepted here equally to <nowiki><ref></nowiki> and <nowiki></ref></nowiki> it might help get rid of some of the very ugly <nowiki>Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag errors</nowiki> that are scarring this site.
 
[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 21:20, 1 January 2021 (UTC)---
 
[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 21:20, 1 January 2021 (UTC)---
  
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===Tagging censored Youtube videos===
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Is it possible to create a tag (like {{who}}{{cn}} etc) to mark pages with deleted Youtube videos? I have a feeling half the videos here are gone. Presuming creating a tag isn't a big job, of course. And is there a point to have this tag? Are the videos replaceable at all, or have most of them gone down the memory hole for ever? Most of them don't have a name that can be searched other places.
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[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 11:17, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
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:These templates are indeed easy to make. I just made <nowiki>{{nla}}</nowiki> for this purpose, which renders as {{nla}}. It is good practice to have such a tag. It might also be helpful to know by when they were deleted. What do you think about adding a date parameter, e.g. <nowiki>{{nla|12 April 2021}}</nowiki>?
  
*Adding the possibility of linking to https://militarist-monitor.org/, like to Sourcewatch, Powerbase, Spartacus etc in the metadata section.[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 23:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)---
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:: With [[Corbettreport]] deleted from [[Youtube]] there will indeed be many videos not active anymore. To look it up, you can just take the video code as we have it here: <nowiki>|code= yuC_4mGTs98</nowiki> and put that code on any YT video URL that still works, like: <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzVd7XCTu28</nowiki>. That URL is what you would use to see it on YT, which is also an URL that you can use to look it up on archive.org. Sometimes it does save the video in low quality as well, but in most of the times you can at least get the name. There are at times also longer URLs that use some stuff at the end that is not actually required, but as long as you just want to get the video name from one of the "video boxes" here, this is how it should work. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 20:12, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
: This shouldn't be hard. Are there any other recommended sites that you (or any other editors) think are worthy of this option? -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 23:17, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 
:: I come across [http://archive.today/2021.01.08-152740/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalSecurity.org GlobalSecurity.org], which is helpful at times, just a suggestion, not entirely sure about their content -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 15:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 
  
=== Requested features ===
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:::I've found one deleted Youtube video on archive.org ([[Klaus Eberwein]]), but they can't be embedded or downloaded. But a good emergency solution to find the name of the video.  
Someday, maybe...
 
* (Old) - "Export to PDF" (like [[Wikipedia]] has) could be good. I printed one of these pages once, and it came with a lot of unneeded fluff.
 
* 2019 - Property:MaybeConstitutes - Not yet implemeted, to interpret '?' in the constitutes argument
 
* 2019 September - [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor VisualEditor] - To ease the learning curve or new editors -- [[User:Sirjamesgray]]
 
* 2020 February - I have no idea what kind of work is involved to enable this, but since deletion on Youtube is getting so severe, being able to use some more video platforms would be great. Especially Bitchute, which is established now in terms of capacity, security, reliability and which has a free-thought approach that is fair enough. Also to consider: Mike Adams Brighteon, which is younger but much in the same direction - Vimeo, since it has not the strongest monitoring and will allow HD content - also Dailymotion [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 15:53, 4 February 2020 (UTC) || "archive.org" I forgot, another viable source for video hosting [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 10:05, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
 
  
* 2021 January - the letter/text size in QB quote should be bigger IMO, like regular text would be best, readability is to bad at it's current size -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 15:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
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:::What about a bit more dramatic name for the tag, such as 'deleted by Youtube', 'memory-holed by Youtube' or 'censored by Youtube'; and yes, having a date parameter is useful. [[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 23:24, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
::Note that for quotes, [[Template:SMWQ]] is preferred due to the semantic nature. Could you point to an example page for discussion purposes? -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 17:09, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
 
  
:::The "QB quote" "box" that I mean is used with [[Keith Raniere]] for example. Sometimes it is faster like this, or it has been used throughout the text already, or SMW is not necessary. At the Keith Raniere article it could/should be used. The letter/text size can be drawn bigger (as in the rest of the article), like here: [[Karen Kwiatkowski]], but this also changes the typesetting. Getting the box drawn with the same size and typesetting would be nice. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 16:55, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
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::::I did think of this, but {{nla}} is more inclusive, since the uploaders may have deleted the videos themselves. If you know that it was censored, I could easily add that. I'll now add a date argument. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 16:14, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
  
::::I just upgraded increased this from 10px to 13px. Let me know here if you think needs further adjustment. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 13:59, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
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:::::[[User:Terje|Terje]], you can actually download videos that have been archived on archive.org with this URL combination: https://web.archive.org/web/2oe_/http://wayback-fakeurl.archive.org/yt/k1jj0mUYJ_g - replace: <u>k1jj0mUYJ_g</u> with the ID of your video and the browser should be starting the download.<ref>https://archivarix.com/en/blog/download-deleted-youtube-videos/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/bd02ja/how_to_download_a_youtube_video_successfully/</ref>
  
:::::Thanks, the text in the regular QB box is now at a very good size:
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=== Subpages ===
{{QB|Very good readability like this.}}
 
but it seems that the two other variants I use have increased in size as well:
 
{{QB|{{t|I think this is a little bigger than before.}}}}
 
{{SMWQ
 
|text=this is much bigger as before, too much imo
 
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So if your increase in text size does influence the others by default then we should summarily decide if this is good or not. SMWQ looks too big in my opinion. What are the others saying? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 23:22, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 
  
::: Ehm, I do notice it's bigger, but not annoyingly IMHO. I am working from a 4k monitor, so I guess people's experiences will differ according to their display sizes. --[[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 04:30, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
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Standardisation of subpages is good practice and should allow for integration with SMW, although this is still fairly minimal as of 2023.
:::: On a HD monitor I see the issue, it's slightly too big compared to normal text. Maybe lower it by two knows indeed. --[[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 10:38, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
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* Certain subpages are widely used, e.g. ".../Assassination", ".../Deep state", but this is not yet integrated with SMW.
 
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* There are currently two widely used systems of subsubpages:
 
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** For ambassadors: e.g. [[US/Ambassador/UK]] for the US ambassador to the UK
 
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** For ministers: e.g. [[Denmark/Minister/Environment]] for the Danish minister of the environment
* 2021 January - there is the abolition of property talk going on, but [[property]] cant be used since it's technical here, we could use the term [[wealth]], but that would be a little bit beside the point if we go from the context of the article by [[Ida Auken]] at [[WEF]], not sure what can help, or what can be a workaround -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 15:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 
 
 
=== Subpages ===
 
More standardisation might improve their utility.
 
* Integration with SMW. e.g. A fixed set of subpages which could be interpreted by software if found ".../murder", ".../perpetrators" etc.
 
 
*<s>  .../Quotes - for quotations relevant to an article, or quotes made by someone (perhaps this is</s> better in a subsection)
 
*<s>  .../Quotes - for quotations relevant to an article, or quotes made by someone (perhaps this is</s> better in a subsection)
 
*<s> The need for [[Template:SubPages]] is slightly counterintuitive, so perhaps the subpages should appear by default in the infobox?</s>
 
*<s> The need for [[Template:SubPages]] is slightly counterintuitive, so perhaps the subpages should appear by default in the infobox?</s>
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=== Known issues ===
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== Known issues ==
====2020====
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===2024===
*<s> A week or two ago I did notice that [[COVID-19/Premature death]] listed only one person, although it were three or four already (like now, 4). I did get them all listed when I was forwarded to the page ie from [[Covid-19/Premature Deaths]], but not when I went there directly via search or some link in the wiki. This took a while and then it seemed to get updated. Today I read about [[Franz Klein]] (Hamburger Dehoga-boss) and was shortly thinking about placing him, maybe in the future ... So I see the [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Issue_login_logout_3.png same issue again], but after login they [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Issue_login_logout_4.png are all there]. I have opened many tabs before login so I could go back there to take a screenshot. Similarly, the "Covid-19" main page [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Issue_login_logout_1.png before login] is missing the premature death subpage (which was there already), but [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Issue_login_logout_2.png after login] it is getting displayed again. I dont know the details, but I could think that this is due to a configuration issue that you discussed when financing came up, but if so, this would be a very long cycle to still deliver an older version of that page. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 20:52, 24 November 2020 (UTC)</s>
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[[Great Replacement]] has "|ON_constitutes=Conspiracy theory" but that does not show after the editing. FI. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 23:57, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
  
::<s> Now it all shows up when not logged in. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 13:30, 2 December 2020 (UTC)</s> - Sorted by rebuilding the SMW database
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The cert did go invalid today, so I edit via the IP. When I try to create a new article by just putting the new name into the URL bar, it redirects me to wikispooks.com, is that something that can be fixed? The same happens when an article gets saved, it redirects me to the domain again. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 00:03, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
  
* It may work differently with Java active in the browser, but without, browsing from a page that links to [[conspiracy theories]], like [[Conspiracy theory/Academic research]] does, brings you to the page [[Conspiracy Theorist]] (which says (Redirected from Conspiracy theories)) and forwards to [[Conspiracy theorist]]. Going one back to Conspiracy theories from there, however gives a different result, forwards to Conspiracy theory. In other words, there appears to be a bug that does not forward correctly when the link conspiracy theories is used. [[User:Robin|Robin]] can you confirm? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 02:54, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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===2023===
::Well spotted. This ''is'' a bug, and is not dependent on browser options. It ''may'' happen with other pages as well. I am looking into it. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 13:53, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
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<s>The |logo_caption = for groups seems to not work here -> [[Right Sector]].</s> -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 19:25, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
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: This was a template problem, now fixed. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:44, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
  
::: Please have a look at my edits that I just started with the [[Agenda 21]] export to [[Agenda 2030]]. Did I just trigger similar circumstance or am I getting it wrong? As explained I want to export to Agenda 2030, but with all tabs open I ended up with redirecting [[Agenda for Sustainable Development]] (from the [[2030]] page) to [[Agenda 2030]] first, which at the time forwarded to [[Agenda 21]]. Then changed [[Agenda 2030]] to separate article. Now I end up with [[Agenda for Sustainable Development]] going to [[Agenda 21]] straight, and one link back tells me it is [[Agenda 2030]] ..? Is it database thing that gets updated? Otherwise these redirects never had a problem and always worked immediately. thx -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 00:11, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
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<s>The Wikipedia icon on [[Charles de Gaulle]] directs to https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Wikipedia-icon.png - not Wikipedia. </s> -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 16:40, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
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: This happened due to URLs with spaces, instead of underscores. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:44, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
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::Is this the same issue? [[The Bahamas]] Wikipedia link has the underscores and is directly copied from the URL bar, but after saving still does link to the icon? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 18:00, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
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Protected pages? Have never seen this before: on [[Isaac Kappy]] "You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: This page has been protected to prevent editing or other actions." - can somebody help me out? -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 21:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
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:Above my grade.
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[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 23:33, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
  
::: Not sure if helpful but this I can give in addition: [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Cms_bug1.png Picture] looked like this at URL: https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=Agenda_for_Sustainable_Development&redirect=no  -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 00:20, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
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There should be much more [[Soldier]]s but it seems that is only linked when somebody was an 'office holder'. FI -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 23:29, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
  
:::Update: It appears that going to "conspiracy theories" or "Agenda for Sustainable Development" - blanking and then putting the redirect back in solves the issue. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 02:19, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 
  
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<s>I once noticed that pictures that have been successfully uploaded went missing, like [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:LokLauandWilliamSessionsHQ.jpeg this].</s> Another missing is this [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:File_not_found.jpg this], FI. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 14:26, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
  
* <s>It appears that |image_description=xxx does not render the text, cant get it to work here [[Foundation funding]], not working here [[Libya]] ... I may have seen it in one place but that was possibly an older page that hasn't been updated in a while.</s> -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 21:09, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
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:I can see File:LokLauandWilliamSessionsHQ.jpeg, and can also see it on the page [[Lok Lau]].
: Use {{t|{{!}}image_caption}} instead. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 11:43, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
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[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 23:37, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
  
* Page descriptions are missing in some of the [[Template:SMWDocs]] sections. i.e.
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:: I did re-upload that picture (LokLauandWilliamSessionsHQ.jpeg) .. I remember there were like three pictures missing that had been uploaded around the same time. So "LokLauandWilliamSessionsHQ.jpeg" was gone, like "File_not_found.jpg" is now. Only wanted to note here that once in a while I see a picture has gone missing. It is very few overall, or so it seems. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 22:13, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
** Examples - [[Enemy image]] -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 17:58, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 
  
====2019====
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=== 2022 ===
* Some titles of page need "," in them ideally, but this conflicts with comma as a list separator. This will probably never be fixed, since "," is so useful as a separator, but please be aware of this and ''do not use commas in titles''.
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* <s>The [[Telegram]] icon does not get displayed when the person template is used. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 15:57, 9 March 2022 (UTC)</s> - Fixed -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:35, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
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* <s>Same for [[Gab]], but I think I saw those icons once. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 17:58, 15 March 2022 (UTC)</s> - Fixed -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:35, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
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* <s>The (older) Document [[Document:The D Notice]] should show here [[DSMA-Notice]], but get's no displayed. Changing Subjects: 'D Notice' to 'DSMA-Notice' should help it I guess, but should the redirect not do the job a well - or is that connected to the database rebuild? Have noticed it in other places too. FI -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 04:06, 9 April 2022 (UTC)</s>
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* Like [[The Duran]], [[Russia Insider]] should show as "Member of: Poynter Institute/List, PropOrNot/List" but is not, Russia Insider links in Poynter and PropOrNot as [[russia-insider.com]]. If this is up to scripts that can not run all the time, still much time has passed by now. FI -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 19:50, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
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:: Hmmm, that is mysterious. Also [[LewRockwell.com]] and [[MintPress News]] are missing that accreditation, and have been for months now. I'm mystified. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 17:31, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
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*Connectivity: when I have used up my mobile data volume and am on reduced speed (64 kbit/s) many pages do not load fully, seem to be stuck at half even if there are no pictures, like 'recent edits' - FI. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 21:34, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
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* <s>With some person/templates some social media icons do not show up, twitter and facebook with [[Ayo Kimathi]], at other places too. FI. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 23:26, 25 June 2022 (UTC)</s> Could be double entry for Twitter, Facebook, etc. with one being empty. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 01:23, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
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::Yeah, by design, if there are multiple entries, only the last one counts. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 17:34, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
  
* [[Form::document]] incorrectly handles uploaded documents:- meaning that it is necessary to add {{t|File:}} after "|local=" to fix the PDF link. This is a small, but hard to diagnose problem for MW editors.
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==Questions on talk pages==
* Object pages (e.g. [[Event]], [[Person]]...) display examples, but only for the first 50. Clicking on the "next" button changes the SMW query, so that the images are displayed as text - and also, the pagename is doubled. e.g. [https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Ask&offset=100&limit=500&q=%5B%5BHas+objectClass%3A%3AEvent%5D%5D&p=format%3Dtable%2Fmainlabel%3DPage-26nbsp-3Bname&po=%3F%3DPage%26nbsp%3Bname%23%0A%3FHas+image%3DImage%0A%3FDisplay+date%3DDate%0A%3FHas+eventType%3DType%0A%3FHas+perpetrator%3DPerpetrator%0A%3FON+has+perpetrator%3DOfficial+Perpetrator%0A%3FDescription%0A&sort= See here]
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There are question on talk pages that need more urgent addressing than others, please feel free to leave a short note here:
* The {{t|coordinates}} parameter of [[Template:Event]] and [[Template:Place]] sets semantic data but does not display on the page. There is probably a useful template on [[Wikipedia]] that could be imported to fix this.
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* [[Talk:WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow]] - is J. Trudeau participant in [[Global Leaders for Tomorrow]] or [[Young Global Leaders]] program? Probably the later, but no definitive source yet. (Sunvalley, Signoff added by Jun)
* Some SVG images are not rendering here properly for unknown reasons.<ref>[[Bolivia]], [[Iraq]], [[Poison]]</ref>
 
* Sometimes the templates do not properly create page sections but display as ordinary text beginning with "==".<ref>[[Document:Fifty Years of the Deep State]]</ref>
 
* Some pages have problems with displaying references<ref>[[Edward Bernays]]</ref>
 
* Unique icons are missing from the [[year]] pages references on the coverpage -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:54, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 
 
 
Manifested by the June 2019 software upgrade:
 
* Some items have no text on the [[Main_Page|coverpage]], although they ''don't'' have {{t|titular_logo=1}}
 
* Some job icons not rendering correctly when they link to pages which exist but which have no icon. This may be connected to redirects.<ref name=GHWB>[[George_H._W._Bush]]</ref>
 
* Ratings not rendering correctly at the bottom of pages.<ref name=GHWB/>
 
* Some office holders not shown<ref>[[MI6/Chief]]</ref> -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:59, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
 
 
 
==== Fixed ====
 
* <s>The Export to RDF (e.g. https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=Special:ExportRDF/Margaret_Thatcher )  prints a space character before the "<", causing it not to display properly in some browsers (such as Firefox)</s> - Removed a stray newline from an earlier fix:-) -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 01:22, 10 January 2018 (GMT)
 
* <s>The edit dialog which comes up after using the top right button to publish and entry states "'''<nowiki>Publish to {{SITENAME}}</nowiki>'''".</s> - Fixed by editing the source file. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 02:35, 10 January 2018 (GMT)
 
* <s>The "'''Interest of'''" list has an upper limit on the #entries it will display. This doesn't affect many pages (probably only "[[Terrorism]]"), and is due to the {{t|#arraymap}} parser function in [[Template:ArrayMapBulletedList]].</s> - Fixed by adding |limit=200 to [[Template:Concept]] -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 02:16, 10 January 2018 (GMT)
 
* <s>The infoboxes are not behaving with some unusual characters.<ref>[[Jean Chrétien‎]]</ref></s> Fixed 2017-11-18 by tweaking the substring extension to use multibyte functions. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 16:24, 18 November 2017 (GMT)
 
* <s>Some government employment names are common between different countries<ref>[[Secretary of State for Defence]]</ref></s> - Best practice here is to prefix the ambiguous jobs with "{{t|CountryName/}}" to make them unique.
 
* <s>Some pages sometimes do not display an infobox, but instead report "'''Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".'''" - this tend to be those people with several jobs, (e.g. [[Dominik Suter]]) so it is suspected to be a resource limitation.</s>
 
 
 
* <s>Icons not displaying correctly on the [[Main_Page|coverpage]]</s>
 
* <s>Junk text when [[Display properties]] are set.</s>
 
* Ratings:
 
** <s>The "highly rated" tab of [[Main_Page|coverpage]] is empty</s>
 
** <s>Ratings not rendering correctly at top of infoboxes</s><ref name=GHWB/>
 
  
 
== Design ==
 
== Design ==
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=== Space usage ===
 
=== Space usage ===
 
* Some of the labels in the infoboxes still appear as plural even if the matching data is singular.{{which}}
 
* Some of the labels in the infoboxes still appear as plural even if the matching data is singular.{{which}}
* Some of the labels in the infoboxes might benefit from reordering.
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* Some of the labels in the infoboxes might benefit from reordering.{{which}}
 
 
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Rating and stubs cover this
 
 
 
=== Article status symbols ===
 
Wikispooks is very uneven in coverage - certain topics are well covered, others of major significance are stub class, or completely missing. This state of affairs is likely to remain so in the future, so how about some system of helping visitors quickly locate good content - i.e. a system of grading articles, or just marking out the most complete?
 
: That would be useful. Enhancement/development to the existing [[Template:Stub]] is probably the way to go. --[[User:Peter|Peter P]] ([[User talk:Peter|talk]]) 15:11, 25 September 2014 (IST)
 
:: I imagined something like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Featured_content Portal:Featured_content]. [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 05:02, 28 September 2014 (IST)-->
 
{{SMWDocs}}
 
 
 
  
 
== Community Portal discussion ==
 
== Community Portal discussion ==
 
 
IMO, this community portal is set up all wrong.
 
IMO, this community portal is set up all wrong.
  
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The large icons list and the second short list are confusing.  IMO, small icons in a vertical list would be good enough.  But the categories and the page seem to be very different creatures.  This is very confusing and may need clarification/cleaning/unifying - or more discussion on how to best present the content and rework thereafter as necessary.
 
The large icons list and the second short list are confusing.  IMO, small icons in a vertical list would be good enough.  But the categories and the page seem to be very different creatures.  This is very confusing and may need clarification/cleaning/unifying - or more discussion on how to best present the content and rework thereafter as necessary.
 
I'm not really clear on what "Projects" means.  It seems to mean "priorities" or "goals" and is very close to "To Do" which seems to be more about "maintenance", but not quite "webmaster administration".  Generally projects could mean so much more too.  Distinctions with a difference.
 
 
Part of my confusion is that, on a personal level, I consider the "[[Eric Ciaramella]]" page to be an active "project" that needs more clarity, sources, information, etc.  (Maybe "Projects" and "To Do" could be merged and simplified with a "Priority" status added.  Or not.)  I also intend to bring some projects to Wikispooks to open up from being just my own to a collective effort.  Maybe those "projects" will need a different term.
 
  
 
And now I've discovered this discussion page.
 
And now I've discovered this discussion page.
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I don't mean to shit on Wikispooks.  I'm just offering my first impressions.  Maybe they can be addressed in time, no rush, or considered and solved in other ways.  ~ '''<font face="Arial">[[User:JasonCarswell|<font color="black">JasonCarswell</font>]] <small>[[User talk:JasonCarswell|<font color="gray">(talk)</font>]]</small></font>''' 23:02, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 
I don't mean to shit on Wikispooks.  I'm just offering my first impressions.  Maybe they can be addressed in time, no rush, or considered and solved in other ways.  ~ '''<font face="Arial">[[User:JasonCarswell|<font color="black">JasonCarswell</font>]] <small>[[User talk:JasonCarswell|<font color="gray">(talk)</font>]]</small></font>''' 23:02, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
  
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== Wikispooks mentions ==
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I think this is probably worth putting into a page of its own, since the sort of people who cite this site are likely of interest to readers. [[User:Tony Gosling]] is a UK journalist who mentions Wikispooks sometimes on his weekly "Not TheBCFM politics show".<ref>http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/109882</ref>
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Swiss Policy Research mentioned our Young Global Leaders in a piece on the [[World Economic Forum]] and COVID<ref>https://swprs.org/the-wef-and-the-pandemic/</ref>
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Just FYI, "''famous writers linking to Wikispooks in articles''", Vanessa Beeley reads the Bio of [[Lucy Morgan Edwards]] from Wikispooks [https://newcoldwar.org/lucy-morgan-edwards-afghanistan-in-turmoil-the-role-of-mi6-and-cia-past-and-present/ here]. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 19:00, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
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I do actually catch myself hovering over the links when reading independent media, Wikispooks gets used every now and again. Rainer Rupp at the newly rebranded KenFM  did one recently [https://apolut.net/11-september-20-jahre-spaeter-von-rainer-rupp/ on 911], which made the statistics here boom.
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As mentioned, I like to hover over references in other people's articles - today one in Consortium news - ([[Ford Foundation]] and the CIA)<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/18/patrick-lawrence-psyops/</ref>
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[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 00:20, 13 September 2021 (UTC)---
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::Beside the mention in the show on [[Elon Musk]], there was also [https://odysee.com/@corbettreport:0/Solutions-Watch---How-to-Research-People---Organizations-(1280x720):2 Wikispooks and LittleSis - #SolutionsWatch] on the 12th October.-- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 21:53, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
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Does anybody see similar things? -> [https://wikispooks.com/w/images/b/b9/Microsoft_Flight_simulator_Copilot.webp] -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 21:46, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
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:Microsoft AI will presumably remove us as a possible reference at some time in the future. The start of lenient, then tighten censorship as they become more popular.
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[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 23:33, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
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==General info==
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From the current [[Marc Dutroux]] article: "As of August 2019, Wikipedia had a Mark Dutroux page, but did not have a separate page for the affair." - Because I see this argument here and there on WS .. My understanding is, that WP standard is, that if a person is only known for what he/she has done (in connection to an event), then there would not be a separate page for that person, but only a section on the page of the "event". Why it is the other way around for M. Dutroux I can't tell. FI -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 15:08, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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:The [[Standardisation]] page doesn't have a section on this, but probably should have; [[mid-level deep events]] deserve a separate page from those of the people involved. There is "[[Epstein Affair]]" and "[[Dutroux Affair]]", and maybe others. A subpage ''might'' help navigation, e.g. [[Marc Dutroux/Affair]], but ties the event perhaps a bit too closely to that one person. What other examples are there? -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 19:10, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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::What I mean is, that here on WS, sometimes there is the remark that an "event" on Wikipedia does not have a separate page for people involved, especially the perpetrator. In this case, there is the remark (here on WS) that there is a page for M. Dutroux on Wikipedia, but not for the affair. Only wanted to mention that Wikipedia standard, as I understand, is, that when there is a page for the event, and in case the perpetrator is only known for this event, then there is no extra page for him, only a section (like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings here]). ''Just to clarify why Wikipedia does often not have pages for people that would be relevant in our view here.'' As for Wikipedia in that case, could well be that there is no affair by their view, just a murderer and rapist. So just the page for him .. there might be something about the reasoning in archived discussion but haven't looked. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 20:07, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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:::Wikipedia plays fast and loose to try to minimise the space available for certain material, as if space were at a premium. Here the SMW encourages clear distinctions between people, events, groups etc. So for the events we have, there should be more pages than Wikipedia. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:42, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
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This page is hard to read/navigate, and I agree with [[User:JasonCarswell|Jason Carswell]] that the structure is not helping discussion. I would, if nobody minds, little by little, move older stuff to new sub-sites, try to get a section at which current discussions can take place and keep relevant info from "archived discussions" on the main page. -- [[User:Sunvalley|Sunvalley]] ([[User talk:Sunvalley|talk]]) 15:08, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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:I agree, this page is a shambles, and needs taking in hand. It could definitely do with some organising/archiving of the old discussions. At least. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 19:10, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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== Global Research ==
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I slightly edited the [[Bilderberg 2021]] article and one other for website readability and submitted them to [[Global Research]] just now, asking to have them published under the byline "Wikispooks".
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09:05, 27 February 2022 (UTC)--- (Terje, sign off added by Jun)
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== Site promotion ==
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To repeat my previous e-mails to most active users last winter. Last month, we've increased traffic to the site. 2022 has been a good year so far. One of the increasingly good strategies is increasing methods of finding us. Our [[WEF]] page is a great example. I've been busy last month trying to analyse new examples, and some such as Patrick Lancaster and Twitter have been successfully in helping me somewhat understanding social media trends. I request the WP editors to keep the pwiki stats in mind and please be wiling to check it while editing, to see if there's a page that popular, and to expand that one with priority, like some have been dong. Please try to place specific attention to articles that could tap into a new source, how mainstream or obscure it looks like. [[Patrick Lancaster]] has been a most visited page for over 2 months now, because nobody has a bio on him except us, so we appear at the top in google search images (tap wood). [[Danny Jowenko]] was trending and his page was linked on twitter and we got 1000 pageviews for him in 48 hours alone.
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So, to summarize.
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# Please try to check the https://wikispooks.com/piwik/index.php page (click on, actions, pages and wiki) and try to add to popular articles first.
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# Try to link these articles on social media (you ''can'' use the official accounts linked in the sidebar or that I e-mailed most users, if not send me a mail). Add or follow popular social media "allies" or likely to promote us social media users. I'm also here to help in case someone isn't keen but likes the idea, as I have prioritized increasing traffic myself. --[[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 00:10, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
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::: That trending didn't peak yet. I read 1122 visits to [[Danny Jowenko]] in the last 24 hours! Good effort. In the short term, improving high traffic pages is highly recommended. I also look at high bounce rate pages and try to work out "What is wrong with this page?" That more of a long term project to learn what makes a good pages. ''Images'' are another aspect worth prioritising, if the spirit moves -- especially where the text is good but lacking in images. -- [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:28, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
  
== Wikispooks talk:Projects discussion relocated here ==
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::::My 2¢. More than half the visitors to Wikispooks are US-Americans, so current items from the US should in principle be strategically prioritized. Of course most editors here have an international background with broader areas of interests, so it is a matter of how much time and effort is available.
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06:55, 21 May 2022 (UTC)---
  
I didn't want to take the liberty of saying what Wikispooks should or should not do until I get more acclimated. But I have a few ideas nonetheless.
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== Gathering all pages with discussion/comments ==
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At the moment it is really hopeless to keep track of internal Wikispooks conversations, comments etc. An idea would be to make a single meta-page listing all pages with "discussion", in chronological order by last comment.
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[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 02:08, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
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Recent changes > Click "namespaces", only toggle on "talk" and "days" to choose a timespan (up to 30 days)
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Alt options are, user talk, wikispooks talk, file talk etc. Internal WS Convo's should be clarified in this aspect. As long as I know what I want to search, I can always find it, if, it happened within 30 days. The single meta-page is listed in recent changes. [[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 13:23, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
  
I alphabetized the [[Wikispooks:Projects]] sections on the page (and made a couple minor grammar and punctuation adjustments).  I saw no evidence that any were a priority above the others.  There's no great reason to do this other than it might help a bit, and it might also make it more inviting to add more sections for more content needing attention, if necessary.
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Thanks Jun, I've bookmarked it now.
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[[User:Terje|Terje]] ([[User talk:Terje|talk]]) 04:44, 16 October 2022 (UTC)---
  
The PropOrNot/List was history to be sure.  But is it a priority?  "Reporting cases of censorship, particularly on the internet" could be a much larger expansion with many primary sections, ie: Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc. as well as their funding sources: PayPal, Patreon, etc. Those lists must be huge.  That's not even counting the "foreign agents" thing - like how RT News is called.
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==ToDo==
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Some documents have very long list of authors, which takes much space on other pages when linked via SMW, a fix is to move authors out and put them at the end of the document and once in a while check if a name has turned blue. These are documents to check up upon:
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*https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Document:F-16_for_Ukraine_-_An_open_letter_to_Joseph_Biden
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*https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Document:Uniting_Behind_A_People%E2%80%99s_Vaccine_Against_COVID-19
  
It may be worth adding to the Whistleblowers ''Suggested improvements for this project include:'' something like "the pros and cons" and "follow up". On one hand listing the cons of whistleblowers might frighten many - but it may also warn them of things to avoid. Also listing pros is good - for example they might have saved millions of lives.  And follow up, IMO, is important to help publicize problems whistleblowers may be facing - and may even be helped with.  It's also necessary to recognize heroes, etc.
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==Info==
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If you understand spoken German, this is highly interesting with respect to [[MH17]] / [[MH370]]:
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQxxvdzHO38 Flug MH370 - Die Geheimdienstspur (Wolfgang Eggert) COMPACT Live]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1maE_wJVm7M Die MH17-Falle - Wolfgang Eggert bei COMPACT Live]
  
I would like to see one more addition in particular, assuming it's cool with the Wikispooks people. I'd like to see a little "Wikispooks Community" section that lists things that exist and to do in order to build the WS community, including centralized information, centralized hangouts (ie. https://SaidIt.net/s/Wikispooks), etc.
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==Gifs==
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[[User:Terje]], [[User:Sunvalley]], [[:User:UKpeacelibertyfreedom]] [[User:Suresh]], [[User:Urban]], a good (and really needed the fund the site) way to increase traffic would be using .gifs. (like the increase of videos we agreed to. Wikimedia supports it, I've tested it. Just make sure not to make them larger than 300px. Have fun adding as much .gifs to pages as you like. [[User:Jun|Jun]] ([[User talk:Jun|talk]]) 05:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
  
If this discussion should be in a better place (ie. A centralized Wikispooks community Tea Room or something) please feel free to copypasta move (and delete) this post there and please ping notify me.  ~ '''<font face="Arial">[[User:JasonCarswell|<font color="black">JasonCarswell</font>]] <small>[[User talk:JasonCarswell|<font color="gray">(talk)</font>]]</small></font>''' 22:04, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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[[Category:Wikispooks]]

Latest revision as of 00:04, 15 February 2024

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Welcome to the Wikispooks Community discussion page.
This is the place for Wikispooks discussions which relate to the site as a whole, rather than just particular pages.
All Wikispooks editors are encouraged to contribute thoughts relevant to developing the software and community behind the Wikispooks project.
Archived discussions of this page.

Requested features

  • (Old) - "Export to PDF" (like Wikipedia has) could be good. I printed one of these pages once, and it came with a lot of unneeded fluff.
  • 2019 - Property:MaybeConstitutes - Not yet implemeted, to interpret '?' in the constitutes argument
  • 2019 September - VisualEditor - To ease the learning curve or new editors -- User:Sirjamesgray
    • 2021 Jul - any news on this VisualEditor upgrade? If need be, I'd be happy to temporarily take on admin permissions to install it myself and then turn in my admin badge thereafter. -- User:Sirjamesgray
This shouldn't be hard. Are there any other recommended sites that you (or any other editors) think are worthy of this option? -- Robin (talk) 23:17, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
I come across GlobalSecurity.org, which is helpful at times, just a suggestion, not entirely sure about their content -- Sunvalley (talk) 15:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
GlobalSecurity.org is good, has much information from the military perspective, rather grass roots.[1] -- Sunvalley (talk) 00:39, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
  • 2020 February - I have no idea what kind of work is involved to enable this, but since deletion on Youtube is getting so severe, being able to use some more video platforms would be great. Especially Bitchute, which is established now in terms of capacity, security, reliability and which has a free-thought approach that is fair enough. Also to consider: Mike Adams Brighteon, which is younger but much in the same direction - Vimeo, since it has not the strongest monitoring and will allow HD content - also Dailymotion Sunvalley (talk) 15:53, 4 February 2020 (UTC) || "archive.org" I forgot, another viable source for video hosting Sunvalley (talk) 10:05, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
  • Can webp be enabled for picture upload? -- Sunvalley (talk) 22:45, 13 April 2021 (UTC) Done, sorry for the slow response. -- Robin (talk) 21:57, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. -- Sunvalley (talk) 04:06, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
It took some time, but now I tried, -> https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Jacob_Dreizin.webp , the picture is there, but 'preview' gives error message. Same on the article site, same error message appears. FI -- Sunvalley (talk) 23:30, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
I see the problem and tried to fix it. Is it now working OK? -- Robin (talk) 18:30, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Now is good. Thanks again. -- Sunvalley (talk) 18:50, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
I see the general principle. Currently locations are a comma-separated (flat) list. Slickest of all would be to process that in a consistent way, e.g. small area, medium area, large area, but that might take a lot of work. I'll have a think... -- Robin (talk) 19:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
  • Is there a way to make the internal Wikispooks search not case sensitive, or give it option to select? -- Sunvalley (talk) 16:50, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
Sometimes it works (all lower case), sometimes not, I don't understand the system, searched for mp3's only one comes up while there are some more .. (?) -- Sunvalley (talk) 02:42, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
  • When people search for things on Wikispooks using the "search" box, they normally need the exact spelling to get any results. This is unlike Wikipedia and Google, which will autocorrect the spelling or give them a relevant search result anyway. Many people may not be aware of this, and mistakenly think we don't have an article on that subject. I suggest adding a short caveat to that effect when people get "There were no results matching the query." - something like " Be aware that the Wikispooks search requires exact spelling. What you are looking for might still be here try again with different search words."

Terje (talk) 04:44, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

  • Documents like this [2] are harder to read since the text spans almost the complete monitor left to right. I tend to give all documents borders as I did with some of mine already. Any input from @all? -- Sunvalley (talk) 17:27, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
@all doesn't work so afaik I tag like this User:Robin. I think it's alright now, most web developers have this problem. Developing a site working for most people is difficult. Only thing I wanna add is mobile maybe should have priority as most readers use their phone here. But documents aren't really well viewed, so... I'm indifferent to this for the short team. I'm much more focused on my unanswered question I asked our "core group". Jun (talk) 19:42, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
Now I think probably not so important, you can activate the Reader in Firefox and some other browsers, works well. -- Sunvalley (talk) 21:50, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
  • The |ON_constitutes= parameter is hard to understand when you are new to the site. Does: "Officially termed" or "Officially" as text before makes sense? -- Sunvalley (talk) 13:28, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
user:sunvalley, yes, officially the SMWQ manual says

"Many Wikispooks pages begin with an Official Narrative section. This reflects not a high degree of credibility in the official narrative, but rather the fact that: Most events have a certain number of indisputable facts which are generally (but not always) accounted for by the official narrative = The official narrative serves as a starting point for the ensuing discussion, just as an introductory "Background" section often sets the scene for articles about people by giving some basic facts" (2021 D.C Riots for example, people rioted by fighting with police and entered the building. That we saw on their own livestreams. Who initiated it and who led them with which purpose is for the "concerns" section). So in general, yes, it means how Wikipedia and/or the ccm see it = as they follow government-mandated and requested (official and official opposition) explanation. So... MH370 is an "accident" per ON_CON, but a deep event in "our" cons. "Fact checking" is officially "journalism" or even investigative journalism, but propaganda and Orwellian language as ccm obfuscates the more damaging facts nowadays just slightly in most cases to control the narrative. So officially termed or officially does make it sense (as long as that is what the leading explanation of the concept/term/idea the ccm/wikipedia is.). But for now we can't really change it without changing half the SMWQ/wiki, add to that that many CCM also use the term (sometimes without the official replacing it with a subject) which means we don't really have to explain the term on the site and users are familiar, which will help the site grow. So, I'd advise to just go with "official narrative" for the time being. Jun (talk) 14:34, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

SMWQ

  • Quote subjects could be visible, so that editors can discover typos. Presently it is impossible to discover even big/small letter typos that make the link invalid.
This is deliberately hidden, in order not to distract. The onus is on editors to check subjects when they add them. -- Robin (talk) 19:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Cleaner Imports from Wikipedia

  • If references in Wikipedia were more compatible with Wikispooks, it would allow for neater and faster imports of whole paragraphs. At the moment, when importing I have to go through the references one by one to remove "{{cite web" etc, which all Wikipedia references have, to avoid the error message "Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "CSS")", which makes the whole Wikispooks page look unprofessional.

Terje (talk) 23:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)---

Do we have any mediawiki experts (extant or aspiring) who would like to look into this? I wonder whether a simple re-write of (or just a close look at) Template:Cite web might help? I do remember looking into this and failing to fathom it. -- Robin (talk) 14:18, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Not that removing {{cite and }} from copy and pastes outta wikipedia is a huge burden or like I have any idea what the heck im talking about but i was looking here[2] and here[3]sup d — my key 01:43, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

I'm technically illiterate, but I've noticed Wikipedia likes <ref and /> to open and close many references. If they could be accepted here equally to <ref> and </ref> it might help get rid of some of the very ugly Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag errors that are scarring this site. Terje (talk) 21:20, 1 January 2021 (UTC)---

Tagging censored Youtube videos

Is it possible to create a tag (like [Who?][citation needed] etc) to mark pages with deleted Youtube videos? I have a feeling half the videos here are gone. Presuming creating a tag isn't a big job, of course. And is there a point to have this tag? Are the videos replaceable at all, or have most of them gone down the memory hole for ever? Most of them don't have a name that can be searched other places. Terje (talk) 11:17, 12 April 2021 (UTC) <

These templates are indeed easy to make. I just made {{nla}} for this purpose, which renders as [No longer available]. It is good practice to have such a tag. It might also be helpful to know by when they were deleted. What do you think about adding a date parameter, e.g. {{nla|12 April 2021}}?
With Corbettreport deleted from Youtube there will indeed be many videos not active anymore. To look it up, you can just take the video code as we have it here: |code= yuC_4mGTs98 and put that code on any YT video URL that still works, like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzVd7XCTu28. That URL is what you would use to see it on YT, which is also an URL that you can use to look it up on archive.org. Sometimes it does save the video in low quality as well, but in most of the times you can at least get the name. There are at times also longer URLs that use some stuff at the end that is not actually required, but as long as you just want to get the video name from one of the "video boxes" here, this is how it should work. -- Sunvalley (talk) 20:12, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
I've found one deleted Youtube video on archive.org (Klaus Eberwein), but they can't be embedded or downloaded. But a good emergency solution to find the name of the video.
What about a bit more dramatic name for the tag, such as 'deleted by Youtube', 'memory-holed by Youtube' or 'censored by Youtube'; and yes, having a date parameter is useful. Terje (talk) 23:24, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
I did think of this, but [No longer available] is more inclusive, since the uploaders may have deleted the videos themselves. If you know that it was censored, I could easily add that. I'll now add a date argument. -- Robin (talk) 16:14, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Terje, you can actually download videos that have been archived on archive.org with this URL combination: https://web.archive.org/web/2oe_/http://wayback-fakeurl.archive.org/yt/k1jj0mUYJ_g - replace: k1jj0mUYJ_g with the ID of your video and the browser should be starting the download.[4][5]

Subpages

Standardisation of subpages is good practice and should allow for integration with SMW, although this is still fairly minimal as of 2023.

  • Certain subpages are widely used, e.g. ".../Assassination", ".../Deep state", but this is not yet integrated with SMW.
  • There are currently two widely used systems of subsubpages:
  • .../Quotes - for quotations relevant to an article, or quotes made by someone (perhaps this is better in a subsection)
  • The need for Template:SubPages is slightly counterintuitive, so perhaps the subpages should appear by default in the infobox?
    • My main concern is that sub-pages should always have an obvious link to them on their parent pages. I was thrown by the David Kelly one for a while this morning. I'm not fussed about exactly how it is achieved, hence my installation of the subPages extension when I was having problems with the issue a while back --Peter P (talk) 11:19, 21 September 2014 (IST) Sep. 2014 - Infoboxes now display a list of subpages.

Documents

Template:Video, Template:YouTubeVideo, Template:Image and Template:Document fulfill analagous functions, but have different usage patterns and evolved separately.

  • The semantic objects produced should be standardised for compatibility
  • Some thought about transcripts/translations is in order

Timelines

The following developments are to be expected:

  1. Timeline pagenames will be standardised. i.e. Parent Event/Timeline
  2. All 'timeline events' should be upgrade to use the normal Template:Event ✓ July 2015 - All timelines were upgraded to integrate with SMW
  3. The earlier image strip has been replaced by a list of text links, which should be replaced in due course with a set of image links
  4. The timeline should automatically read data from the parent event
  5. All the hardcoded categories and forms should be replaced by dynamically generated ones
  6. No separate page for the two different timeline formats - they should be shown on a single page in a tabstrip
  7. A large proportion of the old events need upgrading since they are mostly little more than a label.

Semantic Mediawiki

All pages now have input from SMW. You do not need to know how to program SMW to use it, or to help develop it by suggesting new ways it could be used. Beginners to SMW should note that being precise is very important for it to work properly, so apparently small points from a human perspective can be of great importance from the point of view of SMW. If it's not working as expected, check syntax such as capitalization and singular/plural etc.

Upgrades

Ways to improve how SMW is currently implemented.

  • The "|perpetrators" field for events is too simplistic, since it doesn't distinguish, for example, the 'hired guns' from those who do the hiring.
  • The "|membership" field for groups is too simplistic, since it doesn't allow for dates and grades of membership (e.g. 'chairman')
  • Quotations by one person could appear on the page of whoever made them (or pointers to them) - Implemented in Template:SMWQ
  • ...

Known issues

2024

Great Replacement has "|ON_constitutes=Conspiracy theory" but that does not show after the editing. FI. -- Sunvalley (talk) 23:57, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

The cert did go invalid today, so I edit via the IP. When I try to create a new article by just putting the new name into the URL bar, it redirects me to wikispooks.com, is that something that can be fixed? The same happens when an article gets saved, it redirects me to the domain again. -- Sunvalley (talk) 00:03, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

2023

The |logo_caption = for groups seems to not work here -> Right Sector. -- Sunvalley (talk) 19:25, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

This was a template problem, now fixed. -- Robin (talk) 18:44, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

The Wikipedia icon on Charles de Gaulle directs to https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Wikipedia-icon.png - not Wikipedia. -- Sunvalley (talk) 16:40, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

This happened due to URLs with spaces, instead of underscores. -- Robin (talk) 18:44, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
Is this the same issue? The Bahamas Wikipedia link has the underscores and is directly copied from the URL bar, but after saving still does link to the icon? -- Sunvalley (talk) 18:00, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Protected pages? Have never seen this before: on Isaac Kappy "You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: This page has been protected to prevent editing or other actions." - can somebody help me out? -- Sunvalley (talk) 21:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Above my grade.

Terje (talk) 23:33, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

There should be much more Soldiers but it seems that is only linked when somebody was an 'office holder'. FI -- Sunvalley (talk) 23:29, 15 June 2023 (UTC)


I once noticed that pictures that have been successfully uploaded went missing, like this. Another missing is this this, FI. -- Sunvalley (talk) 14:26, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

I can see File:LokLauandWilliamSessionsHQ.jpeg, and can also see it on the page Lok Lau.

Terje (talk) 23:37, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

I did re-upload that picture (LokLauandWilliamSessionsHQ.jpeg) .. I remember there were like three pictures missing that had been uploaded around the same time. So "LokLauandWilliamSessionsHQ.jpeg" was gone, like "File_not_found.jpg" is now. Only wanted to note here that once in a while I see a picture has gone missing. It is very few overall, or so it seems. -- Sunvalley (talk) 22:13, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

2022

  • The Telegram icon does not get displayed when the person template is used. -- Sunvalley (talk) 15:57, 9 March 2022 (UTC) - Fixed -- Robin (talk) 18:35, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Same for Gab, but I think I saw those icons once. -- Sunvalley (talk) 17:58, 15 March 2022 (UTC) - Fixed -- Robin (talk) 18:35, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
  • The (older) Document Document:The D Notice should show here DSMA-Notice, but get's no displayed. Changing Subjects: 'D Notice' to 'DSMA-Notice' should help it I guess, but should the redirect not do the job a well - or is that connected to the database rebuild? Have noticed it in other places too. FI -- Sunvalley (talk) 04:06, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Like The Duran, Russia Insider should show as "Member of: Poynter Institute/List, PropOrNot/List" but is not, Russia Insider links in Poynter and PropOrNot as russia-insider.com. If this is up to scripts that can not run all the time, still much time has passed by now. FI -- Sunvalley (talk) 19:50, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
Hmmm, that is mysterious. Also LewRockwell.com and MintPress News are missing that accreditation, and have been for months now. I'm mystified. -- Robin (talk) 17:31, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
  • Connectivity: when I have used up my mobile data volume and am on reduced speed (64 kbit/s) many pages do not load fully, seem to be stuck at half even if there are no pictures, like 'recent edits' - FI. -- Sunvalley (talk) 21:34, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
  • With some person/templates some social media icons do not show up, twitter and facebook with Ayo Kimathi, at other places too. FI. -- Sunvalley (talk) 23:26, 25 June 2022 (UTC) Could be double entry for Twitter, Facebook, etc. with one being empty. -- Sunvalley (talk) 01:23, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, by design, if there are multiple entries, only the last one counts. -- Robin (talk) 17:34, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Questions on talk pages

There are question on talk pages that need more urgent addressing than others, please feel free to leave a short note here:

Design

The design intended to be fairly staid but functional as befits an encylopaedia.

Space usage

  • Some of the labels in the infoboxes still appear as plural even if the matching data is singular.[Which?]
  • Some of the labels in the infoboxes might benefit from reordering.[Which?]

Community Portal discussion

IMO, this community portal is set up all wrong.

Firstly, it does not convey community. The utility is good (could be improved) but the community aspect needs promotion, and maybe a nice image for collective achievement.

The Wikispooks:Community portal page is not editable. I wanted to alphabetize it and update from 5 to 6 the Wikispooks:Projects list - which IMO Projects should be added to this other "Wikispooks Categories" list and maybe copied to the left margin menu:

  • About Wikispooks
  • Help
  • Semantic Mediawiki
  • Wikispooks Policy
  • Wikispooks Technical
  • Wikispooks To Do

Maybe add "Wikispooks SaidIt" below "Wikispooks Twitter" and "Wikispooks Reddit" in the left margin, under "Misc" or a new "Social Media".

Maybe make that "Wikispooks Categories" list into a template to add on Wikispooks:Projects somewhere, and elsewhere where appropriate.

The large icons list and the second short list are confusing. IMO, small icons in a vertical list would be good enough. But the categories and the page seem to be very different creatures. This is very confusing and may need clarification/cleaning/unifying - or more discussion on how to best present the content and rework thereafter as necessary.

And now I've discovered this discussion page.

First, IMO, this whole discussion page should be moved to the main page below an appropriate header (maybe in a locked template) - then this discussion page can be deleted/locked. Sadly, many/most people don't even look in the talk pages. In this way it puts this community discussion front and center. Resultant goal: Easy access to community discussion. Perhaps in the future community divisions may be necessary. Presently this "Wikispooks talk:Community portal" seems more like another To Do list. Maybe all the To Do lists need to be consolidated, or not. Maybe there need to be several community discussions on different aspects of Wikispooks - the admin, the maintenance, the to do, the topics, the projects, the content, the design, etc. But until there is an overflow, it seems like one discussion might be enough, for now.

Second, I haven't even read this page yet.

Third, I'm shocked at how short it is. This is evidence that this "community" needs help. Or maybe it doesn't. While I'm not surprised it exists, I wasn't aware of the Wikispooks presence on Twitter and Reddit. (Now on SaidIt.net too.) Maybe there are other forums where people discuss things. I know there's an email list that I have to catch up on too. While all of that is good, this seems like the most logical centralized place to start for community to check in. All the other social media, etc can be linked to in a dedicated header or sidebox list.

I don't mean to shit on Wikispooks. I'm just offering my first impressions. Maybe they can be addressed in time, no rush, or considered and solved in other ways. ~ JasonCarswell (talk) 23:02, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Wikispooks mentions

I think this is probably worth putting into a page of its own, since the sort of people who cite this site are likely of interest to readers. User:Tony Gosling is a UK journalist who mentions Wikispooks sometimes on his weekly "Not TheBCFM politics show".[6]

Swiss Policy Research mentioned our Young Global Leaders in a piece on the World Economic Forum and COVID[7]

Just FYI, "famous writers linking to Wikispooks in articles", Vanessa Beeley reads the Bio of Lucy Morgan Edwards from Wikispooks here. -- Sunvalley (talk) 19:00, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

I do actually catch myself hovering over the links when reading independent media, Wikispooks gets used every now and again. Rainer Rupp at the newly rebranded KenFM did one recently on 911, which made the statistics here boom.

As mentioned, I like to hover over references in other people's articles - today one in Consortium news - (Ford Foundation and the CIA)[8] Terje (talk) 00:20, 13 September 2021 (UTC)---

Beside the mention in the show on Elon Musk, there was also Wikispooks and LittleSis - #SolutionsWatch on the 12th October.-- Sunvalley (talk) 21:53, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Does anybody see similar things? -> [3] -- Sunvalley (talk) 21:46, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Microsoft AI will presumably remove us as a possible reference at some time in the future. The start of lenient, then tighten censorship as they become more popular.

Terje (talk) 23:33, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

General info

From the current Marc Dutroux article: "As of August 2019, Wikipedia had a Mark Dutroux page, but did not have a separate page for the affair." - Because I see this argument here and there on WS .. My understanding is, that WP standard is, that if a person is only known for what he/she has done (in connection to an event), then there would not be a separate page for that person, but only a section on the page of the "event". Why it is the other way around for M. Dutroux I can't tell. FI -- Sunvalley (talk) 15:08, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

The Standardisation page doesn't have a section on this, but probably should have; mid-level deep events deserve a separate page from those of the people involved. There is "Epstein Affair" and "Dutroux Affair", and maybe others. A subpage might help navigation, e.g. Marc Dutroux/Affair, but ties the event perhaps a bit too closely to that one person. What other examples are there? -- Robin (talk) 19:10, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
What I mean is, that here on WS, sometimes there is the remark that an "event" on Wikipedia does not have a separate page for people involved, especially the perpetrator. In this case, there is the remark (here on WS) that there is a page for M. Dutroux on Wikipedia, but not for the affair. Only wanted to mention that Wikipedia standard, as I understand, is, that when there is a page for the event, and in case the perpetrator is only known for this event, then there is no extra page for him, only a section (like here). Just to clarify why Wikipedia does often not have pages for people that would be relevant in our view here. As for Wikipedia in that case, could well be that there is no affair by their view, just a murderer and rapist. So just the page for him .. there might be something about the reasoning in archived discussion but haven't looked. -- Sunvalley (talk) 20:07, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia plays fast and loose to try to minimise the space available for certain material, as if space were at a premium. Here the SMW encourages clear distinctions between people, events, groups etc. So for the events we have, there should be more pages than Wikipedia. -- Robin (talk) 18:42, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

This page is hard to read/navigate, and I agree with Jason Carswell that the structure is not helping discussion. I would, if nobody minds, little by little, move older stuff to new sub-sites, try to get a section at which current discussions can take place and keep relevant info from "archived discussions" on the main page. -- Sunvalley (talk) 15:08, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

I agree, this page is a shambles, and needs taking in hand. It could definitely do with some organising/archiving of the old discussions. At least. -- Robin (talk) 19:10, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Global Research

I slightly edited the Bilderberg 2021 article and one other for website readability and submitted them to Global Research just now, asking to have them published under the byline "Wikispooks". 09:05, 27 February 2022 (UTC)--- (Terje, sign off added by Jun)

Site promotion

To repeat my previous e-mails to most active users last winter. Last month, we've increased traffic to the site. 2022 has been a good year so far. One of the increasingly good strategies is increasing methods of finding us. Our WEF page is a great example. I've been busy last month trying to analyse new examples, and some such as Patrick Lancaster and Twitter have been successfully in helping me somewhat understanding social media trends. I request the WP editors to keep the pwiki stats in mind and please be wiling to check it while editing, to see if there's a page that popular, and to expand that one with priority, like some have been dong. Please try to place specific attention to articles that could tap into a new source, how mainstream or obscure it looks like. Patrick Lancaster has been a most visited page for over 2 months now, because nobody has a bio on him except us, so we appear at the top in google search images (tap wood). Danny Jowenko was trending and his page was linked on twitter and we got 1000 pageviews for him in 48 hours alone.

So, to summarize.

  1. Please try to check the https://wikispooks.com/piwik/index.php page (click on, actions, pages and wiki) and try to add to popular articles first.
  2. Try to link these articles on social media (you can use the official accounts linked in the sidebar or that I e-mailed most users, if not send me a mail). Add or follow popular social media "allies" or likely to promote us social media users. I'm also here to help in case someone isn't keen but likes the idea, as I have prioritized increasing traffic myself. --Jun (talk) 00:10, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
That trending didn't peak yet. I read 1122 visits to Danny Jowenko in the last 24 hours! Good effort. In the short term, improving high traffic pages is highly recommended. I also look at high bounce rate pages and try to work out "What is wrong with this page?" That more of a long term project to learn what makes a good pages. Images are another aspect worth prioritising, if the spirit moves -- especially where the text is good but lacking in images. -- Robin (talk) 18:28, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
My 2¢. More than half the visitors to Wikispooks are US-Americans, so current items from the US should in principle be strategically prioritized. Of course most editors here have an international background with broader areas of interests, so it is a matter of how much time and effort is available.

06:55, 21 May 2022 (UTC)---

Gathering all pages with discussion/comments

At the moment it is really hopeless to keep track of internal Wikispooks conversations, comments etc. An idea would be to make a single meta-page listing all pages with "discussion", in chronological order by last comment. Terje (talk) 02:08, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Recent changes > Click "namespaces", only toggle on "talk" and "days" to choose a timespan (up to 30 days) Alt options are, user talk, wikispooks talk, file talk etc. Internal WS Convo's should be clarified in this aspect. As long as I know what I want to search, I can always find it, if, it happened within 30 days. The single meta-page is listed in recent changes. Jun (talk) 13:23, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Jun, I've bookmarked it now. Terje (talk) 04:44, 16 October 2022 (UTC)---

ToDo

Some documents have very long list of authors, which takes much space on other pages when linked via SMW, a fix is to move authors out and put them at the end of the document and once in a while check if a name has turned blue. These are documents to check up upon:

Info

If you understand spoken German, this is highly interesting with respect to MH17 / MH370:

Gifs

User:Terje, User:Sunvalley, User:UKpeacelibertyfreedom User:Suresh, User:Urban, a good (and really needed the fund the site) way to increase traffic would be using .gifs. (like the increase of videos we agreed to. Wikimedia supports it, I've tested it. Just make sure not to make them larger than 300px. Have fun adding as much .gifs to pages as you like. Jun (talk) 05:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)


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