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Where to import roads from[edit]
I recently saw you added a line marking Quebec Route 389 on the Quebec Route 389 page, where did you import all those coordinates from as I would like to add roads to my own dynamic maps Tai123.123 (talk) 03:11, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Tai123.123, I should alert you that it is quite time consuming, as it took me 1.5 hours to do the Quebec Route 389 one. But I used this website, which I've also used on articles such as London on foot and Stuart Highway. The Wikivoyage:How to use dynamic maps is also a useful guide as well. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 03:17, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- You could also use the line for railway lines as well, and not just roads although those are harder to map. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 03:25, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- @SHB2000 Thank you, I may try making a static map instead but I'm not good at graphic design and dislike the look of Open Street Map (prefer google maps alot) Tai123.123 (talk) 03:32, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- Why am I not allowed to use the Vizual editor on this page it seems to work on every other one? Tai123.123 (talk) 03:43, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- The Wikivoyage:How to draw static maps page has a good overview on static maps. I also prefer Google Maps given the user unfriendly interface on OSM, although google maps can take you on cliffs at times. (once in Arizona, it took me to a place 4 hours away from where I needed to go and more recently once also took me through a road full of potholes because it bypasses a town and the algorithm thinks it's faster because of a 100 km/h limit)
- And to the visual editor, it's still in beta testing so it's not perfect yet, particularly for templates and also doesn't work on talk pages, but WhatamIdoing might know more on the visual editor. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 04:06, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- Ok thank you, just one more thing "If both city and countries have a buy section why doesn't the region template have one, I'm currently revamping the Kiso Valley as a region and want to add a buy section can I?
- To be quite frank, I'm not too sure. I've not really worked on region articles, and the two that I have worked on Sapphire Coast and Central Highlands (Tasmania), I never really expanded them. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 04:20, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- The visual editor is not a Beta Feature here. It also has never been enabled in talk pages (or templates). WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:16, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
- Isn't it still not complete though? SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 00:17, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
- There are things you can't do easily in the visual editor that you can do (if you know how) in a wikitext editor (e.g., using HTML to add colored backgrounds to table cells), but I don't think that most people would consider it incomplete.
- The opposite is also true: In the visual editor, you can create a table simply by dragging and dropping a .csv spreadsheet file into the editor. You can't do that in the old wikitext editors. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:13, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Tai123.123: I've done another example on Oodnadatta Track. If you need me to do any for you, I should be able to do it. (not too hard, but takes some time, but the result is rewarding) SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 14:00, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
- I just spent half an hour trying to make a line for the Magome-Tsumago trail and accompalished nothing, if you have free time could you make the line, Thank you! Tai123.123 (talk) 18:15, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
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- Thanks for the barncompass and Happy 500th :). Thanks for all your works onto Japanese articles you've put in. Japan has been on my want to go list for some time now and I hope to use these guides when I go there. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 04:45, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: August 2021[edit]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
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Changes later this week
 The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 September. It will be on all wikis from 16 September (calendar).- Starting this week, Wikipedia in Italian will receive weekly software updates on Wednesdays. It used to receive the updates on Thursdays. Due to this change, bugs will be noticed and fixed sooner. [3]
- You can add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet. [4]
- The syntax highlight tool marks up code with different colours. It now can highlight 23 new code languages. Additionally,
golang can now be used as an alias for the Go programming language, and a special output mode has been added to show a program's output. [5][6]
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15:36, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Growth features are now deployed to almost all Wikipedias. For the majority of small Wikipedias, the features are only available for experienced users, to test the features and configure them. Features will be available for newcomers starting on 20 September 2021.
- MediaWiki had a feature that would highlight local links to short articles in a different style. Each user could pick the size at which "stubs" would be highlighted. This feature was very bad for performance, and following a consultation, has been removed. [7]
- A technical change was made to the MonoBook skin to allow for easier maintenance and upkeep. This has resulted in some minor changes to HTML that make MonoBook's HTML consistent with other skins. Efforts have been made to minimize the impact on editors, but please ping Jon (WMF) on wiki or in phabricator if any problems are reported.
Problems
- There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of an accidental restart of the search servers. [8]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 September. It will be on all wikis from 23 September (calendar).
 The meta=proofreadpage API has changed. The piprop parameter has been renamed to prpiprop. API users should update their code to avoid unrecognized parameter warnings. Pywikibot users should upgrade to 6.6.0. [9]
Future changes
- The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "Discussion tools" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences. [10]
- The previously announced change to how you obtain tokens from the API has been delayed to September 21 because of an incompatibility with Pywikibot. Bot operators using Pywikibot can follow T291202 for progress on a fix, and should plan to upgrade to 6.6.1 when it is released.
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18:33, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
Dynamic maps[edit]
Is there a way to have two different map masks on one map, for the Nakatsugawa map I want to have all of Nakatsugawa highlighted but Magome in Yellow with a title showing it has a different article, is this possible. Tai123.123 (talk) 05:32, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
- Erm, not sure. I believe SelfieCity is much more familiar with that given that I don't usually work with map masks. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 05:33, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
- Why not? I have mapshapes for all national parks that have them available via wikidata at Finnish National Parks. You may have to play around with the parameters to get them work together as you want; I haven't been trying this. –LPfi (talk) 09:27, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
- just you so you know one has wiki data and has hand made coords
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