Wikibooks:Reading room/Archives/2021/October

Heading styles
Just initialized the Compiler page in the Oberon tutorial. I expect higher level headings to be more prominent than lower level headings. For example, "Tutorial objective" and "Introduction" (level 2) should be more prominent than the subsection heading "A first example" (level 3). In appearance, prominence is reversed. The two levels are rendered in a similar font size but level 3 is bold. Can someone explain? Can this be corrected in MediaWiki? Thx, ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 02:14, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Possible Copyvio?
Possible copyvio involving Introductory Tourism.
 * Latest revision from 2021 results
 * Earliest revision from 2006 results yields a similar level of copying.

I'm unsure if this is due to being copied from Wikibooks, or vice versa.--Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 03:31, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements
Hello!

Have you noticed that some wikis have a different desktop interface? Are you curious about the next steps? Maybe you have questions or ideas regarding the design or technical matters?

Join an online meeting with the team working on the Desktop Improvements! It will take place on October 12th, 16:00 UTC on Zoom. It will last an hour. Click here to join.

Agenda
 * Update on the recent developments
 * Sticky header - presentation of the demo version
 * Questions and answers, discussion

Format

The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a Google Docs file. The presentation part (first two points in the agenda) will be given in English.

We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, and Spanish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the talk page or send them to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.

Olga Vasileva (the team manager) will be hosting this meeting.

Invitation link We hope to see you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) 15:09, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Join online
 * Meeting ID: 829 3670 1376
 * Dial by your location

What is "Chess spam" ???
Ok,i got blocked for 24 hours for saying something about an ogre from Dreamworks being "love" and "life". for Chess spam what is that??? 96.18.219.55 (discuss) 14:08, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * It's the description in the edit filter that blocked you as it detected a potential piece of vandalism. Looks like a false positive unfortunately. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 15:11, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Why is it called "Chess" spam when it has nothing to do with Chess? 96.18.219.55 (discuss) 15:52, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Coolest Tool Award 2021: Call for nominations
The third edition of the Coolest Tool Award is looking for nominations!

Tools play an essential role for the Wikimedia projects, and so do the many volunteer developers who experiment with new ideas and develop and maintain local and global solutions to support the Wikimedia communities. The Coolest Tool Award aims to recognize and celebrate the coolest tools in a variety of categories.

The awarded projects will be announced and showcased in a virtual ceremony in December. Deadline to submit nominations is October 27. More information: Coolest Tool Award. Thanks for your recommendations! -- SSethi (WMF) for the 2021 Coolest Tool Academy team 05:57, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Talk to the Community Tech
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Hello!

We, the team working on the Community Wishlist Survey, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will begin on  at  on Zoom, and will last an hour. Click here to join.

Agenda


 * Become a Community Wishlist Survey Ambassador. Help us spread the word about the CWS in your community.
 * Update on the disambiguation and the real-time preview wishes
 * Questions and answers

Format

The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (all points in the agenda except for the questions and answers) will be given in English.

We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, Spanish, German, and Italian. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.

Natalia Rodriguez (the Community Tech manager) will be hosting this meeting.

Invitation link

We hope to see you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 23:00, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Join online
 * Meeting ID: 83847343544
 * Dial by your location

Editing restrictions on a book
I recently noticed that the wikibook Baroque Macedonia and the Macedonian Revolts has editing restrictions appended to it, which seem quite strange to me.

Sutton Publishing authorise this work not to be copy-written or deleted in anyway. From Baroque Macedonia and the Macedonian Revolts/Author

Perhaps the author would find their work better suited for a website which allows works under a CC-BY-ND licence, or was unaware that Wikibooks are typically editable by anyone?

I'm unsure what should be done, if anything, so I'm posting about it here. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 06:12, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Ownership answers this, never mind. Sorry for my confusion. Is it OK to remove or amend the notice on the book? --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 01:56, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * It looks to me like a violation of the terms of use. The notice can be removed because when they hit save they agreed to the site license. I will warn the editor that they cannot apply editing restrictions. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 11:39, 26 October 2021 (UTC)