08-08, 15:30–16:55 (Poland), Ohrid (9)(interpretation)
Language: English
We, WMDE’s Technical Wishes team, are working on a new option for referencing: With a new attribute, you can reuse the same source in an article several times, but with different details (page numbers, chapters, verses, etc.). We expect to enable this new option on Wikimedia wikis this year.
This workshop is for creators and maintainers of citation templates. We give a presentation of this new feature, and then participants can ask questions, discuss with the development team and other template creators and explore together if and how this new feature could be implemented into citation templates.
We, WMDE’s Technical Wishes team, are working on a new, optional way to create references: With a new attribute, you can reuse the same source in an article several times, but with different details (page numbers, chapters, verses, etc.). We are planning to enable this new option on Wikimedia wikis this year.
Many wikis use templates to create citations, and this workshop is for creators and maintainers of those templates: We will give a brief presentation of this new feature, and then participants can ask questions, discuss with the development team and other template creators, and explore together if and how this new feature could be used in citation templates.
Participants of this session will:
- understand how the new attribute works;
- give feedback that could influence its development;
- explore possibilities for using the new referencing option in citation templates;
- receive help if needed.
Session recording: https://youtu.be/govhrZZjV6s?list=PLhV3K_DS5YfJ9Wvo43XRDbCC2dfhdS7BG&t=20086
This session itself is collaborative: We are creating a space to learn and work together, thus helping the local wikis adapt to a global new software option.
What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?* –This session is for an experienced audience
How do you plan to deliver this session?* –Hybrid with some participants in Katowice and others dialing in remotely
What other themes or topics does your session fit into? Please choose from the list of tags below. –Product development
I’m the User Experience Designer and User Researcher for Wikimedia Deutschland's Technical Wishes Project. This project identifies and prioritizes technical requirements from diverse users in a collaborative way. The Technical Wishes team aims to build new and improved features in MediaWiki. Currently we are working to improve the ‘Reuse of references within the same articles’. This session will help us work towards that goal.