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Archive 2

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello FriyMan, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 18,511 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.
• Some editors are committing to work specifically on patrolling new pages on 15 July. If you have not reviewed new pages in a while, this might be a good time to be involved. Please remember that quality of patrolling is more important than quantity, that the speedy deletion criteria should be followed strictly, and that ovetagging for minor issues should be avoided.

Technology update:

• Several requests have been put into Phabractor to increase usability of the New Pages Feed and the Page Curation toolbar. For more details or to suggest improvements go to Wikipedia:Page Curation/Suggested improvements
• The tutorial has been updated to include links to the following useful userscripts. If you were not aware of them, they could be useful in your efforts reviewing new pages:
  • User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js adds a link to the new pages feed and page curation toolbar to your top toolbar on Wikipedia
  • User:The Earwig/copyvios.js adds a link in your side toolbox that will run the current page through

General project update:

• Following discussion at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers, Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Noticeboard has been marked as historical. Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers is currently the most active central discussion forum for the New Page Patrol project. To keep up to date on the most recent discussions you can add it to your watchlist or visit it periodically.

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The Signpost: 15 July 2017

• News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes

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Requesting reassessment of Oleg Bezuglov

Dear FriyMan,

I noticed that you've been active in reviewing new pages and also a member of the Wiki Russia editorial community. I wanted to ask you to review Oleg Bezuglov article. It was initially assessed as Start and Low shortly after creation and was missing a good amount of data and sources. It was even nominated for deletion and was kept after AfD. Since the article was substantially improved, I thought the review might give assign a better ranking to it now. I initially put the request in the Wiki projects: Russia Assessment requests section, but it didn't call anyone's attention so far.

Thank you for your consideration, --Fiddler11 18:13, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Sorry for a delay Fidler11 but I have checked your article. I graded it as C-class and low on importance scale. I believe that you have the power to improve this article even further. Cheers, FriyMan ^talk 12:57, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks much, FriyMan! I will keep working on it --Fiddler11 04:23, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-29

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

• "Wikimedia Labs" is now called "Cloud VPS". "Wikimedia Tool Labs" is now called "Wikimedia Toolforge". This is to help clarify the purpose of these services. [1]

Problems

• On some pages, the Table of Contents is not being shown. It will normally appear if you edit the page again. Investigation is currently ongoing. [2]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 July. It will be on all wikis from 20 July (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 18 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is: Migrate to HTML5 section ids. [3] The meeting will be on 19 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Page Previews, currently a Beta Feature, will be enabled for logged-out users for all remaining Wikipedias (with the exception of English and German) the week of 24 July. An A/B test will be run on English Wikipedia to collect data before approaching the community for further discussion. [4]

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23:00, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you

Hey, thanks for the comments/advice you left on my peer review request for Tracer. I added the alt text (my first time doing so for any article, so I'm not certain if I did it correctly) and the see also section. For your 3rd suggestion, I already included her real name, Lena Oxton, in the lead section. But are you suggeting I include it immediately after her Tracer pseudonym? Thanks again for all the help & have a great day :^) Soulbust (talk) 19:29, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, Soulbust, I meant you would put it immediately after the pseudonym. I will check the alt texts for you. Good luck. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 19:57, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

P.S. I think the last alt text is not appropriate, since I believe captions are not voiced over, when the article is read through.

 Done I fixed these issues. Soulbust (talk) 20:11, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to MILHIST

Hello and welcome to the Military history WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to military history.

A few features that you might find helpful:

• Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
• The announcement and open task box is updated very frequently. You can watchlist it if you are interested, or you can add it directly to your user page by copying the following: {{WPMILHIST Announcements}}.
• Important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it.
• The project has several departments, which handle article quality assessment, detailed article and content review, writing contests, and article logistics.
• We have a number of task forces that focus on specific topics, nations, periods, and conflicts.
• We've developed a set of guidelines that cover article structure and content, template use, categorization, and many other issues of interest.
• If you're looking for something to work on, there are many articles that need attention, as well as a number of review alerts.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask any of the project coordinators or any other experienced member of the project, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome, and we are looking forward to seeing you around! Anotherclown (talk) 23:31, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 22:06, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-30

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

• CSS in templates will be stored in a separate page in the future. This will make it easier to make templates look good on mobile devices. This now works on mediawiki.org and Wikitech. It will come to more wikis later. [5][6][7]
• .mw-ui-constructive modifier class is deprecated and has been removed. [8]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 July. It will be on all wikis from 27 July (calendar).
• It will be possible to restrict who can send you notifications on a wiki. This new feature will accessible in your preferences, in the Notifications tab, on Wednesday, July 26. Please see the documentation. [9]

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 25 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the Wikimedia Foundation July 2017 Metrics & Activities Meeting. The meeting is about how Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement are perceived and understood by the world. The meeting will be on 27 July at 19:00 (UTC). See the agenda and how to join.

Future changes

• New Filters for Edit Review, at the moment available as a Beta feature, will be released by default for the Recent Changes in September.

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15:58, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-31

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• Some pages show the error Lua error in mw.wikibase.entity.lua at line 34: The entity data must be a table obtained via mw.wikibase.getEntityObject. This problem happens on pages with a Lua module that uses Wikidata. The developers are working on fixing the problem. You can fix a page by opening it for editing and then saving without changing anything. [10]
• Wikidata and German Wikipedia could not be edited for an hour on 28 July. You can read why and how we could avoid it in the future in the incident report.

Changes later this week

• Some wikis already have the larger and brighter OOjs UI edit page buttons. All remaining wikis except Commons will have these from 1 August. [11]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 August. It will be on all wikis from 3 August (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The default font in the edit window will soon change for some users. Instead of using the browser default it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [12]

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21:45, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

Administrator changes

Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 ^{(first RfA to reach WP:300)}

Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news

• Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
• A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
• An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news

• LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
• The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

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The Signpost: 5 August 2017

• News and notes: Non-English special edition! 99% no news about English-based wiki communities!

• Recent research: Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality

• WikiProject report: Comic relief

• In the media: Wikipedia used to judge death penalty, arms smuggling, Indonesian governance, and HOTTEST celebrity

• Traffic report: Swedish countess tops the list

• Blog: Canadian Supreme Court rules against Google in favor of worldwide court orders

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Tech News: 2017-32

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

• You can now see which Wikipedia language versions are read in a specific country. This tool is called Wikipedia Views Visualized. [13]
• The Architecture Committee is now the Wikimedia Technical Committee. You can read the charter. [14]

Problems

• You can get an email when a page on your watchlist was edited. You can choose not to get emails for minor edits. There is a bug that means that you then don't get an email when someone does a normal edit after a minor edit. The developers are working on fixing this. Until it has been fixed you can activate "Email me also for minor edits of pages and files" at the bottom of "User profile" in your preferences if you want to. [15]
• The thanks button sometimes didn't work for mobile users. This was because of a new bug and has now been fixed. [16]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 August. It will be on all wikis from 10 August (calendar).

Future changes

• Editors and readers who still use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP will not be able to use Wikipedia. Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP can't connect securely to the wikis. When we allow them to do so it means that we get less security for everyone else. If you use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP you can install Firefox 52 ESR instead. Around 0.1% of the traffic to the Wikimedia wikis comes from Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP. [17]
• Links to sections on Wikipedia don't work well in languages that don't use the Latin script. The URL in the address bar in your browser shows Latin characters like .D0.A1.D1.81.D1.8B.D0.BB.D0.BA.D0.B8 instead of the section heading in the wiki's language. Links to sections in non-Latin scripts will be in the script of that wiki in the future. This will happen in the next few months. [18][19]
• Wiki pages printed by the web browser "Print" function will have an updated style. This new style will be similar to the when you download a page as PDF. It will be better at showing tables, infoboxes and headings. [20][21]

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21:45, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Plastic colorant

Hello! Your submission of Plastic colorant at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! ―Biochemistry🙴❤ 03:02, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-33

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

• Bureaucrats can now set users as confirmed. Previously only stewards could do this on most wikis. Nothing will change for wikis that have previously decided to let administrators set users as confirmed. [22]

Problems

• The symbols in the language list that show that an article is good or featured in that language doesn't work. Links to the Commons category in the sidebar doesn't work either. The developers are working on fixing it. [23][24]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 August. It will be on all wikis from 17 August (calendar).

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23:29, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

from artist fuoco9, ( rob camp fuoco) ,

dear friend friman,

this is a request to ask for mentoring and assistance.

i find the wikipedia system a bit confusing , and i think i have a simple request. I'm wondering if you could give me the pathway to accomplish what I'm trying to do.

two years ago i wanted to catalogue some of my achievements as an artist and historic gardens consultant. i produced a very logical history of my work. i submitted it to wikipedia and subsequently learned that we can't create our own autobiography on wikipedia. i have no problem with that at all.

however , the article was deleted. and now i would simply like to retrieve it so that i can use all the information for a reference.

can you help me to retrieve the information? it was done under my wikipedia name Fuoco9. i am actually rob camp fuoco.

thanks for your help.

rob — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fuoco9 (talk • contribs) 19:02, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Fuoco9! I would be happy to assist you with anything you need help with. For now, if you want to grasp the most basic ways of editing I suggest you go through the great guide for beginner editors, The Wikipedia Adventure. If you have questions, message me here. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 10:44, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Supermarine Spitfire

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Supermarine Spitfire has been completed.

Thank you for the Barnstar - very much appreciated. The article was in very good shape. Sometimes all that is needed is one set of eyes to go over a longer article to correct the anomalies that inevitably "creep in" over the years. It certainly does deserve its "Good Article" status.

I ran a Bot to add archival links to the URLs used in the article which will prevent "link rot" issues.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:37, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Your work is appreciated. Right now I am trying to bring this article to the A-class. Thank you, once again. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 03:59, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-34

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

• You can now test the new Timeless skin on the test wiki and mediawiki.org. You can turn it on in your preferences. You can report bugs in Phabricator. It will come to more wikis soon. [25][26]
• Your watchlist can now have the option to unwatch pages. You have to turn this on in your preferences. [27]
• If a table has several columns you can often choose which column you want to use to sort the table. This has not worked for some columns for readers who have used Firefox or Safari. This has now been fixed. [28]
• The RelatedArticles extension has shown related pages on Wikivoyages. You will now see the related pages at the end of the article together with an image. Previously the links were in the sidebar. Wikis that want this extension can request it on Phabricator.

Changes later this week

• Videos will now be played in the WebM format in all browsers. Previously some browsers used Ogg Theora (.ogv). If you use Safari, Internet Explorer or Edge you may see slower playback speed at high resolutions. Instead we will get better quality and smaller file size. You can still upload video as Ogg files. They are automatically converted to WebM. This doesn't affect Ogg audio files. [29]
• The default font in the edit window will change for some users this week. Instead of using the browser default, it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [30]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 August. It will be on all wikis from 24 August (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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18:01, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Marcus Bosch

Thank you for the review Template:Did you know nominations/Marcus Bosch. As it's closed, I put my answers here:

1. No, most readers of such a topic will know, and be bored by an explanation, and the others can read the linked article.
2. "Other recordings", - tried to avoid repetition.
3. It's like that in all sources, sorry. Other conductors come from being a singer, but he went the tedious path of first doing assistant jobs.
4. Do we need commas in "He conducted as a guest orchestras"? He conducted, as a guest, orchestras?
5. I haven't checked if that's yearly. Does it matter?
6. Fixed, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello FriyMan, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 16,991 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.

Technology update:

• Rentier has created a NPP browser in WMF Labs that allows you to search new unreviewed pages using keywords and categories.

General project update:

• The Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech team is working with the community to implement the autoconfirmed article creation trial. The trial is currently set to start on 7 September 2017, pending final approval of the technical features.
• Please remember to focus on the quality of review: correct tagging of articles and not tagbombing are important. Searching for potential copyright violations is also important, and it can be aided by Earwig's Copyvio Detector, which can be added to your toolbar for ease of use with this user script.
• To keep up with the latest conversation on New Pages Patrol or to ask questions, you can go to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers and add it to your watchlist.

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Tech News: 2017-35

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

• Syntax highlighting is now a beta feature on Wikimedia wikis with text written from left to right. It will come to right-to-left wikis later. This beta feature is based on CodeMirror. [31][32]
• You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device or IP address that have logged in to your account before you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can turn this off or choose to get an email notification in your preferences. You can also turn on to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address. [33]

Problems

• Some pages show the error Lua error in mw.wikibase.entity.lua at line 34: The entity data must be a table obtained via mw.wikibase.getEntityObject. This problem happens on pages with a Lua module that use Wikidata. This has now been fixed and no new pages will get this problem. You still need to fix pages that were broken before and still show the error message. You can see how on this page. [34]

Changes later this week

• You can block users from sending you notifications. [35]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 August. It will be on all wikis from 31 August (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the next meeting with the Technical Committee. The topic this week is Migrate to HTML5 section ids. The meeting will be on 30 August at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• In the future you will have global preferences. This means you could set something in your preferences to work in the same way on all wikis. You will not be forced to use global preferences. The developers are now asking if editors need exceptions. This is where you want to use global settings on almost all wikis, but have some wikis where you want it to work in a different way. If you want this you need to tell the developers now. You can do so on the talk page. [36]
• New filters for edit review is a beta feature to improve recent changes pages. It will work on watchlists from 5 September. [37]
• The jQuery library will be upgraded to version 3 in September 2017. Wikis can ask on Phabricator to get it early, so they can help find and solve problems now.

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22:10, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

Administrator changes

Nakon • Scott

Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

• ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
• Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

Technical news

• You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
• Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
• In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration

• Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

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Tech News: 2017-36

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News

• We are asking Tech News readers five questions to make the newsletter better. You can answer the questions here. We are grateful for every reply we get.

Recent changes

• The RevisionSlider user interface has changed. You can now select revisions by clicking on the bars. You can move the blue knob past the yellow one and the yellow one will move along, and the other way around. [38][39]

Problems

• Some users have problems loading very large watchlists. It is working better than earlier but the problem has not been solved. The developers are working on fixing it. Until it has been fixed you can turn on "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent" in your preferences and see if it helps. [40]

Changes later this week

• New filters for edit review is a beta feature to improve recent changes pages. It will work on watchlists from 5 September. [41]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 September. It will be on all wikis from 7 September (calendar).

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Did you ever find out how this works? I am about a month behind in The Teahouse.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:54, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Sadly, Vchimpanzee, I didn't. I question its existence now. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 03:49, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

I don't know how to help you. Maybe try asking again?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:05, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK

Hello! Your submission of Plastic colorant at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:54, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Final call for a response. The nomination has been marked for closure, so you need to go there right away if you wish it to continue. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:43, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-37

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

• You can get a notification when a page you created is connected to a Wikidata item. You can choose to get these notifications in your preferences. Some wikis already had this option. It is now available on all wikis. [43]
• The Newsletter extension is now on mediawiki.org. The newsletter extension is for newsletters where you can subscribe by getting a notification when a new issue has been published. It will come to more wikis later. [44]
• The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. There is now a new high-priority category: tidy-whitespace-bug. This usually affects templates with horizontal lists. You can read more about using Linter and the Tidy whitespace bug. [45]

Problems

• Tech News 2017/36 reported about new filters for edit review coming to watchlists. This was planned to happen last week. It will happen next week instead. [46]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 September. It will be on all wikis from 14 September (calendar).
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• You can't use OCG to create PDFs after 1 October. This is because of technical problems. You can use Electron instead. Most PDFs are already created with Electron. Electron will get missing features before 1 October. You can create books but they will not have all planned features until November or December. You can read more on mediawiki.org.
• New filters for edit review are available now on recent changes as a beta feature. Some of those filters and other features will be deployed as default features in the coming weeks. Users will be able to opt out in their preferences. [47]

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• You can now see contributions from an IP range at Special:Contributions. Before you could only see contributions from single IP addresses. Some older contributions from IP ranges could be missing at first because it will take some time to add them. [48][49]
• Flow has been re-scoped to become Structured Discussions and the development has restarted. Phabricator projects and repositories have been renamed. [50]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).

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Future changes

• We are replacing Tidy on Wikimedia wikis. Editors need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors. Some wikis have already switched. If your wiki would like to switch to the new format now, you can file a task.

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Technology update:

• The Wikimedia Foundation is currently working on creating a new filter for page curation that will allow new page patrollers to filter by extended confirmed status. For more information see: T175225

General project update:

• On 14 September 2017 the English Wikipedia began the autoconfirmed article creation trial. For a six month period, creation of articles in the mainspace of the English Wikipedia will be restricted to users with autoconfirmed status. New users who attempt article creation will now be redirected to a newly designed landing page.
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

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• Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
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Technical news

• You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:23, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

HEY GREETINGS FRY I NEED YOUR HELP BUD

I HAVE SOME QUESTION FOR YA THANKS (Redranger007 (talk) 05:38, 8 October 2017 (UTC))

Ok, Redranger007, what do you want to ask me? Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 07:35, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

HEY bud sorry im 2 days late Fry i was wondering if you had a email address? I have a article that its all good to post. it passes all wikipedia guidelines but just needs to probly be and posted! Thanks soo much (Redranger007 (talk) 06:54, 10 October 2017 (UTC))

(talk page watcher) -also — fortunavelut luna 07:54, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Redranger007, why don't you publish your article in the draft namespace! To do that, use Wikipedia:Article wizard. It will guide you through all of the necessary steps and will publish your article for review. It can be reviewed by me or other experienced editor and can be published as a good article. If there are any flaws, your article will not be deleted, but rather you will be given feedback, so that you can improve it. Does that sound good? Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:28, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, thanks. I knew you were watching my talk all along... Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:28, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

THAANKS SOOO FREAKING MUCH FRY MAN I THOUGHT THAT WOULD TAKE FOREVER I WOULD RATHER POST STRAIGHT TO THE MAINSPACE..BUT IF IT WOULD BE LOOKED AT BY YOU OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU I WOULD LOVE THAT! ESPECIALLY IF YOU GIVE ME FEED BACK INSTEAD OF STRAIGHT UP DELETING! THANKS BUD (Redranger007 (talk) 07:10, 13 October 2017 (UTC))

Ok, Redranger007. Can you give me the link to the article in Draft: namespace, so that I could review it and give you feedback? Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 07:18, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

YES I SURE CAN BUD..THO I WAS WONDERING WHEN I CREATE THE ARTICLE SHOULD I FIRST USE A INFOBOX OR POST THE WHO THING? INCLUDING THE WHOLE ARTICLE??? IVE SEEN OTHER START WITH JUST A SIMPLE INFOBOX? THANKS FRY MAN (Redranger007 (talk) 07:22, 13 October 2017 (UTC))

Redranger007, you might want to paste in what you have already and let me take a look. Infoboxes may be later added later, if needed. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 07:24, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

OHH OK GOOD I WILL DO THAT BECAUSE I HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND ITS IN FORMAT! THANKS BUD (Redranger007 (talk) 07:30, 13 October 2017 (UTC))

Great! I am waiting for the link! Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 07:37, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

HEY BUD HERE YA GO LOL I JUST NOTICED I HAD SOME KNUCKLE HEAD BANNED ME FROM WIKICOMMONS LOL SO ONE OF THE IMAGES MIGHT HAVE TO BE RE UPLOADED BUT HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARTICLE FRY MAN HOPE EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Redranger007/Fly_Fierra_San THANKS! (Redranger007 (talk) 07:42, 13 October 2017 (UTC))

@Redranger007: Hey Red Rider, you might wanna think about unsticking your CAPSLOCK some time this year ;) — fortunavelut luna 09:43, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

lol ikr i be so excited lol bt thanks fortune for looking out for me right alone with fry man yall are the best! Thanks! (Redranger007 (talk) 10:09, 13 October 2017 (UTC))

Hey, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, you might want to take a look here! Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 14:30, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Where's that, F-Man? No link! — fortunavelut luna 14:42, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Lol hows the article guys does everything check out??? thanks (Redranger007 (talk) 15:17, 13 October 2017 (UTC))

Hey, F-man, wouldn't you mind taking another look at the subject's notability, here is the link: Draft:Fly Fierra San. Thank you in advance. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 07:43, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Oops, seems like I filed a SPI case agains this poor editor. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:40, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Heh Friyman, so the review should consist of one letter (G) and one number (5)...? ;) — fortunavelut luna(Currently not receiving pings, sorry) 2:10 pm, Today (UTC+3)

That's a good humour barnstar! But seriously, I think this will be a snow block. I will contact some admins or something. Is this considered canvassing, F-Guy? Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 14:18, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

No not at all- it's a legitimate way of bringing issues to their attention- remember WP:NOTBURO and all- if it can be done unofficially, all the better  :) Thanks for the BS by the way! — fortunavelut luna(Currently not receiving pings, sorry) 14:26, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

LOL THANKS SOO MUCH GUYS LOL I LOVE THE FACT WE ALL ABBREVIATED EACH OTHERS NAMES LOL....FRIYMAN WENT FROM FRY MAN TO F-MAN LOL FORTUNA TO FORTUNE...AND REDRANGER TO RED RIDER LOL TOGETHER WE MAKE/FORM TEAM WIKI!!! LOL anyways enough caps and thanks again guys for continuing to follow through and help me out thanks (Redranger007 (talk) 10:47, 14 October 2017 (UTC))

HEY FRY MAN WHAT GIVES WITH THE SPEEDY DELETION TAGG??? LOL (Redranger007 (talk) 15:24, 14 October 2017 (UTC))

Sorry, Redranger007, I believe you just happen to be a sockppuppet of Jake Smooth and you will most likely be blocked in the next couple of days. The draft will be deleted per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, as the article with similar content has been deleted per a deletion discussion. I hope this is understandable. See you! Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 15:33, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

??? What no i dont even know who that is...And why would you try and go as far as to get me blocked??? your not a administrator for one so you basically had to go out of your way to make this bogus statement...just because im trying to upload a notable article that just so happen someone else tryed to post doesnt mean anything thats just naive...dont be fooled by the articles back log history...But i guess you only been on wikipedia for a little over 10 months so i dont expect you to know much of anything..i see you basically suck up to other official wikipedians and do anything they say..smh i though you was cool fry man guess not (Redranger007 (talk) 15:45, 14 October 2017 (UTC))

Aaaaand there you have it :) Good, work, F-Man!!! ;) — fortunavelut luna(Currently not receiving (most) pings, sorry) 16:00, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Let's end the peaceful chat here, I do not want to hear any personal attacks. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 16:00, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

I can imagine some stupid cliche from a movie, where I think about his words way later and become a sockpuppet myself... Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 16:10, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Alexandru I. Lapedatu

Dear FriyMan, thanks for your answer. I understand the policy, and it makes sense. It is true that the name of this person has been written in various forms, and recently several publications tend to use the simplified form of his name, omitting the father initial (I.). The prime references we use, like the volume published in his (and his twin brother's honour) in 1936 names him Alexandru I. Lapedatu (reference Crăciun, I.: “Alex. I. Lapedatu. Note bio-bibliografice / Alex. I. Lapedatu. Bio-Bibliographical Notes). Likewise, the medal minted in 1936 in his honour is also writing his name "Alexandru I. Lapedatu" - we intend to add it as an illustration at some point. Furthermore, the article in his native language (Romanian) uses as title the form "Alexandru I. Lapedatu". Interestingly enough, his twin brother conserved the father's initial even in Wikipedia, and is named "Ion I. Lapedatu" even in recent publications, probably because his father was also Ioan Lapedatu - the initial helps keeping them apart. Our strong preference is obviously to write the names of the two twin brothers in a similar manner, and would appreciate if you would agree with us - but we understand that this is not the only possible viewpoint. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ioana Maior (talk • contribs) 19:38, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello once again, Ioana Maior! Firstly, I recommend to respond to threads on your own talk. Secondly, sadly, I think Huon has the point here. You are right, our page on Ion Lapedatu is named Ion I. Lapedatu to distingush from his father. But once again, Huon is right. Sources do refer to him as Alexandru Lapedatu and, according to the WP:UCRN, we will have to keep the page as Alexandru Lapedatu. I hope your question has been resolved. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 03:51, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

OK, thanks--Ioana Maior (talk) 21:58, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Article under review

I wrote an article and it is in draft: 10-Minute Walk; thought you may find that decent progress!! Fingers crossed it goes well, though already got some helpful feedback on it. Thought you may find it interesting, @FriyMan:! FULBERT (talk) 13:57, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi FULBERT! I love your new article. I will take time to review it, if you don't mind. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 19:27, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

As well as that, I might nominate the article for DYK. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 19:32, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Fantastic, FriyMan. Thanks in advance for your time with this! FULBERT (talk) 18:12, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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Administrator changes

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Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

How can I donate $50 USD toward WW2 Pacific coverage?

Let me know, then delete this once done.

Such harsh metal courage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RedKnight7 (talk • contribs) 10:29, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

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• Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

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• Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
• A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

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• Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
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Find something better to do

Stop leaving garbage on my talk page. Asaturn (talk) 07:58, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

I am sorry Asaturn, I have not looked at the situation properly. Later I have undone my contributions as per WP:OWNTALK. Sorry. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:01, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

I still suggest, that you should archive threads, rather than delete them. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:05, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello there, I am a slightly inexperienced user looking for a mentor to help learn things about Wikipedia. I have been unblocked very recently with a special 1 Revert Rule which must be noted. I also have a topic ban as well. Could you please consider adopting me so that I can get better at using Wikipedia. I am particularly interested in counter-vandalism. Please get back to me as soon as possible. Thank you in advance. Pablothepenguin (talk) 20:52, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Pablothepenguin, Do not worry, I can adopt you. If you are interested in Counter-Vandalsim, I can help you, too. Let's begin. I will make a dedicated subpage for you, where you can ask me any questions you want. Firstly, read a few pages, such as WP:5P, WP:CIV and WP:EW. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 06:52, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

I have now read the pages and am ready to begin the process now. Pablothepenguin (talk) 20:21, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

And what have you learned, dear Pablothepenguin? Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:15, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

As well as that, what timezone are you in? Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:38, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

I have a great deal there. I have learned many things about what Wikipedia is not and what Edit Warring involves. Also my time zone is UTC (Greenwich Mean Time). Pablothepenguin (talk) 12:27, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

Keep on! SerialNumber54129...speculates 21:02, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Keep on what, Serial Number 54129? Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 07:25, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Well. Eating cheesburgers? -maybe. Annoying me? -maybe! But most of all, the good work you do here! Re. your Spitfire below, may I suggest peer review? People might look like they're ripping it to shreds, but they give you a laundry-list of things to do which make it almost certain (hopefully!) that you then sail through FAR because all the things that would usually be thrown at you have already been dealt with. This isn't any sort of criticism, just that that way you hae a central page that lots of people watch, rather than waiting for people to come here  :) Best of luck with it though, and I hope you don't think I'm being rude! Take care! SerialNumber54129^{...speculates} 07:42, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

A peer review has already happened, I believe I can manage fixing the references in the page. Thank you for care though. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 07:52, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Yes, @MilHist, always solid of course. But PR will get you a broader range of views, that's all- remember, FAR isn't project specific, so it's probably worth getting views from outside MH. Amyway. SerialNumber54129^{...speculates} 07:59, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Of course, of course. After the A-class review is done. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:41, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Supermarine Spitfire

Hello:

I copy edited the article to the end of the Speed and altitude records section.

I have come across the following "issues" so far which I'm drawing to your attention.

Origins

"The Type 224 was a big disappointment to Mitchell and his design team" – needs elaboration

Airframe

I can see the confusion over the number of frames. The section begins stating there is a skeleton of 19 frames, but later says frame 20 was the last in the fuselage and then that the tail section included frames 21-23. I have added “vertical” for clarity. Could this issue be resolved by simply saying the skeleton had 23 frames?

Armament

I can’t figure out why there is a "but" in this sentence. "A variant on the Spitfire design with four 20 mm Oerlikon cannon had been tendered to specification F37/35, but the order for prototypes had gone to the Westland Whirlwind in January 1939.[5]"

By the way, I don't necessarily agree with, or understand some of the comments.

I will try to get back to the article as time allows. Have a look through what I've done so far and let me know if you see any issues.

Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:44, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Twofingered Typist. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 06:43, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting

As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Supermarine Spitfire - 2

Hello:

I've finished going through the article and found only one additional issue to draw to your attention.

Overview

The machine guns are converted so a .303 becomes a 7.7mm – surely they were never called 7.7mm guns? If not, the conversions are unnecessary.

Griffon-engined variants

Another cannon conversion.

I had some time so I added a few citations for you.

A few other thoughts:

• I don't think the last paragraph in the Origins Section is too long. It's discussing the fixes made on one plane—these can be in a single paragraph.
• "Although Morris Motors," ... "it was funded by government money." the use of "although" as in even though, or in spite of is fine.

Let me know if you have any concerns.

Regards

Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:42, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks once again, Twofingered Typist! I will get working on references today. I have no more concerns. Thank you for your amazing work. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:14, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome. Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:33, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

Hello FriyMan, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update:

• The new page backlog is currently at 12713 pages. Please consider reviewing even just a few pages each day! If everyone helps out, it will really put a dent in the backlog.
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Adoption

Hello, FriyMan. Are you still accepting adoptees? If you are, would you be willing to adopt me? I've been editing Wikipedia for a few months now, but I still don't have a very good understanding of how to do it. I think I would benefit from some mentorship. Thanks. Antrogh (talk) 03:15, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, I think I am busy with one student right now. I think you can find another teacher. Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:14, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

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Concerns with mentoring

Hi - I have a number of concerns about the mentoring you are attempting at User:FriyMan/AAU/Pablothepenguin.

• You described edits where the editor had "forgot the sources or maybe he added superfluous information not realising that it wasn’t strictly necessary" as "test edits". They are not.
• You suggested a recently unblocked editor, who is currently on a 1RR restriction, should apply for rollback. It should have been obvious to you such a request would fail.
• You describe IAR as an important policy the editor should follow ("So, here is the most important one: WP:IAR") - the editor was blocked for either edit warring or violating topic bans. Encouraging the editor to IAR isn't helpful.
• You tell the editor "P.S. You have the right to violate 1RR when reverting obvious vandalism!". I note you asked at ANI if an editor could violate a 1RR restriction. Do you truly believe that the editor in question has the competency to identify "blatant vandalism", especially given the repeated blocks and inability to understand block reasons?

My advice would be to stop mentoring and allowing a more experienced editor to take over. I personally don't think Pablothepenguin is going to benefit from any mentoring (that ship has sailed), let alone help which is fundamentally poorly executed -- There'sNoTime ^{(to explain)} 13:47, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Cheer up, there's plenty to be doing! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 10:30, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Serial Number 54129, I couldn't last 5 days. By the way, have you noticed, that Coffee came back? Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 15:54, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive

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Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!

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The backlog drive will begin on January 1^st and run until January 29^th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.

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Administrator changes

Muboshgu

Anetode • Laser brain • Worm That Turned

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Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

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• The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey results have been posted. The Community Tech team will investigate and address the top ten results.
• The Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting comments on new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools for development in early 2018. Feedback can be left on the discussion page or by email.

Arbitration

• Following the results of the 2017 election, the following editors have been (re)appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Alex Shih, BU Rob13, Callanecc, KrakatoaKatie, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned.

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Thank you for a warning in time! Cheers, FriyMan ^{Per aspera ad astra} 08:12, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your support! —Anomalocaris (talk) 03:39, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

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Adopt-a-user - your availability

Hello. Could I ask you to check and, if necessary, update your availability details at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters, please?

I've been updating that page, plus the list of over 100 people seeking adoption (which I've now stripped down to around 20 active editors genuinely seeking help.

I've been working to identify those Adopters who are currently available, and those who haven't been active on Wikipedia for a while. But I don't think the bot has been updating correctly, so a manual check from you would be really helpful. I've also made some suggestions and a few edits to make life easier for newcomers. I've put some of my observations down in answer to a recent post about inactivity of some Adopt-a-User Project contributors. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:42, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

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Can I please be adopted by you

i'd love to be adopted and hang out together! TommyGu (talk) 04:46, 6 February 2018 (UTC)