User talk:Frostly/Archive 7
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Question from Notanaccount1 (04:04, 22 December 2022)
Hi um how do I make a page --Notanaccount1 (talk) 04:04, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Notanaccount1, and welcome to Wikipedia! To create an article, you can use the Article Wizard. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask! Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 04:07, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Still no idea Notanaccount1 (talk) 04:24, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Notanaccount1, have you tried using the Wizard? :) 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 04:26, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Yes Notanaccount1 (talk) 04:32, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Nvm got it Notanaccount1 (talk) 04:34, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Great to hear, @Notanaccount1! Best of luck, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 04:44, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
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- Notanaccount1 (talk) 04:46, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- So I tried to make a article and it didn’t work Notanaccount1 (talk) 06:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Notanaccount1! I see you created a draft at Draft:Say random stuff here and submitted it for review. As the reviewer noted, we unfortunately cannot accept empty submissions. Do feel free to try again by adding some text! Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 06:31, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- I tryed to add text and boom! Black screen of death Notanaccount1 (talk) 17:52, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry to hear that you're experiencing technical issues, @Notanaccount1! It may be helpful to contact support channels of your device manufacturer. Best, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 21:21, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- I tryed to add text and boom! Black screen of death Notanaccount1 (talk) 17:52, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Notanaccount1! I see you created a draft at Draft:Say random stuff here and submitted it for review. As the reviewer noted, we unfortunately cannot accept empty submissions. Do feel free to try again by adding some text! Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 06:31, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Great to hear, @Notanaccount1! Best of luck, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 04:44, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Notanaccount1, have you tried using the Wizard? :) 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 04:26, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
- Still no idea Notanaccount1 (talk) 04:24, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2022)
 The Summer Palace of Peter the Great as seen from across the Fontanka River from a small Prachechniy ("Laundry") Bridge in August 2007
Summer Palace of Peter the Great Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Central Bosnia • Telephone line Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 26 December 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Saludos/Greetings
Sres. Les envío Saludos...
Attmte
Manuel
Gentlemen. I send you Greetings...
attendant
Manuel Manuelgagofernandez (talk) 07:01, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Manuelgagofernandez, and welcome to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Cheers, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 20:32, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
Question from UnderdogAdvocate (11:30, 26 December 2022)
I recently created a draft article and the contents of my draft were copied by, I'm guessing an editor, and all of my contributions weren't passed over to the live article. For what I could see, there was a live page before that was a redirect, so only this person who made the redirect and the editor who copied the draft have credit on the history. Is there a way to get credit for my contributions? --UnderdogAdvocate (talk) 11:30, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @UnderdogAdvocate, and welcome to Wikipedia! It looks like Alvaldi performed a cut-and-paste move of Draft:Nika Muhl over to Nika Mühl. I've put a tag on the page requesting that an administrator complete a history merge, which will add your username to the page history. Best wishes, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 07:04, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 1 January 2023
- Interview: ComplexRational's RfA debrief
- Technology report: Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure"
- Essay: Mobile editing
- Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee Election 2022
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Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2023)
 Scarves in the Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Summer Palace of Peter the Great • Central Bosnia Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 2 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Question from AayuSrivastava (14:53, 2 January 2023)
How to move my Draft in live Wikipedia articles --AayuSrivastava (talk) 14:53, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
- AayuSrivastava has been blocked as a sockpuppet, but in case anyone, especially one of my other mentees, is seeing this question and curious, I'll answer this question anyways! The best way to submit a draft for review is the Articles for Creation process; that page explains more. Best wishes, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 02:43, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
Question from Cheyenne2022 (21:46, 3 January 2023)
How many edits do you have to make to write an article? --Cheyenne2022 (talk) 21:46, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Cheyenne2022, and welcome to Wikipedia! Any user can submit a draft article for review through the Articles for Creation process. Accounts with more than four edits and older than ten days may create articles directly themsleves; however, newer contributors should go through the AfC process as it provides useful feedback and guidance :) Best, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 05:06, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
Hello Frostly,
- Backlog
The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.
- 2022 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)
New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js
Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.
Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Guideline and policy news
- Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.
Arbitration
- Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
- The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
- Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.
Question from NEBULA6G (23:22, 7 January 2023)
good day, as i see you were just put apone me as a mentor when i dont even you but i guess thats what it is so question, are you aware of of "MOJO"?
-MIKHA'EL --NEBULA6G (talk) 23:22, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
Question from Ranjana Unfold (12:43, 8 January 2023)
Hey Please help me why my content is getting delete and how i can make ir proper so it cant get delete please reply this is very imp --Ranjana Unfold (talk) 12:43, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
Question from Ranjana Unfold (07:07, 6 January 2023)
Hey How are you ? can you please help me how can i change my main headline of ranjana to ranjana unfold its only showing ranjana --Ranjana Unfold (talk) 07:07, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Ranjana Unfold, please stop. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Ranjana, you may be blocked from editing. If you would like to move a page in general, please see this page for assistance. Best wishes, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 03:26, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
- Hello please help me how i can edit my content andd get it published and also how i can change my name into ranjana unfold. Please reply ASAP this is very urgent Ranjana Unfold (talk) 12:32, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
- Hey Please help how i can update my content and get published in proper manner where it cant get delete. Ranjana Unfold (talk) 07:51, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2023)
 The start line of the Canberra Marathon in 2006
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Scarf • Summer Palace of Peter the Great Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 9 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Tech News: 2023-02
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 use tags to filter edits in the recent changes feed or on your watchlist. You can now use tags to filter out edits you don't want to see. Previously you could only use tags to focus on the edits with those tags. [1]
- Special:WhatLinksHere shows all pages that link to a specific page. There is now a prototype for how to sort those pages alphabetically. You can see the discussion in the Phabricator ticket.
- You can now use the thanks function on your watchlist and the user contribution page. [2]
- A wiki page can be moved to give it a new name. You can now get a dropdown menu with common reasons when you move a page. This is so you don't have to write the explanation every time. [3]
- Matrix is a chat tool. You can now use
matrix:to create Matrix links on wiki pages. [4] - You can filter out translations when you look at the recent changes on multilingual wikis. This didn't hide translation pages. You can now also hide subpages which are translation pages. [5]
Changes later this week
- Realtime preview for wikitext is a tool which lets editors preview the page when they edit wikitext. It will be enabled for all users of the 2010 wikitext editor. You will find it in the editor toolbar.
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 10 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 12 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 January. It will be on all wikis from 12 January (calendar).
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Question from Beatrice Asare on Visa Waiver Program (14:44, 7 January 2023)
My name is Beatrice Asare, i am 28 years old, I form Ghana, --Beatrice Asare (talk) 14:44, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Beatrice Asare, and welcome to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Do note that we aren’t able to assist with issues relating to US immigration; for those matters, it’s best to inquire through official channels. Best, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 17:23, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
Question from Patriot S2X (19:01, 10 January 2023)
Eric, I only stepped in to become a contributor in order to provide truthful and accurate information regarding the political person, Anna Paulina Luna. The information I contributed is truthful and accurate. Also important is that the information is properly sourced. However, it appears someone has already deleted my contributions and this is a problem. This is not the first time Anna Paulina Luna has attempted to scrub unfavorable information about herself from public scrutiny. She also paid to have her name and biographical information removed from public, commercial search engine. Therefore, the information which I have provide is sourced from official government sites, from sources close to Anna which have demonstrable chain-of-custody for the information, or which feature her in video during public debate. There are many other sources, less reliable, which contain other factual information, but due to their tabloid style, I did not include them with my information. This page needs to be protected from Anna Paulina Luna. --Patriot S2X (talk) 19:01, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
Question from 7wm5623y on User talk:7wm5623y (23:39, 10 January 2023)
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Question from God leven (18:28, 14 January 2023)
Sir i want to ask that why i can’t add any new website who wrote articles about the same topic which don’t have in Wikipedia like related and movie --Arshad Ali (talk) 18:28, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @God leven, and welcome to Wikipedia! To create an article, you can use the Article Wizard. Best wishes, 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 00:29, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2023)
 A kiddie ride is a coin-operated amusement ride for young children.
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Canberra Marathon • Scarf Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 16 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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The Signpost: 16 January 2023
- Special report: Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020
- News and notes: Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
- In the media: Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again
- Technology report: View it! A new tool for image discovery
- In focus: Busting into Grand Central
- Serendipity: How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100
- Featured content: Flip your lid
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2022
- From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
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Tech News: 2023-03
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
The URLs in "prev" links on page history now contain diff=prev&oldid=[revision ID]in place ofdiff=[revision ID]&oldid=[revision ID]. This is to fix a problem with links pointing to incorrect diffs when history was filtered by a tag. Some user scripts may break as a result of this change. [6]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 January. It will be on all wikis from 19 January (calendar).
- Some changes to the appearance of talk pages have only been available on
Talk:andUser talk:namespaces. These will be extended to other talk namespaces, such asWikipedia talk:. They will continue to be unavailable in non-talk namespaces, includingWikipedia:pages (e.g., at the Village Pump). You can change your preferences (beta feature). [7] - On Wikisources, when an image is zoomed or panned in the Page: namespace, the same zoom and pan settings will be remembered for all Page: namespace pages that are linked to a particular Index: namespace page. [8]
- The Vector 2022 skin will become the default for the English Wikipedia desktop users. The change will take place on January 18 at 15:00 UTC. Learn more.
Future changes
- The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey, which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts next week on 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC. You can start drafting your proposals in the CWS sandbox.
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This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2023)
 Side one of a 1930 brochure for the Ambassador Hotel in San Francisco
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Kiddie ride • Canberra Marathon Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 23 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Books & Bytes – Issue 54
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 54, November – December 2022
- New collections:
- British Newspaper Archive
- Findmypast
- University of Michigan Press
- ACLS
- Duke University Press
- 1Lib1Ref 2023
- Spotlight: EDS Refine Results
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Tech News: 2023-04
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
- Last week, for ~15 minutes, all wikis were unreachable for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a timing issue. [9]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 January. It will be on all wikis from 26 January (calendar).
- If you have the Beta Feature for DiscussionTools enabled, the appearance of talk pages will add more information about discussion activity. [10][11]
- The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS), which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts on Monday 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC.
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Question from REGAKG (17:13, 25 January 2023)
Hello, I created an account only because I thought that I was required to do so in order to use the site. Am I correct? --REGAKG (talk) 17:13, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
- Hello REGAKG, and welcome to Wikipedia! No account is required to read articles, but it is highly encouraged to have one in order to contribute. Best wishes, EpicPupper (talk) 18:55, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
Question from JBFree88 (19:00, 29 January 2023)
Yes, thank you Epic. I would like to know how to create a page for an artist? I have several I would like to do that are missing, I will look forward to your response and I will research how to in the mean time. Thank you! --JBFree88 (talk) 19:00, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @JBFree88, and welcome to Wikipedia! To create an article, you can use the Article Wizard. Cheers, EpicPupper (talk) 19:32, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you Epic! One more question ...for now. Did I read the create a page part right when it said I shouldn't publish it but instead have someone more established do so for me until I become a solidified editor? JBFree88 (talk) 19:48, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- @JBFree88, yes! The Articles for Creation process allows you to receive helpful feedback on your drafts. Best, EpicPupper (talk) 23:21, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Awesome, thanks again! JBFree88 (talk) 23:24, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- @JBFree88, yes! The Articles for Creation process allows you to receive helpful feedback on your drafts. Best, EpicPupper (talk) 23:21, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you Epic! One more question ...for now. Did I read the create a page part right when it said I shouldn't publish it but instead have someone more established do so for me until I become a solidified editor? JBFree88 (talk) 19:48, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2023)
Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Brochure • Kiddie ride Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 30 January 2023 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Women in Red in February 2023
Tip of the month:
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Tech News: 2023-05
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
- Last week, for ~15 minutes, some users were unable to log in or edit pages. This was caused by a problem with session storage. [12]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 February. It will be on all wikis from 2 February (calendar).
Future changes
- Wikis that use localized numbering schemes for references need to add new CSS. This will help to show citation numbers the same way in all reading and editing modes. If your wiki would prefer to do it yourselves, please see the details and example CSS to copy from, and also add your wiki to the list. Otherwise, the developers will directly help out starting the week of February 5.
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Growth team newsletter #24
Welcome to the twenty-fourth newsletter from the Growth team!
Newcomer experience projects
The Growth team partnered with other WMF teams to conduct several experiments around increasing account creation and new editor retention. Results from four of these experiments are now available:
- Thank you pages & banners - Encourage donors to create accounts through thank you pages and banners.
- Marketing experiment - Run ads on-wiki and off-wiki to see how this impacts account activation.
- "Add an image" GLAM events - Host GLAM events that focus on using the "Add an image" tool.
- Welcome emails - Experiment sending welcome emails to newly created accounts.
Newcomer tasks
- Several communities suggested improving "add a link", by suggesting underlinked articles first. We released this change to Growth pilot wikis. We will review the data and collect feedback before considering releasing it to more wikis. [13]
- The deployment of the "add a link" to all Wikipedias is still in progress. Suggested links use a prediction model, which has to be trained. The deployments will resume after we finish training all models. [14]
Mentorship
- When someone wants to signup as a mentor, they are now informed if they don't meet the defined criteria. [15]
- Workshop hosts asked us to have workshop attendees assigned to them. They can soon use a custom URL parameter. This way, workshop hosts will continue mentoring the event's attendees after the workshop. It will be available in February. [16]
- Have you considered to help new editors on your wiki, by signing up to be a Mentor?
- Please visit Special:MentorDashboard to check on the conditions to be a mentor, and sign up.
- If your wiki does not have Mentorship enabled, consider setting it up. The Growth team can provide advice and assist as needed. Please ping Trizek (WMF) for assistance.
Other news
- In Special:SpecialPages, Growth experiments now have their own section. [17]
- This newsletter will have a new publication period, 6 times a year: January, March, May, July, September, November.
Translations
- Newsletter translation: We are looking for translators for this newsletter. If you are interested and have the needed English language proficiency to assist, then please add your name to this list. You will receive an invite on your talk page to translate the newsletter when it is ready.
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
- Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.
Technical news
- The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
- In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
- Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.
Question from Arrbgtjai9 (09:08, 2 February 2023)
How can i check if a person is notable or not ? --Arrbgtjai9 (talk) 09:08, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) See WP:GNG for general notability guidelines. Tails Wx 22:53, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for comment
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Question from Bear1375 (12:50, 3 February 2023)
Hi, I have only begun and written a bio article about an afghan author. I have used some sources that are in Persian, German, English, and a video link to youtube. I have also used some of the author's books ( i have checked and they are not self-published). so can you check my article and then tell me how to correct it as it has been declined? Thanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Abdulghafour_Arezou --Bear1375 (talk) 12:50, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Bear1375, and welcome to Wikipedia! This page can help with identifying reliable sources. Best, EpicPupper (talk) 02:24, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 4 February 2023
- From the editor: New for the Signpost: Author pages, tag pages, and a decent article search function
- News and notes: Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan
- Disinformation report: Wikipedia on Santos
- Op-Ed: Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter
- Recent research: Wikipedia's "moderate yet systematic" liberal citation bias
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Organized Labour
- Tips and tricks: XTools: Data analytics for your list of created articles
- Featured content: 20,000 Featureds under the Sea
- Traffic report: Films, deaths and ChatGPT
This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2023)
 Belgian waffles cooked in a Krampouz cast-iron waffle iron, in a Montreal restaurant during the gastronomy competition of the Montreal Highlights Festival
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Tech News: 2023-06
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
- In the Vector 2022 skin, logged-out users using the full-width toggle will be able to see the setting of their choice even after refreshing pages or opening new ones. This only applies to wikis where Vector 2022 is the default. [18]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).
- Previously, we announced when some wikis would be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. These switches will not be announced any more, as the read-only time has become non-significant. Switches will continue to happen at 7AM UTC on Tuesdays and Thursdays. [19]
- Across all the wikis, in the Vector 2022 skin, logged-in users will see the page-related links such as "What links here" in a new side menu. It will be displayed on the other side of the screen. This change had previously been made on Czech, English, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. [20]
- Community Wishlist Survey 2023 will stop receiving new proposals on Monday, 6 February 2023, at 18:00 UTC. Proposers should complete any edits by then, to give time for translations and review. Voting will begin on Friday, 10 February.
Future changes
- Gadgets and user scripts will be changing to load on desktop and mobile sites. Previously they would only load on the desktop site. It is recommended that wiki administrators audit the gadget definitions prior to this change, and add
skins=…for any gadgets which should not load on mobile. More details are available.
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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2023)
 Campaign for the Norwegian Centre Party at Nærbø: like its Finnish and Swedish counterparts, the party has a strong focus on decentralisation, rural and agrarian issues. Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum.
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Tech News: 2023-07
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
- On wikis where patrolled edits are enabled, changes made to the mentor list by autopatrolled mentors are not correctly marked as patrolled. It will be fixed later this week. [21]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (calendar).
- The Reply tool and other parts of DiscussionTools will be deployed for all editors using the mobile site. You can read more about this decision. [22]
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [23][24][25]
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Question from MightyWinz (18:24, 14 February 2023)
2 questions:
- 1: If I were to call someone "out of touch" on a subject, with no bad intentions, just telling them that they are misinformed, would that be considered a "personal attack"?
- 2: Can I add images to replies on talk pages? If not, how did "Meters" do it on my talk page?
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MightyWinz ] --MightyWinz (talk) 18:24, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hi MightyWinz, and welcome to Wikipedia! The no personal attacks policy may be helpful. As for images in replies, yes, you can! See this page for more information. Best, EpicPupper (talk) 21:32, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- I did look at that, thank you for that. Personally, I don't think so, but I would appreciate your opinion on it. MightyWinz (talk) 23:45, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2023)
Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is:
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The Signpost: 20 February 2023
- In the media: Arbitrators open case after article alleges Wikipedia "intentionally distorts" Holocaust coverage
- Disinformation report: The "largest con in corporate history"?
- Tips and tricks: All about writing at DYK
- Featured content: Eden, lost.
- Gallery: Love is in the air
- From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago: Let's (not) delete the Main Page!
- Humour: The RfA Candidate's Song
Tech News: 2023-08
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
- Last week, during planned maintenance of Cloud Services, unforeseen complications forced the team to turn off all tools for 2–3 hours to prevent data corruption. Work is ongoing to prevent similar problems in the future. [26]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 February. It will be on all wikis from 23 February (calendar).
- The voting phase for the Community Wishlist Survey 2023 ends on 24 February at 18:00 UTC. The results of the survey will be announced on 28 February.
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [27][28][29]
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Movement Charter Drafting Committee's monthly newsletter
- First Community Consultation: A concise summary of the community consultation on the initial three drafts of the Charter is now available for your review on Meta and on the Diff platform. In addition, you can read about MC Ambassadors are sharing about their experiences:
- What’s next after the community feedback period? The Committee is currently reviewing the detailed feedback which consists of 59 pages of comments, in March the Committee will share their response to the comments. The detailed version of the feedback, which the Committee is reviewing, is also available on this Meta page.
- MCDC’s Virtual Working Session: The Committee gathered virtually from 3rd to 5th February to work on the drafts of the following new set of chapters of the Movement Charter: Global Council, Hubs, Decision Making, and Roles & Responsibilities. The Committee members worked in their smaller drafting groups first. The full Committee then convened, with representatives of each drafting group presenting the progress made so far, as well as about what type of support is needed for their future sessions.
- Learn about Movement Charter Drafting Committee’s work in January: The update includes details of the meetings held by the Committee in the month of January 2023, stakeholder conversations, completed work as well as about the new drafting groups, creating glossary and independent legal review.
Coming up:
- Community feedback on the ratification methodology proposal of the future Movement Charter. The feedback was postponed until March 2023. The communities will be able to review the ratification methodology and share their early input on the open questions.
- The MCDC will soon announce a “Call for Advisors”. The call will be an invitation for interested individuals with relevant expertise and knowledge to participate in drafting the Charter. Advisors will be considered non-voting members.
- Responses to the community consultation feedback by the MCDC. The Committee has been carefully reviewing feedback collected in the consultation from November & December 2022, and will publicly share responses to the feedback by March.
--14:20, 22 February 2023 (UTC).
Editing news 2023 #1
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This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:
- The Editing team will finish adding new features to the Talk pages project and deploy it.
- They are beginning a new project, Edit check.
Talk pages project
The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for Discussion tools.
It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Add topic" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.
An A/B test for Discussion tools on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Discussion tools. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.
New Project: Edit Check
The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "Publish changes". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more.
Question from Betarhobeta (00:33, 26 February 2023)
Hi, I am starting a new page for an artist and writer. I want to keep it unpublished in EDIT mode for now as I develop the material. I found a template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Artist_biography_article_template I am using it , but only see a "PUBLISH button. how can I save it for editing before I publish? --Betarhobeta (talk) 00:33, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
Question from Betarhobeta (00:57, 26 February 2023)
Greetings, I just read that you are coping with a loss. My heart is with you as you travel a steep path that no-one would ever choose. I am on this path as well. Now, more on my question. I did start a sandbox page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Betarhobeta/sandbox?action=edit but only see a "PUBLISH button. I want to keep it offline for the time being. How can I do this? --Betarhobeta (talk) 00:57, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Betarhobeta, and welcome to Wikipedia! To create an article, please see the Article Wizard. There is no way to save edits offline without publishing; however, with the Article Wizard, you can store a page in the Draft namespace before it is moved to the main (article) namespace. Hope that helps! EpicPupper (talk) 01:05, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, I started a sandbox and only see a PUBLISH button. If I use that Publish button is it saved as a draft or published on Wikipedia? Betarhobeta (talk) 01:15, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Betarhobeta, it is saved as a draft on Wikipedia. Best, EpicPupper (talk) 01:18, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
- OK thanks, I pressed PUBLISH. I have a lot to do on this before It is ready to go live.
- Thanks,
- Bonnie Betarhobeta (talk) 01:22, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Betarhobeta, it is saved as a draft on Wikipedia. Best, EpicPupper (talk) 01:18, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, I started a sandbox and only see a PUBLISH button. If I use that Publish button is it saved as a draft or published on Wikipedia? Betarhobeta (talk) 01:15, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
Women in Red March 2023
See also:
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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2023)
Hello, EpicPupper. The article for improvement of the week is:
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Tech News: 2023-09
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
- Last week, in some areas of the world, there were problems with loading pages for 20 minutes and saving edits for 55 minutes. These issues were caused by a problem with our caching servers due to unforseen events during a routine maintenance task. [30][31]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 March. It will be on all wikis from 2 March (calendar).
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [32]
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
- Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
- A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.
Technical news
- The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.
Arbitration
- Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
- The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
- A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.
Miscellaneous
- The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
- Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
- The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a
[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing
. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.
WikiCup 2023 March newsletter
So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.
The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included 
LunaEatsTuna, 
Thebiguglyalien, 
Sammi Brie, 
Trainsandotherthings, 
Lee Vilenski, 
Juxlos, 
Unexpectedlydian, 
SounderBruce, 
Kosack, 
BennyOnTheLoose and 
PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
Question from Blitzfan51 (15:30, 2 March 2023)
hi. i'm new here and i needed help adding myself to the star wars wiki project editor thing. --Blitzfan51 (talk) 15:30, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Blitzfan51, and welcome to Wikipedia! I’d recommend posting on the WikiProject talk page in order to find ways to contribute. Best, EpicPupper (talk) 05:43, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
Question from Blitzfan51 (15:44, 2 March 2023)
also, why was your user page deleted? I don't understand. --Blitzfan51 (talk) 15:44, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Blitzfan51! I self-requested deletion of my user page under the U1 criteria for speedy deletion criterion. Hope that helps! Cheers, EpicPupper (talk) 05:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
Question from Hayden Froggy (04:18, 4 March 2023)
I cant click the checkmark Create a new article. --Hayden Froggy (talk) 04:18, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Hayden Froggy, and welcome to Wikipedia! To create an article, please see the Article Wizard. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask! Best, EpicPupper (talk) 05:40, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2023)
 Manufacturing of an automobile
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Question from Aroomuae (12:51, 6 March 2023)
Dear Mentor, I would like to ask you about the articles editing? Recently, I wrote an article on my sandbox and how should I do it to get more edits from other Wikipedia editors? and how long it will be publish on main page? I will be appreciated if you will be answered my questions. Thank You. --Aroomuae (talk) 12:51, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-10
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
- The Community Wishlist Survey 2023 edition has been concluded. Community Tech has published the results of the survey and will provide an update on what is next in April 2023.
- On wikis which use LanguageConverter to handle multiple writing systems, articles which used custom conversion rules in the wikitext (primarily on Chinese Wikipedia) would have these rules applied inconsistently in the table of contents, especially in the Vector 2022 skin. This has now been fixed. [33]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 March. It will be on all wikis from 9 March (calendar).
- A search system has been added to the Preferences screen. This will let you find different options more easily. Making it work on mobile devices will happen soon. [34]
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The Signpost: 9 March 2023
- News and notes: What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?
- Technology report: Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy
- In the media: What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?
- Featured content: In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter
- Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events
- From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
Question from Princekaushalghora on User:Princekaushalghora (20:17, 11 March 2023)
Who are you --Princekaushalghora (talk) 20:17, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Princekaushalghora, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm EpicPupper :) Let me know if you have any questions! Best, EpicPupper (talk) 05:01, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: February 2023
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This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2023)
 An assortment of various foods
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Tech News: 2023-11
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 March. It will be on all wikis from 16 March (calendar).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Chavacano de Zamboanga Wikipedia, Min Dong Chinese Wikipedia, Chechen Wikipedia, Cebuano Wikipedia, Chamorro Wikipedia, Cherokee Wikipedia, Cheyenne Wikipedia, Central Kurdish Wikipedia, Corsican Wikipedia, Kashubian Wikipedia, Church Slavic Wikipedia, Chuvash Wikipedia, Welsh Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [35][36]
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Books & Bytes – Issue 55
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 55, January – February 2023
- New bundle partners:
- Newspapers.com
- Fold3
- 1Lib1Ref January report
- Spotlight: EDS SmartText Searching
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Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter
Election results: In our December 2022 coordinator election, Reidgreg and Tenryuu stepped down as coordinators; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo were returned as coordinators until 1 July. For the second time, no lead coordinator was chosen. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 21 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 14 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 170 articles totaling 389,737 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our February Copy Editing Blitz focused on October and November 2022 requests, and the March and April 2022 backlogs. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine claimed at least one copy-edit; and between them, they copy-edited 39,150 words in 22 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: Sign up now for our month-long March Backlog Elimination Drive. Barnstars awarded will be posted here after the drive closes. Progress report: As of 12:08, 19 March 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 73 requests since 1 January 2023, all but five of them from 2022, and the backlog stands at 1,872 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2023)
 A voting line during the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum
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The Signpost: 20 March 2023
- News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate
- Eyewitness: Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians
- In the media: Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences
- Featured content: Way too many featured articles
- Interview: 228/2/1: the inside scoop on Aoidh's RfA
- Traffic report: Who died? Who won? Who lost?
Tech News: 2023-12
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
- Last week, some users experienced issues loading image thumbnails. This was due to incorrectly cached images. [37]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (calendar).
A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will appear on Special:Contributions — some user scripts which previously added this link may cause conflicts. This feature request was voted #17 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.- The Special:AbuseFilter edit window will be resizable and larger by default. This feature request was voted #80 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
- There will be a new option for Administrators when they are unblocking a user, to add the unblocked user’s user page to their watchlist. This will work both via Special:Unblock and via the API. [38]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on 24 March at 17:00 (UTC). See details and how to join.
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