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"Declined means declined"

Lower your tone, please. --Usestunis (talk) 22:14, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

No. You're deliberately trying to get admins to delete pages under CSD criteria that you know they don't meet. Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:05, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Jackmcbarn. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Edit filter.
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Sam Walton (talk) 12:50, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Question about Article Wizard

If you submit an article through Article Wizard does it immediately post to Wikipedia or does it become part of WP:AFC and get vetted?

Thx! SusanChana (talk) 14:22, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

@SusanChana: It depends. If the wizard thinks the article is suitable for immediate inclusion, it will give you a choice where you want to create it. Otherwise, it will force you to create it as a draft. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:02, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

eugowra

its not vandalism its first hand knowledge of the subject you spastic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.70.21 (talk) 11:53, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

No, it was vandalism. Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:35, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Book talk:Mercedes Benz

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T87645

For some strange reason Book talk:Mercedes Benz is still showing up in the maintenance list Articles With Multiple Dablinks. I do not know if that is a failure of the DPL-bot or that something went wrong when you deleted that thingy. Could you take a look at it? Thanks in advance. The Banner talk 13:47, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

@The Banner: That's one of the many faces of phabricator:T87645. There's nothing we can do about it on-wiki. Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:39, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-08

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

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
• On Wednesday your Meta user page will be shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. [1] [2] [3]
• You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [4]
• In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [5]
• The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first.​ [6]

Meetings

• The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [7]
• You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [8]
• You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [9]

Future changes

• You can comment on a proposal about abandoned Labs tools.

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17:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Japonic languages

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Tech News: 2015-09

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

Recent software changes

• All new accounts are now global. [10]
• Your Meta user page is now shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can report problems if you see any. You can ask a bot to delete your old user pages. [11] [12] [13]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 25. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 26 (calendar).
• It is now easier to see template fields in VisualEditor. The fields are bigger. [14]
• It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [15]
• Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [16]
• Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [17]

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.
• Images in the interface will soon work better in Opera 12. [18]

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16:28, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Putsch

Hello Jackmcbarn,

I requested that an edit be made to the template-protected module at Module:Infobox military conflict. Unfortunately, no answer has come. Would you take the case: Putsch. --Keysanger (talk) 11:38, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Newbie help request

Hello Jackmcbarn,

I'm a bit of a newbie here on Wikipedia and therefore am not completely familiar with the formality of how things are done here. I inadvertently found myself in a so-called editing war and when I was notified of this, I refrained from making anymore edits immediately (though I understand I can resume after 24 hours). I'm writing to you now because I suspect the same person may be using more than one account. I won't name any names just yet because the evidence admittedly isn't infallible but it's still quite compelling in my opinion. Both accounts have large gaps in their edit history and both have mysteriously appeared on the talk pages of two different articles (always one after the other) I have made edits to over the past few days (London and the French language). The two accounts in question also have some overlap in their fields of interest (i.e. there seems to be a lot of talk about Israel on both pages). Coincidence? I'm not so sure. My question to you is, would it be worth making a formal complaint and is the evidence I have given you here even enough to justify such a complaint? Thank you for your help. NorthernFactoid (talk) 02:54, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @NorthernFactoid: If a new editor makes questionable edits on one article then many editors will glance over the editor's other edits. As for WP:3RR, note that "The rule is not an entitlement to revert a page a specific number of times." Your edit on London has no support so far on the talk page. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 03:04, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

@NeilN: Excuse me? I'm not talking about my edits to London here. This has nothing to do with 'many editors glancing over the editor's other edits.' Get with it. NorthernFactoid (talk) 03:10, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

@NorthernFactoid: You wrote: "...two different articles I have made edits to over the past few days (London and the French language)". People who post to your talk page about one issue will likely have your talk page on their watchlists and might look at what is happening when people post to your talk page about other issues. By the way, pings won't work if you add signatures after your initial post. A ping and a signature have to be in a single edit for it to work. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 03:25, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

@NeilN: I'm talking about potential sock puppetry here. One person, two different accounts. Please don't distract from the topic at hand (but thanks for the ping tip) NorthernFactoid (talk) 03:30, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Talk page stalker. Then i suggest you visit WP:SPI and file a complaint. I think you are overreacting here, frankly. WP:AGF. I would honestly suggest you engage on the relevant talk pages first. Create a dialogue, and seek consensus on the issues. SPA allegations are not minor matters. Regards Irondome (talk) 03:58, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

It looks like everything here has been answered (thanks TPS's). Let me know if it hasn't been. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:15, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-10

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 software changes

• A Lua function to use Wikidata has changed. You need to update the pages that use it. [19]
• You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Uzbek and Minangkabau. You need to enable it in your Beta options.
• You can now hide banners if you don't have an account. [20] [21]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).
• You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.
• Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [22] [23] [24] [25]
• The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [26]
• The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [27]

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [28]

Future changes

• You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [29]

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16:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Requesting view/help for 2 edit-filter related bugs on phabricator

Hi,

Often I have to work on mr-wikipedia filters. Earlier resolution of two bugs namely T21565 and T48773 is likely to be helpful for our project.

In T21565 edit filters can track file uploads they can track comments of files but can not track upload and comments together.

About T48773 I suppose wikimedia software/search works properly about unicode word borders but unfortunately edit filter has not been able to do it till now.

I do not know if at all we can do some thing to get it expedited in resolving.

Thanks and rgds

Mahitgar (talk) 07:09, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Questions

As one involved in SPIs, can you answer the following questions please.

1. If a checkuser spontaneously blocks a named account as a sock, with no SPI and no other discussion at all, should the blocked account be tagged as "confirmed" or as "suspected"?

2. Should a normal administrator (non-checkuser) blocking a named account ever tag it as "confirmed" when there has been no SPI and no checkuser involvement? 94.196.210.161 (talk) 22:08, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-11

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

Recent changes

• You can now create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [30] [31]
• VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [32] [33] [34]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).
• In VisualEditor the "Edit ^beta" button is now called "Edit" on the English Wikipedia. [35] [36]
• The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [37] [38]
• You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [39] [40]
• You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools. [41] [42]
• If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [43]

Future changes

• You can get help to become a developer. You can learn more on the Google Summer of Code and Outreachy pages. [44]
• You will soon be able to read technical reports in Phabricator. [45]

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15:18, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Coords (again!)

@Frietjes: has made changes to {{infobox settlement}} and {{infobox airport}} (among others maybe), allowing coords to be fetched direct from wikidata. This is fine, but the problem is that the coords saved on WD don't have any arcseconds, but the returned / displayed coords do, imputing a precision that isn't there (and not wanted to be there). What can be done? -- Unbuttered parsnip (talk) mytime= Sat 15:21, wikitime= 07:21, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

User:Unbuttered Parsnip, the problem is that the lat/long import from wikidata doesn't round when converting from dms to dec, so we cannot infer the dms precision from the number. I just refactored {{geobox coor}} to use module:geobox coor which has a hack to round the imported numbers if lats == longs == 0. the better fix would be to have the module that converts the dms to dec not return excessively precise numbers. once we have that, I can remove the hack from module:geobox coor. Frietjes (talk) 16:21, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

That's interesting because my {{ParseWDCoords}} doesn't receive any arcseconds when none had been input. So somewhere inside WD it knows the precision, it just isn't telling you! -- Unbuttered parsnip (talk) mytime= Sun 07:02, wikitime= 23:02, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-12

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

Recent changes

• The servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [46]
• You can now see lists of bugs about Commons, Wikisource and Wiktionary. [47]
• It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [48] [49]

Problems

• Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
• A puzzle piece icon () now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [50] [51]
• You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [52] [53]

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [54] [55]
• You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [56]
• The final steps of single user login (SUL) will happen in April. You can see the rules to rename accounts. [57]

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15:15, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Module talk:RfD listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Module talk:RfD. Since you had some involvement with the Module talk:RfD redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 20:52, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-13

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 this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
• The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [58]
• VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [59] [60] [61]
• When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [62]

Meetings

• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [63]

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15:09, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Star Wars

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Star Wars. Legobot (talk) 00:13, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Commons gadget for Wikipedia use?

Please see this request that I made at Technical 13's talk page. He suggested that you could assist, as he hasn't the time. RGloucester — ☎ 18:17, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-14

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 hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [64]
• You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [65] [66] [67]
• All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [68]
• You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [69]
• VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [70]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
• VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [71]
• You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [72]
• You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [73]
• You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [74]
• VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [75] [76] [77] [78]

Meetings

• You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on IRC on March 31 at 16:00 (UTC). [79]
• You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:18, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

RfPP request

Hi there,

There's been a request at RfPP to lower the protection on Template:Anarchism sidebar, as the dispute seems to have died out. Could you have a look at this please? I'm going to close the request and suggest they contact me direct if they get no reply here. Thanks. GedUK  12:11, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

@Ged UK:  Done Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:35, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-15

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 join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs. [80]
• You can read the last monthly report. In the future you can read team reports every three months. You can see current work on the roadmap. [81] [82]
• The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month. [83]
• You can use a new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends. [84]

Problems

• The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary. [85]
• Labs was broken several times this week. [86] [87] [88] [89]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
• You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [90]
• Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [91] [92]
• You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [93]

Meetings

• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [94]

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15:42, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Edit filter request

Hi Jack, did this filter ever get set up? And if not do you still have the filter lying around somewhere so it could be set up? Sam Walton (talk) 22:19, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

@Samwalton9: Emailed you the definition. Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:47, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-16

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 read the latest news about VisualEditor.
• You can now use the new translation tool on 22 Wikipedias. You now see the tool the first time you create a new page. [95]
• The list of bad user names on your wiki no longer works. The global list replaces it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [96] [97]

Problems

• Some wikis had issues on Wednesday. [98] [99]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
• Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [100] [101]
• All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [102]

Meetings

• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:40, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Module:RfD

Module:RfD, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Module:RfD and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Module:RfD during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Si Trew (talk) 21:07, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Module:RfD for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Module:RfD is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Module:RfD until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Si Trew (talk) 21:09, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Scottish Council of Jewish Communities

Out of interest, what just happened? And, well, why? Fiddle Faddle 21:23, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

@Timtrent: A history merge, because someone requested it and it seemed correct. Jackmcbarn (talk) 04:00, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I was wondering, because there was a draft and an article and then there was not Fiddle Faddle 06:44, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Module talk:RfD listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Module talk:RfD. Since you had some involvement with the Module talk:RfD redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 21:32, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-17

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

• There was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis. [103]
• VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [104]
• You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [105]
• If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [106]

Problems

• There was a problem with Labs on Monday. [107]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar).
• Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [108] [109] [110]
• If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [111]
• You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [112]

Meetings

• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• You will soon be able to add and remove tags on edits. [113] [114]

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15:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Conversion of the map

Hello Jackmcbarn, regarding the map of Turkey you would converse, if you aren't busy can you make the conversion? I can't proced without a module. Thanks. --Ahmetyal (talk) 15:55, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Sailor Moon

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Tile characters in Familytree and not in Chart

Please see Template talk:Chart#Tile characters in Familytree and not in Chart your advise and help would be appreciated. -- PBS (talk) 09:02, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

RfC: New helper policy

Hello member of Category:Wikipedians who use IRC! You are invited to join an ongoing discussion on Wikipedia talk:IRC/wikipedia-en-help aimed at defining a policy for prerequisites to being a helper in the "#wikipedia-en-help ^connect" channel in a section titled "New helper policy".

To prevent future mailings about IRC, you may remove your user page from Category:Wikipedians who use IRC.
Assistance is available upon request if you can't figure out where it is being added to your user page.
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Tech News: 2015-18

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

• All accounts are now unique and work on all wikis. [115] [116]
• You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki. [117]
• There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed. [118]
• You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. [119]

Problems

• Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [120]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 29 (calendar).
• It is now clearer that you can delete several rows and columns when you edit tables in VisualEditor. [121]
• You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor. [122]
• You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor. [123]
• You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready. [124]

Meetings

• You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 29 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:10, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Wtf you f*cker

WTF YOU DELETE MY ARTICLE UR A BASTARD!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheEvilInThisWorld (talk • contribs) 19:14, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

@TheEvilInThisWorld: First of all, please use a more civil tone when talking to other users. Your article was deleted because you copied its content from [125]. Since that site only allows non-commercial use of its content, copying it here is a copyright violation. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:17, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, just trying to get a page up here...it was first deleted as a hoax(fail) and then for the reason you deleted it.TheEvilInThisWorld (talk) 19:26, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Support request with team editing experiment project

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

Edit Request on Titanic Page

Hi I noticed you (or a robot you built) removed my duplicate Edit Request. Thanks, I was unsure on how to or if to delete it. However, I am wondering when the request will be seen to as the issues raised are quite distinct. While the issue about the antena may be a bit niggly, the issue about the 2 transmitters and the silent room is a large error and goes against material in other parts of Wikipedia as well as outside references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.198.145.187 (talk) 20:13, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

It was actually Mlpearc who removed it. You should ask him about it. Jackmcbarn (talk) 21:00, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

@124.198.145.187: There is no reason to duplicate an edit request, the original one will be processed at some point, posting a second time will not change that. Mlpearc (open channel) 00:37, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-19

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 chat with other users in Phabricator. [126]
• There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [127] [128]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
• It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [129]

Meetings

• You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on May 5 at 14:30 (UTC). [130]
• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 6 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8. [131]

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15:12, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-20

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 make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [132] [133] [134]
• You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [135]
• The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes. [136] [137]

Problems

• There was a problem that caused slow editing. [138]
• Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [139]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
• You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon. [140] [141]
• You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [142]
• When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [143]
• When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [144]

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-21

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 watch a video about the new graph tool.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
• References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [145]
• You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [146]
• The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [147]
• You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [148] [149]
• UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file. [150]
• A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [151]

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join a technical meeting in France this week.

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15:21, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Frill-necked lizard

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Frill-necked lizard. Legobot (talk) 00:03, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-22

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

• VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [152]
• Some Labs tools had issues last week. [153] [154]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• You can add your ideas of new tools to help active users like you. [155]

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16:16, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Just FYI

I'm currently engaged in an email discussion with Ikramilluminati in regards to his block. I have explained Wikipedia's NPOV policies to him, and am awaiting a reply; if he shows sufficient understanding and acceptance of these policies then I'm minded to unblock his account (with a degree of monitoring). If you've a major objection, or if you feel that I'm not in possession of all the relevant facts, please let me know. All the best, Yunshui ^雲_水 09:12, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

@Yunshui: Especially after looking at his UTRS request, I think that if unblocked, he'd just resume making exactly the same kind of edits. I don't see him becoming a constructive editor, but if you do think it's likely, then I'd have no objections to you unblocking. Jackmcbarn (talk) 15:25, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

I'm... undecided, at the moment. I'm waiting to see what he comes back with. I'll let you know if I come down on the side of unblocking him. Cheers, Yunshui ^雲_水 17:01, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for deleting the vandalism to my talk page. BMK (talk) 20:20, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

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