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Looking for more wallpaper images of Tad's
editGreetings and thank you for considering this! Here is the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad%27s_Steaks I am looking to recreated the (in)famous Tad's Steak interior wallpaper as an anniversary gift for my wife. Might you have any more images of the wallpaper that I could use as a template?
Thank you, 2603:7000:E601:471E:153A:9817:C22A:3218 (talk) 17:28, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hi. Thanks for your interest in the article I wrote, but I'm afraid that image is the only one I was able to find. RoySmith (talk) 17:35, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for your lightning-fast response! 2603:7000:E601:471E:153A:9817:C22A:3218 (talk) 19:09, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-46
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Updates for editors
- On wikis with the Translate extension enabled, users will notice that the FuzzyBot will now automatically create translated versions of categories used on translated pages. [1]
- View all 29 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the submitted task to use the SecurePoll extension for English Wikipedia's special administrator election was resolved on time. [2]
Updates for technical contributors
In 1.44.0-wmf-2, the logic of Wikibase functiongetAllStatementschanged to behave likegetBestStatements. Invoking the function now returns a copy of values which are immutable. [3]- Wikimedia REST API users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. The API will be rerouting some page content endpoints from RESTbase to the newer MediaWiki REST API endpoints. The impacted endpoints include getting page/revision metadata and rendered HTML content. These changes will be available on testwiki later this week, with other projects to follow. This change should not affect existing functionality, but active users of the impacted endpoints should verify behavior on testwiki, and raise any concerns on the related Phabricator ticket.
In depth
- Admins and users of the Wikimedia projects where Automoderator is enabled can now monitor and evaluate important metrics related to Automoderator's actions. This Superset dashboard calculates and aggregates metrics about Automoderator's behaviour on the projects in which it is deployed. Thanks to the Moderator Tools team for this Dashboard; you can visit the documentation page for more information about this work. [4]
Meetings and events
- 21 November 2024 (8:00 UTC & 16:00 UTC) - Community call with Wikimedia Commons volunteers and stakeholders to help prioritize support efforts for 2025-2026 Fiscal Year. The theme of this call is how content should be organised on Wikimedia Commons.
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Query
editHello, Roy,
Well, I bit the bullet and submitted my statement for the ARBCOM election. Unfortunately though, I've had to redo all of my pages so I seem to be having trouble with the templates. Could you double-check my entry and fix anything I got wrong? If so, I'm very grateful. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 01:08, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Liz, I'm very glad to see your name on the list. In this area, I'm serving mostly as cheerleader and candidate wrangler, so I'm pinging some friendly arbcom clerks Amortias and Dreamy Jazz who certainly know more about the details of nomination formats than I do; hopefully one of them will be able to spot any problems. RoySmith (talk) 01:27, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, I think I fixed the problems by looking at Arbitration election candidates in previous elections. Formatting the questions involved wiki code I have never used in 11 years here but it's kind of similar to HTML. We'll see how I fare. But thanks for issuing the call for help! Liz Read! Talk! 05:32, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- Good to hear you resolved the issues. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 10:53, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, I think I fixed the problems by looking at Arbitration election candidates in previous elections. Formatting the questions involved wiki code I have never used in 11 years here but it's kind of similar to HTML. We'll see how I fare. But thanks for issuing the call for help! Liz Read! Talk! 05:32, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2024-47
editLatest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- Users of Wikimedia sites will now be warned when they create a redirect to a page that doesn't exist. This will reduce the number of broken redirects to red links in our projects. [5]
- View all 42 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, Pywikibot, which automates work on MediaWiki sites, was upgraded to 9.5.0 on Toolforge. [6]
Updates for technical contributors
- On wikis that use the FlaggedRevs extension, pages created or moved by users with the appropriate permissions are marked as flagged automatically. This feature has not been working recently, and changes fixing it should be deployed this week. Thanks to Daniel and Wargo for working on this. [7][8]
In depth
- There is a new Diff post about Temporary Accounts, available in more than 15 languages. Read it to learn about what Temporary Accounts are, their impact on different groups of users, and the plan to introduce the change on all wikis.
Meetings and events
- Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10 2024. The registration for the event will close in mid-April 2025. The Wikimedia Hackathon is an annual gathering that unites the global technical community to collaborate on existing projects and explore new ideas.
- Join the Wikimedia Commons community calls this week to help prioritize support for Commons which will be planned for 2025–2026. The theme will be how content should be organised on Wikimedia Commons. This is an opportunity for volunteers who work on different things to come together and talk about what matters for the future of the project. The calls will take place November 21, 2024, 8:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC.
- A Language community meeting will take place November 29, 16:00 UTC to discuss updates and technical problem-solving.
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