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lmao I went to that page saw only a few changes and was like "huh wow I didn't miss that much" and now I look at it again and you changed like 5 times as much Snowmanonahoe (talk) 22:14, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

@Miniapolis: ...maybe I should just stick to RC patrol. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 11:55, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Tribune

Not quite sure how pointing out Tribune was a newspaper, not a magazine, until 2001 counts as biased. If it does I suggest you edit the Tribune page too, which confirms it. I used to be a subscriber to the publication and I can assure you it was a newspaper for many decades. 77.97.91.147 (talk) 15:07, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

It's more of the part where you mentioned it was "left-wing". Snowmanonahoe (talk) 15:13, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

That's its own self-designation. Left of the Labour Party, of course. 77.97.91.147 (talk) 15:30, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

@77.97.91.147: It still doesn't really add anything to the article. Just leave left wing out and say it was a newspaper. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 15:41, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes it does. Tribune clearly regarded itself as representing the Left of the Labour Party: the banner in those days actually described it as a paper "for Labour and the Left", i.e. the left wing of the Labour Party and those beyond it. This is still its position: the current edition begins with an article called "Against the Centre." The Fabian Society was on the opposite side of the party: gradualist as the name suggests. So to move into both Tribune and the Fabian Society is a clear symptom of full-spectrum entryism, which was one of the distinctive features of the Vanguard group according to the article. There is absolutely nothing biased about referring to Tribune as a left wing publication: it's what it has always claimed to be. 77.97.91.147 (talk) 13:31, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Fair enough. I re-reverted. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 15:35, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Dave McCartney & John McCartney

Dave McCartney is my GGUncle, he is not related to John McCartney. Dave, full name David Thompson McCartney was born in Cronberry, Ayrshire to Charles McCartney and Susanna Thomson....He did have a brother John, he went to Australia, did not play football. However his other brother William James McCartney did, Barnsley being one club, and John McCartney is in a photo we have of the club.....John McCartney was born in Glasgow to William McCartney and Margaret Brown JintyH (talk) 21:13, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@JintyH: To be blunt, this site does not care that he was your great grandfather. You still need a reliable source anyway. Find one, put it in, and no one will revert you. I'm sorry but if we allowed people to just change articles without some sort of proof the writing is true, this site would be rampant with hoaxes, incorrect info, etc. I understand that is probably not your intention, but it would still be a wide avenue for abuse. Thanks. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 22:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

I am new to this site, and won't be editing anything else! The 'reliable source'information, already published, is incorrect, and obviously haven't done their research. I have emailed them twice regarding it...I'm only a mere family member, who wishes to correct this misinformation. Being the reliable source, I have all the information in forms of Birth/marriage/death certificates, which I can't upload for obvious reasons! JintyH (talk) 03:31, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

I give up, the information can stay incorrect! JintyH (talk) 04:30, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

The Tale of Sweeney Todd

Hi, just a quick one. The IP editor was actually correct, it was set in the Georgian era. 1765ish if I recall correctly. Equine-man (talk) 18:08, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

I know. I had a problem with their edit summary. I didn't revert it. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 18:09, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

duh, I just re-read your edit. Sorry my mistake Equine-man (talk) 18:12, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi!

I didn't mean my comment to be overly hostile or anything, I was just being honest. I spend most of my time on articles now correcting things like that; whether people claiming that certain early-Modern eras are medieval or that the Georgia era, powdered wigs and all, are Victorian, which is baffling. Thanks! - Mummy.

Don't worry about it. Everyone gets a little worked up every once in a while.

(Also, you can sign your messages on talk pages by appending 4 tildes (~) to the end.) Snowmanonahoe (talk) 18:13, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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Yes, strictly speaking, they're breaching policy by removing the shared IP template. But it's not really worth worrying about. If all they're doing is blanking their talk page then leave them to it. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:18, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

@HJ Mitchell: Got it. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 14:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

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Hi,

You've been assigned as my mentor for this article I'm trying to create for a series that I directed and produced for Netflix. I understand COI. And I think I've declared it as recommended by Wikipedia (could've totally goofed it up too). But could not figure how to go about creating the article as there was no preview option. So I'm not sure what I've been doing. Could use some help at this point.

Thanks,

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Hello,

The WP:Article wizard is the easiest way to make an article.

I am warning you right now however. Articles for Creation (the group that will review your article) are very skeptical of articles written by editors with a COI. Your article will be scrutinized heavily (perhaps a bit too much). I wish you luck.

(Don’t forget to add {{connected contributor}} to the top of the talk page of your draft.) Snowmanonahoe (talk) 11:20, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

pinging you. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 11:22, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Procedural notification

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Speedy deletion declined: Babai Sen

Hello Snowmanonahoe, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Babai Sen, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: G12 is for pages with no content remaining to save. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 19:08, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Ivanvector: The policy says any content not worth saving, of which this has none, as it has a list of works that was also copied from those sites and merely below TOO, a phrase without the beginning of the sentence, section headers, and list of unuseful routine coverage sources. The article doesn't even have a lead anymore. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 19:15, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

For the record I encountered the page from AFD. Not that it really matters. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 19:16, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Basically, if the copyvio has already been removed, then the page no longer qualifies for G12. When there's not much left I normally move the article to draft so the creator has an opportunity to rewrite and resubmit, but since there's already an AFD it's better to let that play out I think. Speedy deletion shouldn't be used to shortcut discussions. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 19:25, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thanks. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 19:26, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

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• The Special:GlobalWatchlist page now has links for "mark page as read" for each entry. This feature request was voted #161 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [24]

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• At Wikimedia Commons, some thumbnails have not been getting replaced correctly after a new version of the image is uploaded. This should be fixed later this week. [25][26]
• For the last few weeks, some external tools had inconsistent problems with logging-in with OAuth. This has now been fixed. [27]

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• Due to security issues with the Graph extension, graphs have been disabled in all Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Foundation teams are working to respond to these vulnerabilities. [29]
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• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on April 26. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [33]
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how do I edit --Cheesepaw (talk) 12:35, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

@Cheesepaw: Hi Cheesepaw. Welcome to Wikipedia. To edit a page, open the page you want to edit, and then click the "edit" link at the top right. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 12:51, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

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what font do I use here and how do I change it --Akitswas (talk) 02:07, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello Akitswas. You can use the <font> HTML tags for this purpose. Google how to use them. However, this should only be done on your personal user page or talk page. Do not ever use this anywhere else, especially articles. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 02:16, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

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• The content attribution tools Who Wrote That?, XTools Authorship, and XTools Blame now support the French and Italian Wikipedias. More languages will be added in the near future. This is part of the #7 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [34][35][36]
• The Video2commons tool has been updated. This fixed several bugs related to YouTube uploads. [37]
• The Special:Preferences page has been redesigned on mobile web. The new design makes it easier to browse the different categories and settings at low screen widths. You can also now access the page via a link in the Settings menu in the mobile web sidebar. [38]

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Question from TheGamerPainter (21:23, 3 May 2023)

Hello, what should be the first thing when editing a page? --TheGamerPainter (talk) 21:23, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

@TheGamerPainter: I'm not sure I understand your question. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 21:24, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

RE@Snowmanonahoe: What are the key rules on the Wikipedia? --TheGamerPainter (talk) 02:34, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia's rules (we prefer to call them policies and guidelines) are very numerous and complex. They are (at a very high level) summed up at the five pillars. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 02:37, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

@TheGamerPainter Snowmanonahoe (talk) 02:39, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Ping fix, attempt two Snowmanonahoe (talk) 02:40, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-19

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• Last week, Community Tech released the first update for providing better diffs, the #1 request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. This update adds legends and tooltips to inline diffs so that users unfamiliar with the blue and yellow highlights can better understand the type of edits made.
• When you close an image that is displayed via MediaViewer, it will now return to the wiki page instead of going back in your browser history. This feature request was voted #65 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [39]
• The SyntaxHighlight extension now supports wikitext as a selected language. Old alternatives that were used to highlight wikitext, such as html5, moin, and html+handlebars, can now be replaced. [40]
• Preloading text to new pages/sections now supports preloading from localized MediaWiki interface messages. Here is an example at the Czech Wikipedia that uses preload=MediaWiki:July. [41]

Problems

• Graph Extension update: Foundation developers have completed upgrading the visualization software to Vega5. Existing community graphs based on Vega2 are no longer compatible. Communities need to update local graphs and templates, and shared lua modules like de:Modul:Graph. The Vega Porting guide provides the most comprehensive detail on migration from Vega2 and here is an example migration. Vega5 has currently just been enabled on mediawiki.org to provide a test environment for communities. [42]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 May. It will be on all wikis from 11 May (calendar).
• Until now, all new OAuth apps went through manual review. Starting this week, apps using identification-only or basic authorizations will not require review. [43]

Future changes

• During the next year, MediaWiki will stop using IP addresses to identify logged-out users, and will start automatically assigning unique temporary usernames. Read more at IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/Updates. You can join the discussion about the format of the temporary usernames. [44]
• There will be an A/B test on 10 Wikipedias where the Vector 2022 skin is the default skin. Half of logged-in desktop users will see an interface where the different parts of the page are more clearly separated. You can read more. [45][46]
• jquery.tipsy will be removed from the MediaWiki core. This will affect some user scripts. Many lines with .tipsy( can be commented out. OO.ui.PopupWidget can be used to keep things working like they are now. You can read more and read about how to find broken scripts. [47]

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Thank you for your edits to the Issue One page

Moved to Talk:Issue One § Thank you for your edits to the Issue One page

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Problems

• Citations that are automatically generated based on ISBN are currently broken. This affects citations made with the VisualEditor Automatic tab, and the use of the citoid API in gadgets and user scripts. Work is ongoing to restore this feature. [48]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 May. It will be on all wikis from 18 May (calendar).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Gorontalo Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia, Hakka Chinese Wikipedia, Hawaiian Wikipedia, Fiji Hindi Wikipedia, Croatian Wikipedia, Upper Sorbian Wikipedia, Haitian Creole Wikipedia, Interlingua Wikipedia, Interlingue Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, Iloko Wikipedia, Ingush Wikipedia, Ido Wikipedia, Icelandic Wikipedia, Inuktitut Wikipedia, Jamaican Patois Wikipedia, Javanese Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [49]

Future changes

• There is a recently formed team at the Wikimedia Foundation which will be focusing on experimenting with new tools. Currently they are building a prototype ChatGPT plugin that allows information generated by ChatGPT to be properly attributed to the Wikimedia projects.
• Gadget and userscript developers should replace jquery.cookie with mediawiki.cookie. The jquery.cookie library will be removed in ~1 month, and staff developers will run a script to replace any remaining uses at that time. [50]

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Question from Bishnupada Das 2001 (16:19, 15 May 2023)

if my content have copy right what will hapen --Bishnupada Das 2001 (talk) 16:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

@Bishnupada Das 2001: Text you copy into Wikipedia must be compatible with the CC BY-SA 3.0. Images can be under any free license. For more information see Wikipedia:Copyrights. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 17:27, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

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Recent changes

• The "recent edits" time period for page watchers is now 30 days. It used to be 180 days. This was a Community Wishlist Survey proposal. [51]

Changes later this week

• An improved impact module will be available at Wikipedias. The impact module is a feature available to newcomers at their personal homepage. It will show their number of edits, how many readers their edited pages have, how many thanks they have received and similar things. It is also accessible by accessing Special:Impact. [52]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 May. It will be on all wikis from 25 May (calendar).

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Question from Beanmaker (12:49, 21 April 2023)

Hi,

Very new to being an editor and only signed up so I could update my company page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Water.

Just needed to add new logo and amend company name so the correct information appeared when it was scrapped for Google search results.

I included {{paid|employer=Uisce Éireann}} on my User page info and on the Talk section of the page I was editing. Wondering if that is the correct way to go about it. Finding it hard to get to grips with processes and norms to be honest. --Beanmaker (talk) 12:49, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@Beanmaker: You made a minor but understandable mistake regarding paid contributor disclosure. I have fixed it. As for the logo – to upload an image to Wikimedia Commons, it has to be under a free license, meaning that anyone has copyright permission to use the image for any purpose (in this particular case, note that trademark rights are not waived). You have two options:

• Get permission from your employer to license the logo under a license considered acceptable by Commons, details here. We will require you to provide proof of this; instructions here. Note that by doing this you are releasing the logo not just to the Wikimedia Foundation, but to the entire world, subject primarily only to trademark laws.
• If the above is undesirable to your employer, the logo can be kept in the article, under a claim of fair use. Note that this will result in the resolution of the logo that is used on this article being lowered, unless your company has an official SVG version of it. If you choose this route, I will handle it. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 13:02, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response and understanding of how 'green' I am on this platform.

I think if it is easiest I will request an .svg from the designers for you. Beanmaker (talk) 13:17, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@Beanmaker: Alright, but again, please follow this process as well. Oh, I understand what you mean now. Never mind. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 13:18, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@Beanmaker: When you get this svg, please do not upload it to Commons. Commons does not accept fair use media. I have sent you an email to the email you made this account with, so you have my email (it's in the reply-to line). Respond to that email with the svg attached. Thanks. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 13:23, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

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Recent changes

• Citations can once again be added automatically from ISBNs, thanks to Zotero's ISBN searches. The current data sources are the Library of Congress (United States), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (French National Library), and K10plus ISBN (German repository). Additional data source searches can be proposed to Zotero. The ISBN labels in the VisualEditor Automatic tab will reappear later this week. [53]
• The page Special:EditWatchlist now has "Check all" options to select all the pages within a namespace. This feature request was voted #161 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [54]

Problems

• For a few days earlier this month, the "Add interlanguage link" item in the Tools menu did not work properly. This has now been fixed. [55]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 May. It will be on all wikis from 1 June (calendar).
• VisualEditor will be switched to a new backend on small and medium wikis this week. Large wikis will follow in the coming weeks. This is part of the effort to move Parsoid into MediaWiki core. The change should have no noticeable effect on users, but if you experience any slow loading or other strangeness when using VisualEditor, please report it on the phabricator ticket linked here. [56]

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Tech News: 2024-03

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

Recent changes

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. [57]
• Gadgets and personal user scripts may now use JavaScript syntax introduced in ES6 (also known as "ES2015") and ES7 ("ES2016"). MediaWiki validates the source code to protect other site functionality from syntax errors, and to ensure scripts are valid in all supported browsers. Previously, Gadgets could use the requiresES6 option. This option is no longer needed and will be removed in the future. [58]
• Bot passwords and owner-only OAuth consumers can now be restricted to allow editing only specific pages. [59]
• You can now thank edits made by bots. [60]
• An update on the status of the Community Wishlist Survey for 2024 has been published. Please read and give your feedback.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 January. It will be on all wikis from 18 January (calendar). [61][62]
• Starting on January 17, it will not be possible to login to Wikimedia wikis from some specific old versions of the Chrome browser (versions 51–66, released between 2016 and 2018). Additionally, users of iOS 12, or Safari on Mac OS 10.14, may need to login to each wiki separately. [63]
• The jquery.cookie module was deprecated and replaced with the mediawiki.cookie module last year. A script has now been run to replace any remaining uses, and this week the temporary alias will be removed. [64]

Future changes

• Wikimedia Deutschland is working to make reusing references easier. They are looking for people who are interested in participating in individual video calls for user research in January and February.

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Tech News: 2024-04

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

• A bug in UploadWizard prevented linking to the userpage of the uploader when uploading. It has now been fixed. [65]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 January. It will be on all wikis from 25 January (calendar). [66][67]

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Tech News: 2024-05

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

Recent changes

• Starting Monday January 29, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they are looking for, even if this comment was moved elsewhere. This will affect all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. You can read more about this change on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. [68]
• There are some improvements to the CAPTCHA to make it harder for spam bots and scripts to bypass it. If you have feedback on this change, please comment on the task. Staff are monitoring metrics related to the CAPTCHA, as well as secondary metrics such as account creations and edit counts.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 January. It will be on all wikis from 1 February (calendar). [69][70]
• On February 1, a link will be added to the "Tools" menu to download a QR code that links to the page you are viewing. There will also be a new Special:QrCode page to create QR codes for any Wikimedia URL. This addresses the #19 most-voted wish from the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [71]
• Gadgets which only work in some skins have sometimes used the targets option to limit where you can use them. This will stop working this week. You should use the skins option instead. [72]

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

Administrator changes

• Red-tailed hawk
• Robertsky

• Ameliorate!
• Ancheta Wis
• Anthony Bradbury (deceased)
• Cobi
• Ev
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• Worm That Turned

Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

CheckUser changes

Wugapodes

Interface administrator changes

• Enterprisey
• Izno

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
• Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Tech News: 2024-07

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Recent changes

• The WDQS Graph Split experiment is working and loaded onto 3 test servers. The team in charge is testing the split's impact and requires feedback from WDQS users through the UI or programmatically in different channels. [73][74][75] Users' feedback will validate the impact of various use cases and workflows around the Wikidata Query service. [76][77]

Problems

• There was a bug that affected the appearance of visited links when using mobile device to access wiki sites. It made the links appear black; this issue is fixed.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 February. It will be on all wikis from 15 February (calendar). [78][79]
• As work continues on the grid engine deprecation,[80] tools on the grid engine will be stopped starting on February 14th, 2024. If you have tools actively migrating you can ask for an extension so they are not stopped. [81]

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Tech News: 2024-06

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Recent changes

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. If you hear of any problems relating to mobile history usage please point them to the phabricator task.
• On most wikis, admins can now block users from making specific actions. These actions are: uploading files, creating new pages, moving (renaming) pages, and sending thanks. The goal of this feature is to allow admins to apply blocks that are adequate to the blocked users' activity. Learn more about "action blocks". [82][83]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 February. It will be on all wikis from 8 February (calendar). [84][85]
• Talk pages permalinks that included diacritics and non-Latin script were malfunctioning. This issue is fixed. [86]

Future changes

• 24 Wikipedias with Reference Tooltips as a default gadget are encouraged to remove that default flag. This would make Reference Previews the new default for reference popups, leading to a more consistent experience across wikis. For 46 Wikipedias with less than 4 interface admins, the change is already scheduled for mid-February, unless there are concerns. The older Reference Tooltips gadget will still remain usable and will override this feature, if it is available on your wiki and you have enabled it in your settings. [87][88]

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Farhat Mustafin

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Farhat_Mustafin&diff=prev&oldid=1195098456

Your bot appears to have mangled this page. Can you fix it? 76.14.122.5 (talk) 02:52, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

 Done Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 14:26, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! 76.14.122.5 (talk) 18:25, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Softsalami (06:16, 29 January 2024)

Hi I made an account specifically to create a page for an up and coming music artist who doesn’t have one. As a momentous follower of this persons work I would be honored and privileged to create his page as I was interested in learning more about him but there isn’t a page up for him currently. I plan on scouring interviews and podcasts to create an extensive and accurate page. Any advice ? Thanks --Softsalami (talk) 06:16, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Softsalami: First off, welcome to Wikipedia.

Your first and largest challenge will be proving that the subject is notable. You will need to find reliable, published, secondary sources that cover the subject in detail. An interview isn’t bad; a podcast usually is. Help:Your first article has some advice on this (and everything else).

If you think you’ve succeeded at that, go the article creation wizard for the next steps. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 12:09, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Samridhi Arora (17:59, 14 February 2024)

hey, cool username --Samridhi Arora (talk) 17:59, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from All your secrets (02:19, 15 February 2024)

Are you AI? --All your secrets (talk) 02:19, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

@All your secrets: That would be kinda funny. But no, I’m a bona fide human. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 04:23, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Justin Oram on Agilysys (17:00, 15 February 2024)

Hi, Im getting the following message when attempting to update our company logo: "We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons." --Justin Oram (talk) 17:00, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

@Justin Oram: Your uploads got caught by an automated filter. Uploading the file here should work. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 17:22, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Bulldog87 (15:22, 14 February 2024)

Hi, I made one edit when I joined earlier this month but the edit has not shown on the page since I added it. The edit was bona fide with a valid external URL. I cannot tell if there is something I did not complete or whether the edit has been rejected for some reason that is not apparent to me. Let me know please. Thanks. --Bulldog87 (talk) 15:22, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

@Bulldog87: Wikipedia generally avoids placing external links in the body like that. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 15:47, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Well, there was an option to place an external link there so I did. How do you suggest that I provide this useful information to the 20,000 retirees who are mentioned? I am looking for help here. Thanks. (talk) 02:00, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

@Bulldog87: If you think the organization might be notable, then you can wikilink it (create a link to the wikipedia article) by surrounding the name of the company with 2 square brackets [[like this]]. If you don't think that's the case, then there's no need to put anything beyond the name. Our readers are looking for information about Aptiv, and don't need to know everything about the DSRA—just enough to understand the context.

NB You posted this comment while logged out, and revealed your IP address as a result. If you don't want it to be public, edit this page and replace the IP address with your username and then see Wikipedia:Requests for oversight. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 12:54, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

If external links are not allowed then that should be made clear. My external link was to a bona fide website that is of direct interest to the retirees mentioned in the paragraph. Bulldog87 (talk) 12:10, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

@Bulldog87: I agree that Wikipedia is not very good at informing new editors of our 'rules'.

The website is indeed 'bona fide', but we've come to the conclusion that throwing external links into the body like that doesn't have the reflection of an accurate, neutral, trustworthy encyclopedia. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 19:57, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jonknownothing (14:50, 17 February 2024)

What if I made an error while correcting on a page? Is there anyone like peer to peer correction before publishing? --Jonknownothing (talk) 14:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

@Jonknownothing: Anyone can revert an edit at any time. If your edit is wrong, this may or may not happen, because another editor might not necessarily look at it. If you’re unsure about something you’re doing, you could ask me or the teahouse. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 15:55, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from B( . )( . )BSSSSSS (20:01, 18 February 2024)

What do you mean by "unfortunately"? --B( . )( . )BSSSSSS (talk) 20:01, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Blue Train Marketing (10:31, 19 February 2024)

Hello, I started creating an article to be published and now I cannot find it, do drafts in wiki automatically save? --Blue Train Marketing (talk) 10:31, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

@Blue Train Marketing: Unfortunately, if it doesn't appear if you go to the title of the page you were creating and click "edit", it's probably gone. That saving is based on cookies and is therefore only local and unreliable. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 18:05, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-08

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

Recent changes

• If you have the "Email me when a page or a file on my watchlist is changed" option enabled, edits by bot accounts no longer trigger notification emails. Previously, only minor edits would not trigger the notification emails. [89]
• There are changes to how user and site scripts load for Vector 2022 on specific wikis. The changes impacted the following Wikis: all projects with Vector legacy as the default skin, Wikivoyage, and Wikibooks. Other wikis will be affected over the course of the next three months. Gadgets are not impacted. If you have been affected or want to minimize the impact on your project, see this ticket. Please coordinate and take action proactively.
• Newly auto-created accounts (the accounts you get when you visit a new wiki) now have the same local notification preferences as users who freshly register on that wiki. It is effected in four notification types listed in the task's description.
• The maximum file size when using Upload Wizard is now 5 GiB. [90]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 February. It will be on all wikis from 22 February (calendar). [91][92]

• Selected tools on the grid engine have been stopped as we prepare to shut down the grid on March 14th, 2024. The tool's code and data have not been deleted. If you are a maintainer and you want your tool re-enabled reach out to the team. Only tools that have asked for extension are still running on the grid.
• The CSS filter property can now be used in HTML style attributes in wikitext. [93]

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MediaWiki message delivery 15:35, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Image tagging for File:GTFO screenshot.jpg

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To add this information, click on this link, then click the "Edit" tab at the top of the page and add the information to the image's description. If you need help, post your question on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

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FFU

Hi,
I have been helping on FFU for a few days, but still don't feel super confident about copyright and such. Can you deal with the ryanair one please? Geardona (talk to me?) 12:58, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

@Geardona:  Done Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 20:43, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

@Geardona: Ping fix Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 20:44, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! The ping gave me a small heart attack :) Geardona (talk to me?) 20:46, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Runningpen (04:58, 23 February 2024)

Hello Mentor! Why is it unfortunate? --Runningpen (talk) 04:58, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

@Runningpen: Just a bad joke. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 05:01, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

@Snowmanonahoe I know right... But I am looking forward to your help. Editing is a dream come true. Runningpen (talk) 06:25, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-09

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 changes

• The mobile visual editor is now the default editor for users who never edited before, at a small group of wikis. Research shows that users using this editor are slightly more successful publishing the edits they started, and slightly less successful publishing non-reverted edits. Users who defined the wikitext editor as their default on desktop will get the wikitext editor on mobile for their first edit on mobile as well. [94]
• The mw.config value wgGlobalGroups now only contains groups that are active in the wiki. Scripts no longer have to check whether the group is active on the wiki via an API request. A code example of the above is: if (/globalgroupname/.test(mw.config.get("wgGlobalGroups"))). [95]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 February. It will be on all wikis from 29 February (calendar). [96][97]

Future changes

• The right to change edit tags (changetags) will be removed from users in Wikimedia sites, keeping it by default for admins and bots only. Your community can ask to retain the old configuration on your wiki before this change happens. Please indicate in this ticket to keep it for your community before the end of March 2024.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes

• Sdkb
• The Night Watch

• East718
• Isabelle Belato
• Mzajac
• Staecker
• Stan Shebs
• Sugarfish
• Tamzin

Bureaucrat changes

SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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Question from Stirfriar (19:05, 29 February 2024)

Hello, mentor!

I am new to the community. I have heard that many people who make edits find that their edits are reverted quickly. What do I need to do to avoid this?

For now, my intention is to clean up grammar, but I am also noticing some poorly researched articles that I want to work on in the future.

Yours, Stirfriar --Stirfriar (talk) 19:05, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Don't worry about edits getting reverted. It happens to everyone—all it means is that someone disagrees with you. Be bold! Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 02:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Ping @Stirfriar Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 02:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Stary1443 (23:44, 29 February 2024)

hey mentor! i had no idea that Wikipedia would assign me a mentor, so that's cool! where do you start when it comes to editing? is there a recommended place to start or should i edit only what i know to edit (if that makes sense...)? --Stary1443 (talk) 23:44, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

@Stary1443: There are a lot of things you can do here, and each of them caters to a different kind of person. Wikipedia:Task center is a good place to start. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 02:23, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

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