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Hello, chenzw.. I want to say that Suvrat Raj is a blogger at little age. So, he may not be on linkedIN. But he is very famous in siwan district and bihar state of india. He is popular for his blogs in newspapers, jounnals, and many websites. So, i think, it should not be discussed for delection. So, please remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article. Thanks a lot..

@Xdiwali: I am not saying that the article should be deleted just because Suvrat Raj is not on LinkedIn. However, there is a page on LinkedIn which says that someone else (and not Suvrat Raj) is the founder of XtGem. If this person is popular for his blogs in newspapers, journals, and other websites, you will have to mention in the article which newspapers and journals exactly that he is popular in. Please see WP:RS and WP:CITE for more details. Chenzw  Talk  00:10, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you

for using the deletion summary I asked for :) Krett12 (talk) 01:33, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

That was the only deletion reason applicable anyway. I hoped you had a valid reason why you needed to create a test page. Chenzw  Talk  01:37, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Suvrat Raj

okay, Thanks For information, i read in newspaper,Dainik Jagran, that he is on xtgem. So, i have written like this. Okay, i have removed that texts and improved it.. — This unsigned comment was added by Xdiwali (talk • changes) at 01:52, 4 December 2015 (UTC).

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Tech News: 2015-50

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

• Revision scoring will help to automatically identify bad-faith and good-faith edits. The point is to make it easier to block vandals and welcome newcomers. It currently supports Wikidata and 14 Wikipedias. [1]

Problems

• Meta was not given access to information from Wikidata last week. This will happen later. [2]

Changes this week

• You will be able to use wikilinks in Flow topic titles. [3]
• IP users will have a toolbar with links to the user talk page and user contributions. Some Wikipedias already have this feature. [4]
• You will be able to edit the graph size in the visual editor. You can either specify the size in the graph dialog or drag it to be the size you want it to be. [5]
• It will be easier to write math in the visual editor if you don't know LaTeX. You can use symbol buttons instead. [6]
• You will be able to use syntax highlighting when you write math with LaTeX in the visual editor. [7]
• UploadWizard will look a bit different. [8]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 December. It will be on all Wikipedias from 10 December. (calendar).
• New MediaWiki versions will now be on Catalan and Hebrew Wikipedia on Wednesdays. Other Wikipedias get the new MediaWiki version on Thursdays. [9]

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Future changes

• A new beta feature will show users links to related articles at the bottom of an article. It will not be enabled by default. [10]

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17:52, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Bot

Hello Mr. Chenzw! Please help me get a bot on Simple Wikipedia for English. Thanks — This unsigned comment was added by ‎Upaltez (talk • changes).

@Upaltez: I cannot teach you how to create a bot. You must have your own programming knowledge. Please see the bot policy for more information. Chenzw  Talk  14:00, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much and God bless you big — This unsigned comment was added by Upaltez (talk • changes) at 14:44, 8 December 2015‎ (UTC).

Those vandalism barnstars

I imagine those edits qualify as RD2 for RevDel. StevenJ81 (talk) 15:22, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Additionally, the edits to User talk:Upaltez and User:Xdiwali were page creations. I blanked them, but possibly those pages should actually be deleted as having been created by vandalism only. StevenJ81 (talk) 15:25, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Yup, that's done. I will inform the affected users separately about the deletion. Chenzw  Talk  15:30, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Boy, you've been busy this morning! StevenJ81 (talk) 15:34, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Indeed, activity seems to be particularly high these few hours... a mere coincidence, I hope! Chenzw  Talk  15:39, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Revdel

Hello Mr Chenzw again. Please tell me why you deleted my talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Upaltez (talk • contribs) 15:36, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

@Upaltez: I can only explain this to you via email. However, you either have not specified an email address in your preferences or have not confirmed your email address yet. Please do so first and get back to me. Do not specify your email address on this page. Also, please sign your message by adding ~~~~ at the end of your message. Thanks. Chenzw  Talk  15:41, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello Mr Chenzw! Please block User:Fuckassly because he is a vandalist and completely rude and makes vulgar articles. Visit his talk page

 Done Globally locked CA.--Grind24 (talk) 19:53, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xfce&oldid=5276419&diff=prev

To not start an edit war, I'll say my objection here. I know that lightweight is not quick, but lightweight usually ends up resulting in quick. Krett12 (talk) 01:31, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

However, as you can see from here, as compared to other popular desktop environments such as KDE (210 MB) and GNOME (180 MB), an installation of Xfce takes up only 15 MB. Furthermore, the usage of system resources is lower in Xfce. What I felt the article should be mentioning is that Xfce is a smaller software package as compared to KDE and GNOME. The smaller size (lightweight) also happens to make it run faster and more responsive on low-end/older computers (quick). It is not immediately apparent to the reader if the article mentions "quick" only. Chenzw  Talk  01:35, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Block notice on the I.P address

Thank you. — This unsigned comment was added by Upaltez (talk • changes) at 13:22, 10 December 2015‎ (UTC).

Talk:Main Page

Talk:Main Page ? Rad ^talk 14:51, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Strange. I have reverted it for now. Chenzw  Talk  14:58, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

I just had a thought

Maybe MonoBook would be a better skin for people who use Twinkle. (here's an example). I am considering it myself but would also like your opinion. Let me know on my talk page because I'm sending this message to other people as well please. Krett12 (talk) 16:28, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

I can't give you my opinion, because I have always been using monobook. I don't know about how well twinkle works on other skins. Chenzw  Talk  19:41, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

I'm not questioning your action

I'm just wondering why 10 edits qualified for the flood flag? Krett12 (talk) 03:09, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

I need the flood flag so that when I edit their user talk pages they won't get the "you have new messages" notification. Chenzw  Talk  03:14, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

But that would be the NOMINORNEWTALK right not the BOT right--I think they got them anyway. Try re-adding it and sending a message to me, just to confirm Krett12 (talk) 03:16, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Indeed, my mistake. Special:Usergrouprights confirms it. That means I assigned the wrong right to myself then. Chenzw  Talk  03:17, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, you should've used your bot account or made this one a bot. Krett12 (talk) 03:25, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

I think you need to stop worrying about things that don't involve you. -DJSasso (talk) 13:23, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

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Why does your bot use rollback?

I have a little bit of botting experience and that seems like it would be more difficult and tedious to program. Krett12 (talk) 04:23, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

That's incorrect. The MediaWiki API has one query specifically for rollback. Chenzw  Talk  11:36, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

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Changes this week

• Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [11]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all Wikipedias from 17 December. (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 15 December at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is talking about the agenda for the Wikimedia Developer Summit. The meeting will be on 16 December at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join. [12]

Future changes

• A new gadget manager will come next year. The new gadget system is called Gadgets 2.0. [13]

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17:41, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Blocks_and_bans&oldid=prev&diff=5281408

Everyone, including you, has called it that at least once. Practically nobody calls it the "Reciprocal rule" Krett12 (talk) 05:18, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

That doesn't mean that "reciprocal rule" is the "wrong name" for it. If people call you "Krett", that doesn't make your username "Krett", does it? Chenzw  Talk  05:59, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Well, Krett is my name IRL, also, pretty much NOBODY calls it the reciprocal rule, while I go by both Krett and Krett12 online. Krett12 (talk) 07:05, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

This conversation is over. I have said my piece, and no one made an announcement about a change of the "reciprocal rule" name either. If you are not happy with the current name, by all means, start a policy discussion at WP:ST. Chenzw  Talk  07:58, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Not to mention that is a section title that is talking about blocks and bans being reciprocal, not just about being one strike. One Strike is just a short cut. -DJSasso (talk) 14:08, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Bütgenbach

Hello. Your bot reverted my correction of the name of Bütgenbach. How can I stop your bot? --Plantek (talk) 19:09, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Bot report: Classical music period

Hello. Your bot reverted my en dash corrections in the article "Classical music period". Zommel (talk) 10:43, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Upaltez&curid=524523&diff=5283743&oldid=5283740

What makes you think Upaltez is their first account? I got a different impression by the block reason and appeal. Krett12 (talk) 05:39, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

See your talk page. Chenzw  Talk  05:39, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

I already did, but you didn't answer my question. Krett12 (talk) 05:40, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

I am not a checkuser, so I cannot answer your question. The correct person to ask is the administrator who tagged the page. Chenzw  Talk  05:41, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

Upaltez was blocked because it was "a sockpuppet account", which is my impression that it is not their first, so I'd like it reverted. Krett12 (talk) 05:44, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

The blocking administrator (User:Bsadowski1) has already blocked and tagged other user accounts as sockpuppets of "Upaltez", so unless you are a checkuser and happen to have more information on that particular user, please leave it as it is. Chenzw  Talk  05:47, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

While I am not a CU, I am still pretty sure Upaltez isn't their first account because while being a sockpuppeteer is a blockable offense, it is still pretty rare. Krett12 (talk) 05:50, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

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It is not. You don't seem to understand what being a sockpuppeteer means. What makes you so sure that Upaltez isn't his first account? You are not a checkuser nor an administrator, so you can't view the private data available. Chenzw  Talk  05:52, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News

• Because of the holidays, the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2016.
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Recent changes

• CompletionSuggester is a new suggestions algorithm for Search. It is available as a Beta feature since 17 December. (more information)
• The Multimedia team is running an A/B test for the cross-wiki upload tool. They are testing four different interfaces. The test is running from 16-23 December. (more information)

Changes this week

• There is no deployment of MediaWiki scheduled until 12 January 2016 (calendar).

Meetings

• Should administrators and other users with advanced tools need stronger passwords? You can discuss about it in a Request for Comments.
• No meeting with the VisualEditor team on 22 and 29 December, and 5 January.

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December 2015

	Merry Christmas!!
	Hello, I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year, Thanks for all your help on the 'pedia!    –Krett12 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 02:08, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

A little while ago

We were dicussing rollback for bots. I am aware it has its own query, but you still have to get the "token" and undoing seems easier to me--but I'm willing to let you have whatever you want as long as it works. Krett12 (talk) 05:09, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

What is the meaning of

that MediaWiki page you just imported? I can't make heads or tails of it Krett12 (talk) 05:27, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

See Special:Gadgets. Chenzw  Talk  05:30, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Still don't get it. Krett12 (talk) 05:41, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Simply put, it's a script. If you don't know what it does, chances are you will not need to be using it. Chenzw  Talk  05:48, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of article

Hello, I strongly protest the arbitrary deletion of article Omer Tarin, despite adequate proof of subject's General Notability, via several Reliable Sources, though not always available online. For the record, I think that you should once again review your action. Regards39.54.178.133 (talk) 10:03, 30 December 2015 (UTC)SyedB2015 (Pakistan)

I was not the one who performed the deletion, so registering your outrage here will not help matters. Please go to the deleting administrator's talk page and/or Wikipedia:Deletion review. For the record, I performed no action that I should be reviewing. Chenzw  Talk  10:06, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

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