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Re: link change on simple.wikipedia

Didn't realize I was on simple.wiki. Will re-creating a page from English Wiki content on Simple (according to Simple guidelines) be appropriate course of action instead of linking? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Стопервый (talk • contribs)

Yes, please feel free to. Chenzw  Talk  06:29, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Talkback

Hi, I left my own reply at my user talkpage, you can remove this message at anytime.GTX (talk) 06:42, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Signature

== Signature == Hey Chenzw how do u make a good signature. Maybe after commenting on a person's talk page right below it, it shows your username right? So how do u make a more unique one. Trunzep 13:55, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

One way is to use colours or different fonts. This requires an understanding of HTML. The steps for configuring a custom signature can be found on this page. Chenzw  Talk  15:53, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Israel

Hi, Chenzw:

I've noticed a little uptick in vandalism on the Israel article. It's not a ton, of course, but Israel's Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut) is a week from Thursday. I wonder if we shouldn't semiprotect just for a couple of weeks. StevenJ81 (talk) 21:31, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi, as of right now there is not enough recent vandalism for a page protection. That said, I have added the page to my watchlist, and will protect once the vandalism becomes more prevalent. Chenzw  Talk  22:42, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, you have a new replies on my talkpage. You can remove this message at anytime.GTX (talk) 06:28, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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Auntof6 (talk) 06:36, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Talkback

Hi, I have reply on GTX1975's talkpage, you can remove this message at anytime.GTX (talk) 06:42, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

I have left my reply on my talkpage again.GTX (talk) 06:53, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

A new reply on my talkpage again.GTX (talk) 06:59, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

User still Never Learnt

Hi, I saw you revert the page, User talk:Macdonald-ross right? This user still vanadalize againGTX (talk) 07:02, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

User:Binbooo

I think that this user is representing a company, based on their user page. Can you look into it and take appropriate action if needed. Thanks. The Newspaper (talk) 12:01, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for informing me! I have blocked the editor. Chenzw  Talk  14:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-18

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

• The visual editor now works when you use Internet Explorer 9. [1]

Problems

• There was a security problem with the MobileFrontend extension. It showed information that had been oversighted. This has now been fixed. [2]

Changes this week

• You can now see which notifications are available on a wiki on Special:DisplayNotificationsConfiguration. [3]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 4. It will be on all wikis from May 5 (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "PSR-6 Cache interface in Mediawiki core". The meeting will be on May 4 at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Pages could be added to new users' watchlists by default when they edit them. New users could also by default get email notifications when pages they watch are edited. This is discussed on Meta. [4]

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20:09, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Bot not emergency shutoff-compliant?

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why is ChenzwBot not shutoff-compliant? There seems to be a big button in the middle of the page labeled "Emergency shutoff." which I presume shuts off the bot. Hobbes Novakoff (talk) 02:42, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

That is actually just a link to block the bot from editing. Shutoff-compliance requires another way to inform the bot to shutdown, and for the bot to respect that command and stop whatever it is doing cleanly. Chenzw  Talk  03:53, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Ah. I see. Thanks. Hobbes Novakoff (talk) 15:36, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for shutting off that bit of annoyance. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  15:34, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks as well, that user was very troublesome. Lolcats20 (talk) 15:35, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

No problem! :) Chenzw  Talk  15:37, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

regarding article

The original writings of Josephus, one in the Smithsonian and the one in the musuem in England, both state clearly Jesus was born in 2 BC, the copies in print and available the past 400+ years have it incorrect ly printed in the copies as 4BC. 2 BC makes sense following that date with the scriptures, and His childhood, Jesus was born in mid September according to various reliable sources., but 2BC was the year according to Josephus's original writing. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.175.60.69 (talk • contribs)

Sorry, I am not sure what you are talking about. If you are disputing the content of an existing article, please feel free to change it, or at least give me a link to the article in question. Chenzw  Talk  02:27, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Chenzw. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback.
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Music1201 (talk) 02:22, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Rollback

I don't suppose you'd reconsider...? Neither of those users you just granted rollback to has many edits here, and most don't seem vandalism-related. --Auntof6 (talk) 03:14, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

I will email you about this matter, please hold on a bit. Chenzw  Talk  03:16, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-19

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

• Wikiversities now have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Wikiversity. This happened on May 3. [5]
• You can use Wikipedia GapFinder to find missing articles between languages. [6]
• Users are invited to try Cross-wiki Notifications on all wikis. This is the last test session before the release by default, scheduled for May 12th at 23:00 UTC. [7][8]
• You can use keyboard shortcuts to open the visual editor (meta+V) or the wikitext editor (meta+E) (on certain wikis, even if you have chosen a favorite editor). [9]
• Uploading files bigger than 100 megabytes on Wikimedia Commons required to opt-in in your preferences. This is not necessary anymore. [10]
• The UploadsLink extension is now available on Wikimedia Commons. [11]
• Deleting a translation unit page didn't remove the corresponding content from the translation page. This is now solved. [12]
• Translation suggestions based on Apertium are now available on Mediawiki.org. [13]

Problems

• MediaWiki 1.27.0-wmf.23 has been rolled back from Wikimedia wikis, due to a performance issue. [14]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 11. It will be on all wikis from May 12 (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 May 10 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are Overhaul Interwiki map, unify with Sites and WikiMap. The meeting will be on May 11 at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• 2017 European hackathon will happen on May 19 - 21, in Vienna (Austria).

Future changes

• Today, in categories, a page titled "11" comes before "2". We plan to reorder that: "2" will come before "11". Please tell the developers if the change will cause problems. [15]

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23:22, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Request for Rollback

I made a request for rollback and I was hoping that either you or another administrator could respond to it. The Newspaper (talk) 15:48, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

The point of checkuser towards me?

Why is it that you're reviewing me for checkuser? I tagged Blue's Clues for having too many red links, how is it dubious? Dr. Neurosis (talk) 18:09, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Subnautica which year Category

I would like to add the tag of 20** video game, but I do not know which one to use on Subnautica, it came out as early access in 2014, but will be fully released in 2016, do I use 2014 video game or 2016 video game? Lolcats20 (talk) 15:35, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Please use 2016. The release date should be based on the date of general release to the public. Chenzw  Talk  15:41, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

rise against being Chicago scene

Hi i strongly believe that rise against is more in the Chicago punk scene and should be could rise against is a Chicago based punk rock band not rise against is american melodic hardcore band.--Ultimatefighter93 (talk) 10:15, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail!

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Oluwa2Chainz (talk) 15:02, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Settled :) Chenzw  Talk  15:05, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Much appreciated. --Oluwa2Chainz (talk) 15:10, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

2015-16 Premier league season

Hi, I recently updated the 2015-16 Premier league season in Simple English and I believe you have changed it back. That took me a while to do and it was genuine information I was adding, not vandalism.

Regards, LewisWalters — Preceding unsigned comment added by LewisWalters (talk • contribs)

Hello

Just to dip my toes in the water, if I put a request for rollback, would I possibly get it? Etimena (talk) 19:56, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

At this point of time, you would probably be unsuccessful. My advice is to continue doing what you have been doing (you are doing a good job!), and consider applying after 2 or so weeks. Chenzw  Talk  02:34, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

rise against being Chicago scene

I strongly believe that rise against should rise against is a Chicago based punk rock band not rise against is american melodic hardcore band. P.S it sounds better --Blink 98 (talk) 23:42, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

rise against being Chicago scene

I believe that rise against is Chicago based punk rock band not rise against is american melodic hardcore band. P.S it sounds better--Blink 98 (talk) 23:50, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-20

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

• Some image thumbnails now load faster on mobile. They also take up less bandwidth. [16]

Problems

• Last week's MediaWiki version was late on some wikis. [17]

Changes this week

• Special:Notifications will have "mark as read" buttons for each day. The non-JavaScript version will get it this week. A JavaScript version will come later. [18]
• Wikis can now locally decide what wikitext they want the signature button to produce. [19]
• A one-time welcome message for users will now be shown in the wikitext editor. This will include existing users. [20]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 18. It will be on all wikis from May 19 (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are "Requirements for change propagation". The meeting will be on May 18 at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Using self-closing tags like <div/> and <span/> to mean <div></div> and <span></span> will not work in the future. Templates and pages that use these tags should be fixed. When Phabricator ticket T134423 is fixed these tags will parse as <div> and <span> instead. This is normal in HTML5. [21]

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16:01, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 May 2016

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Oluwa2Chainz (talk) 19:00, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

rise against being in Chicago scene

I strongly believe that rise against is both standard punk rock and that they standard Chicago punk rock natives and i also believe that rise against should be could rise against is a Chicago - punk rock band--Skull 22 (talk) 01:05, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Kind of confused.

Hello. I am doing this on my phone (out of pure desperation) and am not sure how it will turn out. Alas. What exactlyis your problem? Im not doing anything wrong. Im contributing to si.ple wikipedia which is kind of the whole point of the site is it not?! I would have said this on my talk page but as you blocked me obviously i can't. I feel this is almost personal now. I am a person you know? The Noailles pages i made are relevant and useful as well as good. I just dont get this. Its silly now. 89.243.44.45 (talk) 16:55, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

You are not allowed to edit, ever, as long as there is an outstanding block against you. You are not allowed to edit even while logged out. To request unblock, either use the {{unblock}} template or email the administrators at simple-admins-l@lists.wikimedia.org. Chenzw  Talk  02:07, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

I have requested an unblock three times in the past week. Yet had no response. Im sure youd understand that is a tiny bit frustrating ie feeling totally ignored. Please just be of some help. :/ 2.97.229.35 (talk) 11:09, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't see any unblock request anywhere. Unblock requests must be initiated by {{unblock}}, and not by editing articles. Chenzw  Talk  11:31, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Again. You are not listening to me. I cannot edit my own talk page can I. Due to someone (I forget the name) spitefully snatching that away from me. Hence anonymous IP addresses. I'll say it again to make sure it is emphasised. I cannot edit my own talk page in order to put the unblock template there. Please just help me. I don't want to feel like a begging 6 year old.

AND as I have also said I've emailed the email you offered and have had nothing back. What am I supposed to do rather than directly contact a person who is supposed to help others.

92.24.35.154 (talk) 15:27, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

As I said, unblock requests must be initiated by {{unblock}}, and not by editing articles. If you really want to request unblock and don't want to have the privilege of editing your own talk page removed, then you'd best only edit your own talk page, and nothing else. Chenzw  Talk  16:00, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

But that is the point. I can't edit my OWN talk page in order to ASK TO BE UNBLOCKED. That ability was ripped away from me. And as I said I emailed that address you gave me and had nothing back. What am I supposed to do? Considering I've done little wrong except edit pasges of a website that claims to be for everyone? Why am I being punished? I just require a tiny bit of help. 92.24.41.198 (talk) 10:47, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Are you trying to tell me that while logged out, you can't edit the user talk page of your IP address? Because it seems that you are perfectly able to leave messages on other editors' talk pages, and even able to edit articles. Since your previous two accounts were globally locked (which as administrators over here, we have no control over the locking/unlocking process), leave your unblock request on your own IP's talk page. Chenzw  Talk  12:40, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Talkback by PokestarFan

Hello, Chenzw. You have new messages at User:PokestarFan/sandbox/List of Ancient Greek Philosphers.
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Tech News: 2016-21

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 now see a warning message on pages that try to use {{DISPLAYTITLE}} but it doesn't work because it doesn't match the page's actual title. [22]

Problems

• Commons had problems with server lag. This meant that it took longer time for files to turn up in categories. [23]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (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 May 24 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• All HTTP access to Wikimedia sites and APIs will stop working. Some bots still use HTTP. They will need to use HTTPS instead. This will happen on June 12. [24]

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18:40, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Greetings. Blocked or not the edit I made on Marie Christine de Rouvroy's page was and is perfectly valid as well as useful. Don't be a vandal. You are an admin are you not? Do you make a habit of reverting perfectly constructive edits of others? Don't be spiteful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.229.42.189 (talk • contribs)

You seem to be mistaken here. Your privilege to edit has been removed. If you are evading your block, policy allows for all edits which you make thereafter to be reverted. If you are serious on contributing, request for an unblock first. Chenzw  Talk  01:55, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

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The Scream and The Scream (1893)

Hi! These articles (The Scream and The Scream (1893))refers to the same task. I' ve merge them but your bot reverted my edit. Could you please fix it? Thanks!--Pavlos1988 (talk) 20:53, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

@Pavlos1988: These articles are supposed to be for different things, but I messed them up when I moved one over the other before I understood that. I don't know how to retrieve the former content of The Scream, but maybe Chenzw can help me with that. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:07, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Done, I have fixed the page histories. @Auntof6: The Scream is still an article about the painting, by the way. Chenzw  Talk  02:01, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

It is? The person who pointed out that I had messed it up said that The Scream was about the series of paintings that the artist did with the same name. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:09, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

I have reworded some parts of the article to make this clearer. Chenzw  Talk  02:16, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:48, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-22

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

Recent changes

• There is now a standard way to get the target of a redirect page from a Lua module. [25]

Problems

• A new way to handle rollback was introduced. It broke some tools and scripts and was reverted. This will be re-planned after review. [26][27]
• CentralNotice didn't work in some older browsers. This has now been fixed. [28]

Changes this week

• When you edit a file or category page with the visual editor the rest of the page will be shown in its normal place. [29]
• The Translate extension will get an edit summary field. [30]
• A change to the <charinsert> feature could break some user scripts. Contact Bawolff if the "click to insert special characters" links in the edit window break on your wiki. [31][32]
• Elasticsearch will be upgraded on Wikimedia wikis this week. This should not affect you, but if you have problems with the search function this is probably the reason. [33]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (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 31 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:18, 30 May 2016 (UTC)