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DISCOGRAPHY Article EN Next update Chvrches discography EN 18 Sep 2024 Eminem albums discography EN Sash! discography EN N-Dubz discography EN Eminem singles discography EN Demi Lovato discography EN List of songs recorded by Demi Lovato EN Charli XCX discography EN List of songs written by Charli XCX EN Robbie Williams discography EN List of songs recorded by Robbie Williams EN Madison Beer discography EN Justin Bieber discography EN Nicki Minaj discography EN Daddy Yankee discography EN ASAP Rocky discography EN Iggy Azalea discography EN List of songs recorded by Iggy Azalea EN Katy Perry discography EN List of songs recorded by Katy Perry EN Ludacris discography EN Chamillionaire discography EN Ariana Grande discography EN List of songs recorded by Ariana Grande ‎ EN Ariana Grande videography EN List of Ariana Grande live performances EN List of awards and nominations received by Ariana Grande EN Soulja Boy discography EN Flo Rida discography EN List of awards and nominations received by Charli XCX EN Billie Eilish discography EN List of songs recorded by Billie Eilish EN Kesha discography EN List of songs recorded by Kesha EN Kesha videography EN List of awards and nominations received by Kesha EN The Sisters of Mercy discography EN Becky G videography EN Becky G discography EN List of songs recorded by Becky G EN List of Becky G live performances EN edit AVN AWARDS Article EN Next update AVN Award for Best Actor EN 18 Sep 2024 AVN Award for Best Actress EN AVN Award for Best Supporting Actor EN AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress EN AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year EN AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year EN List of members of the AVN Hall of Fame EN AVN Award for Male Foreign Performer of the Year EN AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year EN AVN Award for Transgender Performer of the Year EN edit

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IPs Vandals Doc

IPs Vandals Doc - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iWGGy1CtMGO_opYgjvqgfI-ptXYt_xkAHBjlkrckCb4/edit –Davey2010^Talk 10:58, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Check IP edits

Check IP edits

• Special:Contributions/2600:1700:9F83:1800::/64
• Special:Contributions/86.14.78.245 –Davey2010^Talk 21:03, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

DreamWorks_Animation

• DreamWorks_Animation - create film table –Davey2010^Talk 17:28, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Fix articles

• • Cadillac Vistiq
  • Cadillac Sollei

  –Davey2010^Talk 23:55, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Flesch Kincaid Calculator

https://goodcalculators.com/flesch-kincaid-calculator/ –Davey2010^Talk 19:29, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Schools

Populate Category:Lists of schools in South East England (en) - create school articles

Populate Category:Lists of schools in England (en) - create school articles

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Category:Lists of schools in South East England - update all navboxes. –Davey2010^Talk 20:03, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Check 6 February 2025

Check Alexander, East Lancs, Optare, Plaxton make sure all buses have chassis, manufacturer, single-decked, step/low-floor entrance all linked/ –Davey2010^Talk 16:34, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Lists of schools in the United Kingdom

Lists of schools in the United Kingdom –Davey2010^Talk 21:37, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Reason why i didint create articles yesterday

hello again the reason why i didint create articles yesterday was because i was tooking a little break but thank god i came back and i will probably create more car articles also the reason why i didint create a article for the Hyundai Kona was because it was too long to me but i think the kona still deserve a article do you agree? Anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards stay safe and hope everything good happens to you in this year! Automobile enthusiast (talk) 14:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Automobile enthusiast, Sorry to be rude but you don't need to leave me messages, It's up to you what articles you create :), Thanks, Happy editing, good luck with your contributions and stay safe, Warm Regards –Davey2010^Talk 17:33, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

no problem and also thank you for your contribuitions best regards stay safe and hope everything good happens to you in this year best regards! Automobile enthusiast (talk) 17:34, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

As you're British, do you know if these are the same thing

Do you know if these should be merged?

• Category:British shires
• Category:Historic counties of England

71.202.215.54 (talk) 23:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @71.202.215.54, I'll be honest I don't really know, My guess would be yes but I'm probably completely wrong on that, Sorry I couldn't be of any more help, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 23:54, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

They are synonyms, in Britain at least. In most cases, British counties are still referred to as shires (as in, it's in their name, Shropshire, Aberdeenshire, Leicestershire), but not all. The word shire is just a historic name for county. This isn't true in other countries. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 07:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-03

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• The Single User Login system is being updated over the next few months. This is the system which allows users to fill out the login form on one Wikimedia site and get logged in on all others at the same time. It needs to be updated because of the ways that browsers are increasingly restricting cross-domain cookies. To accommodate these restrictions, login and account creation pages will move to a central domain, but it will still appear to the user as if they are on the originating wiki. The updated code will be enabled this week for users on test wikis. This change is planned to roll out to all users during February and March. See the SUL3 project page for more details and a timeline.

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• On wikis with PageAssessments installed, you can now filter search results to pages in a given WikiProject by using the inproject: keyword. (These wikis: Arabic Wikipedia, English Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage, French Wikipedia, Hungarian Wikipedia, Nepali Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Chinese Wikipedia) [1]
• One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Tigre (w:tig:) [2]
• View all 35 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, there was a bug with updating a user's edit-count after making a rollback edit, which is now fixed. [3]

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• Wikimedia REST API users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. Starting the week of January 13, we will begin rerouting some page content endpoints from RESTbase to the newer MediaWiki REST API endpoints for all wiki projects. This change was previously available on testwiki and should not affect existing functionality, but active users of the impacted endpoints may raise issues directly to the MediaWiki Interfaces Team in Phabricator if they arise.
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• Many wikis currently use Cite CSS to render custom footnote markers in Parsoid output. Starting January 20 these rules will be disabled, but the developers ask you to not clean up your MediaWiki:Common.css until February 20 to avoid issues during the migration. Your wikis might experience some small changes to footnote markers in Visual Editor and when using experimental Parsoid read mode, but if there are changes these are expected to bring the rendering in line with the legacy parser output. [5]

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• The next meeting in the series of Wikimedia Foundation Community Conversations with the Wikimedia Commons community will take place on January 15 at 8:00 UTC and at 16:00 UTC. The topic of this call is defining the priorities in tool investment for Commons. Contributors from all wikis, especially users who are maintaining tools for Commons, are welcome to attend.

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:42, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Could you tell me how many news pieces are required for an article

I tried to find information on this but I couldn't find any. TS Rubber alt main (talk) 20:25, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @TS Rubber alt main, There's no limit although the more the better :), Good luck, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:29, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Alright thanks! TS

TS Rubber alt main (talk) 20:31, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@TS Rubber alt main No worries mate Happy editing, Cheers, –Davey2010^Talk 20:32, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Also, I was wondering if you could help me with something? -TS TS Rubber alt main (talk) 20:43, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

It's with that page I'm working on TS Rubber alt main (talk) 20:45, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@TS Rubber alt main, Sure fire away, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:18, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Bro I straight up just forgot TS Rubber alt main (talk) 21:36, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Awkward TS Rubber alt main (talk) 21:36, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Nevermind I´ll tell you when I remember TS Rubber alt main (talk) 21:52, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

I am not sure about the change you made to Kanye West

Your change on Kanye West says that my change was reverted as AGF, but I am not sure about your change, the title says Kanye West not Ye... It is true that he changed his name to Ye but It does not match the title, that is what I am confused about. So I have put it back for now, but feel free to revert it if I am wrong. Thanks! - Adelaide :) 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 20:50, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Adelaideslement8723, We go by en:WP:COMMONNAME and not necessarily by their name, Enwiki goes by Kanye West too, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:17, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

New message on my talk page

Thanks @Davey2010: BigKrow (talk) 22:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @BigKrow, So sorry forgot to reply - You're welcome :), Happy editing my friend, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 19:54, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

NPA on AN

Hi Davey, this post was absolutely unacceptable and a violation of our personal attacks policy. I understand the frustration (I had to do some work to clean it up) but Adelaide was trying to be helpful and you should have assumed good faith. Please, please, please... before you hit "Save", think about how you would feel if the words you are writing were said to you. You are a valuable editor on this project, but we all work together as part of a team of editors to keep this project going. I really do not want this to escalate to formal community sanctions. Best, Griff (talk) 01:43, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Griffinofwales, I would never usually make such comments and don't ever condone them ..... but I specifically went to the Administrators Noticeboard and asked an admin to move a page ...... so I don't get the logic with that editor coming along and moving "Santiago, Chile" to "Santiago, CH" because "Santiago" existed, Like no sh sherlock why do you think I'm there asking for a page move,

Unfortunately Griff this isn't the first time this has happened where someone has again jumped in, botched a page move and inserted themselves into something that doesn't concern them which is another reason why I blew my top,

Anyway irrespective of my confusement with it all I apologise for the comments made and I accept I shouldn't of made them, I've been around long enough to know we comment on content, not the contributor and I certainly failed that yesterday. In all fairness to them I've done some stupid things in the past too so none of us are perfect myself included. Anyway I will do better going forward, –Davey2010^Talk 11:15, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

(Noting for historical purposes this concerns this comment and the follow-up comment) –Davey2010^Talk 11:16, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

some ice...

Next time remember to stay cool and just ping an admin or something when you feel annoyed or frustrated. Let it be their problem. Rest, Griff said above. BRP ^ever 15:50, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @BRPever, Thanks for the ice, Duly noted I will do better going forward,

FWIW I took no joy from talking to another human being in that way and irrespective of their actions I'm not pleased with how I dealt with it either. None of us know what people are going through in their lives and indeed I will try and think more before I speak but it's difficult when people do silly things like yesterday, But yeah yesterday was utterly terrible and I'll do better, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:05, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Declined QD - Mass media in Asia

Hi Davey! I have declined your QD for Category:Mass media in Asia. Looking at this a little closer, it seems that a few days ago, the category "Media in Asia" was moved to "Mass media in Asia", but none of the articles were updated. This new naming reflects enWP, but since those articles are not updated, the category shows as empty. Would you mind helping update those? If you do not have time, just ping me and I will add it to my to-do list. Thanks, Griff (talk) 23:49, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Hey @Griffinofwales, Oh I had no idea it was moved or that the old cat was even being used, Of course I'll move them all now, Thank you for spotting this and for declining the QD it's much appreciated, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 23:52, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done - all now moved to the new name, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 23:55, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-04

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• Administrators can mass-delete multiple pages created by a user or IP address using Extension:Nuke. It previously only allowed deletion of pages created in the last 30 days. It can now delete pages from the last 90 days, provided it is targeting a specific user or IP address. [6]
• On wikis that use the Patrolled edits feature, when the rollback feature is used to revert an unpatrolled page revision, that revision will now be marked as "manually patrolled" instead of "autopatrolled", which is more accurate. Some editors that use filters on Recent Changes may need to update their filter settings. [7]
• View all 31 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the Visual Editor's "Insert link" feature did not always suggest existing pages properly when an editor started typing, which has now been fixed.

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• The Structured Discussion extension (also known as Flow) is being progressively removed from the wikis. This extension is unmaintained and causes issues. It will be replaced by DiscussionTools, which is used on any regular talk page. The last group of wikis (Catalan Wikiquote, Wikimedia Finland, Goan Konkani Wikipedia, Kabyle Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikibooks, Wikimedia Sweden) will soon be contacted. If you have questions about this process, please ping Trizek (WMF) at your wiki. [8]
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MediaWiki message delivery 01:37, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Expansion of articles

hello again sorry for sending you many messages anyways i expanded the Hyundai i20 and the Hyundai Getz articles what do you think? anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards! Automobile enthusiast (talk) 18:22, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Automobile enthusiast, Imho your articles need simplifying (facelifted should be replaced with the word improved, and sentences are too complex),

I would suggest asking @Auntof6 on their talkpage as they're a million times better at explaining this and would help you understand this better than I ever could, Thanks, Happy editing, good luck with your contributions and stay safe, Warm Regards –Davey2010^Talk 18:29, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

@Automobile enthusiast Forgot to add we don't have infoboxes for each generation of the car as as you can see at Hyundai i20 the infoboxes don't correspond with the sections, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 18:30, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

ok i will replace it for simple words anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards! Automobile enthusiast (talk) 18:33, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

@Automobile enthusiast, Okay brilliant, Well done on your creations though they look fantastic and you should be proud!, Thanks, Happy editing, good luck with your contributions and stay safe, Warm Regards –Davey2010^Talk 18:36, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Contributions for 2A04:4E41:2:92:0:0:732E:2B76

Expansion on certain pages as per English Wikipedia and per wikidata. Certain pages. Here is the link: Special:Contributions/2A04:4E41:2:92:0:0:732E:2B76 2A04:4E41:4B:8C:0:0:DAD3:9005 (talk) 14:43, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Edit warring over genres to the point where you have an LTA page on yourself and are reverted continuously on Enwiki isn't expansion and doesn't even come close. –Davey2010^Talk 17:38, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Just wondering

Is there a way to create sub-pages? Like if you look up the name of the page it won´t show up, but if you go to like a page such as OnePiece and click on a certain thing then it takes you to the page. -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 20:43, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Also, happy January to everyone that reads this -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 20:44, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't sorry, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 21:06, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

It´s ok, thank you for your time. -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 21:08, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

No worries, Happy editing. –Davey2010^Talk 21:12, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Also I just sourced my first article Barium Sulfide. Could you tell me if the sources are ok? -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 21:12, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

The Britannica and the ICQQ or whatever it's called needs to be replaced with something more indepth, Thanks. –Davey2010^Talk 21:17, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Ok -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 22:09, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Deleted them -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 22:14, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Also can you check my source for One Piece (source #3) -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 17:25, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @TS Rubber alt main, Fandoms and Blogspots aren't relaible sources either, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 17:28, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Alright, replaced it -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 17:45, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for being a medical contributors!

The 2024 Cure Award

In 2024 you were one of the top medical editors in your language. Thank you from Wiki Project Med for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a thematic organization whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining for 2025, there are no associated costs. Additionally one of our primary efforts revolves around translating health content. We invite you to try our new workflow if you have not already. Our dashboard automatically collects statistics of your efforts and we are working on tools to automatically improve formating.

Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 06:22, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks so much @Doc James :), Take care and stay safe, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 09:28, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-05

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• Patrollers and admins - what information or context about edits or users could help you to make patroller or admin decisions more quickly or easily? The Wikimedia Foundation wants to hear from you to help guide its upcoming annual plan. Please consider sharing your thoughts on this and 13 other questions to shape the technical direction for next year.

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• iOS Wikipedia App users worldwide can now access a personalized Year in Review feature, which provides insights based on their reading and editing history on Wikipedia. This project is part of a broader effort to help welcome new readers as they discover and interact with encyclopedic content.
• Edit patrollers now have a new feature available that can highlight potentially problematic new pages. When a page is created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted, a tag ('Recreated') will now be added, which users can filter for in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. [9]
• Later this week, there will be a new warning for editors if they attempt to create a redirect that links to another redirect (a double redirect). The feature will recommend that they link directly to the second redirect's target page. Thanks to the user SomeRandomDeveloper for this improvement. [10]
• Wikimedia wikis allow WebAuthn-based second factor checks (such as hardware tokens) during login, but the feature is fragile and has very few users. The MediaWiki Platform team is temporarily disabling adding new WebAuthn keys, to avoid interfering with the rollout of SUL3 (single user login version 3). Existing keys are unaffected. [11]
• View all 30 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

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• For developers that use the MediaWiki History dumps: The Data Platform Engineering team has added a couple of new fields to these dumps, to support the Temporary Accounts initiative. If you maintain software that reads those dumps, please review your code and the updated documentation, since the order of the fields in the row will change. There will also be one field rename: in the mediawiki_user_history dump, the anonymous field will be renamed to is_anonymous. The changes will take effect with the next release of the dumps in February. [12]

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:15, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Simple English Wikipedia Research Recruitment

Hi Davey2010,

I am a researcher at the University of Washington conducting a study about health-related information on the Simple English edition of Wikipedia. We looked at your edit history and saw that you are an active editor of Simple English Wikipedia.

We are very interested in your experiences with editing simple English articles and how we might improve the coverage of articles in the Simple English edition. Your help will make a great contribution to our research.

Our Wikimedia Meta project page provides additional information about our study. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Improve_the_coverage_and_quality_of_health-related_articles_in_the_Simple_English_edition

If you are 18 years old or older and would consider participating in our study, please complete our screening survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwYZHyGgjuhq2NnPPGbv8d_jl-CndWvBC12Zljgz8sBDdWfw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Also, if you have questions, you can contact us at the email address provided on the wikimedia page.

Best, Lori Cai Loricai99 (talk) 00:15, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Hey @Loricai99, Thanks for the invite that's very kind of you, I was actually filling this out until I got to the audio recording question which I personally don't feel comfortable doing, It's nothing personal I just hate being on Teams etc and given a choice it's face-to-face all the time which in this case would be impossible as I'm in the UK lol,

Anyway thanks again for the invite and I'm sorry I'm not able to continue further with it, I wish you the best of luck with your research and hope you gain something from it :), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 00:28, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Davey2010, Thank you so much for your response! I understand your concern! No worries!

Actually, it is totally fine that you only finish the online survey without the phase 2 interview. We we will make a $20 contribution to one of 3 organizations of your choice for your efforts!

If you are interested in the online survey, please feel free to fill in the screening form and choose "no" to the interview.

I appreciate your help!

Thank you!

Best,

Lori Loricai99 (talk) 01:58, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

Copyedit

When you're done with copy editing an article how do you get rid of the copyedit notice? -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 19:49, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Or like with any of the other notices like sourcing notices -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 19:51, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi there :] Simply remove the {{copyedit}} template at the top of the page. Justarandomamerican (t • c) 20:00, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks man -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 20:56, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Warning

On Ariana Grande you're adding a file link that does not exist. 2601:644:907E:A70:2DFE:7682:F824:52B4 (talk) 19:58, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

@2601:644:907E:A70:2DFE:7682:F824:52B4, My sincere apologies I thought you were changing the image for no reason (I had actually gone through your edits earlier and was perplexed as to why your previous two edits were constructive and the Ariana ones weren't - Now it all makes sense!, Indeed your Ariana edits were also constructive I just unfortunately didn't realise the image there was non-existent), Thanks again for spotting and changing this, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:51, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

IB?

What is ib? The information was reliable 2600:4040:7A08:F200:19B0:6D1E:C54F:793E (talk) 16:29, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

@2600:4040:7A08:F200:19B0:6D1E:C54F:793E, IB is short for Infobox, Indeed I've self reverted some of your reverts as these were improvements, I may or may not have mistaken you for someone else, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:55, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Just a friendly reminder

Hi Davey,

I noticed that you tagged an edit request as  Done on Talk:List of countries by continents but didn't do the tlf thing with the editrequest template. Please remember to do that as it helps keep the tracking category more accurate.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 22:01, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @FusionSub, Oops so sorry I did indeed forget to do that, I'll try to remember in future, Many thanks for the friendly reminder and for also updating that on the talkpage, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 22:14, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Al-Bussiyah is notable

They dominated Persia in the late 1300s 2003:C0:2735:5743:4223:55FA:EA27:E664 (talk) 16:28, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

@2003:C0:2735:5743:4223:55FA:EA27:E664, Lack of sources online say otherwise. Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:48, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

Userboxes

@Davey2010 I was wondering if you could tell me the secret of making userboxes as you have some displayed on your profile? Thanks -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 19:47, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @TS Rubber alt main You can see already existing categories on Category:Userbox templates, and you can see Wikipedia:Userboxes for more. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 19:55, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

Ok thanks! -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 19:55, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-06

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• Editors who use the "Special characters" editing-toolbar menu can now see the 32 special characters you have used most recently, across editing sessions on that wiki. This change should help make it easier to find the characters you use most often. The feature is in both the 2010 wikitext editor and VisualEditor. [13]
• Editors using the 2010 wikitext editor can now create sublists with correct indentation by selecting the line(s) you want to indent and then clicking the toolbar buttons.[14] You can now also insert <code> tags using a new toolbar button.[15] Thanks to user stjn for these improvements.
• Help is needed to ensure the citation generator works properly on each wiki.
  • (1) Administrators should update the local versions of the page MediaWiki:Citoid-template-type-map.json to include entries for preprint, standard, and dataset; Here are example diffs to replicate for 'preprint' and for 'standard' and 'dataset'.
  • (2.1) If the citoid map in the citation template used for these types of references is missing, one will need to be added. (2.2) If the citoid map does exist, the TemplateData will need to be updated to include new field names. Here are example updates for 'preprint' and for 'standard' and 'dataset'. The new fields that may need to be supported are archiveID, identifier, repository, organization, repositoryLocation, committee, and versionNumber. [16]
• One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Central Kanuri (w:knc:) [17]
• View all 27 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the OCR (optical character recognition) tool used for Wikisource now supports a new language, Church Slavonic. [18]

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:09, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

Marriage format

The marriage format appears wrong as viewed on this Wikipedia but on English Wikipedia it's viewed correctly. For Nelly it says married 2027 but it isn't past 2027. Is the formatting wrong? 2A04:4E41:4B:8C:0:0:E766:C4F7 (talk) 13:01, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Unfortunately the templates are protected so I can't manually update them, You'd need to ask an admin who will import new/updating coding over, Unfortunately I don't know if it's an outdated infobox or module that's causing that or it may not be any of those at all, Sorry I couldnt be of any more help, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 13:07, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Do you know what I am referring to? 2A04:4E41:4B:8C:0:0:448A:82FD (talk) 13:09, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

@2A04:4E41:4B:8C:0:0:448A:82FD, Yes, I've updated the marriage template and that's had no effect so you'll need to ask at WP:Simple talk, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 13:39, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

 Done - fixed, I've removed the date as that was what was causing the problems, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 13:48, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

A announcement

Hello i am the ip editor that created the Alexander buses category that got deleted i actually made some more categories i will probably make more also i made many JAC Motors car articles i did a great work making many car articles and i am using the word improved in my articles.

Anyways if you realized that the stile of the articles is the same as Automobile enthusiast its because i am the user but i lost the access of the account (after i made the Ford Bronco Sport article) i dont remember the password then i made the A enthusiast of automobiles account to keep editing made some car articles lost the access again and i am now editing as a ip editor (but i will not be a vandal).

Also your bus articles are great and anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards. 179.109.143.137 (talk) 18:33, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi AA/@179.109.143.137, I have to say I'm extremely impressed with your edits - I unfortunately never created those categories as I thought it would require more parent categories (I've gone down that rabbit hole before of creating main categories and you end up going down this rabbit hole and it's never-ending!), Thank you for creating these your help is greatly appreciated,

I didn't realise you were AA (I found it weird you immediately popped up creating the categories and I just assumed you were an old user/potentially a sock but didn't think anymore beyond that and I certainly didn't connect the dots that you were AA), Yeah as I said I'm thoroughly impressed with your edits and help, You've been a big help so thank you my friend,

Disappointed you lost your password though but I'm glad it didn't let it stop you returning :), Thank you for your contributions, Happy editing, take care, stay safe, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 18:41, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

The unwanted complexity on Maan (caste)

I leave a message for you as an mobile i find difficult to see leading contradiction on topmost panel but instead of it showing just Infobox and relocating the upper incitement on bottom of page but i unable to figure this out because it got padlock?? @Davey2010 59.89.28.119 (talk) 19:03, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Need help getting my page approved

Hi Davey2010Thanks for the welcome. I noticed my page Toula Gordillo was nominated for speedy deletion. I would appreciate your guidance on how to improve it so that it meet Wikipedia's standards. Thanks for your time. SyedTayyab560 (talk) 20:15, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Hey @SyedTayyab560, Advertising aside it imho fails our notability policies and the General Notability Guideline, I've gone through the sources and they're all basic profile type content - nothing there indicates this meets N, WP:BASIC or WP:GNG, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:22, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Davey2010 for your instant reply. Sure i will start working on gathering reliable and independent sources and i will make sure this will align with Wikipedia notability policies.

One last thing i need time for gathering all of this so how i can protect my page for speedy deletion also did i use the correct tags above the article that i need help regarding sources? SyedTayyab560 (talk) 20:29, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @SyedTayyab560, Okay brilliant, I've pasted the article to your sandbox at User:SyedTayyab560/sandbox so you can work on it there, your sandbox isn't up for CSD either so you have all the time in the world :),

Unfortunately the tags you placed won't help - they just tell people/editors an article is undersourced but it's a not really urgent enough for people to do it, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:43, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Davey2010 for your time and your guidance.

If i need any guidance in future where i can contact you? SyedTayyab560 (talk) 20:50, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome @SyedTayyab560, You can leave a message here and I'll respond as soon as I can, , Happy editing :), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 21:03, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank You Davey2010, i appreciate your time and guidance. I will make sure to follow Wikipedia guidelines while editing.

Looking forward to contributing more.

Kind Regards, SyedTayyab560 (talk) 21:10, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

No worries, Okie dokie happy editing Syed :), Many Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 21:13, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-07

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

Weekly highlight

• The Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) has published a draft of their recommendations for the Wikimedia Foundation's Product and Technology department. They have recommended focusing on mobile experiences, particularly contributions. They request community feedback at the talk page by 21 February.

Updates for editors

• The "Special pages" portlet link will be moved from the "Toolbox" into the "Navigation" section of the main menu's sidebar by default. This change is because the Toolbox is intended for tools relating to the current page, not tools relating to the site, so the link will be more logically and consistently located. To modify this behavior and update CSS styling, administrators can follow the instructions at T385346. [19]
• As part of this year's work around improving the ways readers discover content on the wikis, the Web team will be running an experiment with a small number of readers that displays some suggestions for related or interesting articles within the search bar. Please check out the project page for more information.
• Template editors who use TemplateStyles can now customize output for users with specific accessibility needs by using accessibility related media queries (prefers-reduced-motion, prefers-reduced-transparency, prefers-contrast, and forced-colors). Thanks to user Bawolff for these improvements. [20]
• View all 22 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the global blocks log will now be shown directly on the Special:CentralAuth page, similarly to global locks, to simplify the workflows for stewards. [21]

Updates for technical contributors

• Wikidata now supports a special language as a "default for all languages" for labels and aliases. This is to avoid excessive duplication of the same information across many languages. If your Wikidata queries use labels, you may need to update them as some existing labels are getting removed. [22]
• The function getDescription was invoked on every Wiki page read and accounts for ~2.5% of a page's total load time. The calculated value will now be cached, reducing load on Wikimedia servers. [23]
• As part of the RESTBase deprecation effort, the /page/related endpoint has been blocked as of February 6, 2025, and will be removed soon. This timeline was chosen to align with the deprecation schedules for older Android and iOS versions. The stable alternative is the "morelike" action API in MediaWiki, and a migration example is available. The MediaWiki Interfaces team can be contacted for any questions. [24]

In depth

• The latest quarterly Language and Internationalization newsletter is available. It includes: Updates about the "Contribute" menu; details on some of the newest language editions of Wikipedia; details on new languages supported by the MediaWiki interface; updates on the Community-defined lists feature; and more.
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The Evolution of My Articles

Hello i am here to tell about the evolution my articles: when i made my first article in November (Cadillac CT6) its very short and simple and i made 10 articles surprisingly when i first came here then from November to December i made car articles with the help of chatgpt but i removed promotional words added References infobox and etc and i stopped using chatgpt to make car articles in December 20.

Now i make car articles manually which i think its better and i now i think i will not add inter wiki language links because the article will be conected to wiki data and i hope you understand that anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards. 179.109.143.137 (talk) 20:56, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Okay brilliant, Good luck with your contributions, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 21:31, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

also just one more thing:i think the VinFast article that i made is too complex and i added a simple tag how do i simplify it?.

Also i tried making the VinFast LUX SA2.0 article but Wikipedia's system keeps stopping me and keeps saying my edit is harmful even though i did nothing wrong just making car articles for VinFast but Wikipedia's system keeps treating like its vandalism when its not and i am a good faith ip editor and also i copied the article to not lost i.

and what i should do when Wikipedia's system keeps saying that my article is vandalism probably i will take a break. 179.109.143.137 (talk) 15:09, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Okay no worries, Happy editing, Thanks, Good luck with your contributions, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 21:31 –Davey2010^Talk 18:29, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

I need help how regarding COI Disclosure

Hi Davey2010^Talk Can you guide me on how to disclose my conflict of interest? Toula and I are working on website development, and she asked for help setting up a Wikipedia page. Also, I’m new to Wikipedia and created another account to submit the same article with changes, leading to my block. How can I get unblocked and edit my content? SyedTayyab560 (talk) 17:37, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

@SyedTayyab560, As we all know there's a popular saying; "Fuck around and find out"..... You fucked around and you found out. I will not be entertaining you any further so consider my help to you rescinded. –Davey2010^Talk 18:52, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Could you check this please

So I just wrote my first article ever, and it's about the Altadena fires. I was wondering if you could check it to see if the sources are good? If you can't no worries. If you can, I haven't put the page up yet it's in my sandbox so here's the link User:TS Rubber alt main/Sandbox. -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 21:44, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Hey @TS Rubber alt main, It looks great so far and sources look fine too, Keep up he great work :), Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 22:02, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Thanks -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 00:17, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

@Davey2010 I finished the article. Can you check to see if it meets Simple English Wikipedia criteria. You've done a lot for me already so I understand if you might not want to. Thanks for your help -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 00:31, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @TS Rubber alt main, Try and format it so it looks like en:Altadena fires, Your article needs a lead which can be the first section but it needs to be expanded,

Try and add more source too,

Great job so far though well done TS! :), Happy editing, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:23, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Ok I added more sources -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 19:49, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Can you help me with the pictures because I have McDonalds wifi and -4 bars of service always so I can't put photos in. Also what do you mean by a lead? -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 19:51, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Sorry can't I'm on a public wifi myself at the moment, Good luck with the article, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 20:47, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Okay yeah my house and school both have McDonalds wifi lol anyways good luck with your editing @Davey2010 -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 16:59, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

@TS Rubber alt main Lol not good, could be worse though - you could have no internet at all like I have all day today :P, anyway thanks and good luck with your editing too, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 17:05, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Real -TS Rubber Alt Main (talk) 17:17, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Your edits on User:Justin Bieber is a nazi

Hi, I have already reported the vandal on WP:VIP thanks! ;) 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 03:16, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Adelaideslement8723, Haha I know I was going to do the exact same thing :), Thanks for reporting them, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 03:17, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank you both BigKrow (talk) 03:18, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Of course, happy editing! :) 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 03:18, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

No worries, Happy editing, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 03:19, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Next time report them globally too Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 03:19, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

True BigKrow (talk) 03:21, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@Cactusisme I don't report globally anymore because my reports there just get ignored anyway, You're more than welcome to go to SRG but I shan't be wasting my time, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 03:21, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@Cactusisme Right, I will next time, happy editing! :) 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 03:21, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Done Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 03:22, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

I dont think it that they are ignored, maybe they already locked, but forgot to reply. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 03:23, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@Cactusisme, they are ignored, 2-3 of my reports were ignored one after the other and nope they weren't globally locked either.

If you go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global how you'll see there's 2-3 reports there still not done and it's likely nothing will be done with those, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 03:31, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

I just saw my report from 2 days still there. Maybe its not just you. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 03:33, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Oh no I know it's not just me but I find it a waste of time reporting there when nothing gets done, Anyway that's all old news - thanks for reporting anyway, thanks –Davey2010^Talk 03:35, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

You can use this script for faster reporting. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 03:24, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Sorry there was a change conflict but thanks! :) 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 03:25, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@Randomdude121 @Adelaideslement8723 I suggest we wait for the vandal to be blocked so that we do not edit war. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 03:43, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

True good point BigKrow (talk) 03:44, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Mainly concerned because these changes are visible publicly randomdude121‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 03:44, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

They cn reverted after user blocked, they are mainly on a singular page and user talk page. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 03:45, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Guess I can take a break then. Thanks for your message. randomdude121‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 03:47, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

I am pretty much done with this vandal, I am not reverting anymore of his edits, I don't want to edit war anyways. I'll just have to wait it out. 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 03:51, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Victory! randomdude121‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 04:00, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Yess Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 04:04, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Finally! Now we can take a break! 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 04:06, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Proposal of creation of lists of automobiles

Hello do you think i should create a list of current automobile brands since it already has this type of article on en wiki and i think it would be a good type of article here and also templates and etc anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards. 179.109.143.137 (talk) 21:18, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @179.109.143.137, You can do :), I think it would be a helpful article here, Thanks, Warm Regardsm, –Davey2010^Talk 21:24, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

ok thanks i will tag the article here List of Current Automobile Brands By Country and then i will make it what do you think? anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards. 179.109.143.137 (talk) 21:28, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Ahh to match en:List of current automobile manufacturers by country - good thinking Batman! :), Yep great idea, Thanks for your contribs and happy editing Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 21:31, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Also just one more thing i already made the article now i am doing the articles for the automobile brands i will skip some brands like Borland racing developments and do you think i am doing a great job on making automobile brand articles? a example of one of the articles i made is BCI Bus anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards. 179.109.143.137 (talk) 21:05, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-08

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

Weekly highlight

• Communities using growth tools can now showcase one event on the Special:Homepage for newcomers. This feature will help newcomers to be informed about editing activities they can participate in. Administrators can create a new event to showcase at Special:CommunityConfiguration. To learn more about this feature, please read the Diff post, have a look at the documentation, or contact the Growth team.

Updates for editors

Highlighted talk pages improvements

• Starting next week, talk pages at these wikis – Spanish Wikipedia, French Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, Japanese Wikipedia – will get a new design. This change was extensively tested as a Beta feature and is the last step of talk pages improvements. [25]
• You can now navigate to view a redirect page directly from its action pages, such as the history page. Previously, you were forced to first go to the redirect target. This change should help editors who work with redirects a lot. Thanks to user stjn for this improvement. [26]
• When a Cite reference is reused many times, wikis currently show either numbers like "1.23" or localized alphabetic markers like "a b c" in the reference list. Previously, if there were so many reuses that the alphabetic markers were all used, an error message was displayed. As part of the work to modernize Cite customization, these errors will no longer be shown and instead the backlinks will fall back to showing numeric markers like "1.23" once the alphabetic markers are all used.
• The log entries for each change to an editor's user-groups are now clearer by specifying exactly what has changed, instead of the plain before and after listings. Translators can help to update the localized versions. Thanks to user Msz2001 for these improvements.
• A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to mass delete pages, to enable users to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. [27]
• Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. Thanks to user MolecularPilot for this and the previous improvements. [28]
• View all 25 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug was fixed in the configuration for the AV1 video file format, which enables these files to play again. [29]

Updates for technical contributors

• Parsoid Read Views is going to be rolling out to most Wiktionaries over the next few weeks, following the successful transition of Wikivoyage to Parsoid Read Views last year. For more information, see the Parsoid/Parser Unification project page. [30][31]
• Developers of tools that run on-wiki should note that mw.Uri is deprecated. Tools requiring mw.Uri must explicitly declare mediawiki.Uri as a ResourceLoader dependency, and should migrate to the browser native URL API soon. [32]

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:17, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

A question

hello look i have a question:could you please help me simplifiy the VinFast and Tatra (company) articles cause i think they are complex i hope you understand that anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards. 179.109.143.137 (talk) 15:33, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi 179.109.143.137, Sorry I'm busy with my own things, You're more than welcome to ask at Simple Talk, I hope you understand this, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 15:36, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Ok no problem anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards. 179.109.143.137 (talk) 16:04, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Another announcement

Hello look i will take a small break from making articles because:a ip editor is being authoritarian with me just because some parts of my articles are copied from en wiki (even though your articles also have some parts from en wiki) he even suggested a 12 hour block on admnistrators noticeboard saying my articles are not ready to publish and etc i am a good faith ip editor.

And also i am not doing a personal attack aganist him just saying of educated form that i am tooking a small break due to this anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards. 179.109.143.218 (talk) 17:14, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @179.109.143.218, Sorry to hear that, Please read WP:BE 850 and try and replace (simplify) words, For instance the "History and Features" section at Haima 8S has a lot of jargon and imho doesn't have very simple words,

Try to remember the readers here are people with mental disabilities, people who's first language isn't English, and children, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 17:46, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

Ok now i will use gearbox and i will try to not tell many infos when making car articles about hybrids and evs also i am not stopping making articles just taking a break because:a ip editor is being authoritarian with me and etc anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards. 179.109.143.218 (talk) 18:02, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

Don't let the IP win, ignore them and carry on creating articles but as I said make sure they're simple to read and understand, Good luck with your contribs, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 18:07, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

also sorry for spamming the messages but can you please do something about the ip editor since he is very authoritarian and rigid with me. 179.109.143.218 (talk) 02:56, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Navboxes

Hi, Davey. I noticed the following navboxes that you created last month:

• Template:Former schools in Hampshire
• Template:Further education colleges in Hampshire
• Template:Primary schools in Hampshire
• Template:Secondary schools in Hampshire
• Template:Special schools in Hampshire

These templates currently don't have enough blue links to be useful. Before nominating them for deletion, I thought I'd ask if you have immediate plans to create more of the articles so they can be useful. Please let me know. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:26, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Auntof6, Thanks so much for asking first it's greatly appreciated :),

I had all these big plans of creating all of these school articles and to expand the school side of the project ..... but I didn't quite realise how much work would be needed to achieve this, I also began to realise adding the templates to individual article was also going to take forever. I wasn't expecting this to be a 5 minute job but I also wasn't expecting that I'd need to create over 1000 individual school articles and that's just for the UK alone.

Anyway I've G7d all templates created and have removed them from the articles, The list articles will definitely be created at some point this year - I'm on a mission to create bus articles atm as sort of stopped with these so once I've got what I want done - "list of schools in x" will be next on the list of to dos :),

Anyway thanks again for letting me know it's much appreciated, Take care, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 12:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-09

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

Updates for editors

• Administrators can now customize how the Babel feature creates categories using Special:CommunityConfiguration/Babel. They can rename language categories, choose whether they should be auto-created, and adjust other settings. [33]
• The wikimedia.org portal has been updated – and is receiving some ongoing improvements – to modernize and improve the accessibility of our portal pages. It now has better support for mobile layouts, updated wording and links, and better language support. Additionally, all of the Wikimedia project portals, such as wikibooks.org, now support dark mode when a reader is using that system setting. [34][35][36]
• One new wiki has been created: a Wiktionary in Santali (wikt:sat:) [37]
• View all 30 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug was fixed that prevented clicking on search results in the web-interface for some Firefox for Android phone configurations. [38]

Meetings and events

• The next Language Community Meeting is happening soon, February 28th at 14:00 UTC. This week's meeting will cover: highlights and technical updates on keyboard and tools for the Sámi languages, Translatewiki.net contributions from the Bahasa Lampung community in Indonesia, and technical Q&A. If you'd like to join, simply sign up on the wiki page.

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:41, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Quick question

hello i have a quick question:what automobile brand articles you plan to make at List of Current Automobile Brands By Country because there are so many brands anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards and stay safe. 179.109.143.167 (talk) 21:22, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello @179.109.143.167, None of them?..... Cars aren't really my thing so I have no plans to create any of what's listed there.... Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:54, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Ok there is no problem anyways good luck with your contribuitions best regards and stay safe. 179.109.143.167 (talk) 22:04, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Re: Talk: Erik Johnson-Monnroe

Hi @Davey2010 Now I am not an admin but I agree with you on the reply of the unblock, I know that you want me to keep my mouth shut but I just agree with you. Erik has been vandalizing, I was there, watching RC (Recent Changes) and I even rolledback some of his edits. Anyways, I will leave you alone about it and have a good rest of your day. 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 21:55, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Adelaideslement8723, "I know that you want me to keep my mouth shut but I just agree with you" - You couldn't be any more wrong!, I'm sad you'd think that, You're more than welcome to reply to any comment I make or post here, I just dislike you commenting on my threads at ANI that's all,

But anyway thanks for your message, Yeah I'll be honest I didn't know whether it was worth me replying but thought I should seeing as the blocking admin had missed their edits and thus the next admin may not have been aware of what was actually said, Thanks for rollbacking them too :), Happy editing, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 22:01, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

I understand completely. Thanks and happy editing! :) 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 22:03, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Recent dispute

I still want to outline some different between my poor intonation of wording sorry because i am not native speaker of english? Presumably it not an big issue for me @Davey2010 thanks for such attentive guidance but anyhow i can retract my information on Maan (caste) to reinitiate the better as i could achieve?? 2409:40D6:101:E265:95C9:E24B:6085:6085 (talk) 16:21, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Rollback summary

How do you get a custom rollback summary? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 02:40, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Cactusisme, I have en:WP:Redwarn installed with the rollback feature used as the main revert, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 11:15, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

oh, alright Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 02:50, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

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• All logged-in editors using the mobile view can now edit a full page. The "Edit full page" link is accessible from the "More" menu in the toolbar. This was previously only available to editors using the Advanced mobile contributions setting. [39]
• Interface administrators can now help to remove the deprecated Cite CSS code matching "mw-ref" from their local MediaWiki:Common.css. The list of wikis in need of cleanup, and the code to remove, can be found with this global search and in this example, and you can learn more about how to help on the CSS migration project page. The Cite footnote markers ("[1]") are now rendered by Parsoid, and the deprecated CSS is no longer needed. The CSS for backlinks ("mw:referencedBy") should remain in place for now. This cleanup is expected to cause no visible changes for readers. Please help to remove this code before March 20, after which the development team will do it for you.
• When editors embed a file (e.g. [[File:MediaWiki.png]]) on a page that is protected with cascading protection, the software will no longer restrict edits to the file description page, only to new file uploads.[40] In contrast, transcluding a file description page (e.g. {{:File:MediaWiki.png}}) will now restrict edits to the page.[41]
• When editors revert a file to an earlier version it will now require the same permissions as ordinarily uploading a new version of the file. The software now checks for 'reupload' or 'reupload-own' rights,[42] and respects cascading protection.[43]
• When administrators are listing pages for deletion with the Nuke tool, they can now also list associated talk pages and redirects for deletion, alongside pages created by the target, rather than needing to manually delete these pages afterwards. [44]
• The previously noted update to Single User Login, which will accommodate browser restrictions on cross-domain cookies by moving login and account creation to a central domain, will now roll out to all users during March and April. The team plans to enable it for all new account creation on Group0 wikis this week. See the SUL3 project page for more details and an updated timeline.
• Since last week there has been a bug that shows some interface icons as black squares until the page has fully loaded. It will be fixed this week. [45]
• One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Sylheti (w:syl:) [46]
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Thanks

May not be retuned in kind, but I appreciate it. Thank you. Ravensfire (talk) 18:55, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

@Ravensfire Thanks for the thanks, No worries, thank you for replying there!, Take care and stay safe Ravensfire, Warm Regards, Dave // –Davey2010^Talk 19:16, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for reverting the IP on Talk:1000, I knew it was vandalism, but I used undo and I am a slow typer lol so thanks again and have a great day! (◠‿◕)𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 ^{(𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼)} 22:09, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Adelaideslement8723, So sorry for the late reply - You're welcome :), Haha no worries same here - your reason is the precise reason why I never use the undo feature lol (and it's kinda the reason why I have RedWarn installed = laziness lol), Thanks and you have a great day :), Happy editing Adelaide, Warm regards, –Davey2010^Talk 18:44, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

I believe you cannot fly, it is impossible.

No you cant Obama sucks 2600:4040:A010:A000:ECDD:C85C:6CEC:7EF0 (talk) 18:41, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

@2600:4040:A010:A000:ECDD:C85C:6CEC:7EF0, I'm afraid I have to disagree - Keir Starmer sucks more! :), Obama is twice the leader Starmer will ever be!, –Davey2010^Talk 18:45, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

FANDOM

Can you please try FANDOM? If you do not have a FANDOM account, then you can create one. 2601:C2:1900:F030:DB4:69B3:1E03:2916 (talk) 21:05, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

I'm good thanks :), –Davey2010^Talk 21:06, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Rawanduz Revolt

Please be careful with this fight because it is constantly being edited by IP Maolood (talk) 16:41, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Maolood, Don't worry I'm watching the article now, If it continues I'll ask for the article to be protected, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 16:55, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much Maolood (talk) 16:59, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome @Maolood, Happy editing, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 17:15, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much I will try to edit a lot🥰🙌 Maolood (talk) 19:54, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Maolood, That;s brilliant, I forgot to say but thank you for your help in reverting the vandal too, Your help is much appreciated :), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 20:14, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

I try to serve more and prevent disruption I will let you know if anything happens that is disruptive Maolood (talk) 20:20, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

I'm severely disappointed with this, You say you want to prevent disruption but 6 hours ago you were creating disruption ..... Shame. –Davey2010^Talk 20:32, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I said there is a misunderstanding Maolood (talk) 20:53, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

My purpose in dusruption is to prevent vandals. Sorry I wrote wrong😁 Maolood (talk) 21:07, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davey2010 Hello, this user is Tishreen07. w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tishreen07 They do a lot of sock making and enjoy spreading Kurdish propaganda. If they come to your talk page with another account, please do not hesitate to join the sock puppet investigation. Kajmer05 (talk) 22:14, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Kajmer05, Well that's a shame, Thank you for letting me know,

Just to also make you aware I restored Maolood's revision at https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rawandiz_Revolt&action=history which may be incorrect?, I honestly don't know so you're more than welcome to revert me, Thanks, With warm regards, –Davey2010^Talk 22:44, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

I had reviewed that article and was shocked. When I examined the source supporting the Soran victory, [48] that source only mentioned ISIS and had nothing to do with the revolt. So they added sources from random websites. Kajmer05 (talk) 22:53, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Kajmer05, I hadn't looked at the sources and to be honest didn't check the content either (I did search on Enwiki for the article prior to reverting the IP but obviously no article existed so I unfortunately assumed the article was vandalised by the IP),

Thanks @Ravensfire for reverting the content, I apologise to you both for not spotting the sourcing issue, Believe you me I'm not happy with unknowingly inserting a prolific socks reversion whilst undoing good IPs edits,

Certainly won't be jumping in with my size 13s reverting something I know nothing about, lesson well and truly learnt. –Davey2010^Talk 00:31, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Pure luck I'd seen a few other places where that editor and similar IP's were pushing the same thing. Personally, AGF is always a good option, and good on you for taking that route based on what you knew. Ravensfire (talk) 01:38, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

I'm just thankful the article was on your radar, Thank you your words mean a lot, At the end of the day we're just editors here and none of us are perfect, some days we get things right and some days we get things catastrophly wrong, We live and we learn is my motto, Anyway happy editing :), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 12:01, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Suspected proxy use with the IP

Hi, I noticed that the IP has been changing a lot and I have my suspicions that the IP is using a proxy but any chance. What is your thought on this? Thanks, ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 18:40, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Adelaideslement8723, I agree I believe they are too, there is a tool that can check this but I've long forgotten what it's called, I figured we'd win this battle if the article is protected over playing whack a mole, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 18:44, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

I loved it when you put it that way "protected over playing whack a mole." But I think it is called ProxyChecker, I have it and I might check the IP to be sure that there is a proxy open. Thanks, ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 18:46, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

@Adelaideslement8723 Lol it's true though :) - we'd whack one and another will pop up lol, Oh okay yeah maybe, Thank god Eps on lol, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 18:51, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Lol, and now it is quiet over at RC, since the block of the IP. Good work in most of the reverts, I just came in and cleaned up a bit. Thanks, ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 18:53, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks and likewise thanks for your help in reverting, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 19:09, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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• Editors who use password managers at multiple wikis may notice changes in the future. The way that our wikis provide information to password managers about reusing passwords across domains has recently been updated, so some password managers might now offer you login credentials that you saved for a different Wikimedia site. Some password managers already did this, and are now doing it for more Wikimedia domains. This is part of the SUL3 project which aims to improve how our unified login works, and to keep it compatible with ongoing changes to the web-browsers we use. [49][50]
• The Wikipedia Apps Team is inviting interested users to help improve Wikipedia’s offline and limited internet use. After discussions in Afrika Baraza and the last ESEAP call, key challenges like search, editing, and offline access are being explored, with upcoming focus groups to dive deeper into these topics. All languages are welcome, and interpretation will be available. Want to share your thoughts? Join the discussion or email aramadan@wikimedia.org!
• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 19. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.
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• The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available. It includes: the launch of the Community Updates module, the most recent changes in Community Configuration, and the upcoming test of in-article suggestions for first-time editors.
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The Christine Chandler page does not warrant deletion

Hello Davey,

The Christine Chandler page should not be deleted. It would be nice if you could cancel the quick delete. I can add information as to why this person is notable, I think that either A: having a community discussion about the articles eligibility or B: having me add why it is notable would be ultimately more constructive than simply deleting the whole thing.

I hope that you can see where I’m coming from,

Maninacoffin

Maninacoffin (talk) 23:36, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Maninacoffin, The subject failed WP:A4 as there wasn't any wp:notability. Thank you for your understanding. –Davey2010^Talk 15:02, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Davey,

there absolutely is notability. Numerous news stations have talked about this figure, and as stated in the article the person is well known within internet communities and is also referenced to. I’m now using the proper pathways on the article itself to get this fixed.

thanks,

Maninacoffin Maninacoffin (talk) 16:51, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Maninacoffin, Respectfully if that were the case it wouldn't have been speedy deleted (and to further back that point up It would also have an article at the English Wikipedia which it doesn't), Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:55, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Davey,

you make the point about the English Wikipedia. Well, that page was on the English Wikipedia for a while, and it was deleted not because the topic is not notable but because someone edited the page to only have business insider links; despite there being a wealth of other articles about the topic. Also, they are seemingly notable enough to remain on the Spanish Wikipedia: https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chan

Deleting this page seems unnecessary.

Thanks,

Maninacoffin Maninacoffin (talk) 16:59, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Maninacoffin, Unfortunately the logs at Enwiki may only tell half the story - I'd assume there's a reason we don't know about as admins don't create-protect articles unless there's clearly solid reasons as to why,

Unfortunately Non-English Wikipedias are lax when it comes to moderation (the exact reason why en:WP:SHORTDESC exists), Anyway there's nothing unnecessary about articles being deleted here due to lack of notability, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 17:08, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Davey,

alright then.

This is an unfortunate decision in my opinion,

Maninacoffin Maninacoffin (talk) 17:27, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Maninacoffin, Yeah sorry about that, Happy editing, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 17:31, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Bokak99

I knew he was a LTA sock of User:Rapta999. Thank you for reporting. (I know I am not supposed to comment, but thanks) ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 19:03, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Hey @Adelaideslement8723, Haha no worries, You can comment you're fine :D, I knew it was them the moment they removed the RFD template lol, –Davey2010^Talk 19:06, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

It makes me angry when I see users evade their block, its not right! They should serve the time, and think it through (Like I did with English Wiki). I am trying not to be like you know rude or anything but, it just makes me mad seeing users evade their block. ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 19:08, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Unfortunately @Adelaideslement8723 some people don't see it that way - they mess up, get blocked, and simply return time and time again to either continue from where they left off or to continue vandalising/trolling.

You'd think blocks and global blocks would stop people but unfortunately not, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 19:19, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply, but you are right, there is no point for me to get frustrated. Thanks and have a good day ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 20:14, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

@Davey2010 Hi, Rapta999 and Bokak99 are confirmed with each other on en wiki. [51] Kajmer05 (talk) 20:16, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

@Kajmer05 Me and Davey both confirmed it as well. Thanks, ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 20:19, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Hey @Kajmer05, Brilliant thanks for the heads up, Although I already knew it's nice it's gone through Enwiki as that confirms it more officially,

Exactly Adelaide, Have a good day too, Happy editing all, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:26, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

I have been dealing with those who are trying to spread propaganda in these Kurdish articles for about 3 months (especially regarding Tishreen07, whom i mentioned the other day). If there is a problem again, I would be happy to help. Kajmer05 (talk) 20:32, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

yo hop off

11 years is enough to warrant tocuhing some grass 198.101.120.74 (talk) 19:15, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Imagine being as dense as 198.101.120.74. Imagine thinking we edit 24/7, 365 days of the year. Imagine thinking we don't have lives outside of Wikipedia. 🤡 –Davey2010^Talk 19:21, 14 March 2025 (UTC)