User talk:Ferien/Archives/2022/February

Hi there.

I have a possible translation request. Can you maybe translate the article Lancet MMR autism fraud from en.wiki, please? Thanks. Derpdart56 (talk) 15:30, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

I'm a bit busy this week to be creating new pages, but I will try and simplify that some time soon. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 17:25, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Alrighty then. Derpdart56 (talk) 14:40, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Derpdart56, looks like a bit of a complex page to create. I think I'll have a bit more time now and I'll see if I can create it within the next few days. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 17:12, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Okie dokie. Derpdart56 (talk) 17:16, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Talk page foul language

Hi, can you please delete the diffs from 93.143.73.189 and 93.143.105.184 on my talk page? It contains foul language and sensitive info. Nehme₁₄₉₉ (talk) 13:59, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I completely forgot to respond to this. As you've seen, I think I have deleted most, if not all, of the revisions eligible for RevDel but if you still think some more should be deleted, please let me know. --Ferien (talk) 15:20, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi, he's back again. Can you please delete this diff, and protect my page? He's cross-wiki abusing again (with multiple IPs). Nehme₁₄₉₉ (talk) 11:06, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

All done. :) --Ferien (talk) 16:09, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Closing RfDs

Hi Ferien. I'm here to ask that if I am allowed to close any RfD? For instance, I wanted to close Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2022/RAJWADE SOCIETY CHHATTISGARH because the article has already been QDed by an admin, but I thought that I might be breaking any guideline. Seeking your advises. Thanks. ─ The Aafī ^(talk) 17:12, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

@TheAafi: Hello, usually if an article has been deleted by an admin and they forgot to close, you could close it yourself, but otherwise, non-admins shouldn't close RfDs. I closed this one. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 17:15, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-06

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Log bucking Please be bold and help translate this article! Bucking is the process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs. Significant value can be lost by sub-optimal bucking because logs destined for plywood, lumber, and pulp each have their own value and specifications for length, diameter, and defects. Cutting from the top down is overbucking and from the bottom up is underbucking. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 03:26, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-06

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Log bucking Please be bold and help translate this article! Bucking is the process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs. Significant value can be lost by sub-optimal bucking because logs destined for plywood, lumber, and pulp each have their own value and specifications for length, diameter, and defects. Cutting from the top down is overbucking and from the bottom up is underbucking. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 06:11, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-06

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

• English Wikipedia recently set up a gadget for dark mode. You can enable it there, or request help from an interface administrator to set it up on your wiki (instructions and screenshot).
• Category counts are sometimes wrong. They will now be completely recounted at the beginning of every month. [1]

Problems

• A code-change last week to fix a bug with Live Preview may have caused problems with some local gadgets and user-scripts. Any code with skin-specific behaviour for vector should be updated to also check for vector-2022. A code-snippet, global search, and example are available.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 February. It will be on all wikis from 10 February (calendar).

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21:16, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Request to import

Hi! Can I ask you to import some templates from enwiki? They are en:WP:Template:IPA pulmonic consonants and en:WP:Template:IPA non-pulmonic consonants. Both of them depend customs CSS styles. The current template that we have isn't up to par with other wikis. --*Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page ♮ 12:28, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for finding that. --Ferien (talk) 16:17, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

I don't think the import work, as the page seems to have stayed the same. Should I just try importing it manually? --*Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page ♮ 00:53, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Indeed, I'm not sure why that didn't work. Tymewalk has imported it manually. Thanks. --Ferien (talk) 07:14, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Import Request

Can you please import en:Template:pagelinks to this wiki? Thank you, Sir. Bobherry (talk) 00:54, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

@Bobherry: I've redirected the page to Template:La for now, I think that'll work for now. --Ferien (talk) 07:17, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. Bobherry (talk) 11:16, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

110.150.13.4

Hey, thanks for the block on that IP, but would you mind extending it to at least a month? I made it three months on enwiki. It's block evasion, self-admitted. I'll probably request a global block later. Thanks! Graham87 (talk) 11:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

 Done, thanks :) --Ferien (talk) 11:20, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Import (to IP talk page)

Hi Ferien! Would it please be possible if you or any other admin, imports the following to my talk page (a talk page for IP-user)? I can remove that import from my talk page, as soon as I polish and release that article:

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stortingsvalget_2021_i_Finnmark (The article is about the Parliamentary Election in Finnmark - a province until 2020. That place is scheduled to become a province again during the current "four-year period of Parliament".)--FWIW: i am planning (for later) to consider making a stub of Politics ... Norway. Regards! 89.8.114.155 (talk) 14:25, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello! Thank you for your request. However, to have a subpage or a sandbox, you'll need to register an account. If you do register an account and create a sandbox, simply copy and pasting to your sandbox and saying where it's from in the edit summary is acceptable. Thanks for understanding, --Ferien (talk) 14:48, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Actually, I am simply looking for an admin to dump a " < nowiki > text-file" on my talk page (and I can remove that text-file, as soon as I see it).--I advise anyone to start a user account on Wikipedia. 89.8.114.155 (talk) 15:11, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

blocked User Templates

hello @Ferien when you block a user you're placing these templates in accordance to their talk page can you send them to me please? Thank you 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 21:12, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Hey Sakura emad, like {{uw-block1}} and {{uw-block3}}? --Ferien (talk) 21:31, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Yes exactly, i've blocked a user and i needed them to notify the user thank you again. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 21:47, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Oh yeah, on ckbwiki, you're a sysop there now :) Good luck and have fun --Ferien (talk) 21:53, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

as a new sysop looking forward to learn from you. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 22:01, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-07

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Bidriware Please be bold and help translate this article! Bidriware is a metal handicraft from Bidar, India. It was developed in the 14th century C.E. during the rule of the Bahamani Sultans. The term "bidriware" originates from the township of Bidar, which is still the chief centre for the manufacture of the unique metalware. Due to its striking inlay artwork, bidriware is an important export handicraft of India and is prized as a symbol of wealth. The metal used is a blackened alloy of zinc and copper inlaid with thin sheets of pure silver. This native art form has obtained Geographical Indications (GI) registry. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:43, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-07

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

Recent changes

• Purging a category page with fewer than 5,000 members will now recount it completely. This will allow editors to fix incorrect counts when it is wrong. [2]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 February. It will be on all wikis from 17 February (calendar).
• In the AbuseFilter extension, the rmspecials() function has been updated so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of rmspecials() with rmwhitespace() wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [3]

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19:18, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Bro…

Stop blocking people without proof, they’re not even doing anything wrong. --ThisWikiIsEditedByIrresponsibleJerks (talk) 21:42, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry is not allowed in the Wikipedia. If you would like a block appeal, there is a page for that. Use that. MrMeAndMrMe_{Let's talk} 21:44, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Feel free to email me regarding your accusation of admin abuse towards me, and the users involved. You've been blocked yourself for your bad username and trolling but if you think I've abused my tools, I am always open to discussion about that. --Ferien (talk) 21:53, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-08

The winner this Translation of the week is simple:Loktak Folklore Museum (mni:ꯂꯣꯛꯇꯥꯛ ꯈꯨꯟꯅꯨꯡ ꯄꯨꯀꯩ ꯂꯟꯀꯩ ꯁꯪꯂꯦꯟ) Please be bold and help translate this article! The Loktak Folklore Museum or the Thanga Folklore Museum is a folk museum in Thanga Island in the Loktak lake of Manipur. It cares for and displays a collection of artistic, cultural and historical artefacts associated with the Loktak lake. The museum preserves the folk customs and beliefs, folk medicines, folk literature associated with the Loktak lake. (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 01:18, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Transwiki importer

is it possible for me to request Transwiki importer on this wiki? i need the tool to import Templates and Modules on other wiki especially English wikipedia. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 06:03, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Sakura emad: The editor must meet certain requirements:

Gain a local consensus

Have a minimum of three months on the project

Have a minimum of 200 mainspace edits on the project

Have a clear, specified task

Once all the requirements are met, a local bureaucrat will issue the flag. :The same user will remove the flag once the task is done.

With the importer tool, if you need it, get it. Once you are done, then give it back. Good luck! Haoreima (talk) 06:06, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

i know how the right works, i've requested it on other wiki and granted to me before, but in case if this wiki works differently that's why i asked @Ferien, i need the Transwiki Importer tool just to import templates and Modules. to clarify i'm familiar with this tool and i have it on CKB Wikipedia. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 06:43, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello Sakura emad. Importer works quite differently here to how it does on other Wikipedias. The idea is that you request importer for a certain task and then it will be taken away when done. I believe you also need to have a consensus, in the past I have seen requests for importer formatted almost as RfAs (like Wikipedia:Requests for importer/USERNAME). I think you won't have a problem seeing as you have used it on ckbwiki. As long as you have a clear task I think you'll be good to request. --Ferien (talk) 13:30, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Importer is a very dangerous tool. For non-admins it is generally much preferred that they just do copy pastes with attribution. It is very easy to make very difficult to fix mistakes that become that much harder to fix if you are not an admin. I would strongly advise just following the copy/paste method of importing that pretty much all non-admins use. I especially would be hesitant when it is templates/modules they want to do it with. If there is something you want brought over you can even just ask me. -Djsasso (talk) 13:37, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

@Ferien i think there is a difference between Importer and Transwiki importer; i understand that importer is dangerous; i don't need or have any use of Uploading XML files and such; i am requesting Transwiki importer; it's just for importing template and modules from English Wikipedia; @Djsasso i use and used Transwiki Importer quite alot before, before becoming a sysop on ckb and after becoming one; i believe i know what i am doing that's why i want to request it. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) (refactored) 15:35, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Transwiki importer is the one I am talking about, it is the one that is very dangerous. Well both are, but Transwiki importer is the one I am referring to. It is the importing of templates and modules which in particular is something I am concerned about. Trying to do that without the admin flag is problematic for cleanup when the inevitable mistake does happen. Using it on a small wiki like ckb and Simple are very different things. -Djsasso (talk) 15:39, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

@Djsasso: i think i know what you concerned about; but Mainly i want to import non-existing templates and modules, and as for existing ones; i only use copying and pasting method to update them :). (refactored) 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 16:33, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-08

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

Recent changes

• Special:Nuke will now provide the standard deletion reasons (editable at MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown) to use when mass-deleting pages. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [4]
• At Wikipedias, all new accounts now get the Growth features by default when creating an account. Communities are encouraged to update their help resources. Previously, only 80% of new accounts would get the Growth features. A few Wikipedias remain unaffected by this change. [5]
• You can now prevent specific images that are used in a page from appearing in other locations, such as within PagePreviews or Search results. This is done with the markup class=notpageimage. For example, [[File:Example.png|class=notpageimage]]. [6]
• There has been a change to the HTML of Special:Contributions, Special:MergeHistory, and History pages, to support the grouping of changes by date in the mobile skin. While unlikely, this may affect gadgets and user scripts. A list of all the HTML changes is on Phabricator.

Events

• Community Wishlist Survey results have been published. The ranking of prioritized proposals is also available.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 February. It will be on all wikis from 24 February (calendar).

Future changes

• The software to play videos and audio files on pages will change soon on all wikis. The old player will be removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [7][8]
• Toolforge's underlying operating system is being updated. If you maintain any tools there, there are two options for migrating your tools into the new system. There are details, deadlines, and instructions on Wikitech. [9]
• Administrators will soon have the option to delete/undelete the associated "talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option will also be available. This was a request from the 2021 Wishlist Survey.

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19:12, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Tamlyn Tomita

I have proven sources Tamlyn was in 84.

https://lionheadthemovies.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Tamlyn_Tomita

https://lionheadthemovies.fandom.com/wiki/Tamlyn_Tomita — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexkrzywicki1 (talk • contribs) 03:03, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Those aren't reliable sources. --Ferien (talk) 10:12, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Al Pacino

Al Pacino had been acting and a long time actor since 1959.

Observe: https://lionheadthemovies.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Al_Pacino — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexkrzywicki1 (talk • contribs) 03:04, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

That also isn't a reliable source. As long as you have reliable sources (typically not ones you can be edited) then you can be bold and make any change to Wikipedia, there's no need to check with me for everything... --Ferien (talk) 10:14, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Template:Politics_of_Italy

hello @Ferien i created Template:Politics_of_Italy, is it possible for me to request a QD to be deleted? as a creator of the template. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 10:10, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Yes, G7 applies as long as no-one else has made any edits/significant contributions to it. --Ferien (talk) 10:11, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

thanks. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 11:18, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Citation bot

Hello Ferein! The citation bot's alterations of urls change the search results (which are specially designed by me to get explicit results) are in fact really deteriorated. What shall I do? That bot has edited 40-50 articles I have edited last few weeks. Shall I revert the edits one by one though it will be very exhaustive for me? In some cases, unaware of its actions, I did some other edits in the articles it has edited. In such case, reverting will not be possible. I hope you can help me in restoring edits in such exceptional cases. Haoreima (talk) 14:18, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

@AManWithNoPlan: Hello AManWithNoPlan! I wish to talk to you too. I can't come to English wikipedia because I am blocked there. So, please let's talk here for you kept a soft redirect at your simple English wikipedia user talk page! Haoreima (talk) 14:21, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello Haoreima, how do these alterations change the search results? I'm just trying to get more info here... --Ferien (talk) 14:26, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Here is one explicit example! This reference is the citation number 2 of the article Panam Ningthou before the bot's edit. Please see the reference number 2 of the article now as it's already altered by the bot. Haoreima (talk) 14:30, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

@Haoreima: I see, it is the same page though and the text is still visible, so I'm not sure whether it's a massive problem. I am not too skilled with citation things so I will let AManWithNoPlan comment. --Ferien (talk) 14:41, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Sometimes, some editors comment randomly that a certain page is not reliable source when the information is not explicitly appeared. To avoid this, I especially designed the inner contents of most urls I added to the articles I edited. It's very important because sometimes, some information are located in the middle of a paragraph, that needs to be specially highlighted to appear explicitly. Else, editors (verifying editors for reliability of references) gave negative comments on such things. Haoreima (talk) 14:43, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

@Haoreima: Ok, I understand. I don't think it can be done on an image, but I've noticed some search engines have #text= or ?text= or something similar in the URL to highlight certain texts, I can't remember exactly how it's done right now though. --Ferien (talk) 14:48, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

I can make it appear explicitly as I am always dealing with citations for the last few months. Shall we revert? Haoreima (talk) 14:51, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

I concern links about Google Books and Internet Archive mainly. Google Books have either yellow highlighter or black boldings. archive.org has blue highlighter in ocr readable pages. Haoreima (talk) 14:53, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Those Google Books urls are somewhat unexpected form. I have fixed the bot, and the URL clean-up code will handle them correctly now. It has been running on English Wikipedia for years, and either no one cared or noticed or perhaps that specific URL formulation is rare. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 14:58, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

I have updated the bot talk page to point to my simple talk page, for those that do not want to head over to the main page. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 14:58, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

@AManWithNoPlan: I could not understand what you mean by "URL clean-up code will handle them correctly now"? Do you mean the bot will do things correctly in future or the bot will rectify the deteriorated URLs once again? I am little bit confused. Haoreima (talk) 15:03, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Fixing the urls is not possible by bot, but I can easily do that by hand. Going forward URLs should be correct. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 15:41, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-09

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Shapur I's victory relief at Naqsh-e Rostam Please be bold and help translate this article! Shapur I's victory relief at Naqsh-e Rostam is located 3 kilometers north of Persepolis. It is the most impressive of eight Sasanian rock carvings cut into the cliff beneath the tombs of their Achaemenid predecessors (Please update the interwiki links on Wikidata of your language version of the article after each week's translation is finished so that all languages are linked to each other.) About · Nominate/Review · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:27, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-09

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

Recent changes

• When searching for edits by change tags, e.g. in page history or user contributions, there is now a dropdown list of possible tags. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [10]
• Mentors using the Growth Mentor dashboard will now see newcomers assigned to them who have made at least one edit, up to 200 edits. Previously, all newcomers assigned to the mentor were visible on the dashboard, even ones without any edit or ones who made hundred of edits. Mentors can still change these values using the filters on their dashboard. Also, the last choice of filters will now be saved. [11][12]
• The user group oversight was renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. You may need to update any local references to the old name, e.g. gadgets, links to Special:Listusers, or uses of NUMBERINGROUP.

Problems

• The recent change to the HTML of tracking changes pages caused some problems for screenreaders. This is being fixed. [13]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 March. It will be on all wikis from 3 March (calendar).

Future changes

• Working with templates will become easier. Several improvements are planned for March 9 on most wikis and on March 16 on English Wikipedia. The improvements include: Bracket matching, syntax highlighting colors, finding and inserting templates, and related visual editor features.
• If you are a template developer or an interface administrator, and you are intentionally overriding or using the default CSS styles of user feedback boxes (the classes: successbox, messagebox, errorbox, warningbox), please note that these classes and associated CSS will soon be removed from MediaWiki core. This is to prevent problems when the same class-names are also used on a wiki. Please let us know by commenting at phab:T300314 if you think you might be affected.

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23:00, 28 February 2022 (UTC)