User talk:Ferien/Archives/2022/September

Hi there!

@Ferien,I was wondering if you could revdel a couple of edits on User talk:46.1.8.133. They're blocked but they keep adding this crap to their talk page. Derpdart56 (talk) 14:46, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Derpdart56. RevDelled a couple of them and revoked talk page access, thanks! --Ferien (talk) 17:34, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) , stubborn (IP) user anyway.. --DRC (User:TTP1233) (talk . e-mail . contrib) 17:35, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-36

The winner this Translation of the week is en:Saint John Church of Sohrol Please be bold and help translate this article! The Church of Saint John (Armenian: Սուրբ Յովհաննէս Եկեղեցի) is a 5th or 6th century Armenian Catholic church in Sohrol, Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It was rebuilt in 1840 by Samson Makintsev (Sam Khan; member of Bogatyr Battalion) in brick on the older church foundation. (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 01:48, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-36

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

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 September. It will be on all wikis from 8 September (calendar).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 6 September at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 8 September at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
• On Special pages that only have one tab, the tab-bar's row will be hidden in the Vector-2022 skin to save space. The row will still show if Gadgets use it. Gadgets that currently append directly to the CSS id of #p-namespaces should be updated to use the mw.util.addPortletLink function instead. Gadgets that style this id should consider also targeting #p-associated-pages, the new id for this row. Examples are available. [1][2]

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23:22, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-37

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

Recent changes

• The search servers have been upgraded to a new major version. If you notice any issues with searching, please report them on Phabricator. [3]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 September. It will be on all wikis from 15 September (calendar).
• Syntax highlighting is now tracked as an expensive parser function. Only 500 expensive function calls can be used on a single page. Pages that exceed the limit are added to a tracking category. [4]

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01:50, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Hey

Hi, can you look at Navarra Society of Mathematics Teachers? I suspect Remitbuber might be behind this. Derpdart56 (talk) 19:56, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Derpdart56, hey there, I've taken a look. I think it is probably them but I'm not certain, so a CU should be requested. --Ferien (talk) 20:06, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

On it. Derpdart56 (talk) 20:06, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

CU submitted. Derpdart56 (talk) 20:09, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! --Ferien (talk) 20:10, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

WP:RFP/R

Can you please review my request?--DMK-C5 (talk) 16:53, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Uh @Ferien, have you read my message? DMK-C5 (talk) 13:54, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

DMK-C5, as I said on your talk page I'm aware, I saw their post on my talk page. I just didn't get around to responding to it. I've now given you rollback. --Ferien (talk) 14:06, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

The cooler Anomalocaris

Hi Ferien, I noticed that a user's name "The cooler Anomalocaris" might be problematic. What do you think? There is already an established and active user with the name Anomalocaris. Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 12:30, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Hey. I think I see what you mean if you think I'm trying to impersonate them, but I just liked the name "Anomalocaris" (to me, it sounds funny).

I would like to know if there are any other issues, or if that wasn't the right one. The cooler Anomalocaris (talk) 12:32, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@The cooler Anomalocaris: I think that calling yourself cooler than them might be a bit insulting, or maybe the person wouldn't mind. Let's ask. @Anomalocaris:. Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 12:36, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Alright, sounds good. Asking might be a good idea to not make anyone feel bad. The cooler Anomalocaris (talk) 12:37, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@The cooler Anomalocaris and Hockeycatcat: They are probably fine with it as they haven't responded. Also, you're mainly editing on different projects so there shouldn't be a problem. --Ferien (talk) 11:33, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-38

The winner this Translation of the week is en:2022 Melilla incident (ca:Massacre de Melilla) (es:Tragedia de la valla de Melilla) Please be bold and help translate this article! On June 24, 2022, at least 37 migrants were killed at the Melilla border fence during a conflict with Moroccan and Spanish security forces. Conflict broke out as between 500 and 2,000 people gathered in the early hours of the day to cross the border with Spain. (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 01:39, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-38

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

• Two database fields in the templatelinks table are now being dropped: tl_namespace and tl_title. Any queries that rely on these fields need to be changed to use the new normalization field called tl_target_id. See T299417 for more information. This is part of normalization of links tables. [5][6]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 September. It will be on all wikis from 22 September (calendar).
• In Kartographer maps, you can use icons on markers for common points of interest. On Tuesday, the previous icon set will be updated to version maki 7.2. That means, around 100 new icons will be available. Additionally, all existing icons were updated for clarity and to make them work better in international contexts. [7][8]

Future changes

• In a group discussion at Wikimania, more than 30 people talked about how to make content partnership software in the Wikimedia movement more sustainable. What kind of support is acceptable for volunteer developers? Read the summary and leave your feedback.

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RFP Request

Hey Ferien, I also have a pending RFP request. If you could check it out, thank you! Happy editing! SoyokoAnis - talk 11:11, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi @SoyokoAnis, I suggest you leave to the admins instead of giving remainder. Admins are busy all the time (even in the real life). No worries. Your request will be taken by the admins. If the request is not viewed for a long time, for e.g. one week or more, then you can do ping any admin to see your request (only if necessary). Cherrs DMK-C5 (talk) 13:30, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@SoyokoAnis: Yep as DMK-C5 said, admins don't usually respond to requests immediately on purpose, not because we don't have the time but to allow other admins time to make comments. The rollback request I made took 2 weeks before rollback was given. I was aware of your request before you bought it here. --Ferien (talk) 16:43, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@Ferien Oh I see, Patience is key. Thank you! SoyokoAnis - talk 17:07, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@SoyokoAnis, why don't you get involved in more anti-vandal work? Good for you DMK-C5 (talk) 17:09, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@DMK-C5 What do you mean? Anti-Vandalism is one of the main things I do? SoyokoAnis - talk 17:31, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

That's what I just said.. DMK-C5 (talk) 17:45, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@DMK-C5 ??? Please restate I'm confused. SoyokoAnis - talk 17:56, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

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DMK-C5 (talk) 15:20, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 16:39, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Jafar Frotan

Sorry for the apparent conflict. If I see this again, I'll do an RFD. The arguments for keeping that were on the talk page were very generic ("is notable and should stay", "has references", etc.), but still... -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:34, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

@Auntof6: It's ok, I don't really see a problem in A4'ing it, it's clearly crosswiki spam and shouldn't be here, not to mention that all the people on the talk page were saying the same things so maybe there's some sockpuppetry there too. I find RfD can sometimes be the best way forward with clear spam articles like this as it gives us a reason to delete the article each time, that's the main reason I started one here. --Ferien (talk) 21:41, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-39

The winner this Translation of the week is en:George W. Johnson (singer) Please be bold and help translate this article! George Washington Johnson (c. October 1846 – January 23, 1914) was an American singer and pioneer sound recording artist. Johnson was the first African American recording star of the phonograph (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 02:07, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-39

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

• Parsoid clients should be updated to allow for space-separated multi-values in the rel attribute of links. Further details are in T315209.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 September. It will be on all wikis from 29 September (calendar).
• Visual diffs will become available to all users, except at the Wiktionaries and Wikipedias. [9]
• Talk pages on the mobile site will change at the Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. They should be easier to use and provide more information. [10] [11]
• In the Module namespace, pages ending with .json will be treated as JSON, just like they already are in the User and MediaWiki namespaces. [12]

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