User talk:MrMeAndMrMe/Archives/2022
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Welcome
Hello! I am assuming you have come over from the English Wikipedia, so you are probably familiar with the way this wiki works. I hope you like it here and decide to stay. Here are a few links to help you adjust:
- An English Wikipedian's guide
- Writing in Simple English
- Simple talk: our help desk, reference desk and village pump- in one page
- How to copy from English Wikipedia
If you need help just click here and type {{helpme}} and your question and someone will reply to you shortly. You can also check out the help section of Wikipedia, or leave a message on my talk page.
There is a lot you can do here. For example, there are a lot of articles that have not been created yet, which you can bring over from the English Wikipedia and simplify. Just remember you can not directly copy them. They must be simplified. Do have a look around and see what you would like to do. Thank you for joining us. Happy changing! Griff (talk) 03:55, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you, Griff. It is pleasant to be welcomed. I do intend to stick around here for a while, so I will make sure to check these out. MrMeAndMrMe (talk) 03:58, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Reverting of change
Hi again! I'm just letting you know that I have reverted one of your changes here. The IP was actually removing a duplicate table, which you can see if you compare the diff. It was a mistake I almost made as well, so I understand, but please be careful when undoing changes in the future. It's always better to double check than to make a mistake. Griff (talk) 05:11, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- Apologies and thank you. Will keep in mind in the future. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 05:12, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
February 2022
Hello, MrMeAndMrMe/Archives! Here at Simple English Wikipedia we use the section heading "Other websites" instead of English Wikipedia's "External links", which you used in "Mahmoud Fawzi". This makes it simpler and easier to read. Please remember to use "Other websites" in articles that you create in the future. Thank you for your help! MathXplore (talk) 06:20, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
You need to sign (with ~~~
/~~~~
or manually type your signature) when pinging, otherwise I won't get notified. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 02:56, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Twinkle
Hello, just so you are aware, we do have Twinkle on simplewiki and you can enable it in your gadgets settings here. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 16:29, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, I already have twinkle activated. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 16:32, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oh sorry, I didn't notice, I was just letting you know that Twinkle could help you because I noticed you had made some QD tags without twinkle. :) --Ferien (talk) 16:41, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, I was wondering how one puts in QD tags with twinkle. I'll figure it out, though. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 16:46, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oh sorry, I didn't notice, I was just letting you know that Twinkle could help you because I noticed you had made some QD tags without twinkle. :) --Ferien (talk) 16:41, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello, MrMeAndMrMe/Archives! Here at Simple English Wikipedia we use the section heading "Other websites" instead of English Wikipedia's "External links", which you used in "Streptophyta". This makes it simpler and easier to read. Please remember to use "Other websites" in articles that you create in the future. Thank you for your help! MathXplore (talk) 06:28, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Apologies! Generally I try to do this but occasionally I will forget. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 06:29, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Re:February 2022
Thank you MrMe for the welcome and thank you for your request, I took the liberty of editing the page Concord Production Inc. because from Bruce Lee's filmography it is impossible in 1971: Can you see also Wikipedia? 185.167.52.108 (talk) 15:02, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, what? MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 21:26, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. You might not have done it on purpose, but your recent change removed helpful information from Wikipedia. We ask that you do not remove things from pages, as you did to "Terje Nilsen", without giving a good reason in the change summary. If it was a mistake, do not worry. The part of the article you removed has been put back. If you want to try things out, please use the sandbox. If you would like to learn how to help Wikipedia, please see the welcome page. Thank you. Assume good faith Deppiyy (talk) 17:58, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Deppiyy I put a good reason in the change summary and that reason was that there was no reference. Enwiki is not a reference. Furthermore, I put a note on their userpage to say that they can readd that if they want as long as they add a reference. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 17:59, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- You should assume good faith. If you have problems with unreferenced information, a {{citation needed}} template should be added. Deppiyy (talk) 18:10, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
3RR and edit warring
Hey there MrMe, I noticed that there was a little bit of an change war that happened at Terje Nilsen. While your reasoning may have been correct, we encourage consensus and discussion over problematic changes. The initial revert was not an issue, but once you begin reverting Deppiyy, both of you should have begun a discussion either on the talk page or at a user talk page. Edit warring can result in a block for both participants, even if you were right. If you feel strongly about the issue, feel free to reach out to an administrator through the noticeboard and it can be reviewed. However, edit warring is never a good option except for obvious vandalism. Thank you for all your help on New Changes Patrol and keep up the great work. Griff (talk) 18:18, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry, Griff. Will try to do better next time. Thanks for the compliment in the last sentence. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 20:29, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
Redirects
Hi, MrMeAndMrMe. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. I respect your request to close Requests for deletion/Requests/2022/Ελληνικό αλφάβητο; did not cast a vote there. But..... Totally agree with you "this is ridiculous. Nobody is going to look up something in a non-Latin alphabet and is fairly useless"; simple is an encyclopedia not a dictionary. --Tarawneh (talk) 11:53, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Check this rfd page. --Tarawneh (talk) 11:56, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
QD G4
Hello. Please remember that QD G4 only applies to articles that were deleted by previous RfD. MathXplore (talk) 06:37, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- OK. Thanks, didn't know. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 06:38, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
Rui Machete
The first version of the article seems simple, https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rui_Machete&oldid=8045907. Please explain why you want the article Quick Delete. 89.8.150.53 (talk) 16:49, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- There are complex words like "served as". There are also multiple compound and complex sentences. Please remove these before going in and copying it directly from en. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 16:51, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
what
what did i do 1.132.107.210 (talk) 02:42, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- You made an edit that is nonconstructive and is viewed as vandalism. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 02:43, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
ok 1.132.107.210 (talk) 02:43, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Please stop doing these edits or you will be blocked. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 02:44, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
do they distract people because im bored 1.132.107.210 (talk) 02:45, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Please do not vandalize the Wikipedia if you are bored. Maybe constructively edit a page. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 02:46, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
ok ill get off now 1.132.107.210 (talk) 02:47, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
question why are you still getting rid of my edits after i said ill get off 1.132.107.210 (talk) 02:51, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Because you keep making them. I will revert any vandalism I see on this Wikipedia. Please read our rules. If you are not here to build an encyclopedia, please get off. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 02:52, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
ok im fucked now 1.132.107.210 (talk) 02:54, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- You can stop if you want, and the administrators will consider revoking your request if you want to build an encyclopedia. We always welcome new members who want to help. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 02:56, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
Simple talk (only one - counting - "vote", per proposal)
Hi! At 18:43, 23 February you "voted". See Wikipedia:Simple_talk#A_tertiary_proposal:_do_nothing.--Today, you "voted" again.--Please strike thru the word "Support" or strike thru the word "Oppose". Or ask someone to help you, with doing the one or the other. Thank you. 89.8.103.228 (talk) 04:36, 24 February 2022 (UTC) 89.8.103.228 (talk) 04:44, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
- I only voted once. I never voted support in the tertiary proposal, could you show me something more specific as your timezone is different from mine(I use the timezone gadget so I don't see UTC). MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 04:41, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
- My mistake - user:MrMeAndMrMe has not made a mistake. So sorry. 89.8.103.228 (talk) 04:43, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
- That's fine. Have a nice day. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 04:46, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
- My mistake - user:MrMeAndMrMe has not made a mistake. So sorry. 89.8.103.228 (talk) 04:43, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Mountain huts in one Italian province - and English-wiki
Hi! These mountain huts are articles at En-wiki:
- Marco e Rosa Hut
- Carate Brianza (mountain hut)
- Marinelli Bombardieri (mountain hut). Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mountain_huts_in_Lombardy. --Maybe someone (not I, and maybe not you) will start those articles (and maybe you find this information interesting). --Not sure that I have anything more to say (for now) in this "discussion". 89.8.67.151 (talk) 15:11, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
RFD restriction
Good afternoon MrMe. It's Griff again. As the community continues to try to find a resolution to the future of how we will address redirects in the future, please do not refer any Deppiyy redirects for deletion until we get some idea from the community on what they want to do. Continuing to nominate Deppiyy redirects at RFD will be seen as disruptive and could result in restrictions being placed on you, and I don't want it to get to that point. I encourage you to keep working on your other on-wiki projects, making a note of problematic redirects for future discussion, and as you feel so inclined, contributing to the ST discussion. Thanks for all your thoughts on this issue, and for all your work elsewhere on Wikipedia. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me! Best, Griff (talk) 15:15, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
- May I suggest that user:MrMe maybe can make a note, or collect questionable/dubious redirects on the user page (of user:MrMe). 89.8.67.151 (talk) 17:18, 24 February 2022 (UTC) 89.8.67.151 (talk) 17:19, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
FYI
Weak support exists ({{support|weak}}) :) --Ferien (talk) 17:43, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Tapadh leat und danke MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 17:47, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
hider of the truth :P
yep— Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.252.238.20 (talk • contribs) 16:12, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
Trout
Whack!
Do not take this seriously. Someone wants to let you know you did something silly!
Just see List of minor planets: 28001–29000 :) --Ferien (talk) 15:59, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
- And whilst I'm here... also please remember to link new pages to Wikidata. Thanks. --Ferien (talk) 16:00, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
- Apologies and tapadh leat. Also what is the origin of trouting? MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 16:30, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
- No clue but on other platforms you can get trouted with a variety of fish including a shark (which would probably be a little more painful..) --Ferien (talk) 16:36, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) See the very thorough article on the subject :) Griff (talk) 18:32, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
Declined QD
Hey MrMe, I've declined the QD request for Francisca Susano, as she is a supercentenarian, and that is a legitimate claim to notability. Now, just to be clear, I am not saying she is notable, or that the article should be kept, but that there is sufficient reason for a discussion to be had regarding the subject rather than sending it through QD. If you feel like it should be deleted, feel free to send it to RFD and I'll come along and review it as part of the process. Thank you *sincerely* for everything you do for the project, it is appreciated. Griff (talk) 02:16, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-10
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! August 23 every year since 2004 (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 01:57, 7 March 2022 (UTC) |
Elsa Klensch
Hello, I cleaned up the article Elsa Klensch a little, so that it is no longer an EnWP copy. If you still think it should be deleted, please nominate it at RfD. Thanks. --Eptalon (talk) 23:01, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
Sada Baby
Would you check you {{notable}} tag on Sada Baby. I expanded the article and need you to see if you still think the tag applies. --Creol(talk) 19:50, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
- Looks good. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 20:39, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Ukraine square/ Ukrainas plass/ Ukraine Square
One feels that it would be reasonable for you to write the following, in one article:
"The street intersection that is closest to the Embassy of Russia, Oslo will get the name "Ukraine square";[1] Authorities of ...[1]. Regards! 89.8.135.232 (talk) 15:00, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, why did you include brackets then? Also, please respond on the article in which I brought up the problem as to not create duplicate discussions. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 15:32, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
Source
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Krysset utenfor Russlands ambassade blir «Ukrainas plass». VG.no. Retrieved March 8, 2022
National Park Service Ranger
On this article please can I make a more comprehensive edit?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.251.10.192 (talk • contribs) 09:36, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
Quick Deletion of Maxwell Atoms
I am sorry as I do not know how to add sources. 96.245.152.48 (talk) 18:24, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
- References can be added in multiple ways. In the source editor, you can press "cite", then "templates", then cite what you're citing. Put the URL where it says URL and press the search button. Also make sure to put in the date in "access date".
- In the visual editor, press "site", press "automatic", then put the link into it. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 18:29, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
minor planet
On the minor planet pages you have created, there is a See also section with "Meanings of minor planet names: #####–######". Do you intend to create those as well? If not, you may want to remove that section from the pages. No need for a see also section when there is nothing to see. Same apples to Hatnotes to redlinks ie. see main article: some red link. Creol (talk) 22:48, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
- I am intending to fully create these eventually, currently I have made and simplified Meanings of minor planet names: 1–1000 MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 22:50, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
- Also remember, when copying articles, to attribute them correctly, either on the talk page or via edit summary. Also, Munchkin 2? Maybe that should be your username :D Griff (talk) 21:25, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
- While I do absolutely appreciate (and enjoy) the humor, when doing attribution through edit summary it would be best to be most matter of fact. We need to be clear about this sort of thing. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 21:43, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
- Also remember, when copying articles, to attribute them correctly, either on the talk page or via edit summary. Also, Munchkin 2? Maybe that should be your username :D Griff (talk) 21:25, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
Remove the {{qd}} tag on the page of Himanshu Jaykar (Musical artist)
Don't add tag of quick deletion on the page of Himanshu Jaykar (Musical artist), this article is safe from everything, You can find Himanshu Jaykar under the credits for the film Heropanti 2, on this IMDB link IMDB (Bottle lead (talk) 05:08, 12 March 2022 (UTC)) talk
- IMDB is not a reliable source; many people have told you this already. Please don't continue to use IMDB as a reference. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 05:09, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-11
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Hermila Galindo Acosta (also known as Hermila Galindo de Topete) (2 June 1886 – 18 August 1954) was a Mexican feminist and a writer. She was an early supporter of many radical feminist issues, primarily sex education in schools, women's suffrage, and divorce. She was one of the first feminists to state that Catholicism in Mexico was thwarting feminist efforts, and was the first woman to run for elected office in Mexico. (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 01:23, 14 March 2022 (UTC) |
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DYK question
Hey MrMeAndMrMe! I was fixing Dennis Skinner's article and I found a fact that I found interesting, but I'm not sure if its DYK interesting. Skinner was nicknamed the "Beast of Bolsover" for saying inappropriate comments and nicknames to MPs, and even then-PM Cameron. Does this have DYK potential? I'm not sure how to word it. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 09:26, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- @TDKR Chicago 101 Thanks for the question! I think it does have potential. I think that the DYK can be something like
- "... that Dennis Skinner was nicknamed to the "Beast of Bolsover" for inappropriate comments against members of Parliament in <year that he was named this>?"
- This article doesn't actually mention that he was named the BoB for inappropriate comments against MP specifically, but rather the article just says that he made some inappropriate comments. It would also be nice to include the year that this happened. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 13:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- This nickname appears to have just been given to him over time seeing how he has a history, and was known, for heckling and saying multiple petty comments to MPs over the years. It's hard to pin point an exact year. I also found stronger sources that link his nickname to his comments. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 13:05, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- enwiki states that he earned the name in 1977 during a debate. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 13:08, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- This nickname appears to have just been given to him over time seeing how he has a history, and was known, for heckling and saying multiple petty comments to MPs over the years. It's hard to pin point an exact year. I also found stronger sources that link his nickname to his comments. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 13:05, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
Wikidata notifications
... you might be bombarded by a lot of them pretty soon. --*Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page ♮ 02:45, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
- That's fine lol, I should really be updating them myself but I'm lazy MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 02:46, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah there's a good 75-100 pages made by me in the unconnected list MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 02:47, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
- Every minor planet list by number looks to be Done --*Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page ♮ 04:03, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah there's a good 75-100 pages made by me in the unconnected list MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 02:47, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Looks like we already have Cruiserweight. MathXplore (talk) 04:38, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
- Oh, didn't see that. I'll merge the two MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 04:40, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Hey, you'll need to move this to a page in your userspace as Wikiproject stuff is just in userspace, and rarely moved to Wikipedia space unless approved by the community. Nice Wikiproject though, the years topic as a whole definitely needs improving on this Wikipedia. --Ferien (talk) 16:57, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry! Did that for you. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 17:02, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-12
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Farn-Sasan was the last king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom, ruling the region of Sakastan approximately from 210 to 226. Literary sources makes no mention of him, and he is only known through the coins he issued. He was defeated in 226 by the Sasanian ruler Ardashir I (r. 224–242), which marked the end of Indo-Parthian rule. (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 06:29, 21 March 2022 (UTC) |
If we're going to use the births and deaths by year for decade template, we need to make sure it isn't adding incorrect categories. Look at the categories on it: the only categories it should have are the ones that were on it after the change you reverted.
I thought the problem might be in the included pages, but that doesn't seem consistent with the sections that got included. Are you working on the template by any chance? It needs to not add year categories. --Auntof6 (talk) 14:00, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
- It's not consistent and it happens at random. I have no idea why this happens. The code for the template is exactly the same as enwiki, so I assume it's some template that it uses but even every template is the same exact thing. Let me check some other template, but I have something going on right now so it'll be a moment. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 15:19, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
- When I saw this, the template was being used on two pages, and it was happening on both. That's why I removed it from both. There are also year categories being added to the template itself, due to the examples in the documentation. That's pretty consistent. -- Auntof6 (talk) 18:25, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
- I'm referring to the fact that the years that are being added to the category are random. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 19:48, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
- When I saw this, the template was being used on two pages, and it was happening on both. That's why I removed it from both. There are also year categories being added to the template itself, due to the examples in the documentation. That's pretty consistent. -- Auntof6 (talk) 18:25, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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16:01, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
huh?
im just trying to help? Disambs? No linking? 64.39.81.54 (talk) 04:26, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- You linked to a disambiguation. For example, Egyptian links to a large number of possible articles and is considered confusing. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 04:27, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- ohh... Well ill try to not error. Apologies. 64.39.81.54 (talk) 04:29, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Jupiter
In reguard to your most recent edit on Jupiter, please see Wikipedia:Dealing with broken references. Your edit added 7 broken reference errors. As this is listed as a Very Good article, all changes should be discussed before making them as it is easy to do as you did and make the article unqualified for that status. Creol (talk) 18:11, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- Apologies, I will fix that. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 18:34, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Apologies
Hi! Sorry I was quite busy with some tasks in life and it resulted in me missing your hook review. Apologies! Has someone already taken care of it? Tsugaru let's talk! :) 20:40, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- @つがる Thanks for the concerns, someone's put it in the queue. I hope you're doing well! MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 21:56, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- Good to hear that! haha life is pretty hectic. How are you doing? --Tsugaru let's talk! :) 02:06, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- I'm doing well! Thank you for asking. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 02:09, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
you need more education
- a simple google search and deep research will have you baffled please dont edit my page again as your clearly trying to have history to your favor rather for humanity — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.235.240.57 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- Hello. If you want to make an edit, please use references in your claim, because that is how we preserve history. Thanks, MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 22:34, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
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Can you Help me Remove This msg From Mirette El Hariri Page is An Egyptian Public figure HanyMarco (talk) 15:19, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- you can't, you need to vote on it instead kolva | chat? 15:22, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
For your tireless work here from DYKs, QDs, fixing/creating articles and overall keeping Simple English Wikipedia in good shape! Keep up the good work. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 15:23, 25 March 2022 (UTC) |
- Thank you! I am happy to be in the project and the community is wonderful to be in :) MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 16:51, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
Monarchs and monarchies...
...are not the same. Monarchs are people. Monarchies are countries. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:01, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
- @Auntof6 K, makes sense. Andorra is a country, though. Why did you remove Monarchies of Europe? MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 05:03, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
- It's in Category:Andorra, which is already in the monarchies category. Same with Vatican City. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:09, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
- Fair enough. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 05:09, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
- It's in Category:Andorra, which is already in the monarchies category. Same with Vatican City. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:09, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-13
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Please be bold and help translate this article! Dummy tanks superficially resemble real tanks and are often deployed as a means of military deception in the absence of real tanks. Early designs included wooden shells and inflatable props that could fool enemy intelligence; they were fragile and only believable from a distance. Modern designs are more advanced and can imitate heat signatures, making them more effective illusions. (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 01:51, 28 March 2022 (UTC) |
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Recent changes
- There is a simple new Wikimedia Commons upload tool available for macOS users, Sunflower.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of regular database maintenance. It will be performed on 29 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 31 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [11][12]
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19:55, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
Conservative Party change
Which major party would disagree with "Every child should have the best start with access to good education"? It’s not even cited. It’s like saying "we support good thing and oppose bad things". No major party is going to say they don't want every child to have the best start or they want children to have a bad education. Helper201 (talk) 05:28, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- Fair enough. That article needs a lot of work anyway. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 05:35, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
Queue 7
Hey, I noticed that there's a Template:Did you know/Queue/7 and it's even listed on the DYK queues template at Template:Did you know/Queue where the number of queues are listed from 1 to 7, yet the total number of queues in the waiting are 6. Given the amount of queues on hold, should we re-add the 7th queue? If not, then maybe we should remove the number 7 from the "DYK queues: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 Next queue: 4 [ Update · Purge] (edit · history)" area. Also pinging @Ferien: for thoughts. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 15:20, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- @TDKR Chicago 101 Might as well use it if it exists. We would, however, make queue 1 queue 7, make queue 2 queue 1, make queue 3 queue 2, etc, though. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 15:28, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- @MrMeAndMrMe: How does it look? Template:Did you know/Queue TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 15:33, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- that looks fine, make sure to transfer them all over properly. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 15:34, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- I transferred hooks that weren't my own (since it's against DYK policy) so the one's transferred were the hooks about Brazilian numbers, Great Oxygenation Event and Sylvius Leopold Weiss. Two spots remain to be filled included a hook with a picture. I recommend the picture one be that of Boric and the last remaining one be about a person.
- Back in the day there was this balance policy where alternating queues would have 3 about people and 2 about objects and then the queue after that would have 3 about objects/locations/etc. and 2 about people. Just something to keep in mind in the future. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 15:40, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- K. Will keep in mind. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 15:41, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- To add variety of future pictured hooks, would you be okay if your Khartoum hook included a picture? Like a pic of downtown Khartoum? TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 15:58, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- K. One minute. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 15:59, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- @TDKR Chicago 101 and Done at Template:Did you know/Queue/4. Look fine? MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 17:10, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- Looks great! TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:21, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- @TDKR Chicago 101 and Done at Template:Did you know/Queue/4. Look fine? MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 17:10, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- K. One minute. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 15:59, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- To add variety of future pictured hooks, would you be okay if your Khartoum hook included a picture? Like a pic of downtown Khartoum? TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 15:58, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- K. Will keep in mind. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 15:41, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- that looks fine, make sure to transfer them all over properly. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 15:34, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- @MrMeAndMrMe: How does it look? Template:Did you know/Queue TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 15:33, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
Quick deletion of List of video game franchises with baseball bats
The page you wrote, List of video game franchises with baseball bats, has been selected for quick deletion. If you think this page should be kept, please add {{wait}} below the line {{QD}} and say why on the talk page. If the page is already gone, but you think this was an error, you can ask for it to be undeleted. You can find more information about the reason here. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 16:47, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- For a few days last week, edits that were suggested to newcomers were not tagged in the Special:RecentChanges feed. This bug has been fixed. [13]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 April. It will be on all wikis from 7 April (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 7 April at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Future changes
- Starting next week, Tech News' title will be translatable. When the newsletter is distributed, its title may not be
Tech News: 2022-14
anymore. It may affect some filters that have been set up by some communities. [14] - Over the next few months, the "Add a link" Growth feature will become available to more Wikipedias. Each week, a few wikis will get the feature. You can test this tool at a few wikis where "Link recommendation" is already available.
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21:01, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
1 E-60 s
When you tagged 1 E-60 s, you added {{qd|db|1=Unencyclopedic. We are not... This is the wrong format and caused it to flag an error cat. Basically, you set 1= db (for whatever reason) then immediately reset 1 = "Unencyclopedic. We are not..." The system sees that, wonder why you would do that then gives up and flags it for someone to come fix the error. In the future, lease pay better attention to what you put into articles and the results of that action. --Creol(talk) 16:12, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Creol I have no idea why this happened, I just used twinkle. Thanks, though MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 16:17, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- Let me guess: you picked the Custom reason? No clue why that is even an option as it means the request is not per policy. ie, requesting deletion for a reason that QD is not approved for. And its broken anyway. --Creol(talk) 16:37, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- Most of the time, if you're needing to use a custom reason for QD, the article isn't QD'able. We can only delete for the reasons shown at WP:QD. If more explanation is needed to prove the article meets a certain QD criteria, that's what the comment box can be used for once you have tagged the article. --Ferien (talk) 19:26, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
- Let me guess: you picked the Custom reason? No clue why that is even an option as it means the request is not per policy. ie, requesting deletion for a reason that QD is not approved for. And its broken anyway. --Creol(talk) 16:37, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
RfD nomination of Wikipedia:Foreign redirects
An editor has requested deletion of Wikipedia:Foreign redirects, an article you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").
Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2022/Wikipedia:Foreign redirects and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).
You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. --Ferien (talk) 21:52, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-15
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Please be bold and help translate this article! Ankarana Special Reserve in northern Madagascar was created in 1956. It is a small, partially vegetated plateau composed of 150-million-year-old middle Jurassic limestone (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 01:24, 11 April 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-15
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Recent changes
- There is a new public status page at www.wikimediastatus.net. This site shows five automated high-level metrics where you can see the overall health and performance of our wikis' technical environment. It also contains manually-written updates for widespread incidents, which are written as quickly as the engineers are able to do so while also fixing the actual problem. The site is separated from our production infrastructure and hosted by an external service, so that it can be accessed even if the wikis are briefly unavailable. You can read more about this project.
- On Wiktionary wikis, the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [15][16]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April (calendar).
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-16
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Please be bold and help translate this article! The synagogue was erected around 1650 in Gwoździec (Ukrainian: Гвіздець - Hvizdets), then in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, today in the Kolomyia Raion, Ukraine. The building was seriously damaged in a fire during World War I. It was rebuilt in the interwar period, but destroyed completely by the Germans in 1941 (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 01:24, 18 April 2022 (UTC) |
Re: Women lawyers RfD
My point wasn't "this is an essay and so we shouldn't follow it" (although reading it now, it definitely comes across that way) - for example, "deletion is/isn't cleanup" is used in deletion discussions all the time, despite both being essays - it's that User:Auntof6/simplediffs doesn't provide any reason for categorising males and females the same way and says we don't categorise them as separately as enwiki does, not necessarily that we don't categorise them separately at all. --Ferien (talk) 15:36, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
- Fair enough, that makes more sense MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 17:30, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah, although rereading the original RfD comment, what I said didn't get any of what I wanted to say so apologies about that. --Ferien (talk) 20:16, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-16
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 19 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 April. It will be on all wikis from 21 April (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 19 April at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 21 April at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Administrators will now have the option to delete/undelete the associated "Talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option is also available. This concludes the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- On selected wikis, 50% of logged-in users will see the new table of contents. When scrolling up and down the page, the table of contents will stay in the same place on the screen. This is part of the Desktop Improvements project. [17]
- Message boxes produced by MediaWiki code will no longer have these CSS classes:
successbox
,errorbox
,warningbox
. The styles for those classes andmessagebox
will be removed from MediaWiki core. This only affects wikis that use these classes in wikitext, or change their appearance within site-wide CSS. Please review any local usage and definitions for these classes you may have. This was previously announced in the 28 February issue of Tech News.
Future changes
- Kartographer will become compatible with FlaggedRevisions page stabilization. Kartographer maps will also work on pages with pending changes. [18] The Kartographer documentation has been thoroughly updated. [19] [20] [21]
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23:12, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
This Month in Education: April 2022
This Month in Education
Volume 11 • Issue 4 • April 2022
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In This Issue
- Audio-Educational Seminar of Wikimedia Mexico
- Dagbani Wikimedians using digital TV broadcast to train Wikipedia contributors in Ghana
- Digital Education & The Open Space With Herbert Acheampong
- HerStory walks as a part of edit-a-thons
- Join us for Wiki Workshop 2022
- The youngest member of Tartu Wikiclub is 15-year-old student
Spacing
I noticed you changing one space between sentences to two in Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata. You go ahead and keep doing that if you feel the need, but the Wiki software always renders it as one space to the reader. For example, I'm putting two spaces in the wikicode after this sentence. And I'm putting just one space after this one. See how they look the same in your browser?
If two spaces in the code makes you happy, keep on. But be advised that it makes absolutely no difference to the readers.
You still want to bring Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata up to Good? I'm temporarily working two jobs, but I'd make time for that. Darkfrog24 (talk) 23:58, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- Oh, I didn't know that. Sorry. I still intend on getting that article up to good, though. MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 00:54, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-17
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! School of the Air is a generic term for correspondence schools catering for the primary and early secondary education of children in remote and outback Australia where some or all classes were historically conducted by radio, although this is now replaced by telephone and internet technology. In these areas, the school-age population is too small for a conventional school to be viable. (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 01:37, 25 April 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-17
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
- On many wikis (group 1), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [22][23]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 April. It will be on all wikis from 28 April (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 26 April at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Some very old browsers and operating systems are no longer supported. Some things on the wikis might look weird or not work in very old browsers like Internet Explorer 9 or 10, Android 4, or Firefox 38 or older. [24]
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22:56, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-18
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! The K-ration was an individual daily combat food ration which was introduced by the United States Army during World War II. It was originally intended as an individually packaged daily ration for issue to airborne troops, tank crews, motorcycle couriers, and other mobile forces for short durations. The K-ration provided three separately boxed meal units: Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper. (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 01:24, 04:04, 2 May 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-18
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- On all remaining wikis (group 2), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [25][26]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 May. It will be on all wikis from 5 May (calendar).
Future changes
- The developers are working on talk pages in the Wikipedia app for iOS. You can give feedback. You can take the survey in English, German, Hebrew or Chinese.
- Most wikis will receive an improved template dialog in VisualEditor and New Wikitext mode. [27] [28]
- If you use syntax highlighting while editing wikitext, you can soon activate a colorblind-friendly color scheme. [29]
- Several CSS IDs related to MediaWiki interface messages will be removed. Technical editors should please review the list of IDs and links to their existing uses. These include
#mw-anon-edit-warning
,#mw-undelete-revision
and 3 others.
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19:34, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
Trouted
you idiot pls leave my page up with g
- you idiot pls leave my page up with g --Lallint (talk) 19:31, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Lallint What??? MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 01:33, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- The archive bot added this comment last month as well as removing old threads, I don't even know how old it is because nobody marked it, so as a joke I just copied them Lallint (talk) 11:42, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-19
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Cyrus the Great Day (Persian: روز کوروش بزرگ, romanized: ruz-e kuroš-e bozorg) is an unofficial Iranian holiday that takes place on the seventh day of Aban, the eighth month of the Solar Hijri calendar (October 29th on the Gregorian calendar), to commemorate Cyrus the Great, the founder of the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire. (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 02:01, 9 May 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-19
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- You can now see categories in the Wikipedia app for Android. [30]
Problems
- Last week, there was a problem with Wikidata's search autocomplete. This has now been fixed. [31]
- Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 20 minutes, for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a problem with a database change. [32]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [33]
- Incompatibility issues with Kartographer and the FlaggedRevs extension will be fixed: Deployment is planned for May 10 on all wikis. Kartographer will then be enabled on the five wikis which have not yet enabled the extension on May 24.
- The Vector (2022) skin will be set as the default on several more wikis, including Arabic and Catalan Wikipedias. Logged-in users will be able to switch back to the old Vector (2010). See the latest update about Vector (2022).
Future meetings
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place on 17 May. The following meetings are currently planned for: 7 June, 21 June, 5 July, 19 July.
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15:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-20
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! "Lift Every Voice and Sing" – often referred to as the Black national anthem in the United States – is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), for the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1900 (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 01:57, 16 May 2022 (UTC) |
Question on Revert for Minecraft (Simplified Wikipedia Edition)
GhostedOnly (talk) 18:14, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
(Sorry for poor formatting, I'm new and have no idea how the editor works. I am referring to this revision.)
Hi! This is GhostedOnly (real name is Adrien) and I just have a question on the revert of my edits for the simplified article mentioning Minecraft. I... actually don't know exactly why it was reverted? All I know is that I forgot to provide references, but I'm on a school chromebook and have no access to many websites mentioning Minecraft excluding wikipedia. I'm also not to sure about the rules on what links can be provided in articles (or what references should be provided for parts like "unless the bed is obstructed by a block or a mob is nearby".
If you could help, thanks!
- Hello, Adrien. I'm sorry, but all things must be referenced. This is because false information is very easily added, so Wikipedia is considered a reliable source. References are good collections of information on this topic may be found. Do you know if you could access Wikipedia on another device to add these references? MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 18:49, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-20
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
- Some wikis can soon use the add a link feature. This will start on Wednesday. The wikis are Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Simple English Wikipedia, Swedish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia. This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [34]
- The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place online on May 20–22. It will be in English. There are also local hackathon meetups in Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Nigeria and the United States. Technically interested Wikimedians can work on software projects and learn new skills. You can also host a session or post a project you want to work on.
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 May. It will be on all wikis from 19 May (calendar).
Future changes
- You can soon edit translatable pages in the visual editor. Translatable pages exist on for examples Meta and Commons. [35]
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18:58, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-21
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. [36]
- The www.wiktionary.org portal page now uses an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months. [37]
Problems
- The Growth team maintains a mentorship program for newcomers. Previously, newcomers weren't able to opt out from the program. Starting May 19, 2022, newcomers are able to fully opt out from Growth mentorship, in case they do not wish to have any mentor at all. [38]
- Some editors cannot access the content translation tool if they load it by clicking from the contributions menu. This problem is being worked on. It should still work properly if accessed directly via Special:ContentTranslation. [39]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (calendar).
Future changes
- Gadget and user scripts developers are invited to give feedback on a proposed technical policy aiming to improve support from MediaWiki developers. [40]
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00:21, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-22
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Zangbeto are the traditional voodoo guardians of the night among the Ogu or Egun people of Benin, Togo and Nigeria. A traditional police and security institution, the Zangbeto cult is charged with the maintenance of law and order, and ensures safety and security within Ogu communities (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 02:05, 30 May 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-22
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- In the AbuseFilter extension, an
ip_in_ranges()
function has been introduced to check if an IP is in any of the ranges. Wikis are advised to combine multipleip_in_range()
expressions joined by|
into a single expression for better performance. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [41] - The IP Info feature which helps abuse fighters access information about IPs, has been deployed to all wikis as a beta feature. This comes after weeks of beta testing on test.wikipedia.org.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (calendar).
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 31 May at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at most wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [42][43]
- The list=usercontribs API will support fetching contributions from an IP range soon. API users can set the
uciprange
parameter to get contributions from any IP range within the limit. [44] - A new parser function will be introduced:
{{=}}
. It will replace existing templates named "=". It will insert an equal sign. This can be used to escape the equal sign in the parameter values of templates. [45]
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20:28, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
This Month in Education: May 2022
This Month in Education
Volume 11 • Issue 5 • May 2022
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In This Issue
- Wiki Hackathon in Kwara State
- Introduction of the Wikimedia Fan Club to Kwara State University Malete
- Education in Kosovo
- Bringing the Wikiprojects to the Island of Catanduanes
- Tyap Wikipedia Goes Live
- Spring 1Lib1Ref edition in Poland
- Tyap Editors Host Maiden Wiktionary In-person Training Workshop
- Wikibooks project in teaching
- Africa Eduwiki Network Hosted Conversation about Wikimedian in Education with Nebojša Ratković
- My Journey In The Wiki-Space By Thomas Baah
This Month in Education: May 2022
This Month in Education
Volume 11 • Issue 5 • May 2022
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In This Issue
- Wiki Hackathon in Kwara State
- Introduction of the Wikimedia Fan Club to Kwara State University Malete
- Education in Kosovo
- Bringing the Wikiprojects to the Island of Catanduanes
- Tyap Wikipedia Goes Live
- Spring 1Lib1Ref edition in Poland
- Tyap Editors Host Maiden Wiktionary In-person Training Workshop
- Wikibooks project in teaching
- Africa Eduwiki Network Hosted Conversation about Wikimedian in Education with Nebojša Ratković
- My Journey In The Wiki-Space By Thomas Baah
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-23
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Trabala vishnou, the rose-myrtle lappet moth, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including Pakistan, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Indonesia. Four subspecies are recognized. (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 01:24, 6 June 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-23
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 7 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 June. It will be on all wikis from 9 June (calendar).
- A new
str_replace_regexp()
function can be used in abuse filters to replace parts of text using a regular expression. [46]
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02:46, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-24
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Tirumala septentrionis, the dark blue tiger, is a danaid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. (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 01:35, 13 June 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-24
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
- All wikis can now use Kartographer maps. Kartographer maps now also work on pages with pending changes. [47][48]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (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 14 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [49]
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Abkhazian Wikipedia, Achinese Wikipedia, Adyghe Wikipedia, Afrikaans Wikipedia, Akan Wikipedia, Alemannisch Wikipedia, Amharic Wikipedia, Aragonese Wikipedia, Old English Wikipedia, Syriac Wikipedia, Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia, Asturian Wikipedia, Atikamekw Wikipedia, Avaric Wikipedia, Aymara Wikipedia, Azerbaijani Wikipedia, South Azerbaijani Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [50]
- The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at Commons, Wikidata, and some other wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [51][52]
Future meetings
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place today (13 June). The following meetings will take place on: 28 June, 12 July, 26 July.
Future changes
- By the end of July, the Vector 2022 skin should be ready to become the default across all wikis. Discussions on how to adjust it to the communities' needs will begin in the next weeks. It will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Learn more.
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16:59, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-25
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Statehood Day (Slovene: Dan državnosti) is a holiday that occurs on every 25 June in Slovenia to commemorate the country's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Although the formal declaration of independence did not come until 26 June 1991, Statehood Day is considered to be 25 June since that was the date on which the initial acts regarding independence were passed and Slovenia became independent (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 03:32, 20 June 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-25
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 Wikipedia App for Android now has an option for editing the whole page at once, located in the overflow menu (three-dots menu ). [53]
- Some recent database changes may affect queries using the Quarry tool. Queries for
site_stats
at English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata will need to be updated. Read more. - A new
user_global_editcount
variable can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. [54]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar).
- Users of non-responsive skins (e.g. MonoBook or Vector) on mobile devices may notice a slight change in the default zoom level. This is intended to optimize zooming and ensure all interface elements are present on the page (for example the table of contents on Vector 2022). In the unlikely event this causes any problems with how you use the site, we'd love to understand better, please ping Jon (WMF) to any on-wiki conversations. [55]
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
- Parsoid's HTML output will soon stop annotating file links with different
typeof
attribute values, and instead usemw:File
for all types. Tool authors should adjust any code that expects:mw:Image
,mw:Audio
, ormw:Video
. [56]
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20:18, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-26
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Please be bold and help translate this article! The Roll Out Solar Array (ROSA) and its larger version ISS Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) are lightweight, flexible power sources designed by NASA to be deployed and used in space. (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 01:24, 27 June 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-26
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
- Wikimedia Enterprise API service now has self-service accounts with free on-demand requests and monthly snapshots (API documentation). Community access via database dumps & Wikimedia Cloud Services continues.
- All Wikimedia wikis can now use Wikidata Lexemes in Lua after creating local modules and templates. Discussions are welcome on the project talk page.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 June. It will be on all wikis from 30 June (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 28 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [57]
- Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 30 June at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo, StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services. [58]
- Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin. [59]
Future meetings
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July.
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20:03, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Milwaukee Deep
On July 2, 2022, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Milwaukee Deep, to which you substantially contributed. If you know of another interesting fact from an article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 06:03, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-27
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! "The Road Goes Ever On" is a title that encompasses several walking songs that J. R. R. Tolkien wrote for his Middle-earth legendarium. Within the stories, the original song was composed by Bilbo Baggins and recorded in The Hobbit. Different versions of it also appear in The Lord of the Rings, along with some similar walking songs. (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 00:51, 4 July 2022 (UTC) |
This Month in Education: June 2022
This Month in Education
Volume 11 • Issue 6 • June 2022
- Black Lunch Table: Black History Month with Igbo Wikimedians User Group
- Bolivian Teachers Welcomed Wikipedia in their Classroom
- Educational program & Wikivoyage in Ukrainian University
- The Great Learning and Connection: Experience from AFLIA
- New Mexico Students Join Wikimedia Movement Through WikiForHumanRights Campaign
- The school wiki-project run by a 15 year old student came to an end
- The students of Kadir Has University, Istanbul contribute Wikimedia projects in "Civic Responsibility Project" course
- Wiki Trip with Vasil Kamami Wikiclub to Berat, the town of one thousand windows
- Wikiclubs in Albania
- Wikidata in the classroom FGGC Bwari Experience
- Wikipedia and Secondary Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand
- А large-scale online course for teaching beginners to work in Wikipedia has been developed in Russia
Tech News: 2022-27
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 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (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 5 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 7 July at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
- This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable
proofreadpage_source_href
will be removed frommw.config
and be replaced with the variableprpSourceIndexPage
. [60]
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19:32, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
DYK
Hello MrMeAndMrMe! I was wondering, whenever you can of course, if you could take a look at some of the DYK noms and move some to the queues (since most on the holding area are mine). Thanks very much! TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:06, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-28
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Everard Richard Calthrop (3 March 1857 – 30 March 1927) was a British railway engineer and inventor. Calthrop was a notable promoter and builder of narrow-gauge railways, especially of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge, and was especially prominent in India. His most notable achievement was the Barsi Light Railway, but he is best known in his home country for the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway. Calthrop has been described as a "railway genius. (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 02:04, 11 July 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-28
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
- In the Vector 2022 skin, the page title is now displayed above the tabs such as Discussion, Read, Edit, View history, or More. Learn more. [61]
- It is now possible to easily view most of the configuration settings that apply to just one wiki, and to compare settings between two wikis if those settings are different. For example: Japanese Wiktionary settings, or settings that are different between the Spanish and Esperanto Wikipedias. Local communities may want to discuss and propose changes to their local settings. Details about each of the named settings can be found by searching MediaWiki.org. [62]
- The Anti-Harassment Tools team recently deployed the IP Info Feature as a Beta Feature at all wikis. This feature allows abuse fighters to access information about IP addresses. Please check our update on how to find and use the tool. Please share your feedback using a link you will be given within the tool itself.
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 12 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
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19:25, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-29
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! The Church of St. Clare, Horodkivka is a Roman Catholic religious building and an architectural monument of local importance in the village of Horodkivka (alternative spelling Gorodkivka), Andrushivka Raion, Zhytomyr region, Ukraine. Horodkivka was called Khalaimgorodok before 1946 (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 01:45, 18 July 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-29
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- The feature on mobile web for Nearby Pages was missing last week. It will be fixed this week. [63]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 July. It will be on all wikis from 21 July (calendar).
Future changes
- The Technical Decision Forum is seeking community representatives. You can apply on wiki or by emailing TDFSupport@wikimedia.org before 12 August.
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23:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-30
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Please be bold and help translate this article! The Sack of Shamakhi took place on 18 August 1721, when rebellious Sunni Lezgins, within the declining Safavid Empire, attacked the capital of Shirvan province, Shamakhi (in present-day Azerbaijan Republic). The initially successful counter-campaign was abandoned by the central government at a critical moment and with the threat then left unchecked, Shamakhi was taken by 15,000 Lezgin tribesmen, its Shia population massacred, and the city ransacked. (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 01:46, 25 July 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-30
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 www.wikibooks.org and www.wikiquote.org portal pages now use an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months. [64]
Problems
- Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis). [65]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July (calendar).
- The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable on low-fidelity screens. [66]
- Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. [67]
Future meetings
- The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (26 July).
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19:27, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-31
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Please be bold and help translate this article! Lau Pa Sat, also known as Telok Ayer Market, is a historic building located within the Downtown Core in the Central Area of Singapore. It was first built in 1824 as a fish market on the waterfront serving the people of early colonial Singapore and rebuilt in 1838. It was then relocated and rebuilt at the present location in 1894. It is currently a food court with stalls selling a variety of local cuisine. (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, 1 August 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-31
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
- Improved LaTeX capabilities for math rendering are now available in the wikis thanks to supporting
Phantom
tags. This completes part of the #59 wish of the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August (calendar).
- The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 0. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
Future meetings
- This week, three meetings about Vector (2022) with live interpretation will take place. On Tuesday, interpretation in Russian will be provided. On Thursday, meetings for Arabic and Spanish speakers will take place. See how to join.
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21:22, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
This Month in Education: July 2022
This Month in Education
Volume 11 • Issue 7 • July 2022
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-32
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy" (Roud 1, Child 200), is a traditional folk song that originated as a Scottish border ballad, and has been popular throughout Britain, Ireland and North America. It concerns a rich lady who runs off to join the gypsies (or one gypsy). (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 01:51, 8 August 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-32
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
- GUS2Wiki copies the information from Special:GadgetUsage to an on-wiki page so you can review its history. If your project isn't already listed on the Wikidata entry for Project:GUS2Wiki you can either run GUS2Wiki yourself or make a request to receive updates. [68]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 9 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 11 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Future meetings
- The Wikimania Hackathon will take place online from August 12–14. Don't miss the pre-hacking showcase to learn about projects and find collaborators. Anyone can propose a project or host a session. Newcomers are welcome!
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19:50, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-33
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Please be bold and help translate this article! Peroz I Kushanshah was ruler of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom from 245 to 275. He was the successor of Ardashir I Kushanshah. He was an energetic ruler, who minted coins in Balkh, Herat, and Gandhara. Under him, the Kushano-Sasanians further expanded their domains into the west, pushing the weakened Kushan Empire to Mathura in North India. (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 01:47, 15 August 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-33
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 Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia community decided to block IP editing from October 2021 to April 2022. The Wikimedia Foundation's Product Analytics team tracked the impact of this change. An impact report is now available.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 August. It will be on all wikis from 18 August (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 16 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 18 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 1. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes. [69][70][71]
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21:08, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-34
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Please be bold and help translate this article! In the Arbour (Polish: W altanie) is an oil painting created by Polish Realist painter Aleksander Gierymski in 1882. It is displayed at the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland. In the painting is shown a social gathering of a group of aristocrats portrayed in 18th-century clothes, which takes place on a summer day in a garden. (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 11:47, 22 August 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-34
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 problems with Kartographer maps have been fixed. Maps are no longer shown as empty when a geoline was created via VisualEditor. Geolines consisting of points with QIDs (e.g., subway lines) are no longer shown with pushpins. [72][73]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 August. It will be on all wikis from 25 August (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 25 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- The colours of links and visited links will change. This is to make the difference between links and other text more clear. [74]
Future changes
- The new [subscribe] button helps newcomers get answers. The Editing team is enabling this tool everywhere. You can turn it off in your preferences. [75]
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00:13, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-35
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! The Imphal Peace Museum (IPM) (Meitei: Imphal Aying-Achik Pukei Lankei Shanglen, Japanese: インパール平和資料館, romanized: Inpāru heiwa shiryōkan) is a WWII museum at the foothills of the Red Hills (Maibam Lokpa Ching) in Manipur. It is a living memory of the Battle of Imphal and other WWII battles (March-July 1944) fought in Manipur. It is supported by the Nippon Foundation (TNF), a non profit grant making organization, collaborating with the Manipur Tourism Forum and the Government of Manipur. (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 01:33, 29 August 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-35
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 Realtime Preview is available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 2. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals. Please note that when this Beta feature is enabled, it may cause conflicts with some wiki-specific Gadgets.
Problems
- In recent months, there have been inaccurate numbers shown for various Special:Statistics at Commons, Wikidata, and English Wikipedia. This has now been fixed. [76]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 August. It will be on all wikis from 1 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 30 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 1 September at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation wants to improve how Wikimedia communities report harmful incidents by building the Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) to make it easy and safe for users to make reports. You can leave comments on the talk page, by answering the questions provided. If you have ever faced a harmful situation that you wanted to report/reported, join a PIRS interview to share your experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.
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23:05, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
RfD nomination of Category:Ukrainian Americans
An editor has requested deletion of Category:Ukrainian Americans, an article you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").
Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2022/Category:Ukrainian Americans and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).
You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. MathXplore (talk) 03:17, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-36
The winner this Translation of the week is
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 themw.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. [77][78]
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This Month in Education: August 2022
This Month in Education
Volume 11 • Issue 8 • August 2022
- The Making of a Certified Trainer of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom
- Wikimania SDGs 2022: The Kwara Experience
- An adapted Module teacher’s guide in Yoruba and English about Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom in Nigeria is now available on Commons
- Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Kwara, Nigeria: The Trainers Experience
- Edu Wiki Camp 2022 in Serbia: Together again
- Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Program Nigeria: The Teacher experience
- Wiki For Senior Citizens
- WikiLoves SDGs Nigeria Tours Kwara State University Malete
- Wikiteka project in Poland - summertime
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. [79]
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. [80]
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01:50, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-38
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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 01:40, 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
andtl_title
. Any queries that rely on these fields need to be changed to use the new normalization field calledtl_target_id
. See T299417 for more information. This is part of normalization of links tables. [81][82]
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. [83][84]
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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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-39
The winner this Translation of the week is
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. [85]
- 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. [86] [87]
- In the Module namespace, pages ending with
.json
will be treated as JSON, just like they already are in the User and MediaWiki namespaces. [88]
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This Month in Education: September 2022
This Month in Education
Volume 11 • Issue 9 • September 2022
- OpenEdu.ch: centralising training documents, a platform for the teachers' community in Switzerland
- Senior Citizens WikiTown 2022: Exploring Olomouc and its heritage
- Wikimedia Research Fund
- Wikimedia Youths Commemorate the International Youth Day 2022 in an exciting way across the globe
- Wikipedia, Education, and the Crisis of Information
Tech News: 2022-40
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
- Kartographer maps can now show geopoints from Wikidata, via QID or SPARQL query. Previously, this was only possible for geoshapes and geolines. [89] [90]
- The Coolest Tool Award 2022 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools until 12 October.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 October. It will be on all wikis from 6 October (calendar).
- 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. (Last week's release was delayed) [91] [92]
- The
scribunto-console
API module will require a CSRF token. This module is documented as internal and use of it is not supported. [5] - The Vector 2022 skin will become the default across the smallest Wikimedia projects. Learn more.
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-41
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Please be bold and help translate this article! The social movement of Meitei language (officially known as "Manipuri language") to achieve the officially recognised status of the "Classical language of India" is advocated by various literary, political, social associations and organisations as well as notable individual personalities of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Northeast India (prominently Assam, Manipur and Tripura). (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 00:55, 10 October 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-41
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 11 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 October. It will be on all wikis from 13 October (calendar).
- On some wikis, Kartographer maps in full size view will be able to display nearby articles. After a feedback period, more wikis will follow. [93][94]
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14:09, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-42
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Urânia Vanério de Argollo Ferrão (Salvador, 14 December 1811 — 3 December 1849) was a Brazilian teacher, writer and translator. In her childhood she witnessed the conflict between Brazilian and Portuguese troops in early 1822, in the context of the Bahia's Independence process, which led her to write the poem "Lamentos de uma Baiana..." ("Laments of a girl from Bahia"). (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 03:32, 17 October 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-42
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 recently implemented feature of article thumbnails in Special:Search will be limited to Wikipedia projects only. Further details are in T320510. [95]
- A bug that caused problems in loading article thumbnails in Special:Search has been fixed. Further details are in T320406.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 October. It will be on all wikis from 20 October (calendar).
- Lua module authors can use
mw.loadJsonData()
to load data from JSON pages. [96] - Lua module authors can enable
require( "strict" )
to add errors for some possible code problems. This replaces "Module:No globals" on most wikis. [97]
Future changes
- The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated at most wikis. The "reply" button will look different after this change. [98]
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Subpages
Hi there. Earlier today I deleted the user subpages you had marked for deletion, such as User:MrMeAndMrMe/Thoughts. This subpage transcludes into many pages, such as User:MrMeAndMrMe/Thoughts/2022/4/2. As you hadn't explicitly tagged those pages for deletion, I left them alone. If you would like them deleted, either let me know or tag them and they can be taken care of for you. Thanks! --Gordonrox24 | Talk 21:54, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-43
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Please be bold and help translate this article! The Pagoda of the Celestial Lady (Vietnamese: Chùa Thiên Mụ; also called Linh Mụ Pagoda) is a historic temple in the city of Huế in Vietnam. Its iconic seven-story pagoda is regarded as the unofficial symbol of the city, and the temple has often been the subject of folk rhymes and ca dao about Huế. (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 01:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-43
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- There have been some minor visual fixes in Special:Search, regarding audio player alignment and image placeholder height. Further details are in T319230.
- On Wikipedias, a new preference has been added to hide article thumbnails in Special:Search. Full details are in T320337.
Problems
- Last week, three wikis (French Wikipedia, Japanese Wikipedia, Russian Wikipedia) had read-only access for 25 minutes. This was caused by a hardware problem. [99]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 October. It will be on all wikis from 27 October (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 25 October at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 27 October at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Assamese Wikipedia, Bashkir Wikipedia, Balinese Wikipedia, Bavarian Wikipedia, Samogitian Wikipedia, Bikol Central Wikipedia, Belarusian Wikipedia, Belarusian (Taraškievica) Wikipedia, Bulgarian Wikipedia, Bhojpuri Wikipedia, Bislama Wikipedia, Banjar Wikipedia, Bambara Wikipedia, Bishnupriya Wikipedia, Breton Wikipedia, Bosnian Wikipedia, Buginese Wikipedia, Buryat Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [100]
- Starting on Wednesday October 26, 2022, the list of mentors will be upgraded at wikis where Growth mentorship is available. The mentorship system will continue to work as it does now. The signup process will be replaced, and a new management option will be provided. Also, this change simplifies the creation of mentorship systems at Wikipedias. [101][102][103]
- Pages with titles that start with a lower-case letter according to Unicode 11 will be renamed or deleted. There is a list of affected pages at m:Unicode 11 case map migration. More information can be found at T292552.
- The Vector 2022 skin will become the default across the smallest Wikipedias. Learn more.
Future changes
- The Reply tool and New Topic tool will soon get a special characters menu. [104]
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-44
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Please be bold and help translate this article! Women's rights in Qatar are restricted by the country's male guardianship law and influenced by the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam. Both women and men were enfranchised in the country at the same time, in 1999. Labour force participation rates of Qatari women are above the world average and among the highest in the Arab World, which comes mainly as a result of an increasing number of Qatari women who are attaining academic degrees. (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 02:14, 31 October 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-44
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 using keyboard navigation on a Kartographer map, the focus will become more visible. [105]
- In Special:RecentChanges, you can now hide the log entries for new user creations with the filter for "⧼rcfilters-filter-newuserlogactions-label⧽". [106]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 November. It will be on all wikis from 3 November (calendar).
- The maps dialog in VisualEditor now has some help texts. [107]
- It is now possible to select the language of a Kartographer map in VisualEditor via a dropdown menu. [108]
- It is now possible to add a caption to a Kartographer map in VisualEditor. [109]
- It is now possible to hide the frame of a Kartographer map in VisualEditor. [110]
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-45
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Please be bold and help translate this article! Truck art in South Asia is a popular form of regional decoration, with trucks featuring elaborate floral patterns and calligraphy. It is especially common in Pakistan and India. During the War in Afghanistan, Pakistani decorated trucks that ran services between Pakistan and Afghanistan came to be known as jingle trucks by American troops and contractors who were deployed across the latter. (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 02:23, 7 November 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-45
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
- An updated version of the Event Registration tool is now available for testing at testwiki and test2wiki. The tool provides features for event organizers and participants. Your feedback is welcome at our project talkpage. More information about the project is available. [111]
Problems
- Twice last week, for about 45 minutes, some files and thumbnails failed to load and uploads failed, mostly for logged-in users. The cause is being investigated and an incident report will be available soon.
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-46
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Please be bold and help translate this article! Gorgany Nature Reserve (Ukrainian: Ґорґани заповідник) is a strict nature reserve (a 'zapovidnyk') of Ukraine that covers a part of the Gorgany mountain range of the Outer Eastern Carpatians in southwest Ukraine. The reserve is 46% old-growth forest, one of the last and largest such stands in Europe. The reserve was originally created in 1996 to protect relic stands of Stone pine trees (Pinus cembra). The reserve is administratively in the Nadvirna District of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. (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 01:49, 14 November 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-46
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
- At Wikidata, an interwiki link can now point to a redirect page if certain conditions are met. This new feature is called sitelinks to redirects. It is needed when one wiki uses one page to cover multiple concepts but another wiki uses more pages to cover the same concepts. Your feedback on the talkpage of the new proposed guideline is welcome. [112]
- The www.wikinews.org, www.wikiversity.org, and www.wikivoyage.org portal pages now use an automated update system. [113]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 November. It will be on all wikis from 17 November (calendar).
- There will be a new link to directly "Edit template data" on Template pages. [114]
Future changes
- Wikis where mobile DiscussionTools are enabled (these ones) will soon use full CSS styling to display any templates that are placed at the top of talk pages. To adapt these “talk page boxes” for narrow mobile devices you can use media queries, such as in this example. [115]
- Starting in January 2023, Community Tech will be running the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) every two years. This means that in 2024, there will be no new proposals or voting.
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-47
The winner this Translation of the week is
Please be bold and help translate this article! Pizza quattro formaggi (four cheese pizza) is a variety of pizza in Italian cuisine that is topped with a combination of four kinds of cheese, usually melted together, with (rossa, red) or without (bianca, white) tomato sauce. It is popular worldwide, including in Italy, and is one of the iconic items from pizzerias' menus. (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 02:01, 21 November 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-47
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 display of non-free media in the search bar and for article thumbnails in Special:Search has been deactivated. Further details are in T320661.
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
- Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 22 November at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 24 November at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-48
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en:Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow
(de:Reiterstatue des Duke of Wellington (Glasgow)) (es:Estatua de Wellington) (ja:ウェリントン公爵騎馬像 (グラスゴー)) Please be bold and help translate this article! The equestrian statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington located outside the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland, is one of Glasgow's most iconic landmarks. (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 02:18, 28 November 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-48
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
- A new preference, “Enable limited width mode”, has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also available as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. It allows for increasing the width of the page for logged-out and logged-in users. [116]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 November. It will be on all wikis from 1 December (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 29 November at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 1 December at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
- Mathematical formulas shown in SVG image format will no longer have PNG fall-backs for browsers that don't support them. This is part of work to modernise the generation system. Showing only PNG versions was the default option until in February 2018. [117][118][119]
- On some wikis that use flagged revisions, a new checkbox will be added to Special:Contributions that enables you to see only the pending changes by a user. [120]
Future changes
- How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will change early next week at group1 wikis (but not Wikimedia Commons or Meta-Wiki). This change improves the accessibility of content, and makes it easier to write related CSS. You may need to update your site-CSS, or userscripts and gadgets. There are details on what code to check, how to update the code, and where to report any related problems. [121]
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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2022-49
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Please be bold and help translate this article! Black Woman with Child is a circa 1650 full-length portrait painting by Albert Eckhout. It is in the collection of the National Gallery of Denmark. (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 01:45, 5 December 2022 (UTC) |
Tech News: 2022-49
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 Wikisources use a tool called ProofreadPage. ProofreadPage uses OpenSeadragon which is an open source tool. The OpenSeadragon JavaScript API has been significantly re-written to support dynamically loading images. The functionality provided by the older version of the API should still work but it is no longer supported. User scripts and gadgets should migrate over to the newer version of the API. The functionality provided by the newer version of the API is documented on MediaWiki. [122][123]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 December. It will be on all wikis from 8 December (calendar).
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Tech News: 2022-50
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- An A/B test has begun at 15 Wikipedias for DiscussionTools on mobile. Half of the editors on the mobile web site will have access to the Reply tool and other features. [124]
- The character
=
cannot be used in new usernames, to make usernames work better with templates. Existing usernames are not affected. [125]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 December. It will be on all wikis from 15 December (calendar).
- The HTML markup used by DiscussionTools to show discussion metadata below section headings will be inserted after these headings, not inside of them. This change improves the accessibility of discussion pages for screen reader software. [126]
Events
- The fourth edition of the Coolest Tool Award will happen online on Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC! The event will be live-streamed on YouTube in the MediaWiki channel and added to Commons afterwards.
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This Month in Education: End of the 2022
This Month in Education
Volume 11 • Issue 10 • October–November 2022
- 2nd Latin American Regional Meeting on Education
- Adopting Wikipedia for Secondary School Students in Nigeria Classroom
- Celebrating 2022 Vibrance in Kwara State University Malete
- Celebrating the Wikipedia and Wikidata Birthday in school
- Report on school libraries in Poland for the Wikiteka project
- Wiki For Senior Citizens Network
- WikiEducation, Educational practices and experiences in Mexico with Wikipedia and other open resources
- Wikimedia & Education Workshops: a Wiki Movimento Brasil initiative
- An event at the National History Museum in Tirana
- Students 24-hour competition on Wikipedia article writing
- Wiki-Data a Giant at 10
- WikiGraphers: Visualizing Open Knowledge
- Wikimedia Israel’s Educational Innovation: “Students Write Wikipedia” as a Matriculation-Exam Alternative
- Wikimedia Morocco User Group Empowers Moroccan Teachers to Use Wikipedia in the Classroom
- Wikimedia Russia has released the "Introduction to Wikipedia" textbook
- “Wikipedia for School” contest was held in Ukraine for the third time
- Announcing the Wikipedia & Education User Group Election Results
Tech News: 2022-51
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Tech News
- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 9 January 2023.
Recent changes
- On a user's contributions page, you can filter it for edits with a tag like 'reverted'. Now, you can also filter for all edits that are not tagged like that. This was part of a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [127]
- A new function has been used for gadget developers to add content underneath the title on article pages. This is considered a stable API that should work across all skins. Documentation is available. [128]
- One of our test wikis is now being served from a new infrastructure powered by Kubernetes (read more). More Wikis will switch to this new infrastructure in early 2023. Please test and let us know of any issues. [129]
Problems
- Last week, all wikis had no edit access for 9 minutes. This was caused by a database problem. [130]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
- The word "Reply" is very short in some languages, such as Arabic ("ردّ"). This makes the Discussion tools button on talk pages difficult to use. An arrow icon will be added to those languages. This will only be visible to editors who have the Beta Feature turned on. [131] [132]
Future changes
- Edits can be automatically "tagged" by the system software or the Abuse filter management system. Those tags link to a help page about the tags. Soon they will also link to Recent Changes to let you see other edits tagged this way. This was a Community Wishlist 2022 request. [133]
- The Trust & Safety tools team have shared new plans for building the Private Incident Reporting System. The system will make it easier for editors to ask for help if they are harassed or abused.
- Realtime Preview for Wikitext is coming out of beta as an enabled feature for every user of the 2010 Wikitext editor in the week of January 9, 2023. It will be available to use via the toolbar in the 2010 Wikitext editor. The feature was the 4th most popular wish of the Community Wishlist Survey 2021.
Events
- You can now register for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2023, taking place on May 19–21 in Athens, Greece. You can also apply for a scholarship until January 14th.
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Happy holidays
Hello MrMeAndMrMe: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:36, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for your work in reviewing DYKs and improving articles! — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:36, 28 December 2022 (UTC)