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editI'm not using AWB as much as I expected so could I be removed from the AWB access list?
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Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 21:55, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
- Done. Please check to make sure I did it properly. I wasn't even aware there was a list, let alone adding or removing entries from it. Seemed simple enough, but you never know.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:32, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I'm no longer able to use AWB and JWB so I think it worked. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 15:50, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
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No vandalism here. Please review the stub article that exists for Amabile. 65.88.88.56 (talk) 18:04, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry. I was mistaken in reverting you. I'll restore your edit now. Thanks for trying to make Wikipedia more accurate! Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 18:12, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- What's this she/her nonsense? If I am communicating with you, I shall be saying 'you'. How dare you undo my edits which are aways designed to improve style and add or correct facts. What do you actually know about the items you are 'editing'?? 82.39.166.176 (talk) 16:39, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, if you look at the page history, you'd see I misclicked and undid my incorrect change. Sincerely, Novo TapeMy Talk Page 16:51, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
- What's this she/her nonsense? If I am communicating with you, I shall be saying 'you'. How dare you undo my edits which are aways designed to improve style and add or correct facts. What do you actually know about the items you are 'editing'?? 82.39.166.176 (talk) 16:39, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
Editing while logged out
editHi - was that intentional, or a mistake? If the latter, you could reach out to oversight and ask to have the diffs redacted. I haven't run a check on your account or anything, I figured it out in the old-fashioned way; if I can do that, other people probably can too. It's not strictly against policy, and I don't think that you've done anything improper, so please don't interpret this as a telling off, I'm really just letting you know that it can be spotted, and that some people see it as suspicious so, you know, you might not want to do it. Cheers Girth Summit (blether) 18:17, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- I honestly have no idea what you're talking about; I don't remember editing logged-out. I just enabled email. Would it be possible for you to send me the diff over email? Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 18:23, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- @Girth Summit: Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 18:30, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Done. Girth Summit (blether) 18:34, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Replied just now (sorry for the delay). Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 20:20, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- No reply received yet. Girth Summit (blether) 22:54, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Not sure why. It's showing up in my sent mail category. Either way, just emailed it again. Novo Tape (talk) 23:01, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! Glad that was cleared up. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 14:48, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
- No reply received yet. Girth Summit (blether) 22:54, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Replied just now (sorry for the delay). Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 20:20, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Done. Girth Summit (blether) 18:34, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- @Girth Summit: Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 18:30, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
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Battle of Bratačića
editwhy did you delete my edits for this battle? It is tottaly accurate. Subabsrb (talk) 22:08, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
- Switching the casualties to "light" and "a lot bigger" is both informal and a downgrade from the previous estimates listed. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 22:09, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
- There are sources about that, and why did you remove the whole infobox of military conflict? Subabsrb (talk) 22:13, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry, the program I was using reverted both your edits. I'll self-revert. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 22:14, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks Subabsrb (talk) 22:15, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry, the program I was using reverted both your edits. I'll self-revert. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 22:14, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
- There are sources about that, and why did you remove the whole infobox of military conflict? Subabsrb (talk) 22:13, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
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I guess that makes me O'Brien . -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 18:06, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
- Lol. I haven't read 1984 since I was in middle school, but I guess that'd make me Charrington, doing anti-vandalism work but as an ordinary officer, not a sysop/Inner Party member. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 18:11, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
- who would be Big Brother? the WMF? arbcom? jimbo? :) – dudhhr talkcontribssheher 22:37, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
- Maybe Jimbo.
- I think the ministry of peace would be the wmf, oversighters would be the ministry of truth, and arbcom would be the ministry of love.
- Who would the other nations be? I'm thinking wikipediocracy or traditional encyclopedias. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 23:05, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
- who would be Big Brother? the WMF? arbcom? jimbo? :) – dudhhr talkcontribssheher 22:37, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
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More Than Scientists
editNovo Tape, thank you very much for the feedback on More Than Scientists, it's definitely helpful.
I removed the commentary in the last paragraph of the lead, leaving a short statement supported by the two quoted descriptions from the coverage.
Do you think the section on the general public's belief in climate science would be a good article on its own? It is an important part of the (on-going) history. As is, it focuses on the time period when More Than Scientists was launched, to provide context and background for that campaign. I could look at researching it further to update it to current time so it can stand on its own and then moving it out to a separate article? In the meantime I've shortened and tightened it up, and I could shorten it more if you think that would be better.
(and if this response should be left somewhere other than your talk page please let me know where. Thanks!) Keystone77 (talk) 22:52, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
- You're welcome. Also, don't worry—this is the appropriate venue for discussing my feedback. The article Public opinion on climate change already exists, but, if you're interested, I encourage you to edit it or discuss changes on the talk page. It's worth noting the page is designated as a contentious topic, so editing it may require particular care in terms of sourcing.
- I notice that you've published your draft for review again. I'd still strongly recommend cutting down the section on Public Awareness since it's as long as the rest of the article. It's unlikely, though possible, that it will be published in the current form due to the undue weight concerns. I've added a see also link to public opinion on climate change under that section so that readers can gain more info if they'd like and the article doesn't need to include too much about public opinion. I can review the article again once you make those changes. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 17:16, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks again – it’s really helpful to have someone providing feedback and edits. Ok, I greatly cut down the section on public opinion (I do think it's an important section tho since it describes why climate scientists have been interested in a vehicle like More Than Scientists for speaking out – which is unusual for scientists!) The page on public opinion talks around this aspect (the public’s opinion of the scientific consensus) so I’ll work on adding the add'l detail there.
- As for resubmitting it for review, I assumed that was the next step after addressing your comments (altho apparently not sufficiently :) – sorry if that was jumping the gun. Please let me know what you think with this draft. Thanks! Keystone77 (talk) 05:00, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- I understand how it can be hard to trim info, but I think the article is fairly well balanced now. Don't worry about jumping the gun. It took me a long time to learn when an article is ready and how to navigate Wikipedia's numerous policies and guidelines. I'm happy to help when you err.
- I've published the draft because it looks sufficiently sourced to be an article. Thanks for working to improve Wikipedia's coverage! If you need any more help, don't hesitate to ask me or visit this forum. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 16:43, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- Addendum: It's also common practice to edit a draft after it's submitted, and there's nothing wrong with doing so. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 19:28, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
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Reverting vandalism reversion
editHi! I just reverted some vandalism on Corey Perry and I think you mistakenly reverted my reversion. Granted there's a lot of vandalism going on at that article at the moment due to rumours floating around, but could you check again and see if the article is OK? Thanks! --2604:3D09:A17E:7300:1C2C:2EBA:27DC:D8E6 (talk) 19:32, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- I don't think I reverted you. Based on the page history, no-one reverted your edit. I accidentally gave you the wrong welcome template (I meant to thank you for fighting vandalism). Sorry about that! It should be fixed now Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 19:35, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- No problem; just wanted to check. Have a great day! --2604:3D09:A17E:7300:1C2C:2EBA:27DC:D8E6 (talk) 19:38, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
Submission revert
editDear Novo Tape, Hello, Can you tell me why you reverted my edits on Draft:Pablo, I think I Had given better reason for declining an submission. :)~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 18:09, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- I reverted to the first review because I edit conflicted and they were the first to review. If you'd like, I can restore your review (or you can restore it yourself). Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 18:09, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Ping @Zoglophie: in case they have any objections. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 18:11, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- I think we edit conflicted again, @Aviram7 if you think your reason is better, please revert it to your preferred version. zoglophie•talk• 18:14, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Zoglophie and Aviram7: I've reverted since no-one seems to have any objection. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 18:18, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- I think we edit conflicted again, @Aviram7 if you think your reason is better, please revert it to your preferred version. zoglophie•talk• 18:14, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Ping @Zoglophie: in case they have any objections. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 18:11, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Dear Navo and Dear @Zoglophie: Hello, Very bad! but I think first declined reason was is better declined reason from me and from also navo's declined reason., navo, Thanks for reply. Thnx :) ~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 18:29, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Aviram7: I've already filled the page history so I won't edit it further. I welcome you to restore it to any version you like. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 20:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Dear Navo and Dear @Zoglophie: Hello, Very bad! but I think first declined reason was is better declined reason from me and from also navo's declined reason., navo, Thanks for reply. Thnx :) ~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 18:29, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
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You've been trouted because you have reverted what appears to be this edit, but you've actually managed to restore something else, and that wasn't a great idea. But don't worry, you've managed to self revert it as everybody makes mistakes. Anyway, happy reverting! – 64andtim (talk) 19:56, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Yeah, that was my bad. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 20:43, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
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editWanted to let you know that I moved your Warning to be within the December section of their user talk. Shearonink (talk) 17:40, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! The program I'm using glitched for whatever reason. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 17:43, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
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Kosei Eguchi
editHello. I'd like to ask why did you revert changes here? Kosei Egichi was indeed a woman... SunshineRays125 (talk) 17:29, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
- @SunshineRays125 This source states Eguchi is male. If you can provide two sources stating they're female, or one more in-depth/more reliable source, I'll self-revert. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 17:38, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Closing
editAbout "Despite the multiple discussions, none were formally closed...", I thought I'd drop by and saying that formal closing (=boxing up) and summary statements are pretty rare, and they're not really necessary. The important thing is whether editors agree; the rest is for convenience (mostly, the convenience of later editors who just want to know the result and don't want to read the whole thing).
BTW, if you're interested in pharmaceuticals, you might want to put Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine and Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology on your watchlist. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:58, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
- WhatamIdoing. Sorry for the (extremely) late response but I've been inactive the past month due to a personal matter. I think I wrote that line in reference to
When a discussion involves many people and the outcome is not clear, it may be necessary to formally close the discussion
from WP:CLD as well as another page specifically about policy/guideline changes (though for the life of me I can't remember which page that is or what it said). Either way, thanks for letting me know that closure isn't common. - For now, I expect most of my content creation to be under the purview of WikiProject Novels, but I'll keep your suggestion in mind for the future. Sincerely, Novo TapeMy Talk Page 16:44, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- No worries. Welcome back! WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:00, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
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editHello Novo Tape: 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, --Dustfreeworld (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hi, I would like assistance in the creation of a Wikipedia page for Mask Blocs. It's my first submitted page and it's a subject that doesn't have a lot of media coverage. So far there is only around 3-4 articles on it from scientific journals or newspapers but Mask Blocs are widely used by people to get free masks and more Mask Blocs are being started by communities every month.
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- Wikibobdobbs I'm busy right now, but I can work on expanding the draft sometime in the next week. Sincerely, Novo TapeMy Talk Page 17:19, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, Thank you! I tried finding history on Mask Blocs to add them but I couldn't find anything old since they're very new. Maybe the article about them in oregon could be listed in the history section as one of the first published instances of Mask Blocs? Wikibobdobbs (talk) 20:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hey any update on availability to help me create the Mask Blocs page? Many more Mask Blocs have started, there's now over 100 active Mask Blocs and almost 100 covid\longcovid advocacy groups and clean air blocs. Wikibobdobbs (talk) 02:27, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
- I'm extremely sorry! I forgot about the article. This was inexcusable, but I'll go through the article today.
- Looking through the existing sources on the article (See WP:42 for quick overview of notablity and WP:N for a more in-depth explanation):
- Decently in-depth. You'd want at least two more covering mask blocs like this to warrant an article. (See also [1])
- Passing mention of a mask bloc, mostly focuses on lifting the mandate. Does not contribute to notability.
- Like the last one, is not in-depth. Does not contribute to notability.
- Doesn't mention mask blocs.
- Reasonably descriptive but not independent.
- onwards. Do not mention mask blocs.
- A search revealed a couple more sources. The author of this article has enough publications in other respected outlets that I'd just barely say it's considered reliable. That's 2/3 reliable, in-depth, independent sources. Another article from the same outlet has passing mention and doesn't contribute to establishing notability.
- I'll work on rewriting the draft and looking for more sources tonight (PST/UTC-8), when I'm no longer on mobile. Sincerely, Novo TapeMy Talk Page 17:18, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- Haha no worries! Thank you so much for your help! Wikibobdobbs (talk) 02:16, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Here's another article on Mask Blocs https://thesicktimes.org/2024/03/12/how-mask-blocs-are-keeping-communities-safe-with-neglected-government-stockpiles/ this publication is an independent paper started by journalists who write for various big papers and the author of this article has written articles for The Guardian, The NYT, Fortune, and The New Yorker. https://muckrack.com/brittanyshoot Wikibobdobbs (talk) 19:46, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- I'm really sorry for not informing you about this but I've been busy over the past few days. However, I've updated the draft to comply with Wikipedia's various pages and guidelines today. I understand it looks short, but that's because mask blocs unfortunately haven't received enough coverage to warrant a larger article. Please make any necessary changes if I've introduced an error. If you'd like to know why I added/removed/reworded something, feel free to ask.
- If you'd like, I can publish the draft. The article won't appear on search engines until six months have elapsed or it's been reviewed independently, whichever happens first (unfortunately the backlog is very long and growing, so it's likely to be at least a month till it appears). Sincerely, Novo TapeMy Talk Page 00:59, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Wikibobdobbs pinging. Sincerely, Novo TapeMy Talk Page 00:59, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Ok thank you! Yes, please publish the draft :) Wikibobdobbs (talk) 01:01, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Wikibobdobbs, done! Please let me know if you need anything else. Sincerely, Novo TapeMy Talk Page 01:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 24
editHello everyone, and welcome to the 24th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 24 December 2021. Uh-huh, we're finally covering the good ones among the rest! Aren't you excited? Remember to include a link in double brackets to the script's .js page when you install the script, so that we can see who uses the script in WhatLinksHere! The ScriptInstaller gadget automatically does this. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!
Featured script
edit- Making user scripts load faster by SD0001 is this month's featured script, which caches userscripts every day to eliminate the overhead caused by force-downloading the newest version of scripts every time you open a Wikipedia page. Despite being released in April 2021, our best script scouters have failed to locate it due to its omission from the US of L. For security reasons, the script only supports loading JavaScript pages.
Newly maintained scripts
editAfter earthly attempts at improving the original have failed...
- Aaron Liu has created What redirects here from Guarapiranga/WhatRedirectsHere; his fork includes support for every MediaWiki wiki, corrected link positions, an access key, and some rudimentary translation.
- Ahecht has created a fork of SiBr4/TemplateSearch, which adds the "TP:" shortcut for "Template:" in the search box, and updated it to be compatible with Vector 2022.
- AquilaFasciata/goToTopFast is a much faster fork of the classic goToTop script that also adds compatibility for Minerva and Vector 2022.
- Mesidast/Tidy citations is a fork of Meteor sandwich yum/Tidy citations is a fork of Waldyrious/formatcitations. It configurably harmonizes whitespace and cleans up parameters in citation templates, descriptive edit summary included.
Improve a script
editUnfortunately, this section has remained nearly identical. Help us out here!
- Many of our favorite scripts such as Fred Gandt/userResourceManager, Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts and Bradv/Superlinks haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
- Elominius/media timer works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
- To a lesser extent, the same goes for PrimeHunter/Search sort. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
- We want...
- ...a mark-as-read button and watchlist notices support for Aaron Liu/Watchlyst Greybar Unsin
- ...a tool to automatically fix CAT:BROKENREFs, preferably a fork/addition to TheJJJunk/ARA
- ...a fix/fork of DannyS712/SectionRemover to make it work
Requested scripts
edit- A simple script to second or archive proposed deletions
- A script to auto-expand V22 ToC sections like this demo
- A WP:3O response tool that can automatically remove the relevant request from the 3O dashboard
- A byte filter to be split from Nux/LongTableFilters
- ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests
New scripts
edit- DannyS712/AbuseFilterMessageLinks add links to the "warn" and "disallow" messages in edit filters.
- Diegodlh/Web2Cit/script adds an option to use m:Web2Cit (which WP:ProveIt also uses) instead of mw:Citoid to generate citations in the Visual Editor.
- Dragoniez/SuppressEnterInForm stops you from accidentally submitting anything due to pressing enter while in the smaller box, and works on almost anything... except the InputBox element itself, used in subscription lists and the Signpost Crossword! Oh, the humanity!
- /afcrc-helper is a replacement for the unmaintained Enterprisey/AFCRHS and processes Redirects for Creation and Categories for Creation requests.
- /ajax-undo stops the "undo" button from taking you to another page while providing a text box to provide a reason for the revert.
- /redirect-helper (pictured) adds a much better interface for editing and redirects, including categorization, for which valid categories are dictated by /redirect-helper.json.
- /rmtr-helper helps process technical requested moves without being able to actually move them.
- Jeeputer/editCounter, under userspace, adds a portlet link to count your edits by namespace, put them in a table, and put that table in a hardcoded subpage, all in the background.
- Hilst/Scripts/sectionLinks converts all section links to use the § sign, which are known to be preferred over the ugly # by 99% of the devils I've met.
- Moonythedwarf/extra-unreliable highlights phrases commonly used in spammed and POV'd paragraphs.
- PrimeHunter/Category source.js adds portlet links to tell you where a category for an article comes from and supports those from template transclusions.
- Qwerfjkl/massCFD creates mass WP:CfD nominations.
- Rublov/refspace highlights footnote spacing errors in red.
- Sophivorus's MiniEdit adds some nice, li'l buttons next to paragraphs to edit their wikitext with a minimal interface.
Edit-listings
edit- Dragoniez/ToollinkTweaks adds more and customizable links next to users in page history, logs, watchlist, recent changes, etc.
- Firefly/more-block-info optimizes the display of rangeblocks in contribution pages. Doesn't work outside the English locale of any wiki, unfortunately.
- Ingenuity/AbuseFilterContribs adds the edit filters that an edit tripped (if any) to a user's contributions page.
- Nardog/ExamineMore makes it so the paging at Special:AbuseFilter/examine actually works, pending a fix to T292764.
- NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AjaxLoader makes paging links (e.g. older 50, 500, newest) load without refreshing and makes you realize how slow your internet actually is.
Appearance-ricing
edit- Ahecht/RedirectID adds the redirect target to all redirects. For all the WP:NAVPOPS haters. (Do these exist?)
- Dragoniez/MarkBLockedGlobal: Remember the "strike blocked usernames" gadget? Now you can use a red, dotted line to highlight rangeblocks and global locks!
- GhostInTheMachine/GraphicReplyLink replaces the [ reply ] link with 💬, which is some sort of rainy cloud I guess?[Joke]
- Aaron Liu/V22 is a fork that narrows the sidebars instead of upheaving them, reverts the January 2024 dropdown changes, and restores the old page-link color for links that don't go outside the current wiki.
- Nardog: SmartDiff is a spiritual successor to Enterprisey/fancy-diffs. It makes the page title part of links in diffs clickable, along with template and parser function calls. Unnamed parameters can be configured per template to also be linked. All links are styled based on the normal CSS classes of rendered links.
- Phlsph7/ClassicalTOC (Vector 2022) reinserts the inline table of contents to pages under Vector 2022.
- For the paranoid: Rublov/anonymize replaces your username at the top of the screen with the generic "User page" text. Remember, it is your duty to persuade everyone that editing is an honor.
- Sideswipe9th/Vector 2022 Floating Tools Menu moves the Page Tools menu to the left and makes it float along with the table of contents.
- Sm8ps/SectionEditing makes pressing Tab ↹ toggle the visibility of the tiny [ edit ] links next to section headings.. Not a great name, eh?
- The wub/tocExpandAll adds a button on top of the floating ToC to expand or collapse subheadings.
Permissions required!
edit- Ahecht/potd-helper: A script to post the picture of the day. A powerful upgrade for your mop.
- /AjaxBlock provides a dialog box for easy input of reasons while blocking users.
- /Selective Rollback (pictured) provides a dialog box to customize rollback edit summaries and does them without reloading the page. Seriously, why doesn't MediaWiki already do this?
- Theleekycauldron/DYK promoter automates (nearly) all the work needed to post a DYK hook.
QOL shortcuts
edit- BrandonXLF/SVGEditor lets you edit any file that is an SVG, straight from the file page.
- DanCherek/UAABotRemover adds a portlet link to enable a removal shortcut of faulty reports from Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention.
- DreamRimmer/BlankUserPage helps you destroy webhost-ers' hopes and dreams with a user-friendly dialog box.
- ESanders (WMF)/commentlinks.js adds a "link" button right after the "reply" button while the WMF struggles to reach feature parity with Convenient Discussions.
- Isaacl/copy-comment-link-to-clipboard does exactly what you'd think it does, but in Wikitext.
- FenrisAureus/SimpleStatus adds a shortcut at the top to edit your /Status subpage while providing a pre-made template.
- Fred Gandt/addCloneClearButtonAboveScributoConsole: What a mouthful! Yet all it does (no offense) is add another Clear button on top of the Lua module debug console.
- Guarapiranga/GlobalWatchlistLink adds a link to metawiki:Special:GlobalWatchlist next to the normal watchlist.
- Nardog
- PasteToCommons adds a paste handler to upload the pasted image to Wikimedia Commons.
- Unpipe tries to detect violations of WP:NOPIPE and fix them as much as possible.
- Ohconfucius/tometricunits automatically adds unit conversions of imperial units in brackets after their uses per MOS:UNITS.
- Suntooooth
- /flickrsearch adds a portlet link to search for uploadable flickr images about the subject.
- /randomincategory adds a portlet link when on Category pages to go to a random page in the current category.
- Vghfr/EasyTemplates adds a portlet link to automatically insert some of the most common inline {{fix}} templates.
Yes, we're just doing 'em as we go now. Thanks for reading through this looong issue, if you did! I'm sure this'll send a record for the longest issue ev-ah. You may need to wait even longer for the last issue, as our reserve of old-y and goodie scripts have ran out... We encourage you to try and do some of the requests or improvement tasks. See you in Summer, hopefully!
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Books & Bytes – Issue 61
editThe Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024
- Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
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ANI
editHello, Novo Tape,
Thank you for closing a discussion at ANI but if you do so again in the future, please put {{nac}} tag which will put (non-admin closure) by your name. Thank you! Liz Read! Talk! 04:10, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Liz, my bad! I usually do but it must have slipped my mind. Thanks for the reminder! Sincerely, Novo TapeMy Talk Page 14:55, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I
editHey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:
- Proposal 2, initiated by HouseBlaster, provides for the addition of a text box at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
- Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by Barkeep49 and Usedtobecool, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
- Proposal 5, initiated by SilkTork, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
- Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by BilledMammal, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
- Proposal 7, initiated by Lee Vilenski, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
- Proposal 9b, initiated by Reaper Eternal, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
- Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by City of Silver, Ritchie333, and HouseBlaster, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
- Proposal 13, initiated by Novem Lingaue, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
- Proposal 14, initiated by Kusma, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
- Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by Thebiguglyalien and Soni, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
- Proposal 16e, initiated by BilledMammal, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
- Proposal 17, initiated by SchroCat, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
- Proposal 18, initiated by theleekycauldron, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
- Proposal 24, initiated by SportingFlyer, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
- Proposal 25, initiated by Femke, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
- Proposal 27, initiated by WereSpielChequers, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
- Proposal 28, initiated by HouseBlaster, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.
To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
hey novo help me in adding photo in my page please
editadd quick facts option in my page after that I will add information in it
editThe Signpost: 29 March 2024
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Concern regarding Draft:James Heaton
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ITN recognition for Maryse Condé
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ITN recognition for John Barth
editOn 10 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Barth, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 04:33, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
The Core Contest has now begun!
editThe Core Contest has now begun! Evaluate your article's current state, gather sources, and have at it! You have until May 31 (23:59 UTC) to make eligible changes; although you are most welcome (and encouraged) to continue work on the article, changes after May 31 will not be considered for rankings and their prizes. Good luck and happy editing! Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24. – Aza24 (talk) 03:36, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
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Concern regarding Draft:Translations of James Joyce
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Books & Bytes – Issue 62
editThe Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024
- IEEE and Haaretz now available
- Let's Connect Clinics about The Wikipedia Library
- Spotlight and Wikipedia Library tips
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:03, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 April 2024
edit- In the media: Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics and another wikirace on live TV
- News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law
- WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)
- Recent research: New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users
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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C
edit- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to other languages.
Dear Wikimedian,
You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.
This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
editHi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:
- Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
- Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
- Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
- Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
- Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
- Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
- Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
- Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed
See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
CS1 error on Bernard Pivot
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- A bare URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters cannot be paired with an associated title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)
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The Core Contest is halfway through!
editHello Core Contest participants, we've officially hit the halfway mark! With just over three weeks remaining until the May 31 deadline (23:59 UTC), it's time to ramp up our efforts. Remember, Wikipedia wants to be edited!
Now is a good time to set goals for your article: What section needs the most improvement? Which sources remain unused? How can you best spend your time? Good luck and happy editing! Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24. – Aza24 (talk) 02:28, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
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Your draft article, Draft:Phenomenology (literature)
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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 18:58, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Translations of James Joyce
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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 19:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
WT:DYK
editSo, your recent participation at that DYK thread read as pretty sarcastic/hostile/angry. What's going on? Valereee (talk) 16:36, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
- Valereee, I thought the DYK error on Dr Nandipha was addressed the very same day it was removed from the main page. Why is it referenced here again? dxneo (talk) 16:51, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
- Taking this back to wt:dyk Valereee (talk) 18:05, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Valereee: I don't think that they crossed any lines there. If this is meant as you reaching out to a friend fine but if you don't know them IRL I would drop it. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 17:03, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
- Valereee, the first comment (by time stamp, not location)—
On the contrary, I expect there ... the criminal charges
—was very much not meant to be sarcastic, at least as I understand the term. It's not directed at any person; I composed it with regards to comments I'd seen but don't remember the authors of. IIRC sarcasm is meant to wound or insult a person (Just referenced Webster's to be sure). Though criticizing an opinion as opposed to a person is allowed, the tone was imperfect. I apologize if you or anyone else thought it was about a specific person or persons. Either way, I've struck the offending part since it's clearly not helping matters. - Regarding the second comment,
I can't find ... not a Wikipedian
(which I've struck in its entirety), I apologize to Lightburst. This comment was both sarcastic and angry, as you mentioned. I'll try to maintain a civil tone towards all users in the future. It was inexcusable, but since you asked what's going on, I'll explain though I'm aware that an explanation by no means mitigates the impoliteness of my prior comments nor excuses them. - I was angry because, from my end, it looked as though they intentionally misgendered a transgender person in order to prove a point. From what I know, Lightburst has a history of sub-optimal behaviour (As do I; I'm at least that self-aware), so I called them out for it.
- If you think my comments were particularly egregious, feel free to issue a block or open an ANI discussion (though I'd prefer the former over the latter since this whole Andrew Tate debacle has wasted enough editors' time).
- I don't quite understand Dxneo's comment to you so if I know the answer, I can't offer it. Sincerely, Dilettante 17:52, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
- I don't feel it was particularly egregious. It just seemed hostile, and as this needs to be a collaborative environment I like to check on that. Thanks for seeing the point. Valereee (talk) 18:02, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 May 2024
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The 2024 Core Contest has ended!
editThe Core Contest has now ended! Thank you for your interest and efforts. Make sure that you include both a "start" and "improvement diff" on the entries page. The judges will begin delibertaing shortly and annouce the winners within the next few weeks. Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24. – Aza24 (talk) 00:04, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 8 June 2024
edit- Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
- Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor
- In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
- News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
- Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
- Featured content: We didn't start the wiki
- Essay: No queerphobia
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The Signpost: 4 July 2024
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- In focus: How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators
- Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna
- In the media: War and information in war and politics
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Books & Bytes – Issue 63
editThe Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 63, May – June 2024
- One new partner
- 1Lib1Ref
- Spotlight: References check
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The Signpost: 22 July 2024
edit- Discussion report: Internet users flock to Wikipedia to debate its image policy over Trump raised-fist photo
- News and notes: Wikimedia community votes to ratify Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation opposes ratification
- Obituary: JamesR
- Crossword: Vaguely bird-shaped crossword
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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 25
editHey there, welcome to the 25th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 1 March 2024. We've got a ton of wonderful editors taking back their pitchforks today. Don't worry, for they come in peace, to forcibly fix and extend existing scripts you use with sheer passion. There's so many, them forks have got what's basically their own column now! gift us with some rows before it's too late Aaron Liu (talk) 04:01, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!
Featured script
edit- inline-diff-inline-patrol by Ponor is this edition's featured script. By loading diffs inline on every page that shows a list of changes, it implements the 2023 community wish m:Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Admins and patrollers/Inline diffs and inline patrol. Hopefully we won't need this script anymore soon, with the WMF's focus on the backlog...
Improve a script
edit- Many of our favorite scripts such as Fred Gandt/userResourceManager, Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts and Bradv/Superlinks haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
- Elominius/media timer works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
- To a lesser extent, the same goes for PrimeHunter/Search sort. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
- We want...
- ...watchlist notices support for Aaron Liu/Watchlyst Greybar Unsin
- ...a tool to automatically fix CAT:BROKENREFs, preferably a fork/addition to TheJJJunk/ARA
- ...a fix/fork of DannyS712/SectionRemover to make it work
Requested scripts
edit- Automatically delink all duplicate links within the same section per MOS:LINKONCE.
- Collapsible parentheses in body text, which had a ridiculously long original request title and was accidentally moved to WP:US/L by me. Oops!
- An easily configurable script to add a link to the #p-vector-user-menu-overflow portlet with a name, target, and icon. This one should be a relatively easier one. I would do it myself, but I'm too busy rotting away on Celeste (video game).
- Preview an edit under the mobile viewport on desktop, with perhaps MediaWiki:Gadget-mobile-sidebar.js used for inspiration.
- ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests. Jeeputer and Nardog have been the most active on the page in the past five months.
Updated scripts
edit- After the RIIJ update, Aaron Liu: Watchlyst Greybar Unsin has a dismiss button that allows you to mark an item as read in one click and cycle to the next Watchlist item.
- Lordseriouspig/StatusChangerImproved is just like Enterprisey's script, except you select your status from a dropdown instead of cycling through them with a button. The WMF operates out of car-centric infrastructure anyway. Shame!
Newly maintained scripts
edit- Aaron Liu has created Duplinks from Evad37/duplinks-alt; his fork adds a config variable to automatically highlight duplicate links on the loading of any page where the portlet link would've appeared.
- BilledMammal/Move+ expands the powers of User:TheTVExpert/rmCloser to include common procedures done with the art of moving pages.
- On a holiday? Somewhere? Gotta learn ye ABCs? CanonNi/StatusSetter puts the fun into Enterprisey/StatusChanger with a quadruple more statuses. That starts with a C!
- In our continuing trend(s?), DaxServer/DiscussionCloser forks DannyS712/DiscussionCloser to make it work. Sadly, this is the end of our lexicographic combo.
- Andrybak:
- user-tabs-on-contribs is a fork of User:Enterprisey/user-tabs-on-contribs for Vector 2022.
- Archiver is a fork of User:Enterprisey/archiver with automatic calculation of the destination archive subpage and with support for non-Vector skins.
- Quite coincidentally, Elli/OneClickArchiver has been forked from User:Equazcion/OneClickArchiver to work with the mw:Heading HTML changes.
- FlightTime/OneClickArchiver forks the same thing but also no longer nonsensically prepends {{clear}} to page archives.
New scripts
editPadlock for semi−move protection−designed by User:Chaotic Enby - Andrybak/Not around can help you mark talk pages of inactive users with {{not around}}.
- BrandonXLF/AddCopied automatically tags talk pages of pages you've copied between with {{copied}}.
- Bugghost/UserRoleIndicator adds text labels (which default to emoji) to user links that label the user's usergroups. Wow, that's a mouthful
- CanonNi/AlertAssistant adds a Twinkle-style dialog for alerting users about contentious topics.
- CFA/AttributeTranslation automatically tags articles translated from other places with appropriate attribution.
- In the defense of the 'pedia, the humble Jeeputer/defconIndicator adds the WP:WIKIDEFCON status to the toolbar.
- Tired of staring at a bunch of filtering text and waiting for darn filter logs to load? Msz2001/AbuseFilter analyzer can parse abuse filters into a visual syntax tree and evaluate locally on-demand!
- Polygnotus/DuplicateReferences finds references with the same link and displays the number of them along with a button to add the {{duplicated citations}} tag under the references section. Being lazy has never been easier!
- fastest gun on the net Ponor/really-quick-block really quick add to contribution lists three buttons awesome
- TheTechie/Help Me Tool is a quick and easy way of responding to {{help me}} requests.
- Per MOS:CONFORM, ZKang123/TitleCaseConverter converts all citation titles to... title case, unfortunately.
The Signpost: 14 August 2024
edit- In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse
- In focus: Twitter marks the spot
- News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded
- Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear?
- Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing
- Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird
- Humour: I'm proud to be a template
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