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Changes later this week
- The mobile beta mode will be disabled to have less maintenance. The developers will focus on the desktop improvements project. You can turn on advanced mobile contributions mode if you want to see the categories. You could also jump back to the top. This can instead be done with a gadget or user script. [1]
- Parsoid is software we use for the visual editor, content translation, Flow and the Android app. This has been rewritten. It will come to the wikis gradually over the next two weeks. It has been tested, but there could be some diffs or previews that don't look right. If you see any you can report them. [2]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 November. It will be on the other wikis next week (calendar). This is because of holidays.
Meetings
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You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will switch between the article and the talk page in a new way in the mobile view in the future. It will use tabs. This is more like in the desktop view. [3]
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16:52, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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A practical guy!
Thanks for the helpful and speedy resolution of my recent sockpuppet case that I opened. Best regards. - Wareno (talk) 20:06, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 November 2019
- From the editor: Put on your birthday best
- News and notes: How soon for the next million articles?
- In the media: You say you want a revolution
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Arbitration report: Two requests for arbitration cases
- Traffic report: The queen and the princess meet the king and the joker
- Technology report: Reference things, sister things, stranger things
- Gallery: Winter and holidays
- Recent research: Bot census; discussions differ on Spanish and English Wikipedia; how nature's seasons affect pageviews
- Essay: Adminitis
- From the archives: WikiProject Spam, revisited
A tag has been placed on Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of blocked requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 22:28, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – December 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019).
Administrator changes
EvergreenFir • ToBeFree
Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂
CheckUser changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
- Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.
Technical news
- Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)
Arbitration
- Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.
Miscellaneous
- The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF
will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive
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- The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF
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Recent changes
- Mix'n'match is a tool to connect Wikidata items to information in other databases. It can be used to find subjects that are missing in a Wikipedia. It now has more than 3000 datasets. Before it was closer to 2000.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 December. It will be on all wikis from 5 December (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There will be a new schema for XML dumps. Scripts and apps that use them will need to be updated. If they are not updated they will no longer work. [4]
- The
{{REVISIONID}}magic word will no longer work in the content namespaces. This is for performance reasons. When you preview a page it returns""(empty string). When you read a page it returns"-"(dash). In the future this will also affect other namespaces. The next ones are file and category namespaces. [5]
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16:59, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Could you please spare some minutes reviewing my draft?
An article was deleted while composing the article but right now i am done writing. Could you please check this draft out for an approval? Draft:Martin Fayomi. Thank you. --Goldie19 (talk) 11:40, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
- Drafts are reviewed by volunteers, as they get to them. You just need to be patient. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:54, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
Kartikeya Sharma restored
As a courtesy, this is to notify you that an article you supported for deletion in a recent deletion review, Kartikeya Sharma, has been restored to mainspace with new information and sources. You may wish to examine the new version to see if you have any remaining concerns regarding notability. SilkTork (talk) 11:06, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- Wikimedia projects use Translatewiki to translate the wiki interface. You can now use WatchTranslations to watch projects there. You would get an email if there are missing translations to your language. [6]
- There is a new dataset you can use. It shows the number of editors per country per month for a number of countries. You can read the documentation and download the dataset.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 December. It will be on all wikis from 12 December (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 11 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You can test a new reference tool. It makes it possible to reference different parts of a source without repeating all information. You can test it on the beta cluster. You can see an example article. [7]
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16:38, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Frank marine requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:59, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Lutheran Indian Ministries
Thank you for your detailed message on my talk page about Draft:Lutheran Indian Ministries. Third party sources are #6, #7, #9, #13 #17, #18, #19, #20. Although #9 is a religious media outlet, it is either a different denomination or a "general Protestant" kind of thing. It is not a church-run media outlet related to Lutheran Indian Ministries. The most in-depth coverage would be from #7, #9, and #13.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 18:41, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
- Please pick out the three best for me to review. Also, links would help, since reference numbers change over time, so it's hard to be sure I'm looking at the right ones -- RoySmith (talk) 21:02, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
- Reference #7: http://www.sitnews.us/0409news/042509/042509_mv_christian.html (Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots, mentioned in the article, is the former name (or still a current alternative name) of Lutheran Indian Ministries)... the news service is secular, see http://www.sitnews.us to verify its credibility
- Reference #9: http://www.virtueinthewasteland.com/episodes/2016/9/21/episode-128-missions-to-hawaiians-and-native-americans-with-clarence-de-lude-iii-and-tim-norton
- Reference #18: https://www.mitchelladvocate.com/2016/09/02/mission-trip-to-weagamow-lake-first-nation-a-welcome-visit-for-locals/wcm/0cae0aad-1eed-2311-464f-d82c5a6f75b7 , note it uses the alternative name of Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots, (LAMP)--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 00:03, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for listing those. I've responded on the draft. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:27, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
- Just so you know, I am not a member of a church or denomination affiliated with LIM/LAMP. Rather, this has been a red link on wikipedia for many years. I discovered the draft article by chance and remembered the red link(s). I believe this article was created well after the red-link(s) by someone who may not have even been aware of them.
- I double checked https://www.mitchelladvocate.com/2016/09/02/mission-trip-to-weagamow-lake-first-nation-a-welcome-visit-for-locals/wcm/0cae0aad-1eed-2311-464f-d82c5a6f75b7 , and the link is working fine right now (I am using Chrome, on a desktop). You need to exit out of the pop-up on the bottom, though if you have an ad blocker on. Perhaps you are using some sort of blocker?
- Since the podcast was too long, I suggest substituting source 17 https://www.mitchelladvocate.com/2014/08/25/mission-trip-to-northern-ontario-rewarding/wcm/e0b4f1b1-627e-0df9-10fc-d1b5939e80ad instead. Since it is also from the Mitchel Advocate, let me know if you can't open it.
- As for the one about the MV Christian, that a part of of LIM/LAMP operations. The ship is owned by them and used for their operations. A newspaper doesn't have to be encyclopedic in tone for it to be reliable source.
- I removed promotional stuff in the article some time back that had been put in by a previous editor. If there is still some left, please tag individual items for me or leave a comment on the talk page. In short by now you can see I am asking you to review the article further.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 03:33, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- Perhaps this is a better source. Please use this one in place of the dead link.
- I removed promotional stuff in the article some time back that had been put in by a previous editor. If there is still some left, please tag individual items for me or leave a comment on the talk page. In short by now you can see I am asking you to review the article further.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 03:33, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
Dictionary of Luther and the Lutheran Traditions, edited by Timothy J. Wengert, 2017 Baker Academic https://books.google.com/books?id=i9HlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT582#v=onepage&q&f=false
Taking to the air rather than the airwaves, by 1970 the Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots (LAMP) was serving Lutherans in remote areas of northwestern Canada. Led by Pastor Les Stalke, LAMP recruited "lay mssionairies" to relocate to northern regions and witness the Lutheran faith. In time, LAMP greatly expanded its fleet of airplanes and missionary pilots to transport material assistance, vacation Bible school volunteers, and longer-term volunteers-in-ministry to assist and evangelize native peoples... <entry continues with two sentences dealing with nomenclature of the organization and rights to the name>
- The reliance on small-town newspapers may be due to the lack of larger cities in northwestern Canada. Small towns are the largest communities there are except for Yellowknife, which is considered a city with a population of 19,569.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 03:54, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- As I mention in WP:THREE, I'm willing to look at the three best sources, not more. But, since one of the sources you mentioned (www.mitchelladvocate.com) was unavailable due to some technical problem (It's visible now), I took another look at that. It's a local-interest article that's only peripherally about the Ministry. It also appears in a local newspaper ("The Mitchell Advocate is the weekly newspaper in the municipality of West Perth, Ontario") in a town that's under 9000 poplulation. This is exactly what the WP:AUD section is getting at. Local coverage like this isn't enough. I'm sorry, but I think you need to accept that this isn't going anywhere. -- RoySmith (talk) 04:01, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- Yet another third party, in depth source would be Expert Witnesses: Intellectual Property Cases, pages 116-119, which details a legal dispute between the Canadian and United States LAMP organizations. It is published by Michael G. Atkins, Thomson West, 2009--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 04:18, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, as I said above, I'm unwilling to invest any more time in reviewing this. -- RoySmith (talk) 04:21, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- Yet another in-depth, third party source: https://thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/local-arts/lamp-ministry , also not in the article. Saskatoon has a population of 273,010, so it is not small town.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 04:27, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi! You have closed the DRV for this as no consensus, which endorses a deletion of the article, but the history is still there. Regards, Jovanmilic97 (talk) 09:34, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Jovanmilic97: ooops, my bad. Thanks for the heads up. Also, thanks to User:sgeureka who I see has already fixed the problem. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:12, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of BessieLoo requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 23:20, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
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Problems
- The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. It did not show new changes last week. This was because of an API problem. It is now working again. [8]
- Special:Watchlist can show the wrong information again. It does not always show which edits are read and which are unread. This is because of a database problem. The developers are working on solving the problem. [9]
Changes later this week
- You can get email notifications. You can get them immediately, a summary every day or a summary once every week. If you choose a summary you can soon choose not to get notifications you have already marked as read on the wiki. [10]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 December. It will be on all wikis from 19 December (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 18 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The partial blocks feature is now stable. It will come to most wikis on 6 January. Your wiki can ask to wait. Contact NKohli (WMF) if you don't want it now. [11]
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00:18, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
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Tech News
- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 6 January 2020.
Recent changes
- All mobile site users now have new features. Features include: tabs for page/discussion; an expanded user-menu; direct access to history pages. These features were initially part of the "advanced mode".
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
Future changes
- You can use
setlangin the URL to change the user interface language. This will no longer happen automatically. When you open the link you will be asked to confirm the language change. This will not happen if Javascript is not working in your browser. [12]
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20:07, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Be well at Christmas
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Be well. Keep well. Have a lovely Christmas. SilkTork (talk) 10:00, 24 December 2019 (UTC) |
SPI
Before closing the SPI,[13] had you checked my new evidence I gathered just now?[14] I assume it is possible that you might have overlooked because our edits came at nearly same time. Thanks. Aman Kumar Goel(Talk) 19:03, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. I've reopened the case. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:16, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Good luck
Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune.
このミラPはRoySmithたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！
フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE!
ミラP 02:20, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 December 2019
- From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
- News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
- In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
- Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
- Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
- Technology report: User scripts and more
- Gallery: Holiday wishes
- Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
- From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report
Arbitration case opened
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth/Evidence. Please add your evidence by January 14, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyokotalk 03:31, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Userbox DRV Closure
This is about https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review#User:Queerly_Bohemian/Userboxes/FreedomFighters_(closed) or https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2019_December_23 . I agree with your close. I want to comment on one comment. It was said that there is a higher acceptance of non-admin closures at MFD than at AFD. I am not a regular at AFD, and so wouldn't know, but I don't have a high acceptance of non-admin closures at MFD. My own thinking is that I haven't seen a tradition of non-administrators who stay out of the way of discussions at MFD so as to be uninvolved and then do the close. I think that this was a case of the non-admin closer either trying to establish a new tradition of acceptance of non-admin closures, or of setting up a record for RFA. However, I thought that the appellant was being tendentious, and was looking to see if the case was still open so as to make a request to the closer to admonish the appellant. What the appellant was saying was that they had made a particular policy argument, and that the closer was supposed to decide that their policy argument trumped all of the other policy arguments, and so cast a supervote. Oh well. It's closed, and I agree with your closure, which affirms the right close by the wrong closer. I don't think that the non-admin closer needed to be warned, but the appellant will probably get warned at some point. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:17, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Robert, thanks for your note. My comment about NAC at MfD was only intended to summarize what what said in the discussion, not necessarily to accept it as fact. In any case, might I suggest that you add your comments to Wikipedia talk:Deletion review/Log/2019 December 23, so they're a more permanent part of the record? -- RoySmith (talk) 17:24, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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Have a great 2020 and thanks for your continued contributions to Wikipedia.
– 2020 is a leap year – news article.
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More WP:EVASION?
This IP turned up all of a sudden[15]-[16] and decided to restore Эльбрус Казбекович's edits. Sockmaster is known to have used IP socks before. Same English proficiency as well. - LouisAragon (talk) 23:08, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
- @LouisAragon: could you file an SPI for this, so it gets into the archives? I'll take it from there. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- @LouisAragon: I've been looking at this a bit. I'm not convinced this is the same sock. Most of the edits from 107.242.117.0/24 look like vandalism, but not the specific socking pattern. Still, please open the SPI and that'll get more eyes on it. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:54, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- Made the SPI[17] - LouisAragon (talk) 23:18, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- OK, thanks. I'll take a look at it. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:31, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- Made the SPI[17] - LouisAragon (talk) 23:18, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- @LouisAragon: I've been looking at this a bit. I'm not convinced this is the same sock. Most of the edits from 107.242.117.0/24 look like vandalism, but not the specific socking pattern. Still, please open the SPI and that'll get more eyes on it. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:54, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
- A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
- Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.
Arbitration
- The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being
the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted
rather thanreasonably construed
. - Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.
- The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being
Miscellaneous
- This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!
It’s continuing
FWIW, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Djtechno95, is apparently still editing under both accounts. Gleeanon409 (talk) 19:44, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Gleeanon409: could you open a new SPI? Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:31, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
Draftification: what am I not seeing?
Hi RoySmith, put me down as stupid, but I've always been under the impression that draftification involved two steps; undeletion, and then moving. Is there a one-step solution I've just not known of? Vanamonde (Talk) 21:32, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- Yeah, just move the page without deleting it. A lot of people use User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to automate the process, but it doesn't do anything that couldn't be done by just moving the page and following up with a bit of manual cleanup. As for being stupid, don't worry about it. I guarantee I've got "stupid" stories that can beat yours. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:39, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm. Even with that script, when I look at a deleted page (either the "create" link or the "view/restore" link) I just don't have a "move" button. Is this not supposed to be the case? Vanamonde (Talk) 21:52, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- You have to do it to a page that's not deleted. For example, I just created User:RoySmith/test, then I moved it to Draft:RoySmith/test. Yes, sometimes draftifications are done coupled with undeletions. For example, a page might get deleted at AfD, brought to DRV, where the consensus is to draftify. What happens then is you undelete the page, then move it (either manually like I did in the example, or with some fancy javascript tool). As far as I know, there's no way to actually rename a page while it's deleted. But, I could be wrong on that :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 22:03, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. Yes, that's what I've always done, and how I thought it worked. What I was referring to at ARBCOM was that requests for draftification or userfication often happen after deletion. Not AfD's being closed as "draftify", but A7 deletions being restored to draftspace. I'll add a clarification there. Vanamonde (Talk) 22:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- You have to do it to a page that's not deleted. For example, I just created User:RoySmith/test, then I moved it to Draft:RoySmith/test. Yes, sometimes draftifications are done coupled with undeletions. For example, a page might get deleted at AfD, brought to DRV, where the consensus is to draftify. What happens then is you undelete the page, then move it (either manually like I did in the example, or with some fancy javascript tool). As far as I know, there's no way to actually rename a page while it's deleted. But, I could be wrong on that :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 22:03, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm. Even with that script, when I look at a deleted page (either the "create" link or the "view/restore" link) I just don't have a "move" button. Is this not supposed to be the case? Vanamonde (Talk) 21:52, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
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"I feel obligated to point out that just plugging in numbers without knowing what you're doing is not a good way to generate reliable data." (here) - I cracked up reading that line, I've worked with plenty of data scientists who could use that reminder. Cheers! creffpublic a creffett franchise (talk to the boss) 14:55, 6 January 2020 (UTC) |
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Changes later this week
- When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [18]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 January. It will be on all wikis from 9 January (calendar).
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21:22, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Redirect
Hi. Question. Given the deletion review close on Pache at https://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2020_January_2&diff=prev&oldid=934968250, should the Pache portion of Atlanta Braves minor league players, which was created as part of his now reverted redirect, be deleted? Thanks. --2604:2000:E010:1100:B529:B15C:D8AB:B079 (talk) 17:44, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
- That really is a content issue. I'll leave it up to you and your fellow editors to sort out on the talk pages, or perhaps just being WP:BOLD. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:46, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
REC-90
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Pardon the interruption. I just added an "ambiguation" link from E0 to an article you originated; REC-90. Now I'm having potential misgivings, since, while REC-90 is always E0, E0 is not always REC-90. Of course, there is no Ethanol-free article, itself. Part of me is tempted to even originate such an article, although I've never done so, yet.
Before I proceed headlong, (in any direction) I wanted to get your opinion. Thank you. — BoringJim (talk) 03:43, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
- @BoringJim: Hmmm, that was a long time ago. I barely even remember writing that article. I don't see any problem with your E0 link. It would be better if the REC-90 article actually mentioned E0 in the body of the article, however. I think your plan to write an article about ethanol-free gasoline makes sense. As an aside, a few years ago, I started using pre-mixed ethanol-free gas in a small outboard motor I have. It's absurdly expensive, but I only go through about a gallon a year, so it almost doesn't matter what it costs. And, my outboard used to spend more time in the shop than on my boat. Since I've started using the ethanol-free gas, I've never had a single problem. You might want to mention this kind of fuel in your article. -- RoySmith (talk) 04:08, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Kazemita1
I'm reluctant to archive Kazemita1's SPI with no further action. I don't feel the sole issue was the damage to People's Mujahedin of Iran, but more importantly Kazemita1's block evasion which hasn't been addressed. Cheers, Cabayi (talk) 13:45, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Cabayi: OK, I see your point. I'll take another look. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:47, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi RoySmith, I wrote this on Kazemita1's Talk page but it was removed by the user. It seems that using different IPs that wouldn't be traced back to him was premeditated per his own unblock request: "lack of proper SPI investigation to at least relate these IPs to me." (this has now been removed by the user from his unblock request). Alex-h (talk) 13:25, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Per accountability, could you join the discussion at User talk:Kazemita1, particularly regarding your revocation of talk page access? Many thanks. ——SN54129 15:24, 13 January 2020 (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.
Recent changes
- You can no longer read Wikimedia wikis if your browser use very old TLS. This is because it is a security problem for everyone. It can lead to downgrade attacks. Since 9 December you just see a warning. Soon the browser will not connect to the wikis at all. Most are users on Android systems older than 4.4. You can read the browser recommendations. [19]
- Special:LinkSearch has been moved from the "Redirecting special pages" section on Special:SpecialPages to the "Lists of pages" section. [20]
Changes later this week
- Wikis can protect pages so that only some users can edit them. The standard protection levels are Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access and Require administrator access. If your wiki use more protection levels the technical name might be renamed for standardisation. This doesn't affect what users see. [21]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 January. It will be on all wikis from 16 January (calendar).
Future changes
- Deepcat and Catgraph will stop working. This will happen at the end of January. This is because you can now use the normal search function instead. [22]
- You can use
<ref follow="…">to merge footnotes that follow each other. It is meant to be used for digitised books on Wikisource. If the order of the footnotes is wrong no error was shown but the bad <ref> was shown outside the <references /> list. This will change and you will see an error message instead. [23]
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:40, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Jan 22: WikiWednesday Salon NYC
| January 22, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
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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 21 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 January. It will be on all wikis from 23 January (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a new suggestion for what to show when someone edits without registering an account. This is to give unregistered editors better privacy and make some anti-vandalism work go faster. You can give feedback.
- Pywikibot is a Python library to automate work on wikis. It will no longer support Python 2. Use the
python2tag if you need to continue running Python 2 scripts. The Pywikibot team strongly recommends to migrate to Python 3. You can get help to do so. [24] - The weekly MediaWiki branch cut will soon become automated. The timing for this cut may change. You can discuss in Phabricator if this affects you. [25]
- You can read about coming technical events and mentoring interns.
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19:42, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
Saturday Jan 25: Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art
| Jan 25, 12:30pm: Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for the Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Together, we'll expand Wikipedia articles on American history and art, and the understanding that all communities bring to American culture, as reflected in the Met collection up until ca. 1900. With refreshments, and there will be a wiki-cake! Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends, colleagues and students! --Wikimedia New York City Team 21:02, 21 January 2020 (UTC) | |
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