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Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hey, I wanted to add a portrait of someone named Hans Westenberg, recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award. But unfortunately I only found two of his portraits. The first image has complete information such as who the photographer is, but it is a little blurry and has a watermark, while the second image comes from Ramon Magdaysay's official website and the portrait is clearer, but it is clear that the background has been photoshopped, so there is only a portrait of Hans and the background is a room. So the question is; Can I remove the watermark from the first image (without make the image clearer from the blur), or secondly can I still upload the second image which is clearer but has a photoshopped background. --Rufinsky (talk) 09:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
Hiya @Rufinsky, I'm not the best with media copyright here as I don't really handle files, you might be better asking at the Teahouse. If in doubt, I wouldn't upload it but ask there, as copyright is one of the trickiest aspects of Wikipedia. Feel free to come back here if you need any other help with this matter or other issues :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 10:30, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Zippybonzo
Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
I see you haven't been active lately, I hope you are fine in both mind and body.
Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hello, Zippybonzo
Nice to meet you
Honestly, I came here not for editing the articles, I want it, but I think I am not the suitable person to do that. My major reason is to translate some articles to and from Arabic, English, and Indonesian because I am loving to do that, and I need some projects so I can apply freelance jobs.
Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hi Zippy! I wanted to ask, If there is a page about a organization that has a website, would it be promo to use the official website as a source for said page? Thank you! --Madigoosh (talk) 21:39, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.
The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Latest comment: 2 months ago6 comments2 people in discussion
Hello, are you still accepting trainers for the CVUA? If so, I would like to be adopted. I already have some experience with using Special:RecentChanges and warning other users using Ultraviolet. I have around 400 edits total, with about half being in the mainspace. mwwvconverse∫edits01:50, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Hiya, I'm quite busy at the moment in real life, but I'm slowly getting back onto Wikipedia, I'm happy to take you now, but there may be the occasional wait for responses on the course, if that's fine with you I'm happy to take you :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 07:29, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
@Mwwv, I'll setup your course, I've got more time than I used to so I should be able to train you so I'll ping you when I've setup the course :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 19:55, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
The Growth team released Community Configuration at all Wikipedias. You can access it at Special:CommunityConfiguration.
This new special page replaces Special:EditGrowthConfig. For now, all Growth features can be configured using Community Configuration. Configuration for AutoModerator (T365046) and other features will be available in the future.
We will add a new Community Configurable module to the Newcomer Homepage that will allow communities to highlight specific events, projects, campaigns, and initiatives. We have released a simple version available to beta wikis. We will conduct an A/B test at our pilot wikis using the new Metrics Platform. We still welcome community feedback on initial designs and plans, in any language at our project talk page.
As part of the Growth team 2024/2025 Annual Plan, the Growth team will explore various ways to increase the percentage of newcomers who successfully start editing.
Editing a Wikipedia page requires too much context and patience. It means many trial and error for newcomers to contribute, meaning a steeper learning curve and potential discouraging reverts. To support a new generation of volunteers, we will increase the number and availability of smaller, structured, and more task-specific editing workflows (E.g. Edit Check and Structured Tasks). The Growth team will primarily focus on Structured Tasks, while working closely with the Editing team to ensure our work integrates well with Edit Check.
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Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hey 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!
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.
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).
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
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.
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
Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments2 people in discussion
hello,
my name is csaba. i am a hungarian musician and i love an italian jazz drummer his name Giampiero Prina. i don’t see his name in this list. if it possible type his name and Giulio Capiozzo pls! They was two great Italian jazz masters! --Abacs68 (talk) 06:16, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Latest comment: 22 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hello,
I hope you are doing fine!
2 questions:
- How to officialy publish a page that is presently in my sandbox (this is my first contribution). My page is here (Henri le fakir):
https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User:Peggymarchand24/sandbox
- How to label it as written in French (the language does not seem available in the drop down to that effect).
Many thanks!
Peggy --Peggymarchand24 (talk) 18:58, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Latest comment: 15 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion
The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:
Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.
You should use the WP:AFC process for submitting your article, however as of now, you haven't demonstrated that the subject is notable and therefore should have a Wikipedia article. Please do so by providing reliable sources that indicate the subject is notable.
Latest comment: 11 days ago5 comments2 people in discussion
Hi Zippybonzo. I've been asked to work on creating a Wikipedia page for my company. We don't have a page on Wikipedia currently, although drafts have been submitted previously. I think normally I would submit a page via the Articles for Creation feature and make the appropriate conflict of interest disclosure. But given there is an existing draft, should I modify the existing draft? If so, how would I disclose the conflict of interest? And if I use the Articles for Creation feature to create a "new" page, what would happen to the existing draft? Could it be removed? I'd appreciate your guidance as I want to make sure I do this properly. Thanks. --Cal-batman (talk) 21:51, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for responding. Yes, understood, I have no intention of not disclosing that I am an employee of the subject of the article. But I'm uncertain of whether to create the article via the Articles for Creation feature and make the disclosure there, or whether I can edit the existing draft I came across and make the disclosure there and/or my talk page. What would you recommend? Thanks. Cal-batman (talk) 00:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
In this page, it is mentioned that Khalid Rashid Alzayani was the Honorary Chairman, so I added the Alzayani website link as a reference where it is actually mentioned he is a "Honorary Chairman". But my edit still not approved.
@Ramzan77 - Heya, you sent me a link to the Arabic Wikipedia, I neither edit there, nor speak Arabic, so you'd be better off discussing that on the Arabic Wikipedia with someone who edits there. Thank you :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 08:59, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
Latest comment: 11 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
Miscellaneous
Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.
Administrator changes
Technical news
Miscellaneous
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!
Featured script
Improve a script
Requested scripts
Updated scripts
Newly maintained scripts
New scripts
Arbitration
Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.
Guideline and policy news