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The Signpost: 20 November 2023
- In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup
- News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health
- Traffic report: If it bleeds, it leads
- Recent research: Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom
- Wikimania: Wikimania 2024 scholarships
Tech News: 2023-47
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [1][2]
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Quechua Wikipedia, Romansh Wikipedia, Romani Wikipedia, Rundi Wikipedia, Aromanian Wikipedia, Tarandíne Wikipedia, Rusyn Wikipedia, Kinyarwanda Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikipedia, Sakha Wikipedia, Santali Wikipedia, Sardinian Wikipedia, Sicilian Wikipedia, Scots Wikipedia, Sindhi Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Sango Wikipedia, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, Sinhala Wikipedia, Slovak Wikipedia, Slovenian Wikipedia, Samoan Wikipedia, Somali Wikipedia, Albanian Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, Swati Wikipedia, Southern Sotho Wikipedia, Saterland Frisian Wikipedia, Sundanese Wikipedia, Silesian Wikipedia, Tamil Wikipedia, Tulu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Tetum Wikipedia, Tajik Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkmen Wikipedia, Tagalog Wikipedia, Tswana Wikipedia, Tongan Wikipedia, Tok Pisin Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Tsonga Wikipedia, Tatar Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Tahitian Wikipedia, Tuvinian Wikipedia, Udmurt Wikipedia, Uyghur Wikipedia, Uzbek Wikipedia, Venda Wikipedia, Venetian Wikipedia, Veps Wikipedia, West Flemish Wikipedia, Volapük Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [3][4][5]
- The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more. [6]
Future changes
- There is an update on re-enabling the Graph Extension. To speed up the process, Vega 2 will not be supported and only some protocols will be available at launch. You can help by sharing what you think about the plan.
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MediaWiki message delivery 00:53, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Need Merge Request,
Hi MPGuy2824, Kindly merge these two links, this K. Karthikeyan to Vasantham Karthikeyan - IJohnKennady (talk) 16:20, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
- I agree that they seem to be about the same person. Would you want to try a merge yourself? Read WP:MERGETEXT and see if you face any issues. I'll help if you get stuck on any point. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:37, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
- Can you check, is this correct, K. Karthikeyan - IJohnKennady (talk) 07:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
- Hey, since you were the only major contributor to that page, and it is fairly obvious that they are the same person, there is no particular need for a merge discussion. You can just straightaway proceed to Wikipedia:Merging#How to merge. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:56, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
- Now Check, this is the correct way - IJohnKennady (talk) 16:22, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
The edit summary should have been "Merged content to Vasantham Karthikeyan", but the rest is ok. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:18, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
- Now Check, this is the correct way - IJohnKennady (talk) 16:22, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
- Hey, since you were the only major contributor to that page, and it is fairly obvious that they are the same person, there is no particular need for a merge discussion. You can just straightaway proceed to Wikipedia:Merging#How to merge. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:56, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
- Can you check, is this correct, K. Karthikeyan - IJohnKennady (talk) 07:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-48
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [7][8]
MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow
async
/await
syntax in gadgets and user scripts. Gadget authors should remember that users' browsers may not support it, so it should be used appropriately. [9]- The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Diplomatic missions in Cameroon
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A tag has been placed on Category:Diplomatic missions in Cameroon indicating that it is currently empty, 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 it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 12:05, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Explicit: I guess the articles in it were deleted since then. I won't be contesting this, assuming the last article in it is deleted per the AfD. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:22, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Mizoram MLAs 2023–2028
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A tag has been placed on Category:Mizoram MLAs 2023–2028 indicating that it is currently empty, 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 it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 05:20, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
- The results for 2023 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election are being counted today. I've added one winner to the category, and I'm sure more will be added by today and tomorrow. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:26, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 4 December 2023
- In the media: Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns
- Disinformation report: "Wikipedia and the assault on history"
- Comix: Bold comics for a new age
- Essay: I am going to die
- Featured content: Real gangsters move in silence
- Traffic report: And it's hard to watch some cricket, in the cold November Rain
- Humour: Mandy Rice-Davies Applies
Tech News: 2023-49
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [10]
- The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit
{{DEFAULTSORT:...}}
keywords. [11]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [12][13]
- On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements appear on pages that include the
__NEWSECTIONLINK__
magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator.
Future changes
The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [14]
- Communities using Structured Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page.
Events
- Registration & Scholarship applications are now open for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 that will take place from 3–5 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Scholarship applications are open until 5 January 2024.
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Tech News: 2023-50
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- On Wikimedia Commons, there are some minor user-interface improvements for the "choosing own vs not own work" step in the UploadWizard. This is part of the Structured Content team's project of improving UploadWizard on Commons. [15][16]
Problems
- There was a problem showing the Newcomer homepage feature with the "impact module" and their page-view graphs, for a few days in early December. This has now been fixed. [17][18]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar). [19][20]
Future changes
The 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 5 January 2024, and has an associated privacy statement.
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MediaWiki message delivery 02:10, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Maillardville-Coquitlam
Hello MPGuy2824. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Maillardville-Coquitlam, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: @Loew Galitz, JalenFolf, WikiOriginal-9, GoingBatty, Egeymi, and MPGuy2824: It would appear to me that this artcicle is about a historical electorate of a similar name to the current BC electorate Coquitlam-Maillardville. Are they one and the same? Evidence, thought scant, would appear to indicate the are not. No prejuduce to expanding Coquitlam-Maillardville#History to include a WP:REDIRECT to Maillardville-Coquitlam Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:22, 13 December 2023 (UTC) . Thank you. Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:22, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Shirt58: I don't know the answer to your question. I was stub sorting and stumbled across this article, and just fixed the layout. GoingBatty (talk) 18:50, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Diplomatic missions in Cameroon
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A tag has been placed on Category:Diplomatic missions in Cameroon indicating that it is currently empty, 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 it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 22:50, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
There is a mop reserved in your name
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You are a remarkable editor in many ways. You would be a good administrator, in my opinion, and appear to be well qualified. You personify an administrator without tools and have gained my support already! |
Hello MPGuy2824, I'd appreciate it if you considered running for RFA. Your contributions are truly valued, and I'm certain many respected administrators would support you with a strong nomination. You have all the qualities needed to excel as an admin. – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:45, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- I'd support! 87k edits, 27k edits this year, and a GA. I think the rest of the community would support too. Let me know if you'd like a nomination :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 21:10, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- I legitimately swore to God you were an admin. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️⚧️) 21:17, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- I'd support the hell out of this. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:35, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- +1 ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:11, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
- +1(x100) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (he|she|they) 14:19, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words and support, folks. I have not (seriously) considered a bid for admin rights yet. My off-wiki life is in a lot of flux right now, so an RFA in the near-term is out of the question, even if I felt ready for it. But, I think that I could be ready for one of those optional RFA polls in 6 months time. I might ping some of you for advice on what to read up on in the meantime. Thanks again. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:45, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
- Late to the party, but a +1 from me. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 21:08, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-51
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Tech News
- The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 8 January 2024 because of the holidays.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 December. It will be on all wikis from 21 December (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [21][22]
- Starting December 18, it won't be possible to activate Structured Discussions on a user's own talk page using the Beta feature. The Beta feature option remains available for users who want to deactivate Structured Discussions. This is part of Structured Discussions' deprecation work. [23]
There will be full support for redirects in the Module namespace. The "Move Page" feature will leave an appropriate redirect behind, and such redirects will be appropriately recognized by the software (e.g. hidden from Special:UnconnectedPages). There will also be support for manual redirects. [24]
Future changes
The MediaWiki JavaScript documentation is moving to a new format. During the move, you can read the old docs using version 1.41. Feedback about the new site is welcome on the project talk page.
- The Wishathon is a new initiative that encourages collaboration across the Wikimedia community to develop solutions for wishes collected through the Community Wishlist Survey. The first community Wishathon will take place from 15–17 March. If you are interested in a project proposal as a user, developer, designer, or product lead, you can register for the event and read more.
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MediaWiki message delivery 16:16, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
Shaik
If there is a page for Sheik, why should there not be a page for Shaik? --Jax 0677 (talk) 13:07, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
- They are the same name but with different spellings in English. I think just one article should do, with the rest redirecting to it. Maybe you can incorporate the other spelling into the article more, since right now it is only mentioned in a single footnote. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:27, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
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"Shaik" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect Shaik has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 20 § Shaik until a consensus is reached. Jax 0677 (talk) 15:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
hello Pediabestw (talk) 03:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC) |
- @Pediabestw: Thanks‽ Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message with a short list of links to read. I also recommend that you start with WP:TWA. Happy editing! Reply here if you have any questions. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:11, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
Request for review
Dear MPGuy2824, Hello, Can you mark these article as reviewed!😊~~ αvírαm|(tαlk)
Sitaram Verma Ved Prakash Gupta Paltu Ram Gopal Sharma (politician) Satish Chandra Sharma (politician) Dharmraj Singh Yadav
- @Aviram7:
Done It looks like another reviewer (DreamRimmer) already took care of them. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy Christmas
- @Joseywales1961: Thanks. Happy holidays to you and yours as well. Willow is cute! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 December 2023
- Special report: Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?
- News and notes: The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023
- In the media: Consider the humble fork
- Discussion report: Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI
- In focus: Liquidation of Wikimedia RU
- Technology report: Dark mode is coming
- Recent research: "LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata
- Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
- Comix: Lollus lmaois 200C tincture
- Crossword: when the crossword is sus
- Traffic report: What's the big deal? I'm an animal!
- From the editor: A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^
- Humour: Guess the joke contest
Seasons Greetings
Onel5969 TT me 14:50, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- OneL, Thank you and happy holidays to you too! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:03, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
NPPTech graphs licensing
Hello MPGuy2824, I hope you are doing well. I'm facing an issue updating the NPP talk header graph since Commons has introduced more licensing options. Could you please assist me in selecting the appropriate license option when uploading graphs on Commons? As one of the maintainers of the NPP Tech tool, you might have licensing information about graphs generated via NPPTech tool. Thanks! – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:49, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- Hey Dream, all good here. Hope you are doing fine as well. Regarding your problem: It isn't obvious to me what change has been done to commons, but you don't need to upload there. You can upload directly on the English Wikipedia via this form. I think if you choose "free work > from a free published source", then add the npptech url as the source in the file page, it should be enough. If you think it might be helpful, i could add a CC image somewhere on the graph page in npptech. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- I'm doing great. It's enough for me, but including a CC image would be helpful for others in the future, allowing them to upload graphs without hesitation. Thanks. – DreamRimmer (talk) 05:00, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy holidays!
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024! |
Hello MPGuy2824, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages. |
Thilsebatti (talk) 07:55, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- Happy holidays, and a happy 2024 to you too! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for December 26
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Karauli Assembly constituency, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Darshan Singh.
(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:01, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Fixed -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:03, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Question from Bytexin (05:49, 27 December 2023)
Hey! Sir --Bytexin (talk) 05:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Bytexin: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message on your talk page with some links in it. When you get the time, please go through them. I suggest that you start with WP:TWA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:52, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Question from FishyGuy77 (19:49, 27 December 2023)
Hello there! I just wanted to ask you how hard it is to expand on a short article. --FishyGuy77 (talk) 19:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- @FishyGuy77: Welcome to Wikipedia. Ease of expanding a stub article: It depends on the subject and what sort of sources you are able to find about that subject. e.g. for a random small village somewhere in the world, you might never be able to expand it more than a few sentences. What article were you hoping to expand? I'd be happy to do a basic search and tell you if it is worth spending your time on. Alternatively, if you indicate a couple of your interests (geographic or subject), then I could tell you where you might find articles that desperately need expansion. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:42, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Question from Keshavonly (07:57, 28 December 2023)
Can i earn money for editing or publish own blog --Keshavonly (talk) 07:57, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Keshavonly: Hi Keshav. Most editors of Wikipedia are unpaid volunteers. Anyone who is paid to edit is required to follow the guidelines at WP:DISCLOSEPAY. Hope you'll still stick around! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:06, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Toronto South (federal electoral dist
Hello MPGuy2824,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Toronto South (federal electoral dist for deletion, because it's a redirect that seems implausible or is an unlikely search term.
If you don't want Toronto South (federal electoral dist to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!
Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.
-MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:16, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 23
New year, new scripts. Welcome to the 23rd issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering around 39% of our favorite new and updated user scripts since 24 December 2021. That’s right, we haven’t published in two years! Can you believe it? Did you miss us?
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!
- RefRenamer by Nardog is this issue's featured script. For whatever reason, the foundation will only give us better reference names in VisualEditor if we wish for it in the next survey. Nardog to the rescue! This script has a ton of options to satisfy almost anyone who wishes to use better refnames than ":0" and ":418".
- Nardog: MoveHistory can now look up the move history of any page from anywhere on the site.
- User:Enterprisey/diff-permalink now has a version that copies the Special:Diff link with square brackets.
- User:GhostInTheMachine/WatchlistTidy now moves the Active Filters panel to the right so that the Show/Hide button doesn't constantly jump.
- User:Alexander Davronov/HistoryHelper has now become stable with some bugfixes and features such as automatically highlighting potentially uncivil edit summaries and automatically pinging all the users selected.
- Wikipedia:AutoEd/unicodehex.js will no longer replace legacy MediaWiki dot-entities (dot followed by two uppercase alphanumeric characters) in article links, which caused several links to become broken.
![Holy RefRenamer](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/RefRenamer_screenshot.png/220px-RefRenamer_screenshot.png)
![Scripts++ Newsletter](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Text-x-source.svg/240px-Text-x-source.svg.png)
- Many of our favorite scripts such as User:Fred Gandt/userResourceManager, User:Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts and User:Bradv/Scripts/Superlinks haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
- User:Elominius/gadget/media timer works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
- To a lesser extent, the same goes for User:PrimeHunter/Search sort.js. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
- We want...
- ...a mark-as-read button for Watchlyst Greybar Unsin
- ...a tool to automatically fix CAT:BROKENREFs, preferably a fork/addition to User:TheJJJunk/ARA
- ...a fix/fork of User:DannyS712/SectionRemover.js to make it work
- A WP:3O requesting and responding tool, similar to Terasil's classic edit request tool
- A "bytes removed"/"added" filter on the user contribs page
- A review tool for WP:proposed deletions
- Mass patrol new pages by a user for use in WP:RFP/A
- ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests
- Aaron Liu: Watchlyst Greybar Unsin is a rewrite of Ais's Watchlist Notifier with modern APIs and several new features such as not displaying watchlist items marked as seen (hence the name), not bolding diffs of unseen watchlist elements which doesn’t work properly anyways, displaying the rendered edit summary, proper display of log and creation actions and more links.
- Alexis Jazz: Factotum is a spiritual successor to reply-link with a host of extra features like section adding, link rewriting, regular expressions and more.
- User:Aveaoz/AutoMobileRedirect: This script will automatically redirect MobileFrontend (en.m.wikipedia) to normal Wikipedia. Unlike existing scripts, this one will actually check if your browser is mobile or not through its secret agent string, so you can stay logged in on mobile! Hooray screen estate!
- Chlod:
- Deputy is a first-of-its-kind copyright cleanup toolkit. It overrides the interface for Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations for easy case processing. It also includes the functionality of the following (also new) scripts:
- Attribution Notice Template Editor (ANTE) graphically modifies content attribution notices. It is the successor to User:Chlod/Scripts/CopiedTemplateEditor and supports more templates than {{copied}} ones.
- Infringement Assistant allows a user to hide sections of a page for suspected copyright violations and report the page to the appropriate Wikipedia:Copyright problems noticeboard.
- Deputy is a first-of-its-kind copyright cleanup toolkit. It overrides the interface for Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations for easy case processing. It also includes the functionality of the following (also new) scripts:
- User:Elominius/gadget/diff arrow keys allows navigation between diffs with the arrow keys. It also has a version that requires holding Ctrl with the arrow key.
- Enterprisey
- diff-permalink-2 allows quickly copying wikilinks to diff and permalink pages from those pages, a variation of existing script User:Enterprisey/diff-permalink
- archiver is a fork of Σ's Archiver with several bugfixes.
- /parent-cats highlights categories that are a subcategory of a category already included in a page's categories.
- User:Guarapiranga/accessKeysCheatSheet adds an access key shortcut to display all shortcuts based on code provided by Nardog and NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh.
- User:HungKhanh0106/ProperDisplay loads a bunch of fonts to add correct rendering supports for "esoteric" languages.
- User:Jeeputer/highlightPiped will make piped links irresistible (or else).
- User:Jerome Frank Disciple/curlyfixer.js adds an WP:AutoEd function that straightens curly quotes per MOS. That's right! Such a module was only made in the 14th year of AutoEd's existence! Configure away!
- Frequently link to Wikipedia on your websites yet find generating CC-BY credits to be such a hassle? Say no more! User:Luke10.27/attribute will automatically do it for ya and copy the credit to yer clipboard.
- User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft, a spiritual successor (i.e. fork) to Evad37's script, with a few bugs solved, and a host of extra features like check-boxes for choosing draftification reasons, multi-contributor notification, and appropriate warnings based on last edit time.
- Nardog
- /CopyCodeBlock: one of the most important operations for any scripter and script-user is to copy and paste. This script adds a copy button in the top right of every code block (not to be confused with <code>) that will, well, copy it to your clipboard!
- /RCMuter: Hide specific users, perhaps User:MediaWiki message delivery, from the Watchlist and Recent Changes.
- /VitalTopicon makes you see the vital article topicon on WP:vital articles.
- m:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AceForLuaDebugConsole.js adds the Ace editor (a.k.a. the editor you see when editing JS, CSS and Lua on Wikimedia wikis) to the Lua debug console. "In my opinion, whoever designed it to be a plain <textarea> needs to seriously reconsider their decision."
- Novem Linguae
- DraftCleaner fixes formatting of new articles.
- GANReviewTool quickly and easily closes good article nominations.
- ReviewStatus displays whether or not a mainspace page is marked as reviewed.
- SpeciesHelper tries to add the correct speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template to species articles.
- User:Opencooper/svgReplace and Tol's fork replaces all rasterized SVGs with their original SVG codes for your loading pleasures. Tell us which one is better!
- User:Phlsph7/HighlightUnreferencedPassages adds a button to highlight all unreferenced paragraphs in reds, and can even do it automatically.
- Still hate Vector 2022's floating TOC? User:Phlsph7/UnfoldedNumberedTOC(Vector2022) might make you give it a try.
- Quite a bit of pages at Special:WantedCategories either exist now or got removed. User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/hideUnwantedCategories automatically hides those.
- User:SuperHamster's Wikipedia:Tools/View it! generates a gallery of images for a given subject on any Wikimedia project utilizing Structured Data on Commons. Images can then be added as needed.
- Terasail
- ArticleInfo displays page information at the top of the page, directly below the title.
- /HeaderIcons takes away the Vector 2022 user dropdown and replaces it with all of the icons within, top level, right next to the Watchlist. One less click away! There's also an alternate version that uses text links instead of icons.
- ...and any more, all available at WP:US/L.
Due to budget and procrastination limitations, we've only had time to review the first ~39% of the scripts since last issue. Help us out here! Aaron Liu (talk) 13:24, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Question from Btsbangla (10:39, 29 December 2023)
Hello Sir --Btsbangla (talk) 10:39, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Btsbangla: Welcome to Wikipedia. Please read the sections on your talk page related to conflict of interest and follow the instructions there. I'm happy to help if you have any questions. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:50, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year 2024
Wishing you a joyful and successful New Year! Your guidance and support have been invaluable. May this year bring you happiness, fulfillment, and countless achievements. Happy New Year, dear tutor! – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
- And a happy new year to you too! Lots of first for you in 2023. Hopefully many good ones for you in 2024 too. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:53, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
- (: – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:24, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Question from Couthino (05:59, 2 January 2024)
How do I edit --Couthino (talk) 05:59, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Couthino: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message on your page with a list of relevant links. I suggest that you start with WP:TWA first, to get the hang of things. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:03, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Question from LUKELI1234 (09:50, 3 January 2024)
Hello! I recently created a draft with the title Angela Liu, how will I find that? --LUKELI1234 (talk) 09:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- @LUKELI1234: Welcome to Wikipedia. I don't think that you used this account to create that draft. Can you remember what account you used at that time? Maybe looking at your email inbox would help, as there would be a message from wikipedia for that account. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 10:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- I think I only created one LUKELI1234 (talk) 11:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- All your user contributions can be seen at Special:Contributions/LUKELI1234. As of now, they only consist of 2 edits, both to my talk page. I don't think your draft was saved properly. Sorry about that. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:21, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- I think I only created one LUKELI1234 (talk) 11:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Editor experience invitation
Hi MPGuy :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:38, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- The questions require some thought and some research :-). I'll get to them though. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Question from Gankbank789 (07:41, 7 January 2024)
Hello! I was working on an article about the Battle of Schollshalde and I wanted to add some notes but could not figure out how. How would I add notes (footnotes) to an article? Thanks! --Gankbank789 (talk) 07:41, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Gangbank789: Welcome to Wikipedia. The term footnotes is slightly ambiguous on Wikipedia. But in any case you'll need to read WP:REFB. I've watchlisted Battle of Schosshalde, so if you make a mistake, I'll try to fix it. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Question from Gankbank789 (02:53, 8 January 2024)
Hello! Sorry if I'm bugging you with all these questions. I recently created a new article on Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370) and I received a notification saying that someone "reviewed" it. What does that mean? Thanks! --Gankbank789 (talk) 02:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Gankbank789:
Sorry if I'm bugging you with all these questions
Hey, no problem. That's what this is for. Now on to your question: Reviewing is done by New page patrollers. Brand new articles aren't allowed to be indexed by search engines, until someone reviews it and finds it acceptable (e.g. not spam, not in a different language, is notable). Since this has now been reviewed, it is available as a google search result. Nice work, btw. Please categorize the article when you can. I'll add a tag to the article to remind you (or anyone else) to fix this problem. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)- Okay, thank you! When I get on my computer again I'll try to categorize it. Gankbank789 (talk) 04:21, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Cabinets established in 2024
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A tag has been placed on Category:Cabinets established in 2024 indicating that it is currently empty, 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 it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 14:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-02
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
- mediawiki2latex is a tool that converts wiki content into the formats of LaTeX, PDF, ODT, and EPUB. The code now runs many times faster due to recent improvements. There is also an optional Docker container you can install on your local machine.
The way that Random pages are selected has been updated. This will slowly reduce the problem of some pages having a lower chance of appearing. [25]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 January. It will be on all wikis from 11 January (calendar). [26][27]
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Cabinets established in 2024
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A tag has been placed on Category:Cabinets established in 2024 indicating that it is currently empty, 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 it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 08:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
Question from YourLvx (17:26, 9 January 2024)
Hi, can I ask you how I can create a new page on Wikipedia?? --YourLvx (talk) 17:26, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
- @YourLvx: Welcome to Wikipedia. Looking at your contributions, it looks like you want to create an article for an artist called Mandy Rose. I've moved your contributions to your sandbox. Please find some reliable sources that talk about Mandy in-depth and add them to the sandbox. We can continue on from there. I've messaged your talk page with a bunch of links. Read through them when you get the time. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:26, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
NPP Awards for 2023
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The New Page Reviewer's Silver Award | |
For over 2,000 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:54, 10 January 2024 (UTC) |
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Redirect Ninja Award | |
For all your hard work in 2023! Thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 03:10, 10 January 2024 (UTC) |
Question from C.Dubois.Olmsted (01:14, 11 January 2024)
I am Coert Dubois Olmsted, the only son of Frederick Olmsted which is the complete and only name of the individual described in the wiki page for "Frederick E. Olmsted Jr". I have official copies of CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH for myself and my father from the STATE OF CALIFORNIA CERTIFICATION OF VITAL RECORD COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
I attempted to edit said wiki page but was rejected as a suspect vandal. How should I proceed in order to correct this crucial error in the wiki page. Sincerely not a vandal, Coert Olmsted (907) 888-8166 --C.Dubois.Olmsted (talk) 01:14, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- @C.Dubois.Olmstead: I'll assume that you are talking about the Frederick E. Olmsted Jr. article here.
I attempted to edit said wiki page but was rejected as a suspect vandal
When? I don't see any such attempts on the history of that article in the past 12 months.How should I proceed in order to correct this crucial error in the wiki page
I tried to search for the word "Erskine" in all the references provided in the article. The only hit was to the subject's father's name. I have started a discussion on the relevant talk page. Please click "subscribe" on that discussion to be informed of any replies. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:24, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
A Barnstar for you! (Hope I do this right!)
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The New Page Patroller's Barnstar | |
It's always a sight for sore eyes to see you in my watchlist! Thanks for your contributions! |
This was my first barnstar, so i hope i did this right! ~eticangaaa (talk) 07:59, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hehe, thanks. BTW, now i'm curious: what sort of stuff is on your watchlist? No need of specific articles just the general subject/geography. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Never mind. Figured it out. Turkish politicians seems to be the intersection of our Venn diagrams. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:03, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- heh yeah i just watchlist a lot of stuff relating to Turkey, less crucial politicians are one of them, i guess :p ~eticangaaa (talk) 09:05, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Never mind. Figured it out. Turkish politicians seems to be the intersection of our Venn diagrams. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:03, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
Question from OlalekanA (11:42, 11 January 2024)
I, how can I submit an article? --OlalekanA (talk) 11:42, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- WP:AFC should help! ~eticangaaa (talk) 13:48, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- @OlalekanA: Welcome to Wikipedia. If you already have a topic in mind, first check to see if it exists already. If it doesn't, then WP:AFC is the right place to start, as said by eticangaaa above. If you just want to figure out how editing on Wikipedia works, then I've left you a list of links on your talk page. I suggest that you start with WP:TWA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:31, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 10 January 2024
- From the editor: NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!
- Special report: Public Domain Day 2024
- Technology report: Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit
- News and notes: In other news ... see ya in court!
- WikiProject report: WikiProjects Israel and Palestine
- Obituary: Anthony Bradbury
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023
- Comix: Conflict resolution
Need help for extracting wiki tables
Hi MPGuy2824 i need your help for extracting tables from wikipedia check this link. When i try to pull the data. the output like
1 | Akkalkuwa (ST) | Adv. K. C. Padavi | Indian National Congress |
But i want like below
1 | [[Akkalkuwa Assembly constituency|Akkalkuwa]] (ST) | Adv. [[Kagda Chandya Padvi|K. C. Padavi]] | [[Indian National Congress]] |
Note: Whatever data have Wikipedia pages and this tag "[[ ]]"
i was tried these tools
IJohnKennady (talk) 05:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- Can I ask what you are planning to do? Maybe there is another way to do that without encountering this issue. In any case, can you try copying the table to your sandbox, and then using the visual editor to remove the columns that you aren't interested in? -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:10, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- No, I just wants to copy and save in my Desktop IJohnKennady (talk) 07:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- I can only think about messy ways of doing this using the tag. Kinda like what you've done in the second table in this discussion. You can use the search-and-replace function of your favourite text editor to add the nowiki tags. Hope that helps. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:23, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- MPGuy2824 Find and replace its very difficult, for e-g the code have rowspan, br, colspan, bgcolors etc., IJohnKennady (talk) 05:27, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- I can only think about messy ways of doing this using the tag. Kinda like what you've done in the second table in this discussion. You can use the search-and-replace function of your favourite text editor to add the nowiki tags. Hope that helps. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:23, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
- No, I just wants to copy and save in my Desktop IJohnKennady (talk) 07:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-03
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
Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. [28]
Gadgets and personal user scripts may now use JavaScript syntax introduced in ES6 (also known as "ES2015") and ES7 ("ES2016"). MediaWiki validates the source code to protect other site functionality from syntax errors, and to ensure scripts are valid in all supported browsers. Previously, Gadgets could use the
requiresES6
option. This option is no longer needed and will be removed in the future. [29]Bot passwords and owner-only OAuth consumers can now be restricted to allow editing only specific pages. [30]
- You can now thank edits made by bots. [31]
- An update on the status of the Community Wishlist Survey for 2024 has been published. Please read and give your feedback.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 January. It will be on all wikis from 18 January (calendar). [32][33]
- Starting on January 17, it will not be possible to login to Wikimedia wikis from some specific old versions of the Chrome browser (versions 51–66, released between 2016 and 2018). Additionally, users of iOS 12, or Safari on Mac OS 10.14, may need to login to each wiki separately. [34]
The
jquery.cookie
module was deprecated and replaced with themediawiki.cookie
module last year. A script has now been run to replace any remaining uses, and this week the temporary alias will be removed. [35]
Future changes
- Wikimedia Deutschland is working to make reusing references easier. They are looking for people who are interested in participating in individual video calls for user research in January and February.
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Question from Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez on Monetary base (02:42, 20 January 2024)
Hl ¿como puedo monetizar mis videos de YouTube ? --Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez (talk) 02:43, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez: Hi! I have no experience with monetizing YouTube videos, but this seems to be a relevant link to start from. I've also left you a message on your talk page. Happy editing!-MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
Entertainment
Akomolafe Gbenga Adedayo know as Gmoney Nation Gmoney Splash Music (talk) 08:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
CS1 error on IEEE Medal of Honor
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CS1 error on IEEE Medal of Honor
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