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Draft:Cury C Of E Primary School concern

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How to add an article. Give me some guidance.

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Hi! Samtar. How are You? Actually I want to know how to write an article of a person in wikipedia. I am new in the wikipedia and I didn't used wikipedia ever. So, please help me to write an article on Fagu Singh. I just want that everyone can see my article when they search Fagu Singh they find my article easily. Hope you understand what I am saying. Fagu Singh (talk) 05:14, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker)@Fagu Singh: Are you the person you want to write an article about? If so, it is highly recommended not to write an autobiography. If you insist on it, then you should read the notability guidelines for people. If the person is notable, proceed to your first article and finally the article wizard. Dat GuyTalkContribs 06:32, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikidata weekly summary #198

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A barnstar for you!

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Thank you! - moved

Well

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Fuck. [1] Lost spirit... not really fun any more. :-(. Dat GuyTalkContribs 11:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well it's a real shame to see that DatGuy, but I honestly wouldn't base your time here entirely off of having AWB. Frankly, you're doing a great job without it (and you've almost caught me up in edits!). I know it can be disappointing setting your sights on something and having a set back, but that's all this is - a temporary set back. How about finding something new to sink some time into for a little while? -- samtar talk or stalk 20:20, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2016-09

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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.

Recent changes

  • Thanks to the Graph extension and Pageview API, we now have {{Graph:PageViews}} templates that can show pageviews for any wiki page for any of the wikis. See the examples.
  • The Capiunto extension is installed on test wiki. Capiunto provides flexible infobox functionality for Scribunto and generates HTML for infobox features such as headers and rows. It is designed for clean and modern infoboxes that are driven by data from Wikidata, easily usable across different language versions, and easily extensible.
  • The visual editor now follows the TemplateData format setting announced in November. When you edit or add a use of a template, the wikitext will be laid out in one of the two ways. [2][3]
  • The order of parameters and format defined in a template's TemplateData will be now respected. [4][5]

Changes this week

  • On wikis where the visual editor is available in single edit tab mode, red links may open the visual editor instead of the wikitext editor, depending on user preferences. [6]
  • Anonymous editor warning is now displayed as a warningbox for consistency in both the visual editor and the wikitext editor. [7]
  • Parsoid has been updated to fit some HTML 5 specifications. [8]

Meetings

  • Resigning executive director Lila Tretikov is taking questions at Knowledge Engine FAQ regarding the much talked about project. [9]
  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Swiftsure-class_submarine

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I have nothing to discuss , you can verify that Resolution 2065 resolution of the United Nations General Assembly , the two countries , the UK and Argentina are urged to negotiate conflict And you can also note that in the http://es.wiki.x.io/wiki/Islas_Malvinas article, referred to the islands as the Malvinas / Falklands, being so, a fair option. But his attitude amend Article http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Swiftsure-class_submarine and not allow put Falklands / Malvinas is clearly an arbitrary attitude to the position of England, leaving no chance to any reader see the same, that the islands are in dispute, and that takes you party as the listing owner and there is no way that visitors know that the islands can be called Falklands / Malvinas at the same time — Preceding unsigned comment added by Remsvangsten (talk • contribs) 22:48, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 02 March 2016

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Wiki Loves Nigeria Writing Contest

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Hi Sam,

Thanks for all your contributions to Wikipedia. I will be glad if you can serve in the Jury for Wiki Loves Nigeria Writing Contest. Please, let me know what you think. Thanks. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 13:49, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikicology: I'd happily consider it - what would I need to do? -- samtar talk or stalk 16:17, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oh...Thanks for your willingness to help. There are more information here. Let me know if you require further information. Cheers. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 16:34, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2016-10

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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.

Recent changes

  • Files on Wikimedia Commons can now be 2 GB big. The old limit was 1 GB. [10]
  • Welcome notifications now have a different symbol. English Wikipedia already had this one. [11]
  • The Wikimedia memory cache servers in the Eqiad cluster have now been upgraded to Debian 8 (Jessie). Some users might have had to log in again because of this. [12]
  • It is now easier to categorize images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in the Commons Android app. [13]
  • Bare attributes in tags now parse according to the HTML5 specifications. <pages from= to= section=1> will parse as <pages from="to=" section="1"> instead of <pages from="" to="" section="1"> as it used to. Please use <pages from="" to="" section=1> or <pages section=1> instead. This is mostly likely to affect pages on Wikisource projects. [14]

Problems

  • Phabricator has been a bit unstable lately. This should be fixed now. [15]
  • The PageView API shows wrong data between 23 February and 29 February for pages with special characters in their title. [16]
  • The parsing change mentioned above caused a large number of pages to break, especially on Wikisource. [17]
  • You may see falsely formatted edit links on both mobile and desktop devices. Mobile devices can also show incorrect formatted table of contents. This should be fixed soon. [18]
  • Templates using TemplateData that were edited with the visual editor might have some problems in wikitext mode. This can be fixed by editing and saving the page by using the visual editor without making any changes. [19]

Changes this week

  • Cross-wiki notifications will be enabled as a beta feature on all wikis on 10 March. You will be able to get notifications when something happens on another Wikimedia wiki. [20]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March (calendar).
  • Wikivoyages will get the Kartographer extension. Kartographer will allow <mapframe> and <maplink> tags in an article to insert an interactive map and overlay it with different markers. You can add ideas and suggestions to the Maps talk page. If you find any bugs, you can report them in Phabricator. [21]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 8 March at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones. [22]
  • The Wikimedia technical operations team plans to do some server work on 22 March. This could cause some problems, for example make it possible to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a short period of time. The date for this might change. [23]

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20:24, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #199

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Please comment on Talk:Avoiding dangerous climate change

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Tech News: 2016-11

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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.

Recent changes

  • The mobile web interface no longer suggests HiDPI thumbnails. This is to take up less bandwidth on slow or expensive connections. [24]
  • The search engine on wikipedia.org has been updated. [25]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 22 March and 24 March. This could be postponed to April 18. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. Because of a test, there will also be a couple of minutes where you can't edit the wikis on 15 March starting 07:00 UTC. You can read more about the server work. There will be more notifications and updates about this.
  • Administrators and other users with advanced permissions will need to have an 8-byte long passwords. This change takes place on 15 March. Users with too short passwords will be asked to change password the next time they log in. This was decided in a discussion on Meta and is because they can use tools that can hurt the wikis. [26]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
  • The buttons in interfaces will be simplified. Instead of white, red, green and blue buttons, in future there will only be white, red and blue ones. [27]

Meetings

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18:37, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

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Adoption

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Hello samtar! I'm a relatively new editor around here nearing about 1000 edits. I've mastered the basic skills but would like to learn more about policies, AfC/AfD and the like.

Adoptee information
Subject interests History, current events, video games, internet culture
Interest in maintenance tasks Yes

Let me know if you are willing to adopt me. Alcherin (talk) 21:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alcherin! You couldn't have asked at a more perfect time - I'd be happy to adopt you Having adopted a couple of people in the past, we can either take a slightly "formal" approach where I can set lessons and tasks (relating to your interests and what you'd like to 'get out' of Wikipedia) or a more informal approach where I make myself available for questions and the such - what do you think? -- samtar talk or stalk 21:54, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Let's go with the informal approach for now. Thanks for adopting me! Alcherin (talk) 22:07, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome! No worries - I'm GMT so feel free to ask anything, anytime -- samtar talk or stalk 22:10, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
So do I ask questions here or on somewhere else, like my talk page? Alcherin (talk) 22:44, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wherever you'd like - just remember to ping me by using {{ping}} if you're not asking a question on my talk page You can also email me -- samtar talk or stalk 22:47, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Phabricator Task-T120478 Page Contributors

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Hello,

I am planning to do my GSoC 2016 with Mediawiki Community. I recently came across the project -List Of Contributors in the phabricator task -http://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120738 . I found it to be very interesting and would like to work on it for my GSoC this year. I also came across the project Page contributor at phab task http://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120478 for which you have agreed to mentor. I had certain doubts regarding the project. Like the following

1.Is it possible to merge both the project Page Contributors and List of Contributors together as both the project aims at similar functionality.

2.I also came across an extension named Contribution Credits. I found its function to be very similar to what is being proposed in both the projects. How is the extension different from these proposed projects.

Sorry if my doubts come off as silly. I am new to the community and trying to learn at every step.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devikrishnan (talk • contribs) 12:57, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Devikrishnan:! Thanks for your interest in the task - I'm currently in discussion with some other mentors and the GSoC co-coordinator regarding merging these tasks, as I believe they are all attempting to achieve the same goal -- samtar talk or stalk 13:26, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I tried to contact you via IRC , but couldn't find you in any of the wikimedia channels.I had also sent you an email. So can you suggest a way for me to contact ,so that I can discuss some details regarding the project?Devikrishnan (talk) 14:19, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

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Thank you for your support Hmemberguy (talk) 11:29, 13 March 2016 (UTC)Hmemberguy[reply]

Hmemberguy (talk) 11:28, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

21ST EMPIRE AWARDS

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Can you make new page about 21st Empire Awards?

IreneTandry (talk) 03:36, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #200

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Please comment on Talk:Deepak Chopra

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The Signpost: 16 March 2016

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Wikidata weekly summary #201

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Tech News: 2016-12

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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.

Problems

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. The Wikimedia Technology department planned to test it this week. This will take place the week of April 18 instead. You can read more about the server work. There will be more notifications and updates about this.
  • In Firefox, the visual editor would sometimes just jump down to the bottom of the page when you double-clicked on a table cell. This has now been fixed. [28]

Changes this week

  • It will now be easier to list IP addresses that don't have to solve CAPTCHAs. [29]
  • You will now be able to mark Echo notifications as unread. [30]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 March at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • URLs in the recent changes IRC feed will no longer be rewritten to unencrypted HTTP. This could be a breaking change for bots dependent on the IRC feed. This will happen on May 2. [31]

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Talkback

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The Signpost: 23 March 2016

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Wikidata weekly summary #202

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Tech News: 2016-13

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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.

Recent changes

Problems

  • Adding references with Citoid was broken for approximately 6 hours on 24 March. This was fixed. [34]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
  • You will be able to remove the header and footer style from User language (babel) boxes. This will make it easier to use them with other userboxes. [35]

Meetings

Future changes

  • Commons will soon have improved access to Wikidata's data. It will then be possible to access data about any concept on any page on Commons. Assistance with testing this on the beta cluster is appreciated. [36]
  • Wikibits.js will not be loaded by default anymore starting April 2016. Gadget and script authors should have already updated their code since the previous announcements, but there is another migration path available if needed. See wikitech-l for details.

Corrections

  • Last week Tech News said the new MediaWiki version would come to wikis from 21 March to 23 March. The right dates were 22 March to 24 March.

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The Signpost: 1 April 2016

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Tech News: 2016-14

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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.

Recent changes

  • You can filter Special:Log in more detail. [37]
  • Wikimedia wikis have a new way of counting visitors. [38]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 6. It will be on all wikis from April 7 (calendar).

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Wikidata weekly summary #203

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Your draft article, Draft:Cury C Of E Primary School

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Hello, Samtar. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Cury C Of E Primary School".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Onel5969 TT me 12:35, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:MDMA

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Do you want one Edit tab, or two? It's your choice

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How to switch between editing environments
Part of the toolbar in the visual editor
Click the [[ ]] to switch to the wikitext editor.
Part of the toolbar in the wikitext editor
Click the pencil icon to switch to the visual editor.

The editing interface will be changed soon. When that happens, editors who currently see two editing tabs – "Edit" and "Edit source" – will start seeing one edit tab instead. The single edit tab has been popular at other Wikipedias. When this is deployed here, you may be offered the opportunity to choose your preferred appearance and behavior the next time you click the Edit button. You will also be able to change your settings in the Editing section of Special:Preferences.

You can choose one or two edit tabs. If you chose one edit tab, then you can switch between the two editing environments by clicking the buttons in the toolbar (shown in the screenshots). See Help:VisualEditor/User guide#Switching between the visual and wikitext editors for more information and screenshots.

There is more information about this interface change at mw:VisualEditor/Single edit tab. If you have questions, suggestions, or problems to report, then please leave a note at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback.

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Tech News: 2016-15

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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.

Recent changes

  • The visual editor can generate wikicode with image options in your language. Examples of image options are "thumb" or "left". You can ask to change to options in your language in Phabricator. [39][40]
  • Wiktionaries and Wikisources can now use the visual editor. It is an opt-in beta feature. It still needs development to work better with these projects. [41][42]
  • ORES is using new models. Tools that use ORES' predictions can behave strangely. ORES also has a new API. [43]
  • The visual editor now supports classical Greek characters. [44]

Problems

  • There was a bug when you used keyboard arrows in templates in the visual editor. This has now been fixed. [45]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April (calendar).
  • The wikipedia.org portal will get many small bug fixes and improvements. Most will be for the search box and suggested results that were added in March. [46]

Meetings

Future changes

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes. [47]

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Wikidata weekly summary #204

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DRN help needed and volunteer roll call

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First, assistance is needed at DRN. We have recently closed a number of cases without any services being provided for lack of a volunteer willing to take the case. There are at least three cases awaiting a volunteer at this moment. Please consider taking one.

Second, this is a volunteer roll call. If you remain interested in helping at DRN and are willing to actively do so by taking at least one case (and seeing it through) or helping with administrative matters at least once per calendar month, please add your name to this roll call list. Individuals currently on the principal volunteer list who do not add their name on the roll call list will be removed from the principal volunteer list after June 30, 2016 unless the DRN Coordinator chooses to retain their name for the best interest of DRN or the encyclopedia. Individuals whose names are removed after June 30, 2016, should feel free to re-add their names to the principal volunteer list, but are respectfully requested not to do so unless they are willing to take part at DRN at least one time per month as noted above. No one is going to be monitoring to see if you live up to that commitment, but we respectfully ask that you either live up to it or remove your name from the principal volunteer list.

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The Signpost: 14 April 2016

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Wikidata weekly summary #205

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Tech News: 2016-16

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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.

Recent changes

  • You can filter Special:Log in more detail. You can filter different imports and new users. [48][49]
  • You can use Telnet to read Wikimedia wikis. [50]
  • MediaWiki wikis can handle bigger file uploads. The new limit is 4 GB. [51]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia has a new backup data center in Dallas. Because of planned work on this, you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for a short period of time on both 19 April and 21 April. This will start at 14:00 UTC and last for 15 to 30 minutes. [52]
  • There is no new Mediawiki version this week. This is because of the data center test.

Meetings

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Editor of the Week : nominations needed!

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The Editor of the Week initiative has been recognizing editors since 2013 for their hard work and dedication. Editing Wikipedia can be disheartening and tedious at times; the weekly Editor of the Week award lets its recipients know that their positive behaviour and collaborative spirit is appreciated. The response from the honorees has been enthusiastic and thankful.

The list of nominees is running short, and so new nominations are needed for consideration. Have you come across someone in your editing circle who deserves a pat on the back for improving article prose regularly, making it easier to understand? Or perhaps someone has stepped in to mediate a contentious dispute, and did an excellent job. Do you know someone who hasn't received many accolades and is deserving of greater renown? Is there an editor who does lots of little tasks well, such as cleaning up citations?

Please help us thank editors who display sustained patterns of excellence, working tirelessly in the background out of the spotlight, by submitting your nomination for Editor of the Week today!

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Tech News: 2016-17

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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.

Problems

  • Wikimedia tested a new data center last week. This meant that the wikis could be read but not edited for 45 minutes on April 19 and for 20 minutes on April 21. [53]
  • When the data center was tested, new edits were not shown in the recent changes log for 20 minutes. They are in the logs now. You can read more about how to find the edits.
  • Unread notifications were sometimes counted incorrectly. This has now been fixed. [54]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia Commons will have better access to Wikidata. They can use data from any page on Wikidata on any page on Commons. This will happen on April 26. [55]
  • It will be easier to choose if you want to watch files you have uploaded with the upload wizard. [56]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 26. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 27. It will be on all wikis from April 28 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on April 26 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • The "Save page" button when you edit will be called "Publish" instead. This is to help new editors understand what it does. It already works like this on some wikis. [57]

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Wikidata weekly summary #206

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

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Please comment on Talk:Schulze method

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The Signpost: 24 April 2016

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Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd Article

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Dear Samtar,

I hope this message finds you well!

Regarding the major changes that I tried to submit earlier, Actually I followed all your notes and checked all the reliable resources that are quoted on this article and I think now everything is OK. So I hope that all my major changes in this article will be published.

I did not submit my changes yet, and I will wait for your confirmation before doing that so that you can review it and let me know if there will be any changes.

Note: I want to mention that I represent Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University which authorized by Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd himself to do all the needed changes to his Wikipedia profile.

Thank you and looking forward to hear from you soon
Steefash (talk) 16:59, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 2 May 2016

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Please comment on Talk:Second law of thermodynamics

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Wikidata weekly summary #207

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Wikidata's coverage as of April 2016
Difference of Wikidata's coverage between April 2016 and 6 month before

Tech News: 2016-18

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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.

Recent changes

  • The visual editor now works when you use Internet Explorer 9. [58]

Problems

  • There was a security problem with the MobileFrontend extension. It showed information that had been oversighted. This has now been fixed. [59]

Changes this week

Meetings

Future changes

  • Pages could be added to new users' watchlists by default when they edit them. New users could also by default get email notifications when pages they watch are edited. This is discussed on Meta. [61]

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Juston Burris

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Yeah I realized that the name was wrong. Pmaster12 (talk) 18:18, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...

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...for the welcome (though I'm a returning user). Just wondering why the vandalism warning when I am in the process of nominating an article for deletion using normal procedure? --ForgotMyLoginAgain (talk) 17:48, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You AfD tagged Sarah Godsell without creating an AfD page. Please read WP:GD. -- samtar talk or stalk 17:51, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, I did it in the wrong order. It's been a while since I've been here. Nevermind, hopefully everything should be in order now. No harm was meant. --ForgotMyLoginAgain (talk) 17:53, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Looks much better! Apologies for my slightly hasty 'vandal' welcome, and have replaced it with something nicer - welcome back to Wikipedia! -- samtar talk or stalk 17:54, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Samtar. --ForgotMyLoginAgain (talk) 18:16, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Are you back?

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(~_~)? Dat GuyTalkContribs 22:25, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, I'm not not away - how're you DatGuy? -- samtar talk or stalk 07:30, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm fine, thanks :). Not very active however. Might change if I get Didier Drogba to GA status. Dat GuyTalkContribs 15:20, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:59, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Woop! -- samtar talk or stalk 19:04, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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