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Happy editing! Tarheel95 (Talk) 23:06, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

July 2020

Information icon Hello, I'm YoungForever. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Teenage Bounty Hunters, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — YoungForever(talk) 21:02, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

@YoungForever: Hello, I understand that IMDb is not a reliable source and will attempt to find a better reference however there is limited information on writers & directors for the show, that I can find. I will make sure that if I am to add future information, I will more thoroughly check facts, and will provide more suitable references in the future. Terasail[Talk] 21:28, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
If you can't find a reliable source, then do not add them until episodes have been released. — YoungForever(talk) 21:41, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

August 2020

Thanks for the response to the new photos. I think removing them is fair given the low quality. I would encourage the addition of high-quality images depicting the same offloading action, if you can include them. I'm fine either way. Jarrod Baniqued (talk) 19:53, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast (August 8)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by AngusWOOF were:
This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.
This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.
 The comment the reviewer left was:
Needs more external sources to review the podcast and cover it in detail. Do not cite the actual website/podcast as that is primary source.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:12, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
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August 2020

Information icon Hello, I'm YoungForever. I noticed that you recently removed content from Trinkets (TV series) without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. — YoungForever(talk) 23:27, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello YoungForever, I had not even realised that I had removed writers names from the season 1 table. I would have corrected it if I had noticed, I was only attempting to add the title names and writers for season 2 with the templates. I can add the season 2 table back again without editing the season 1 table? Thanks Terasail[Talk] 15:57, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
You have removed the directors of season 1 and replaced them with TBA which is disruptive editing. — YoungForever(talk) 18:13, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Common Berthing Mechanism

Your change to "slideshow" mode for the CBM galleries was positively brilliant! (Also, brilliantly positive.) Nicely done. Not fred999 (talk) 16:48, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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WikiProject Samsung Electronics

Hello, Terasail. I recently made a proposal to create Wikiproject Samsung Electronics and was hoping that you would like to be among the first to support it! I chose you as I noticed you were creating a draft for Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast, which is one of my favorite tech podcasts as well, and hoped that your love for tech would be valuable to the WikiProject if it were ever formed. If you would look over and put your name on this page, it would mean a lot to me! Thanks, EDG 543 (talk) 14:56, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

@EDG 543:, Thanks for the comment however I do not think I would join a WikiProject based on just a brand for a few reasons, as you pointed out in a reply to an oppose comment, there are WikiProjects like this but they are also tagged as semi-active. This is probably due to a limited scope which can become uninteresting after a while and only have a limited number of articles applicable. Instead you might wish to think about a WikiProject:Consumer Electronics for example or maybe make a taskforce in WikiProject:Technology on Samsung electronics. Thanks Terasail[Talk] 15:43, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Ok, thank you for your consideration. I will certainly think about changing this WikiProject into something broader or into a task force, as some have suggested. I really do appreciate your feedback! Thanks, EDG 543 (talk) 15:54, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Your Rollback rights request

Moved from here
@Eyebeller:The edit warning in August was a mistake that I made while editing an episode list two months ago. The edit minimum is just there so that your record can be checked over multiple edits to show if you are using tools correctly and following policies rather than, the higher the number the better chance you have at getting a user permission. That's my opinion anyway. Please move this to my talk page if you want to continue this, Thanks. Terasail[Talk] 14:49, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Terasail, moving the discussion here as requested. The edit count is also there to make sure that the user has a good record of counter-vandalism. People with 200 mainspace edits are still unlikely to be granted Rollback rights. Eyebeller (talk) 15:00, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Eyebeller, I am well aware of how the systems work. I don't have 200 edits so i'm not sure why you keep mentioning it since it doesn't apply to me, I might not have as many as some but its besides the point. I have enough to request and if an admin decides that I am not ready for the permission it is fine by me, I will continue to do my own thing. If you are to continue to comment on peoples requests then try to be more considerate as in my oppinion you came off as quite condescending by floating peoples edit warning record and edit count, as if it makes them less than others. And since this is just admins giving permissions and not a discussion page I don't particularly see the need in creating large message blocks such as with Ravenzing request. Terasail[Talk] 15:27, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Sorry that I came across condescendingly, however, I do think your edit count is too low - that is just my opinion. I have explained the reasons why I comment on other people requests (on Ravenzing's request). I did not intend to create a large message block. 15:32, 13 October 2020 (UTC) Eyebeller (talk) 15:32, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Eyebeller, I think we all understand that you didn’t intend to create a large message block on the RPERM page, because I’m confident that you didn’t intend for candidates to openly object to your drive-by commentary. Please remove the thread you started from my request as well. Thanks. Zing(Talk!) 16:10, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
I don't think it needs removing if it isn't continued any longer. Eyebeller (talk) 16:13, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Eyebeller, I would like to continue the discussion. Since you started the discussion, please move it to my talk page. Please move the entire thread, starting with your initial unsolicited comment. Thanks Zing(Talk!) 16:45, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
I have moved the discussion and will continue it providing you change your tone immediately. Thanks. Eyebeller (talk) 17:17, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi Terasail. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have temporarily enabled rollback on your account until 2020-11-15. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

  • Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
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October 2020

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-This user was blocked for the edits on KBS World (Japanese TV channel). Terasail[Talk] 21:19, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

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17:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Barnstar for you!

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For your excellent work in upgrading {{Service Awards}} to Lua, I happily award you this barnstar. Display it proudly! — Jkudlick ⚓ t ⚓ c ⚓ s 01:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Terasail[Talk] 10:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

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16:08, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

List of generic and genericized trademarks

Hi, I've redone my change to List of generic and genericized trademarks with citations. In an unexpected twist, the Durex trademark is owned in Australia by the condom manufacturer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rqb (talk • contribs) 21:07, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Query

Hi Terasail, was looking at the last opening paragraph on QAnon. I know that Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED, however I feel like having this in the opening: "Followers had also migrated to dedicated message boards such as EndChan and 8chan (now rebranded as "8kun"), where they organized to wage information warfare to influence the 2020 United States presidential election" will only send more people to kooky forums like 8kun. What do you think about excluding that from the opening paragraph? Thanks. Sxologist (talk) 02:59, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

@Sxologist: As long as you have a WP:RELIABLE source for your information, just either make note on the talk page and ask for feedback or just make the edit (WP:BOLD). I have no personal opinion or knowledge on what that article should contain. Thanks, Terasail[Talk] 09:10, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

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15:49, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast has been accepted

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15:35, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

The Queen's Gambit Title Card

You might want to know that I have updated the copyright status on one of your files (http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:TheQueensGambitCropped.png) from fair use to public domain. The title card depicted in the file is believed to be too simple for copyright protection in the United States (where this movie was believed to be published and where Netflix is based). This decision was based on precedent found on Wikimedia Commons such as http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Looney_Tunes_Show_title_card.png, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minniesyoohoo01.jpg, and http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Legendary_Title_Card.png. Let me know if you have any questions. ShyAlpaca482 (talk) 00:33, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi Terasail. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

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17:17, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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Top 25 template

Hi, I saw you made some edits to the Template:Top 25 report template and module, and I was hoping you could help with some updates? After the template merge, it's no longer possible to display both #1 appearances on the list and the total number of appearances. There's also the annual list of the top 50 viewed for the last 5 years, and it would be good to have parameters for that. Would it be possible to add parts in the module to allow for these parameters? So that the template can reflect: #1 appearances, all top 25 appearances, and annual top 50 appearances (retaining the automatic wikilinks for the weeks). Basically combining the functionality of the "second design" and the main template into one, and adding something like the main template for annual lists? I have an idea how it would work for the template, but I'm not that experienced at lua to make it work there. Kingsif (talk) 15:24, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

@Kingsif: There should not be any functionality difference after the merge, it is possible to add the functionality to the module. However I am not the best at lua and with the implementation difference between how the weeks are displayed in the two types of template, with the second design taking a wikilink, I do not really have the time to figure out how to add this currently. Maybe this should be listed on Template talk:Top 25 report. With the Top 50 appearances, it should probably be its own template since it would not make sense to have it as the Top 25 report. Thanks Terasail[✉] 10:30, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

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  • You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time. Some wikis already had this function. [24][25]

Changes later this week

  • Information from Wikidata that is used on a wiki page can be shown in recent changes and watchlists on a Wikimedia wiki. To see this you need to turn on showing Wikidata edits in your watchlist in the preferences. Changes to the Wikidata description in the language of a Wikimedia wiki will then be shown in recent changes and watchlists. This will not show edits to languages that are not relevant to your wiki. [26][27]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 December. It will be on all wikis from 10 December (calendar).

Future changes

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Tech News: 2020-51

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Recent changes

  • There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. It was released in India in September. It can now be downloaded in other countries too. [28]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all wikis from 17 December (calendar).

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21:33, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 19

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (December 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 19th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Open tasks

Pending requests Pending requests

Miscellaneous

As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, help is appreciated. Stay safe, and happy holidays! --DannyS712 (talk) 00:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-52

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

  • Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2021.

Recent changes

  • The {{citation needed}} template shows when a statement in a Wikipedia article needs a source. If you click on it when you edit with the visual editor there is a popup that explains this. Now it can also show the reason and when it was added. [29]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.

Future changes

  • You can propose and discuss what technical improvements should be done for geographic information. This could be coordinates, maps or other related things.
  • Some wikis use LanguageConverter to switch between writing systems or variants of a language. This can only be done for the entire page. There will be a <langconvert> tag that can convert a piece of text on a page. [30]
  • Oversighters and stewards can hide entries in Special:AbuseLog. They can soon hide multiple entries at once using checkboxes. This works like hiding normal edits. It will happen in early January. [31]

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20:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 December 2020

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Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year!

Terasail,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 00:19, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Thanks for getting The Downlink back up and running! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 20:07, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
@Balon Greyjoy: Thanks for this! I plan to keep making new issues for a while. Terasail[✉] 16:02, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-02

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

  • You can choose to be reminded when you have not added an edit summary. This can be done in your preferences. This could conflict with the CAPTCHA. This has now been fixed. [32]
  • You can link to specific log entries. You can get these links for example by clicking the timestamps in the log. Until now, such links to private log entries showed no entry even if you had permission to view private log entries. The links now show the entry. [33]
  • Admins can use the abuse filter tool to automatically prevent bad edits. Three changes happened last week:
    • The filter editing interface now shows syntax errors while you type. This is similar to JavaScript pages. It also shows a warning for regular expressions that match the empty string. New warnings will be added later. [34]
    • Oversighters can now hide multiple filter log entries at once using checkboxes on Special:AbuseLog. This is how the usual revision deletion works. [35]
    • When a filter matches too many actions after it has been changed it is "throttled". The most powerful actions are disabled. This is to avoid many editors getting blocked when an administrator made a mistake. The administrator will now get a notification about this "throttle".
  • Advanced item There is a new tool to build new skins. You can also see existing skins. You can give feedback. [36]
  • Advanced item Bots using the API no longer watch pages automatically based on account preferences. Setting the watchlist to watch will still work. This is to reduce the size of the watchlist data in the database. [37]
  • Advanced item Scribunto's file metadata now includes length. [38]
  • Advanced item CSS and JavaScript code pages now have link anchors to line numbers. You can use wikilinks like w:en:MediaWiki:Common.js#L-50. [39]
  • Recurrent item There was a new version of MediaWiki last week. You can read a detailed log of all 763 changes. Most of them are very small and will not affect you.

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 January. It will be on all wikis from 14 January (calendar).

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15:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

I don't disagree with adding the Netflix link, its just that it too soon, as the show hasn't premiered yet. I hope it does premiere soon, because then there will be more articles and the page can be improved. Historyday01 (talk) 02:19, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Historyday01: Yeah, I was going through all listed shows on {{Netflix original upcoming series}} and adding the series link where it was missing. I personally see it a different way, where the Netflix link is useful even if the show has not premiered, users may wish to have the link for an easy way to find the show and add a reminder themselves. However I am not aware of any MOS on this so the main editors of the article should decide this, I was almost auto adding the links and should have considered the comment tags there. Terasail[✉] 17:43, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
Ok, that makes sense. Historyday01 (talk) 18:10, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:Files that will be featured on The Downlink requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 16:35, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Crew Dragon C205 has been accepted

Crew Dragon C205, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. This is a great rating for a new article, and places it among the top 21% of accepted submissions — kudos to you! You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Tech News: 2021-03

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Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 January. It will be on all wikis from 21 January (calendar).

Future changes

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Tech News: 2021-04

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

Changes later this week

  • Bracket matching will be added to the CodeMirror syntax highlighter on the first wikis. The first wikis are German and Catalan Wikipedia and maybe other Wikimedia wikis. This will happen on 27 January. [43]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 January. It will be on all wikis from 28 January (calendar).

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The Signpost: 31 January 2021

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Tech News: 2021-05

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

Changes later this week

  • You can soon use Wikidata to link to pages on the multilingual Wikisource. [45]
  • Often editors use a "non-breaking space" to make a gap between two items when reading but still show them together. This can be used to avoid a line break. You will now be able to add new ones via the special character tool in the 2010, 2017, and visual editors. The character will be shown in the visual editor as a space with a grey background. [46][47]
  • Advanced item Wikis use abuse filters to stop bad edits being made. Filter maintainers can now use syntax like 1.2.3.4 - 1.2.3.55 as well as the 1.2.3.4/27 syntax for IP ranges. [48]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 February. It will be on all wikis from 4 February (calendar).

Future changes

  • Minerva is the skin Wikimedia wikis use for mobile traffic. When a page is protected and you can't edit it you can normally read the source wikicode. This doesn't work on Minerva on mobile devices. This is being fixed. Some text might overlap. This is because your community needs to update MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext to work on mobile. You can read more. [49][50]
  • Advanced item Cloud VPS and Toolforge will change the IP address they use to contact the wikis. The new IP address will be 185.15.56.1. This will happen on February 8. You can read more.

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22:38, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 20

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (January 2021).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 20th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Open tasks

  • As a reminder, the legacy javascript globals (like accessing wgPageName without first assigning it a value or using mw.config.get('wgPageName') instead) are deprecated. If your user scripts make use of the globals, please update them to use mw.config instead. Some global interface editors or local interface administrators may edit your user script to make these changes if you don't. See phab:T72470 for more.

Miscellaneous

  • For people interested in creating user scripts or gadgets using TypeScript, a types-mediawiki package (GitHub, NPM) is now available that provides type definitions for the MediaWiki JS interface and the API.
  • A GitHub organization has been created for hosting codebases of gadgets. Users who maintain gadgets using GitHub may choose to move their repos to this organization, to ensure continued maintenance by others even if the original maintainer becomes inactive.

Pending requests Pending requests

As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, including nominating a featured script, help is appreciated. Stay safe, and happy new year! --DannyS712 (talk) 01:17, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-06

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

Changes later this week

  • You can see edits to chosen pages on Special:Watchlist. You can add pages to your watchlist on every wiki you like. The GlobalWatchlist extension will come to Meta on 11 February. There you can see entries on watched pages on different wikis on the same page. The new watchlist will be found on Special:GlobalWatchlist on Meta. You can choose which wikis to watch and other preferences on Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings on Meta. You can watch up to five wikis. [52]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 February. It will be on all wikis from 11 February (calendar).

Future changes

  • When admins protect pages the form will use the OOUI look. Special:Import will also get the new look. This will make them easier to use on mobile phones. [53][54]
  • Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance. [55]
  • Advanced item Last week Tech News reported that the IP address Cloud VPS and Toolforge use to contact the wikis will change on 8 February. This is delayed. It will happen later instead. [56]

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Tech News: 2021-07

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

  • There were problems with recent versions of MediaWiki. Because the updates caused problems the developers rolled back to an earlier version. Some updates and new functions will come later than planned. [57][58]
  • Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance. [59]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 February. It will be on all wikis from 18 February (calendar).

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17:54, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Edit requests

Hi, I saw your comment you made a while ago on Category talk:Requested edits about the newly created usescript. I'm not sure if you have heard of Wikipedia:WikiProject Edit requests, but I thought you might be interested in joining. Thanks, P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 17:25, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-08

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 will now use MediaSearch to find images. You can search for images on Commons in the visual editor when you are looking for illustrations. This is to help editors find better images. [60]
  • Advanced item The syntax highlighter now works with more languages: Futhark, Graphviz/DOT, CDDL and AMDGPU. [61]

Problems

  • Editing a timeline might have removed all text from it. This was because of a bug and has been fixed. You might need to edit the timeline again for it to show properly. [62]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 February. It will be on all wikis from 25 February (calendar).

Future changes

  • Advanced item There is a user group for developers and users interested in working on Wikimedia wikis with the Rust programming language. You can join or tell others who want to make your wiki better in the future.

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Module:SelectServiceAward

@Terasail:, I was using the Service Award Template, and it seems to be not functioning properly. Specifically if we set |noinc=yes, then the ribbon changes to always be . I dug into it a little bit, and I think the problem is with the while loop you added to Module:SelectServiceAward. See below for a rundown of the bug I am seeing.

Code evaluation
start line = 30, noincremental = "yes", numpos = 1
Line numpos value counter value Notes
30 1 - Enter if statement
31 1 20 Set initial counter value
32 1 20 Enter while loop since counter >= 4
33 1 20 Enter if statement since numpos <= counter
34 17 20 Math
35 17 20 Exit if statement
36 17 16 Math
37 17 16 Return to beginning of while loop
32 17 16 Enter while loop since counter >= 4
33 17 16 Do not enter if statement since numpos > counter
35 17 16 Exit if statement
36 17 12 Math
37 17 12 Return to beginning of while loop
32 17 12 Enter while loop since counter >= 4
33 17 12 Do not enter if statement since numpos > counter
35 17 12 Exit if statement
36 17 8 Math
37 17 8 Return to beginning of while loop
32 17 8 Enter while loop since counter >= 4
33 17 8 Do not enter if statement since numpos > counter
35 17 8 Exit if statement
36 17 4 Math
37 17 4 Return to beginning of while loop
32 17 4 Enter while loop since counter >= 4
33 17 4 Do not enter if statement since numpos > counter
35 17 4 Exit if statement
36 17 0 Math
37 17 0 Return to beginning of while loop
32 17 0 Do not enter while loop since counter < 4
37 17 0 Exit while loop
38 17 0 Exit if statement
39 17 0 return numpos=17
The returned value should be 1
Any value of numpos<=20 will return 17

I think I have a fix for the bug (see below), but I am not an expert at wikicoding. Would you be willing to either test this or help me learn how to test this so that we can fix this bug? 

	if noincremental == "yes" and numpos > 0 and numpos <= 20 then
		local counter = math.floor( ( numpos - 1 ) / 4 )
		numpos = ( 4 * counter ) + 1
	end
	return (numpos)
end

return p

Brvhelios (talk) 07:05, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

@Brvhelios: The code you put here does work. I will explain how to check for yourself for the future, I have used this module for the examples below:
  • With templates/modules, create a sandbox version with the change, such as Module:SelectServiceAward/sandbox and modules also requre the template sandbox aswell: {{Service awards/sandbox}}
  • Test the change by editing a page with the template (Your userpage / sandbox) and change {{Service awards}} to {{Service awards/sandbox}} and click preview.
  • It will show the changes in action, you should be able to tell if the change works.
  • Another option is to use /testcases to check multiple small paramter changes against each other. Example: Template:Archives/testcases however this would not work well for topicons.
  • If the change works how expected implement them after following WP:TPECON.
However here I have tested and this is non controversial, so just copy over the sandbox to the module version & the change will be made. That way you will be given attribution for this change. Hope this helps Terasail[✉] 13:39, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
@Terasail: Thanks for all your help! I would have been much more nervous about making this change without it, especially you testing it yourself. I've made the change.
I noticed that |noinc= is missing from the documentation for the template, though. Since it was your work to add the functionality in the first place, do you want to add it there so that you get the attribution? Brvhelios (talk) 05:26, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-09

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

  • Wikis using the Growth team tools can now show the name of a newcomer's mentor anywhere through a magic word. This can be used for welcome messages or userboxes.
  • A new version of the VideoCutTool is now available. It enables cropping, trimming, audio disabling, and rotating video content. It is being created as part of the developer outreach programs.

Problems

  • There was a problem with the job queue. This meant some functions did not save changes and mass messages were delayed. This did not affect wiki edits. [63]
  • Some editors may not be logged in to their accounts automatically in the latest versions of Firefox and Safari. [64]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 March. It will be on all wikis from 4 March (calendar).

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Tech News: 2021-10

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

  • Section translation now works on Bengali Wikipedia. It helps mobile editors translate sections of articles. It will come to more wikis later. The first focus is active wikis with a smaller number of articles. You can test it and leave feedback.
  • Flagged revisions now give admins the review right. [65]
  • When someone links to a Wikipedia article on Twitter this will now show a preview of the article. [66]

Problems

  • Many graphs have JavaScript errors. Graph editors can check their graphs in their browser's developer console after editing. [67]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 March. It will be on all wikis from 11 March (calendar).
  • The New Discussion tool will soon be a new discussion tools beta feature for on most Wikipedias. The goal is to make it easier to start new discussions. [68]

Future changes

  • There will be a number of changes to make it easier to work with templates. Some will come to the first wikis in March. Other changes will come to the first wikis in June. This is both for those who use templates and those who create or maintain them. You can read more.
  • Reference Previews will become a default feature on some wikis on 17 March. They will share a setting with Page Previews. If you prefer the Reference Tooltips or Navigation-Popups gadget you can keep using them. If so Reference Previews won't be shown. [69][70]
  • New JavaScript-based functions will not work in Internet Explorer 11. This is because Internet Explorer is an old browser that doesn't work with how JavaScript is written today. Everything that works in Internet Explorer 11 today will continue working in Internet Explorer for now. You can read more.

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Tech News: 2021-11

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

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 March. It will be on all wikis from 18 March (calendar).

Future changes

  • You can add a newline or carriage return character to a custom signature if you use a template. There is a proposal to not allow them in the future. This is because they can cause formatting problems. [72][73]
  • You will be able to read but not edit 12 wikis for a short period of time on 23 March at 06:00 (UTC). This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.
  • Advanced item You can use Quarry for SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas. Cross-database JOINS will no longer work from 23 March. There will be a new field to specify the database to connect to. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech. PAWS and other ways to do SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas will be affected later. [74]

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Tech News: 2021-12

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

  • You will be able to read but not edit twelve wikis for a short period of time on 23 March at 06:00 (UTC). This can also affect password changes, logging in to new wikis, global renames and changing or confirming emails. This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 March. It will be on all wikis from 25 March (calendar).
  • Syntax highlighting colours will change to be easier to read. This will soon come to the first wikis. [75]

Future changes

  • Flagged revisions will no longer have multiple tags like "tone" or "depth". It will also only have one tier. This was changed because very few wikis used these features and they make the tool difficult to maintain. [76][77]
  • Advanced item Gadgets and user scripts can access variables about the current page in JavaScript. In 2015 this was moved from wg* to mw.config. wg* will soon no longer work. [78]

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The Signpost: 28 March 2021

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Tech News: 2021-13

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

  • Some very old web browsers don’t work well with the Wikimedia wikis. Some old code for browsers that used to be supported is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. [79]
  • Advanced item IRC recent changes feeds have been moved to a new server. Make sure all tools automatically reconnect to irc.wikimedia.org and not to the name of any specific server. Users should also consider switching to the more modern EventStreams. [80]

Problems

  • When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split. It might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. [81]
  • Some translatable pages on Meta could not be edited. This was because of a bug in the translation tool. The new MediaWiki version was delayed because of problems like this. [82][83]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 March. It will be on all wikis from 1 April (calendar).

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17:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

The Downlink The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
1 March 2021 — 31 March 2021

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Tech News: 2021-14

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Recent changes

  • Editors can collapse part of an article so you have to click on it to see it. When you click a link to a section inside collapsed content it will now expand to show the section. The browser will scroll down to the section. Previously such links didn't work unless you manually expanded the content first. [84]

Changes later this week

  • Advanced item The citoid API will use for example 2010-12-XX instead of 2010-12 for dates with a month but no days. This is because 2010-12 could be confused with 2010-2012 instead of December 2010. This is called level 1 instead of level 0 in the Extended Date/Time Format. [85]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 April. It will be on all wikis from 8 April (calendar).

Future changes

  • Advanced item PAWS can now connect to the new Wiki Replicas. Cross-database JOINS will no longer work from 28 April. There is a new way to connect to the databases. Until 28 April both ways to connect to the databases will work. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech.

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19:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Help!

I was banned from https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-en-help?nick=AmberYew60. I know there is also another channel to help with unblocking, but I was blocked there too! 64.121.103.144 (talk) 18:56, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

You are not currently blocked on wikipedia, I do not know about IRC unblocks. Terasail[✉] 18:57, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-16

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Recent changes

  • Email to the Wikimedia wikis are handled by groups of Wikimedia editors. These volunteer response teams now use Znuny instead of OTRS. The functions and interface remain the same. The volunteer administrators will give more details about the next steps soon. [86][87]
  • If you use syntax highlighting, you can see line numbers in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors when editing templates. This is to make it easier to see line breaks or talk about specific lines. Line numbers will soon come to all namespaces. [88][89][90]
  • Advanced item Because of a technical change there could be problems with gadgets and scripts that have an edit summary area that looks similar to this one. If they look strange they should use mw.loader.using('mediawiki.action.edit.styles') to go back to how they looked before. [91]
  • The latest version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis last week. There was no Tech News issue last week.

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

  • The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in two weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.

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16:48, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Barnstar for you

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your dedicated efforts in removing hundreds of deprecated books from templates, I feel you deserve some acknowledgement. It's quite a lot of work to take on! SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 22:15, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
@SNUGGUMS: Thanks, I appreciate it. What's 570(ish) navbox edits anyway... Only 1000 or so to go. Terasail[✉] 22:42, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
No problem at all :) SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 22:53, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-17

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Recent changes

  • Templates have parameters that can have specific values. It is possible to suggest values for editors with TemplateData. You can soon see them as a drop-down list in the visual editor. This is to help template users find the right values faster. [92][93][94]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 April. It will be on all wikis from 29 April (calendar).

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21:23, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello

The project is only edited by me and my adopter. We are trying to get the project active, and I decided to add the Downlink. Note: I am sending this from my IP account but I will now use my new account, User:StarshipSLS.64.121.103.144 (talk) 18:48, 30 April 2021 (UTC) (now StarshipSLS)

Ah, then that is ok. Just be aware that you added a user without them knowing and this should be avoided where possibe. Terasail[✉] 18:58, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
The Downlink The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
1 April 2021 — 30 April 2021
Volume 1 — Issue 7
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
In the News!
Article of the month.

Michael Collins was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was selected as part of NASA's third group of 14 astronauts in 1963 and flew in space twice.

Image of the month.

The unofficial flag of earth day which is made of the "Blue Marble" image taken onboard of the Apollo 17 spacecraft with a blue background.

Members

New Members:

Number of active members: 112.
Total number of members: 325.

April Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.

  1. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L23 (7th at 16:34:18) Success Success
  2. China Long March 4B – Shiyan 6-02 (8th at 23:01) Success Success
  3. Russia Crewed mission Soyuz-2.1a – MS-18 (9th at 07:42:40) Success Success
  4. United States Crewed mission Falcon 9 – Crew-2 (23rd at 22:14:08) Success Success
  5. Russia Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 6 (25th at 22:14:08) Success Success
  6. United States Delta IV Heavy – NROL-82 (26th at 20:47) Success Success
  7. China Long March 6 – Qilu 1 & Qilu 4 (27th at 03:20) Success Success
  8. European Union Vega – Pléiades Neo 3 (29th at 01:50:00) Success Success
  9. China Long March 6 – Tianhe 1 (29th at 03:23:15) Success Success
  10. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L24 (29rd at 03:44) Success Success
  11. China Long March 6 – Yaogan 34 (27th at 03:20) Success Success

May Launches
Launch dates can change. See a current list: here.

  • Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L25
  • GSLV Mk.2 – GISAT 1
  • Long March 7 – Tianzhou 2
  • Atlas 5 – SBIRS GEO Flight 5
  • Soyuz – OneWeb 7
 Article Statistics
This data reflects values from the 30 April 2021.
Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 7 18 4 7 36
FL 4 4 8
FM 97 97
GA 11 22 35 53 121
B 1 49 37 48 135
C 56 160 534 489 11 1,250
Start 37 158 1,115 2,235 373 3,918
Stub 7 244 2,191 226 2,668
List 14 130 79 211 1 435
Category 1,033 1,033
Disambig 48 48
File 202 202
Portal 55 55
Project 57 57
Redirect 1,131 1,131
Template 495 495
Other 38 38
Assessed 126 544 2,052 5,238 3,162 611 11,733
Unassessed 56 56
Total 126 544 2,052 5,238 3,162 667 11,789
Monthly Changes

Since March, 39 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. There is 1 less GA-class, with 3 more files, 4 more B-class, 6 more C-class, 7 more start-class and 5 new stub-class articles.

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Newsletter contributors: Balon Greyjoy and Terasail

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:51, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-18

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

  • The content translation tool did not work for many articles for a little while. This was because of a bug. [95]
  • Some things will not work for about a minute on 5 May. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This will affect the content translation tool and notifications among other things. This is because of an upgrade to avoid crashes. [96]

Changes later this week

  • Reference Previews will become a default feature on a number of wikis on 5 May. This is later than planned because of some changes. You can use it without using Page Previews if you want to. The earlier plan was to have the preference to use both or none. [97][98]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 May. It will be on all wikis from 6 May (calendar).

Future changes

  • Advanced item The CSS classes .error, .warning and .success do not work for mobile readers if they have not been specifically defined on your wiki. From June they will not work for desktop readers. This can affect gadgets and templates. The classes can be defined in MediaWiki:Common.css or template styles instead. [99]

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Tech News: 2021-19

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

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 May. It will be on all wikis from 13 May (calendar).

Future changes

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15:09, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-20

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

Changes later this week

  • Advanced item MediaWiki:Pageimages-blacklist will be renamed MediaWiki:Pageimages-denylist. The list can be copied to the new name. It will happen on 19 May for some wikis and 20 May for some wikis. Most wikis don't use it. It lists images that should never be used as thumbnails for articles. [106]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 May. It will be on all wikis from 20 May (calendar).

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13:48, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-21

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Recent changes

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 May. It will be on all wikis from 27 May (calendar).

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17:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-22

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Problems

  • There was an issue on the Vector skin with the text size of categories and notices under the page title. It was fixed last Monday. [107]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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17:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

The Downlink The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
1 May 2021 — 31 May 2021
Volume 1 — Issue 8
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
In the News!
  • The Crew of SpaceX Crew-1 had a successful splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on 2nd May at 06:56:33 UTC. After they launched in November 2020 and had spent 167 days in space.
  • A LongMarch 5B rocket had an uncontrolled re-entery into the atmosphere on 4th May. With any debris being reported to have landed in the Indian Ocean.
  • One of Rocket Labs Electron rockets expierienced a launch malfunction 2:30 into launch causing the mission to result in failure.
  • Images have been released after the landing of Zhurong rover on Mars on 14th May.

Featured Content

Article of the month.

Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".

Image of the month.

Astronaut Clayton Anderson wis shown as a water bubble floats in the middeck of space shuttle Discovery during the STS-131 mission.

Members

New Members:

Number of active members: 116. Total number of members: 329.

May Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.

  1. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L25 (4th at 19:01:07) Success Success
  2. China Long March 2C – Yaogan 30-08 (6th at 18:11) Success Success
  3. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L27 (9th at 06:42) Success Success
  4. New Zealand Electron – "Running Out of Toes" (15th at 11:11) Failure Failure
  5. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L26 (15th at 22:56) Success Success
  6. United States Atlas 5 – SBIRS-GEO 5 (18th at 17:37) Success Success
  7. China Long March 4B – Haiyang 2D (19th at 04:03) Success Success
  8. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L28 (26th at 18:59) Success Success
  9. Russia Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 7 (28th at 17:38:39) Success Success
  10. China Long March 7 – Tianzhou 2 (29th at 12:55:29) Success Success

June Launches
Launch dates can change. See a current list: here.

Article Statistics
This data reflects values from the 31 May 2021.
Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 7 19 4 7 37
FL 4 4 8
FM 98 98
GA 11 22 35 54 122
B 2 48 38 49 137
C 55 159 536 497 1 10 1,258
Start 37 158 1,112 2,238 372 3,917
Stub 7 245 2,190 231 2,673
List 14 130 79 211 1 435
Category 1,034 1,034
Disambig 48 48
File 202 202
Portal 55 55
Project 57 57
Redirect 1 1,133 1 1,135
Template 501 501
Other 1 38 39
Assessed 126 543 2,053 5,252 3,173 615 11,762
Unassessed 1 71 72
Total 126 543 2,053 5,252 3,174 686 11,834
Monthly Changes

Since April, 45 pages have been added to Spaceflight. 1 article reached FA-Class and 1 image reached FM-Class. There is 1 more GA class article, with 2 more B-class, 8 more C-class, 1 less start-class and 5 new stub-class articles.

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Newsletter contributors: StarshipSLS & Terasail

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:37, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 21

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past four months (February through May 2021).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 21st issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

My apologies for this long-overdue issue, and if I missed any scripts.
Hopefully going forward we can go back to monthly releases - any help would be appreciated. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 13:04, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-23

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

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 June. It will be on all wikis from 10 June (calendar).

Future changes

  • The Wikimedia movement uses Phabricator for technical tasks. This is where we collect technical suggestions, bugs and what developers are working on. The company behind Phabricator will stop working on it. This will not change anything for the Wikimedia movement now. It could lead to changes in the future. [108][109][110]
  • Searching on Wikipedia will find more results in some languages. This is mainly true for when those who search do not use the correct diacritics because they are not seen as necessary in that language. For example searching for Bedusz doesn't find Będusz on German Wikipedia. The character ę isn't used in German so many would write e instead. This will work better in the future in some languages. [111]
  • Advanced item The CSRF token parameters in the action API were changed in 2014. The old parameters from before 2014 will stop working soon. This can affect bots, gadgets and user scripts that still use the old parameters. [112][113]

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20:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

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