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Question from Kaptchia (15:35, 16 April 2024)

Hello, I just wanted to ask... How do I reset the password on Wikipedia?😶 --Kaptchia (talk) 15:35, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Kaptchia You can change your password at Special:ChangePassword. Nobody (talk) 07:03, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from NJussim (19:17, 19 April 2024)

I am no scholar, and do not plan to edit writing by scholars. But I am concerned that a statement in a particular biographical entry about a living person now in the news appears to be editorializing, and is unsupported by its referenced citation. How do I bring this to Wikipedia's attention? --NJussim (talk) 19:17, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @NJussim, if it's active you can point it out on the talk page, If it isn't you can put it on the Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. Nobody (talk) 19:40, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Favour moyinoluwa (11:16, 21 April 2024)

hello, how do i create a citation --Favour moyinoluwa (talk) 11:16, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Favour moyinoluwa, See here to learn about adding citations. Nobody (talk) 15:58, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-17

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

• Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [1]
• You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [2][3]

Future changes

• This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [4]

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revision

I removed Speedy deletion and explained the logic; AfD could be a better solution I suppose 2603:7000:95F0:87F0:E072:98B:68FA:7E31 (talk) 08:28, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Notability isn't a decline reason for G5, Because it could be recreated by someone not blocked/socking. Nobody (talk) 08:31, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Good work at WP:UAA. Keep it up!

– DreamRimmer (talk) 06:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@DreamRimmer Right back at you :) Nobody (talk) 07:05, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Haha ;) – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 April 2024

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• News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law

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Thanks

I missed the word "group" in the filter hit. Thanks for clarifying. 331dot (talk) 13:05, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

No worries, since they hadn't edited since the first attempt, maybe they read the filter warning and decided against creating it. Either way, good work :) Nobody (talk) 13:08, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

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Question from George K. Opoku (19:59, 25 April 2024)

Thank you for being my mentor --George K. Opoku (talk) 19:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@George K. Opoku No worries, feel free to ask me any questions that come up while editing. Nobody (talk) 05:01, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jeremypurseglove (13:54, 26 April 2024)

hello, I have created a entry for wikipedia regarding myself Jeremy Purseglove

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeremypurseglove/sandbox

How do I get this published onto wikipedia, I seem to be locked in a sandbox.

Thank you for any assitance

Jeremy Purseglove --Jeremypurseglove (talk) 13:54, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Jeremy, Users creating an article about themselves is strongly discouraged. The reasons for that can be found at Wikipedia:Autobiography. Regards Nobody (talk) 18:04, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Iambilalkhan (09:07, 29 April 2024)

I wanna to create a new article about someone. How I will do it. --Iambilalkhan (talk) 09:07, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Iambilalkhan, You can learn about creating an article at: Help:Your first article. I've also taken a look at your recent edits and would ask you to take a look at MOS:OVERLINK and Wikipedia:Verifiability as those seem to be an issue in your edits. Nobody (talk) 09:18, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-18

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

Example of a talk page with the new design, in French.

• The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [5]
• Seven new wikis have been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Betawi (w:bew:) [6]
  • a Wikipedia in Kusaal (w:kus:) [7]
  • a Wikipedia in Igala (w:igl:) [8]
  • a Wiktionary in Karakalpak (wikt:kaa:) [9]
  • a Wikisource in Burmese (s:my:) [10]
  • a Wikisource in Malay (s:ms:) [11]
  • a Wikisource in Georgian (s:ka:) [12]
• You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [13]
• Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.

Problems

• Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [14]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [15][16]

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Question from Iambilalkhan on Draft:Abdul Rahim Roghani (11:35, 30 April 2024)

I created an article and now wanna to add picture to it. How I will done it. --Iambilalkhan (talk) 11:35, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Take a look at Help:Introduction to images with VisualEditor. Also MOS:LEAD and MOS:LAYOUT might help you. If I find the time I might also improve the draft a bit. Nobody (talk) 11:48, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from TBFmars (19:59, 1 May 2024)

Hello! I have been working on List of United States tornadoes pages. For the tornado ratings, I don't know how to put, or change the color. If you know and could tell me that would be great. Thank you. --TBFmars (talk) 19:59, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi @TBFmars, The colors in the wikitables are invoked from Module:Storm categories using background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|Example color}} The colors available are found at Module:Storm categories#Full list of available values. I hope this helps. Nobody (talk) 05:19, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

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Question from Naila mansoor on User:Naila mansoor (16:36, 3 May 2024)

H --Naila mansoor (talk) 16:36, 3 May 2024 (UTC)