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Question from Mr.sandippaul (21:39, 14 July 2023)
Hello sir, an IP address is irritating me can you help me? --Sandip 21:39, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
- @Idoghor Melody@Mr.sandippaul Well, FYI the editor whining here is WP:nothere for help so much as a she’s apparently trying to WP:Canvass you into enabling her WP:Editwars as of late to make egocentric WP:points.
- With inappropriate, belligerent edits like this:
- ...it is abundantly obvious that @Mr.sandippaul is also WP:NOTHERE to constructively contribute to Wikipedia but rather treat it as her personal WP:battleground. If she’s “irritated” that it forces us to defend ourselves and the articles she targeting them perhaps the “help” she needs is a re-fresher on how to be WP:civil and step down from her WP:soapbox? Cheers y’all 2601:282:8100:32A0:486A:AF4C:A038:9930 (talk) 22:17, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
- Why are you coming from multiple IPs? What happened to your previous IP? Was it banned or what? I never spoke in any inappropriate manner that is against the Wiki standard. I explained everything with facts. I don't know why you are targeting people who edited "The Flash." It looks like you have some issues with this film and its editors. You are coming with multiple IPs and trying to implement your own propaganda. to Sandip 05:28, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
Question from Mosharraf Hossain foysal (12:03, 22 July 2023)
Always been ready --Mosharraf Hossain foysal (talk) 12:03, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
Question from ButIreallyhateyou (11:48, 20 July 2023)
Hi, How do I switch of the Sandbox and Use Visual Studio? --ButIreallyhateyou (talk) 11:48, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
Question from ButIreallyhateyou (11:48, 20 July 2023)
Hi, How do I switch of the Sandbox and Use Visual Studio? --ButIreallyhateyou (talk) 11:48, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 July 2023
- In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia
- Tips and tricks: What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)
- Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!
- Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master
Tech News: 2023-29
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Recent changes
We are now serving 1% of all global user traffic from Kubernetes (you can read more technical details). We are planning to increment this percentage regularly. You can follow the progress of this work.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 July. It will be on all wikis from 20 July (calendar).- MediaWiki system messages will now look for available local fallbacks, instead of always using the default fallback defined by software. This means wikis no longer need to override each language on the fallback chain separately. For example, English Wikipedia doesn't have to create
en-caanden-gbsubpages with a transclusion of the base pages anymore. This makes it easier to maintain local overrides. [1] - The
action=growthsetmentorstatusAPI will be deprecated with the new MediaWiki version. Bots or scripts calling that API should use theaction=growthmanagementorlistAPI now. [2]
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Tech News: 2023-30
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- On July 18, the Wikimedia Foundation launched a survey about the technical decision making process for people who do technical work that relies on software that is maintained by the Foundation or affiliates. If this applies to you, please take part in the survey. The survey will be open for three weeks, until August 7. You can find more information in the announcement e-mail on wikitech-l.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 July. It will be on all wikis from 27 July (calendar).
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Tech News: 2023-31
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 Synchronizer tool is now available to keep Lua modules synced across Wikimedia wikis, along with updated documentation to develop global Lua modules and templates.
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. For example, you can hide edits that were made using an automated tool. [3][4]
- The Wikipedia ChatGPT plugin experiment can now be used by ChatGPT users who can use plugins. You can participate in a video call if you want to talk about this experiment or similar work. [5]
Problems
- It was not possible to generate a PDF for pages with non-Latin characters in the title, for the last two weeks. This has now been fixed. [6]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 August. It will be on all wikis from 3 August (calendar).
- Starting on Tuesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Georgian Wikipedia, Kara-Kalpak Wikipedia, Kabyle Wikipedia, Kabardian Wikipedia, Kabiyè Wikipedia, Kikuyu Wikipedia, Kazakh Wikipedia, Khmer Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia, Kashmiri Wikipedia, Colognian Wikipedia, Kurdish Wikipedia, Cornish Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [7]
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The Signpost: 1 August 2023
- News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server
- In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change
- Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!
- Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!
- In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia
- Opinion: Are global bans the last step?
- Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
- Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party
Tech News: 2023-32
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
- Mobile Web editors can now edit a whole page at once. To use this feature, turn on "⧼Mobile-frontend-mobile-option-amc⧽" in your settings and use the "Edit full page" button in the "More" menu. [8]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
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MediaWiki message delivery 21:19, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Technical news
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
- Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)
Arbitration
- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
- The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.
Create a page
Hi, I would like your help to create a page in english (usa) Wickipedia, I have a page in Hebrow (Israel) wickipedia, thank you. Shay Shay kanot (talk) 19:23, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-33
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 Content translation system is no longer using Youdao's machine translation service. The service was in place for several years, but due to no usage, and availability of alternatives, it was deprecated to reduce maintenance overheads. Other services which cover the same languages are still available. [9]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 August. It will be on all wikis from 17 August (calendar).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Latin Wikipedia, Ladino Wikipedia, Luxembourgish Wikipedia, Lak Wikipedia, Lezghian Wikipedia, Lingua Franca Nova Wikipedia, Ganda Wikipedia, Limburgish Wikipedia, Ligurian Wikipedia, Lombard Wikipedia, Lingala Wikipedia, Latgalian Wikipedia, Latvian Wikipedia, Maithili Wikipedia, Basa Banyumasan Wikipedia, Moksha Wikipedia, Malagasy Wikipedia, Armenian Wikipedia, Kyrgyz Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [10]
Future changes
- A few gadgets/user scripts which add icons to the Minerva skin need to have their CSS updated. There are more details available including a search for all existing instances and how to update them.
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Question from Sechaba J on Jack o' Justice (07:09, 15 August 2023)
The Signpost: 15 August 2023
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Tech News: 2023-34
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 GDrive to Commons Uploader tool is now available. It enables securely selecting and uploading files from your Google Drive directly to Wikimedia Commons. [11]
- From now on, we will announce new Wikimedia wikis in Tech News, so you can update any tools or pages.
- Since the last edition, two new wikis have been created:
- To catch up, the next most recent six wikis are:
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 August. It will be on all wikis from 24 August (calendar).
Future changes
- There is an existing stable interface policy for MediaWiki backend code. There is a proposed stable interface policy for frontend code. This is relevant for anyone who works on gadgets or Wikimedia frontend code. You can read it, discuss it, and let the proposer know if there are any problems. [20]
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15:23, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
Question from ArborealCircle (14:33, 24 August 2023)
Hi Idoghor! I am ArborealCircle or arboreal for short. I am not new to Wikipedia editing though, I am still very inexperienced. I aim to learn how to edit and even produce wikipedia pages one day. I hope we I can come to you to ask for advice and guidance. --ArborealCircle (talk) 14:33, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- @ArborealCircle, thanks for your message here, you can ask for any guidance or advice at anytime. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 18:48, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-35
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
As part of the changes for the better diff handling of paragraph splits, improved detection of splits is being rolled out. Over the last two weeks, we deployed this support to group0 and group1 wikis. This week it will be deployed to group2 wikis. [21]- All Special:Contributions pages now show the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. [22]
- Wikisource users can now use the
prpbengalicurrencylabel to denote Bengali currency characters as page numbers inside the<pagelist>tag. [23] - Two preferences have been relocated. The preference "Enable the visual editor" is now shown on the "Editing" tab at all wikis. Previously it was shown on the "Beta features" tab at some wikis. The preference "Use the wikitext mode inside the visual editor, instead of a different wikitext editor" is now also shown on the "Editing" tab at all wikis, instead of the "Beta features" tab. [24][25]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 August. It will be on all wikis from 31 August (calendar).
- New signups for a Wikimedia developer account will start being pushed towards idm.wikimedia.org, rather than going via Wikitech. Further information about the new system is available.
- All right-to-left language wikis, plus Korean, Armenian, Ukrainian, Russian, and Bulgarian Wikipedias, will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. This feature will come to more wikis in future weeks. [26]
Future changes
- The removal of the DoubleWiki extension is being discussed. This extension currently allows Wikisource users to view articles from multiple language versions side by side when the
<=>symbol next to a specific language edition is selected. Comments on this are welcomed at the phabricator task. - A proposal has been made to merge the second hidden-categories list (which appears below the wikitext editing form) with the main list of categories (which is further down the page). More information is available on Phabricator; feedback is welcome!
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The Signpost: 31 August 2023
- From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online
- News and notes: You like RecentChanges?
- In the media: Taking it sleazy
- Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia
- Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
- Humour: The Dehumourification Plan
- Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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Technical news
- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
Arbitration
- The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus
. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged tonote when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful
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Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
Request on 21:59:34, 31 August 2023 for assistance on AfC submission by Filmforme
Thank you for the info. I think one of citations was self-published, sorry about that. I believe the rest of the sources are reliable but I don't want to resubmit if the issue has not been resolved. Please take another look, thank you. –Filmforme (talk) 21:59, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @Filmforme, thank you for your message here. The sources are generally unreliable, you'll have to attach reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 20:27, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-36
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
- EditInSequence, a feature that allows users to edit pages faster on Wikisource has been moved to a Beta Feature based on community feedback. To enable it, you can navigate to the beta features tab in Preferences. [27]
- As part of the changes for the Generate Audio for IPA and Audio links that play on click wishlist proposals, the inline audio player mode of Phonos has been deployed to all projects. [28]
- There is a new option for Administrators when they are changing the usergroups for a user, to add the user’s user page to their watchlist. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. [29]
- One new wiki has been created:
Problems
- The LoginNotify extension was not sending notifications since January. It has now been fixed, so going forward, you may see notifications for failed login attempts, and successful login attempts from a new device. [31]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 September. It will be on all wikis from 7 September (calendar).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Eastern Mari Wikipedia, Maori Wikipedia, Minangkabau Wikipedia, Macedonian Wikipedia, Malayalam Wikipedia, Mongolian Wikipedia, Marathi Wikipedia, Western Mari Wikipedia, Malay Wikipedia, Maltese Wikipedia, Mirandese Wikipedia, Erzya Wikipedia, Mazanderani Wikipedia, Nāhuatl Wikipedia, Neapolitan Wikipedia, Low German Wikipedia, Low Saxon Wikipedia, Nepali Wikipedia, Newari Wikipedia, Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia, Novial Wikipedia, N'Ko Wikipedia, Nouormand Wikipedia, Northern Sotho Wikipedia, Navajo Wikipedia, Nyanja Wikipedia, Occitan Wikipedia, Livvi-Karelian Wikipedia, Oromo Wikipedia, Oriya Wikipedia, Ossetic Wikipedia, Punjabi Wikipedia, Pangasinan Wikipedia, Pampanga Wikipedia, Papiamento Wikipedia, Picard Wikipedia, Pennsylvania German Wikipedia, Palatine German Wikipedia, Norfuk / Pitkern Wikipedia, Piedmontese Wikipedia, Western Punjabi Wikipedia, Pontic Wikipedia, Pashto Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [32][33]
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Tech News: 2023-37
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
- ORES, the revision evaluation service, is now using a new open-source infrastructure on all wikis except for English Wikipedia and Wikidata. These two will follow this week. If you notice any unusual results from the Recent Changes filters that are related to ORES (for example, "Contribution quality predictions" and "User intent predictions"), please report them. [34]
- When you are logged in on one Wikimedia wiki and visit a different Wikimedia wiki, the system tries to log you in there automatically. This has been unreliable for a long time. You can now visit the login page to make the system try extra hard. If you feel that made logging in better or worse than it used to be, your feedback is appreciated. [35]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 September. It will be on all wikis from 14 September (calendar).
- The Technical Decision-Making Forum Retrospective team invites anyone involved in the technical field of Wikimedia projects to signup to and join one of their listening sessions on 13 September. Another date will be scheduled later. The goal is to improve the technical decision-making processes.
- As part of the changes for the Better diff handling of paragraph splits wishlist proposal, the inline switch widget in diff pages is being rolled out this week to all wikis. The inline switch will allow viewers to toggle between a unified inline or two-column diff wikitext format. [36]
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 20 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [37]
- The Enterprise API is launching a new feature called "breaking news". Currently in BETA, this attempts to identify likely "newsworthy" topics as they are currently being written about in any Wikipedia. Your help is requested to improve the accuracy of its detection model, especially on smaller language editions, by recommending templates or identifiable editing patterns. See more information at the documentation page on MediaWiki or the FAQ on Meta.
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Question from Snarflakes (20:37, 11 September 2023)
Hi are pre-print biology resources valid? Or do they need to wait until they have been actually peer reviewed? This is the source in question. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.08.556914v1.full.pdf --Snarflakes (talk) 20:37, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @Snarflakes, welcome here. Per WP:PREPRINT, Research that has not been peer-reviewed is akin to a blog, as anybody can post it online. Their use is generally discouraged, unless they meet the criteria for acceptable use of self-published sources. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:39, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
- thanks Snarflakes (talk) 23:04, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 September 2023
- In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?
- Obituary: Nosebagbear
- Featured content: Catching up
- Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
Tech News: 2023-38
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
- MediaWiki now has a stable interface policy for frontend code that more clearly defines how we deprecate MediaWiki code and wiki-based code (e.g. gadgets and user scripts). Thank you to everyone who contributed to the content and discussions. [38][39]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [40]
- All wikis will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. [41]
Future changes
- The team investigating the Graph Extension posted a proposal for reenabling it and they need your input.
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MediaWiki message delivery 19:18, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
Question from Ali omope (17:12, 20 September 2023)
Big boss, good day. You were assigned as my mentor. But let me first introduce myself as related to this field. I am writer and a music lover and analyst.
I am new to wiki edits, i joined few days ago and I have only been able to do few edits.
I went through your profile and i must say I cut cap for you. That is some great feat. I have few questions and curiosity which I believe you are my best bet. I will like to ask you concerning how to be better and improve.
Is there a way we can do easy communication, maybe WhatsApp, twitter or any place you find comfortable, i will be glad if you can assist me.
thanks brother, have a good day. --Ali omope (talk) 17:12, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Ali omope, welcome to Wikipedia. First of all, I'm not “Boss” or “Big Boss”, we're on the same level in this collaborative project. You can reach me on X with the handle @idoghormelody, there's a direct link too on my user page. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 19:02, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
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Request on 20:02:44, 22 September 2023 for assistance on AfC submission by Contemporary Mercurial
Hi Idoghor Melody,
My recent submission 'AFEX' was just rejected, with the reason being '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'.
Are you able to provide specific instances where the submission reads like an advertisement, or where the references fall short? Most references are from independent, reliable, published sources such as The Guardian, Tech Cabal, Business DayNG, Financial Times, etc.
I believe this has been well-researched, and fair, and does not present the subject in a marginally superior light, so, I would really appreciate specific instances where the submission falls short of Wikipedia's standards, and implore you to read through again.
Thank you. CM. Contemporary Mercurial (talk) 20:02, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Contemporary Mercurial, welcome to Wikipedia. The explanation given in the decline message is very very clear. The article contains lots of promotions and promotional wordings, and they include, the "Business Subsidiary" section, the "Milestone and innovation" section, "Awards and Ranking" section and even statements like "AFEX provides market solutions for agricultural producers, processors, and investors along its commodity value chains by providing infrastructure and technology systems" are all promotional. Please do not submit again for review if not properly written. You should read this guild line titled Advertisements masquerading as articles and also learn how to write from a neutral point of view. It may seem like you have a relation with the company, do you? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 20:26, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Idoghor Melody,
- Thank you for your feedback. No, I am not affiliated with the company. I asked for specific instances where the submission read as an advertisement because this is uncharted territory for me, and it would be helpful to understand where exactly the choice of words or tone falls short, especially because the sections you cited, particularly the 'Awards and Rankings' section, can be verified with the citations provided. I would hope that experienced editors such as yourself are here to help/provide context where necessary to newer editors like myself, and that's why I left you a message. Contemporary Mercurial (talk) 20:46, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Idoghor Melody,
- I've just read through the article you shared on writing from a neutral point of view, and it was quite helpful. On reading through the submission, I can see where it can be improved upon. Thanks. CM Contemporary Mercurial (talk) 21:44, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
Question from Be.deniz (21:27, 23 September 2023)
How can I upload my pictures --Be.deniz (talk) 21:28, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @Be.deniz, welcome to Wikipedia. You can upload on Wikimedia Commons, or upload with Wikipedia:File upload wizard here on the English Wikipedia. Hope this helps. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:39, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
Draft article
Hi, I have corrected the article in the draft room, it can be moved to the main room. Jhonblvk (talk) 22:27, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @Jhonblvk, you should allow someone else take a look at the article and decide about that. If I may ask, what is your relationship with the subject of the article? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:42, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
- I have nothing to do with the subject article! he is a famous singer. Jhonblvk (talk) 12:23, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
- Ok. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:26, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
- I have nothing to do with the subject article! he is a famous singer. Jhonblvk (talk) 12:23, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-39
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Recent changes
- The Vector 2022 skin will now remember the pinned/unpinned status for the Table of Contents for all logged-out users. [42]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 September. It will be on all wikis from 28 September (calendar).
- The ResourceLoader
mediawiki.uimodules are now deprecated as part of the move to Vue.js and Codex. There is a guide for migrating from MediaWiki UI to Codex for any tools that use it. More details are available in the task and your questions are welcome there. - Gadget definitions will have a new "namespaces" option. The option takes a list of namespace IDs. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages in the given namespaces.
Future changes
- New variables will be added to AbuseFilter:
global_account_groupsandglobal_account_editcount. They are available only when an account is being created. You can use them to prevent blocking automatic creation of accounts when users with many edits elsewhere visit your wiki for the first time. [43][44]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on 27 October at 17:00 (UTC). See details and how to join.
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Question from Johanc11 (09:42, 27 September 2023)
Hello Idoghor, It's nice having you as a mentor. Do you know how long it takes on average, for a bio to be published when drafted? --Johanc11 (talk) 09:42, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Johanc11, welcome to Wikipedia. Drafts are reviewed in no specific order, you can be lucky to get your draft reviewed in some hours or days after creation, some other time, it may take months. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:19, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
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Thank You Cat
Sportsik1998 (talk) 02:24, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you very much, @Sportsik1998. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 05:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
Question from Velmuruganu on User:Velmuruganu (13:02, 2 October 2023)
My email address photos Reset in progress help --Velmuruganu (talk) 13:02, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Velmuruganu, welcome to Wikipedia. Please can you rephrase your question? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 13:06, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-40
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Recent changes
- There is a new user preference for "Always enable safe mode". This setting will make pages load without including any on-wiki JavaScript or on-wiki stylesheet pages. It can be useful for debugging broken JavaScript gadgets. [45]
- Gadget definitions now have a new "contentModels" option. The option takes a list of page content models, like
wikitextorcss. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages with the given content models.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October (calendar).
Future changes
- The Vector 2022 skin will no longer use the custom styles and scripts of Vector legacy (2010). The change will be made later this year or in early 2024. See how to adjust the CSS and JS pages on your wiki. [46]
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- An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text:
Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.
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- Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)
Arbitration
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- The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.
Request on 23:02:43, 27 September 2023 for assistance on AfC submission by RandomFX
Hi Idoghor Melody,
Thanks for reviewing this submission. I've cited RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America) which is the sole body that issues platinum certifications. I've cited ASCAP (the largest Performing Rights Organization which represents songwriters). I've cited Pitchfork (a premiere music magazine in America). Can you explain why these sources don't meet Wikipedia:Reliable sources?
As far as I can tell, Scott Bruzenak may be the only Billboard multi-platinum producer without a Wikipedia page -- I spent 45 minutes just trying to figure out who produced Daya - Hide Away and Daya - Sit Still Look Pretty which charted at #6 and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. If there was a Wikipedia page for Scott Bruzenak/Noisecastle iii it would have been much easier to figure out.
Thanks and have a great day, RandomFX
RandomFX (talk) 23:02, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @RandomFX. The sources added in the article did not prove the subject is notable. The first and second source did not seem to meet WP:SIGCOV as the subject was mentioned just once in both sources. Infact, non of the sources is majorly about the subject of the article. An article should be supported by multiple reliable sources, so that informations can be verified. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 20:12, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Idoghor Melody. Thank you for taking the time to provide detailed feedback. I've rewritten and resubmitted the article. Please take a look and let me know if your concerns have been addressed adequately. RandomFX (talk) 01:55, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, @RandomFX. Another reviewer will come across the article and decide on that, just be patient. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 08:40, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Thanks @Idoghor Melody RandomFX (talk) 17:16, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, @RandomFX. Another reviewer will come across the article and decide on that, just be patient. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 08:40, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Idoghor Melody. Thank you for taking the time to provide detailed feedback. I've rewritten and resubmitted the article. Please take a look and let me know if your concerns have been addressed adequately. RandomFX (talk) 01:55, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-41
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Recent changes
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 October. It will be on all wikis from 12 October (calendar).
- Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Swahili Wikipedia, Walloon Wikipedia, Waray Wikipedia, Wolof Wikipedia, Kalmyk Wikipedia, Xhosa Wikipedia, Mingrelian Wikipedia, Yiddish Wikipedia, Yoruba Wikipedia, Zhuang Wikipedia, Zeelandic Wikipedia, Min Nan Wikipedia, Zulu Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [48]
- At some wikis, newcomers are suggested images from Commons to add to articles without any images. Starting on Tuesday, newcomers at these wikis will be able to add images to unillustrated article sections. The specific wikis are listed under "Images recommendations" at the Growth team deployment table. You can learn more about this feature. [49]
- In the mobile web skin (Minerva) the CSS ID
#page-actionswill be replaced with#p-views. This change is to make it consistent with other skins and to improve support for gadgets and extensions in the mobile skin. A few gadgets may need to be updated; there are details and search-links in the task.
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GreenLaunch: Submission declined on 11 October 2023 by Idoghor Melody
Hi Idoghor Melody,
Thanks for quickly reviewing my submission. I haven't posted to wikipedia much, but when I saw there wasn't a reference for GreenLaunch I figured I might give it a try. I'm super into space cannons, so I thought it would be cool if there was more easily available information. Could you explain why the articles I referenced don't qualify green launch as notable? The articles I referenced seem more reliable than those used for the quick launch wikipedia page too who are mostly by the founder anyway. It makes sense to me that threshold be a page about green launch since there's one about the other two major space cannon companies. Thanks. SolHando (talk) 03:50, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @SolHando. Your article was declined because some of the sources are not reliable sources, even one of them is a YouTube source. If you disagree, you can resubmit and someone else will look into it. A message was left for you, I suggest you look into it and understand how articles are sourced in Wikipedia. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 09:58, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
Question from WallyWallyWally2 (11:36, 12 October 2023)
why did I almost get banned? --WallyWallyWally2 (talk) 11:36, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @WallyWallyWally2, welcome to Wikipedia. You almost got blocked because you were making unconstructive edits to articles, which were reverted on various occasions. You may be blocked from editing., if you continue to vandalize articles on Wikipedia. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 20:39, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
Question from RoyRodriguezEscultor (13:38, 13 October 2023)
Hello Comr, I trust you're doing well.
I'm creating this page on behalf of a local artist. Are there any tips or guidelines I should follow?
I appreciate your comments! --RoyRodriguezEscultor (talk) 13:38, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @RoyRodriguezEscultor, welcome to Wikipedia. Before starting a new article...
- Please review Wikipedia's notability requirements. In short, the topic of an article must have already been the subject of publication in reliable, secondary, entirely independent sources that treat the topic in substantive detail. They might be books, newspapers, magazines, peer-reviewed scholarly journals and similarly high-quality websites.
- Information on Wikipedia must be verifiable; if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, then it should not have a separate article.
- Please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject.
Generally, an article should closely follow Wikipedia policies and guidelines, specially:
An Article Wizard is available to help you create an article through the Articles for Creation process, where it will be reviewed and considered for publication Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 20:46, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-42
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 Unified login system's edge login should now be fixed for some browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera). This means that if you visit a new sister project wiki, you should be logged in automatically without the need to click "Log in" or reload the page. Feedback on whether it's working for you is welcome. [50]
- Edit notices are now available within the MobileFrontend/Minerva skin. This feature was inspired by the gadget on English Wikipedia. See more details in T316178.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 October. It will be on all wikis from 19 October (calendar).
Future changes
- In 3 weeks, in the Vector 2022 skin, code related to
addPortletLinkand#p-namespacesthat was deprecated one year ago will be removed. If you notice tools that should appear next to the "Discussion" tab are then missing, please tell the gadget's maintainers to see instructions in the Phabricator task.
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Question from Ayaan.man (14:03, 18 October 2023)
hi man --Ayaan.man (talk) 14:03, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hello, @Ayaan.man. Welcome to Wikipedia. Do you need any help? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 08:18, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
Helen Leahey (musician/voice over artist) Page
Hello!
this page (Helen Leahey - musician/voice over artist) has been declined because of the sources. Can you help please? The film role has now been confirmed by IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12200507/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t63) and the other facts are verified by official newspaper publications and the official Guinness World Records website/social media channels. If the source for the film role is updated is that sufficient for the article to be published?
Thank you in advance for any help. Guinnesslassie (talk) 10:47, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Guinnesslassie, you should add some more reliable and independent sources that discussed her to a large extent, submit for review and someone else will take a look at it. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 08:24, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for your reply. Do newspaper articles count? The vast majority of the sources are links newspaper articles, some in languages other than English. I'm not sure which sources (other than the film credit which has now beed added to IMBd) that you thought were not sufficient. This is my first time creating a Wikipedia page so many thanks in advance for your patience and guidance! :-) Guinnesslassie (talk) 13:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
- @Guinnesslassie, newspaper articles count, provided they are reliable, not paid promotions and independent of the subject of the article. BTW, you did some of the sourcing and wiki-linking wrongly. You should have a look at Referencing for beginners. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:03, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for your reply. Do newspaper articles count? The vast majority of the sources are links newspaper articles, some in languages other than English. I'm not sure which sources (other than the film credit which has now beed added to IMBd) that you thought were not sufficient. This is my first time creating a Wikipedia page so many thanks in advance for your patience and guidance! :-) Guinnesslassie (talk) 13:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
Question from Hockeypatrol (17:32, 25 October 2023)
Hi Melody, I 'm not sure what I am allowed to link on wikipedia. But i am a hockey writer and i write a lot about hockey players most particular NHL players. --Hockeypatrol (talk) 17:32, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2023-43
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
- There is a new Language and internationalization newsletter, written quarterly. It contains updates on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects, and related support work.
- Source map support has been enabled on all wikis. When you open the debugger in your browser's developer tools, you should be able to see the unminified JavaScript source code. [51]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 October. It will be on all wikis from 26 October (calendar).
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Question from Formyloves (11:47, 28 October 2023)
hello how do i create a new article? --Formyloves (talk) 11:47, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Formyloves, welcome to Wikipedia. Before starting a new article...
- Please review Wikipedia's notability requirements. In short, the topic of an article must have already been the subject of publication in reliable, secondary, entirely independent sources that treat the topic in substantive detail. They might be books, newspapers, magazines, peer-reviewed scholarly journals and similarly high-quality websites.
- Information on Wikipedia must be verifiable; if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, then it should not have a separate article.
- Please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject.
- Generally, an article should closely follow Wikipedia policies and guidelines, specially:
- An Article Wizard is available to help you create an article through the Articles for Creation process, where it will be reviewed and considered for publication Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 08:22, 29 October 2023 (UTC)