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Copyright Amnesty International

Hi. Could you help please? Hide versions with copyright issue in Amnesty International article. Starting from this version - link. Thanks in advance.--Renat 12:16, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

 Done - thanks for pointing out - I have revised the entries to hide the text. Keith D (talk) 12:20, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - March 2021

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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. [1]
• Some editors may not be logged in to their accounts automatically in the latest versions of Firefox and Safari. [2]

Changes later this week

• 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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Administrators' newsletter – March 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).

Administrator changes

TJMSmith

Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

Interface administrator changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
• A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
• A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect.
• A request for comment asks if sysops may place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
• There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.

Technical news

• When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
• When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
• There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (phab:T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (phab:T275322).

Arbitration

• By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people. Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
• The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:14, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

page translation France Vitrail International

Hello Keith, I saw you edited the page i'm trying to realize. Thank a lot for that! I'm not sure that I understood what to do... I did, after you, some edit but I saw it was not what I had to do, as all the ref are not at the good places (after reading the Help page I thought it was just about the links and not the ref) I tried to undone my changes but I have to do it manually. I would be pleased that we can speak a bit about what to do and how to do it. If you have time later. It's still a draft so we have time. Thank you again for your help, have a great and peaceful day

Eric — Preceding unsigned comment added by ERIC Maître Verrier (talk • contribs) 12:45, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

I have fixed the page layout problems of mis-matched </ref> tags and also the reference date errors. Keith D (talk) 12:56, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Mick McCarthy

Hello Keith,

I do not understand why you reverted my edit on Mick McCarthy's page. The link I used to get his number of games from 994 to 999 was this: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9329329/Mick-McCarthy-set-charge-1-000th-game-manager-against-Huddersfield-Town.html.

This link proves that four games were missing from his page, so therefore I've made the page factually accurate and it also proves that tonight is McCarthy's 1,000th game as a manager. Another link is below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56291119

Thanks, 176.253.239.91 (talk) 15:03, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

The problem was that there were a number of references removed and scanning it I could not make sense of what was going on as you had not explained the edit in the edit summary field. By the way the Daily Mail is not classed as a reliable source. Keith D (talk) 15:08, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

OK understood, is this link reliable?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56291119

Thanks, 176.253.239.91 (talk) 15:11, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

The BBC link is OK. Keith D (talk) 15:12, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

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. [3]
• When someone links to a Wikipedia article on Twitter this will now show a preview of the article. [4]

Problems

• Many graphs have JavaScript errors. Graph editors can check their graphs in their browser's developer console after editing. [5]

Changes later this week

• 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. [6]

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. [7][8]
• 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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17:50, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Infobox error

A see that you have edited Template:Infobox UK England county recently. Can you take a look at the errors in Northamptonshire (in the unitary authority section). The article changed recently which caused this, but I can figure out what is wrong. MB 21:46, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

@MB: Hello, before my edit it was converted to a wrapper for {{Infobox settlement}}. If the problem refers to the convert of area and density it looks like that needs |gss_code= setting for unitary authorities and it is not set for Northamptonshire. Keith D (talk) 22:41, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

OK, that seems to be the problem. I put in an incorrect GSS code and the errors were gone. But with the what I believe is the correct code (E10000021), a population number shows up but the area is still missing. Where does the area actually come from? Is there some other template involved? MB 23:05, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

@MB: Hello, the area comes from {{English district area}} & {{English district area rank}} to which |gss_code= is passed. Keith D (talk) 23:13, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

South and East Northamptonshire are in those tables, but not Northamptonshire. I am really too unfamiliar with English geography and government to know what to do next (i.e. was the infobox correct two days ago or does Northamptonshire belong in those tables now and if so, where to get the area and ranking?) Can you suggest a place to leave a note about this. MB 23:33, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

@MB: You could try at the project WP:WikiProject UK geography or may be the users who modified the template Keith Edkins or The Equalizer. Keith D (talk) 23:44, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello Keith D & MB, the wrong field had been incorrectly populated by the user prior to @MB in the Infobox, so tidied that up and it all shows correctly now (considering the user was making changes in advance of the council being abolished in April) - Regs, The Equalizer (talk) 02:19, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

@The Equalizer: Many thanks for fixing the problem. Keith D (talk) 11:26, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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

• Wikis that are part of the desktop improvements project can now use a new search function. The desktop improvements and the new search will come to more wikis later. You can also test it early.
• Editors who put up banners or change site-wide JavaScript code should use the client error graph to see that their changes has not caused problems. You can read more. [9]

Problems

• Due to database issues the Wikimedia Beta Cluster was read-only for over a day.

Changes later this week

• 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. [10][11]
• 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.
• 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. [12]

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23:21, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Fixing date citations

Thanks for fixing a couple of date citations on my students' work. It is east to forget that in most parts of the world the day comes before the month! --Drglheard (talk) 16:22, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

First Time Translator Requesting Guidance

Draft:Ghafour Youssefiani

Greetings Keith from Washington DC, I am hoping to get guidance from you on what more I might need to do to have an article I've translated from Persian into English? A "first timer" I am looking to learn the translation process, hoping to further contribute. One issue is, though I have ensured the Persian copy being translated is the most current, I keep getting an error that the copy being translated is an earlier version, which is not so. Reaching out to you because you edited an earlier version of the article on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ghafour_Youssefiani Kind regards, - Marty — Preceding unsigned comment added by مهرداد یوسفیانی (talk • contribs) 19:05, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello Marty, sorry but I have no knowledge of the translation process. I edited the article to fix the cite date error messages that were being displayed. You may find the answers to problems over the translation process at Wikipedia:Translation, though some text from that page has recently been moved to Help:Translation. Keith D (talk) 19:18, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Pipe fix

Hi, Keith D, and thanks for this fix to a missing pipe at Ordinance of 9 August 1944. How do you manage to find stuff like that, just happened to be browsing, or something more organized? Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 20:49, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, articles go into Category:CS1 maint: PMC format that is a hidden category which can be seen by setting the option in your preferences. (Appearance tab, Advanced options, Show hidden categories). You can also get inline text to show which reference is causing the problem by following the instructions on the category page. Keith D (talk) 20:58, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Mathglot (talk) 21:02, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

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

• There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. They don't have a touch screen so readers navigate with the phone keys. There is now a simulator so you can see what it looks like.
• The reply tool and new discussion tool are now available as the "Discussion tools" beta feature in almost all wikis except German Wikipedia.

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

• 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. [13]

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. [14][15]
• 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. [16]

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16:52, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Middlesbrough and Stockton Council area

The town of Middlesbrough includes the TS2 area which mostly lies within Stockton-on-Tees council boundaries. This is written within the Wikipedia page:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Clarence

I will include external references to verify the accuracy of this information to this segment of the page Lbooth89 (talk) 20:14, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

I have found more overlap in the TS8 area too. I'll add this as a reference. Lbooth89 (talk) 20:29, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Further verification for the reason for change. See TS2 and TS8:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TS_postcode_area

How do I include external sources? Lbooth89 (talk) 20:47, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

@Lbooth89: It is not Post Code areas that are used for the determining of the authority the place is in as Post Codes are just for the convenience of the post office. You need to have just areas that relate to the council area (under the council jurisdiction) and none of Middlesbrough is covered by Stockton-on-Tees council. Keith D (talk) 21:07, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

You are mistaking council area for the town itself. What has happened to the Redcar and Cleveland bit too? Eston, Ormesby, Normanby, South Bank and Grangetown are all suburbs of Middlesbrough. Lbooth89 (talk) 22:45, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Please see the talk page there is a much broader discussion of what "Middlesbrough" actually is. Koncorde (talk) 00:53, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Yorkshire/Watch All & WikiProject Yorkshire/Articles

Hi Keith: Wanted to let you know I've moved Ann Walker of Lightcliffe to Ann Walker (landowner) per an editor's suggestion/request and support of a 2nd editor. All discussion is on the talk page. The move should bring the page name into compliance with WP:NCPDAB policies. While updating the links to prevent double redirects I came across two WikiProject Yorkshire pages (as listed in the subhead above) and thought you might want to know. Watch All & Articles will need to be updated accordingly. Wasn't sure if these were pulled by hand, a SQL query or some sort of script so I didn't want to mess with them. Also the pages took to long to load for me because I usually work on my phone. Hit me up if you have questions or need a hand. Cheers. Kimdorris (talk) 10:54, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I used to create them with a script, but changes caused the script to fail. I switched to using AWB and changed the naming of the files, it is a little fiddly, so they do not get updated so often but will pick it up when I next generate the pages. Keith D (talk) 20:59, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

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. [17]
• 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. [18]

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. [19]
• 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. [20][21]

Changes later this week

• 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)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).

Administrator changes

Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
• Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news

• When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
• Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)

Arbitration

• A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:20, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Arn Gill

You might be interested in this one, which possibly is and isn't on your patch. The original article has apparently been deleted, and subsequently merged (a little) with River Gaunless, to which it is a tributary. There is a Welsh copy of the original Arn Gill article here, and a Commons category for it here. I think that what happened was that the original article was categorised as a village, although it is actually a beck in Langleydale, County Durham here. So maybe it got deleted because no-one could find the supposed village, and no-one was looking for a beck. (Note also, it's ARN Gill, not AM Gill - easy to misread).

At the same time, there is another Arn Gill in North Yorkshire, and that one is a ravine which contains ruined lead mines called Arn Gill Mines, here. The existing Commons category and Welsh article (both linked above) refer to County Durham, though, so I guess we must be dealing with that one.

I'd like to reinstate the article, though, even if it's only a stub, but with the correct co-ord and categories. What do you think? Storye book (talk) 14:10, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes I would recreate a stub to cover the County Durham entry, though may be best to place at Arn Gill (County Durham) as not really the main article for the term. Keith D (talk) 20:53, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-14

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

• 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. [22]

Changes later this week

• 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. [23]
• 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

• 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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19:38, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Talk:York/Archive 1

Hi Keith, I probably owe you an explanation for my latest moves with this page along with Talk:York. I found it while following links and, when I check a talk page, it is my habit to check its earliest revision to see if its text was removed in later edits. (This can surprisingly often cough up buried treasure (or junk, if you will). Anyway when I checked the history at Talk:York, I was very confused when the first revision had "new section" in its edit summary; I had *never* encountered that before. I noticed you doing a history split on the page but didn't really understand its purpose, so I undertook to put the history back where I thought it belonged, by moving some edits at Talk:York to Talk:York/Archive 1. After some thought and going through your move log, searching it for moves of archive pages, I realised there was actually a method to your madness, and that my history fiddling made the history at Talk:York/Archive 1 more confusing. Therefore I put everything back where it was initially. I think I've done everything correctly but it's ridiculously late at night here so I may have made a mistake; feel free to double-check my work. I'm aware that you no longer do these talk archive moves in the main namespace. Graham87 20:55, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Are you OK?

I have noticed that you were making a considerable output on WP until 26 March, but have not contributed since then, and that (unusually for you) you have not put up your wikibreak notice. So please could you kindly let us know that you are OK? Please forgive me for asking such a question - but the present climate tends to give a cause for concern these days. Your contributions have always been highly valued, and your presence here is currently very much missed. All the best. Storye book (talk) 08:08, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

I too am as concerned as Storye book is. Your absence is notable. Here's hoping everything is okay with you Keith. Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 07:40, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

@Storye book and The joy of all things: Hello & thanks for the consern. I am OK, my PC died and have had to wait until the unlock on April 12th to get it into a repair shop. I now have a new hard drive in the PC but have to get things back up and running - what a pain. Keith D (talk) 00:05, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Glad to hear it, Keith D. I am sure you have a backlog! If you need any help, just ask. Happy editing. The joy of all things (talk) 06:01, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

If you want too help you could convert the new references in Kingston upon Hull to use cite templates for consistency. Keith D (talk) 20:39, 17 April 2021 (UTC) Y - that's a big article; it take ages to resolve when editing! Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 20:20, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks for that. Keith D (talk) 20:29, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Good news! So glad to hear you're OK. Now, of course we'll expect you to put in extra hours to make up for it - there's a big pile of wrong-sort-of-hyphens that's built up in Yorkshire new articles ... (just joking). Good to see you back. Storye book (talk) 10:10, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - April 2021

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11:36, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-16

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

• 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. [24][25]
• 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. [26][27][28]
• 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. [29]
• 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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16:47, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Invitation to contribute and debate

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_UK_geography#Merge_or_deletion_of_the_Sheffield_Urban_Area_and_West_Yorkshire_Urban_Area RailwayJG (talk) 18:18, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Harv error - false positive

Hi KeithD: I see you fixed references to Marshal's Royal Naval Biography that were throwing up harv cite errors. Following the suggestions of @PBS: I recently made a large number of Marshall cites in dozens of ship articles. Is the cite error a general problem that I need to take account of when creating the citations, or were the cases you fixed specific glitches? Please advise. Acad Ronin (talk) 15:18, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I think it is a general problem because of the intermediate template that is used to call the {{cite *}} template. I suspect every instance will cause the problem, unless something can be done with the {{cite RNB1823}} template (or similar) to avoid the problem. Keith D (talk) 15:25, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Can you explain to me what the problem is? Or at least the page which was edited to fix the problem so that I can see what it is. -- PBS (talk) 15:42, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

I presume it is HMS Scout (1804) history. Specifically this edit which suppressed the appearance of the article in category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors by tagging the parameter "ignore-err=yes" into {{sfnp|Marshall|1832|p=154|ignore-err=yes}}. Is that correct? -- PBS (talk) 16:01, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Assuming this is the error I checked the article using {{Cite NBD1849}} and it places the article into the same tracking category, but {{cite EB1911}} which is also a wrapper does not. In other words it appears that there is something incorrect in {{cite RNB1823}} (Marshall) and {{Cite NBD1849}} (O'Byrne). I have already checked and it is not multiple instances of either template causing the error so it must be something else and I will run some tests to try to identify what. In the meantime please do not add any "ignore-err=yes" parameters as that is a sticking plaster over the error and does not effect what the reader is seeing. -- PBS (talk) 16:38, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

OK found it. This is a really nasty problem because it only shows up in article space, not in tempate or user space so it has to be tested for in article space.

The explanation is here: Category:Harv_and_Sfn_template_errors#Current_limitations_and_false-positive_errors — these two wrapper templates need to be added to Module:Footnotes/whitelist. I've spent a lot more time on Wikipedia today that I budgeted for user:Keith D please could you make the request to add {{cite RNB1823}} (Marshall) and {{Cite NBD1849}} (O'Byrne) to Module:Footnotes/whitelist? -- PBS (talk) 17:31, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello, it was on HMS Acheron (1803) that the edits were made as well to remove the error message and category listing for the article.

Would not adding the wrapper template to a whitelist prevent any actual errors been shown if it ignores all cases of template usage? Keith D (talk) 20:42, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

My boat is currently moored in a spot with very spotty internet access. Short answer is no. My tests yesterday used {{Cite EB1911}} as a known benchmark and it worked as one expects showing up the same errors as {{cite encyclopedia}} (around which it wraps), which is how I found out about that list. -- PBS (talk) 15:47, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

I have added a request to "Module talk:Footnotes" for these two templates to be added to the list. -- PBS (talk) 16:14, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for adding requests, I was just cautious in case we were going to lose error messages. There has to be a better way of handling this. (The e-mail service does not appear to be working as have not got notification of your edits to my talk page). Keith D (talk) 21:42, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Reviewing Fundbox Suggested Edits?

Hi there Keith D! I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at our suggested edits on the Fundbox TALK page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundbox We have suggested updates to this page to fill out Key People in the Infobox - open to any feedback as well. I noticed you've edited the page before so thought you could be helpful! Thanks!CameronSays (talk) 17:12, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

I can not see any problem with adding the information to the article, though I would add the publication date |date= to the last 2 references for completeness. Keith D (talk) 21:45, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Keith D Thank you very much for the review and suggestion! I have added those dates on the Talk page. Would you be able to push these suggestions live? It's my understanding that an editor should handle. Thank you again! CameronSays (talk) 22:07, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

I have added the information to the infobox for you. Keith D (talk) 22:14, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much! CameronSays (talk) 00:41, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks

Thx for fixing the error. Honestly, I just am kinda new to Wikipedia, so a few errors here & there aren't too bad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EmilyS1234 (talk • contribs) 13:58, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

We all make mistakes no matter how long we have been here. Keith D (talk) 16:04, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

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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. [30][31][32]

Changes later this week

• 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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Help to link on Wikidata respectively

Kind regards Keith D !, I am communicating because when linking the page of (Anexo:Apellidos más comunes en Alemania) in Wikidata it does not carry out the correct process. Its English version (List of the most common surnames in Germany) and its respective German version (Liste der häufigsten Familiennamen in Deutschland) I would really appreciate it !!! RossiLeone (talk) 18:37, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

I have added the link and it now appears on the English & German versions of the article in the list of language versions. Keith D (talk) 19:25, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much!!! :D RossiLeone (talk) 19:30, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for all the help you have given me on the citations for my article on the French Citizens Convention for Climate. I really appreciate everything you have done to help me give everyone the proper credit for the article. Matthew.meyers5 (talk) 00:24, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Help to link on Wikidata respectively

Kind regards Keith D !, I am communicating because when linking the page of (Wagner) in Wikidata it does not carry out the correct process. Its English version (Wagner (surname)) and its respective German version (Wagner) I would really appreciate it !!! RossiLeone (talk) 11:57, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I have added the appropriate entry for you. Keith D (talk) 12:02, 3 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

• Twinkle is a gadget on English Wikipedia. It can help with maintenance and patrolling. It can now be used on other wikis. You can get Twinkle on your wiki using the twinkle-starter GitHub repository.

Problems

• The content translation tool did not work for many articles for a little while. This was because of a bug. [33]
• 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. [34]

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. [35][36]
• 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

• 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. [37]

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15:42, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

4 articles WRONGLY LINKED in Wikidata

Hello Keith D, somebody didn't notice the difference of the next articles, could you added properly? (Hofmann Goes with Hofmann), look a the difference, it's in the "f" letter. And this one Hoffmann Goes with Hoffmann please could you help me to fix those links?, I really appreciate it!!!

I saw this article as well, This one Hartmann goes with these German article Hartmann Greetings, I'm so thankful how you really fix these problems! RossiLeone (talk) 01:47, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I have had a look and appear to be OK. If there is still a problem then let me know. Keith D (talk) 09:44, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Help to link on Wikidata due ti it's semi-protected

Hello Keith D, could you added properly these articles? (Schmidt Goes with Schmidt), thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 16:18, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, have added link. Keith D (talk) 21:46, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Help to link on Wikidata articles and categories

Hello Keith D, could you added properly these articles and categories? (Apellidos neerlandeses Goes with Dutch-language surnames), thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 16:05, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

I have done this, it was already linked to another item with just am English entry which I removed it from. Keith D (talk) 17:59, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Help to link on Wikidata articles just in One page

Hello Keith D!!!, there's a huge mistake on Wikidata due to there 2 pages for articles in different languages, look, these 2 articles (Wolf (Familienname) and Wolf), goes with the rest of these ones, Example, the English article:(Wolf (name)), so could you fix them properly?? Thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 15:43, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I cannot work out what is going on here, looks like there is some cross-linking problems but cannot see exactly what to do to sort out the mess. As I can only speak English it makes things difficult because of all the languages involved. Sorry cannot help out on this one. Keith D (talk) 18:15, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much anyway!!! :D RossiLeone (talk) 15:12, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Help to link on Wikidata articles just in One page

Hello Keith D!!!, as I told you before, there's another huge mistake on Wikidata due to there are 2 pages for articles in different languages, I know you already tell me you can't fix these kind of problems, but can you talk to the same person who fix the others article's problems?, look, these 2 articles (Groß (Familienname) and Groß (familia nomo)), goes with the rest of these ones, Example, the English article:(Gross (surname)), so could you or someone who is allowed to fix them properly?? Thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 15:22, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

On this one I think that it looks like a merge - you can request this at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Merge.Keith D (talk) 17:04, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you!!! RossiLeone (talk) 00:16, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

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• The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

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Help to link on Wikidata articles

Hello Keith D, could you added properly these articles and categories? Due to the page it's semi-protected (Meyer (apellido) Goes with Meyer (surname)), thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 00:19, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I can manage the easy ones! I have added the link. Keith D (talk) 00:26, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much Keith D, I've got another one look is semi-protected as well, (Mayer (apellido) Goes with Mayer (name)), and could you Rename the page in English "Mayer (name)" as "Mayer (surname)" due to it's too much frequent as a surname and the country of origin is use as surname as practically around the world, thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 01:43, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I have added the link. The rename probably needs discussing as it contains given names and surnames - may be start a discussion on talk page. See WP:Move. Keith D (talk) 08:29, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Help to link on Wikidata articles

Hello Keith D, could you added properly these articles? Due to the page it's semi-protected (König (apellido) Goes with König (Familienname)), thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 13:53, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I have added the link. Keith D (talk) 16:22, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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

• 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

• You can see what participants plan to work on at the online Wikimedia hackathon 22–23 May.

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15:08, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Help to link on Wikidata articles

Hello Keith D, could you added properly these articles? Due to the page it's semi-protected (Weber (apellido) Goes with Weber), thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 18:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I have added link. Keith D (talk) 19:07, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello Keith D, could you add these articles? Due to the page it's semi-protected (Braun (apellido) Goes with Braun), thank you! RossiLeone (talk) 23:46, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

I need assistance

Well done sir. I need a written guide policies for uploading some legal images on Wikipedia common. Thank you sir. Arnt9099 (talk) 05:35, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, the main policies for Commons are at Commons:Commons:Project scope. Keith D (talk) 08:22, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much sir. Arnt9099 (talk) 13:52, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much sir. Arnt9099 (talk) 13:53, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

PMC Warnings

Hi, sorry about the PMC warnings you've been having to fix. Do you know if there's a way to prevent them happening when adding papers using the citation editor? Or is it just a case of mopping up afterwards? Red Fiona (talk) 18:10, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, it is probably a case of mopping up afterwards. All the cite creation tools have their different problems. I tend to clear out the PMC tracking category as it usually goes along with cite date errors which is what I am slowly tackling but not making much progress! Keith D (talk) 18:33, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Track gauge/metric

Template:Track gauge/metric has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 00:39, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Track gauge/imperial

Template:Track gauge/imperial has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 00:39, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Help required

good evening Keith D I need help on my draft article Gregson maluma. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcgraham giyan (talk • contribs) 18:26, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I have had an initial tidy of the formatting. The main problem is the references which appear to be placed randomly at top and bottom of the article, these need to be moved into the text at the end of the sentence that they support. Keith D (talk) 18:56, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-20

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Recent changes

• There is a new toolbar in the Reply tool. It works in the wikitext source mode. You can enable it in your preferences. [38] [39] [40]
• Wikimedia mailing lists are being moved to Mailman 3. This is a newer version. For the character encoding to work it will change from UTF-8 to utf8mb3. [41][42]
• An earlier issue of Tech News said that the citoid API would handle dates with a month but no days in a new way. This has been reverted for now. There needs to be more discussion of how it affects different wikis first. [43]

Changes later this week

• 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. [44]
• 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)

China PX protest article review

Hi! Thanks so much for your contribution to the China PX protest article earlier. I have recently updated the article, and was wondering if you have time to offer some feedbacks for the new edits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rainyyang (talk • contribs) 00:09, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Rainyyang: Hello, I have had a look at the article and comments on it are -

1. The lead could do this expanding to cover the content of the article, especially where is this chemical plant?
2. What is DMT & NGO?
3. Need a wikilink for purified terephthalic acid & polyester.
4. I would add a summary to "2011 Dalian Protest" section from the linked article.
5. There appears to be a mix of reference styles - for example ref 11 looks like CS2 while rest appear to be CS1 style.
6. Ref 19 needs a full date & accessdate.
7. Make (Li et al., 2017) in to a reference.
8. There are some strange line breaks so need some non-breaking spaces adding between figure and million/billion.

That should keep you going for a bit. Keith D (talk) 08:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Keith D:, Hi! Thank you so much for the comments, I have updated the article according to them. Would you mind having another look and giving me some tips on how to upgrade it to a C-class article? Rainyyang (talk) 23:56, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@Rainyyang: Hello, not in bad shape now, a few minor comments to help it along.

1. I would remove China from headings as that is implied by the article title.
2. Numbers need formatting. Normally add a comma every 3 digits i.e. 10000 is formatted as 10,000.
3. The date format needs to be consistent throughout the article. Mostly day first format, but I spotted a month first one (September 28) in "2011 Dalian protest"
4. Need to do conversions from metric into imperial for those who do not use the metric system. Suggest using the {{convert}} template for this.
5. Maybe look at the "See also" section as the portal links overrun into the "References" section and cause the references to be squeezed. You could add a {{clear}} template to push the "References" below the portal box, or you could switch to using the {{portal bar}} template to put them horizontal.
6. A caption to first image would be helpful.

Keith D (talk) 18:15, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

@Keith D:, Thank you so much for the suggestions! I have edited the article again and hopefully these issues have been addressed. :) Rainyyang (talk) 11:30, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora

Hi! I noticed your edit on the Agreed Measures article and was wondering if you could give me any other advice/tips to get this article upgraded from a stub to c-class! Thanks Bambixie (talk) 04:25, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Bambixie: Hello, I have had a quick look and have the following comments on the article -

1. Remove the embedded external links from the text.
2. References in the lead should be moved to the body of the text where the detail is given.
3. There are several duplicate wikilinks i.e. SCAR, which are not needed.
4. There appears to be a mix of reference styles - for example ref 5 & 6 looks like CS2 while the rest appear to be CS1 style.
5. We generally do not wikilink countries (personally I do not agree with this one).
6. Appear to be a problem with the heading levels. Level 1 should not be used. Probably just change "Other Agreements" to level 2.

That is it for quick look, have to get ready to go out now. Keith D (talk) 08:35, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

DIO Holbeach AWR

Hi Keith,

Please could stop undoing all my Holbeach edits. Perhaps instead of undoing them you should have asked yourself if the page needed moving instead of just keep undoing someones work.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulspot (talk • contribs) 13:12, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, you should request, and wait, for the article to be moved before changing the article detail, as the article title should be what is in the bold text at the start of the article. I could move the article, but not having appropriate references to support it, I will leave you to request a move. Keith D (talk) 16:18, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-21

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 Wikimedia movement has been using IRC on a network called Freenode. There have been changes around who is in control of the network. The Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts have decided to move to the new Libera Chat network instead. This is not a formal decision for the movement to move all channels but most Wikimedia IRC channels will probably leave Freenode. There is a migration guide and ongoing Wikimedia discussions about this.

Changes later this week

• 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)

Atriplex semibaccata

Hi Kevin D!! I am a university student working on improving the article for Atriplex semibaccata for an assignment due in a couple days. I would really appreciate if you can have a look over the article and recommend suggestions. I am aiming to write an additional 1000 words to improve the article class by the due date (28th May). I greatly appreciate your time and effort. Thank you!! Hippocrates1354 (talk) 06:40, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello @Hippocrates1354:, I cannot help with the content of the article but can give you some pointers on the formatting and things that need looking at.

1. Problem with the URL on reference 13.
2. For the authors of the references the initials need to be standardised with full stops and space between initials.
3. The measurements in the lead and Description section could do with formatting and giving a conversion into non-metric units. Suggest using {{convert}} template for this.
4. Maybe a wikilink to Cardwell in the lead.
5. Maybe add a couple more images to the article to illustrate parts.

Keith D (talk) 09:20, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Keith D:, Thats fantastic! Thank you for the tips. I will get onto it before the due date.Thank you for your response! Hippocrates1354 (talk)11:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Help to link an article on Wikidata

Hello Keith D, could you added properly these articles? Due to the page it's semi-protected (Kraus (apellido) Goes with Kraus), thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 05:02, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

I have added the link. Keith D (talk) 11:05, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-22

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 was an issue on the Vector skin with the text size of categories and notices under the page title. It was fixed last Monday. [45]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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17:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

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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

• 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. [46][47][48]
• 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. [49]
• 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. [50][51]

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20:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks and PGCBL 2021 season

Hey, Keith,

I wanted to say thank you for helping edit the article. I appreciate when I am not the only one editing articles. Also I hope that this article is fine. ParkerLyme (talk) 04:03, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello, the article looks OK, though I have tweaked the section order to the usual standard. Keith D (talk) 16:37, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Help to link an article on Wikidata

Hello Keith D, could you added properly these articles? Due to the page it's semi-protected (Bauer (apellido) Goes with Bauer (surname)), thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 13:38, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

I have added the link. Keith D (talk) 16:38, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Help please

Hi Keith

Can you please check these pages with your usual cleverness. Thanks from T. -

Baron Airedale getting rid of Leigh Rayment's "unsuitable" source at the bottom of the page

Roland Kitson, 3rd Baron Airedale - making portrait photo slightly smaller

William James Neatby - ref number 5

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge - adding Royalty to categories

Administrators' newsletter – June 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).

Administrator changes

Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless

Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
• Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news

• Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration

• After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

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Help to link an article on Wikidata

Hello Keith D, could you added properly these articles? Due to the page it's semi-protected (Becker (apellido) Goes with Becker (Familienname)), thank you so much!!! RossiLeone (talk) 22:01, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

 Done Keith D (talk) 00:21, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Thanks for restoring time sanity :)) I have been slowly working on the article, do you think it might be ready for a reassessment and if you have any free time and interest do you have any recommendations. .... (lol Hinchcliffe the joint founder is a genuine Yorkshire man). ~ BOD ~ ^TALK 22:33, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

@Bodney: Hello, I think that it is easily a C-class article now.

A few pointers, mainly formatting. I would look at adding some accessdates e.g. refs 6 & 7. CBS This Morning probably should be in italics. I would put a comma in the number 1000, for consistency, though 4-digit numbers do not need it. Song titles usually go in double quotes. Keith D (talk) 00:20, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks...will apply recommendations tomorrow. ~ BOD ~ ^TALK 00:23, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Recent edit reversion

I had to remove a copyright violation in Daraz , which reverted an edit made subsequently. You might wish to check to see if your edit needs to be redone.--S Philbrick(Talk) 12:58, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I have redone the image move, the rest of the edit is no longer valid as the text has been removed. Keith D (talk) 15:34, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Please help me

Can you tell, how am I contributing to Wikipedia and if possible participate on Talk:Hindi literature because my article has been proposed to be merged on this article.I think I am contributing well to Wikipedia, what would you like to say about me? Best Regards.✨️Serious Black^@Contribute 04:44, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello, do not be disheartened by the merge proposal, they happen all the time when articles on overlapping subjects are found. A merge is better than an out right deletion. Your work appears to be OK but needs supporting by more references to show where the information came from and to back-it up. If you are thinking of starting a new article it is good to have a look around first to see if what you are proposing fits in to another article and add the detail there. Keith D (talk) 10:26, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Can you review my page please

Hello friend. I was recently given new page reviewer rights and autopatrolled rights. But I created an article over a month ago that slipped through the net and has not been reviewed so it's not showing on Google search. Can you just approve the page for me please? It's here: Samuel Flippen. If you could just approve it for me that would be great. Thanks. Inexpiable (talk) 14:11, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I have had a look at the article and as far as I can see it is already approved. It could be a problem at the Google end not spotting the article or them taking time to put it live on their site. It may be that someone on Village Pump may know what is going on, so I suggest you ask there. Keith D (talk) 17:15, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Yeah someone already approved it earlier today. Thank you anyway for the suggestion. Inexpiable (talk) 19:29, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Censorship of History

Not much longer than a year ago Keith D was responsible for the censorship of the Fearnville Gulag paragraph on the Fearnville page. For to long has Fearnvilles history been dictated by the elites of British conservatism. Please refrain from furthering this elite narrative and instead educate yourself on the true history of the location. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ROW2006 (talk • contribs) 17:51, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-24

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Recent changes

• Logged-in users on the mobile web can choose to use the advanced mobile mode. They now see categories in a similar way as users on desktop do. This means that some gadgets that have just been for desktop users could work for users of the mobile site too. If your wiki has such gadgets you could decide to turn them on for the mobile site too. Some gadgets probably need to be fixed to look good on mobile. [52]
• Language links on Wikidata now works for multilingual Wikisource. [53]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

• In the future we can't show the IP of unregistered editors to everyone. This is because privacy regulations and norms have changed. There is now a rough draft of how showing the IP to those who need to see it could work.
• German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC. [54]
• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 28 June. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [55][56]

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20:25, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Players will not actually be released until their contracts end on 30 June 2021

Please do not remove them from squad listings/change their articles until that date. GiantSnowman 13:01, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Request for Extend Conformed Rights

Hi, @Keith D: I have Created 20 Article [57] on English Wikipedia and I've Completed 500+Edit (included deleted Edits) but in my account not add Extend Conformed Rights it means in my account have no user rights , and see my contributions please give me Extend Conformed Rights for More Contributions on English Wikipedia. Best Regards ❣MXX8❣^@Talk 13:46, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello, the user right is for 30 day old users, your account was created on 22 May so will become autoconfirmed on 21 June. Keith D (talk) 17:44, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks :@Keith D: For this kind information. Best Regards ❣MXX8❣^@Talk 03:33, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

COVID discretionary sanctions notification

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You have shown interest in and edits about COVID-19. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Shibbolethink ^{(♔ ♕)} 23:18, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Ever since I came to Wikipedia, you see Wikipedia making a particularly important contribution, and you always help new and old members, even with the authority of the manager. ❣MXX8❣@Talk 11:32, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Getting references right

Hi there, Am very new to Wikipedia editing and stil finding my way about. I see that you've tidied up a few of my references (they are labelled as bare references). I don't want to keep creating more work and wondered if you had a link to a WP best practice article about reference formats? SnowballWT (talk) 18:39, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

@SnowballWT: Hello, probably the best place to look is Wikipedia:Citing sources which indicates what should be given for citing different types of source material. Format varies and is not standardised, but most use the format produced by the various cite templates e.g. {{cite web}}. Keith D (talk) 18:51, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Will look. Cheers for the quick reply! SnowballWT (talk) 19:10, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-25

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Recent changes

• The otrs-member group name is now vrt-permissions. This could affect abuse filters. [58]

Problems

• You will be able to read but not edit German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC. [59]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 June. It will be on all wikis from 24 June (calendar).

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