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Question about editing
Hi,
I would like to ask if I can edit this article. I would like to fix the coordinates and remove the COI tag since it seems there is no discussion going on and I am a volunteer, not paid to edit. Would be ok to do so ?
Please let me know
Many thanks Saraino (talk) 21:57, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @Saraino:! Removing the COI tag yourself would be inappropriate at this point. I have not extensively looked into this. @Vituzzu: was the one who placed the tag and can perhaps provide more insight. TheSandDoctor Talk 00:07, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
- Ok. Let's see what @Vituzzu says. Just to understand this kind of situations: If you find an error such has the wrong coordinates. Would be reccomended to suggest edits or is it also inappropriate? Saraino (talk) 02:05, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
- You're yet another sockpuppet of Sallustinus' (aka Giovanni Morassutti), the COI is quite blatant. Vituzzu (talk) 09:47, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hi,
- I see your point, but the article was proposed at Articles for Creation and improved in order to be neutral and non-promotional providing independent viewpoints. Would suggesting some changes be appropriate to comply with WP:NPO to fix the problem and resolve the issue so that the tag can be removed? Thanks Saraino (talk) 12:15, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- You're yet another sockpuppet of Sallustinus' (aka Giovanni Morassutti), the COI is quite blatant. Vituzzu (talk) 09:47, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- Ok. Let's see what @Vituzzu says. Just to understand this kind of situations: If you find an error such has the wrong coordinates. Would be reccomended to suggest edits or is it also inappropriate? Saraino (talk) 02:05, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
- Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.
Technical news
- The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
- In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
- Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.
Question from Jeff Johnson Scorcher (02:03, 4 February 2023)
Hi The Sand Doctor!
I am wanting to learn how to use my credible history from a band I was once in (Jason and the Scorchers), and create my own personal page under my own name. I have created and completed other projects such as solo records which have been release as well as working in the film industry.
Would appreciate any advice and or helpful suggestions you may have in reference to doing this.
Thank you Jeff --Jeff Johnson Scorcher (talk) 02:03, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @Jeff Johnson Scorcher:! I would recommend reading this page and discourage you from creating a page about yourself or anything that you are involved in (e.g. employer, group you founded etc.) as it generates a significant conflict of interest, regardless of your intentions. If you decide to go ahead anyways despite this advice, please review WP:COIDISCLOSE/implement, read these guides (and this page) for writing an article and sourcing, and submit it through the Articles for Creation process. If you have any other questions, please feel free to let me know! TheSandDoctor Talk 06:39, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Question from Syed samian sami (09:07, 4 February 2023)
Hi,im Syed samian sami. Im from Bangladesh. Im a business mane. --Syed samian sami (talk) 09:07, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @Syed samian sami: and welcome to Wikipedia! Do you have any questions at this time or were you just saying "hi"? Either way, welcome!
TheSandDoctor Talk 06:41, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-06
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- In the Vector 2022 skin, logged-out users using the full-width toggle will be able to see the setting of their choice even after refreshing pages or opening new ones. This only applies to wikis where Vector 2022 is the default. [1]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).- Previously, we announced when some wikis would be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. These switches will not be announced any more, as the read-only time has become non-significant. Switches will continue to happen at 7AM UTC on Tuesdays and Thursdays. [2]
- Across all the wikis, in the Vector 2022 skin, logged-in users will see the page-related links such as "What links here" in a new side menu. It will be displayed on the other side of the screen. This change had previously been made on Czech, English, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. [3]
- Community Wishlist Survey 2023 will stop receiving new proposals on Monday, 6 February 2023, at 18:00 UTC. Proposers should complete any edits by then, to give time for translations and review. Voting will begin on Friday, 10 February.
Future changes
Gadgets and user scripts will be changing to load on desktop and mobile sites. Previously they would only load on the desktop site. It is recommended that wiki administrators audit the gadget definitions prior to this change, and add skins=…for any gadgets which should not load on mobile. More details are available.
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Tech News: 2023-07
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- On wikis where patrolled edits are enabled, changes made to the mentor list by autopatrolled mentors are not correctly marked as patrolled. It will be fixed later this week. [4]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (calendar).
- The Reply tool and other parts of DiscussionTools will be deployed for all editors using the mobile site. You can read more about this decision. [5]
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [6][7][8]
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Tech News: 2023-08
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Last week, during planned maintenance of Cloud Services, unforeseen complications forced the team to turn off all tools for 2–3 hours to prevent data corruption. Work is ongoing to prevent similar problems in the future. [9]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 February. It will be on all wikis from 23 February (calendar).
- The voting phase for the Community Wishlist Survey 2023 ends on 24 February at 18:00 UTC. The results of the survey will be announced on 28 February.
Future changes
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [10][11][12]
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Your draft article, Draft:Sally Wood
Hello, TheSandDoctor. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Sally Wood".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 18:17, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
Editing news 2023 #1
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This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:
- The Editing team will finish adding new features to the Talk pages project and deploy it.
- They are beginning a new project, Edit check.
Talk pages project
The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for Discussion tools.
It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Add topic" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.
An A/B test for Discussion tools on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Discussion tools. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.
New Project: Edit Check
The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "Publish changes". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more.
–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Question from Sarahadad20 (14:52, 25 February 2023)
Hey, a quick query. Am I allowed to delete the tags on the page when I've fixed the profile according to the tag's instructions? --Sarahadad20 (talk) 14:52, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Sarahadad20: In this case, yes, thank you for improving Wikipedia! .
- As a more nuanced answer not necessarily applicable here but worth the read for future FYI: yes, provided that you weren't the one that added the content that was objected to and that the issue is actually resolved. If you are the one that added the content it is generally best to defer to others to remove the tag. I took a look at this instance and it was actually this version that was tagged way back in 2016. The tag probably could've been removed some time ago, especially now that the source has been swapped out. Well done, Sarahadad20! TheSandDoctor Talk 18:39, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for the guidance. Sarahadad20 (talk) 18:59, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
"Jigsaw (upcoming TV series)" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect Jigsaw (upcoming TV series) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 February 27 § Jigsaw (upcoming TV series) until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 19:07, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Question from Sarahadad20 (20:12, 27 February 2023)
Lately, I've been working on some tricky pages like pages with UPI tags, close connection tags, and similar others. After I've made the edits for correction am I eligible to remove that template? --Sarahadad20 (talk) 20:12, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-09
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Last week, in some areas of the world, there were problems with loading pages for 20 minutes and saving edits for 55 minutes. These issues were caused by a problem with our caching servers due to unforseen events during a routine maintenance task. [13][14]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 March. It will be on all wikis from 2 March (calendar).
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [15]
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