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Problems
- IPv6 addresses were written in lowercase letters in diffs. This caused dead links since Special:Contributions only accepted uppercase letters for the IPs. This has been fixed. [1]
Changes later this week
- You can soon use Wikidata to link to pages on the multilingual Wikisource. [2]
- Often editors use a "non-breaking space" to make a gap between two items when reading but still show them together. This can be used to avoid a line break. You will now be able to add new ones via the special character tool in the 2010, 2017, and visual editors. The character will be shown in the visual editor as a space with a grey background. [3][4]
Wikis use abuse filters to stop bad edits being made. Filter maintainers can now use syntax like 1.2.3.4 - 1.2.3.55as well as the1.2.3.4/27syntax for IP ranges. [5]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 February. It will be on all wikis from 4 February (calendar).
Future changes
- Minerva is the skin Wikimedia wikis use for mobile traffic. When a page is protected and you can't edit it you can normally read the source wikicode. This doesn't work on Minerva on mobile devices. This is being fixed. Some text might overlap. This is because your community needs to update MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext to work on mobile. You can read more. [6][7]
- Cloud VPS and Toolforge will change the IP address they use to contact the wikis. The new IP address will be
185.15.56.1. This will happen on February 8. You can read more.
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22:38, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- The Wikipedia app for Android now has watchlists and talk pages in the app. [8]
Changes later this week
- You can see edits to chosen pages on Special:Watchlist. You can add pages to your watchlist on every wiki you like. The GlobalWatchlist extension will come to Meta on 11 February. There you can see entries on watched pages on different wikis on the same page. The new watchlist will be found on Special:GlobalWatchlist on Meta. You can choose which wikis to watch and other preferences on Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings on Meta. You can watch up to five wikis. [9]
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- When admins protect pages the form will use the OOUI look. Special:Import will also get the new look. This will make them easier to use on mobile phones. [10][11]
- Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance. [12]
- Last week Tech News reported that the IP address Cloud VPS and Toolforge use to contact the wikis will change on 8 February. This is delayed. It will happen later instead. [13]
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17:40, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
Promotion of Quelccaya Ice Cap
RE: Love for Sale spot check
Please get back to me on this. Thanks. isento (talk) 11:14, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
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- There were problems with recent versions of MediaWiki. Because the updates caused problems the developers rolled back to an earlier version. Some updates and new functions will come later than planned. [14][15]
- Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance. [16]
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17:54, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Global watchlist - Update 8
Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script and the Global watchlist extension:
As I noted in the last issue, I received a grant from the WMF to develop the global watchlist script into an extension. That extension has now been deployed on Meta. Visit m:Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings to get started.
I do not plan on any further developments being made to the user script. I have released version 9.1.0 to both the dev and stable versions, which includes a notification about the extension being available when you use the user script. You can dismiss the notification, and the script still works, but it will no longer be maintained.
Those interested in providing feedback for the extension should use the phabricator board, phabricator:tag/mediawiki-extensions-globalwatchlist. Any bug reports about the extension should be filed there.
This will likely be the last update sent to this list.
Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 19:42, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Old ILL request
By the way, I remember you wanted me to try to ILL some licentiate thesis on Bolivian volcanism about a year and a half ago. But it was near the end of the semester, so they were afraid it wouldn't get there before the end of the semester (if the University lent it at all, which my college doubted they would), and then I dropped out of college and couldn't get it anymore. Do you still want me to try to get it? —Compassionate727 (T·C) 16:12, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Compassionate727:The one for Nevado Sajama if memory serves. Yes, I'd still like it - it's literally the only source that I know of which discusses the geology of that volcano. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 18:15, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, the one discussed here. Requested. We'll see what happens. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:49, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Huaynaputina, bad news
Jo-Jo, iPad typing, I have bad news. After spilling an entire cup of coffee on my laptop, at first it looked like I could keep using it with an external keyboard, but it got worse after it dried out, Fortunately, I had purchased a warranty against spills. I sent it off for repair today, but I will be without for at least a week, maybe longer ... I did have more work to do on Huaynaputina, but can’t do that from an iPad. Not sure if you want to launch FAC anyway. I am only about halfway through, but I also have a concern about the structure of the sections ... so sorry to hold you up. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:23, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
- @SandyGeorgia:Oy, my condolences. I'll see if perhaps Mike Christie has anything to say about the rest. I take the section issue is about the way the 1600 eruption discussion is spread between 2 top-level sections? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:29, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Jo-Jo -- sorry, I've started a major off-wiki project that's eating all my spare time and I am not going to be doing much on-wiki for a while. Sandy, sorry to hear about your laptop! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:42, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- What is troubling me about the sections is too many one-para sections in 1600 eruption, but can’t figure out how to combine. But would rather sort that after I finish going through. But somewhere in text could we get spelled out the distinction between plinian and vulcanian so we don’t have to click out to understand? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:53, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- @SandyGeorgia:Added a note and rearranged the sections a bit. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 17:09, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- Like it ... could you give a note somewhere on plinial v vulcanian? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- @SandyGeorgia:Um...I did add one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 20:10, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- ah, sorry ... not keeping up. And worried that my computer was shipped to Texas for repair, considering the state is basically without power ... hope repair isn’t delayed, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:15, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- @SandyGeorgia: You know, perhaps some of these changes can be done during the course of FAC. I know that you want FACses to be ready but I don't think that the article will need big changes there, and thus that it is essentially FAC-ready. JoJo Eumerus mobile (main talk) 20:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- Up to you ... sorry I only got halfway thru, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:09, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- @SandyGeorgia:OK, I'll try. That means that Huaynaputina won't be available for your FAC reformatting experiment but there is still Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Uturuncu/archive1 and the other bolded items in my to-do list (top of this page) to use. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:51, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
- Up to you ... sorry I only got halfway thru, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:09, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- @SandyGeorgia: You know, perhaps some of these changes can be done during the course of FAC. I know that you want FACses to be ready but I don't think that the article will need big changes there, and thus that it is essentially FAC-ready. JoJo Eumerus mobile (main talk) 20:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- ah, sorry ... not keeping up. And worried that my computer was shipped to Texas for repair, considering the state is basically without power ... hope repair isn’t delayed, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:15, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- @SandyGeorgia:Um...I did add one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 20:10, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- Like it ... could you give a note somewhere on plinial v vulcanian? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- @SandyGeorgia:Added a note and rearranged the sections a bit. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 17:09, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Tracking my computer reveals that FedEx has it stalled in a warehouse because of weather, so I purchased an inexpensive bluetooth keyboard to use with my iPad ... it’s awkward, and will take some time to get used to. I saw one section at Huaynaputina with three uses of the word “reportedly” which raises eyebrows ... could you do a search on that word to see if any wording can be varied or the need for “reportedly” can be made more clear? I will struggle along and maybe by the time I am used to this silly little keyboard, my computer will be returned :0. Bst, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:03, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
- Took out one mention, but I am not sure what to replace it with elsewhere. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:33, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
61.244.99.87
user:61.244.99.87 is abusing her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 11:54, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
- I see Ymblanter is already on it. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:00, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah, but she did not revoke TP access. CLCStudent (talk) 12:04, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Ymblanter:? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:05, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah, but she did not revoke TP access. CLCStudent (talk) 12:04, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
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- The syntax highlighter now works with more languages: Futhark, Graphviz/DOT, CDDL and AMDGPU. [18]
Problems
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00:16, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 February 2021
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- 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. [20]
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Rev deletion
Hi. Please delete or hide all revisions prior to the current one at User:Isento/Inspirational verses. I was warned at my talk page about the quotations being too extensive, so I've cut them down, but was suggested that the page history is still a problem. isento (talk) 07:07, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- Done, but only for the older revisions - revision deletion per user request is an uncommon application of revision deletion so I stick to deleting only the ones where there is a clear cut issue that is normally considered grounds for RD (copyvio). Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:46, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- The user is still taking issue with my subpage, requesting it be deleted. isento (talk) 17:47, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- I see, but it looks like the discussion is moving away from wholesale deletion. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 07:44, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
- The user is still taking issue with my subpage, requesting it be deleted. isento (talk) 17:47, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
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Re: that one licentiate thesis
My librarian has written me the following email: I submitted an email to the institution, but I could [couldn't?] really find their library, or any good contact information. I have not heard back from them, and I am not hopeful about getting a response. If I do hear back from them, I will let you know, but I do not think we will be able to get this item for you.
So I will update you if there are any new developments, but assume nothing will happen. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 17:19, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
- Pity. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 19:07, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
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- Flagged revisions now give admins the review right. [22]
- When someone links to a Wikipedia article on Twitter this will now show a preview of the article. [23]
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- 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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