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MenoBot II Task 1
When MenoBot removes stub templates from long articles, like this it leaves the WikiProject templates on the Talk pages intact. Assuming that the WP templates are set to stub class, which is almost always the case, MenoBot introduces an inconsistency: now the Talk page of an article claims it's a stub but the article itself does not.
This is against WP:DESTUB and indeed human editors have been warned for removing stub templates en masse without updating the WP templates on the talk page. Is this desired behavior? – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:18, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- Many of these articles are still stubs. I found a few that were just a short introduction and a long list of species. These are definitely stubs even if they are long. See Peridinium, Rhodomelaceae], and Scytonema. Nessie (talk) 18:21, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- Which begs the question, who doesn't MenoBot count WP:RPS only? According to WP:STUBDEF, it should. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 18:28, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- WP:STUBDEF says "Lists, templates, images, and other such peripheral parts of an article are usually not considered when judging whether an article is a stub." I think ignoring bulleted lines when counting the length would be a good choice. --Nessie (talk) 19:02, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- Which begs the question, who doesn't MenoBot count WP:RPS only? According to WP:STUBDEF, it should. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 18:28, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Finnusertop and NessieVL: Thank you for your messages. As per your comments, I have stopped the bot from running this task for now. The issue that the bot should take talk page assesment into considration has been reported to AWB developers in phab:T180150. I will not run this task again until this phab ticket is resolved. I can see also that NessieVL has reviewed the bot's recent contributions and made any necessary changes, so, nothing further needs to be done. Best wishes. --Meno25 (talk) 17:07, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Twitter - a small request
Web things are not Internet things. Could you please delete the two internet categories listed for Twitter? I can't do it from this id. Thanks, 67.160.197.209 (talk) 06:21, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
- As Twitter is one of the most viewed articles, so, I believe that this change should be discussed on the article's talk page first. Please mention your request on Talk:Twitter and don't forget to add {{Request edit}} with your request. Best wishes. --Meno25 (talk) 17:12, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Thank you.
Hi Meno25 I was just notified on your review on my page Benjamin Ashitey Amarh, wan to say thank you and take me through anything I can do to help my contributions to Wikipedia a meaningful one. I have here to learn MrOrhin (talk) 11:16, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
- @MrOrhin: Thank you very much for your kind words. Much appreciated. Hope that you enjoy editing Wikipedia. --Meno25 (talk) 11:19, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks Meno25 MrOrhin (talk) 21:00, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello Meno25, I trust you are good? Can you kindly help me check whether my contributions on Piesie Super and Draft:Rison (Singer) makes it fit for review. I am opened for any additions, subtractions and suggestions. MrOrhin (talk) 14:26, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
- @MrOrhin: Hi. I reviewed the articles for you. Thank you very much for your work. --Meno25 (talk) 14:31, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Thank you too Meno25 and up for any contributions, I will try as much as possible to help make Wikipedia as great as it is. MrOrhin (talk) 14:36, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 October 2018
- From the editor: Is this the new normal?
- News and notes: European copyright law moves forward
- In the media: Knowledge under fire
- Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2
- Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom
- Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile
- Gallery: A pat on the back
- Recent research: How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?
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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
- Ordinary pages can no longer be loaded as javascript. You could do this using
?action=raw&ctype=text/javascriptin the URL. Only fully protected pages in the MediaWiki: namespace or user javascript subpages can be loaded as javascript now. This is for better security. [1][2]
Problems
- New and updated translations from translatewiki.net will not reach the wikis for a while. You can still translate messages on translatewiki.net. The Wikimedia wikis will be updated with the new translations later. This is because of work on the translation system. [3][4]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 October. It will be on all wikis from 4 October (calendar).
Meetings
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You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 3 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join. - You can join the meeting with the Wikimedia Foundation Search Platform team. The meeting will be on 3 October at 15:00 UTC. See how to join if you want to know how the search function works or have questions.
Future changes
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this.
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17:34, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!
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Greetings!
The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:
- Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
- Country Winners
- Diversity winner
- High quality contributors
- Gender-gap fillers
- Page improvers
- Wikidata Translators
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018).
Administrator changes
Justlettersandnumbers • L235
Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter
Interface administrator changes
- Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333
Oversight changes
- Guerillero • NativeForeigner • Snowolf • Xeno
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, the process for appointing interface administrators has been established. Currently only existing admins can request these rights, while a new RfC has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
- There is an open request for comment on Meta regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.
Technical news
- Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
- The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
- Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
- The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
- Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
- Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.
Hassan bin Rahmah Al Qasimi
Hiya. Thanks for the ratings, but old Hassan bin Rahmah deserves (IMHO) more than Start and Low on WikiProject Emirates. The piece is quite detailed and he was a key figure in UAE history as it was he led the Al Qasimi at the time of the seminal 1820 treaty - which turned the 'Pirate Coast' into the 'Trucial States'. Worth a quick review? Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 10:54, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Alexandermcnabb: Hi and thank you for your message. I updated the article's rating. Best wishes and thank you again for your work on the article. --Meno25 (talk) 11:57, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- Bless you and thanks. I'm sure the wicked old goat would be pleased... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 13:43, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
Start rating for Cynthia Farrar
You rated the article Cynthia Farrar as a "start." I mildly object. To my mind the article is brief but complete, containing all that is worthy of being included in an encyclopedia. "Start" implies to me that information is missing in the article, which I don't believe is true. There are undoubtedly some bells and whistles that could be added to upgrade the article to "good", but I think it is better than a "start" article. Smallchief (talk) 12:30, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Smallchief: Hi and thank you for your message. I rerated the article for you. Best wishes. --Meno25 (talk) 12:47, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. I could be proven wrong about the completeness of this article if Farrar belatedly becomes a figure of religious veneration. I always smile to think that a wikipedia article about Jesus during his lifetime would have been deleted as he was not notable.Smallchief (talk) 14:13, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
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 Education Program extension was removed from all Wikimedia projects. You can use the Programs and Events Dashboard or the Fountain instead. [5]
Problems
- There was a problem when you copied and pasted from a table with the visual editor. It could add
hrefwhere it shouldn't be. This has now been fixed. [6]
Changes later this week
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this.
- Because of the data centre test there will be no new version of MediaWiki this week. Changes for this week will come next week instead.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 10 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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23:38, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| This barnstar is awarded to you for tirelessly and diligently assessing hundreds of Biography articles. Saqib (talk) 18:03, 13 October 2018 (UTC) |
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
- Some pages, edits and users disappeared for a short while after the server switch. Missing content and users was fixed within a day. Some preferences and other things might take a few more days to fix. [7]
- Wikis are updated with new and updated translations from translatewiki.net again. This will happen once a week. The developers are working on fixing the problem so we can have translation updates more often again. [8]
Changes later this week
- When you create an abuse filter that prevents edits you can now write a specific error message for it. Before this all abuse filters that prevented edits had the same error message. [9]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 October. It will be on all wikis from 18 October (calendar).
Meetings
- There will be no more meetings with the Editing team. This is because not enough Wikimedians were interested. To tell developers which bugs you think are the most important you can use Phabricator as normal. [10]
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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22:40, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
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 23 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 October. It will be on all wikis from 25 October (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 24 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Community Wishlist Survey begins on 29 October. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals from 29 October to 11 November. You can vote on proposals from 16 November to 30 November.
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23:11, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
New review request
Hi Meno25 I just contributed a page Natty Lee to Wikipedia, kindly check if it is suitable to be reviewed. Thanks MrOrhin (talk) 18:25, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Meno25 is Kobby Kyei very okay to be reviewed?? MrOrhin (talk) 22:30, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Meno25 can you please review my first contribution to Wikipedia Sammy Flex for me Aduchristiana (talk) 14:56, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Meno25 can you check my first contribution Sarkodie Atta Philip too? AkwesiSark (talk) 15:06, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello Meno25 I want your comments on my new contribution GHKwaku, can you review it?? Aduchristiana (talk) 10:48, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
First contribution
Hi Meno25 can you check and review my first contribution on Wikipedia Arnold Mensah Elavanyo for me? Elormsevor (talk) 17:41, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 28 October 2018
- From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely
- News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks
- In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias
- Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform
- Traffic report: Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring
- Technology report: Bots galore!
- Special report: NPP needs you
- Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six
- In focus: Alexa
- Gallery: Out of this world!
- Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion
- Humour: Talk page humour
- Opinion: Strickland incident
- From the archives: The Gardner Interview