User talk:Mz7/June–August 2021

Invitation for Functionary consultation 2021

Greetings,

I'm letting you know in advance about a meeting I'd like to invite you to regarding the Universal Code of Conduct and the community's ownership of its future enforcement. I'm still in the process of putting together the details, but I wanted to share the date with you: 27 June, 2021. I do not have a time on this date yet, but I will let you soon. We have created a meta page with basic information. Please take a look at the meta page and sign up your name under the appropriate section.

Thank you for your time.--BAnand (WMF) 15:06, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Haido buhari

Hello, Mz7,

New editor Sulehaido requested the undeletion of protected article Haido buhari which was basically a one line article written by Haido buhari or his socks. Could you do a quick check? Thanks. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:49, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

@Liz: Yep, that's them. I've blocked the account. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 07:55, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello there!

Hello @Mz7:! The current IP user User:49.149.72.236 has been edited the Wikipedia page of Cathay Pacific fleet, Cebgo and other wiki page. Seems this IP user is the current user of sockpuppet yesterday User:Philippine 1812. Can you help me with this? Thanks for your help! Cornerstone2.0 (talk) 07:37, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

@Cornerstone2.0: I've blocked the IP. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 07:41, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

@Mz7: Thanks! Cornerstone2.0 (talk) 07:44, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

@Mz7: hi there! I have a major changes of Virgin Atlantic in the fleet section. I remove it all and transfer to directly view the Virgin Atlantic fleet from recently a #redirect. Hope you approve and understand me. Thanks! Cornerstone2.0 (talk) 15:17, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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. [1][2][3]
• 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. [4]
• 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. [5][6]

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20:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

User:Jr Tahun

Hi, I am not exactly sure what to do. Back in May you blocked this user for repeated additions of unsourced content. This activity is still continuing today. What do I do in this scenario? Here are some examples [7] [8], this one he "fake cited" [9] and so forth. I have left warnings on their talk page with no replies. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 02:13, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

@Sportsfan 1234: I've warned the user one last time. If they continue to add unsourced content, let me know, and I may block their account again. Mz7 (talk) 17:52, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

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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Sorry, thank you

Hi Mz7, sorry about the malformed SPI report. Thanks for moving it to the right place, and it's helpful to know not to request CU for IP reports – it makes sense, and I've seen the note in the SPI intro, but I never really got it until now. Firefangledfeathers (talk) 05:26, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

IP socking

Hi Mz7, you blocked Special:Contributions/70.187.171.236 for one month back in March as a sock per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Extrapolaris. The IP is active once again on several of the same articles as before the block. Do I need to file an SPI again, or can you block based on the previous report? A new report would be largely identical to the previous one. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 18:19, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

BilCat, thanks for letting me know. I've blocked the IP again for another three months. Best, Mz7 (talk) 21:26, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

And thank you. BilCat (talk) 02:28, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Sambandam

Shocking is back in Sambandam by the same person after protection expired. 2402:3A80:502:5898:0:63:67A5:3B01 (talk) 19:10, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm 1TWO3Writer. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, User:Haido buhari, and have marked it as unreviewed. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

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Tech News: 2021-24

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

• 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. [10]
• Language links on Wikidata now works for multilingual Wikisource. [11]

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. [12]
• 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. [13][14]

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20:25, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Sockpuppet case

Hello, Mz7,

I see you are traveling but if you have a second, please give Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Walter Ezequiel Matthysse Jr. a look. Thanks and safe travels! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:41, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

@Liz:  Done, thanks! Mz7 (talk) 00:12, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks! Have a great vacation. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:28, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Enjoy your vacation! --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 05:58, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Roshan Sitara

It looks like you deleted and salted Roshan_Sitara back in April due to repeated recreation. I do not know the content of the recreated article, but it may match Roshan sitara that was created a week ago. BOVINEBOY2008 15:32, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

@Bovineboy2008: Thank you for bringing this to my attention. The user that recreated this new article is indeed a sockpuppet of the previous accounts that created the previously salted title. (The relevant SPI case is Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bttowadch.) I've blocked the relevant accounts and deleted this new iteration. Thanks again, Mz7 (talk) 06:04, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-25

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 otrs-member group name is now vrt-permissions. This could affect abuse filters. [15]

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. [16]

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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15:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Nonsense pages

This is regarding the socks you just blocked. Using [17], I was able to locate [18], which is another creation of this same person. Are we able to use the title blacklist or something to contain this person's various creations? It's always the exact same stuff as shown in the pastebin file. Home Lander (talk) 22:01, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Also found [19] and [20]. Home Lander (talk) 22:12, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

@Home Lander: Sorry for the delay in responding. I have placed an IP block on 2001:861:3206:2c0::/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) that I think may help in this case (no comment from a CU perspective, of course, but behaviorally that IP range is responsible for a few of the problematic drafts that you linked). I'm not sure the title blacklist would help in this case, but I think the edit filter might; if the problem continues, you could request one at Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested. Best of luck, Mz7 (talk) 20:19, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Mz7, requested. Appreciate your help, let me know here or there if you have any other thoughts. Home Lander (talk) 19:44, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AreebaQ

Since it closed I could open another report but I'm pretty confident that SaraKab is another sock. Notfrompedro (talk) 23:01, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

@Notfrompedro: Thanks, I blocked it. Mz7 (talk) 23:06, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Remove sources

Hi, why did you remove sources from capture of Fez (1554) ? Pikachu5D (talk) 16:41, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Check talk page... Pikachu5D (talk) 16:42, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

And why did you block me ? I bring sources for it. Pikachu5D (talk) 16:43, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

@Pikachu5D: I personally have no view about how the article should be written. On Wikipedia, we have a rule which prohibits editors from repeatedly reversing each other's edits. Instead of repeatedly undoing the edits other editors, you should engage in discussion on the article's talk page and come to an agreement before editing the article again. You were blocked because you persistently reverted other editors without first coming to an agreement with other editors on the article's talk page. Mz7 (talk) 16:54, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-26

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 with the Growth features now can configure Growth features directly on their wiki. This uses the new special page Special:EditGrowthConfig. [21]
• Wikisources have a new OCR tool. If you don't want to see the "extract text" button on Wikisource you can add .ext-wikisource-ExtractTextWidget { display: none; } to your common.css page. [22]

Problems

• You will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a few minutes on 29 June. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [23][24]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 June. It will be on all wikis from 1 July (calendar).

Future changes

• Threshold for stub link formatting, thumbnail size and auto-number headings can be set in preferences. They are expensive to maintain and few editors use them. The developers are planning to remove them. Removing them will make pages load faster. You can read more and give feedback.
• A toolbar will be added to the Reply tool's wikitext source mode. This will make it easier to link to pages and to ping other users. [25][26]

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GAN Backlog Drive - July 2021

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

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

Administrator changes

Trialpears

AGK • Eliz81 • Mulad • ThaddeusB • Vianello • Who

Lacrimosus → Ikuzaf

Interface administrator changes

Ragesoss

CheckUser changes

AGK • DGG

Oversighter changes

AGK

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
• An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news

• IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

• The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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Tech News: 2021-27

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Tech News

• The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 19 July.

Recent changes

• AutoWikiBrowser is a tool to make repetitive tasks easier. It now uses JSON. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage has moved to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSON and Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Config. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/Version has moved to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage/VersionJSON. The tool will eventually be configured on the wiki so that you don't have to wait until the new version to add templates or regular expression fixes. [27]

Problems

• InternetArchiveBot helps saving online sources on some wikis. It adds them to Wayback Machine and links to them there. This is so they don't disappear if the page that was linked to is removed. It currently has a problem with linking to the wrong date when it moves pages from archive.is to web.archive.org. [28]

Changes later this week

• The tool to find, add and remove templates will be updated. This is to make it easier to find and use the right templates. It will come to the first wikis on 7 July. It will come to more wikis later this year. [29][30]
• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

• Some Wikimedia wikis use Flagged Revisions or pending changes. It hides edits from new and unregistered accounts for readers until they have been patrolled. The auto review action in Flagged Revisions will no longer be logged. All old logs of auto-review will be removed. This is because it creates a lot of logs that are not very useful. [31]

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17:31, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

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WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is currently a backlog of over 2500 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

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Tech News: 2021-29

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 tool to find, add and remove templates was updated. This is to make it easier to find and use the right templates. It was supposed to come to the first wikis on 7 July. It was delayed to 12 July instead. It will come to more wikis later this year. [32][33]
• Special:UnconnectedPages lists pages that are not connected to Wikidata. This helps you find pages that can be connected to Wikidata items. Some pages should not be connected to Wikidata. You can use the magic word __EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ on pages that should not be listed on the special page. [34]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 July. It will be on all wikis from 22 July (calendar).

Future changes

• How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will soon change. This can affect bots, gadgets, user scripts and extensions. You can read more. You can test it on Testwiki or Testwiki 2.
• The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more.

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15:30, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-30

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• A new version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis the week before last week. This was not in Tech News because there was no newsletter that week.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 July. It will be on all wikis from 29 July (calendar).

Future changes

• If you use the Monobook skin you can choose to switch off responsive design on mobile. This will now work for more skins. If ⧼monobook-responsive-label⧽ is unticked you need to also untick the new preference Enable responsive mode. Otherwise it will stop working. Interface admins can automate this process on your wiki. You can read more.

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21:10, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Saff V.

Hello, Mz7,

Could you review the latest addition to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Srahmadi? You blocked and then unblocked editor Saff V. and now they are once again blocked as a sockpuppet and all their page creations tagged for deletion based on "a tip". Since you reviewed them in April, I was hoping you could confirm this. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:39, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi Liz. Back in April, I was specifically looking for whether Saff V was connected to the account Ghazaalch (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)—eventually, I determined that there is no connection between Saff V and Ghazaalch. It appears that as of today there are new developments which indicate that Saff V. is a sockpuppet of someone else (i.e. not Ghazaalch). Since it doesn't look like Ghazaalch is involved in the new developments, it looks like nothing here contradicts the result of my April investigation. I haven't actually looked at the underlying data involved in the new developments, but I was wondering whether this explanation resolves your concerns? If you would like, I could email CaptainEek to ask for clarification on their block. Mz7 (talk) 02:17, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

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

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

TheresNoTime

Oversighter changes

TheresNoTime

ST47

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news

• Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)

Arbitration

• Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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Tech News: 2021-31

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• If your wiki uses markup like <div class="mw-content-ltr"> or <div class="mw-content-rtl"> without the required dir attribute, then these will no longer work in 2 weeks. There is a short-term fix that can be added to your local wiki's Common.css page, which is explained at T287701. From now on, all usages should include the full attributes, for example: <div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="en"> or <div class="mw-content-rtl" dir="rtl" lang="he">. This also applies to some other HTML tags, such as span or code. You can find existing examples on your wiki that need to be updated, using the instructions at T287701.
• Reminder: Wikimedia has migrated to the Libera Chat IRC network, from the old Freenode network. Local documentation should be updated.

Problems

• Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 30 minutes. There was a problem with generating dynamic lists of articles on the Russian Wikinews, due to the bulk import of 200,000+ new articles over 3 days, which led to database problems. The problematic feature has been disabled on that wiki and developers are discussing if it can be fixed properly. [35][36]

Changes later this week

• When adding links to a page using VisualEditor or the 2017 wikitext editor, disambiguation pages will now only appear at the bottom of search results. This is because users do not often want to link to disambiguation pages. [37]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 August. It will be on all wikis from 5 August (calendar).

Future changes

• The team of the Wikipedia app for Android is working on communication in the app. The developers are working on how to talk to other editors and get notifications. You can read more. They are looking for users who want to test the plans. Any editor who has an Android phone and is willing to download the app can do this.
• The Beta Feature for Discussion tools will be updated in the coming weeks. You will be able to subscribe to individual sections on a talk page at more wikis. You can test this now by adding ?dtenable=1 to the end of the talk page's URL (example).

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20:45, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Warning

Hi @Mz7:, If new IP or Registered users add vandalic content in any BLP on their first edit then which level of Warning is used. Please answer me.Damak15 (talk) 05:51, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Damak15. Usually you can start with level 1 using {{subst:uw-vandalism1}}, but if the vandalism is particularly egregious, you can skip levels and go directly to 2 or 3 or even directly to level 4. If you go directly to level 4, you can use the template {{subst:uw-vandalism4im}} ("4im" meaning "level 4-immediate"). Use your best judgment. For more information, see the guidance at Wikipedia:Vandalism#For beginners. Mz7 (talk) 05:55, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Ok, but if New IP or Registered user didn't make any disruptive, vandalism and test edit on their first edit and makes vandalic edits on their 5 or 4 or 2 edits or after serveral months then which level we use.Damak15 (talk) 06:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Damak15: There aren't really any rigid rules here. Simply use the level you think is best. Always read the template warning before you send it to make sure that the message it contains is what you mean to send. Mz7 (talk) 06:45, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-32

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• You can read but not edit 17 wikis for a few minutes on 10 August. This is planned at 05:00 UTC. This is because of work on the database. [38]

Changes later this week

• The Wikimania Hackathon will take place remotely on 13 August, starting at 5:00 UTC, for 24 hours. You can participate in many ways. You can still propose projects and sessions.
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 August. It will be on all wikis from 12 August (calendar).
• The old CSS <div class="visualClear"></div> will not be supported after 12 August. Instead, templates and pages should use <div style="clear:both;"></div>. Please help to replace any existing uses on your wiki. There are global-search links available at T287962.

Future changes

• The Wikipedia Library is a place for Wikipedia editors to get access to sources. There is an extension which has a new function to tell users when they can take part in it. It will use notifications. It will start pinging the first users in September. It will ping more users later. [39]
• Vue.js will be the JavaScript framework for MediaWiki in the future. [40]

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16:19, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

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Our old F1 editing friend

Back again here and has been for a few weeks it seems. 'Master' was User:Rowde. Previous socks:

• User:GTCars
• User:Jesschool
• User:Mriffin
• User:Nico Yu 14
• User:GThomas00
• User:GarethCollege
• User:GarethThomas2000
• User:CaveMean
• User:Foxydagmar
• User:Foxydanger
• User:MoaningGags
• User:MoanerTonight
• User:Foxerman
• User:GBThomas2000
• User:GarethThomas00
• User:GBT00
• User:Gareth131100

Thanks; best regards, Eagleash (talk) 13:49, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

@Eagleash: Ah yes, that does look quite familiar.  Blocked and tagged. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 04:49, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks! Eagleash (talk) 09:07, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Sock tag removals

Did I mess something up here and here?-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:16, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

@Ponyo: I apologize in advance because the situation here is a little difficult to explain. Basically, you didn't mess anything up, but there is some new information that questions whether these accounts are CU-confirmed to the account Excel23 specifically.

At the time you placed those tags, you had correctly confirmed that those two accounts (SugarHiller and TexasToasters) were the same user as JuiceGrind (among other accounts). The problem was, at the time, JuiceGrind had incorrectly been tagged as a CU-confirmed sockpuppet of the user Excel23—because of this, you tagged SugarHiller and TexasToasters as CU-confirmed socks of Excel23. Currently, it's no longer clear whether JuiceGrind et al. are actually related to Excel23. This is because of a technical issue with the CU tool that falsely made it seem like Excel23 was confirmed to a bunch of accounts—you can see some discussion at the relevant SPI case (which is very long and confusing; sorry about that).

In other words, the current situation is that the following accounts are  Confirmed to each other but are  Unrelated to Excel23:

• TexasToasters (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• MiamiArris (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• SyboticJoe (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• JuiceGrind (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• SugarHiller (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

If we want to re-tag these accounts, we could tag them under JuiceGrind, which is the oldest account of these five. Again, I apologize for the confusion. Mz7 (talk) 04:22, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah, I completely understand. In fact, I must have anticipated there could an issue with confirming the accounts to Excel23, which is why I specifically noted the connection between SugarHiller and TexasToasters to specific accounts tagged as Excel socks in my edit summaries instead of just leaving the Excel123 sock tags with the generic edit summary "tag". I left myself a crumb trail. I'll retag the accounts as JuiceGrind socks as it may be useful down the road.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 15:58, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-33

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• You can add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet. [41]

Problems

• There was a problem on wikis which use the Translate extension. Translations were not updated or were replaced with the English text. The problems have been fixed. [42][43][44]

Changes later this week

• A revision tag will soon be added to edits that add links to disambiguation pages. This is because these links are usually added by accident. The tag will allow editors to easily find the broken links and fix them. If your wiki does not like this feature, it can be hidden. [45]
• Would you like to help improve the information about tools? Would you like to attend or help organize a small virtual meetup for your community to discuss the list of tools? Please get in touch on the Toolhub Quality Signal Sessions talk page. We are also looking for feedback from tool maintainers on some specific questions.
• In the past, edits to any page in your user talk space ignored your mute list, e.g. sub-pages. Starting this week, this is only true for edits to your talk page. [46]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 August. It will be on all wikis from 19 August (calendar).

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19:25, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello

Komachichuu is stealing content on FANDOM, DeviantArt and YouTube! Would you please block this user on Wikipedia for infinite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Komachichuu

Tech News: 2021-34

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• The Score extension (<score> notation) has been re-enabled on public wikis and upgraded to a newer version. Some musical score functionality may no longer work because the extension is only enabled in "safe mode". The security issue has been fixed and an advisory published.

Problems

• You will be able to read but not edit some wikis for a few minutes on 25 August. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. During this time, operations on the CentralAuth will also not be possible.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 August. It will be on all wikis from 26 August (calendar).

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21:57, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Read-only reminder

A maintenance operation will be performed on Wednesday August 25 06:00 UTC. It should only last for a few minutes.

Also during this time, operations on the CentralAuth will not be possible (GlobalRenames, changing/confirming e-mail addresses, logging into new wikis, password changes).

For more details about the operation and on all impacted services, please check on Phabricator.

A banner will be displayed 30 minutes before the operation.

Please help your community to be aware of this maintenance operation. Thank you!

20:33, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

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Hi ➤ Tajwar – thesupermaN! ^{【Click to Discuss】} 05:27, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-35

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• Some musical score syntax no longer works and may needed to be updated, you can check Category:Pages with score rendering errors on your wiki for a list of pages with errors.

Problems

• Musical scores were unable to render lyrics in some languages because of missing fonts. This has been fixed now. If your language would prefer a different font, please file a request in Phabricator. [47]

Changes later this week

• The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more about this.
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 September. It will be on all wikis from 2 September (calendar).

Future changes

• You will be able to read but not edit Commons for a few minutes on 6 September. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance.
• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 13 September. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [48]

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15:59, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi , I have one question ? Hamaredha (talk) 15:40, 31 August 2021 (UTC)