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How do you make those formatting/styling changes so quickly?

Most of the time, I use regular expressions, and replace the content. It's also possible I wrote a quick script that parses a list (like a dictionary or bullet pointed list) and makes replacements as needed.

Why did you revert my edit?

Usually, I revert it because it's vandalism, unsourced, or has other issues. If this is the case, I'll usually leave a warning on your talk page. If you don't see a message, feel free to ask on my talk page (here). It could very well be a mistake.

Tech News: 2024-13

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Recent changes

• An update was made on March 18th 2024 to how various projects load site, user JavaScript and CSS in Vector 2022 skin. A checklist is provided for site admins to follow.

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 March. It will be on all wikis from 28 March (calendar). [1][2]

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St. John of Damascus

Hello, I just wanted to say that I moved Eastern Orthodox Church to the top of the veneration due to his defense of icons, which are greatly used in the Orthodox Church. However, I did not change anything and left everything the same. Thanks! Spesdedr12 (talk) 22:30, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

@Spesdedr12 Thanks for telling me. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 19:56, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Question of how to make admins revert or rollback some edit on protected article

Can you tell me how can i make admin revert or rollback edit on protected article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by We wuzz kangzz (talk • contribs) 16:09, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

@We wuzz kangzz: Most of the time, if the edit is vandalism, it will get reverted quickly by other editors that have access to the page. Articles are rarely fully-protected (meaning only admins can access), more commonly semi-protected or extended-confirmed protected. Could I have a page name or diff for the edit you want to revert? Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 20:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Prattcondre (02:21, 27 March 2024)

What is considered acceptable as a subject to start a new page? A local college president is a fascinating person and I would like to write an article about her. She has made significant changes in higher ed. --Prattcondre (talk) 02:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

@Prattcondre:

Hello, welcome to Wikipedia! All articles here follow our general notability guideline and notability guideline for people. In short, the person must be published in multiple secondary sources, such as news articles, and receive significant coverage, such as a state or national news article about the person, and not just a brief mention in an article. (see Help:Your first article and Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes § Creating... for more information)

If you need help searching for sources, see Help:Find sources.

Feel free to ask if you have any other questions. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 02:34, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Question from Hummera123 (10:08, 30 March 2024)

How do I create citation --Hummera123 (talk) 10:08, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@Hummera123: Welcome to Wikipedia! We have a guide at Help:Referencing for beginners. Basically, to add a citation, you just click the "cite" dropdown in your editing toolbar (above the code), then select an option.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 14:16, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

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• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

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• The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

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• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

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Tech News: 2024-14

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

• Users of the reading accessibility beta feature will notice that the default line height for the standard and large text options has changed. [3]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 April. It will be on all wikis from 4 April (calendar). [4][5]

Future changes

• The Wikimedia Foundation has an annual plan. The annual plan decides what the Wikimedia Foundation will work on. You can now read the draft key results for the Product and Technology department. They are suggestions for what results the Foundation wants from big technical changes from July 2024 to June 2025. You can comment on the talk page.

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MediaWiki message delivery 03:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

need for a reference

The reference to William Wragg being 'gay' appears on the same page under ref 31.

https://twitter.com/William_Wragg/status/669302083493961733

I didn't see the point of repeating it but if you think a ref is needed here, pse add it. 213.78.162.233 (talk) 11:46, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this to my attention; I've updated the reference to a more reliable one, but I don't see a need to include it in the lead section, as it's only meant to summarize the article. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 14:18, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Juanon223 on Mental Treatment Act 1930 (11:21, 8 April 2024)

I'm lost I don't noe what to do --Juanon223 (talk) 11:21, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

@Juanon223: Welcome! See the notice I left on your Talk Page for more information. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 03:59, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-15

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Recent changes

• Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a Wikipedia article. This is a small experiment to see if Wikipedia can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
• A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
• Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. [6][7]
• Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [8]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). [9][10]
• New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. [11]

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Question from Basedenverist on tiktok (22:06, 13 April 2024)

Hello how do I do the thingy where you can put result's for a battle like where there is date territorial changes --Basedenverist on tiktok (talk) 22:06, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@Basedenverist on tiktok: Hello, we meet again! I think {{infobox battle}} is what you are looking for. Do feel free to inquire further if you have any questions. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 00:13, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mr tuty citizen (10:55, 14 April 2024)

Thank you --Mr tuty citizen (talk) 10:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mr tuty citizen: I'm not sure what you're referring to. Do you have a specific question about reading or editing Wikipedia? Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 13:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Emmanuel Mubiru Smith (23:36, 14 April 2024)

Hey am here I am kinda a celebrity in my home town but google don’t show it so I wanted to rite about my self am a young footballer can u help --Emmanuel Mubiru Smith (talk) 23:36, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@Emmanuel Mubiru Smith: I'm sorry, but our policies say that people can't write about themselves. If you want to be on Google, try getting your social media accounts higher on the results (search for example "how to increase search engine ranking" and you could find some information). Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 02:36, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Frizit1976 (09:40, 15 April 2024)

Hello I want to write article about my self --Frizit1976 (talk) 09:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

@Frizit1976: No, sorry, this is generally not possible on Wikipedia, because it would be hard neutrally, also, most average people don’t pass our notability guideline WP:GNG. You’d be better off getting on the news or something, then someone else would write your article instead.

May I ask, what are you known for? This could help me determine if you could have an article. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 14:55, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-16

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Problems

• Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. [12][13]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar). [14][15]
• Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). [16]
• A new variable page_last_edit_age will be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. [17]

Future changes

• Volunteer developers are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. Learn more.
• Four database fields will be removed from database replicas (including Quarry). This affects only the abuse_filter and abuse_filter_history tables. Some queries might need to be updated. [18]

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Question from Raj Poudel Actor (01:06, 16 April 2024)

How to add my profile pitcher --Raj Poudel Actor (talk) 01:06, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Raj Poudel Actor: We do not have profile pictures on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not social media. Please don't even think about writing an article about yourself, that is not allowed here. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 01:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Gen Z Slang Article

What was the point of removing my contribution to the article and not even giving a reason? Perfecnot (talk) 03:28, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Perfecnot: I was not reverting your contributions. I was using Twinkle to revert my own edit. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 03:31, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I meant the original edit titled "anchor" Perfecnot (talk) 03:33, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Perfecnot: I had no memory of removing "blud" from the article. I think it was just a glitch. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 03:35, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

sounds good, thanks for clarifying Perfecnot (talk) 03:37, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mohammed Omar (Re-Searcher) (18:43, 22 April 2024)

Hello, My question how to add links jn text --Mohammed Omar (Re-Searcher) (talk) 18:43, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mohammed Omar (Re-Searcher): Hello Mohammed and welcome to Wikipedia! If you are using the Source Editor, you can type [[article name]] to link an article. For example [[Help:Introduction]] which gives Help:Introduction.

If you want to make the text of the link different from the article name, you can use this syntax: [[article name|link text]]. For example, [[Main Page|the main page of Wikipedia]] produces: the main page of Wikipedia.

Happy editing, and do not hesitate to ask further if you have questions. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 19:55, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-17

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Recent changes

• Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [19]
• You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [20][21]

Future changes

• This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [22]

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