Sohom Datta

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Thank you for participating in AfC November 2023 Backlog Drive

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Thank you @Robertsky, Happy Holidays to you as well :) Sohom (talk) 17:52, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Request to re-review

Hi Soham. You had very kindly reviewed this Afc article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Vinod_Tewary in September and given your valuable comments. Based on your comments I have added 3 non-primary references for the research work, and 2 new references for the awards. For the other awards, the article cites Vinod Tewary's main NIST page. NIST is a reputed, authentic, US govt source, and these awards are old. This is the best citation I could find for them.

Request you to please re-review the article and approve it if you find it acceptable now. Thank you! and Happy 2024! Vanimurarka (talk) 11:34, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

I can't verify a few of the sources, I'll leave it to some one else to take a look for now. Sohom (talk) 12:01, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

verify -> access Sohom (talk) 12:01, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

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Good point, I have been working on this on and off, need to get it finished. I'm struggling a bit on parsing-navboxes-land. But I think I should able to figure something out. Sohom (talk) 13:46, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Engmohamed2004 (21:24, 9 January 2024)

مرحبا اريد نشر مقاله لتطبيقى --Engmohamed2004 (talk) 21:24, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@Engmohamed2004 I'm unsure of what you ae saying here, I do not understand this (I assume Arabic) script. If you want to contribute in Arabic, we have a Arabic language project here :) Sohom (talk) 08:28, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks!

		MediaWiki Extensions Barnstar
		Thanks for all the debugging you help me do with MediaWiki extensions. I FINALLY got that integration test to pass CI, thanks to you pointing out the bug :) —–Novem Linguae (talk) 00:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you :) Sohom (talk) 08:25, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

NPP Awards for 2023

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		For over 100 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:43, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Sohom (talk) 08:25, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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Open Source Tripwire DYK

Hello! I've expanded the Open Source Tripwire article further. Could you please take a look? Deltaspace⁴² (talk • contribs) 23:01, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Replied. Sohom (talk) 13:42, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

PTUL bug

Hi Sohom, I used the NPP toolbar to PROD RondoNumbaNine, but for some reason the PTUL script logged it at my XfD log instead of my PROD log. Best, voorts (talk/contributions) 17:57, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

That's a interesting bug, I'll try to reproduce it locally, I wonder if this is a PageTriage issue or PTUL issue :) Sohom (talk) 05:42, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hindu Mela

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Your GA nomination of Hindu Mela

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Your GA nomination of Hindu Mela

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A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thank you so much for your explanations on isolation dates! There were no resources online I could hunt down. GordonFreeman1997 (talk) 21:43, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you :)Sohom (talk) 18:48, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Site isolation

On 3 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Site isolation, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that adding the site isolation security feature made Google Chrome use 10 percent more RAM? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Site isolation. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Site isolation), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Kusma (talk) 12:02, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Cross-site leaks

Hi Sohom Datta, I've added [clarification needed] and [When] tags in a few places where I thought some disambiguation is needed; for example, "recently" and "more recent" are used but not qualified with a date or year; you'll want to fix these before nominating the article for FA status. Good luck with the article and cheers, Baffle☿gab 00:07, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Epoca Romantica on Bo (Lost Girl) (17:49, 5 February 2024)

Hola señor mentor,me decis como pongo una foto a un articulo q no tiene,please --Epoca Romantica (talk) 17:49, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

@Epoca Romantica I don't speak Spanish, however, based on Google Translate, you seem to be asking how to add images to articles. Generally speaking, you can use the following syntax [[File:name_of_file.jpg|thumb]] to add a link. However on Bo (Lost Girl) you can use |image=File_name.jpg.

Looking at your edit history, it seems like you did try to do this, however, the file needs to exist on on Wikipedia for this to work. You can take a look at the file upload wizard to see how to upload the file on Wikipedia :) (fair warning though, you need to make sure the file is eithier freely licensed or is usable under fair use) Sohom (talk) 18:42, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello!

Sohom, I just wanted to thank you for your opinion expressed at the MfD discussion regarding Akhand Bharat, regardless of the final outcome of that discussion. Your opinion is even more valuable and important since you are from India, and you look at the issue in question from a civic point of view, instead from a nationalistic/irredentist one... And, completely unrelated – as you are from India, I wanted to ask for your opinion about Celina Jaitly, her activism etc. I myself am a fan or her, from a European's perspective; some years ago, I followed her involvement in activism to repeal Section 377, role in the relaunch of Bombay Dost and related gay rights issues. I also created this userbox about her, a couple of years ago. — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 07:51, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I generally tend not to comment on IPA issues, due to it's reputation as a bit of mess at times. I'm not really aware of Celina Jaitly in the context of achievements in acting since I'm generally not avidly into movies. I'm somewhat familiar with her work surrounding Section 377 however, and it's heartening that people are still fighting that peice of legislation. Sohom (talk) 16:05, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

I can say the same myself regarding Celina Jaitly – I don't know much about her acting career, as I'm generally not familiar with Indian cinema (despite being a great fan of movies overall). I mostly know about her through her LGBT-related activism (including her public discussion with Ramdev in 2009 or so), and I really appreciate her because of that work. I think she's sending a different image of India to the world – quite the opposite from the image people were used to in the past, which was mostly socially conservative ("traditional") on so many levels, including gender roles and sexual identity. — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 19:46, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Sohom Datta for collecting at least 25 points during the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:40, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you :) Sohom (talk) 15:39, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Ducklingamer20 (17:53, 14 February 2024)

can i make articles? --Ducklingamer20 (talk) 17:53, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

@Ducklingamer20 Since you are relatively new, to create articles you will need to use the WP:Article wizard. This will create the articles as drafts which will then be reviewed and pubished by experienced wikipedians. Sohom (talk) 20:02, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of DOM clobbering

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article DOM clobbering you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Elli -- Elli (talk) 21:21, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Delulu

On 21 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Delulu, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "delulu is the solulu" is a catchphrase? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Delulu. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Delulu), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Precious

Hindu Mela

Thank you for quality articles about Indian topics and computer security, such as Delulu, Cross-site leaks, History sniffing, DOM clobbering and Hindu Mela, for patrolling new pages and articles for creation, for "it seems like I'm the youngest (in wikiyears) on the page", for missing, - Sohom, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2914 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:23, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you @Gerda Arendt, means a lot :) Sohom (talk) 01:52, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of History sniffing

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Your GA nomination of History sniffing

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LTA?

Do you happen to know the LTA targeting redirects like Mehr (Clan) and Babariya? I see you reverted one of their edits in the past per WP:DENY, and this would help with reporting the disruption to admins in the future. Jalen Folf (talk) 07:15, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

It's mostly Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Thakor_Sumant_Sinhji_Jhala or someone who is trying to impersonate their behaviour. Sohom (talk) 21:11, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Amangautamartist (16:09, 26 February 2024)

Dear Ma'am Im a independent music artist. How can I write my biography and about my Career. --Amangautamartist (talk) 16:09, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Writing about yourself is generally discouraged on Wikipedia, if you want to talk about your life experiences, maybe a blog (maybe Medium or Twitter) might be better ? Sohom (talk) 17:29, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

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Your GA nomination of Site isolation

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Merge of Alakh Pandey to Physics Wallah

Hi Sohom. When completing a merge, please remember to make proper attributions in the page history, tag the merged page with {{R from merge}}, and add {{merged from}} and {{merged to}} templates on the proper talk pages. User:SD0001/easy-merge is a helpful tool that automates the redirect and templating. Best, voorts (talk/contributions) 22:31, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

@Voorts Will keep that in mind. Sorry for messing up the merge of Physics Wallah. :( I've added the script to my common.js. Sohom (talk) 22:56, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Site isolation

The article Site isolation you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Site isolation and Talk:Site isolation/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of RoySmith -- RoySmith (talk) 18:23, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from BM3Smith on Wikipedia:What is an article? (08:49, 9 March 2024)

Hello, I'm trying to find out if there is any video that exists of the sinking of the USS Peoria during RIMPAC 2004. It would mean a lot to me as I served aboard her. --BM3Smith (talk) 08:49, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

@BM3Smith I don't see any on Wikmedia platforms unfortunately :( Sohom (talk) 17:15, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Site isolation

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Your GA nomination of History sniffing

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Question from Mifu1915 on Draft:Mouna Boustros (16:17, 10 March 2024)

How do I save this page without publishing it? I need to get more information and return to it. --Mifu1915 (talk) 16:17, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

I owuld suggest saving the information in a file on your computer and returning to it, once you have more info. Wikipedia has no mechanism of saving without publishing. Sohom (talk) 16:40, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Hindu Mela

On 12 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hindu Mela, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that several organisers of the Hindu Mela were involved in a secret society that manufactured matchsticks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hindu Mela. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hindu Mela), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

User page

Hey Sohom, I hope all's good with you. Your user page is quite impressive, by the way. Just wanted to mention, I spotted some outdated lines from 2023 about your travel plans and IP addresses. Thought you might want to tweak or remove them. If you are already onto it, just ignore my message. – DreamRimmer (talk) 08:26, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

I've updated that text. I'm still somewhat prone to travel around and public univ/college wifi. So overlap is still expected unfortunately. (I'm writing this in unversity/public wifi lol). Sohom (talk) 21:58, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I

Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:

• Proposal 2, initiated by HouseBlaster, provides for the addition of a text box at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
• Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by Barkeep49 and Usedtobecool, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
• Proposal 5, initiated by SilkTork, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
• Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by BilledMammal, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
• Proposal 7, initiated by Lee Vilenski, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
• Proposal 9b, initiated by Reaper Eternal, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
• Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by City of Silver, Ritchie333, and HouseBlaster, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
• Proposal 13, initiated by Novem Lingaue, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
• Proposal 14, initiated by Kusma, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
• Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by Thebiguglyalien and Soni, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
• Proposal 16e, initiated by BilledMammal, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
• Proposal 17, initiated by SchroCat, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
• Proposal 18, initiated by theleekycauldron, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
• Proposal 24, initiated by SportingFlyer, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
• Proposal 25, initiated by Femke, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
• Proposal 27, initiated by WereSpielChequers, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
• Proposal 28, initiated by HouseBlaster, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.

To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:

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Your GA nomination of Cookie stuffing

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Your GA nomination of Cookie stuffing

The article Cookie stuffing you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Cookie stuffing and Talk:Cookie stuffing/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mokadoshi -- Mokadoshi (talk) 01:03, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cookie stuffing

The article Cookie stuffing you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cookie stuffing for comments about the article, and Talk:Cookie stuffing/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mokadoshi -- Mokadoshi (talk) 05:02, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from The Ravens of Odin (13:44, 19 March 2024)

Hi I'm Pablo and I hear you are going to be my mentor. I there any way to reach you other than Wikipedia? --The Ravens of Odin (talk) 13:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Not as such, sorry for the rather late reply. Sohom (talk) 01:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Annettemlesure (07:04, 20 March 2024)

Hi, I messed up on my username. How can I fix it? --Annettemlesure (talk) 07:04, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

@Annettemlesure You can change your username at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Sohom (talk) 01:03, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of DOM clobbering

The article DOM clobbering you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:DOM clobbering for comments about the article, and Talk:DOM clobbering/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Elli -- Elli (talk) 18:43, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from HaloSpartanCats (23:22, 26 March 2024)

Hello! I wish to cite a source in an infobox, but when I tried to do that it just added the citation as text instead of a citation. Do you know how to properly add a citation to an infobox? --HaloSpartanCats (talk) 23:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

@HaloSpartanCats It's really complicated to do this in the Visual Editor (which is what I assume you are using). You will need to create the citation and then use the source editor to move the citations (the citation should start with <ref>{{ and end with }}</ref>) into the correct template parameter for the infobox (i.e. if there is a infobox like {{Infobox person |death = 2001 |birth= 1999...}} and if you wanted to add a citation to the death field you would effectively make the code {{Infobox person |death = 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://example.com|title=Obituary for John Doe|access-date=2024-03-27}}</ref> |birth= 1999 ...}}) Sohom (talk) 01:33, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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GA of Yahoo Data Breaches

Hey, thanks for all the work you put into reviewing Yahoo!_data_breaches. Totally agree with all your points (some are my carelessness and some are my timidness) I'll rewrite and try again in a little while: I certainly think I couldn't have moved much further forward without another editor encouraging an even deeper revision than I've already done. Much appreciated. Joe (talk) 18:29, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

I look forward to seeing the article back at GA at some point :) Sohom (talk) 20:11, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Cookie stuffing

On 1 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cookie stuffing, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that you could be sentenced to serve time in prison for stuffing cookies? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cookie stuffing. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cookie stuffing), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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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. [1]

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• 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). [2][3]

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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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello Sohom Datta,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

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Tech News: 2024-15

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

• 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. [4][5]
• Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [6]

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). [7][8]
• 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. [9]

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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

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Discussion

Please reply to the message at the talk page of Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Supporting Actress. Sahajitbro (talk) 06:32, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

I have replied at the AFD expanding on my rationale. Sohom (talk) 22:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-16

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

• 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. [10][11]

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). [12][13]
• 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). [14]
• 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. [15]

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. [16]

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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol | May 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
On 1 May 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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Question from Kunee01 (18:28, 17 April 2024)

Write the history of wali dan nasani --Kunee01 (talk) 18:28, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

@Kunee01 Feel free to add it yourself :) This is after all the encyclopedia that anyone can edit :) Sohom (talk) 20:59, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Yahoo! data breaches/GA1

Hi Sohom Dotta. I just started reviewing Talk:Yahoo! data breaches/GA2 when I noticed you had reviewed GA1 not too long ago and had expressed a willingness to re-review it after improvements had been made. I didn't mean to steal your thunder. You are welcome to jump in. Best. Schierbecker (talk) 18:22, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice, I'm a bit busy right now, but I'll follow the discussion and try to jump in and give insight as and when I can. Sohom (talk) 22:19, 24 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. [17]
• 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). [18][19]

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. [20]

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Question from Myres Johnson 256 (22:43, 24 April 2024)

Hello, how can I upload my autobiography --Myres Johnson 256 (talk) 22:43, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

@Myres Johnson 256 You really shouldn't be publishing your autobiography on Wikipedia. Wait until some editor writes about your independently. Sohom (talk) 19:34, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

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