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Tech News: 2023-38

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

• MediaWiki now has a stable interface policy for frontend code that more clearly defines how we deprecate MediaWiki code and wiki-based code (e.g. gadgets and user scripts). Thank you to everyone who contributed to the content and discussions. [1][2]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).
• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [3]
• All wikis will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. [4]

Future changes

• The team investigating the Graph Extension posted a proposal for reenabling it and they need your input.

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Question from EvanTheWikiUserDude (19:56, 21 September 2023)

Random question.. Do you know what a furry is? --EvanTheWikiUserDude (talk) 19:56, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

@EvanTheWikiUserDude: Furries - yes. In any case, welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message on your talk page, with a few links to start you on your journey. Happy editing!. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:23, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Surreal Barnstar
	Thanks for creating that new tool. It is super useful! Thilsebatti (talk) 07:18, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, man. Hopefully, it can help folks to prioritize if they have a limited time to review new articles. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:03, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from MALLIKRAYHAN (04:17, 24 September 2023)

How do i get invited --MALLIKRAYHAN (talk) 04:17, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

@MALLIKRAYHAN: I'm not sure what you mean. Invited to what? In any case, I'll leave you a list of links on your talk page, for your perusal. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:26, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

New pages patrol newsletter

Hello MPGuy2824,

New Page Review article queue, March to September 2023

Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!

October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.

PageTriage code upgrades: Upgrades to the PageTriage code, initiated by the NPP open letter in 2022 and actioned by the WMF Moderator Tools Team in 2023, are ongoing. More information can be found here. As part of this work, the Special:NewPagesFeed now has a new version in beta! The update leaves the NewPagesFeed appearance and function mostly identical to the old one, but updates the underlying code, making it easier to maintain and helping make sure the extension is not decommissioned due to maintenance issues in the future. You can try out the new Special:NewPagesFeed here - it will replace the current version soon.

Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google Scholar or Scopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.

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Orphan template

I love it when other people's edits make you learn about new things. Thank you for noticing the Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal article was orphan! I've linked it to two other articles and deleted the template ({{orphan|date=September 2023}}) but let me know if that was not the way to go :) Silva Selva (talk) 15:17, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Fixing the problem, followed by removing the (now invalid) tag, is exactly how you are supposed to do it! Thanks. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:13, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-39

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 Vector 2022 skin will now remember the pinned/unpinned status for the Table of Contents for all logged-out users. [5]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 September. It will be on all wikis from 28 September (calendar).
• The ResourceLoader mediawiki.ui modules are now deprecated as part of the move to Vue.js and Codex. There is a guide for migrating from MediaWiki UI to Codex for any tools that use it. More details are available in the task and your questions are welcome there.
• Gadget definitions will have a new "namespaces" option. The option takes a list of namespace IDs. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages in the given namespaces.

Future changes

• New variables will be added to AbuseFilter: global_account_groups and global_account_editcount. They are available only when an account is being created. You can use them to prevent blocking automatic creation of accounts when users with many edits elsewhere visit your wiki for the first time. [6][7]

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on 27 October at 17:00 (UTC). See details and how to join.

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Question from Eihn.flrs on Talk:Search engine (09:07, 29 September 2023)

Rostow's 5 Stages of growth provide a framework for understanding the economic development of nations. Each stage represents a different phase of growth and highlights key characteristics and dependencies. Here is a breakdown of the stages:

Stage 1: Traditional Society - This stage is characterized by subsistence living, barter systems, and reliance on agriculture. The economy is primarily rural and lacks significant industrialization or urbanization.

Stage 2: Transitional Stage - In this stage, economies begin to specialize in certain industries, leading to surpluses. Infrastructure development becomes important to support economic growth.

Stage 3: Take Off - Industrialization takes place, accompanied by increased investment and growing regional economic growth. Political changes may occur during this stage to support industrial development.

Stage 4: Drive to Maturity - Diversification and innovation become key drivers of growth. There is less reliance on imports as domestic industries expand and become more competitive. Investments play a crucial role in sustaining growth.

Stage 5: High Mass Consumption - This stage is characterized by a consumer-oriented economy where durable goods flourish. The service sector becomes dominant, reflecting a shift towards a more service-based economy.

These stages are often dependent on factors such as the global economy, market management, growth in developed economies, suburban economies, rural economies, and social appreciation of --Eihn.flrs (talk) 09:07, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

@Eihn.flrs: Welcome to Wikipedia. I think you meant to add the above to a different page of the site. In any case, I've left a message with a few links on your talk page. Please take the time to read through them. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:16, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Micky Maverick (00:55, 1 October 2023)

Hello, how can I move my draft to my article space? --Micky Maverick (talk) 00:55, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

@Micky Maverick: Welcome to Wikipedia. I assume you mean User:Micky Maverick/sandbox. It isn't ready for mainspace right now. Start with adding reliable sources (i.e. references) which back up what the article says. Following that you can use the WP:AFC process to submit your article. It will be checked by a reviewer and moved to mainspace (i.e. article space, as you called it) if it is deemed appropriate. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:41, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

what if nobody ever thought of it earlier or it wasn't published earlier? so I don't have any sources about the topic. all the sources for now is me.. is it possible that it goes to the mainspace when ready and then editors edit this to an appropriate version or give me feedback if it's okay or not okay to think like this? Micky Maverick (talk) 07:56, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia, in general, frowns upon original research. All facts in the 'pedia are backed up by other sources. If someone published something in mainspace, then per WP:BURDEN, other editors are allowed to remove material that isn't backed up by third-party sources. In this case, i think that your topic overlaps a lot with Facial nerve paralysis. You should fix any issues that you see in that article and add anything that you feel is missing, if you are able to back it up with sources. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:06, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

So the story is, Yesterday, when I was at the studio at night, I was very late. I had to come home at least half an before. So I was very worried about it that, "I'm so late, our doorman might shut all the gates off and then I won't be able to enter and I might have to spend the whole night on the road starving" I was very tensed in my brain and at that time, my brother was very excited about our new song that was going to be released soon and he was smiling and talking about how feels but I wasn't able to smile back naturally or respond to that. I kind of felt stuck that I want to smile but I could not. I've felt this kind of paralyzed in my life many times but somehow I forgot about this.... Micky Maverick (talk) 09:33, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

pardon some of my typos Micky Maverick (talk) 09:35, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

hey are you there? Micky Maverick (talk) 21:10, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

@Micky Maverick: Hey, I'm not on Wikipedia 24/7. I think you should take neurological issues seriously. It could be something minor/ignorable that you'll laugh about later, OR it could be something that if not taken care of right now, might turn into a much bigger issue. I'd really suggest that you visit/talk to a medical professional about this. Editing Wikipedia can always be done later. Take care of your health first. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:44, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

it's not exactly a face paralysis or a brain freeze. I don't think it's a neurological disorder.. maybe there are people out there who've felt this and they could relate. Micky Maverick (talk) 07:57, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

In its current state, it isn't going to be kept as a Wikipedia mainspace article. You'll have to find some scientific/medical discussion about this. Before that, you might have to find out what the scientists and/or doctors are actually calling this. It is possible that not knowing the name is causing you to draw a blank while finding references. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:07, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Noted! maybe it's more related to psychology because it's more likely to be an issue with the mind. Thanks for the conversation. Micky Maverick (talk) 08:21, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

NPP award (2)

Hey, sorry for bugging you again about this, but wasn't I the "Fresh Reviewer of the Month" as the new reviewer with the most article reviews for the month of September? Looking at the most recent database report, I'm listed at having 117 article reviews in the past month while Skynxnex had only 76 - is there something about the award I'm missing? BeanieFan11 (talk) 13:14, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi, BeanieFan11! For the past couple of months, I've been basing this award on a weighted point system which includes redirects (where redirect reviews are counted as one-fourth of an article review, just like in the latest Backlog drive). The query for new reviewers in September is here. That said, it looks like I didn't update Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Awards#For articles. Given that you might have been aiming for the award based on that info, I think you should get the award. I don't think it is right to penalize either you or Skynxnex for this, and believe that it is best if I give you both the award for September. I'll rectify the pages where the information is outdated. Sorry about this, and thanks for doing so many article reviews in September. Good luck in the Backlog drive. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:38, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:06, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Congrats BeanieFan11! And thanks for the details MPGuy2824. Skynxnex (talk) 12:36, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-40

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

• There is a new user preference for "Always enable safe mode". This setting will make pages load without including any on-wiki JavaScript or on-wiki stylesheet pages. It can be useful for debugging broken JavaScript gadgets. [8]
• Gadget definitions now have a new "contentModels" option. The option takes a list of page content models, like wikitext or css. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages with the given content models.

Changes later this week

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

Future changes

• The Vector 2022 skin will no longer use the custom styles and scripts of Vector legacy (2010). The change will be made later this year or in early 2024. See how to adjust the CSS and JS pages on your wiki. [9]

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Question from DanteAug777 (05:58, 5 October 2023)

Hello Mr. MP I have a question regarding public domain images. Let's say I redesign or transform a public domain licensed image. Am I able to copyright the remixed version under CC BY-SA 4.0? --DanteAug777 (talk) 05:58, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

@DanteAug777: Welcome to Wikipedia! I think you should read Transformative use. I checked with a fellow editor (who knows more about copyright than me), and their reading was that it depends on how much the original image is changed. There is no clear-cut test for this, and it is subjective. It might help if you clarify what the original image is, and what you intend to change in it. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:37, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you @MPGuy2824 I will gladly read on the page you provided a link for. Have a good day! DanteAug777 (talk) 01:38, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Libm453 (17:22, 7 October 2023)

What is the benefit of this thing that we, the editors of Wikipedia, do? --Libm453 (talk) 17:22, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

@Libm453: Welcome to Wikipedia. The current form of wikipedia is formed by the small and large edits by editors over the years and to see why the 'pedia as a whole is useful, you only need to read Wikipedia#Cultural_influence. I've left a small list of links on your talk page. Please go through some of them when you have the time. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:14, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-41

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

• One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Fon (w:fon:) [10]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 October. It will be on all wikis from 12 October (calendar).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Swahili Wikipedia, Walloon Wikipedia, Waray Wikipedia, Wolof Wikipedia, Kalmyk Wikipedia, Xhosa Wikipedia, Mingrelian Wikipedia, Yiddish Wikipedia, Yoruba Wikipedia, Zhuang Wikipedia, Zeelandic Wikipedia, Min Nan Wikipedia, Zulu Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [11]
• At some wikis, newcomers are suggested images from Commons to add to articles without any images. Starting on Tuesday, newcomers at these wikis will be able to add images to unillustrated article sections. The specific wikis are listed under "Images recommendations" at the Growth team deployment table. You can learn more about this feature. [12]
• In the mobile web skin (Minerva) the CSS ID #page-actions will be replaced with #p-views. This change is to make it consistent with other skins and to improve support for gadgets and extensions in the mobile skin. A few gadgets may need to be updated; there are details and search-links in the task.

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Concern regarding Draft:List of constituencies of the Bhutan National Assembly

Hello, MPGuy2824. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:List of constituencies of the Bhutan National Assembly, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 11:03, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Emilychristensen3 (02:01, 11 October 2023)

hello how do I write an article --Emilychristensen3 (talk) 02:01, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@Emilychristensen3: Welcome to Wikipedia. Do you already have a topic in mind? If so, then you should use Wikipedia:Article wizard to start your article. If not, then you can start practising wiki editing by beginning the Wikipedia Adventure. I'll also leave you a list of links on your talk page. Go through them when you get the time. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:10, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Hinckleyfilm (17:59, 12 October 2023)

How do I add a photo to a Wikipedia page? I have a photo of a painting by Samuel Cutler Hinckley of his father, Samuel Lyman Hinckley.

Thank you.

Sam Hinckley --Hinckleyfilm (talk) 17:59, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

@Hinckleyfilm: Welcome to Wikipedia. To upload an image use the most appropriate button in Wikipedia:File upload wizard. Following that you can add the image to a Wikipedia page. You can take a look at Help:Pictures for that. Please contact me if you face any issues. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:56, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Bikramganj Assembly constituency

This is different from Bikram Assembly constituency of Patna region. This is a state assembly constituency of Bihar which is not in existence now. It ceased to exist after delimitation. It was located in Rohtas district. If you get time please create it with the list of MLAs. A Lok Sabha constituency within similar name also exists. But article about that is already on Wikipedia.[ https://resultuniversity.com/election/bikramganj-bihar-assembly-constituency]Admantine123 (talk) 19:37, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Url for member profile from Digital Sansad

Hi can you save direct url for members profile like you did earlier for one MP on my request. I need url for profile of Former Member of Parliament from Arrah Lok Sabha constituency, H.P Singh and Ram Prasad Singh.- Admantine123 (talk) 04:12, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

HP Singh and Ram Prasad Singh. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:42, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much. This new version is not good. Earlier when we can save the Bioprofile was good one. Admantine123 (talk) 07:35, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

I agree. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:37, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-42

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 Unified login system's edge login should now be fixed for some browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera). This means that if you visit a new sister project wiki, you should be logged in automatically without the need to click "Log in" or reload the page. Feedback on whether it's working for you is welcome. [13]
• Edit notices are now available within the MobileFrontend/Minerva skin. This feature was inspired by the gadget on English Wikipedia. See more details in T316178.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 October. It will be on all wikis from 19 October (calendar).

Future changes

• In 3 weeks, in the Vector 2022 skin, code related to addPortletLink and #p-namespaces that was deprecated one year ago will be removed. If you notice tools that should appear next to the "Discussion" tab are then missing, please tell the gadget's maintainers to see instructions in the Phabricator task.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:45, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 October 2023

• News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?

• In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing

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Tech News: 2023-43

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Recent changes

• There is a new Language and internationalization newsletter, written quarterly. It contains updates on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects, and related support work.
• Source map support has been enabled on all wikis. When you open the debugger in your browser's developer tools, you should be able to see the unminified JavaScript source code. [14]

Changes later this week

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

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:14, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Constituency lists

I noticed you've recreated List of constituencies of the Bhutan National Assembly. I had created the list a few years ago but merged it to the main National Assembly (Bhutan) because there isn't really any reason to have separate lists when it can suffice in the main article. I would recommend not creating separate lists like that for smaller Indian state assemblies either, just have the list in the main article. regards, TryKid ^{[dubious – discuss]} 09:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from BongCloud75 (18:00, 27 October 2023)

In the list of evolutionary psychologists, I was fixing the names according to the first letter of their names. But it got reverted to its original unorganized form again. Did I make any mistakes , please advice. Thanks --BongCloud75 (talk) 18:00, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

@BongCloud75: Welcome to Wikipedia. I think MOS:LISTSORT, is supposed to be interpreted as "sort first by last name, then name, then initials". Most people lists that i've seen are sorted this way. You should also read WP:BRD. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:19, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-44

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 Structured Content team, as part of its project of improving UploadWizard on Commons, made some UX improvements to the upload step of choosing own vs not own work (T347590), as well as to the licensing step for own work (T347756).
• The Design Systems team has released version 1.0.0 of Codex, the new design system for Wikimedia. See the full announcement about the release of Codex 1.0.0.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 November. It will be on all wikis from 2 November (calendar).
• Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 2 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for many languages. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the library. They will then use a script to fix the existing categories. This will take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more. [15][16]
• Starting November 1, the impact module (Special:Impact) will be upgraded by the Growth team. The new impact module shows newcomers more data regarding their impact on the wiki. It was tested by a few wikis during the last few months. [17]

Future changes

• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. You can help by reviewing this proposal and sharing what you think about it.
• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:19, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello MPGuy2824:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 2200 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

The Reviewer's Barnstar For You.

	The Pending Changes Reviewer's barnstar
	Thank you for reviewing and creating Maheshwar, Cooch Behar. And Hats off to your Contribution in Page Curation Thank You 🫶 Mr. Rasel Hasan (talk) 06:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Rasel. Also, regarding orphan articles: an article is considered an orphan if no other mainspace articles link to it. The Maheshwar article is still an orphan, but this is easily fixable. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:09, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Need Merge Request,

Hi MPGuy2824, Kindly merge these two links, this Ranbir Gangwa to Ranbir Singh Gangwa IJohnKennady (talk) 14:13, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done Redirected one to the other, since it didn't have any additional information. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:09, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank You IJohnKennady (talk) 08:24, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from RibaldSink (10:15, 4 November 2023)

How do I cite an article? --RibaldSink (talk) 10:15, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@RibaldSink: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a bunch of links on your talk page, but to answer your question you should read Help:Referencing for beginners. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:47, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-45

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Recent changes

• In the Vector 2022 skin, the default font-size of a number of navigational elements (tagline, tools menu, navigational links, and more) has been increased slightly to match the font size used in page content. [18]

Problems

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Question from HMHS Titanic (08:43, 3 November 2023)

Are you a Alcoholic? --HMHS Titanic (talk) 08:43, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

No. Why do you ask? -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:44, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

idk. HMHS Titanic (talk) 15:29, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Katamarisky (14:37, 9 November 2023)

Hi there. I'm relatively new to Wikipedia, and I just made what I would consider to be my first "big" edit. Is it possible that you would be able to take a look at it and make sure I didn't accidentally delete anything important? I'm not sure if I need to link the page here, or if you can just click on my profile and see my edit history there. --Katamarisky (talk) 14:37, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

@Katamarisky: Welcome to Wikipedia. To start with I've left you a list of links on your talk page. Now, to your questions: It is usually considered good wiki-etiquette to add a link to the page in question. In this case, since you've recently started editing, I was able to easily find your contribution to Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts. I agree with you that the page is quite promotional and has unnecessary detail for an encyclopedia page, and your edit reduced some of it. I've also made some small changes, and added a tag to a section on that page. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:11, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Anigagiladze (13:01, 6 November 2023)

Hello, my article has been rejected. I made changes but no one responds now, can you please explain what am I doing wrong? Thank you --Anigagiladze (talk) 13:01, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

@Anigagiladze: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a list of links on your talk page. Please go through them. In addition:

• From your last name it looks like you have a conflict of interest with the artist in question. There is a conversation that someone started on your talk page regarding this. Please read through it and follow the instructions to declare your conflict of interest (or lack of the same)
• The draft still has promotional (and other) issues. I'll try to remove more of the promotional content.
• The Articles for Creation wikiproject is currently running a backlog drive. If you submit the article now, it wouldn't take too long for someone to review it.

Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:31, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

I've improved the formatting of the article. I think that it still requires more reliable sources that talk about the subject in depth. In particular, the various claims in the biography and technique sections require verifiable sources. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:53, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

The technique resources are represented in the book which is for sale in Georgian and Dutch bookshops. There is no online version of the book so I don't know how to add it to the resources.

There also are couple videos, interviews with the artist, where he is describing technics but they are also all in Georgian language.

Let me know if it's okay to include any of it as a resource here on Wikipedia. Anigagiladze (talk) 09:19, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

@Anigagiladze: It is totally ok to add a book which isn't available online. See Help:Referencing for beginners. It is also ok to include videos, but in this case, since the subject is talking about the techniques himself, it might be more appropriate to include it in the "External Links" section. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:25, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

I edited the sources, please check and let me know if I'm doing it right. This whole thing turned out way more complicated than I expected lol. Anigagiladze (talk) 12:39, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

I've fixed the formatting to comply better with wikipedia standards. Try to edit only one section at a time and not the whole page. I'll continue this conversation on the draft's talk page. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:59, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Also, yes he is my father, but I have no intention at all to make the article promotional. It's just that thousand people have been asking why they can't search info about famous artist ok Wikipedia, so I thought it would be helpful for people to search basic information about Merab on Wikipedia.

Sorry, the is the first time I'm creating a Wiki article, so I'm totally fine if you remove whatever you think is necessary. Anigagiladze (talk) 09:23, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

It's just that thousand people have been asking why they can't search info about famous artist on Wikipedia Hehe, I understand.

I'll really suggest that you read and do the suggestion mentioned in WP:DISCLOSE. I'll add some ideas to improve the draft on its talk page. We can continue that particular conversation there. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:30, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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Recent changes

• Four new wikis have been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Moroccan Amazigh (w:zgh:) [22]
  • a Wikipedia in Dagaare (w:dga:) [23]
  • a Wikipedia in Toba Batak (w:bbc:) [24]
  • a Wikiquote in Banjar (q:bjn:) [25]

Problems

• Last week, users who previously visited Meta-Wiki or Wikimedia Commons and then became logged out on those wikis could not log in again. The problem is now resolved. [26]
• Last week, some pop-up dialogs and menus were shown with the wrong font size. The problem is now resolved. [27]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all wikis from 16 November (calendar).

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• Canary (also known as heartbeat) events will be produced into Wikimedia event streams from December 11. Streams users are advised to filter out these events, by discarding all events where meta.domain == "canary". Updates to Pywikibot or wikimedia-streams will discard these events by default. [28]

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Georgetown-to-Bethesda streetcar service

Thanks for reviewing and tagging Georgetown-to-Bethesda streetcar service! I received a notification ("A reviewer suggested improvements to the page...Tag: r from alternate name") but I'm not sure what to do because it looks like you've already added that tag. Or am I missing something? PRRfan (talk) 14:18, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Nope, you aren't missing anything. Some of the tags don't require any action from the page creator, but they still create notifications. We are hoping to fix that soon. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:41, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Respot-the-despot (01:16, 16 November 2023)

Hi. Thank you for mentoring. Many years ago, I made a few edits here and there, but never really learned how to participate in the Wikipedia community, helping to build consensus for edits, etc. These days I'm more interested in doing things properly, so I hope you'll let me know if I go astray. Thanks again! --Respot-the-despot (talk) 01:16, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

@Respot-the-despot: Welcome back. I've left you a message on your talk page with a few links. I think you should start WP:TWA. It would teach you about editing and other aspects of Wikipedia. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:43, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thank you for your tireless contributions to the New page patrol. Your efforts are immensely valued. Thilsebatti (talk) 08:45, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Thilsebatti. You are already eligible for the "New Page Reviewer's Silver Award" for this year, based on your article reviews. Hopefully, NPP gets more active reviewers like you. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I thank you for your valuable contributions and the accomplishment of repetitive tasks on Wikipedia, pertaining to parliamentary and assembly constituency-related articles with ease. All the best. 456legend(talk) 02:45, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, 456Legend. Once you make all the Andhra and Telangana constituencies consistent with each other, we can use them as an example for other states. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:15, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Hope your wiki-vacation brings you back to editing with a fresh mind! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:16, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Yea sure thing. And yes I am back with full and fresh energy. Thank you 456legend(talk) 12:59, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Haryana Assembly Past Elections and Former / Renamed Constituencies

Hi, MPGuy2824I'm seeking your support. I've noticed that some constituencies from Haryana's Past Assembly Elections are not available on Wikipedia. I'm considering whether to create new entries for these constituencies or add information to existing entries related to current constituencies. What do you suggest?

IJohnKennady (talk) 17:35, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

I think that you should create new pages for the articles. They'd be notable per WP:NGEO. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:33, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

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• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Quechua Wikipedia, Romansh Wikipedia, Romani Wikipedia, Rundi Wikipedia, Aromanian Wikipedia, Tarandíne Wikipedia, Rusyn Wikipedia, Kinyarwanda Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikipedia, Sakha Wikipedia, Santali Wikipedia, Sardinian Wikipedia, Sicilian Wikipedia, Scots Wikipedia, Sindhi Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Sango Wikipedia, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, Sinhala Wikipedia, Slovak Wikipedia, Slovenian Wikipedia, Samoan Wikipedia, Somali Wikipedia, Albanian Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, Swati Wikipedia, Southern Sotho Wikipedia, Saterland Frisian Wikipedia, Sundanese Wikipedia, Silesian Wikipedia, Tamil Wikipedia, Tulu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Tetum Wikipedia, Tajik Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkmen Wikipedia, Tagalog Wikipedia, Tswana Wikipedia, Tongan Wikipedia, Tok Pisin Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Tsonga Wikipedia, Tatar Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Tahitian Wikipedia, Tuvinian Wikipedia, Udmurt Wikipedia, Uyghur Wikipedia, Uzbek Wikipedia, Venda Wikipedia, Venetian Wikipedia, Veps Wikipedia, West Flemish Wikipedia, Volapük Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [31][32][33]
• The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more. [34]

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Need Merge Request,

Hi MPGuy2824, Kindly merge these two links, this K. Karthikeyan to Vasantham Karthikeyan - IJohnKennady (talk) 16:20, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

I agree that they seem to be about the same person. Would you want to try a merge yourself? Read WP:MERGETEXT and see if you face any issues. I'll help if you get stuck on any point. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:37, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Can you check, is this correct, K. Karthikeyan - IJohnKennady (talk) 07:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Hey, since you were the only major contributor to that page, and it is fairly obvious that they are the same person, there is no particular need for a merge discussion. You can just straightaway proceed to Wikipedia:Merging#How to merge. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:56, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Now Check, this is the correct way - IJohnKennady (talk) 16:22, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Y The edit summary should have been "Merged content to Vasantham Karthikeyan", but the rest is ok. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:18, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

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• MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow async/await syntax in gadgets and user scripts. Gadget authors should remember that users' browsers may not support it, so it should be used appropriately. [37]
• The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Diplomatic missions in Cameroon

A tag has been placed on Category:Diplomatic missions in Cameroon indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 12:05, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

@Explicit: I guess the articles in it were deleted since then. I won't be contesting this, assuming the last article in it is deleted per the AfD. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:22, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Mizoram MLAs 2023–2028

A tag has been placed on Category:Mizoram MLAs 2023–2028 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:20, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

The results for 2023 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election are being counted today. I've added one winner to the category, and I'm sure more will be added by today and tomorrow. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:26, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

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• The spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [38]
• The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit {{DEFAULTSORT:...}} keywords. [39]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [40][41]
• On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements appear on pages that include the __NEWSECTIONLINK__ magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator.

Future changes

• The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [42]
• Communities using Structured Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page.

Events

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• On Wikimedia Commons, there are some minor user-interface improvements for the "choosing own vs not own work" step in the UploadWizard. This is part of the Structured Content team's project of improving UploadWizard on Commons. [43][44]

Problems

• There was a problem showing the Newcomer homepage feature with the "impact module" and their page-view graphs, for a few days in early December. This has now been fixed. [45][46]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar). [47][48]

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• The 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 5 January 2024, and has an associated privacy statement.

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Speedy deletion declined: Maillardville-Coquitlam

Hello MPGuy2824. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Maillardville-Coquitlam, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: @Loew Galitz, JalenFolf, WikiOriginal-9, GoingBatty, Egeymi, and MPGuy2824: It would appear to me that this artcicle is about a historical electorate of a similar name to the current BC electorate Coquitlam-Maillardville. Are they one and the same? Evidence, thought scant, would appear to indicate the are not. No prejuduce to expanding Coquitlam-Maillardville#History to include a WP:REDIRECT to Maillardville-Coquitlam Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:22, 13 December 2023 (UTC) . Thank you. Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:22, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@Shirt58: I don't know the answer to your question. I was stub sorting and stumbled across this article, and just fixed the layout. GoingBatty (talk) 18:50, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Diplomatic missions in Cameroon

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There is a mop reserved in your name

You are a remarkable editor in many ways. You would be a good administrator, in my opinion, and appear to be well qualified. You personify an administrator without tools and have gained my support already!

Hello MPGuy2824, I'd appreciate it if you considered running for RFA. Your contributions are truly valued, and I'm certain many respected administrators would support you with a strong nomination. You have all the qualities needed to excel as an admin. – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:45, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

I'd support! 87k edits, 27k edits this year, and a GA. I think the rest of the community would support too. Let me know if you'd like a nomination :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 21:10, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

I legitimately swore to God you were an admin. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 21:17, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

I'd support the hell out of this. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:35, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

+1 ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:11, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

+1(x100) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (he|she|they) 14:19, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words and support, folks. I have not (seriously) considered a bid for admin rights yet. My off-wiki life is in a lot of flux right now, so an RFA in the near-term is out of the question, even if I felt ready for it. But, I think that I could be ready for one of those optional RFA polls in 6 months time. I might ping some of you for advice on what to read up on in the meantime. Thanks again. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:45, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Late to the party, but a +1 from me. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 21:08, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

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• Starting December 18, it won't be possible to activate Structured Discussions on a user's own talk page using the Beta feature. The Beta feature option remains available for users who want to deactivate Structured Discussions. This is part of Structured Discussions' deprecation work. [51]
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Shaik

If there is a page for Sheik, why should there not be a page for Shaik? --Jax 0677 (talk) 13:07, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

They are the same name but with different spellings in English. I think just one article should do, with the rest redirecting to it. Maybe you can incorporate the other spelling into the article more, since right now it is only mentioned in a single footnote. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:27, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

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"Shaik" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Shaik has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 20 § Shaik until a consensus is reached. Jax 0677 (talk) 15:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	hello Pediabestw (talk) 03:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

@Pediabestw: Thanks‽ Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message with a short list of links to read. I also recommend that you start with WP:TWA. Happy editing! Reply here if you have any questions. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:11, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Request for review

Dear MPGuy2824, Hello, Can you mark these article as reviewed!😊~~ αvírαm|(tαlk)

Sitaram Verma Ved Prakash Gupta Paltu Ram Gopal Sharma (politician) Satish Chandra Sharma (politician) Dharmraj Singh Yadav

@Aviram7:  Done It looks like another reviewer (DreamRimmer) already took care of them. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy Christmas

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	or whatever else you may celebrate at this time of year. Thank you for all your work on Wikipedia throughout the year and may 2024 prove to be a happy and successful year for you and your family Josey Wales Parley 22:06, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

@Joseywales1961: Thanks. Happy holidays to you and yours as well. Willow is cute! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas, MPGuy2824! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 14:50, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:50, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

OneL, Thank you and happy holidays to you too! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:03, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

NPPTech graphs licensing

Hello MPGuy2824, I hope you are doing well. I'm facing an issue updating the NPP talk header graph since Commons has introduced more licensing options. Could you please assist me in selecting the appropriate license option when uploading graphs on Commons? As one of the maintainers of the NPP Tech tool, you might have licensing information about graphs generated via NPPTech tool. Thanks! – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:49, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Hey Dream, all good here. Hope you are doing fine as well. Regarding your problem: It isn't obvious to me what change has been done to commons, but you don't need to upload there. You can upload directly on the English Wikipedia via this form. I think if you choose "free work > from a free published source", then add the npptech url as the source in the file page, it should be enough. If you think it might be helpful, i could add a CC image somewhere on the graph page in npptech. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm doing great. It's enough for me, but including a CC image would be helpful for others in the future, allowing them to upload graphs without hesitation. Thanks. – DreamRimmer (talk) 05:00, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:11, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello MPGuy2824, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Happy editing, Thilsebatti (talk) 07:55, 25 December 2023 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Thilsebatti (talk) 07:55, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy holidays, and a happy 2024 to you too! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 26

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Karauli Assembly constituency, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Darshan Singh.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:01, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

 Fixed -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:03, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Bytexin (05:49, 27 December 2023)

Hey! Sir --Bytexin (talk) 05:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

@Bytexin: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message on your talk page with some links in it. When you get the time, please go through them. I suggest that you start with WP:TWA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:52, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from FishyGuy77 (19:49, 27 December 2023)

Hello there! I just wanted to ask you how hard it is to expand on a short article. --FishyGuy77 (talk) 19:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

@FishyGuy77: Welcome to Wikipedia. Ease of expanding a stub article: It depends on the subject and what sort of sources you are able to find about that subject. e.g. for a random small village somewhere in the world, you might never be able to expand it more than a few sentences. What article were you hoping to expand? I'd be happy to do a basic search and tell you if it is worth spending your time on. Alternatively, if you indicate a couple of your interests (geographic or subject), then I could tell you where you might find articles that desperately need expansion. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:42, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Keshavonly (07:57, 28 December 2023)

Can i earn money for editing or publish own blog --Keshavonly (talk) 07:57, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

@Keshavonly: Hi Keshav. Most editors of Wikipedia are unpaid volunteers. Anyone who is paid to edit is required to follow the guidelines at WP:DISCLOSEPAY. Hope you'll still stick around! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:06, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Toronto South (federal electoral dist

Hello MPGuy2824,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Toronto South (federal electoral dist for deletion, because it's a redirect that seems implausible or is an unlikely search term.

If you don't want Toronto South (federal electoral dist to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

-MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:16, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 23

New year, new scripts. Welcome to the 23rd issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering around 39% of our favorite new and updated user scripts since 24 December 2021. That’s right, we haven’t published in two years! Can you believe it? Did you miss us?

Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!

Featured script

RefRenamer by Nardog is this issue's featured script. For whatever reason, the foundation will only give us better reference names in VisualEditor if we wish for it in the next survey. Nardog to the rescue! This script has a ton of options to satisfy almost anyone who wishes to use better refnames than ":0" and ":418".

Updated scripts

• Nardog: MoveHistory can now look up the move history of any page from anywhere on the site.
• User:Enterprisey/diff-permalink now has a version that copies the Special:Diff link with square brackets.
• User:GhostInTheMachine/WatchlistTidy now moves the Active Filters panel to the right so that the Show/Hide button doesn't constantly jump.
• User:Alexander Davronov/HistoryHelper has now become stable with some bugfixes and features such as automatically highlighting potentially uncivil edit summaries and automatically pinging all the users selected.
• Wikipedia:AutoEd/unicodehex.js will no longer replace legacy MediaWiki dot-entities (dot followed by two uppercase alphanumeric characters) in article links, which caused several links to become broken.

Screenshot of RefRenamer, a user script that assists in replacing non-descriptive reference names

Scripts++ Newsletter

Improve a script

• Many of our favorite scripts such as User:Fred Gandt/userResourceManager, User:Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts and User:Bradv/Scripts/Superlinks haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
• User:Elominius/gadget/media timer works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
• To a lesser extent, the same goes for User:PrimeHunter/Search sort.js. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
• We want...

• ...a mark-as-read button for Watchlyst Greybar Unsin
• ...a tool to automatically fix CAT:BROKENREFs, preferably a fork/addition to User:TheJJJunk/ARA
• ...a fix/fork of User:DannyS712/SectionRemover.js to make it work

Requested scripts

• A WP:3O requesting and responding tool, similar to Terasil's classic edit request tool
• A "bytes removed"/"added" filter on the user contribs page
• A review tool for WP:proposed deletions
• Mass patrol new pages by a user for use in WP:RFP/A
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

New scripts

• Aaron Liu: Watchlyst Greybar Unsin is a rewrite of Ais's Watchlist Notifier with modern APIs and several new features such as not displaying watchlist items marked as seen (hence the name), not bolding diffs of unseen watchlist elements which doesn’t work properly anyways, displaying the rendered edit summary, proper display of log and creation actions and more links.
• Alexis Jazz: Factotum is a spiritual successor to reply-link with a host of extra features like section adding, link rewriting, regular expressions and more.
• User:Aveaoz/AutoMobileRedirect: This script will automatically redirect MobileFrontend (en.m.wikipedia) to normal Wikipedia. Unlike existing scripts, this one will actually check if your browser is mobile or not through its secret agent string, so you can stay logged in on mobile! Hooray screen estate!
• Chlod:
  • Deputy is a first-of-its-kind copyright cleanup toolkit. It overrides the interface for Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations for easy case processing. It also includes the functionality of the following (also new) scripts:
    • Attribution Notice Template Editor (ANTE) graphically modifies content attribution notices. It is the successor to User:Chlod/Scripts/CopiedTemplateEditor and supports more templates than {{copied}} ones.
    • Infringement Assistant allows a user to hide sections of a page for suspected copyright violations and report the page to the appropriate Wikipedia:Copyright problems noticeboard.
• User:Elominius/gadget/diff arrow keys allows navigation between diffs with the arrow keys. It also has a version that requires holding Ctrl with the arrow key.
• Enterprisey
  • diff-permalink-2 allows quickly copying wikilinks to diff and permalink pages from those pages, a variation of existing script User:Enterprisey/diff-permalink
  • archiver is a fork of Σ's Archiver with several bugfixes.
  • /parent-cats highlights categories that are a subcategory of a category already included in a page's categories.
• User:Guarapiranga/accessKeysCheatSheet adds an access key shortcut to display all shortcuts based on code provided by Nardog and NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh.
• User:HungKhanh0106/ProperDisplay loads a bunch of fonts to add correct rendering supports for "esoteric" languages.
• User:Jeeputer/highlightPiped will make piped links irresistible (or else).
• User:Jerome Frank Disciple/curlyfixer.js adds an WP:AutoEd function that straightens curly quotes per MOS. That's right! Such a module was only made in the 14th year of AutoEd's existence! Configure away!
• Frequently link to Wikipedia on your websites yet find generating CC-BY credits to be such a hassle? Say no more! User:Luke10.27/attribute will automatically do it for ya and copy the credit to yer clipboard.
• User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft, a spiritual successor (i.e. fork) to Evad37's script, with a few bugs solved, and a host of extra features like check-boxes for choosing draftification reasons, multi-contributor notification, and appropriate warnings based on last edit time.
• Nardog
  • /CopyCodeBlock: one of the most important operations for any scripter and script-user is to copy and paste. This script adds a copy button in the top right of every code block (not to be confused with <code>) that will, well, copy it to your clipboard!
  • /RCMuter: Hide specific users, perhaps User:MediaWiki message delivery, from the Watchlist and Recent Changes.
  • /VitalTopicon makes you see the vital article topicon on WP:vital articles.
• m:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AceForLuaDebugConsole.js adds the Ace editor (a.k.a. the editor you see when editing JS, CSS and Lua on Wikimedia wikis) to the Lua debug console. "In my opinion, whoever designed it to be a plain <textarea> needs to seriously reconsider their decision."
• Novem Linguae
  • DraftCleaner fixes formatting of new articles.
  • GANReviewTool quickly and easily closes good article nominations.
  • ReviewStatus displays whether or not a mainspace page is marked as reviewed.
  • SpeciesHelper tries to add the correct speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template to species articles.
• User:Opencooper/svgReplace and Tol's fork replaces all rasterized SVGs with their original SVG codes for your loading pleasures. Tell us which one is better!
• User:Phlsph7/HighlightUnreferencedPassages adds a button to highlight all unreferenced paragraphs in reds, and can even do it automatically.
• Still hate Vector 2022's floating TOC? User:Phlsph7/UnfoldedNumberedTOC(Vector2022) might make you give it a try.
• Quite a bit of pages at Special:WantedCategories either exist now or got removed. User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/hideUnwantedCategories automatically hides those.
• User:SuperHamster's Wikipedia:Tools/View it! generates a gallery of images for a given subject on any Wikimedia project utilizing Structured Data on Commons. Images can then be added as needed.
• Terasail
  • ArticleInfo displays page information at the top of the page, directly below the title.
  • /HeaderIcons takes away the Vector 2022 user dropdown and replaces it with all of the icons within, top level, right next to the Watchlist. One less click away! There's also an alternate version that uses text links instead of icons.
• ...and any more, all available at WP:US/L.

Due to budget and procrastination limitations, we've only had time to review the first ~39% of the scripts since last issue. Help us out here! Aaron Liu (talk) 13:24, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Btsbangla (10:39, 29 December 2023)

Hello Sir --Btsbangla (talk) 10:39, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

@Btsbangla: Welcome to Wikipedia. Please read the sections on your talk page related to conflict of interest and follow the instructions there. I'm happy to help if you have any questions. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:50, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year 2024

Wishing you a joyful and successful New Year! Your guidance and support have been invaluable. May this year bring you happiness, fulfillment, and countless achievements. Happy New Year, dear tutor! – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

And a happy new year to you too! Lots of first for you in 2023. Hopefully many good ones for you in 2024 too. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:53, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

(: – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:24, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Couthino (05:59, 2 January 2024)

How do I edit --Couthino (talk) 05:59, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

@Couthino: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message on your page with a list of relevant links. I suggest that you start with WP:TWA first, to get the hang of things. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:03, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from LUKELI1234 (09:50, 3 January 2024)

Hello! I recently created a draft with the title Angela Liu, how will I find that? --LUKELI1234 (talk) 09:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@LUKELI1234: Welcome to Wikipedia. I don't think that you used this account to create that draft. Can you remember what account you used at that time? Maybe looking at your email inbox would help, as there would be a message from wikipedia for that account. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 10:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

I think I only created one LUKELI1234 (talk) 11:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

All your user contributions can be seen at Special:Contributions/LUKELI1234. As of now, they only consist of 2 edits, both to my talk page. I don't think your draft was saved properly. Sorry about that. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:21, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi MPGuy :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:38, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

The questions require some thought and some research :-). I'll get to them though. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gankbank789 (07:41, 7 January 2024)

Hello! I was working on an article about the Battle of Schollshalde and I wanted to add some notes but could not figure out how. How would I add notes (footnotes) to an article? Thanks! --Gankbank789 (talk) 07:41, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

@Gangbank789: Welcome to Wikipedia. The term footnotes is slightly ambiguous on Wikipedia. But in any case you'll need to read WP:REFB. I've watchlisted Battle of Schosshalde, so if you make a mistake, I'll try to fix it. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gankbank789 (02:53, 8 January 2024)

Hello! Sorry if I'm bugging you with all these questions. I recently created a new article on Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370) and I received a notification saying that someone "reviewed" it. What does that mean? Thanks! --Gankbank789 (talk) 02:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@Gankbank789: Sorry if I'm bugging you with all these questions Hey, no problem. That's what this is for. Now on to your question: Reviewing is done by New page patrollers. Brand new articles aren't allowed to be indexed by search engines, until someone reviews it and finds it acceptable (e.g. not spam, not in a different language, is notable). Since this has now been reviewed, it is available as a google search result. Nice work, btw. Please categorize the article when you can. I'll add a tag to the article to remind you (or anyone else) to fix this problem. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thank you! When I get on my computer again I'll try to categorize it. Gankbank789 (talk) 04:21, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Cabinets established in 2024

A tag has been placed on Category:Cabinets established in 2024 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 14:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-02

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

• mediawiki2latex is a tool that converts wiki content into the formats of LaTeX, PDF, ODT, and EPUB. The code now runs many times faster due to recent improvements. There is also an optional Docker container you can install on your local machine.
• The way that Random pages are selected has been updated. This will slowly reduce the problem of some pages having a lower chance of appearing. [53]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 January. It will be on all wikis from 11 January (calendar). [54][55]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Cabinets established in 2024

A tag has been placed on Category:Cabinets established in 2024 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from YourLvx (17:26, 9 January 2024)

Hi, can I ask you how I can create a new page on Wikipedia?? --YourLvx (talk) 17:26, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@YourLvx: Welcome to Wikipedia. Looking at your contributions, it looks like you want to create an article for an artist called Mandy Rose. I've moved your contributions to your sandbox. Please find some reliable sources that talk about Mandy in-depth and add them to the sandbox. We can continue on from there. I've messaged your talk page with a bunch of links. Read through them when you get the time. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:26, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

NPP Awards for 2023

		The New Page Reviewer's Silver Award
		For over 2,000 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:54, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

		Redirect Ninja Award
		For all your hard work in 2023! Thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 03:10, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from C.Dubois.Olmsted (01:14, 11 January 2024)

I am Coert Dubois Olmsted, the only son of Frederick Olmsted which is the complete and only name of the individual described in the wiki page for "Frederick E. Olmsted Jr". I have official copies of CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH for myself and my father from the STATE OF CALIFORNIA CERTIFICATION OF VITAL RECORD COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

I attempted to edit said wiki page but was rejected as a suspect vandal. How should I proceed in order to correct this crucial error in the wiki page. Sincerely not a vandal, Coert Olmsted (907) 888-8166 --C.Dubois.Olmsted (talk) 01:14, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

@C.Dubois.Olmstead: I'll assume that you are talking about the Frederick E. Olmsted Jr. article here.

I attempted to edit said wiki page but was rejected as a suspect vandal When? I don't see any such attempts on the history of that article in the past 12 months.

How should I proceed in order to correct this crucial error in the wiki page I tried to search for the word "Erskine" in all the references provided in the article. The only hit was to the subject's father's name. I have started a discussion on the relevant talk page. Please click "subscribe" on that discussion to be informed of any replies. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:24, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you! (Hope I do this right!)

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		It's always a sight for sore eyes to see you in my watchlist! Thanks for your contributions!

This was my first barnstar, so i hope i did this right! ~eticangaaa (talk) 07:59, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Hehe, thanks. BTW, now i'm curious: what sort of stuff is on your watchlist? No need of specific articles just the general subject/geography. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Never mind. Figured it out. Turkish politicians seems to be the intersection of our Venn diagrams. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:03, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

heh yeah i just watchlist a lot of stuff relating to Turkey, less crucial politicians are one of them, i guess :p ~eticangaaa (talk) 09:05, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from OlalekanA (11:42, 11 January 2024)

I, how can I submit an article? --OlalekanA (talk) 11:42, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

WP:AFC should help! ~eticangaaa (talk) 13:48, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

@OlalekanA: Welcome to Wikipedia. If you already have a topic in mind, first check to see if it exists already. If it doesn't, then WP:AFC is the right place to start, as said by eticangaaa above. If you just want to figure out how editing on Wikipedia works, then I've left you a list of links on your talk page. I suggest that you start with WP:TWA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:31, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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Need help for extracting wiki tables

Hi MPGuy2824 i need your help for extracting tables from wikipedia check this link. When i try to pull the data. the output like

1

Akkalkuwa (ST)

Adv. K. C. Padavi

Indian National Congress

But i want like below

1

[[Akkalkuwa Assembly constituency|Akkalkuwa]] (ST)

Adv. [[Kagda Chandya Padvi|K. C. Padavi]]

[[Indian National Congress]]

Note: Whatever data have Wikipedia pages and this tag "[[ ]]"

i was tried these tools

• https://wikitable2csv.ggor.de/
• https://tableconvert.com/mediawiki-to-excel

IJohnKennady (talk) 05:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Can I ask what you are planning to do? Maybe there is another way to do that without encountering this issue. In any case, can you try copying the table to your sandbox, and then using the visual editor to remove the columns that you aren't interested in? -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:10, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

No, I just wants to copy and save in my Desktop IJohnKennady (talk) 07:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

I can only think about messy ways of doing this using the tag. Kinda like what you've done in the second table in this discussion. You can use the search-and-replace function of your favourite text editor to add the nowiki tags. Hope that helps. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:23, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

MPGuy2824 Find and replace its very difficult, for e-g the code have rowspan, br, colspan, bgcolors etc., IJohnKennady (talk) 05:27, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-03

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

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. [56]
• Gadgets and personal user scripts may now use JavaScript syntax introduced in ES6 (also known as "ES2015") and ES7 ("ES2016"). MediaWiki validates the source code to protect other site functionality from syntax errors, and to ensure scripts are valid in all supported browsers. Previously, Gadgets could use the requiresES6 option. This option is no longer needed and will be removed in the future. [57]
• Bot passwords and owner-only OAuth consumers can now be restricted to allow editing only specific pages. [58]
• You can now thank edits made by bots. [59]
• An update on the status of the Community Wishlist Survey for 2024 has been published. Please read and give your feedback.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 January. It will be on all wikis from 18 January (calendar). [60][61]
• Starting on January 17, it will not be possible to login to Wikimedia wikis from some specific old versions of the Chrome browser (versions 51–66, released between 2016 and 2018). Additionally, users of iOS 12, or Safari on Mac OS 10.14, may need to login to each wiki separately. [62]
• The jquery.cookie module was deprecated and replaced with the mediawiki.cookie module last year. A script has now been run to replace any remaining uses, and this week the temporary alias will be removed. [63]

Future changes

• Wikimedia Deutschland is working to make reusing references easier. They are looking for people who are interested in participating in individual video calls for user research in January and February.

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Question from Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez on Monetary base (02:42, 20 January 2024)

Hl ¿como puedo monetizar mis videos de YouTube ? --Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez (talk) 02:43, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

@Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez: Hi! I have no experience with monetizing YouTube videos, but this seems to be a relevant link to start from. I've also left you a message on your talk page. Happy editing!-MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Entertainment

Akomolafe Gbenga Adedayo know as Gmoney Nation Gmoney Splash Music (talk) 08:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

CS1 error on IEEE Medal of Honor

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• A bare URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters cannot be paired with an associated title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

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CS1 error on IEEE Medal of Honor

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