This is an archive of past discussions with User:Mdann52. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
This is an archive of past discussions with User:Mdann52. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
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New features
You can now use the "Autonym" font of the Universal Language Selector (ULS) to display the name of languages (for example in navigation templates) in their correct script. To do this, add the CSS class "autonym" to the elements that include language names. Note that this font only works for the name of languages, not for any other text. [1]
Problems
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Future
The Beta Features tool is now available on Commons and Meta-Wiki. With it, you can test new features before they're added for everyone. The plan is to add this tool to all wikis on November 21. [3]
MediaWiki 1.23wmf3 was added to test wikis on November 7. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on November 12 and all Wikipedia wikis on November 14 (calendar). [4]
The MassMessage tool will be added to all wikis on November 14. It will make it simpler to send messages across wikis. [5]
The button of the Search page will soon be changed to be blue and bigger (see the difference). [6]
You will soon be able to add a page name as parameter for {{REVISIONID}}, {{REVISIONUSER}} and {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} and similar functions, by writing for example {{REVISIONID:Apple}}. [7]
In the future, when you hide a CentralNotice banner on a wiki, it will also be hidden on other Wikimedia sites. [8]
User:Mdann52 Hi there. I changed the licence on Flickr as well, but couldn't work out which one corresponded with what licence I had been asked to change it to here. Flickr gives me to following options:
User:Mdann52 My photo has been uploaded, thank you. Is there a way that I can remove the Full Res version (4,474 × 3,356 pixels) and leave the remaining versions? Thanks, Edward. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.120.206 (talk) 10:59, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mdann52,
Firstly I'd like to apologize for taking longer than 7 days to come back after placing it on hold. However, you have made the fixes I felt were needed as well as many raised by others. While some weren't addressed, I felt these weren't appropriate to prevent GA (if it were an FA nomination, then they may have been) and I'm happy to tell you that I have granted the article Good Article status.
All the best and I hope to see the article up for FA in the not to distant future.
You are hereby awarded the Barnstar of Awesome for your amazing work personalizing the talk page messages in The Wikipedia Adventure using your template magic. You. Are. Awesome. Check out your name in the game credits here: WP:TWA/About.
Could you please specify your concerns? Actually this is a transformation of the German Wikipedia page of the internationally renown artist Markus Heinsdorff. If you have any specific suggestions of improvement please let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreas.zei (talk • contribs) 08:49, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Phrases such as "Besides the material bamboo his work is dedicated to the element water" are puffery, and should be removed. The rules on the German Wikipedia are different to the ones on here, so an article on other Wikipedia's are not always suitable for here. --Mdann52talk to me!11:04, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the cleanup. Unfortunately, I just tried the same basic edit (with a couple of additions) and the problem of losing all the footnotes still persists. 7&6=thirteen (☎)14:20, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
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Problems
There was a problem caused by too many requests to the database on November 14. [11]
Future
MediaWiki 1.23wmf4 was added to test wikis on November 14. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on November 19 and all Wikipedia wikis on November 21 (calendar).
The new Search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added to *.wikimedia.org, Wikimania and Wikisource wikis on November 19, and Wiktionary wikis on November 21 (except where it's already available). Once it is added, you can test it by adding &srbackend=CirrusSearch to the address of the search results page. It will become the main search engine on Wikivoyage wikis on November 21. [12]
The MassMessage tool will be added to all wikis on November 19 instead of November 14. It will make it simpler to send messages across wikis. [13]
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Moby 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 Legobot, on behalf of SilkTork -- SilkTork(talk)19:30, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Closure of Rothbard Photo talk page thread
Hello Mdann52. I believe that the thread on which closure was sought was this section: [14] in which there is a poll and discussion of the elderly vs. younger photo. Could you please address that question, so that we can get closure on this issue? Thanks. SPECIFICOtalk14:43, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, not to spend too much time on a photo, but I only see 4 for keeping the old man shot in the infobox, 4 for the younger photo in the infobox. It's hard to see consensus for the old man photo in the infobox, and at any rate the consensus wouldn't need to follow a vote count. Thanks. SPECIFICOtalk15:41, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
Your recent edit to Yahoo! Mail
You recently did this edit with a summary including the word "vandalism". It was a partial revert of this earlier edit. The earlier edit, although not explained, appears to me to be an attempt to follow MOS guidance, specifically Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks. The category changes are incorrect, unless the cats are renamed, but it wasn't mere vandalism. DES(talk)15:56, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
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New features
The Beta Features announced before are now available on all Wikimedia wikis. You can test new features easily by changing your Beta preferences. VisualEditor is one of those features on sites where it works and isn't automatically enabled. There is also a new media viewer and changes in the article text style. [15]
Tools developers can now create tools that use the OAuth protocol to connect to accounts on Wikimedia sites. As a user, you can use those tools to make edits and other changes with your account without giving the tool your password. [16]
Briefly, I have two questions I hope you could help with:
1. Why was my article declined?
2. What should I change before I try to resubmit it?
In more detail,
1. you declined my Article for creation https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Omegawave and I didn't find a reason for it being declined. Could you please provide a reason. Note - I've now added a Talk section to the bottom of the article that may clarify some things (I'm struggling to understand the Talk function even watching the help video on https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/SummarizeDiscussion). The text was present but hidden my the previous submission.
2. I'm a Wikipedia newbie, so I probably made more than one mistake trying to submit my article. One mistake was that I tried to submit it under Wikipedia namespace, as noted by Dodger67.
Drafts are supposed to be in the "Wikipedia Talk" namespace. The copy in the "Wikipedia" namespace will be deleted soon. Please continue working on the copy at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Omegawave. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:07, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
Excirial actually declined that submission because it was a duplicate, rather than because it was in the wrong namespace.
However, I don't know if there was anything wrong with the actual article or in the way I submitted it in the Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ namespace. Could you please let me know what, if anything, needs to be changed or corrected.
Hi,
I understand that you have removed me from the reviewers list as i am not experienced enough. I dint understand why i was removed from the newsletter mailing list as well. Please explain.
I am not sure as to why a request for deletion has been put for the Sierra WiFi page. This is not an advert, but was intended to create a wikipedia page for Sierra WiFi. This is a very legit company in Sierra Leone and you can view our page here www.sierrawifi. com
Please help me as to what I should do next as I am very new to this.
Hi, I have made the changes after reading the article and going through sources. All the edit that I have done have and edit summary explaining why I have performed the actions. I would like to request you to restore my article and rollback the reverting of article. In case if you don't understand any of my edits please leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikhilvp 5 (talk • contribs) 13:30, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
The talk on that page is about single edit and talk is still going on while you have reverted the whole article and all my edits without any proper reason as edit summary was specified in all the edits. So I request to rollback changes and restore the version. Thank You.Nikhilvp 5 (talk) 13:44, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
While discussion is ongoing, it is customary to leave the page how it was before the dispute began. Considering the history on this page, I am wary of reverting myself in the meantime. --Mdann52talk to me!13:46, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Sir, I have told you that discussion is on single topic while all my edits were reverted. You haven't still provided the reason about reverting my OTHER changes. Hope for a reply. Thank you.Nikhilvp 5 (talk) 13:55, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Hey, I put a lot of work into this and it is interesting information, that a lot of people are looking for. would you please revert the deletion of my texts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JessyBerg (talk • contribs) 14:57, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello. Thank you and can you please help
Hello.
Thank you.
Can you please help by removing the sign/message in front of my page.
Several have reviewed and in fact found all to be appropriate. Pls do anything that might be needed and please remove that message.
Hi, I put 'MODERATE' in some of my edit summaries because I wanted them specific ones moderated and reviewed incase I was wrong, thanks. Officialdrgamer (talk) 13:42, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
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I've put the GAN on hold. There is a fair amount of work to be done on the article. This is a fairly major BLP, attracting nearly 50,000 readers a month, so I do think it's important that the article is improved, and well done for making that attempt. I'll keep the review open as long as I see positive progress being made, though I suspect that it may take some time unless there are others willing to help out, so it may be best to close the GAN, and nominate the article again later when it has been brought to GA standards. I'll check back in seven days to see what's happening. SilkTork'✔Tea time14:55, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
The article Moby 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 needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Moby for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SilkTork -- SilkTork(talk)15:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Revert and restore of MOS close
Re the discussion you invited when you restored the close,[18] could you first address my edit summary when I reverted your first close? Here it is for reference, "undid close since the conclusion involves a relatively recently raised proposal discussed only by a few without showing support for any specific 'XXXX' ".[19] --Bob K31416 (talk) 14:32, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi! As you closed the RfC at the Manual of Style, it might be best if you made any changes determined to the text itself. I think if anyone else does it, it may be contested as additional interpretation of your closing statements. Just a thought, but maybe you have a better idea of what's needed. __ E L A Q U E A T E19:38, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
With your last switch of reasoning, I fear you've made Identity a majority rules popularity contest, instead of weighting it toward respecting the people being named, an opinion found in the discussion, aposition held by people worried identity decisions would be decided by majority votes. "Most common in sources" will not lead to choosing better expert sources over the general gut feelings of editors in any naming disputes to come. I was also surprised you could switch a found consensus to its opposite. __ E L A Q U E A T E20:48, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
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The CommonsMetadata feature was added to all wikis. It creates metadata information about multimedia files (like their license) that can be read automatically by computer programs. It not only works for Commons, but for all wikis, and you can use it for files on your wiki by editing templates used to describe metadata. [20]
You can now paste formatted content copied from external sources (not just as plain text) into VisualEditor; this includes copy/pasting from other VisualEditor windows. [22]
You can now open VisualEditor by adding ?veaction=edit to the page URL, regardless of your user preferences. [23]
Many bugs have been fixed, and VisualEditor should also look faster, for example when you save a page. [24]
Problems
Due to issues, the new search tool ("CirrusSearch") was recently removed from wikis where it was enabled, then added again. [25]
Future
MediaWiki 1.23wmf6 was added to test wikis on December 5. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on December 10 and all Wikipedia wikis on December 12 (calendar).
The old Etherpad tool (replaced by a new version) will be removed on December 30, 2013. You can still save old pads before that date using the old address: https://etherpad-old.wikimedia.org. [26]
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The toolbar is now simpler; all text styles (bold, italics, underline, subscript, etc.) are in the same menu, and the "More" menu is called "Insert". [29]
You can now use a basic tool to add special characters to your text. You can add more characters (useful in your language) by editing the MediaWiki interface on translatewiki.net.
The tool to add and edit mathematical text is now called "formula". [30]
Problems
There was a problem with the "Create a book" tool (Collection); books could only be exported to PDF format. The change has been undone. [31]
The log-in system for external tools ("OAuth") was broken on wikis that tested the new search tool. It was fixed last week. [32][33]
MediaWiki 1.23wmf7 was added to test wikis on December 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on December 17 and all Wikipedia wikis on December 19 (calendar).
You will soon be able to select the language of SVG images that have translations using a drop-down menu on the image page. (see example) [35]
GLAMToolset, a tool to help GLAM groups (like museums) upload many pictures to Commons, will be added to Commons on December 17. [36]
A Draft namespace will be added to the English Wikipedia to make it easier to create new pages. You will be able to use VisualEditor for drafts if you have enabled it. [37][38]
WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League Talk Page Notice
Dear Mdann52, A big hello from Wikiproject Bangladesh Premier League. We have a discussion going on at project's talkpage. Due to inactivity and problems this discussion is inactive for more than 1 months. Now we heartily request you to come and share your thinkings. Your arrival and thinking is much needed for us and we'll really appreciate it if you come and give us some of your precious times. Thanks in advance.Pratyya(Hello!)(Project Co-ordinator) and Sourov0000 (talk) (Project Vice Co-ordinator)12:10, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
I dislike it when people give me grief about my AfC reviews, so I promise to be brief. I was just wondering if you had any suggestions for the submitter of the Granger Westberg AfC. When I found the article a few days ago, the references were a little scarce, but I feel like that's a lot better now. While not a nurse, Westberg created a significant nursing specialty and was fairly broadly covered because of that. Is there anything you would suggest to make this a successful article? Thanks! EricEnfermeroHOWDY!15:53, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
@EricEnfermero: rereviewing the article, it looks ok. It turned out I looked at the wrong history page, so I didn't see the changes.... I have reverted, so feel free to accept if you feel like it. --Mdann52talk to me!16:45, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
I appreciate your quick response. I ended up contributing to the article, so I'm not sure if I'll accept it, but I appreciate your revert. Cheers! EricEnfermeroHOWDY!21:14, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey man! You're soo good in writting articles! Good job and keep it up!!! The Game Expert 11:05, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Right.... I have never actually written an article on my own. In addition, forging signatures on barnstars or any comment is frowned upon. --Mdann52talk to me!11:09, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Food Structure Journal
Since it ceased to exist at the end of 1993, few links to it are available. Two have been added to its published form and a few former (surviving) authors have been asked to help. Effort will continue after Christmas in order to remove its "orphan" label. - Mentioning of the "Studies of Food Microstructure" would have shown that the journal was based on a previous experience with publishing papers of that kind. "Scanning Microscopy International" had published very many books on all kinds of electron microscopy but there are almost no links to it either, since it also ceased to exist. In 2013, the interest in food structure has been revived and a new "Food Structure" journal has been established by Elsevier. The dates 1982-1993 had initially been added to distinguish the earlier journal from the recent publication. In spite of severe Wikipedia editing, younger food microscopists are getting access to important information in this new Wikipedia article. Thank you. MKalab (talk) 18:11, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Chester, New Hampshire
Hello! I wanted to check with you about your reason for reverting Tom Alciere's edits to the Chester, New Hampshire article. Is it because it's poorly written, or do you think it was cut and pasted directly from the source, or did you have some other reason? If it's just that it's poorly written, I could take a stab at fixing it up, but if it's because of misappropriation, he should probably be told. He's been editing New Hampshire towns alphabetically with an 1875 source and has gotten up to towns starting with "C", so will probably be doing a lot more edits. I'd be happy to send him a message. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:25, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Congratulations on your increased German proficiency, as indicated by a recent change to your user page's babel status. I don't speak German but I do appreciate people who take the time and effort to learn additional languages. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:09, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Resolved
; see Talk:Oblivion (roller coaster) for comments about the article. Well done!
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 Legobot, on behalf of SilkTork -- SilkTork (talk) 19:30, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Done Sorry, missed this; I meant to go back to it, but had to change computers and forgot to do it... --Mdann52talk to me! 15:06, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Moby for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SilkTork -- SilkTork (talk) 15:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
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