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Question from Jaime Enrique Santisteban (01:53, 23 February 2025)

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Thank Rusty sorry my English is not strong. I prefer to write in Spanish with you my mentor I am new to Wikipedia like swimming lessons for babies I am very interested in writing about those subjects. I appreciate your support I will appreciate a lot all your help. Have a nice weekend and keep in touch --Jaime Enrique Santisteban (talk) 01:53, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaime Enrique Santisteban: Welcome to Wikipedia! Don't worry about English skills, we welcome all sorts of editors here.
Just so you know, there is a Wikipedia in Spanish at https://es.wikipedia.org if you want to create or edit articles in Spanish.
Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 02:06, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot Rusty, my firs question mi cuenta aparece como que no existe y ya hice mi primera publicación sobre el tema que me preocupa y ocupa. Como hacer para que aparezca página user? Jaime Enrique Santisteban (talk) 02:30, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jaime Enrique Santisteban:
Lo siento, no hablo mucho español, pero todavía puedo ayudarte. Aparece que usted no creó su página del usario, en realidad creó su página del discusión usario. Si usted quiere crear un artículo, es mejor que cree en su "sandbox" (se llama su "taller" en la Wikipedia en español). Puedo moverlo para ti si quieres, porque usted no tiene el permiso ahora.
Una cosa más es que el mayoría de los usarios en la Wikipedia en inglés probablemente no hablamos español, y por eso tienes que comunicar en inglés con ellos. ¿Puedes hacerlo? ~ Rusty meow ~ 05:20, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Preddiast Kirl on Vyacheslav Artyomov (15:53, 23 February 2025)

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Hey,l don't even know what you are talking about --Preddiast Kirl (talk) 15:53, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Preddiast Kirl: What do you mean? Do you need assistance with something? ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:59, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-09

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

Updates for editors

  • Administrators can now customize how the Babel feature creates categories using Special:CommunityConfiguration/Babel. They can rename language categories, choose whether they should be auto-created, and adjust other settings. [1]
  • The wikimedia.org portal has been updated – and is receiving some ongoing improvements – to modernize and improve the accessibility of our portal pages. It now has better support for mobile layouts, updated wording and links, and better language support. Additionally, all of the Wikimedia project portals, such as wikibooks.org, now support dark mode when a reader is using that system setting. [2][3][4]
  • One new wiki has been created: a Wiktionary in Santali (wikt:sat:) [5]
  • Recurrent item View all 30 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug was fixed that prevented clicking on search results in the web-interface for some Firefox for Android phone configurations. [6]

Meetings and events

  • The next Language Community Meeting is happening soon, February 28th at 14:00 UTC. This week's meeting will cover: highlights and technical updates on keyboard and tools for the Sámi languages, Translatewiki.net contributions from the Bahasa Lampung community in Indonesia, and technical Q&A. If you'd like to join, simply sign up on the wiki page.

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Women in Red March 2025

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Women in Red | March 2025, Vol 11, Issue 3, Nos. 326, 327, 332, 333, 334


Online events:

Announcements from other communities:

Tip of the month:

  • You can access the Wikipedia Library if you have made 500+ edits, and 6+ months editing,
    and 10+ edits in the last 30 days, and No active blocks

Moving the needle:[1]

  • 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)
  • 23 Dec 2024: 20.009% (2,041,741 bios, 408,531 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,669 articles during this period!

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Lajmmoore (talk 08:53, 25 February 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Humaniki".

The Signpost: 27 February 2025

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Question from Ethsun (11:32, 27 February 2025)

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do you know words that begin with i before e except after c --Ethsun (talk) 11:32, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ethsun: Sure! "Friend" has "i" before "e". However, "receive" has "i" after "e" since there is a "c" immediately preceding. You may also find our article I before E except after C helpful. ~ Rusty meow ~ 00:24, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 March newsletter

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The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:13, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from SoftwareDinnerAd (22:38, 2 March 2025)

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hi, what is the process for researching? --SoftwareDinnerAd (talk) 22:38, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SoftwareDinnerAd: Can you be more specific? ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:50, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from SoftwareDinnerAd (21:24, 3 March 2025)

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like what websites do you usually use if you have a select few --SoftwareDinnerAd (talk) 21:25, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SoftwareDinnerAd: I don't have a select few. By the way, you can use the "[ reply ]" button to reply instead of asking another question. ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:06, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's blocked in Japanese

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It's blocked in Japanese 114.129.4.219 (talk) 01:28, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see. ~ Rusty meow ~ 01:33, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-10

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

Updates for editors

  • All logged-in editors using the mobile view can now edit a full page. The "Edit full page" link is accessible from the "More" menu in the toolbar. This was previously only available to editors using the Advanced mobile contributions setting. [7]
  • Interface administrators can now help to remove the deprecated Cite CSS code matching "mw-ref" from their local MediaWiki:Common.css. The list of wikis in need of cleanup, and the code to remove, can be found with this global search and in this example, and you can learn more about how to help on the CSS migration project page. The Cite footnote markers ("[1]") are now rendered by Parsoid, and the deprecated CSS is no longer needed. The CSS for backlinks ("mw:referencedBy") should remain in place for now. This cleanup is expected to cause no visible changes for readers. Please help to remove this code before March 20, after which the development team will do it for you.
  • When editors embed a file (e.g. [[File:MediaWiki.png]]) on a page that is protected with cascading protection, the software will no longer restrict edits to the file description page, only to new file uploads.[8] In contrast, transcluding a file description page (e.g. {{:File:MediaWiki.png}}) will now restrict edits to the page.[9]
  • When editors revert a file to an earlier version it will now require the same permissions as ordinarily uploading a new version of the file. The software now checks for 'reupload' or 'reupload-own' rights,[10] and respects cascading protection.[11]
  • When administrators are listing pages for deletion with the Nuke tool, they can now also list associated talk pages and redirects for deletion, alongside pages created by the target, rather than needing to manually delete these pages afterwards. [12]
  • The previously noted update to Single User Login, which will accommodate browser restrictions on cross-domain cookies by moving login and account creation to a central domain, will now roll out to all users during March and April. The team plans to enable it for all new account creation on Group0 wikis this week. See the SUL3 project page for more details and an updated timeline.
  • Since last week there has been a bug that shows some interface icons as black squares until the page has fully loaded. It will be fixed this week. [13]
  • One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Sylheti (w:syl:) [14]
  • Recurrent item View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug was fixed with loading images in very old versions of the Firefox browser on mobile. [15]

Updates for technical contributors

  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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Question from Fatto da Cattolici (15:12, 4 March 2025)

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Where can I start writing? --Fatto da Cattolici (talk) 15:12, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Fatto da Cattolici: If you want to start a new article, you may start a draft through the process Articles for Creation. ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:07, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).

Administrator changes

removed

CheckUser changes

removed

Oversighter changes

removed AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
  • Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378

Miscellaneous

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Growth Newsletter #33

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A quarterly update from the Growth team on our work to improve the new editor experience.

Constructive Activation Experiments

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This year, the Growth team is exploring ways to help more new account holders start editing—and do so constructively, meaning their edits are not reverted. Our latest experiments include:

  • Gradual rollout of "Add a Link" at English Wikipedia – We are gradually introducing the "Add a Link" structured task to newcomers at English Wikipedia (T386029). This serves as a natural A/B test to measure its impact on activation, retention, and revert rates (T382603). Previous experiments on pilot wikis showed that "Add a Link" increases newcomer participation, particularly by helping them make constructive (non-reverted) edits.
  • Testing in-article suggestions for first-time editors – Many new account holders want to contribute but don’t know where to start. To help, we’re piloting a feature that surfaces structured task suggestions directly in an article’s read view for brand-new editors (T385343). These suggestions will appear for logged-in users with no edits, providing a clear, simple way to begin contributing that is surfaced while they read.

Community Updates

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Newcomers often struggle to find their place in Wikipedia’s collaborative environment. While experienced editors easily discover events like edit-a-thons and writing campaigns, newcomers often miss out.

  • To bridge this gap, we launched the Community Updates module for the Newcomer Homepage. This module is disabled by default, allowing Community Admins to decide how (or if) to use it.
  • If your community hosts events, consider setting up a Community Update to engage and welcome newcomers! Learn more on Diff. To configure, visit Special:CommunityConfiguration.

Community Configuration

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Community Configuration is now available across all wikis, including non-Wikipedia projects (T383910). Community Configuration allows admins to customize various features like Growth features and Automoderator for their communities, and more recently the Babel extension now allows admins to modify configuration:

Mentorship

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Mentors play a key role in guiding new editors. If you’re interested in mentoring, or turning mentorship on at your wiki, check out the Mentorship FAQ

  • Starting February 17, 100% of new accounts at English Wikipedia will be assigned a mentor (T384505).
  • At Spanish Wikipedia, on 50% of newcomers get a mentor. Experienced contributors are encouraged to join mentorship so that Spanish Wikipedia can provide a mentor to all new users.

Looking Ahead

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In the coming months, we will continue balancing maintenance work—such as deprecating EditGrowth Config (T367574) and migrating Statslib (T359352) — with user-facing improvements that support new editors and foster the next generation of contributors.

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Question from Nilsnils023 (08:35, 5 March 2025)

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how can i write my own article --Nilsnils023 (talk) 08:35, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nilsnils023: You can start a draft at Articles for Creation! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:50, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Fly Yoshi 911 (18:19, 5 March 2025)

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I've made a draft of a page in my sandbox, but I don't know how to publish it --Fly Yoshi 911 (talk) 18:19, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Fly Yoshi 911: You can add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the page. ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:05, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yee-Yee-Ass (Gen-Z Slang Terminology)

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Hi Rusty. Yeah, no I'm pretty well-versed when it comes to referencing, but I 100% expected this reversion! It's just that I saw the banner up top mentioned the entire page needed a bit of a cleanup, so I gave it a shot anyway. And unfortunately Know Your Meme apparently was deemed just as unreliable as Urban Dictionary. But KYM did have a bevy of its OWN sources, encyclopediesque (sic), so I might take a look through those later and see if any of them are Wayback Machine-archived. Google Search didn't seem to have anything major turn up other than forums and KYM/UD. Hopefully at least one of those substantiates it, because I've heard that slang in New Jersey (where I live) for nearly a decade now, haha. --Cinemaniac86TalkStalk 17:20, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-11

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

Updates for editors

  • Editors who use password managers at multiple wikis may notice changes in the future. The way that our wikis provide information to password managers about reusing passwords across domains has recently been updated, so some password managers might now offer you login credentials that you saved for a different Wikimedia site. Some password managers already did this, and are now doing it for more Wikimedia domains. This is part of the SUL3 project which aims to improve how our unified login works, and to keep it compatible with ongoing changes to the web-browsers we use. [16][17]
  • The Wikipedia Apps Team is inviting interested users to help improve Wikipedia’s offline and limited internet use. After discussions in Afrika Baraza and the last ESEAP call, key challenges like search, editing, and offline access are being explored, with upcoming focus groups to dive deeper into these topics. All languages are welcome, and interpretation will be available. Want to share your thoughts? Join the discussion or email aramadan@wikimedia.org!
  • All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 19. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.
  • Recurrent item View all 27 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

In depth

  • The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available. It includes: the launch of the Community Updates module, the most recent changes in Community Configuration, and the upcoming test of in-article suggestions for first-time editors.
  • An old API that was previously used in the Android Wikipedia app is being removed at the end of March. There are no current software uses, but users of the app with a version that is older than 6 months by the time of removal (2025-03-31), will no longer have access to the Suggested Edits feature, until they update their app. You can read more details about this change.

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Question from Adityasharma0701 (07:23, 11 March 2025)

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Hello How do i start writing an article? --Adityasharma0701 (talk) 07:23, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Adityasharma0701: Welcome to Wikipedia! There is an information page at Help:Your first article. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:29, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Current discussion

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Hi! There is currently a discussion at Talk:Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. It says that you are my mentor as an experienced editor. Another editor had agreed with me to rename the article, but there is one which disagreed. Please could you take a look? :) Heartofgold2025 (talk) 20:16, 13 March 2025 (UTC)— Heartofgold2025 (talk · contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of TheBishopAndHolyPrince (talk · contribs). [reply]

@Heartofgold2025: Welcome to Wikipedia! I think a move proposal is the wrong thing to do here - the others mentioned that the bill aren't identical. You might want to split the article or write a second article on DUA and mention that it is similar to DPDI. ~ Rusty meow ~ 03:40, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Am I able to withdraw the request to move and then make a second article on DUA? I have created a new article too on the Employment Rights Bill, which I think is quite a good attempt; I do not know whether you think too, but I am new to this. Heartofgold2025 (talk) 12:13, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Heartofgold2025: Yes, you can withdraw your nomination. ~ Rusty meow ~ 03:08, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Sharona0221 (14:42, 14 March 2025)

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Hello, Rusty. Thank you for your warm welcome. I created an account because I was researching plants and pollens that can affect cats and dogs. As a cat owner, my cat has been severely affected by allergies since we moved. After several vet visits, we are working hard to identify the cause. While researching plants that are toxic or cause allergic reactions, I found a discussion topic that interested me. Creating an account allowed me to participate. However; now that I've done so I am unable to find the subject which i wanted to discuss. How do I get back to that page that allows to start a discussion????? I thank you in advance for your response to this. For i am very eager to get started on this! Talk soon hopefully. Sincerely,Sharona --Sharona0221 (talk) 14:42, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sharona0221: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia!
Unfortunately, Wikipedia doesn't remember which pages you've looked at–you may wish to check your browser history.
Please note that Wikipedia discussion pages are primarily intended for discussion on improving articles, not for general discussion of the subject.
Happy contributing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 03:02, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Alireza mj76 (08:16, 15 March 2025)

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hi, when can i start making articels...would you give me advises regarding that or if you think i better start with editing let me know --Alireza mj76 (talk) 08:16, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Stbett8 (08:39, 15 March 2025)

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Hello Rusty Cat I am not sure that I have a good name, ID, or password. My visible name was supposed to be estefano but I had trouble getting the sign up to work. My password was supposed to be stbett5049 because stbett8 was not accepted.

I would like to add to the page on Dr. William Thornton. His contribution to linguistics is missing. --Stbett8 (talk) 08:39, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Stbett8 The username "Estefano" is already taken on another wiki. You may be able to request an usurpation once you have enough edits. Don't share your password here, conversations are public.
See Help:Your first article for information on creating a draft. ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:26, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

how to add a name and work done by him

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manishi baranwal google.com Manishibaranwal (talk) 08:43, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Manishibaranwal (08:53, 15 March 2025)

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how to add a name and work done by him --Manishibaranwal (talk) 08:54, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Manishibaranwal: See Help:Your first article on how to create an article draft. Please not that you may not create an article on yourself, and the article must meet the notability guideline for people to be accepted. ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:27, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Sumon19940 (19:59, 17 March 2025)

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Hello --Sumon19940 (talk) 19:59, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sumon19940: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:47, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-12

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

Weekly highlight

Updates for editors

  • The improved Content Translation tool dashboard is now available in 10 Wikipedias and will be available for all Wikipedias soon. With the unified dashboard, desktop users can now: Translate new sections of an article; Discover and access topic-based article suggestion filters (initially available only for mobile device users); Discover and access the Community-defined lists filter, also known as "Collections", from wiki-projects and campaigns.
  • On Wikimedia Commons, a new system to select the appropriate file categories has been introduced: if a category has one or more subcategories, users will be able to click on an arrow that will open the subcategories directly within the form, and choose the correct one. The parent category name will always be shown on top, and it will always be possible to come back to it. This should decrease the amount of work for volunteers in fixing/creating new categories. The change is also available on mobile. These changes are part of planned improvements to the UploadWizard.
  • The Community Tech team is seeking wikis to join a pilot for the Multiblocks feature and a refreshed Special:Block page in late March. Multiblocks enables administrators to impose multiple different types of blocks on the same user at the same time. If you are an admin or steward and would like us to discuss joining the pilot with your community, please leave a message on the project talk page.
  • Starting March 25, the Editing team will test a new feature for Edit Check at 12 Wikipedias: Multi-Check. Half of the newcomers on these wikis will see all Reference Checks during their edit session, while the other half will continue seeing only one. The goal of this test is to see if users are confused or discouraged when shown multiple Reference Checks (when relevant) within a single editing session. At these wikis, the tags used on edits that show References Check will be simplified, as multiple tags could be shown within a single edit. Changes to the tags are documented on Phabricator. [18]
  • The Global reminder bot, which is a service for notifying users that their temporary user-rights are about to expire, now supports using the localized name of the user-rights group in the message heading. Translators can see the listing of existing translations and documentation to check if their language needs updating or creation.
  • The GlobalPreferences gender setting, which is used for how the software should refer to you in interface messages, now works as expected by overriding the local defaults. [19]
  • Recurrent item View all 26 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the Wikipedia App for Android had a bug fixed for when a user is browsing and searching in multiple languages. [20]

Updates for technical contributors

  • Later this week, the way that Codex styles are loaded will be changing. There is a small risk that this may result in unstyled interface message boxes on certain pages. User generated content (e.g. templates) is not impacted. Gadgets may be impacted. If you see any issues please report them. See the linked task for details, screenshots, and documentation on how to fix any affected gadgets.
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Question from Gavinkumalolegae (03:54, 18 March 2025)

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Hi Rusty Yesterday I made edits to an entry for an important black South African artist Ezrom Legae. I am considered the global expert on Legae (and a fellow sculptor Sydney Kumalo) having written a 660 page Catalogue Raisonne on their sculptures which was published in 2023 after 25 years of research work. The book was published on a strictly not-for -profit basis by Strauss & Co and I receive no royalties or payments for the book whatsoever. The current Wikipedia entry for Legae is short, incomplete and full of inaccuracies. When I went on to Wikipedia this moring I found that my edited version had been removed apparently because of 'conflicts of interest' and other commercial concerns. I can send proof of the fact that I am considered the global expert on Legae (from Universities, public art galleries and art auction houses) and that I have no commercial interest in the book 'The Sculptures of Sydney Kumalo and Ezrom Legae. A Catalogue Raisonne'. Published by Strauss & Co. 2023. ISBN 978 - 0 - 6397 - 6015 - 5.

It is important to correct and update the currentinformation on Legae as he is an important South African artist and there is an important exhibition of his drawings coming uo at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia later this year. The curator Lauren Tate Baeza is very happy to confirm my credentials. Best Gavin Watkins --Gavinkumalolegae (talk) 03:54, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gavinkumalolegae: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! We consider a conflict of interest any connection, regardless of whether it is financial. The best option, to avoid getting your edits reverted, would be to discuss your proposed changes on the article's "Talk" page, accessible via the "Talk" tab in the top-right corner.
Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:39, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Adityasharma0701 (09:52, 19 March 2025)

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My article has been nominated for deletion. What should I do? --Adityasharma0701 (talk) 09:52, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Adityasharma0701:
Improve the article to address the concerns given in the deletion discussion if possible. The discussion run for at least seven days, and be determined by consensus, not voting.
See the page Help:My article got nominated for deletion! for more information. ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:44, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hey! I have made few changes! What to do next? Adityasharma0701 (talk) 07:33, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Adityasharma0701: I recommend you to look at the page I linked. Have you done so? ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:41, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes! I have done some changes as well according to that. Adityasharma0701 (talk) 04:27, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Adityasharma0701: I don't see many references added. Regardless however, if the article is deleted you can have it restored as a draft at WP:REFUND and work on it there, submitting for review when it is ready. ~ Rusty meow ~ 02:09, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I have added few more references to the article but would like to know more about exactly needs to be added? Please help! I am new to this! Thanks! Adityasharma0701 (talk) 05:30, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Adityasharma0701: Pandora is referring to the General Notability Guideline, which has a specific definition of independent, reliable sources. I cannot say how reliable the sources are, as I do not have much experience with these sources. You may wish to check out the guideline and evaluate the sources yourself. ~ Rusty meow ~ 16:16, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi1 I have read the article and tried adding reliable references. Thanks! Adityasharma0701 (talk) 12:13, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Fhewifh (20:56, 19 March 2025)

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how do I make a Wikipedia page --Fhewifh (talk) 20:56, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Fhewifh: Welcome! See Help:Your first article for information.
Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:52, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 March 2025

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Question from Ariana Harner (14:34, 22 March 2025)

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Hi, I am trying to add a citation to the reference section of an article. I get as far as the captcha, and it refreshes each time, then tells me I’ve tried too many times. I am typing in the correct captchas, so I’m puzzled. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks! --Ariana Harner (talk) 14:34, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ariana Harner: Sometimes, network issues may prevent CAPTCHAs from working properly. What is the article and what source are you trying to add? ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:21, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pleasant Hill School Bus Tragedy

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I am trying to add a citation: Harner, Ariana and Clark Secrest, Children of the Storm: the True Story of the Pleasant Hill School Bus Tragedy. Fulcrum, 2001 and 2024: Golden, Colo. to this entry: Pleasant Hill bus tragedy Ariana Harner (talk) 19:45, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ariana Harner: Where in the article? ~ Rusty meow ~ 00:12, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The entire article is accurate; the book goes into detail about everything mentioned. How about in the Aftermath section, the sentence “The survivors suffered psychologically and some never talked about it.” Thank you! Ariana Harner (talk) 13:54, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done! ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:12, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! Ariana Harner (talk) 01:06, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-13

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

Weekly highlight

Updates for editors

  • The CampaignEvents extension will be released to multiple wikis (see deployment plan for details) in April 2025, and the team has begun the process of engaging communities on the identified wikis. The extension provides tools to organize, manage, and promote collaborative activities (like events, edit-a-thons, and WikiProjects) on the wikis. The extension has three tools: Event Registration, Collaboration List, and Invitation Lists. It is currently on 13 Wikipedias, including English Wikipedia, French Wikipedia, and Spanish Wikipedia, as well as Wikidata. Questions or requests can be directed to the extension talk page or in Phabricator (with #campaigns-product-team tag).
  • Starting the week of March 31st, wikis will be able to set which user groups can view private registrants in Event Registration, as part of the CampaignEvents extension. By default, event organizers and the local wiki admins will be able to see private registrants. This is a change from the current behavior, in which only event organizers can see private registrants. Wikis can change the default setup by requesting a configuration change in Phabricator (and adding the #campaigns-product-team tag). Participants of past events can cancel their registration at any time.
  • Administrators at wikis that have a customized MediaWiki:Sidebar should check that it contains an entry for the Special pages listing. If it does not, they should add it using * specialpages-url|specialpages. Wikis with a default sidebar will see the link moved from the page toolbox into the sidebar menu in April. [21]
  • The Minerva skin (mobile web) combines both Notice and Alert notifications within the bell icon (). There was a long-standing bug where an indication for new notifications was only shown if you had unseen Alerts. This bug is now fixed. In the future, Minerva users will notice a counter atop the bell icon when you have 1 or more unseen Notices and/or Alerts. [22]
  • Recurrent item View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • VisualEditor has introduced a new client-side hook for developers to use when integrating with the VisualEditor target lifecycle. This hook should replace the existing lifecycle-related hooks, and be more consistent between different platforms. In addition, the new hook will apply to uses of VisualEditor outside of just full article editing, allowing gadgets to interact with the editor in DiscussionTools as well. The Editing Team intends to deprecate and eventually remove the old lifecycle hooks, so any use cases that this new hook does not cover would be of interest to them and can be shared in the task.
  • Developers who use the mw.Api JavaScript library, can now identify the tool using it with the userAgent parameter: var api = new mw.Api( { userAgent: 'GadgetNameHere/1.0.1' } );. If you maintain a gadget or user script, please set a user agent, because it helps with library and server maintenance and with differentiating between legitimate and illegitimate traffic. [23][24]
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:39, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Mak709 (18:53, 25 March 2025)

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hello mamcat --Mak709 (talk) 18:53, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mak709: ? ~ Rusty meow ~ 19:10, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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