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Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
In recognition of your vigilance and speed in dealing with vandals. “Admin material” describes you well! Tesseractive (talk) 00:23, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Twinkle & "Tesseractive"

Hi :) Thank you for your contributions. When your account is automatically confirmed, you might be interested in trying this tool: WP:Twinkle - it can be enabled as a "Gadget" in your preferences and will make the relatively tedious work of using the "undo" command, manually selecting the last revision before vandalism, finding a good template and adding it to the user's talk page, much easier.

When I saw the Anti-Vandalism barnstar by "Tesseractive", I noticed that "Tesseract" is just another word for "Hypercube" and might seem to have been only registered to deliver this barnstar to your userpage. You are allowed to use multiple accounts to edit Wikipedia, but this should not be used in a way that could be considered "sockpuppetry". I'm honestly sorry if I am wrong, but I'll dare to ask this question - did you register both SemiHypercube and Tesseractive? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:42, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

To your question about Tesseractive: No. I did not register that account. SemiHypercube (talk) 19:45, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
Okay, sorry then. I would have suggested to add {{User_alternative_account_banner|SemiHypercube}} to the user page of Tesseractive to easily solve the situation, if it would be your account. But I was probably wrong. Please disregard my message. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:48, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

A dumpling for you!

yummy dumpling
For greatly contributing to the sockpuppet investigations on the classist(I think, I'm not sure if anyone truly knows what he's getting at) Chinese vandal, You get a classic Chinese delicacy.💵Money💵emoji💵Talk 14:13, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

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The Mahavamsa does not supported Sinhala nationalism, the article which was written, does not summarise what is written in there. That's why i removed it. NJackJ (talk) 13:14, 18 April 2018 (UTC)NJackJ

New recipe user

Any chance that User:Chanatinart.thames could be yet another one? The title of the user page contains an anagram of a popular phrase much overused lately.  Velella  Velella Talk   20:58, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

@Velella: I wouldn't think that's the fuerdai vandal, as they would be editing a lot more, wouldn't be creating their own page, and probably would be blocked by now. You could wait, but I wouldn't count on it. SemiHypercube (talk) 21:05, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
Also, I think they'd use some form of "sockpuppet", "vandal", or anything that sounds slightly like "fuerdai" in their username. SemiHypercube (talk) 21:08, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you Welcoming me into Wikipedia! It means so much to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HurricameWilma344224 (talk • contribs) 21:02, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi SemiHyperCube 21:21, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi can I ask you something HurricameWilma344224 (talk) 21:24, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

What? SemiHypercube (talk) 21:26, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Can you help — Preceding unsigned comment added by HurricameWilma344224 (talk • contribs) 21:27, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

IPhones Fuerdai vandal

Don't need to report it at SPI per WP:DENY, just simply report it at WP:AIV if you found out any obvious vandal accounts. SA 13 Bro (talk) 17:25, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Can I support the above plea, he or she is currently getting far too much attention at SPI which is presumably what he/she/it wants. Stop feeding it and it may get hungry and look elsewhere for weird gratification.  Velella  Velella Talk   12:56, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for thanking me. As with everyone, I appreciate it, especially here. This user has been ticking me off for the better part of two days. Rock on. UnsungKing123 (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi SemiHypercube. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

  • Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
  • Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
  • Rollback should never be used to edit war.
  • If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
  • Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Mz7 (talk) 00:35, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

@Mz7: Thanks! SemiHypercube (talk) 00:36, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much

The RfC discussion to eliminate portals was closed May 12, with the statement "There exists a strong consensus against deleting or even deprecating portals at this time." This was made possible because you and others came to the rescue. Thank you for speaking up.

By the way, the current issue of the Signpost features an article with interviews about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

I'd also like to let you know that the Portals WikiProject is working hard to make sure your support of portals was not in vain. Toward that end, we have been working diligently to innovate portals, while building, updating, upgrading, and maintaining them. The project has grown to 80 members so far, and has become a beehive of activity.

Our two main goals at this time are to automate portals (in terms of refreshing, rotating, and selecting content), and to develop a one-page model in order to make obsolete and eliminate most of the 150,000 subpages from the portal namespace by migrating their functions to the portal base pages, using technologies such as selective transclusion. Please feel free to join in on any of the many threads of development at the WikiProject's talk page, or just stop by to see how we are doing. If you have any questions about portals or portal development, that is the best place to ask them.

If you would like to keep abreast of developments on portals, keep in mind that the project's members receive updates on their talk pages. The updates are also posted here, for your convenience.

Again, we can't thank you enough for your support of portals, and we hope to make you proud of your decision. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   11:07, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

P.S.: if you reply to this message, please {{ping}} me. Thank you. -TT

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Awesome work reverting vandalism! L293D (☎ • ✎) 00:21, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
@L293D: Thank to you too! Keep up the good work! SemiHypercube (talk) 00:27, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

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TonyBallioni (talk) 12:08, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni: Thanks! Wow, that was quick! It took a few days for my rollback request to be accepted, but this took a few minutes! Thanks again! SemiHypercube (talk) 12:10, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Reverting

Those edits were nothing but the truth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1008:B12F:F6D:59C4:1E57:65D3:698C (talk) 13:31, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Architect 134 and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ann HHero

I reverted your edit because you can't argue a merge by adding a note to an archived case. The best way to do it in the future is to approach a member of the SPI team who is familiar with at least one of the cases and explain what you think should be done and why. That said, your edit got my attention, and you're right. I will ask a clerk to merge the two. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:14, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

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I got a new signature!

SemiHypercube ✎ 16:05, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Nice! did you take the crayon character from mine? L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:05, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
@L293D: Yes. I also used your signature for the shadow effect. SemiHypercube ✎ 09:46, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
(I also stole mine from L293D btw)💵Money💵emoji💵💸 16:57, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Garfi (cat)

I added some references to Garfi (cat). You may want to revisit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garfi (cat). Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:48, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

April 2018

WP:UAA reports on users with no edits

Information iconGenerally, there is no reason to report usernames with no edits whatsoever. Per WP:UAAI: "Wait until the user edits. Do not report a user that hasn't edited unless they are clearly a vandal. We do not want to welcome productive editors with a report at UAA, nor do we want to waste our time dealing with accounts that may never be used." The exceptions are obvious hate speech or names that attack a living person/Wikipedia editor, those are blockable even without any edits, but other run-of-the-mill violations need not be reported unless and until they at least attempt to edit, and you should be able to clearly explain what the problem is if it is not immediately evident.

For whatever reason, every day dozens, if not hundreds of accounts are created that never make one single edit. It is our responsibility as admins to conscientiously review every report a user makes at UAA, so we have to check for contribs, deleted contribs, and tripping of the edit filter for every one of these reports, only to find out there's nothing there and therefore no problem to be solved. So we add the {{wait}} tag to the report, it goes to WP:UAA/HP for a week or more, and must then be reviewed again to see if the account has since become active before removing it. That's time that could be spent doing more productive things, but you basically obligate admins to do it by making such reports. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:04, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Please stop

Please stop reporting so many users with no edits. The mere presence of words like “fart” or “sex” are not enough to block someone who has not even attempted to edit. Again, we only block the worst of the worst without waiting for them to edit. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:02, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

And again

The same goes for “bot” usernames. Beeblebrox (talk) 02:44, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

@Beeblebrox: Sorry. I was too hasty that time. SemiHypercube ✎ 00:16, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

I’m relived to hear you say so. Keep up the other good reports you are making! Beeblebrox (talk) 00:30, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

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These bots, asking me to participate in a request for comment I started. SemiHypercube ✎ 19:18, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

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User talk:195.204.12.242

FYI: talk page privileges request on WP:ANI#User talk:195.204.12.242. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 11:14, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

@Jim1138: Yes, I know, but I'm not an admin, so I can't revoke TPA for that guy. SemiHypercube ✎ 11:21, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
That was just an FYI, not a request. The anon will probably restore it again... Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 11:42, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

RfA supports

Responding to your comment at Sir Sputnik's RfA — which, incidentally, you might consider moving to MA's talk page, as it's offtopic for the RfA — a single oppose against a sea of 49 supports is hardly a problem. Folks do indeed fail RfA for myriad reasons, but being opposed is not nearly the same as failing. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 21:22, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

@Amorymeltzer: Moved comment his talk page. SemiHypercube ✎ 21:42, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

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This IP belongs to a high school.

Hello there, SemiHypercube. I am student in the Durham District school board, and I occasionally check the contributions for whatever ip I'm on. As you are the individual who actually responded to this ip's vandalism, I am informing you of this, hopefully so you can take this up the ladder and prevent this IP from editing. Thanks. 204.50.168.226 (talk) 17:10, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

This IP has been blocked now, but thanks for reminding me. SemiHypercube ✎ 18:50, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you! :) Can I ask your help again? It seems that I need a lot of help.

SaviiDigital (talk) 07:38, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Notice of A/N discussion that mentions you

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@David Tornheim: You are not required to notify editors on your "side" against whom you were not requesting any action. Doing so actually looks somewhat like canvassing, which given that so far consensus is unanimous that Swarm's final warning to you should stand you should probably be a bit more careful about. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 07:49, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

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Talkback

Hello, SemiHypercube. You have new messages at L293D's talk page.
Message added 16:38, 8 November 2018 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

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@Thewinrat: In the future, I don't need talkback messages, a ping is OK. SemiHypercube ✎ 16:40, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
@SemiHypercube: Ah, double nuts. do i delete this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thewinrat (talk • contribs) 16:44, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
Not needed, it will archive sooner or later. SemiHypercube ✎ 16:45, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

November 2018

...? SemiHypercube ✎ 01:03, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
@AlbertOfPrussia: Was this a mistake? I'm sure my edits weren't vandalism (though I may have mistook an edit for vandalism), did you mean to put it on someone else's page? SemiHypercube ✎ 01:05, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
@SemiHypercube: Sorry I made a mistake I mistook your reversion edit for the actual vandalism AlbertOfPrussia

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Excellent Job! Jebcubed (talk) 16:49, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

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Cabal

I am not accusing Administrators as a whole as forming a cabal. There are some corrupt Administrators who treat their friends in an unequal fashion. They have backchannel communications that are alluded to in their front facing comments. I monitor a bunch of Admins talk pages, not out of suspicion but because I have had interactions with them. I don't bother to turn it off after it has blown over because on wikipedia you really never know when something has blown over. I have a memory of the ones I have had unjust responses from. Those seem to be the same ones with the suspicious talk entries both inbound and outbound. It is obvious these Admins take care of their own, to the detriment of the world knowledge project of wikipedia. I know who not to take a problem to and I do vote based on that information. If I sound cynical and jaded about Administrators as a whole, it is because these rotten apples spoil the whole bunch. I've also had positive interactions with Administrators and have my list of who I would trust to go to with an issue that shouldn't go public. Trackinfo (talk) 03:24, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Need assistance to improve my article

Hi, SemiHypercube!

First, thank you for such a prompt reviewing :)! Can you advise me how to change/improve my article so it does not sound like an add text? Even if the topic turns out to be off limits, I will still have valuable knowledge about how to write a good Wiki article and how things work here on Wiki!

Hope to get your help Savii

Bob

The IPv6 editor whose address ends in 63 is actually a very well respected long term Wikipedian called Bob. I'm going to just nominate his userpage for speedy deletion, which is probably what the editor prior to you should have done. Just a heads up. Bob can be very helpful, and following his talk page can be illuminating. Happy editing! John from Idegon (talk) 02:44, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

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Tyreek Burwell

Hello SemiHypercube,

Why do you think that the content you restored belongs in that article? I read every one of the references about the alleged sister and none of them identify her as his sister. Not one. But even if she is his sister, why should Tyreek Burwell's brief biography report in great detail that his sister received probation after a fight that received press attention? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 17:20, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

@Cullen328: Ah. Now that you say it, it probably shouldn't be in the article, feel free to revert my edit. SemiHypercube ✎ 17:22, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
Please remember that when you restore deleted content, you are taking responsibility that the content complies with policies and guidelines. Thanks. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 17:34, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

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20:35, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Closing ANI discussions

Hello, SemiHypercube,

Your help closing certain discussions on ANI is helpful but I wanted to encourage you not to be sarcastic in the summary that you offer. It's best, if possible, for all involved parties to finish a discussion feeling like they were heard. Leaving a message that can be seen as ridicule towards productive editors who come to ANI asking for help is not welcome. If editors need to post their queries at another noticeboard, they can be politely shown the way.

And if you are taking your cues from long-time administrators who can sometimes get snippy, just know that you will earn some latitude, too, after you've been here for 10 or 12 years. But as a new editor, it always helps to err towards politeness. Thanks again for your help at the dramaboards. Liz Read! Talk! 22:11, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

@Liz: Which closing statement do you mean? SemiHypercube 22:14, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
Okay, let's see, I was thinking of this and especially this. I should say that my comment towards you was a response to editors saying that ANI is a very unfriendly place and your comments seemed a little dismissive. It's important to remember that many editors have little knowledge about the Wikipedia administrative space and may come to ANI to complain about a situation when they really need to go to a different noticeboard for content disputes or edit warring.
I did go back into the ANI archives and found other closings from you that were great, very neutral comments like "OP blocked by X for 24 hours" so I can see you are doing good work. I used to close ANI discussions before I was an admin and what I strove for was to simply sum up the action taken by an admin who had responded to the complaint or to state that there was no consensus in the discussion. It's my point of view but I try to avoid any language that reflects my own judgment of the worthiness of the complaint (even though some complaints might seem completely trivial and lame). There is no reason that editors looking for help should feel foolish.
I hope you do not feel singled out by my comment above. I was just struck by the tone of your closes and I didn't mean to make too much of it. In general, when I participate on ANI now I'm going to be more sensitive to the atmosphere and try to deescalate situations. ANI can seem like a circus (or the inquisition) and personally I'm going to work on making it a less hostile place.
I hope this answers your question and puts my comments in a larger context. Sorry for not noticing the ping earlier. Liz Read! Talk! 22:09, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
@Liz: Yeah, I understand, I forgot that other people don't interpret words with the same tone I had intended. SemiHypercube 22:14, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the positive attitude, SemiHypercube. Keep doing good work! Liz Read! Talk! 01:33, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

If I'd come on that by accident I would have thought it was there intentionally. EEng 15:37, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

@EEng: For any possible talk page stalkers, see this edit for context. True...those are the presents under the hat. SemiHypercube 16:40, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

creation of new page describing Resideo

Hi! My draft was rejected with the feedback "Doesn't need to say so much about what it does"

I appreciate the feedback, but would like some help determining what exactly is too much. Trying to find the right balance between 'decriptive enough' and 'so much.'

Thank you in advance for some guidance on what to cut. Should I delete the part about the CEO and his quote about why the name is what it is?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Resideo#creation_of_new_page_describing_Resideo

999edits (talk) 13:27, 19 December 2018 (UTC) 999edits 12.19.2018

@999edits: The article just seems to mostly be about what they do, and not what others say about it (though with that, if reviews are used, both positive and negative reviews should be used) SemiHypercube 15:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

That's helpful, so I should include links to what investors and analysts are saying it as a business? Is that what you mean by what others say? In preparing this article I looked to other pages to model this entry, and when I look at pages like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trane and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell I'm only seeing one instance that specifically is about what others say - in the Honeywell article, there are a few sentences about criticism of alleged tax issues and weapons manufacturing. As of now, there's not been public criticism of Resideo, as they've just spun off from Honeywell. The company is new but old in a sense, but as you may guess, mostly what's been said is on the investment side. Should I add a few lines about that? Thanks so much for your help!! 999edits (talk) 23:17, 19 December 2018 (UTC) 999edits 12.19.2018

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello SemiHypercube, 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 2019.
Happy editing,
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Guideline and policy news

  1. G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
  2. R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
  3. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.

Technical news

  • Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:
  1. At least 8 characters in length
  2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
  3. Different from their username
User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.
  • Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
  • {{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
  • Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
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Tech News: 2019-02

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

Tech News writers, editors and translators wish you a pleasant 2019 year.

Recent changes

  • RelatedSites extension has been undeployed. It was used to create interwiki links on Wikivoyage, now handled by Wikidata. [9]
  • Advanced item MediaWiki logstash logging is moving to a new infrastructure. This is an ongoing deployment. [10]
  • Advanced item codesearch.wmflabs.org has been updated, with new and updated repositories and a new search options for code. [11]
  • Advanced item On several wikis, an account named "Edit filter" has been created on December 17 to perform some technical maintenance on AbuseFilter. This account has sysop rights but it's a system user and no human can use it. The account already existed on wikis where AbuseFilter can perform blocks, which are issued using this account. See T212268 for more information and future plans.

Problems

  • Advanced item In AbuseFilter, the "Throttle" action takes three parameters: count, period and groups. They must now strictly respect the requirements listed on mediawiki.org. A list of broken filters is on Phabricator. If you're familiar with AbuseFilter, please take a look and fix them. [12]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from January 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from January 9. It will be on all wikis from January 10 (calendar).

Meetings

  • Search Platform Office Hours is rescheduled to January 9. Check the details for time and date.

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18:30, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-03

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

  • You can now use Google Translate in the content translation tool. [13][14]
  • You can now add captions to files on Commons. Captions are short descriptions of the file. They can be translated to all languages we use. They can't use wikitext markup.
  • Earlier a quoted HTML attribute had to be followed by a space. Now it doesn't. This means that some pages could look different when you save them even if you didn't edit that part of the text. [15][16]
  • Advanced item Templates with <templatestyles> could not show the difference between the live template and the sandbox version when they were tested. This has now been fixed. <templatestyles> has a new wrapper parameter now. You can use it for selectors like .mw-parser-output <wrapper parameter value> <selector from CSS page>. [17]

Problems

  • When you see an edit in the recent changes feed or in the history of a page some of them have tags. Some tags are added automatically. You can also add tags manually. Tags for edits that have been added manually can be edited. This didn't work for a little while. This has now been fixed. [18]

Changes later this week

  • You can move files from your wiki to Wikimedia Commons and keep the file history with the new FileExporter. It will be a beta feature on all wikis from 16 January. If you want to test it you activate it and check your wiki's configuration file.
  • Users who could cause more damage to the wikis if someone took over their account have to have more secure passwords. This includes administrators and other user groups. They can't use passwords that are in a list of common passwords. Accounts with common passwords are easy to take over. The list of common passwords was made longer a few weeks ago and has a different error message. Some user groups have been added to those who can't use common passwords. This is to protect all accounts with user rights that could cause damage. [19]
  • Advanced item The AbuseFilter variable minor_edit has been removed. It was deprecated in 2016. Now you can't use it. You can fix the filters using it. You can find them if you use the search bar on Special:AbuseFilter.
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from January 15

17:55, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-04

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

Tech News

  • Some people did not get last week's issue of Tech News. This was because of a problem with MassMessage. If you did not get last week's issue, you can read it on Meta. [20]

Recent changes

  • The content translation tool can now use version 2 as the default version for users who turned on the beta feature. For example it adds the tracking category Pages with unreviewed translations to translations that might have used machine translations without fixing the problems. This is so others can find them. You can find this category in Special:TrackingCategories on Wikipedias.
  • https://mediawiki2latex-large.wmflabs.org can now convert collects of up to 800 pages to PDF, EPUB or ODT. Previously this was 200 pages.

Problems

  • When a template was edited with the visual editor, it would sometimes put all information on one line. This makes it difficult to read for editors who use the wikitext editor. It also makes it more difficult to see what happened in a diff. This problem affected edits made between 8 and 17 January and is now fixed. [21]
  • MassMessage is used to post a message to many pages. It has not been working reliably. Some messages have not been posted to everyone. [22][23]
  • Because of a database problem that had to be fixed immediately you could not edit most wikis for a couple of minutes on 17 January (UTC). This has now been fixed. [24]

Changes later this week

  • You will be able to use template styles in the Module namespace. [25]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 January. It will be on all wikis from 24 January (calendar).

Meetings

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20:37, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Wrong information

I see that SemiHypercube change my amendments

So if there is any admin please change this :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn%27s_disease

Correct name of this disease is  :

,, Lesniowski-Crohn "


Mr Leśniowski was a Polish sciente who discovered this disease !

Antoni Leśniowski in 1904 first who public about this disease .

Not putting his name is like lieing that there is no Moon .

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.107.11.170 (talk) 17:08, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

That does seem to be right. Both names should probably be used in the article. SemiHypercube 17:53, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-05

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

Problems

  • When someone moves a page to a name that already exists that page that had the name the article is moved to is deleted. For a couple of months this didn't always work. Some users saw an error message instead. This has now been fixed. [26]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Meetings

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18:15, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

January 2019

Information icon Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

I noticed your recent edit to Neurodiversity does not have an edit summary. Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

Edit summary content is visible in:

Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Tick Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. You can't just hit revert or roll back without an explanation. Drmies (talk) 17:01, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

@Drmies: I would try to use edit summaries, but RTRC won't let you use Twinkle directly to make rollbacks with an edit summary. I'll try a bit more in the future. SemiHypercube 17:53, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. In the meantime, I placed a block or two. Drmies (talk) 22:58, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).

Administrator changes

added Enterprisey • JJMC89
readded BorgQueen
removed Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes

removedEnterprisey

Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
  • Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
  • A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

  • A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous

  • Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
  • A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:15, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-06

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

Changes later this week

  • It was easy to untick a box by accident in Special:Preferences. This will now be fixed. [27]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 February. It will be on all wikis from 7 February (calendar).

Meetings

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17:12, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Hey

I am your 30th talk page stalker, so you can finally get rid of the ugly sentence "Fewer than 30 watchers" ―Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk • contribs) 04:12, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Evad

re: [28], Evad says in 1A:

I would apply for interface administrator, if successful with this RfA, so I could help with gadget and user js/css requests

Thought that might answer your question :) (not watching, please {{ping}} if needed) czar 01:04, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

@Czar: I figured it out, struck my question. SemiHypercube 01:07, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-07

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

  • You can use the ambox CSS class to show page issues to mobile readers. When you use ambox there are classes you can use.

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 February. It will be on all wikis from 14 February (calendar).

Meetings

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18:45, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-08

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

  • When you thank someone on the mobile web you will now have two seconds to cancel the thank. This is in case you clicked on the thank button by accident. [29]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 February. It will be on all wikis from 21 February (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

  • There is a proposal to add a red link to mobile search results if there is no page with that name. This is how it works on desktop. You can leave feedback. [30]

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23:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Talk to us about talking

" icon depicting two speech Bubbles"

The Wikimedia Foundation is planning a global consultation about communication. The goal is to bring Wikimedians and wiki-minded people together to improve tools for communication.

We want all contributors to be able to talk to each other on the wikis, whatever their experience, their skills or their devices.

We are looking for input from as many different parts of the Wikimedia community as possible. It will come from multiple projects, in multiple languages, and with multiple perspectives.

We are currently planning the consultation. We need your help.

We need volunteers to help talk to their communities or user groups.

You can help by hosting a discussion at your wiki. Here's what to do:

  1. First, sign up your group here.
  2. Next, create a page (or a section on a Village pump, or an e-mail thread – whatever is natural for your group) to collect information from other people in your group. This is not a vote or decision-making discussion: we are just collecting feedback.
  3. Then ask people what they think about communication processes. We want to hear stories and other information about how people communicate with each other on and off wiki. Please consider asking these five questions:
    1. When you want to discuss a topic with your community, what tools work for you, and what problems block you?
    2. What about talk pages works for newcomers, and what blocks them?
    3. What do others struggle with in your community about talk pages?
    4. What do you wish you could do on talk pages, but can't due to the technical limitations?
    5. What are the important aspects of a "wiki discussion"?
  4. Finally, please go to Talk pages consultation 2019 on Mediawiki.org and report what you learned from your group. Please include links if the discussion is available to the public.

You can also help build the list of the many different ways people talk to each other.

Not all groups active on wikis or around wikis use the same way to discuss things: it can happen on wiki, on social networks, through external tools... Tell us how your group communicates.

You can read more about the overall process on mediawiki.org. If you have questions or ideas, you can leave feedback about the consultation process in the language you prefer.

Thank you! We're looking forward to talking with you.

Trizek (WMF) 15:08, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho

Liz Read! Talk! is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec15b}} to your friends' talk pages.

Tech News: 2019-09

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

Changes later this week

  • When you look at your watchlist or the recent changes page you can use the new filters for edit review. There you can choose tags to filter different edits. Empty tags will no longer be shown. [32]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 February. It will be on all wikis from 28 February (calendar).

Meetings

Future changes

  • The Wikipedia app for Android will invite users to add Wikidata descriptions to Wikidata objects that have Wikipedia articles but no Wikidata descriptions. It will only invite users who have added a number of Wikidata descriptions in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more and leave feedback.

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21:17, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Abelmoschus Esculentus' User Scripts

Dear all. Recently, our community lost a dedicated user, Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk). Among their projects were a number of user scripts that they left behind. I (DannyS712) have copied the scripts, and have taken over maintaining them. You currently import one or more of Abelmoschus Esculentus' scripts, and I thought that you might want to import a maintained version. Links to each script are provided below.

If you have any questions, please reach out and talk to me. --DannyS712 (talk) 00:30, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@DannyS712: Thanks! Updated my common.js accordingly. SemiHypercube 12:24, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-10

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

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 March. It will be on all wikis from 7 March (calendar).

Meetings

  • Recurrent item Advanced item You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • You can give feedback on the future of talk pages.
  • The mobile website will use the standard fonts on your computer or phone instead of a generic font. This will make it easier to read text in many scripts. [33][34]

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16:38, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
    • paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
    • checkuser-en-wp@wikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

AIV

With ongoing ARBCOM restrictions (and given that 2 of my recent blocks, for right or wrong, are being challenged again at AE) I feel it best not to, sorry. GiantSnowman 14:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

I'm aware of ArbCom restrictions, but I just went to Recent Changes and went to the first admin I saw in a contribution. SemiHypercube 22:37, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-11

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

Problems

  • Some wikis will not be able to edit for a short period of time on 19 March (UTC). This will start at 15:00 UTC. It will last up to 15 minutes but probably shorter. You can see the list of affected wikis. This is because of network maintenance. You can still read the wikis.
  • Editors who use Firefox to edit with the visual editor had a problem with copying text. When they tried to select text that included footnotes, templates or block images in the middle they would often only get part of the text. This has now been fixed. [35]
  • Some maps didn't work for a while on 8 March. This has been fixed. [36][37]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 March. It will be on all wikis from 14 March (calendar).

Meetings

  • Recurrent item Advanced item You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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19:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Templates for discussion

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Templates for discussion. Legobot (talk) 04:48, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Ah! It's felt so long since I last got one of these messages! SemiHypercube 11:24, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
That's because the bot was broken until yesterday. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 11:37, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Template namespace

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)

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Tech News: 2019-12

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

Changes later this week

  • When you use rollback you will be able to get a confirmation prompt on most wikis. It asks you if you wanted to do the rollback. This is to avoid misclicks. You will have to opt in to get it. On German Wikipedia it will be an opt-out feature from 28 March. [38][39]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 March. It will be on all wikis from 21 March (calendar).

Meetings

  • Recurrent item Advanced item You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Admins will be able to block someone from editing a page or a namespace. This already works on a few Wikimedia wikis. You can read more. If your wiki wants to be an early tester of this, you can tell the developers. [40]
  • Advanced item Toolforge will shut down the Ubuntu Trusty job grid. This will happen the week of 25 March. Tools that use this grid needs to be moved to the new Debian Stretch job grid. If they haven't, they will be taken offline. Maintainers can restart the tools later. Users may not be able to use them in the meanwhile. You can see a list of affected tools.

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19:44, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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Draft: Mineplex

Hey, you left a comment on my draft saying it needs more reliable sources. I added a bunch more, and I think the article's pretty good now. Could you review it? Also, who's gonna create the page if it gets accepted? Sorry for the questions, I'm new to this whole draft thing. UnsignificantEditor (talk) 22:29, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

@UnsignificantEditor: The sources do seem better now. Additionally, if someone reviews and accepts the article, it will automatically be moved to mainspace. SemiHypercube 00:31, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2019-13

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 new version of the content translation tool will be used for all new translations. The older version will still be used for translations that were started with it. Most users won’t see any change. More than 80% of the published translations are already using the new version. [41]

Problems

  • There was a problem with editing with Safari on iOS. When you wrote an edit summary you couldn't save the edit. This has now been fixed. [42]
  • The editing toolbar sometimes disappears when you scroll on iOS devices. This will be fixed soon. [43]
  • Wikis can over-ride interface messages on-wiki. A problem meant that sometimes an old versions of any changed messages were shown instead. This included the sitenotice and other important parts of the interface. This was fixed at around 2019-03-22 16:00 (UTC). Logged-out users may still get the wrong message. Purging the page should fix it for them. [44]

Changes later this week

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

Meetings

  • Recurrent item Advanced item You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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18:05, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

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New Page: Cipher Knowledge 360

Hi SemiHyoercube!

I am interested in creating a new page that would fall under the Computing wiki project. It's a competitive intelligence program called Cipher. It's relatively new and has developed by Knowledge 360. I was hoping you would be able to offer me tips to make the page more successful from the start. Any insight you can give is appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lash975 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Lash975, you may want to post your query at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computing, as I am not part of that project, and there are probably more experienced users there. SemiHypercube 19:05, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2019-14

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

Changes later this week

  • Notifications tell you about things that happen on the wiki. You can turn on notifications about new links to pages you created. For performance reasons you can no longer get e-mails about this. [45]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 April. It will be on all wikis from 4 April (calendar).

Meetings

  • Recurrent item Advanced item You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 3 April at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:29, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
  • As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

ANI

You are closing discussions too quickly at ANI. They continue after your closure. There is no hurry to close them and are supposed to stay open for twenty four hours. Regards. 2601:1C0:6D00:845:D66:D476:82CA:D7E9 (talk) 17:45, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

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