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May I ask about this edit?
[1] is what I'm refferring to. You used rollback to revert this edit, witht eh vandalism edit summary, dispite the fact that this was not vandalism. They seem to not have sourced it, but there absouletly are RS to back it up @The Herald Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 10:49, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hey. All additions, if they are not backed by references from reliable sources are considered disruptive edits/vandalism. Especially, when it comes to biographies of living people, it MUST be cited. Additionally, the IP has been adding the same even after multiple reverts with messages left in their talk page. Hence the rollback and revert for that BLP violation. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:53, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-15
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Recent changes
- Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a Wikipedia article. This is a small experiment to see if Wikipedia can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.- Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. [2][3]
- Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [4]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). [5][6]- New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. [7]
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Improving articles
You can help improve articles instead of blind reverting. For example, you can find detailed sources listed on cradle of civilization and help improve corresponding articles like India. If you think a better source is justified, please add it. Also, please return the courtesy of not templating other users if you ask the same in return. As you say, they are impersonal and disrespectful. Take a moment to write a comment in your own words. --Molochmeditates (talk) 15:08, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hey, apologies for templating. But you've been around and you should know that any addition to an article MUST be supported by a reliable independent source for verifiability. Simply linking the article with blue link is not justified, because that time, you are using Wikipedia as the source, and Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Additionally, the most important thing here is the article India is a featured article, that has been community reviewed for around 20 years. You simply don't add information that you like into an article like that. Furthermore, per WP:BURDEN and WP:ONUS, you are the one responsible for adding a reference for the information you add. This level is unsourced additions do constitute disruptive editing and hence I templated. I'm sorry if I sound condescending, but unsourced addition to a FA will be removed immediately. I won't revert your addition now, but you should add a note in the talk page regarding your edit. Also, please read up WP:FAOWN. Thanks and happy editing. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:25, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- The first message on your talk page links to Wikipedia:Five pillars - I hope you take its spirit seriously. We need more editors who value building an encyclopedia of knowledge instead of being pedantic. If you see me make a mistake, which I am sure I will, I would rather you improve upon my original goal, which is to improve the article. In this example, wouldn't it have been amazing if you were to add a source from the linked article instead of chiding me on what MUST be done and reverting my edit? Wouldn't that have made the article more useful to the readers? Also, your charge of disruptive editing is highly uncalled for in my opinion and I hope you're more constructive with your interactions with other editors. This is nowhere close to a significant edit, and completely against the spirit of FAOWN. I hope you Wikipedia:Assume good faith in the future. --Molochmeditates (talk) 21:30, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hey, thanks for the reply. I am well aware of AGF and all, but WP:BURDEN takes easy precedence over anything when you have been editing for a while (>7 years) and are adding something into a Featured article. WP:DIY is also a good place for you to read up too. Once again, I'd ask you to provide reliable sources for every single edit you make in mainspace, since that is also a pillar of Wikipedia. It doesn't matter how new or how old an editor you are, you add an unsourced addition into an article, especially a FA which is protected for such a reason and got like huge edit notices in the editing section, you simply can't skip it and press publish changes. You are responsible for every edit you make. So, please remember that next time. I did assume AGF when you reverted and haven't raised any objections in the talk page yet, but you should do that asap. Also, go through the archives of the talk page to see why such similar additions about cradle of civilization were rejected earlier. This is not a minor edit and it is indeed an edit that comes under FAOWN. Once again, I'd urge you tto continue further discussion at Talk:India. Thanks and happy editing. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 22:18, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- The first message on your talk page links to Wikipedia:Five pillars - I hope you take its spirit seriously. We need more editors who value building an encyclopedia of knowledge instead of being pedantic. If you see me make a mistake, which I am sure I will, I would rather you improve upon my original goal, which is to improve the article. In this example, wouldn't it have been amazing if you were to add a source from the linked article instead of chiding me on what MUST be done and reverting my edit? Wouldn't that have made the article more useful to the readers? Also, your charge of disruptive editing is highly uncalled for in my opinion and I hope you're more constructive with your interactions with other editors. This is nowhere close to a significant edit, and completely against the spirit of FAOWN. I hope you Wikipedia:Assume good faith in the future. --Molochmeditates (talk) 21:30, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
ITN nomination question
Hey! I noticed you closed my RD nomination for O.J. Simpson - was just wondering if I had done something wrong that made people choose the other nomination. Thanks! Staraction (talk | contribs) 16:16, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Staraction Hey, thanks for the message. I think everyone chose it because it was posted under today's date and was higher up in the sections. Nothing else. Hence I closed it as a duplicate entry cuz it seemed redundant. I can reopen it if you want, but I don't think it will make much of a difference now. Thanks and happy editing :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:55, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Update:I think it's redundant now since the discussion is moved to yesterday's section. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:59, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Gotcha, just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong. Thanks! Staraction (talk | contribs) 19:46, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
Herald what did i did on Draft:Merry Christmas From Bobby Vee which led to you declined? Samchristie05 (talk) 21:53, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hey, thanks for dropping by. Kindly go through the decline reason posted and the links I have provided. Additionally, you may seek out help at WP:TEAHOUSE too. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 22:07, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
Deaths in 2024 and archived pages
Hi. We only use simple cite references in the above project and its related month/year archived pages, the reason being the sheer number of sources being listed and the resulting slow page-loading times for the less fortunate. We try to keep the coding light, so your recent edit was reversed. Thanks. Ref (chew)(do) 07:54, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
- Refsworldlee Yeah, got that. Thanks for the update. Happy editing :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:40, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
- And the same to you! :) Ref (chew)(do) 09:01, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-16
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Problems
- Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. [8][9]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar). [10][11]
- Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). [12]
- A new variable
page_last_edit_agewill be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. [13]
Future changes
- Volunteer developers are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. Learn more.
Four database fields will be removed from database replicas (including Quarry). This affects only the abuse_filterandabuse_filter_historytables. Some queries might need to be updated. [14]
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- Thank you and happy editing :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 19:03, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
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Hi, I noticed this article on the old AFC queue and decided that it met the essential passing criterion of being notable, encyclopedia worthy and unlikely to be nominated for deletion. I therefore improved the content and referencing and hope that this now meets AFC requirements. Shyamal (talk) 03:32, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hey Shyamal, thanks for the improvement. Kindly submit the draft again for review and wait. The AfC backlog is a few weeks (2+ months) and it won't be fair if I go out of the way and review it. Someone will review it or if it comes in my random entry, I will review it too. Furthermore, you can move it to mainspace yourself with ease if you think it's worthy. Thanks and happy editing. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:58, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- I thought of moving it to mainspace but it would be a rather heavy-handed move on my part! Will wait for a regular reviewer to get to it. Shyamal (talk) 04:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-17
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Recent changes
- Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [15]
- You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [16][17]
Future changes
- This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [18]
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Thank you for improving the project's quality in April! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Arigato :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 09:17, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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The New Indian Express
This The New Indian Express is not listed in WP:ICTFSOURCES. It is used as a review for a film Operation Valentine (film). The Indian Express got divided and its edition is retained by North. The South edition is The New Indian Express I think. This too will need to be on the list with reliability or unreliability highlight. RangersRus (talk) 13:10, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- You can add it to the pinned discussion at the talk page. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 13:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-18
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Recent changes
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- The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [19]
- Seven new wikis have been created:
- You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [27]
- Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.
Problems
- Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using
mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [28]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [29][30]
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:
- Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
- Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
- Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
- Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
- Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
- Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
- Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
- Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed
See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-19
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Recent changes
- The appearance of talk pages changed for all wikis, except for Commons, Wikidata and most Wikipedias (a few have already received this design change). You can read the detail of the changes on Diff. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at remaining wikis in the coming weeks. [31][32]
- Interface admins now have greater control over the styling of article components on mobile with the introduction of the
SiteAdminHelper. More information on how styles can be disabled can be found at the extension's page. [33] - Wikimedia Enterprise has added article body sections in JSON format and a curated short description field to the existing parsed Infobox. This expansion to the API is also available via Wikimedia Cloud Services. [34]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 May. It will be on all wikis from 9 May (calendar). [35][36]
- When you look at the Special:Log page, the first view is labelled "All public logs", but it only shows some logs. This label will now say "Main public logs". [37]
Future changes
- A new service will be built to replace Extension:Graph. Details can be found in the latest update regarding this extension.
- Starting May 21, English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia will get the possibility to activate "Add a link". This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to all Wikipedias. These communities can activate and configure the feature locally. [38]
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AfD Thank You
thanks for the patrolling today! The extra set of hands is always helpful. Have a great evening. Star Mississippi 02:45, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hey, my pleasure. With Liz in hospital, I think it's just you and Josh as sysop regulars. I try my best to close and relist, still we somehow end up with 50+ old AfDs daily lol. Maybe it was bc of the weekend. Have a good day to you too :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:52, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yep! I try to pick up the slack on the weekends as I'm not often online during the week. Liz has covered me for weeks so glad to be able to step in here for her. I'm going to keep an eye on Category:Proposed deletion as well as it's not an area I frequently watch. Star Mississippi 03:03, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
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Congratulations! - Today's TFA, Felix M. Warburg House, was written by Vami_IV and Epicgenius, introduced: "This article is about another of the great houses that once lined Fifth Avenue in New York. Specifically, this is the mansion of Felix M. Warburg, a Jewish financier who ignored fears of anti-Semitic reprisal to his decided to build himself a big Gothic manor in the middle of New York City. Although the Warburgs no longer remain, their legacy does: the museum is now the home of the Jewish Museum (Manhattan) and the building largely survives as they left it. It's a beautiful building and I hope you will all enjoy it."! - in memory --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Draft:Aldo Baglio
I need to tell you that since you declined my draft, which is about an Italian comedian, the thing that I want to tell you is that the sources that I put which are L'Unione Sarda, Corriere della Sera, Il Giornale and La Repubblica, those are reliable sources, because they are news websites, and I didn't understand the problem. Ange2444 (talk) 17:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2024-20
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Recent changes
- On Wikisource there is a special page listing pages of works without corresponding scan images. Now you can use the new magic word
__EXPECTWITHOUTSCANS__to exclude certain pages (list of editions or translations of works) from that list. [39] - If you use the user-preference "Show preview without reloading the page", then the template-page feature "Preview page with this template (what's this?)" will now also work without reloading the page. [40]
- Kartographer maps can now specify an alternative text via the
alt=attribute. This is identical in usage to thealt=attribute in the image and gallery syntax. An exception for this feature is wikis like Wikivoyage where the miniature maps are interactive. [41] - The old Guided Tour for the "New Filters for Edit Review" feature has been removed. It was created in 2017 to show people with older accounts how the interface had changed, and has now been seen by most of the intended people. [42]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 May. It will be on all wikis from 16 May (calendar). [43][44]
- The Special:Search results page will now use CSS flex attributes, for better accessibility, instead of a table. If you have a gadget or script that adjusts search results, you should update your script to the new HTML structure. [45]
Future changes
- In the Vector 2022 skin, main pages will be displayed at full width (like special pages). The goal is to keep the number of characters per line large enough. This is related to the coming changes to typography in Vector 2022. Learn more. [46]
- Two columns of the
pagelinksdatabase table (pl_namespaceandpl_title) are being dropped soon. Users must use two columns of the newlinktargettable instead (lt_namespaceandlt_title). In your existing SQL queries:- Replace
JOIN pagelinkswithJOIN linktargetandpl_withlt_in theONstatement - Below that add
JOIN pagelinks ON lt_id = pl_target_id
- See phab:T222224 for technical reasoning. [47][48]
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Johannes Vermeer - Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, 'The Music Lesson' - Google Art Project.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:36, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2024-21
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 Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. [49]
- New changes have been made to the UploadWizard in Wikimedia Commons: the overall layout has been improved, by following new styling and spacing for the form and its fields; the headers and helper text for each of the fields was changed; the Caption field is now a required field, and there is an option for users to copy their caption into the media description. [50][51]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 May. It will be on all wikis from 23 May (calendar). [52][53]
- The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It will change on 22 May in some skins (Timeless, Modern, CologneBlue, Nostalgia, and Monobook). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in all other skins. The developers are also considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
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Wikiproject Medicine May 2024 Newsletter
- Issue 22—May 2024
- WikiProject Medicine Newsletter
Hello all. Another irregular edition of the newsletter. I was inspired to collect this after seeing several medicine-interested editors nominate their first good article. Please review a GA nomination if you have time, and help support our colleagues' efforts:
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WP:MED News
- Wikipedia:Good article reassessment is back in business, with a new process and new coordinators. If you see medicine-related GAs that may no longer meet the GA criteria, feel free to nominate them for attention/reassessment (please, not too many at once, lest we get overwhelmed). I'll incorporate them into the listings above.
- Maintenance category of the month: Articles with topics of unclear notability (I've listed just the 36 that start with "A"; there are 398 total).
- Note for the curious: 24,211 of the 57,554 articles (42%) tagged as part of WP:MED have some maintenance tag.
Newsletter ideas, comments, and criticisms welcome here.
You are receiving this because you added your name to the WikiProject Medicine mailing list. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, please remove your name.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine at 21:22, 25 May 2024 (UTC).
The article Voyager 2 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold 
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Voyager 2 and Talk:Voyager 2/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Cambalachero -- Cambalachero (talk) 18:41, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-22
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
- Several bugs related to the latest updates to the UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons have been fixed. For more information, see T365107 and T365119.
- In March 2024 a new addPortlet API was added to allow gadgets to create new portlets (menus) in the skin. In certain skins this can be used to create dropdowns. Gadget developers are invited to try it and give feedback.
- Some CSS in the Minerva skin has been removed to enable easier community configuration. Interface editors should check the rendering on mobile devices for aspects related to the classes:
.collapsible,.multicol,.reflist,.coordinates,.topicon. Further details are available on replacement CSS if it is needed.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar). [54][55]
- When you visit a wiki where you don't yet have a local account, local rules such as edit filters can sometimes prevent your account from being created. Starting this week, MediaWiki takes your global rights into account when evaluating whether you can override such local rules. [56]
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MediaWiki message delivery 00:13, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
Nomination of School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.wɔːr (talk) 04:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-23
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
- It is now possible for local administrators to add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without JavaScript. Documentation is available. [57]
- The message name for the definition of the tracking category of WikiHiero has changed from "
MediaWiki:Wikhiero-usage-tracking-category" to "MediaWiki:Wikihiero-usage-tracking-category". [58] - One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Kadazandusun (
w:dtp:) [59]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 June. It will be on all wikis from 6 June (calendar). [60][61]
Future changes
- Next week, on wikis with the Vector 2022 skin as the default, logged-out desktop users will be able to choose between different font sizes. The default font size will also be increased for them. This is to make Wikimedia projects easier to read. Learn more.
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MediaWiki message delivery 22:33, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
The Signpost: 8 June 2024
- Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
- Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor
- In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
- News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
- Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
- Featured content: We didn't start the wiki
- Essay: No queerphobia
- Special report: RetractionBot is back to life!
- Traffic report: Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer
- Comix: The Wikipediholic Family
- Concept: Palimpsestuous
This Month in GLAM: May 2024
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Tech News: 2024-24
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 software used to render SVG files has been updated to a new version, fixing many longstanding bugs in SVG rendering. [62]
- The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It was changed last week in some skins (Vector legacy and Minerva). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in Vector-2022. The developers are still considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
- The HTML markup used for citations by Parsoid changed last week. In places where Parsoid previously added the
mw-reference-textclass, Parsoid now also adds thereference-textclass for better compatibility with the legacy parser. More details are available. [63]
Problems
- There was a bug with the Content Translation interface that caused the tools menus to appear in the wrong location. This has now been fixed. [64]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 June. It will be on all wikis from 13 June (calendar). [65][66]
- The new version of MediaWiki includes another change to the HTML markup used for citations: Parsoid will now generate a
<span class="mw-cite-backlink">wrapper for both named and unnamed references for better compatibility with the legacy parser. Interface administrators should verify that gadgets that interact with citations are compatible with the new markup. More details are available. [67] - On multilingual wikis that use the
<translate>system, there is a feature that shows potentially-outdated translations with a pink background until they are updated or confirmed. From this week, confirming translations will be logged, and there is a new user-right that can be required for confirming translations if the community requests it. [68]
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MediaWiki message delivery 20:18, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
The article Voyager 2 you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Voyager 2 for comments about the article, and Talk:Voyager 2/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Cambalachero -- Cambalachero (talk) 02:24, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2024-25
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
- People who attempt to add an external link in the visual editor will now receive immediate feedback if they attempt to link to a domain that a project has decided to block. Please see Edit check for more details. [69]
- The new Community Configuration extension is available on Test Wikipedia. This extension allows communities to customize specific features to meet their local needs. Currently only Growth features are configurable, but the extension will support other Community Configuration use cases in the future. [70][71]
- The dark mode beta feature is now available on category and help pages, as well as more special pages. There may be contrast issues. Please report bugs on the project talk page. [72]
Problems
- Cloud Services tools were not available for 25 minutes last week. This was caused by a faulty hardware cable in the data center. [73]
- Last week, styling updates were made to the Vector 2022 skin. This caused unforeseen issues with templates, hatnotes, and images. Changes to templates and hatnotes were reverted. Most issues with images were fixed. If you still see any, report them here. [74]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar). [75][76]
- Starting June 18, the Reference Edit Check will be deployed to a new set of Wikipedias. This feature is intended to help newcomers and to assist edit-patrollers by inviting people who are adding new content to a Wikipedia article to add a citation when they do not do so themselves. During a test at 11 wikis, the number of citations added more than doubled when Reference Check was shown to people. Reference Check is community configurable. [77]
- Mailing lists will be unavailable for roughly two hours on Tuesday 10:00–12:00 UTC. This is to enable migration to a new server and upgrade its software. [78]
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