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Administrators' newsletter – July 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).
Administrator changes
28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam1 • Flyguy649 • Fram2 • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe
- 1Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
- 2Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.
- In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.
- The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
- The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
- A request for comment seeks to determine whether Wikipedia:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.
Technical news
- The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.
Miscellaneous
- In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.
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 development of Wikidata Bridge has started. The goal is to allow Wikidata edits from Wikipedia. [5]
Problems
- Sometimes pages load slowly for users routed to the Amsterdam data center. Investigation is in progress. [6]
- Wikidata query service was overloaded between 11:50 UTC until 13:15 UTC on June 24. It has been fixed. [7]
Changes later this week
- You will be able to read but not to edit all wikis for a short amount of time, on 3 July at 06:00 (UTC). This is to move a database. [8]
- There is no deployment of a new version of MediaWiki on the wikis this week (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 3 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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21:22, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Amazing Grace (2018 film)
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Amazing Grace (2018 film) has been completed.
I took the liberty of explaining the "cameos" by Jagger/Wyman which were not explained in the article and would certainly arouse curiosity. I think you need a third paragraph in the lede that talks a bit about Franklin's performance, and include same in the Synopsis section. For example, in one of the citations I came across mention of her 11-minute version of "Amazing Grace" which left the audience in tears. I also wonder whether the article should include a Track Listing?
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best of luck with the GAN.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:35, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
- Twofingered Typist, Thank you so much for your time. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 12:38, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
- You're most welcome! Twofingered Typist (talk) 12:41, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Page mover granted
Hello, CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, move subpages when moving the parent page(s), and move category pages.
Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when suppressredirect is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.
Useful links:
- Wikipedia:Requested moves
- Category:Articles to be moved, for article renaming requests awaiting action.
If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! ~Swarm~ {sting} 03:53, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
Moved to Piezogenic papules
I closed your unopposed RM and moved the page. But the talk page didn't move. Are you able to fix that with your new page-mover rights? And could you take care of editing the lead for the new title? Dicklyon (talk) 04:10, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
- Dicklyon,
Done also I relisted the RM because it did not have any support, and oppose votes. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 12:12, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
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Echo in the Canyon
Thanks for starting this article! You added a review of Half-Sister, which I removed. I couldn't find an article about the film where that sentence belonged or I would've moved it to where you presumably intended.
I left a comment about the title. You moved it from "Echo In The Canyon" to "Echo In the Canyon", while correct grammar would be "Echo in the Canyon". Media coverage variously uses all three but I'd go with the correct one because it's on the distributor's website. JamesMLane t c 15:39, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Re: July 2019.
I was being an idiot with those vandalism edits. Once you responded, I had to realize how idiotic my edits were. 2600:1700:A010:2BA0:1437:43AC:74BC:DA1E (talk) 11:29, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
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
- For event organizers, if you request a temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation, this will now also raise the edit rate limit for those new accounts at the event, which will prevent another bottleneck. [9]
- Administrators at all Wiktionary, Wikivoyage, and Wikisource wikis are now able to use the new partial blocks feature. [10]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 July. It will be on all wikis from 11 July (calendar).
- The design of MediaWiki's software windows will change for desktop users. Layout will be simpler, buttons will be bolder and clearer, and close buttons will be just icons. This is like the mobile design. This will affect ContentTranslation, VisualEditor, TemplateWizard, and other tools. [11]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 10 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [12]
- There will be a change in the name format of new Wikidata RDF dumps starting on 15 July. [13]
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20:12, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Cameron Boyce
On 8 July 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Cameron Boyce, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.
Stephen 23:46, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
Help With Babypalooza
Hello!
My page for Babypalooza was tagged for deletion because it seemed promotional. I'd love some tips or help with creating a page for a business that avoids sounding promotional. This is my first time creating a Wikipedia page so I'm still trying to figure everything out. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Melody2225 (talk) 16:36, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
- Melody2225, read the companies pages on Wikipedia, and see how they are written. Category:Companies by industry ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 16:48, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: Shatru Gate has been accepted
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
- If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk.
- If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider .
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Bkissin (talk) 19:03, 9 July 2019 (UTC)DYK for Pema Dhondup
On 11 July 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pema Dhondup, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Pema Dhondup studied filmmaking at the University of Southern California so he could use the medium to tell the story of his "lost generation" of Tibetan youth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pema Dhondup. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pema Dhondup), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
valereee (talk) 00:01, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
Russell Road (Perth) listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Russell Road (Perth). Since you had some involvement with the Russell Road (Perth) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 14:19, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Vicky Knight
Hello! Your submission of Vicky Knight at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:26, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
Relisting requested moves
In regard to Talk:Pan Htwar#Requested move 6 July 2019, please relist this as instructed at WP:RM#Relisting a requested move. Relisting requested moves is done differently from other relisted discussions. Thank you for changing this as soon as possible, because the bot that is involved cannot place the discussion in the right place until it's been fixed. Paine Ellsworth, ed. put'r there 17:28, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
I have done this for you to get the bot to do its job. In the future, please do not use the template you used to relist requested moves. Instead, please use {{subst:relisting}}, right after the requester's signature, the next time you relist a requested move. That template will automatically sign your signature, so there is no need to use the tildes (~~~~). Paine Ellsworth, ed. put'r there 18:37, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
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 mobile web will get more advanced editing tools. Seven more Wikipedias can use them now. This works for Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Japanese, Spanish and Thai Wikipedia. You can try the tools on the mobile web and give feedback. [14]
Changes later this week
- The abuse filter system user will soon do maintenance edits on broken abuse filters. This user is called
Edit filterand has administrator rights. This is meant to fix technical problems. It will not do any other changes. You can read more. - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 July. It will be on all wikis from 18 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikipedia app for Android will invite users to add image captions to images on Commons. It will only invite users who have added a number of edits in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more and leave feedback. [15]
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15:29, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Password
Namaste dear Captain Medusa! Can you make an article about Nepali movie Password (2019 Nepalese film) starring Sunny Leone in Item song "Aajako Sham", i found references[1][2][3][4]? If you make this article, i will be grateful and i like Nepalese culture! --92.100.25.160 (talk) 15:38, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
In progress will do when I have spare time. There aren't that many sources available for the film. Just waiting for reliable sources. The sources you provided mention only one thing, maybe you can provide more reliable sources talking more about the film. Also, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia, you may want to consider creating an account because you can create articles without asking anyone or you may want to create a draft article which others can review it.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 17:49, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Moving disambiguation pages
Hello, Cap'n! When you move a disambiguation page, as with Carl Albrecht, please make sure that (1) any internal links from the disambiguation page have been updated as needed, and (2) WP:FIXDABLINKS has been followed. Thanks! --R'n'B (call me Russ) 23:03, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
- Hey thanks for the friendly message. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 17:54, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Universal Music Group Nigeria
If a template has no parent article, such as {{Universal Music Group Nigeria}}, you can speedy delete it via {{db-subpage}}. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:00, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
- TenPoundHammer, Thanks for letting me know. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 00:15, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Thank you for the release of my article (Rodolphe Blavy) on Wiki :) ! Caro Cdaubie (talk) 09:08, 17 July 2019 (UTC) |
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Samragyee RL Shah
Hey there, I've finished copy editing Samragyee RL Shah, which was an article you requested in the GOCE Requests page. I have two minor concerns:
- First, what is Wikipedia's standard for "Nepali" vs. "Nepalese"? I did a quick Google search before I started copy editing, and it seems that "Nepali" is the correct term. However, on Wikipedia, there are certain pages that use "Nepalese", such as Nepalese rupee.
- If you would rather use "Nepalese", feel free to edit the article, but make sure to be consistent throughout. Also be careful not to replace "Nepali" in Nepali Actress and one quote that has "Nepali" in it.
- Speaking of Nepalese rupees, the formatting for currency was inconsistent throughout the page. I.e. "रू16 lakhs", "Rs. 25,000", "रू5 crore", and "रू1.70" were used throughout the article. I changed "Rs. 25,000" to "25,000 Nepali rupees", but most of the other ones are unchanged.
- Since I am unfamiliar with Nepali currency and terms like "lakhs" and "crore", if you could fix this and make sure that it is consistent throughout the article, that would be great.
Feel free to check my edits, and let me know if you have any feedback or concerns. Thanks. —Bobbychan193 (talk) 23:11, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Warren Cole
On 19 July 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Warren Cole, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.
___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 13:26, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Binod Chaudhary
On 20 July 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Binod Chaudhary, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Binod Chaudhary is the first Nepali to be listed on Forbes's billionaire list? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Binod Chaudhary. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Binod Chaudhary), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
valereee (talk) 00:01, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
File:Vicky Knight.jpg listed for discussion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Vicky Knight.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 04:56, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
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
- Communities interested by easing newcomers' first steps can now benefit from the Growth team experiments on their wikis. Check the conditions and the request process.
- The Coolest Tool Award 2019 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools by July 29. The awarded tools will be presented at Wikimania. [16]
Problems
- The release of the last version of MediaWiki (1.34.0-wmf.14) has been blocked for groups 1 and 2. [17]
Changes later this week
- Phabricator database will be moved to a different server. Writes will be blocked on Thursday 25 July, between 05:30 and 06:00 AM UTC. Reads will remain unaffected. [18]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 July. It will be on all wikis from 25 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 24 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some items in the visual editor will change later this week. This will make it easier to edit links, citations, and templates on both desktop and mobile. [19][20]
- With advanced search turned on you will be able to choose the sorting order of the search results when you do a search. [21][22]
- Users who edit from IP addresses whitelisted on a request for temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation will bypass CAPTCHAs. This will happen in August. If you think this should not happen for some reason, please let us know.
- The variable
user_wpzerowill be removed from AbuseFilter. A list of filters needing a fix is provided.
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13:07, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
Growth team updates #9
Welcome to the ninth newsletter from the Growth team!
The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects.
Opening Growth features to more wikis
The Growth team has existed for about one year. During that time, we have developed several features that we think can help increase retention. Though we are still gathering data to detect scientifically whether the features increase retention, we think that some of the features are ready to be deployed on more wikis that want to experiment with them. If your community is enthusiastic about welcoming newcomers, we encourage you to contact us so that we can verify together if your wiki is eligible.
Then, go through the checklist to start the process of getting these features:
- Help panel: allow newcomers to find help and ask questions while they edit.
- Welcome survey: learn what topics and types of edits newcomers are interested in.
- EditorJourney: learn what workflows newcomers go through on their first day.
General news
- A new quarter of the year has started, and the team has set our goals for the next three months. The most important goals are:
- Newcomer homepage: increase activity through a task recommendations module. Now that we have seen several weeks of positive activity on the newcomer homepage, we think that the most important thing to add is a way for newcomers to find tasks to work on. The challenge will be recommending the right kind of tasks at the right point of their journey.
- Newcomer homepage: increase feature discovery rate by 100%. Right now, only 20% - 30% of newcomers ever visit their homepage. We want to double that number by making sure all newcomers know how to find it.
- Help panel: increase usefulness through improvements to affordance, search, and UX flow. We have looked closely at data and anecdotes from the usage of the help panel, and we plan to pursue specific improvements to increase its effectiveness (see accompanying image of a feature that helps newcomers find responses to their questions).
- Wikimania is coming up next month, which includes a "Community Growth" space. We hope to see people from all communities there to talk about how to bring newcomers into our movement.
- We have started to deploy features to our team's fourth target wiki: Arabic Wikipedia. That wiki is the biggest one we target, it has a high percentage of mobile users, and also is our first right-to-left language. This will help us make sure that our features are valuable for as many types of users as possible.
Mobile homepage and early analysis
- The mobile version of the newcomer homepage was deployed to Czech, Korean, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. Now, newcomers can access their homepage from both desktop and mobile devices.
- We have published our first set of data about the performance of the newcomer homepage. In summary, we are happy with the homepage's performance so far. We see about half of visitors clicking on something, and the majority of them returning to the homepage multiple times.
- Because we see positive usage of the homepage, we will deploy several small features in the next two weeks that help more newcomers discover their homepage (see accompanying image of a feature that helps newcomers discover their homepage from their empty Contributions page).
- As listed in our goals above, we'll be starting to focus on adding task recommendations to the newcomer homepage. We'll be publishing early thoughts on this feature so that community members can give their thoughts and advice.
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14:26, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
Editing News #1—July 2019
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Did you know?
Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?
Every article has a pencil icon at the top. Tap on the pencil icon 
to start editing.
Edit Cards
This is what the new Edit Cards for editing links in the mobile visual editor look like. You can try the prototype here: 📲 Try Edit Cards.
Welcome back to the Editing newsletter.
Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.
Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:
Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?
If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.
Follow these instructions and share your experience:
Recent releases
The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:
- Section editing
- The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
- The team studied this with an A/B test. This test showed that contributors who could use section editing were 1% more likely to publish the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
- Loading overlay
- The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.
Section editing and the new loading overlay are now available to everyone using the mobile visual editor.
New and active projects
This is a list of our most active projects. Watch these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.
- Edit cards: This is a clearer way to add and edit links, citations, images, templates, etc. in articles. You can try this feature now. Go here to see how: 📲 Try Edit Cards.
- Mobile toolbar refresh: This project will learn if contributors are more successful when the editing tools are easier to recognize.
- Mobile visual editor availability: This A/B test asks: Are newer contributors more successful if they use the mobile visual editor? We are collaborating with 20 Wikipedias to answer this question.
- Usability improvements: This project will make the mobile visual editor easier to use. The goal is to let contributors stay focused on editing and to feel more confident in the editing tools.
Looking ahead
- Wikimania: Several members of the Editing Team will be attending Wikimania in August 2019. They will lead a session about mobile editing in the Community Growth space. Talk to the team about how editing can be improved.
- Talk Pages: In the coming months, the Editing Team will begin improving talk pages and communication on the wikis.
Learning more
The VisualEditor on mobile is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.
18:33, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Samragyee RL Shah
Hello! Your submission of Samragyee RL Shah at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SL93 (talk) 18:25, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
Philip Hoy's page
What do I need to do in order to bring back the article on Philip Hoy? Pietro1968 (talk) 14:20, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
- Pietro1968, looking at the Draft:Philip Hoy most of the paragraphs are unsourced. Also, find different sources than Worldcat. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 14:49, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image File:Vicky Knight.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Vicky Knight.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:52, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of On Her Shoulders (film)
Hello! Your submission of On Her Shoulders (film) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:00, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
August 2019 at Women in Red
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--Rosiestep (talk) 06:43, 29 July 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [23]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 31 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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21:42, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 July 2019
- In the media: Politics starts getting rough
- Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban
- Arbitration report: A month of reintegration
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?
- News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way
- Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect
- Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract
- Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things
Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 8
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News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (July 2019). Hello everyone and welcome to the 8th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:
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Hope everyone is having a good winter (or summer, for those in the northern hemisphere). Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 02:40, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
How to change article name after publication?
Dear Captain Medusa, as a relatively new contributor, I have made a mistake by capitalizing the nouns in my latest article, which was accepted for publication a few days ago. Instead of Report_on_the_Restitution_of_African_Cultural_Heritage, it should be like this: Report_on_the_restitution_of_African_cultural_heritage - As I don't know how to change it, I would appreciate, if somebody competent could change the spelling or tell me how to do this myself, before I will insert any more links in other articles. Thanks a lot, Munfarid1 10:52, 31 July 2019 (UTC)Munfarid1
- Munfarid1 I have moved the page as you request. You can see the result here Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 10:57, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- @Munfarid1: also when replying to other users use
{{re|insertusernamehere}}, or{{u|insertusernamehere}}this will send other user's notifications. If you have any more question's let me know. Also nice work on the article, but it needs little more sources.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:02, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- @Munfarid1: also when replying to other users use
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: thanks for your speedy help and encouraging comment on my article. I have just added categories and another source. Given that there are more than 30 references, I don't really understand what kind of sources you mean. Do you think of more sources on the reactions in the different countries? If you can give me a clearer hint, I will be glad to look for more sources. - Cheers, Munfarid1 17:46, 31 July 2019 (UTC)Munfarid1
- @Munfarid1: I was referring to
Furthermore, the report considers the mobilisation of public opinion since the beginning of the 2010s to be one of the main motivations for a change of attitudes in Europe. Based on their assessment that approximately 90% of all cultural heritage from Sub-Saharan Africa is in the possession of Western collections, the authors understand their report primarily as a call for the timely restitution of artifacts and for the establishment of a new relationship of Europe towards Africa on the basis of mutual recognition.
which isn't cited and the paragraph below.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:19, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Munfarid1: I was referring to
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: thanks for your speedy help and encouraging comment on my article. I have just added categories and another source. Given that there are more than 30 references, I don't really understand what kind of sources you mean. Do you think of more sources on the reactions in the different countries? If you can give me a clearer hint, I will be glad to look for more sources. - Cheers, Munfarid1 17:46, 31 July 2019 (UTC)Munfarid1
Administrators' newsletter – August 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
- A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.
Arbitration
- Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.
Miscellaneous
- Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
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ITN recognition for Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 August. It will be on all wikis from 8 August (calendar).
Problems
- A change in RelatedArticles extension accidentally enabled it for everyone, not just for mobile users. This has been fixed. [24][25]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 7 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Today everyone can see IP addresses if someone edits without an account. In the future this could be more hidden. This is to protect unregistered editors so fewer can see their IP address. This would only happen after we make sure the tools for vandal fighting can still be effective. You can read more and comment.
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Your GA nomination of Amazing Grace (2018 film)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Amazing Grace (2018 film) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 13:01, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman
| On 8 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Starting for the Hunt by Aelbert Cuyp is an early example of an equestrian portrait of someone who was not a member of court? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Amazing Grace (2018 film)
The article Amazing Grace (2018 film) 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:Amazing Grace (2018 film) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 10:41, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
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Ah, well spotted- thanks. (I forgot to do that when I transferred it over....) Ubcule (talk) 20:21, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of On Her Shoulders (film)
Hello! Your submission of On Her Shoulders (film) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:32, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Are you planning on answering me on the DYK template, or are you withdrawing this nomination? Yoninah (talk) 23:32, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Yoninah, sorry about that. I will work on the article. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 23:45, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you. Yoninah (talk) 23:46, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Please see new note on the DYK nomination template. Yoninah (talk) 14:55, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you. Yoninah (talk) 23:46, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Yoninah, sorry about that. I will work on the article. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 23:45, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
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
- Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools. Feedback on the discussion page is appreciated. [26]
- Due to the absence of volunteer maintenance of Cologne Blue skin, the link to activate it will be hidden. The skin will still work, but editors using it are encouraged to switch to another skin. [27]
Changes later this week
- Due to Wikimania, there is no deployment this week. [28]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The "Wikidata item" link will be moved from "Tools" to "In other projects" section on all Wikimedia projects, starting on August 21. Full announcement, Phabricator task.
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Your GA nomination of Amazing Grace (2018 film)
The article Amazing Grace (2018 film) you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Amazing Grace (2018 film) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 09:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Samragyee RL Shah
Hello! Your submission of Samragyee RL Shah at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 21:49, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Sanjay Dutt filmography
 | Hello, CAPTAIN MEDUSA. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Sanjay Dutt filmography at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Bobbychan193 (talk) 06:57, 18 August 2019 (UTC) |
Your GA nomination of Aama (film)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Aama (film) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 15:21, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Aama (film)
The article Aama (film) 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:Aama (film) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 09:40, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Samragyee RL Shah
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Samragyee RL Shah you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 11:01, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
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
- There will be no Tech News issue next week. The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 2 September 2019.
Problems
- Some abuse filters stopped working because of a code change. Only variables for the current action will work. Variables defined inside a branch may not work outside of that branch. You can read more to see how to fix the filters.
- Only six accounts can be created from one IP address per day. Between 12 August and August 15 this was two accounts per day. This was because of a security issue. It is now six accounts per day again. [29]
Changes later this week
- Only a limited number of accounts can be created from one IP address. An IP address can be whitelisted so that it can create as many accounts as needed. This is useful at events where many new persons learn to edit. IP addresses that are whitelisted for this reason will also not show CAPTCHAs when you create accounts. This will happen on Wednesday. [30]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 August. It will be on all wikis from 22 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 21 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There is an RFC about creating a new global user group with the right to edit abuse filters. This will be used to fix broken filters and make sure all filters will still work when software changes happen. You can read more and comment.
Special:Contributions/newbieswill no longer be working. This is because of performance reasons. It showed edits by new accounts. You can see this in the recent changes feed instead. [31]
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15:20, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Samragyee RL Shah
The article Samragyee RL Shah 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:Samragyee RL Shah for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 08:41, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Aama (film)
The article Aama (film) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Aama (film) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 21:21, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of On Her Shoulders (film)
Hello! Your submission of On Her Shoulders (film) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 16:02, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Gary Ray Bowles
On 27 August 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gary Ray Bowles, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.
SpencerT•C 02:01, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
Password
Dear Captain Medusa! I can't find more references and poster and trailer of password, but Sunny Leone song Aajako Sham not hasn't in SoundCloud, Gaana, Apple Music, but only Youtube, because hasn’t audio version, but will release in next month 13 September, but Nepalese year its now 2076, because you are living like in future, it's for me suprised? Thank you! --178.66.105.250 (talk) 14:27, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- the film will release on 13th Sep, the film reviews will start to appear. Will create the article then. Thanks ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 10:47, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
September 2019 at Women in Red
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DYK nomination of Aama (film)
Hello! Your submission of Aama (film) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! --evrik (talk) 20:47, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Chen Jiayong
On 28 August 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Chen Jiayong, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.
___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 09:15, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
Can you review a article
- Hi @CAPTAIN MEDUSA:, Good Evening. Can you please review my article Haimanti Rakshit. I create this article almost going one month no one review it. I haven't any idea why no one review my article. If when someone doing reviews one, But after a long time. Thank You.--Nahal(T) 09:25, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Vicky Knight
Hello! Your submission of Vicky Knight at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 05:51, 30 August 2019 (UTC)