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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.
Recent changes
- Mix'n'match is a tool to connect Wikidata items to information in other databases. It can be used to find subjects that are missing in a Wikipedia. It now has more than 3000 datasets. Before it was closer to 2000.
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 December. It will be on all wikis from 5 December (calendar).
Meetings
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You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There will be a new schema for XML dumps. Scripts and apps that use them will need to be updated. If they are not updated they will no longer work. [1]
- The
{{REVISIONID}}magic word will no longer work in the content namespaces. This is for performance reasons. When you preview a page it returns""(empty string). When you read a page it returns"-"(dash). In the future this will also affect other namespaces. The next ones are file and category namespaces. [2]
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16:59, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
GOCE December 2019 Newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter
 Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.  Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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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.
Recent changes
- Wikimedia projects use Translatewiki to translate the wiki interface. You can now use WatchTranslations to watch projects there. You would get an email if there are missing translations to your language. [3]
- There is a new dataset you can use. It shows the number of editors per country per month for a number of countries. You can read the documentation and download the dataset.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 December. It will be on all wikis from 12 December (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 11 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You can test a new reference tool. It makes it possible to reference different parts of a source without repeating all information. You can test it on the beta cluster. You can see an example article. [4]
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16:38, 9 December 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.
Problems
- The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. It did not show new changes last week. This was because of an API problem. It is now working again. [5]
- Special:Watchlist can show the wrong information again. It does not always show which edits are read and which are unread. This is because of a database problem. The developers are working on solving the problem. [6]
Changes later this week
- You can get email notifications. You can get them immediately, a summary every day or a summary once every week. If you choose a summary you can soon choose not to get notifications you have already marked as read on the wiki. [7]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 December. It will be on all wikis from 19 December (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 18 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The partial blocks feature is now stable. It will come to most wikis on 6 January. Your wiki can ask to wait. Contact NKohli (WMF) if you don't want it now. [8]
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00:18, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019
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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.
Tech News
- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 6 January 2020.
Recent changes
- All mobile site users now have new features. Features include: tabs for page/discussion; an expanded user-menu; direct access to history pages. These features were initially part of the "advanced mode".
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
Future changes
- You can use
setlangin the URL to change the user interface language. This will no longer happen automatically. When you open the link you will be asked to confirm the language change. This will not happen if Javascript is not working in your browser. [9]
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20:07, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 December 2019
- From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
- News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
- In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
- Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
- Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
- Technology report: User scripts and more
- Gallery: Holiday wishes
- Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
- From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report
Thank you ...
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| missing Brian |
... for improving article quality in December! There's a peer review open for Clara Schumann and a FAC for Jauchzet, frohlocket!, DYK? We miss Brian who would have helped. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:14, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Oh, wow! Sorry, I just noticed this. Thank you for the kind message! 2019's been a lot more chaotic for me than I anticipated, and I haven't edited nearly as much as I initially wanted to. This year, it's been both a blessing and a curse that I have some wonderfully talented students that keep impressing me with each essay that I assign to them. I'm hoping to have more time to edit in the new year, but then again... I keep saying that each new year.
OhKayeSierra (talk) 11:43, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hello OhKayeSierra: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DBigXrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 15:46, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
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- Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message
- @DBigXray: Thank you for the kind greeting! Hope you had a wonderful holiday and have an equally great new year! I think, for my resolution, I'm going to want to manage my time better so that I stop editing so sporadically. Cheers! OhKayeSierra (talk) 11:39, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thx, As for me, 2019 brought several successful collaborations. I hope the new year will allow me to have even more collaborations and a chance to get to know more amazing people around the world like you.--Happy Holidays! ᗙ DBigXrayᗙ 11:43, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
- A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
- Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.
Arbitration
- The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being
the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted
rather thanreasonably construed
. - Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.
- The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being
Miscellaneous
- This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!
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 trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [10]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 January. It will be on all wikis from 9 January (calendar).
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21:22, 6 January 2020 (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
- You can no longer read Wikimedia wikis if your browser use very old TLS. This is because it is a security problem for everyone. It can lead to downgrade attacks. Since 9 December you just see a warning. Soon the browser will not connect to the wikis at all. Most are users on Android systems older than 4.4. You can read the browser recommendations. [11]
- Special:LinkSearch has been moved from the "Redirecting special pages" section on Special:SpecialPages to the "Lists of pages" section. [12]
Changes later this week
- Wikis can protect pages so that only some users can edit them. The standard protection levels are Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access and Require administrator access. If your wiki use more protection levels the technical name might be renamed for standardisation. This doesn't affect what users see. [13]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 January. It will be on all wikis from 16 January (calendar).
Future changes
- Deepcat and Catgraph will stop working. This will happen at the end of January. This is because you can now use the normal search function instead. [14]
- You can use
<ref follow="…">to merge footnotes that follow each other. It is meant to be used for digitised books on Wikisource. If the order of the footnotes is wrong no error was shown but the bad <ref> was shown outside the <references /> list. This will change and you will see an error message instead. [15]
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:40, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Your Message: "January 2020"
Hi,
I am writing in response to your message on my talk page. Thank you for the heads-up! No, it is not a paid/affiliated update. But I will be careful from onward. If there is anything wrong with the edits, let me know, I will be happy to edit/delete. I am relatively new here and I really appreciate your help!
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alicia.Rother (talk • contribs) 13:10, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Alicia.Rother: No worries, and thanks for clarifying. What caught my attention was how similar the edits were from a few months ago from when I first copy-edited the article due to a conflict-of-interest and an undisclosed paid editor. Since you claimed that you're unaffiliated with Death Wish, I'll assume good faith and take you at your word for that, although I may copyedit the article again for neutral word choice. Cheers! OhKayeSierra (talk) 01:14, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you! :) Is it okay if I continue to edit other pages? I won't edit this one anymore just to be sure not to get mixed up into something unwanted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alicia.Rother (talk • contribs) 09:55, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Alicia.Rother: Sure! Feel free to edit any pages that you'd like, including Death Wish Coffee! I hope that my message didn't discourage you from editing at any point. If so, I sincerely apologize. I was only trying to determine if you had an affiliation with the company or not. We've had issues with companies (including DW, unfortunately) using undeclared paid editors and PR departments to edit their articles. Please feel free to give me a shout if there's any questions that I can answer about editing on Wikipedia. I'd be more than happy to help however I can (although I'm not online too often anymore lately). Happy editing! Also, I formatted your message a bit to keep a cohesive discussion thread. I hope that's ok! OhKayeSierra (talk) 10:23, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you! :) Is it okay if I continue to edit other pages? I won't edit this one anymore just to be sure not to get mixed up into something unwanted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alicia.Rother (talk • contribs) 09:55, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020
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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 21 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 January. It will be on all wikis from 23 January (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a new suggestion for what to show when someone edits without registering an account. This is to give unregistered editors better privacy and make some anti-vandalism work go faster. You can give feedback.
- Pywikibot is a Python library to automate work on wikis. It will no longer support Python 2. Use the
python2tag if you need to continue running Python 2 scripts. The Pywikibot team strongly recommends to migrate to Python 3. You can get help to do so. [16] - The weekly MediaWiki branch cut will soon become automated. The timing for this cut may change. You can discuss in Phabricator if this affects you. [17]
- You can read about coming technical events and mentoring interns.
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19:42, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you ...
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... for improving articles in January! Today - 20 in 2020 - is a birthday, she is pictured on the lower choir pic, enjoy listening. All the best for you and your daughter!!! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:46, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 January 2020
- From the editor: Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium
- News and notes: Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia
- Special report: The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta
- Arbitration report: Three cases at ArbCom
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2019
- News from the WMF: Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations
- Community view: Our most important new article since November 1, 2015
- From the archives: A decade of The Signpost, 2005-2015
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report
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
- Some mobile diffs have problems. A couple of buttons are not shown. Structured data diffs on Commons are confusing. The developers are working on fixing it. [18][19]
- Administrators on wikis that use Structured Discussions can't move discussion pages. This is a bug. The developers are working on fixing it. [20]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- There is JavaScript code on Special:Undelete for administrators that makes it possible to automatically select multiple checkboxes by holding the "Shift" key and clicking. This code is also loaded by accident on other special pages and on articles. This makes pages slower to load. This will be fixed. If you know of other special pages where this is useful please tell the developers at phab:T232688.
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18:53, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
- The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with
wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input
. No proposed process received consensus.
Technical news
- Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
- When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [21]
Arbitration
- Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators
that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.
- Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!
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 4 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 February. It will be on all wikis from 6 February (calendar).
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20:05, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report
| Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report
Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review.
Highlights:
– Your Guild coordinators:
Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.
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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.
Recent changes
- There is a new version of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. It should fix the failed uploads problem. [22]
Problems
- There was a problem with the new MediaWiki version last week. It deleted some messages by accident. The new version was late because it was stopped to fix things. [23]
Changes later this week
- The MediaWiki action API is used by various tools like bots and gadgets. Some error codes will change. Some parameter values that do not follow the standard will no longer work. [24]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 February. It will be on all wikis from 13 February (calendar).
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19:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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| I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned this, but congratulations on becoming a mum! Don't worry about sleepless nights, things get better! I love spending time with my kids and doing fun things, even though they're fast approaching adulthood now. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:20, 12 February 2020 (UTC) |
- @Ritchie333: Wow! Thank you so much for the kind barnstar and advice! Indeed, some of those sleepless nights have been a challenge without a doubt, but I've been trying to take things one day and one step at a time, but above all else, I consider being a new mom to be a joy. Plus, whenever I do feel sleepless, lately I've been reading random FA's and GA's, not with the intention of editing, but just for the sake of reading another editor's work and (hopefully) learning something new. It's helpful to take a step back and remind myself that everyone's work on the project matters for the readers. OhKayeSierra (talk) 01:20, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Potential adminship
It certainly couldn't hurt to try! But there'll be absolutely no hard feelings if the ultimate decision is against. Thanks for your consideration. Katharineamy (talk) 12:14, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
- @Katharineamy:
I have read the above message. I will reply when I have a moment. OhKayeSierra (talk) 14:09, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
- @Katharineamy: Sorry it took a bit for me to reply back! It's been a bit of a chaotic day. I see that Ritchie333 already touched up on one of the biggest concerns that might be an issue with an RfA, which would be the lack of content creation. I'm a WikiGnome as well, and much more so lately due to time constraints, so I have a much more laid back approach to determining acceptable administrators than many others that regularly post at WP:RFA. But the community has historically been funny about users vying for adminship without content background. I do see that you signed up for Women in Red, which is commendable. They certainly need all the help that they can get. I'd suggest getting some more experience in article writing, either with them if that's where your interests lie, or in any other WikiProject that interests you! I'll also note that there's a lot of ways that you can contribute without being an administrator, and that it's really not necessary to excel in wherever you prefer contributing. Actually, in many respects, it becomes more of a hassle for many who would've preferred to stick to what they know instead of constantly dealing with problems on the site. Wikipedia:I don't want to be an administrator actually sums it up really well. So, unfortunately, I don't think you're quite ready to pass an RfA quite yet. My offer will still stand to consider co-nominating you in the future, but I'd hate to put you through an RfA if I wasn't sure that you could pass it. I'd suggest reading Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates and getting some more content experience in, if you're still truly interesting in vying for the mop. OhKayeSierra (talk) 00:04, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- No worries at all! I'll see how things go for the time being, and I hope all's going well with the baby! Katharineamy (talk) 17:05, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- @Katharineamy: Sorry it took a bit for me to reply back! It's been a bit of a chaotic day. I see that Ritchie333 already touched up on one of the biggest concerns that might be an issue with an RfA, which would be the lack of content creation. I'm a WikiGnome as well, and much more so lately due to time constraints, so I have a much more laid back approach to determining acceptable administrators than many others that regularly post at WP:RFA. But the community has historically been funny about users vying for adminship without content background. I do see that you signed up for Women in Red, which is commendable. They certainly need all the help that they can get. I'd suggest getting some more experience in article writing, either with them if that's where your interests lie, or in any other WikiProject that interests you! I'll also note that there's a lot of ways that you can contribute without being an administrator, and that it's really not necessary to excel in wherever you prefer contributing. Actually, in many respects, it becomes more of a hassle for many who would've preferred to stick to what they know instead of constantly dealing with problems on the site. Wikipedia:I don't want to be an administrator actually sums it up really well. So, unfortunately, I don't think you're quite ready to pass an RfA quite yet. My offer will still stand to consider co-nominating you in the future, but I'd hate to put you through an RfA if I wasn't sure that you could pass it. I'd suggest reading Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates and getting some more content experience in, if you're still truly interesting in vying for the mop. OhKayeSierra (talk) 00:04, 15 February 2020 (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
- Pages on Wikidata and Commons now load faster. You can read more about page load performance. [25][26]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 February. It will be on all wikis from 20 February (calendar).
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16:17, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
thank you
I really appreciate the warm welcome, it's helps as when your new, Wikipedia is really overwhelming. Thanks (ps i would like to have an account but I can't for reasons I would rather not share thanks for understanding, and can you hand out barnstars and wikilove as an IP? ) 71.193.145.97 (talk) 05:27, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020
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Burma-shave
Well done with the battleground Burma-Shave! I'm glad to see someone other than the usual troublemakers using it. creffpublic a creffett franchise (talk to the boss) 13:36, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
- Creffett/Creffpublic Thanks! I love seeing them on the Drama Boards, and I was hoping that it would help diffuse the conflict. I'd like to think that my little poem was pretty ok for typing it with one hand while sleep-deprived at an ungodly hour in the morning with a screaming infant in my other arm. Haha The real thanks is owed to Guy for being the Godfather of Burma-Shave jokes. OhKayeSierra (talk) 14:27, 24 February 2020 (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.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 February. It will be on all wikis from 27 February (calendar).
Future changes
- There will be a reply button after each post on a talk page if you want one. This will soon be a beta feature on the Arabic, French, Dutch and Hungarian Wikipedias. You will have to turn it on if you want to use it. It will come to more wikis later. You can test the reply button. It was briefly shown earlier than planned by mistake on the four first wikis last week.
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21:00, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 13, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 00:44, 28 February 2020 (UTC)