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The WikiEagle - March–April 2022[edit]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:00, 1 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Coinage Act of 1873[edit]

The IP whom you reverted on Gold dollar is also active on Coinage Act of 1873. The individual seems to know something about the subject but they're (in my opinion) a bit too bold in announcing their intent to rewrite the article, especially since they started out by making elementary mistakes like getting the effective date wrong. Could you help keep an eye on things?--Wehwalt (talk) 13:26, 4 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for letting me know, I've added it to my watchlist and I'll keep an eye on it. - ZLEA T\C 15:54, 4 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tech News: 2022-14[edit]

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

  • For a few days last week, edits that were suggested to newcomers were not tagged in the Special:RecentChanges feed. This bug has been fixed. [1]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 April. It will be on all wikis from 7 April (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 7 April at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future changes

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21:00, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2022[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
  • When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:14, 7 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

VideoWiki[edit]

Compiled your efforts here Wikipedia:VideoWiki/Union_(United_States_coin). Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 12:58, 10 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tech News: 2022-15[edit]

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 public status page at www.wikimediastatus.net. This site shows five automated high-level metrics where you can see the overall health and performance of our wikis' technical environment. It also contains manually-written updates for widespread incidents, which are written as quickly as the engineers are able to do so while also fixing the actual problem. The site is separated from our production infrastructure and hosted by an external service, so that it can be accessed even if the wikis are briefly unavailable. You can read more about this project.
  • On Wiktionary wikis, the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [3][4]

Changes later this week

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

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19:43, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard - April 2022[edit]

Hi, ZLEA! Here is the April 2022 issue for the TheWikiWizard!

Humour[edit]

  • April 1 isn't April fools day if you say it isn't...
  • April Showers should bring May Money flowers! I'd be rich!
  • It's Spring again, Spring out of bed!

Wiki(p/m)edia News[edit]

Editor's Notes[edit]

  • Sorry for missing the last issue!
  • Have a suggestion or want to help us? Let us know!
  • We wish all those in Ukraine and those affected by the war safety and peace :-)
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Tech News: 2022-16[edit]

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 19 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 April. It will be on all wikis from 21 April (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 19 April at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 21 April at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • Administrators will now have the option to delete/undelete the associated "Talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option is also available. This concludes the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
  • On selected wikis, 50% of logged-in users will see the new table of contents. When scrolling up and down the page, the table of contents will stay in the same place on the screen. This is part of the Desktop Improvements project. [5]
  • Message boxes produced by MediaWiki code will no longer have these CSS classes: successbox, errorbox, warningbox. The styles for those classes and messagebox will be removed from MediaWiki core. This only affects wikis that use these classes in wikitext, or change their appearance within site-wide CSS. Please review any local usage and definitions for these classes you may have. This was previously announced in the 28 February issue of Tech News.

Future changes

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23:11, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 April 2022[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-17[edit]

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

  • On many wikis (group 1), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [10][11]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 April. It will be on all wikis from 28 April (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 26 April at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • Some very old browsers and operating systems are no longer supported. Some things on the wikis might look weird or not work in very old browsers like Internet Explorer 9 or 10, Android 4, or Firefox 38 or older. [12]

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22:54, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, April 2022[edit]

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The WikiEagle - May 2022[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-18[edit]

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

  • On all remaining wikis (group 2), the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [13][14]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 May. It will be on all wikis from 5 May (calendar).

Future changes

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19:32, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-19[edit]

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

Recent changes

Problems

  • Last week, there was a problem with Wikidata's search autocomplete. This has now been fixed. [19]
  • Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 20 minutes, for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a problem with a database change. [20]

Changes later this week

Future meetings

  • The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place on 17 May. The following meetings are currently planned for: 7 June, 21 June, 5 July, 19 July.

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15:21, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:35, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Invite[edit]

Hey, I think you may be interested with the WP:Constellation program, where currently articles about private spaceflight gets improved. Happy editing, Starship SN20 (talk) 21:52, 10 May 2022 (UTC) @ZLEAReply[reply]

Starship SN20 Thanks for the invite. I'm not really active in WikiProject Spaceflight right now, but I'll keep the Constellation program in mind if that changes. - ZLEA T\C 00:02, 11 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Okay. @ZLEA Starship SN20 (talk) 00:41, 11 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tech News: 2022-20[edit]

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

  • Some wikis can soon use the add a link feature. This will start on Wednesday. The wikis are Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Simple English Wikipedia, Swedish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia. This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [22]
  • The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place online on May 20–22. It will be in English. There are also local hackathon meetups in Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Nigeria and the United States. Technically interested Wikimedians can work on software projects and learn new skills. You can also host a session or post a project you want to work on.
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 May. It will be on all wikis from 19 May (calendar).

Future changes

  • You can soon edit translatable pages in the visual editor. Translatable pages exist on for examples Meta and Commons. [23]

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18:57, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-21[edit]

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

  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. [24]
  • The www.wiktionary.org portal page now uses an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months. [25]

Problems

  • The Growth team maintains a mentorship program for newcomers. Previously, newcomers weren't able to opt out from the program. Starting May 19, 2022, newcomers are able to fully opt out from Growth mentorship, in case they do not wish to have any mentor at all. [26]
  • Some editors cannot access the content translation tool if they load it by clicking from the contributions menu. This problem is being worked on. It should still work properly if accessed directly via Special:ContentTranslation. [27]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (calendar).

Future changes

  • Gadget and user scripts developers are invited to give feedback on a proposed technical policy aiming to improve support from MediaWiki developers. [28]

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00:19, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard - May 2022[edit]

Hey, ZLEA! Here is the May 2022 issue for the TheWikiWizard!

Humor[edit]

  • What do May Showers bring?
  • May the 4th be with you doesn't work anymore, but I can say it again in less than a year!
  • If you love Wikipedia, and are editing it, is it a conflict of interest?

Wiki(P/M)edia News[edit]

  • A discussion took place in regards to the desktop design for certain Wikis. You can find more information here.
  • Tamzin, has had a successful RFA! Congrats!
  • Check out this Conversation that will be hosted by the team "Community Resilience and Sustainability"! You can find out more details about the meeting by clicking on the link.

Editor's Notes[edit]

  • We have a IRC Channel! Come by and say Hi! You can find us on Libra.Chat under the channel name #TheWikiWizard connect


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The Bugle: Issue CXCIII, May 2022[edit]

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The Signpost: 29 May 2022[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-22[edit]

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

  • Advanced item In the AbuseFilter extension, an ip_in_ranges() function has been introduced to check if an IP is in any of the ranges. Wikis are advised to combine multiple ip_in_range() expressions joined by | into a single expression for better performance. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [29]
  • The IP Info feature which helps abuse fighters access information about IPs, has been deployed to all wikis as a beta feature. This comes after weeks of beta testing on test.wikipedia.org.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 31 May at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at most wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [30][31]
  • Advanced item The list=usercontribs API will support fetching contributions from an IP range soon. API users can set the uciprange parameter to get contributions from any IP range within the limit. [32]
  • A new parser function will be introduced: {{=}}. It will replace existing templates named "=". It will insert an equal sign. This can be used to escape the equal sign in the parameter values of templates. [33]

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20:27, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Editing newsletter 2022 – #1[edit]

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New editors were more successful with this new tool.

The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at most WMF-hosted wikis. You can join the discussion about this tool for the English Wikipedia is at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Enabling the New Topic Tool by default. You will be able to turn it off in the tool or at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.

The Editing team plans to change the appearance of talk pages. These are separate from the changes made by the mw:Desktop improvements project and will appear in both Vector 2010 and Vector 2022. The goal is to add some information and make discussions look visibly different from encyclopedia articles. You can see some ideas at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project#Prototype Ready for Feedback.

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23:15, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

The WikiEagle - June 2022[edit]

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
  • The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration

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Tech News: 2022-23[edit]

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 7 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 June. It will be on all wikis from 9 June (calendar).
  • A new str_replace_regexp() function can be used in abuse filters to replace parts of text using a regular expression. [34]

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02:45, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-24[edit]

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

Recent changes

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 June. It will be on all wikis from 16 June (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 14 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [37]
  • Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Abkhazian Wikipedia, Achinese Wikipedia, Adyghe Wikipedia, Afrikaans Wikipedia, Akan Wikipedia, Alemannisch Wikipedia, Amharic Wikipedia, Aragonese Wikipedia, Old English Wikipedia, Syriac Wikipedia, Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia, Asturian Wikipedia, Atikamekw Wikipedia, Avaric Wikipedia, Aymara Wikipedia, Azerbaijani Wikipedia, South Azerbaijani Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [38]
  • The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at Commons, Wikidata, and some other wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences. [39][40]

Future meetings

  • The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place today (13 June). The following meetings will take place on: 28 June, 12 July, 26 July.

Future changes

  • By the end of July, the Vector 2022 skin should be ready to become the default across all wikis. Discussions on how to adjust it to the communities' needs will begin in the next weeks. It will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Learn more.

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16:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-25[edit]

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 Wikipedia App for Android now has an option for editing the whole page at once, located in the overflow menu (three-dots menu ). [41]
  • Some recent database changes may affect queries using the Quarry tool. Queries for site_stats at English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata will need to be updated. Read more.
  • A new user_global_editcount variable can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. [42]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 June. It will be on all wikis from 23 June (calendar).
  • Users of non-responsive skins (e.g. MonoBook or Vector) on mobile devices may notice a slight change in the default zoom level. This is intended to optimize zooming and ensure all interface elements are present on the page (for example the table of contents on Vector 2022). In the unlikely event this causes any problems with how you use the site, we'd love to understand better, please ping Jon (WMF) to any on-wiki conversations. [43]

Future changes

  • The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
  • Parsoid's HTML output will soon stop annotating file links with different typeof attribute values, and instead use mw:File for all types. Tool authors should adjust any code that expects: mw:Image, mw:Audio, or mw:Video. [44]

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20:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 June 2022[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-26[edit]

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

Recent changes

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 June. It will be on all wikis from 30 June (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 28 June at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [45]
  • Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 30 June at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo, StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services. [46]
  • Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin. [47]

Future meetings

  • The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July.

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20:01, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCIV, June 2022[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-27[edit]

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 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 5 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 7 July at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
  • This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable proofreadpage_source_href will be removed from mw.config and be replaced with the variable prpSourceIndexPage. [48]

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19:31, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday![edit]

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Wishing ZLEA a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   Chris Troutman (talk) 19:57, 7 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – July 2022[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Technical news

  • user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tech News: 2022-28[edit]

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

Recent changes

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 12 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future changes

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19:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard - July 2022[edit]

Hey, ZLEA! Here is the July 2022 issue for the TheWikiWizard!

Humour[edit]

  • It's less than 6 months till Christmas (I think...)
  • Start making the Christmas list! Never too early, or late for those who think Dec 26 is Dec 25 haha
  • If I had a dollar for every word I typed, the world would run out of money ;)

Wiki(p/m)edia News[edit]

  • The Japanese Wikipedia now uses the new vector skin! For those who speak Japanese or just want to take a look, check it out!
  • There is a conversation event that you can check out. More details on the link.
  • A meeting had taken place in regards to Interface of MediaWiki. More information of that meeting can be found here.

Editor's Notes[edit]

  • Please note that due to me being busy/at times not much to report on Wiki(p/m)edia some issues of this newsletter may be skipped. Don't worry I haven't forgotten about it!
  • Sometimes during the delivery of the issue, the mass message extension sends it twice for some reason. Please note I only send them once and not twice. I apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
  • Remember that the Wikimedia Foundation also hosts other wikis too! So if you want to see what other wikis there are, give it a try! You might find something you like!


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See you in the next issue! Have a great summer! --つがる Talk to つがる:) 🍁 01:00, 12 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tech News: 2022-29[edit]

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 feature on mobile web for Nearby Pages was missing last week. It will be fixed this week. [51]

Changes later this week

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

Future changes

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22:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary[edit]

Precious
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One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 20 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tech News: 2022-30[edit]

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

Recent changes

Problems

  • Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis). [53]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July (calendar).
  • The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable on low-fidelity screens. [54]
  • Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. [55]

Future meetings

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19:26, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCVI, July 2022[edit]

Full front page of The Bugle
Your Military History Newsletter

The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 20:28, 26 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Signpost article[edit]

Hi @ZLEA, I'm doing a Signpost article on userboxes, and selected your name as one of five users to be interviewed. I have some questions about your experience in userboxes:

  1. How did you first get into userboxes?
  2. How long have you been using/creating userboxes?
  3. Why do you like userboxes?
  4. What's your favorite userbox and why?

Thanks in advance for your input. Regards, Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk / contribs) 02:13, 27 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Urban Versis 32 Thanks for choosing me. Here are my answers:
  1. I joined WikiProject Userboxes in February 2017, just over a month after joining Wikipedia, although I do not remember what first got me into userboxes.
  2. My first userboxes were service awards, which I added to my userpage to encourage myself to gain more editing experience. Within a few months created my first userboxes in February 2017. I have not created very many userboxes, but my early experience with userboxes is what sparked my passion for template editing.
  3. I believe userboxes remind us that there is a person behind every userpage. They aren't just some pretty templates, they allow users to express themselves on their userpages. I also believe they help us build trust with our fellow Wikipedians by encouraging transparency, as they are an easy way to identify one's own biases, conflicts of interest, and, more importantly, our strengths.
  4. My favorite userbox is one of my own creations (yes, I'm biased); User:ZLEA/Turboencabulator. The userbox is a play on the Turbo encabulator, a fictional machine which somehow found its way into a 1962 General Electric supplies catalogue. As an engineering student, I naturally found the turbo encabulator to be particularly amusing; too amusing to not be made into a userbox.

Let me know if you need anything else. - ZLEA T\C 02:44, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for your time! Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk / contribs) 01:19, 30 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Edits made on Jf-17[edit]

Hai @ZLEA: Can you please verify the latest edits made on Jf-17 Thunder page by a user named 'An Asphalt'? I'm now using wikipedia on my phone, I find it hard to do it. It appears that he's making unsourced changed on specification. I can't access the cited sources except archived links. Can you please verify those edits? Thank you Echo1Charlie (talk) 09:58, 27 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Echo1Charlie Sorry I couldn't reply earlier. From what I can tell, the changes they are making are supported by the previously provided sources. The source appears to have been somewhat recently updated, so the archived sources are out of date and should be updated. I'll do that shortly. - ZLEA T\C 02:52, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@ZLEA: Thank you for replying. I could only access the archive link, that's why I asked your help. Good day.Echo1Charlie (talk) 06:05, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Signpost: 1 August 2022[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-31[edit]

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

Recent changes

Changes later this week

Future changes

Future meetings

  • This week, three meetings about Vector (2022) with live interpretation will take place. On Tuesday, interpretation in Russian will be provided. On Thursday, meetings for Arabic and Spanish speakers will take place. See how to join.

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21:20, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2022[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

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Administrator changes

readded Valereee
removed Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
  • An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

  • The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
  • Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

  • You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
  • Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
  • Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:45, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tech News: 2022-32[edit]

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

Recent changes

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 9 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 11 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future meetings

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19:48, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Coins of the United States dollar[edit]

Hello, I am not sure why the ring cent and the large cent is included, but not the Flying Eagle cent; they all seem to be different denominations of the cent. The "small cent" is not a denomination, just a subsection title on Wikipedia. Altanner1991 (talk) 01:36, 11 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ZLEA In numismatics, "denomination" tends to mean more than face value. Numismatists will sometimes consider certain historical coins of the same face value to be separate denominations, especially if the coin had undergone a major change and would be unrecognizable to the average person if found in circulation today. The large cent and small cent are widely treated as separate denominations by numismatists. This treatment is not exclusive to cents, and can be seen with the two-cent billon/two-cent piece, three-cent bronze/three-cent nickel/three-cent silver, half dime/nickel, and gold dollar/dollar coin. The silver center cent and ring cent do not fit in either the large cent or small cent categories, so they too are treated as separate denominations. I hope this clears up any confusion. - ZLEA T\C 01:58, 11 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Pinging Altanner1991, I accidentally pinged myself in the last reply. - ZLEA T\C 02:00, 11 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I had added that sizes affect denominations; thank you also for further explaining. Altanner1991 (talk) 02:10, 11 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I Apologize[edit]

Hello! I’m so sorry for causing any possible disturbance under talk pages. When commented on Drmies’, it was completely by mistake. I had meant to comment on my friend’s talk page instead. I’m not sure how I made such error, but I sincerely apologize for what I’ve done. I assure you this will not happen again. Blackswansupremacy (talk) 06:24, 15 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]


I had also thought I was banned from removing the edit from his take page which is why I hadn’t. I’m a beginner (I joined a year ago but wasn’t too active until now) so please bare with me. I’m very sorry. Blackswansupremacy (talk) 06:28, 15 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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