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Vandalism of Friends articles by User:MKember19[edit]

Hi. I saw your note about editing living persons' articles on MKember19's Talk Page. As a follow-up to that: this user has vandalized the articles of cast and producers of Friends. I have reverted all of them that he/she has done under that username. He/she should probably be blocked from further editing. Thanks. --Jeremy Butler (talk) 12:01, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. As they've stopped since their last edit, however, it's probably worth giving them a final warning (probably a 4im) before reporting them to AIV. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 15:44, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2021-45[edit]

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  • Mobile IP editors are now able to receive warning notices indicating they have a talk page message on the mobile website (similar to the orange banners available on desktop). These notices will be displayed on every page outside of the main namespace and every time the user attempts to edit. The notice on desktop now has a slightly different colour. [1][2]

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20:35, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Lloyd banks[edit]

Hello, I noticed you had an issue with my Lloyd Banks edit. The reason why I just put New York City is because Wikipedia accounts remove the borough and neighborhoods of New York City when it talks about a person's birthplace. If a person is born in Manhattan, New York, wikipedia just puts New York City, U.S. I don't mind if "Queens, New York City, New York" stays but I just wish Wikipedia accounts would just go with one thing and stick with it. Either all boroughs and neighborhoods be included when talking about New York City, or none of them are and it just stays New York City. DO NOT ADD QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK. JUST LEAVE IT AS NEW YORK CITY, U.S. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WPUNJ (talk • contribs) 18:03, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

Why did you undo my old former revision of Human Mating Strategies? The man holding the woman is agecist. And is not gender neutral. And there is not a man holding a man. Makes me wanna have a sex change operation. 216.145.84.248 (talk) 21:08, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I'm not sure which revision you're referring to. Are you able to provide a link? lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 05:42, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jake Lingle[edit]

Please review edits before reverting wholesale. 107.127.46.18 (talk) 20:59, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays. 107.127.46.18 (talk) 23:27, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ask The Doctor twitter handle seems totally faked[edit]

Please either remove askthedoctor or we will edit 103.165.22.26 (talk) 04:43, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted your edits as they were (a) written in a non-neutral way (Wikipedia is not the place to ask people to stay away from a service, and must report controversies neutrally) and (b) lacked a reliable source- please look for sources such as news articles to back up claims of fraud. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 04:48, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 22[edit]

Hello everyone, and welcome to the 22nd issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter. This issue will be covering new and updated user scripts from the past seven months (June through December 2021).

Scripts Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!

New scripts New scripts

  • Ahecht:
  • Awesome Aasim:
    • Infiniscroll adds infinite scrolling to user contributions, page histories, and log pages.
    • Quick create allows for the fast creation of red-linked pages with two clicks.
  • Caburum:
    • UTCclock adds a clock displaying the current UTC time.
  • Chlod:
  • DaxServer:
    • BooksToSfn adds a portlet link in Visual Editor's source mode editing, in main namespace articles or in the user's Sandbox. When clicked, it converts one {{cite book}} inside a <ref>...</ref> tag block into an {{Sfn}}.
  • FlightTime:
  • Jon Harald Søby:
    • diffedit enables editing directly from viewing a diff "when, for instance, you notice a tiny mistake deep into an article, and don't want to edit the entire article and re-find that one line to fix that tiny mistake".
    • warnOnLargeFile warns you if you're about to open a very large file (width/height >10,000px or file size >100 MB) from a file page.
  • JPxG:
    • PressPass adds a collection of tools for Newspapers.com including configurable automatic citation generation in five different formats.
    • CurrentSwitcher gives you links on the contribs page to hide duplicate entries, current revisions, rollbacks, huggles, twinkles, and redwarns.
    • TrackSum lets you automatically sum the lengths of tracks in templates like {{track listing}} and get total runtimes.
  • Nardog:
    • CopySectLink adds a button to copy the unencoded page title or section path next to each heading.
    • IPAInput allows you to type in IPA symbols by directly looking at an IPA key like Help:IPA/English and clicking on the symbols.
    • TemplatePreviewGuard warns when you try to use "Preview page with this template" with a page that doesn't transclude the template.
  • NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh:
    • ContribsTabVector adds "Contributions" and "Statistics" tabs to user and user talk pages on the Vector skin.
    • CopyvioChecker adds a "CopyvioCheck" tab to all pages, except Special (Vector skin only).
    • LiveDiffLink is a version of Equazcion's LiveDiffLink which shows a wikilink instead of a URL.
    • QuickDiff (by OneTwoThreeFall at Fandom) lets you quickly view any diff link on a wiki, whether on Recent Changes, contribs pages, history pages, the diff view itself, or elsewhere. For more information, view its page on Fandom.
  • Novem Linguae:
    • DetectSNG scans a list of 1,600 SNG keywords and displays them at the top of the article.
    • NotSoFast highlights recently created articles in the new pages feed, to discourage patrolling them too quickly.
    • UserRightsDiff concisely displays what perm was added or removed when viewing Special:UserRights.
    • VoteCounter displays a rough count of keeps and deletes at XFDs, RFCs, etc.
    • WatchlistAFD automatically watchlists the AFDs of any pages you AFC accept or NPP patrol, to help you calibrate your reviewing.
  • P.T.Đ:
  • Qwerfjkl:
    • editRedirect adds a → link after redirects to edit them.
    • RegExTypoFix, a script for fixing typos, is a wrapper for User:Joeytje50/RETF.js.
    • talkback creates links after user talk page links like this: |C|TB (with the first linking to the user's contributions, and the latter giving the option of sending a {{talkback}} notice). It also adds a [copy] link next to section headers.
  • Rublov:
    • diff-link shows "copy" links on history and contributions pages that copy an internal link to the diff (e.g., Special:Diff/1026402230) to your clipboard when clicked.
  • Rummskartoffel:
    • auto-watchlist-expiry automatically watchlists every page you edit for a user-definable duration (you can still pick a different time using the dropdown, though).
    • generate pings generates the wikitext needed to ping all members of a category, up to 50 editors (the limit defined by MediaWiki).
    • share ExpandTemplates url allows for easy sharing of your inputs to Special:ExpandTemplates. It adds a button that, when clicked, copies a shareable URL to your exact invocation of the page, like this. Other editors do not need to have this script installed in order to access the URL generated.
    • show tag names shows the real names of tags next to their display names in places such as page revision histories or the watchlist.
  • Tol:
  • Venkat TL:
    • ColourContrib color-codes the user contributions page so that pages you've edited last are sharply distinguished from pages where another editor was the last to edit the page.
  • Vukky:

All in all, some very neat scripts were written in these last few months. Hoping to see many more in the next issue -- drop us a line on the talk page if you've been writing (or seeing) anything cool and good. Filling in for DannyS712, this has been jp×g. Take care, and merry Christmas! jp×g 07:30, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Social science[edit]

Can you please tell me some important questions related to poverty ? Please I am requesting to you .

Thank you Isha 103.91.75.144 (talk) 13:38, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. You might find the reference desk useful for questions like this. Thank you. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 14:50, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2021-51[edit]

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Tech News

  • Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 10 January 2022.

Recent changes

  • Queries made by the DynamicPageList extension (<DynamicPageList>) are now only allowed to run for 10 seconds and error if they take longer. This is in response to multiple outages where long-running queries caused an outage on all wikis. [4]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.

Future changes

  • The developers of the Wikipedia iOS app are looking for testers who edit in multiple languages. You can read more and let them know if you are interested.
  • Advanced item The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from February. [5]

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22:04, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-44[edit]

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Recent changes

  • There is a limit on the amount of emails a user can send each day. This limit is now global instead of per-wiki. This change is to prevent abuse. [6]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 November. It will be on all wikis from 4 November (calendar).

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20:26, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-46[edit]

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Problems

  • Sometimes, edits made on iOS using the visual editor save groups of numbers as telephone number links, because of a feature in the operating system. This problem is under investigation. [7]
  • There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of a configuration error. [8]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 November. It will be on all wikis from 18 November (calendar).

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22:05, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-47[edit]

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20:01, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message[edit]

Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2021 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:38, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2021-48[edit]

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  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 December. It will be on all wikis from 2 December (calendar).

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21:13, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-49[edit]

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Problems

  • MediaWiki 1.38-wmf.11 was scheduled to be deployed on some wikis last week. The deployment was delayed because of unexpected problems.

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 December. It will be on all wikis from 9 December (calendar).
  • At all Wikipedias, a Mentor Dashboard is now available at Special:MentorDashboard. It allows registered mentors, who take care of newcomers' first steps, to monitor their assigned newcomers' activity. It is part of the Growth features. You can learn more about activating the mentor list on your wiki and about the mentor dashboard project.
  • Advanced item The predecessor to the current MediaWiki Action API (which was created in 2008), action=ajax, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to the corresponding API module. [9]
  • Advanced item An old ResourceLoader module, jquery.jStorage, which was deprecated in 2016, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to mediawiki.storage instead. [10]

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21:57, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-50[edit]

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Recent changes

  • There are now default short aliases for the "Project:" namespace on most wikis. E.g. On Wikibooks wikis, [[WB:]] will go to the local language default for the [[Project:]] namespace. This change is intended to help the smaller communities have easy access to this feature. Additional local aliases can still be requested via the usual process. [11]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 December. It will be on all wikis from 16 December (calendar).

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22:26, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

The portland riots[edit]

I believe that you made a huge mistake the views on what I edited was not to be bias but merely tell the truth over the bias media outlets making the riots seem not the bad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.193.144.183 (talk) 09:37, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but on Wikipedia, we report on all events in a neutral manner, based on what is reported in reliable sources. We cannot include your opinions on the matter unless they have been reported on certain news outlets (which count as reliable sources), and please read WP:NPOV to understand how we write about any subject. Thank you. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 10:18, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-02[edit]

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Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 January. It will be on all wikis from 13 January (calendar).

Events

  • Community Wishlist Survey 2022 begins. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more.

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01:22, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Cookies!

XRENEGADEx has given you some cookies! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the "WikiLove" by giving someone else some cookies, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Welcome back! I hope you had a good wikibreak and continue to enjoy contributing to Wikipedia!

To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookies}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

xRENEGADEx (talk | contribs) 06:58, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shaolin and Wu-Tang[edit]

Hello. I believe you have made a mistake, but I take partial responsibility. I had copied and pasted an obsolete citation when editing an [| article], though you can see that it is the same exact citation I have used above. If you could restore the two sections in that article I created in my edit, that would be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Can You Fly (talk • contribs) 06:52, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and thank you for your explanation. You are able to do this using the undo function - just go to the article's history. In the future, please provide an edit summary to describe why you removed content; see WP:ES. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 06:58, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-03[edit]

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Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 January. It will be on all wikis from 20 January (calendar).

Events

  • Community Wishlist Survey 2022 continues. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more.

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19:53, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Larry Laudan[edit]

Lavender, Your edits are entirely biased and do not reflect a neutral stance at all. Trasks remarks consisted of unprofessional racist tirades against white people, and you come to her defense, particularly with your contemptuous emphasis of "people such as Laudan." The fact that you devoted an entire, irrelevant paragraph on this man's page to the legacy of this spiteful woman, when it has no relation to his philosophical work, shows your own bias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.113.47.223 (talk) 06:02, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. That's not how Wikipedia works - we only report on what others have said and articles should not reflect the opinions of either side - hence why we do not refer to individuals as racists, but rather report on individuals and groups who have referred to the subject as such. Additionally, I didn't write the paragraph myself; this is the work of a number of editors. Thank you. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 15:55, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Anti-Chechen Sentiment"[edit]

It is not anti-chechen sentiment because all chechens are terrorists — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.37.91.47 (talk) 00:22, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There's your problem - we cannot pick sides; and that view is not at all unanimous - please see WP:NPOV. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 05:25, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]


     I was just wondering why the credible information that I just added about Darnell Mooney was removed. I read the first message of why my first edit was removed so I decided to look at 3 credible sources and add them to the links provided as further proof.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.220.218.155 (talk) 06:00, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Seeing as you added one after my reverts, you'll need to contact Yankees10 (talk · contribs) - I reverted your edits as they did not have a source when you added them. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 15:56, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-04[edit]

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  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 January. It will be on all wikis from 27 January (calendar).
  • The following languages can now be used with syntax highlighting: BDD, Elpi, LilyPond, Maxima, Rita, Savi, Sed, Sophia, Spice, .SRCINFO.
  • You can now access your watchlist from outside of the user menu in the new Vector skin. The watchlist link appears next to the notification icons if you are at the top of the page. [21]

Events

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21:37, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

message from coolchib124[edit]

dude, taiwan is just a republic of china, so it's part of taiwan, if china dissolves then taiwan, hong kong and macau each will be a country, but since china still alive, it's a republic not a country CoolChib124 (talk) 08:16, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As is written in the article, Taiwan's status is contentious - which means that there is no universal acceptance of the ROC being part of the PRC (in spite of claims by the latter). This makes your changes to the article description inaccurate. Thank you. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 15:03, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-05[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

  • If a gadget should support the new ?withgadget URL parameter that was announced 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify supportsUrlLoad in the gadget definition (documentation). [22]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 February. It will be on all wikis from 3 February (calendar).

Future changes

  • A change that was announced last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead:
    • The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available) or by administrators on your wiki.

Events

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17:41, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

neutrality[edit]

you reverted an edit in the name of neutrality, thus ironically making the article less neutral. The article in question "rape culture" is extremely biased and virtually all the sources cited come from radical feminists. If you truly cared about neutrality, you would not have reverted the edits in question. 185.117.148.115 (talk) 07:20, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You'll need to discuss this on the article's talk page. Just because most or all of the sources come from self proclaimed radical feminists does not imply that the concept itself is the invention of radical feminists. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 16:08, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

10 FEB 22: Hello HMSLavender: I see that you claim that Alliance International University is a bogus university. I graduated at this university with an LL.D. I had to file and defend a very demanding thesis. I know several others who had to work hard for their degree at AIU. Because of pages that contain incorrect information like yours, my degree is essentially being defamed. Could you please edit the page with accurate information? Alliance International University is a genuine university conferring both merit-based and honorary degrees. Thank you. Kind regards, V from Belgium. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A03F:8DBC:8000:B569:C60B:891E:1335 (talk) 06:14, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I suggest that you look for reliable sources which may assert that it isn't a diploma mill. We can't twist articles to put the subject in a favourable light either - please see WP:NPOV. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 14:50, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-06[edit]

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Recent changes

  • English Wikipedia recently set up a gadget for dark mode. You can enable it there, or request help from an interface administrator to set it up on your wiki (instructions and screenshot).
  • Category counts are sometimes wrong. They will now be completely recounted at the beginning of every month. [23]

Problems

Changes later this week

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

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21:14, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-07[edit]

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Recent changes

  • Purging a category page with fewer than 5,000 members will now recount it completely. This will allow editors to fix incorrect counts when it is wrong. [24]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 February. It will be on all wikis from 17 February (calendar).
  • Advanced item In the AbuseFilter extension, the rmspecials() function has been updated so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of rmspecials() with rmwhitespace() wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [25]

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19:17, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia on Bill Laforge[edit]

The edits made to the Bill LaForge were based on true facts. I am a neutral individual who knew Bill in school and community. I leave it to your discretion, but I can attest to the changes as being quite realistic and a true characterization. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:569:7F83:8500:D580:D5B3:D50C:2A84 (talk) 07:16, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. Whether or not what you wrote was true, the problem with it was that it wasn't written in a neutral way - please see WP:NPOV - and this is the sole reason for the revert. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 13:34, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-08[edit]

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Recent changes

  • Special:Nuke will now provide the standard deletion reasons (editable at MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown) to use when mass-deleting pages. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [26]
  • At Wikipedias, all new accounts now get the Growth features by default when creating an account. Communities are encouraged to update their help resources. Previously, only 80% of new accounts would get the Growth features. A few Wikipedias remain unaffected by this change. [27]
  • You can now prevent specific images that are used in a page from appearing in other locations, such as within PagePreviews or Search results. This is done with the markup class=notpageimage. For example, [[File:Example.png|class=notpageimage]]. [28]
  • There has been a change to the HTML of Special:Contributions, Special:MergeHistory, and History pages, to support the grouping of changes by date in the mobile skin. While unlikely, this may affect gadgets and user scripts. A list of all the HTML changes is on Phabricator.

Events

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 February. It will be on all wikis from 24 February (calendar).

Future changes

  • The software to play videos and audio files on pages will change soon on all wikis. The old player will be removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [29][30]
  • Toolforge's underlying operating system is being updated. If you maintain any tools there, there are two options for migrating your tools into the new system. There are details, deadlines, and instructions on Wikitech. [31]
  • Administrators will soon have the option to delete/undelete the associated "talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option will also be available. This was a request from the 2021 Wishlist Survey.

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19:10, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Nueve de Julio edit[edit]

Hello Sir/Madam. Thank you for the message. I will include a citation next time, although it might have been mentioned in the Spanish version of the Wikipedia topic page. Stay safe out there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.158.42.148 (talk) 09:22, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. If you need help in any way, have a look at WP:REFBEGIN or drop a message at the Teahouse. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 14:54, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-09[edit]

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Recent changes

  • When searching for edits by change tags, e.g. in page history or user contributions, there is now a dropdown list of possible tags. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [32]
  • Mentors using the Growth Mentor dashboard will now see newcomers assigned to them who have made at least one edit, up to 200 edits. Previously, all newcomers assigned to the mentor were visible on the dashboard, even ones without any edit or ones who made hundred of edits. Mentors can still change these values using the filters on their dashboard. Also, the last choice of filters will now be saved. [33][34]
  • The user group oversight was renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. You may need to update any local references to the old name, e.g. gadgets, links to Special:Listusers, or uses of NUMBERINGROUP.

Problems

  • The recent change to the HTML of tracking changes pages caused some problems for screenreaders. This is being fixed. [35]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 March. It will be on all wikis from 3 March (calendar).

Future changes

  • Working with templates will become easier. Several improvements are planned for March 9 on most wikis and on March 16 on English Wikipedia. The improvements include: Bracket matching, syntax highlighting colors, finding and inserting templates, and related visual editor features.
  • If you are a template developer or an interface administrator, and you are intentionally overriding or using the default CSS styles of user feedback boxes (the classes: successbox, messagebox, errorbox, warningbox), please note that these classes and associated CSS will soon be removed from MediaWiki core. This is to prevent problems when the same class-names are also used on a wiki. Please let us know by commenting at phab:T300314 if you think you might be affected.

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22:58, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-10[edit]

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Problems

  • There was a problem with some interface labels last week. It will be fixed this week. This change was part of ongoing work to simplify the support for skins which do not have active maintainers. [36]

Changes later this week

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

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21:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Barlow Clowes[edit]

I take exception to you saying that my addition to the 'Barlow Blowes' page had no reason. It was first-hand information and therefore far more relevant and revealing to the truth than the points that you have made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.255.224.227 (talk) 09:27, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I did not write anything there - the edit that I reverted were the ones where you replaced a whole section with 'Gone' (this one)- feel free to take it up with Em-mustapha (talk · contribs) if you like, but IMO this testimony is not in line with our neutrality policy and, in any case, does not come with a reliable source. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 14:11, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-11[edit]

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Recent changes

  • In the Wikipedia Android app it is now possible to change the toolbar at the bottom so the tools you use more often are easier to click on. The app now also has a focused reading mode. [37][38]

Problems

  • There was a problem with the collection of some page-view data from June 2021 to January 2022 on all wikis. This means the statistics are incomplete. To help calculate which projects and regions were most affected, relevant datasets are being retained for 30 extra days. You can read more on Meta-wiki.
  • There was a problem with the databases on March 10. All wikis were unreachable for logged-in users for 12 minutes. Logged-out users could read pages but could not edit or access uncached content then. [39]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
  • When using uselang=qqx to find localisation messages, it will now show all possible message keys for navigation tabs such as "View history". [40]
  • Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights through their group memberships. Before, only those with the deleterevision right could access this special page. [41]
  • On the Special:Undelete pages for diffs and revisions, there will be a link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions. [42]

Future changes

Events

  • The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place as a hybrid event on 20-22 May 2022. The Hackathon will be held online and there are grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world. Grants can be requested until 20 March.

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22:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-12[edit]

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New code release schedule for this week

  • There will be four MediaWiki releases this week, instead of just one. This is an experiment which should lead to fewer problems and to faster feature updates. The releases will be on all wikis, at different times, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. You can read more about this project.

Recent changes

Future changes

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15:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-13[edit]

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Recent changes

  • There is a simple new Wikimedia Commons upload tool available for macOS users, Sunflower.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of regular database maintenance. It will be performed on 29 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 31 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [47][48]

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19:53, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-14[edit]

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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. [49]

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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Tech News: 2022-15[edit]

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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. [51][52]

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)

Tech News: 2022-16[edit]

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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. [53]
  • 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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23:10, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Ernie Nevers[edit]

Ernie had a son,(Gene Sullivan, he's in 4 museums) He was quite the athlete himself! Gene Sullivan found out Ernie was his father about 1+ yrs ago amazing similarities, it's an incredible story. If I give you the ANCESTERY.COM login/password, or send you a screen shot with the DNA information, CAN YOU LEAVE Gene Sullivan in there as his son? If you go to face book and look at CECI SULLIVAN, BILLINGS MT pictures, or do a FACEBOOK search for ERNIE NEVERS FAN CLUB, or go to INTSTAGRAM Ernie Nevers Fan Club you can SEE FOR YOURSELF, Gene looks just like Ernie, a lot, Even more so like Ernie Nevers Father George. THANK YOU, but if you want the evidence, you can have the ANCERSTERY LOG IN AND PASSWORD, his close relative, very close is Ernie's daughter Tina. Who is coming to meet us in a week. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jumpforjesusnet (talk • contribs) 04:25, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The burden is on you to provide a source; if you need help in citing a source, see WP:REFBEGIN. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 07:49, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-19[edit]

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Recent changes

Problems

  • Last week, there was a problem with Wikidata's search autocomplete. This has now been fixed. [59]
  • 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. [60]

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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Tech News: 2022-17[edit]

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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. [62][63]

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. [64]

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22:55, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-18[edit]

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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. [65][66]

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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Tech News: 2022-20[edit]

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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. [70]
  • 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. [71]

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18:57, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-21[edit]

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Recent changes

  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. [72]
  • The www.wiktionary.org portal page now uses an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months. [73]

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. [74]
  • 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. [75]

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. [76]

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00:19, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day![edit]

Tech News: 2022-22[edit]

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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. [77]
  • 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. [78][79]
  • 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. [80]
  • 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. [81]

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20:27, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day![edit]

Hey, HMSLavender. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Wiki-Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day! 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 14:01, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

and a very happy Towel Day! 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 14:01, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

regarding editing biography[edit]

Hi, I understand that I haven't cited articles but I am trying to edit my own personal page because that Wikipedia profile is about me and there is information that people do not know and I haven't spoken about in interviews which I wish to remove or edit. So I'm just trying to edit my own Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.190.66 (talk) 06:06, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I don't know the edit that you're referring to - can you please provide a link. That aside, I would strongly advise against editing an article about yourself as it represents a conflict of interest - here's a simple guide to our COI guidelines. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 17:06, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-23[edit]

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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. [82]

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02:44, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Unreasonable Deletion[edit]

On the page talking about Jesus Christ, I told them truth and nothing but the truth. Jesus is the Messiah, you can only be saved through Christ Jesus. Wikipedia is supposed to have facts, and I told facts. You took off facts. You should be aware of that. On your profile, you put that you're Catholic. You should know that what I said was factual. What you did was an abuse of editing power, therefore I'd like an apology. 173.216.8.31 (talk) 14:43, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid Wikipedia is not the place to evangelise. Our articles must represent a variety of views, including ones that do not express a belief in the salvation of mankind through Christ. You might find this essay useful as a primer to our neutral point of view guidelines. Pax, lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 17:56, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-25[edit]

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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 ). [83]
  • 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. [84]

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. [85]

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. [86]

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20:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Deletion of my content[edit]

Why u deleted my content from the page of VK Bansal I just added as it was not mention. How dare u to do so😡😡 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uzeghy (talk • contribs) 07:59, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You did not provide a reliable source to any of your edits, and you wrote in a way that appeared to promote the subject rather than presenting him in a neutral and objective manner. lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 08:06, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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