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Draft help
Hi, I noticed you were an active editor in WikiProject Espionage with the CIA as a specialty of expertise. Currently, I'm writing an article related to the CIA, which I think is long overdue, for the Global Response Staff. I was wondering if you would be interested in providing critique, and anything else you may know or have to improve this article. Thanks,NeuropolTalk 15:32, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Neuropol: Hi. I would be more than happy to look into it. I am currently on mobile, I will look into it as soon as I get on my computer. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:09, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Usernamekiran: Hi, it's been about a week now. I apologize if I'm bothering you on a vacation, but in case you forgot, I just wanted to follow up on this.Thanks,NeuropolTalk 14:10, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from Maheshlalas (05:57, 23 May 2024)
Hello dear I'm new on Wikipedia. --Maheshlalas (talk) 05:57, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from Sophie Isabel Wilkinson on User talk:Sophie Isabel Wilkinson (03:04, 24 May 2024)
hello my question is can I search up anything --Sophie Isabel Wilkinson (talk) 03:04, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
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Question from Squader Boy (19:34, 24 May 2024)
How can I be porpuler on google --Squader Boy (talk) 19:34, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Squader Boy
My name is Uche Micheal, but my stage name is Squader Boy, am an artist, (Redacted), I will apriciat if we could be friend @squaderboy Squader Boy (talk) 19:39, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-22
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Recent changes
- Several bugs related to the latest updates to the UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons have been fixed. For more information, see T365107 and T365119.
In March 2024 a new addPortlet API was added to allow gadgets to create new portlets (menus) in the skin. In certain skins this can be used to create dropdowns. Gadget developers are invited to try it and give feedback.- Some CSS in the Minerva skin has been removed to enable easier community configuration. Interface editors should check the rendering on mobile devices for aspects related to the classes:
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar). [1][2]- When you visit a wiki where you don't yet have a local account, local rules such as edit filters can sometimes prevent your account from being created. Starting this week, MediaWiki takes your global rights into account when evaluating whether you can override such local rules. [3]
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Question from Aryaneditor56 on Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (04:16, 28 May 2024)
What are the problems in this page i will edit this --Aryaneditor56 (talk) 04:16, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from Helloidonthaveaname (10:20, 28 May 2024)
how to add citation? :) --Nameless (talk) 10:20, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
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Question from Dog Van Doggdalen (08:30, 3 June 2024)
Whats up --Dog Van Doggdalen (talk) 08:30, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- It is now possible for local administrators to add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without JavaScript. Documentation is available. [4]
- The message name for the definition of the tracking category of WikiHiero has changed from "
MediaWiki:Wikhiero-usage-tracking-category" to "MediaWiki:Wikihiero-usage-tracking-category". [5] - One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Kadazandusun (
w:dtp:) [6]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 June. It will be on all wikis from 6 June (calendar). [7][8]
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- Next week, on wikis with the Vector 2022 skin as the default, logged-out desktop users will be able to choose between different font sizes. The default font size will also be increased for them. This is to make Wikimedia projects easier to read. Learn more.
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Question from Fyberr (20:13, 4 June 2024)
How do I make best edits? --Fyberr (talk) 20:13, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
Question from Ice54321543987q (20:01, 5 June 2024)
Hello, how are you. I want to create a page for a local politician however a lot of the sources i want to use, are facebook posts or a bit outdated. However he is an important figure in our community, would writing that article still be possible? --Ice54321543987q (talk) 20:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
Question from Pinoemme (09:16, 6 June 2024)
salve! sto cercando di inserire una biografia artistica vorrei capire come inserire foto nelproggetto di intervento? grazie --Pinoemme (talk) 09:16, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
Question from Skipperchong (22:25, 7 June 2024)
Hello, Kiran. I see that we've been matched up. I'm trying to submit a Wikipedia draft on Laura Clifton, an American actress. --Skipperchong (talk) 22:25, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter
  Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for our mid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page. Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for the April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are available here. Drive: 58 editors signed up for our May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) , GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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The Signpost: 8 June 2024
- Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
- Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor
- In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
- News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
- Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
- Featured content: We didn't start the wiki
- Essay: No queerphobia
- Special report: RetractionBot is back to life!
- Traffic report: Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer
- Comix: The Wikipediholic Family
- Concept: Palimpsestuous
Question from Pinoemme (17:42, 8 June 2024)
ciao nomeutentekiran vorrei creare una biografia di un artista che in attività dal 1975 a tutt'oggi, sicuramente avrò sbagliato qualcosa perchè la bozza che ho creato e stata cestinata. puoi gentilmente aiutarmi affinchè la pagina creata non venga cestinata? nell'attesa porgo distinti saluti. --Pinoemme (talk) 17:42, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-24
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Recent changes
- The software used to render SVG files has been updated to a new version, fixing many longstanding bugs in SVG rendering. [9]
- The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It was changed last week in some skins (Vector legacy and Minerva). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in Vector-2022. The developers are still considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
- The HTML markup used for citations by Parsoid changed last week. In places where Parsoid previously added the
mw-reference-textclass, Parsoid now also adds thereference-textclass for better compatibility with the legacy parser. More details are available. [10]
Problems
- There was a bug with the Content Translation interface that caused the tools menus to appear in the wrong location. This has now been fixed. [11]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 June. It will be on all wikis from 13 June (calendar). [12][13]
- The new version of MediaWiki includes another change to the HTML markup used for citations: Parsoid will now generate a
<span class="mw-cite-backlink">wrapper for both named and unnamed references for better compatibility with the legacy parser. Interface administrators should verify that gadgets that interact with citations are compatible with the new markup. More details are available. [14] - On multilingual wikis that use the
<translate>system, there is a feature that shows potentially-outdated translations with a pink background until they are updated or confirmed. From this week, confirming translations will be logged, and there is a new user-right that can be required for confirming translations if the community requests it. [15]
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Question from Lilitha Macamba (19:55, 12 June 2024)
Am I allowed to add an article on something? Instead of editing? --Lilitha Macamba (talk) 19:55, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
Oscar Mpetha high school
Oscar Mpetha high is a high school in South Africa Cape town situated in Nyanga township.it is named after a unionist and an activist Oscar mafakafaka Mpetha who fought the apartheid laws . Lilitha Macamba (talk) 20:01, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
Question from Stevefreed (14:07, 16 June 2024)
How do I create a citation' --Stevefreed (talk) 14:07, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-25
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- People who attempt to add an external link in the visual editor will now receive immediate feedback if they attempt to link to a domain that a project has decided to block. Please see Edit check for more details. [16]
- The new Community Configuration extension is available on Test Wikipedia. This extension allows communities to customize specific features to meet their local needs. Currently only Growth features are configurable, but the extension will support other Community Configuration use cases in the future. [17][18]
- The dark mode beta feature is now available on category and help pages, as well as more special pages. There may be contrast issues. Please report bugs on the project talk page. [19]
Problems
- Cloud Services tools were not available for 25 minutes last week. This was caused by a faulty hardware cable in the data center. [20]
- Last week, styling updates were made to the Vector 2022 skin. This caused unforeseen issues with templates, hatnotes, and images. Changes to templates and hatnotes were reverted. Most issues with images were fixed. If you still see any, report them here. [21]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar). [22][23]
- Starting June 18, the Reference Edit Check will be deployed to a new set of Wikipedias. This feature is intended to help newcomers and to assist edit-patrollers by inviting people who are adding new content to a Wikipedia article to add a citation when they do not do so themselves. During a test at 11 wikis, the number of citations added more than doubled when Reference Check was shown to people. Reference Check is community configurable. [24]
- Mailing lists will be unavailable for roughly two hours on Tuesday 10:00–12:00 UTC. This is to enable migration to a new server and upgrade its software. [25]
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Question from DukeJRthe3rd (02:10, 24 June 2024)
Hi Usernamekiran, I edited the Fremantle Spirit SC page but my edits were reverted by another Wikipedia editor known as "JarrahTree". they posted on my talk page that I had not provided enough sources to verify that the information was correct, though a simple search would prove that the information that I had edited was completely correct, I had also noticed that they had reverted the changes made from the club secretary with the same reasoning, as if being the secretary of the club wasn't proof enough that the information was correct. I just feel that sometimes the information may be correct and sometimes no proof can be provided, but that doesn't mean that it is not factual. How can I prevent this from happening in future when I try to edit a page which I know my edits are factual but there is no online sources which I can provide, because it seems that this editor reverts most changes on the Fremantle Spirit SC page, which leaves the page being completely outdated and left in the dust, even the page itself outlines the fact that the page is outdated and needs to be updated. Thanks. --DukeJRthe3rd (talk) 02:10, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
Hey, I'm not Usernamekiran, but I think they haven't answered any questions here in a while, so I'll try my best. On wikipedia it is necessary to cite sources when you add information to an article. When you say a quick google search proves you right, what do you mean by that? If there are articles supporting the information you edited then just cite them using the cite web template. If there are no online or offline sources (that are reliable, see WP:RS) then sadly you will have to wait for them to be released. This is just the way the website works, so people don't add completely fabricated information. If there's any confusion left or you need other questions answered feel free to write me on my talk page. Good luck! -- 222emilia222 (talk) 13:14, 24 June 2024 (CET)
Question from 222emilia222 (11:00, 24 June 2024)
Hello, im rather new to wikipedia and youre displayed as my "mentor" on my home page. i have two questions.
1) I wondered how i would cite something that is in a game, or a movie for that matter. For example an UI element or text in there. Would I have to screenshot the thing in question and reference that image? or can i just directly cite a movie/game/video?
2) How would you go about citing a youtube interview? Is it ok to cite it similiarly to an article (cite web, etc) or do I have to link to a transcript of the interview (if so, assuming i have to transcribe it, where would I post that transcript for it to be considered reliable)?
thank you --222emilia222 (talk) 11:00, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-26
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage. [26]
- The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode. [27]
Problems
- You can copy permanent links to talk page comments by clicking on a comment's timestamp. This feature did not always work when the topic title was very long and the link was used as a wikitext link. This has been fixed. Thanks to Lofhi for submitting the bug. [28]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar). [29][30]
- Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English Wikipedia, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. [31]
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