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I see it hasn't done anything for awhile. Should it be marked retired? —¿philoserf? ( talk) 02:57, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm developing a tool to assist users in verifying (structured) data of media on commons.
To understand the community's needs, I would like to invite you to participate in this questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbNdJdQYN1yBvEeKne48eWDU6SBsdlUfNBAmZyvUEBkCR1Gg/viewform?usp=sf_link. It should take ~2 minutes.
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I have a private research wiki using mediawiki. I am writing content like code: modular, reusable using transclusion. There is a lot of overhead in stubbing out pages and links on pages. Are you available to freelance? If not, can you recommend someone? Thanks.
r c j o n e s @ x|m|i|s|s|i|o|n|.|c|o|m — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.23.56.139 ( talk) 14:44, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
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any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a sockpuppet account or logged-out sockpuppet, to be logged at WP:GS/PAGEANT.
standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people.( American Politics 2 Arbitration case).
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Hi. I was wondering whether
Wikipedia:AIV Console should be marked as {{
historic}}
as the links to download it do not function, and I've never seen it in operation or linked to. Any thoughts?
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talk)
20:52, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
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delete-redirect
userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at
Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect.place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people.Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.
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delete-redirect
userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).
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oversight
will be renamed to suppress
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technical reasons. You can comment at
T112147 if you have objections.Just an FYI, I've nominated various Wikidata userwarnings you created, such as {{ Uw-wikidata-welcome}} for deletion (discussion is at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 February 16 § Wikidata userwarnings). Elliot321 ( talk | contribs) 16:25, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
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and deletedhistory
rights. This means that those in the
Researcher user group and
Checkusers who are not administrators can now access
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Hello. Can you run your bot on Indonesian Wikipedia to connect page between Indonesian Wikipedia and Wikidata. For example, I want to connect id:Kategori:Amerika Utara dalam tahun 2023. The page have an interwiki to English Wikipedia ( en:Category:2023 in North America - and it's already stated in the Indonesian Wikipedia page). Looking forward for your help. Regards. Medelam ( talk) 04:41, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
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Hi @ Addshore,
Can I republish the addwiki/mediawiki-api library on github, because I need to reprogram the library and add features that will help me in my projects? -- Gerges ( talk) 13:20, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
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I see it hasn't done anything for awhile. Should it be marked retired? —¿philoserf? ( talk) 02:57, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2020).
1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created.
Hi there, I'm developing a tool to assist users in verifying (structured) data of media on commons.
To understand the community's needs, I would like to invite you to participate in this questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbNdJdQYN1yBvEeKne48eWDU6SBsdlUfNBAmZyvUEBkCR1Gg/viewform?usp=sf_link. It should take ~2 minutes.
Thanks a lot. :D
(You received this message as you seems to have experience with structured data on Wikimedia projects.)
-- Gabrielchl ( talk) 00:01, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
I have a private research wiki using mediawiki. I am writing content like code: modular, reusable using transclusion. There is a lot of overhead in stubbing out pages and links on pages. Are you available to freelance? If not, can you recommend someone? Thanks.
r c j o n e s @ x|m|i|s|s|i|o|n|.|c|o|m — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.23.56.139 ( talk) 14:44, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
·addshore· talk to me! 21:56, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a sockpuppet account or logged-out sockpuppet, to be logged at WP:GS/PAGEANT.
standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people.( American Politics 2 Arbitration case).
Legoktm (
talk)
06:52, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).
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A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:05, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
Template:Afd-merge from multi has been
nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the entry on the Templates for discussion page. –
Jonesey95 (
talk)
04:25, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Bots Newsletter, December 2021 | ||
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BRFA activity by month Welcome to the eighth issue of the English Wikipedia's Bots Newsletter, your source for all things bot. Maintainers disappeared to parts unknown... bots awakening from the slumber of æons... hundreds of thousands of short descriptions... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots. Our last issue was in August 2019, so there's quite a bit of catching up to do. Due to the vast quantity of things that have happened, the next few issues will only cover a few months at a time. This month, we'll go from September 2019 through the end of the year. I won't bore you with further introductions — instead, I'll bore you with a newsletter about bots. Overall
September 2019 ![]()
October 2019
November 2019 ![]()
December 2019
In the next issue of Bots Newsletter:
These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the January 2022 Bots Newsletter. Tune in, or miss out! Signing off... jp× g 04:29, 10 December 2021 (UTC) (You can subscribe or unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding or removing your name from this list.) |
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Hi!
You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.
When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.
Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.
If you have not seen it before, you can read more on Meta. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can subscribe to the weekly technical newsletter.
We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.
Thank you. / Johan (WMF)
18:13, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).
post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.
Hi. I was wondering whether
Wikipedia:AIV Console should be marked as {{
historic}}
as the links to download it do not function, and I've never seen it in operation or linked to. Any thoughts?
Nick Moyes (
talk)
20:52, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).
Interface administrator changes
delete-redirect
userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at
Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect.place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people.Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).
delete-redirect
userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).
Interface administrator changes
oversight
will be renamed to suppress
. This is for
technical reasons. You can comment at
T112147 if you have objections.Just an FYI, I've nominated various Wikidata userwarnings you created, such as {{ Uw-wikidata-welcome}} for deletion (discussion is at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 February 16 § Wikidata userwarnings). Elliot321 ( talk | contribs) 16:25, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
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oversight
will be renamed suppress
in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for
technical reasons. You can comment
in Phabricator if you have objections.News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).
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)The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.
Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
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user_global_editcount
is a new variable that can be used in
abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (
T130439)News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).
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/64
to the end of an IP in
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consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).
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[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.
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Hello. Can you run your bot on Indonesian Wikipedia to connect page between Indonesian Wikipedia and Wikidata. For example, I want to connect id:Kategori:Amerika Utara dalam tahun 2023. The page have an interwiki to English Wikipedia ( en:Category:2023 in North America - and it's already stated in the Indonesian Wikipedia page). Looking forward for your help. Regards. Medelam ( talk) 04:41, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
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[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to
note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
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Hi @ Addshore,
Can I republish the addwiki/mediawiki-api library on github, because I need to reprogram the library and add features that will help me in my projects? -- Gerges ( talk) 13:20, 2 December 2023 (UTC)