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February 2023 Information

Feedback request: Wikipedia style and naming request for comment

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Editing archived pages

Hey there. I noticed that you recently replied to an archive page. I understand that you were pinged by someone else but in the future remember to stay away from editing archive pages! Aaron Liu ( talk) 14:55, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

The correct thing to do was de-archiving the thread [1] since it was still subject to ongoing discussion.  —  SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  19:39, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Yep, and now the discussion's on again. Cheers! Aaron Liu ( talk) 20:14, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

News

Pakistan reportedly blocks Wikipedia because of offensive material. -- Thinker78 (talk) 14:59, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I assume this was for "On the Radar". I did look into it, and by the time I found more sources that weren't just cannibalizing each other, the ban was already lifted.  —  SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  22:54, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for comment

Disregard
 – No such RfC when I went looking.

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Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting

Wikipedia users in the United States Mountain West and High Plains will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 14, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the history, articles, or photographs of our region is encouraged to attend.

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Feedback request: Society, sports, and culture request for comment

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West Herzegovina Canton has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Aaron Liu ( talk) 16:45, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

February songs

February songs
my daily stories

music today: the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:23, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:54, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:08, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Help requested template error

Resolved
 – Someone else fixed it.

Hello SMcCandlish. If you have time, can you check the error in the page Template:Fooian fooers? Cheers! -- Thinker78 (talk) 19:10, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Need to ask a Lua coder; I can't Lua my way out of paper bag.  —  SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  00:56, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Editing news 2023 #1

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This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:

  1. The Editing team will finish adding new features to the Talk pages project and deploy it.
  2. They are beginning a new project, Edit check.

Talk pages project

Screenshot showing the talk page design changes that are currently available as beta features at all Wikimedia wikis. These features include information about the number of people and comments within each discussion.
Some of the upcoming changes

The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for Discussion tools.

It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Add topic" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.

Daily edit completion rate by test group: DiscussionTools (test group) and MobileFrontend overlay (control group)

An A/B test for Discussion tools on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Discussion tools. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.

New Project: Edit Check

The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "Publish changes". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more.

Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 18:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Henley & Partners

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Hi again, SMcCandlish. Can you please take a look at my most recent post at Talk:Henley & Partners#Fixing misleading language in two places? Thank you! Sarah Nicklin ( talk) 11:47, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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February 2023 Information

Feedback request: Wikipedia style and naming request for comment

 Done

Your feedback is requested at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) on a "Wikipedia style and naming" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 19:30, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Editing archived pages

Hey there. I noticed that you recently replied to an archive page. I understand that you were pinged by someone else but in the future remember to stay away from editing archive pages! Aaron Liu ( talk) 14:55, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

The correct thing to do was de-archiving the thread [1] since it was still subject to ongoing discussion.  —  SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  19:39, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Yep, and now the discussion's on again. Cheers! Aaron Liu ( talk) 20:14, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

News

Pakistan reportedly blocks Wikipedia because of offensive material. -- Thinker78 (talk) 14:59, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I assume this was for "On the Radar". I did look into it, and by the time I found more sources that weren't just cannibalizing each other, the ban was already lifted.  —  SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  22:54, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Feedback request: Media, the arts, and architecture request for comment

Disregard
 – No such RfC when I went looking.

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Like a Dragon: Ishin! on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 04:30, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting

Wikipedia users in the United States Mountain West and High Plains will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 14, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the history, articles, or photographs of our region is encouraged to attend.

If you don't wish to receive these invitations any more, please remove your username from the Wikipedia:Meetup/US Mountain West/Invitation list. Thanks.

MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 07:42, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Feedback request: Society, sports, and culture request for comment

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Your feedback is requested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Boxing on a "Society, sports, and culture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

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 Done

West Herzegovina Canton has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Aaron Liu ( talk) 16:45, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

February songs

February songs
my daily stories

music today: the regional festival - DYK of 13 years ago ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:23, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

My story on 24 February is about Artemy Vedel (TFA by Amitchell235), and I made a suggestion for more peace, - what do you think? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 15:54, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

today: two women whose birthday we celebrate today, 99 and 90! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:08, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Help requested template error

Resolved
 – Someone else fixed it.

Hello SMcCandlish. If you have time, can you check the error in the page Template:Fooian fooers? Cheers! -- Thinker78 (talk) 19:10, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Need to ask a Lua coder; I can't Lua my way out of paper bag.  —  SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  00:56, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Editing news 2023 #1

Read this in another languageSubscription list for this newsletter

This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:

  1. The Editing team will finish adding new features to the Talk pages project and deploy it.
  2. They are beginning a new project, Edit check.

Talk pages project

Screenshot showing the talk page design changes that are currently available as beta features at all Wikimedia wikis. These features include information about the number of people and comments within each discussion.
Some of the upcoming changes

The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for Discussion tools.

It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Add topic" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.

Daily edit completion rate by test group: DiscussionTools (test group) and MobileFrontend overlay (control group)

An A/B test for Discussion tools on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Discussion tools. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.

New Project: Edit Check

The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "Publish changes". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more.

Whatamidoing (WMF) ( talk) 18:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Henley & Partners

 Done

Hi again, SMcCandlish. Can you please take a look at my most recent post at Talk:Henley & Partners#Fixing misleading language in two places? Thank you! Sarah Nicklin ( talk) 11:47, 24 February 2023 (UTC)


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