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There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. It was released in India in September. It can now be downloaded in other countries too. [1]
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all wikis from 17 December (calendar).
Hi 5 albert square. I've got no idea that was all about, but thank you for stepping in. Perhaps you can blank their userpage as well? I wonder if it might be related to MarchjuIy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:38, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
You're welcome! It may be that the accounts are related, however, due to the age of the one you've mentioned above, we'll never know. Best to just revert, block, ignore with socks sometimes 5 albert square (talk) 08:28, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I would agree Bearian but I'm afraid you have the wrong person as I didn't create the page. I only know about the page because when this edit happened it knocked this Peter O'Brien off. I've done a quick google search on the film maker though and I wouldn't say he's notable. Unfortunately it doesn't look like the person who created the article has edited Wikipedia in a good 10 years.-- 5 albert square (talk) 17:32, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Elmenormcrd
Hi, 5 albert square! I've just indeffed OmarBritoDeJesús as an obvious sock of the above, and am wondering if he should be added to the SPI page for the record – yes, I ought to know if that's our usual practice, and if so how to do it, but I don't ... so I thought I'd ask you. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:41, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
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Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2021.
Recent changes
The {{citation needed}} template shows when a statement in a Wikipedia article needs a source. If you click on it when you edit with the visual editor there is a popup that explains this. Now it can also show the reason and when it was added. [2]
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There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
Future changes
You can propose and discuss what technical improvements should be done for geographic information. This could be coordinates, maps or other related things.
Some wikis use LanguageConverter to switch between writing systems or variants of a language. This can only be done for the entire page. There will be a <langconvert> tag that can convert a piece of text on a page. [3]
Oversighters and stewards can hide entries in Special:AbuseLog. They can soon hide multiple entries at once using checkboxes. This works like hiding normal edits. It will happen in early January. [4]
Hi 5 albert square, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year, Thank you for all your contributions to Wikipedia, –Davey2010Talk19:35, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello – the ZestyLemonz sock has just dumped their Joe Warren-Plant article onto my talk page via an IP. Informing you and pinging @RoySmith: so that they can be blocked, and hopefully I won't be dragged back into this mess in future. – DarkGlow (✉) 22:55, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I'm Johnnyconnorabc. An IP user (84. 62.89.161) recently added a statement saying 'Jews should die' at the Jewish version section the page about blinis. (To be exact, they changed the section header from 'Jewish version' to 'Jews should die'. I've reverted their edit, but I'm not sure what warning level or even warning template I should give them. Can you help me? This was their only edit.
Johnnyconnorabc (talk) 01:07, 10 January 2021 (UTC)Johnnyconnorabc
Hi, as they haven't edited before it should be level 1 for vandalism. If we make it more severe at this stage we could discourage a potential good faith future editor. I've already warned them. 5 albert square (talk) 02:12, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
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You can choose to be reminded when you have not added an edit summary. This can be done in your preferences. This could conflict with the CAPTCHA. This has now been fixed. [5]
You can link to specific log entries. You can get these links for example by clicking the timestamps in the log. Until now, such links to private log entries showed no entry even if you had permission to view private log entries. The links now show the entry. [6]
Admins can use the abuse filter tool to automatically prevent bad edits. Three changes happened last week:
The filter editing interface now shows syntax errors while you type. This is similar to JavaScript pages. It also shows a warning for regular expressions that match the empty string. New warnings will be added later. [7]
Oversighters can now hide multiple filter log entries at once using checkboxes on Special:AbuseLog. This is how the usual revision deletion works. [8]
When a filter matches too many actions after it has been changed it is "throttled". The most powerful actions are disabled. This is to avoid many editors getting blocked when an administrator made a mistake. The administrator will now get a notification about this "throttle".
Bots using the API no longer watch pages automatically based on account preferences. Setting the watchlist to watch will still work. This is to reduce the size of the watchlist data in the database. [10]
There was a new version of MediaWiki last week. You can read a detailed log of all 763 changes. Most of them are very small and will not affect you.
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 January. It will be on all wikis from 14 January (calendar).
Hello, 5 albert square. Please check your email; you've got mail! It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.
I inadvertently deleted those two paragraphs under the "Stock sales during COVID-19 pandemic" section while trying to add some text. I assure you that it was not vandalism.
I would, however, like to raise an issue with you:
I was trying to add two paragraphs. They have been deleted by at least two editors. The first paragraph was a quote taken from reference 14 in the article. It was taken down for copyright issues. But the second paragraph in the section (starting On March 20, 2020, the consumer advocacy group . . ) uses the exact same article and yet it remains? And my second paragraph was a quote from Politico.com. It, too, was taken down for the same reason. However, this very article is reference #6 in the article about Kelly Loeffler. What is going on? The Stock sale section leaves the impression that Mr. Sprecker and his wife are under investigation. But nothing is further from the truth. This not fair nor impartial to them.
Fgbwashdc (talk) 16:43, 14 January 2021 (UTC)Fgbwashdc
I'm afraid I have no knowledge of this article. This sounds like a content issue, like I said on ClueBot NG's talk page you'll need to take this up on the article talk page. Editors that are familiar with the article will then be able to help 5 albert square (talk) 17:08, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
Feedback request: Miscellaneous Good Article nomination
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 January. It will be on all wikis from 21 January (calendar).
MassMessage posts could be automatically timestamped in the future. This is because MassMessage senders can now send pages using MassMessage. Pages are more difficult to sign. If there are times when a MassMessage post should not be timestamped you can let the developers know.
Time is short so I'll be emphatic. Stop it with the scripted changes. Among other things you're changing titles of works, URLs, and (I'm pretty sure) the established date formats of some articles. YOU are responsible for understanding the reviewing edits you make, whether or not a script is involved. And go back and fix everything you've messed up. This kind of mindless gnoming is not only not helpful, it's hugely wasteful of the time of other editors, who have to clean up the messes you're making. EEng00:07, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
Yeah, well, I don't appreciate having what is probably our highest-profile article for the next week screwed up by a script kiddie searching for a way to feel useful, and other editors shouldn't have to be pointing out these problems to you. I saw instantly that URLs and source titles and direct quotes were being changed, and you should have too -- and you should have immediately stopped using the script. In order to not be a net negative this kind of work needs to be 99.9% accurate or better. A script that makes errors like that should not be used under any circumstances. Now, what's your plan for cleaning up your mess? I am not joking. EEng01:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
Ohconfucius, This is your script, it's been changing the titles of works, URLs,...[emphasis added]
No. You've been changing the titles of works, URLS, etc. You used a script to do it. The hammer didn't bend the nail, you bent the nail, using a hammer. This is not splitting hairs: you are responsible for every edit with your name on it, regardless what tool you use to make it. Of course you should notify someone of an error in their script, if there is one (on the script-user Talk page, not here). If the script is incorrect, notify them and/or press the panic button to stop it, if it has one. Mathglot (talk) 01:57, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
@EEng and Mathglot:The changes to the article were due to the use of the "slash dates" module within the script which users have been warned in the script documentation about, principally of its light protection mechanism. This protection has since been upgraded and I believe most of the issues have now been addressed. -- Ohc ¡digame!10:10, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Feedback request: Wikipedia technical issues and templates request for comment
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Bracket matching will be added to the CodeMirror syntax highlighter on the first wikis. The first wikis are German and Catalan Wikipedia and maybe other Wikimedia wikis. This will happen on 27 January. [16]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 January. It will be on all wikis from 28 January (calendar).
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