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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 February. It will be on all wikis from 27 February (calendar).
Future changes
There will be a reply button after each post on a talk page if you want one. This will soon be a beta feature on the Arabic, French, Dutch and Hungarian Wikipedias. You will have to turn it on if you want to use it. It will come to more wikis later. You can test the reply button. It was briefly shown earlier than planned by mistake on the four first wikis last week.
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Problems
Readers who were not logged in briefly saw the interface in a language decided by their browser. It should normally be in the language of the wiki. This happened for a short period of time last week. This was because of a bug. [1]
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If you forget your password you can ask for a new one to be sent to your email address. You need to know your email address or your username. You will now be able to choose that you need to enter both your email address and your username. This will be a preference. This is to get fewer password reset emails someone else asked for. [2]
When you asked for a new password you could see if the username didn't exist on Special:PasswordReset. Now the page will show the username you entered and tell you an email has been sent if the username exists. This is for better security. [3]
On Special:WhatLinksHere you can see what other pages link to a page. You can see if the link is from a redirect. You can now see which section the redirect links to. [4]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 March. It will be on all wikis from 5 March (calendar).
There is a vote on the creation of a new user group called abuse filter manager. The vote runs from March 1 to March 31 on Meta.
wgMFSpecialCaseMainPage was used for the mobile site. It was deprecated in 2017. It will stop working in April. Wikis should see if they use it. If they do they should fix it. You can read more and ask for help. This affects 183 wikis. There is a list. [6]
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Recent changes
There is a new search word called articletopic. You can use it to search for articles on a specific topic. It is available on the Arabic, Czech, English and Vietnamese Wikipedias. It will come to more Wikipedias soon. [7][8][9]
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 March. It will be on all wikis from 12 March (calendar).
The Wikipedia Android app will do push notifications if users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will come later this year. [10]
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Recent changes
There is a new API module for changing the content model of existing pages. Use action=changecontentmodel to specify the new model. You can read the documentation on mediawiki.org. [11]
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 March. It will be on all wikis from 19 March (calendar).
Future changes
If you edit a page at the same time as someone else you can get an edit conflict. There is a new two-column interface to make it easier to solve this. It will soon be active by default on the German, Arabic, and Farsi Wikipedias. It will be on by default on more wikis within the next months. You will be able to opt out of the new interface. [12][13]
You can see a proposed design for replying to comments in an easier way.
An article you recently created, Ros Sopheap, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. DGG ( talk ) 10:45, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed that you're trying to improve 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, but you've made some couple of mistakes on the way. Firstly, you added a red link Category (Category:2020 disasters in Nigeria), which I later created. Secondly, you added an error Category (February 2000 events in Africa) which I later corrected. Thirdly, you removed the Category that I corrected and replaced it with another one, instead of leaving it, whilst still adding the new one. I'll enjoin you to edit with care the next time you attempt editing. Best, —Nnadigoodluck🇳🇬07:02, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Ok, I'm trying to add and create those categories but found out you've created them before I did and I then try to resolve the edit conflict by merging them together, you can check now I've fixed it's all. thanks. MM17 (discuss)07:32, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
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Problems
Some development will be slower than planned. This is because of the current pandemic. You can see the new deployment guidelines. This is to avoid risks when some persons could be unavailable.
There was a problem when adding interwiki links. The tool you use to add interwiki links could suggest the wrong project to link to. This has now been fixed. [14][15]
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 March. It will be on all wikis from 26 March (calendar).
Future changes
There is a project to make editing easier for newcomers. The developers are trying to understand what initiatives different Wikipedias have to welcome newcomers. They also want to know which templates are often used for maintenance activities. You can help this project by checking if your wiki's pages are listed on Wikidata.
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 April. It will be on all wikis from 2 April (calendar).
Future changes
The video player will change to be simpler and more modern. The current beta feature will become the video player for everyone. The old player will be removed. [17]
There is a project to make templates easier to use. The next few weeks the developers will present ideas on the project page. You can watch that page if you are interested in giving feedback. [18]
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Problems
There was a problem with user pages not being shown properly on desktop. This was because of a bug. It will soon be fixed. [19]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 April. It will be on all wikis from 9 April (calendar).
Future changes
MediaWiki will use a newer version of Unicode. Some characters that did not have an upper case equivalent before do now. Titles beginning with one of these characters will be moved. A list of these titles can be seen on Phabricator. The titles will be renamed by the user Maintenance script. This will start on 13 April 2020. You can rename them before this if you wish and the new title can be different from the one the script would rename it to. [20]
Hello there, M-Mustapha, I am afraid restoring the content in question is not really an option. First off, the infobox listed the country as a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, however, the source book talks about the Bohemian nobility raising finances for bribes and tribute to the sultan in exchange for his military aid which ultimately did not – could not – happen, not an act of vassalage of the kingdom to the empire. Furthermore, you might note that this topic is not even discussed anywhere else in Bohemia or 30 Year War related articles.
Additionally, you might note that for example the infobox in the article on the Duchy of Bohemia does not list any of its vassal or tributary ties to the German or Polish states of the period, despite these actually coming to some kind of fruition – as opposed to the Ottoman episode – and taking place over the course of years, even decades. The Duchy article only lists the significant inclusion of the Duchy into the framework of the HRE.
In fact, if I were a suspicious editor, I would question the motivation behind including this piece of information in the first place, considering its haphazard inclusion at the end of an otherwise orderly, chronological list, considering that it is pretty much a fleeting historical anecdote in the list of well-established historical alignments of the kingdom to various states, considering that other articles do not list these pieces of trivia in their infobox, considering that the articles in question do not even mention the topic in the body text, and considering its inclusion by a very Turkish-oriented editor. However, it is entirely possible that this is a coincidence and I am reading too much into things.
OK 2A00:1028:838C:CDC6:3CF5:FD03:F706:FB4E, but to me it wasn't the right thing to do, as an editor who tries to build an encyclopedia, I'm only behind the sources being provided no matter what, as per the sources are reliable. And you said that "the source book talks about the Bohemian nobility raising finances for bribes and tribute to the sultan in exchange for his military aid which ultimately did not – could not – happen, not an act of vassalage of the kingdom to the empire", but I never see the above quote in the content you removed, and that's what makes me suspicious of vandalism. Finally, I will restore the content again per the 'reference', and may be you can bring your own references that are contrary to what is provided then you can go ahead but with only Idea and thinking of what could happen or what could not happen is not an option. Thanks. Please do not vandalize Wikipedia! Em-mustaphaUser | talk17:44, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
I... I honestly do not know how to respond to that. Let me rephrase: The source provided does not name the Kingdom of Bohemia as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. Yet it is used as a source to list the Kingdom of Bohemia as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. Source says "A was B". It is used as a source for "A was Z". That is the problem. It would be impossible to include a reference that would be contrary to something being said when that something in question did not historically happen, nor is it supported by the reference used in the first place. I know I am bordering on 3RR but I honestly do not see any justification for keeping the content in question.
Let me rephrase – you are restoring content which is not supported by the source provided. You are asking for references to prove a negative ("A was not Z") before deleting "A was Z". But nothing says "A was Z" in the first place. According to (and not only) Wikipedia:Content_removal#Unsourced_information, it can thus be boldly removed.
I genuinely hope you do not consider my actions as vandalism. I will wait for your reply but it is my intention to remove that piece of information from the article again, as it is not supported by the source and it does not conform to the consensus regarding historical nation infoboxes either. 2A00:1028:838C:CDC6:CDF3:97D3:45E2:F790 (talk) 06:20, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
I have checked the source. I actually have the physical book. The infobox says 'vassal'. The source does not say that. If the infobox said 'tributary state' or 'sent bribes to the Ottoman Empire', that would indeed reflect the content of the source. However, it doesn't. It says something different. That is point number one.
There is also point number two. Note that the list of Ottoman vassal and tributary states also lists for example the Archduchy_of_Austria which also paid tribute to the Ottoman Empire. But the Archduchy's infobox does not list it as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire either. Just as the Duchy of Bohemia infobox does not list its tributes to Poland or Germany.
With these two points in mind, I still plan on removing that particular piece of information in its current form from the infobox. That the Bohemian nobility raised finances to gain Ottoman support in the 30 Year Wars is certainly a worthwhile piece of information that could be included in the article body. However, it is not a basis to say it was a 'Vassal of the Ottoman Empire' in the infobox. Not only is that incorrect and not supported by the source, but it does not conform to how information is presented in other historical nations' infoboxes.
I'm with you 100%, I now understand that, it is more formal to be referred as a 'tributary state' than a 'Vassal state' may be that is why the author did not choose the latter name.
And regarding what is there and what's not there, I do not even know what to say about that, this is not something to consider of, remember Wikipedia is a dynamic encyclopedia that would never be completed, may be you will find the text tomorrow in there.-Em-mustaphaUser | talk08:46, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by AngusWOOF was:
Some of the sources aren't connecting properly and may be connected to her organizations.
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Hello, M-Mustapha!
Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 03:08, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
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Recent changes
You can now use the articletopic search word on all Wikipedias. It searches articles by topic. [22]
There was a problem with the Wikidata database last week. Some wikis went down for twenty minutes. Wikidata and other projects showed error messages. Interwiki links were not shown, some tools did not work and other problems. Some of this was fixed quickly. The developers are working on fixing the rest. [26][27][28]
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from April 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from April 15. It will be on all wikis from April 16 (calendar).
Future changes
Some graphs have not worked on mobile. This will soon be fixed. [29]
The article tab on talk pages of redirects links to the target of the redirect. It could link to the redirect page itself instead. You can leave feedback on this.
For pages using syntax highlighting, the use of the deprecated <source> tag, as well as the use of the deprecated enclose parameter, will add tracking categories.
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Tech News
The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 4 May 2020.
Recent changes
The small wiki toolkits is to help smaller wikis that need technical skills. They can learn and share technical skills. [30]
Over-qualified CSS selectors in Wikimedia skins have been removed. div#content is now .mw-body. div.portal is now .portal. div#footer is now #footer. This is so the skins can use HTML5 elements. If your gadgets or user styles used them you will have to update them. [31]
Changes later this week
There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
Some things on the wikis might look weird or not work in Internet Explorer 8 in the future. Internet Explorer 8 was replaced in 2011. [32]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 April next week. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 April next week. It will be on all wikis from 30 April next week (calendar).
Thank you An@ss_koko for the barnstar, I appreciate your recognition of me. You're a kind of good editor, your work to cover northern Nigeria related topics on wikipedia is amazing! Please Keep up the good work, I'll stand by your side to achieve that. Thank you so much, Regards.-Em-mustaphaUser | talk16:34, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
European water polo championships
Hi, I got a problem with Pelmeer10. Please, this is official LEN medals table for both competition, men's and women's. You can see what I say so many times - Medals from USSR belong to Russia, and from Yugoslavia to Serbia. Check this, please [1]
Serbia clinches 4th title in a row, though Spain falls only in shootoutFor the first time in the history of the European Water Polo Championships, the penalty shootout decided the title and it was retained by Serbia, despite an electrifying performance of the host Spaniards. This was the Serbs’ 8th gold medal, and the 7th in the last nine editions since 2001. Croatia got rid of its demons and clinched the bronze medal after four lost matches played for the third place in the past.
Welcome BudvaMontenegro, I'm sorry for the late response, you just have to follow MelanieN's expalnation it's enough of what you can do. By the way I see that you're a new editor, I've dropped you a welcome note on your talk in order to understand better about how to edit. Thanks.-Em-mustaphaUser | talk02:46, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
An article you recently created, Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Celestina007 (talk) 10:54, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
Article Unfit For Mainspace
Hello, I have moved to draftspace a new article you created because all together they contained three sources, two unreliable that both linked to an error 404 message & 1 reliable source which shows subject of your article being merely announced. I’m not sure why or how that page was marked as reviewed. Currently your page meets draftify so I’ve done the needful. Celestina007 (talk) 11:02, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
OK Celestina, I get you may be when I've time I will improve it, I thought you should've taken it to AFD directly but why don't you? and being not sure of why or how the page was reviewed is not anybody's problem, why worry? the reviewer knows truly what he is doing whenever he finds something worth encyclopedic. I'm really gonna learn a lot from you that's why you are here. Just thought -Em-mustaphatalk17:39, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
M-Mustapha, no it’s not every article that one should take to an AFD, if an article possess potential for notability & can be improved but at the same time unfit for mainspace, the article should be draftified. Celestina007 (talk) 01:22, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
Some wikis will be on read-only for a few minutes on 5 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [34]
Some wikis will be on read-only for a few minutes on 7 May. This will also affect CentralAuth. This can for example affect global renames, password changes, changing or confirming your email address and logging in to new wikis. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [35]
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You can get a notification when someone links to a page you created. You can soon turn these notifications off for individual pages. [36]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 May. It will be on all wikis from 7 May (calendar).
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Recent changes
Everyone can now import photos from Flickr to Commons with the UploadWizard. Before this only autopatrollers on Commons could import photos from Flickr. [37]
Problems
Commons will be on read-only for a few minutes on 12 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [38]
Several wikis including Wikidata will be on read-only for a few minutes on 19 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. English Wikipedia will be on read-only for a few minutes on 21 May 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [39][40]
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 May. It will be on all wikis from 14 May (calendar).
Future changes
JavaScript scripts and gadgets can no longer check multiple keys at once via mw.config.exists() or mw.user.tokens.exists(). You can use exists() or get() to check one at a time instead. [41]
Thank you so much for creating this article. Your efforts are very much appreciated.
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If you forget your password you can ask for a new one to be sent to your email address. You need to know your email address or your username. You can choose that you need to enter both your email address and your username. This is a preference. This is to get fewer password reset emails someone else asked for. This is now available on all Wikimedia wikis. [42][43]
Problems
There is a bug that creates problems for iPhone users with iOS 13 and Safari. If you use an iPhone to read or edit Wikipedia and see bugs on the mobile site you can report them. [44]
Several wikis including Wikidata will be on read-only for a few minutes on 19 May. This will happen around 05:00 UTC. English Wikipedia will be on read-only for a few minutes on 21 May 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [45][46]
Graphs will be rendered in the reader's browser. This will use Javascript. Graphs will hopefully work better for everyone who uses Javascript. It will not work for users who don't use Javascript. This will not affect diagrams in image files. [48]
Some CSS for the skins has been simplified. This affects div#p-personal, div#p-navigation, div#p-interaction, div#p-tb, div#p-lang, div#p-namespaces, div#p-variants and div#footer. They will have to remove div. You will have to update your gadgets, scripts or user styles. This is so we can use HTML5. [49]
Some CSS for the Vector skin has been changed. This affects #p-variants, #p-namespaces, #p-personal, #p-views and #p-cactions. They can no longer use > ul. You might need to update your gadgets, scripts or user styles. See how.
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The visual editor will now work in the Modern skin. The changes that needed to happen for this to work could cause problems for some scripts or gadgets. [50]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 26. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 27. It will be on all wikis from May 28 (calendar).
