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The Wikimedia Foundation announced that they will develop a universal code of conduct for all WMF projects. There is an open local discussion regarding the same.
Arbitration
A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.
NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference.
Google Adds New Languages to Google Translate
In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.
Discussions and Resources
A discussion on handling new article creation by paid editors is ongoing at the Village Pump.
Also at the Village Pump is a discussion about limiting participation at Articles for Deletion discussion.
The Medicine case was closed, with a remedy authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles.
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Why was my edit (reverting vandalism to an older version) considered vandalism?
The page on Nightjar was making incorrect claims relating the Nightjar with Harry Potter, so I reverted it to the previous version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tumaini (talk • contribs) 21:42, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, TheZoomTorah has reverted 3 editors' edits 3 times. The last reversion took place one minute after the notice you left him on his talk page. I'm afraid of violating the 3RR rule myself if I revert him again. Is there anything else that can be done now? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 13:34, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello NonsensicalSystem. Thanks for patrolling new pages – it's a very important task! I'm just letting you know, however, that there is consensus that we shouldn't tag pages as lacking context (CSD A1) and/or content (CSD A3) moments after they are created, as you did at Unawatuna College. It's usually best to wait at least 10–15 minutes for more content to be added if the page is very short, and the articles should not be marked as patrolled. Tagging such pages in a very short space of time may drive away well-meaning contributors, which is not good for Wikipedia. Attack pages (G10), patent nonsense (G1), copyright violations (G12) and pure vandalism/blatant hoaxes (G3) should of course still be tagged and deleted immediately. Thanks. Adam9007 (talk) 17:56, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
ok chris but nitesh also very good famous for wiki for example he have many action and i can tell u i coolect about him many data just i need ur help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niteshkhare1 (talk • contribs) 20:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm editing the West Windsor, NJ page. A section devoted to history previously did not reference the main source of learning about West Windsor's history - the Historical Society of West Windsor's online museum (very extensive; around 120 web pages). An external link at the bottom of the page would be difficult to see and easily glanced over; the best place to insert a link would be in the text body. Please advise about how to prevent link deletions.
@Paulligeti: Use standard references for citing, such as the {cite} template that should always be used. External links or only using ref tags are not allowed per WP:MOS and WP:CITE. This helps readability. I have converted the refs myself for now, but please comply with guidelines in the future. Thank you! NonsensicalSystem(err0r?)(.log)13:35, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia (as of half an hour ago) so does simply using the "citation" button in the Visual Editor option not applicable? I was using that. I was aware about the dispute about external links but not about citations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulligeti (talk • contribs) 13:39, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
@Paulligeti: That is used, however put the link URL into the 'automatic' section and that should automatically use the cite template correctly. Also, dont forget to use 4 tides (~) to sign your talk page messages to insert your username and the time it was written. Thank you! NonsensicalSystem(err0r?)(.log)13:43, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
Anything is all right, as long as it is there. My former accounts Harry Shuffle & D Gumms and one or two more ALL got blocked with t.p access removed for no other reason than someone not liking me. FTR I always "editorialise" a fraction when initially editing but it sets the framework for something constructive which others can come along and chop & change. I will be instrumental on Leeds-based articles and nobody is going to stop that unless they can prove I am "banned" or "nonconstructive". Thx. Scrapewell (talk) 16:05, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Borthwick Institute edit
Hi! Thanks for the edit on the Borthwick Institute page. As you can probably tell I'm still pretty new to editing here but my boss asked me to update our wiki page a little as it was looking sparse. I will remember to put online resources at the end next time :)
Sysops will once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to interface administrators when that group was introduced.
Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a discretionary sanctions block and/or template.
New, simpler RfC to define trust levels for WikiLoop DoubleCheck
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Hello.
I used the external link in the main body because it was an option, and since there is no entry in wikipedia for this, I hyperlinked it to an external site.
I mean (and I say it in a very polite manner), why is there an option for external link in the main body if it is not allowed in general?
ElDot (talk) 14:44, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
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As a special recognition and thank you DannyS712 has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.
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By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorizedfor 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).
A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
A request for comment asks if sysops may place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with 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.
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Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.
Technical news
When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)
The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.
Arbitration
The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.
I think that Shein (the retail company) must have its own page
@Pulimento: You are welcome to help develop a page on Shein, by creating a draft and put it thorugh AfC, however you may not replace the content of articles. Making drafts is an easier way of creating an article for a new editor such as yourself, as it allows more experienced editors to check them for issues before they are added. NonsensicalSystem(error?)(.log)14:06, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Neath RFC under the Organisation and Finance
Hi there,
I work for the current owners of Neath RFC and they have asked for the legal and financial information relating to Neath RFC under the Organisation and Finance section to be removed. It compromises ongoing activities by the organization and is commercially sensitive. Is there a way we can limit the information?
Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.
