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September 2020 Casemate edit to fix a typo to improve readability
>September 2020
Information icon Hello, I'm Synoman Barris. An edit that you recently made to Casemate seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want to practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Megan☺️ Talk to the monster 15:48, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
What?! What film?! It is a computer in the first place, and second it's not me who had made that statement about being poorly received: it was there since the beginning! Don't you understand, that i've removed a statement and not added?! There was a statement about the computer was compared to Darth Vader's helmet, but for 12 years, nobody backed that claim up with any source! That's i've removed it! And just for the record, your bot is erroneous! Now, that i've left the "citation needed" label there, your bot did not reversed my edit! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.143.5.129 (talk) 20:07, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
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Overall you did good work, but I want to draw your attention to one article where I think you may have been insufficiently thorough, Stepanakert pogrom. While I think you were right to ultimately accept the article, there are some lurid claims, such as the claim that Armenians were poisoning wells and raping students, which are sourced solely to likely-partisan sources (in this specific case, [1]) that cannot be taken at face value. These claims should be marked with {{better source needed}} at a minimum. If you're in a situation like this, where the topic is likely to be contentious and you lack the language proficiencies or topic familiarity to be a thorough judge, you should consider tagging the article as a whole with {{expert needed}} and explain your position on the talk page. While it's not terribly effective at drawing attention from relevant experts, it will advise editors and readers to proceed with caution when reading the article. signed, Rosguilltalk19:12, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
I was wondering why https://driesdepoorter.be can't be in the internet artist list?
He is a well known internet artist, that fits in the wikipedia encyclopedia.
Alvin kipchumba, Hello, thanks for reaching out. Well for a long time I have been looking for someone else prolific in the Swahili language. I agree that there is also a lot of things to do I.e cleanup especially with translating some templates there and removing non-Swahili words. I have studied the language having lived in the country during my early years and I know the language at a professional level. I guess we will be able to help each other out over there to avoid the project from being closed. Cheers Megan☺️Talk to the monster06:51, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
Why is it an issue to add local knowledge to a page? I am a resident in the village and member of numerous village organisations. The information is relevant to the culture and Community of the village as well as being useful information for those who may wish to visit. Friendsofconduitstreet (talk) 14:24, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Your last comment seemed to indicate that a new section would be forthcoming but no such section exists? Unless Wikipedia has broken on my end again. AsarteaTalk|Contribs14:45, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I have done the four question there but that last one of (requesting for one protection of page) that one would take a long time, may be if we can continue with the next one. 'respect' (F5pillar---/ 'Messager🖋📩) 06:57, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I changed the external link of an organisation (research group), because it now has a new website.
I am a leading member of this research group, so I know that the new one is more relevant.
The old website was wept online for historical reasons, but links to the new one anyway.
Anyway, I do not see how this change contradicts with the guidelines about links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hadry (talk • contribs) 10:44, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Hadry, Hello, when making such changes to a website, it’s always better to use an edit summary, that why I undid your edit with an edit summary “possible spam?”. If that’s the official website then it’s allowed and feel free to re-add it. Cheers Megan☺️Talk to the monster10:47, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I was looking through the exam when I noticed that it uses the term "edit filter" multiple times. Did you mention this during the course as I'm not sure what it is? Also am I meant to make only one of the exams or both? AsarteaTalk|Contribs16:35, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your fast response. I had already edited the content to be more neutral, but wanted to be clear about comments on primary and secondary sources.
So, citing of patents is OK?
My secondary sources are solid, and the only problem with the page is neutral point of view?
Hello master, hope all days are good. This page Banco Inter in Brazil language wiki, I would like it to be translated to English in enwiki as Banco Inter S.A, I see at your userpage you have the wiki translation rights, don't know if could help. 'respect' (F5pillar---/ 'Messager🖋📩) 19:37, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Empire AS Hello, sorry for late reply but I don’t think I have the mental capacity nor sufficient time to take you through CVUA at this moment, you are a promising candidate so I’ll advice you try other trainers on the CVUA page. Cheers Megan☺️Talk to the monster20:51, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
I wouldn't force you to for this. I was already being trained by PG2, but they are missing since September and my training has been stopped. Thank you. Empire ASTalk!06:56, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
Adem Kastrati
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for the Adem Kastrati page, I thought it was deleted, I am glad that it is a draft so that at least the world is informed about the life of the painter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shkupi Kumanova 1234 (talk • contribs) 13:10, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
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User:Ahecht/Scripts/pageswap - version 1.4 fixes reading destination from form field if destination is not in article namespace, and fixes self redirects.
Wikipedia:XFDcloser - version 4 brings a new user interface for dialogs, some preferences for customising XFDcloser, major behind-the-scenes coding changes, and resolves various issues raised on the talkpage. Also, since version 3.16.6 non-admin soft delete closure have been allowed at TfD.
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Thank you for supporting Project WikiLoop! The year 2020 was an unprecedented one. It was unusual for almost everyone. In spite of this, Project WikiLoop continued the hard work and made some progress that we are proud to share with you. We also wanted to extend a big thank you for your support, advice, contributions and love that make all this possible.
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FoldArchives collapses archived talk page threads in order to reduce screen space
GoToTitle converts the page title into an input field for navigating to other pages
UserHighlighter adds highlighting to links to the userpages, talk pages, and contributions of administrators and other user groups as well as tooltips to indicate which groups a user is in
filterDiff: Adds a "Show changes" button to the filter editor.
filterNotes: Parses filter notes as wikitext (so links are clickable), and signs and dates new comments for you.
filterTest: Adds a "Test changes" button. Opens Special:AbuseFilter/test with what's currently in the edit form, not with what's saved in the database, so you don't have to copy-paste your changes.
Twinkle has a number of improvements, including that most watchlist defaults now make use of the new temporary watchlist feature. Other changes include rollbacks treating consecutive IPv6 editors in the same /64 range as the same user, adding a preview for shared IP tagging, a preference for watching users after CSD notification, and for sysops, the ability to block the /64 and link to a WP:RfPP request, and new copyright blocks default to indefinite.
Wikipedia:Shortdesc helper now v3.4.17, changes include minor fixes and preventing edits that don't change the description.
Joeytje50's JWB now version 4.1.0, includes the ability to generate page lists from the search tool, major updates to the handling of regular expressions, the storing of user settings, the addition of upload protection, and an option to skip pages that belong to a specific category, among other changes. See User:Joeytje50/JWB/Changelog for a full list of recent changes.
Wikipedia:User scripts/List has been revamped to make it easier to find scripts suited for your needs. If you know of a cool script that is missing on the list, or a script on the list that is no longer working, please edit the list or let us know on the talk page.
My apologies for this long-overdue issue, and if I missed any scripts. Hopefully going forward we can go back to monthly releases - any help would be appreciated. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 13:04, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive
Hello Synoman Barris:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.
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There is currently a backlog of over 1800 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!
Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
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Feedback request: Politics, government, and law request for comment
Greetings — I hope you are doing your best. I noticed that you are a trainer at Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit and It would be my honor if you also teach me because I always try my best to revert obvious Vandalism but unfortunately I made a mistake and got called out on my talk. If you are interested in teaching kindly let mw know. Thanks:)) GeneralIntrovert (talk) 09:11, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, the edits I have made on Shawn Slovo’s page a verified by reality, I am her neighbor of 3 years and walk with her and her dog Pablo every Sunday morni g Eve Litvine (talk) 17:39, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
I noticed your recent anti-vandalism work, you've been busy. It's often a thankless task, I wanted you to know that it's appreciated. Ifnord (talk) 16:17, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello everyone, and welcome to the 22nd issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter. This issue will be covering new and updated user scripts from the past seven months (June through December 2021).
Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!
Featured script
LuckyRename, by Alexis Jazz, is this month's featured script. LuckyRename makes requesting file moves easier, and automates the many steps in file moving (including automatic replacement of existing usage). Give it a shot!
Updated scripts
SD0001: hide-reverted-edits has been updated to take into account changes in reversion tools like Twinkle and RedWarn.
ClaudineChionh: SkinSwitcher (a fork and update of Eizen's script) provides an options menu/toolbox/toolbar allowing users to view a given page in MediaWiki's default skins.
Wikipedia:User scripts/Ranking is a sortable table of Wikipedia's thousand-or-so most commonly used scripts; it includes their author, last modification date, installation count, and sometimes a short description.
Toolhub is a community managed catalog of software tools used in the Wikimedia movement. Technical volunteers can use Toolhub to document the tools that they create or maintain. All Wikimedians can use Toolhub to search for tools to help with their workflows and to create lists of useful tools to share with others.
draft-sorter sorts AfC drafts by adding WikiProject banners to their talk pages. It supersedes User:Enterprisey/draft-sorter, adding a few features and fixing some bugs.
BooksToSfn adds a portlet link in Visual Editor's source mode editing, in main namespace articles or in the user's Sandbox. When clicked, it converts one {{cite book}} inside a <ref>...</ref> tag block into an {{Sfn}}.
diffedit enables editing directly from viewing a diff "when, for instance, you notice a tiny mistake deep into an article, and don't want to edit the entire article and re-find that one line to fix that tiny mistake".
warnOnLargeFile warns you if you're about to open a very large file (width/height >10,000px or file size >100 MB) from a file page.
QuickDiff (by OneTwoThreeFall at Fandom) lets you quickly view any diff link on a wiki, whether on Recent Changes, contribs pages, history pages, the diff view itself, or elsewhere. For more information, view its page on Fandom.
talkback creates links after user talk page links like this: |C|TB (with the first linking to the user's contributions, and the latter giving the option of sending a {{talkback}} notice). It also adds a [copy] link next to section headers.
diff-link shows "copy" links on history and contributions pages that copy an internal link to the diff (e.g., Special:Diff/1026402230) to your clipboard when clicked.
auto-watchlist-expiry automatically watchlists every page you edit for a user-definable duration (you can still pick a different time using the dropdown, though).
generate pings generates the wikitext needed to ping all members of a category, up to 50 editors (the limit defined by MediaWiki).
share ExpandTemplates url allows for easy sharing of your inputs to Special:ExpandTemplates. It adds a button that, when clicked, copies a shareable URL to your exact invocation of the page, like this. Other editors do not need to have this script installed in order to access the URL generated.
show tag names shows the real names of tags next to their display names in places such as page revision histories or the watchlist.
ColourContrib color-codes the user contributions page so that pages you've edited last are sharply distinguished from pages where another editor was the last to edit the page.
All in all, some very neat scripts were written in these last few months. Hoping to see many more in the next issue -- drop us a line on the talk page if you've been writing (or seeing) anything cool and good. Filling in for DannyS712, this has been jp×g. Take care, and merry Christmas! jp×g07:30, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
My edit was not test. I created one edit fixing an error in the page (it was inconsistent with the cited reference book). However I forgot to fill out the edit summary. So, following what was listed on Wikipedia's documentation on how to fix edit summaries, I created a dummy edit that included why the change was made.
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