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@Natg 19 I'm aware there's the new article, I was considering moving, however I read the consensus as to wait until the appointments have become more than just nominations. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 20:44, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
Although reading back many of those comments were multiple weeks old, so I'm not sure, I'll undo it and relist as it does need some fresh discussion to help figure out what to do. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 20:46, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
No problem, probably better to get some fresher thoughts because the majority of comments about waiting were a while ago and it would be good to check they still apply. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for following up here :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 20:56, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
You relisted this discussion, but I think (admittedly, I was involved) you should have closed it as not moved, since it appears that the nominator attempted to withdraw the nomination:
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Hi there, I am trying to create a page for my local rugby club and not sure how to start or which headings to begin with. Could you assist? --MrSirZA (talk) 12:21, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi Zippybonzo, I came across an article that was tagged as an orphan, but there was a link to it on a different page that said "See also [page that was tagged as an orphan]".
Is a "see also" link substantial enough for me to remove the orphan tag on this page? From what I read on orphaned articles, it was appropriate to remove it, but I just wanted to double check in case I've misunderstood. Thanks in advance for your help! --TheCoccomycesGang (talk) 02:15, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
Hey! I've been doing counter vandalism work for a few months, and saw you were available as a trainer in my time zone. I wanted to ask if there is anything I should know - I'm pretty comfy with most of the syllabus, but I wanted to add that I avoid touching talk pages for fear of doing it wrong! Thanks for your consideration. Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ14:13, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
@Cmrc23 what I’ll do is setup a page tonight where you can post your diffs for my review and post questions for me, and if I identify any issues with your counter-vandalism work I can follow up with you there. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 18:00, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Question from Scholar3083 (06:14, 20 December 2024)
Hi, thanks for guiding on Wikipedia. I wrote an article on Wikipedia almost 18 years back. It looks that editing/writing articles has changed completely since then. Can I write about schools in a particular area. --Scholar3083 (talk) 06:14, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the 26th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 1 August 2024. At press time, over 94% of the world has legally fallen prey to the merry celebrations of "Christmas", and so shall you soon. It's been a quiet 4 months, and we hope to see you with way more new scripts next year. Happy holidays! Aaron Liu (talk) 05:06, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
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Featured script
Very useful for changelist patrollers, DiffUndo, by Nardog, is this edition's featured script. Taking inspiration from WP:AutoWikiBrowser's double-click-to-undo feature, it adds an undo button to every line of every diff from "show changes", optimizing partial reverts with your favorite magic spell and nearly fulfilling m:Community Wishlist/Wishes/Partial revert undo.
Miscellaneous
Doğu/Adiutor, a recent WP:Twinkle/WP:RedWarn-like userscript that follows modern WMF UI design, is now an extension. However, its sole maintainer has left the project, which still awaits WMF mw:code stewardship (among some audits) to be installed on your favorite WMF wikis.
DannyS712, our former chief editor, has ascended to MediaWiki and the greener purpley pastures of PHP with commits creating Special:NamespaceInfo and the __EXPECTUNUSEDTEMPLATE__ magic word to exclude a template from Special:UnusedTemplates! I wonder if Wikipedia has a templaters' newsletter...
BilledMammal/Move+ needs updating to order list of pages handle lists of pages to move correctly regardless of the discussion's page, so that we may avoid repeating fiasco history.
Andrybak/Unsigned helper forks Anomie/unsignedhelper to add support for binary search, automatic edit summaries after generating the {{unsigned}} template, support for {{undated}}, and support for generating while syntax highlighting is on.
Polygnotus/Move+ updates BilledMammal's classic Move+ to add automattic watchlisting of all pages—except the target page(s)—changed while processing a move.
Welcome! I truly hope you can help me out. My Great Uncle Thomas Xenakis is on Wikipedia he was in the first modern Olympics in 1898 in Greece. I would like to add a photo of him, plus pho of his medal. I am not good at editing. If I can send you the photos, can you do it? It would be so appreciated. Thank you in advance. Yiayia42 (talk) 09:25, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
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Technical news
The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.
