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Hello. Saw you edited the page. This seems an obviously mainspace worthy article by, an editor who hasn't edited for a few months. Artworks are usually deemed notable with only one museum source and this one, owned and exhibited by the U.S. House of Representatives, has such notability as well as the prominence carried by exhibition in the U.S. Congress. The draft reviews rejected it twice so I'm ready to just do a copy/paste bold move to mainspace with an explanatory note. Any ideas? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:47, 26 March 2024 (UTC)※
- I would do a move to preserve the history. It is clearly notable. But not really much written about it. Keith D (talk) 23:59, 26 March 2024 (UTC)※
- Thanks. Yes, clearly notable as the U.S. Capitol's main painting of Lincoln. Have moved it and added it to the Capitol complex navbox as well. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:16, 27 March 2024 (UTC)※
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Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on XIV.
Tech News: 2024-14※
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Recent changes
- Users of the reading accessibility beta feature will notice that the default line height for the standard and large text options has changed. ※
Changes later this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be, on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 April. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 April. It will be on all wikis from 4 April (calendar). ※※
Future changes
- The Wikimedia Foundation has an annual plan. The annual plan decides what the Wikimedia Foundation will work on. You can now read the draft key results for the Product and Technology department. They are suggestions for what results the Foundation wants from big technical changes from July 2024 to June 2025. You can comment on the talk page.
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Leeds XIV meetup on Saturday 4th May※
Hello there! Interested in having chat with fellow Wikipedians? There's a meetup in Leeds on Saturday 4th May 2024, at the Tiled Hall Café at Leeds Central Library.
You're receiving this one-off message as you're either a member of WikiProject Yorkshire, you've expressed an interest in a previous Leeds meetup years ago, or (for about 4 of you), we've met :)
I plan to organise more in future, so if you'd like to be notified next time, please say so over on the meetup page.
Please also invite any Wikimedia people you know (or have had wiki dealings with) – spread the word! Hope to see you there.
20:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-15※
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Recent changes
- Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a XIV article. This is a small experiment to see if XIV can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window. Or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.- Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. ※※
- Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). ※※
- New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English XIV. ※
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12:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Mortars Erosion※
932621678902 41.113.182.115 (talk) 08:22, 11 April 2024 (UTC)※
Hi Keith, thank you for your edit. I'm new to wikipedia, could you explain to me what I'm messing up with my citations and how to fix it? Thank you! --Mcwillaa (talk) 21:44, 11 April 2024 (UTC)※
- @Mcwillaa: Hello, the problem was the format of a date in one of the references that had 2014-11, yyyy-nn, is not a valid format and needs converting to November 2014. See MOS:DATE for details on valid date formats.
- The other changes are general fixes that simplify the code. If you need to use a reference more than once you can name one instance by using <ref name="fred">, then for the other instances just use <ref name="fred" /> rather than fill in all the details again. Hope this helps. Keith D (talk) 22:10, 11 April 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-16※
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Problems
- Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. ※※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar). ※※
- Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). ※
- A new variable
page_last_edit_agewill be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. ※
Future changes
- Volunteer developers are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. Learn more.
Four database fields will be removed from database replicas (including Quarry). This affects only the abuse_filterandabuse_filter_historytables. Some queries might need to be updated. ※
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)※
Work/publisher※
Hi Keith. I see your edits popping up on my watchlist regularly and normally agree with them. But I'm not sure about this one. Is "BBC Sport" a work? I'd have used Template:cite web for this one, with the "publisher=" parameter rather than "work=". But this is my own interpretation and it's entirely possible I've missed a guideline somewhere. Genuine question. Dave.Dunford (talk) 11:52, 17 April 2024 (UTC)※
- I think there was some discussion at the football project on this, and they concluded it should be italics. I tend to use
|work=as it is easier to type, but probably should be|website=. Also as a news source it should use {{cite news}} though often has {{cite web}} by various cite completion tools. Citation bot changes things this way. Keith D (talk) 12:07, 17 April 2024 (UTC)※- Thanks – useful info. Dave.Dunford (talk) 12:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)※
April 2024※
Hello. I would like to let you know that I reverted your recent edit on First Turkic Khaganate as it did not appear constructive. If you think I made a mistake, please let me know on my talk page. Thank you for your patience. GOLDIEM J (talk) 17:39, 19 April 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-17※
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Starting this week, newcomers editing XIV will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. ※
- You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). ※※
Future changes
- This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French XIV. ※
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Tech News: 2024-18※
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani XIV, Bengali XIV, German XIV, Persian XIV, Hebrew XIV, Hindi XIV, Indonesian XIV, Korean XIV, Dutch XIV, Portuguese XIV, Romanian XIV, Thai XIV, Turkish XIV, Ukrainian XIV, Vietnamese XIV. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. ※
- Seven new wikis have been created:
- You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. ※
- Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.
Problems
- Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using
mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). ※※
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WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - May 2024※
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Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English XIV. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
WikiProject※
@Keith D: I would like to invite you to join Draft:WikiProject food and drink industry in England, the main article of this WikiProject is Food and drink industry in England. If you are interested in participating please add your name to the list of participants. ChefBear01 (talk) 07:37, 4 May 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-19※
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The appearance of talk pages changed for all wikis, except for Commons, Wikidata and most Wikipedias (a few have already received this design change). You can read the detail of the changes on Diff. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at remaining wikis in the coming weeks. ※※
- Interface admins now have greater control over the styling of article components on mobile with the introduction of the
SiteAdminHelper. More information on how styles can be disabled can be found at the extension's page. ※ - Wikimedia Enterprise has added article body sections in JSON format and a curated short description field to the existing parsed Infobox. This expansion to the API is also available via Wikimedia Cloud Services. ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 May. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 May. It will be on all wikis from 9 May (calendar). ※※
- When you look at the Special:Log page, the first view is labelled "All public logs", but it only shows some logs. This label will now say "Main public logs". ※
Future changes
- A new service will be built to replace Extension:Graph. Details can be found in the latest update regarding this extension.
- Starting May 21, English XIV and German XIV will get the possibility to activate "Add a link". This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to all Wikipedias. These communities can activate and configure the feature locally. ※
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MediaWiki message delivery 16:41, 6 May 2024 (UTC)※
Please check latest edit if that's OK
Thanks as always t 09:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Please check this Yorkshire - oriented page too - if you can. Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 11:38, 12 May 2024 (UTC) T Also please chec:※
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Tech News: 2024-20※
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- On Wikisource there is a special page listing pages of works without corresponding scan images. Now you can use the new magic word
__EXPECTWITHOUTSCANS__to exclude certain pages (list of editions or translations of works) from that list. ※ - If you use the user-preference "Show preview without reloading the page", then the template-page feature "Preview page with this template (what's this?)" will now also work without reloading the page. ※
- Kartographer maps can now specify an alternative text via the
alt=attribute. This is identical in usage to thealt=attribute in the image and gallery syntax. An exception for this feature is wikis like Wikivoyage where the miniature maps are interactive. ※ - The old Guided Tour for the "New Filters for Edit Review" feature has been removed. It was created in 2017 to show people with older accounts how the interface had changed, and has now been seen by most of the intended people. ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 May. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 May. It will be on all wikis from 16 May (calendar). ※※
- The Special:Search results page will now use CSS flex attributes, for better accessibility, instead of a table. If you have a gadget or script that adjusts search results, you should update your script to the new HTML structure. ※
Future changes
- In the Vector 2022 skin, main pages will be displayed at full width (like special pages). The goal is to keep the number of characters per line large enough. This is related to the coming changes to typography in Vector 2022. Learn more. ※
- Two columns of the
pagelinksdatabase table (pl_namespaceandpl_title) are being dropped soon. Users must use two columns of the newlinktargettable instead (lt_namespaceandlt_title). In your existing SQL queries:- Replace
JOIN pagelinkswithJOIN linktargetandpl_withlt_in theONstatement - Below that add
JOIN pagelinks ON lt_id = pl_target_id
- See phab:T222224 for technical reasoning. ※※
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:56, 13 May 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-21※
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. ※
- New changes have been made to the UploadWizard in Wikimedia Commons: the overall layout has been improved, by following new styling and spacing for the form and its fields; the headers and helper text for each of the fields was changed; the Caption field is now a required field, and there is an option for users to copy their caption into the media description. ※※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 May. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 May. It will be on all wikis from 23 May (calendar). ※※
- The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It will change on 22 May in some skins (Timeless, Modern, CologneBlue, Nostalgia, and Monobook). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in all other skins. The developers are also considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:02, 20 May 2024 (UTC)※
In appreciation※
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Tech News: 2024-22※
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Several bugs related to the latest updates to the UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons have been fixed. For more information, see T365107 and T365119.
- In March 2024 a new addPortlet API was added to allow gadgets to create new portlets (menus) in the skin. In certain skins this can be used to create dropdowns. Gadget developers are invited to try it and give feedback.
- Some CSS in the Minerva skin has been removed to enable easier community configuration. Interface editors should check the rendering on mobile devices for aspects related to the classes:
.collapsible,.multicol,.reflist,.coordinates,.topicon. Further details are available on replacement CSS if it is needed.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar). ※※
- When you visit a wiki where you don't yet have a local account, local rules such as edit filters can sometimes prevent your account from being created. Starting this week, MediaWiki takes your global rights into account when evaluating whether you can override such local rules. ※
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MediaWiki message delivery 00:13, 28 May 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-23※
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- It is now possible for local administrators to add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without JavaScript. Documentation is available. ※
- The message name for the definition of the tracking category of WikiHiero has changed from "
MediaWiki:Wikhiero-usage-tracking-category" to "MediaWiki:Wikihiero-usage-tracking-category". ※ - One new wiki has been created: a XIV in Kadazandusun (
w:dtp:) ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 June. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 June. It will be on all wikis from 6 June (calendar). ※※
Future changes
- Next week, on wikis with the Vector 2022 skin as the default, logged-out desktop users will be able to choose between different font sizes. The default font size will also be increased for them. This is to make Wikimedia projects easier to read. Learn more.
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MediaWiki message delivery 22:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)※
WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - June 2024※
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Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
Yorkshire Dales post-2016 Map※
Hi, @Keith D
I currently use "map Yorkshire_Dales_National_Park_UK_location_map" in infoboxes to show the location of a feature. This pre-dates the 2016 border changes. Do you know if there is an equivalent map available that shows the current boundaries? Cheers. ~ Langcliffe (talk) 12:56, 6 June 2024 (UTC)※
- @Langcliffe: I have not got any knowledge of a later revision of the map. Though that image was updated on 18 October 2016 by Rcsprinter123 (talk · contribs) with changes to west & north-west extents from the 2010 version. I would have expected it to be up to date unless there are changes since then. Keith D (talk) 13:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)※
- Thanks - I suspect I was confused! ~ Langcliffe (talk) 16:55, 6 June 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-24※
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- The software used to render SVG files has been updated to a new version, fixing many longstanding bugs in SVG rendering. ※
- The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It was changed last week in some skins (Vector legacy and Minerva). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in Vector-2022. The developers are still considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
- The HTML markup used for citations by Parsoid changed last week. In places where Parsoid previously added the
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Problems
- There was a bug with the Content Translation interface that caused the tools menus to appear in the wrong location. This has now been fixed. ※
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- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 June. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 June. It will be on all wikis from 13 June (calendar). ※※
- The new version of MediaWiki includes another change to the HTML markup used for citations: Parsoid will now generate a
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MediaWiki message delivery 20:18, 10 June 2024 (UTC)※
Uffington lincs※
Why have you changed incorrect facts, Lord Coutts resides in the village and is pro active a great figure raising thousands for charity. ive measured the distance from uffington to Stamford it’s 1.2 miles. Not 2 miles. 2A00:23C4:27CC:DE01:487:73C1:5F7A:F25F (talk) 18:14, 14 June 2024 (UTC)※
- Because there was no reference or page link to support the inclusion of Lord Coutts. Keith D (talk) 18:18, 14 June 2024 (UTC)※
Neil Sean※
I notice you marked Neil Sean as needing an image. There are two videos on his YouTube channel he's marked as Creative Commons, Carry On Babs ! and Neil Sean Meets Leslie Jordan. However, I'm not sure how much of the videos Sean is actually able to release under that license given that the first video contains significant non-free content and much of the second was quite clearly not taken by him. Is there anything usable in either video?--Launchballer 17:36, 16 June 2024 (UTC)※
- @Launchballer: Hello, do not think there is anything usable in either of them, as no real way to find out which bits are actually free use and which are copyright. But claim to be free. Keith D (talk) 22:40, 16 June 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-25※
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- People who attempt to add an external link in the visual editor will now receive immediate feedback if they attempt to link to a domain that a project has decided to block. Please see Edit check for more details. ※
- The new Community Configuration extension is available on Test XIV. This extension allows communities to customize specific features to meet their local needs. Currently only Growth features are configurable, but the extension will support other Community Configuration use cases in the future. ※※
- The dark mode beta feature is now available on category and help pages, as well as more special pages. There may be contrast issues. Please report bugs on the project talk page. ※
Problems
- Cloud Services tools were not available for 25 minutes last week. This was caused by a faulty hardware cable in the data center. ※
- Last week, styling updates were made to the Vector 2022 skin. This caused unforeseen issues with templates, hatnotes, and images. Changes to templates and hatnotes were reverted. Most issues with images were fixed. If you still see any, report them here. ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar). ※※
- Starting June 18, the Reference Edit Check will be deployed to a new set of Wikipedias. This feature is intended to help newcomers and to assist edit-patrollers by inviting people who are adding new content to a XIV article to add a citation when they do not do so themselves. During a test at 11 wikis, the number of citations added more than doubled when Reference Check was shown to people. Reference Check is community configurable. ※
- Mailing lists will be unavailable for roughly two hours on Tuesday 10:00–12:00 UTC. This is to enable migration to a new server and upgrade its software. ※
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)※
Tech News: 2024-26※
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- Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage. ※
- The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode. ※
Problems
- You can copy permanent links to talk page comments by clicking on a comment's timestamp. This feature did not always work when the topic title was very long and the link was used as a wikitext link. This has been fixed. Thanks to Lofhi for submitting the bug. ※
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-XIV wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar). ※※
- Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English XIV, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. ※
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MediaWiki message delivery 22:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)※
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Tech News: 2024-27※
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Recent changes
- Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of the top-requested community wishes, and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information in the latest Web team update. ※
- Logged-in users can now set global preferences for the text-size and dark-mode, thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis. ※
- If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use new CSS features and to send less code to all readers. ※※
- XIV Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily using Community Configuration. Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configure Growth features on their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months. ※
- Editors interested in language issues that are related to Unicode standards, can now discuss those topics at a new conversation space in MediaWiki.org. The Wikimedia Foundation is now a member of the Unicode Consortium, and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
- One new wiki has been created: a XIV in Mandailing (
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Problems
- Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team. ※
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:57, 1 July 2024 (UTC)※
RevDel request※
Hi,
I noticed you'd deleted a recent edit at "Jeremy Wright". Could you RevDel these defamatory edits too? Thanks. Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 13:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC)※
- @Jean-de-Nivelle: I have RevDel both of the items. It appears the one I deleted has been removed by an oversight edit as I cannot see that one. Keith D (talk) 16:20, 3 July 2024 (UTC)※
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Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
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Tech News: 2024-28※
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- At the Wikimedia Foundation a new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph with more secure, easy to use, and extensible Chart. You can subscribe to the newsletter to get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart.
- The CampaignEvents extension is now available on Meta-wiki, Igbo XIV, and Swahili XIV, and can be requested on your wiki. This extension helps in managing and making events more visible, giving Event organizers the ability to use tools like the Event registration tool. To learn more about the deployment status and how to request this extension for your wiki, visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-wiki.
- Editors using the iOS XIV app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to XIV.
- Thank you to all of the authors who have contributed to MediaWiki Core. As a result of these contributions, the percentage of authors contributing more than 5 patches has increased by 25% since last year, which helps ensure the sustainability of the platform for the Wikimedia projects.
Problems
- A problem with the color of the talkpage tabs always showing as blue, even for non-existent pages which should have been red, affecting the Vector 2022 skin, has been fixed.
Future changes
- The Trust and Safety Product team wants to introduce temporary accounts with as little disruption to tools and workflows as possible. Volunteer developers, including gadget and user-script maintainers, are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. The team has created documentation explaining how to do the update. Learn more.
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