User talk:MPGuy2824/Archive 8

Page contents not supported in other languages.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Signpost: 20 November 2023

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:43, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-47

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [1][2]
  • Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Quechua Wikipedia, Romansh Wikipedia, Romani Wikipedia, Rundi Wikipedia, Aromanian Wikipedia, Tarandíne Wikipedia, Rusyn Wikipedia, Kinyarwanda Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikipedia, Sakha Wikipedia, Santali Wikipedia, Sardinian Wikipedia, Sicilian Wikipedia, Scots Wikipedia, Sindhi Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Sango Wikipedia, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, Sinhala Wikipedia, Slovak Wikipedia, Slovenian Wikipedia, Samoan Wikipedia, Somali Wikipedia, Albanian Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, Swati Wikipedia, Southern Sotho Wikipedia, Saterland Frisian Wikipedia, Sundanese Wikipedia, Silesian Wikipedia, Tamil Wikipedia, Tulu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Tetum Wikipedia, Tajik Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkmen Wikipedia, Tagalog Wikipedia, Tswana Wikipedia, Tongan Wikipedia, Tok Pisin Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Tsonga Wikipedia, Tatar Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Tahitian Wikipedia, Tuvinian Wikipedia, Udmurt Wikipedia, Uyghur Wikipedia, Uzbek Wikipedia, Venda Wikipedia, Venetian Wikipedia, Veps Wikipedia, West Flemish Wikipedia, Volapük Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [3][4][5]
  • The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more. [6]

Future changes

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

MediaWiki message delivery 00:53, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Need Merge Request,

Hi

K. Karthikeyan to Vasantham Karthikeyan - IJohnKennady (talk
) 16:20, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

I agree that they seem to be about the same person. Would you want to try a merge yourself? Read
WP:MERGETEXT and see if you face any issues. I'll help if you get stuck on any point. -MPGuy2824 (talk
) 02:37, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
Can you check, is this correct,
K. Karthikeyan - IJohnKennady (talk
) 07:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
Hey, since you were the only major contributor to that page, and it is fairly obvious that they are the same person, there is no particular need for a merge discussion. You can just straightaway proceed to Wikipedia:Merging#How to merge. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:56, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
Now Check, this is the correct way - IJohnKennady (talk) 16:22, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
checkY The edit summary should have been "Merged content to Vasantham Karthikeyan", but the rest is ok. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:18, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-48

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [7][8]
  • MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow async/await syntax in gadgets and user scripts. Gadget authors should remember that users' browsers may not support it, so it should be used appropriately. [9]
  • The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

MediaWiki message delivery 23:06, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the

2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users
are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The

topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy
describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review

NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk
) 01:00, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Diplomatic missions in Cameroon

A tag has been placed on

section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion
.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 12:05, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

@Explicit: I guess the articles in it were deleted since then. I won't be contesting this, assuming the last article in it is deleted per the AfD. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:22, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Mizoram MLAs 2023–2028

A tag has been placed on

section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion
.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 05:20, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

The results for 2023 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election are being counted today. I've added one winner to the category, and I'm sure more will be added by today and tomorrow. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:26, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 December 2023

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:09, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-49

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 spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [10]
  • The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit {{DEFAULTSORT:...}} keywords. [11]

Changes later this week

Future changes

Events

  • Registration & Scholarship applications are now open for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 that will take place from 3–5 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Scholarship applications are open until 5 January 2024.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

MediaWiki message delivery 23:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-50

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 Wikimedia Commons, there are some minor user-interface improvements for the "choosing own vs not own work" step in the UploadWizard. This is part of the Structured Content team's project of improving UploadWizard on Commons. [15][16]

Problems

  • There was a problem showing the Newcomer homepage feature with the "impact module" and their page-view graphs, for a few days in early December. This has now been fixed. [17][18]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar). [19][20]

Future changes

  • The 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 5 January 2024, and has an associated privacy statement.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

MediaWiki message delivery 02:10, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Maillardville-Coquitlam

Hello MPGuy2824. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of

WP:REDIRECT to Maillardville-Coquitlam Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:22, 13 December 2023 (UTC) . Thank you. Shirt58 (talk
) 🦘 10:22, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@Shirt58: I don't know the answer to your question. I was stub sorting and stumbled across this article, and just fixed the layout. GoingBatty (talk) 18:50, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Diplomatic missions in Cameroon

A tag has been placed on

section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion
.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 22:50, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

There is a mop reserved in your name

You are a remarkable editor in many ways. You would be a good administrator, in my opinion, and appear to be well qualified. You personify an administrator without tools and have gained my support already!

Hello MPGuy2824, I'd appreciate it if you considered running for RFA. Your contributions are truly valued, and I'm certain many respected administrators would support you with a strong nomination. You have all the qualities needed to excel as an admin. – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:45, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

I'd support! 87k edits, 27k edits this year, and a GA. I think the rest of the community would support too. Let me know if you'd like a nomination :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 21:10, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
I legitimately swore to God you were an admin. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 21:17, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
I'd support the hell out of this. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:35, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
+1 ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:11, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
+1(x100) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (he|she|they) 14:19, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words and support, folks. I have not (seriously) considered a bid for admin rights yet. My off-wiki life is in a lot of flux right now, so an RFA in the near-term is out of the question, even if I felt ready for it. But, I think that I could be ready for one of those optional RFA polls in 6 months time. I might ping some of you for advice on what to read up on in the meantime. Thanks again. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:45, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Late to the party, but a +1 from me. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 21:08, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-51

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News

  • The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 8 January 2024 because of the holidays.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 December. It will be on all wikis from 21 December (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [21][22]
  • Starting December 18, it won't be possible to activate Structured Discussions on a user's own talk page using the Beta feature. The Beta feature option remains available for users who want to deactivate Structured Discussions. This is part of Structured Discussions' deprecation work. [23]
  • There will be full support for redirects in the Module namespace. The "Move Page" feature will leave an appropriate redirect behind, and such redirects will be appropriately recognized by the software (e.g. hidden from Special:UnconnectedPages). There will also be support for manual redirects. [24]

Future changes

  • The MediaWiki JavaScript documentation is moving to a new format. During the move, you can read the old docs using version 1.41. Feedback about the new site is welcome on the project talk page.
  • The Wishathon is a new initiative that encourages collaboration across the Wikimedia community to develop solutions for wishes collected through the Community Wishlist Survey. The first community Wishathon will take place from 15–17 March. If you are interested in a project proposal as a user, developer, designer, or product lead, you can register for the event and read more.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

MediaWiki message delivery 16:16, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Shaik

If there is a page for Sheik, why should there not be a page for Shaik? --Jax 0677 (talk) 13:07, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

They are the same name but with different spellings in English. I think just one article should do, with the rest redirecting to it. Maybe you can incorporate the other spelling into the article more, since right now it is only mentioned in a single footnote. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:27, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol
| January 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
  • On 1 January 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
  • Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
  • Each review will earn 1 point.
  • Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
You're receiving this message because you are a new page patroller. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

"Shaik" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Shaik has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 20 § Shaik until a consensus is reached. Jax 0677 (talk) 15:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
hello Pediabestw (talk) 03:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
@
WP:TWA. Happy editing! Reply here if you have any questions. -MPGuy2824 (talk
) 04:11, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Request for review

Dear MPGuy2824, Hello, Can you mark these article as reviewed!😊~~ αvírαm|(tαlk)

Sitaram Verma Ved Prakash Gupta Paltu Ram Gopal Sharma (politician) Satish Chandra Sharma (politician) Dharmraj Singh Yadav

@Aviram7:  Done It looks like another reviewer (DreamRimmer) already took care of them. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy Christmas

Merry Christmas, MPGuy2824

or whatever else you may celebrate at this time of year.

Thank you for all your work on Wikipedia throughout the year

and may 2024 prove to be a happy and successful year for you and your family

Josey Wales Parley 22:06, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

@Joseywales1961: Thanks. Happy holidays to you and yours as well. Willow is cute! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 December 2023

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:58, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas, MPGuy2824!
Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 14:50, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Onel5969 TT me 14:50, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

OneL, Thank you and happy holidays to you too! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:03, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

NPPTech graphs licensing

Hello MPGuy2824, I hope you are doing well. I'm facing an issue updating the NPP talk header graph since Commons has introduced more licensing options. Could you please assist me in selecting the appropriate license option when uploading graphs on Commons? As one of the maintainers of the NPP Tech tool, you might have licensing information about graphs generated via NPPTech tool. Thanks! – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:49, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Hey Dream, all good here. Hope you are doing fine as well. Regarding your problem: It isn't obvious to me what change has been done to commons, but you don't need to upload there. You can upload directly on the English Wikipedia via this form. I think if you choose "free work > from a free published source", then add the npptech url as the source in the file page, it should be enough. If you think it might be helpful, i could add a CC image somewhere on the graph page in npptech. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm doing great. It's enough for me, but including a CC image would be helpful for others in the future, allowing them to upload graphs without hesitation. Thanks. – DreamRimmer (talk) 05:00, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 Done -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:11, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello MPGuy2824, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024.
Happy editing,
Thilsebatti (talk) 07:55, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Thilsebatti (talk) 07:55, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy holidays, and a happy 2024 to you too! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 26

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Karauli Assembly constituency, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Darshan Singh.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:01, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

 Fixed -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:03, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Bytexin (05:49, 27 December 2023)

Hey! Sir --Bytexin (talk) 05:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

@
WP:TWA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk
) 05:52, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from FishyGuy77 (19:49, 27 December 2023)

Hello there! I just wanted to ask you how hard it is to expand on a short article. --FishyGuy77 (talk) 19:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

@FishyGuy77: Welcome to Wikipedia. Ease of expanding a stub article: It depends on the subject and what sort of sources you are able to find about that subject. e.g. for a random small village somewhere in the world, you might never be able to expand it more than a few sentences. What article were you hoping to expand? I'd be happy to do a basic search and tell you if it is worth spending your time on. Alternatively, if you indicate a couple of your interests (geographic or subject), then I could tell you where you might find articles that desperately need expansion. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:42, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Keshavonly (07:57, 28 December 2023)

Can i earn money for editing or publish own blog --Keshavonly (talk) 07:57, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

@
WP:DISCLOSEPAY. Hope you'll still stick around! -MPGuy2824 (talk
) 08:06, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Toronto South (federal electoral dist

Hello MPGuy2824,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Toronto South (federal electoral dist for deletion, because it's a redirect that seems implausible or is an unlikely search term.

If you don't want Toronto South (federal electoral dist to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

-MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:16, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 23

New year, new scripts. Welcome to the 23rd issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering around 39% of our favorite new and updated user scripts since 24 December 2021. That’s right, we haven’t published in two years! Can you believe it? Did you miss us?

Scripts Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!

Featured script Featured script

":0" and ":418"
.

Updated scripts Updated scripts

Holy RefRenamer
Screenshot of RefRenamer, a user script that assists in replacing non-descriptive reference names


Scripts++ Newsletter
Scripts++ Newsletter

Improve a script

Pending requests Requested scripts

New scripts New scripts

Due to budget and procrastination limitations, we've only had time to review the first ~39% of the scripts since last issue. Help us out here! Aaron Liu (talk) 13:24, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Btsbangla (10:39, 29 December 2023)

Hello Sir --Btsbangla (talk) 10:39, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

@Btsbangla: Welcome to Wikipedia. Please read the sections on your talk page related to conflict of interest and follow the instructions there. I'm happy to help if you have any questions. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:50, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year 2024

Wishing you a joyful and successful New Year! Your guidance and support have been invaluable. May this year bring you happiness, fulfillment, and countless achievements. Happy New Year, dear tutor! – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

And a happy new year to you too! Lots of first for you in 2023. Hopefully many good ones for you in 2024 too. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:53, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
(: – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:24, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Couthino (05:59, 2 January 2024)

How do I edit --Couthino (talk) 05:59, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

@
WP:TWA first, to get the hang of things. -MPGuy2824 (talk
) 06:03, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from LUKELI1234 (09:50, 3 January 2024)

Hello! I recently created a draft with the title Angela Liu, how will I find that? --LUKELI1234 (talk) 09:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@LUKELI1234: Welcome to Wikipedia. I don't think that you used this account to create that draft. Can you remember what account you used at that time? Maybe looking at your email inbox would help, as there would be a message from wikipedia for that account. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 10:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I think I only created one LUKELI1234 (talk) 11:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
All your user contributions can be seen at Special:Contributions/LUKELI1234. As of now, they only consist of 2 edits, both to my talk page. I don't think your draft was saved properly. Sorry about that. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:21, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi MPGuy :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:38, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

The questions require some thought and some research :-). I'll get to them though. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gankbank789 (07:41, 7 January 2024)

Hello! I was working on an article about the Battle of Schollshalde and I wanted to add some notes but could not figure out how. How would I add notes (footnotes) to an article? Thanks! --Gankbank789 (talk) 07:41, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

@
WP:REFB. I've watchlisted Battle of Schosshalde, so if you make a mistake, I'll try to fix it. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk
) 08:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gankbank789 (02:53, 8 January 2024)

Hello! Sorry if I'm bugging you with all these questions. I recently created a new article on Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370) and I received a notification saying that someone "reviewed" it. What does that mean? Thanks! --Gankbank789 (talk) 02:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@Gankbank789: Sorry if I'm bugging you with all these questions Hey, no problem. That's what this is for. Now on to your question: Reviewing is done by New page patrollers. Brand new articles aren't allowed to be indexed by search engines, until someone reviews it and finds it acceptable (e.g. not spam, not in a different language, is notable). Since this has now been reviewed, it is available as a google search result. Nice work, btw. Please categorize the article when you can. I'll add a tag to the article to remind you (or anyone else) to fix this problem. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
Okay, thank you! When I get on my computer again I'll try to categorize it. Gankbank789 (talk) 04:21, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Cabinets established in 2024

A tag has been placed on

section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion
.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 14:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-02

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

  • mediawiki2latex is a tool that converts wiki content into the formats of LaTeX, PDF, ODT, and EPUB. The code now runs many times faster due to recent improvements. There is also an optional Docker container you can install on your local machine.
  • The way that Random pages are selected has been updated. This will slowly reduce the problem of some pages having a lower chance of appearing. [25]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 January. It will be on all wikis from 11 January (calendar). [26][27]

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

MediaWiki message delivery 01:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Cabinets established in 2024

A tag has been placed on

section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion
.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 08:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from YourLvx (17:26, 9 January 2024)

Hi, can I ask you how I can create a new page on Wikipedia?? --YourLvx (talk) 17:26, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@YourLvx: Welcome to Wikipedia. Looking at your contributions, it looks like you want to create an article for an artist called Mandy Rose. I've moved your contributions to your sandbox. Please find some reliable sources that talk about Mandy in-depth and add them to the sandbox. We can continue on from there. I've messaged your talk page with a bunch of links. Read through them when you get the time. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:26, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

NPP Awards for 2023

The New Page Reviewer's Silver Award

For over 2,000 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:54, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
Redirect Ninja Award
For all your hard work in 2023! Thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 03:10, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from C.Dubois.Olmsted (01:14, 11 January 2024)

I am Coert Dubois Olmsted, the only son of Frederick Olmsted which is the complete and only name of the individual described in the wiki page for "Frederick E. Olmsted Jr". I have official copies of CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH for myself and my father from the STATE OF CALIFORNIA CERTIFICATION OF VITAL RECORD COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

I attempted to edit said wiki page but was rejected as a suspect vandal. How should I proceed in order to correct this crucial error in the wiki page. Sincerely not a vandal, Coert Olmsted (907) 888-8166 --C.Dubois.Olmsted (talk) 01:14, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

@
Frederick E. Olmsted Jr.
article here.
I attempted to edit said wiki page but was rejected as a suspect vandal When? I don't see any such attempts on the history of that article in the past 12 months.
How should I proceed in order to correct this crucial error in the wiki page I tried to search for the word "Erskine" in all the references provided in the article. The only hit was to the subject's father's name. I have started a discussion on the relevant
talk page. Please click "subscribe" on that discussion to be informed of any replies. -MPGuy2824 (talk
) 08:24, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you! (Hope I do this right!)

The New Page Patroller's Barnstar

It's always a sight for sore eyes to see you in my watchlist! Thanks for your contributions! 
This was my first barnstar, so i hope i did this right! ~eticangaaa (talk) 07:59, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
Hehe, thanks. BTW, now i'm curious: what sort of stuff is on your watchlist? No need of specific articles just the general subject/geography. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
Never mind. Figured it out. Turkish politicians seems to be the intersection of our Venn diagrams. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:03, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
heh yeah i just watchlist a lot of stuff relating to Turkey, less crucial politicians are one of them, i guess :p ~eticangaaa (talk) 09:05, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from OlalekanA (11:42, 11 January 2024)

I, how can I submit an article? --OlalekanA (talk) 11:42, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

WP:AFC should help! ~eticangaaa (talk
) 13:48, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
@
WP:TWA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk
) 05:31, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 January 2024

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:49, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Need help for extracting wiki tables

Hi MPGuy2824 i need your help for extracting tables from wikipedia check this link. When i try to pull the data. the output like

1 Akkalkuwa (ST) Adv. K. C. Padavi Indian National Congress

But i want like below

1 [[Akkalkuwa Assembly constituency|Akkalkuwa]] (ST) Adv. [[Kagda Chandya Padvi|K. C. Padavi]] [[Indian National Congress]]

Note: Whatever data have Wikipedia pages and this tag "[[ ]]"

i was tried these tools

IJohnKennady (talk) 05:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Can I ask what you are planning to do? Maybe there is another way to do that without encountering this issue. In any case, can you try copying the table to your sandbox, and then using the visual editor to remove the columns that you aren't interested in? -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:10, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
No, I just wants to copy and save in my Desktop IJohnKennady (talk) 07:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
I can only think about messy ways of doing this using the tag. Kinda like what you've done in the second table in this discussion. You can use the search-and-replace function of your favourite text editor to add the nowiki tags. Hope that helps. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:23, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
MPGuy2824 Find and replace its very difficult, for e-g the code have rowspan, br, colspan, bgcolors etc., IJohnKennady (talk) 05:27, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-03

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

  • Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. [28]
  • Gadgets and personal user scripts may now use JavaScript syntax introduced in ES6 (also known as "ES2015") and ES7 ("ES2016"). MediaWiki validates the source code to protect other site functionality from syntax errors, and to ensure scripts are valid in all supported browsers. Previously, Gadgets could use the requiresES6 option. This option is no longer needed and will be removed in the future. [29]
  • Bot passwords and owner-only OAuth consumers can now be restricted to allow editing only specific pages. [30]
  • You can now thank edits made by bots. [31]
  • An update on the status of the Community Wishlist Survey for 2024 has been published. Please read and give your feedback.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 January. It will be on all wikis from 18 January (calendar). [32][33]
  • Starting on January 17, it will not be possible to login to Wikimedia wikis from some specific old versions of the Chrome browser (versions 51–66, released between 2016 and 2018). Additionally, users of iOS 12, or Safari on Mac OS 10.14, may need to login to each wiki separately. [34]
  • The jquery.cookie module was deprecated and replaced with the mediawiki.cookie module last year. A script has now been run to replace any remaining uses, and this week the temporary alias will be removed. [35]

Future changes

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

MediaWiki message delivery 00:11, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez on Monetary base (02:42, 20 January 2024)

Hl ¿como puedo monetizar mis videos de YouTube ? --Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez (talk) 02:43, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

@Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez: Hi! I have no experience with monetizing YouTube videos, but this seems to be a relevant link to start from. I've also left you a message on your talk page. Happy editing!-MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Entertainment

Akomolafe Gbenga Adedayo know as Gmoney Nation Gmoney Splash Music (talk) 08:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MPGuy2824/Archive_8&oldid=1208580815"