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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2015

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 8, No. 2 — 2nd Quarter, 2015
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:19, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 01 July 2015

I am new to wikipedia and have joined to try and update the page of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed who is now the UN Special Envoy for Yemen. Grateful if you could advise how this can be done in respect of copyright laws. Dub2002 (talk) 13:37, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

--Dub2002 (talk) 13:37, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RFC/N discussion of the username "NotAnOmbudsman"

A request for comment has been filed concerning the username of NotAnOmbudsman (talk · contribs). You are invited to comment on the discussion here. — JJMC89 (T·E·C) 01:33, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Tech News: 2015-28

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 the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [1]

Problems

  • The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [2]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
  • The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [3] [4]
  • You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [5]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 7 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:13, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2015)

Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam. Pictured is the Masjid al-Haram during Hajj, 2007.
Hello, K6ka.

The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections:

Previous selections: Party • Fat • Nightlife

Get involved with the TAFI project! You can...
Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 18:00, 6 July 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

Qrator article

Hello K6ka,

Thanks for the welcome! I have just submitted a draft for the Qrator article i've written. According to the editorial community of Wikipedia on #IRC, my article agrees to the guidelines and formatting of Wikipedia, so I hope the draft is good. I did not sign the draft. I didn't know if I had to do that. Let me know if you think I should change anything. I look forward to hearing from you :)

Thanks.

Jasoniliou (talk) 13:31, 7 July 2015 (UTC)Jasoniliou[reply]

Hey Jasoniliou. I ran your draft through reFill (automatically fills in citations) and AutoEd (cleans up wiki markup), hopefully that helps!
And no, you don't need to sign your draft (and you should definitely not sign it once it gets moved to the article namespace!), since the page history automatically credits you with each edit you make, so you don't need to worry about being left in the dark ;) --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 13:50, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Hey K6ka. Thank you very much for this. Do you think it will get approved? I put a lot of time into it. Do I just wait now? Jasoniliou (talk) 13:54, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[[User:Jasoniliou|[reply]
@Jasoniliou: Yes, you'll just have to wait for someone to review your draft. Please be patient, since the system is very heavily backlogged (1K+!), so it may take some time for your submission to be reviewed. Don't be discouraged if it does not get approved. We've all failed at one point in our lives.
In the meantime, feel free to go over your article again, and if it helps, read your article out aloud. Things sound different when you read them out loud instead of silently in your head, and you will often find many errors and mistakes or things that could be rewritten this way. Good luck! --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 14:17, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Today's articles for improvement weekly vote

  • Hello K6ka:
This week's voting for TAFI's upcoming weekly collaborations has begun at Week 31 of 2015. Thanks for participating!
Sent by Northamerica1000 using mass messaging on 09:16, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 08 July 2015

Today's articles for improvement weekly vote

  • Hello K6ka:
This week's voting for TAFI's upcoming weekly collaborations has begun at Week 32 of 2015. Thanks for participating!
Sent by Northamerica1000 using mass messaging on 12:31, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2015)

Hello, K6ka.

The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections:

Previous selections: Holiest sites in Islam • Party • Fat

Get involved with the TAFI project! You can...
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Tech News: 2015-29

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

Problems

  • There was a problem with editing on Thursday. Some tools like bots and VisualEditor were broken on all wikis for 10 minutes. [7]
  • There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [8]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 15. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 16 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join a technical meeting at Wikimania in Mexico City this week. [9]

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15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Missee Harris

You probably did not mean to restore this revision: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Misee_Harris&oldid=671407206 ? Pinkbeast (talk) 17:51, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Pinkbeast: No, it's nothing really special. Occasionally vandal fighters may revert a user and unknowingly revert the article to a revision made by another vandal. It's happened to me many times before, and I wound up in your situation several times as well, when I saw things the initial reverter didn't see (This is often due to a limitation of the tools used, since I was using STiki to make that edit, or because the user was on patrol and had many edits to check, and thus may not have had the time to individually examine carefully each edit). At times it may be the other way around. I did not see the vandalized content there, so thank you for reverting it. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 17:55, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 July 2015

RookeryBayReserve → RWRookeryBay (Username change)

May I change my username to the one you suggested: RWatRookeryBay — Preceding unsigned comment added by RookeryBayReserve (talk • contribs) 16:04, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Today's articles for improvement – discussion about changing project processes

  • Hello K6ka/Archives/2015:
A discussion is occurring at Change project processes regarding potential changes to the Today's articles for improvement Wikiproject. Your input is welcomed at the discussion.
Sent by Northamerica1000 using mass messaging on 11:49, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This week's articles for improvement (week 30, 2015)

Dessert is a typically sweet course that concludes an evening meal. Pictured is a chocolate-strawberry crumble ball.
Hello, K6ka.

The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections:

Previous selections: Kayaking • Holiest sites in Islam • Party

Get involved with the TAFI project! You can...
Posted by: Northamerica1000 (talk) on 04:00, 20 July 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions[reply]

Tech News: 2015-30

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 this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 22. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 23 (calendar).
  • You now see more warnings in the image viewer. They tell you to be careful when using the image, for example if it shows a person. [10]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 21 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Soon you won't be able to use MathJax to display math. [11]

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03:05, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Recent Edit

I deleted that section because I'm clear why the "history" of the illegal drug trade, broadly, is so focused on the Opium Wars. That seems very specific and not relevant to the nature of the post. Am I wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.96.47 (talk) 03:13, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody said you were wrong but, looking at some of the sources in the line you removed, it has a connection with the Opium Wars, which you said was made too specific in an article that should've had a broader viewpoint. Personally though, I'm a bit unclear as to why those two sentences had to be removed when the next paragraph was all about Opium Wars as well. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 03:31, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 July 2015

RE: REQUEST FOR USER NAME CHANGE

Greetings to you K6ka, I would like you to change my username form the current one to Henry Newman — Preceding unsigned comment added by HenryNewman12 (talk • contribs) 12:48, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi HenryNewman12. Please file requests for a username change at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, not on my talk page, as I won't process requests made on my talk page. Thanks. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 13:17, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your response k6ka. 😃😉 — Preceding unsigned comment added by HenryNewman12 (talk • contribs) 13:23, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Request file. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henry Newman (talk • contribs) 13:28, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New to Wiki

Hi K6ka

I am new to Wiki and am not totally sure what I did wrong - you sent me (quite a rude) message about being blocked if I defame someone with poor references - all I am doing is adding the changes Al Pillay herself has asked me to do as she doesn't use computers. I cant see in any of the information what it is that's wrong - please advise and I apologise I got it wrong. Also I have only added once to the site - when I changed the photo it says it cant as the file has been deleted. Thanks for your help. Nigel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigel from Camden LGBT Forum (talk • contribs) 13:50, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Nigel from Camden LGBT Forum: Perhaps I can clarify. Your edit to Al Pillay was reverted again because it added information that was not properly sourced. On Wikipedia, we require that everything added to our website be properly sourced and supported with a citation. We get especially strict on this policy when it comes to articles about living people, in which it is policy to immediately remove anything that isn't sourced on such an article. The message you got was a pre-written one, and I issued it because Melcous had also issued you another message two hours earlier, again notifying you of our verifiability policy. Ten minutes later, you reverted Melcous's edit without any explanation, and reinserted the aforementioned unsourced content, so I came and re-reverted your edit, under the policy regarding the biographies of living persons. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 13:55, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Response re Al Pillay

Thanks for this. It all sounds very formal (which I understand). I don't know who this Malcous person is. I have only received a message from you. All I could see is a bit that said revert so i pressed it - it didn't explain anything. Again I apologise - I am new to Wiki and it will take me some time to figure out how you deal with edits. I will ensure I put a source on everything but I can assure you nothing was controversial - it just said where she has performed. I really need some advice on the picture - she wants it changed and it got reverted (my new word of the day) - there is no explanation about this on the bit that says it. Now I am terrified I will get blocked for trying to upload it again. Please advise. Thanks. Nigel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigel from Camden LGBT Forum (talk • contribs) 14:05, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Nigel from Camden LGBT Forum: What picture are you referring to? Are you referring to this picture? If so, it got deleted because images on Wikimedia Commons must be either in the public domain or free to use -- copyrighted images are not allowed there. Files must also have sufficient evidence to prove that it is public domain or free to use.
Also, as an important side note, please sign your posts on a discussion page (such as this one) by adding four tildes (~~~~) to the end of your comments. For example:
Foo bar. ~~~~
This will automatically produce your signature, which will contain a link to your userpage and the timestamp of your edit. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 14:12, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also, before I forget, if you want to reply to a thread, click on the "Edit" button next to its title rather than creating a new section. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 14:13, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for this - very helpful! Nigel from Camden LGBT Forum (talk) 14:21, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This week's articles for improvement (week 31, 2015)

An example of an igloo
Hello, K6ka.

The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections:

Previous selections: Dessert • Kayaking • Holiest sites in Islam

Get involved with the TAFI project! You can...
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Tech News: 2015-31

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

Problems

  • There was a problem with some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
  • There was a problem with the abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error. [17]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (calendar).
  • JavaScript authors: You cannot use wgNoticeUserData to get edit counts anymore. [18]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 28 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Dont know

I don't know what are you saying? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ujwaldahal2 (talk • contribs) 15:13, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly are you referring to? --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 15:16, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Changing my username

I wan't to change the username, I've crated this and I thought I was doing an article, later one The article tool place, and this name keeps appear in Google search, That's why I put it in a different spelling, Can I choose a 100 percent different name ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khaled Akil (talk • contribs) 21:17, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request done on WP:CHUS. BTW, you don't need to poke me on my talk page to do it, just wait patiently for someone to process your request ;) --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 22:16, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

90.199.59.159 aka Phil

Hello k6ka, thanks for helping me out with Phil. They are not really a new user, they are a record-label-manager trying to shove their corp and employees into wikipedia. I'm trying to teach them the ropes. 75.108.94.227 (talk) 17:07, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Changing my username

I changed the username because when I made I thought I'm doing an article, the I discovered it's a user page, later on an article was made, but in google search the old name still appear as USER, the name is Khaled Akil, when or how the old name will be removed from google search? thanks User:k6ka.Abraham (talk) 21:22, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Hallit Aqueeal: The "User:" prefix will always appear, because your page is in the user namespace, not the main article namespace. The search results will not update until Google's caches clear, which may take up to 24 to 48 hours. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 22:04, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI's List of articles

  • Hello K6ka:
A discussion is occurring at the TAFI talk page regarding potential changes to the project's List of articles page. Your input is welcome at the discussion.
Sent by Northamerica1000 using mass messaging on 04:50, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would like my username changed

I would like my username changed to Dell_the_Engie please. --Amish Paradise (talk) 17:15, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Amish Paradise: Requests to have your username changed should go on Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:Changing username. I don't process requests made on my talk page, sorry. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 18:28, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 29 July 2015

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