User talk:Rich Smith/Archive82

why would you not make more ClueBOT NG's?

just wanna know.... 9wo (talk) 17:14, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

@9wo: I don't think Wikipedia needs more than one CBNG. Either way, I didn't create it, I just help keep it running :) - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 17:19, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

OH okay... 9wo (talk) 17:19, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-11

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

• Wikis that are part of the desktop improvements project can now use a new search function. The desktop improvements and the new search will come to more wikis later. You can also test it early.
• Editors who put up banners or change site-wide JavaScript code should use the client error graph to see that their changes has not caused problems. You can read more. [1]

Problems

• Due to database issues the Wikimedia Beta Cluster was read-only for over a day.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 March. It will be on all wikis from 18 March (calendar).

Future changes

• You can add a newline or carriage return character to a custom signature if you use a template. There is a proposal to not allow them in the future. This is because they can cause formatting problems. [2][3]
• You will be able to read but not edit 12 wikis for a short period of time on 23 March at 06:00 (UTC). This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.
• You can use Quarry for SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas. Cross-database JOINS will no longer work from 23 March. There will be a new field to specify the database to connect to. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech. PAWS and other ways to do SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas will be affected later. [4]

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23:21, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Article

I need someone to make an article for me Trap boys (talk) 10:54, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

@Trap boys: you want Requested Articles 82.10.151.121 (talk) 10:56, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes Trap boys (talk) 12:39, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Please Trap boys (talk) 16:22, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

@Trap boys: I am not creating an article for you, if you want to create one yourself, there is WP:Article Wizard... if not, then make a entry at Requested Articles - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 17:26, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-12

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

• There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. They don't have a touch screen so readers navigate with the phone keys. There is now a simulator so you can see what it looks like.
• The reply tool and new discussion tool are now available as the "Discussion tools" beta feature in almost all wikis except German Wikipedia.

Problems

• You will be able to read but not edit twelve wikis for a short period of time on 23 March at 06:00 (UTC). This can also affect password changes, logging in to new wikis, global renames and changing or confirming emails. This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 March. It will be on all wikis from 25 March (calendar).
• Syntax highlighting colours will change to be easier to read. This will soon come to the first wikis. [5]

Future changes

• Flagged revisions will no longer have multiple tags like "tone" or "depth". It will also only have one tier. This was changed because very few wikis used these features and they make the tool difficult to maintain. [6][7]
• Gadgets and user scripts can access variables about the current page in JavaScript. In 2015 this was moved from wg* to mw.config. wg* will soon no longer work. [8]

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16:51, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Ali Abasbeili

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WikiLoop 2020 Year in Review

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Dear editors, developers and friends:

Thank you for supporting Project WikiLoop! The year 2020 was an unprecedented one. It was unusual for almost everyone. In spite of this, Project WikiLoop continued the hard work and made some progress that we are proud to share with you. We also wanted to extend a big thank you for your support, advice, contributions and love that make all this possible.

Head over to our project page on Meta Wikimedia to read a brief 2020 Year in Review for WikiLoop.

Thank you for taking the time to review Wikipedia using WikiLoop DoubleCheck. Your work is important and it matters to everyone. We look forward to continuing our collaboration through 2021!

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The Signpost: 28 March 2021

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• Recent research: 10%-30% of Wikipedia’s contributors have subject-matter expertise

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Your FAKE Agbaba page

Is an old time Hebrew The Agbaba is old Yoruba attire you know that, I will definitely create another page to expose the lies that you have formed to treat your own insecurities, for the mis education this is the real history weather of not you like it and want the actual truth!

And why did you use a picture of someone who isn’t even Yoruba man, when there are so many figures out there to use, this just show that you are begging it and what does not belong to you its worn by the Yoruba People like it or not, that’s your cup of tea!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1so2dkrXw0&t=4s — Preceding unsigned comment added by TeeTaught (talk • contribs) 15:31, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

It looks like you were reverted by ClueBot, there is no point in coming to debate the page on my talk page. Please do that on the article's Talk page 85.255.232.218 (talk) 15:40, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-13

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

• Some very old web browsers don’t work well with the Wikimedia wikis. Some old code for browsers that used to be supported is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. [9]
• IRC recent changes feeds have been moved to a new server. Make sure all tools automatically reconnect to irc.wikimedia.org and not to the name of any specific server. Users should also consider switching to the more modern EventStreams. [10]

Problems

• When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split. It might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. [11]
• Some translatable pages on Meta could not be edited. This was because of a bug in the translation tool. The new MediaWiki version was delayed because of problems like this. [12][13]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 March. It will be on all wikis from 1 April (calendar).

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17:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

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