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Problems
- You will be able to read but not to edit some wikis for up to 30 minutes on 26 November at 06:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. It will probably last much shorter than 30 minutes. This will also affect the
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Changes later this week
- You can soon vote on proposals for the Community Wishlist Survey. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can vote on proposals from 20 November to 2 December. This year the wishlist will focus on Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage and Wikinews. You can read more about the format for this year.
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
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ITN recognition for Vashishtha Narayan Singh
On 19 November 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Vashishtha Narayan Singh, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Kees08 (Talk) 06:36, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Kees08: thanks, but I'm not sure I deserve this... - I did almost nothing --DannyS712 (talk) 06:38, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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Reviewing new article
Hello DannyS712,
I see that you (your bot) visit the draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Hanoch_Senderowitz Could I please ask you to review and comment on this article?
Many thanks, Uw0v5033 (talk) 16:32, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Uw0v5033: I note that the line
Hanoch Senderowitz is married to Vicky, they live in Tel Aviv and have 3 children.
currently has a citation needed tag. DannyS712 (talk) 18:52, 20 November 2019 (UTC)- @DannyS712: The source of this line was taken from a Hebrew document. Since I can not find it online (and in English), I will omit it in the meantime. Thanks, Uw0v5033 (talk) 18:57, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
Bot Question
Am I correct that one of the functions of one of your bots is to patrol new redirects and automatically approve redirects that consist of appending the letter 's' to a noun? Does the bot have some way of knowing that the primary target of the redirect is a count noun, or does it assume good faith and assume common sense that the editor knows English? Does it look at whether the editor is extended-confirmed or something like that?
I just was notified that your bot had approved a plural that I added. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:31, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon: yes, that is correct - it patrols redirects where the difference between the title and the target is the addition of "s" or "es", and just assumes good faith without checking the context. DannyS712 (talk) 22:39, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- I see that there are a variety of other redirect tasks. Is there a technical listing of these tasks? Robert McClenon (talk) 00:49, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon: I'm not sure what you mean - I have User:DannyS712 bot III/rules, if that helps DannyS712 (talk) 01:44, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
- Yes. Looks good. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:18, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
- I like the idea in particular of auto-approving stuff that is obvious to a human, like dashes and diacritic stuff. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:18, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
- Yes. Looks good. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:18, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon: I'm not sure what you mean - I have User:DannyS712 bot III/rules, if that helps DannyS712 (talk) 01:44, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
- I see that there are a variety of other redirect tasks. Is there a technical listing of these tasks? Robert McClenon (talk) 00:49, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Technical Barnstar |
| For a multiplicity of bots, including patrolling and approving some redirects so that New Page Reviewers don't have to do bot-like approval. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:34, 20 November 2019 (UTC) |
- @Robert McClenon: thanks so much --DannyS712 (talk) 22:39, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
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Computer challenge
Hi Danny, I have a computer challenge and was wondering if you'd be interested in giving your feedback on how it might be solved? It relates to work with Internet Archive and linking books. You have experience in user scripts which I know little about and was hoping you might have some ideas on the problem if it might be applicable. -- GreenC 16:57, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
- @GreenC: I might be interested - can you elaborate? Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 22:08, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
Ok great. We recently added about 200,000 links to books at archive.org per news story [2], Brewster Kahle wants to digitize every book cited on Wikipedia they are sending a shipping container of books every few weeks to be scanned. It is a challenging project to match books on Wikipedia with Internet Archive. Like in this example there is no ISBN so the matching was done with approximate string matching and various rules and data cleaning. Sometimes it can't make a precise determination, yet knows a different edition exists. After checking every cite book template on enwiki there is now a database of "possible matches", over 100,000. A "possible match" record looks something like this (it could be in any format, json, csv etc):
article = Phase-shift keying
template = {{cite book | author=Couch, Leon W. II | title=Digital and Analog Communications | location=Upper Saddle River, NJ | publisher=Prentice-Hall | year=1997 | isbn=0-13-081223-4}}
rm0 = digitalanalogcom0000couc_d4m4|Digital and analog communication systems|(Couch)|New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan|1990
rx0 = fail publisher -- Prentice-Hall -- Collier Macmillan
rm1 = digitalanalogcom0000couc|Digital and analog communication systems|(Couch)|New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan|1987
rx1 = fail publisher -- Prentice-Hall -- Collier Macmillan
- article is the article name
- template is the cite book template in question
- rm0 is a book at Internet Archive that might be a match. It shows metadata from archive.org including ID | title | author last name | publisher | year
- rx0 is the result of the match and why (eg. failed matching 'publisher' and shows the different publishers)
- rm1..rm9 are other possible matches and the match results in rx1..rx9
Thinking of a way to expose this data to the community. In this case, someone could determine the 1990 MacMillan edition is sufficient for the cited fact, and modify the cite book template to reflect this edition. That is the challenge, how to enable members to add books using these possible matches as a lead. I'd love to hear if you had any thoughts. -- GreenC 00:49, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
- @GreenC: umm, no idea. I might have some thoughts at some point, but for now I'm lost DannyS712 (talk) 00:53, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
Hello,
Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.
I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!
From my own experience, Google Code-In can be fun, you can make several new friends, attract new people to your wiki and make them part of your community.
If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org.
Thank you!
--User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Martin Urbanec: Sorry Martin, but I don't think I'll be able to do this this year. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 22:09, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
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Links to dab pages
Hi! I've noticed you've changed the links to the dab page Lat, which was recently moved to the primary title. That's fine, but you seem to have changed all these links so that they now go to the previous primary topic Lat (cartoonist), even in cases where it's very obvious that's not the intended target [3] [4].
Using automated means to "fix" links like that is almost never a good idea. There's some information about the overall processes at WP:DPL (which I assume you're probably already aware of). One point that can never be overemphasised is that fixing links correctly is more important than fixing links at all. Incoming links to dab pages aren't a big deal: they're just a minor inconvenience to readers, who are still able to select from the dab entries the article they need, and the links are tracked by a large group of volunteers most of whom do a decent job of fixing them. A link pointing to the wrong article, however, is bad, just bad: once they arrive at the wrong article, there's usually no way for readers to find a way to the correct one, there's nothing to guarantee that in the general case they will be aware they've arrived at the wrong article in the first place, and such wrong links are impossible to track down. Fixing dab links in a way that will leave some of them pointing to the wrong article is a lot worse than not fixing them at all. – Uanfala (talk) 14:07, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Uanfala: Thanks for catching those. My thought process was that, after a move, all of the incoming links that had originally pointed to Lat were now meant for the new page to which it was moved. I'll be more careful DannyS712 (talk) 21:16, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
- Hi and sorry to be bringing this up again, but I think you really should change your approach to disambiguating links. Here, and probably in a large number of other edits to links to Skimmer, you've changed the following string:
- ... is a species of [[skimmer]] in the [[dragonfly]] family [[Libellulidae]].
- to:
- ... is a species of [[Skimmer (bird)|skimmer]] in the [[dragonfly]] family [[Libellulidae]].
- Dragonflies are not birds, but a type of insect, so the intended link is Skimmer (insect). (A complicating factor is that it's a redirect to Libellulidae, which is already mentioned in the same sentence, so probably the best thing would be to unlink either "skimmer" or "Libellulidae"). Again, this highlights the need to individually check links before disambiguating them. If after the move of a dab page over to the primary title you don't have the time to fix the links properly, then there's no need to do anything about them: they're tracked by the WP:DPL project, which is very active and editors there are likely to fix the links within a couple of days. – Uanfala (talk) 13:18, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Uanfala: Thanks for catching that. My approach is to read the sentence and pick the target that appears to match, but I'm not perfect. Thanks for catching that. --DannyS712 (talk) 19:20, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Uanfala: the insect page redirects to the dab page, but I realized that the right target was Skimmer (dragonfly). I've fixed all of the pages in Category:Libellulidae - they all already linked to Libellulidae, so I just removed the link. DannyS712 (talk) 19:34, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- Looks good, thanks for fixing them! – Uanfala (talk) 22:23, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Question about a recent edit
Hi DannyS712,
I noticed you did a quick edit on two pages I recently redid the infoboxes on: (Grosse Pointe South High School and Grosse Pointe North High School. I'm new to Wikipedia so I appreciate the general clean-up.
However, one of the changes resulted in something I've been trying to avoid happening to the infobox, and I haven't figured out a good way to solve the problem.
For the Mascot section of the infoboxes I'm trying to have the name of the mascot display above the image of it. The only way I've found that makes this work is if I insert a line break after the mascot name. Without the line break the text displays to the right of the image (at least when using Google Chrome on a computer, for some reason it doesn't happen in Safari on iOS) and interferes with the alignment of the text.
Do you know how to solve my issue without inserting a line break? Or is there a way to explain the purpose the line break serves so it isn't removed?
Thanks
--'lectric eye (talk) 19:57, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
- @'lectric eye: I'd take a look at the infobox code itself. I'll try to investigate soon DannyS712 (talk) 21:16, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2019)
 The steam hammer is a type of hammer
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editToken
Hello DannyS712,
Your script User:DannyS712/DiscussionCloser.js/sandbox.js is no longer functional because it attempts to get an editToken from mw.user.tokens. The script should instead get a csrfToken. editTokens were removed from mw.user.tokens on October 3, 2019 at Phabricator during this edit as they were redundant to csrfTokens.– BrandonXLF (talk) 00:06, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- @BrandonXLF: I didn't realize anyone used the sandbox version... DannyS712 (talk) 02:55, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- You never know...– BrandonXLF (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:57, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
Your BRFA (64)
Hi, your BRFA (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot III 64) has been approved. Happy botting, — xaosflux Talk 16:29, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
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December events with WIR
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Wikipedia:Thewikiwizard/special notice/November 2019
Please deliver this. Thanks. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 02:41, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: Can you link to the message and the distribution list? Sorry, I'm in the middle of something and don't have time to go digging, but I should be able to send it DannyS712 (talk) 03:10, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
- Sure, I just gotta stop an ip vandal first. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:11, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: Okay. Just let me know DannyS712 (talk) 08:01, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Thewikiwizard/special notice/November 2019 link is here, mailing list is, here. thanks. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 00:31, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- Will do when I’m back at the computer -DannyS712 public (talk) 01:26, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser:
Sent --DannyS712 (talk) 04:10, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Thewikiwizard/special notice/November 2019 link is here, mailing list is, here. thanks. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 00:31, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: Okay. Just let me know DannyS712 (talk) 08:01, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
- Sure, I just gotta stop an ip vandal first. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:11, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
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Enjoy your thanksgiving --DannyS712 (talk) 08:22, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
A help from you!
Hi, I have noticed that you are one of the members in Scots Wikipedia so I have come here to seek assistance from you instead of pinging you in Scots version. I am not technically fluent with the Scots language but I wanted to ask whether you will be able to check and assess the Scots entries which are created by MJL for the WikiProject AfroCine/Months of African Cinema which is scheduled to finish in just over two days. MJL has just created about three articles in Scots language and I hope you will feel convenient in checking them. Your help will be valuable to the contest as it is on the verge of completion. If you are unable to check those articles will you able to ping any volunteers that you know in Scots Wikipedia. Below is the list of articles that I suggest you to assess and then include in the contest page. Thanks for the time and Happy editing! Abishe (talk) 13:32, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
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Userspace.js
The script User:DannyS712/Userspace.js doesn't load. I'm pretty sure it's because it's tying to load a non-existent dependencies. The code is overly complicated too. You can just replace it with:
mw.loader.using('mediawiki.util',function(){
var username = mw.config.get('wgUserName');
$(mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', '#', 'Search own userspace', 'aca-usearch')).click(function(){
var input = prompt("Enter the subpage you wish to open (User:" + username + "/??)");
if (input) window.location.href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:" + username + "/" + input;
});
});
Changes: The script doesn't need any other dependencies, so just use mediawiki.util. The portlet link can be directly converted into a jQuery object. Only go to page when's there's an input (don't go to page when the input is blank or null).– BrandonXLF (talk) 05:38, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- @BrandonXLF:
Done DannyS712 (talk) 05:40, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
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Test examples
Thanks for the code reviews! I wanted to ask if you had any examples of extension tests that I could look at? The man page is a little opaque and I'm not entirely sure what I ought to be doing. Wug·a·po·des 09:17, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Wugapodes: See https://doc.wikimedia.org/cover-extensions/?sort=cov for extensions by test coverage. There are also lots in core. I'm interested in helping, but don't have my own mediawiki setup to try things on DannyS712 (talk) 09:32, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2019)
Hello, DannyS712.
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International Brigade
Your decision to close the discussion on international brigade in favour is asinine. The avocate you supported has consistently refused to provide any basis for his assertion other than his opinion. My side of the discussion was supported by multiple sources which are listed in the article. The fact that he got some buddies to back his non-existent clam does not make his baseless assertion fact. The truth is not subject to popular vote. But I'm done with the matter. It's your mess to clean up now. Mediatech492 (talk) 17:29, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Mediatech492: Is there something specific you would like, or is this just venting? DannyS712 (talk) 18:22, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
- Figure it out for yourself. I'm done. Mediatech492 (talk) 18:25, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter
 Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.  Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Ingolf (disambiguation)
Just to let you know I just deleted Ingolf (disambiguation) under G6 per your request, so you can accept the draft. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 18:55, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Dreamy Jazz: Thanks. I've accepted the draft DannyS712 (talk) 18:58, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers/Redirect autopatrol
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers/Redirect autopatrol. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
We Believe in Dinosaurs (2018 film)
Thank you for reviewing this submission.
I am sorry, but I am getting mixed messages. Two reviewers, @The Mirror Cracked and @Robert McClenon, cut some material, and one added a link. Mr. McClenon asked me to remove the external links, which I did; they were references to Ark Encounter and Tri-State Freethinkers, and I can easily make them into inline references.
But the real point is the reliability of my sources. I listed those sources in the Reviews and External Links sections. I think all or most meet the specification of reliability - movie reviews and newspaper articles, for example. It would be impractical in such a short article to set all those citations as inline citations, so I opted to list them at the end of the article. I gather that is not satisfactory, so can you please advise me exactly how you want me to handle the sources?
Regarding promotionalism, are you referring to the movie reviews? I think the list of reviews, festivals (which are competitive), and other links rather lend credibility to a movie and show that it is something worth pursuing. I do not intend to promote the movie in Wikipedia.
To be safe, I will post approximately the same comments on the draft.
Opticist
Theopticist (talk) 23:17, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Theopticist: If you are using the reviews as sources for the article, they should be used as inline sources - see Help:Referencing for beginners#Inserting a reference DannyS712 (talk) 23:37, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: I can make some or all of the reviews into references if that is what you require, though they seem more like supplementary material to me. That will mean a helluva lot of references for such a short article. May I just add to the first paragraph a sentence to the effect that the film has been reviewed here[ref1], there[ref2], everywhere[ref3], and so on? Likewise, make the external links references? If I do that, do I have reasonable assurance that the article will be accepted?
Theopticist (talk) 17:35, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Theopticist: I cannot offer such an assurance, but I can try to take a crack at cleaning up the draft DannyS712 (talk) 22:34, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: I have not resubmitted it yet, but I am almost done, probably will finish tomorrow. No real point in your looking now; shall I let you know when I have finished and resubmitted it?
Theopticist (talk) 00:45, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Theopticist: You can, but if I work to improve it I will probably leave it to another reviewer to review DannyS712 (talk) 00:46, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- @DannyS712:Thanks again for the help and the advice. I have just resubmitted the article. I will leave it up to you whether you decide to edit or review it. There are a handful of typos, such as leaving or not leaving a space between text and reference, and I will worry about them if the article is accepted.
Theopticist (talk) 18:43, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2019)
Hello, DannyS712.
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Gambo
You previously participated in Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Gambo and mentioned sources in a different language than English. The article is back at AFD again at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gambo (carcass). If there are reliable sources, please link to them and say what they are. Dream Focus 10:45, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Dream Focus: Thanks for letting me know, but what I wrote at the prior AfD was the extent of my knowledge regarding the topic DannyS712 (talk) 18:25, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
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
- Wikimedia projects use Translatewiki to translate the wiki interface. You can now use WatchTranslations to watch projects there. You would get an email if there are missing translations to your language. [10]
- There is a new dataset you can use. It shows the number of editors per country per month for a number of countries. You can read the documentation and download the dataset.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 December. It will be on all wikis from 12 December (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 11 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You can test a new reference tool. It makes it possible to reference different parts of a source without repeating all information. You can test it on the beta cluster. You can see an example article. [11]
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Please comment on Talk:2020 United States House of Representatives elections
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:2020 United States House of Representatives elections. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Mass CfD help
Hey Danny, can your CfD bot mass tag all categories (not including sub-categories) in Category:American television series by network? The other countries should also probably be tagged, but maybe it's best to handle the biggest one first? Do you need the rational now or do I add it after you tag the categories?--Gonnym (talk) 12:10, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Gonnym: You want me to tag all direct sub categories of Category:American television series by network? Should be doable, but what do you want them tagged with? DannyS712 (talk) 18:06, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- You mean if it's a delete, merge or rename or what rational? It's for a rename to a consistent style. --Gonnym (talk) 15:15, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Gonnym: What do you want them to be renamed to? DannyS712 (talk) 22:33, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
- "<network name> original programming" - examples: AMC (TV channel) network shows -> AMC (TV channel) original programming; Al Jazeera America shows - > Al Jazeera America original programming. I've also added the rational to User:Gonnym/sandbox#CfD. --Gonnym (talk) 11:44, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- If you can't do this, just let me know. --Gonnym (talk) 11:58, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Gonnym: I can do it, it'll just be a few more days until I can, sorry DannyS712 (talk) 19:22, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Gonnym: Totally forgot about this.
Doing... DannyS712 (talk) 00:52, 6 January 2020 (UTC) - @Gonnym: Done at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 January 6#American television series by network DannyS712 (talk) 01:17, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
- If you can't do this, just let me know. --Gonnym (talk) 11:58, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- "<network name> original programming" - examples: AMC (TV channel) network shows -> AMC (TV channel) original programming; Al Jazeera America shows - > Al Jazeera America original programming. I've also added the rational to User:Gonnym/sandbox#CfD. --Gonnym (talk) 11:44, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Gonnym: What do you want them to be renamed to? DannyS712 (talk) 22:33, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
- You mean if it's a delete, merge or rename or what rational? It's for a rename to a consistent style. --Gonnym (talk) 15:15, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
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T155029 (powering mw:Template:Extension from extension.json)
Hi, I was wondering, are you still working on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T155029 ? If not, I was thinking it might make a good task for gci (If broken down into really small pieces). Cheers, Bawolff (talk) 12:52, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Bawolff: sorry, I didn't see the message on the task. I haven't been working on it for a while, so I removed myself as the assignee. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 17:21, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
A heads up for AfD closers re: PROD eligibility when approaching NOQUORUM
Hi! I wanted to follow-up on Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 78#A heads up for AfD closers re: PROD eligibility when approaching NOQUORUM. Did you have a chance look into this (or should I relist at BOTREQ)? czar 20:21, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Czar: feel free to relist it - I have no idea how I was planning to implement that, and am going to be really busy for the next month DannyS712 (talk) 21:53, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2019)
 A ballet leap performed with modern, non-classical form in a contemporary ballet
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. It did not show new changes last week. This was because of an API problem. It is now working again. [12]
- Special:Watchlist can show the wrong information again. It does not always show which edits are read and which are unread. This is because of a database problem. The developers are working on solving the problem. [13]
Changes later this week
- You can get email notifications. You can get them immediately, a summary every day or a summary once every week. If you choose a summary you can soon choose not to get notifications you have already marked as read on the wiki. [14]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 December. It will be on all wikis from 19 December (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 18 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The partial blocks feature is now stable. It will come to most wikis on 6 January. Your wiki can ask to wait. Contact NKohli (WMF) if you don't want it now. [15]
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Cheers
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Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry
No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well D. MarnetteD|Talk 02:37, 19 December 2019 (UTC) |
The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019
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Happy holidays
Interstellarity (talk) is wishing you Happy Holidays! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user Happy Holidays, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
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- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Interstellarity (talk • contribs) 23:42, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Interstellarity: Thanks --DannyS712 (talk) 23:43, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020! |
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Hello DannyS712, 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 2020. Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages. |
- @Path slopu: thanks. Happy holidays to you too --DannyS712 (talk) 18:32, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
New Page Review newsletter December 2019
- Reviewer of the Year
This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.
Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.
Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
| Rank | Username | Num reviews | Log |
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| 1 | Rosguill (talk) | 47,395 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 2 | Onel5969 (talk) | 41,883 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 3 | JTtheOG (talk) | 11,493 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 4 | Arthistorian1977 (talk) | 5,562 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 5 | DannyS712 (talk) | 4,866 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 6 | CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk) | 3,995 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 7 | DragonflySixtyseven (talk) | 3,812 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 8 | Boleyn (talk) | 3,655 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 9 | Ymblanter (talk) | 3,553 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 10 | Cwmhiraeth (talk) | 3,522 | Patrol Page Curation |
(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)
- Redirect autopatrol
A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.
- Source Guide Discussion
Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.
- This month's refresher course
While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.
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Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
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Merry Christmas, DannyS712! 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. And for all the help you've thrown my way over the years. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity.CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 12:55, 21 December 2019 (UTC) |
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- @CAPTAIN RAJU: thanks. Happy holidays to you too --DannyS712 (talk) 18:32, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
Cheers
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020! |
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Hello DannyS712, 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 2020. |
This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2019)
 When cooking with alcohol to prepare a flambé, alcohol is ignited
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The bot will keep adding "Shadows Commons" to the this file's page as long as a Commons file with the same name exists. The only way to stop this is either to (1) rename one of the files or (2) delete one of the files. I'm pretty sure that all of the uploads by the editor probably are, at best, a bit iffy and need to be reviewed. I think they probably just made the same mistake that many new editors make when it comes to uploading files: they just assume they can call stuff their "own work" because they download it, perhaps tweak it in some way, and then upload it to Commons. In this case, changing the local non-free file's name with {{Rename media}} will stop the bot from re-adding the "shadows" template, but that might not be necessary unless the Commons' file is ultimately kept. Perhaps a better thing to do would be to add {{Do not move to Commons}} instead until the Commons DR is resolved and then figure out what to do. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:01, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Marchjuly: I've just told the bot to ignore that page for now (see User:GreenC bot/Job 10) DannyS712 (talk) 05:24, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for doing that. JJMC89 also added {{Nominated for deletion on Commons}} which is probably even better since it actually lets others no that the Commons file has gone to DR and instructs them what to do when that DR is closed. If the any of the files of Peck (other than this particular one) are kept on Commons, this one will no longer meet WP:FREER and will have to be deleted per WP:F7. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:50, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Adminship
I am considering nominating you for adminship. I feel you great work here and you could benefit from acquiring the administrative tools. Please let me your thoughts on this. Interstellarity (talk) 18:47, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Interstellarity: Thanks, but I don't think I have a need for the tools DannyS712 (talk) 19:04, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: Alright. I'm sorry about asking you this. Interstellarity (talk) 19:06, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Interstellarity: No problem. Happy holidays DannyS712 (talk) 19:07, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: Happy holidays to you as well!! :-) Interstellarity (talk) 19:08, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Interstellarity: No problem. Happy holidays DannyS712 (talk) 19:07, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: Alright. I'm sorry about asking you this. Interstellarity (talk) 19:06, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
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
- Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 6 January 2020.
Recent changes
- All mobile site users now have new features. Features include: tabs for page/discussion; an expanded user-menu; direct access to history pages. These features were initially part of the "advanced mode".
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.
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setlangin the URL to change the user interface language. This will no longer happen automatically. When you open the link you will be asked to confirm the language change. This will not happen if Javascript is not working in your browser. [16]
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A cup of coffee for you!
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I’ve been critical of you cross-wiki on a few occasions now. Regardless of any past criticism, I hope you and your family have an excellent holiday season, and that you can enjoy some time to relax. Coffee is always extremely relaxing for me, so I thought I’d share some :) TonyBallioni (talk) 21:40, 23 December 2019 (UTC) |
- @TonyBallioni: Thank you for the warm wishes, and I hope that you and your family likewise enjoy the holidays. --DannyS712 (talk) 21:42, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
January 2020 at Women in Red
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Good luck
Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune.
このミラPはDannyS712たちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！
フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE!
ミラP 03:12, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Miraclepine: thanks --DannyS712 (talk) 03:16, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
Another automated patrol idea
Do you think it would be possible to have a bot review pages added to the new pages queue because they're from a new RfD? signed, Rosguill talk 05:21, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Rosguill: to clarify: automatically review all pages (no longer working redirects) that are tagged for discussion at RfD? DannyS712 (talk) 06:11, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
- Yes. signed, Rosguill talk 06:22, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Rosguill: I don't see how to filter for just RfD, but shouldn't all pages at AfD or MfD also be patrolled? DannyS712 (talk) 06:57, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
- The difference is that when AfD or MfD tags are placed on a page, it doesn't get added to the queue. When RfD tags are placed, the page triggers the "no longer a redirect" filter and gets added to the queue again.
- I can't think of an edge case where it would be bad to mark an AfD article as reviewed, so I guess it's fine if it's easier to code that way? signed, Rosguill talk 07:01, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Rosguill: it doesn't get added to the queue, so the bot would only patrol if if an AfD/MfD tag were added to a page already in the queue. Per phab:T208685, if the deletion tag was added via the page curation tool, it will be automatically reviewed, so it make sense that if its nominated for deletion without using the tool, it would be reviewed by bot... can you open a discussion at the new page reviewer talk page to assess consensus? DannyS712 (talk) 07:12, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Rosguill: I don't see how to filter for just RfD, but shouldn't all pages at AfD or MfD also be patrolled? DannyS712 (talk) 06:57, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
- Yes. signed, Rosguill talk 06:22, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!!
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TheSandDoctor Talk is wishing you a Merry Christmas!
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- @TheSandDoctor: thanks --DannyS712 (talk) 07:34, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!
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Hello DannyS712: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Everedux (talk) 18:36, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
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- Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message
- @Everedux: thanks. Happy holidays, --DannyS712 (talk) 18:37, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 27 December 2019
- From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
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- In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
- Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
- Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
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userbox
Can you make a userbox with that image that says: This users loves the Subaru Sambar.
Thanks. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 23:17, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: sure, I'll take a crack at it DannyS712 (talk) 23:41, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2020)
Hello, DannyS712.
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Inclusion of Angryapathy's request?
It appeared that you and I had the same idea of archiving WP:RAUTO at the same time. I included Aangryapathy's request with the approved requests, even though it was later redacted from becoming autopatrolled. I went ahead and added it to the archive, but I wanted to let you know that I did so. Do you think it should be included or not, because they were added to the whitelist after Concus Cretus, and I figured the timeline of additions should be kept in this case. Utopes (talk) 01:43, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Utopes: well, I reverted your edit, because the link was broken; I was going to wait a bit, since the discussion in that section was still ongoing. Chronology isn't too important in my view DannyS712 (talk) 01:45, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- I started writing before the reversion. I can understand the reasoning behind keeping the section up, as there WAS new discussion. I was coming from the camp of "the only discussion that matters is the discussion from before the request is fulfilled." Regardless, my Permalink appeared to be broken, but thanks for staying on top of the archives! Utopes (talk) 01:49, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- Also, quick question. Should the permalinks target the actual revision that the user was added to the whitelist or no?
They were for the earlier edits, but the later edits seem to all be from the same revision and just target the individual subsections. Utopes (talk) 01:55, 31 December 2019 (UTC)Never mind, none of them are. I guess it really doesn't matter, as long as it proves that the user was added. Sorry to bother you. Utopes (talk) 01:59, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- Also, quick question. Should the permalinks target the actual revision that the user was added to the whitelist or no?
- I started writing before the reversion. I can understand the reasoning behind keeping the section up, as there WAS new discussion. I was coming from the camp of "the only discussion that matters is the discussion from before the request is fulfilled." Regardless, my Permalink appeared to be broken, but thanks for staying on top of the archives! Utopes (talk) 01:49, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
TFD/H
Just as a note/reminder, if a template has no transclusions and you're closing a discussion as "delete", please list it in the "to delete" section of the Holding Cell (when using XFDCloser). Same number of clicks for you, four fewer clicks for me (and/or the deleting admin). Cheers, Primefac (talk) 00:19, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Primefac: Thanks for the note. My apologies for the extra work. Happy new year! --DannyS712 (talk) 00:28, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- Not the end of the world, d-batching a bunch of templates is mildly easier than doing them all individually. Happy returns! Primefac (talk) 00:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Primefac: d-batch? --DannyS712 (talk) 00:51, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- Batch deletion; it loads up all the bluelinks on a page and gives the option to delete them. For example, on the most recent "to orphan" list I d-batched them all, which meant that I only had to give the CSD reason once but had to select the checkbox for each template. Slightly faster than using Twinkle to CSD them individually, provided there aren't a bazillion bluelinks on the page. Primefac (talk) 01:12, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Primefac: d-batch? --DannyS712 (talk) 00:51, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- Not the end of the world, d-batching a bunch of templates is mildly easier than doing them all individually. Happy returns! Primefac (talk) 00:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
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Have a great 2020 and thanks for your continued contributions to Wikipedia.
– 2020 is a leap year – news article.
– Background color is Classic Blue (#0F4C81), Pantone's 2020 Color of the year
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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Happy New Year, DannyS712!
DannyS712,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
💵Money💵emoji💵Talk💸Help out at CCI! 12:50, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
- @Money emoji: thanks, and to you as well --DannyS712 (talk) 16:27, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
Wikivoyage user talk page
If you like, I can semi-protect your Wikivoyage user talk page to reduce the chance of disruptive page creation. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 19:49, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- @SelfieCity: I don't mind - it makes it pretty easy to identify ltas DannyS712 (talk) 19:51, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- OK. I guess I'll leave it alone, then. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 19:53, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- @SelfieCity: Thanks. Happy new year! DannyS712 (talk) 23:47, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- OK. I guess I'll leave it alone, then. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 19:53, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
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ChessBrowser javascript
Thanks for all your edits cleaning up the Extension:ChessBrowser javascript. The help is wonderful and I'm sure the increased readability will be a welcome addition to heWiki and ruWiki's javascript. Just as an update, I would suggest not spending too much time tracking down the last of the inline lint errors because the javascript will likely be replaced soon; קיפודנחש (kipod) has written a much more lightweight javascript at mw:User:קיפודנחש/chess-animator.js and I've made some progress with the PHP at gerrit:561389 to pass it data. The (good?) news is that you'll soon have new javascript to fix, and it should hopefully be easier to maintain. If you wind up reading the new javascript before it gets merged, I'm sure kipod (and I!) would appreciate any feedback you have as well. — Wug·a·po·des 07:07, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Wugapodes: no problem. Would you mind merging gerrit:561714 first? I want to be able to declare phab:T241086 as resolved (at least mostly). Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 07:17, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
RWHITELIST bug?
Any clue why Visible to the naked eye wasn't patrolled by the bot? Fgnievinski has been listed there for over a week. signed, Rosguill talk 23:59, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Rosguill: Cursory check suggests that its because the bot checks the latest revision of the page, and in this case its EmausBot, not Fgnievinski. I can do some more debugging in a few hours; there may be a better way to run the query. For now, if you list EmausBot, it should be patrolled (if not, its something else that caused it...). Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 00:08, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- Ah I see. In that case, listing EmausBot seems like a bad idea, because then that would whitelist any redirect created by anyone which was then de-double-redirected by the bot. signed, Rosguill talk 00:10, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
- A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
- Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.
Arbitration
- The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being
the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted
rather thanreasonably construed
. - Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.
- The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being
Miscellaneous
- This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!
Major revision of Theoretical Behaviorism
TB entry has been deleted...not sure why.
JS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rayner111 (talk • contribs) 12:53, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2020)
 The pilot in command of an aircraft is the person aboard who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight. This would be the captain in a typical two- or three-pilot aircrew, or "pilot" if there is only one certificated and qualified pilot at the controls of an aircraft.
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100,000th edit!
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100,000th edit award |
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- When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [17]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 January. It will be on all wikis from 9 January (calendar).
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DannyS712, I would like to present to you the 100,000 edits award. Here you go:
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- @NASCARfan0548: thanks --DannyS712 (talk) 02:05, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Trade unions established in 2014
A tag has been placed on Category:Trade unions established in 2014 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.
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- @UnitedStatesian: Thanks for letting me know. No objection from me DannyS712 (talk) 18:56, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2020)
 Various computer hardware components within a desktop computer
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Declination of 32767
Hey there Danny! I wanted to let you know that I created a redirect that you declined at AFC/R. I should have let you know immediately after doing so, but I'm here after the fact because I wanted to inform you of where I was coming from when I created the redirect. The redirect in question is 32767, which I viewed to be just as valid as 32767 (number), as these are both topics that can understandably be searched for. I will also have to apologize for not telling you about this sooner, because the redirects have been put up at RfD. Utopes (talk) 02:16, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Utopes: Thanks for letting me know, no problem with not telling me. CC @Drmies DannyS712 (talk) 02:42, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Please Deliver on the 16th of this month, thanks! --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:01, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: sure - can you give me a reminder then? DannyS712 (talk) 03:01, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Someone will have to come up with a java script that does that, cause I won't be avaliable on Wikipedia for the next few weeks due to final exams (which is boring)... lol... I guess we could deliver it now if that works. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:09, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: Do you want me to subst the whole page? DannyS712 (talk) 03:47, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- ? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:52, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: What is the content for the message? Just subst all of Wikipedia:TheWikiWizard/Issues/January 2020 ? DannyS712 (talk) 03:53, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- One sec, I forgot that part! --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:58, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:TheWikiWizard/Distribution/Letter, here it is! --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 04:01, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: Done DannyS712 (talk) 04:02, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry for using the wrong month, I fixed it, so it is ready for real this time, sorry for making the mistake. Thank You for delivering the paper again! --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 04:06, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: Done, sorry for jumping the gone the first time DannyS712 (talk) 04:10, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser:
- Sorry for using the wrong month, I fixed it, so it is ready for real this time, sorry for making the mistake. Thank You for delivering the paper again! --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 04:06, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: Done DannyS712 (talk) 04:02, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: What is the content for the message? Just subst all of Wikipedia:TheWikiWizard/Issues/January 2020 ? DannyS712 (talk) 03:53, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- ? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:52, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Thegooduser: Do you want me to subst the whole page? DannyS712 (talk) 03:47, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Someone will have to come up with a java script that does that, cause I won't be avaliable on Wikipedia for the next few weeks due to final exams (which is boring)... lol... I guess we could deliver it now if that works. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:09, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 04:11, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
TheWikiWizard - January 2020
Hello, DannyS712! Here is the January 2020 issue of TheWikiWizard.
- What's Hot! (We Found Santa Claus!...)
- Articles (DFFT, Young Editors!)
- The Wikipedian
- News about Wikipedia! (Wikipedia News and Events!)
- Editor's Notes (New Main Page DYKS)
- Activity Page (Fun Activities, and super cool stuff...)
- Ads (Super Cool Ads)
We hope you like this month's issue! If you'd like to discuss this issue, please go to this issue's talk page. Happy Reading! --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 04:00, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
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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
- You can no longer read Wikimedia wikis if your browser use very old TLS. This is because it is a security problem for everyone. It can lead to downgrade attacks. Since 9 December you just see a warning. Soon the browser will not connect to the wikis at all. Most are users on Android systems older than 4.4. You can read the browser recommendations. [18]
- Special:LinkSearch has been moved from the "Redirecting special pages" section on Special:SpecialPages to the "Lists of pages" section. [19]
Changes later this week
- Wikis can protect pages so that only some users can edit them. The standard protection levels are Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access and Require administrator access. If your wiki use more protection levels the technical name might be renamed for standardisation. This doesn't affect what users see. [20]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 January. It will be on all wikis from 16 January (calendar).
Future changes
- Deepcat and Catgraph will stop working. This will happen at the end of January. This is because you can now use the normal search function instead. [21]
- You can use
<ref follow="…">to merge footnotes that follow each other. It is meant to be used for digitised books on Wikisource. If the order of the footnotes is wrong no error was shown but the bad <ref> was shown outside the <references /> list. This will change and you will see an error message instead. [22]
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 A prayer meeting and hymn singing
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- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 January. It will be on all wikis from 23 January (calendar).
Future changes
- There is a new suggestion for what to show when someone edits without registering an account. This is to give unregistered editors better privacy and make some anti-vandalism work go faster. You can give feedback.
- Pywikibot is a Python library to automate work on wikis. It will no longer support Python 2. Use the
python2tag if you need to continue running Python 2 scripts. The Pywikibot team strongly recommends to migrate to Python 3. You can get help to do so. [23] - The weekly MediaWiki branch cut will soon become automated. The timing for this cut may change. You can discuss in Phabricator if this affects you. [24]
- You can read about coming technical events and mentoring interns.
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"Page has been changed" but I see no change
Hi Danny,
Day before yesterday I got an email saying that you had changed my common.js but when I go to that page, I see no change, nor does that page's history mention any change by anyone but me. Maybe that email is about the event that got logged on my Notifications page as "The page User:Tonymec/common.js has been reviewed<br>DannyS712" ?
BTW, nice set of boxes on your User page. — Tonymec (talk) 13:38, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Tonymec: yes, the notification was likely because I reviewed the page. --DannyS712 (talk) 20:31, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- Tonymec, Indeed Wikipedia sends you email when someone reviews your page. You can opt-out of this if you wish to. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 13:04, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: No thanks, what surprised me was just that I got an email about a "change" but no change was visible on the page and its history. The notification text on Special:Notifications was clearer. Now that I know about this email feature, it can remain as-is. — Tonymec (talk) 19:30, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
- Tonymec, Indeed Wikipedia sends you email when someone reviews your page. You can opt-out of this if you wish to. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 13:04, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Your input is requested
at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Community view before Friday.
Only 100 or so words. It should be fun and serious at the same time.
All the best,
Smallbones(smalltalk) 00:13, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Smallbones: I should be able to do that. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 00:15, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
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