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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
Hello
[edit]Hi HouseBlaster. Have a great day! Chloe is a fish (talk) 21:45, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, Chloe is a fish! Let me know if you need any help with anything :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 01:04, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-36
[edit]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- Editors and volunteer developers interested in data visualisation can now test the new software for charts. Its early version is available on beta Commons and beta Wikipedia. This is an important milestone before making charts available on regular wikis. You can read more about this project update and help to test the charts.
Feature news
- Editors who use the Special:UnusedTemplates page can now filter out pages which are expected to be there permanently, such as sandboxes, test-cases, and templates that are always substituted. Editors can add the new magic word
__EXPECTUNUSEDTEMPLATE__
to a template page to hide it from the listing. Thanks to Sophivorus and DannyS712 for these improvements. [1] - Editors who use the New Topic tool on discussion pages, will now be reminded to add a section header, which should help reduce the quantity of newcomers who add sections without a header. You can read more about that, and 28 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
- Last week, some Toolforge tools had occasional connection problems. The cause is still being investigated, but the problems have been resolved for now. [2]
- Translation administrators at multilingual wikis, when editing multiple translation units, can now easily mark which changes require updates to the translation. This is possible with the new dropdown menu.
Project updates
- A new draft text of a policy discussing the use of Wikimedia's APIs has been published on Meta-Wiki. The draft text does not reflect a change in policy around the APIs; instead, it is an attempt to codify existing API rules. Comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome on the proposed update’s talk page until September 13 or until those discussions have concluded.
Learn more
- To learn more about the technology behind the Wikimedia projects, you can now watch sessions from the technology track at Wikimania 2024 on Commons. This week, check out:
- Charts, the successor of Graphs - A secure and extensible tool for data visualization (25 mins) – about the above-mentioned Charts project.
- State of Language Technology and Onboarding at Wikimedia (90 mins) – about some of the language tools that support Wikimedia sites, such as Content/Section Translation, MinT, and LanguageConverter; also the current state and future of languages onboarding. [3]
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MediaWiki message delivery 01:03, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I have noticed that this category has been deleted by the bot, but the relevant discussion's final consensus was not that if I'm not mistaken. I am going to re-create the category if you, @Marcocapelle and Smasongarrison would agree. Aintabli (talk) 22:41, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- My understanding of the consensus in Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 August 26#Category:Governors of the Ottoman Empire by century was that the by century category was to be merged to Category:Governors of the Ottoman Empire (in other words, the by century categories live directly in Category:Governors of the Ottoman Empire). HouseBlaster (he/they) 22:44, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- The initial proposal was to delete this category as it had one isolated category in it, which has since not been the case because I populated it with more categories. Then, we went by with Marcocapelle's suggestion, which was to merge and remove the categories within this category so that the categories do not distinguish the continents. Aintabli (talk) 22:54, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm in different to recreating the by century category. Mason (talk) 00:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
- Given I clearly misread the consensus in the discussion, I will remove the listing from WP:CFDW. I will then re-create the category in ~an hour (enough time to make sure the bot realizes it has been removed and therefore will not instantly re-delete the category). Apologies for the hassle, Aintabli! Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
- No worries. Thank you for your work! Aintabli (talk) 02:53, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- Ditto, HouseBlaster thank you as always for your work! Mason (talk) 03:43, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- No worries. Thank you for your work! Aintabli (talk) 02:53, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- Given I clearly misread the consensus in the discussion, I will remove the listing from WP:CFDW. I will then re-create the category in ~an hour (enough time to make sure the bot realizes it has been removed and therefore will not instantly re-delete the category). Apologies for the hassle, Aintabli! Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm in different to recreating the by century category. Mason (talk) 00:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
- The initial proposal was to delete this category as it had one isolated category in it, which has since not been the case because I populated it with more categories. Then, we went by with Marcocapelle's suggestion, which was to merge and remove the categories within this category so that the categories do not distinguish the continents. Aintabli (talk) 22:54, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 4 September 2024
[edit]- News and notes: WikiCup enters final round, MCDC wraps up activities, 17-year-old hoax article unmasked
- In the media: AI is not playing games anymore. Is Wikipedia ready?
- News from the WMF: Meet the 12 candidates running in the WMF Board of Trustees election
- Wikimania: A month after Wikimania 2024
- Serendipity: What it's like to be Wikimedian of the Year
- Traffic report: After the gold rush
Request
[edit]After this discussion, would it be possible to undelete the Middle East page and convert it to a redirect? I should've added this in the nomination, but only realize it now. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:52, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Marcocapelle: Of course! I have removed it from WP:CFDW, but I will wait about an hour before undeleting it because sometimes it takes the bot a minute to realize the category is no longer listed at CFDW. (Otherwise the bot will simply re-delete the page.) HouseBlaster (he/they) 23:17, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
Mind batching nomination?
[edit]Mind batching the curly nominations and adding the rest of the set? They are all created by the same editor and all curly characters so the result will be the same either way.
Gonnym (talk) 18:27, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- No problem :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:32, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
Question from Ashwinitorvi90 (10:56, 7 September 2024)
[edit]Hi Mentor, i am trying to create a page for a musician i love, but i have had a few issues, could you have a look at my page editing and let me know if i need to do anything differently? :) Appreciate your help!
Ash --Ashwinitorvi90 (talk) 10:56, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Ashwinitorvi90: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Trying to write an article from scratch is difficult work. It is highly recommended you try improving existing articles before you dive into creating a new article. Once you feel you are ready, you can check out Help:Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor for information on creating inline citations and Help:Your first article for a detailed look at how to create a brand new article. Let me know if you have any further questions, HouseBlaster (he/they) 15:59, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Edit Filter Helper
[edit]don't worry about denying the permission. I'll try to help on the noticeboard a little more before trying again next time. just looking for someone else to do aside from WP:NPP. NYC Guru (talk) 11:11, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Undiscussed and seemingly uninformed move of template:CNY
[edit]There are many of these currency templates. What made you think it was appropriate to move it without discussion? Did you seriously believe that it would be an uncontroversial move? Please revert immediately and make a proper proposal at the article talk page. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 23:29, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- @JMF: It is very common to move things without discussion per WP:BOLDMOVE. Generally people find more descriptive template names helpful, and this is encouraged by WP:TG:
Template function should be clear from the template name, but redirects can be created to assist everyday use of very popular templates.
So, yes, I seriously thought that it would be an uncontroversial improvement, especially considering CNY (in mainspace) is a redirect to Renminbi. As there was an objection, I will revert myself and open a mass RM for all of them. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 23:57, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Hello Mentor. I have been making some edits to an entry, including adding some references. When I publish I get a message regarding the citation for the journal: Cite journal and check issn value. I don't understand why that is happening. Can you help me? Thanks. --Gehailun (talk) 23:21, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! I have corrected the ISSNs. To do so, I clicked on the invalid ISSNs, which took me to this WorldCat search (WorldCat is a very helpful tool when writing on Wikipedia!), which gave me the corrected ISSN: 1528-2708. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 23:32, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Dear HouseBlaster, Thanks for your help with the journal citation yesterday. I have another question. As you may know, in Chinese names the surname is typically placed first, followed by the given name. The artist whose article I am editing would like to follow this custom. I have been able to change the order in the first paragraph of the article, but I don't seem to have the authority to change the order in the article title. This also has an impact on wikilinks with which the page has been associated: Living people, 21st century Chinese calligraphers, 21st century Chinese painters, and Chinese artist stubs. In all, the artist is listed under "M" (the given name) rather than "W" (the surname). I would like to rectify this but don't seem to have the authority to do that either. Thanks for your advice. --Gehailun (talk) 12:55, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- Before I can answer that question, I need to know if you are being paid to edit. Paid editing is taken very seriously on Wikipedia. HouseBlaster (he/they) 14:41, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-37
[edit]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Feature news
- Starting this week, the standard syntax highlighter will receive new colors that make them compatible in dark mode. This is the first of many changes to come as part of a major upgrade to syntax highlighting. You can learn more about what's to come on the help page. [4][5]
- Editors of wikis using Wikidata will now be notified of only relevant Wikidata changes in their watchlist. This is because the Lua functions
entity:getSitelink()
andmw.wikibase.getSitelink(qid)
will have their logic unified for tracking different aspects of sitelinks to reduce junk notifications from inconsistent sitelinks tracking. [6]
Project updates
- Users of all Wikis will have access to Wikimedia sites as read-only for a few minutes on September 25, starting at 15:00 UTC. This is a planned datacenter switchover for maintenance purposes. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [7]
- Contributors of 11 Wikipedias, including English will have a new
MOS
namespace added to their Wikipedias. This improvement ensures that links beginning withMOS:
(usually shortcuts to the Manual of Style) are not broken by Mooré Wikipedia (language codemos
). [8]
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Categories
[edit]Hello, HouseBlaster,
All of the "Fair use" categoories that you proposed for speedy renames (like Category:Fair use Unknown magazine covers and Category:Fair use Galaxy Science Fiction magazine covers) were moved by JJMC89 bot III hours ago to the "Non-free" new categories but the contents of the categories haven't been moved yet. So the new categories are showing up on the "Empty categories" lists when it really is just a matter of time before they are filled. But you have spent more time working at CFD than I have and I was hoping you could tell me how much of a delay typically happens with this bot. Is this something to ask the bot operator about? I don't like to bother them so I was hoping you could clue me in on whether it generally takes a few hours to get everything moved, or a day or longer. Thanks for any information you can offer. Liz Read! Talk! 03:01, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- The issue with these is they are populated by a template, so someone needs to fix the template so it populates the new category. Then the job queue takes care of the rest. (When the bot moves categories, it usually happens essentially simultaneously.) I will update the templates now. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 03:14, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Question from Javadshirazi1002 (15:34, 11 September 2024)
[edit]hello How can I contact a coach on WhatsApp or Telegram? I have an important job. Thank you --Javadshirazi1002 (talk) 15:34, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- What job do you have, Javadshirazi1002? HouseBlaster (he/they) 15:39, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- I am a social media expert Javadshirazi1002 (talk) 16:40, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Javadshirazi1002: we are not a social media website. If you are not here to build an encyclopedia, you are in the wrong place. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 16:47, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- I know where I stand, I just need help, why are high ranking people so cold and dry. I just need your help, that's all, my friend Javadshirazi1002 (talk) 17:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- What do you need help with, Javadshirazi1002? If you want to promote something, you are in the wrong place and I will not help you do so. HouseBlaster (he/they) 17:03, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Why are you so rude my friend? Please be calm. I don't want to advertise anything. Thank you for not helping, unfortunately I don't know why you became my coach. have a nice day Javadshirazi1002 (talk) 17:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- What do you need help with, Javadshirazi1002? If you want to promote something, you are in the wrong place and I will not help you do so. HouseBlaster (he/they) 17:03, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- I know where I stand, I just need help, why are high ranking people so cold and dry. I just need your help, that's all, my friend Javadshirazi1002 (talk) 17:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Javadshirazi1002: we are not a social media website. If you are not here to build an encyclopedia, you are in the wrong place. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 16:47, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- I am a social media expert Javadshirazi1002 (talk) 16:40, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 64
[edit]The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
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note re CfD status
[edit]thanks for all your helpful effort in closing CfD sections items recently. i have just added my consent for a proposed change, at a CfD for categories that i created. i can proceed as soon as the CfD is closed. so this seems to resolve the issues there. if you wish to see my specific comment on this, please check my own contribs history, and see my edit just now at that page. thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 16:40, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
- I try not to let people close-shop, so I will not take a look at your contributions. I will get to it when I get to it :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 16:55, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
- ok, noted. i understand totally, sounds fine. thanks for all your great work, for the community. Sm8900 (talk) 16:57, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery 21:40, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
Could you check Draft:Giovanni Timoteo Calosso please
[edit]Hi, hope you are well. I saw that you are a helpful and active administrator and wanted to request that you review the draft and give feedback and/or accept it. Thanks. Perast (talk) 22:14, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hello Perast! I am an administrator, but administrators do many different things on Wikipedia. I am not an active in the articles for creation process, so I am not able to help with that, unfortunately. If you have specific questions about Wikipedia policy, I would be more than happy to answer them! Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 22:18, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
post move cleanup
[edit]Hey, I'm happy to chase you on some of the post move cleanup (at least for those articles that I have on my watchlist where it's easy to spot) on the renames, but just wanted to check with you if you have a list of the ones you're planning to move in case there are some that I don't cleanup (mainly updating the lead, default sort and the linked templates is the important part since the bots won't fix those)? Raladic (talk) 23:42, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- I do not have a list I am working from; I am just doing them as I come across them. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 23:44, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sounds good, I'll just try to chase and do what I can when I spot it and we'll see where we end up at. Hopefully the rest of the editing community also helps since it looks like various editors have started independently of each other to help with it :) Raladic (talk) 23:46, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sounds like a plan :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 23:46, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- By the way, do you have an opinion of whether we should move the various Templates that have LGBT in the template name itself (like Template:LGBT or Template:LGBT sidebar) to LGBTQ and will redirects for those still works so we don't have to update the transclusions for those in all the articles that currently transclude the then potentially outdated name? Or is there a bot that could update outdated transclusions? Raladic (talk) 23:57, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Template redirects definitely work. For instance, {{t}} is a redirect to {{template link}}, which I have used to write this message. I think that making template moves is a good idea, though a lower-priority item than article/category/portal moves (which are visible to readers). Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:03, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- Ok good to know :)
- But yes, I agree, the visible text stuff is more important, so that's why so far I've only updated the visible text in those templates I've encountered in my post move cleanup and left the template itself at the existing part. Raladic (talk) 00:06, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- Template redirects definitely work. For instance, {{t}} is a redirect to {{template link}}, which I have used to write this message. I think that making template moves is a good idea, though a lower-priority item than article/category/portal moves (which are visible to readers). Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:03, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- By the way, do you have an opinion of whether we should move the various Templates that have LGBT in the template name itself (like Template:LGBT or Template:LGBT sidebar) to LGBTQ and will redirects for those still works so we don't have to update the transclusions for those in all the articles that currently transclude the then potentially outdated name? Or is there a bot that could update outdated transclusions? Raladic (talk) 23:57, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sounds like a plan :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 23:46, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sounds good, I'll just try to chase and do what I can when I spot it and we'll see where we end up at. Hopefully the rest of the editing community also helps since it looks like various editors have started independently of each other to help with it :) Raladic (talk) 23:46, 13 September 2024 (UTC)