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I hope now the picture will get updated by itself and I won't have to manually update it . You only changed the capital P to small p--Cosmic Emperor (talk) 08:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
@The Herald: once again the same problem . As if everyday someone has to edit and refresh my userpage to show the latest images. Why this is happening to me only ?.@The Herald: --Cosmic Emperor (talk) 09:34, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Just to warn, I have three more performances of the Pirates of Penzance yet, so I wouldn't consider myself back yet... =) Adam Cuerden(talk) 09:57, 27 March 2015 (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
You can now hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [1]
You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [2][3][4]
All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [5]
You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [6]
VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [7]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [8]
You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [9]
You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [10]
You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [11]
VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [12][13][14][15]
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
The April Fools' XFDs are disruptive and waste a lot of administrative time. Please stop. Nakon 03:17, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
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Question - I just tightened up the syntax in the lead paragraph and will work on the rest, but first I wanted to propose some additional changes to see what you thought regarding the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs:
A poignant novel first published in 1927, Nirmala's reformist agenda is transparent in its theme which deals with the question of dowry, and consequently mismatched marriages and related issues. The story uses fiction to highlight an era of much needed social reform in 1920s Indian society. Nirmala was serialized in 1928 in “Chand”, a women’s magazine in which the novel’s feminist character was represented.
The melodramatic novel is centered on Nirmala, a young girl who is forced to marry a widower her father's age. The plot unfolds to reveal her husband’s suspicion of a relationship between her and his eldest son; a suspicion that leads to the son’s death.
Lemme know...Atsme☯Consult 12:45, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
She's ready to roll. You might want to give it a quick read. Atsme☯Consult 19:05, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Clarification
Hi, I just received your message on BigV Telecom edit. It said my edit was disruptive. I was following the wikipedia guideline that i needed to add a code to request a change in article name (page moving). Ofcourse now i managed to change it myself (iam new here), but i just wanted to know what exactly prompted the "disruptive edit" ?
You tried the second one, right? I am a file mover and saw it that you actually made the request to move a file, not an article. Well, that's not the big deal. But I prefer you to see one more whether such a move is necessary and if you find it good, just do it. Cheers!! Happy editing..-The Heraldthe joy of the LORDmy strength 15:14, 28 March 2015 (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
You can join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs. [17]
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [27]
Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [28][29]
You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [30]
Meetings
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [31]
Legobot misplacing GA notifications by sending them to User:example?
Legobot has been sending GA notices to User:example. I set {{bots|deny=GA bot,Legobot}}, so the notices should stop, but then I noticed that the nominations were not made under the name of User:example, For example, this notice[32] was sent to User talk:Example, but the nomination on Wikipedia:Good article nominations was by User:Czar, who didn't get a notification. I am not sure what is going on. Could you please look into it? --Guy Macon (talk) 23:52, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
On 5 April 2015, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Robert H. Schuller, which you recently nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.
Hi The Herald, I was editing, reverting and patrolling new user's contributions. When I came across a page Open world recently edited by Ikcen. The edit was made without a source, i.e., a reference tag was placed but the reference was not a link, rather a copy paste (I guess). So, I reverted the edit and in his user talk page I mentioned what to be done. My best bet is he did not read my messages on his talk page ( which clearly mentioned how to add citations). Then after some messages back and fro, he understood what a link was. Then he edited the page mentioning the link. Now, the problem was the content. The edit he made was not actually a good content to start an article with with and the previous one was better! So, again I reverted. I'm now baffled by the response of the user in my user talk page User talk:Jaaron95- "Not good way to start an article!? Well now I learn from you that Wikipedia is a fictional source and here the style is more important from information. I edit Open world because I find better source of information. And you are censorship you have not right to be. In fact I do not need the link if I cited a book, but I find and provide a link. I tried my best, but you literally say 'fuck you'. Now I'm not sure shall I even ask the administration of the site for help, I do not know, maybe you are one of the administrators. But what you are doing is terribly wrong.--Ikcen (talk) 10:39, 7 April 2015 (UTC)" You can go through my user talk page history to find some of his replies. Also, the link he mentioned is not working. And now I'm staring at the screen not knowing what to do...! Can you help me? Should I feel guilty? --Jaaron95 (talk) 11:05, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
Hmm. While looking through the issue and the page, your talk page I mean, its pretty simple. You won the bet. He/she have not read your reply and hence just make him/her read it. Paste the reply in the talk page and wait. The bait (:)) must work. Make him read it and I am sure that it will do good. The defamatory content is offensive, which I'll take care. -The Heraldthe joy of the LORDmy strength 11:16, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you The Herald, I will type in a reply stating that he should read the guidelines Wikipedia:Citing sources. And I'll notify you if he makes the same changes in Open world. Thank you once again.--Jaaron95 (talk) 11:24, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
Keep a calm head to all and yours is the world and everything in it, and you will be a Wikipedian my son....-The Heraldthe joy of the LORDmy strength 11:32, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
Please don't tell me I've done something that made my mentor angry with me. Atsme☯Consult 01:13, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Never with you Atsme. It was an accidental rollback of the barnstar which I noticed now only. BTW, you are someone who goes to any limit to prove your say. Cest good. I don't even remember when I last edited at WP:ANI. -The Heraldthe joy of the LORDmy strength 02:17, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
I don't like having to edit in those places, Herald. I'd much rather collaborate with kewl editors like you and so many others I've had fun working with, believe me. Sometimes integrity gets in the way of having fun, and for me it's a call to duty. Atsme☯Consult 02:58, 8 April 2015 (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.
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [38][39]
All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [40]
Meetings
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Hi The Herald. I'm wondering why you did this? I've restored that request it for now, pending knowing the reason. Regards, --Stfg (talk) 09:36, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
The page is in my watch list and was scrolling down on my newly acquired tablet to cause an accidental rollback. Thanks for your revert. A similar incident took place where I myself reverted my edit on the talk page of a user. She was given a barnstar by me..Scroll up to see her reaction..-The Heraldthe joy of the LORDmy strength 09:40, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Ah OK, thanks. (No need to send me talkbacks, by the way, as I watchlist any talk page I post to. They are also unnecessary if you use {{Ping}} or {{Replyto}}.) Cheers, --Stfg (talk) 09:44, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Just like me. I too watch list my talk page posts. As a result, I have over 350 pages in the watch list. Its my character to send a talkback because you may not know whether the recipient watches you or not. Happy editing...-The Heraldthe joy of the LORDmy strength 09:49, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Parent Trigger Entry
Just made edits and cited sources for the Parent Trigger entry. This is my first time so let me know if it's good now. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.89.0.47 (talk) 20:39, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
We would like to have a group discussion on Skype text chat with everyone on the FC team. In a few days, User:Go Phightins! will contact you privately to coordinate this. Please let him know about your availability if you are willing to participate. Thank you. Gamaliel (talk) 16:11, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello Books & Bytes subscribers. There is a new Visual Editor reference feature in development called Citoid. It is designed to "auto-fill" references using a URL or DOI. We would really appreciate you testing whether TWL partners' references work in Citoid. Sharing your results will help the developers fix bugs and improve the system. If you have a few minutes, please visit the testing page for simple instructions on how to try this new tool. Regards, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:48, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Question
Stumbled across a GA PP article, Black Stone. GAs have stewards - hard to edit unless a collaborative edit to get promoted to FA. Atsme☯Consult 00:19, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
Oh!! I have sooooo wanted to see the Taj Mahal, and it is still on my bucket list. I came within a few months of being there, but the trip got canceled. I read the story - such a beautiful, romantic story. I will joyfully give it a look. Atsme☯Consult 13:03, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
My pleasure..-The Herald the joy of the LORDmy strength 14:22, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
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Done..-The Herald the joy of the LORDmy strength 03:49, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
Atsme☯Consult 01:13, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
I read the story - such a beautiful, romantic story. I will joyfully give it a look. Atsme☯Consult 13:03, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
