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problem with Baranbot
[edit]hi. baran bot is flagging pages that are in my user space, NOT in drafts. can you please fix this??? thanks!! Sm8900 (talk) 04:11, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Sm8900, the bot is functioning as expected. It's notifying you because your userspace drafts contain AfC submission templates. Just a reminder, userspace isn't intended for hosting drafts indefinitely. – DreamRimmer (talk) 04:19, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
- ok thanks Sm8900 (talk) 10:02, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-44
[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.
Updates for editors
- Later in November, the Charts extension will be deployed to the test wikis in order to help identify and fix any issue. A security review is underway to then enable deployment to pilot wikis for broader testing. You can read the October project update and see the latest documentation and examples on Beta Wikipedia.
- View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, Pediapress.com, an external service that creates books from Wikipedia, can now use Wikimedia Maps to include existing pre-rendered infobox map images in their printed books on Wikipedia. [1]
Updates for technical contributors
- Wikis can use the Guided Tour extension to help newcomers understand how to edit. The Guided Tours extension now works with dark mode. Guided Tour maintainers can check their tours to see that nothing looks odd. They can also set
emitTransitionOnStep
totrue
to fix an old bug. They can use the new flagallowAutomaticBack
to avoid back-buttons they don't want. [2] - Administrators in the Wikimedia projects who use the Nuke Extension will notice that mass deletions done with this tool have the "Nuke" tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. [3]
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A barnstar for you!
[edit]The Technical Barnstar | |
for handling the malformed meta link here. i'm pretty sure this is the right barnstar, at least cogsan (nag me) (stalk me) 20:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC) |
- Cogsan thank you :) – DreamRimmer (talk) 01:48, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
WP:NPP SCHOOL
[edit]I want to Join this Wikipedia:New pages patrol/School Program with you. Please help me to proceed.
thank you Zuck28 (talk) 05:59, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
- Zuck28: Thanks for your interest in New Pages Patrol! I will set up your training page ASAP and let you know when it's ready. – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:47, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Pending changes stat
[edit]Is a tool available to check the stats of the pending changes reviewed by user? RangersRus (talk) 16:38, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
- RangersRus: There is a Quarry query that shows the count of pending changes accepted by users, but unfortunately, we don't have any data on how many changes have been declined. You can check it out here. This currently counts for 30 users, but if you need data for more users, like 50-100, I’d be happy to help you set up a report in your sandbox. – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
- If you want to check only your pending changes accepts count, you can run this query. – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
- thank you! This query helps. RangersRus (talk) 18:35, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
- If you want to check only your pending changes accepts count, you can run this query. – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Welcome to the drive!
[edit]Welcome, welcome, welcome DreamRimmer! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2024 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
Cielquiparle (talk) 11:38, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- Cielquiparle: Please add a line in your message to inform users about the User:DreamRimmer/DriveEditSummary.js script. When installed, it will display a +NOV24 button just above the Save, Preview, and Changes buttons. Clicking this button will add a preloaded edit summary with #NOV24 hashtag. Note that it only works in the source editor, not in the visual editor. – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:45, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- Too complicated. The simplicity of the Welcome message is the appeal. Can we explain the thing for the source editors somewhere else? Cielquiparle (talk) 11:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- Can we add There is a userscript at User:DreamRimmer/DriveEditSummary.js that helps add a preloaded edit summary with #NOV24 text.? – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:54, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- Too complicated. The simplicity of the Welcome message is the appeal. Can we explain the thing for the source editors somewhere else? Cielquiparle (talk) 11:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
- Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
- Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.
- Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068
- RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.
- An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
A fox for you!
[edit]Thanks for your work in the admin elections doing all the grunt work of creating pages etc, it wouldn’t have been possible without you! Have a nice Sunday :)
Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 12:31, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for the kind words, Zippy! – DreamRimmer (talk) 13:04, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-45
[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.
Updates for editors
- Stewards can now make global account blocks cause global autoblocks. This will assist stewards in preventing abuse from users who have been globally blocked. This includes preventing globally blocked temporary accounts from exiting their session or switching browsers to make subsequent edits for 24 hours. Previously, temporary accounts could exit their current session or switch browsers to continue editing. This is an anti-abuse tool improvement for the Temporary Accounts project. You can read more about the progress on key features for temporary accounts. [4]
- Wikis that have the CampaignEvents extension enabled can now use the Collaboration List feature. This list provides a new, easy way for contributors to learn about WikiProjects on their wikis. Thanks to the Campaign team for this work that is part of the 2024/25 annual plan. If you are interested in bringing the CampaignEvents extension to your wiki, you can follow these steps or you can reach out to User:Udehb-WMF for help.
- The text color for red links will be slightly changed later this week to improve their contrast in light mode. [5]
- View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, on multilingual wikis, users can now hide translations from the WhatLinksHere special page.
Updates for technical contributors
- XML data dumps have been temporarily paused whilst a bug is investigated. [6]
In depth
- Temporary Accounts have been deployed to six wikis; thanks to the Trust and Safety Product team for this work, you can read about the deployment plans. Beginning next week, Temporary Accounts will also be enabled on seven other projects. If you are active on these wikis and need help migrating your tools, please reach out to User:Udehb-WMF for assistance.
- The latest quarterly Language and Internationalization newsletter is available. It includes: New languages supported in translatewiki or in MediaWiki; New keyboard input methods for some languages; details about recent and upcoming meetings, and more.
Meetings and events
- MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024 is happening in Vienna, Austria and online from 4 to 6 November 2024. The conference will feature discussions around the usage of MediaWiki software by and within companies in different industries and will inspire and onboard new users.
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NPP School
[edit]Hello @DreamRimmer, Hope you are well. I noticed on the NPP page that you have two open slots for students, and I would love the opportunity to become one of them. I am eager to learn and would be grateful to study under your guidance. Thank you very much for considering my request. Baqi:) (talk) 11:50, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- Jannatulbaqi: Thank you for your interest in the New Pages Patrol. I will create your training page ASAP and notify you once it's ready. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:35, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much Baqi:) (talk) 16:55, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Jannatulbaqi: Training page is at User:DreamRimmer/NPP-School/Jannatulbaqi. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:30, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- Shall we start the training? Baqi:) (talk) 16:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, you can start now, but please make sure to read all the instructions on the training page and go through the new pages patrol guidelines and help pages before you begin. Make sure to answer each question in detail, and try to complete one section at a time. Once you are done with a section, ping me, and I will review your answers before you move on to the next one. If you have any questions along the way, don't hesitate to ask here on my talk page or on the training talk page. Wishing you the best of luck! – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:45, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- yeah, certainly. I will answer all the questions thoroughly and in detail, and only after carefully reading all the policies. Thank you very much! Baqi:) (talk) 16:49, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, you can start now, but please make sure to read all the instructions on the training page and go through the new pages patrol guidelines and help pages before you begin. Make sure to answer each question in detail, and try to complete one section at a time. Once you are done with a section, ping me, and I will review your answers before you move on to the next one. If you have any questions along the way, don't hesitate to ask here on my talk page or on the training talk page. Wishing you the best of luck! – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:45, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- Shall we start the training? Baqi:) (talk) 16:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Jannatulbaqi: Training page is at User:DreamRimmer/NPP-School/Jannatulbaqi. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:30, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much Baqi:) (talk) 16:55, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 6 November 2024
[edit]- From the editors: Editing Wikipedia should not be a crime
- In the media: An old scrimmage, politics and purported libel
- Special report: Wikipedia editors face litigation, censorship
- Traffic report: Twisted tricks or tempting treats?
Category:Wikipedians who have received a AfC welcome message has been nominated for renaming
[edit]Category:Wikipedians who have received a AfC welcome message has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Novem Linguae (talk) 08:05, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
NPP School
[edit]Hey DreamRimmer. I would like to receive training for New Pages Patrol. I have read through the notability and deletion criteria till now and it sounds quite interesting to me. Could you please accept me as a student? I am in the UTC+4 timezone. Thank you! TNM101 (chat) 15:20, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- @TNM101: Thanks for reaching out! I currently have two students, but I should have enough time to take on your training as well. I'll set up your training page tomorrow and let you know once it's ready. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:18, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! TNM101 (chat) 16:50, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- TNM101: User:DreamRimmer/NPP-School/TNM101 – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:13, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- I will get started on this and I will try to complete the first section in the next two or three days as I have some academic commitments that I will need to address first. TNM101 (chat) 16:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Again, thank you so much for your acceptance! TNM101 (chat) 16:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- @DreamRimmer I have completed the first section. Please provide your comments on anything I need to improve. Thank you TNM101 (chat) 11:21, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
- I will review these when I have some free time. – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:12, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- Sure, no problem TNM101 (chat) 05:09, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- I will review these when I have some free time. – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:12, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- @DreamRimmer I have completed the first section. Please provide your comments on anything I need to improve. Thank you TNM101 (chat) 11:21, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
- Again, thank you so much for your acceptance! TNM101 (chat) 16:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- I will get started on this and I will try to complete the first section in the next two or three days as I have some academic commitments that I will need to address first. TNM101 (chat) 16:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- TNM101: User:DreamRimmer/NPP-School/TNM101 – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:13, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! TNM101 (chat) 16:50, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
NPP school (post-drive)
[edit]Hello! I’m hoping in the post-drive December to begin working with the NPP. I was granted access to the tools way back when the backlog was something like 18k and enjoyed the work. Do you think you might have a slot for me as a student in a month or so? I know others are available now but I’m in no rush and I’ve been impressed with your URA work. Happy to discuss at a later time but just wanted to bring it up. Cheers, Kazamzam (talk) 11:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Kazamzam: I am currently training three users, and I am hoping one of them will finish within the next month, which should open up a slot. I will get in touch with you in about 30 days, but feel free to remind me if you'd like! – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:04, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- I also want to take a moment to appreciate the great work you've done on the FEB24 and NOV24 drives. Thank you for your efforts, and I look forward to collaborating with you on future projects :) – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-46
[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.
Updates for editors
- On wikis with the Translate extension enabled, users will notice that the FuzzyBot will now automatically create translated versions of categories used on translated pages. [7]
- View all 29 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the submitted task to use the SecurePoll extension for English Wikipedia's special administrator election was resolved on time. [8]
Updates for technical contributors
- In
1.44.0-wmf-2
, the logic of Wikibase functiongetAllStatements
changed to behave likegetBestStatements
. Invoking the function now returns a copy of values which are immutable. [9] - Wikimedia REST API users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. The API will be rerouting some page content endpoints from RESTbase to the newer MediaWiki REST API endpoints. The impacted endpoints include getting page/revision metadata and rendered HTML content. These changes will be available on testwiki later this week, with other projects to follow. This change should not affect existing functionality, but active users of the impacted endpoints should verify behavior on testwiki, and raise any concerns on the related Phabricator ticket.
In depth
- Admins and users of the Wikimedia projects where Automoderator is enabled can now monitor and evaluate important metrics related to Automoderator's actions. This Superset dashboard calculates and aggregates metrics about Automoderator's behaviour on the projects in which it is deployed. Thanks to the Moderator Tools team for this Dashboard; you can visit the documentation page for more information about this work. [10]
Meetings and events
- 21 November 2024 (8:00 UTC & 16:00 UTC) - Community call with Wikimedia Commons volunteers and stakeholders to help prioritize support efforts for 2025-2026 Fiscal Year. The theme of this call is how content should be organised on Wikimedia Commons.
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New Page Patrol Advice
[edit]Hey @DreamRimmer,
I have seen you have listed yourself under WP:NPP/S. Thankfully we are in the same country and timezone! Though I am not free for a full schooling course, I would request you some advice. I would like to request NPP soon, and would like you to review my contributions, and tell me what can I do more to be able to not be rejected the perm. Any areas I can contribute more while working towards that goal?
Thanks for your time and contributions towards the wiki! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:03, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
- Apologies for the delay in responding. I will review your contribution tomorrow and provide some feedback. – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:15, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- @DreamRimmer Gentle reminder. No pressure though, and thanks for your contributiona! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:45, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Bunnypranav: I haven't had a chance to look at your other contributions, but I did go through your AfD votes. I noticed that you have voted in 10 AfDs, but your votes were mostly just one-liners without much explanation. You didn't mention the specific policies that support your reasoning for keeping or deleting articles. Many of your votes were in AfDs where a consensus was already reached, so it's hard for me to gauge your understanding of the policies. I would recommend going through the new page patrol guidelines and observing how others cast their votes in AfDs. Once you have spent a couple of months actively participating in AfDs with well-thought-out policy arguments, I'd be happy to provide more detailed feedback. Alternatively, you can also request NPR right at WP:PERM directly to see what admins think about your understanding of the policies. – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:54, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- @DreamRimmer thanks for the feedback. Being honest, AfD has never been a place of interest for me. Is AfD experience necessary for NPP? ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 09:52, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Bunnypranav: I haven't had a chance to look at your other contributions, but I did go through your AfD votes. I noticed that you have voted in 10 AfDs, but your votes were mostly just one-liners without much explanation. You didn't mention the specific policies that support your reasoning for keeping or deleting articles. Many of your votes were in AfDs where a consensus was already reached, so it's hard for me to gauge your understanding of the policies. I would recommend going through the new page patrol guidelines and observing how others cast their votes in AfDs. Once you have spent a couple of months actively participating in AfDs with well-thought-out policy arguments, I'd be happy to provide more detailed feedback. Alternatively, you can also request NPR right at WP:PERM directly to see what admins think about your understanding of the policies. – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:54, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- @DreamRimmer Gentle reminder. No pressure though, and thanks for your contributiona! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:45, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
Reference drive abomination
[edit]I'm being given double credit for my reference checks (5 instead of 2.5). This heinous cruelty must cease forthwith! Clarityfiend (talk) 16:06, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Clarityfiend: Please remove following lines from your review section, as the bot counts any line that starts with "#" as a review.
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– DreamRimmer (talk) 16:32, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
My previous account
[edit]I forgot the password for User:NGC 2736. CometVolcano (talk) 05:05, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- @CometVolcano: If you have linked a valid email address to your account, you can easily reset your password. But if there is no email address attached and you have forgotten password, unfortunately, it is not possible to recover the account. My advice would be to focus on your current account and avoid trying to link the old one. Since we can't verify if it is really yours, it could lead to confusion. – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:25, 18 November 2024 (UTC)